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Well, you've read the notes, you've snacked on the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the piqued cows come home for a snack.
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And because we didn't have much time for it yesterday - today's word is:
RHUMBA!
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I see this is WUSSBURGER night at haineshisway.com. Nobody here but us chickens and us chickens are going to RHUMBA all by ourselves.
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Happy birthday DR Michael Shayne.
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Well, I suppose I'll just toddle off to bed and hope that there are some denizens around these here parts in the morning.
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Welcome seven GUESTS. At least our GUESTS aren't WUSSBURGERS of the 4th Kind.
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I see an Iris, but we all know Iris does not post very much.
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My, what an appropriate TOD, as I sit here like so much fish munching on chips (doritos) and salsa. Other favorite snack foods are popcorn, pretzels, just about anything covered in chocolate, and unique treats from Trader Joe's. Am currently addicted to their chile/lime pistachios and wasabi peas. Yes, indeed, wasabi peas.
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Nothing like doing the rhumba whilst munching on wasabi peas.
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Pique a little, talk a little.
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Why can't the English teach their children how to pique?
Frenzy over now. Good night.
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I like cashews, almonds, and don't dare put peanuts in the shell in front of me because I'll eat them till they're gone.
I also like tater chips , I love them kettle chips...good and greasy and salty, but I usually stick to an olean variety of Pringles or Wows. Wows used to have more variety and did Doritos too, but I don't see them around much any more. Do they make them anymore?
I'm also fond of pretzels. Adore Wheat Thins and Triscuits. Popcorn I will also eat...though as I get older and the gaps between my teeth widen, popcorn gets to be a less attractive option, as I'm always sucking kernel or husk out of my teeth...of course, this is true of almost any crispy crunchy. I constantly have one of those flosser picks in my mouth.
Sugary: Every once in a while I have got to have a twinkie or a ding-dong, usually if I'm in the neighbourhood of a 7-11.
The Lovely Wife and I love those doughy apple fritters you get at the donut shop...though they'll put you in a sugar coma right fast. We also like Buttermilk donuts.
I love McVitties digestive biscuits and Hobnobs, which mostly have to be bought in a British shop somewhere. (Another British treat is McCoy's Grilled Steak Flavoured Crisps...potato chips to you...which also have to be bought at the import shop).
Candy bars: M& M Peanuts, 3 Musketeers, Mars Bar, Red Licorice, and Snickers. Also a Yorkie Chocolate Bar( import shop again).
Naturally, I try to curtail my eating of much of this lethal stuff...and often just opt for a piece of Trader Joe's low-fat Jarlsberg Swiss cheese which is very good. They also have these new low-carb soy chips which are great and they just came out with them in B-B-Q flavour. I also will resort to peanut butter crackers when all else fails. Now that White Castles come frozen, they can be awfully fun to stock.
But we try not to keep too many of any of these temptations around the house...because we know we will wolf them down.
I love buying one of those big plump hot dogs from the street vendors with the little carts. A dog with a little brown mustard, relish, and onion...I'm a sucker for.
Great now I'm hungry! Ah! We have a little bag of candies called coconut mushrooms in the fridge that I discovered in the freezer this evening. There mushrooms made of chocolate and marshmallow with coconut sprinkled on them. They came from Marks and Spencer's in London.
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All Alone In The World...
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I unexpectedly fell asleep at about 8:30 last night. I then woke up at 1:00 am. Here I am, rather awake, at 3:42. And I want potato salad.
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Hmmm, Marathon Man is just starting on Bravo. Perhaps I'll watch this until I drift back off to sleep.
...and I still want potato salad.
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Happy Birthday to Mr. Shayne!
It will be a birthday heavy week here at HHW.
We had a delicious dinner last night, broiled salmon, steamed veggies and wild rice and for dessert some of Elmore's delicious candy. Yes, we still have some, we are parceling it out slowly since it's so good. We can't overdo.
Even though I rarely eat them anymore, I love tortilla chips and now that we have blue corn variety, those are my favorites. I will search my brain and come up with other examples later. Now, back to work.
Oh, before I go. I mentioned earlier in the month that I got a bonus. Well, today, on our internal Web site for employees, they listed the staff members who did not take any sick days. I knew that I was on the list but they listed the little prize we get for being such good little bees. I get one floating holiday, to be used at my discretion and I get a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card! Hoo and Ray. Now, I'm really going back to work.
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Good morning, all! I've just listened to Ben Brantley's review on WQXR for LITTLE WOMEN; not good. He considered a kind of 1860s version of the American Girl Doll.
I'm thinking about snacks: Doritos, nacho and cool ranch
I'm thinking about today's schedule:
10:30 am meeting about 1903 photos of BABES IN TOYLAND
Is the afternoon meeting on or off?
The cleaning didn't turn up the DARLING OF THE DAY libretto so that's
another thing to deal with!
I'm thinking the lack of confirmation and my need of a housekeeper make me want to go back to sleep.
My book meeting went well yesterday, although we got sidetracked by such fascinating minutiae as the 1903 Chicago Iroquois Theatre fire, theatrical-themed novels from the end of the 19th Century, and the General Slocum disaster in 1904.
Eddie Foy Sr. was a survivor of the Iroquois Theatre fire, and I have no memory of this event's occurring in the Bob Hope film. Does anyone remember it?
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Well, I just ordered THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS on DVD to find out!
DRBen, I cannot believe the Godivas lasted so long! You and Baxter have better willpower than I!
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That's one way to get a rise out of you!
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The word of the day got my curiosity going.
First, I found out that it is properly spelled RUMBA, without the H. (And you all probably thought it was just the Cockneys of England that dropped their H's!) Personally, I happen to like having that H in there: without it, a Rhodes scholar would be riding on a different road entirely, and in the past tense at that.
From there, it was time to learn some of the history of the dance. (http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/rumba.htm) For example, and I quote:
The native Rumba folk dance is essentially a sex pantomime danced extremely fast with exaggerated hip movements and with a sensually aggressive attitude on the part of the man and a defensive attitude on the part of the woman. The music is played with a staccato beat in keeping with the vigorous expressive movements of the dancers. Accompanying instruments include the maracas, the claves, the marimbola, and the drums.
Further on, the article notes that:
In 1935, George Raft played the part of a suave dancer in the movie Rumba, a rather superficial musical in which the hero finally won the heiress (Carol Lombard) through the mutual love of dancing.
Since I have never considered George Raft to be very sexy, I'll leave the Rumba-ing (or Rhumba-ing) to our BK, who would doubtless be more suave but was far too young for the role at the time. Hollywood's loss, if you ask me.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday DR M. Shayne!![/move]
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I have nearly finished Benjamin Kritzer, I am quite enjoying it. Benjamin's travels have renminded me of the vast amount of freedom I had as a child, a freedom that the Vixter does not enjoy because "The Bad Men" are all too prevalant these days...sad
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Last night, DR Jose wrote:
"DR MattH - I may have missed it over the past few days...
Did you and your friend ever get the cable issue figured out with the new home theatre set-up?
I did check with my brother, and he said it was a matter of going into all the various menus for all the various equipment, and making sure all the inputs/outputs were activated."
Thank you, dear Jose, for caring enough to remember this. I have told my friend that he first needs to read EVERY manual to make sure everything is how it needs to be. I hooked up all the cables, but I was NOT going to read all those manuals for equipment that wasn't mine.
I also wrote Toshiba to ask what the problem might be, and they said to make sure the cable system he uses actually has a signal passing through that port. Again, I left that with my friend to inquire.
Thanks for your checking about this.
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DR Jane, if all goes well you should be receiving a package today or tomorrow. Unfortunately I completely forgot dear DR Jose's advice to get a "delivery confirmation " in order to help speed delivery, until I was brushing my teeth last night.
Why the brushing of teeth seems to engender memory recovery is beyond me, but it never fails...
The way my little grey cells are deserting me in times of need lately, I have considered walking about with a toothbrush in my mouth at all times....
Too bad I am not rich and famous, I could safely walk about with said toothbrush and be thought charming and eccentric..Unfortunately with my lack and fame and $$$ I would just be thought to be a weirdo!!!
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The word of the day got my curiosity going.
First, I found out that it is properly spelled RUMBA, without the H. (And you all probably thought it was just the Cockneys of England that dropped their H's!) Personally, I happen to like having that H in there: without it, a Rhodes scholar would be riding on a different road entirely, and in the past tense at that.
It should be noted that the "h" in "Rhumba" is an American invention. Here is the reason for it:
http://www.picadillo.com/picadillo/figueroa/articlemain.html
The Brits and Americans have anglicized or changed the spelling of many "foreign" words for one reason or another. This is one the Americans adapted from the "Cuban" lingo.
Both spellings are acceptable.
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Snooky Lanson
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Who would name their baby Snooky?
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Who would name their baby Snooky?
Well we considered it for the Vixter but decided it really was too masculine..... :D
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Yes... and a character in Writer's Block, upon learing that a couple had named their daughter Mary, may well have replied, "But Mary is a boy's name."
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And so we move to Page 2
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Someone else dance, please. I should be working.
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Happy Birthday to DR Michael Shayne!!
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A very happy birthday to DR Michael Shayne!!
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(that really should be "Partay")
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Someone older than I ::) might have the answer to this one: with Fanny Brice's character Baby Snooks, was Snooks her last name or her first?
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After a cold and wet weekend, we have gorgeous winter weather. Chilly but bracing and not super uncomfortable - highs in the upper 40s.
Since I stayed in over the weekend so as not to put myself at the mercy of bad drivers, I have quite a few errands to do this afternoon.
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Happy Birthday, DR M. Shayne.
TOD: Favorite snacks. Well, as of late, my taste in snacks has changed. Ever since I (and to a much greater extent, the DP) got our cholesterol counts back, we have taken strides to lead a healthier lifestyle, or at least eat better. Out with the fat-laden goodies. In with angel food cake and pretzels which , thankfully, I like.
But if I could eat whatever I wanted, snacks would include the following:
Snickers
Wheat Thins
Triscuits
Pretzels
Dipsy Doodles or, preferably, Fritos
Hydrox (yes, you heard it here....I prefer Hydrox to Oreos)
Drake's Apple Pies (Though Hostess is apparently in national distribution, I still prefer the twin-pack of Drake's pies)
Freihofer's Chocolate Chip cookies
Entenmann's chocolate covered donuts. (Enough of those Krispy Kreme puffy circles...I likes me a REAL donut!)
Sesame Sticks (not the bread-stick types...the thin ones that go into various snack mixes)
Chex Mix, for that matter
And, since I stopped eating fat-laden goodies at about the time DR Jose mentioned it, I would KILL for one of those new Hershey "Take 5" things that include caramel, pretzel and chocolate. I have always loved chocolate-covered pretzels.
I am sure I will think of, or be reminded of, others as the day progresses.
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And I really don't think that's what is intended with the phrase "Oh Mary!"
;)
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Favorite snack food: Wise Cheese Doodles (crunchy only).
I also can go through an entire bag of Doritos nacho flavor chips in one sitting. Also love almonds and cashews to excess.
I also am addicted to M&M peanuts, and during these holiday times, you can often find them on sale at various drug stores or mass merchandisers like Target. I'm afraid I don't have enough will power to resist them.
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Nuts! How could I forget nuts?!?!? I loves 'em all, with the slight exception of walnuts.
(And for the rest of you naughty-minded Dear Readers.........Don't even go there!)
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I did not go near the computer all weekend, but I was NOT Wussburgering, I was having Quality Family Time.
I got up early Saturday morning and arrived at the bagel shop as they were putting the fresh hot bagels out in the bins, picked up a dozen for our lovely Jane, packed them up , right there in the store (they were still warm when they went into the box DR Jane!) and zipped over to the post office and sent them off.
Then off to the deli for some lovely egg sandwiches and back to the home environment to wake the family and feed them eggy sandwiches.
Then we went out for a glorious morning of family sledding. It was perfect sledding weather, about 30 degrees and sunny, the snow was nice and packed beautifully and for some reason the sledding hill we went to was nearly empty!! There were only 2 families there when we arrived and one was just packing up to go as we arrived. The other stayed another 1/2 hour or so and then they were off and we had the hill to ourselves for the next 2 hours!
Usually there is quite a crowd at this location so we were quite fortunate . We had a wonderful time.
Then home we went for delievert pizza, and hot chocolate made with Cadbury's drinking chocolate.
and then , (finally!) I starting taking down the Christmas tree!! ( I don't like rushing into these things) That pretty much shot the rest of the day..although we did watch "The Return of the King" again
Chinese delivery for dinner..YES!! An entire day and I never went near the stove except to boil the kettle for tea!!
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Yes... and a character in Writer's Block, upon learing that a couple had named their daughter Mary, may well have replied, "But Mary is a boy's name."
;D
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR MICHAEL SHAYNE !!!
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On Sunday after church, we went out to brunch with some newly married friends of ours (they're so cute fiinshing each others sentences and gazing lovingly at each other) and then home to relax and digest and read Benjamin Kritzer all afternoon.
And dinner was Quiznos subs (they're toasty!) with the end result that I managed to get away without cooking a dang thing all weekend!!
(Though I 'm getting a hankering for meatloaf so I think I shall be donning my apron this very evening)
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Favoritest snack ever: extra sharp New York cheddar on a slice seeded rye, toasted under the broiler until bubbly and a little brown around the edges and a tall glass of milk ..
another favorite - Ritz crackers toasted in the toaster oven and then slathered with Philidelphia Cream Cheese
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Cadbury's milk chocolate covered biscuits
McVitties Digestive Biscuits
Cadbury's Flake
Terry's Chocolate Orange
Turkey Hill Tin Roof Sundae Ice Cream
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Here's an interesting thing I got in my email today,
Mel Brooks wants people to PAY to be extra's in his movie!!
"HOW DO I HELP MAKE THE MOVIE?
FoodChange (formerly known as Community Food Resource Center), a 25-year old New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to providing low income families with access to nutritious food and adequate income, is selling seats for participants to be "extras" in a scene in the making of the Mel Brooks movie musical, "The Producers." Be a part of movie history as a member of the opening night audience of Bialystock and Bloom's ill-fated blockbuster musical, SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER.
As you learn about the joys and reality of making a movie from hair and make-up to your 1950's period costume, you will be helping your fellow New Yorkers live healthier lives.
Date: This special event will take place on Monday, March 14, 2005
Time: Early Morning to Final Wrap (exact start time TBD)
Place: St. James Theater, 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Playbill Members save 10% off ticket prices for this event!
Tickets Just $450* (Reg. Price $500)
For more information on how to be a part of this once-in-a lifetime event,
visit www.producersmovieevent.org and follow the instructions for Playbill Members,
or call the Event Hotline at (212) 716-1578.
*Offer is subject to availability and prior sale and cannot be combined with any other offer or discounts. Offer expires on 2/25/05, but may be revoked at any time.
All participants must be 18 years or older, and cannot be a member of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) or any other guild or union that governs performers. While you could have a friend reimburse you if you need to transfer your ticket after purchase, tickets may not be re-sold for an amount over the original purchase price. Resale violations may result in voided tickets. The names of trasferees must be provided by the application deadline."
What do you SAG members make of this?!!!
I wonder how much $$ actually will make it to the charity?
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Happy Birthday, Michael Shayne!!!!
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I love potato chips....especially Mikesell's different flavored brands. There used to be a brand in Indiana called Chesty Potato Chips with a rather barrel-chested young man on the front that we always bought, but I don't think they are made anymore.
I also love peanuts. And club crackers and Ritz crackers are also very good.
Graham crackers with peanut butter.
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I enjoy THE RED HOUSE very much....but one of my favorite later Robinson films was mentioned here by DR CP yesterday...THE STRANGER with some nice performances by Orson Welles, Loretta Young, and Richard Long. Very disturbing film about what must have been a contemporary fear - that ex Nazis were living in small towns under assumed names....you might even end up MARRIED to one!
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VixMom I am not sure of my response to that article. Hmmmmmmmm......charity is okay....but it does throw some actors out of work.
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My pique doesn't fit, it will have to be altered.
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Ripples original potato chips with homemade onion dip
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Well I am going to pique myself up and get back to work
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Graham crackers with peanut butter.
Ditto. It is also the only time that I prefer smooth peanut butter to chunky.
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Also a happy birthday to
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Happy Birthday to DR Michael Shayne. Are you still planning to be in New York for Penny's show on March 19?
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DR SWW - several websites seem to indicate that Victor Hugo wrote his books as novels from beginning to end and that is the way they were published - not as installments. But I may be wrong.
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LES MISERABLES was published first as a complete novel in 1862 according to the forward in the Signet Paperback Edition.
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Elmore-honest I read the entire unabridged Les Miserables that quickly. ;D I was young, I read fast and without eating-much-or sleeping. These days I'm reading about 10 pages a night. :-[
Oh, and Bryan reads faster than I ever did and with a higher level of comprehension.
I don’t enjoy the Classics animated so I didn’t read the comics.
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Joey-loved the photo last night. ;D
Ron I have been through those allergy shots-good luck!
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I have never had peanut butter on a graham cracker, but it sounds quite tasty!
I am currently snacking on a combination of plain and roasted almonds, walnuts, baby carrots, sliced green peppers, and black grapes...which are all crammed into my little smiley face tupperware like container.
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Snacks:
Microwave popcorn, shared with my pal Buster. Right now we're working our way through a couple of huge boxes of the stuff (bagged, not popped) that grandlad Alex's cub scout troop was selling. Not great, but fine for us.
Lemon turnovers.
Whatever I've got as leftovers from the night before.
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They came from Marks and Spencer's in London.
I want their Mint Humbugs!
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Elmore-honest I read the entire unabridged Les Miserables that quickly. ;D I was young, I read fast and without eating-much-or sleeping. These days I'm reading about 10 pages a night. :-[
Back then, you didn't have Keith as a distraction, right? 8)
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Woody Alan on Evelyn Wood Speed Reading. "I read War and Peace in five hours. It concerns Russia."
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When I was a kid, I loved dipping graham crackers in lemonade!
Hey, my mom didn't let us drink soda. :-\
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!!
HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT DAY!!
I attempted to send you a birthday cake but it didn't work.
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Unfortunately, I like almost all of the snack foods that have been mentioned! My favorite potato chips are Reduced Fat Ruffles - great potato flavor - but sometimes I defeat the purpose by dipping them in sour cream.
Has anyone mentioned Pepperidge Farm Goldfish? They're especially good swimming in cream of tomato soup.
Nuts: I love cashews and almonds and the not-always-easy-to-find almond M & M's.
DR SWW - my son sold a considerable amount of that Scout popcorn on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout!
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I also could eat a bag of Gardetto's (original flavor) at a time. Just delicious but they're expensive so I don't buy them often.
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Oh, you see - now I want snacks all the livelong day and night. That is always what happens when the topic of the day is foodstuffs.
Oh, if we start removing the "h" from all our dances, not only will we be left with the rumba, we'll be left with the ora, the ca ca, the okey pokey, the carlston, and the simmy.
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Hope DR Ron has a positive experience with the allergy investigation. I am SO blessed not to be at the mercy of this like so many of my friends.
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Since I have never considered George Raft to be very sexy,
LOL-Did anyone?
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DR vixmom - Your family weekend sounds delightful. I, too, am not quite finished putting away Christmas decorations. My husband bought me new plastic storage bins, so I'm sorting, pitching, and repacking everything.
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Oh, if we start removing the "h" from all our dances, not only will we be left with the rumba, we'll be left with the ora, the ca ca, the okey pokey, the carlston, and the simmy.
Hey, we have a birthday! Everybody get up and do the ca ca!
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Perhaps we need to add an h to all our dances. Then we would have the whaltz, the shwing, the shamba--and boy, oh boy, can that boy fhox throt!
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Ben enjoy your floating holiday. Employers should do that more often.
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More on TOD - Here is a simple dip recipe from one of my co-workers. It's especially good with Doritos or other taco chips:
2 8-oz blocks of cream cheese
1 Cup sour cream
1 packet taco seasoning powder
Mix thoroughly and chill before serving. You can get fancy by spreading the dip in a flat pan and topping with chopped lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and shredded cheese. My family, however, likes it just as a dip without all the fancy toppings.
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Vixmom I shall watch for the package & notifying you upon receipt. I’m so excited. The last time I was sent something with a confirmation, the package was kept at the post office. I think confirmation by the post office was confused with the need for my signature.
Reading about your day of sledding brought back fond memories of wonderful times with my boys.
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I am doing the okey pokey right here at my desk...
Because that's what it's all about!
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Back then, you didn't have Keith as a distraction, right? 8)
Yep- ;D
I could also read and tune out the world. I can't do that anymore-darn.
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Okey poke.
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Is anyone else having slowness issues with the site right now? I can't even get it to come up via AOL, and while it's coming up via Safari, it's coming up and working very slowly. I am not having this problem with any other site, via AOL or Safari.
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Vixmom I shall watch for the package & notifying you upon receipt. I’m so excited.
6 Egg, 4 Rye, 2 Pumpernickle!!
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Woody Alan on Evelyn Wood Speed Reading. "I read War and Peace in five hours. It concerns Russia."
LOL. It took me a little longer to read that one. ;D
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Is anyone else having slowness issues with the site right now? I can't even get it to come up via AOL, and while it's coming up via Safari, it's coming up and working very slowly. I am not having this problem with any other site, via AOL or Safari.
yes its very slow here.
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Bruce-very slow. I thought it was my usual problem with our satellite.
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Vixmom I can hardly contain my excitement. Egg bagels are one of my favorite snacks.
Speaking of snacks. Every once in a while I call Baskin Robbins and request English Toffee ice cream. I believe the last time they offered this flavor was five years ago. I call and often they send me coupons for ice cream. Saturday I received two, $2 coupons. I would rather have my English Toffee but the coupons help to ease my disappointment.
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I tried to refersh the page and was greeted with the
This page cannot be found " page.
When I refreshed AGAIN it worked
Is anyone here piqued about the site slowness?
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While I was disconnected from the site no one else posted. Was I the only one who couldn't post?
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Vixmom I received a different message than you did:
Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/haineshisway/community/index.php on line 58
Too many connections
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Happy Birthday, Michael-your tribute website to bk is a wonder to behold.
I am also having a bit of trouble with the site-it's taking forever. Perhaps it's from eating too many snack foods. I am now munching on peanut butter pretzels and tamari almonds, again from Trader Joe's. You would think I owned stock in them or something.
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I got "too many connections" as well. :(
OMG how could I forget my FAVORITE snack of all time:
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Picabo
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Peek-a-boo
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Pique-a-boo
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Round One of testing is done. I was tested for 19 different allergens, plus was given a "test positive".
My only reaction was to the "test positive."
Not to worry...I get to go back Thursday p.m. for more skin pricks in my upper arm.
Sigh.
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Page Four Thwinkie Dhance. 8)
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Vixmom I received a different message than you did:
Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/haineshisway/community/index.php on line 58
Too many connections
That's what I got as well...
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I got "too many connections" as well. :(
OMG how could I forget my FAVORITE snack of all time:
Look, a Twinkie Stonehenge!
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TRADER JOE'S CHILI-LIME PISTACHIOS?
DID SOMEBODY SAY TRADER JOE'S CHILI-LIME PISTACHIOS??
[size=8] I LUV TRADER JOE'S CHILI-LIME PISTACHIOS!!![/size]
I almost very nearly yielded to temptation on my way back from the allergist's office...but I kept telling myself, "No, you don't need those terribly wonderful pistachios."
DR Stuart: Balzac!
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Michael Shayne:
Have a
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Junk food junkie (although trying to cut down), the more poisonous the better... corn chips (Utz's and Dipsy Doodles), pringles, Mike n' Ikes, jelly beans (black anise flavored), gumdrops, pretzels, cookies, honey roasted cashews, Trader Joe's candied ginger chunks... all soo bad, but soo good...
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I sent a note to our host, and they seem to have fixed it quickly, because it's working just fine now. Hoo and ray.
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And may I just add: RHUMBA
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Ya wild kid, ya.
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DR STUART I couldn't resist the photo...especially with a strawberry Sno-Ball in the middle.
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His parents are some of those Lithuanians 'at live south o' town.
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I am now eating Wise Onion/Garlic potato chips
In a effort to trick my body into thinking I am eating healthy foods, I shall follow this will a clementine
hopefully that will also disguise my garlic breath!!
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Look, a Twinkie Stonehenge!
LOL-that's what I was thinking. It took me a minute to figure out they were Twinkies. I haven't eaten one in years and I don't miss them.
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oh, the site is being very speedy now.. Your fit of pique seems to have worked dear bk
In celebration I shall Rumba!!
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It is important that one's pique fits well and mine fits like a glove. Of course, if you try to put a glove on your head, a glove doesn't fit at all.
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His parents are some of those Lithuanians 'at live south o' town.
My father's mother was from Lithuania. Hmmm....was my ancestry just insulted? ;D
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LOL-that's what I was thinking. It took me a minute to figure out they were Twinkies. I haven't eaten one in years and I don't miss them.
What is it they say about great minds....?
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Perhaps instead of Rumbaing, I shall Roomba. That way I will have a clean floor so that when I do choose to Rhumba or Samba or Shimmy (like my sister Kate), I can do it in my stocking feet and not worry about getting said stockings dirty.
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Not only is this here site -- certainly the ginchiest in all of internet-dom -- working like a charm now, it is also leaving off the red NEW! indicators on those posts that have been added since your last "refresh"/log-in.
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Not only is this here site -- certainly the ginchiest in all of internet-dom -- working like a charm now, it is also leaving off the red NEW! indicators on those posts that have been added since your last "refresh"/log-in.
I got a NEW! on your post DR Stuart when I refreshed just now. :)
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I get the red GNU.
DRJANE - you will have to speak to Mr Meredith Willson about that.
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OY!!!
OY! OY! OY!
So my teacher said to post on the class's Blackboard website with my response to this article we read (the one I read on The Fifth Floor). This article made absolutely no sense. Anyway, she said to post on Sunday night. For some reason, last night was the night that our phone line decided to go kablooey so I couldn't connect to the Internet. So now I'm hoping that I can post right now from school and she won't say that I posted late. The problem, of course, is that my response to this article is "WHAT???" and I don't think she'll accept that.
OY!
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I forgot earlier this morning, DRMichael Shayne, to wish you a very happy birthday. I hope you're having a wonderful one.
All my schedule for today, which was vague to begin with, has fallen on its face! How very frustrating. Brooks Atkinson, in his 1935 review for Cole Porter's JUBILLE, said that the great "Begin the Beguine" was just another rhumba.
I just finished reading a bio of Fred Stone, star of the 1902 WIZARD OF OZ, THE RED MILL, THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, STEPPING STONES, and other shows. He also did several films that I now want to see. Interesting man.
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Plus, I just accidentally stuck my hand in someone else's used gum.
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In other news, my favorite snack foods are as follows:
FLOOP
Chips with frosting
Anything from Reese's
Pudding
Cold leftover pizza
Green apple licorice
Oh yeah, and this stuff called Cherry Coke.
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Here's a gnu
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Stuart-LOL
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DR Larry, is this the book you just finished?
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A gnother gnu
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It is important that one's pique fits well and mine fits like a glove. Of course, if you try to put a glove on your head, a glove doesn't fit at all.
my new hat fits my head like a glove
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Happy Birthday, DR Michael Shayne!!
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One, two, three:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ACTUAL DEAR READER MICHAEL SHAYNE!!!
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I want to scream. I want to throw this article against the wall and scream until I lose my voice. It's so full of words. I keep reading the same sentences over and over, and I still don't understand it.
OY!!!
Oh, and happy birthday, Dear Reader Michael Shayne. I hope you're having a better day than I am.
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Was that an OscarWildebeest?
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Scream, dear reader Sandra. Scream until the cows come home. Let it out. Let the world hear your screams and then do the RHUMBA. That will show them. Shout the word "underpants" and "pudding" and say "Make sense of THAT, you cretinous cretins."
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I want to scream. I want to throw this article against the wall and scream until I lose my voice. It's so full of words. I keep reading the same sentences over and over, and I still don't understand it. .
What is the name of this article?
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I'm sure I would get thrown out of the library if I did that.
Although it is tempting. Maybe if I have time, I'll go scream on The Fifth Floor. No one would raise an eyebrow there.
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My new sweatpants fit like a glove.
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What is the name of this article?
It's called "It Ain't Where You're From, It's Where You're At," which I think is a misleading title because it doesn't sound like the twelve pages of word soup that it is.
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The NEW was on the last few posts, but it was not on the first posts of this page or the posts of the previous page. I was getting error messages an hour ago and went to class. Back now and everything is fine except for the NEWs.
No NEWs is bad NEWs.
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This is what you need to feel better, DR Sandra , your very own "Teddy Gnu" to snuggle up with
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My new sweatpants fit like a glove.
Four fingers and a thumb?
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Of course the real expert in what fits like a glove is OJ.
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Caught up now on the notes and posts that went up during my little sojourn to Sandy Eggo, and I have belated responses to a couple of my favorite Dear Readers:
PennyO--Thank you so much for your kind thoughts.
Jane--Thank you! Me, too!
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DR WFO - sort of like that.
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DR Larry, is this the book you just finished?
DRBen, it is! I also read Fred's autobiography.
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Jay- :)
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Good morning all from way Down Under.
Happy Birthday DR MShayney. Hope it goes off with a bang!
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oops! did i say MShaney (?) ... of course I did mean to type MShane ...
... i guess it's not a day to let my fingers do the walking
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Happy B-day, DR MichaelShayne!!!
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It's called "It Ain't Where You're From, It's Where You're At," which I think is a misleading title because it doesn't sound like the twelve pages of word soup that it is.
So basically its saying that you shouldn't be judged by your past, but by your present life and potential future?
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Fave snack foods ... hmm .. now there's a subject I could get my teeth into (no pun intended) ....
.. you're talking to the original sweet tooth here ....
PEPPERMINT AERO BARS:
(do you have them where you are?)
... smooth peppermint bubbles covered in rich dairy milk chocolate (YUMMO!)
BABY HUMBUGS:
just unadulterated cane sugar with flavouring ... !
FAIRY BREAD: (no comments from the sidelines please)
ask me to a kids' birthday party and i'll ask if there will be fairy bread. I guess it's the same there .... just bread and butter covered with lashing of 100's and 1000's
i could go on and on, but i guess i should do some work.
... hmm now where did i put that chocolate bar .......!
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FAIRY BREAD: (no comments from the sidelines please)
ask me to a kids' birthday party and i'll ask if there will be fairy bread. I guess it's the same there .... just bread and butter covered with lashing of 100's and 1000's
I have never heard of this "delicacy", but thank goodness for the internet!
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The NEW was on the last few posts, but it was not on the first posts of this page or the posts of the previous page. I was getting error messages an hour ago and went to class. Back now and everything is fine except for the NEWs.
No NEWs is bad NEWs.
ummm.....yeah.....what he said.
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Fairy bread certainly looks like something I wouldn't mind trying....
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and this:
Fairy Bread
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Come up here, O dusty feet!
Here is fairy bread to eat.
Here in my retiring room,
Children, you may dine
On the golden smell of broom
And the shade of pine;
And when you have eaten well,
Fairy stories hear and tell.
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It's called "It Ain't Where You're From, It's Where You're At," which I think is a misleading title because it doesn't sound like the twelve pages of word soup that it is.
Sounds like a bus-and-truck version of "It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish."
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Although here is a healthy version
http://www.nickjr.com/food/meal_finder/snacks/blues_room_moona_bread.jhtml
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and yet another recipe:
http://acountrypractice.com/Exam/Recipes/fairybread.html
Fairy Bread
white bread
1 can condensed milk
1 package of candy sprinkles
Allow 1 or 2 slices of bread per child. Spread each slice with condensed milk, cut into quarters (or shapes), and decorate with candy sprinkles.
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Sandra, how could I forget puddin'. I loves me puddin'...especially 'nilla puddin' with a healthy does of whipped cream atop it.
And along the same lines of puddin', anyone remember junket? I used to love that stuff as a kid.
A good 'nilla milkshake, I consider a snack food. The best milkshake in town for me is at the Beachwood Cafe in Hollywoodland.
Happy B'day to Michael Shayne...those of you have not visited his excellent site www.brucekimmel.com , should...you will learn more about our genial master of ceremonies here than youever wanted to. I was just looking at all the CDs he's produced that I don't have...
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last recipe, I promise!!
Fantastic Fairy Bread
Easy to make and delicious to eat. All you will need is:
Bread
Butter
Hundreds and Thousands
Icing sugar
First, spread the butter onto your bread. Then sprinkle some hundreds and thousands over it. Finally, for a little bit more flavour, sprinkle on some icing sugar.
Yummy! Try it! Go on! You know you want to!
Submitted by: FaireeTastee
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Oh, if we start removing the "h" from all our dances, not only will we be left with the rumba, we'll be left with the ora, the ca ca, the okey pokey, the carlston, and the simmy.
I think I've seen the ca ca performed, usually by women waiting in line to get into the rest room during intermission at the theater. Theater archetects are sadists.
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vixmom I think one of the most touching things in the Kritzer books is the loss of freedom and innocence and sense of adventure children had back then. It seems children a locked so much inside and are forced to grow up so fast. In our fear of molesters, we stick our kids inside in front of televisions and game boys and computers that also steal their innocence and sense of play and imagination..and interaction with others. Or we micro-manage their activities with dance classes, art classes, structured play time, soccer, this sport, that activity...to where they never get any down time to just explore the world and their interests on their own...to be taken where their inclinations lead them...
In the summer we would always be out playing in the neighbourhood,walking to the drugstore, swinging on vines in the woods,or playing wiffle ball or badminton in someone's backyard. Or playing our records or going to the movies. I think one of the sounds I miss most his mothers shouting from back doors for kids to come home for supper or because it's getting dark.
I'm rhumba-ing to Brazil as tinkled on the ivories by Carmen Cavallero in the EDDIE DUCHIN STORY.
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And where IS our birthday boy today?
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I must go out and savor the day for a bit. It's very pretty out. But I shall be back within the hour.
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I have never heard of this "delicacy", but thank goodness for the internet!
posting a picture of fairy bread on hhw is tantamount to torture ... now if i could only reach in to the screen and ... chomp! chomp!
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now as i head off to a morning meeting ...(yawn) .. i think you should all head off to your kitchens and make copious amounts of fairy bread ..
.. i want you all to be able to tell me how wonderful it was ...
... i wonder how management would react if i walked into the meeting with a plate of FB for everyone?????? (probably not that surprised!!)
happy postings ... enjoy your day.
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Oh the things I could write and say OzDerek!!!
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I think I've seen the ca ca performed, usually by women waiting in line to get into the rest room during intermission at the theater. Theater archetects are sadists.
When DH & I went to see Chorus Line I was hugely preganant; my bladder had the liquid retention of a seive . my dear dear dear DH threw all the men out of the men's room and guarded the door for me!!
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Twinkies...I haven't eaten one in years and I don't miss them.
Is that your "Twinkie defense"?
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Oh the things I could write and say OzDerek!!!
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???????????????????????????
;D
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Of course our North Westerners would be unable to distinguish fairy bread from ferry bread. As long as they are mary that is what counts.
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Good News! The NEWs are back! And all is right with the world!
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Happy Birthday DR Michael Shayne!
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30 year old Leonardo DiCaprio has been given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
And you wonder what is wrong with the movie industry today?
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and yet another recipe:
http://acountrypractice.com/Exam/Recipes/fairybread.html
Fairy Bread
white bread
1 can condensed milk
1 package of candy sprinkles
Allow 1 or 2 slices of bread per child. Spread each slice with condensed milk, cut into quarters (or shapes), and decorate with candy sprinkles.
Yuck! I prefer Robert Louis Stevenson's poem.
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Can't believe I didn't mention Little Debbies.
Except I don't think of them as snacks but as real food. I have two small oatmeal pies every morning of my life for breakfast. Used to be the fudge rounds, but I thought the oatmeal cakes were a better value for the money.
In college, I lived on Swiss Cake Rolls. I could go through a box of them in a day and a half.
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Vixmom, your DH is amazing! I would have just walked in the women's bathroom and requested I go to the front of the line. Fortunately I didn't have that problem. I was about to say more on the subject of being pregnant but thought the guys on this site would appreciate my silence. ;D
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Got finished with my errands finally, so may have time for a DVD tonight before regular TV watching in high def: '24' and MEDIUM are both new episodes tonight.
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Vixmom, your DH is amazing!
Yeah, think I'll keep him :)
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30 year old Leonardo DiCaprio has been given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
And you wonder what is wrong with the movie industry today?
There's nothing wrong with the movie industry today. This is just a hint for him to quit while he's ahead. Or just quit. Or something.
Santa Barbara is a strange town. :-\
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30 year old Leonardo DiCaprio has been given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
And you wonder what is wrong with the movie industry today?
The last fella I think that was worthy of a Lifetime Achievement at the age of 30 was Alexander
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Is this my last post as a senior member? I wonder....
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Vixmom, your DH is amazing! I would have just walked in the women's bathroom and requested I go to the front of the line. Fortunately I didn't have that problem. I was about to say more on the subject of being pregnant but thought the guys on this site would appreciate my silence. ;D
In other words, you will now be giving a pregnant pause. We don't allow groaning here at haineshisway.com.
I'm back, picked up a package, ate some Popeye's Fried Chicken and am feeling ship-shape and also shape-ship.
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Holy moley on rye - page seven. RHUMBA.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!!!!!!
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Ozderek - I LOVE Peppermint Aero Bars. First got hooked on them during a visit to Canada as a youth. Here in Tacomat there's an international foods store that sells all manner of candies from overseas, and I always pick up a Peppermind Aero bar there when I go.
When I was a kid I used to spread butter on white bread, sprinkle it wth sugar, roll it up, and call it a homemade twinkie. We weren't allowed to have the real ones in the house.
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I must put in a word for
York Peppermint Patties
Sour Cream and Onion Pringles
Pizzalicious Pringles
Cheetos (can't buy 'em, I'll eat them too much)
Nutty Bars (same as Cheetos)
Oatmeal Creme Pies
Fruit-O's...a hard-to-find type of gummy fruit snack...anyone know what I'm talking about?
I used to like Twinkes, but I swear the taste has changed since I was a kid. Long ago they came out with a version that added a bit of fruit jam in with the creme filling, and I remember really liking them.
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Round One of testing is done. I was tested for 19 different allergens, plus was given a "test positive".
My only reaction was to the "test positive."
Not to worry...I get to go back Thursday p.m. for more skin pricks in my upper arm.
Sigh.
They did the allergy tests on me a couple months ago 36 different allergens and I only test positive to the "test positive" Good luck
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well I have a lot of living to do so TTFN!!
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Happy Birthday DR Michael Shayne!!!
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My favorite snack food is Ruffles potato chips and cottage cheese. I think that started when my grandmother didn't have any dip and told me cottage cheese and dip are the same thing.....i was very young.....I've loved ever since.
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VixMom, you have ascended. Good Work Grasshopper!
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We have a new Goddess! :D CONGRATULATIONS VIXMOM!
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I only test positive to the "test positive"
What does that mean?
I tested positive to multiple things, mainly grass, dust and dust mites. Try getting away from those. ;D
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Among a lot of what's already been mentioned, here are a few of my favorites:
Mint M&M's!
Little Debby Nutty Bars
Oreos (especially double-Double Stuff)
Cashews
As well as these with a recipe provided by DR Jane! (THANK YOU!!)
Peanut Butter Haystacks
10 oz package Reeses Peanut Butter Chips
2 Tablespoons chunky peanut butter (I use Skippy’s)
1 large can (15 oz) La Choy chow mein noodles
Melt the peanut butter chips
Stir in the peanut butter
Mix in the noodles until well coated
Form clusters on wax paper and set in fridge to harden.
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Is it siesta time?
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I'm back, picked up a package, ate some Popeye's Fried Chicken and am feeling ship-shape and also shape-ship.
If you go to the Popeye's Fried Chicken (http://www.popeyes.com/) website and find your local shop, you can also print out coupons for your next yummilicious visit!
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vixmom I think one of the most touching things in the Kritzer books is the loss of freedom and innocence and sense of adventure children had back then. It seems children a locked so much inside and are forced to grow up so fast. In our fear of molesters, we stick our kids inside in front of televisions and game boys and computers that also steal their innocence and sense of play and imagination..and interaction with others. Or we micro-manage their activities with dance classes, art classes, structured play time, soccer, this sport, that activity...to where they never get any down time to just explore the world and their interests on their own...to be taken where their inclinations lead them...
In the summer we would always be out playing in the neighbourhood,walking to the drugstore, swinging on vines in the woods,or playing wiffle ball or badminton in someone's backyard. Or playing our records or going to the movies. I think one of the sounds I miss most his mothers shouting from back doors for kids to come home for supper or because it's getting dark.
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I agree wholeheartedly, When I think back to my childhood I had those neighborhood ramblings that bk caaptures so well...unfortunately the Vixter's memories will be of a much more structured childhood.
We did refrain, however , from buying her video games, gameboys etc . Her toys consist of a wide range of playmobil, legos, and drawing supplies and as a result she has a wonderful imagination, something sadly lacking in most her schoolmates.
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VixMom, you have ascended. Good Work Grasshopper!
We have a new Goddess! :D CONGRATULATIONS VIXMOM!
Thank you, thank you! I feel heavenly!!!
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One of the joys of writing the Kritzer books, especially the first one, was recapturing what was unique and wonderful about growing up back then. I've had youngsters read the book and tell me, "I want your childhood."
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For some reason I can’t fathom I have been craving Tim’s potato chips. I have already eaten tons of chocolate and Zoo Animal Crackers today. After George’s post I think it is a good I forgot to buy more chow mein noodles yesterday.
I am being good now and eating a banana.
I really want Mint Hum Bugs now-thanks CP for mentioning that store in England. ;D
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It has come to my attention that today is National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
I think we should all [size=20]CELEBRATE![/size] (http://www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html)[/url]
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Welcome to Mount Olympus, New HHW GODDESS - VixMOM
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I don't make these things up, y'know. (http://www.sealedair.com/products/protective/bubble/funstuff/bubblewrap_app_day05.html)
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Jane, I'm sure Marks and Spencer's has a website.
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In the summer we would always be out playing in the neighbourhood,walking to the drugstore, swinging on vines in the woods,or playing wiffle ball or badminton in someone's backyard. Or playing our records or going to the movies. I think one of the sounds I miss most his mothers shouting from back doors for kids to come home for supper or because it's getting dark.
I have the very same memories, DRPogue. My brother Tom and the Hawkins boys, John and Tom, spent our summer nights playing hide and seek all over the neighborhood, hidng in neighbors' shrubbery, scaling backyard fences, and racing bikes until 8:30 or 9 when my Mother would yell for us to get home. Also, the sound of summer insects: crickets, junebugs, the bats sweeping around the streelamps where the moths were fluttering. Times have changed.
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The last fella I think that was worthy of a Lifetime Achievement at the age of 30 was Alexander
The Great or Graham Bell?
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We have a new Goddess! :D CONGRATULATIONS VIXMOM!
Yeah, what she said!
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Is this my last post as a senior member? I wonder....
[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]WELCOME TO THE HEAVENS, VIXMOM!!
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Jane, I'm sure Marks and Spencer's has a website.
They do and it is mostly for clothes. You never know so I just checked it out again-no luck. Thanks anyway.
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Is it siesta time. I've written more than I planned, and I just spent the last hour going through tons of sheet music. Happily, I found the box within seconds.
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DR SWW - I wondered when the world was going to finally recognize the boon to mankind that is bubblewrap!
As others have written - when I was a kid in the 1950's-60's we played outside all the time. We rarely spent time indoors in the summertime. We went to our friend's houses. And although for a great deal of that time I lived in "the country" and was not within walking distance of town, we still wandered freely around the area....on foot and on bicycle.
Now at about 5 p.m. in the summertime, when I head out to rehearsal, the streets are empty. All the house are shut up and air conditioned. No front doors open, no people on the porches, no parents hollering for their kids. It's like the Twilight Zone almost!
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Wow Mrs Olsen from the coffee commercials is convinced her uncle is NOT her uncle and she is trying to tell Myles - but he won't believe her....just wait a few minutes....it's Invasion of the Body Snatchers!!!
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I already did a Thwinkie Dhance
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Evening all. Sorry that I was E&T yesterday. It was a bit of busy day for me.
Happiest of Birthdays to DR Michael Shayne!
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Also congats to New Goddess, VixMom! There is always room for one more here among the clouds!
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Fairy Bread looks interesting. I’m not so sure I would go so far as to say it looks appetizing but it does look interesting.
How is everyone feeling? DR Elmore? DR Ann? DR Ozderek? I hope all of you are on the mend or already mended. Can I get an Amen? Never mind.
DR Elmore, I read your kind offer of going with me on the subway. Thank you very much! I just want to get the feel of it before I go “solo”.
Anyone else getting excited about the trip? I must say that I am. While out and about yesterday, I bought the cutest little book called New York Inside Out. It’s small enough to fit in your pocket or purse and not take up a great deal of room but it has the nicest little maps in it that all fold out. It even has a small “Insider Guide” to the places of interest and some of the hotels. I’m please to say it even lists The Muse under “Boutique Hotels”. It states that it has every amenity. It is even shown on the map.
I’m sorry to say that the Milford is not listed. Not even under “Budget Hotels” nor is it on the map.
After looking at the map, I could kick myself for being so close to the zoo the last time and not knowing it. Shucks. Maybe this time I will make it.
A BTW—while I'm thinking about it---what was the site we all visited to get the smiley faces, etc. I seem to have lost my link to there.
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Danise your cake is much nicer than the one I tried to post earlier today.
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Thank you, Jane. I'm glad you like it. I can send it to you if you like.
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How is everyone feeling? DR Elmore? DR Ann? DR Ozderek?
DR Elmore, I read your kind offer of going with me on the subway. Thank you very much! I just want to get the feel of it before I go “solo”.
Anyone else getting excited about the trip? I must say that I am. While out and about yesterday, I bought the cutest little book called New York Inside Out. It’s small enough to fit in your pocket or purse and not take up a great deal of room but it has the nicest little maps in it that all fold out. It even has a small “Insider Guide” to the places of interest and some of the hotels. I’m please to say it even lists The Muse under “Boutique Hotels”. It states that it has every amenity. It is even shown on the map.
I’m sorry to say that the Milford is not listed. Not even under “Budget Hotels” nor is it on the map.
After looking at the map, I could kick myself for being so close to the zoo the last time and not knowing it. Shucks. Maybe this time I will make it.
DRDanise, several things:
Thank you for asking; I think I'm healing. We'll see what the surgeon has to say next Monday.
The Zoo? Do you mean the Central Park Children's Zoo? The Bronx Zoo is quite further up and outside Manhattan?
I think it's great that you are getting excited about this year's trip. I think DRBen and I, as well as all our incoming friends, wil see that your trip this time is not so uncomfortable or intimidating as the last.
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Danise your cake is much nicer than the one I tried to post earlier today.
Hey, DRJane! Did you get the Zabar page?
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When I tossed paper into my eggs I decided to take a break from everything else I was doing and concentrate on cooking my dinner. I had been emailing to three different people, messaging a forth person and visiting here. ::)
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Okay Danise-thanks.
I did elmore-thank you. Now I'm going to check it out.
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Today I turned down a little "acting" job. The producers of Penn and Teller's Bullshit, now in its third season, called me to do another hidden camera bit. I turned it down for two reasons - a) because I would never do a hidden camera bit for their show unless my friend David was directing - there's just too much that can go wrong with people you don't know behind the scenes calling the shots. And b) because frankly I just don't see the point, given that they have never asked me back to write for the show - considering that, along with David, I was the best they had. I'd already turned down one of these a couple of months ago, for the same reason. It's just funny to me - somehow the producer of the show just got it in his head that I should be the hidden camera guy. Oh, well. It doesn't pay enough to really worry about.
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When I tossed paper into my eggs I decided to take a break from everything else I was doing and concentrate on cooking my dinner. I had been emailing to three different people, messaging a forth person and visiting here. ::)
Now THAT'S what I call multi-tasking! :D
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I'm logey now. I wrote about nine pages today - again, very unusual for me. Eight of them were new, but I also did some additions earlier in the book - suggestions that my friend Margaret had that were totally right on the money.
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DRDanise, several things:
Thank you for asking; I think I'm healing. We'll see what the surgeon has to say next Monday.
The Zoo? Do you mean the Central Park Children's Zoo? The Bronx Zoo is quite further up and outside Manhattan?
I think it's great that you are getting excited about this year's trip. I think DRBen and I, as well as all our incoming friends, wil see that your trip this time is not so uncomfortable or intimidating as the last.
Humm, I guess it's the Children's Zoo. It just says "Central Park Zoo" on the little map. The thing is I think I was right on the path when I took my walk thru Centra Park but I must have some how missed it!
I don't want you or Ben to go to a lot of trouble on my account. I already know my way around top side pretty well. You would be suprised how well I remember where things are.
There's a place in Times Square that had little thin sandwiches that I didn't see until the morning I was leaving so I didn't get to try them. I will this time. And I want a Chocolate Cigar again. I also will pick some things up on Tuesday morning before I leave to bring home to Mom. A Chocolate Cigar, some cream horns and at least one of those little sandwiches if it turns out that I like them. :D
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I guess I should have said that our tastes are almost the same so if I like the sandwich, Mom will too.
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Hate to say it but I must go. We're doing a Orientation tomorrow. I want to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for it. It doesn’t make a good impression on the new hires if one is yawning all over the place.
Have a nice evening all!
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DR Danise - Yes, indeed, I am getting very excited about the rendezvous in NYC! It now looks like my niece from Illinois will be able to spend the day Saturday with me. We decided, if BK has a signing, we'll go to that and, if not, we'll try TKTS for a Broadway show. Don't know if she'll be going to Penny's show that night - depends on the schedule of her "significant other," who will be conducting at Carnegie Hall Saturday afternoon and Alice Tully Hall Sunday evening. I'm planning on going to the concert at ATH.
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DR Jane: A "test positive" is one of the little pricks they give you that will definitely get a positive reaction. I haven't a clue what the agent is, but they look at your reaction to it and then compare it to the reaction you have to other agents they've placed on your skin.
I don't know any more than that.
And it ain't fittin' I continue by speculating further...
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DR vixmom - Congratulations on your goddessness. Guess I have some catching up to do.
DR Ann - Good to hear that you're feeling better - just don't overdo it too soon. If you had a general anesthetic, you'll probably be feeling the effects of that for a while.
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Danise, there are two zoos in Manhattan, the Central Park Zoo and the recently refurbished Children's Zoo just a few steps away. The Children's Zoo is a lot of fun and the CPZoo is (IMHO), wonderful. Anthony and I are members and have been for years. I love the Penguin area. It's at 65th Street in Central Park. If we don't get to go with you, it's easy to find. Just ask where the Children's Zoo is located and they will point you in the right direction. It's very easy to find.
Your hotel, The Milford Plaza has been around for quite a while. It became the Milford in the late 70s or perhaps in 1980. I forget what it was called before it became the Milford. It's a very popular (if small-roomed) mid-level tourist hotel, always full of tour groups, especially school tour groups and as you know, you're right around the corner from Phantom of the Opera and a short walk to Theatre Row on 42nd Street and 9th Avenue where Miss Penny Orloff's show is playing.
Must run as I have a phone call coming in.
See ya all tomorrow.
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DR Ben - Congratulations on your no-sick-leave reward. We get our choice of 8 hours of comp time or $100. I've only earned it a couple of times, but it's sure nice (I take the comp time, always).
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Ron thanks. I remember now. It is to make sure you do react to something.
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And what is everyone having for dinner?
And, lest we forget: RHUMBA!
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And what is everyone having for dinner?
And, lest we forget: RHUMBA!
Pizza, with pepperoni, mushrooms and fresh garlic delivered from Caesar's, 84th and Amsterdam, the best pizza in my neck of Manhattan.
BOOGIE!
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I must say that sounds quite yummilicious, and now I wish I hadn't eaten the damn Popeye's. I love Popeye's but I always feel gross after eating it. I always have the same thing, too - two mild breasts, which come with two biscuits. I'm always in search of two mild breasts.
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DR DANISE here is the link we got many moons ago from ex DR NOEL's wife DR JOY. ;D
http://www.clicksmilies.com/ (http://www.clicksmilies.com/)
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MMMMMMMMmm I had chicken and noodles and a salad and corn. Plus two twinkies for dessert!
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Dinner: My semi-retired DH Richard cooked NY strip steaks, baked potatoes, and mixed veggies. Nice to come home to after a long day at work.
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We had veggie burgers and a salad with raspberry ice tea. I had an apple after dinner and I'm sure Mr. Anthony will find something to eat after I go to sleep, he's funny that way.
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When you get tired of the R(h)umba - you can go to that tres chic club in Miami Beach - La Conga - and learn the latest dance craze! ;D
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Has anyone here in "the business" worked with Mr Ralph Votrian? He does mostly voice over work now....and I think he did some Radio/Cd work with Mr Harlan Ellison and may have worked with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
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MMMMMMMMmm I had chicken and noodles and a salad and corn. Plus two twinkies for dessert!
And the twinkies names were...? Details, man, details!
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I'd dance, but I think I'm coming down with rhumbatic fever. ::) :P
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Dinner: Sweet and sour chicken, and veggies in a peanut butter sauce that turned out too spicy. All served on a bed of fluffy white rice.
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I'm watching Public Enemy. And doing the RHUMBA of course.
And do you know what music they play over the opening credits of Public Enemy? "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".
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Off to bed! I enjoyed MEDIUM tonight. Very much.
Sleep well, all!
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Maybe we will go watch MEDIUM now. That pizza, minus the meat, sounds yummy.
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We'll be here until the cows come home. Or, the cows will be here until we come home.
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Jane, why don't you and Keith come to LA and we'll go have PIZZA and RHUMBA.
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Ah, the birthday boy has finally shown his face.
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Back from my mini vacations.
Caught up on all the wonderful posts today (Still have Saturday and Sunday to get too)
I will be in NYC that weekend (Penny O's show) and looking forward to it.
Thanks again all DRs
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I ate at McDonalds today, so that's all I'm allowed since it's SO loaded with fat grams.
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I watched THE LETTER today, and the picture is absolutely sensational. Could not be happier with this transfer.
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I'm watching White Heat, which is great.
Now, where in tarnation IS everyone? Out doing the rhumba?
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What does that mean?
I tested positive to multiple things, mainly grass, dust and dust mites. Try getting away from those. ;D
I think he was referring to the control. I just used the same terminology. They put it right in the middle of my back so I had that awkward itch you can't scratch all day
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I did my taxes tonight....wish I was watching something wonderful or doing the rhumba or even the rumba instead, but at least they are done.
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Hello fellow Dear Readers.
Apparently the roofers damaged our telephone wires, as the telephone has not worked since last night. The phone company will be out tomorrow to see what's wrong. Thank goodness for cell phones! By some miracle, I am finally able to connect via the rarely-used laptop without a modem. I read the notes, but not the posts.
So, let's see: the roofers trampled my wildflower garden, the herb garden, almost caught the house on fire by covering the water heater vent, and damaged the telephone wires. Oy!
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I had p-sghetti for supper. Yummy. Made the sauce from scratch last week, I did. Took it out of the freezer.
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Oh -- Happy Birthday, Michael Shayne!!! I hope to see the cake report the next time I am able to connect!
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I had salmon and yellow squash while watching the film 40 NAUGHTY GIRLS starring James Gleason and Zasu Pitts...this is one of the Hildagard Withers films, with Zasu replacing Edna Mae Oliver.
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I'm sorry elmore' s gone off to bed. I had a question for him. Maybe he'll review these posts tomorrow. So here's the question. Speaking of the Hawkins boys, elmore...when you were growing up in Cincinnati, did you ever read the boys book series Secketary Hawkins? Stories about a group of boys with a clubhouse down on the river?
EVERYONE GO SEE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS!!!! We're amateurs to these people when it comes to making an intelligent, moving, but still rip-snorting adventure flick. The Echo Game Sequence and the Bamboo Forest Battle are alone worth the price of admission! Wow! Wow! and Wow!
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elmore's memory of summer-time bugs, makes me ask...Doesn't Southern California have lightning bugs? I don't think I've ever seen one out here.
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Ditto and ditto CEP's pithy review. House of Flying Daggers is just so beautiful to watch...cinematography so lovely and evocative you will want to cry, action so packed you will sit at the edge of your seat. I have no fingernails left! And three of the most attractive and compelling actors you will ever want to read subtitles to understand. Can't recommend it enough! Will buy when it comes out.
BK, do you know who the woman who sang "The Lovers", the movie's theme song, is? What a voice! You must know...you know everything!
If he doesn't (horrors!) can any of you splendid folk out there in the Monday night ethers give me the info? I am now her slave and will buy anything she sings.
(I'm so easily-smitten!)
Fish to all!
LJF
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I haven't picked up the soundtrack to Daggers. I've stayed away from it because I didn't care for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but based on this rave I'll check it outski.
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Well...we like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon too...I liked this better, however! The voice...I have informed the lovely wife...was, according to the credits, diva Kathleen Battle.
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And what is everyone having for dinner?
And, lest we forget: RHUMBA!
I went to Taco Del Mar and had a Super Burrito with beef and a large diet Coke. Quite delish! For dessert, I went to my sister's house and had two maple cookies. Those were some good cookies!
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Maybe we will go watch MEDIUM now....
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I totally forgot about this. I went shopping after work and almost bought a couple of new shirts but instead I bought a DVD of "The Point," narrated by Ringo Starr. I went to my sister's and we watched most of it. I left before 10:00, but I didn't turn on my TV at all. FORTUNATELY, my niece is taping it, so I'll be able to watch it. ;D
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
-Just wanted to cover all my bases.
;)
It's been a good day for me. Somewhat productive, but it still felt like a day off. Right now, I'm waiting for the cheesecakes to cool on the counter before I put them in the fridge. One New York Style, one Double Chocolate.
;D
...And the kitchen is already all clean too!
I need to go through my mail from the past week and a half, and take care of some other little things before I go to bed, so I'll have to catch up on the day's Notes and Posts tomorrow. -But I've already set aside a nice break tomorrow afternoon once I get back up to Fairfax, so I'll have plenty of time to get up to speed.
In the meantime, I hope everyone and everything is doing well.
Laters...
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I'm making another batch of macaroni salad, this one with tiny shrmip and celery. I know, sounds odd, but I like it. It's been a slow evening around here, quite boring actually. Tomorrow I must do laundry...that's about as exciting as my day is likely to get.
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Hello! Can someone help me? I'm computer illiterate and although I have a photo ready to put on my page, I don't know how to do it. It's of me...and I entered the edit page mode to put it in, marked "have own Photo", but it says to enter a web path to my page, and I don't have one. What I need is a simple, 1-2-3-4 etc. step process by which I can accomplish this. Bruce has forgotten...Charles has forgotten...I never KNEW!
Please, oh, please help!
Fish, LJF
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Someone help this woman!
Ann, please post your macaroni salad recipe NOW.
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It's very simple, really. A bag of macaroni, I find the little salad macaroni works best, about 2/3 of a cup of mayo, two cans of drained tiny shrimp, and a cup of chopped celery. Simple, but yummy.
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Hey! Page 10!
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I'm writing some instructions for La Jolie Femme. Hang on!
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Hello! Can someone help me? I'm computer illiterate and although I have a photo ready to put on my page, I don't know how to do it. It's of me...and I entered the edit page mode to put it in, marked "have own Photo", but it says to enter a web path to my page, and I don't have one. What I need is a simple, 1-2-3-4 etc. step process by which I can accomplish this. Bruce has forgotten...Charles has forgotten...I never KNEW!
Please, oh, please help!
Fish, LJF
It's very simple. No, really, it is! Assuming you're using a Windows-based PC (if you're using a Mac, someone else will have to translate for me. I've never used a Mac), right click on this picture and save it to your hard drive (Actually, this is the only part that's different for Macs vs. Windows PCs. The rest is all the same). Anywhere is fine, just save it somewhere where you will be able to find it again. Here's the picture:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Julieanneres-2.jpg)
Then, click on your name next to your post (or you can go to Member List and find your name that way). After you click on your name, you'll see your profile and in the first blue box near the top of the screen, you should see the word "Modify." Click on this word and you'll get to the "Edit Profile" screen. Scroll down to "Personalized Picture" and check the box "Upload own picture" and click the browse button. Then find on your computer where you saved the picture in the first step. When you've found the picture, click "Open." That should put the file path into the previously empty box. You can update any other information while you're there, so look around a bit. When you're done with any and all updating to your profile, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, enter your password, then click "Change profile." That should be it!
PS. You might want to copy these instructions into a document so that you can have them when you do all of this.
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I am back from a concert performance of Mr. William Finn's and Mr. James Lapine's A New Brain, as mounted by the good people at Reprise!
The performance reinforced my long-held belief that this show is criminally underrated. Mr. Malcolm Gets played the lead part of Gordon Michael Schwinn, the role he originated when the show premiered in New York. Mr. Kevin Earley (who appears to have survived his stint in Moses unbruised, and whose resplendent baritone voice guarantees that he has quite a future on the musical stage in front of him) offered a very touching Roger. Miss Karen Morrow's performance as Gordon's mother was achingly poignant, and the supporting cast was solid, solid, solid.
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These are instructions to save it again, even though you have already saved it. This way you'll know where you saved it the second time and be able to find it quickly.
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A question for Dear Reader elmore 3003, Dear Reader Jose, or anyone else who might know. A recording of Don Giovanni has just become available on Amazon. The information on the site is sketchy, to say the least. It lists the peformers as follows: London, Grummer, Kunz, Loose, Bohm.
Is it safe to assume that "London" is George and "Bohm" is Karl? Do you know this recording and, if so, can you recommend it?
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Pogue, are you there?
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I totally forgot about A New Brain, which I'd meant to see. Oh, well.
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I hope my instructions weren't too convoluted. :-\ If they were, I'm sorry but I'm sure that someone else will be able to be more helpful.
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George, I'm sure they're fine. Julieanne has gone to bed so she'll probably do it tomorrow...I'm printing them out in any case.
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One more to get the topics back in the right order.