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Archives => Archive 4 => Topic started by: bk on November 21, 2005, 12:11:11 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, it's full speed ahead, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they've completely misunderstood the title of today's notes and think that it's full Speedos ahead - they're all wearing Speedos now and are quite a sight.
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And the word of the day is: SUCCULENT!
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Well, I'm not gonna get bitch-slapped, even though there is only one post before this and it's BK's. It's 7:23 in the morning. Where are the early morning denizens? I'm about to leave for work but I had to put something here. I don't know if it's succulent but it's a post.
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Also, if anyone at HHW bought one of the Sony/BMG copy protected music CDs and wants to exchange it, here is a link to begin the process.
http://www.upsrow.com/sonybmg/
Of course, if you don't play the CD on a PC you don't have to worry about the software being installed on your computer. Also, if you have a Mac computer you don't have that worry either. It only affects PCs.
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Good morning, all! Yesterday, because I had decided to sleep later, I reset thr alarm. Last night I forget to set it back, so I overslept. Good morning, DRBen!
I have to pick up music to be scored for a holiday concert this morning, take care of some banking, and then I need to work on my editorial notes for Toyland. Beyond that, the biog event of the day is dinner at Barrymore's, 6:30 pm, with DRsMichael Shayne, Ben, FJL, and hopefully DRJose.
TOD: the first jaunt I remember is to Washington, DC, with a stop in Philadelphia. I was probably around 6 or so. I got lost in the Smithsonian for several hours, which was quite a panicky bit of time, and beyond that and the Liberty Bell, I have no other memories of the trip.
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Cows in speedos!
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Yes DR RLP - I am anticipating scans of the White Christmas souvenir book, AND a full report on "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing" and "Choreography".
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My first trip away from home was also one of my most memorable family vacations - in 1959, we went to visit my father's relatives in Kentucky. I saw the OHIO RIVER - and we crossed that long bridge! It was very exciting! I took a picture of it, but I don't know if I still have it!
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Busy week for Mr BK!
Our first significant snowfall is expected on Wednesday!
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Morning all, I'm running late so I can't post much right now, but since I'm here I decided to say hello
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! BELATED HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR DR JASON ! ! ! ! ![/move]
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Good Morning all I have not caught up. We had a busier than busy weekend. Friday night Vixter & I were setting up for a Pancake Breakfast and attending a rehearsal for a Santa Lucia Fest (the Vixter is part of Lucia's court this year and has been semi-promised the role of Lucia for next) and getting homework done so that the weekend would be clear.
Saturday we were up at 6 AM so we could meet the rest of the Girl Scout troop and head into NYC for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. We had nice center seats although a bit further back than we expected, (we had been told we were getting orchestra seats but we were in the mezzanine instead)
The show was fun and the ORCHESTRA WAS THERE!! HOO and RAY! ANd and everytimne they appeared they rewceived a huge round of applause so the audience seemed to be quite appreciative and supportive of the live orchestra no matter what nonsense Cablevision et al was trying to spout about the canned stuff being "just as good"
Then we ended up in Times Square at a stupid Applebees despite my efforts (with the aid of dear elmore.... I hope I didn't disrupt your work too much sweetie with my call) to steer then to John's pizza or Barymores or somewhere with a bit of local color qnd good food but I was shouted down so we ended up with overpriced crap.... ah well!
But from there the day got even better the Girl Scouts are headed in their own directions and the Vixter & I met up with DR Michael Shayne who very kindly treated us to a lovely dessert after the Vixter took him on a tour of the Times Square Toys R Us (which he very patiently endured) and then we took in a street fair (where we could have purchased REAL sterling silver rings for $7 and 100% cashmere scarves for $10 and original oil paintings for $15... but we somehow managed to resist all these bargains)
We had a lovely visit. On our way to the subway afterwards the Vixter said, "You know Mama, you have the nicest friends!!"
Unfortunatly for me I went a block too short and an Avenue too long and overshot the subway entrance and was instead sucked in by a Build a Bear store where I was sweet talked into a purchase..... at least I managed to avoid The American Girl Place for once!
When we finally did get to the subway who did we spy across the tracks but DR Michael Shayne who had managed to score a seat to Avenue Q at the TKTS booth and was on his way to meet up with DR Ben.
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Sunday we had church then Sunday School then a birthday party for our friends' 2 year old son and then race home to get the Vixter to her Youth Group.
I am just glad the weekend is over so that I come to work to get some rest!
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and now to catch up!!
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The first excursion I remember as a child was to my uncle and aunt's (on my mother's side) house in Washington DC. It was a nice enough trip but oddly my most vivid memories of that trip revolve around junk food. That was the only place we knew of that had a McDonald's at the time, and the Big Mac came wrapped tightly in cellophane so that the special sauce saturated the entire sandwich - a taste treat that I always associate with Washington DC, and the Big Mac has never tasted as good as it did in Washington. The other was that I was a real pain to everyone about being "kosher for Passover" during Passover - and my aunt bought a clearly non-Passover candy bar for herself and I asked if it said kosher for Passover; she looked at it and pointed to the letter R with a circle around it, and said "Right there, the R stands for Rabbi." I had no answer to that, of course!
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The famous Rabbi candy bar - my gosh, I didn't even realize I was Kosher all those years eating candy at the drive-in!
Sha-boom!
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Today is Eleanor Powell day on TCM. At 2:15 pm EST, HONOLULU with the most fantastic hula-tap number I have EVER seen...and ALL those spins! She was great!
And like DR MATTH - I also think the terpsichory of Burns & Allen in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS is outstanding....they do a couple of numbers with Astaire that are scathingly brilliant!
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Marvel Ann herself would agree - as would Kim Novak and Fleur de Lis.
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I'm up, I'm up. It's quite early.
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First out of town visit...hmmmm...probably to Portland where my mom's relatives all lived. More then likely we went up there for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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Wow, I don't think I have ever seen BK up this early.
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Succulent is a good word for this week.
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I shall now be on my way to the Oaks of Sherman to breakfast, and then on to pick up the seller's permit.
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Mornin'... I don't want to be at work today. Oh, well...at least it's a VERY short week (2 1/2 days)!!
My family has always travelled. My paternal grandparents had a log cabin in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, so we'd go there in the fall/winter for weekends. I remember seeing pictures of me having my bath in the kitchen sink. The only thing I really remember about that cabin was lying in bed up in the loft and looking outside - it was snowing pretty hard. That's all I remember.
When I was 5 we moved to England. I guess that was the first time I really travelled.
I haven't been on a proper vacation since my sophomore year of high school, when I went to Mexico with a school group. I absolutely loved it. It was my first trip without my parents and I thought I was so grown up. Of course, if my Spanish teacher hadn't been there, I'd probably be a white slave somewhere in Cuernavaca right now, but we had a great time. I was there for 10 days and didn't want to leave...
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Yes DR RLP - I am anticipating scans of the White Christmas souvenir book, AND a full report on "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing" and "Choreography".
Will you hold your breath til you turn blue?
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Good morning!
We have a rainy, overcast, not too cold day here with promises of more of the same tomorrow, so a good day to stay inside.
Of course, I am going outside to lunch with friends this afternoon and have some shopping to do at Walgreen's.
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I'm sure my first vacation of any memory was at Myrtle Beach, SC. In fact, I have a couple of pictures taken at the time. I must be about four or five, and if I remember later today, I'll search them out and scan them to the site.
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Tonight is the big MEDIUM 3-D event! I will watch and record the show at the same time so if the 3-D is really cool, I can go back and experience it again.
I'll also be recording CSI: MIAMI at the same time. Since one of the stars of the show took a nail right above his right eye last week, I'll be interested to see if he's bandaged, etc. or if he'll just look normal for the sake of syndicated reruns of the show which might play out of order. Folks might not understand why his right eye is covered.
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SPOILER POTENTIAL
SPOILER POTENTIAL
Re: "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy"
Both shows last night were absolutely topnotch! The neighbor lady with the stun gun was hysterical...and I thought Gabrielle's last scenes were extremely moving.
"Grey's Anatomy" was typically wonderful. What a treat to see Brian Kerwin on TV again, and in such a pivotal role. Kerwin is one of those people who will look terrific no matter how old they get, apparently.
As for George, it's really interesting that I was seeing his relationship with his father and brothers through "his" eyes until his father explained to him that they were desperately trying to find something they had in common with him. There is an argument to be made that "they" should not insist he pretend to enjoy something they do and that they should, instead, pretend to enjoy something he does. But, they don't seem that imaginative and George is, whether he realizes it or not, someone they're extremely proud of.
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I just caught up
First of All
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to DR Danise
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Yesterday, I made this up big order for Amazon for this week's DVD releases because there is a TON of stuff coming out this week.
Lo and behold, this morning I realized that the Barbra Streisand TV Special box also comes out this week and I had not ordered it yesterday. So, another order for it had to go out this morning. Argh!
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page 2 Dance!![/move]
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It's drippy here in Rehoboth Beach, but not really rainy.
Cows in Speedos is an absurd image. Everyone knows cows have an exclusive contract with Nike. Sheesh.
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~~~CONGRATULATIONS ON 160,000 + HHW POSTS~~~[/color]
to BK
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Congratulations on The Last Starfighter's Success![/color]
to FJL, Skip & BK
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Then we ended up in Times Square at a stupid Applebees despite my efforts (with the aid of dear elmore.... I hope I didn't disrupt your work too much sweetie with my call) to steer then to John's pizza or Barymores or somewhere with a bit of local color qnd good food but I was shouted down so we ended up with overpriced crap.... ah well!
Yes, this is absolutely THE thing folks do...seek out something familiar rather than open their minds to something extraordinary.
From 1987-1992, I was hauled into more MacDonald' and KFC's (in Italy!!!!) by visiting friends and family desperately seeking the comforts of home, only later to drag them (not QUITE kicking and screaming) into a trattoria where I FORCED them to endure a leisurely 4- or 5-course meal...which they LOVED, by the way, once it dawned on them there was no real rush to get back to a hotel or to my villa.
When I make my first trip to NYC, I know Applebee's is going to be MY eatery of choice.....NOT!
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Yes, this is going to be quite THE week for DVD releases.
I've pre-ordered "War of the Worlds", "The Polar Express" and the Streisand TV box.
I have no delusions that I'll see any of them this week, as they've all been ordered to be shipped to my office address, and after Wednesday, no deliveries will be made here until next Monday.
Still....I have any number of box sets that I've yet to tap into -- the comedy set from WB/MGM is one of them. I have both Harryhausen box sets and have only watched two DVDs from them.
Sigh.
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There is also the Deep Discount DVD order I placed last week....holy moly!
I placed QUITE an order, but I opted for "leisurely class" shipping, so I won't see any of those babies until early December, more than likely.
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I talked my mom into getting the new TV Guide so she would have 3-D glasses for tonight's "Medium" airing.
Her e-mail back to me was that she found the TV Guide in the grocery store, but it had no glasses. She reckoned southern folks probably were considered too stupid to know how to make them work so they were spared the trouble.
I wrote back and described the cover to her, told her that there are no longer "regional" issues, and that she might have confused TV Guide with TV Digest or that the store might still be selling last week's TV Guide.
Haven't heard back yet.
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I've just got a couple of minutes before heading off to work. Just a few comments about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, with der B and I saw last night.
First, it's the best of the films so far. There's a lot that was left out from the book, of course; the books are now a totally different animal. The films are kind of Harry Potter Lite. (Tastes great, less filling.)
However, with the script approval that Rowling has, to ensure that what absolutely needs to go into the films is included, what becomes interesting about what was left out is that we readers can now do some reverse-detecting and eliminate the plot threads in the newer books that aren't included in the film. No SPEW. No older Weasley brothers. For that matter, no Percy Weasley, at least not this time around; this could be interesting, particularly when it comes to Order of the Phoenix (which is not about Harry working at a restaurant and serving up a dish of fowl).
Point two, or maybe three, particularly of interest to DR Elmore: I thought Patrick Doyle took over the music composition duties very well, taking from John Williams' lead and expanding in ways quite appropriate for the film. There is a scene towards the end of the film, when Mad-Eye Moody takes Harry into his office, where the music also hit certain chords that reminded me of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, not an actual quote but very similar in chord formation in the strings. Did you hear this, too, or was this just in my imagination?
Finally, unlike most people, der B and I are credits watchers. We will stay through the end of the credits, seeing if there are any names we remember from other films, even in the stuff behind the camera. Towards the end of the credits, a song is sung, fairly good in fact, a ballad that struck me as an obvious bid for a Best Song nomination.
Must dash; I'll try to catch up again later.
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I'm hoping my Deep Discount order comes today. It was shipped last week.
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I talked my mom into getting the new TV Guide so she would have 3-D glasses for tonight's "Medium" airing.
Her e-mail back to me was that she found the TV Guide in the grocery store, but it had no glasses. She reckoned southern folks probably were considered too stupid to know how to make them work so they were spared the trouble.
I wrote back and described the cover to her, told her that there are no longer "regional" issues, and that she might have confused TV Guide with TV Digest or that the store might still be selling last week's TV Guide.
Haven't heard back yet.
Or someone might have just taken the glasses out of the TV GUIDE not wanting to pay for the entire magazine. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people didn't do that.
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Well, I must hop in the shower now and get ready for the rest of the day.
WBBL.
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Re: last night's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
I didn't really enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the last two episodes. There were a few funny things last night, but not enough good stuff.
I liked the Bree storyline. Lynnette's storyline with teaching her kids not to get into cars with strangers was also cute. But I thought they really glossed over what happened with Gabrielle (would have liked to see what happened as opposed to hearing about it after). And I didn't really care for the Susan storyline (with her father).
I did read one interesting thing this week. Marc Cherry only wrote one episode of DH this season so far, and it was last week's episode. I think one good thing about last year's shows was that many of them had grand endings (as did last week's show). I miss that!
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Monday's quick hello.
No show today.
Maybe some more walking around.
Having dinner tonight with at Barrymore's with the usual haines his way suspects.
Yesterday I saw Alter Boyz, I highly recommend. a great afternoon of theater.
Last night it was Forbiddeb Broadway, which I haven't seen a vesion in over 10 years,
The spoof of Light in the Pizza was the killer. Had the audience rolling in the aisles.
After the show I walked passsed the Gershwin and they were just going in for the 2nd act! And the started a half hour before FB started.
Now I don't know if this was mentioned or not but on the extras for State Fair they had a early 70's failed 1hr drama pilot called State Fair. BORING!
But the guest star was BK's friend Linda Purl and she sang on the show.
Her BF was Mitch Vogel who was hot in the 60's and 70's and then disappered. What ever happened to him??
Bye
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I didn't even watch that STATE FAIR pilot. It didn't sound interesting to me at all.
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DR Michael Shayne, what kind of crowd did the theater have for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY? I didn't have time this past summer to see the new edition of the show at the different theater. Thanks for the report.
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Monday greetings! Like several other DR's, I have a short work week - just today and tomorrow - then I'm off for 5 days in a row. Should be 6, but that's a rant I'll avoid here.
Anyway, also like many others here the first major trip I remember was to Washington, DC, in the fall of 1956 or 1957. My dad had to be there on business, so near the conclusion of his commitment, my mother drove my sister and me (it took 2 days from Detroit) and we met Dad for a family vacation. There were 2 pretty revolutionary things about this: 1) they took us out of school (my sister was in high school and I was in first grade) and 2) it was somewhat daring for 3 women to drive that distance, and stop overnight, without a man to protect them. We stayed in the home of my mother's distant cousin and her husband, who was a muckety-muck at Riggs National Bank. They threw some very fancy party at which I remember the grown-ups drinking a lot of champagne.
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Oooo, I'm so excited! DH Richard and I have started talking about what shows we want to see in NYC in January. Just read that Jonathan Pryce is replacing John Lithgow in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that very week! I'm a huge Pryce fan, so we'll definitely put that on our list. Question for those in the know: Should we count on TKTS or make other arrangements?
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While I'm very much looking forward to the burger DH Richard is going to cook for my dinner tonight, I'd also love to be eating at Barrymore's with MichaelS and other DR's! Thanks for the on-scene reports, Michael! Sounds like you're having a grand time.
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Am trying to coordinate a birthday lunch for my boss, who was in India on her birthday (Oct. 31). We need to do it this week, and Wednesday is the best day for everyone BUT one person who wants us to do it tomorrow, but we all have tight scheduling conflicts for the time period involved.
Sigh.
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MattH, I forgot to mention, last night my next door neighbor came over with the package you sent to me.
The mailman has misdelivered it, and he was away so he he only got it last night when he came home. By time he dropped it off it was after 9 and I was just about ready fpr bed after this weekend, so I am going to try to watch it before tonight's Medium. We're not really sure when it was delivered because he was away for several days. He hadn't told me he was goingto be away or I would have picked up his mail for him! Ah well!
Thank you so much and I can't wait to see it!
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DR Ginny: You saw "The Greek" in THE FULL MONTY yesterday and you didn't even know it. He played the Minister. (I don't remember a minister in the show, but...there it is).
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Speaking of Medium, while walking through Times Square with the charming Michael Shayne we were met by persons handing out Medium 3-D glasses
I grabbed a couple of extras for tonight. We were joking that we would have to express mail a pair to Jane so she and Keith could watch at the sme time!
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Oooo, I'm so excited! DH Richard and I have started talking about what shows we want to see in NYC in January. Just read that Jonathan Pryce is replacing John Lithgow in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that very week! I'm a huge Pryce fan, so we'll definitely put that on our list. Question for those in the know: Should we count on TKTS or make other arrangements?
If you're a big Pryce fan - especially with it being his first week - I'd go ahead and secure tickets now. TKTS is hit-or-miss sometimes.
Consider seeing SPELLING BEE while you're up here, too. I think you'd love it.
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DR Ginny: You saw "The Greek" in THE FULL MONTY yesterday and you didn't even know it. He played the Minister. (I don't remember a minister in the show, but...there it is).
Yes, he got a pretty big laugh conducting a funeral in the second act.
And Spelling Bee is also on our list, along with Barbara Cook's concert at the Met on Friday, January 20. Better get online and do some shopping, huh?
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Jason, did you get your birthday song?
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I know that much of what we read in columns, both gossip and non-gossip, is press release fodder but if this comes to pass, I will vomit, not just on the floor, but all over the floor! :P
Brittany (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/96385.html)
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Will you hold your breath til you turn blue?
Well then it would be Blue Christmas, silly. ;D
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Let us move on to Page 3, post-haste!
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Jason, did you get your birthday song?
Yes, I did! Thank you so much!! I got TWO birthday songs, actually - the loverly one from you and DD the Vixter and one from my maternal grandparents and all of my little cousins (they range from 3-13 years old). What nice birthday surprises! :)
And tell DD the Vixter she has a LOVERLY singing voice...as does her mom. ;D
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Not only Brittany but her husband, the talentless, scumbag, I'll leave my wife for you while she's pregnant with our child, Kevin Federline!
Alright, I'll stop now.
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We also travelled regularly when I was a kid. I remember Vernal, Utah (where all the dinosaur fossils are). And I remember regular visits to Bear Lake in Northern Utah/Southern Idaho, as well as Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, etc., etc. We also had regular summer visits to semi-lovely Yakima, Washington, where my father had summer camp in his role as a U.S. Army General. I remember one summer in particular when I was probably 4 or 5 when I was out playing in a big field and an Army helicopter flew down about 5 or 6 feet above me, and my Dad jumped out and greeted me!
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Not only Brittany but her talentless, scumbag, I'll leave my wife for you while she's pregnant with our child, husband Kevin!
Alright, I'll stop now.
;)Don't hold back, Ben, tell us what you really think! What will you do if they ask you to review it for BBC?
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Luckily I just gave them a review with the Christina Applegate cast so I doubt I would have to suffer through the excruiating pain of watching Miss Spears try to sing, dance and act all at the same time. As much as I love seeing really bad theatre I don't know if I could sit through that.
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DR Ginny: I totally forgot about the funeral scene. That's where he'd be playing a minister. I chatted with him last night. He hopes you enjoyed the show. :)
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DR Ginny: I totally forgot about the funeral scene. That's where he'd be playing a minister. I chatted with him last night. He hopes you enjoyed the show. :)
We did enjoy The Full Monty - more than we expected. It's not a show for which I'll run out and buy the CD to listen to over and over, but it was fun.
And how did he enjoy Dayton, OH?
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DR Ben, I read about Ms Spears replacing Christina Applegate this past weekend. And while I would not rush out to see this, I think it would be great for the show! Imagine how many people would rush out to Broadway because of it.
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My childhood memories are not the same as the stories my mother tells me about things we did.
For instance, at some point in my first few years, my parents travelled from Johnston SC to Chicago IL where we visited his brother, my late Uncle Andy, and his family, and we all went to a Cubs game. I have ZERO memory of that.
I do remember taking a bus with my mom and we rode and rode and rode and rode...Johnston SC to Winston-Salem NC where my grandfather and step-grandmother were living at the time...sometime in the early 1950s (probably a year or so after the Chicago trip).
Vacations I remember as a child were always to Daytona Beach, FL...I have lovely memories of those trips. I also remember a Sunday drive from Johnston SC to Folly Beach SC (near Charleston). My paternal grandmother was with us and had never seen the ocean. Her reaction was, "Hmmmph!" My mom and I found a conch shell (with inhabitant) on the beach. The beach was pretty littered up with debris as a hurricane had bypassed only the week before and lots of stuff washed up. We took the conch with us and my grandmother got the beastie out of it (but not till after it was dead and stinky).
We moved from Johnston to Greenville SC in 1957 prior to my 9th birthday. It was then we started making several trips a year to Asheville NC where my dad's brother, my Uncle George and his wife (Aunt Belle), lived in the community of Biltmore NC. I travelled through all the national forests/parks of western North Carolina during those years. It was lovely.
And, we still made our annual jaunts to Daytona Beach...although one year we went to Myrtle Beach with a bunch of people my parents knew from work.
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DR Ginny: How did he like Dayton? Well...the first thing he said last night was, "Only 28 more days!" Yes, he's counting the days til he can come back to New York. That doesn't necessarily reflect on Dayton - mostly on the tour in general - but they were 2 weeks in Dayton, which is weird since most of their stops are one or two nights. He liked staying in one town for a couple of weeks, but he said he got bored. Oh, well. They're travelling to Canada today.
Glad you liked the show! I'm not a huge fan of the score - I think SCOUNDRELS is much better.
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DR Ben: I don't think you'd be able to get a ticket if Britney actually went into CHARITY, so I doubt you'll have to sit through her doing it. I can't fathom the box office sales if she actually goes in... And I can't imagine how high they'll jack the ticket prices if she signs on. And I can't imagine that she could pull of 8 shows a week... I just...well...I just can't imagine.
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I remember a visit I made to Johnston from Greenville one summer in 1960 or 61. I went to spend a week with my Aunt Doris, Uncle Rock and three cousins. During my visit, we drove to Myrtle Beach for a Sunday outing. We rode in my my uncle's pickup truck. My two male cousins and I rode in back.
During the outing at the beach, I remember feeling very warm, and then I felt like I was burning. This continued on the trip back. It also rained on us, which felt pretty good to me.
I had a MAJOR sunburn. My back and shoulders were covered with large blisters for a day or so. Then, there were small blisters. I slept sitting up. By the end of the week, my back was a huge "peeling zone"...strips of skin would come off without prompting.
My mother was furious that my aunt didn't take me to a doctor. But...everyone got over it.
I don't do "sun" any more. I still worry that one day, a bunch of skin cancers might pop up on my back.
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I'm not a Brittany fan by any means, but--to be fair--didn't she start out by doing RUTHLESS for over a year? That was about ten years ago, I think, but she should still have some chops.
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Back from a busy morning. First breakfast with Mr. Grant Geissman (who plays beautiful guitar on the new Burt Bacharach album), and then we went to get our resale certificates - we filled out the paperwork and we'll have them in three days.
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I'm not a Brittany fan by any means, but--to be fair--didn't she start out by doing RUTHLESS for over a year? That was about ten years ago, I think, but she should still have some chops.
Assuming she actually exhibited any at that time???
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I watched the awful State Fair pilot - Linda was (and is) so beautiful. Maybe I'll try to find a copy to buy and I'll give it to her tomorrow, since she probably has no idea it's out.
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Doesn't the Harold Lloyd set come out this week?
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TOD:
I used to go on trips to my Nana's house all by my lonesome from the age of about 3 to about 28 (when she passed on)
I would go for about a week or two at a time. Up until I was 9 or 10 she lived in Fresh Meadows, here in Queens (which is about 35 miles from where I lived)
and Nana and I would take the bus or the subway into NYC and "do' the Herald Square Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue & walk through Rockerfeller Center . She would take me to her stockholder's meetings (I rememerb the Domino Sugar one best because they were giving a box of sugar cubes to each stockholder on as we left the meeting. The man gave one to my Nana and then one to the man behind me and I spoke up as only an indignant and overlooked 4 year old could and said "I think you forgot SOMEBODY!" I got my own box of sugar cubes and an apology.
Nana took me to Radio City Music Hall to see movies and Chinese acrobats and best of all the "Dancerinas" my term for the Rockettes.
The very first and only time I remember the whole family going away together for a vaction that wasn't a trip to a relatives house ,was in June 1974, just before my senior year of high school when we drove down to Florida .
We visited the battlefields in Gettysburg. We stopped in at Washington DC to see the Smithsonian, in Virginia where we toured some underground caverns, (is Howe Caverns right?)
I remember a wonderful restaurant in Charlotte SC it was pirate themed... a old tavern that had been expanded, they said it had underground passages out to the shore and that smugglers used to use them to get contraband by the British. They had these huge torches all around the outside of it. It was a very memeorable and enjoyable dinner, in fact so much so that when my Mom , the Vixter & I took out ladies only trip to Florida in 1995 we sidetracked off I-95 to go found the restaurant for lunch.
MattH, you could probably tell me the name of the place!
We finaly ended up at the newly opened Disney World in Florida, only the Magic Kingdom was completed back then, Epcot was still a couple of years from opening the whole MGM studio thing hadn't even been announced (or perhap thought of) yet.
While in Florida we also toured an aquarium (I'm not sure if it was Sea World or some other Aquarium) and an old Fort the name of which escapes me, and NASA.
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I remember a wonderful restaurant in Charlotte SC it was pirate themed... a old tavern that had been expanded, they said it had underground passages out to the shore and that smugglers used to use them to get contraband by the British. They had these huge torches all around the outside of it. It was a very memeorable and enjoyable dinner, in fact so much so that when my Mom , the Vixter & I took out ladies only trip to Florida in 1995 we sidetracked off I-95 to go found the restaurant for lunch.
MattH, you could probably tell me the name of the place!
Hmmmm....Charlotte SC? Or NC?
There is a Charleston SC.
There is a Charlotte NC.
If the pirate-themed place was in Charlotte, those passages to the shore would have run for hundreds of miles, I think. That's about how far Charlotte is from a beach.
:D :D :D
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I admit I'm reacting as much to her image as anything. I didn't know that she was in Ruthless. As much as I enjoyed Ruthless (I saw it in New York and I worked in the late 80s with Joel, now Joal, Paley, one of the creators) it's a camp fest. Sweet Charity is not Ibsen but I think it would take a little more work, IMHO, to pull off 8 shows a week for Charity than for Ruthless.
I will (seriously) stop after this next comment. I'm also annoyed that they would seriously consider putting her husband into the show as well, especially if he replaced Denis O'Hare as Oscar. I am open to change and experimentation and out of the ordinary casting but this kind of thing just makes me sad.
End of long, drawn out rant.
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Am trying to coordinate a birthday lunch for my boss, who was in India on her birthday (Oct. 31). We need to do it this week, and Wednesday is the best day for everyone BUT one person who wants us to do it tomorrow, but we all have tight scheduling conflicts for the time period involved.
Sigh.
Ron, just remember this quote from Spock: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one.
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I remember a visit I made to Johnston from Greenville one summer in 1960 or 61. I went to spend a week with my Aunt Doris, Uncle Rock and three cousins. During my visit, we drove to Myrtle Beach. We rode in my my uncle's pickup truck. My two male cousins and I rode in back.
During the outing at the beach, I remember feeling very warm, and then I felt like I was burning. This continued on the trip back. It also rained on us, which felt pretty good to me.
I had a MAJOR sunburn. My back and shoulders were covered with large blisters for a day or so. Then, there were small blisters. I slept sitting up. By the end of the week, my back was a huge "peeling zone"...strips of skin would come off without prompting.
My mother was furious that my aunt didn't take me to a doctor. But...everyone got over it.
I don't do "sun" any more. I still worry that one day, a bunch of skin cancers might pop up on my back.
I had a similar experience during my visit to Florida with my grandparents. We went to Fort Myers Beach and I, being the fair-skinned Anglo-Irish kid that I was, got fried. And I lost a tennis shoe - just one - but that's another story for another day. Anywho, we headed up to Orlando the next day to go to Disney World and when we got to the hotel that night, I started vomiting and had a bit of a fever. My grandmother tried to pull my shirt off so I could get in the tub and I started screaming bloody murder. I couldn't raise my arms above shoulder level. We finally got the shirt off and found that I had egg-sized blisters on both shoulders. My grandmother cried the rest of the night.
We cleaned up the blisters and bandaged them and headed to Disney the next morning. I was fine for the most part, but every time one of the costumed characters came up to say hello, I wanted to run - they all put their hands on your shoulders when they pose for pictures with you. I still remember the pictures from that trip. I was wearing a red shirt, and in the pictures that were taken later in the day, you could see that the blisters had...well...you know. It basically looked like someone had poured some sort of liquid down the sleeves of my shirt. :-\
I haven't been to Florida since.
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TOD:
The earliest out-of-town trips I can recall would be to cities like Philadelphia, Washington DC and NYC, though I can't really remember what the exact purposes were.
My favorite childhood vacation was a week in a campsite next to Kerrywood Amusement Park in PA. My parents and my aunt and uncle rented a humongous camper which turned out to be off-limits to the kids once we got there. But it was fun to sleep outdoors in and out of our pup tents. I mostly hung out with the two cousins who were around my age, and we were allowed to go off on our own throughout most of the day (I can't imagine that happening nowadays.) We went swimming in the early morning, hit the rides until dinnertime, and went back for a more leisurely visit to the park at night with the adults. A good time was had by all except for my oldest sister, who kept getting caught smoking cigarettes with my older cousins.
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Doesn't the Harold Lloyd set come out this week?
Yep, and I must get it. I watch the first two movies on TCM's Lloyd-athon last night and I laughed my head off (well, I would have laughed my head off if it were actually detachable.)
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DATIN' OHIO - a new musical comedy about someone who ends up dating everyone in an Ohio town.
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Because we live on Long Island we are only about 20 minutes away from a beach, north shore, south shore depending on whether you're looking for the smooth waves and rocky beaches at the Long Island Sound or the smooth sandy beaches and the Atlantic ocean waves. So just about every weekend in the summer my Mom would pack up the cooler and Dad would load the car and off to the beah we'd go. When I was ten dad bought his first boat and then we would go out every weekend fishing or riding over to Fire Island or go to one of the deserted barrier beaches and spend the day over there grilling hotdogs and fresh caught fish and fresh dug clams and scallops and boiling fresh caught crabs over a little hibachi stove.
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DATIN' OHIO - a new musical comedy about someone who ends up dating everyone in an Ohio town.
DR FJL: ;D
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Hmmmm....Charlotte SC? Or NC?
There is a Charleston SC.
There is a Charlotte NC.
If the pirate-themed place was in Charlotte, those passages to the shore would have run for hundreds of miles, I think. That's about how far Charlotte is from a beach.
:D :D :D
I meant to type Charleston! Well spotted Ron!
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DATIN' OHIO - a new musical comedy about someone who ends up dating everyone in an Ohio town.
Another smash hit in themaking and we were there to see it!!!!
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Time to turn the page again.
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Welcome to Page 4
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There is a layer of fog still hovering around us here in Oakland this morning. It's a sight similar to one you would see if there was a huge fire burning somewhere...but fortunately, we have none in our neck of California.
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Not only Brittany but her husband, the talentless, scumbag, I'll leave my wife for you while she's pregnant with our child, Kevin Federline!
Alright, I'll stop now.
DRBen, don't hold back! Tell us how you feel. Do I sense some hostility here?
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Well, DRGinny beat me to the punch!
I ended up with a bit more Mario Frangoulis work. Almost finished, and then a trip to Toyland.
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DATIN' OHIO - a new musical comedy about someone who ends up dating everyone in an Ohio town.
DR elmore - didn't we know the main character? You should collaborate with FJL on this one!
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I know that my first traveling was at thirteen months old - I went to Disneyland. I've seen the home movies, but, there is no physical proof that the child in the stroller is me. . . .
Later, I recall going to Annopolis, Newport News and Baltimore before my 8th birthday. I know this because I learned to play pinochole when I was 8 and I was in Annopolis at the time.
Part of being in Newport News, we took a tour of the battleship Intrepid, which my uncle, the colonel, had duty on.
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Today is Oprah's Favorites on the Oprah Show. I'm curious to know if she'll fly everyone to NYC to see a performance of THE COLOR PURPLE. It IS her favorite Broadway show, after all...
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You set great store by Oprah...huh, Jason?
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DR elmore - didn't we know the main character? You should collaborate with FJL on this one!
Are you calling me a tramp?
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I was going to mention this earlier but forgot. It's Joy's question from yesterday regarding height.
I always had my height listed on my resume. Those who have met me know I'm short but, nonetheless, I listed the correct numbers. What was the point of inflating it even an inch or two? I know that I lost some roles because of my height (you were good but we need someone taller) and I never had enough Michael J. Fox or Tom Cruise or Alan Ladd clout to get past that seeming deficiency. I don't know why an actor would seem to be upset at being asked his height. I know that many actors (male and female) don't want to list or be asked their ages because even if you don't remotely look your age, if that number is uttered, then somehow you've crossed a line and you may not be cast. But height is pretty obvious.
It's kind of rambling but that's my thought on the question
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Are you calling me a tramp?
Never, dear elmore :-*!
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You set great store by Oprah...huh, Jason?
I just think she's an interesting lady. And I like that she's generous and appreciative of the blessings she's received. I could certainly learn a thing or two from her example.
I always get a kick out of her "Favorites" show and, I won't lie, I'd really like to be an audience member when she gives out the free stuff. Especially the cars.
But I don't put her on a pedestal, if that's what you're wondering.
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DP Colin and have watched "A Very Long Engagement" this week - movie end extras.
Other than "LOTR", I can think of no other film that has impressed me so much in the last decade!
My favourite films from the last decade would also include "The Chorus", "Motorcycle Diaries", "Russian Ark", "Travelling Birds", "Spirited Away", "Norsica of the Valley Of The Winds", "The Triplets of Belville" and
"Secrets and Lies".
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM I remember when the USA used to produce wonderful films!!
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Yes, American movies are something else indeed (although BECAUSE OF WINN DIXE sure was fun!!).
Now Indian films...well, that is another story...and today is the birthday of my FAVORITE vintage era Bollywood actress...she started in films as a specialty dancer in the mid-1950s and quickly made a career of playing vamps, modern gals, criminals types, and on occasion she was the leading lady...she still shows up in movies now and then.
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOLLYWOOD FAVORITE HELEN
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To add a few more movies to my list - movies I have watched more than once!
"Finding Neverland", "Gosford Park", "K-Pax" and "The Shipping News". And of course the Harry Potter films.
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Good to see your post now works DR MBarnum.
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Ya, I was having some editing problems there! LOL!
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Here is a pre-new page dance.
HELEN in the 1965 murder mystery TEESRI MANZIL!!
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Done the rest of my errands and now shall make ready to go to rehearsal.
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Good afternoon, fellow Dear Readers.
TOD: I know we went to Disneyland when I was about six years old, but I only remember that we stayed in the Rip Van Winkle motel. And I remember driving over there at night through the desert, since cars had no AC then.
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I'll be interested to see what DR Sandra posts as her first memory of traveling.
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The earliest trips I remember were to this park in Alexandria called Cameron Station. I think it was on a military base at the time and I THINK it's nothing but a military base now. My grandfather and I would go feed the ducks and play on the playground and then he'd take me to McDonalds. Ah, brand imprintation. :)
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TEESRI MANZIL is wonderful Happy Birthday to Helen! May we never see her without makeup!
DR RLP - anticipation is not the same thing as expectation. I am still breathing normally.
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I'm going to ask this again just in case it was missed yesterday:
Does anyone have the beginning of this season's Lost on video or DVD that they could loan me? I want to catch up so I can watch this season "live"... or whatever you wanna call it... ;)
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I ordered STATE FAIR on DVD with the DDD discount, so like DR RLP, I expect to see the order sometime in December. Since the discount couldn't be used on pre-orders, I couldn't buy it until last Tuesday!
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DR Joy, I didn't save the LOST episodes so far. But I would suggest taping the upcoming ones (so when you get the first ones you'll have these). Plus i'm guessing that during the holidays they will be repeating many of the shows. And we can tell you which ones they are showing.
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MattH, I forgot to mention, last night my next door neighbor came over with the package you sent to me.
The mailman has misdelivered it, and he was away so he he only got it last night when he came home. By time he dropped it off it was after 9 and I was just about ready fpr bed after this weekend, so I am going to try to watch it before tonight's Medium. We're not really sure when it was delivered because he was away for several days. He hadn't told me he was goingto be away or I would have picked up his mail for him! Ah well!
Thank you so much and I can't wait to see it!
I'm just glad you got it. I'll be interested to read how the high definition widescreen MEDIUM that I recorded for you shows up on your TV. There should be gray bars across the top and bottom of the image, but you'll be seeing the widescreen image from the HDTV broadcast, just with standard resolution since my DVD recorder can only record in standard resolution.
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I was going to say, DR Vixmom, the Riverview Inn which is on Lake Wylie, has a pirate motif, and is a fish camp known far and wide for its food.
But, since you're talking about Charleston, that's another matter altogether.
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Speaking of Medium, while walking through Times Square with the charming Michael Shayne we were met by persons handing out Medium 3-D glasses
I grabbed a couple of extras for tonight. We were joking that we would have to express mail a pair to Jane so she and Keith could watch at the sme time!
I doubt we will watch it tonight-too late for us. ;D
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Last night I had a terrible headache and couldn’t sleep so I read REWIND. I should have found a boring book to read then I might have fallen to sleep sooner.
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DR Joy, I didn't save the LOST episodes so far. But I would suggest taping the upcoming ones (so when you get the first ones you'll have these). Plus i'm guessing that during the holidays they will be repeating many of the shows. And we can tell you which ones they are showing.
Hasn't LOST already repeated the season's first two episodes a couple of weeks ago when they ran repeats two or three weeks in a row? That doesn't mean they won't run them again, but I suspect not until summer.
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Page 5 Lucy Shrubbery Dance!!
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I'm eating at my desk today.
We all went to tour a new building that the County's Social Services Agency will be moving into next week. One of my co-workers managed the project for the County and she is very proud of all she has accomplished, as she should be.
That said, we were unable to go out to lunch, so I stopped off and got some fried beef and tomato over rice....YUM.
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My mom went back to her local grocery today to see about the TV Guide. The one they were selling was last week's.
This week's come in tomorrow!
Small towns...
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Finished GIGI this afternoon. My goodness, "I Remember It Well" was in astonishingly bad shape with scratches and dirt all over it. The rest looked pretty good, but I was really horrified by what awful shape that particular scene was in. The color throughout the entire movie varies too from overly saturated to less intense, and you can't dial down the color to make those red, red walls of Mamita's apartment less intense because the rest of the film would look truly drab.
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JFL your aunt was a riot.
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After GIGI, I put in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. I watched a tiny bit of it on ABC's high definition broadcast last Saturday night, but I noticed that ABC was showing a 16:9 framed high definition version of the film, so I didn't watch too much of it knowing I was missing some of the width of the picture. Throughly enjoyed the first half hour of the film once again and whetted my appetite all the more for the new one I'll see tomorrow.
I would have gotten farther along in the film if the phone had stopped ringing or if I hadn't answered it.
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The house seats for SPAMALOT came through so Dylan and I will see it this Saturday night. Thank you, Larry Hochman!
Tonight is dinner with the NYC gang and DRMichaelShayne at Barrymore's and I hope the very tardy postman arrives before I leave; I ran out of checks and I've waited over a week now for the new ones to arrive. Bills are waiting, and I'm not getting any younger. Hopefully, they will arrive by Wednesday, but I'm getting sick of schlepping to the post office every day for money orders.
DR Jane, you should have read VANITY FAIR last night. I love the story and I've read the complete novel, but I found it the most boring book I ever picked up.
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I am now recalling a trip I took 31 years ago this week -- I was stationed in Vicenza, Italy, and was able to sign up for a weekend (Thanksgiving weekend) trip to London UK for $125...price included round-trip airfare, a shared room in the Kensington Hotel by Hyde Park, and breakfast for three nights.
We flew out on Thanksgiving morning and returned Sunday evening. I had a new camera (Minolta ST1010) and two lenses (35 mm & 55 mm) and I covered the city while I was there. I had a blast.
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Finished GIGI this afternoon. My goodness, "I Remember It Well" was in astonishingly bad shape with scratches and dirt all over it. The rest looked pretty good, but I was really horrified by what awful shape that particular scene was in. The color throughout the entire movie varies too from overly saturated to less intense, and you can't dial down the color to make those red, red walls of Mamita's apartment less intense because the rest of the film would look truly drab.
Which DVD do you have? The one MGM issued or the Warner Brothers issue?
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I don’t remember my first family trip. We took lots of little vacations to Palm Springs, Laguna, San Francisco & Tahoe. My father was always cold and hated the snow, but one winter we went to the mountains for a few days. I don’t remember where just that it was loads of fun.
There was a trip to the Disneyland Hotel when my father attended a convention there. Having older siblings was great. I had so much freedom to run with them, minus our parents. We spent two full days going on rides with short breaks to swim in the pool at the hotel.
Then when I was eight there was two week trip to Mexico I mentioned the other day.
Except for the small trips my parents traveled to exciting places around the world, leaving us at home. In the summer they sent us away to camp. I loved camp.
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elmore LOL, so true. I didn’t find it boring the first time around, about 34 years ago. I picked it up again when the movie was out and it put me right to sleep.
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l hope the New York crew has fun at dinner at Barrymores!
I am off to brave the cold dark LIE... blech I hate driving home in rush hour in the dark.... could be worse... I could live in Alaska I suppose and have to deal with 66 days of darkness, then again I bet rush hour is a lot less crowded!!!
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Which DVD do you have? The one MGM issued or the Warner Brothers issue?
It's the MGM issue, but wasn't the Warners version the same disc in new packaging? (I don't know; I'm asking. I thought they did that with all of the MGM movies they got when they won the rights to the old MGM catalog.)
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I recorded off HBO the movie SPANGLISH. I remember when it came out last year around this time, there were high hopes for it including hope for Academy Awards, etc. Then the reviews were fairly mixed, and it didn't do great at the box-office so all talk of Oscars seemed to dissipate.
Still looking forward to seeing it anyway now a year after the fact.
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal (with a stop or two before arrival at LACC). I'm glad I gave dear reader Jane a sleepless night!
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I am now recalling a trip I took 31 years ago this week -- I was stationed in Vicenza, Italy, and was able to sign up for a weekend (Thanksgiving weekend) trip to London UK for $125...price included round-trip airfare, a shared room in the Kensington Hotel by Hyde Park, and breakfast for three nights.
We flew out on Thanksgiving morning and returned Sunday evening. I had a new camera (Minolta ST1010) and two lenses (35 mm & 55 mm) and I covered the city while I was there. I had a blast.
Photos from the London trip, please. 8)
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Okay, now that I've read the notes, I will amend my previous answer to the TOD: When I was little, we used to go to the family farmhouse in western PA, which was in the middle of nowhere. Those trips were always memorable for the stops at Tastee-Freez somewhere in Maryland, Hagerstown or Hancock or something like that. And for the singing songs in the car with grandparents or my mom. I never minded the four-hour drive.
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OMG Oprah is crazy.
Don't read below if you don't want to know what she gave her audience.
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They were all Hurricane Katrina relief workers (although it would have been nice if the audience had been victims of the hurricane).
She gave out so much stuff, including the newest blackberry. And a laptop/dvd player worth $1600!
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Here's a picture of my mom supervising me at the beach. I think I must have been possibly two or three here. I have a later picture where I'm a little older, but this looks like the first pic taken of me ever at the beach.
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Off to clean the dining room now and then to continue with HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS until TV for me begins this evening.
WBBL.
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Great pic, DR MATTH! Looks like both of you were having a blast!
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Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
BK - I have not disappeared. Although, it was nice to know that my absence had been noticed.
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Topic of the Day -
My most memorable childhood trip was when my family went to the Philippines when I was six. We went over Christmas Break. It was all sooo strange and sooo wonderful. First of all, being someplace in December and having the temps somewhere in the upper 80s and 90s - and humid! We slept under mosquito netting. -And were "warned" to keep our mouths closed while we slept in order to prevent roaches and other critters from crawling in our mouths while we slumbered. Yikes! - The things one remembers from one's childhood. We celebrated Christmas and New Year's there. Fireworks! And there was also a wedding while we were there. I still remember the team of manicurists descending on the house, and getting everyone in the wedding party all ready for the ceremony. OH! I still remember choosing which pig would become the lechon for the wedding feast.
There are still some pics from that trip that when I look at them, I can still remember where we were. Even when my parents can't.
Another random memory from that trip: Going to the fish market with my grandfather, my Dad's father. He smoked cigarettes, and always had one in his mouth. Well, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I asked for a cigarette, and he gave me one. He lit it. I tried to puff on it. Coughed. Yuck! Then left it in the mouth of a fish that was on display.
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DR Joy - Cameron Station is still there. However, I believe the military base part of is now smaller than it was, but the whole park area is still there. The Coast Guard still uses it for their Annual Coast Guard Day Picnic. -My Dad would take us there regularly - and he still goes. Quite the "picnic": enough food for at least a thousand people, pony rides for the kids, live music, and other entertainment.
But if you head down Route 7/Duke Street in Alexandria, Cameron Station will be on your right a few blocks after Pickett Street.
:)
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Alas, I am not in NYC today. Even though I had toyed with the idea of heading up there this "weekend". However, after I left yesterday's rehearsal, I just felt so tired and exhausted. These six-day work weeks are killers! Actually, I had even fallen asleep during rehearsal - I believe Brad Oscar woke me up from my impromptu nap. ;) So...
I've been having a "me" day today. After getting up around 11:30(!), and figuring out the DVD/TV/VCR connections, I put in a DVD and worked out! It was my first actually work out in months. I figured that after two weeks of getting my diet back on track, I should get some more physical activity back into my "program". I was very happy to find that starting with the "medium" level of the workout was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. And it really did feel good to work up a sweat.
Then came breakfast/brunch. Some online bill-paying. Some catch up e-mails. Four loads of laundry (the final load, whites, are now in the dryer. -Remember, always finish with your whites - the bleach helps to sanitize your wash tub.) And I need to head out in a little bit to check my P.O. Box, and make a Trader Joe's run.
In any case...
I hope everyone has a wonderful time at Barrymore's tonight. I'll be there with you in spirit.
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Thanks, Jose! Good to know the ducks are still there! Although, presumably not the same ones.
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DR MBarnum - Great pics!
*If you have lost your camera's cord, just buy one of those USB multi-card readers. That's what I did when I lost track of mine. You plug the reader into your computer, take the memory card out of your camera, plug that into the reader.. and Voila! It just acts like another external drive for your computer - just click on the icon in Windows Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac).
And the card readers are relatively cheap too.
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Hmm... I guess my Dad cooked a pre-Thanksgiving lunch today at work. Currently upstairs on the kitchen counter, baked ham, cranberry-apple-orange relish (I think it's my mom's recipe), sweet potatoes and stuffing. Hmm... Alas, I think I will be having salad topped with salmon for dinner. But that's good too.
*I'm saving the "splurge" for Turkey Day. I've never met a pumpkin pie I didn't devour.
**But I did splurge a little bit last night - some cookies, and some Chocolate Almond soy ice cream (which was surprisingly good).
*** And of this morning: nine pounds! :)
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DR vixmom - Glad to hear that you and the vixter enjoyed Radio City! Especially the live orchestra!
*Please, no more semantic-based discussion on the use of the word "live".
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Great pic, DR MATTH! Looks like both of you were having a blast!
That was my reaction. :)
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As for Oprah's Favorite Things...
The whole surprise twist concerning the audience was kind of neat, although, I could not help thinking about all the other selfless individuals who gave their time and money to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina who could not be a part of the Oprah audience.
Yes, there were some pretty extravagant "prizes" this year, but it actually didn't seem as overblown as in past years - at least in the final dollar count. The items ranged in price from $25 to $1600.
And, as always, I always feel sort of "sorry" for the few men in the audience who get all that "girly" stuff. ;) However, it is "Oprah's Favorite Things" not "Steadman's Favorite Things". But, I guess with the vouchers for some of the companies, the men could get the male equivalent of some of the items. Or just give some of the items away to the special women in his life.
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...And part of my laundry today was my own bed linens including the duvet cover for my down comforter... Hmm... Should be a good night's sleep tonight.
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Jose congratulations on your weight loss.
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Jose congratulations on your weight loss.
Thanks. Now if I can just make it through Thanksgiving Day - and weekend... And then Christmas.
Again, I've basically just cut out "overt" sugar and white flour. I'm also eating more frequently throughout the day - three substantial meals, and two good snacks. Keeping the blood-sugar levels constant throughout the day. -I'm digging those pre-packed "handfuls" of almonds from Trader Joe's. I have to say, the rehearsal schedule has also helped to keep me on schedule meal-wise. And watching our very athletic ensemble men working each day has also provided some motivation so to speak. -We have a former Olympic gymnast in the cast!
And I'm still "enjoying" the challenge of resisting the "goodies". And I'm also enjoying cooking again on a regular basis.
The true challenge will be once the show opens, and I just have to be at the theatre for the show each evening (or day for the matinees). Must not get lazy! But I think the more I post "publicly" about my progress here on HHW, the more I'll be motivated to keep going, and keep the weight off.
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OH!
Saturday night, I met my friend, Andy, at Tysons Corner for dinner. We ended up at Slade's. The meal was OK, but the dining experience left a lot to be desired. Spotty service, and the kitchen seemed to be having timing issues all around. The three tables around us had to send one or two items back to the kitchen for some reason or other. Myself, I was quoted the wrong price initially for the swordfish special, the server then got the whole "which side order, salad was included or not" deal wrong, they started clearing off the table while we were getting up to leave, "Excuse me.", etc., etc., etc.
Alas, I think all the good servers and cooks probably jumped ship and went over to the four new restaurants in the new wing that had recently opened at Tysons. It is now the largest shopping center in the DC Metro area. And the new wing is a beauty: movie theatres (finally!), four new restaurants (including an outpost of Iron Chef's Morimoto "casual line"), some great new shops (West Elm!), and a third(!) food court for the mall (including a Cold Stone Creamery).
It really does look wonderful, and at 9:30 Saturday night, the place was hopping! However, I have to wonder how crazy it's going to get during the height of holiday shopping season - especially the car traffic in and out of the shopping center. Even on Saturday night, the timing of the lights off the main road into the shopping center were not timed with the traffic lights that were in(!) the shopping center. Lots of near accidents already. But at least they added a new five-level parking deck.
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www.shoptysons.com
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And has any DR been to one of those Ruehl stores? Apparently, they're one of the new premium jeans companies. The store is very interesting. First of all, the facade looks like a brick townhouse - right in the mall! - complete with a cast iron fence and windows. Then once you walk inside, the dimly lit rooms make it seem that you are in some expensive home. All the rooms are painted black, and there's even artwork stacked along the central hallway. There's even a fireplace and a lounge with a big couch where you can rest for a while.
...And I just checked out their website... besides a very provocative picture and store listing, there doesn't seem to be any other information. -At least I can't find anything to click on to bring me to another page.
www.ruehl.com
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Ah... Ruehl is another spin-off "concept" of Abercrombie & Fitch. I suspected that it might. Thank you, Google.
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OK - Off to the post office and Trader Joe's.
Laters...
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Congrats on the weight loss, DRJOSE. I am still on my way down as well and hope for another 20 or so. 205 is nice but 185 would be great!
Salmon on salad...hmmmm......I must try that.
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OMG two ninth graders just won $100,000 on Wheel of Fortune.
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No fancy pants jeans for me - if they cost more than 19.95, to me they're overpriced!
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Just got an email from Sharleen with the subject "I have just discovered the best mitigating global"
I am happy for her.
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Only about two hours until MEDIUM comin' at ya in 3-D!!!
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I took a dvd out of the library today.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD.
I must say I laughed my a** off! (now I'm ten pounds lighter). ;)
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I took a dvd out of the library today.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD.
I must say I laughed my a** off! (now I'm ten pounds lighter). ;)
I would be even luckier!
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I am sure that Jane will consider this story to be a sign from above. After work, I stopped by the supermarket, bravely fighting my way through all of the Thanksgiving shoppers. When I got home, I turned into the driveway, but half way up the hill I had to stop. Standing in the middle of the driveway, glaring at me, was a huge "live" turkey. I flashed my lights, I honked the horn, I rattled the bag of stuffing -- Nothing! It continued to advance on my car. Finally I backed out into the street and went up the back way. After I parked my car, I went over to the driveway where the turkey was still standing guard, this time blocking one of my neighbors from leaving the complex. My neighbor said that the damn bird had been wandering around all day and that she had already called the Humane Society. They told her that a turkey is a wild bird, and they could do nothing about it. I went in the house and called the Zoo, which is only a block and a half from my house. According to the Zoo, they were aware of the bird, it didn't belong to them, and they didn't plan to do anything about it.
I think I may eat nothing but salad on Thursday.
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I took a dvd out of the library today.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD.
I must say I laughed my a** off! (now I'm ten pounds lighter). ;)
Funny, funny movie ;D
JRand how much have you lost now?
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Good evening! Taking DR Jason's advice, I just purchased (at a slight discount through Playbill.com) aisle orchestra seats for Jonathan Pryce's opening night (January 17) in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. That is how DH Richard and I will celebrate our actual 25th wedding anniversary!
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TCB I am so happy. Good for that turkey. :D
Keith asked if it was a male turkey as they are more aggressive. We haven’t had a problem with ours even when Keith is chasing them away. ;D
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Ginny, how nice. :) I had wanted to see the play while I was in NY, just couldn’t find the time.
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Ginny, how nice. :) I had wanted to see the play while I was in NY, just couldn’t find the time.
Well, Jane, you and Keith could fly to NY and we could "double date."
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I have up to fifty wild turkeys in the back yard during the fall and winter. . .still, we eat turkey, still we sometimes have a shot of Wild Turkey. . .Thursday will be no different, I'm sure.
Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who found SHAUN OF THE DEAD to be so funny. . . .
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TCB, Keith here.
You’ll never know true fear until you’ve stood your ground against 14 wild turkeys with nothing between you and them but a leaf blower! They do look pretty, however, with their feathers blowing in the breeze.
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Ginny I would love that & I’m sure Keith would enjoy your company. Just one little problem, Keith doesn't like NYC. Only once has he taken me to the city unrelated to work or family, shortly after we moved to New Jersey from California.
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Congrats on the weight loss, DRJOSE. I am still on my way down as well and hope for another 20 or so. 205 is nice but 185 would be great!
Salmon on salad...hmmmm......I must try that.
I'll race ya'!!
;)
As for the salmon... Well, instead of a salad I went ahead and put the salmon on top of some brown rice, with some steamed broccoli on the side. Oh, and I poured a little bit of Trader Joe's Shiitake & Sesame Vinaigrette on top. YUMMY!
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Well, since I did four loads of laundry today, I now have to fold four loads of laundry...
Can't you just sense the excitement in the air?
:P
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I'm eating at my desk today.
LOL. I thought you said I'm eating my desk today!!! Oh my, it's been a longer day than i thought!
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I am sure that Jane will consider this story to be a sign from above. After work, I stopped by the supermarket, bravely fighting my way through all of the Thanksgiving shoppers. When I got home, I turned into the driveway, but half way up the hill I had to stop. Standing in the middle of the driveway, glaring at me, was a huge "live" turkey. I flashed my lights, I honked the horn, I rattled the bag of stuffing -- Nothing! It continued to advance on my car. Finally I backed out into the street and went up the back way. After I parked my car, I went over to the driveway where the turkey was still standing guard, this time blocking one of my neighbors from leaving the complex. My neighbor said that the damn bird had been wandering around all day and that she had already called the Humane Society. They told her that a turkey is a wild bird, and they could do nothing about it. I went in the house and called the Zoo, which is only a block and a half from my house. According to the Zoo, they were aware of the bird, it didn't belong to them, and they didn't plan to do anything about it.
I think I may eat nothing but salad on Thursday.
LOL What a wonderful story!!! We have wild turkeys around Sioux City, but I've never had one in my driveway....
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TCB I am so happy. Good for that turkey. :D
Keith asked if it was a male turkey as they are more aggressive. We haven’t had a problem with ours even when Keith is chasing them away. ;D
Jane, I hate to sound like a city slicker, but I wouldn't know a male turkey from a female, even if we do have the same name.
And you can tell Keith, that you don't know fear until you find yourself paying respects in a cemetery at dusk, and suddenly realize that you are not only the only person left in the entire cemetery, but that there is a full grown wolf standing between you and your car. That is fear!
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It has been a long day and I just realized I brought work home but haven't looked at it. I've been having one of those, I know there is something I should be doing feelings...
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Happy Page 7! I have a short week, but volunteered to work on Wednesday. So it will be me and a very timid temp....could be a long day
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I have up to fifty wild turkeys in the back yard during the fall and winter. . .still, we eat turkey, still we sometimes have a shot of Wild Turkey. . .Thursday will be no different, I'm sure.
Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who found SHAUN OF THE DEAD to be so funny. . . .
I believe I raved about the film when I sw it in the theatre last (?) year. I loved "we're coming to get you, Barbara!"
Back from a great dinner at Barrymore's and three special friends who made the event such a great time. Reputations were made and dashed, HHW members were dragged over coals and then raked across them again, a good time was had by all. Ears should be burning all over the globe.
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Now, I better look at the work....oh, my laptop is threatening to crash again. So instead of getting it fixed for the 4th time I'm getting a new one. I may strip down the old one and just use it for traveling. Not sure yet
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Glad you're all having fun in NYC...makes me wish I could be there.
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TOD I don't really remember the first time I left town. When you live in a small town, you leave it a lot. We lived 15 miles from a lake resort area and were there a lot in the summers. My grandparents and other extended family all lived near Des Moines, so we went there a lot too.
The first family vacation I remember was to Cool Ridge Resort near Park Rapids, MN. I was too young to do most of the activities, which really bummed me out. That's what I remember most, watching my sister and brother have fun and being told I was too young....the story of my life!
The other family vacation I remember was when I was 7. We went to the Black Hills and Yellowstone. I was supposed to get my toncils out, but the doctor decided I didn't have to do it then and they took me on the trip. It was actually a lot of fun. I did have my toncils out, but not until I was 33!
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Enough of a frenzy for now. I must review my files for court tomorrow!
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TCB Keith says he has seen the movie.
I say, wow! I am so jealous, as long as nothing happened.
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Well, I have to be in class at 9am tomorrow at the University of Dayton to hear the results of the students' grantseeking research, with which I've been helping them since Sept. 29. Should be interesting...'night.
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I'm waiting for the cabinet installer to leave.
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The installer has left. :)
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TCB Keith says he has seen the movie.
I say, wow! I am so jealous, as long as nothing happened.
Well, I still have one of everything (or two, as the case may be), so I guess nothing really serious happened.
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I am happy to report that Hildy is eating much better now, and no sign of any vomiting!!
My mom will be meeting Hildy tomorrow night as my sister informs me that she invited her up for Thanksgiving...but no she and my brother-in-law are unable to drive down and get her! So I will be driving down to Sutherlin, where ever the heck that is, and getting her...my brother Dan is taking her up as far as that town...we will meet at the Sutherlin McDonald's.
I expect it to be around a 4 hour trip...not exactly what I wanted to do after getting off of work.
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My sister also informed me that they have no idea how mom is going to get back home. Mom also has no idea.
I told them not to look at me. They invited her up, they can make the arrangements for sending her back...or else she can just move in with them! ;)
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I hope that post didn't sound harsh. It isn't my mom's fault. She was just as happy to spend Thanksgiving in Medford with her other kids....but my sister got a wild hair and didn't really plan things out very well (Sis and bro-in-law thought they would be in their new house by this time...but there were delays and now they are actually moving in tomorrow...which is why they need me to go pick up mom and have her stay with me for a few nights).
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Well, on my way to see Bingo tonight, I almost stopped in to say hi to the people at Barrymore's... but I had one of those times when I could not, if you held a gun to my head, figure out what to do about dinner. It took me 30 minutes to get up off my chair at the casting office and get on a bus, then I overshot my stop by 11 blocks because of stupid chess on my cell phone, then I walked down to 46th in the rain, trying to figure out what to eat; then I thought, well, I'll just stop in at Barrymore's and say hi and maybe eat someone else's leftovers ( ;) ), but then it was already 7:30 and I thought I'd better find some food. So then I spent another fifteen minutes walking up and down 8th looking for something fast and cheap (insert joke here), and finally settled on a piece of pizza, which was good but turned out to be a HUGE mistake when I got home and calculated how many Weight Watchers points it is. And that was probably the longest couple of run-on sentences I've ever written.
So it was kind of a disastrous day; but, to add to the weight loss total on this board, I'm down a total of 15 lbs as of last Tuesday. Another weigh-in tomorrow. Please send skinny vibes.
Jose, JR, congrats on your weight loss! I'm up for a race!
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Well, I'll have to say that MEDIUM was a lot of fun. The first two 3-D effects were the most effective, I thought, but all were fun.
In a way, I just wish the whole show had been 3-D since putting on and taking off the glasses was a slight inconvenience.
Don't know how the effects looked for others, but in high definition and with a widescreen, quite a few objects did really come jutting right out into my face. Probably the most effective home 3-D I've ever experienced.
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I thought the 3-D glasses were much ado about little. I enjoyed the episode, but since the show is doing well, I don't understand the need to add an unnecessary gimmick. I found them a waste of time and energy.
While I'm griping about NBC: I hate their new method of reducing the credits to an illegible blurb at the bottom of the screen to give them a larger preview space. By the time I figure out the credits are running, I've missed the damned things.
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Congrats everyone on your weight loss. I think I found it. I have finally given in and gotten the fat pants out of the box in the basement. I will diet after the holidays when I know I have the smoking thing whipped. I still dream I'm smoking, but don't want one during the day. There must be some deep hidden meaning in there somewhere.
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Prior to that fun MEDIUM episode, I finished HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. As always, enjoyed seeing one of Richard Harris' last performances, and the fiercesome snake in the chamber is very eeffective. I'll be looking for similar or worse looking monsters at HARRY POTTER tomorrow.
The sound design for CHAMBER (Dolby 5.1 EX) was terrific as always.
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The true test of my ability to stay smoke free will be going home for Thanksgiving. My neice and brother smoke, but I don't think it should be a problem. Less then half the family will be there, so it should be half the family stress.....but I think I'm dreaming
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Only my appreciation of Neil Patrick Harris is keeping me watching HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Another unfunny episode for me.
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DR Jane, I am enjoying Netflix thanks for suggesting it.
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OUT OF PRACTICE had a very witty episode (written by Christopher Lloyd) which juxtiposed several infamously memorable Thanksgivings for the family jumping backwards and forwards in time. Several good one liners and the ensemble work by the cast is aces.
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Well I'm off to get some sleep. One judge wants to leave tomorrow afternoon and one prosecutor wants to leave early, so I have to start my hearings at 8:30 am. That's cool though, I'll be done with court by noon. It's really hard to work when everyone has left for the holiday. I'm considering taking a novel and reading it there. I've never done that before, but for the next 2 days it is very tempting
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MEDIUM is doing well, it's true, but this is sweeps month, a time when the networks do everything they can to increase audiences for their popular shows so they can charge more ad dollars from their advertisers the next times rates are determined.
All decisions like this are always money-based.
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I can hear the fireworks at the winter festival downtown. Santa must have arrived....and it isn't even Thanksgiving. Sheesh!
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Congrats everyone on your weight loss. I think I found it. I have finally given in and gotten the fat pants out of the box in the basement. I will diet after the holidays when I know I have the smoking thing whipped. I still dream I'm smoking, but don't want one during the day. There must be some deep hidden meaning in there somewhere.
Speaking of dreams... The past couple of nights, I've been having some scary dreams - well, sort of scary. Well, at least sort of violent. I remember "dreaming" some horror movie - people getting killed in various ways - but I could tell it was a movie. And then just some other scary things. I have no idea what the trigger is. However, I have been waking up in the middle of night because of them. Thankfully, it's been easy to get back to sleep, and I haven't been creeped out by them like I sometimes get. Just so strange. Maybe it's the lack of sugar in my system?
;)
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DR Joy - I've had that "where and what do I want to eat" problem many a time. And it usually happens when I'm really hungry. ???
As for the "race", hmm... What's the prize?
And how was Bingo? -I'm guessing Liz Larsen is sticking with the blonde hair.
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Finally saw the KING KONG trailer. I wasn't wowed by it, and it seems a bit overly CGI'd, but I will go to see anyhow....besides Kyle Chandler is in it and I have not seen him in anything in quite some time.
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Speaking of screensavers... and pets...
They're not free, but they're darn cute! And a great way to clean your computer screen! ;)
www.theslurps.com
*To view the demos, just move your mouse/cursor over one of the sample screens and leave it there for a few seconds.
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Guess I'm go0ing to head downstairs now and get ready for bed.
Good night, all.
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Goodness, what an unseemly lull.
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Just us North Westerners here!
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I know I made a roadtrip to Texas with my mother and uncle when I was just 1-1/2 years old or so, but of course only know it's true due to photos. Earliest trips I do remember would be visiting my aunt's house in Seattle, and every couple years making the trek down to DR Jane's neck of the woods to visit my great-grandparents in Jacksonville, Oregon.
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We did not have a car when I was pre School age. I do remember going for trips with family friends - back in the days when cars had running boards and after a journey of an hour or so it was time to stop and have a cup of tea! I suffered from travel sickness and hated going on winding roads!
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Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who found SHAUN OF THE DEAD to be so funny. . . .
I saw it earlier this year and thought it was hysterical! I almost bought it but I changed my mind at the last minute. There's always Netflix if I want to watch it again.
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Back from a very long rehearsal, but got the second number finished. Must now relax a bit before starting on the notes.
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Well, I'll have to say that MEDIUM was a lot of fun. The first two 3-D effects were the most effective, I thought, but all were fun.
In a way, I just wish the whole show had been 3-D since putting on and taking off the glasses was a slight inconvenience.
Don't know how the effects looked for others, but in high definition and with a widescreen, quite a few objects did really come jutting right out into my face. Probably the most effective home 3-D I've ever experienced.
I didn't get the official TV Guide 3-D glasses, but my sister and niece had them...actually, I got the glasses for them after going to three different grocery stores. The first two stores were out of the TV Guides altogether and at the third, I picked up a copy that didn't have the glasses! They were stolen! How rude! :P
I have a pair of the red-blue glasses that I've had for several years and they were good enough for me. The 3-D technology that uses the clear/dark glasses is much better, but I had heard that it's more expensive to produce. Oh, well.
The episode itself was very good. I had no idea where it was going until they spelled it out. For a while, I thought that the episode was going to go in a certain direction (plot-wise), but it didn't.
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As for family vacations (the official Topic of the Day), I don't really remember us going any places until after we moved to Washington in 1976 (I was 10 years old, by then), but I also can't specifically remember what our first trip might have been. When we moved here, we went trailer camping quite a bit...at the beach, in state parks, but not "real" camping. If it didn't have a bathroom and easy access to stores, we didn't go. We didn't know how to do it and my sister and I, at our young ages (then), didn't want to. So we didn't.