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Okay, you people, you know what you have to do. You've read the notes, so go to it. Even though we had a fine number of posts yesterday it was down from what we've been doing (actually, posts were down on every website I looked at - weird), so let's just make up for it today with frenzied posting. That's what we need - frenzied posting.
Because I HAVE read the notes, I'll start:
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Now I know what people mean - yesterday I had twenty-five karmas, today I have twenty-four. I shall now pout in the corner until someone rectifies their horrid mistake.
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Thanks to all the Dear Readers for 20 months or so of wonderful smiles. If I listed all the posts and posters that had made me smile it would indeed be an epic. I have no need of (and let's face it probably can't even do) the cartoon smiley faces but I know so many of you enjoy them. Have fun.
Mr Simon's work: Love "The Goodbye Girl" a perfect film. I can see why the musical did not work yet I find much to enjoy in both Cd versions. I also love the Dame Maggie Smith segment of "California Suite".(the rest I can do without). My least favourite film of Mr Simon's work was "The Out-Of-Towners".
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I will have to do some studying on the smilies before I post one. ;D
Mr Neil Simon....
My favorite plays have been mentioned but will be mentioned again:
The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park. I would also like to add The Prisoner of Second Avenue, which I have done and which is very good.
As movies: The Goodbye Girl, The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park, Murder by Death (I think he wrote that), and California Suite.
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It is taking me quite a long time to get to be an HHW God, but I am working on it!
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I'm on the fly once again but want to say Good Morning and have a good day.
I don't have time to look for many smiles right now but this one is my favorite--I don't know why but iI like it the best.
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And of even if she isn't a smile, I love the karma fairy.
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Be happy and safe!
Danise
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I have to agree with Tom that The Visitors From London (California Suite) is perhaps the finest bit of overall writing that Neil Simon had ever done. With the exception of his Brighton Beach Trilogy The Visitors From London are the only other characters (I believe) that he revisited in another play. Sir Michael Caine and Dame Maggie Smith were brilliant together in the film version.
I also enjoyed the film adaptation of The Sunshine Boys (never saw it on stage) and if memory serves me After the Fox with Peter Sellers was a very funny film.
The other films that I've seen (originals written for the screen) which were spoofs (which are always hits and misses with the jokes) The Cheap Detective and Murder By Death were not bad. Peter Falk was sublime in both.
Although I enjoyed The Goodbye Girl, and the Richard II set piece is perhaps the funniest thing he ever wrote, the film is not a favorite of mine as I never really saw the characters as real. The seemed to me just spouting out Neil Simon dialogue.
And I don't know why but they are doing a tv remake of the film next year
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I don't know anything about this company, but I got an email for an import version of Song of the South that some DR might be interested in. Here is a link to the site.
http://www.efilmic.com/spdl.asp?scpt=SOTS1946
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Sweet Charity is my favorite Simon. It never fails to move me. While I think Lost In Yonkers deserved the Pulitzer Prize, I found the BB trio of plays about Eugene Jerome rather forced, for the most part.
When I was growing up, Simon got no respect. He was seen as a spouter of one-liners. Now, comedy writers revere him.
His first volume of autobiography (Rewrites) is a book very dear to DW Joy and I. And thereby hangs a tail...
But I must leave it hanging. Have to get to work.
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Here is one...I hope.
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Well, I am about to feel like Jed who said never go away for 4 days. I'm about to go to Cleveland for business and I will miss the sparkling chatter and come back to find a plethora of posts. Friday will be my return date and I look forward to trying to catch up with all posts. Work was why I missed chat last night. I'm too dedicated for my own good.
I will eschew (gazoontite) the smileys today since I have to get crackin' on rehearsin' my presentations for Cleveland but I will mention some Neil Simon that I like.
I'm a big fan of The Good Doctor, his take on Checkov short stories and plays. I also like the movie version of Gingerbread Lady, Only When I Laugh. Like BK, I also enjoy the book for Promises, Promises (which was the very first Broadway show I ever saw in April of 1971 at the Shubert Theatre with Tony Roberts playing the lead). I do think that Lost in Yonkers is a wonderful piece. Biloxi Blues didn't click for me but Brighton Beach Memoirs is one of my favorites.
That's it for now. I'll try to post at least once more before AirTran whisks me away to Akron with connections to Cleveland.
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Oh, I'm so close to 350, I have to do this.
Anyway, I also agree w/DR Noel. Sweet Charity is great Simon. What a combo, Neil Simon and Gwen Verdon. Wish I could have seen the original, but I was just a tyke back then.
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Michael, I like the band. Cute smileys.
Who will win this contest? Only time will tell.
I am now officially off until further notice.
Send vibes for my work in Cleveland. Thanks all.
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I like this one! ;D
I like the flower from Mr BK and the band from MDS as well!
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It's Maya's former MacDeath:
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Or this Monty Python rip off:
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I also have no idea how to post a smiley face on this here site (except in chat). I don't think I can even <B>bold</B>, __underline__ or <I>italic</I> like I could on the old board. Is any of this explained on the Technical Posts board?
I like Neil Simon's original book for LITTLE ME. It's probably closest to the Dennis (Tanner) book on which it is based. I've always felt that Simon writes great dialogue in mediocre plots. That said, I already have tickets to his next show but not because it is Simon. It stars Mary Tyler Moore, John Cullum and David Aaron Baker and I would see that cast in just about anything.
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I see I am no longer considered a "newbie"... how ironic since I have been reading and posting since Day 1 over two years ago.
BK - Are we still getting a lot of interlopers reading this here site but who aren't registered to post?
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Good morning esteemed and Grand Poobah....and all the lovely and erudite dear readers --
I have to have an early start today, so I wanted to answer the Q.O.T.D. (after of course reading the notes).
My 3 favorite Neil Simon scripts are: the Brighton Beach Trilogy, California Suite (mainly Maggie Smith), and, yes, The Sunshine Boys. Problem is, after 30 years it is sometimes hard for Kerry and I to figure out which one is Willy and which one is Al....of us, that is.
This is my only smiley....sorry. 8)
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Again with the finger!
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Some smilies for the contest:
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and an interesting picture trivia post coming shortly
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Ok.. Photo Trivia time:
Who is Juliana talking to?
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My guess is BK!
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you're guess is correct!
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Dude!
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Let's wish a big HHW Happy Birthday today to Mickey and Minnie Mouse who are 75 years old but don't look a day older than when they first appeared on the big screen on 11/18/28. Lots of cheese for them please.
It's unfortunate that yesterday, on the eve of their birthday, it was announced that the latest wave of Disney Treasures DVDs (including Part 2 of "Mickey Mouse in Color" along with a Donald Duck anthology, Disney in Space and Disney at War) have been delayed from December until May.
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I will be errant and truant tomorrow and I just realized I will miss the festivities. So I must wish an early
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to our own soon to be discovered Broadway Star
JASON
Have fun tomorrow. I know there won't be any cake left but have a slice for me.
;D :D
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WEL: It is so much easier to bold italics and underline on this here board - all you have to do is hit "reply" (not quick reply) - there you will see a whole series of easy to use icons, just like in Word. So simply highlight the word you wish to bold, for example, click on the "B" and it will insert the tags automatically. Same thing with the "I" for italics and the "U" for underscore. There are also a host of smilies for your mental delectation right under all the icons. Click on any one of them and they will appear in your post.
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Oh, boy, here we go again, just like yesterday. SOme SImon works that click for some fall flat for othersAnd so it is with me, too. I'm SO glad we're all friends here and respect each other even when we violently disagree.
Best Simon play on stage: THE ODD COUPLE
Best Simon play in the movies: THE SUNSHINE BOYS
Best Simon musical: hard because I like LITTLE ME, SWEET CHARITY, PROMISES PROMISES, and THEY"RE PLAYING OUR SONG. (More about GOODBYE GIRL in a minute). I guess I'd pick PROMISES PROMISES because I like its score so much.
Favorite original Simon movie script: MURDER BY DEATH (for a mystery buff, it's absolutely hysterical).
Least favorite Simon play: STAR SPANGLED GIRL
Least Favorite Simon movie: LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS
Least favorite Simon musical: THE GOODBYE GIRL
Least favorite original Simon movie script: THE GOODBYE GIRL
I agree with bk about LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. Wonderful on stage with James Coco; painful on film with Alan Arkin (and I've always thought Alan Arkin was horribly undervalued as an actor.) A beautiful and funny play ruined by bad casting and direction.
THE GOODBYE GIRL is one of those outside-looking-in movies for me. Everyone I know adored it, and I sat there stone faced and bored. Couldn't stand Quinn Cummings or RIchard Dreyfuss in the film. But as a show of faith, I bought a used copy of the DVD ($5) to give it another chance, but it has sat on the DVDs-to-watch shelf for a year or two. I can't summon up much enthusiasm for giving it a second chance.
I really love the Eugene Jerome trilogy, especially BILOXI BLUES. None of the movie versions quite captured the wonderful atmosphere of the stage versions, but BILOXI came closest.
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There's my favorite smilie, with this one a close second:
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I like The Odd Couple, and Simon's Rewrites is, indeed, near to our hearts.
16 days left at The Firm!
Q: Does anyone know the French lyrics to Stephen Schwartz's "Chanson"? And can anyone translate them? Thanks.
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The one Simon work that I really do not like at all and makes me think, did he write that? is God's Favorite. Unfathomable to me. Oh, well.
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Those Disney Treasures were delayed because the demand for them has been so high that the company simply couldn't produce them and meet quotas right in the midst of the frenzy of orders for FINDING NEMO. Disney's had to go back and repress that a time or two since it came out a mere two weeks ago. Obviously, its the biggest selling DVD ever.
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It's a lovely day in the neighborhood
A lovely day for a neighbor
Would you be mine?
Would you be mine?
Hahahahahaahahahahahaaha! What a GLORIOUS DAY!
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Make it stop raining!
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They've been calling for rain here for the last two days, but we've seen nary a drop. The sky is overcast today, however, so some showers later today wouldn't surprise me at all.
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My favorite Neil Simon:
"Only When I Laugh" -- a triumph of a movie with magnficent performances from Marsha Mason, Jimmy Coco and especially Joan Hackett; and a wonderfully warm performance by Kristy McNichol!
"Seems Like Old Times" -- I love the movie with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase...just a wonderful time-passer and lots of great laughs. Charles Grodin is hysterical. And those DOGS!!!
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I really loved ONLY WHEN I LAUGH, too. It made me laugh and cry a lot. James Coco was robbed of an Oscar for that one. John Gielgud won that year for ARTHUR, a hilarious turn but hardly a finished character performance.
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This is a test. I am in reply (not quick reply) and instead of getting bold the screen shows the codes for bold. ??? The question mark was supposed to be a Smilie. Even when I hit preview this is what it shows. I will post this and see if it comes out right there.
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Okay - I see. It works but it doesn't show on the screen... even in preview.
I tried the WYSIWYG but that erased everything and I couldn't post with it.
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Ah, I'm afraid I don't know nearly as much Neil Simon as I should, but I love the book of Sweet Charity and the Goodbye Girl was a great movie, IMHO. I have BK's RCR of Little Me, but I don't really know the book of that show. I'd love to read it though!
Emily--LOL! That smiley is indeed Macdeath.
Joy--Glad to see you posting again! We missed the lovely Mrs. Katz! (Mrs. Dewey-Katz at least...I'm not sure how you have your last name now)
Here's my smiley selection...he's crazzzzzzzy!
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Ann -- Yes, I survived both Sunday night’s windstorm, and last night’s storm, as well. I was beginning to have my doubts both nights, but I’m still here. (Oh, a Sondheim reference) And by the way young lady, exactly which Safeway store were you walking to in the dark of night? It had better be either the Proctor store or the Pearl Street store. Those are about the only two that I would consider safe to walk to at night.
Jed (of the handsome photo) – Congratulations to your whole family on the honor bestowed upon them by Central Washington State University. Having personally known and respected your grandfather, I can think of no one worthier of having the black box Theater named after him. Hmm, I wonder if knowing your grandfather is the reason my photo looks like your uncle.
BK – I am so happy you said that about Mad Mad Mad World. I thought I was the only one in the world who didn’t think it was one of the funniest movies they had ever seen. I enjoyed seeing the film, especially back on the big Cinerama screen, but it isn’t a movie that I enjoy watching again and again, or one that I would want to own. Last time I tried watching it, I got bored about half way through, and never did finish it. At the same time, I believe several people here at HHW had some very negative comments about the remake of The In-Laws. Personally, I didn’t really enjoy the first version, so I did not hold out high expectations about the remake. However, I found the remake to be delightful and at times, laugh out loud funny. (Well, that ought to stir up some comments!)
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My favourite Neil Simon work is easily the film of THE GOODBYE GIRL...everybody at their peak - Simon, Mason, and certainly Dreyfuss!
As a writer by profession, I frown upon smilies, emoticons, or any visual aid that one feels should enhance the written word. If writing is the chosen form of communication, then communicate with words...not hieroglyphics. If you ever see me using a smilie or emoticon, kill me!
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Charles Pogue: :) (I HEAR ya!)
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I agree with WEL regarding Neil Simon's original book for "Little Me." I remember laughing hysterically at both the book and the performances in the original production. Although I was only 15 at the time, I still vividly remember the show and regret that I only saw it once. I still have the Life magazine feature story about it. Unfortunately, I never found the same level of hilarity at either the revisical (with James Coco and Victor Garber sharing the many husband/lover roles) nor the Roundabout revival with Martin Short. There were no elements in either subsequent production that matched the original. I also like Simon's book for "Sweet Charity" and "Promises, Promises." As for his plays, "Barefoot in the Park" and "Odd Couple" were the best laugh riots and "Star Spangled Girl" the worst.
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WEL: You cannot see smilies or any bold, italics, etc. when in preview mode. Just post. Don't preview. If there's a mistake in your post, just 'modify'. Simple as pie. Isn't it amusing that the person who wanted the smiley contest hasn't even made an appearance today. Bitch-slapping will be the order of the day.
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That (A. Brockman's words) "shameless hussy" Julianna was certainly looking attractive at yesterday's dinner with Skippy.
Should I be jealous? I think so.... ;)
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Matt---
Thanks for the info on the Disney Treasures being delayed because of FINDING NEMO. However even though it is selling so great it is certainly not in short supply. I was in several video stores over the weekend and they all had large displays and numerous copies of the film in both DVD and VHS.
Since the Disney Treasures are numbered limited editions, I would think they could squeeze them in. Do they expect to be pressing more copies of FINDING NEMO for 5 months? I think they are using that as an excuse for some other reason they do not wish to disclose.
By the way, Disney just shut down production on some new animated feature that has gone under a number of titles (the latest being "A Few Good Ghosts") because they decided "it was not very good".
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Today's Topic
My favorite Neil Simon plays and films would have to be Chapter Two and Barefoot in the Park, with The Odd Couple coming in a close second. Playing the lead in Chapter Two was one of the highlights of my career. I have never done Barefoot, but I am still holding out to play the neighbor someday.
Musical-wise, I love Promises, Promises. I was sorry that they never made it into a film (yes, I know The Apartment). I still think, if it was done correctly, it could be delightful. However, you couldn't update the show, but instead you would have to make it a loving and gentle satire of the era.
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One must NEVER refer to Ms. Julianna A. Hansen as a shameless hussy. That is a very ugly term which we cannot tolerate here at HHW...
And oh dear reader Emily... I read yesterday you were engaged and STILL seeking my hand. That might be more shameless hussieness ;) ;) ;)
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And she called ME a skank! :P
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Favorite Neil Simon Play--The Sunshine Boys--I just wish he had created a female version!
Favorite Musical--Promises, Promises
Hopefully working my way up on the karma scale...
HollyLynn :P (my first smiley face in a post!!) ;D (my second) 8) (my third)
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Maya, thank you: I am sort of back, just here and there, as you see. My last name is Dewing and I'm keeping it! As the lyric from "Our Wedding: The Musical" goes:
"Don't throw a bouquet, it leads to spats
And for heaven's sake, don't take the name Joy Katz"
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LOL, Joy!
Sorry I butchered the last name! I DID remember that it had the "dew" in it!
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"Sharon, where is Glocca Morra?"
"Well, you see, it's always somewhere. Over there?"
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I'm waxing very nostalgic today and need a Petula Clark fix in the biggest way.
I've been looking for weeping willows and brooks so I can ask them how things are in Glocca Morra this fine day!
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Ann -- BK – I am so happy you said that about Mad Mad Mad World. I thought I was the only one in the world who didn’t think it was one of the funniest movies they had ever seen. I enjoyed seeing the film, especially back on the big Cinerama screen, but it isn’t a movie that I enjoy watching again and again, or one that I would want to own. Last time I tried watching it, I got bored about half way through, and never did finish it. [/I])
I didn't care "Mad Mad World" the first time around. The second time I laughed a bit more but will be very happy never to see the movie again.
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Hello all!
back from NYC and the new Broadway Radio Show was loaded this morning....I'll be recording a special Thanksgiving show this week to be launched on Sunday (or Monday morning, depending on how my weekend goes)
anyway, in NYC I saw Little Shop of Horrors (and taped a fun interview with Kerry Butler in her dressing room), Never Gonna Dance, Wonderful Town, Lypsinka and Avenue Q.....on Monday, I had a fun breakfast with Susan Egan and my pal Alan Wager (another Beauty/Beast alum) which I also recorded part of for an upcoming radio show.....all in all, it was a busy and fun 5 days
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I have a male friend, who hyphenated his last name to include his and his wife's surnames. He said it was the least he could do to honor his bride. She kept her maiden name, BTW (by the way in internet lingo).
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Thanks, steveg.
May Dorothy Fields forgive me!
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BK I am here! Well you can't be mad at me for not showing up early to the smilies contest, since I did not know it would be today!
But I am very happy now. So I will prepare my entries.
Is it one per person? Or I'm guessing we can enter a few?
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BTW, I think sometimes the "preview" funtion is very helpful. Yes sometimes it's easier to just modify your post after. But I used to always preview. And I still do, especially if I'm posting smiles or something that I'm not sure will turn out as I intend.
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They finally got me my edit bay computer so now I can post until the cows come home, which is more than I can say for some people like Jennifer who was the one who wanted this fershluganah smiley contest in the first place. And speaking of smilies, we need more entrants.
I loved Chapter Two on stage, and hated the film.
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THERE you are, you shameless hussy. Get your smilies going, girl.
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DR Joy wrote:
Q: Does anyone know the French lyrics to Stephen Schwartz's "Chanson"? And can anyone translate them? Thanks.
If anyone posts them I can translate them.
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Okay let me warm up:
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More:
Christmas entries:
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Look it's DR Emily: (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/weihnachten/xmas-smiley-042.gif)
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I think this whole smile contest is silly. I think you will all be sorry that you ever started it.
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www.broadwaystars.com hasa link around 2/3 of the way down to Talkin' Broadways List of Upcoming CD, DVD and Book releases which is updated every Tuesday. The list is prepared by Max (Show Music) Preeo.
You can look at the whole list or click on this week's updates. At the end of this week's updates today it has a list of films "rumored for DVD release in 2004" and among other titles such as CALL ME MADAM is
LI'L ABNER
I'm sure Benjamin Kritzer and the other BK are both excited about that and hope the rumor is true.
Also, I know there are a lot of Plaid fans here at HHW and you will be happy to know that on 12/9 a Xmas recording called "Plaid Tidings" will be released. Just don't order it direct from the label it is on.
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I did not know you were so familiar with Angels TCB.
WEL. Thanks for he link. I do hope we eventually get Show Music back in some form.
Jennifer: the French lyrics are very basic and are translated in the song anyway (or pretty much so).
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I am seriously behind in reading all the posts (I do read the notes!), but I had to jump ahead and respond:
DR Ron: It goes fine, thanks for asking. :)
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YAY! They're finally releasing Call Me Madam on DVD????
This calls for the Merman Dance!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]*dance, dance, belt, win Tony, dance, shimmy, blow the back row out of the theatre, dance*[/move]
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Good to see you posting JB-NYC. Welcome aboard. My last post re "The Baker's Wife" should I gather be for Joy. I read the posts from end to start this morning. I shall check later and se if I can find the lyrics.
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For my Petula Clark fix - I always watch Goodbye Mr Chips!
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Welcome, JB-NYC!
No longer a lurker, you're now a poster! Now that you've got your toes wet, come on in and join the fun!
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CHANSON
Chaque jour est un jour
Comme les autes beaux jours
Le potage, l'ouvrage,
Peut-etre l'amour;
Le soleil, il voyage,
Le monde fait un tour
Ainsi c'est toujours la meme ...
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Over to Jennifer for the translation!
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Look it's DR Maya: (http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie.php?smile_ID=509)
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Did anyone notice my dog looks cuter today?
I only have time to vote for my favorite smiley face, not post one. It is fun to see how many varieties of happy faces there are. The bunny is cute, even if it isn’t a happy face. TCB that is some smiley face you posted. I might vote for the center one if it could be a bit smaller. I like happy faces that are happy and not too busy.
Jay I gave you a Karma for making Thursday night’s arrangements. Thank you. See you in Sherman Oaks.
JB-NYC welcome to another Sagittarian. When is your birthday?
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I've Started & I Can't Stop.
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TOMORROW IS JASON’S BIG DAY
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CHANSON
Chaque jour est un jour
Comme les autes beaux jours
Le potage, l'ouvrage,
Peut-etre l'amour;
Le soleil, il voyage,
Le monde fait un tour
Ainsi c'est toujours la meme ...
Okay this is not exact.
Every day is a day
Like the nice/pretty/beautiful other days
The soup, the work (not sure about this line)
maybe love;
the sun, it travels
the world takes a trip
and it's always the same
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Welcome to ex-lurker JB-NYC!! You must tell us a bit about yourself!
Jennifer--LOL! Am I the Mona Lisa or the Hour Glass? ;)
Que veut dire le potage?
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Ah the soup, okay!
Monsieur Kimmel est le roi des potages! ;) ;)
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Yep smiley faces are addictive.
Help, my name is Jennifer, and I'm a smiley-aholic!
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Jrand---
Next year for your Petula fix you can watch the DVD release of FINIAN'S RAINBOW
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Jason, incase I can’t post tomorrow- HAVE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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TCB you are a riot.
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Jennifer--LOL! Am I the Mona Lisa or the Hour Glass? ;)
Que veut dire le potage?
You can be the hour glass if you want!
I'm not sure what they mean in the song by "potage". To me it means like soup. But french isn't my first language. Maybe DR Emily or DR Andrea or DR Francois would know more.
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At this rate I will never be a goddess!
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Someone here booed BK? What is this world coming to? :(
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Thank you, Jane, and you are delightful. I always look forward to your posts. However, as I said the other day (or perhaps thought, and wisely didn't say) you had better not let me find out your address, or you will be missing one Titanic newspaper.
Did you say Jane that you were going to be gone for a few days? I hope you aren't going by yourself?
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The word "Stew" in used in other parts of the song rather than "Soup".
"and the taste of your stew"
"all of a sudden your stew tastes different"
Does that mean I have to type out all the lyrics?
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What IS the world coming to? I know not, I care not. We talked about doing Plaid Tidings for six years, but Stuart Ross could never get his act together. Since he probably produced the CD himself, I'm sure he's got his act together now. However, my estimation of Stuart Ross, which was never that high to begin with, has now dropped to zero.
I do not like prostitutes, need I say more?
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Every day as you do what you do every day
You see the same faces fill the cafe
And if some of those faces have new things to say
Nothing is really different
And the sheep dot the hill where the olive tree sways
And the world spins around with the greens and the grays
And you never take time out to think of the ways
Everything might be different
And then one day, suddenly
something can happen
It might be quite special
Or something quite small
But all of a sudden, your stew tastes different
And you hear the sheep bleat in a different key
And you see with new eyes, and the faces you see
Are people you don't know at all
And the someone who touches your hair every day
Touches you now in a different way
And you may want to run or you may want to stay
forever
And since life is the sound of the sheep
And the tatse of your stew
And the way that you feel
When he touches you
Now your whole life is different
Now your whole life is new
Chaque jour est un jour....
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Thanks for the news WEL! Wide screen enhanced Finian's Rainbow I hope!
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And the sheet dot the hill where the olive tree sways
And the world spins around with the greens and the grays
And you never take time out to think of the ways
Everything might be different
There were sheets dotting the hills? What is this, a KKK song? When I did the show, we had no sheets in the hills, sheep yes, sheets no.
I do love the show, but I think you have to be a real musical theater person to enjoy it. We had a lot of audience members walking out of the theater shaking their heads.
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And modify can make TCB's comments so so so.
At least someone reads my posts.
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No wonder I have such high hopes for "Wicked" Mr Schwartz has given us such beauty. I hope all readers have a copy of the BK produced album of his songs.
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George! Noel! Jane! Fagin is beggin for you to post. (Noel, I don't suppose that would work as a rhyme in a song?)
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Isn't TCB Fagin one of the hobbits?
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Thank you, Jane, and you are delightful. I always look forward to your posts. However, as I said the other day (or perhaps thought, and wisely didn't say) you had better not let me find out your address, or you will be missing one Titanic newspaper.
Did you say Jane that you were going to be gone for a few days? I hope you aren't going by yourself?
One day I just might take a decent photo of the paper to send to you.
Hmmm….. Are you hoping my house will be empty or is that a joke about my state of mind? If it’s a reference to my house you are just out of luck. I always leave Echo and Bogie and if not Keith, then a pet sitter. We can’t leave our babies alone.
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FYI, the lyrics in the somewhat new Stephen Schwartz anthology are somewhat different, as I believe Mr. Schwartz fixed 'em all up a bit.
2nd Verse goes:
And the wind changes course and the moon changes phase
Etc.
And the bridge, instead of the sheep, or sheets, bleating:
And you hear a gull cry in a different key
And near the end, instead of "And since life is the sound of the sheep":
And since life is the cry of a gull
He changed some other lyrics in other songs in the book, as well. I think "It's An Art" is different.
The Stephen Schwartz Album is one of my all-time favorite theatrical recordings, even though there are a couple in there that occasionally make my skin crawl. But I probably shouldn't mention any particulars, eh?
;)
Thanks for the translation, Jennifer. I knew it was something like that, but I wanted to know exactly what the lyrics were for singing purposes. Otherwise the subtext is something like:
Every day is a day like every other day...something something (potato)...maybe love...the sun goes somewhere, the world makes something round, something something always the same.
It's not conducive to brilliant acting.
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I see large number of people perusing and yet we have just crossed one hundred posts - most Unseemly. Everyone get off your high horses, get on your low horses and post.
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Actually, apart from the newspaper reference, I was worried about you having to go in and clean out your father's condo alone. I know that will an extremely emotional time for you, so I was hoping that you wouldn't have to do it without having someone else there for emotional support.
However, if you are asking me to come down and pet sit and house sit, so Keith can go with you, all you have to do is ask. :o
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And thanks for the lyric, Tom From OZ.
One of my best friends is from Dubbo. You know where that is?
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One must NEVER refer to Ms. Julianna A. Hansen as a shameless hussy. That is a very ugly term which we cannot tolerate here at HHW...
And oh dear reader Emily... I read yesterday you were engaged and STILL seeking my hand. That might be more shameless hussieness ;) ;) ;)
Craig m'boy, after you abandoned all of us (myself included) in chat for an evening with the all too adorable Miss Juliana I felt it would be necessary to take serious action.
I want a green card. I have no skills that your country feels are useful. Therefore I must marry an American. TCB graciously accepted my proposal of marriage.
A marriage of convenience you might say? Yes to begin with. But TCB has grown on me as husband material. I am a woman torn. ;)
I must go sulk off in the corner and consider my prospects with each of you.
BTW Julianna if you read the posts you are not a shameless hussy in the least. Your potential father in law may think so, but I do not! ;) (Brock. Senior is surely kidding of course!) That will, of course, not stop me from bitch slapping you from here to eternity over callously stealing Craig away from me and Maya and Laura II and Andrea and Jason ( :) )
I challenge you to a duel! Pistols or Pies... it's your choice as the defender!
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Something something potato something.... ;D
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Isn't TCB Fagin one of the hobbits?
Why, are you hobbitphobic?
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Film music composer Michael Kamen died this morning of a heart attack.
Among the films he scored are:
The Dead Zone
Brazil
Mona Lisa
Lethal Weapon I-IV
Die Hard I-III
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Licence To Kill
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Mr. Holland's Opus
What Dreams May Come
Frequency
X-Men
Open Range
Mr. Kamen was 55 years old!
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Juliana was in chat last night? That's it, I am walking from Oliver. I can't let theater get in the way of my meeting such delightful guests.
BTW (By The Way in internet lingo) Emily, how drunk was I when I proposed?
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If you think Fagin could possibly rhyme with "beggin'" I have one word for the way you're pronouncing the first syllable to Dickens' creation, and that word is
feh
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TCB - Very :)
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Film music composer Michael Kamen died this morning of a heart attack.
Among the films he scored are:
The Dead Zone
Brazil
Mona Lisa
Lethal Weapon I-IV
Die Hard I-III
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Licence To Kill
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Mr. Holland's Opus
What Dreams May Come
Frequency
X-Men
Open Range
Mr. Kamen was 55 years old!
I thought Marc Shaiman did Mr. Holland's Opus. Am I wrong?
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TCB, which Oliver are you doing? I have a friend in the National Tour.
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Actually, apart from the newspaper reference, I was worried about you having to go in and clean out your father's condo alone. I know that will an extremely emotional time for you, so I was hoping that you wouldn't have to do it without having someone else there for emotional support.
However, if you are asking me to come down and pet sit and house sit, so Keith can go with you, all you have to do is ask. :o
You are funny and sweet. All that is left at my father’s is for the thrift shop. What they don’t want I will have to pay to be hauled away. Then I will be getting estimates for the work that needs to be done before putting it on the market. I think this will be more boring than emotional. I hope so anyway. I have my brother there for emotional support.
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I thought Marc Shaiman did Mr. Holland's Opus. Am I wrong?
Very much so.
Mr. Shaiman was not associated in any way with that film.
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George! Noel! Jane! Fagin is beggin for you to post. (Noel, I don't suppose that would work as a rhyme in a song?)
Here I am. I have HHW up at work and I lurk at work. I post when I have a moment, but they're few and far between...hence the many late night posts.
I have some smilie sites bookmarked, so I'll check when I get the chance. ;D
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I thought Marc Shaiman did Mr. Holland's Opus. Am I wrong?
Very much so.
Mr. Shaiman was not associated in any way with that film.
Oopsie.
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Not at all!
;D
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Just a little side note here about Mr. Holland's Opus: I was watching the Olympics in, I believe, 1996, and I heard the Opus. That was surreal.
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Today was a fun day. In Biology, we went on a "field trip". Where did we go, you might be asking? Well, we put our coats on, lined up, and climbed through the (very annoying) windows, into the courtyard. Once we got there, we realized that no one had brought a chair outside as a step to get back in, and it was c-c-c-cold. So we had to run to the other windows, begging people to let us in. There was no point to this field trip, BTW, he was just trying to keep us awake.
Then I went to Spartan Singers, and we finished choreographing our jazz version of "Carol of the Bells". My choir teacher is nice, but she is no choreographer. Laura II, you have MUCH to look forward to, :).
And today was "Mix It Up" day at all lunches. Apparently my Algebra teacher is a DJ in his spare time, because he had all of this HUGE equipment set up, and was playing music while we ate. They gave us pieces of colored paper, and, when they told us to, we were supposed to go and sit at the table that matched our color, to "mix it up, and meet someone new!" I ended up with my very good friend Stephanie and some freshmen who looked scared to death. Fun stuff.
I don't know from Neil Simon, except God's Favorite. Our school did it last year as the fall play, and I went to see it, but I don't remember the storyline or the characters. I remember being bored.
I don't even know where you people are GETTING these smilies. What is the name of the site, again?
BTW: Jennifer, you are MUCH closer to a Goddess than I am, no complaining!
Emily: I offered you my brother last night. He's not worth much, I wouldn't charge you more than $50 American. He's 6'3 with red hair and blue eyes, and he's slowly coming to his senses about how dating evil witch girls is a BAD idea. Perfect! Sort of... I'l look and see if I have his picture on my comp. somewhere.
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Emily: I offered you my brother last night. He's not worth much, I wouldn't charge you more than $50 American. He's 6'3 with red hair and blue eyes, and he's slowly coming to his senses about how dating evil witch girls is a BAD idea. Perfect! Sort of... I'l look and see if I have his picture on my comp. somewhere.
but sarah... who is to say that I am not an evil witch girl?!? bwa ha ha ha ha!!! I have been hiding this side for too long... :o
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Ah, the days of high school. sigh
The smilie site I've been using is www.clicksmilies.com.
How can you choreograph Carol of the Bells? shudder
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Here is an entry for the Smilie contest, and you have to watch it from beginning to end because it's a story:
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Joy what a terribly tragic smilie! It has made me sad.
:(
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C & W singer/songwriter Don Gibson (NOT HILLBILLY OK Jason) has also left us. For those who are too young or too old, he wrote "Sweet Dreams Of You", "I Can't Stop Loving You" etc. His best known recordings are "Blue Blue Day", "Sea Of Heartbreak" and "Oh Lonesome Me" - great songs from the childhood of people such as Benjamin Kritzer.
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Holy moley on rye I HATE when people my age die of heart attacks. I loved Mr. Kamen's score for The Dead Zone - masterful even though he used quite a bit of Sibelius note for note.
Post, you little doggies. Round 'em up, you little doggies. See what working on a cowboy show does to you.
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BK, what's the cowboy show? Sorry if I missed it in previous posts, but as you know, I've been out of the loop.
I used to be a cowgirl.
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Swishy!!! I wanted to thank you for the kind comments the other day. You are so sweet. My goal in life is to keep all of you amused. Now just one second, Miss Sarah you offered your brother to Emily for $50.00, and you didn't entertain any other offers. Wouldn't you rather send him all the way to Washington State, where he wouldn't know how to get home?
Noel -- Well, I knew the rhyme might be a stretch, but hey, that is why you are the composer and not me.
Joy -- Nothing quite as exciting as the National Touring Company. Just a community theater production. However, I wouldn't mind touring in that show, provided I was allowed to kill off one orphan each week.
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Besides, Noel, I am one of those that pronounces Mary, marry, and merry exactly the same.
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My time frame is haywire today. Where is Ann? the gang's all here. Those of us from Washington that is.
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So you would be killing orphans orfen? (a sort of Pirates reference).
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Ozzie -- Did this songwriter have a name?
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Joy: Working on a show called Cowboy U, a reality show.
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You want to know so much. Are you wiser now? I need a proofreader. The thought Of Jason becoming upset by C & W references derailed my train of thought. Thanks TCB.
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Here are a few smilies that I found (I hope that they're not duplicates of ones others have already posted):
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I am sorry that Petula Clark came in at the end of the movie musical era in the USA because I think she would have been a wonderful Amalia Balish, for example (though Julie Andrews was going to do it after MGM canceled SAY IT WITH MUSIC. Then SLM got canceled as MGM tottered on the verge of bankruptcy.) I think Barbra was the best thing about the movie version of ON A CLEAR DAY, but I would love to have seen Petula's Daisy Gamble.
The four minute "Ole Devil Moon" sequence in FINIAN'S RAINBOW is among the most erotic and sexy of all movie musical numbers: the song, those two actors and their wonderful voices - perfection.
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Here are a few smilies that I found (I hope that they're not duplicates of ones others have already posted):
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It's not working-for me anyway.
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I just love the film version of Finian's Rainbow. I can hardly wait to see it again. I can hardly believe that it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Lovely contestants in the smilie contest.
www.clicksmilies.com (http://www.clicksmilies.com) is the location DR Jennifer! DR Joy introduced it to use a couple of weeks ago.
DR Emily how was your commute today? Was it easier!
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Here are a few more:
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I like this one:
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And a "What is it...fish?" smilie:
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George, first the boxes with the x’s were there, then gone, now they are back. Now I’m really curious to know what is behind the spot marked with an X.
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The earth didn't move for me either Jane. I thought may be the reception was bad this side of the Pacific.
You're still way ahead of me George. I have not even bothered with trying to send a smiley face.
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The same thing happened to me after I posted them. Try refreshing your browser...maybe a couple of times. I see them again, now.
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Some of Hermes Pan's choreography in Finian's Rainbow is tiresome, but for the most part it is glorious! I love "This Time of the Year", "Old Devil Moon" (of course), and "How are Things in Glocca Morra?"
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Bogie and Echo are just demanding I give them attention. Our son prefers small pets and has Sugar Gliders. Tom from Oz, since they are from Australia, do you see them often?
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George, I love the 007 smilie. I vote for that one.
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George, I love the 007 smilie. I vote for that one.
Still a mystery to me. It isn't in the new batch that I can see?
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Don't see your son around at all Jane. No suger gliders around here but we do have ring tailed possums (small and very cute) thundering across the roof most nights, and the larger Brush tailed possums are also on the property. We sometime a have a wallaby in the garden and echidnas also are common to this area (and visit the garden). We have 5 varieties of parrot as frequent visitors. I was hand feeding (that is it was feeding from see held in my hand) a young King parrot yesterday.
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Yes, I watch my FINIAN's laserdisc fairly often, but it'll be nice to have a clearer DVD copy that won't necessitate putting in a separate disc to finish up the film.
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TCB: So no one listening to you converse would truly know whether you were saying:
"Merry me!"
"Marry me!"
or
"Mary...ME!!"
Is that what you're telling us????
;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
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Before we are overrun with Gods I shall sign off for a while. Have a delightful afternoon/evening everyone.
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MattH - yesterday (or Sunday) after your post about your Mom getting you the A Star Is Born LP, I had to find mine. It is somewhat the worse for wear, the edges of the box are all broken, but I noticed some pink ribbons that I don't remember the purpose of. Does/did yours have a couple of pink silk ribbons on the lid? And there is a bright pink piece of cardboard inside and a very nice booklet!
I love my CD, but I really like this album. I have stereo-reprocessed LP also, but I don't think it sounds as good.
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That is a nice big picture of Aunt Judy.
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I want to try an experiment - can everyone who is currently perusing the board make one quick post?
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Yes, mine had the pink silk ties, and I think they held the hot pink cardboard and booklet into the box (or at least the cardboard). My box is still in fairly good condition, but, my god, it IS almost fifty years old! Wow!
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DR JRand, did your stereo reprocessed LP have Judy looking wonderful sitting on a stool? I LOVE that photo of her.
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One Quick Post!
I am jealous of BK. Cowboys are sexy. Not the football team, of course. I detest those Cowboys.
I am having an EXCELLENT hair day and I am LOVING it. "Oh Happy Day!"
And that was quick, I hope.
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Quick post. Yes, it did have that picture, MATT H. It's the reason, I bought it! LOL
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I should have posted that pic on Diva Day!
Diva Day....sounds like a stripper! :-[
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Diva Day, half sister to Doris and granddaughter of Dennis.
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One Quick Post.
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Another (not so) quick post.
Just read BK's request!
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Miss HollyLynn!
Why aren't you posting, child?
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Here's that Judy picture DR JRand and I are talking about. I've never seen this posed shot used in any other situation except on the cover of that STAR IS BORN soundtrack LP. She's in costume from the movie's first musical number "Gotta Have Me Go with You."
If the picture looks a little rippled, it's because I scanned it with the shrink wrap still on the cover.
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One more not so quick post :o
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Ron,
One more quick post just for you!
HollyLynn
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Bruce, here's my quick post (as soon as I read it)!
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Thanks to Ben and Jane for their early birthday wishes. :)
Today was a tough one at work. I was on the verge of quitting, and this time I really meant to. Either I'll be quitting or they'll be letting me go...one or the other...but I have the feeling it might happen in the not-so-distant future. And this time it wasn't even Dragon Lady! Apparently, one day as I was receiving (as I am wont to do as a receptionist), I leaned on the armrest of my chair and had a short conversation with my fellow receptionist. Apparently, the boss saw me, and because of that incident, he apparently feels that we don't have enough work to do at the reception desk, so the boss and the office manager ("Fussbudget" we call him) had a meeting with the other two receptionists this morning, telling them that they are to cease and desist all conversation and keep physically busy for their entire 8 hour shifts, even if there is nothing left to do. Just keep looking busy--no matter what. Did they tell me? No. Did they have the guts to tell me that I had apparently done something wrong by conversing with my co-worker? No.
I have no problem with admitting a wrong-doing. If I was in the wrong, I was in the wrong and I'll not do that doing again, but at least have the respect to include me in meetings that involve me...have the respect to tell me that I made a mistake...let me know that I messed up so that I won't do it again! Have either the boss or the office manager said anything to me yet? No. I was LIVID, dear readers, when I went on my lunch break. Rather than take a half hour, I took a full hour and I have no shame in that. I had to call my father to calm me down, which he failed to do, though I do love him for trying, and now when I'm in the office I feel like I'm being followed and spied on. What kind of work environment doesn't permit you to speak to each other? Especially when you're done with your work! It'd be one thing if we were just shootin' the breeze and being lazy... I've worked hard for them for nearly a year, and up until about two months ago, I never felt out of place or unwanted, but if I have to listen to the office manager say "Well, you're (just) a temp" one more time!!! Maybe he doesn't realize it, but it's de-humanizing to say that to someone, even if it's true. Were it not for another person in the office celebrating her birthday tomorrow, we would not be observing my natal day at all because, as the office manager pointed out to me, I'm just a temp and temps don't get birthday celebrations. I'm pissed, I'm hurt and I'm frustrated, and I thank you all for allowing me to vent.
Ms. Ellen Burstyn's show, STORIES FROM THE OLDEST CONFEDERATE WIDOW, or whatever it was called, has closed officially after opening last night. Wow.
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MATTH - thanks so much for posting that picture. No, I have never seen it anyplace else, that is why I stood in line at a KMart many years ago to buy that darn LP! And I love that scene when the orchestra is rushed onto the bandstand because they have to go on when Norman Maine is bumped....and the bandstand rolls out....what a neat scene. Really nothing to compare with it in Ms Streisand's remake.
Word at THAT time was that Barbra had approached Mr Elvis Presley to co-star with her but his advisors told him not to do it. THAT would have been a terrific show!
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See, it works. We have a "post call" for those perusing the board and we instantly improve our numbers by ten.
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DR Jason -
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Here are some vibes for you. I am feeling your pain, because I am going through something so similar in my community theatre group where I have been a board member for 21 years!
It's not that they can't do it without me, but it's a lot easier if I'm around. And it doesn't take that much to make me happy!
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HollyLynn! Thanks for responding!
Jason: Temps have rights -- and their rights are protected under EOE acts, etc. You should directly confront your supervisor about this untoward conduct on saying you are "just a temp" -- they obviously NEED temps in their workplace or you wouldn't be there!
File a workplace grievance, be calm and courteous, explain what you learned about the directive to the other two receptionists, state flatly that you'd never in any way been told it was wrong to speak with your co-workers under the conditions you described, and that you are considering legal action for the discomfort they've caused you. Even if they let you go, you can take legal action.
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Very simple, but I've always liked this little guy...
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And my nominee for most disturbing smiley...
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Here's MY idea of a great smiley:
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Ha! Legal action. The CEO of MTI is one of the most successful entertainment lawyers of the last 25 years. I don't think legal action would phase them, but thanks for the tip...I agree. I have rights.
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Jason: Is the CEO the "boss" who saw you?
Lawyers are some of the WORST law breakers around!
Truly! They think they know everything, rarely check anything before sticking their feet in their collective mouths, and then double-talk their way out of as much trouble as they can.
They are also the worst clients in the world for other lawyers!
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Tom from Oz at least you know what a Sugar Glider is. Have you ever heard one when it’s was scared?
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Ron: I'm not sure if the CEO saw me or the "boss" saw me...either way, I wouldn't dare go up against this guy's company in court. He could squash me like a bug with his money alone, not to mention the precarious position I'd be putting myself in professionally. He has a lot of influence in the entertainment business. I wouldn't want to shoot myself in the foot...
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Sorry, Jason, about the workplace problems. My last five years of teaching, we got a principal whom I detested. He had no balls, and his most irritating habit was to assemble the entire faculty and bawl us out because of something one or two teachers (who went nameless) were doing. We could have been spared endless meetings and fussings (which quite destroyed morale around the school) if he had just had the nerve to confront the guilty parties and ask them to stop whatever it was that was bugging him. And, of course, some of the times I knew who was doing the stuff he was fussing about, but those people had NO CLUE he was talking about them and went right on doing what they were doing until one of us told them to stop. General corrections never work, even with professionals.
Certainly you were owed the courtesy of a correction if you had been doing wrong and naturally, there should be a list of correct office behavior so you wouldn't make the mistake in the first place. But supervisors never see it as their error.
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Matt--I agree, generalisms never seem to help anything. The thing that kind of bugs me is, the office used to be a lot of fun and people were free to engage in conversation, sing, laugh, do whatever--as long as the work got done. I am a very hard worker, I pay very close attention to detail and I work quite quickly, which in every other office I've temped in has been a good quality to have. I'm not sure when the office etiquette changed, or when their expectations for us changed, because they haven't been consistent with enforcing any of their new "rules." Some people are hounded and hovered over while others get away with virtual murder. I wasn't aware that it was an infraction of any rule to lean over and say something to the guy sitting next to me, as that had never really been a rule before. When Fussbudget was hired, a new employee handbook was distributed (only to full-time employees--not to temps) and they had to sign agreements and things, but since I never got a copy of the handbook, I have no idea what they were agreeing about. It's like we've gone from working at Disneyland to working for the Weisslers, and everyone's heads are spinning trying to figure out what's what. It's making my stomach hurt to think about it... I know work isn't supposed to be fun (necessarily), but it's not supposed to give you ulcers, either...especially when you're "just" a temp.
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LOL - The Weisslers. THanks for giving me my best laugh of the day. :D
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A quick post from the school library. It is raining cats and dogs and also dogs and cats outside. The lawns resemble swamps, and no one is stupid enough to cross them. And yet what did I see as I ran from the bookstore to the library? Someone had turned on the sprinklers! Yes, you heard it here. Apparently the grounds people neglected to check outside a window before they went to work this morning...or else they decided that swampy lawns aren't good enough, oh no, we're going for on-campus bogs now. I swear I saw a duck swimming past the 10 yard line on the football field.
TCB - It was the Pearl street Safeway, never fear. I live just a block away from it, so driving a car seems rather silly, even in the dead of night in the middle of a windstorm...
I am now off to the music building where I will not leave until I have my two Brahms songs commited to memory, or I am commited myself...whichever happens first. I got a scary lecture from my voice teacher this morning because my recital is two weeks away and they're not memorized yet. I think she doubts I'll manage to pull it off...well won't she be surprised! I'm not giving up yet...
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Best of lucks with the Brahms, Ann. German was always hard for me to memorize. I could knock out a French chanson with no problem, but those lieds kicked my leiderhosen.
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DR Jane: The sound of any member of the possum family in fright or mating would have terrified the first white inhabitants of this country - as no doubt would the melodious laugh of the kookaburra.
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Perhaps it helps to Brahms and Liszt at such a time Ann. Maybe that is not a Washington expression.
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TCB has your house been invaded by cats and dogs? Are your cats safe. Do you have severe wind! Is the storm heading across the Pacific? Will I write anything just to post?
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The rain still hasn't arrived here. All threats but no action. Yet.
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(http://www.gifplanet.net/smiley_003.gif)
...and where she stops, nobody knows.....
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Too many fershluganah smilies and not enough posts!
We were a handful of posts from breaking 200 over ONE HOUR ago!
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Do I.....
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...get us there...
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,,,all by myself?
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TCB your package is on the way!
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I think I will watch The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with Mr Glenn Ford and Ms Ingrid Thulin (who speaks in Angela Lansbury's voice) and Miss Yvette Mimieux and Ms Harriett MacGibbon and Mr Karl Boehm. ;D
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Shouldn't we leave it up the mortals Ron?
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It's nearly time for the left coasters to start their volley and leave us with 3 pages of notes to read on Jason' birthday!
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"Hello, Mr. Chips!"
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There! Now it's done!
I suppose you're right, Tom from Oz, but BK has expectations. Oh, YES! He has expectations!
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I am pleased to know that at least someone makes the effort to read all those posts the next day.
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And, oh, what the heck, I'll give myself a nice round number, too!
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Will it be Jack or BK who next make it to this omniscient position. Is someone omniscient supposed to know what is going to happen as well?
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Some of you have been karmalized today for making me laugh :).
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Oh DR Ron, what a lovely photograph! I love that movie - so many perfect moments spelled out in song by Mr Bricusse - and performed in character by O'Toole and Clark!
And the juxtaposition of the rollicking "SchoolDays" number with the announcement that someone else is being named Head of the School is so dramatically touching. :'(
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I am working at it, but don't expect GodHood before Thursday.
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Jason:
Here's some unsolicited advice from someone who has temped for years upon years.
You are (I assume), first and foremost, a performer. You audition, you love theatre, and your goal in life is not to be a receptionist for the Boss From Hell, but to be a successful performer, am I right? So there is no good reason why you should stay in any job that makes your stomach hurt. When you go home at night and you're still thinking about the job, it's time to quit. A "day job" is only to support you while you are focusing on your real job as a performer. You can't afford to be distracted by it. I've been in that situation and too often I've stuck around and suffered and you know what? It's not necessary. There are way too many temp jobs around to put up with that crap.
I worked at a theatrical general manager's office for a while, as a gopher, and while the perks were great and the people were wonderful, it didn't pay enough to live on and the job, frankly, sucked my ass. I stayed there longer than I should because I loved the people and I thought, "Hey, at least I'm working in the business....sort of...". But it wasn't worth it, and in the end I was much more focused and successful when I found temp jobs that allowed me to concentrate on what I came here to do.
And then I took a year off to work at a law firm. But in 16 days, I'll be freeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
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But it's Thursday in less than 12 hours Jack. Well it is from my viewing platform (Cloud 15). I am sure the number of posts remaining for you has something do do with the meaning of life.
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More posts, eh?
Just got my hair done-- still not sure what I think of it... I rotate between liking it, or else thinking it makes me look really, really skanky.... Emily will fill you in tomorrow on what she thinks of it.
I just finished reading Jazz by Toni Morrision today. Perhaps I'm the only one, but I really, didn't enjoy it. Couldn't get into it at all, had a headache the whole way through.
Labour history class was fun: our teacher decided to argue that music unified the working class community and (cause I guess she didn't feel like lecturing) played about a dozen different worker's songs. Extremely relaxing.
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Jason--I echo the sentiments of everyone else who has posted. I mean, I've never had a terrible job, but I know what it's like to feel pressured and unhappy at one. I guess I don't understand workplace hierarchies sometimes...it seems that imcompetent jackasses (not to mention dishonest ones) can easily become CEOs while hard, earnest young workers get the short end of the stick. Not always. But sometimes. Good vibes to you!
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Today, my mom scanned some pics of me at her workplace. I thought with the early Judy pics I would post one. I think I was about 16 or 17 when this was taken...right around Swishy's age!
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Lovely Maya!
Tom From Oz - GodHood will be Thursday for me in your neck of the woods.
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Miss Swishy wrote:
BTW: Jennifer, you are MUCH closer to a Goddess than I am, no complaining!
Yes I know. But it's still very far off. And if I cannot be Queen, I want to be a godess!
DR JRand wrote:
www.clicksmilies.com is the location DR Jennifer! DR Joy introduced it to use a couple of weeks ago.
I am so confused. I obviously know that location well. Did someone else ask about it?
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Btw, you know how a bunch of Kimlets have said that they've had karma taken away. Well just now I noticed that mine is down (either 1 or 2). It must be 1, cause I doubt 2 people would boo me on the same day. I must be way too sensitive. But it actually made me sad. Oh and DR Maya's pic put us in widesreen.
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I look forward to your arrival Jack. I do hope suitable shrine building plans have been approved.
I just looked behind me in case we were actually in CINERAMA and the voice of Lowell Thomas was about to echo around these walls.
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Okay am I going crazy. I just saw a cute little picture of DR Joy on this very page. And now that I've "refreshed" it is gone. Where did it go?
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To boo at all is most unseemly. Maybe Mr Barkalot can take away the function. but please leave the modify function. I use it so often. Infallible I am most certainly not.
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Jennifer, I was having trouble changing my avatar and I had posted a question about it, attaching that picture. But then I decided it was a question for the Tech Support board, so I reposted it there.
Sorry to confuse you! Hee hee
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Will BK announced the winner of the smilies contest in tomorrow's notes? I have been able to see them all, except that one set that DR George tried to post. It just looked like Xs to me.
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That's okay DR Joy. I didn't realize that you could modify and remove the whole post. But if I had known the picture was disappearing forever, I would have taken a better look at it :)
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We are in widescreen right now - at least I am. Anyone else? I think it's the lovely pic of Maya, so maybe she can repost and downsize it just a bit in size.
Yes, I have expectations only because I have been spoiled. Spoil me some more, why don't you?
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When BK gets to 500 posts will he be a moderator God or what?
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Yes BK it's Maya's picture. But is widescreen really so bad? :)
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Yes, it's bad. I'm missing 30% of the image I should be seeing. I don't have a large monitor.
Maya is not on line right now.
It's a lovely photo, though! :)
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I think it will revert to normal when we get to the next page.
So let's make a big push, shall we????!!!!
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Andrea: I'm waiting for the Bette Davis imitation!
"I'd love to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair!"
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Hey is there anybody here who watches The Bachelor? If so who will Bachelor Bob choose? Kelly Jo or Estella?
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DR Ron, can't you just go to the bottom of your screen to view the rest of the picture?
Yes I think it will go back to normal on the next page.
I agree, to boo is very unseemly. Plus it makes you wonder if people don't like you (i like to be liked). I did like the notion that it was all happening by mistake. But now I don't think so.
Btw, what happens if you boo a god?
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I think we have many more posts to get to page 9.
But anything that brings me closer to becoming a goddess cannot be all that bad.
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The god will be scared and pee his pants!
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Looks to me like your karma points are just fine, Jen!
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BTW, the cast of Wicked is supposed to be on Letterman tonight.
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Request: I am soon to make my Christmas gift Cd compilations. I am contemplating making a CD with "BEAR" songs and another with "Bicycles and Wheels". I have the obvious titles like Pushbike song, Bicycle Race and Simon Smith.., Dancing Bear and Teddy Bear (Let me Be Your) but need more and "Google" is not much help.
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Jennifer - I don't really watch the show, but based on what I've read, and what I've heard people say, my money would be on Estella
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Thanks Maya (I guess). Back to normal - well as near normal as some of us can be.
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Thanks to the karma fairies for bringing back my karma up to its original level. I think some people here are very good about that. I hate negativity but I almost wish that whoever is booing people would have the guts to say it. Some how I guarantee you that if we could see who was booing and who was applauding, that the booing would stop.
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Ha I spoke too soon. 2 minutes ago I had 21 karma points. And now I have 20 again. I give up!
Good night everyone!
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GAAHHH!! I had no idea loading the pic would do that...I am SOOO sorry...I'm glad you guys liked it though!
I ended up replacing it with a link to my new Yahoo Gallery, if anyone is interested!
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The File You Are Looking For Is Inaccessible.
Maya... something ain't kosher with the link. :(
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To boo at all is most unseemly. Maybe Mr Barkalot can take away the function. but please leave the modify function. I use it so often. Infallible I am most certainly not.
You're a God, Dear Reader Tom from Oz, not the Pope.
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her yahoo photo album is wonky... workin on a fix
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I'll fix it in a bit! Irate little sister is throwing me off the computer!
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Request: I am soon to make my Christmas gift Cd compilations. I am contemplating making a CD with "BEAR" songs and another with "Bicycles and Wheels". I have the obvious titles like Pushbike song, Bicycle Race and Simon Smith.., Dancing Bear and Teddy Bear (Let me Be Your) but need more and "Google" is not much help.
Surely the score from Goldilocks would be apropos.
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of course Mr. Mark would come to Maya's aid and assistance so quickly... ;)
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Work is commencing on the building of a new shrine for a new arrival on Thursday. Bob the builder says that his gang will work like the devil to be finished on time.(http://)
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here it is (http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Maya-with-Judy2.jpg)...
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of course Mr. Mark would come to Maya's aid and assistance so quickly... ;)
I don't know WHAT you're talking about!
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Good thought Jay. I have just remembered that I should have some Pooh Bear songs somewhere too. Perhaps if I play "Honey" some other bear songs will eventuate.
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Gods....not so scary monsters.....what is this place coming too?
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I'm still in widescreen... boo... But not that kind of boo! Just boo...
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Thinking about Neil Simon musicals today made me think of THEY"RE PLAYING OUR SONG.
If they'd make a movie musical of this, who would be good as the two leads?
I'd vote for Jim Carrey and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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I'm not in widescreen anymore! yay!
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I'm glad to hear about the Plaid Tidings CD. My regret, however, is that BK is not recording it. I've always wished he had recorded the first Plaid cd.
Today I spent from 11 am to 6:30 pm in a "lunch meeting." Thought you'd all like to know that.
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Thanks DR Ann. Inadvertently you have reminded me of my "Yogi Bear" songs. (A Boo Boo reference)
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I would vote for never making a movie of "They're Playing My Song". Not one of my fond memories of theatre or of a score. To each his own.
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Not in the smilies competition....heck....I never came here with just "reply"....but BK...reminds me of Lucy in The Ziegfield Follies...cracking the whip....and he looks lovely....
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I'm with you, Tom from Oz. I thought They're Playing Our Song was, as my grandmother might have said, a schtick dreck.
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For the NS question of the day:
Barefoot In The Park....film....
Syd Caesar Show.....who ever wrote....what
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Has BK been quiet about Once Upon A Time In The West....which I should get tomorrow...I know it's one of his fav films....and am looking forward to it...it w i d e s c r e e n.....but good sound...and just giving myself over to it......
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Jay: And I thought I was alone. The show was so successful here with the bus tour crowds. And to think they wouldn't get an audience for "She Loves Me".
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Maya's site was Willy Wonky but now it is Willyiscious, thanks to Mr. Mark "I'll unwonk you" Bakalor.
Now we're cookin' with gas, post-wise. Anyone for three hundred.
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See you all tomorrow for JASON day.
Good night folk. I actually leave the house and go out for dinner tonight.
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TPOS....has it's moments....and depends on it's stars...Ms. Arnez....was charming.....
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My contribution to 300 posts...
I took a nap and now I'm supping on a Filet-O-Fish and fries from McDonalds.
18 minutes and counting...
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JASON DAY?
Oh, like music to my ears... :)
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You gourmand....you jason......<G>
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B'day in like 12 minutes?
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Sorry you guys didn't care for THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG. I thought it was slight but charming, and I like every single song in Hamlisch's score.
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DR Jason, were you born at midnight? Or are you just going by at midnight, it'll be the start of the day you were born. I mean, I was born at approximately 9 a.m., so on my birthday, I wait until then to ignore it (at my age, those numbers get to be depressing though I feel about half my real age.)
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Jason...the overture of YOUR choice....please......the MET......or Broadway?.....<wink>
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If I have to have a birthday, I want to celebrate it for the full 24 hours, though I wasn't born until nearly midnight, if I recall correctly.
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This year I choose the overture from GYPSY...mainly because I've been on a major GYPSY kick for the last couple of weeks and the overture is one of my favorite numbers from the show.
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Bah. With that logic he wouldn't be able to celebrate until 11:30pm tomorrow if that's when he had been born. At midnight he's legally one year older, that's when we par-tay...
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My b'day is 10/27....some years....with day light savings.....I have a 25 hour b'day....<wink>
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At the moment I’m watching “Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean” (1990).
Now there was the boss from hell.
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Mr. MB....don't we ALWAYS party?.....we just need an excuse.....<g>
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Don't forget...Idina Menzel will be singing "Defying Gravity" from WICKED on Letterman tonight...stayed tuned!
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sending the Queen of Mean to Jason.......count your blessings....and your friends.....and if you have an even number of fingers and toes.....count yourself lucky
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I Libertarian Party.
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Mark's a librarian?.....???.....is his middle name Marion?
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Party, party, party!
*Dances like a dork*
Happy early birthday to Jason! I will wish you a proper birthday in the morning!
Mark, thank you for unwonking the picture!
I shall karmalize you at the earliest possible opportunity! (And Em...I don' t wanna hear anything out of you)!!! :P :P :P
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I see large number of people perusing and yet we have just crossed one hundred posts - most Unseemly. Everyone get off your high horses, get on your low horses and post.
I'm not on a horse! I'm in a YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE on TCM! ! !
(http://frenchfilms.topcities.com/1965_Yellow_Rolls_Royce.JPG)
TOD:
Favorite Neil Simon films:
THE HEARTBREAK KID
MURDER BY DEATH
THE CHEAP DETECTIVE
AFTER THE FOX
Lest Favortie Neil Simon films:
THE STAR-SPANGLED GIRL
THE SLUGGER'S WIFE
THE GOODBYE GIRL
Favorite Neil Simon Stage works:
THE GINGERBREAD LADY
THE GOOD DOCTOR
THE ODD COUPLE
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
SWEET CHARITY
PROMISES, PROMISES
LITTLE ME
THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG (which, I agree, should be seen with the proper cast, otherwise, it could be deadly).
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HAPPY B'day JASON...best of the best of your last year.....less of the WORST of you last year...and more of what you want to be....have....and hold......<smootch>
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[size=30][move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY NEW YEAR![/move][/size]
Oh, wait...that's not right... :-\
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Champagne...for EVERYONE.....just ONE slipper for me though.....<sigh>
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Thanks, WLAJB. That was very sweet. :)
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I think Dick Clark's balls just fell.....but maybe I'm wrong
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Gahahahah!
Wlajb...you are getting karma for that last comment!
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Not librarian. Not lesbian. Not Lebanese. Not late for dinner. Libertarian, as in as in pushing towards a free-market economy, foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade and most importantly civil liberties and personal freedom. :)
...and Maya gives good karma.
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ahhh.....a "Taboo" reference
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday, Jason![/move]
And many happy returns of the day. (Oh, an All About Eve reference.)
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Happy Birthday Swishy Jason! I think the perfect birthday present for Jason would be walking into MTI only to submit his resignation letter. When you're done with that, Jason, on your way out, stop for a few minutes and randomly chat with ex-employees.
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Rosie needs all the help she can get....$20 million loss...if she want to keep it open through Janurary
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Hehehe! Thank you, Mark, I try! ;D
It would be cool to meet a Lebanese lesbian Libertarian who also worked in a library! :P
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Let's see if I can dance like the wind (for Swishy) in honor of DR Jason's natal day:
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Maya...they are a dime a dozen......aren't they?.....but not as cute as Mark
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I found out that jason has the clap with smileies????
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I think Dick Clark's balls just fell.....but maybe I'm wrong
As long as his face isn't doing the falling. . .(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-040.gif)
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well....sometimes spelling IS optional....<sigh>
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happy b'day Jason...you like german chocolate cake?
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I feel a first sentence to a novel coming on: The Lebanese lesbian Libertarian librarian longingly leered at the lithe lad from Lithuania lolling on the lounge by the Lalaland Lagoon.
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TD, those smilies are adorable! Although I don't know what naked Mr. and Mrs. Smiley have to do with dancing like the wind!
There are just too many cute guys at HHW, really.
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Transporting Jason back to opening nite of "Show Boat"........enjoy.......tell us all about it..........
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Nudity at the HHW site. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
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Heck....nudity happens.....gather up the young un's......and protect them....<wink>
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LOL, Jay, that's some opening sentence!
I will bake a German chocolate cake for whoever can say THAT three times consecutively!
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I hope Swishy doesn't see this. She would be absolutely shocked.
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DR Jose (wherever he may be) would be happy to know that Chef Rocco DiSpirito is on Letterman right now.
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this is a Broadway related site....after all......My first sorta sex thing happened in college....with too few shower....and too MUCH body paint......go figure....
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Is Rocco showing his mother's meat balls?
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wlajb: Yes, I like German chocolate cake. However, as a dessert to my McDonald's meal, I had a slice of Devil's Food cake which was quite tasty. Perhaps I'll pass on the cake tomorrow at work as a matter of principle. The cake is for Cheryl, not me, since I am "just" a temp.
What am I saying? Of course I'll have cake! Perhaps I'll have two slices just to spite them! :)
Mark: I love your idea. If I had another job lined up, I'd do it in a heartbeat, my friend...believe me, I would.
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TD, those smilies are adorable! Although I don't know what naked Mr. and Mrs. Smiley have to do with dancing like the wind!
When one dances like the wind, one has to face the consequences. . .
PLUS, wasn't there a smilie contest going on today?
There are just too many cute guys at HHW, really.
Oh, yeah? Name one other than Mark . . .
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You know DR Ann, the Pearl Street Safeway is where I do all my grocery shopping. We have probably crashed carts before, and never knew we were both Kimlets. Of course, I never wear the ascot to shop, and I doubt that you do your shopping so elegently attired either.
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Oh, yeah? Name one other than Mark . . .
Should I take offense to that? I suppose now we'll have to have a Mark Bakalor Is Cute Day? We could do a Hotties of Haines His Way calendar. How exciting would that be?
WICKED is up next on Letterman.
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Jason you're the hottest birthday boy I know.
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None of the gentlemen at HHW should take offense. . .we all know whom Maya thinks is the CUTEST :o
besides, I like the way you look in your photo, doing that Natalie Wood impression. . .
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TCB hehe...no, I usually shop in my pj pants and a sweatshirt. In fact, I shall be going there shortly to pick up more Satsuma oranges. I'm becoming addicted to those little buggers...so nice and sweet...
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Mr. Mark B is cute...but WAY too obvious....Head shots by some high priced photo....with WAY too much retouching.....(re-touching....is that bad.....touch and touch....again.....I THINK NOT)
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I don't...who does Maya think is the CUTEST? :)
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This is NOT Mark is cute day. This is Jason is hot day. But for the record, there's not much retouching on that headshot, though it IS tiny. The original is here (http://www.hijinksdesign.com/mark/headshots/regular/images/001.jpg).
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And does Guy Haines....have a photo in his closet that ages....and AGES......geeez.....we're the only one's getting OLDER here.....<wink>
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Holy moley on rye, I go away and eat a salad and come back and hot damn if we aren't way over three hundred posts! We are COOKIN' with gas. Now, did I miss some nudity? I hate when that happens. I'm sorry Mark, but Maya's heart belongs to DADDY, and we all know who DADDY is, don't we?
They even wrote a song about it - Maya Heart Belongs to Daddy.
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Guy has promised me he will register at his own site very soon.
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This is NOT Mark is cute day. This is Jason is hot day. But for the record, there's not much retouching on that headshot, though it IS tiny. The original is here (http://www.hijinksdesign.com/mark/headshots/regular/images/001.jpg").
Page Cannot Be Found, you cute man, you!
NOW IT CAN! make me out a liar. . . . :-[ :-[ :-[
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Of course.....MB....this IS jason's day.....let's celebrate.....and get to opening nite of West Side Story.......<-------- time warp----------->
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Um, Bruce. Daddy? How about Grandpa? We all know who Maya's "daddy" is.
Maya, it's almost bed time.
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11th row....just off center.......larry kert......tripped on the balcony
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Holy moley on rye, I go away and eat a salad and come back and hot damn if we aren't way over three hundred posts! We are COOKIN' with gas. Now, did I miss some nudity? I hate when that happens. I'm sorry Mark, but Maya's heart belongs to DADDY, and we all know who DADDY is, don't we?
They even wrote a song about it - Maya Heart Belongs to Daddy.
There are naked smilies, BK.
What did you think of THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE? (it's after midnight here, so, I guess it may be ASK BK DAY - - NOT CUTE MARK DAY) :)
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I think I need some more smileys before I declare a winner.
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Mark: I'm assuming I'm the ONLY birthday boy you know today, but we won't dwell on that. Thanks for the compliment. :D
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Inviting Jason...to Stevie Sondheim's new show.....last preview....Anyone Can Whistle......reception after notes......
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I LOVE ALL THE HHW hotties! I don't play favorites (although yes, I will admit that Mark is cute)
Now when is that calender coming out????
Will there be a special Birthday Boy page for Jason?
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Photoshop does wonders....Maya....trust me.
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Jason's a triple fold....but not for the OBVIOUS reasons.....<G>
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It's Because it's his B'day......<G>
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I would make an unseemly comment, Maya, about my very own Birthday Boy page, but I won't because it would be taken the exact opposite way than it was intended...
Just saw Idina do "Defying Gravity." I can assure you, the number is far more exciting in the theatre, but she and the rest of the cast were wonderful anyway. I can't be sure, but I think they were lip-syncing to the CD. I've heard rumor that Kristi is sick again...her throat infection has returned...so she didn't do the Letterman spot and was out of the show tonight, too.
Feel better, Kristi Chenoweth!!
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Inviting Jason to Chicago Premier of "Nerfertitti".....a show I wish I'd seen.....and hope gets released on cd
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Jason's a triple fold....but not for the OBVIOUS reasons.....<G>
Where did the put the staples?
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strategically.....(not knowing if your c....or un-c.....<wink>)
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BK....you have Once Upon A Time In West yet?
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Not librarian. Not lesbian. Not Lebanese. Not late for dinner. Libertarian, as in as in pushing towards a free-market economy, foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade and most importantly civil liberties and personal freedom. :)
Mark, hate to get all technical on you but libertarianism breeds anything but non-intervention and peace. We have a very close to libertarian international system currently and clearly, are not very peaceful.
Nah nah nah nah boo boo to all you libertarians and realists. I am systemic socialist. Long live Systems Approaches to Intl. Relations!!!
And yes, this is what political science students talk about amongst one another. :)
State socialism rocks. That's why Sweden never goes to war.
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wlajb! You shock me, sir! :-P
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Happy birthday Jason!
If you want, I'll talk to my aunt at the Canadian Consulate in NY for you. They only hire americans for admin/temp jobs. :)
(I know... I've asked for a job myself)
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wlajb! You shock me, sir! :-P
I thought that there were smilies for that.
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BK....you have Once Upon A Time In West yet?
You might want to search the archives, BK raved about this some time ago.
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The definition of libertarian (granted more general with a lowercase "l" and not exactly the American political party) is "an advocate of the doctrine of free will; a person who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty especially of thought and action"
Perhaps you don't live in quite the libertarian system you thought you did, after all? ;-)
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Is it just me, or is the brief clip of "Defying Gravity" on the WICKED website far more goosebumpy than that version they presented on Letterman?
Just before Idina goes into her closing refrain these stupid soldiers show up for one line of uselessness and distraction. Instead of thinking "wow - Idina rocks" I was thinking "who the heck are those soldier people?" :(
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[size=8]HAPPY BIRTHDAY[/size]
[size=8]JASON![/size]
By this time next year, may the whole world know what we at HHW already know. That Jason is a star.
(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/party/party-smiley-038.gif)
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From your mouth to God's ears, TCB. Thank you.
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From your mouth to God's ears, TCB. Thank you.
Well, where are the HHW GODS when you really need them?
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Mark,
call it what you will but I think the best defender of anyone's perceived "rights" are not individual's themselves, but rather democratically and popularly supported governments.
I also think that a major problem to libertarianism in any broad sense is that it can really only effectively be produced in states with homogeonous beliefs in what actually constitutes a "right". In some countries (the US for example) it is a "right" to own firearms. In others (Egypt) it is a "right" for citizens to have access to free/low cost bread.
I think libertarianism is fine and dandy on a personal level - maybe even in small groups. But it simply does not take into consideration the mutifaceted roles of individualism.
In short it has the same problems as communism - it is simply too utopian a society to imagine.
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I'm sure we will all say we knew Jason when...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JASON!!
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I can NOT believe it is 1am and I am debating libertarianism over the internet with Mr. Bakalor.
GOD DAMN YOU HHW IF I AM EXHAUSTED TOMORROW!!! :)
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Yes, if you had been reading these here notes all along, you would know that I've had the DVD of Once Upon a Time in the West for three months. It came out early in France and the UK (same exact content and transfer as the US DVD) - I've also had the US DVD for three weeks. It's a great DVD, great transfer and the price for a two-disc set is under 14.99. Can't go wrong.
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I'm sure we will all say we knew Jason when...
The real question, DR Ann, is whether Jason will say he knew all of us when....
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Of course I will! How could I not? You guys are family...
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[size=8]Good night, Birthday Boy![/size]
Good night, BK!
Good night, all!
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Good night? Let's stay all night and sing 'em all.
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Sorry, big brother. It should not be up to an elected official or government entity to look out for my best interests.
It's really very simple. Where governments exists, it must not violate the rights of the individual. I don't hurt you. You don't hurt me. If you hurt me, you're sent to Greenland. (Wink to Karmalicious)
Once again, I'm talking about Libertarianism with a capitol "L" as in the Libertarian Party of the U.S. Here our rights are fairly clear. They've simply been enforced poorly.
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None of the gentlemen at HHW should take offense. . .we all know whom Maya thinks is the CUTEST :o
Yes, ME, of course!
Ann said:
I don't...who does Maya think is the CUTEST? :)
See above.
And BK said:
Maya's heart belongs to DADDY, and we all know who DADDY is, don't we?
Are all y'all thick-headed? It's ME, already!
Hmmm... think that may have been too subtle? :D
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy birthday, Jason!!![/move] :D
I hope you have a splendid day!!
My dear Swishy: I cannot wait to see the Spartan Singers with Ms. V's choreography. That shall be quite amusing. Oh the concert is Dec. 11, right? Tiff wants to come home (even though she will have exams to study for) to attend the concert. Are you guys singing the Hallelujah Chorus as usual? We alumni better get to sing. If not, Tiff and I may get a little angry. (Basically, PLEASE don't let Ms. V change the tradition. Well, not this year at least. Thankies :))
Re: Sarah's bro
Now I must tell you, my locker was next to his from freshmen year to junior year, and there was one person between us senior year who never came to his locker. Anyway, I got to see him quite often between classes. He's a nice guy, and I think he's pretty cute too. :) (Btw, this is probably news to Sarah as well as all of you!) In fact, many girls thought this. I do recall a girl named Jen announcing to Sarah during Grease rehearsal that she loved Sarah's bro and wanted to have his babies. I don't remember if he found out, but I bet it would've scared him immensely. Overall, nice guy, a little misguided in the women department, but hey, Em, if Sarah will let you have him for 50 bucks, I'd take her up on that offer!
Re: Maya's pic
Maya, I love your pic! So cute! Random thought: Maya has a really sweet voice. We chatted on the phone last night. She's awesome!
Oh, speaking of pictures, I don't have a scanner, but my aunt does, and I'll be visiting her (along with more family) next week for Thanksgiving. I have two very cute pics of Sarah at Homecoming. If Sarah allows me to post them, I will. :)
In general: I'm loving all the flirting on the board! So cute! Is it better to tease, to be teased, or to be a tease? heehee
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This forum has become SUCH a "Study Hall" in 10th grade!
;)
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Oh, Jennifer, I watch The Bachelor. I really hope he picks Kelly Jo. Estella annoys me!
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Hehehe! Thank you, Mark, I try! ;D
It would be cool to meet a Lebanese lesbian Libertarian who also worked in a library! :P
I don't know about Lebanese or Libertarians, but I work with quite a few lesbian librarians! ;D
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Is it better to tease, to be teased, or to be a tease? heehee
I think all 3 are swell! :D
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This forum has become SUCH a "Study Hall" in 10th grade!
;)
Well, Ron, being a middle school and high school substitute teacher, all this seems quite normal to me!
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Jason: Sincerest best wishes on this, your birth date. May you receive many blessings and a renewal of spirit as you embark upon a new year!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday, to you! Happy Birthday, to you! Happy Birthday, dear Jason! Happy Birthday, to you![/move]
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This has been so much fun this evening! I really should get to bed!
Jed--LOL! Of course, I think you are adorable! I love all of you!
Laura--thank you SOO much for the compliment! I completely return it...you are a darling...you and Swishy are my little sisses! And I hope you WILL scan her pics! I'm sure she looks lovely!
LOL, George!
Must leave the study hall now! Goodnight all!
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I think I need some more smileys before I declare a winner.
Bruce, were you able to see the smilies that I posted? I know that Jane and Jennifer have both mentioned that they couldn't. Was anyone else not able to see the smilies that I posted? I can post the sites that I got them from or attach them like a photo. I know it's late, but I'm home now and can fix things...I hope.
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Jed--oui, oui, I agree! I can certainly do all three!
Maya--thank YOU! I'm so glad that you're my big sis. I've never had one before! and of course, Swishy is my little sis! While I have other little sisters I've adopted in the past, Sarah's my closest little sis. She's fantastic! I love my big sis and lil sis!
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Well, I should probably be off to bed. Teaching 6th grade math, science, and geography tomorrow. Combined with 8th/9th grade bands today and high school Spanish booked for this Friday (plus whatever job comes up for Thursday), and I have a week of great variety. The upside of life as a substitute teacher.
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ooh someone karmalized me! thank you! ;)
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Ooo... newly karmalized here, too! What a pleasant send off for the night!
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Smiles abound! :D This board makes me so happy! Thanks to everyone for providing me with laughter and cheer! (Perhaps the fact that it's 2:30 in the morning also contributes to my giddiness. ::smirk::--I don't know what smiley to use for that!)
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[move=RIGHT,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!![/move]
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Here's another celebratory smilie!
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How about this one:
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Then, of course, there's this one:
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Mark and BK, why aren't you posting?? tsk tsk lurking is no good :)
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Okay, final one...I promise! (To me, these look like they're Muppet smilies.)
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All right, goodnight all!
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I didn't get to enter my smilie in the contest earlier because I was too busy flirting with someone so here's what I would have posted had I not been... er, yeah...