Haines His Way

I think the Senseo system has been out for a couple of years already.  I believe it came out around the same some of the other "individual pod" systems came out.  In any case...

I have a few friends who own a Senseo system, and they tend to stock up on the pods when they go on sale, as well as at Costco.  One of my friends tends to find good deals on the pods at Office Depot and/or Staples!

Yes, it's been out for awhile. I think the promotion is just a way to get new interest. It came with suggestions for having a Senseo party to demonstrate it for family and friends.   I really like it.  

 Now that I think about it, I did see the pods at Staples.  

Oh!  NBC is broadcasting the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" tonight as a tribute to George Carlin. I believe I shall stay up "late" tonight.

Thanks for the heads up, Jose, I would have missed it

Favorite Italian meals---there are 3 of them.

1. Rome, in the Jewish ghetto. We were participating in a big academic meeting about Sacco and Vanzetti. After a meeting where Peter spoke, we were taken out to dinner in an ancient building. It was our first meal in Italy, and we didn't understand the order of the courses, so we didn't know how to pace ourselves. This is where I discovered broccoli rabe. Yummm!

2. Another meal with the academics. The dinner guests included Giuliano Montaldo, who directed the S&V film in the '70's, and Fernanda Sacco, Sacco's niece. This was at a seafood restaurant that would have been very difficult if we weren't all following the leader as it was on a tiny back street. This really was one of the best meals I've ever had in my life. The theme was "Voyage from the bottom of the sea". It started out with things you'd find on the ocean floor; shellfish, and lettuces, and progressed through different seafoods as you rose to the surface, where you were then presented with dessert: lemon gelato which was symbolized an ice floe. I really can't do it justice. After the meal, people broke out guitars and sang old song; it really was like a Fellini movie.

3. We drove from Rome to Puglia, home of Sacco. We got there on a Sunday evening and met up with our translator. It was a very small town, and she took us to the best restaurant there. CLOSED! Then she remembered it was sunday night and most people eat dinner at home that night. We went to her second favorite restaurant: CLOSED. So we went to the only one that was open. The owner was in the process of closing because no one was there, but he graciously stayed open for us and brought out things he had on hand: a HUGE slab of peccorino, various prociuttos and salamis, olives, the best bread I think I've ever had with olive oil (this was an olive region) and freshly made bruschetta. We couldn't believe this wasn't her first choice---it was SO GOOD!

We also loved the little rest stops on the highway, where you could get delicious panini and espresso...cheap and delicious!

Yes, Jose, he usually calls me Nancy. I am never quite sure what that means.

I agree completely on "Crash".  Just didn't get why people liked is so much.  Of course I think it was better than "Magnolia" which I really hated. But, I don't like much of anything Tom Cruise is in.  

I loved MAGNOLIA, especially the way the stories intersect and how it's all cut together. The scenes where everyone was singing the same Aimee Mann song bugged me the first time I saw it in the theatre, but I guess i've gotten used to it because if I run into it on TV I'll usually end up watching part of it.

Well... I'm not sure I'll be able to make it to the end of SNL...  However, since I'm back in rehearsal tomorrow morning, well... Sleep would be a good thing... So...

Goodnight.

Obviously the trustees of the George Foster Peabody Award thought so, too, as they gave it their highest award after its first season.

What do they know? It's awarded by my Journalism school here in GA!

(Glad to see they also honored Colbert!)

 

I planted a lot of plants. I'm too tired to spell check!

I personally loved about the first 2/3 of MAGNOLIA, if only for its incredible tracking shots and interweaving storylines.  It got a bit on the turgid side for the last 1/3, IMHO.

I can't really remember if "Magnolia" wilted for me in its last third.  I didn't see it at the movies and it has been four years I think since I watched the DVD.

I would have liked "Babel" even more if the Japanese segment had been edited down somewhat.

"21 Grams" worked totally.

I'm going to venture down the 2 steps into our family room, with Richard's supervision, to partake in family pizza/movie night.  We have a family tradition of watching Independence Day on, well, Independence Day, but Rob will be in Michigan with his girlfriend for the holiday.  We're going to observe our tradition tonight.

Bye for now.

Our family tradition is to watch "Independence Day" one year and "1776" the next.  We've been switching off between these two movies for years. I don't remember which movie it'll be this year, but next Saturday, my dad's two sisters (my Aunt Mary Lou and Sister Cecilia...she's a nun) are visiting, so we may not see either.  Anyway, Mary Lou hasn't been up here in more than 20 years!  They'll be here for a couple of weeks, and my cousin John and his wife will be visiting from Oregon for a couple of days while the aunts are here.  It'll be the largest family gathering we've had since probably 1980!

I can't really remember if "Magnolia" wilted for me in its last third.  I didn't see it at the movies and it has been four years I think since I watched the DVD.

I would have liked "Babel" even more if the Japanese segment had been edited down somewhat.

"21 Grams" worked totally.

By the time I went to see Magnolia, it had been hyped so much I was really  looking forward to it.  While it was playing and especially during the misogynistic sequences, a number of people walked out.  It wasn't anything like what I thought it would be and I really didn't like it.  Just my 2 cents

George, about noon the doorbell rang.  At first, when I opened the door, I didn't see anyone there, but then I noticed Tony on the floor, next to the door.  Of course, I took him inside, and tonight I plan to totally enjoy him.  Thanks again, George!

You're welcome!  Let me know if there is any problem with the disc...and if any other recipients of the Tony Awards disc that I sent out have problems, let me know that, too.  There shouldn't be any trouble...other than me having to rewrite the number on the top, (1 of 1, instead of 1 of 3), but that's only cosmetic.

Our family tradition is to watch "Independence Day" one year and "1776" the next.

That is so weird, because we discovered several years ago that if you watch Independence Day with the sound off whilst playing the OCR of 1776, it's one amazing synchronicity after another.  

I may just settle for listening to the complete recording of "Gypsy" with the wonderful and so controlled Patti.