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Well, you've read the notes, apropos of nothing you are now ready to post until the apropos of nothing cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: JUGATE!
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Had to post the notes via safari. AOL is so annoying and I am so at the end of my rope with them, that this week may be curtains after seven years of enduring their wretched service. I can get on, but the Internet is completely inaccessible.
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I haven't had AOL for quite a few years. I only got it in the first place because my sister's boyfriend had an account and I got to use one of his additional screen names. Then he got rid of it and went to ATTBI.com, and I had to get (and pay for) my own account. ATTBI has since been bought by Comcast and that's what I have now.
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I was a top 40 kid. Disc jockeys were very much part of my world and in those days had so much independence in choosing their tracks. The Transister Radio gave kids of my generation, independence in their choice of music. I had favourite DJs but they would mean nothing to other Hainsies. We certainly did not have National radio nor national pop charts.
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I was never much of a radio listener. I listened casually, but never regularly. It wasn't until I discovered musicals that I listened to any kind of music on a regular basis, and then it was only the records that I bought myself, because musicals aren't played on the radio much, if ever.
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couldn't resist 'er
with her pocket transister
transister sister
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Well, I must be off to beddy-by-land. Today is going to be a very hectic and stressful day at work. Hectic because there is a lot of invoicing for me to do, but stressful because there was a study done (a retructure study) that looked closely at certain positions in the library system and the results are being released around noon or so! From what I've heard through the grapevine, I'm much too low on the totem pole to be worried, but I guess others higher up should be worried. :o
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Good night, all.
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I was mostly a top forty kid. WSAI out of Cincinnati...The DJ I remember the most was Dusty Rhodes. I think he may still DJ somewhere in the Cincy environs.
But there were two other shows that really influenced in the Cincy environs. I do not remember the call letters of the first which was a show that came on every week night and played a Broadway show with an announcer reading the liner notes so you got some sense of the play. It introduced me to a lot of interesting Broadway shows and songs I'd never heard...I particularly remember All-American; the movie Daydreamer; and Man of La Mancha. It made me go to see the show when in toured.
The last show I remember was Moon River, which was poetry read to organ music...It came on at eleven o'clock at night every week night. I used to listen to it over the earphone of my transition as I went to sleep, often falling asleep with the radio on.
It's opening read by a narrator went as follows:
Moon River,
A lazy stream of dreams
Where vain desires forget themselves
In the loveliness of sleep.
Moon River,
Enchanted white ribbon
Twined in the hair of night,
Where nothing is but sleep,
Dream on...Sleep on...
Care will not seek for thee.
Float on...Drift on...
Moon River to the sea.
Then it would close, with the narrator speaking:
Down the valley of a thousand yesterdays
Flow the bright waters of Moon River
On and down, forever flowing, forever waiting
To carry you down to the land of forgetfulness,
To the kingdom of sleep...to the realm of...
Moon River,
A lazy stream of dreams
Where vain desires forget themselves
In the loveliness of sleep
Moon river.
Enchanted white ribbon
Twined in the hair of night.
Where nothing is but sleep,
Dream on...Sleep on...
Care will not seek for thee.
Float on...Drift on...
Moon River, to the sea.
Man, I loved that show!
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I am still waiting for my REWIND ... :(
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Happy Anniversary to DR Vixmom and Vixdad !!!
I misread this post as "In the Mood for Love" a KING KONG film.
I think I need to get those new glasses!!
Hope you'll get a new good pair of glasses to see also your sweet husband well, DR Vixomom. ;)
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It drizzled all day here in Tokyo too, but no thunder.
The sun sets getting earlier day by day.
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Good morning, Ben!
Today shall be a short day at work for me. Only two and half hours in the office. Almost not worth driving in and paying the five dollars to park for.
Since I am the “tech” that has to set up the computer/speakers/microphones, I have to go look at a new location we're having our orientation tomorrow. I have to leave the office at about 10:30.
It was already planned that I would leave at noon for my preop soooo it shall be a very short day.
Tomorrow won’t be hard either. The orientation is all morning and a staff meeting in the afternoon then I’m out of there until Halloween day.
I wish I was going back to NYC but such is life. :(
Dusty Rhodes. The American Dream! He was a wrestler I remember from when my parents used to watch that stuff when I was growing up.
Welcome to our newest member!
Gotta go! Have a wonderful day all! :) :D :)
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When I sleep in the same bed w/DP Anthony, sometimes our heads are jugate (two or more heads placed side by side) but then one or the other will turn on our sides and then we are no longer jugate :D
Ginny, I've put the dates (January 16-22, 2006) in our calendar. We will certainly have some time to meet you and Richard. We will have returned recently from our Christmas trip to Dublin. I had thought about postponing the trip but Anthony says his foot is healing enough that he wants to go after all. I will now be busy booking the remainder of our trip (the tickets were purchased many moons ago when I happened upon an amazing fare).
I love radio but by the time I began listening there were very few "programs" available for listening. I did listen to Top 40 Radio on WDGY (pronounced weegee) and KDWB (K D W B, Channel 63 - I know, it's not a channel but that was their tag line, still stuck in my brain lo these many years). They were both, at the time, AM stations. It's where I first heard The Beatles, Chad and Jeremy, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Peter and Gordon and The Dave Clark Five (I LOVED the Dave Clark Five and had many of their records). I was a big fan of the British Invasion.
I am now lucky enough to appear (albeit infrequently) on a radio show in Wales. Many of you know this (I've mentioned it a few times) but for the newbies, I happened upon this wonderful opportunity because of a simple e-mail to the host of Showtime, a BBC Radio Wales program that plays theatre and film music. When I sent the e-mail telling her that I would be seeing Gypsy, she was happy to hear she had a fan in New York and also wanted to hear my thoughts about Gypsy. The producer called, taped my "mini-review" and it was broadcast. I thought that would be the end but Beverly Humphreys, the host, was impressed enough that she asked me to keep doing it. I've been on for over two and a half years and I've written 40 reviews. Some of you have my self-produced CD (I am able to record the segments and then I burn them to a CD and freely distribute it to anyone willing to listen ;)). Anyone on this here site not lucky enough to have one of these collectibles may certainly get one just by dropping me a line with your address and I'll send you one (actually two since I now have Volume I and Volume II). It's a vanity project to be sure, but one that makes me very happy. It's also been a dream come true. To appear on a radio show is nice enough but to have it be the BBC (the gold standard for me) is even better.
Enough of this, I must return to work.
Later, gaters.
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Well we listened to TOP 40 as well. For awhile I had to listen to the country station. But then as teens we switched over to WIFE-AM in Indianpolis a "new" station that introduced us to the Beatles and many other delights.
No certain DJ or program though. I guess I am just a television baby.
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APROPOS OF NOTHING I didn't respond to the TOD yesterday because I don't want to talk about bosses. About now I wish I had one, even one of the bad ones I used to have...not ALL of them....however.
Jugate - isn't that what is in front of the temple?
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DR JOSE - I would guess that your parents are bragging about you to their friends and workmates.
I am so excited for you - you are living the dream of thousands of people - through your own hard work and ambition. You are MAKING YOUR OWN LUCK!!!
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Hello to DR ALEXPAIGE.
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Should be a nice day.
Apropos of nothing, I am working on my annual report for the Promotions Committee of the Putnam County Playhouse. Trying to make it interesting, which is not ALWAYS easy to do.
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What is this thing called a radio everyone is writing about?
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Good morning, all! Another Humanities Festival day, and I'm running latethis morning. I have new neighbor(s) above me, and all the noise accommodating a new arrival: hammerings, dragging sounds, different footsteps. all beginning on Sunday, so I'm adapting to new sounds in the environment.
I was such a jerk yesterday (yesterday, the Board says?): I didn't wish DRvixmom a happy anniversary or DRDan In Toronto a happy birthday. Another couple of spots on the road to hell, I guess, since my intentions were good. I do apologize and send belated wishes to both.
Radio? DRCharlesPogue, I remember Dusty Rhodes, but I no longer remember the deejay and station in Dayton that my brother and I listened to. My favorite radio show as a kid was WPFB's Homer and Opal Tingle show from Oxford, Ohio, which is what we listened to at 7 am for reports onschool closings because of snow. I also loved my late friend Gerri Hart's radio show on WPFB, which ran from 10 am to noon, I believe. She and I used to joke that I should come on the show and show her my photos of my vacation.
All I listen to now on radio is WQXR, the Times classical station. What is it with classical announcers and their affected accents? Bring back Greg Whiteside.
DRAlexPage, hello! I hope we'll see you more often.
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Good morning DR Ben.
I so often write Dr Ben (Casey?).
Calling Dr Casey
Can you mend a broken heart?
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What is this thing called a radio everyone is writing about?
It was the "Wireless" to me.
("On the Radio" to Donna Summer)
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Hello DR Elmore
Video killed the radio star.
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And the word of the day is: JUGATE!
The jugate my homework. Both pages.
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For almost eight years I listened to WGLD - FM, 104.5. The DJ's were informative although I got tired of their chatter most mornings.
Then suddenly one morning last year WGLD became JACK FM - a completely automated "music" station with no DJ's and NO LOCAL NEWS WEATHER OR TRAFFIC reports.
I haven't found a new station yet - but if I ever need the morning traffic again (fingers crossed) I will have to do some searching.
I hate JACK-FM.
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LOL DR SWW.
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Hello DR Elmore
Video killed the radio star.
Apropos of nothing, DR TovOZ - I choreographed a really nice routine to that song....and could probably do it today. :)
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Good morning Mr Earls et al. And from me it's Goodnight.
It's no longer goodnight from him. (Mr Barker)
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Because of time cramping on me yesterday, I never did get back to the TOD (now TOY). I did make spinach and ricotta ravioli, but that's another subject entirely.
First boss from hell, when I was working at the now world-famous Alex Theater in Glendale, CA, back when it was a very run-down movie palace. Richard, the manager, was such a flaming queen that I swear he must have had sequened underwear...or would have, if he hadn't been living with his mother. Richard wanted to get in my pants, or maybe get me in his, or something like that, but I wasn't interested. He found another fellow who was sort-of-interested, and the two of them would stand at the ticket-taking stand and laugh at me if I got in the weeds working alone at the candy counter. He would also pilfer from the box office and lay the blame on his employees. He wasn't very popular. After the fellow-who-was-sort-of lost interest, Richard found another fellow, and fired me. Best thing that could have happened. This new fellow reported on all of Richard's misdeeds to the corporate office, and Richard was not heard of again. Tsk-tsk.
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I have no idea what kind of dance should be done with that last post.
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TOD: Rege Cordic had a great morning show on KDKA, Pittsburgh's first radio station. Mr. Cordic combined top 40 with humorous skits in between. Cordic also went to Hollywood, and can be seen in quite a few films in character rolesin film and teevee movies. On Sunday afternoons, he took over the WTAE Million Dollar Movie from critic Harold V. Cohan, which is where I saw many an impressive film, mostly from the MGM catalogue.
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I didn't start listening to the radio until I was in 7th grade, and then it was mostly the top 40 stations. My best friend Dave had a short wave radio and we would locate interesting radio stations from around the world and on occasion we would happen upon old radio programs like Jack Benny or Fred Allen or the like....that was something we both really enjoyed!
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Then, while I was working at the insurance company, I got saddled with running the supplies department. Being stuck in a dark cubbyhole all alone wasn't a good environment for me, particularly when I hit a long spell of depression. The managers knew something was wrong, but instead of getting me out of that job they stuck me with a new supervisor, Regina, a heavily closeted lesbian who'se own job was on the line for being ineffectual. She had me moving boxes here, moving them there, making things look busy, and then blaming me for how badly the response to the rest of the office was when they needed their supplies.
It turned out that her scheme was to get me fired, to prove that it wasn't her fault for how badly things were going. Fortunately, one of my former supervisors stood up for me, got me transferred back to the fileroom, and everyone was shocked and thrilled to see a 180 degree turnaround in my job performance. Everyone except Regina, of course. She was given another slave clerk, who found it just as impossible to work for her. Meanwhile, the evidence kept mounting against her, and after she got my replacement fired, she was fired herself.
Several years later, der B and I were leaving a restaurant in Orange County when who do we run into but Regina. She was thrilled to see me, as she was suing the company for discrimination. It was obvious that she had been fired because she was a lesbian! (Mind, she had been so deeply closeted that I hadn't suspected a thing, and I was already very out of the closet.) She tried to get information on what her former bosses were up to, and expected me to side with her because, after all, we had to protect each other, right? I simply kept my mouth shut, and got away as quickly as I could. It never even occured to her that I, the fellow who was out at work, had been kept on the job; the whole discrimination charge was a sham.
The next day I reported the incident to my supervisors. It was the least I could do to support her. The very least.
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TOD: I remember a programme called "Cynic's Choice," which ran on either Saturdays or Sundays, which played British comedy. I learned how to ennunciate from that show, which was very confusing to my schoolmates because I also picked up the accent.
And there was always Gary Owens.
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Quote from: George on Yesterday at 11:53:59pm
I'm here (finally). I watched tonight's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and am now watching "The Colbert Report" (pronounced "Colbare Repore"). While I was watching the very first segment with just Stephen Colbert, all I could think of was ... "why?" But his next two segments with first guest Stone Phillips are very funny. I'll definitely watch it, at least for now.
I set the DVR to record it, and I'll watch it today. It sounded funny from the newspaper description.
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I'll have to tell the stories of Michael and Benny at another time. I was asked to come in earlier today, for a seven-hour shift instead of six. (I must be doing something right, these bosses seem to really like my work.)
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Just wanted to comment that yesterday's posts are not closed; I just posted a couple of items, so when bk wakes up, just want to alert him that yesterday is still open.
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The jugate my homework. Both pages.
Whenever I jugate, I'm jiggy with it. ;)
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I remember Jugate from my old comic books, there was Archie and Veronica and Reggie and Betty and Jugate and Ethel and Midge and Moose and Mr. Weatherbee....
(it would be really sad that I remembered all those names if the Vixter has not just started reading them courtesy of an older cousin who just sent on all her old comics!)
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Thank you again for all your good wishes yetserday... and dearest elmore you were not being a jerk... you were preoccupied with thoughts of impending hunger, and abject poverty due to no fault of your own!!
I am glad you were treated to a lovely meal by a anonymous benefactor
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I now listen to many programs (inlcuding our own Donald Feltham) on the "radio" but it's via the Internet. I am officially a BBC Junkie. I've talked ad nauseum about this but without my BBC connection I don't know what I would do ;)
I'm listening to Donald right now. It's a show featuring the many New York/stage performers who are on television shows in this new season (Roger Bart, Mark-Linn Baker, Alan Alda, etc.)
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Last night vixdad took the Vixter and me to Gashos, a Japanese hibachi restaurant where you are seated at a table with other people and the chef comes and cooks at your table with much crashing and clashing of knives etc.
We were seated witha young couple who were celebrating their 6 month anniversary of their first date . They were very sweet and lovely and we had a great conversation.
Vixdad and I both had filet mignon and scallops, with a shirimp appetizer, Japanese onion soup, salad with ginger dressing , hibachi fried rice, and a conglomerate of hibachi fried veggies such as mushrooms, squash, bean sprouts, carrots, peas etc.
followed by a cup of hot green tea.
All in all a lovely meal. The Vixter had steak, and no seafood but oitherwise the same meal as we did. There was no cake, however there was an offer of cherry vanilla ice cream when we got home but I passed.
I have no TV watching to report... although I believe there may have been a mild earthquake on Long Island last night... at least I thought I felt the earth move........hmmmm must check the papers
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Hello semi-new DR alexpaige!
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Not only are yesterday's posts still unlocked, they are showing up at the top of the index for all the daily discussions, with today's posts second (at least on my computer). I, too, posted into yesterday's notes this mornings, quite by accident.
Late Anniversary and Birthday wishes to the Vixes and DiT, who happens to be our Rabbi's cousin (thanks to Detective Jane for ferreting out this information).
I just bid on a new computer (same model as we have now, only with a few upgrades) on eBay, just in case this one dies in the next few days. It's only $500! I can live with that.
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And of course those who know DS Betsy know she was a news anchor on Chicago's alternative rock station, WXRT. She was lured out to these parts by Portland station KEX, whose motto I once jokingly suggested should be "Songs you've heard just a few too many times." ;)
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Good morning!
We have another spectacularly beautiful day here. Cool, crisp morning with nary a cloud in the sky. Going into the high 70s today, and I will be enjoying being out in it for at least part of the day.
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I have never been a radio person. Long ago, on some Charlotte station, they did "The Best of Broadway" from 8-9 every Monday night, and I would listen to that. If there was a plot summary on the LP cover, the DJ would read it before playing the selections. The show was usually broken into 4 segments with commercials in between.
I heard the soundtrack recording to MY FAIR LADY first on this program before I had my own LP copy or saw the film. The DJ would also occasionally do other movie musicals like MARY POPPINS, but I don't ever remember hearing any but the big Broadway hits. Not even second tier hits like PLAIN AND FANCY or REDHEAD showed up.
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I am old enough to have heard one radio series. Usually on Sunday night, we'd get take-out from a drive-in, and I'd drive with my dad to pick it up. I can remember many Sunday nights driving home and hearing "Gunsmoke" on the radio with William Conrad as Matt Dillon. We watched GUNSMOKE on TV, and I couldn't understand why James Arness didn't just play Matt Dillon on radio as well as on TV.
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Anxiously awaiting the mailman to see if BATMAN BEGINS and the boxed set of Season 1 of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN arrives today.
They promised!
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Any comments on last night's MEDIUM? I haven't watched it yet, but should get to it this afternoon as I'm preparing lunch.
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Though MONSTER-IN-LAW wasn't a smash hit, it did better than just about anything else Jennifer Lopez has put her name to in quite some time. $83 million gross in the US/Canada is more than PHANTOM OF THE OPERA made.
I had no interest in paying to see it or renting the DVD, but I'll probably watch when it rotates onto HBO/Showtime?STARZ in another six months or so.
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When I was about 12 I got my very first radio which received both AM AND FM if you please!
I think I still have it in a box somewhere in the basement. It had a maroon faux leather exterior and stood about foot high.
I used to listen to WBAB 102.3 FM out of West Babylon, New York which was brand new station in those days... in fact I still occassionally listen to them when I need Long Island traffic news while I'm driving into or home work or if the story on NPR is annoying me.
WBAB was a top 40 station and as it was brand new it was trying to get kids to listen to it. They had contests with prizes such as " Be a junior deejay", where you got to choose the records (from their song list) and do the in between patter for an hour. I got to do that twice. They also would always be out and about in local areas giving away records. I was introduced to David Bowie when I was given a copy of the newly released "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars" album.
When I was older I put my own phone line in my room (back then it cost something like $10 a month for unlimited local and the phone itself, as well as the connection was free .. I had a baby blue pincess phone.... I loved that phone.... but I digress) which I paid for with my babysitting and paper route money. I used to call the overnight deejay and chat with him for hours but I'll be darned if I can remember his name now.
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Have to run out now to do some errands, but I'll be back in a few . . . .
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Interested in what extras (if any) are on the SUPERMAN set.
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;D
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Just jugate, 'enry 'iggins!
Just jugate!
You'll be sorry but your tears will be too late!
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If I didn't know there was a hole in it, I'd have sworn that jugate my porridge.
[shudder]
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DR MattH: I, aussi, have not seen last night's "Medium." I was SO-O-O tired, I let it record and I went to bed.
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And true to today's subject, this post is totally "apropos of nothing."
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No dancing allowed.
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But a little skipping might do.
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TOD: I had no favorite radio shows when growing up. Everything was Top 40. My dad used to gripe about there being no local C/W stations.
When I was in college (1966-70), and had my own car, I discovered a station called "W-O-W-O", and it played great music all day long (when I could get the signal, that is).
I've never known the particulars, but I reckoned there were certain times each night when WOWO could boost its signal. Otherwise, you played heck finding many stations still on the air. It was out of Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was, to me, one of those exotic "northerly mid-western cities" from where I was in South Cackalackey.
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I wonder how dear reader Jason is feeling today. I hope he is feeling well and did not return to work to find his desk littered with crumbs and empty food wrappers.
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I'm here! My tummy is still rumbling (and not in a 'Hmmm...I'm hungry' kind of way), but I'm here. I feel better than yesterday - at least the headache is gone. Thanks for asking. :)
I don't know from DJs, but I remember the University of Louisville's classical station. They used to play Cast Recordings every Wednesday night. That's how I was first introduced to Patti LuPone in ANYTHING GOES! I ran out and got the recording immediately. I also remember screaming out EVITA in our basement when they broadcast that one - both discs! Oh, it was wonderful...
A precursor to Monday Night Musicals at Splash!, I suppose...
Oooh! DR Jose: Do you want to try to catch Seth's "Deconstructing..." show when you're back?
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DR JRand, I'll let you know if the SUPERMAN set comes today what, if anything is there. I don't think there will be anything other than the feature film version of SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN.
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I'll write my thoughts on MEDIUM. Once I see it. Lunch is almost ready, so I will get off here, fix my plate, and then watch MEDIUM.
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I'm up, I'm up. I must have been so annoyed at AOL last night that I forgot to lock yesterday's notes.
I still couldn't get the Internet via AOL this morning and ultimately had to do the tired old restarting of the computer. Then it worked fine.
It's still gray out, but it doesn't look like it's raining - lightly drizzling maybe. My pressing plant lady is supposed to drop by and pick up the Starfighter master - she called at nine and said she'd be on her way (from Burbank) just as soon as she put on some clothes. Said she'd call when she was on her way out the door. Hasn't called yet, and I must leave here at 10:45 for the El Portal meeting.
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Today I dressed myself in a brand new pair of black slacks, a brand new short sleeved, mock turtleneck sweater and my fresh from the dry-cleaner black wool blazer. I felt quite well dressed as I left the door this morning.
I stopped for gasoline and promptly managed to spill a few drops on my new trousers... :P about an hour ago I lost my footing while carrying my coffee from the kitchen to my desk and even though it was covered I managed to splash some all over the centre of my sweater. :P :P Just to complete the process I have just managed to dribble some cheese sauce from my macaroni and cheese lunch on the lapel of my blazer. :P :P :P
I think I'll go find a chocolate fountain to dabble in for a while...... ::)
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The best-laid plans of mice and men....
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The best-laid plans of mice and men....
and Manns
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Another radio memory. Some NPR station or college station used to run the British panel show, MY WORD, when I was in high school and I've been a fan of it and its companion show MY MUSIC ever since. I also am a die-hard fan of its two raconteurs/comedians Frank Muir and Dennis Nordern. I listened to an old My Word just last night on BBC 7.
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But a little skipping might do.
According to Esquire Magazine, men over 30 should not skip.
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Why is the turtle and the neck always being mocked?
CD master has been picked up, and I shall shortly be on my way to the El Portal.
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Nine things that are very irritating:
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
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2. People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the T.V. remote because they refuse to walk to the T.V. and change the channel manually.
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3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too". Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?
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4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they, and how the hell can I avoid them?
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5. When people say, while watching a film with you, "Did you see that?". No, you Moron, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.
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6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me a
choice there, did ya sunshine?
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7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, and it couldn't, therefore, be new.
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8. When people say "life is short". What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?
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and last, but not least:
9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?" If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?
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The preceding was courtesy of a posting at another list over which I laughed and laughed, and I just had to share it with y'all.
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Thank you!
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is this a slow news day on HHW?
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Vixmom ,JMK, DtM and Jason ;D I noticed, only because it took me until now to read last nights posts.
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Alexpaig, HI![/size] ;D
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DR Vixmom, have you met the new tide stick? I unfortunately use it constantly! :)
(but really it is a huge help and gets off stains right away without water!).
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Nine things that are very irritating:
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
;D ;D ;D ROTFLOL
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Oh and another pretty good episode of MEDIUM last night. They are being much less predictable this year. And the stories are quite hard to figure out. My only complaint (still) is that they leave too much unresolved till the very last minute. And then the round-up is a bit too fast. :(
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Matt H and Ron, please wait until tomorrow to discuss MEDIUM so I can participate in the conversation.
Oh Vixmom-good cleaning vibes!
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Ive been a very busy boy. I led my senior chorus in a retirement home performance this morning, then returned, got up on the ladder and sprayed my roof with moss killer. I also raked the roof to get the really big hunks o'moss off. Then I went inside and touched up the paint in the kitchen. I will be most eager to see if DS Betsy notices that the kitchen doesn't have big gouges in the wall anymore where the kids have rammed their chairs into the walls. The best part is, I guessed at the paint shade in the store and it looks like it's going to dry pretty darned close to the correct shade. Yay!!! And all of this with a cold. Blecccch.
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DR Vixmom, have you met the new tide stick? I unfortunately use it constantly! :)
(but really it is a huge help and gets off stains right away without water!).
I do not possess one although I did see the commercial for it the other day ( with the soldiers in boot camp using it) Looks like an investment I will have to make!! ::)
I ended up turning my shirt around, one advantage to a mock neck is that you can do so :D
I am still, of course, sporting that fabulous new scent :
Odeur d'essence
... at least it smells expensive! ;D
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Ben Dublin is beautiful at Christmas time. Don’t forget to go to Thornton’s Toffee and try their special toffee and their mint humbugs. And, if there is room in your bag, and you feel like bringing home extra bags of humbugs, and then shipping said bags to Ashland, Oregon………..
Most of all just treat yourselves. There used to be a wonderful Indian Restaurant there, a bit pricey but delicious.
Have I mentioned all this before?
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Vixmom ,JMK, DtM and Jason ;D I noticed, only because it took me until now to read last nights posts.
we naughty, naughty children ;D
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According to Esquire Magazine, men over 30 should not skip.
And never prance!
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I am glad you are feeling a bit better DR Jason... and I hope you are feeling better soon DR JMK
~~~~~Feel Better Vibes~~~ to both of you.
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As for last nights MEDIUM-any chance of waiting until tomorrow to discuss it so I can participate?
Jennifer I know what you mean about the fast round-up, however, when the journey there is engrossing I’m not bothered by it.
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I am glad you are feeling a bit better DR Jason... and I hope you are feeling better soon DR JMK
~~~~~Feel Better Vibes~~~ to both of you.
Ditto from me. :)
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DR Ron, those were very funny!
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And never prance!
I won't prance.
Don't ask me.
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DR Jane, of course I can wait until tomorrow. I'll just say I thought it was as good as all of this season's shows. Seems like the writers spent the hiatus months carefully rethinking their strategies for showing us Allison's visions.
I honestly think this year's MEDIUM is one of the strongest shows on television now and completely unpredictable.
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Also on MEDIUM, the previews for next week look REALLY great, another twist that knocks the formula for a loop.
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I watched last night's THE COLBERT REPORT this afternoon, and it was hilarious. As fast and funny as THE DAILY SHOW (which is HIGH praise indeed), COmedy Central really now has a one-two comedy punch that's a knockout.
Why can't current situation comedies be this funny? I mean, this stuff is hysterical!
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Thanks Matt H. I will not not to join in too late tomorrow.
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How White is your Brain?
Brain abnormalities linked to pathological lying
Last Updated: 2005-10-17 15:02:16 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pathological liars may have structural abnormalities in their brains, a new study suggests.
Dr. Adrian Raine and Yaling Yang of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues found that individuals who habitually lied and cheated had less gray matter and more white matter in their prefrontal cortex than normal people. They report their findings in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Past studies have found that the prefrontal cortex shows heightened activity when normal people lie, and it is believed to be involved in both learning moral behavior and feeling remorse.
Because gray matter consists of brain cells, while white matter forms the "wiring" or connections between these cells, pathological liars may have more capacity to lie and fewer moral restraints, the authors suggest. "They've got the equipment to lie, and they don't have the disinhibition that the rest of us have in telling the big whoppers," Raine said in a press release accompanying the study.
The researchers used a series of psychological tests and interviews in a group of volunteers to identify 12 pathological liars, 16 people with antisocial personality disorder but no history of lying, and 21 normal people. They then examined the brains of all study participants using magnetic resonance imaging.
Liars had 26 percent more white matter in their prefrontal cortex than people with antisocial personality disorder, and 22 percent more than normal people. But they had 14 percent less gray matter than normal individuals.
Interestingly, the researchers note, autistic people -- who are known to have difficulty lying -- show a shift in gray-to-white matter ratio opposite to that seen among liars in the current study. "Although autism is a complex condition and cannot be taken as a model for lying, these results on autistic children, combined with the prior fMRI findings on lying in normal controls, converge with current findings on adult liars suggesting that the prefrontal cortex is centrally involved in the capacity to lie," the authors write.
Also, they note, while small children aren't good liars, by the age of 10 -- by which time a burst in white matter volume has occurred -- they become much more proficient in telling falsehoods.
While the findings have no practical implications at present, if confirmed they could be useful in clinical diagnoses of whether a person is pretending to be sick; in criminal justice settings, by helping police determine if a suspect is lying; and in pre-employment screening, the authors suggest.
SOURCE: British Journal of Psychiatry, October 2005.
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SInce my Amazon package did NOT come today (BOO! HISS!). I settled in with last year's indie hit SIDEWAYS.
I was wary of this film because I had gotten mixed reviews on it from friends who saw it in the theater. I also remembered my complete disgust with the last BIG indie critical hit LOST IN TRANSLATION and was thinking this might be the same kind of bore.
Not to worry, I found it funny, moving, and INTERESTING. One really came to care about these characters and especially the Charlie Brown-ish main character played by Paul Giamatti. It is shocking to me that he wasn't Oscar nominated for this, but then looking at the list of nominees (Don Cheadle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Depp, and winner Jamie Foxx), I don't know who should have been bumped off to make room for him. They were ALL deserving. Sometimes it happens that there are more outstanding performances than room for them on the nomination list.
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While I was watching SIDEWAYS off the DVR, the DVR was also recording BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON. I liked the first BRIDGET JONES just OK, so I've waited to see this less celebrated sequel until it came on one of the pay cable channels.
I'll get around to it at some point this week. Maybe since BONES and HOUSE are reruns tonight, I'll start it tonight.
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I've also recorded WALK, DON'T RUN, Cary Grant's last film, off TCM. I've never seen this though I saw the original version THE MORE THE MERRIER. Looking forward to seeing what changes were made to the story from the 1943 version.
I had forgotten that Charles Walters directed this remake. Must have been one of his last films
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I wonder if when you apply for a job they are going to request a CAT scan... maybe we should ask to see measurments of the white matter in our elected officials, and political canidates prefrontal cortexes. (cortexi?)
I can just see the TV ads now..." John Doe says he's in favor of lower taxes for the middle class, but with over with 50 % white matter in his frontal cortex how can we be sure he's telling the truth?"
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Hmmmm, not that I would ever say that the ads on the top have anythingto do with the topics we are discussing... but I start talking about pathalogical liars and the ads on the top are "Understanding Bush" and "Replace Bush?" and 'Terrorism Are you Safe?"
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I'm sure it's coincidental
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Matt H and Ron, please wait until tomorrow to discuss MEDIUM so I can participate in the conversation.
Oh Vixmom-good cleaning vibes!
No troubles here, since I haven't seen it yet.
And it may have to wait even longer than usual....I MAY be watching "The V.I.P.s" when I get home tonight, thanks to DR Matt H. who copied it for me off a Turner airing.
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And never prance!
Is this a copyright violation or somethin'?
:D
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Back for butt a moment, butt must now be on my way to LACC, after which I shall be back for butt another moment.
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"It's all bottoms with you Americans, isn't it?" Basil Fawlty
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No troubles here, since I haven't seen it yet.
And it may have to wait even longer than usual....I MAY be watching "The V.I.P.s" when I get home tonight, thanks to DR Matt H. who copied it for me off a Turner airing.
Great! Glad it got there OK. I wish my Amazon package had arrived, but that's another matter entirely! :'(
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"It's all bottoms with you Americans, isn't it?" Basil Fawlty
I have FAWLTY TOWERS on DVD and need to rewatch it again soon. Just love those shows, among the funniest sitcoms ever.
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Here for just a minute to say HI during my dinner hour.
TOD - WJR in Detroit, "from the golden tower of the Fisher Building." When I was in high school and college, there was a much loved morning drive-time host named J. P. McCarthy. The building also houses the Fisher Theatre, the Broadway tour house, and he would play the songs from whatever musical was playing at the time. WJR also broadcasts University of Michigan football, and the late Bob Ufer was famous for his quite biased reporting of his beloved Mee-chigan. Now one of the announcers is Jim Branstatter, who was a player when I was a student. I like to go out in my car, the only place in SW Ohio where I can pick up 760AM, Detroit.
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Well home I go to change and do laundry!! Laters!
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Here's a fun link to help you with your pumpkin carving skills...
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/pumpkin_carve.asp
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One of my cousins sent me that pumpkin carving site....very "FUN"!
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OK, I'm headed downstairs now to clean the living room and then settle in for a night of movies and TV.
My friend Jeff got the last of the boxes and furniture which he had been storing here out of my living room over the weekend, so this will be the first time in almost a year the room has been completely clear and able to be cleaned. I suspect I'll be in there longer than usual tonight.
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Oh, my! Checking the Lincoln Center website for what might be going on there the week of Jan. 16-22, I discovered "Barbara Cook at the Met," Friday evening, Jan. 20. It's so-o-o-o tempting...
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Ooh! Ooh!
My DVD of "Batman Begins" has arrived!
Joy!
DR Matt H: Gesundheit!
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My friend Jeff got the last of the boxes and furniture which he had been storing here out of my living room over the weekend, so this will be the first time in almost a year the room has been completely clear and able to be cleaned. I suspect I'll be in there longer than usual tonight.
Yes, 'cause it's almost time for puttin' up the Chrimassy Tree!
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I wonder how much white matter my sister had.
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Our new neighbors, a lovely couple, stopped by for a visit just as I was about to go for a walk. Currently they live in San Diego and it will be awhile before they design and then build their home.
Off for the walk I have been attempting to take all day.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? We need some ACTION, some HA CHA CHA! Let's not get complacent, all of a sudden.
Nice meeting at LACC, and I hired one of the graduating kids to be my assistant, both for Kevin's show, and for my play. She's really on the ball, and very bright, so I'm very happy.
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I started the day watching some DVD TV. Unusual for me. I did enjoy hearing 1812 overture played on a violin as tomato plant was growing. The chewing of a car tyre to flight of the bumble bee was also a classic.
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Nine things that are very irritating:
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
Actually, I do, and I have gotten many dates because of it.
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Can I ask you a question? Did the bus come yet?
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THE AMAZING RACE and NIP/TUCK tonight!
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I have the video version of SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN, and it's very strange to see it (there are a few extra scenes) but mostly strange to hear it with different music.
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I'd like to thank those who have welcomed me (back) to the site, thanx folks!
Apropos of nothing, I see I appear to be somewhat squished -- perhaps I've been flagged at 16x9, God help me.
I do note, however, that I also appear to have time-travelled back to 1992, thank God!!!
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Ben Dublin is beautiful at Christmas time. Don’t forget to go to Thornton’s Toffee and try their special toffee and their mint humbugs.
DID SOMEONE SAY, "HUMBUG"?
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Chrimass is one of my favorite holidays!
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Hmm.. With my busy tax season finally over, I tried to send out a sort of group email to let people know that the kritzerland site is up for Last Starfighter. And I got bumped off completely. We had to practically restart our AOL accounts, re-esrablishing passwords and such, and they said it was for our protection, because bulk emails are a sign that someone unauthorized might be using your account. It wasn't really to all that many people, but I wonder what the magic number is that makes it a bulk email. A real nuisance, but I guess they make it really difficult so that you'll never do it again.
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TOD: Favorite disc jockey during my formative years was Casey Kasem and his Top Ten countdown.
Also liked the Video Jockey (VJ, in cable TV lingo) A.J. Hammer on either VH1 or MTV, I'm fuzzy on which of those he was on, because i used to be hooked on both stations.
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Just had a totally freaky thing happen. I went over to my DVD store. There was a parking space on the side street, so I turned around to take it. The space was in front of another car. Now, I have done that a million times in this particular space, but somehow I came up short when pulling in, and my back bumper somehow caught on the front bumper of the BMW that was parked there. Now, I don't want to criticize BMW, but the BMW bumper practically was ripped off the car, taking a headlight with it. I mean, are these things made of PAPER? My rear bumper got pulled out a tiny bit, barely noticeable, and has a tiny scuff. How is it possible??? In any case, I felt really bad. I got some paper and started to write a note, but then the woman came out and I ended up giving her all my info and insurance stuff. This is the first time in all my driving history that I have ever clipped a parked car, which is why I find the whole thing so weird. I've done the pull-in move thousands of times, especially in that particular spot, so how I came up short I just cannot imagine or fathom. But, at least my insurance will cover it, and I won't actually have to put out any dough, which is why we pay these large insurance premiums. In fact, I have never filed an insurance claim in all the years I've been with Farmers. I did have that experience where some woman on my street rammed into the side of my parked car, but her insurance paid for that.
So, I left a message with my insurance agent, and that should be that. I could tell the gal was really nervous, but her friend told her that most people who might have done this would have just left and not even left a note. I did whatever I could to make her comfortable, including showing her my license and insurance info and my phone numbers, so hopefully she's not freaking out too much.
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Wait till someone she knows recognizes your name! THE Bruce Kimmel!
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So, I left a message with my insurance agent, and that should be that. I could tell the gal was really nervous, but her friend told her that most people who might have done this would have just left and not even left a note. I did whatever I could to make her comfortable, including showing her my license and insurance info and my phone numbers, so hopefully she's not freaking out too much.
Use it to your advantage. Contact the National Enquirer and tell them that the director of The First Nudie Musical was in a fender bender and then casually mention you were thinking about your new play that will open in January and your book Rewind. :)
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alexpaig-LOL
FJL I’m glad you survived yesterday.
Bruce, good parking vibes.
On my flight home on United Airlines I indulged in the cinnamon cookies they offer as snacks. I just called the cookie company and ordered some to be shipped here. Then I ordered the sampler pack of all their cookies.
‘night
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First Half of The Amazing Race Report - more of the same. That is all.
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Hmm.. With my busy tax season finally over, I tried to send out a sort of group email to let people know that the kritzerland site is up for Last Starfighter. And I got bumped off completely. We had to practically restart our AOL accounts, re-esrablishing passwords and such, and they said it was for our protection, because bulk emails are a sign that someone unauthorized might be using your account. It wasn't really to all that many people, but I wonder what the magic number is that makes it a bulk email. A real nuisance, but I guess they make it really difficult so that you'll never do it again.
FJL, the very same thing happened (repeatedly) to me when I sent bulk emails to the community choir I direct and arrange for. Did you call AOL's TOS (Terms of Service) 800 number? You can get yourself put on what they call a "white list" which allows you to send out bulk emails. I threatened them mightily the last time it happened (after I was supposedly on the white list), and I ended up getting several free months of "service" (I use the term loosely--it is AOL, after all. :) ).
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Re: MEDIUM (no spoilers).
I do think the shows have been stronger this season. And I"m curious to know why. Are they using real scenarios that happened to alison? Or are they just trying to plan out things that are more detailed?
Her dreams have been much more interesting and hard to figure out. That is good.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? We need some ACTION, some HA CHA CHA! Let's not get complacent, all of a sudden.
You want "action"?? Today at work, they (the powers that be here at the library) released a 53-page "ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS" study that's been going on for a several months. And what is recommended is that six...yes SIX administrative positions be eliminated! But also recommended was that three of the positions actually be restructured (but at lower salaries than where they are now). These six positions (which includes the number two position within the entire library!) are all "exempt" positions, meaning that they are not covered by our Staff Association (union-equivalent) contract. Also, most (but not all) of those that have those jobs are close to retirement age, but I don't know if any of them actually ARE eligible to retire with full benefits. I hope that they all get nice severance packages.
At this point, all the job eliminations are just "recommendations" and would have to be approved by the library board. However, it's pretty likely that it'll happen. I don't know how soon, though. There's going to be a special open board meeting on Thursday where comments can be taken and the actual monthly board meeting will be a week from tomorrow. They will probably make a decision at that time.
I'm just glad that they mainly focused on the upper management and not us peons. :-\ It's sad that it's happening. I know all of the people who are in those positions, but I understand the reasoning behind it. The library will be able to save $250,000 per year...even after the new positions are created.
How's that for action? ::)
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I just finished watching an old 1936 Monogram cheapie called BORN TO FIGHT...it starred Frankie Darrow and Kane Richmond.
I must say, Kane Richmond is THE most perfect specimen of masculine humanity I have ever laid my eyes on!
(http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/assets/images/Kane_Richmond--Lost_City_1.jpeg)
not only that, but this....
(http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/assets/images/Kane_Richmond--Lost_City.gif)
He left films in 1948 to work, with great success, in the fashion industry...oh, if only I had been born 55 years earlier!
Unfortunately, of course, if I had then I'd be dead now.
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Use it to your advantage. Contact the National Enquirer and tell them that the director of The First Nudie Musical was in a fender bender and then casually mention you were thinking about your new play that will open in January and your book Rewind. :)
No! No! No! We have to keep the press out of it. And BK, remember--both those women were obviously stoned out of their heads.
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I just finished watching an old 1936 Monogram cheapie called BORN TO FIGHT...it starred Frankie Darrow and Kane Richmond.
I must say, Kane Richmond is THE most perfect specimen of masculine humanity I have ever laid my eyes on!
(http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/assets/images/Kane_Richmond--Lost_City_1.jpeg)
not only that, but this....
(http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/assets/images/Kane_Richmond--Lost_City.gif)
He left films in 1948 to work, with great success, in the fashion industry...oh, if only I had been born 50 years earlier!
Unfortunately, of course, I'd be dead now.
But what a time you might've had, MBarnum!! ;D
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PAGE SIX DANCE:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/gruppenfuhrer_2.jpg)
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Speaking of movie hunks, has anyone ever noticed that the Incredible Shrinking Man ironically becomes more attractive as he shrinks?
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Speaking of movie hunks, has anyone ever noticed that the Incredible Shrinking Man ironically becomes more attractive as he shrinks?
No, but doggone it I forgot to watch that movie today on TCM!! >:(
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DR DtM - that dance photo is one of the SCARIEST things I have EVER seen.
What did Kane Richmond DO in the fashion industry?
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Quick--go google the words "miserable failure"
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No, but doggone it I forgot to watch that movie today on TCM!! >:(
There were no added scenes or new edits - it was just the same as it always has been. :P
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Kane Richmond - I had the hots for him too in a couple of serials he made that I saw. AMC used to show these serials long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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LOL
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I wanted to record THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN to make a DVD, but I was recording something else and watching another channel live, so darn!
But I think I read somewhere that the film is coming out on a commercial DVD at some point.
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DR DtM - that dance photo is one of the SCARIEST things I have EVER seen.
It's from a production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughna--Aw, The Hell With It, I'm Pooped!
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I did watch MY NAME IS EARL and THE OFFICE tonight. EARL was OK, a couple of laughs, but THE OFFICE had its Halloween-themed episode (it's premepted next week), and it was hysterical. One of the best ever episodes of this show.
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I'm always awed at the ending of Shrinking Man. I can't help but wonder how audiences in the 50s took it.
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It's from a production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughna--Aw, The Hell With It, I'm Pooped!
I think that should be the caption of the picture. ;D
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LAW & ORDER: SVU featured one of my all-time favorite young actors - Brian Bloom. He was the first-ever winner of a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor some years ago, and as he's matured, he's gotten more and more gorgeous. (Those hypnotic blue eyes are mesmerizing with his dark hair and chisled features.)
(Brian Bloom alert: Season 4 of OZ in a shower scene and a gym scene with Christopher Meloni. These guys held nothing back.)
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Things look bad for our hero on NIP/TUCK.
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I'm always awed at the ending of Shrinking Man. I can't help but wonder how audiences in the 50s took it.
Even as a kid, it made me sad, and I tear up to this day when I watch it.
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(Brian Bloom alert: Season 4 of OZ in a shower scene and a gym scene with Christopher Meloni. These guys held nothing back.)
That was a scary scene....Bloom's character thought he had everything figured out and that life wasn't going to be so bad after all..... :P
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Even as a kid, it made me sad, and I tear up to this day when I watch it.
I feel the same way at the end of ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN...she finally got Harry all to herself. :'(
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I also watched BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON. Not up to the first film, and Bridget's clumsiness in social and personal situations just got more and more tiresome. I eventually found it very hard toi root for someone who seemed invariably to make the wrong move, say the wrong thing EVERY SINGLE TIME there was anything important to be said or done.
Colin Firth and his Darcy character are WAY too good for her.
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That was a scary scene....Bloom's character thought he had everything figured out and that life wasn't going to be so bad after all..... :P
The scene in the storage room was scary. The scene in the gym was sexy as all get out!
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So, I have WALK, DON'T RUN to watch tomorrow just in case the Amazon package doesn't come tomorrow. If it does, I should be able to watch BATMAN BEGINS tomorrow.
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Kane Richmond - I had the hots for him too in a couple of serials he made that I saw. AMC used to show these serials long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
You mean the Galaxy where AMC was a channel one could actually watch without wanting to strangle someone?
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Long ago...and far away....it was.
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So, I have WALK, DON'T RUN to watch tomorrow just in case the Amazon package doesn't come tomorrow. If it does, I should be able to watch BATMAN BEGINS tomorrow.
DR MATTH I found that this movie depended entirely too much on the charm of its star trio...Grant, Jim Hutton, and Samantha Eggar.
Charles Walters was a long time "friend" of actor turned agent John Darrow.
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Even as a kid, it made me sad, and I tear up to this day when I watch it.
It is sad that he is forever losing the world he has known, but it's also wondrous that this man, after all the turmoil and terror he has gone through, has come to the realization that no matter how small and insignificant in stature he becomes, that he still matters as a being and that his life still has meaning. He grasps the meaning of infinity and almost rejoices with it. I think it's an amazingly profound and beautiful ending to what could have been just another hokey sci-fi flick.
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Back from doing the radio show, which I recommend everyone here listen to come Sunday - it's really fun (all about Stages), and Linden Waddell was with us, and she was delightful. Lots of funny anecdotes, so tune in.
Where is vixmom's Rewind review? I see it not. And Cillaliz? I see it not.
I'm still baffled by this parking mishap. I just really cannot figure out how it happened. I've been thinking that maybe she wasn't parked close enough to the curb, but I think I would have noticed that. It's just so peculiar that it's a space I know really well and I've pulled into it just like today a thousand times. I am a really good driver, so this freaks me out a little.
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Radio. I was into radio from my youngest days. My first station was WLS, "The Big 89" from Chicago. Top 40, but great variety in those days. I remember once, I turned the tuner on my brother's radio accidentally and it went off WLS. I thought I had broken the radio! I didn't know there was more than one station.
When I was 12 or so, I became obsessed with 50s and 60s music. WCFL was my station. When they changed formats, I phoned the station in tears to say goodbye to my favorite DJ, Bob Kraft.
When we moved to Atlanta, I discovered WREK ("Wreck") radio out of Georgia Tech. It blew my mind. They would play absolutely anything on that station at any time. Total variety. Late nights, it was run by a machine that would still play anything, except sometimes it got stuck.
JMK, WXRT was a heavy metal station back when I was a kid, really hard rock, then it changed to a smooth adult station, then I don't know what.
td, KDKA is not only Pittsburgh's first station, but America's. I think it is the only station east of the Mississippi to start with a "K". I used to listen to Pirates games on there all the way down in Atlanta. The power of AM radio!
Ron, WOWO is another great AM station you can pick up anywhere at night.
Sadly, I scarcely listen to radio nowadays.
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Welcome to Alex!
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And belated Anniversary wishes to Vixmom and Co.
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Oh yes, saw a film tonight. An honest to goodness feature. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. Well made movie, shot entirely (and bittersweetly for me) in my old neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn. Jeff Daniels is great as a thoroughly contemptible character. Just a pretty honest story of a couple's breakup and the affect on their kids. Not the feel-good hit of the year.
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bk, I did it once. In the parking lot of a bookstore in Athens, GA. Pulling into a regular old parking space, normal thing, the front of my car hits the side of another car. There was disbelief, because it was something I'd never had trouble with, and then suddenly, I've damaged someone's car. I'll never forget the girl, blonde, sorority gal, getting out of her car, taking a look, and saying, "That's okay. My dad was going to buy me a new car next month anyway." The relief!
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I just spent $400 of my dad's money on tickets for a show that I think is going to suck. They've decided they want to see JERSEY BOYS (the Franki Valli musical) while they're in town, so I obliged. I tried to steer them in another direction, but my mom and aunt want to see this. They also want to sit through AIDA at the Met. God help us all. And to think that I got a 25% discount on those tickets and it STILL cost $400!! Totally ridiculous to my way of thinking. And we're sitting in Left Mezzanine Row L. ROW L! For $400, we should be sitting in Row B at least!!
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It is sad that he is forever losing the world he has known, but it's also wondrous that this man, after all the turmoil and terror he has gone through, has come to the realization that no matter how small and insignificant in stature he becomes, that he still matters as a being and that his life still has meaning. He grasps the meaning of infinity and almost rejoices with it. I think it's an amazingly profound and beautiful ending to what could have been just another hokey sci-fi flick.
I agree completely with you, DR Dan. My tears are those of wonder at his discovery and despite leaving his familiar world behind will now experience a new kind of life. A great adventure.
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All right. It's past midnight here, and I must get to bed.
Will look forward to the rest of toinight's and also tomorrow's posts.
Good night.
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THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN was indeed a metaphysical movie that made me think about the same things. Has anyone read the original book...did it have the same ending?
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I haven't eaten since my early lunch at noon - had a BLTA, fries, and a little salad with ranch dressing. I'm now hungry, but not sure what to eat. I could rustle up a little tuna salad and just not put it on bread. Maybe that's what I'll do. Or I could go to the deli and get a sandwich, but they're always so huge there.
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Apropos of nothing....
DR Pogue--I thought you might want to know that you are mentioned in today's New York Times. Under the New DVD listings, Dave Kehr writes about The Fly. "For once, the bonus disc has some genuine scholarly interest, providing the complete text of George Langelaan's original short story, and the first proposed remake script by CHARLES EDWARD POGUE......."
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DR Jose--
I was on the 4:05p.m. train out of Penn Station to Baltimore yesterday. NOW I know why it was delayed until 4:40p.m.---
Blame it on Jose!
If you left on track number 9, we were train-mates! Too bad we didn't know ahead of time. I read REWIND the entire trip, and found it to be fascinating, informative, and completely captivating. I especially enjoyed Chapter 10, the one about Marty Alvino--read it several times, laughing rather loudly at some parts.
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I just finished watching an old 1936 Monogram cheapie called BORN TO FIGHT...it starred Frankie Darrow and Kane Richmond.
I must say, Kane Richmond is THE most perfect specimen of masculine humanity I have ever laid my eyes on!
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not only that, but this....
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He left films in 1948 to work, with great success, in the fashion industry...oh, if only I had been born 55 years earlier!
Unfortunately, of course, if I had then I'd be dead now.
Oh, do they still have that incorrect information about my going into the fashion industry??? Not true, Mr. B. Would you like to come up some time and I can show you my specimen uh etchings?
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Speaking of movie hunks, has anyone ever noticed that the Incredible Shrinking Man ironically becomes more attractive as he shrinks?
Yeah, tell me about it! I used to date him.
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Oh, it's not the first time I've been mentioned in the New York Times.
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I just spent $400 of my dad's money on tickets for a show that I think is going to suck. They've decided they want to see JERSEY BOYS (the Franki Valli musical) while they're in town, so I obliged. I tried to steer them in another direction, but my mom and aunt want to see this. They also want to sit through AIDA at the Met. God help us all. And to think that I got a 25% discount on those tickets and it STILL cost $400!! Totally ridiculous to my way of thinking. And we're sitting in Left Mezzanine Row L. ROW L! For $400, we should be sitting in Row B at least!!
JERSEY BOYS got great press when it was playing in La Jolla, although a lot of the praise was for David Norona as Frankie Valli. Unfortunately, Mr. Norona is not in the Broadway production, but is starring in INCONCEIVABLE on television instead.
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Apropos of nothing - time for to go to bed.
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Glad Iris liked the book! And glad she liked Marty Alvino - one of my favorite characters in the book.
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Oh, now, we're so close and yet everyone ditches the jernt to become WUSSBURGERS. Not only WUSSBURGERS but WUSSBURGERS WITH CHEESE.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Oh, I more than liked REWIND-I LOVED it!
It's bound to cause quite a buzz in the musical theater world.
I've mentioned it to quite a few people, and they are very intrigued.
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200 is possible
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I think!