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« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2007, 06:40:45 AM »

And one for myrmidon
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« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2007, 06:43:40 AM »

Newman's State of the Union:

For the Randy Newman fans out there, the NY Times published the lyrics to one of his new songs today. (I've heard it several times recently as he kept rewriting it.) It's going to be released on iTunes soon. You just have to imagine his delivery:

http://snipurl.com/RandyN


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« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2007, 06:45:51 AM »

Oh---you might have to register with the Times to go to that link, so I'll just post the lyrics:

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
By Randy Newman

I’d like to say a few words
In defense of our country
Whose people aren’t bad nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they’re the worst that we’ve had
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen

Let’s turn history’s pages, shall we?

Take the Caesars for example
Why within the first few of them
They had split Gaul into three parts
Fed the Christians to the lions
And burned down the City
And one of ’em
Appointed his own horse Consul of the Empire
That’s like vice president or something
That’s not a very good example, is it?
But wait, here’s one, the Spanish Inquisition
They put people in a terrible position

I don’t even like to think about it
Well, sometimes I like to think about it

Just a few words in defense of our country
Whose time at the top
Could be coming to an end
Now we don’t want their love
And respect at this point is pretty much out of the question
But in times like these
We sure could use a friend

Hitler. Stalin.
Men who need no introduction
King Leopold of Belgium. That’s right.
Everyone thinks he’s so great
Well he owned The Congo
He tore it up too
He took the diamonds, he took the gold
He took the silver
Know what he left them with?
Malaria

A president once said,
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Now it seems like we’re supposed to be afraid
It’s patriotic in fact and color coded
And what are we supposed to be afraid of?
Why, of being afraid
That’s what terror means, doesn’t it?
That’s what it used to mean

The end of an empire is messy at best
And this empire is ending
Like all the rest
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea
We’re adrift in the land of the brave
And the home of the free
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
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« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2007, 06:46:31 AM »

DR Jose,

When an item appears on the IKEA website and says that you have to buy it from the store, but then you check the local store's inventory and it's not in stock, are you S.O.L. or will they order it for you? If they order it, do you then have to pay their shipping charges?

You're basically S.O.L. if it's a "standard stock" item - which is any item that is listed on the website as "Not Available from the web site".  You just have to wait for IKEA to get their next shipment in.  They do not special order items to be sent to the store. -Unless it's one of their higher-end items - couches, cabinetry, applances, etc.  Thankfully, they get things shipped to their stores on a regular basis, although I have talked to some friends who have waited weeks, even months for a something to come back in stock.  Those boats from Sweden can take a while sometimes.
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« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2007, 06:46:47 AM »

Off to work on The Brain.

Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.

                                                                                                                                                                         
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« Reply #35 on: January 24, 2007, 06:47:55 AM »

You just have to wait for IKEA to get their next shipment in.  They do not special order items to be sent to the store.

Would they hold one for you if it comes in on one of their shipments?
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« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2007, 06:51:26 AM »

Would they hold one for you if it comes in on one of their shipments?

Yes, you can be put on the list.  They will call you when the item comes back in stock, and then you have a certain amount of time to come in and pick them up.
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« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2007, 06:56:06 AM »

OK... Time to take care of some things around the apartment... and possibly head to IKEA... So...

Laters...
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« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2007, 07:03:42 AM »

Happy 90th Birthday to Ernest Borgnine, one-time husband to Ethel Myrmidon.
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« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2007, 07:13:18 AM »

Question for BK:

What performer, of whom you've never had the opportunity to see live on stage, do you most wish you could have seen in either a play, musical or concert?
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« Reply #40 on: January 24, 2007, 07:13:27 AM »

I left just before Jose said Hello so I'm now saying hello back. And hello to all you people out there in the dark.

I don't think I will ever be around to round off a page count. Not when it's 3am in New York. If I'm up at 3am then somethin' ain't right somewhere.
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« Reply #41 on: January 24, 2007, 07:38:01 AM »

Maybe this has been posted before, but since we were talking about magic recently, this is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen:

http://snipurl.com/changeisgood
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« Reply #42 on: January 24, 2007, 07:48:31 AM »

FJL - My seat at Curtains is Center Orchestra Row H seat 111. Which I believe is closer to house left than house right
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« Reply #43 on: January 24, 2007, 07:57:07 AM »

Cilla - great.  If I can get myself an orchestra aisle seat for that night (I'll try for your side of the theater), it'll be just like I'm going with you, only separate.  Or something like that.  :)
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« Reply #44 on: January 24, 2007, 07:57:46 AM »

Good morning!

Beautiful winter morning. Blue sky with wispy clouds and cold, but it's supposed to get into the 50s today. So, overall, a nice day!
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« Reply #45 on: January 24, 2007, 08:01:15 AM »

[sigh] Another two hours of IDOL auditions tonight which I may not watch in toto. THE KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY is on, and both MEDIUM and CSI: NY have new episodes tonight.

The IDOL show is NYC-based which might allow for a greater degree of talent (and talent-free, too, I assume).
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« Reply #46 on: January 24, 2007, 08:02:40 AM »

I'll finish my second go-round with THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA this afternoon but haven't decided what else I'll watch.

I did record MERRY ANDREW from TCM this morning. I've never seen this all the way through, so that may take the remainder of my afternoon.
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« Reply #47 on: January 24, 2007, 08:22:23 AM »

Cilla - great.  If I can get myself an orchestra aisle seat for that night (I'll try for your side of the theater), it'll be just like I'm going with you, only separate.  Or something like that.  :)

Cool beans! The more the merrier.  
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« Reply #48 on: January 24, 2007, 08:23:12 AM »

Heading down now to read more HARRY POTTER and then start on preparing lunch.

WBBL.
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« Reply #49 on: January 24, 2007, 08:27:56 AM »

I should get busy. I just remembered something I need to get done this morning
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« Reply #50 on: January 24, 2007, 08:31:06 AM »

A true myrmidon is impossible to find.

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« Reply #51 on: January 24, 2007, 08:31:36 AM »

It's another gorgeous day in Oakland CA.  
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« Reply #52 on: January 24, 2007, 08:40:28 AM »

I have a "current favorite" (thankfully) in the new "American Idol":

He's Sundance Head...and they've NEVER had a voice like his in the competition.

Also, there's also Melinda Doolittle, a woman who has been singing backup all her life.  She's terrific...if obviously nervous as hell.  They put her through telling her to believe in herself!
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« Reply #53 on: January 24, 2007, 08:41:35 AM »

Isn't "Myrmidon" an alternate spelling for the godfather of meerkats?
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« Reply #54 on: January 24, 2007, 08:44:20 AM »

Due to lack of anything interesting on the networks at 9 p.m., I took a chance and watched "Dirt".

Boy!  Am I glad!  This is a terrific show (on F/X).  Courtney Cox is wonderful and the rest of the cast pretty darned great.  It's good to see a calculating, conniving, bitter but ruthless attractive power-hungry woman heading up a TV show again.

It's been so long since Alexis Carrington said goodbye.
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« Reply #55 on: January 24, 2007, 08:48:19 AM »

Happy 90th Birthday to Ernest Borgnine, one-time husband to Ethel Myrmidon.
Considering how quickly that marriage ended, "one-time husband" sounds about right!
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« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2007, 08:56:02 AM »

And the word of the day is: MYRMIDON!
During my college days, there was many a MYRMIDON to nearly as many political causes living IN MY DORM.
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« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2007, 08:59:05 AM »

I need new shoes.

I have literally worn holes in the soles of my shoes, from being on my feet all day.

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« Reply #58 on: January 24, 2007, 09:15:41 AM »

ASK BK DAY QUESTION

When you rereleased Subways Are For Sleeping; the bonus tracks consisted of demos written for the show. Did you try to get the rights to the McGuire Sisters recording of the show as they sung some of the songs that were dropped from the show?

No, we never tried - the album is owned by Universal and they, at the time and even now, weren't licensing anything to anyone.
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« Reply #59 on: January 24, 2007, 09:23:04 AM »

Question for BK:

What performer, of whom you've never had the opportunity to see live on stage, do you most wish you could have seen in either a play, musical or concert?

I've seen some greats, but one of my great regrets is having had tickets to see I Do! I Do! with Mary Martin and Robert Preston, and getting into the city too late (traffic) and missing the show.  I would love to have seen Frank Sinatra in his heyday.  I would have loved to have seen Jack Benny's live show.  And just because it's so legendary, Laurette Taylor in The Glass Menagerie.  And many, many others.
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