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Title: BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 12:48:41 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you know the ins and outs of the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently trying to have their brains turn to sludge, just because they think it sounds like fun.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 12:49:16 AM
And the word of the day is: SANCTIMONIOUS!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 12:52:56 AM
Now, about CD sales - yes, After the Ball had the biggest sales thus far - I think it's simply that it was our first, it was a cast album, and it sold well.  The Last Starfighter is in second position but has been out a much shorter time.  We're still fighting to get the CDs out in the world, but unlike ATB, Starfighter is getting consistent reorders.  
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 29, 2006, 06:20:16 AM
And the word of the day is: SANCTIMONIOUS!
Saint Timon was one of the first deacons of the Church of Christ.  He was a bishop in the city of Bastoria, in Arabia, and at one point was thrown into a furnace, but came out of it unharmed.  Other than that, not much is known about him.

So, if you are Sanctimonious, it means that you act like you've been thrown into a furnace, but other than that you have no claim to fame.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 29, 2006, 06:34:34 AM
Good morning, all!  Today, I make a trip to New Brunswick, site of HIGH BUTTON SHOES, to attend a performance of Kurt Weill's STREET SCENE.  It's a production by the Rutgers Music Dept., and I look forward to it.  Even if the production is dreadful, the company will be fun.  

Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: S. Woody White on January 29, 2006, 07:11:04 AM
I'm surprised that DP der Brucer didn't mention his dropping Peggy off with her new family yesterday.  

I was at work, so he and Peggy were alone together for that ride.  The younger boy was waiting in the street for them to arrive.  Peggy immediately went up to the boy and gave him a nuzzle.

We're feeling good about this.  There's some paperwork that needs finishing later today, before I head to work.  And, since the new family has a house nearby, we may be seeing Peggy again.  But essentially, this has come to a good conclusion.

*happy sigh*
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 07:20:58 AM
Good vibes for lucky Peggy and her lucky new family!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 07:22:55 AM
I hope DR RODZINSKI is feeling better today.

Have a nice trip, DRELMORE.  I have read STREET SCENE, but I have never seen a production of it.  I remember that DR CP went to see a production of DEAD END in LA last year, and when I read some of the reviews of it, most people seem to think it's time had passed (with additional comments on how most of the Dead End kids seemed to spend a LOT of time in the gym)....

Hopefully STREET SCENE won't turn out the same way....
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 07:27:03 AM
Sounds like DECEIT is going well....  Good vibes for a good matinee today.

DRJANE - I put most of Miss Annette's most famous songs at the end of the CD (no she didn't sing WAYWARD WIND, DR TCB  - the CD is a compilation).  

I am surprised you hadn't heard "James, Hold the Ladder Steady" - but then maybe Sue was more a midwest country (and Australian) hit artist than a California girl.  But she was great.

One of my favorite Annette tunes (included) is "Promise Me Anything" from BEACH PARTY that has a larger orchestration than usual on her tracks with some beautiful strings!  And the song I ended the disk with has a sweet break up by Annette at the end - it is "The Strummin' Song" from THE HORSEMASTERS.  The Sherman brothers KNEW their singer and they knew how to make a cute and catchy lyric.  I heard the song once, and I never forgot it.  As far as I know it's only available now on the Annette Box Set.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 07:27:34 AM
Time to make the donuts......

Back about 6:30 pm EST.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 07:37:41 AM
Good morning!

It's a drizzly, gray day here, not especially cold but not very inviting either: the perfect day to stay indoors and watch movies and TV. This I plan to do while doing laundry and attending to other chores around the house.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 07:39:11 AM
Unbelievable to me as it is, I STILL have not gotten to the Faye Dunaway/CSI episode. There it sits on the DVR awaiting my attention, and I simplpy must get to it at some point today.

Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 07:40:32 AM
TV tonight is a mixed bag of new episodes and reruns.

COLD CASE, GREY'S ANATOMY, and CROSSING JORDAN all have new episodes. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and LAW & ORDER: CI are reruns tonight, at least according to TV GUIDE and the local TV insert in the Sunday newspaper.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Stephanie on January 29, 2006, 07:50:23 AM
Morning all!  I just wanted to report in, because I got to see Deceit again last night, and it was even better this time around.  I sat in a different spot in the theater, and it was like watching a new show.  Got to see a lot of the actor's expressions that I missed last time.  It was fun to sit in the audience, knowing the play's outcome, and listen to everyone around me try and figure it out.  But I was a good girl, I kept mum!  My sister and my best friend went with me, and they loved it as well.  So I know I wasn't just biased based on my appreciation for Matt Ashford, because my friend Jane is very hard to please.   ;D

Bruce, it was a pleasure officially meeting you last night, although my sister accused me of being a brown-noser for chatting up the director.  LOL.  But that's okay, she's just jealous.   ;)

Stephanie
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:23:39 AM
Off to begin lunch preparation and get the rest of the day's chores underway.

WBBL.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 08:29:38 AM
I'm up, I'm up.

It was nice meeting Stephanie and company, too.

Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 08:30:52 AM
Oh my goodness, this will never do!  Less than 20 posts by 8:30 a.m. on the Left Coast.  I shudder to think what that insufferable bore will think about this. :o
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 08:31:10 AM
FOR THE NW RAINY-SET CROWD
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You know you're a Pacific Northwesterner if:

1. You know the state flower (Mildew)

2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.

3. Use the statement "sun break" and know what it means.

4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.

5 You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.

6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.

7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" Signal.

8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain.

9. You can taste the! difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Veneto's.

10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.

11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, Yakima and Willamette.

12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.

13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.

14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark - while only working eight-hour days!!

15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."

17. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

18. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind. (it's a great little town just down highway 26 from Mt Hood)

19. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.

20. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.

21. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.

22. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.

23. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.

24. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.

25. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time.

26. You measure distance in hours.

27. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in ! the same day.

28. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

29. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, SKIING, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk season (Fall).

30. You actually understood these jokes and will probably forward them!

der Brucer
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 08:31:57 AM


Whoops!  Too late.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 08:38:48 AM
Sunday greetings!  Today is a "puttering" day for me, getting ready for my first 5-day work week since the week of December 5, 2005.  Fortunately, I have something special going on - the To Kill a Mockingbird discussion leader training sessions, 2 on Tuesday and 1 on Thursday.

DH Richard has gone to church in Cincinnati and I'm waiting for a phone call from him, which will be my signal to leave to meet him for lunch at Panera.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 08:39:26 AM
How very sad to hear that ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff has been seriously injured by a bomb explosion in Iraq.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 08:40:21 AM
DR der Brucer - LOL at the Pacific Northwest item!  As a Portland native, I did get most of the jokes and will indeed forward them to my mother.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 08:42:10 AM
I'm very thirsty this morning.  The sky is blue this morning.  There are few posts this morning.

Is that a haiku?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 08:42:40 AM
Let's have some haikus, baby.

Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 08:46:36 AM
Quote from der Brucer:

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9. You can taste the! difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Veneto's.


I can definately tell when I am drinking Starbucks coffee.  I shouldn't knock one of our biggest exports to the world, but Starbucks always tastes burnt.

Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 08:47:08 AM
How very sad to hear that ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff has been seriously injured by a bomb explosion in Iraq.

It is, indeed, DR TCB.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 08:48:19 AM




We need a real barn-burner of a topic for this Sunday.
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Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Charles Pogue on January 29, 2006, 09:11:31 AM
BK, forewarning and disclaimer:  I HATE HANDS OF A MURDERER!  Let's start with the title which was really Napoleon of Crime, since it dealt with Moriarty.  It was originally written for the Ian Richardson series I did, but when that ended prematurely, it never got made...much to everyone's regret because it was lauded as the best script of the bunch...and it was.  Alas, years later when CBS bought it, it was still considered the best of the bunch.  I did one minor rewrite where I introduced the Baker Street Irregulars into a scene. I believe Kerry McCluggage of CBS said of the script:  "If it ain't broke, why fix it?"  But once the wrong director was hired...somebody named Stuart Orme (instead of Clive Donner who is the guy the producers wanted).  

He got this bug about setting the whole thing in 1914 instead of the 1880's.  His concessions to this time period were seeing an early vintage automobile in one scene and a voice-over that mentioned it was 1914, everything else looked liked 1880's...except we now had a major character who had been horribly mutilated in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.  Because so much of his face was covered, this was a red herring device where he is impersonated by another man.  This whole impersonation device was dropped and the other character dispensed with (Colonel Sebastian Moran...Moriarty's second),so  the reveal of the character's hidden face at the end doesn't work at all and the guy looks to be only forty...1914...Sepoy Mutiny of 1857...you do the math.  Also one great scene was inexplicable inverted to a section later in the film that made no sense whatsoever, the whole thing became illogical hash.

I was never told any tampering by anonymous hands had taken place until I saw the cut.  Then the budget substituted things: A fight between Moriarty and Holmes in a runaway coach on a seaside cliff...where the coach plunges over the edge and Moriarty is presumed drowned and lost at sea, became a runaway coach going down a modest incline into what looks like a pond into which Moriarty apparently disappears.  Utter silliness!

Then there was the casting of a Bombastic, barrell-chested Edward Woodward as Holmes and a somnabulistic John Hillerman as Watson (with a goatee yet!), both of whom proudly announced in a TV guide interview that neither had read a Holmes story in their life.  Anthony Andrews was cast as a young Moriarty but still gives the most bravura performance in the movie.

But it was originally a terrific script, brought down by bad direction and indifferent leads.  One critic did refer to the "snap-crackle-pop sharpness of the script"...what was left of it...Sad, sad, sad.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 09:11:35 AM

Hmm, apparently the barn burned down!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 09:42:26 AM
I think I now remember that we discussed this film in the Pogue interview on the site.  I'll still give it a look-see at some point.  
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 09:42:52 AM
Page one.  9:44.  What is wrong with this picture?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 09:43:05 AM
And one for Mahler.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 09:43:22 AM
You'd think this was a Sunday.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 09:46:09 AM
Last night I dreamed I was in a play.  It was a courtroom drama, directed by DR elmore and performed in the round.  I had the role of a juror.  In this morning's Cincinnati Enquirer, there's an item about a casting call that intriques me.  Coincidence?  Should I explore?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: TCB on January 29, 2006, 09:55:50 AM
Last night I dreamed I was in a play.  It was a courtroom drama, directed by DR elmore and performed in the round.  I had the role of a juror.  In this morning's Cincinnati Enquirer, there's an item about a casting call that intriques me.  Coincidence?  Should I explore?


Yes!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 10:00:09 AM
Yes!

Somehow, I knew you'd say that, DR TCB!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 10:04:04 AM
Off to meet my DH for lunch.  Bye for now.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 10:28:36 AM
Ten-thirty and I'm the only one in the jernt.  Oh, well.  I shall now be on my way to rehearse with Miss Linda Purl, after which I shall be on my way to the theater for our matinee - not sure I'm staying for the entire show - we shall see.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jed on January 29, 2006, 11:24:25 AM
I'm going through football withdrawl this Sunday.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 11:43:23 AM
FOR THE NW RAINY-SET CROWD

LOL!!  I've seen these before, but didn't get a chance to save them.  Thanks for posting!  And since I'm planted firmly in the PNW, I WILL be forwarding these to a lot of my friends! ;D
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 11:46:03 AM
I'm going through football withdrawl this Sunday.

Sounds like a personal problem. ;)

Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 11:46:17 AM
I'm now off to my sister's.  She's made breakfast but I'll be having left-overs...it is almost noon, now ya know ;).  Anyway, she said that she made banana pancakes and bacon and other assorted breakfast items.  She makes very good bacon and pancakes.  After the food has been eaten, I have to help her to change a light fixture in on of her bathrooms.  We've done it before, so I have a pretty good idea of what to do.  Have a good day, everyone!




Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 11:57:06 AM
After 11 long months of foster care, Peggy has finally found her forever home.

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/8472201/127572992.jpg)

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/8472201/127573041.jpg)

I think the wait was worth it. She and the two boys will be a perfect fit - their folks have the younger lad already signed-up to take Peggy to obedience school.

der Brucer
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 12:32:40 PM
Morning all!  I just wanted to report in, because I got to see Deceit again last night, and it was even better this time around.  I sat in a different spot in the theater, and it was like watching a new show.  Got to see a lot of the actor's expressions that I missed last time.  It was fun to sit in the audience, knowing the play's outcome, and listen to everyone around me try and figure it out.  But I was a good girl, I kept mum!  My sister and my best friend went with me, and they loved it as well.  So I know I wasn't just biased based on my appreciation for Matt Ashford, because my friend Jane is very hard to please.   ;D

Bruce, it was a pleasure officially meeting you last night, although my sister accused me of being a brown-noser for chatting up the director.  LOL.  But that's okay, she's just jealous.   ;)

Stephanie

Stephanie dear, I would never accuse of brown-nosing... LOL!!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 12:55:16 PM
Quote from der Brucer:I can definately tell when I am drinking Starbucks coffee.  I shouldn't knock one of our biggest exports to the world, but Starbucks always tastes burnt.



I think so too! We have a bumber of coffee shops here that are really good, but everyone went nutso when Starbucks came to town and I just don't get it
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 12:56:32 PM

Hmm, apparently the barn burned down!

My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.

don't know who said that, but I've always kind of like it
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:00:36 PM
Well today is another day. I packed and cleaned all monring and after taking a break will get back to it.  I'm going slow as I can already feel it in my shoulders.  I am pretty out of shape right now, but I have a feeling that's about to change whether I like it or not!  I've gotten a lot done and am feeling pretty good about it.  
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:02:26 PM
OH!  I checked my messages last night and there was a message from my next door neighbor who works at a Hallmark. They got all their Mother's Day and Easter stuff in and she had a back seat full of broken down boxes for me.  Yahoo!  Now it's liqour, Hormel prepackaged meat and Hallmark greetings piling up all over the house!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:03:38 PM
Congrats to Peggy for finding a forever home. Hope she is extremely happy with her new boys. She will have to train them well!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 01:04:45 PM
Happy Birthday Matt Ashford!

(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4663/matt58a7qo.jpg)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:04:47 PM
DR Ben, I don't think I've mentioned it, but in addition to loving the wonderful photos of Ireland and Wales, your new avitar is quite dashing!  
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:06:32 PM
Thanks to everyone for the vibes yesterday. It's going to be fine. My mother, of all people, was extremely supportive this morning. She is very excited about bringing me furniture and is coming down with a van full next Saturday. I am very happy to take any of it she wants to send!
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 01:06:45 PM

DakotaCelt SMOKE SIGNALS is a good movie.  

Is VOAGER on DVD?  I think you would enjoy the series.  I also liked the shows final episode very much.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 01:06:48 PM
Oh, my, the younger of Peggy's new boys reminds me SO MUCH of my DS Rob when he was that age!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 01:08:04 PM
Seet photos of Peggy and the boys.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:08:29 PM
Very sad about Bob Woodruff...I heard he had hours of surgery, anyone hear any updated reports on his condition?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:11:25 PM
Der Brucer, are they still going to call her Peggy?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 01:11:56 PM
From Matt H:
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Truly, I'm very sorry if I spoiled anything for you, but never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be possible not to have been aware of that turn of events with all the PR in the network ads for the show as well in media on-line and in print. Astonishing that you could miss all of it for WEEKS before the event.

As I mentioned yesterday it is possible to have missed it.
Might you please do what Jennifer does and leave a space between the name of the shows and your comments, unless they are completely generic?  
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:12:16 PM
Only page 2 this late in the day....yikes!
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Post by: Ben on January 29, 2006, 01:13:18 PM
Thanks Priscilla, for the comment on the avatar. I usually let them sit there for a long time but when I saw my Guinness shot I thought it would make a good "head shot"

It's been a busy weekend. We had a lovely visit with the ever lovely Mr. Moore on Friday. Yesterday we had another visit with a friend from the old days. We only seem to be able to get together once or twice a year. He was in the original cast of Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway but he's now out of the business. We showed him pictures of Dublin and Wales and had a great visit.

Today we have been working on a delayed project. We had decided two years ago that in 2005 we would make a CD of our favorite love songs since 2005 was our 10 year anniversary. Well, it never came about. We did get disc one made but Anthony was in Virginia doing a show and then he had his foot problem and we were on vacation, etc. etc. etc. Today after breakfast we decided to push ahead and start on disc 2. We now have a temporary disc. Soon, we hope, both discs will be finalized and notes will be made and then in August, one year late, we will send out "Ben and Anthony's Love Songs"
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 01:17:40 PM
Just that he and his cameraman are in stable condition and will be transferred to a hospital in Germany.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 01:18:52 PM
Ben I think your avatar is just wonderful.  It really captures who you are.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Ginny on January 29, 2006, 01:19:58 PM
DR Cillaliz - If you know anyone who works in a library or a bookstore, book boxes are great for moving, too.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:23:59 PM

Today we have been working on a delayed project. We had decided two years ago that in 2005 we would make a CD of our favorite love songs since 2005 was our 10 year anniversary. Well, it never came about. We did get disc one made but Anthony was in Virginia doing a show and then he had his foot problem and we were on vacation, etc. etc. etc. Today after breakfast we decided to push ahead and start on disc 2. We now have a temporary disc. Soon, we hope, both discs will be finalized and notes will be made and then in August, one year late, we will send out "Ben and Anthony's Love Songs"

What a wonderful project!! Can I get on your mailing list? :)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 01:25:26 PM
Good afternoon!

The day has continued to be gray and blah though the rain stopped mid-morning.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 01:26:01 PM
DR Cillaliz - If you know anyone who works in a library or a bookstore, book boxes are great for moving, too.

Actually I do, but I think I'm all set as far as boxes go, actually I probably have more than I need. That could change quickly since I haven't done the kitchen yet, but I only have about 3 or 4 more shelves of books to go, so that's a good thing
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 01:29:22 PM
From Matt H:As I mentioned yesterday it is possible to have missed it.
Might you please do what Jennifer does and leave a space between the name of the shows and your comments, unless they are completely generic?  


But since you don't watch SMALLVILLE, you really wouldn't be looking at any information for it, would you? I don't watch GILMORE GIRLS and thus I never read anything about the show though the newspaper has capsule comments about it every week just like it does for SMALLVILLE. That was the point I was making.

I have already apologized to Jennifer though it was an innocent and honest mistake.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 01:31:42 PM
DR Ben and a few "oldies" who may remember:  UK ex Hainsie Allan went through the official "marriage" ceremony in the UK on Saturday. He and partner John now at least have legal status in so many areas. They've gone to Geneva to celebrate.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 01:31:45 PM
Finished FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX this afternoon and enjoyed it. It wasn't the first time I had seen it, but it was good to see it again.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 01:33:32 PM
Above mentioned Allan is still also in contact with WEL I believe. HHW has created some wonderful friendships.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 01:36:38 PM
Continued with the figure skating marathon. What amazed me watching year and after year of national championships was the ebb and flow of careers. A skater like Scott Davis comes into the nationals, skates in 4th or 5th place for a couple of years, gets his bearings and wins two national titles back to back, and then kind of loses it in successive years scoring progressively lower in successive years. Saw this kind of dynamic happen year after year in both the men's and women's events. Truly gifted skaters like Michelle Kwan maintained a level of excellence over a long, long period, but for most, it seems a couple of years at the top is all they usually can muster.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 01:43:08 PM
I see that Ang Lee has won the Directors Guild of America Best Director award for BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.

Which reminds me that the Screen Actors Guild Awards come on tonight, too. I had pretty much put them out of my head, but I guess I'll record the show and watch the 9 o'clock hour when HOUSEWIVES and L&O:CI are both reruns.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 01:46:56 PM
I think so too! We have a bumber of coffee shops here that are really good, but everyone went nutso when Starbucks came to town and I just don't get it

I am not a big fan of Starbucks either... I prefer Seattle's Best. There is a local roaster in Grand Forks I really like also.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 01:49:02 PM

DakotaCelt SMOKE SIGNALS is a good movie.  

Is VOAGER on DVD?  I think you would enjoy the series.  I also liked the shows final episode very much.


Just checked Barnes and Noble and it is available....
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 02:16:12 PM
Heading downstairs now for the Sunday cleaning chore and then probably CSI before network TV begins.

WBBL.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 29, 2006, 03:31:30 PM
Awww. Peggy has boys! How wonderful.

Now you have room to take in that litter of Dalmation pups!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 03:31:58 PM
Der Brucer, are they still going to call her Peggy?

I presume so; they've given no indication to the contrary (and she does respond to her name). We shall refrain from telling them her whole name given her by Woody.

der Brucer
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 29, 2006, 03:32:01 PM
I have something to say:

There just is not enough chocolate. Not nearly enough.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 03:40:20 PM

Now you have room to take in that litter of Dalmation pups!

NOT FUNNY!

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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 03:44:15 PM
Just that he and his cameraman are in stable condition...
 
There's a Mr. Ed or Creche joke hiding in there somewhere!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 03:52:39 PM
There just is not enough chocolate. Not nearly enough.

You stretch a dish of chocolate ice cream by adding a dash teaspoon jigger cup of Kahlúa 8)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 04:03:08 PM
I have something to say:

There just is not enough chocolate. Not nearly enough.

Must you mention my downfall of will power!! LOL!!

Chocolate is my weakness... I love dark chocolate
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 04:22:21 PM
Continued new home vibes to Cillaliz.

My Internet Explorer has been giving me lots of trouble again.  And our friend Ellen seems to have noticed that my Internet Explorer problems seem to coincide with hers, so I'm wondering if she and we are on the same internet gateway or whatever you call it.  
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 04:23:50 PM
Wonder if we can make it to page 4 before BK gets back.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 04:26:33 PM
We had a guest who can't eat sugar the other night, and Skip bought a box of Godiva sugarless chocolate as dessert especially for him.  I just had a piece of the leftovers and discovered the sad truth that even Godiva can't make sugarless chocolate taste good.  :(
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 04:29:32 PM
The Godiva sugarless wasn't  just "I didn't have another piece" bad, but "I had to spit it out and get the taste out of my mouth by gargling" bad.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:35:33 PM
Back from the matinee - a nice-sized house of mostly elderly people.  Pretty quiet after last night's rousing audience, but they were rapt and enjoyed the show - performance was not as good as last night, but still fine.  One funny thing - we had our second walkout at the end of the act (I mean, just prior to the end of the act).  Too intense for the 82 year old woman.  But, her 83 year old friend wouldn't leave because she was loving it.  So, the 82 year old woman comes back in for act two.  Unfortunately for her, act two begins with a video replay of the end of act one.  Oops.  She left again.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:36:24 PM
Now, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?  You'd think it was a Sunday or something, like THAT'S an excuse.

I'm now in for the evening to have a litte "me" time and to watch DVDs.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:36:47 PM
Even I can't seem to get us to page for.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:37:14 PM
"Page for"???  Don't I mean page fore?
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 04:37:15 PM

Chocolate is my weakness... I love dark chocolate

Have tried swimming in it like Ann-Margret in Tommy?
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:37:46 PM
"Page fore"???  Don't I mean - wait, we made it to page FOUR!
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:39:54 PM
Now, let's see if we can make it to page five in record time.

After the show today, we celebrated three count them three birthdays - Matt's, our associate producer's, and our stage manager's.  We had two cakes (one home made by our producer and one bought by me at Viktor Benes at Gelson's), cookies, liquid refreshment and it was ever so much fun.

Also, Mr. Kevin Spirtas saw the show today and enjoyed it.  He, of course, did all of the readings of Deceit, so it was fun for him to see the show on its feet.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 04:40:29 PM
I'm doing my part to get to page five in record time.

Now, tote that barge, lift that bale!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 04:43:16 PM
- a nice-sized house of mostly elderly people

Aha - bk has solved the ecological dilemma of choosing houses made or straw, or wood, or brick - build them with "elderly people" (freeze dried, one presumes).

der Brucer
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 04:47:12 PM
Now, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?  You'd think it was a Sunday or something, like THAT'S an excuse.

I'm now in for the evening to have a litte "me" time and to watch DVDs.

I am at work!!! I sneak in IF IT is quiet....

Glad it went well today bk...

Good luck wiht the disney project....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 04:48:32 PM
It is snowign here today.... freezing rain.... slush and sleet....  :D

Another day in the life of living in the Buffalo Commons...

How is the weather in California?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 04:49:00 PM
I'm doing my part to get to page five in record time.

Now, tote that barge, lift that bale!

Time to get the ox out of the rut.....
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 04:50:02 PM
The weather in Iowa is beautiful. Rain the past two dasy...RAIN???? in January????Yes siree. I'm just hoping the warm temps stay through Valentine's Day so I can move and a friend can make it to Houston without weather problems
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 04:50:28 PM
WOD

Two Greek lads, Demetrius and Demonius were best of friends. They enjoyed playing with their toy boats down by the lake. Their friendship ended, however, when Demetrius hurled a rock and sank Demonious' boat.

der Brucer
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 29, 2006, 04:52:37 PM
The Godiva sugarless wasn't  just "I didn't have another piece" bad, but "I had to spit it out and get the taste out of my mouth by gargling" bad.

That's bad.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 04:52:58 PM
Well, things are going well here in box land.  The cats are totally freaked out, but that isn't stopping them from climbing in and on all the boxes, every once in awhile there is a crash, but it's usually just empty boxes.  I've gotten so much done today.  Now if I can make it through 3 days of work I will be working my patootie off. Wouldn't that be great...no patootie left!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 04:53:53 PM
Well a small shapely patootie would be nice
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 04:54:34 PM
Well, things are going well here in box land.  The cats are totally freaked out, but that isn't stopping them from climbing in and on all the boxes, every once in awhile there is a crash, but it's usually just empty boxes.  I've gotten so much done today.  Now if I can make it through 3 days of work I will be working my patootie off. Wouldn't that be great...no patootie left!

Good for you Cilla!!

Gotta love cats! They are quite the mischievous creatures...
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:02:54 PM
DR CILLA LIZ is getting furniture from her MOM!!!

Peggy has two boys!!

Walkout at DECEIT followed by a WALKIN followed by a WALKOUT!!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 05:07:38 PM
BAD TASTE OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO:

WorldNetDaily for this headline:

HOMOS ON THE RANGE
'Brokeback' director named filmmaker of year

der Brucer

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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:07:44 PM
Gung Hay Fat Choy!!
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 05:15:56 PM
Weather was gorgeous today, almost summery.

And what's best is that the walkout/walk-in/walkout was the same person.  How often does THAT happen.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 05:16:18 PM
Are we getting to page five in record time?  Yes or no?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:18:27 PM
Weather was gorgeous today, almost summery.

And what's best is that the walkout/walk-in/walkout was the same person.  How often does THAT happen.

LOL never in my experience!  8)
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 05:18:38 PM
Just finishing up Breakfast at Tiffany's, then shall move on to something else, perhaps Jacques Demy's A Slightly Pregnant Man.  I've only seen this film on an awful full-frame VHS tape, dubbed into English.  I hate the English title of the film and the dub was appalling.  It's going to be wonderful to see it in its original French, and hopefully it's original title will be on the print - it translates to The Most Important Event In The History of the World.  And I do  love the score by Michel Legrand.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:18:44 PM
Hmmm - TOD....hmmmm
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:19:00 PM
What is your all time FAVORITE opening line for a novel?
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 05:19:04 PM
Are we to page five yet?  Yes or no?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:19:16 PM
Who is John Galt?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:19:31 PM
Not quite, MR BK
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:19:54 PM
Give us the line and let us see if we can guess the novel.  Mine is easy!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:29:06 PM
Hello...hello....is this thing on?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 05:30:41 PM
Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 05:38:16 PM
Opening line  "We are each the love of someone's life"
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 05:39:12 PM
Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

NOt a big fan of the book...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 05:40:31 PM
Page 5 flight...

This was just spotted!!

(http://www.ambersdragonlair.com/animations/icons/ianim8.gif)
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 05:40:39 PM
It's from The Confessions of Max Tivoli
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Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 05:58:52 PM
BK, what did you talk with Kenny Miller about? He is such a fun guy!

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Post by: Ben on January 29, 2006, 06:02:47 PM
Priscilla, yes you will get a CD when they are ready. I think we will be sending out many copies.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:04:46 PM
Quote from der Brucer:I can definately tell when I am drinking Starbucks coffee.  I shouldn't knock one of our biggest exports to the world, but Starbucks always tastes burnt.


No wonder the smell in there tends to make me gag.  Veneto’s and Pete’s aren’t bad.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:16:38 PM
Soon, we hope, both discs will be finalized and notes will be made and then in August, one year late, we will send out "Ben and Anthony's Love Songs"

What a wonderful idea and I'm sure they will be much appreciated.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:19:11 PM
I’m catching up now and just saw my post regarding VOYAGER :-[.  Where was spell-check when I needed it? ::)

Back to page 3.
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 06:21:16 PM
"They'd found him."
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 06:28:45 PM
Benjamin something or other? A free book I received with a Cd purchased some time ago.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:33:09 PM
CP it must be terribly difficult when a script you are proud of is ruined like that.

Have you ever had the opposite happen?  If you don’t want to answer that, what was your best experience?

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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 06:44:02 PM
Speaking of coffee, our admin. person started walking up to everybody in the office yesterday (yes, it was Saturday) saying "Wouldn't you like to start every day at work with a nice fresh cup of coffee" - she had this rehearsed and went up to everybody saying the exact same thing with the exact same huckster-like intonation.

Turns out she was trying to sell the managing partner on splurging and getting a top-of-the-line coffee machine for the office kitchen.  She feels that by afternoon, the coffee just sits in the machine we have now and gets stale.  Anyway, it turned out the coffee drinkers in the office didn't see this as  a battle worth fighting.  

Not much point to that, but it WAS amusing to watch Audrey walk up to everybody with the same beautifully rehearsed shpiel.  It felt like something out of a sitcom.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:53:44 PM
But since you don't watch SMALLVILLE, you really wouldn't be looking at any information for it, would you? I don't watch GILMORE GIRLS and thus I never read anything about the show though the newspaper has capsule comments about it every week just like it does for SMALLVILLE. That was the point I was making.

I have already apologized to Jennifer though it was an innocent and honest mistake.

It was very nice apology you gave Jennifer.

I didn’t want to know as we sometimes catch the re-runs of SMALLVILLE on other stations (we watched the first season or two on DVD). I do my best to avoid reading about the shows I haven’t seen yet.  

I asked for the spaces because sometimes you give away too much information on the shows I watch.

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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 06:55:11 PM
Skip just ate several of that dreaded Godiva sugarless chocolate.  He seems to be liking it.  Maybe it's one of those acquired tastes, like asparagus.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:57:58 PM
JRand “Promise Me Anything” is very nice and I laughed at the end of “The Strummin Song”.  Thank you again for this very fun CD.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 06:58:53 PM
I like asparagus and do not like sugarless anything.
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Post by: Jane on January 29, 2006, 07:04:29 PM
I was just about to sign off and wash the dishes when I remembered to mention the movie we saw today, THE MATADOR.  I wasn’t sure the storyline would be to my taste and was pleasantly surprised, the more the movie evolved the more I liked it.  

‘night.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 29, 2006, 07:09:22 PM
Three favorite openings:

"The past is a foreign country: they do thigs differently there."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

That leads to tonight's BLEAK HOUSE: only an hour tonight.  Damn!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 29, 2006, 07:09:23 PM
Jane, the best experience was filming my Sherlock Holmes script for Hound of the Baskervilles in London.  A director who was a collaborator and fan, actors who came up to me and asked if they could change a line, a producer who insisted I be in dailies every day and in the editing room, taking notes and making suggestions (five of the six I made were taken).  Great experience in the greatest city in the world.  It's still the only one of my films I can watch and just enjoy without squirming and seeing all the things that went wrong.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:10:37 PM
Luckily, on his trip to Godiva to buy the sugarless chocolate, Skip had also bought one of those snack bars of raspberry-filled dark chocolate.  ONLY 210 calories per serving.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:14:27 PM
Hmmm.  I'm finding that the only way AOL will allow me to refresh the page is by posting something.  
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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 07:19:33 PM
Then post, man, post.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:20:48 PM
Well that was disappointing.  I posted in order to refresh and there was nothing new since  my last post.

Dear Friend Milla just called insisting that I remind her of Joaquin Phoenix.  Now I see why her parents named her "Dear Friend Milla."  This is so much better than when our friend B.J. told me that I look just like Deepak Chopra.  I shall now resume eating cookies while thinking about tonight's 60 MINUTES segment on Deborah Voigt's tomach stapling.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:25:06 PM
SIX-PACK CHOPRA - that's the title of my new self-help with beer diet.

That makes no sense, but I have to post or else I won;t be able to get up to date.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:28:39 PM
Oh, there's BK's post telling me to post.  So it does work.  With AOL, posting is refreshing.  At least on my MAC/Veriizon DSL system, anyway.
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:31:55 PM
I'm feeling like I'm in a Bizarro HHW world right now, and it's brought to me by AOL.




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Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 07:34:19 PM
Posting is very refreshing, which is more than I can say for these complete and utter twits outside my house - the city, in all their brilliance, has sent out workers who are sawing trees across the street.  On a Sunday NIGHT.  Wonder what those workers are making?  It's outrageous, and if it continues for more than fifteen minutes, I shall be going out there, getting the names of those involved and then filing a complaint with the city because guess what?  It is ILLEGAL TO DO THIS ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 07:35:27 PM
I enjoy a Starbucks coffee every now and then, but I always have to have it be half regular and half decaf...I think they must triple to caffeine in those things!

I really like SEATTLES BEST. I have not had Ventos. I love coffee but am not that particular, really....in fact I often drink instant coffee at work and at home, though I did recently dig out the old electric percolator and bought some real coffee to use in it...Rio Grande (which I have never heard of).
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Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 07:37:03 PM
No sawing of trees here in my neighborhood tonight...and yet there are many tree limbs on the ground due to the wild windstorms today! For awhile I thought the whole house was gonna get blown down.

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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 07:40:32 PM
Sawing trees - and I am currently listening The Best of "Savage Garden"(Truly Madly, Completely)
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:50:46 PM
I NEVER HAS SAWN TREES - that's the title of something, isn't it?
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:52:39 PM
PAGE SIX TREE DANCE...


Maybe something from THE APPLE TREE?  A TREE GROWS IN BROOKJLYN?  TREEMONISHA?  THE TREE MUSKETEERS?
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:57:28 PM
A monologue by BRANCH DUBOIS, perhaps?
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 07:58:54 PM
Something from TWO FOR THE BUZZSAW?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:03:17 PM
I'm feeling like I'm in a Bizarro HHW world right now, and it's brought to me by AOL.







Hmmm, did you have a visit of the Gremlins again????

Oddly, Prodigy has issues sometimes with the daily notes.... WEird!!

Must be the strange karma in the world today...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:04:42 PM
Posting is very refreshing, which is more than I can say for these complete and utter twits outside my house - the city, in all their brilliance, has sent out workers who are sawing trees across the street.  On a Sunday NIGHT.  Wonder what those workers are making?  It's outrageous, and if it continues for more than fifteen minutes, I shall be going out there, getting the names of those involved and then filing a complaint with the city because guess what?  It is ILLEGAL TO DO THIS ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.

I like to post but I also want to stay on topic here.....
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 08:05:55 PM
There's a topic?
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 08:07:05 PM
A monologue by BRANCH DUBOIS, perhaps?
My kind of humour! sorry I was so long in reading it.  Now I feel refreshed.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:14:20 PM
Sawing trees - and I am currently listening The Best of "Savage Garden"(Truly Madly, Completely)

That is a good album... too bad they are not recording anymore, I rather enjoyed them
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 08:21:22 PM
LOGGER RHYTHM - that's the title of my new TAP DOGS rip-off.  Sweaty people cut down trees to some of your favorite tunes.

The tagline will be You never SAW anything like it!
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 08:29:25 PM
Dakota - I'm getting used to using the internet through AOL since my Internet Explorer only works when it wants to.  But AOL makes the screen on HHW look and act weird.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 08:29:38 PM
Priscilla, yes you will get a CD when they are ready. I think we will be sending out many copies.


Yeah! Thanks Ben, I'll look forward to it. I'll send you my new address
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:38:20 PM
COLD CASE was delayed tonight; I guess CBS showed a basketball game or some other sports (golf?) that ran late. Anyway, since it was starting late, I went ahead and watched the SAG awards live.

First of all, WAY TO GO SAG Award producers for seeing to it that your show was telecast in high definition. Not even the Emmys or the Tonys have yet gone to high definition telecasts.

As expected with the SAGs, there were some pleasant surprises along with the expected wins in certain categories. I was most pleased with Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Ensemble of a Drama Series, and Leading Actor in a Film. But I couldn't say that any of the winners weren't deserving, at least based on the films and TV of 2005 that I had seen.

Oscar nominations are Tuesday, so they should be interesting as well.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 08:39:34 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say my favorite coffee is a Cafe au lait from Cafe Dumond in New Orleans. i can buy it at the local grocery store. It's chicory coffee and you have to add about half milk, but it's great.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:40:01 PM
CROSSING JORDAN had a very dramatic episode that I much enjoyed.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 08:40:37 PM
But what I drink more often is a mocha.  Gotta have chocolate
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:41:15 PM
For a Sunday that began slowly with posting, I think the forum has done a bang-up job today!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 08:41:23 PM
I watched THE WATER IS WIDE tonight. It was good in that Hallmark sort of way
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:42:00 PM
And now I see that I, too, have reached a milestone already reached by bk and DR JRand. Nice to be in such esteemed company.
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 08:43:39 PM
Congrats on 13000 posts Matt
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:43:54 PM
I watched THE WATER IS WIDE tonight. It was good in that Hallmark sort of way

I read some reviews that said it was inferior to the movie version CONRACK (with Jon Voigt). Did you ever see CONRACK, and if so, how would you compare the two?

I loved the book, BTW, and was able to tell Pat Conroy when he was a guest speaker in one of the classes I took working on my master's degree.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 08:44:30 PM
Congrats on 13000 posts Matt

Thanks, DR Cillaliz.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:51:36 PM
Dakota - I'm getting used to using the internet through AOL since my Internet Explorer only works when it wants to.  But AOL makes the screen on HHW look and act weird.

Have you ever tried using foxfire or opera?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:52:34 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say my favorite coffee is a Cafe au lait from Cafe Dumond in New Orleans. i can buy it at the local grocery store. It's chicory coffee and you have to add about half milk, but it's great.

sounds good...
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:57:43 PM
I have one concern with high definition, actually a few

1. Will one be able to still view older vhs and dvds?

2. Will it allow for close captioning and related technologies?  Will it be integrated with the HI-FI or will one have to have a separate reader?

3. Will have ot have new peripherals to view anything with it?

4. Since analog broadcasts are going to the wayside... 2008 (praying my telly lasts that long before I have to breakdown and buy a new one) The cable companies will now hold us hostage... GRRR!!  I refuse to pay 60 a month for basic, yes 60.... and that does nto include HBO or any premium channels....
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 08:58:24 PM
Congrats MattH on 13,000 posts... I hope to eventually reach 500...
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:05:28 PM
Congratulations, DR MATTH on your 13,000th post!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:07:33 PM
DRJANE - I am so glad you enjoyed the CD - and I hope some songs were surprises and others were like meeting an old friend!

I put "Strummin' Song" last so that as the CD ends, we hear lovely Miss Annette laughing and being her natural self.......

I Like Asparagus....how about you?

I think that should be a song.

Me, too, DR DAKOTA CELT - I am more a fan of the GWTW movie than the book, although the book certainly has a LOT more story!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:08:06 PM
I read some reviews that said it was inferior to the movie version CONRACK (with Jon Voigt). Did you ever see CONRACK, and if so, how would you compare the two?

I loved the book, BTW, and was able to tell Pat Conroy when he was a guest speaker in one of the classes I took working on my master's degree.

No, I didn't see CONRACK, but I did enjoy the movie.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:08:22 PM
DR MBARNUM I just bought a DVD of SCANDAL with Mr Mifune for only $11 including shpg.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:08:26 PM
THE WATER IS WIDE, that is
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Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 09:08:57 PM
Saw THE LAST VACATION today at the theater...cute movie...Queen Latifa always makes me smile.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:09:01 PM
Mr Pat Conroy wrote a couple of other novels that I like very much as well.

DR ELMORE - some great opening lines there!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:09:34 PM
I heard LAST VACATION was a fun movie I may have to catch it
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:10:49 PM
DR MBarnum, sorry to have left you on pins and needles for what is most likely a month or more.  I found the box with your surprise in it tonight. Guess I haven't sent it yet.....I'll send it at the end of the week when I'm off work and can get to the post office with ease
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Post by: FJL on January 29, 2006, 09:11:53 PM
Has anyone here seen the musical that was made of CONRACK?  
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:12:16 PM
There should be MORE movies like MAMBO GIRL!  Yes, ALL movies should be like MAMBO GIRL.

I want to direct a movie that opens with the heroine wearing harlequin print capri pants and dancing the cha cha on a checked linoleum floor.  I want to direct a movie where a girl discovers she is an orphan and that her mother is an attendant in the ladies room of a strip club - a club that has as its star attraction Margo Z Bomb!  Margo's undulations, writhings, and rolling on the floor while kicking - and fringed bikini would make even Miss Ann-Margret in THE SWINGER blush and turn away.  And then the MAMBO GIRL makes up with her adoptive parents....and sings another song and dances some more....cha cha cha!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:12:41 PM
Well, I'm going to take a hot shower to sooth the back that isn't killing me but is beginning to give me mean and nasty looks. Then off to bed.  Amazing how one good hard day of work can turn a mood around!  Night all
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 09:13:22 PM
DR MBARNUM I just bought a DVD of SCANDAL with Mr Mifune for only $11 including shpg.

Very good! You will love the movie! Just beware as there is one region 0 version out there that has sound that is totally out of sync with the picture.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:13:30 PM
Nytol can be habit forming.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:14:16 PM
Very good! You will love the movie! Just beware as there is one region 0 version out there that has sound that is totally out of sync with the picture.

Uh-oh!  Well that may be that...as they say.  Time will tell.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 09:14:44 PM
LOL JRand55! MAMBO GIRL rules!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:14:49 PM
I think Kenny Miller is....well....I don't think he is interested in girls, so to speak.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:15:21 PM
LOL JRand55! MAMBO GIRL rules!

Cha cha cha......cha!  (As Marguerite Sierra would say!)  ;D
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 09:15:35 PM


I Like Asparagus....how about you?



Me, too, DR DAKOTA CELT - I am more a fan of the GWTW movie than the book, although the book certainly has a LOT more story!

I like asparagus

Heck, MM's description of Rhett was not that great but Clark Gable was YUMMY!!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:16:03 PM
DR CILLA LIZ why are you going to the post office with ease?  Don't you want to go by yourself?
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:17:37 PM
That is something you will never hear from me, Cap'n Butler, as long as you live!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: MBarnum on January 29, 2006, 09:18:12 PM
Page 7 MAMBO GIRL dance, cha, cha, cha.

(http://www.jadeleung.com/images/art/pandvd301055.jpg)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:18:25 PM
DR CP - I really enjoy your HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES...and especially like Mr Nicholas Clay in his two roles.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 09:19:40 PM
But what I drink more often is a mocha.  Gotta have chocolate

I love mocha also.. Chocolate is a food group!!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:19:40 PM
I have one concern with high definition, actually a few

1. Will one be able to still view older vhs and dvds?

2. Will it allow for close captioning and related technologies?  Will it be integrated with the HI-FI or will one have to have a separate reader?

3. Will have ot have new peripherals to view anything with it?

4. Since analog broadcasts are going to the wayside... 2008 (praying my telly lasts that long before I have to breakdown and buy a new one) The cable companies will now hold us hostage... GRRR!!  I refuse to pay 60 a month for basic, yes 60.... and that does nto include HBO or any premium channels....

To answer your questions:

1. No problem there, and DVD will look the best it can look on a digital television. VHS can naturally be watched on an HDTV, but it is the lowest resolution commercial media, so they're going to look rather bland on a digital set. You've got the potential for 1080 scan lines of information on an HDTV, and a VHS tape has about 230 lines of information, so you can see it's not going to look terrifically sharp or rich in color.

2. HDTVs have integrated speakers just as current sets have. They don't produce the richest sound experience imaginable, but closed captioning, second audio channels, etc. are just as possible with HDTVs as with standard TVs. You do not need an audio receiver to receive sound.

3. Depends on how you receive your TV signal. If you get TV now over the air with an antenna, an HDTV will either have a built in digital receiver or you will be able to buy a digital receiver to go with the TV so you can continue to pick up over the air broadcasts just as with analog TV. It's just that the analog signals will be gone with only digital signals remaining, and an ordinary TV can't receive those signals either without a digital box. Even those who don't buy a digital set will have to buy a digital receiver for their old TVs by 2009 if they want to get local broadcasting.

4. See response 3. There will still be free over the air digital broadcasts of high definition information. They're available now. You just need a digital receiver to receive the signals if your set doesn't have a built-in digital receiver. Most new sets being built now are having this feature built in. So, no, you won't have to automatically subscribe to cable just to have TV.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:21:02 PM
DR CILLA LIZ why are you going to the post office with ease?  Don't you want to go by yourself?

I could go by myself, but ease always makes it more fun
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:21:13 PM
Mr Pat Conroy wrote a couple of other novels that I like very much as well.



I agree with you.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 09:21:58 PM
Thanks for the info MattH
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:22:27 PM
I am not sure if this was sabotage by the art director OR the costume designer - OR if it was just a happy accident!

But it is seared in my memory!  :o
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:24:16 PM
I could go by myself, but ease always makes it more fun

I can't argue with the logic.  8)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:24:30 PM
Matt, thanks for the info, I'm going to have to get a new TV and I don't want to spend a bagillion dollars on one, the info is helpful, still not sure what to do
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 09:24:33 PM
OUCH!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:24:55 PM
Thank you, DRs DakotaCelt and JRand, for your congratulations.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on January 29, 2006, 09:25:19 PM
Matt, thanks for the info, I'm going to have to get a new TV and I don't want to spend a bagillion dollars on one, the info is helpful, still not sure what to do

I am hoping my one can hold out for another year or so. I originally bought it in 1989
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 29, 2006, 09:25:41 PM
What to do....duh, I was going to take a hot shower and go to sleep....better go
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:25:55 PM
Yea, a new television is in my future as well....but hoping this one lasts a bit longer!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:27:21 PM
Matt, thanks for the info, I'm going to have to get a new TV and I don't want to spend a bagillion dollars on one, the info is helpful, still not sure what to do

When the time comes to get it, I'll be glad to offer suggestions.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 09:28:33 PM
That is a good album... too bad they are not recording anymore, I rather enjoyed them
There are two Darren Hayes Cds available. Still the same basic sound!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:29:03 PM
HDTV PAGE EIGHT DANCE!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.gizmodo.com/images/102incher.jpg)[/move]
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:30:45 PM
Matt, thanks for the info, I'm going to have to get a new TV and I don't want to spend a bagillion dollars on one, the info is helpful, still not sure what to do

For example, I saw just today in the Target sale ad, a Philips HDTV widescreen 30" set with a built-in HDTV tuner for (I think) $588. This is a stupendous deal for an HDTV with a built-in tuner. Of course, prices are coming down for the smaller screen sizes all the time, but it just goes to show what it out there now.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:32:32 PM
HDTV PAGE EIGHT DANCE!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.gizmodo.com/images/102incher.jpg)[/move]

Talk about a BIG SCREEN TV!!!!   ;D
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Matt H. on January 29, 2006, 09:33:17 PM
My bedtime has arrived.

Good night, everyone!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 09:33:36 PM
I like all of Mr Conroy's "novels".  Worst movie  was "Prince Of Tides" which IMHO missed the boat as well as the tide.
"My Losing Season" By Mr Conroy was however one of the most boring books ever!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:36:33 PM
DR TOMovOZ - agree with you on the POT movie....and I wanted it to be good!!!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 09:36:42 PM
I have one concern with high definition, actually a few

1. Will one be able to still view older vhs and dvds?

2. Will it allow for close captioning and related technologies?  Will it be integrated with the HI-FI or will one have to have a separate reader?

3. Will have ot have new peripherals to view anything with it?

4. Since analog broadcasts are going to the wayside... 2008 (praying my telly lasts that long before I have to breakdown and buy a new one) The cable companies will now hold us hostage... GRRR!!  I refuse to pay 60 a month for basic, yes 60.... and that does nto include HBO or any premium channels....

While we wait for Matt to compose a very professional, thoughtful, multipage response, let me throw in my novice opinion.

For background, I recently purchased a 52" HDTV set and brought it home expecting to suffer through weeks of frustration getting the bugger to work properly. Since we live in the woods, both satellite and on-air reception are impossible, so cable it must be. I dropped in to the local cable office and they signed me up for HDTV for $10/month xtra and handed me a new converter box that included a Digital Video Recorder (which lets me record the channel I am watching plus one additonal channel simulatneously) - it holds 60 hours of stuff. I brought the box home, plugged it in, called the cable company to turn it on, and I was up and running within 15 minutes. I also hooked up my existing DVD player and a VHS tape deck to the TV . (The cable company even provided addtrional cables to hook up the set to a Home Theatre System.)

The on-air network HDTV shows were a whole new experience - the opening shots for shows like Law and Order and CSI are gorgeous mosaics of sparkling lights! All the usual closed captioning features are still available. All my exitisting DVDs look better, and the recent ones purchased as "enhanced for widescreen TV" are dramatically better viewed on the HDTV than they were on the old analog set. The Digital Video Recorder is a godsend - on screen listing of show names and recording date/time and very convenient fast forward and rewind features (skipping commercials is a snap) - and, all my TV selection and DVR manipulation is from one simple remote!

I have all the cable goodies including SHO and HBO and pay less than $100/month for the HDTV and two other regular TVs. Honestly, that $100 buys me more pleasure per month than anything else I could think of. Presently we get CBS, NBC, FOX, TNT, HBO, SHO and PBS in HDTV.

Hope that helps.

der Brucer

ADDED NOTE:

Obviously Matt types faster than I do



Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:36:55 PM
Time for to go to bed....
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Jrand73 on January 29, 2006, 09:38:50 PM
Well derBRUCER, I am slowly edging my way into the 21st Century....and HHW mavens like yourself and DR MATTH certainly make it a BIT less intimidating!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: Tomovoz on January 29, 2006, 09:40:08 PM
Agree DR JRand - I so wanted it to be good as I had loved the book.

I liked the movie of "Lords Of Discipline" a lot too.
Hiis "Losing Season" took all the boring "out-takes"  from the book!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 09:42:08 PM
I am not sure if this was sabotage by the art director OR the costume designer - OR if it was just a happy accident!

But it is seared in my memory!  :o

Was Escher the production designer?

der Brucer
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 09:45:51 PM

I liked the movie of "Lords Of Discipline" a lot too.

I suspect JRand has an X-Rated version of that baby!
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Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 09:51:13 PM
My older TV is a hand-me-down from my sister, that she got from her ex-sister-in-law.  It's a JCPenny 1983 model and only goes up to channel 46!  I have to watch TV through the VCR.  My newer TV is only three or four years old.  It's a regular analog TV but it's 27 inches and still in perfect condition.  I don't plan on getting a whole new TV for quite a while...unless I win the lottery. ;)
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Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 09:53:38 PM
I thought DakotaCelt's Page 5 dragon was pretty cool, but it needs to actually fly across the sky!


[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.ambersdragonlair.com/animations/icons/ianim8.gif)[/move]



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Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 09:54:34 PM
And now I see that I, too, have reached a milestone already reached by bk and DR JRand. Nice to be in such esteemed company.

Wow!  13,000+ Posts!  Congrats...man, you talk a lot. ;)


;D
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 10:00:31 PM
I thought DakotaCelt's Page 5 dragon was pretty cool, but it needs to actually fly across the sky!


[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.ambersdragonlair.com/animations/icons/ianim8.gif)[/move]



YIKES - a Goa'uld symbiant aiming for George's head!
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 10:06:31 PM
YIKES - a Goa'uld symbiant aiming for George's head!

Umm...I have no idea what that means. :-\
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 10:14:02 PM
Umm...I have no idea what that means. :-\

If you are not familiar with Stargate SG-1 you are forgiven.

(The symbiants are lizzard like alien critters that live inside host bodies and control their thoughts and actions.)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 10:16:31 PM
If you are not familiar with Stargate SG-1 you are forgiven.

(The symbiants are lizzard like alien critters that live inside host bodies and control their thoughts and actions.)

I've never watched it.  But it sounds like the Trill from the Star Trek world.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 29, 2006, 10:20:35 PM
I've never watched it.  But it sounds like the Trill from the Star Trek world.

Yup, an unabashed rip-off.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 29, 2006, 10:35:08 PM
NOT QUITE A SPOILER:



I'm watching "Grey's Anatomy" and Izzy has...NEWS!! :o Who knew??
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 10:50:30 PM
I'll be hornswoggled if we haven't had us a frenzy whilst I was watching A Slightly Pregnant Man.  

The tree sawers must have divined that I was ready to come out there to take names, because they were out of here in ten minutes.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: bk on January 29, 2006, 10:51:04 PM
Funny, my next novel is entitled The Waiter Is Wide.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 29, 2006, 11:51:00 PM
Good Morning!

Greetings from... umm... hmm... where am I right now... hmm.... Oh!  That's right!!...

New York City!

It was a very full weekend.  Shows yesterday and today.  And this morning my family gathered for an early Birthday Breakfast for my father at Bob Evans.  -His birthday is tomorrow/today/the 30th.  And, of course, the arrival and consequent visit of DR Jason.

*I dropped Jason off at the subway on 57th, and I'm hoping to hear from him soon to know that he made it back to his apartment safe and sound.  As for myself, as I was pulling up to my apartment, a car across the street happened to be pulling out of it's space...  :)  Alas, due to the alternate side of the street street cleaning, I shall have to awaken by 9:00 to move the car... Ah, well... But at least it made it easier to unload the stuff I brought back up with me.

-And the drive back up from DC was traffic-free and easy.

And now, I must get some sleep.  I shall catch up on Notes and Posts tomorrow.

But...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 29, 2006, 11:52:13 PM
As a teaser of sorts...

DR Jason's apartment will soon be smelling like Froot Loops.

;)
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 29, 2006, 11:52:26 PM
And now...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 30, 2006, 12:02:22 AM
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%][shadow=red,up]PAGE NINE DANCE!![/shadow][/move]
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 30, 2006, 12:08:03 AM
I thought DakotaCelt's Page 5 dragon was pretty cool, but it needs to actually fly across the sky!


[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.ambersdragonlair.com/animations/icons/ianim8.gif)[/move]

Cool!! I did not know you could make it go across....

I am also a big fan of Anne McCaffrey!!



Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: DakotaCelt on January 30, 2006, 12:10:25 AM
As a teaser of sorts...

DR Jason's apartment will soon be smelling like Froot Loops.

;)

I prefer cheerios
Title: Re:BRAIN SLUDGE
Post by: George on January 30, 2006, 12:14:38 AM
I like Honey-Nut Cheerios. :) But the smell of Froot Loops brings back memories of when I was younger. :D