He's figured it out. - with a pencil and a pad.
Hmmm... Site seems ssssslllloooooowww this morning. Maybe it's still waking up.
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Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? Because you see I'm dancing and I can't be bothered now. (I can't be bothered now!)
CRAZY FOR YOU was a fun black musical. Oh, wait...
DRs Jose, Rodzinski, TPunk, Ben and any other NYCers: Anyone interested in seeing "All About Eve" tomorrow night at Chelsea Clearview Cinemas? It's at 7:00 and only costs $6. A room full of catty queens, sparkling door prizes and Bette Davis...who could ask for anything more? (Oh! Another CRAZY FOR YOU reference. God, I loved that show - it's just so Afro-tastic!)
How Margo Got Her Grove Back? I'm not touching that with a ten-foot pole or a five-foot czech.
I've only seen portions of "All About Eve," so I'd like to see it, but I hate going to Chelsea Cinemas by myself - for many reasons. As Ms. Sophia said, a girl child ain't safe in a house full uh mens.
And, of course, tonight is the season premiere of LOST which should garner huge ratings as folks come back to see what happened to the folks on the raft and what in blue blazes is down that hatch they discovered and blew open at the end of last season.
Good morning!
A bit cooler this morning, but dear lord, we're going to have near 90 today and 95 tomorrow for highs!
Rescue me!!!
I'm guessing the DVR here - and at your place, DR MattH - may be getting quite the workout on Wednesday nights.
Well, as fashionable as it may be, you don't always have to go out in that double-breasted, black wool suit, and that Burberry topcoat.
;)
There appears to be and internet-wide problem. I'm timing out almost everywhere.
Well... Bringing up the posts seems to be fine, but posting a post seems to take a bit of time. -At least for me.
There appears to be and internet-wide problem. I'm timing out almost everywhere.
I don't seem to be having a problem anywhere but here.
CBS is using tonight to rerun the two-hour last season finale of CSI leading up to its premiere tomorrow night. It was an outstanding episode for those interesting in checking out the show. This is the one which was directed by Quinton Tarantino.I am glad you told me because I miseed this and we are big CSI fans. Do you know what time it is coming on ?
Seems to be working better now - the site.I couldn't get into the discussions at all this morning. I kept being bounced out.
DR Jason - Here's a silly MARIE CHRISTINE story. While MARIE CHRISTINE was going through its troubled preview period, we were having dinner with someone who wouldn't know from piano bars. I'll call him Warren because that's his name. Someone at the table mentioned having had a great time at Marie's Crisis a couple of nights earlier, and Warren said with total seriousness, "Oh, is that what they're calling MARIE CHRISTINE?"
I'm just trying to instigate some mass panic.DR Danise, have you been playing with fireworks again?
Frinstance, we have Hurricane Rita happening at the same time as this (http://www.local6.com/news/5000311/detail.html). Makes me think that Rita is an artificially created storm being used to cover up...the invasion!
Good Afternoon!
Well, the site seems to be working fine now... I guess. In any case...
I just got a call to play some auditions for the new musical The Last Dance tomorrow. I'm looking forward to playing disco and other songs from the 70's for a couple of hours!
:)
Well... It's only in the mid-70s right now here in NYC, and is only forecasted to get up into the low to mid-80s this afternoon. A nice late summer day.
:)
Hope that wonderful weather holds out for the first week of October!!
When I turn 90, I will NEVER turn down the chance to be interviewed.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether gasoline price profiteering has occurred and if oil companies have constrained refinery capacity to manipulate fuel prices, an agency official said Wednesday.
“A determination that unlawful conduct has occurred will result in aggressive law enforcement activity by the FTC,” John Seesel, an FTC associate general counsel, told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing.
The FTC is responding to language in recently passed energy legislation that requires the agency to probe whether gasoline prices have been manipulated by attempts to reduce refining capacity, Seesel said.
U.S. oil companies have adamantly denied that they have acted to constrain gasoline or crude oil supplies.
The FTC is keeping an eye on gasoline prices, even though they have fallen from their record $3.07 per gallon national average price seen when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Seesel said.
“The commission is very conscious of the swift and severe price spikes that occurred immediately before and after Katrina made landfall,” Seesel said.
Four major oil refineries remain shut and a large chunk of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still offline due to damage from Hurricane Katrina which slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi three weeks ago.
And now with the approach of Hurricane Rita, which has strengthened into a Category 4 storm, oil and gas companies have evacuated thousands of their workers from oil rigs and production platforms in the Gulf. Some refineries are starting to shut down, and Houston’s mayor called for an evacuation of low-lying, flood-prone areas of his city.
Separately, the Government Accountability Office said recent retail gasoline prices have risen faster than crude oil prices.
This goes against the historical trend when major crude oil price swings are generally mirrored by gasoline prices, said Jim Wells, GAO director of natural resources and environment.
Governors urge probe
On Tuesday, eight Democratic governors asked President Bush and congressional leaders to investigate possible gasoline price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In a letter, the governors urged an investigation into “excessive profits being made by oil companies who are taking advantage of this national crisis.”
The letter was signed by the governors of Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, Iowa, Montana and Washington. It also urged Congress to refund any excessive profits to consumers.
The letter cited a study by University of Wisconsin economist Don Nichols that found the hurricane was not entirely to blame for high gas prices.
Historically, Nichols said, the markup between the price of a gallon of crude and a gallon of gasoline is about 85 to 90 cents a gallon, including refining, distribution and taxes.
The study estimated that for pump prices to reach $3 a gallon, the price of crude oil would have to be about $95 a barrel, but crude prices have been holding around $65 a barrel, and Katrina has not caused a surge in crude oil prices.
“The disconnect between gasoline and crude oil prices is quite remarkable,” Nichols said.
Ed Murphy of the Washington-based American Petroleum Institute said refining capacity was tight before Katrina and the storm reduced it further by knocking out some refineries.
“That put upward pressure on petroleum prices,” he said. “It’s a no-brainer.”
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...before the man comes to fill my oil tank...
Suzanne Pleshette is the only woman I know with a deeper voice than me.I can imagine the workout any stereo would get, if faced with Suzanne Pleshette and Bea Arthur singing "Anything You Can Do..."
I can imagine the workout any stereo would get, if faced with Suzanne Pleshette and Bea Arthur singing "Anything You Can Do..."
Go, Woofers, Go!!!
Btw, do you know what the 8pm Lost is? I will check on abc.com. There is supposed to be some sort of special on before the show tonight. But I won't be home, and I am taping Martha Stewart!
I am glad you told me because I miseed this and we are big CSI fans. Do you know what time it is coming on ?
There was an off-Broadway musical show called THE ME THAT NOBODY KNOWS. It was based on a collection of the writings of inner city Bronx kids. While I've never seen it staged, I do quite enjoy the music. The cast featured a young Irene Cara and the late Northern Calloway of SESAME STREET fame.
Ah, yes...Italy's most famous castrato. And his brother.
When I turn 90, I will NEVER turn down the chance to be interviewed.
DR Matt
I listened to Woman of The Year on the way to work today. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to hearing it again on the way home.
Who is it playing the male lead?
Suzanne Pleshette! :P
This has not been the best year for my health. I am relatively healthy, but I've gotten sick more than I should. Need to start eating better, exercising more, all those things "they" tell you to do.
This has not been the best year for my health. I am relatively healthy, but I've gotten sick more than I should. Need to start eating better, exercising more, all those things "they" tell you to do.
So do I! BTW is there a backup plan if (heaven forbid) the walk gets rained out? Can we do it by subway?
What does our fearless tour guide say?
Don't think I can make ALL ABOUT EVE, Jason. Like Ron, I have some sort of bug. :(
There was an off-Broadway musical show called THE ME THAT NOBODY KNOWS. It was based on a collection of the writings of inner city Bronx kids. While I've never seen it staged, I do quite enjoy the music. The cast featured a young Irene Cara and the late Northern Calloway of SESAME STREET fame.
MY NAME IS EARL featured so much redneck humor, and it's just not my cup of tea. Yes, he got a tiny degree of enlightenment dealing with his gay ex-classmate dureing the episode, but I expect a comedy to make me laugh, and this one just didn't do that enough.
I saw the overnight ratings were HUGE for EARL compared to what NBC usually runs in that timeslot. That has to have made them feel good. (THE OFFICE had the same tepid ratings it garnered last year.)
DR TomovOz, are those wild flowers in your pictures? They are so lovely. Do they have an odor?The flowers (except for the Cherry Blossom) are Australian native plants. They have been tamed and Colin does seem to have them under control most of the time. The waratahs do not have a scent. The wattle does.
I guess I am the ONLY person in the WORLD who doesn't like SWEENEY TODD. It gets lonely sometimes, but I have some free evenings when everyone else is at the theatre or listening to the CD.
DR Jose - thank you for the affirmative answer to my question about The Donut Plant :D
Happy Birthday, Laura.There are a few Dimension fans out here too. (TCB and myself).
The Me Nobody Knows is out on CD, BTW. And the 5th Dimension had a middling late-career hit with "Light Sings" from that score.
A much better idea than sticking pins through them DR Cillaliz. Lovely pic.
Read and heard very mixed reports/reviews for the London production.. Ex HHW Allan in the UK did not like it at all.I think the idea of Patti playing the tuba...well, I think it's the perfect instrument for her.
The concept is certainly an interesting one - the big turn off for me though is the female star. Just can't get my ears to get past that.
Hooray. A cast recording not to get.
Der B is intently watching a news report: a Jet Blue airbus is circling over Los Angeles, with jammed landing gear. They are going to try a soft landing, but haven't decided where to land.
Could be Burbank Airport, could be Long Beach, could be LAX, could even be Ontario.
It's making for a change of pace from hurricanes.
Happy Birthday DR DearReaderLaura!!!!
Is there a cake report yet?
I thought about DR JRand today when I saw the list of DVD releases for next week:
WE'RE NO ANGELS with Humphrey Bogart. How ironic it becomes available the week after your version is over. Now, you can have it with you always.
She'll be the best damn tuba player onstage that night, that's for sure.;D
I've been going through a bit of rough patch on EBay lately -- virtually EVERYthing I've bid on I've lost.
I am NOT used to being home on Wednesday nights. I should be doing something.
Tomorrow is going to be a very bad day. My number has come up and I have an appointment to talk to the dreaded Dr. C. tomorrow at 2:00. Can I have some vibes please?
Well, I'm not used to NOT being home! I'm still at work (had to get the invoices ready for the board meeting so that they could be paid...and it had to be done TODAY!!) and I'm just now finished. I'll borrow my niece's tape of "Lost" because it's starting RIGHT NOW and I'm not home. I'm going to get something to eat and not watch it until I can see the whole thing from beginning to end. :-\