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« Reply #90 on: January 30, 2007, 08:25:58 AM »

When I was in college I had the worst time with statistics.

My best friend had to take that when we were in college. She always referred to it as "sadistics".
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« Reply #91 on: January 30, 2007, 08:26:29 AM »

Love the pix, DR Laura, especially the owl!
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« Reply #92 on: January 30, 2007, 08:26:56 AM »

Oh dear I worked for 10 years in Research & Statistics for the Indiana Dept of Labor and liked it very much.
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« Reply #93 on: January 30, 2007, 08:27:01 AM »

I'm making a meat loaf today, so I will be heading downstairs in just a bit to get that ready. I haven't had one in quite awhile, and I'm looking forward to it.
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« Reply #94 on: January 30, 2007, 08:27:17 AM »

Lovely photos, DR LAURA.

Whoooooooooooooooooooooo!
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« Reply #95 on: January 30, 2007, 08:30:20 AM »

My thoughts on Written on the Wind.  ;D

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« Reply #96 on: January 30, 2007, 08:32:31 AM »

TOD:

Math...still don't get it and my brain freezes up at the mere mention of anything to do with numbers.

Learning a foreign language. I have tried Japanese, German, Spanish, and Hindi....it is fun to learn (or try to learn), but not easy...and it always irritates me when people insist that immigrants learn English, as if it is something they should learn overnight and feel comfortable speaking right away.

Should schools, instead, create immigrant-language classes for all the other students to take so they can communicate with the immigrant children?

Should all businesses be required to hire immigrant-language-speaking clerks?

I believe in giving folks breaks...and helping them to learn...and bending over backwards to ensure they have a full grasp on what is going on around them.

But...I draw the line at mandating that their language and their culture supersede our own.  If you want to live in America, learn to BE an American.

If I were to move to Greece or Italy or wherever, believe me I would attempt to "BE" Greek or Italian.

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« Reply #97 on: January 30, 2007, 08:33:41 AM »

I'm making a meat loaf today, so I will be heading downstairs in just a bit to get that ready. I haven't had one in quite awhile, and I'm looking forward to it.


Don't forget the onion.  Every time I get ready to make one, I discover that I don't have an onion.
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« Reply #98 on: January 30, 2007, 08:34:51 AM »




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« Reply #99 on: January 30, 2007, 08:36:18 AM »

DR EDISAURUS - what Showtime show did you work on?

Oh God, I'm almost embarrased to say. I only did one episode and although the people were nice, we didn't know what we were getting into when the director and I signed on. She and I have had a long working relationship so we were able to laugh about it, but it was a pretty awful show that was supposed to be a women's answer to RED SHOE DIARIES.  It was called WOMEN, STORIES OF PASSION. When we went to their studio, we stopped in Mary Woronov's editing room and there was some sexually graphic stuff on screen. My director grabbed my hand and dragged me into the hall and screamed "We're making PORN! ARGHHH!"

I don't think it would qualify---it was less exciting than soft-core porn so I usually refer to it as "flaccid core". Every few month I would get a phone call from friends who saw my name in the opening credits. Of course, then, they "had" to watch it!
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« Reply #100 on: January 30, 2007, 08:49:25 AM »

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« Reply #101 on: January 30, 2007, 08:49:56 AM »

Don't forget the onion.  Every time I get ready to make one, I discover that I don't have an onion.

Wouldn't think of doing one without using onion. Headed down now to get started.

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« Reply #102 on: January 30, 2007, 08:55:36 AM »

Should schools, instead, create immigrant-language classes for all the other students to take so they can communicate with the immigrant children?

Should all businesses be required to hire immigrant-language-speaking clerks?

I believe in giving folks breaks...and helping them to learn...and bending over backwards to ensure they have a full grasp on what is going on around them.

But...I draw the line at mandating that their language and their culture supersede our own.  If you want to live in America, learn to BE an American.

If I were to move to Greece or Italy or wherever, believe me I would attempt to "BE" Greek or Italian.




DR RLP, my point  was that many people that I know simply feel the immigrants should know English...now...immediately. They don't understand that it doesn't happen overnight (since, of course they have never tried to learn another language or have forgotten what it was like to learn) and that just because they hear someone speaking in their native tongue doesn't mean that that person is not learning English or desiring to learn.

I was just saying that learning a new language is not easy. I know a little bit of Japanese and German, but I wouldn't feel comfortable speaking it in public, and I know that many people who move here, or are here only temporarily, may know some English but feel shy about using it.

I think you read a great deal more into my post then was there.

And as far as learning to BE an American.....which is and has always been an everchanging mixture of cultures....that is a whole other topic.
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« Reply #103 on: January 30, 2007, 09:04:42 AM »

It is very cold today.
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« Reply #104 on: January 30, 2007, 09:09:18 AM »

Oh God, I'm almost embarrased to say. I only did one episode and although the people were nice, we didn't know what we were getting into when the director and I signed on. She and I have had a long working relationship so we were able to laugh about it, but it was a pretty awful show that was supposed to be a women's answer to RED SHOE DIARIES.  It was called WOMEN, STORIES OF PASSION. When we went to their studio, we stopped in Mary Woronov's editing room and there was some sexually graphic stuff on screen. My director grabbed my hand and dragged me into the hall and screamed "We're making PORN! ARGHHH!"

I don't think it would qualify---it was less exciting than soft-core porn so I usually refer to it as "flaccid core". Every few month I would get a phone call from friends who saw my name in the opening credits. Of course, then, they "had" to watch it!

OMG!  DR Edi, did you happen to work on the "The Little Vampire" episode?  A friend of mine from college, Steve Langa, was in that one!  You probably have seen his--*ahem*--work.
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« Reply #105 on: January 30, 2007, 09:11:41 AM »

I wonder where I can go and get a meatloaf sammwich for lunch?
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« Reply #107 on: January 30, 2007, 09:19:27 AM »

Wednesday greetings!  We had a dusting of snow during this morning's commute, but not enough to keep me from getting to work.  

Spent the morning putting up my "I [heart] BOOKS" display, in which each book has the word heart (or heartland, heartwarming, heartburn, etc.) in the title or subtitle.  Our graphic artist made a beautiful sign for me - tomorrow I'll bring my camera and take a picture for y'all to see.
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« Reply #108 on: January 30, 2007, 09:21:56 AM »


Good morning dear Esteemed, rested, well-sped, and fully torpedo-damned BK --

You mentioned "Experiment In Terror" yesterday.   It happened to come on the TV (one of the TCM or AMC stations) yesterday or the day before while I was doing some work in my kitchen........I actually had to turn it off right after the opening and the garage door closes.  It is still just way too scary -- which obviously means that it is terribly well written, filmed, and acted!
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« Reply #109 on: January 30, 2007, 09:24:42 AM »

TOD - Driving a standard transmission.  When I was ready to learn to drive, between my junior and senior years in college (yes, I was a late-bloomer), my father had a 1967 (can you say "vintage"?) Ford Mustang, with a stick shift.  He told me if I could learn to drive it, I could have it.  I never did get the hang of it and, to expedite getting my license, took the path of lesser resistance and learned on my mother's Pontiac, which was an automatic.

Oh, and singing, but I'll let DR Elmore tell you that story :P
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« Reply #110 on: January 30, 2007, 09:27:56 AM »

DR RLP, my point  was that many people that I know simply feel the immigrants should know English...now...immediately. They don't understand that it doesn't happen overnight (since, of course they have never tried to learn another language or have forgotten what it was like to learn) and that just because they hear someone speaking in their native tongue doesn't mean that that person is not learning English or desiring to learn.

I was just saying that learning a new language is not easy. I know a little bit of Japanese and German, but I wouldn't feel comfortable speaking it in public, and I know that many people who move here, or are here only temporarily, may know some English but feel shy about using it.

I think you read a great deal more into my post then was there.

And as far as learning to BE an American.....which is and has always been an everchanging mixture of cultures....that is a whole other topic.


Ummm.....sorry.  I allowed your post to set me off, but it wasn't about what you said...it was about things I've let simmer re: what's happening California.  immigrants want their kids in school, they want socialized medicine and welfare...but they don't necessarily want citizenship.  They work without social security cards and lord knows what taxes, if any, they actually pay (I'm sure it's taken out, but not sure it's actually reported to government).  There are plenty of businessmen here who want their immigrants to remain non-citizens....they work more cheaply, and there isn't any legal way to report what they pay them.

I didn't take your post to mean what I was talking about.  I thoroughly understand your compassion.
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« Reply #111 on: January 30, 2007, 09:28:05 AM »


And as for the TOD:

yes, math puzzled me (and didn't interest me)......chess was hard but I learned it a little, unlike mah-jong which I couldn't even start to grasp.....My first full version of "Finale" software which had an instruction manual that looked like a phone book!.....

But all of that paled and was nothing, compared to having to learn about life, and which things are my business and which aren't, and which things I can meddle in and which things I can't.  

The Universe should give us a better "manual and directions" book when we are born!
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« Reply #112 on: January 30, 2007, 09:30:08 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - I had a ton of e-mails to go through - but not one order.  Hmmmm.  Maybe I should only do Skinner/Ripley CDs.  
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« Reply #113 on: January 30, 2007, 09:31:46 AM »

It is very cold today.

It is mild and pleasant here today.
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« Reply #114 on: January 30, 2007, 09:32:17 AM »

I believe that during my entire two and a half year tenure at Totally Hidden Video that all the editing was done non-linear.  In the early days, that meant that when one had to do a re-cut (and there were many) you went down a generation each new cut and there was new time code in addition to the old time code - the editors would have to do list management and it was so cumbersome and awful.  Sometimes there were so many cuts that the time code windows all but obscured the bit.
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« Reply #115 on: January 30, 2007, 09:32:52 AM »

One of the reasons Experiment In Terror is still scary is Henry Mancini's creepy music.
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« Reply #116 on: January 30, 2007, 09:33:40 AM »

I went to bed at 10 last night.  

I thought I slept well.

Yet, today I'm tired, a bit sore (as if I'd been doing pushups or something) and yawning all over the place.

And just so's ya don't forget:  Thursday is the first day of February 2007.

YIKES!   Where the frell is the year going?
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« Reply #117 on: January 30, 2007, 09:33:44 AM »

Looks chilly out, but it did yesterday at this time, and yesterday ended up being nice.
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« Reply #118 on: January 30, 2007, 09:34:24 AM »

My biggest gripe about driving these days is not always being able to see beyond the vehicle that's just ahead of you because it's a humongo SUV.  With more and more of these gas gugglers on the road, it's more and more of an issue when one still drives a sedan.  The stupid thing is that this is one of the reasons I'm thinking of making the switch over to one.

They have Hybrid SUV’s now.  The SUV’s are also more comfortable & quieter than they used to be.  Having one is a necessity for us & they are always Keith’s car.  I only drive it when I have no other choice.  Other people love them, Keith is indifferent.  They are nice for traveling, I can view the scenery so much better. :)
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« Reply #119 on: January 30, 2007, 09:34:55 AM »

Chess - As those who've read Kritzer Time know, I did play chess as a teen - so I must have understood the game.  I don't remember any of it now - not one single thing - same with backgammon, which I played when I was in my twenties.  Have no clew now.
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