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« Reply #30 on: February 11, 2007, 06:49:04 AM »
DR Cillaliz--look for a package from me next week. A little something for your new office!
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« Reply #31 on: February 11, 2007, 06:53:57 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on February 11, 2007, 06:48:06 AM
"A Night at the Museum". I slept through about 15 minutes of it. The plot points were predictable ones we've seen a thousand times, but it's worth seeing for the visual effects. And they had very cool, tastefully done 3D head credits. (Sad when that is one of your favorite parts!) Nice old-school score by Alan Silvestri, too.

As you can imagine, the Grandlads had a good time - and they're learning to sit through credits, too!

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« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2007, 06:54:31 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on February 11, 2007, 06:49:04 AM
DR Cillaliz--look for a package from me next week. A little something for your new office!

A door?

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« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2007, 06:57:13 AM »
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A door?

Well, you never know when you will want to show your clients the door!
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« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2007, 06:59:18 AM »
Page 2 Passiflora lutea dance!
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« Reply #35 on: February 11, 2007, 07:01:17 AM »
So tiny!
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« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2007, 07:02:06 AM »
That's a finger, by the way...
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« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2007, 07:10:28 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on February 11, 2007, 07:02:06 AM
That's a finger, by the way...

Go ahead - take all the fun out it!

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Vinegar water on the stove coming to a boil for Eggs Benedict.

They will served on smallish whole wheat bread toast ("smallish" whole wheat bread is what you get when you trim the mold off of regular whole wheat bread  - waste not, want not).

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« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2007, 07:13:39 AM »
In the notes, BK professed:

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...where I sat on a panel of directors...

Now wouldn't you think they could have offered him a chair?

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« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2007, 07:21:24 AM »
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In the notes, BK professed:Now wouldn't you think they could have offered him a chair?

Waist not, want not...or something.
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« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2007, 07:22:07 AM »
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In the notes, BK professed:Now wouldn't you think they could have offered him a chair?

I guess that would have made them the chair-men.
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« Reply #41 on: February 11, 2007, 07:23:33 AM »
Oh, we're talkin' breakfast?

2 eggs over easy
2 slices Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl toast lightly buttered
Orange juice
Coffee
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« Reply #42 on: February 11, 2007, 07:26:44 AM »
Good morning!

Another beautiful February morning: cold but sunny and clear. We missed all the bad winter weather that had been predicted for us earlier in the week. SHould be in the 50s today.
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« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2007, 07:27:57 AM »
Wow, DR TCB! That's a pretty long run! Four weeks is the longest I've ever had for a show's run, and the last one of those - BIG RIVER -  was 15 years ago.
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« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2007, 07:30:06 AM »
Very excited to read of DR Ron's potential jump into the HDTV waters. I think you'll find the water is fine once you get there. And the various cables and accessories you need to do the best possible hook-up for your equipment can be found for bargain prices at stores like Target and Wal-Mart and on Ebay. I've gotten HDMI cables of super quality from Ebay vendors for less than $10, the same quality cables places like Best Buy and Circuit City wanted $99 for!
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« Reply #45 on: February 11, 2007, 07:31:38 AM »
50 degrees in the kitchen..I think we'll go out for breakfast!
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« Reply #46 on: February 11, 2007, 07:32:28 AM »
For those of us who are watching and enjoying the GREASE show, just a reminder that it starts at 7 tonight and is another two hour show.

Also new episodes of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS, ROME, and EXTRAS.

The Grammys are also on tonight, but I don't care a thing about them other than which show wins best cast recording.
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« Reply #47 on: February 11, 2007, 07:33:53 AM »
Hope you have a safe and secure plane trip, DR Elmore. I'll be thinking of you as you deal with personal matters this week.
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« Reply #48 on: February 11, 2007, 07:35:20 AM »
I will finish THIRD MAN OUT today, and then I'm going to get to BREAKFAST ON PLUTO. After that, depending on the hour, I'll probably put in DO NOT DISTURB.
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« Reply #49 on: February 11, 2007, 07:38:14 AM »
Fun!

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« Reply #50 on: February 11, 2007, 07:43:00 AM »
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2 eggs over easy

The way I like them; however, I 'm a real spatula klutz, so I use a "trick": when the eggs are just about done, sunny side up, I put a tablespoon of water in the pan and pop on a lid - the quick burst of stem will cook the yolk tops in a jiffy.

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« Reply #51 on: February 11, 2007, 07:49:56 AM »
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The way I like them; however, I 'm a real spatula klutz, so I use a "trick": when the eggs are just about done, sunny side up, I put a tablespoon of water in the pan and pop on a lid - the quick burst of stem will cook the yolk tops in a jiffy.

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Hmm, sounds interesting.  I'll have to try that the next time I indulge in eggs - maybe a month from now!
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« Reply #52 on: February 11, 2007, 07:54:56 AM »
I'm about ready to close down this computer and head for LaGuardia.  My brother Randy called about thirty minutes ago to alert me as to how dreadful dad is looking.  Hospice has pretty much alerted my family that this is the week, and they've begun the pain medication.  We spent ten minutes sobbing over the phone to each other, just as DR PennyO and I did on Friday night, between discussion of estate, legal matters, and such pertinent matters.

Thank you all for your patience with me in dumping all of this on you.  It can only get worse from this point, so I will try from relaying TMI in the next few days.  Thank God I have work and great friends.

Okay!  I'm off to Ohio.  I'll next log in from there.  Keep those travel vibes coming.  And, please, keep my Dad in your prayers.
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« Reply #53 on: February 11, 2007, 07:59:11 AM »
Quote from: Matt H. on February 11, 2007, 07:32:28 AM
The Grammys are also on tonight, but I don't care a thing about them other than which show wins best cast recording.

This might be fun:

MasterPiece Theatre: Dracula

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Dracula
Airing Sunday, February 11, 2007 on PBS
(Check local listings; dates and times may vary)

Dark, sexy and fresh...

-- The London Observer
 

Seized with a powerful thirst, the Lord of the Undead stirs from his bed of Transylvanian dirt... Marc Warren (Band of Brothers) joins the ranks of the great screen Draculas with a performance as demonic as Bela Lugosi's (1931), as urbane as Christopher Lee's (1958), and as ominously sensual as Gary Oldman's (1992).

David Suchet (Poirot) stars as vampire scholar Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, an authority on the powers of garlic, crucifixes, and wooden stakes to combat these bloodsucking monsters. Also appearing are Sophia Myles (Art School Confidential, Marple) as Lucy Westenra, the chaste victim, and Stephanie Leonidas as Mina, who seems certain to follow her friend Lucy into the realm of the undead. Rafe Spall plays Mina's fiancé, Jonathan Harker; Dan Stevens is Lucy's new husband, Arthur Holmwood; and Tom Burke plays Dr. John Seward, Lucy's failed suitor and the attending physician during her horrible descent into vampirism.

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« Reply #54 on: February 11, 2007, 08:01:19 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on February 11, 2007, 07:54:56 AM

Okay!  I'm off to Ohio.  

Godspeed, my friend.

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« Reply #55 on: February 11, 2007, 08:12:29 AM »
Heading down now to tidy up a few things around the house before starting on lunch.

WBBL.
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« Reply #56 on: February 11, 2007, 09:07:02 AM »
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I went to the plantation house next door to our house that we had hoped to live in (the one full of house parts now) because there was an "estate sale" now that the woman whose family had lived there for 5 generations has moved to her penthouse in The Loft. The developer was holding court with lots of little old ladies in the kitchen. I asked him what was to become of the house. He smugly said "I've scheduled a controlled burn for the end of the month." I'm sure he wanted me to take him seriously and get all scared. The old ladies thought that was a hoot. But he has done nothing to preserve this place since he bought it and it continues to deteriorate. (Our preservation group offered over market value to buy it, but the city gave some many incentives to the developer, including our tax money, no buffers and increased density for the land, that we could never have matched that.) Oh well...

New house! Gotta think about the NEW house!

Stories like this one really make my blood boil. Many of the communities that are letting their heritage go bye-bye depend on tourism. Tourists don't come to see the new, just-like-everything-else condos--they come to see the history and heritage.

Like you say, EDI, some battles can't be won. One must choose their battles.
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« Reply #57 on: February 11, 2007, 09:08:46 AM »
SAFE TRAVEL VIBES TO DR ELMORE!!

I hope all goes as well as is possible.
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« Reply #58 on: February 11, 2007, 09:09:59 AM »
I'm up, I'm up.  It rained overnight, but now the sky is blue - that's LA.  

Excellent vibes and xylophones for elmore's journey.
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« Reply #59 on: February 11, 2007, 09:10:54 AM »
I think I had weird dreams but I can't remember.
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