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Title: HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:15:39 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were in high gear, you're now in high gear, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be quick, because they're in high gear, too.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:16:26 AM
And the word of the day is: WASTREL!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jennifer on November 06, 2005, 06:32:46 AM
Good morning everyone!

BK, I'm curious, is your corned beef on rye the same as what we call a smoked meat sandwich here?

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Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 06:56:56 AM
I think the recycled airplane air and the week's intensity have caught up with me.  I'm feeling quite under the weather today, and I don't want to get out of bed.  I'm very tired, slight headache, and my head's all stopped up.

DRJose, the brunch plans are off for me!!!

Dear Friend BK, I too enjoyed STAR WARS III, and I found the film's ending,  which tied all the threads together with John Williams' music from the original film, quite moving and thrilling.

I meant to mention yesterday that the film I'm most looking forward to opens next weekend:  PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.  On another topic yesterday, I loathed FANTASIA 2000 except for the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence which I loved.  
 
DRJoy, how's Noel?  Tell him he's missed.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 07:00:16 AM
Trouble in Mouse Land.  :-\

http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20051105-035758-3771r.htm (http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20051105-035758-3771r.htm)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 07:01:06 AM
Hmmm I will have to consider the TOD today at work.

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 07:15:39 AM
DR RODZINSKI....The Jerry Lewis Cinema where I saw the infamous WICKED WICKED was a stand along building near the open air mall here in town.  It had a nice lobby with big windows and a mural on the wall featuring movie comedians including of course Jerry Lewis.  The marquee had a caricature of JL and script that said: Jerry Lewis Cinema.  

I saw GOODBYE, MR CHIPS, TORA TORA TORA, GONE WITH THE WIND, and many other movies there.  After a few years it became the Mooresville Cinema run by a different guy.  The BENJI movies were big there, since Benji's trainer is from Mooresville - and Sammy Terry always drew a crowd on Halloween night.

The only other excitement I remember is when THE EXORCIST was shown and there were several religious protesters out front with signs, and people coming out of the theatre and one girl threw up.  It was very exciting.

The building is still there, but it is part of a car dealership, I think.  If I go by there this week, I will take a photo.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 07:15:57 AM
Off to work, back later.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:21:52 AM
Good Morning!

I'm up.  I'm up...

Ah!... It was so nice to be able to sleep in a little bit today.  That extra bit of sleep really really helped to get rid of my "zonk-ness" from last night.  And now...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:27:00 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

Nothing from "my generation" really seems to come to mind.  However, there have been a couple of films that have become sort of "cult classics" and guilty pleasures for various and sundried reasons...

"Eating Raoul"
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
"Top Gun" - Anyone ever play the Top Gun Drinking Game?  ;)
"Porky's"
"Risky Business"

Heck, I guess I could even include "A Chorus Line: The Movie" in this batch.  ;)

...And then there are those "New Classics" on AMC and TCM.  :-\
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:29:59 AM
DR elmore - No worries.  Enjoy your first full day back home at home.  Get some rest.  My allergies also kicked in this week too - I guess Fall is finally here.  I'll be back on most Mondays, so maybe we can catch up then.  -And if you happen to come down to DC again for an LoC trip, I'd be more than happy to get you into Damn Yankees.  And I hope Dylan is doing better - or at least will be doing better soon too.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:39:39 AM
Good morning all!

I MUST do my laundry today rather than sitting around here like a wastrel.  Of course, laundry seems like a wasted life when there are so many things to do that are more fun... and of course, I need to do some more preparations for tomorrow's auditions, but sadly the damn laundry must take precedence over ANYTHING else today.  Except eating, which is a lot of work nowadays.

So I will catch up, and then I will be out!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:40:50 AM
BK, who is your casting director out there?

As of January, I will be looking for a full-time casting job, so everyone please keep your ears peeled!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:40:50 AM
Good morning!  It's a sunny day here, hopefully that will keep my mood a little more cheery today. I've got to put up the few remaining storm windows, get weather stripping, maybe mow the yard, do laundry and a ton of work I brought home from the office.  Plus it's the annual Greek Dinner at the Greek Orthodox Church here. They make the best food!  
Their festival in June is a kick. They have kids games like pin the snake on Medusa, toss the ring on Mount Olympus etc.  

Hmm. Not enough hours today.   So, I may not make it to a movie today after all.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:42:24 AM
Jose, that 70s Disco project is another one we cast, starring Ms. Juliana.  I keep trying to get everyone at the office to read her Journal.  Anyway, it's a Broadway workshop called Last Dance.  She plays "Kitten".  Ahem.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:47:16 AM
I feel that I must weigh in on Star Wars now:

I enjoyed I and II visually, but I felt the acting was despicable, especially in II.  Everyone in the audience was LAUGHING at scenes that were not supposed to be funny, and it was that uncomfortable "I don't want to be laughing at this" kind of laughter.  I could have done without the ENTIRE Amidala/Anakin love story, it was so poorly written and incompetently acted and misguidedly directed.  Yuck all around.  

HOWEVER, I did enjoy Sith, all of it, EXCEPT, once again, for that stupid, asinine "love" story.  I was squirming with disgust and I heard more than one audience member suck their teeth.  

"You're so beautiful."
"That's because I'm so in love with you."
"No, it's because I'm so in love with YOU."

??!??!!?!!

Awesome.  The rest of it was cool, though.  :)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:48:24 AM
DR Elmore, thanks for asking:  DR Noel is just fine and wonderful.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:49:24 AM
DR Jose, the Top Gun drinking game?  Oh boy, I can't wait for this one.  

Has anyone ever played the Star Wars drinking game?  Or the "What's Love Got to Do With It" drinking game?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:50:56 AM
DR Jose, the Top Gun drinking game?  Oh boy, I can't wait for this one.  

Has anyone ever played the Star Wars drinking game?  Or the "What's Love Got to Do With It" drinking game?

Now I feel old. The only drinking game we used to play is "Bob" from The Bob Newhart Show...the series set in Chicago, not the one in Vermont
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:51:22 AM
Okay, I must come clean and say that, for the record, when I was a kid I was OBSESSED with A Chorus Line, the Movie.  Then I saw A Chorus Line onstage in a touring production in Reno.  I realized even at that age that the movie had gotten it all wrong.  I still have a place in my heart for the movie, but I gotta say that they really screwed it up.  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:51:49 AM
Jose, that 70s Disco project is another one we cast, starring Ms. Juliana.  I keep trying to get everyone at the office to read her Journal.  Anyway, it's a Broadway workshop called Last Dance.  She plays "Kitten".  Ahem.

Yep - I believe I was with Rachel for that one.  -That was a really "cool" audition - that pop-ballad for the younger woman is a great tune - and some of those singers were amazing.  And when I played that day, it was really nice seeing the director for the piece again - I used to play callbacks for him at SETCs for his theatre in Wisconsin(?) - or it is in Ohio(?).  I hope they had a good workshop.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 07:52:01 AM
And now.....ick......laundry.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:57:36 AM
DR Jose, the Top Gun drinking game?  Oh boy, I can't wait for this one.  

Has anyone ever played the Star Wars drinking game?  Or the "What's Love Got to Do With It" drinking game?

Well...  You put the nicknames of the various pilots into the proverbial hat - "Goose", "Maverick", etc.  Each person picks a name out of the hat.  Now each time that person's name is mentioned in the film, you have to take a drink.

I forget which one it is right now, but there is one character's name who gets quite a bit of mentions in the early part of the movie - and it's not Tom Cruise's "Maverick" either - making for quite an "interesting" evening early on.  -OH!  and then when you get to some of those flight and fight sequences...  Watch out!

;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 08:06:20 AM
Now I feel old. The only drinking game we used to play is "Bob" from The Bob Newhart Show...the series set in Chicago, not the one in Vermont

Well... "Quarters" and "Chandeliers" are still classics!

;)

My favorite, however, was the one based on that Jenga game - the one where you stack the pieces of wood into a tower, and then try to pull out a piece without toppling the tower.  On each piece of wood, there was an instruction (which were handwritten on the pieces by the host of the party): take a drink, drink your drink and the person's drink to your right, do not take a drink, pick someone else to take a drink, etc.  -And, then, of course, if you did happen to make the tower topple, then you had to drink everyone else;s drinks.  -I remember seeing a "legit" version of this in the stores a few years ago - but instead of making it a drinking game, you were given crazy things to do: scratch your neighbor's head, do an impression of your best friend, etc...

NOW...  Usually after playing "Drinking Jenga", then you would go onto "Dirty Jenga".  You had instructions like: kiss the person next to you, take off one piece of clothing, take off a piece of clothing from someone else... and various other instructions that aren't really suited for a family site.

 :o

 ::)

 :P
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 08:07:47 AM
My previous post falls under the category of: "The Things You Do In Summer Stock".

;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:08:29 AM
Good morning!

We have another splendid day here. There are wispy circus clouds in te sky today, but already in the mid 60s and will be climbing to the upper 70s today. Another blissful day.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 08:09:31 AM
Well, I have some packing to get done... And then brunch, sometime, somewhere...

Laters...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:11:29 AM
I don't think it's a contest between watching BATMAN BEGINS and STAR WARS III. I enjoyed each film, the former more than the latter but both sufficiently to have bought them and will hang onto them.

Acting wise, other than Katie Holmes, I thought the acting in BATMAN BEGINS was infinitely superior to STAR WARS III.

But again, it's not a contest about which is better or more watchable. I have both and will watch both again and again over the years.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jennifer on November 06, 2005, 08:13:09 AM
Feel better vibes to DR Elmore! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:14:31 AM
I guess MARNIE is a film that got loads of pans originally but has emerged to be thought of highly now (but not by me). VERTIGO wasn't greatly appreciated when it was released either but is now regarded by many as Hitchcock's supreme masterpiece.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:16:05 AM
I have to do laundry today, too, but I don't seem to mind it as much as Joy does.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:16:58 AM
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Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:18:26 AM
Still haven't made any DVD selections for today. I want to finish a KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER episode that I started the other night, but as for a film, just haven't come to any decision yet.

Soon, however, soon . . . .
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 08:56:30 AM
Sunday morning (just barely) greetings!  It's sunny and windy here in SW Ohio, which means leaves are flying.  DH Richard and I are going on an adventure today to Waynesville, OH, where there's a gift shop I need to visit that happens to be next door to an Amish-style restaurant, where we'll have our main meal of the day.

DR elmore - welcome to the ranks of autumn allergy sufferers - hope a day of rest helps you feel better.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:56:36 AM
Going to put the laundry in now and then starting on lunch prep.

WBBL.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: MBarnum on November 06, 2005, 09:13:41 AM
Some misguided film reviewers gave ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE the thumbs down back in the day (1958), but I am hear to tell you that it ought to become a classic, and I am certain it will...someday.

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Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 09:21:31 AM
I'm up, I'm up.

Vertigo is, of course, obvious in today's topic o' the day.  Critics didn't like it, and audiences stayed away, and today most folks consider it a masterpiece.

I also find it happens with certain musical films, but for a much smaller percentage of fans - things like Half a Sixpence and Darling Lili and Hello, Dolly, and even Man of La Mancha - to read comments on the imdb, you'd think these films were masterpieces, too.  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 09:21:36 AM
DR Elmore, thanks for asking:  DR Noel is just fine and wonderful.

Just what I was about to ask and was kicking myself for not asking sooner.  Say hello from me.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 09:21:42 AM
Some misguided film reviewers gave ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE the thumbs down back in the day (1958), but I am hear to tell you that it ought to become a classic, and I am certain it will...someday.

(http://www.moviegoods.com/assets/product_images/1020/259134.1020.A.jpg)

Oh, Mikey, Mikey!   Aristophanes wrote about that world you inhabit in THE BIRDS:  Cloud Cuckooland!  I wanted to remind you that the Fanfare may not be on the news stands yet.  I get it through subscription.

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 09:22:30 AM
I probably shouldn't mention the name of our casting director at this point.  We'll see how Tuesday's casting session goes first.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 09:31:33 AM
Jennifer, while the photo looks a bit like pastrami smoked meat is different (I did a bit of sleuthing).

Smoked meat is basically beef brisket that has been cured, spiced and smoked.

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 09:38:19 AM
Larry, relax today and feel better tomorrow.

I’m feeling rather lazy on this raining day.   I should get moving, do a few things around the house and go for my walk.

I’m sure my laundry is ready to transfer to the dryer.  Our computer has three fans & a water cooler making it impossible for me to hear the buzzer on the washing machine.



Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:03:55 AM
Just checking in to say hello and see if everyone we know and love was spared from the tornadoes in Indiana and Kentucky last night.  I see JRand was on with no mention of the tornado so I presume he and his are alright.... I hope that DR Pogues' old Kentucky home and loved ones were spared as well.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 10:05:35 AM
Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?

MattH, I wasn't talking about you specifically, as I know you enjoyed both films.  I'm talking about the millions of people who will sit still for risible dialogue and plotting in Batman Begins but just won't have it in the prequel films, even Revenge of the Sith doesn't escape that bashing from many of these folks, even if they begrudgingly like it.  I was just reading some posts about it at the usual place and you'd just be shocked at these people - with many of them saying they just don't buy Anakin's switch to the dark side - that it's too fast - and not one of these people seems to understand the major reason he's doing it - because he believes it's the only way to save the woman he loves and who is bearing his child.  When someone finally mentions that fact in the thread, none of those people come back and respond.  They just have their little nerdy agendas and that's that.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:05:36 AM
Today All Saints Sunday was celebrated in my church.  That is  when we announce the names of those that have been "called home" in the past year.  Derek Menzie was announced and prayed for.


Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 10:05:59 AM
Just checking in to say hello and esse if everyone we now and love was spared formt he tornadoes on Indian ana dKentucky last night.  I see JRand was on with no mentionof the tornado so I presume he and his are alright.... I hope that DR Pogues' old Kentucky home and loved ones were spared as well.

I was awakened by thunder and lightening at 5:30am, but your post is the first I've heard of tornadoes here in the Midwest.  Thanks for asking.

We're off to Waynesville - bye for now!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:09:01 AM
Drive safe dear Ginny!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:11:22 AM
~~~Better Health!!! Vibes ~~~

for dear elmore

and now to catch up to yesterday

I spent the day trying to get to all the chores I usually do during the week but didn't do this week because of the sick Vixter,,,by 6 o'clock I was feeling deciedly uder the weather and by 8 PM the whole family had gone to bed.

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:11:40 AM
All feeling much better today.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 10:43:20 AM
Today All Saints Sunday was celebrated in my church.  That is  when we announce the names of those that have been "called home" in the past year.  Derek Menzie was announced and prayed for.


Somehow, I think I know who was behind this!  God love you, DRvixmom!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:43:53 AM
Just cauht up on yesterday... I forgot about the Narnia movie.  We have several of the Wonderworks productions of this series on tape.  The Vixter read the first one in second grade and loved it , but I don't thing she followed up on the rest, I shall have to pull mine off the shelf and share them with her.  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 10:45:07 AM
Just cauht up on yesterday... I forgot about the Narnia movie.  We have several of the Wonderworks productions of this series on tape.  The Vixter read the first one in second grade and loved it , but I don't thing she followed up on the rest, I shall have to pull mine off the shelf and share them with her.  

Can't tell you why, but I never liked the Narnia books!  I will still see the film because the previews look interesting.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
Jose, snail mail address sent... thanks I am intrigued.

Oh, we did see the Nanny McPhee trailer when we went to see Wallace & Grommit and we definitly have that on our  "to see" list




Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:47:09 AM
TD thanks for all the  Radio City links.. I am going to visit them from work tomorrow (where I have the fast connection) and make print outs for the girls






Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:54:32 AM
DR Jane, the Vixter has much better teachers this year and she is very happy with her new troop.. these girls are all proud to be Scouts .. the other bunch all though they were "too cool" to be seen in public in their uniforms  ::) and therefore they wouldn't  sign up to participate in any of the Service Unit activities or trips.   I tried to explain that the "truly cool" don't have to worry about what they're wearing because people will copy them but only the Vixter "got it"  :-\

Anyway, this troop, besides going to Radio City, will be  going to Washington DC in March.

 Fair Warning  come January or so Girl Scout cookies will be available for sale...  ;D :D ;D Our goal is 200 boxes per girl to help pay for the transportation for the DC trip...

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:55:28 AM
Somehow, I think I know who was behind this!  God love you, DRvixmom!

I do miss him.  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Tomovoz on November 06, 2005, 10:56:21 AM
Thank you (& The Church) DR Vixmom.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 10:59:22 AM
DR Joy... I kept thinking I knew you from somewhere and when everyone mentioned Noel yetserday I finally made the connection!!

I love your Wedding (which  I listen to often) You have such a lovely voice. Noel stopped  posting shortly after I joined (I sincerely hope there was no connection to those two events!)

Please give him my regards and tell him he is missed.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Rodzinski on November 06, 2005, 11:03:26 AM
hi vixmom!
to answer a question of yours from the other day, I have a collection called The Best of the Bonzos on two LPs. Quite enjoyable.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 11:04:32 AM
Thank you (& The Church) DR Vixmom.
:-*

Which reminds me, my check still hasn't been cashed by Broadway Cares (I usally do charity stuff by check) I'll have to check with them tomorrow during "regular business hours" to
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 11:06:11 AM
hi vixmom!
to answer a question of yours from the other day, I have a collection called The Best of the Bonzos on two LPs. Quite enjoyable.

Does it include  "The Intro and the Outro"  and "Ali Baba's Camel" ?

Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 11:06:39 AM
Girl Scout Cookies!  I'm there!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Rodzinski on November 06, 2005, 11:09:11 AM
I found the dialogue inane in the most recent STAR WARS. And forced in a way it wasn't in the earlier movies. Whether his motivation was clear or not, Hayden Christensen could not pull of the gravitas needed for Darth Vader.

I didn't see the new Batman movie.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 11:10:20 AM
Good Afternoon!

Back from brunch with DRs TPunk and Rodzinski.  We all had very hearty meals, and are still quite full.  How full you may ask?  Well...  On the walk back to the apartment, we stopped into three bakeries to ponder dessert...  And that's all we did, ponder.  Not a crumb was tasted!  Now that's FULL!

;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Rodzinski on November 06, 2005, 11:12:06 AM
I think it has both of those songs. Definitely "The intro..." They put a new song on there at the time it was released (mid-70s?) that often runs through my mind:

Cannibal Chiefs chew Camembert Cheese 'cause chewing keeps them cheeky
Big Fat Fred fixed fur to his head 'cause he thinks fur makes him freaky

Benjamin Bland and his bugle band blow the blues bi-weekly
How many pies can a porpoise poise on purpose if she pleases?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 11:16:27 AM
Well, I need to finish packing up my stuff and head down to Penn Station.  However, I need to take make a stop at my "old" place to pick up some stuff, and dig out a copy of a contract I've been trying to track down. "Oh, that's right, it's in that box."

Another big Thank You to Tom and Antonia for hosting me this past week.  And it was nice spending time with Walty and Kilbot too - and they get to have their room back now too!  :)

Until I'm back in Fairfax later tonight...

Laters...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 11:18:06 AM
Girl Scout Cookies!  I'm there!

and how many cases can we put you down for? ;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: vixmom on November 06, 2005, 11:19:36 AM
Ok I better head to the store before all the "good meat" is gone


~~~Travel Vibes~~~ to Jose
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 11:26:44 AM
I think the dialogue in all the prequels (as well as the original trilogy) is done the way it is on purpose (I've read that Lucas basically states that on the commentary track on Sith, but I haven't listened to that, and probably won't).  I don't love the performance of Hayden Christensen, but I feel that way about most actors today - all victims of what I call "whispered" acting, which is very prevalent today, almost to the point of incomprehensibility.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 11:35:43 AM
Ok I better head to the store before all the "good meat" is gone


Where, oh, where are DRs TCB and Jose when I need them?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 11:37:00 AM
I think the dialogue in all the prequels (as well as the original trilogy) is done the way it is on purpose (I've read that Lucas basically states that on the commentary track on Sith, but I haven't listened to that, and probably won't).  I don't love the performance of Hayden Christensen, but I feel that way about most actors today - all victims of what I call "whispered" acting, which is very prevalent today, almost to the point of incomprehensibility.

The only dialogue that drives me mad is the faux-German grammar of Yoda's character.  The keyboard I will leave now.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: TCB on November 06, 2005, 12:16:28 PM
Where, oh, where are DRs TCB and Jose when I need them?

It's Sunday, Lar, I'm trying to show restraint.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 12:36:32 PM
It's Sunday, Lar, I'm trying to show restraint.

And are you succeeding?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Tomovoz on November 06, 2005, 12:48:02 PM
Never fear TCB - It's not Sunday here. Go for it.
(Or alternatively,watch 1900)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Tomovoz on November 06, 2005, 12:50:59 PM
DP Colin and I watched the Simon Rattle conducted  "Wonderful Town" last night. What wonderful voices. I don't really care that much for "Wonderful Town" or "On the Town" but the sound of the singers was  wonderful - as was the diction.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 01:34:01 PM
Had Popeye's for lunch - quite good, but now I am very fulliscious.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 01:43:10 PM
Does anyone know how long Girl Scout cookies can be frozen? I just found a few boxes in my freezer...guess it won't hurt to thaw them and see how they are
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 01:56:21 PM
Cillaliz, if they're frozen, they're still good...at least, that's my theory.  Go for it! ;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:02:20 PM
Anakin's switch to the Dark Side was one of the things that surprised and delighted mke most about STAR WARS III. Done for a noble if misguided reason, it gave him a bit more honor to his eventual villainy. And, the ironic switch regarding HER death in childbirth was another nice surprise the film afforded.

Geez, I don't know who these dotty folks are who are writing these opinions, but are they ever dense!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:06:07 PM
I pulled MURDER, SHE SAID off the shelf and enjoyed it this afternoon. Warners promised the four MISS MARPLE films in a set this year, but it didn't happen. THE THIN MAN set was a BIG seller, so maybe they held it back to offer it as a BIG mystery set for 2006.

MY TCM homemade DVDs will do me just fine until they get around to releasing them.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:08:11 PM
Finished one KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER and then watched another all the way through, too. The latest one, with Richard Kiel as an evil Indian spirit who could transform himself into birds and coyotes entitled "Bad Medicine" was very entertaining.

Ruth McDevitt was added to the cast four or five shows into the run as a comic foil for Darren McGavin, and she's always so entertaining to watch. Lovely lady.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:10:27 PM
Only three episodes left of ROME, and according to Matt Roush of TV GUIDE, the next-to-last one contains a gladiator match that is jaw dropping. I guess that's next week's show.

Anyway will be recording it tonight and also EXTRAS which, I believe, is the season finale of the show tonight.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 02:15:44 PM
Yesterday, I ushered for the first showing and worked concessions for the second showing of Warren Miller's "Higher Ground (http://www.warrenmiller.com/wmiller/higherground/index_flash.html)," that is playing at the Washington Center, here in Olympia.  I'm actually going to work concessions again today for the third show.  I signed up for all three showings because it's a heck of a lot of fun to not only watch the movie, but also the audience watching the movie!  So many of them are skiiers and when someone in the movie tries to land a jump and misses, the groans are groans of empathy...these people know what it feels like.  The main reason to usher, however, was that I also wanted to stock up on G.I. Joe (one of the sponsors) lip balm (which is the best kind that I've ever found), but they're not a sponsor of the movie this year!  I can't get my free stash of lip balm! :'(

Oh, well.  This just means that I'm finally going to have to pay for the stuff. ;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: TPunk on November 06, 2005, 02:15:50 PM
Well... "Quarters" and "Chandeliers" are still classics!

;)

My favorite, however, was the one based on that Jenga game - the one where you stack the pieces of wood into a tower, and then try to pull out a piece without toppling the tower.  On each piece of wood, there was an instruction (which were handwritten on the pieces by the host of the party): take a drink, drink your drink and the person's drink to your right, do not take a drink, pick someone else to take a drink, etc.  -And, then, of course, if you did happen to make the tower topple, then you had to drink everyone else;s drinks.  -I remember seeing a "legit" version of this in the stores a few years ago - but instead of making it a drinking game, you were given crazy things to do: scratch your neighbor's head, do an impression of your best friend, etc...

NOW...  Usually after playing "Drinking Jenga", then you would go onto "Dirty Jenga".  You had instructions like: kiss the person next to you, take off one piece of clothing, take off a piece of clothing from someone else... and various other instructions that aren't really suited for a family site.

 :o

 ::)

 :P

This cracks me up...I've heard of another, very, very different variation of jenga used in play therapy.  You write feeling words on each of the pieces and then discuss the feelings with the patient as you pull the pieces out.  Like I said, pretty different.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 02:16:28 PM
I had a high complement paid me yesterday, one that bothered me all last night.

After my shift ended at work, der Brucer and I headed over to Cafe Zeus.  We hadn't been over there for quite some time, and Cliff, the very hunky sous chef, had commented on that fact while at my register just hours earlier.

Things were slowing down in the kitchen, so Cliff came out for a smoke (they still do that here in Delaware, I know not why) and we got to talking about the chestnuts I'd roasted in the morning.  I knew I wanted to make a gravy for the leftover turkey I was going to serve for dinner, and that said gravy would include some of the chestnuts and some mushrooms, but I wanted a suggestion for a third flavor element to go in the gravy.  Cliff told me he'd be right back, trotted to the kitchen, and returned with a copy of Dornenberg and Page's Culinary Artistry, a great reference filled with lists of food pairings.  We ended up agreeing that the best idea would be to spice the gravy with some cloves, whole and not ground since the ground would be too strong.

At about this time, chef Charles came out, and he got to joking with der Brucer about all the books I've got piled up in my "to read" stack...all either cookbooks or books about food.  This led to Charles telling us about a local woman who is planning on teaching a cooking class at her farmhouse.  It wouldn't really be a class for people to learn how to cook professionally, but more for people who want to learn to cook that well for themselves and their families.  (Think of it as a class where Susan Mayer learns how to be Bree Van de Camp.)

And then Charles turned to me and said that I could teach a class in food history, if I wanted to.  And he was serious.  Figure maybe fifteen lessons, an hour each.

Well, I was certainly flattered, but laughed it off.

Heading home, der Brucer brought it up again.  He thinks I could do it, if I wanted to.  I countered with how I don't know nearly enough to teach such a class.  He countered back with how I've never taken a junior college course, and most of the classes at that level are given by people with far less knowledge than I have.

Dinner was a success, of course.  The cloves were exactly what the gravy needed.  It was after dinner, while reading Rudolph Chelminski's The Perfectionist (about French master chef Bernard Loiseau, the Michelin rating system, and the causes of suicide) that I started to wonder about the challenge I'd been given.  

I stayed up half the night pondering what specific subjects I could teach.  An hour on Escoffier, Careme, and the rest of the Frenchmen who established haute cuisine, certainly.  Another on the spice trade changing world trade.  A third on American eating habits during the westward expansion (the Harvey Girls were real, not just something devised for a film musical).  Early American restaurants, such as Delmonico's, makes for a fourth hour.  James Beard and Julia Child.  Alice Waters.  Craig Claiborne and the birth of food porn.  How we went from street food to fast food.  

I still haven't come up with fifteen subjects.

But the more I went over my list of ideas, the more I realized what there is that I don't know.  And I can't afford to add to my stack of unread books right now.

Oh, bother.

Der B and I will probably be back over at Cafe Zeus tonight.  They're going to be showing Auntie Mame, on an eight-foot screen in their back room (with appetizers), and neither of us have seen it in a group setting.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 02:23:06 PM
I've spent the afternon watching BRIDE AND PREJUDICE, which is to Miss Austen's comic novel what CLUELESS is to her novel EMMA, and it is as wonderful an adaptation as Miss Silverstone's comedy.  

DRMBarnum might call it "Bollywood Lite," but I like the cast, although the wonderful Naveen Andrews is mostly wasted; he does get a wonderful dance number, however, and I like the conversion of Mary Bennett's terrible piano artistry to a cobra dancer.  It's quite colorful and very faithful to the structure of Miss Austen's comedy of manners set within a formalized sociaety, with its rules of social behavior which Lydia flaunts in her elopement with Wickham.  

I am so looking forward to PRIDE AND PREJUDICE next weekend!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: TPunk on November 06, 2005, 02:23:29 PM
Still catching up on the last few days of posts.  I will probably continue to be largely E&T for the remainder of the month now that I'm heading into the end of the semester.  Only 5 more classes left, but I have at least one thing due each week.  I must now go review psychotic and anxiety disorders in preparation for Tuesday's quiz.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 02:25:31 PM

My favorite, however, was the one based on that Jenga game - the one where you stack the pieces of wood into a tower, and then try to pull out a piece without toppling the tower.  On each piece of wood, there was an instruction (which were handwritten on the pieces by the host of the party): take a drink, drink your drink and the person's drink to your right, do not take a drink, pick someone else to take a drink, etc.  -And, then, of course, if you did happen to make the tower topple, then you had to drink everyone else;s drinks.  -I remember seeing a "legit" version of this in the stores a few years ago - but instead of making it a drinking game, you were given crazy things to do: scratch your neighbor's head, do an impression of your best friend, etc...

NOW...  Usually after playing "Drinking Jenga", then you would go onto "Dirty Jenga".  You had instructions like: kiss the person next to you, take off one piece of clothing, take off a piece of clothing from someone else... and various other instructions that aren't really suited for a family site.

 :o

 ::)

 :P

Jose, did we go to the same college?  We played that darn drinking Jenga and dirty Jenga all the time.  Yikes.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 02:27:44 PM
I have to do laundry today, too, but I don't seem to mind it as much as Joy does.

Do you have to cart your laundry over an avenue to a crowded, ghetto laundromat where there are NEVER enough dryers, and when you take the clothes out your hands get burned?  HMMMM?????

;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 02:29:52 PM

I still haven't come up with fifteen subjects.

But the more I went over my list of ideas, the more I realized what there is that I don't know.  And I can't afford to add to my stack of unread books right now.

Oh, bother.

Der B and I will probably be back over at Cafe Zeus tonight.  They're going to be showing Auntie Mame, on an eight-foot screen in their back room (with appetizers), and neither of us have seen it in a group setting.

DRSWoodyWhite, you have to do this series of classes!  Don't turn down the offer!  The research on what you claim you don't know will be good for you.  If it's the expense of books, well, that's why God invented libraries and the internet.  I think you're being far too modest: your culinary knowledge terrifies me, and this series of classes might be the start of something professional.

I'm jealous I can't join you for AUNTIE MAME.  I love the movie.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:30:37 PM
One thing I forgot to mention yesterday when writing about FANTASIA is that although I know Disney restored the film on video at some point in the 1990s, they obviously did not subject it to the intense scrubbing and buffing that they've done to their other classics lately.

CINDERELLA doesn't have a speck of dust or dirt anywhere on it and neither does ALICE IN WONDERLAND or SNOW WHITE or BAMBI.

There are water marks and dirt specks all over FANTASIA. I'm not saying it looks bad at all; the colors are vibrant and the images astounding, but it does not have that clean and polished look that the other Disney classics have now.

I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I'm just stating something I noticed yesterday as I was watching. Maybe those artifacts give it some character and make it less sterile. I just found it interesting to think about. I'm not sure another issue of FANTASTIA would be worth the expense of digitally cleaning it for another release.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 02:31:11 PM
Where's DRDanise been the past day?  Anyone heard from her?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 02:33:22 PM
DR Joy... I kept thinking I knew you from somewhere and when everyone mentioned Noel yetserday I finally made the connection!!

I love your Wedding (which  I listen to often) You have such a lovely voice. Noel stopped  posting shortly after I joined (I sincerely hope there was no connection to those two events!)

Please give him my regards and tell him he is missed.

Thank you, how lovely that our wedding is all over the world... thanks to DR Noel's "aggressive" marketing via the Internet!  I assure you there was no connection.  :)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:34:24 PM
I LOVE LUCY Page 4 Dance!!!


Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 02:37:57 PM
Do you have to cart your laundry over an avenue to a crowded, ghetto laundromat where there are NEVER enough dryers, and when you take the clothes out your hands get burned?  HMMMM?????

;)
Been there, done that.

I once had my clothes stolen from the dryer, in a situation like that.  I'm just glad I've got a basement with my own washer and dryer now.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 02:42:09 PM
TD thanks for all the  Radio City links.. I am going to visit them from work tomorrow (where I have the fast connection) and make print outs for the girls

You're quite welcome!
They don't call me a "research consultant" for nothing over at Scarlet Street!  :D
Today was also the celebration of All Saints' Day at our church, with Dad's photo, we included the following verses:
Quote
What is death?
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room, and I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other then, that we are still.
Speak to me in the easy way that you always used, laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together, let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Life means all that it ever meant; there's absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I'm out of sight?
I am waiting for you, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well."

and
Quote
When I come to the end of the road
and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom filled room,
Why cry for a soul set free.
Miss me a little. . .but not too long,
and not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that was once shared
miss me, but let me go.
For this is a journey we must all take
and each much go alone.
It is all a part of the master's plan
a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me. . .but let me go.
(if only I knew a good songwriter to set those words to music, preferably in the baritone range. . .;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 02:43:25 PM
Headed down now to clean the guest bath.

WBBL will a report on the night's TV offerings.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 02:43:48 PM
Been there, done that.

I once had my clothes stolen from the dryer, in a situation like that.  I'm just glad I've got a basement with my own washer and dryer now.

Last year at this time, I was in Ft. Lauderdale at a hotel, and there was laundry drama.  A friend of mine had her clothes stolen from the dryer, including a very expensive pair of her favorite jeans, AND her underwear.  The culprit was caught more or less red-handed, but the young "lady" just would not give in.  After being confronted by the manager of the hotel, she tried to turn the tables on my friend and accuse HER of stealing HER underwear.  Before storming off down the hall she yelled to my friend, "I hope you get a YEAST INFECTION!!!"   :o :o :o :o :P ::) :-X
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 02:45:01 PM
It's Sunday, Lar, I'm trying to show restraint.

That's alright, TCB, you can show me your restraint any time. . .not just on Sundays.   ;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 02:46:50 PM
Okay, I really must put away my clean clothes (now that they have cooled to a reasonable temperature), go grocery shopping, cook, and finish prepping for tomorrow's audition.  Bye for now!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: MBarnum on November 06, 2005, 02:48:50 PM
DR Elmore, I am glad that you liked BRIDE AND PREJUDICE...perhapes I will rent it next week along with BOLLYWOOD AND VINE. Add to the mix THE GURU and I will be having quite a faux-Bollywood festival!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: MBarnum on November 06, 2005, 02:49:31 PM
Hmm...it does seem that Danise has not been around these here parts for at least a few days...and Hisaka too...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 02:51:54 PM
I adore BRIDE & PREDJUDICE!  Maybe I'll pull that off the shelf for entertainment tonight!
This afternoon, I finished up THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX and played a bit of DODGE CITY. . .I also adore Errol Flynn.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 02:55:51 PM
Jose, that 70s Disco project is another one we cast, starring Ms. Juliana.  I keep trying to get everyone at the office to read her Journal.  Anyway, it's a Broadway workshop called Last Dance.  She plays "Kitten".  Ahem.

Joy, is this the musical that Donna Summer is writing?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 03:00:15 PM
I LOVE LUCY Page 4 Dance!!!




I'm watching Finding Lucy on Public TV right now!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 03:00:52 PM
Okay, is it just me or is this one of those "separated at birth" moments?

(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/Joy%20Small.jpg)   and   (http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/toniatarties.jpg)

Huh?  Am I right?

Here are the pictures at approximately the same size:
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 03:05:24 PM
Okay, is it just me or is this one of those "separated at birth" moments?
Huh?  Am I right?

Suddenly, I feel like singing a Vera-Ellen/Rosemary Clooney duet.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 03:15:37 PM
Suddenly, I feel like singing a Vera-Ellen/Rosemary Clooney duet.

And now that song is going through my head!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: George on November 06, 2005, 03:17:25 PM
I have to go now.  I have a few things to do before I get down to the theater.  Later! ;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 03:30:54 PM
TPunk has to go study psychotic and anxiety disorders.  What are we, chopped liver?  I think you can learn just as much about psychotic and anxiety disorders right here at haineshisway.com than in any book, don't you, dear readers?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 03:34:14 PM
Re: Fantasia 2000

Has anyone noticed how much of this film is about flight, or contains images of flight?

"Symphony #5" by Beethovan: two flying pairs of triangles.

"Pines of Rome," by Respighi: flying whales.

"Rhapsody in Blue," by Gershwin: one of the characters dreams of flying.

"Piano Concerto #2" by Shostakovich: an exception.  Oh, well.

"Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens: flamingos.

"Pomp and Circumstance Marches" by Elgar: Donald's a duck, fer crying out loud!

"Firebird Suite," by Stravinsky: the sprite flies.  A lot.

(Personally, I love the tail of Donald and the Ark.  It's a breezy romp!)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 03:42:57 PM
Meanwhile, with the original Fantasia, I'm amazed some morality group hasn't glommed onto this film's true cultural agenda!

It starts out inocently enough, sure, with the abstractions paired with Bach's Toccata and Fugue.  But then...

In the Nutcracker, we're presented a bunch of naked fairies!

In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, we're given witchcraft!

Rite of Spring?  Darwinism!

Pastoral Symphony?  Paganism!

Dance of the Hours?  Beastiality!

Night on Bald Mountain?  Satanism!

And, just when things couldn't get any worse, they do!

Ave Maria: an ode to shudder PAPISM!

Oh, the horror, the horror!!!


 8)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 03:49:20 PM
Where's DRDanise been the past day?  Anyone heard from her?

I've been wondering the same thing, DR elmore.  Think I'll send her an email.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 03:49:49 PM
By the way, today is National Nachos Day.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 03:52:13 PM
I had fabulous food at the Greek dinner and came home with 2 Greek pastries and some wonderful filo/spinach/feta cheese thing.  I also got a cookbook that the church just came out with . Can't wait to play with the recipes.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 03:55:02 PM
Here's what we learned about the Amish restaurant and gift shop:

They're CLOSED ON SUNDAY!

We had a beautiful country drive out there, but ended up having dinner at Red Lobster by the Dayton Mall.  We also went to Sam's Club, where we stocked up on household necessities and some items for holiday cooking, like 2 lbs. of pecan halves (I'm thinking pie) and a big bag of Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 03:55:03 PM
Oh, sigh, I need to throw in another load of clothes and start on the work I brought home.  So , I better sign off for awhile and get something done....oh joy.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 03:58:15 PM
TPunk has to go study psychotic and anxiety disorders.  What are we, chopped liver?  I think you can learn just as much about psychotic and anxiety disorders right here at haineshisway.com than in any book, don't you, dear readers?

Or at the public library where I work...

I've been meaning to tell you all about the woman who called the other day and asked if someone driving from Kansas City to Dayton on I-70 would go through Pennsylvania.  I was tempted to say, "Only if they're really lost."
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JMK on November 06, 2005, 04:44:27 PM
I, too, finished SW:ROTS last night.  I thought it was visually and aurally superior, but I found several of the performances (especially Hayden Christensen) just pathetic, even the previously at least passable Natalie Portman.  And, forgive me for disagreeing with you BK, whereas I agree it's better than a lot of people said it was, I found the whole transition from Annakin into Darth Vader completely (or at least largely) unmotivated and unsatisfying.  DS Betsy talked about this last night and she thinks it would have been more convincing had Padme died due to perhaps some unwitting mistake of the Jedi.  That at least would have given Annakin a reason to glower.   ;D

On the other end of the spectrum:  I also finished listening to both commentaries on the 1953 War of the Worlds.  Maybe someone has mentioned this (sorry, still catching up), but I LOL'd several times during the Ann Robinson/Gene Barry commentary.  Ann just yakked, yakked, yakked.  Gene would come out of his coma about every 20 minutes or so, mumble "Who's that good looking young man?" and then fall back asleep.  The one time he attempted to respond to Robinson, she had been talking about the rubber Martian ripping and Barry mumbled, "What're you talking about, your dress?"  I just had to laugh.  Great movie though, and one that shows how to do it properly, IMHO.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 04:52:10 PM
LOL DR MATTH - Lucy is on a hunger strike to get a Jaques Marcel dress....little realizing she will soon be wearing a horseblanket and feedbag.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 04:53:43 PM
Yes, at 3 am this morning I was awakened by the loudest thunder and Brightest lightning I have seen in many years.  The storm had passed over by 3:30 am.....lots of branches and leaves down in the neighborhood.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 04:55:07 PM
Page Five....Dancing Trees!  ;D


(http://koti.mbnet.fi/aellert/tangonkotimaa/panorama/015.JPG)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 05:02:17 PM
Page Five....Dancing Trees!  ;D

Where are Tommy Sands, Annette and Ann Jillian when you NEED them?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 05:35:13 PM
Der B decided to pull out of Auntie Mame tonight, just wasn't feeling up to it.  Dang.   :P
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 05:39:23 PM
Today All Saints Sunday was celebrated in my church.  That is  when we announce the names of those that have been "called home" in the past year.  Derek Menzie was announced and prayed for.

Very touching.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 05:40:37 PM
Where are Tommy Sands, Annette and Ann Jillian when you NEED them?

And don't forget Kevin Corcoran.

DR td - yours (and DR MBARNUM's) is the ONLY feedback I EVER get from my Scarlet Street DVD Reviews....they seem to fall into a black hole.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 05:41:20 PM
DR SWW let me add my two cents worth about you teaching the class.   For what it's worth:  Do It!!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 05:41:52 PM
Very touching.

Indeed, DR VIXMOM.  Indeed.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 05:49:05 PM
Vixmom, glad you are feeling better & didn’t catch The Vixter’s strep throat.
Good school years are extra nice after mediocre ones.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 05:52:43 PM
Well, I'm feeling a little blue this weekend, not really sure why.  I'm beginning to think that there is a hot fudge sundae in my very near future.  That has to cheer me up....I may even make it Dairy Queen instead of TCBY!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 05:58:06 PM
Anakin's switch to the Dark Side was one of the things that surprised and delighted mke most about STAR WARS III. Done for a noble if misguided reason, it gave him a bit more honor to his eventual villainy. And, the ironic switch regarding HER death in childbirth was another nice surprise the film afforded.

I didn't find her death a nice surprise  ??? and maybe it gave him more honor but it didn’t make sense to me-not really sure I cared by then.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:06:03 PM
TPunk has to go study psychotic and anxiety disorders.  What are we, chopped liver?  I think you can learn just as much about psychotic and anxiety disorders right here at haineshisway.com than in any book, don't you, dear readers?

All she needs to do to fully immerse herself in that is to read the postings to the internet of one Ford Thaxton.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:07:16 PM
I've spent a wonderful couple of hours re-watching "Hello, Dolly!"  

It gets better each time I view it.  Today, "The Waiter's Galop" caused me to break out in chills.  Brilliant choreography there.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 06:07:56 PM
There seems to be a bit of confusion here.

I have not been offered a teaching position.

Chef Charles suggested that it is something that I could do, if I wanted to.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:10:09 PM
I also re-watched the "Will and Grace" episode in which Mira Sorvino played Leo's ex-girlefirned who was invited to Leo's and Grace's for dinner along with Jack, Karen and Will.   It doesn't take long to discover that Mira's character is the only girl that Will ever slept with, and Grace's mania ensues.  It's my choice as the funniest episode of that series ever.

I say this, because this season's episodes have been, thus far, totally devoid of anything resembling comedy.  "Will and Grace," for all comedic intents and purposes", apparently ended last season.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:11:54 PM
DR S. Woody:  CONGRATULATIONS on having Chef Charles suggest you could be employable in a teaching position.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 06:16:44 PM
JRand-nice shot of the trees.

Cillializ, just don’t cheer up with too many treats.  I went on a junk food eating binge last week & became depressed.  I’m much better now.

Elmore I haven’t heard from Danise.  
      
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:17:50 PM
Dear BK: I read your column today and fully agreed with your assessment of "Revenge of the Sith."  Of course, I do admire both Star Wars I and II, but find the lack of engaging characters and "human" warmth a bit offputting compared to the earlier films (episodes 4 & 5).

But you needn't worry about being taken for Ebert and Roeper -- both of whom praised the wonderful "Batman Begins" to the skies, as did most other prominent critics.  

I enjoyed both that film and "ROTS" equally, but in different ways.

I do hope that doesn't make me a moron in your eyes.

 ;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 06:20:02 PM
There seems to be a bit of confusion here.

I have not been offered a teaching position.

Chef Charles suggested that it is something that I could do, if I wanted to.

Spoo!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 06:25:08 PM
Batman Begins had our undivided attention throughout the film, unlike Wallace & Gromit today.  Keith said he almost fell asleep.  It didn’t help there were problems with the projector forcing us to watch the pre-movie “slide show” over & over.  Then we watched a silly cartoon short about penguins & Christmas.  By the time the movie began we were ready to leave.  Thank goodness it’s a fairly short film.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 06:25:25 PM
I'm in the minority about Batman Begins, so I'm the moron.  I just found it a trial until he starts doing Batman stuff about seventy minutes into the film.  Then it's fine for about thirty minutes, then that awful Liam Neeson stuff comes back and I just was done.  For me the big sin was that the villain kept changing every ten minutes.  First it was this person, then that person, then this person, and finally Liam Neeson coming back after you haven't even seen him for an hour.  

But, what do I know - most people loved it and bought it, and that, of course, is what makes horse racing.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 06:25:27 PM

Cillializ, just don’t cheer up with too many treats.  I went on a junk food eating binge last week & became depressed.  I’m much better now.



Is there such a thing as too many treats?  ;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 06:27:20 PM
So far I've watched two motion pictures on DVD.

Checked out Wizard of Oz - not really the revelation I've been reading about - maybe 10 to 20 percent better than the last excellent DVD - still, nice to have it looking so sharp and clean.

Checked out the new Titanic DVD - it looks MUCH better than the previous release.

Now I have to decide if it's a Japanese samurai film (I have three to choose from) or something else.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:28:55 PM
I'm very much looking forward to the Spielberg DVD of "The War of the Worlds" due out in a week or so.

I saw this in a theater and was blown away by it.  

I reviewed the CD at Amazon.com, which included an overview of the film.

If you're interested, check it out at the bottom of the page at this URL:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009A3ZZI/qid=1131330444/sr=8-10/ref=pd_bbs_10/104-3426036-2924733?v=glance&s=music&n=507846 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009A3ZZI/qid=1131330444/sr=8-10/ref=pd_bbs_10/104-3426036-2924733?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 06:29:46 PM
Td did you choose the readings for your father today?  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 06:33:04 PM
Checked out Wizard of Oz - not really the revelation I've been reading about - maybe 10 to 20 percent better than the last excellent DVD - still, nice to have it looking so sharp and clean.

Next time you feel like popping it in, pay attention to those Ruby Slippers...they sparkle like never before, all through the film.  At least, it's the first time I've ever noticed them glittering so brightly.

:D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 06:36:35 PM
Checked out the new Titanic DVD - it looks MUCH better than the previous release.

Now I have to decide if it's a Japanese samurai film (I have three to choose from) or something else.
Titanic is a Japanese samurai film?  Who knew!

(Maybe DR Charles Pogue would have liked it better if it had been!   ;D)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 06:44:19 PM
I'm getting a lot of red x's and no photos.  Maybe the photos will return before I do-'night.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jane on November 06, 2005, 06:48:19 PM
I didn't leave yet.  LOL, the x was only a happy face.

Yes Cillaliz, there can be too many sweets when one is on a binge.  ::)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Danise on November 06, 2005, 06:53:41 PM
Hi folks,

Sorry I haven’t posted.  It’s been one of those weeks.  Lot’s of stuff going on.   Some good, some not so good.   I won’t bore you with details.

Blame Jrand.  His scary e-mail frightened me so badly I couldn't go near the computer!   ;)

I’m sorry I didn’t have time to burn the CD’s this weekend like I planned.  With this being a four day work week (Thank the Gods!) I hope to be able to do them on Friday then mail them out on Saturday.  

I’ll have to catch up on posts and vibes and everything when I get the chance.

I did see your talking about the last Star Wars movie.  I still have a very hard time with it.  The greater good would forgive, no matter what.  You don’t cut someone’s arm and legs off, let them catch fire and then just coldly walk away.  At least, not in my book.  

Sorry that this is short but it’s already past bedtime and I’m so tired I can barely keep my eyes open.  
 :)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 06:54:46 PM
Anybody else watch, or planning to watch, the LIVE presidential debate on tonight's The West Wing?  It was, IMHO, one unusual hour of television.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:20:03 PM
Good Evening!

Greetings from Fairfax!

The trip back to DC's Union Station was fairly uneventful.  Thankfully, the two things I needed to "dig" out of my boxes at my "old-soon-to-be-new-again" apartment did not require much digging at all.  I walked in, looked in one place, pulled out the envelope in question, then looked in another place and pulled out the piece of paper in question.  Easy-peasy.

And then it was back onto the A Train...  It was a neat ride down to Penn Station.  When the train reached Columbus Circle, a bunch of marathon runners and their friends boarded.  It was very cool seeing all those people wrapped in those mylar heat "blankets".  And wearing their medals for completing the marathon.  And a bunch of them were also heading to Penn Station to take trains back to where they live. -Now that's a full day!  Head up to NYC Saturday night, run a marathon Sunday morning, then take the train back Sunday afternoon.

There was a brief delay right outside of DC due to some unexplained engine trouble, and then due to the track work on the Metro system, there were a few long stops here and there.  But I'm home, still need to unpack, and just watching some TV.

And now...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:21:58 PM
DR Joy - I learned Drinking Jenga and Dirty Jenga from some college students during a summer stock gig a few years ago.  That was the only time I've played either game.  Once was most certainly enough.

;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 07:25:30 PM
DR Cillaliz - you're back!  Did you have a treat?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:26:08 PM
DR Jrand - Glad to hear that you are all right.  When I read the news about the twisters in Indiana and Kentucky this morning... well... I've worked in Evansville before - that's where New Harmony Theatre is based.  And one of my favorite things to do was to spend the day over in Newburgh - great shops, restaurants, scenery - right on the river.  -And then head over into Kentucky to do some antique-ing.  Unfortunately, I'm recognizing a bunch of the places I've been seeing on the news reports.  Very sad.  And horrifying.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:28:11 PM
Joy, is this the musical that Donna Summer is writing?

Well, if I may step in here for a moment... No.

-And that's really about all I know on that subject for now.

;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: MBarnum on November 06, 2005, 07:29:33 PM
DR Danise, I am glad that you checked in....I was a bit worried. Hope all is well! :)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:29:37 PM
DR Cillaliz - you're back!  Did you have a treat?

LOL yes I did, a small hot fudge sundae at Dairy Queen. They are much stingier on the hot fudge than TCBY, so next time, it's back to TCBY
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:31:08 PM
And no whipped cream and no nuts....so, I didn't go too crazy, just a small delicious treat
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:31:53 PM
DR Danise, I'm glad you checked in too. Hang in there
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:32:44 PM
And Danise, don't stress about the photos, if things are going crazy for you, I'm sure no one would mind waiting a while.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 07:33:36 PM
Ginny, I missed the live debate but wondered how they did it.  I would be interested in hearing about it tomorrow, after everyone has seen it
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:35:45 PM
DR SWW - Does each class have to cover a different topic?  I'm sure there are some culinary movements and innovations that could fill two class sessions.  -And what about a hands-on class?  Field trip?  Tastings?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 07:36:10 PM
Ginny, I missed the live debate but wondered how they did it.  I would be interested in hearing about it tomorrow, after everyone has seen it

 :-X No spoilers from me!

I'm glad you had a treat and hope it cheered you up.  It was good to hear from DR Danise, too, and to see that DR Jose arrived safely in VA.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: elmore3003 on November 06, 2005, 07:36:29 PM
Tonight's 2-hour LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT is based on the student who disappeared earlier this year in Aruba.  It's quite intense.  I'm having fun.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:37:48 PM
This cracks me up...I've heard of another, very, very different variation of jenga used in play therapy.  You write feeling words on each of the pieces and then discuss the feelings with the patient as you pull the pieces out.  Like I said, pretty different.

And then do you have a martini after each "session"?

;)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 07:39:24 PM
Tonight's 2-hour LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT is based on the student who disappeared earlier this year in Aruba.  It's quite intense.  I'm having fun.

...It really is quite the roller-coaster ride tonight.  Lots of "commentary" on the media, the judicial system, family dynamics, etc.  Quite engrossing.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ginny on November 06, 2005, 07:59:59 PM
End of my one-day weekend and I have an busy week ahead with a major program Wednesday evening.  'night!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 06, 2005, 08:10:18 PM
Well...

I'm feeling quite zonked again tonight... And I may be heading down to Richmond tomorrow for the day... So...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:12:16 PM
Suddenly, I feel like singing a Vera-Ellen/Rosemary Clooney duet.

Except that Vera-Ellen was dubbed by Trudy Erwin.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 06, 2005, 08:14:13 PM
Slow news day here -- another long board meeting.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:14:28 PM
LOL DR MATTH - Lucy is on a hunger strike to get a Jaques Marcel dress....little realizing she will soon be wearing a horseblanket and feedbag.

That is my favorite episode of the European jaunt.

Ricky: "Just last year, you had to have a dress by Don Lopper."

Lucy: "Don Lopper. Don Lopper!"

I need to pull out that LUCY set and start watching all of those episodes.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:19:52 PM
That is my favorite episode of the European jaunt.

Ricky: "Just last year, you had to have a dress by Don Lopper."

Lucy: "Don Lopper. Don Lopper!"

I need to pull out that LUCY set and start watching all of those episodes.

A worthy endeavor - sure to please.

"What an inspired use of burlap!"  ;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:20:01 PM
Thanks to the commentary on the new OZ, a continuity error with Judy wearing her black leather shoes during the Tin Man discovery sequence rather than the ruby slippers was brought to my attention for the first time after all these years.

I also noticed the wire supporting the underside of the winged monkey's wings for the first time.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:20:13 PM
DR DANISE - that WAS scary wasn't it?   Whew!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:21:59 PM
Well....you know of course how a tornado in Indiana and a divorce in Indiana are alike, don't you?

Either way, someone loses a trailer!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:23:33 PM
I watched that LAW & ORDER: CI 2 hour show as well tonight. Riveting. Loved it. And I guessed who the murderer was, too!

And Jordan Lage, who I had a very deep crush on when he was on OZ, had a few bits at the first of the show as an anal high school teacher/chaparone. Glad to see he's still finding work.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:25:50 PM
Before L&O, I watched COLD CASE, one of its lesser cases involving four brothers in the same family murdered in a neighborhood over the course of five or six years. Usually, I love the show, but this was an off night.

I also LOATHE the new hairstyle they have for their lead female detective.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:28:36 PM
During the commercial breaks during COLD CASE, I did flip over and watch some of the live debate on THE WEST WING. I caught a speech Jimmy Smits was giving about being proud of the label of liberal. He was impassioned and did very well.

Then next time I flipped over, he was giving another speech, and he was mixing up words, switching them in mid-sentence and then being tongue-tied fairly badly.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 08:29:18 PM
So, that will leave me with DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, ROME, and EXTRAS to watch tomorrow.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:36:22 PM
The Big Tree in the Front Yard Before the Storm.  ;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:37:28 PM
Tree in the Side Yard Dance!  ;D
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:38:08 PM
Both trees are still there but a lot more leaves are ON THE GROUND!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Michael on November 06, 2005, 08:41:21 PM
Both trees are still there but a lot more leaves are ON THE GROUND!

At least they are still standing unlike so many trees in Florida.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:44:37 PM
So true, DR MS.  So true.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jrand73 on November 06, 2005, 08:50:36 PM
I think I will watch D W Griffith's BATTLE OF THE SEXES now on TCM.  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 08:55:35 PM
Okay, is it just me or is this one of those "separated at birth" moments?

(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/Joy%20Small.jpg)   and   (http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/toniatarties.jpg)

Huh?  Am I right?

Here are the pictures at approximately the same size:

You think that's something?  Check this out (if I can get it to work):
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 08:56:03 PM
Scary!!   :o
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jason on November 06, 2005, 09:01:39 PM
DR Joy: If you ever need a young character actor with a nice baritone voice, I'm your man! I'm more than ready to get back into the auditioning game again...

DR Jose: Sorry I couldn't make it to brunch. I overslept. :-\ Maybe I'll try to swing down to DC for a couple of days to see DAMN YANKEES...

I woke up with a cold sore this morning. I think the stress of last weekend is finally working its way out of my system. When I get stressed or sick, I always follow it up with a cold sore. Not attractive!! And I'd forgotten how much they HURT!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jason on November 06, 2005, 09:03:31 PM
On the twelfth day til my birthday, my true love gave to me...

Wait...I don't have a true love. Eh, nevermind...
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 09:06:25 PM
Jason, e-mail me a headshot and resume if you can; otherwise, just e-mail me, and I'll e-mail you my snail mail address, and you can send it the old-fashioned way.

And hey, if you want to get back into the audition game, why not go to some auditions?  ;)  
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Joy on November 06, 2005, 09:07:32 PM
Well, good night all!  Please send brilliant casting director vibes my way for my FIRST EVER SOLO PROJECT tomorrow!!  Whoo-hooooo!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Jason on November 06, 2005, 09:11:07 PM
Joy: I'd love to go to some auditions...unfortunately, MTI won't allow it. I'm still figuring out a way.

I'll send you an email soon... :)
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: TCB on November 06, 2005, 09:14:34 PM
Well, good night all!  Please send brilliant casting director vibes my way for my FIRST EVER SOLO PROJECT tomorrow!!  Whoo-hooooo!


[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]SOLO VIBES[/move]





[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]TO ALL WHO NEED THEM[/move]







Wait.  Does that work?
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 09:18:23 PM
Definitely !

Great wishes for instant healing for all DRs who are in need of them right now.

FEEL BETTER!!!!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Matt H. on November 06, 2005, 09:19:01 PM
And now, a ticket for Sleepy Town has my name of it.

Good night, all!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 09:31:32 PM
Td did you choose the readings for your father today?  


Humbly, I reply, "I did."
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: S. Woody White on November 06, 2005, 09:35:26 PM
DR SWW - Does each class have to cover a different topic?  I'm sure there are some culinary movements and innovations that could fill two class sessions.  -And what about a hands-on class?  Field trip?  Tastings?
Jose, the whole thing is hypothetical!

aaaargh!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Cillaliz on November 06, 2005, 09:38:55 PM
Well, I need to get some sleep...and that's not hypothetical!  

Night all
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: td on November 06, 2005, 09:45:11 PM
Indeed I did re-watch BRIDE & PREDJUDICE this evening, then having a major Martin Henderson crush, I simply had to watch THE RING, which I found riveting. . .and weird.  And I finally spotted Chris Cooper in it.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 10:32:11 PM
Finished the samurai film, Kill, took a Jacuzzi, put the Jacuzzi back, and am now slogging through the Todd-AO version of Oklahoma!  Then I will listen to the commentary track with Miss Shirley Jones and our very own Mr. Nick Redman.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:07:08 PM
Well, if Nick Redman has done commentary, then I'm ordering the DVD, regardless of the problems cited!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:11:13 PM
"Desperate Housewives" was, I'm happy to say, back in "form" this evening.  It's the most satisfying episode of the season in execution, story development and performance.  The writers hit all the right notes with me, starting with the hopefulness that emerged from the opening's wedding dress fitting to the utter and total despair at the end, coming full circle with the final touches on the dress.  Susan, Lynnette, Bree and Gabrielle all had on-the-mark segments and Paul Young's return sounded a proper and ominous note.  There may yet be hope for this season!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:12:38 PM
"Grey's Anatomy" was wonderful.  The writers are brilliant and the performances and character evolutions just keep on delivering week after week.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:18:49 PM
At times like this I'm reminded of a line from one of my favorite films ever -- "The Ruling Class":

Some character asks Peter O'Toole's character why he believes himself to be God.  

O'Toole replies, "Because whenever I pray I find I'm talking to myself."
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:19:38 PM
I see that Tomovoz is in lurk...but he may be having tea and scones with Colin right now...and not even aware I'm alive.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:20:04 PM
That, or he could be brushing Fosca and/or Magnus.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:21:28 PM
I have tomorrow off...and I truly don't know what to do...do I go to bed now or do I sit up and watch another movie????

I'm sort of tired, but I could probably enjoy another movie.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:23:26 PM
I'm contemplating watching "Diva", that wonderful French film from the early 80s about a young man who takes the robe of an opera diva after a performance he has recorded illegally.  

It's a fascinating film, as I recall.  I have it on a VHS tape I recorded off Cinemax in 1983.  I haven't played this tape in about 20 years, so it's a crap shoot at best as to whether the tape can hold up to a viewing.
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 06, 2005, 11:26:36 PM
Well, it has been fun having this little solo spot.  I'm certain I'll do it again.

For all johnny/jenny-come-latelys, have a good evening and see y'all tomorrow!
Title: Re:HIGH GEAR
Post by: Tomovoz on November 06, 2005, 11:40:40 PM
Goodnight DR Ron.  I was listening to a friend on the telephone. (Didn't get to say much!).