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Well, you've read the notes, you've digested the notes, you thought the notes were sweet and sour and filled with wontons, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently on a slow boat to China.
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And the word of the day is: MARMALADE!
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Hey, first post??
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Cool...go me
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Happy birthday DR Iris
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Ann has apparently caught up. But has up caught Ann?
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MARMALADE, baby, MARMALADE!
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Marmalade, Molasses, and Honey. Name that tune, name the film, name the composer.
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Oscar nominated song from "The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean" - Jarre/Bergman and Bergman 1972
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Andy Williams
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Good morning, all! The weird dreams continue: last night involved a meeting of CANDIDE fans in what appeared to be a cross between an HHW assemblage, the NYPL, and my grandmother's house in Ashland, KY. I did have a lovely discussion with Leonard Bernstein about Victor Herbert during the course of it. Barbara Cook was there, in an 18th-Century gown, looking about 25 and weighing around 110 lbs. We are approaching March, which will be the 50th anniversary of the show's closing, but I don't know what's going on in my mind!
DR Dan, I too love BLEAK HOUSE. There are rougher times appproaching. This is not one of Dickens' sunnier books.
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TOD: still thinking
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I had no marmalade this morning. I did have oatmeal, raisins and a banana and a cup of coffee with which to begin my birthday.
Also on this date (February 2nd) in:
1653 New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated
I knew there was a reason I moved here. Only 300 years before I was born New Amsterdam rose up and began preparations to welcome me.
Slow Boat to China, that's one of my favorite songs!
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I don't know who I would cast in the film but I would like to see The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay made into a movie.
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Good Morning Larry. Thanks for the birthday wishes.
Miss Barbara Cook in a dream looking like her 1950s self. Hmm, I don't know what's going on there. Maybe you want to look like your 1950s self.
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Well, it is 8:01am and even though it's my birthday, I must buckle down (Winsocki). But I'll be back.
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Haapy Birthday, dera, dear Ben!! If I could send you and Ant to to the Carlyle to help Elaine Stritch celebrate her birthday with you, you know i would.
Happy Birthday to Irsis-- you are in wonderful company!
Well I made it through yesterday nicely. Mostly quietly, but there was a nice surprise in the evening. As much as I was dreading the particular day, It turned out to be very special. The support of my Hianes friends made it even more so.
Hugs to you all.
Beso! :-*
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Happy Happy (that's two happies) Birthday to Ben and Iris
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TOD:
A book I always wanted to see on film is Mark Helprin's WINTER'S TALE. Because of its spans of time and location, I've believed that the only way it could be properly handled was as a miniseries for TV. But having seen how such novels as LORD OF THE RINGS have been handled with aplomb, I can see it being done as a two hour plus motion picture. As far as casting, the only thing that comes to mind right now would be signing up Johnny Depp as lead character Peter Lake.
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And I'm very surprised that Caleb Carr's THE ALIENIST has never been filmed. One would think that this would be a filmmaker's dream, with its turn of the century atmospheric setting and its mystery/thriller plot. At the time I first read it, I pictured Judd Hirsch as the psycholigist/detective. I'm not immediately sure who I would cast today. Dare I say Mandy Patinkin?
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Happy Birthday to DR Iris!
And a very special Cooperating Collection Happy Birthday to DR Ben!
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Hey, sister!
Go, sister!
Soul sister!
Flow, sister!
Hey, sister!
Go, sister!
Soul sister!
Flow, sister!
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Thursday greetings!
TOD - Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Mary (an Ohio author) has the following on her website:
users.adelphia.net/~druss44121/movienews.htm (http://users.adelphia.net/~druss44121/movienews.htm)
When I read the book, I pictured Antonio Banderas as Emilio, but apparently Brad Pitt won out.
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Happy birthday, DR Ben!
And happy birthday to DR Iris!
I wasn't able to post yesterday, so belated happy brithday to Donald. Hope it was a good one.
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Thank you to the birthday greeters. I'm surrounded by friends from coast to coast and Europe too! I had a phone call this morning from our dear friends in Nottingham and it wonderful to speak to Cath.
This Grants Indexing Specialist which helps provide information to our Cooperating Collections, thanks Ginny Palmer most sincerely.
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A book that I think would make a fine independent film (indepenednet film only becuase of limited audience) would be the Foster Hirsch bio of Harold Prince called HAROLD PRINCE AND THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE. The new edition, which includes Bounce and other more recent projects, has an unexpectedly beautiful arc in the return to working with Sondheim that I think could be meaningful to indie film audiences even beyond the theater nuts. Whether it would work comemercially is another story, but I'd love to see this book filmed, possibly with Ed Harris starring as Prince, not sure who as Sondheim. Sam Mendes would, I think, be the director of choice.
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Happy, happy B'day Ben!!!
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And a Big Happy Birthday to you too DR Iris!
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Mike Barnum... I hope that the new gas boiler you are getting is NOT a SLANT-FIN brand boiler. if it is, reconsider!! Ours just broke down again last night, I am sitting here missing work waiting for the plumber to come.
We had this put in new 6 years ago to replace the boiler that we had from 1955. the 1955 bolier had never broken down but we feared it might and decided to invest $3800 in a brand new one to be on the safe side. Well this is the 6th winter in 6 years that it has broken down. The first time was the day after it was installed.
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Great card Michael! Thanks
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Good morning!
Partly cloudy here today, and it's warming up today and tomorrow before getting back to winter by Sunday. Today should be nice and appropriate for a walk.
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Happy Birthday to our HHW world traveler, DR Ben!!
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Well, audiences on this side of the continent certainly enjoyed THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER. I can vividly remember the theater where I saw it jammed with people laughing hysterically throughout the film. I was one of them.
Different strokes, I guess.
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Happy Birthday to DR Iris!!!
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I have got so many shows on the DVR that I think it will take most of the day to watch them, to get ready for another barrage of them to go onto the DVR tonight!
And I read that the WB is moving SUPERNATURAL from Tuesdays to Thursdays at 9 after SMALLVILLE starting in (I think) mid-March which will be yet another show to be either watched or recorded.
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And I guess those of you who are fans of COMMANDER IN CHIEF saw that ABC is putting the show on hold to debut a new comedy series (SONS and DAUGHTERS) in the slot. COMMANDER will return in mid-April to play its four remaining shows. Whether it's renewed for next season is up in the air right now. The network has not been happy with the steady ratings erosion that the show has experienced during the season.
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Thanks, Matt. I would love to be traveling today in France and Italy but that will have to wait.
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Happy B'Day to Iris!
Being in the film business, I'm not in the habit of giving away potentially good ideas. So I won't say which books I think should be filmed. You never know...I may get around to adapting them some day.
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Good Morning!
Ah, sleep. :) I believe last night was my first full eight hours of sleep since sometime last week. And I believe I shall spend most of today puttering around the house taking care of various things that need to be taken care of - including the "Big Sort" of the stuff I want to bring back to NYC.
Sounds fun, eh?
;)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR IRIS!
*On which coast will you be celebrating today? Or will you be having a bi-coastal birthday?
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Sounds fun, eh?
;)
Well, since you ask, it sounds Canadian to me ;)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR BEN!
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Well, since you ask, it sounds Canadian to me ;)
;)
Good Morning, Ben.
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Mystery author Sue Grafton has said she will never allow her Kinsey Milhone series of alphabet mysteries to be filmed either for the movies or television.
But if she did, I'd love to see M IS FOR MALICE filmed. It's got a nice crime drama plot and a poignant conclusion that brings the story full circle.
When I first started reading the books, I thought Jamie Lee Curtis would make a fine Kinsey. Now, perhaps Sandra Bullock or even Cameron Diaz.
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From last night's late night posts...
DR DakotaCelt - Most of the Broadway houses have Assisted Listening Systems/Devices available for their patrons. Heck, I even know some people who are not HOH who get the headsets in order to hear the show better.
A couple of years back, there was an initiative to have more signed performances, but I haven't heard much about it lately (pardon the bad pun). However, I believe some of the smaller theatres that have subscription series do designate a performance or two throughout the run for Hearing Impaired (captioning) and/or Visually Impaired (audio description) audience members. You would probably need to contact the box office for each theatre for that info rather than Telecharge, TicketMaster, etc.
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I'm sitting here patiently waiting for the UPS truck to arrive. An Ebay item I won is scheduled to be delivered today, but one never knows when the truck will appear.
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Well, I guess it's time to start thinking about what I'm having for lunch.
WBBL.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
As of this point, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" is still in pre-production. Stephen Daldry is slated to direct.
*And as soon as I finished reading the book - well, even as I was reading it - I thought it would make a wonderful movie.
I've always wanted to see "Catcher In the Rye" on the big screen too. -Although, I think there was a feeble attempt at it a few years ago with something called, "Chasing Holden".
And I would love to see the three novels by Jack Finney that appear in the collection "Three By Finney" made into movies:
"The Woodrow Wilson Dime" - A great time-travelling tale.
"Marion's Wall" - This was the basis for the movie "Maxie", and, alas, the movie bears only a slight resemblance to the source material.
"The Night People" - It would provide a wonderful opportunity to showcase the city of San Francisco.
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Happy Happy Birthday, Ben!!!
Happy Happy Birthday, Iris!!!
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. I'm not quite sure what I'll do today. Perhaps I'll plant some catnip in the herb garden. That should be fun. Maybe not.
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How 'do, all?
I agree that "Kavalier and Clay" will make a great film. I'm looking forward to it when it finally happens.
I would have said "A Million Little Pieces" would have been a good choice, but considering the discomfort I had just READING some of the chapters, I can't imagine seeing it. Not to mention the recent scandal surrounding the book - I doubt that any studio would touch it as a potential property now.
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My gosh, I kept telling myself, "Don't forget!" and I went off and forgot...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRs BEN and IRIS!!!!
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Last night's re-run of "Lost":
SPOILER
SPOILER
(And yes, for anyone who never saw the episode, and recorded it to watch later, this would be a spoiler, of sorts).
As disappointed as I was that they repeated an episode, I was totally delighted to see this one again. Hurley's backstory is wonderful...and Hurley, himself, is an intriguing character not lately given much to do. I loved that last scene when Hurley revealed his secret to Charley, who then refused to take him seriously.
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Well the furnace man is here
He just said "Yeah, these Slant Fins are nothing but trouble"
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And now for something entirely different....
Does anyone here know anything about how to import a MIDI file into a powerpoint presentation?
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And now for something entirely different....
Does anyone here know anything about how to import a MIDI file into a powerpoint presentation?
When did you start speaking in tongues???????
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When did you start speaking in tongues???????
;D
I am pretty proud of myself that I can actually ask that question and know what it means! ;)
I can not actually prepare a powerpoint presentatin, that is something my 12 year old daughter is doing for a school project.
She is doing a project entitled "Music of the American Revolution" and is showing how the lyrics were used as propaganda by the different sides, using the same tunes and rewriting the lyrics.
She has found some "ree and legally downloadable MIDI files"on line for "Yankee Doodle", "Heart of Oak" and "Nancy Dawson" and wants to import them into the slides where the lyrics for each song will be shown.
Last night she how to do it and I just looked at her blankly.
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I can also tell you that the problem with the Slat-fin furnace is that the thermocoupler needed replacing, after having only been replaced two years ago.
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Fortunately "Al the Plumber" a fat little old Italian man came and after laboring slowly down the stairs and sitting on his upturnd bucket said' "Oh yeah, its the thermo-coupler, I though it would be, I brought one with me" and installed it one, two, three.
It cost $130, which I hadn't budgeted for, but hey I guess it could have been worse!
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I can also tell you that the problem with the Slat-fin furnace is that the thermocoupler needed replacing, after having only been replaced two years ago.
At last...the answer to the meaning of life. I can now move on....
:D
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Fortunately "Al the Plumber" a fat little old Italian man came and after laboring slowly down the stairs and sittingon his upturend bucket said' "Oh yeah, its the thrermocoupler, I though it owuld be, I brought one with me" and installed it one, two, three.
It cost $130, which I hadn't budgeted for, but hey I guess it could have been worse!
Did you get the "buttcrack flash"?
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The home interior temperature has just reached a toasty 59 degrees F as per the thermostat in the hall. It was below 50 before, the lowest the thermostat shows is 50 and then needle fell just below it so I don't know how cold it actually was!
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Good FIXED furnace vibes to DR VIXMOM!
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Happy Birthday to DR BEN - friend of Oscar Wilde and radio bon vivant!
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Happy Birthday to DR IRIS!!
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Today was TAX day for me. Yes, finally my taxes are filed & paid. The Federal Government can send me a total of $311 and the State of Indiana can send me $1 - NOW!!
8)
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Oh, good! JRand55 has now caught up!
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At last...the answer to the meaning of life. I can now move on....
:D
I am just showing off my extensive knowledge,Mr. Snarky. Not only am I able to ask computer questions, but I can also spout furnace jargon with a knowing look. So there! ;D
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Oh, good! JRand55 has now caught up!
:D
It always takes me awhile! ;D
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Did you get the "buttcrack flash"?
No, Al adheres to the "Waistband Of The Pants Reach To The Armpits" school of fashion.
A fine thing in a plumber, I believe.
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I am just showing off my extensive knowledge,Mr. Snarky. Not only am I able to ask computer questions, but I can also spout furnace jargon with a knowing look. So there! ;D
Snark-snark!
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Good FIXED furnace vibes to DR VIXMOM!
Thank you . I feel for poor MBarnum... he has been without his heat for several weeks now!
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DRMATTH - Yes, DRMBARNUM has already answered the question posed by your Valentine....it was indeed Miss Coleen Gray who played THE LEECH WOMAN, I think MBARNUM just interviewed her!
However, in addition to Miss Gray - the film featured Grant Williams aka The Incredible Shrinking Man, Gloria Talbott (the Girl Who Bought Superman & Daughter of Dr Jekyll), and Phillip Terry (ex Mr Joan Crawford).
He mentioned Yvette in connection with Allison, because Yvette played the second femme role in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN....most mainstream film watchers would probably know her best as the laughing girl on the telephone in New Year's Eve party sequence of SUNSET BOULEVARD.
Hayes and Vickers shared an agent - professionally. Hopefully he has read my internet biography of Allison (now I am beginning to sound like DRJMK!).
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Snark-snark!
Don't make me come out there!!
:-*
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And now for something entirely different....
Does anyone here know anything about how to import a MIDI file into a powerpoint presentation?
DR Vixmom - Looking at the PowerPoints I have on my computer here at work that I've downloaded and modified, it looks like The Vixter should first save her clips to a file on her computer. Then, when she's on the slide to which she wants to attach a clip, go to the INSERT menu at the top of the screen and from the drop-down menu select Movies and Sounds. From there I don't know exactly what will happen, but this might be a start.
Her project sounds very cool and I hope she gets an A+!
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DR VIXMOM - check out this Microsoft Office help page.
Scroll down and it gives instructions about adding a midi to your Power Point Presentation. 8)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011593121033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011593121033.aspx)
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DR GINNY!! Yup - that's how you start....the help page gives the rest of the story!
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Fortunately "Al the Plumber" a fat little old Italian man came and after laboring slowly down the stairs and sittingon his upturend bucket said' "Oh yeah, its the thrermocoupler, I though it owuld be, I brought one with me" and installed it one, two, three.
It cost $130, which I hadn't budgeted for, but hey I guess it could have been worse!
Good thing your fringamanter didn't also go.
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Hopefully one of the shipped packages is coming to Indiana!
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DR GINNY!! Yup - that's how you start....the help page gives the rest of the story!
DR JRand - LOL - When all else fails, read the directions! A trait I inherited from my mother is to plow ahead and try to figure something out before doing that.
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Good thing your fringamanter didn't also go.
Yea - that sucker ALWAYS has to be special ordered! ;D
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Yea - that sucker ALWAYS has to be special ordered! ;D
Had to send all the way to Mt. Pilot the last time it went.
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Off to do the last Mockingbird discussion leader training session, after I sit through a meeting of the steering committee for the whole community reading project.
Bye for now.
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I'm up, I'm up. Doing a little this'a and a little that'a with an emphasis on the latter
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DR VIXMOM - check out this Microsoft Office help page.
Scroll down and it gives instructions about adding a midi to your Power Point Presentation. 8)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011593121033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011593121033.aspx)
Thank you Ginny & Dan. This looks very helpful!!
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Today was TAX day for me. Yes, finally my taxes are filed & paid. The Federal Government can send me a total of $311 and the State of Indiana can send me $1 - NOW!!
8)
Congrats on the refunds!
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Good thing your fringamanter didn't also go.
I didn't know YOU were a furnace expert too!! A man of many talents!!! ;D
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TOD:
Spring Moon, although I have no idea who I would want for the parts
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i haven't interviewed Ms. Coleen Gray, but someone else has and that interview is in this months CLASSIC IMAGES.
I think BK might have seen Coleen at the Courts show last weekend?
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Golly, there are so many movies at the theater that I am wanting to see....that doesn't happen very often, let me tell you!
SOMETHING NEW (which opens tomorrow)
KING KONG
CAPOTE
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
WALK THE LINE....
It is nice that there are some movies up for Academy Awards this time that actually sound interesting to me.
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Happy Birthday, Groundhogs Ben and iris!!!
Also natal day of my dear Ex, The Chuckster! I will take him out to lunch at Todai today - one of his favorite jernts...
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I have always thought that the CAT WHO....books by Lilian Jackson Braun would make a nifty TV series, sort of along the lines of MURDER SHE WROTE.
I would cast Tom Sellek in the lead role as Jim Qwillerman. He has the right personality, I think, and he is at about the right age now.
Freddy might do a nice job as Koko...even though he isn't pure Siamese. :D
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Anyone know of a Todai in W. LA??? I only know where the one in NoHo is...
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Oh - I'm online... one can look up many things online...
(Me, a Luddite?)
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I went home for lunch to find a most wonderful birthday gift, the Bell Telephone Hour DVD featuring none other than one of my most favorite performers in all of performing!
Miss Barbara Cook (http://www.vaimusic.com/VIDEO/DVD_4347_BarbaraCook.shtml)
I am a very happy Groundhog!
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Ohmigod! Yesterday was Victor Herbert's 147th birthday! I totally forgot, or I would have asked you all to listen to some of his music. I listen to every note written for BABES IN TOYLAND about twice a week, and I still haven't decided if the most beautiful song written for it is "Barney O'Flynn" or "Mignonette," but it's a score full of beauty, charm and wit. I think he's a greatly under-appreciated composer awaiting re-evaluation and I apologize to all of you, and to Victor, for forgetting him yesterday. I blame it on the colonoscopy appointment. and Jose.
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Had to send all the way to Mt. Pilot the last time it went.
Didn't they have one at Mt. Pilate? 8)
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Happy Day Late Birthday to Mr. Victor Herbert.
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In honor of Mr. Herbert here is a portion of a song for those of us who feel Math Challenged. It's a little number he called I Can't Do The Sum. There are many more verses, as Mr. Moore can confirm.
Verse 1
If a steamship weighed ten thousand tons
And sailed five thousand miles
With a cargo large of overshoes
And carving knives and files,
If the mates were almost six feet high
And the bos'n near the same,
Would you subtract or multiply
To find the captain's name?
Refrain
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum
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Didn't know they had a Todai in WLA. I must go to the one near me - haven't been there in ages.
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Happy B'day to BBCer Ben!
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And here's a verse, unpublished in the sheet music but published in the WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION, Feb. 1904:
If Laura's mother's hair is gold
When once that hair was black
If Katie's little brother knows
Just why the cat came back
If canned tomatoes have gone up
To forty cents a can,
And Mary's age is twenty-four
Why, then, how old is Ann?
Refrain
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum
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Good Afternoon!
...And there's a Todai in nearby Fair Oaks Mall... Hmm...
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And thanks to the wonders of the internet, I have updated my address with those businesses that need to be kept abreast of such information.
...And now if I can just get my butt-cheeks in gear and start going through everything down here that needs to be sorted, filed and/or purged...
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*However, I've already decided/realized that I probably won't head back up to NYC until next Wednesday or Thursday. This was I'll have at least three "show free" days to get stuff done.
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Well... That's the plan for now...
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And I always liked the cruelty of this verse:
If Clarence took fair Gwendolin
Out for an auto ride,
And if at sixty miles an hour
One kiss to capture tried,
And quite forgot the steering gear
On her honeyed lips to sup,
How soon could twenty men with brooms
Sweep Clare and Gwennie up?
Refrain
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum
In this age of Lemony Snicket, I think we're ready for a BABES IN TOYLAND that deals with child abuse, murder and demonic possession once again, everything NBC, Shirley Temple and Disney omitted.
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I almost went to the Todai in Studio City...but it was rather spendy...and there is one in Portland...but so far I have never been to Today....I have also never been to me.
What?
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I went home for lunch to find a most wonderful birthday gift, the Bell Telephone Hour DVD featuring none other than one of my most favorite performers in all of performing!
Miss Barbara Cook (http://www.vaimusic.com/VIDEO/DVD_4347_BarbaraCook.shtml)
I am a very happy Groundhog!
Thanks for sharing that link. I was unaware of this DVD release.
I'm a bit perplexed why there are no songs from "She Loves Me" on it, though. One would think, given that she starred in it, that a number or two would be included....
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DR Elmoore33, I watched the Charlotte Henry/Felix Knight BABES IN TOYLAND the other week...that was my V. H. celebration in his honor.
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I almost went to the Todai in Studio City...but it was rather spendy...and there is one in Portland...but so far I have never been to Today....I have also never been to me.
What?
Yes, Todai,
All your entrees truly make me sigh
Even those you really have to fry
Oh, I'm declaring
Yes, Todai
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And of course Miss Annette Funicello recorded I Can't Do the Sum for the Disney-fied version of BABES IN TOYLAND!
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The Kritzer books, of course. But I am not sure of the casting!
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MR BK
were you able to send me what I asked about?
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Yesterday, Todai, and Tomorrow
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I blame it on the colonoscopy appointment. and Jose.
Same thing?
:D
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Page Five Birthday Balloon Dance for DRS
BEN & IRIS ;D
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Yesterday, Todai, and Tomorrow
Why, it's Todai for!
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Last night's PWOJECT WUNWAY was interesting.
One of those dumb challenges - make a dress out of flowers and plants - but some worthy projects and an appropriate elimination. I would have chosen a different WINNER, though.
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Why, it's Todai for!
Isn't that a Jerry Herman song? 8)
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Jrand, I will - next week.
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Jrand, I will - next week.
Thank you! ;D That will be excellent! 8)
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I watched SCANDAL un film du Akira Kurasawa....made in 1950 and starring Mr Toshiro Mifune and Miss Shirley Yamaguchi.
It has been discussed in these here notes before.
I enjoyed it very much. Mr Mifune plays a hip painter who rides a motorcycle who offers a ride to a stranded stranger who is a famous singer....he realizes later. They are photographed standing on the balcony of a hotel...and the tabloid press proclaim them SECRET LOVERS!!
A young Mr Mifune is VERY handsome and Miss Yamaguchi is lovely.
I liked the film very much....
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Back from my second visit with the shrink. I got a lot of things out. It was good. I cried just a tad, but other than that, no breakdowns.
No breakdowns, that is, until she handed me the bill for my initial consultation! Apparently she forgot that I'm covered by my insurance so that I only have to pay $25 per visit. She tried to charge me 50% of the initial consulation, which was $220! I'm in the wrong business....
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[size=9]Happy Birthday to my Favourite Star of International Radio - DR BEN[/size]
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Back from my second visit with the shrink. I got a lot of things out. It was good. I cried just a tad, but other than that, no breakdowns.
No breakdowns, that is, until she handed me the bill for my initial consultation! Apparently she forgot that I'm covered by my insurance so that I only have to pay $25 per visit. She tried to charge me 50% of the initial consulation, which was $220! I'm in the wrong business....
Hmmm....I am not charging enough. :o
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Hmmm....I am not charging enough. :o
Are you a psychiatrist on the side or am I missing a joke?
In any case, $220 per hour is RIDICULOUS!
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I offer couples counseling - in addition to Tarot readings! LOL....
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Happy Birthday to DRs Ben and Iris.
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Re: Commander and Chief
I don't watch it, but I heard ABC will show new episodes all February for Feb sweeps. But it will be on hiatus all of March. And it will return in the spring for the last episodes. I'm sort of surprised since it has gotten good reviews and Gina Davis just won the Golden Globe for the show.
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I read this on Playbill Online this morning.
Audra McDonald will be in a new show on the WB starting March 22nd.
I actually really liked the show she was on a couple of years ago (Mr. Sterling). It's a shame that show never really got a chance.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97687.html
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Thanks again to everyone for the loverly birthday wishes. We're doing dinner and a movie tonight so I will not be around these here parts but I will tell you what kind of cake I eat/ate after the movie. I don't know if there will be pictures available.
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I offer couples counseling - in addition to Tarot readings! LOL....
Ha!! For real?? Is it true that the Death card isn't always a bad thing?
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I offer couples counseling - in addition to Tarot readings! LOL....
And pierced ears replugged.
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Good Afternoon!
Well, since it's now official...
Lestat Will Land Later Than Expected at Broadway's Palace; Butterell Joins Team (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97713.html)
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I read this on Playbill Online this morning.
Audra McDonald will be in a new show on the WB starting March 22nd.
They can call it "At the Too Too Grand"
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DR Elmoore33, I watched the Charlotte Henry/Felix Knight BABES IN TOYLAND the other week...that was my V. H. celebration in his honor.
I love you.
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Ha!! For real?? Is it true that the Death card isn't always a bad thing?
Yes, that is definitely true. Every card has a different meaning depending on the cards around it, its position in the run, the direction it is facing, and its location relative to the card before it and after it. 8)
It's a science, I tells ya....it's a science. :P
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And pierced ears replugged.
Not at THESE prices! 8)
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Thanks for the link, DRJOSE. They are bringing in a "musical stager".....hmmm.
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In other news...
I just spent the past hour or so going through some of my old clothes. I was able to keep about five shirts and four pairs of slacks. *The slacks - well, actually Banana Republic khakis and chinos - are also "old" - I bought them almost three years ago hoping that I would be able to squeeze comfortably into them someday... Well, that someday is here (well, almost here), so... **Yes, they were on sale, and I just couldn't pass it up - three of them still have the original tags on them, never been worn!
The rest of the clothes are being laundered and/or are in the trash. And I'll be making a drop off at Goodwill tomorrow. I have a couple shirts I remember buying in high school! And which are now way too big for me - Was I ever really an XXL?!?!? *And a few of them were part of Britches (purposely) over-sized line, so...
There was one truly laugh out loud moment... I came across a baseball-type jersey, a Mickey Mouse one. When I tried it on, the term "tent" came to mind. I could actually wrap it around me!
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Miss Linda Purl has come and gone, and we have a tentative order and structure for the show - we'll start singing through it next week to see how it feels and plays.
Now I must do some errands and get some luncheon.
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We were treated to a nice spread for lunch today. We had hired a new business analyst who started on Monday. We took him to lunch only to have him e-mail us the next day that he was not coming back. The recruiter at the agency he came from was so embarrassed by this knucklehead's behavior that he sent over a deli lunch today. Many varieties of sandwiches, hot and tasty french fries, pickles and olives, soda and a large plate of cookies and brownies. Not bad--not bad at all.
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We were treated to a nice spread for lunch today. We had hired a new business analyst who started on Monday. We took him to lunch only to have him e-mail us the next day that he was not coming back. The recruiter at the agency he came from was so embarrassed by this knucklehead's behavior that he sent over a deli lunch today. Many varieties of sandwiches, hot and tasty french fries, pickles and olives, soda and a large plate of cookies and brownies. Not bad--not bad at all.
What did you say to him at that lunch, DR DtM? :o
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Good afternoon!
All those clouds finally gave way to a soft rain for a good portion of the afternoon thus canceling my walk. Darn!
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What did you say to him at that lunch, DR DtM? :o
We are all trying to recall exactly what we did say to him so we can pull this free lunch gig another time in the future.
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We are all trying to recall exactly what we did say to him so we can pull this free lunch gig another time in the future.
LOL.....
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Re: Commander and Chief
I don't watch it, but I heard ABC will show new episodes all February for Feb sweeps. But it will be on hiatus all of March. And it will return in the spring for the last episodes. I'm sort of surprised since it has gotten good reviews and Gina Davis just won the Golden Globe for the show.
It started out with good reviews for the original few episodes, but since the show was taken over by Stephen Botchco, the reviews have not been so good. Most critics I have read have not liked the direction of the show or the calamity-of-the-week plots that he's inflicted on the series. Also, as I've read, DOnald Sutherland's duplicitous character has been reconceived and not to their liking.
Again, I don't watch the show; I'm only reporting on what I've read.
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Page 6 Jafar Dance!!!
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I started my afternoon watching the last CSI: MIAMI episode of Season 3, a gut-busting and wrenching hour which not only contained enough cliffhangers for three series (most of which have been resolved at this point in their new season), but put an end to a couple of regular characters.
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Moved on to this week's THE CLOSER, an outstanding hour of drama and mystery in what is becoming one of my favorite shows.
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Last night's VERONICA MARS was also entertaining with some nice surprises. I was fooled.
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It started out with good reviews for the original few episodes, but since the show was taken over by Stephen Botchco, the reviews have not been so good. Most critics I have read have not liked the direction of the show or the calamity-of-the-week plots that he's inflicted on the series. Also, as I've read, DOnald Sutherland's duplicitous character has been reconceived and not to their liking.
Again, I don't watch the show; I'm only reporting on what I've read.
I liked the show...and Davis, especially...but Sutherland became wearisome in the early going....on one show, he'd get the upper hand...on the next, Davis would seize it back...I had neither the strengh nor interest in watching this yo-yo of a show continue in that vein.
Glad she won the Golden Globe....but the show ain't for me no more.
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It is STILL raining here today. All day!!
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Last week's THE OFFICE had some truly hilarious bits and continuing some inner-office intrigue which makes the show so special.
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And I finished up the afternoon with another episode from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - Season 2: "Beware the Wrecker." Fun episode like so many of them are during this season.
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It is STILL raining here today. All day!!
Well...it's WINTER...and you HAVE to have rain in the winter 'cause sure as the Lord made little green apples, "it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime."
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What did you say to him at that lunch, DR DtM? :o
Well, as they say...
Actions speak louder than words.
;D
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Well...it's WINTER...and you HAVE to have rain in the winter 'cause sure as the Lord made little green apples, "it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime."
Poetic license....is all I can say. :D
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It's still misting rain here, too. And it's colder outside than they forecast for today. Tomorrow should be a better day.
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I heard and partially saw a TV commercial fpr lestat on the TV this morning. It was during the TODAY show which I had on for background noise while I was doing some chores and waiting for the plumber.
When I realize what i was hearing , I ran in but I just got to the set in time to see a closeup of Hugh Panaro fade out to the poster picture.
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Moved on to this week's THE CLOSER, an outstanding hour of drama and mystery in what is becoming one of my favorite shows.
I also love this show. Does anybody know when it's coming back?
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I heard and partially saw a TV commercial fpr lestat on the TV this morning. It was during the TODAY show which I had on for background noise while I was doing some chores and waiting for the plumber.
When I realize what i was hearing , I ran in but I just got to the set in time to see a closeup of Hugh Panaro fade out to the poster picture.
If you go to lestat.com or lestatmusical.com, you can view the trailer there.
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...and you can download it to your iPod!
;)
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I also love this show. Does anybody know when it's coming back?
June, I believe.
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I'm going to head down now to get some chores done and then settle in for a marathon night of TV. All of the shows I watch on Thursday night have new episodes tonight, so there will be plenty to see and plenty to record.
WBBL.
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...And if you do download it, you may have to rename the file by taking the ".txt" off the filename.
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Well, time for me to get ready to head in for tonight's show...
Looking forward to Cake Reports from DRs Ben and Iris when I get back!
:)
Laters...
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DR Jennifer I keep forgetting to post that I also will be watching SURVIVOR tonight....love that show!
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I think I will listen to some CD's.
Good vibes for DECEIT and DAMN YANKEES tonight!!
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Rodzinski, reporting for duty. A spare moment to say "hiya folks." I am doing much better today.
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I have a question for those with TV tech experience....what is the difference between an HD tv and a plasma tv. Is it good enought simply to get a plasma tv?
Most of the stuff that I watch is pre-1970, so I wouldn't guess it would matter much as far as HD tv goes...or am I wrong?
I could maybe someday afford a nice sized plasma...but an HD TV is just not in the cards any day soon.
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And a happy birthday to IRIS!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy to see your smiling face and thumb Rodzinski! And glad you are feeling better!
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Dan - I don't mean to question how great your place of business is, because i'm sure you and your co-workers must love it, but maybe someone in your human resources area possibly needs to look at what's being told to people about the job vs. what the person actually found when he got there. I've had at least two jobs in my life where I knew on the very first day that the fit was no good, and I'd wished I had either the guts or at the time the financial security to just call up and say sorry this isn't working out. But I stayed a while, one of those times to my detriment when the time finally came to leave, because had I left on the first day, my old job would still have been open and they would have welcomed me back with open arms (as they did several months and much tsuris on the "new" job later). I just wonder if the job that person was promised was not what he found, the wonderful lunch notwithstanding. :)
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And indeed! A Happy Birthday to the world-traveling bon vivant, BEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For those seeking a new kind of diet to lose unwanted pounds, may I recommend the flu?
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Sounds like somebody didn't get his flu shot this year!
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My good buddy Dave who lives in Seattle is sending me a compilation CD (music of his choosing) each month during the year 2006...I received January's CD yesterday and am enjoying it as I speak.
This one has sort of an Oriental/Eastern European theme to it...Right now is the song JAPANESE SANDMAN by Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra (1957). Next is NIGHT-TIME IN OLD SHANGHAI by Whitey Smith's Majestic Hotel Orchestra (c. 1928)....I am loving it!
I am bound to find some new favorite orchestras and singers this year thanks to Dave!
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Rodzinski, reporting for duty. A spare moment to say "hiya folks." I am doing much better today.
Have you been sick "again"? Or has it just been toying with you and stringing you along all this time?
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Sounds like somebody didn't get his flu shot this year!
That's the joke of it. I totally DID get a flu shot. For the first time in a couple years. Well, it didn't work.
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Ron, this was something totally new. A bolt out of the blue.
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Today in the mail I received the Frances Farmer film EBB TIDE from our own JMK.
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Happy Birthday wishes to DR Iris and Radio Star Ben!
Saw a VERY powerful film yesterday THE KING ( With Mr Bernal, of Bad Education fame! he was on the screen!!) and I recommend it!
Definitely NOT a traditional Hollywood film!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396688/
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Did anyone here see the French film Irreversible? I was reading about it last night and it sounds like one of the most disgusting films ever made.
I wrote three pages of the new short story, I typed up all my editing and time code notes, and typed up our first attempt at the Linda Purl order.
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My 1200th post.
Like a bat-mitzvah, only 100 times better.
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Happy Birthday DR Ben
Happy Birthday DR Iris
I hope you both have a splendid day
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Good Morning!
Sounds fun, eh?
;)
Sound Canadian to me also... I hear 'eh' alot where I am from...
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Ron, this was something totally new. A bolt out of the blue.
Does TPunk generally acquire these delightful viruses after they've run their course with you?
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;D
I am pretty proud of myself that I can actually ask that question and know what it means! ;)
I can not actually prepare a powerpoint presentatin, that is something my 12 year old daughter is doing for a school project.
She is doing a project entitled "Music of the American Revolution" and is showing how the lyrics were used as propaganda by the different sides, using the same tunes and rewriting the lyrics.
She has found some "ree and legally downloadable MIDI files"on line for "Yankee Doodle", "Heart of Oak" and "Nancy Dawson" and wants to import them into the slides where the lyrics for each song will be shown.
Last night she how to do it and I just looked at her blankly.
Another neat song from that era Vixmom is Barbara Allen. One song that I like Froggy went a-courtin'
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Didn't know they had a Todai in WLA. I must go to the one near me - haven't been there in ages.
What is Todai??
Also continued broken leg vibes for Deceit...
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Thanks, everyone, for your most appreciated birthday greetings!
I've been busy with volunteer work at various film festivals. Last week I worked the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Had a chance to take in some very interesting movies--one of which terrified me and I wish I had not seen. Titled "Right At Your Door", it details multiple terrorist attacks on Los Angeles. I enjoyed "Little Miss Sunshine", "Friends With Money", and "Stephanie Daley".
Tonight I'm working the opening film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. It's a World Premiere, "Ask The Dust", based on the novel by John Fante. The director is Robert Towne, the Academy Award winner for writing the screenplay for the film "Chinatown". He is attending this evening, along with stars Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, and Donald Sutherland.
Afterwards, I intend to celebrate with a large piece of chocolate cake topped with peppermint ice cream, my favorite.
Thank you again, all you Hainsies and Kimlets, for the kind birthday wishes!
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Yesterday, Todai, and Tomorrow
LOL Cute Jrand, Cute
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Re: Commander and Chief
I don't watch it, but I heard ABC will show new episodes all February for Feb sweeps. But it will be on hiatus all of March. And it will return in the spring for the last episodes. I'm sort of surprised since it has gotten good reviews and Gina Davis just won the Golden Globe for the show.
I am also disappointed that the show will not be renewed. I rather enjoyed it.
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DakotaCelt--
Todai is an upscale all-you-can-eat Japanese seafood buffet restaurant, with 40 types of sushi as well as hot buffet items.
They have several locations in California, and other restaurants all over the U.S.--and they plan to open one in New York City soon.
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Last night's VERONICA MARS was also entertaining with some nice surprises. I was fooled.
I have never heard of this show. I am curious....
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It's featured in a song from the Broadway musical THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD--
On a wonderful day like Todai,
I defy any cloud to appear in the sky,
Dare any raindrop to plop in my eye,
On a wonderful day like Todai..............
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Did anyone here see the French film Irreversible? I was reading about it last night and it sounds like one of the most disgusting films ever made.
I wrote three pages of the new short story, I typed up all my editing and time code notes, and typed up our first attempt at the Linda Purl order.
Gee! I do hope that my post did not prompt you to mention that 2002 French film!
I swear I have nothing to do with that movie! Honest! I never saw it either!
Mr Vincent Cassel, son of Jean-Pierre Cassel, seems to have a tendency to play weird characters; actually, he's in a new film, he's also producing, that has just been released yesterday and that deals with some sick plot too!
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Thanks, everyone, for your most appreciated birthday greetings!
I've been busy with volunteer work at various film festivals. Last week I worked the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Had a chance to take in some very interesting movies--one of which terrified me and I wish I had not seen. Titled "Right At Your Door", it details multiple terrorist attacks on Los Angeles. I enjoyed "Little Miss Sunshine", "Friends With Money", and "Stephanie Daley".
Tonight I'm working the opening film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. It's a World Premiere, "Ask The Dust", based on the novel by John Fante. The director is Robert Towne, the Academy Award winner for writing the screenplay for the film "Chinatown". He is attending this evening, along with stars Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, and Donald Sutherland.
Afterwards, I intend to celebrate with a large piece of chocolate cake topped with peppermint ice cream, my favorite.
Thank you again, all you Hainsies and Kimlets, for the kind birthday wishes!
DR Iris, sounds like an entertaining evening.... Have fun!
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DakotaCelt--
Todai is an upscale all-you-can-eat Japanese seafood buffet restaurant, with 40 types of sushi as well as hot buffet items.
They have several locations in California, and other restaurants all over the U.S.--and they plan to open one in New York City soon.
ON the same par of Ichiban's up in Winnepeg... Cool - I tried sushi for the first time last spring. A korean/Japanese restaurant just opened here...
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And pierced ears replugged.
That's a cue!!!
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Oscar nominated song from "The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean" - Jarre/Bergman and Bergman 1972
Why would anyone ask a musical question when Tomovoz is in the room?
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Happy Birthday to DR BEN - friend of Oscar Wilde and radio bon vivant!
Friend of Oscar Wilde? Exactly how old are you, Ben???
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Happy Birthday, Groundhogs Ben and iris!!!
Also natal day of my dear Ex, The Chuckster! I will take him out to lunch at Todai today - one of his favorite jernts...
If he has as good a body as you say he does, PennyO, I would be happy to buy him dinner!
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Why would anyone ask a musical question when Tomovoz is in the room?
THANK you! Absolutely no one else was around when it was asked...except the one person here who could answer it in a second.
:D
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Friend of Oscar Wilde? Exactly how old are you, Ben???
Don't ask, don't tell!
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Do a little dance....
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Shortly I shall be on my way to the theater for tonight's performance, our first since Sunday. Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
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...make a little love....
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Shortly I shall be on my way to the theater for tonight's performance, our first since Sunday. Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
Break a leg!
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I have a question for those with TV tech experience....what is the difference between an HD tv and a plasma tv. Is it good enought simply to get a plasma tv?
Most of the stuff that I watch is pre-1970, so I wouldn't guess it would matter much as far as HD tv goes...or am I wrong?
Considering what you usually watch, it probably wouldn't have to be a color set either.
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I shall also be off to the theatre later tonight, to see the final dress rehearsal for a local Ain't Misbehavin'.
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Re: Commander In Chief
I am also disappointed that the show will not be renewed. I rather enjoyed it.
I don't believe that it hasn't been renewed (not decided yet). So far all I"ve heard is that it will be seen in Feb, not in march, and will return in april.
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Re: Commander In ChiefI don't believe that it hasn't been renewed (not decided yet). So far all I"ve heard is that it will be seen in Feb, not in march, and will return in april.
Ahhhh....
What part of Canada are you from?? I have rellies in Saskatchewan and and Manitoba
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Re: Veronica Mars
I have never heard of this show. I am curious....
I think season one is out on dvd.
I highly recommend this show. Although it is on UPN so you may not get it.
It stars Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars. She is an 18ish high school student who is basically a Nancy Drew type. It's sort of the OC meets Murder She Wrote.
Veronica solves mysteries around her school. But it's more than that. The show is critically acclaimed by many. And it is very smartly written. You have to think hard while watching because not everything is spelled out. This was especially evident last week, when you had to use your brain to figure out what was happening.
I don't get UPN but my sis tapes it for me every week. So I don't get to watch it till the weekend. But if you can get your hand on the season one dvd, try it. It's really good.
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Cake report:
Wonderful carrot cake with icing of cream cheese, butter and sugar and little cream cheese, butter and sugar carrots (colored orange) and little cream cheesegreen, butter and sugar shoots on the carrots (colored green).
All in all it's been a lovely day and evening. Thank you all for the good wishes and for now, good night.
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Re: tonight's Survivor (no spoilers till tomorrow after everyone here has watched).
I really enjoyed it. They made it much easier to get to know the people (by the way the tribes were divided).
There are a few people I really like. Three of the four young girls (i will go through them tomorrow). There are also a few i don't care for. And some who are totally stupid.
Interesting twist re: exile island (which i will talk about tomorrow).
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Ahhhh....
What part of Canada are you from?? I have rellies in Saskatchewan and and Manitoba
Montreal.
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEN #####[/move]
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]##### IRIS !!!!!!!!!!!![/move]
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Montreal.
A beautiful city indeed...
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Just in from seeing "Transamerica," which was wonderful. And Felicity Huffman deserves to win the Oscar. She was amazing...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!!!!!
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And I'm very surprised that Caleb Carr's THE ALIENIST has never been filmed. One would think that this would be a filmmaker's dream, with its turn of the century atmospheric setting and its mystery/thriller plot. At the time I first read it, I pictured Judd Hirsch as the psycholigist/detective. I'm not immediately sure who I would cast today. Dare I say Mandy Patinkin?
Your're right, why no movie yet?? I have to think on the casting, but I think you may be on to something.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR IRIS!
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I am getting a cold, I can feel it! I blame Rodzinski.
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Last night's PWOJECT WUNWAY was interesting.
One of those dumb challenges - make a dress out of flowers and plants - but some worthy projects and an appropriate elimination. I would have chosen a different WINNER, though.
I wonder if your choice of winner would have matched mine...
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Back from my second visit with the shrink. I got a lot of things out. It was good. I cried just a tad, but other than that, no breakdowns.
No breakdowns, that is, until she handed me the bill for my initial consultation! Apparently she forgot that I'm covered by my insurance so that I only have to pay $25 per visit. She tried to charge me 50% of the initial consulation, which was $220! I'm in the wrong business....
And I'm getting into the right one!!
Only joking, it will be YEARS before I am legally able to go into private practice, and many more until I am experientially qualified to do so. But I'm glad to hear that you are finding it to be a worthwhile experience.
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Does TPunk generally acquire these delightful viruses after they've run their course with you?
Up until a few hours ago, I would have said no. But even in the last hour that I have been catching up on posts, my health has taken a turn for the worse. Rodzinski will confirm that I almost NEVER get sick. In the fall I had a medium cold that lasted a few days and I struggled against when I should have had the sense to stay home. I had a new year's flu/virus that I now attribute to his family (who admittedly brought something with them from Ohio) and now I have a super runny nose and sore throat, I'm guessing courtesy of Rodzinski. Crapballs!!
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I am my own frenzy.
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And I am now caught up on today's posts.
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And I officially have a bad cold. One upside is that this may be an opportunity to follow Rodzinski's soup diet/weight loss plan.
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Prior to falling ill, I had a delightful small dinner with a former mouse co-worker. She caught me up on all of the office gossip, but more than anything it was nice to see her again. I do miss some of the folks from the old days.
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And now I must throw on my pj's and crawl into bed! Good night all.
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Plasmas come in two flavors: EDTV and HDTV. The enhanced display TVs have picture comparable in sharpness to a DVD. HDTV is about double that resolution.
HDTVs of varying kinds and sizes are actually less expensive than plasmas right now.
But you might as well buy for the future when you do decide to buy which means a widescreen set with HDTV-capable picture.
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I am also disappointed that the show will not be renewed. I rather enjoyed it.
No one has said it was canceled. It's going on hiatus in early March for 6 weeks and will return to play out its season. ABC has made no decisions about its shows for next season yet. In fact, the only shows that have been renewed for next season (apart from the ones like ER and LAW & ORDER which had multi-year commitments) are NBC's MY NAME IS EARL and THE OFFICE.
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Good Evening!
Another very good audience tonight. Even the orchestra got applause after the Entr'Acte! -Which is usually "muted" by the change of lights and the direct segue into the opening of Act 2.
And it also happened to be the birthday of our cellist, Deb, too! And we also had carrot cake. Yummy!
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...And there were some additional goodies in the greenroom tonight - some "leftovers" from a dinner/reception they had in the Old Vat. Some amazing goat cheese dip concoction - pine nuts, dried cranberries, scallions, etc. - as well as dolmades, hummus, baba ganoujh and tzatziki. Guess they had a Grecian dinner.
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...And since the weather is supposed to unseasonably warm again tomorrow afternoon - after a some rain in the morning - I believe I shall go for my long run tomorrow. -And after all the knoshing I did at the theatre tonight...
;)
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Enjoyed two more SUPERMAN episodes - "The Golden Vulture" and "Jimmy Olsen Boy Editor." The latter was especially funny.
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Yes, it's going to be warm here, too, tomorrow. Right now it's likely to get near 70! By Sunday, back to the 40s for highs.
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T.O.D.
I agree with Mr. Barnum that I would like to see THE CAT WHO.... books by Lilian Jackson Braun brought to life. I would much rather see them as a series of films or television films, rather than a TV series as Mike suggested. However, unlike Mr. Barnum, I would go with what a number of people have told me before, and vote for myself to play Qwill.
Another book I would like to see brought to the big screen is THE SHIPKILLER by Justin Scott. It was a wonderful thrillride of a book. When I bought my copy back in the 80s it said on the cover "Soon to be a major motion picture". Well, I am still waiting.
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Thoroughly enjoyed WILL & GRACE tonight.
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FOUR KINGS has just enough laughs (smiles actually) to keep me watching. It's no laugh riot, that's for sure, but tonight's episode was about the best the series has had in its four airings.
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YIKES!
And I just saw the news about the stabbing of Joseph Church. He was the musical director of The Who's Tommy and The Lion King on Broadway as well as a slew of other projects. It was a totally random act. Thankfully, he's in the hospital and they his condition is stable, and they expect him to fully recover. And they also caught his attacker.
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MY NAME IS EARL had a mostly off night, I thought. One or two chuckles but not up to its usual standard.
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CRUMBS was more dramedy than comedy tonight.
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CRUMBS was more dramedy than comedy tonight.
Have not seen that show yet....
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WITHOUT A TRACE had its best episode of the season, too: a tear-inducing drama of sacrifice and loss.
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My goodness! I noticed that several pay cable channels have been playing GROUNDBOG DAY for most of the day today. I wonder why? ;D
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My goodness! I noticed that several pay cable channels have been playing GROUNDBOG DAY for most of the day today. I wonder why? ;D
Yeah, and everytime I change the channel it starts over!
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It is a fun movie, however.
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Well, I guess I'll head down to bed now. I have a lunch date with my fella tomorrow, so that should give me something to dream about.
Good night, everyone!
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Did the groundhog see his shadow?
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You are right Jennifer, having the SURVIVORs split up into four teams did make it a lot easier to remember who was who...I think this will be a good season!
My favorite is Terry, the fighter pilot! Woohoo!
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My favorite is Terry, the fighter pilot! Woohoo!
Is he cute? ;)
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Or should I ask, "Is Terry a he?
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My goodness! I noticed that several pay cable channels have been playing GROUNDBOG DAY for most of the day today. I wonder why? ;D
I'd read several years ago that Sondheim bought the musical theater rights to "Groundhog Day." I'm still waiting for that. :D
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Happy birthdays, Dear Readers Ben and Iris!!
Absolutely nothing interesting has happened in any of my classes so far this semester. Can you believe that none of my teachers have given me anything to complain about? What am I going to do now?
The biggest thing that has happened lately is that a new pita place opened near my bus stop and I got a pita there today that fell apart while I was halfway through eating it.
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I'd read several years ago that Sondheim bought the musical theater rights to "Groundhog Day." I'm still waiting for that. :D
It's on the back burner. I found out tonight that he's re-re-working BOUNCE.
Oy!
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Happy birthdays, Dear Readers Ben and Iris!!
Absolutely nothing interesting has happened in any of my classes so far this semester. Can you believe that none of my teachers have given me anything to complain about? What am I going to do now?
The biggest thing that has happened lately is that a new pita place opened near my bus stop and I got a pita there today that fell apart while I was halfway through eating it.
Sandra: I love how you can make even the most mundane story make me laugh out loud. Your choice of words is brilliant!
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It's on the back burner. I found out tonight that he's re-re-working BOUNCE.
Oy!
I have heard about Bounce. There's always hope. ;)
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For both. ;D
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Argh! Homework!
I just had to get that out of my system. At least I didn't wait until two in the morning to start on this.
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Well, I'm afraid it's time for me to WUSSBURGER... WITH CHEESE...
Goodnight.
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Topic of the Day: "Good Omens : The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I remember reading this when it first came out in the early 1990s and I thought that it read like it could be a movie. It was real good and quite funny. :)
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I would love to see an Margery Allingham mystery done on the big screen. I know the BBC has done it.
Peter Davison in the role or Pierce Brosnan....
Another book I would love to see done on the big screen is any of Debbie Macomber's series called Dakota Valley...
Lorraine Snellings series called Red River Valley...
Scarlett Johannssen in the lead female role
Lillian Carolyn Braun series also would be good....
Audrey Neffenegger's book, Time Traveler's Wife... Excellent book....
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DR GEorge,
Have you ever been to Kells in downtown Seattle?
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I must be going. Tomorrow, I'm working concessions for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts CenterFest celebration, here in Olympia. It's the Center's biggest annual fundraiser. They bring in a big act and sell tickets for a lot of money. Anyway, the big act this year is The Pointer Sisters! It should be a real good concert. And a long day...I have to be there at 4:30 p.m. and stay until it's all over! What was I thinking?!?
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DR GEorge,
Have you ever been to Kells in downtown Seattle?
No, I haven't. What is it?
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Have fun!!
I like the Pointer Sisters!! Always have
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No, I haven't. What is it?
An Irish pub.... They pull the PERFECT pint and have great eats!!
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Listening to a cassette tape I have not listened to in a very long time.
Dreamcatcher by Kevin Locke. He is from the Dakota nation and he is a wonderful flautist and storyteller.... This tape is all music. Very relaxing....
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DRMBARNUM - Japanese Sandman is one of my favorite tunes!
Glad to see DRRODZINSKI up and around - EBB TIDE is one of Frances' more boring films, but it is in color! She doesn't show up for quite awhile, but when she does she's brandishing a pistol!
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Well, my homework is finished and M*A*S*H is on. Good night everybody!
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I guess....I will say at this late time on the TOD:
ATLAS SHRUGGED - but I wish it had been made in the late 60's so I could have in the cast:
Dagny Taggart - Elizabeth Montgomery
John Galt - Gary Conway
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I finally remembered my ASK BK question....but it's late, too....
When they were shooting the Hollywood episodes of I LOVE LUCY - there was a backdrop that was seen outside the Ricardo's hotel room that included a hotel and some different Hollywood landmarks.
When it was daytime it was brightly lit of course. When it was night, some lights were on in some of the buildings of the backdrop....
Was this a separate backdrop - painted of the SAME location that was put in place for these scenes or was it the SAME backdrop with some different lighting? Do you think?
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I think I saw that backdrop used again in LOVE THAT BOB....
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That is all...
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Just in from the preview of "Hello, Dolly" at San Mateo High School. I'm just playing the show and haven't been to rehearsals, but the students are doing a great job. The orchestra is mostly students, and a few "older" students, and they are playing really well. There are a lot of strings and they are playing OUT and are in tune. Such a classic "Hello, Dolly!" is and so much fun to play. I don't know what it is, but I still get goose bumps on the last chorus of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" - damn that Jerry can write.
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Back from the show and a late-night supper with a surprise guest, about which more later in the notes - which I must hurry and write right this very moment.
Excellent vibes and xylophones to Joe Church, a very nice fellow.