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« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2008, 06:32:54 AM »

Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. We are having a marathon in town that closes off the surface streets. We are in the middle of the circle, so getting around is near impossible. I have to go to the airport this morning to pick up the guest speaker, which is outside of the circle. Access roads are closed. Oy.
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« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2008, 06:33:42 AM »

Happy Birthday, TPunk!!!! Much cake to you!
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« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2008, 06:41:27 AM »

As for yesterday's TOD:

OUTER LIMITS
THE MONKEES
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
NIGHT GALLERY
TWILIGHT ZONE
And my #1 show was THE PRISONER. I was prety obsessed with this show and one of my goals in life was to go to the village.

At the end of the last episode, the location was finally mentioned in the credits and I scribbled it down. It was one of those long Welsh names so I was never sure I got it right, but occasionally I made attempts to find it. One day in a bookstore, I looked through a Michelin guide and finally found it!

When I graduated college, I had a job working on a film in England. After we were done, some friends came to visit and we took a minibus to Wales and visited The Village. It was beyond anything I had every imagined.

Years later, I went there with my DH, and of course, that was even more fun!

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« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2008, 06:47:06 AM »

Good morning, all! A night of weird dreams - including one involving my great-Aunt Lucy, several cartons of vodka her family owed my father (who never drank vodka), a gigantic snowstorm and another about Jonathan Tunick and me preparing for an orchestra rehearsal of PROMISES, PROMISES in the living room of my parents' housein Ohio - and being awakened by my upstairs neighbor and his dog pacing aimlessly/frantically about his his apartment around 3 am this morning have left me a bit groggy and muddled today.

I need to stop off at Toyland to look up the musical theatre credentials of Lawrence McCarty, but I believe I can put that off until tomorrow morning.

DR MBarnum, I do wish you'd take your head out of the ozone and tune in for a moment or two on the current movies happening on this continent or in this decade: it sounds as if the film you loved so much last night AAP KI KHATIR (2006) is a copyright violation of THE WEDDING DATE of 2005, which is probably a copyright violation of another film and which I saw with goddaughter Charlotte three years ago.

Communicating with Barnum gives me headache.  The only viable solution is to watch the clear-headed events of a Jane Austen novel. I hope this new version of PERSUASION tonight won't be too horrifying an adaptation of one of my favorite novels.
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« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2008, 06:53:09 AM »

I watched MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING on the Shakespeare set recommened by DR ELMORE.  Lovely....funny....and many handsome men - who unlike SOME of their American counterparts - can act, too.
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« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2008, 06:57:25 AM »

Icy rain a snow here this morning.  Hopefully DR GINNY and DH RICHARD passed through Indy before it hit.
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« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2008, 06:57:36 AM »

Hi DR EDISAURUS!!
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« Reply #37 on: January 13, 2008, 07:04:08 AM »

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« Reply #38 on: January 13, 2008, 07:07:54 AM »

Icy rain a snow here this morning.

But, somewhere the SURF'S UP!


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•   Jan. 12: Surfers compete in the Mavericks surf contest in Half Moon Bay, California; waves here can reach the height of a 3-story building.

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« Reply #39 on: January 13, 2008, 07:08:53 AM »

Wow!  I can see all twelve apostles in the crest of that wave!
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« Reply #40 on: January 13, 2008, 07:11:13 AM »

I watched MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING on the Shakespeare set recommened by DR ELMORE.  Lovely....funny....and many handsome men - who unlike SOME of their American counterparts - can act, too.

Wasn't Damian Lewis wonderful as Benedick?  The only one I haven't seen yet is the MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
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« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2008, 07:12:17 AM »

Interesting that there are several recent movies about an actor being hired by a woman to play her beau for the benefit of the woman's family.  The play BEAU JEST, which ran for years off-Broadway and the film of which is slated for release this year, has the following plot:

"When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". The masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed."


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« Reply #42 on: January 13, 2008, 07:14:46 AM »

Wasn't Damian Lewis wonderful as Benedick?  The only one I haven't seen yet is the MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Oh....no didn't even notice him.   :o
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« Reply #43 on: January 13, 2008, 07:15:20 AM »

Interesting that there are several recent movies about an actor being hired by a woman to play her beau for the benefit of the woman's family.  The play BEAU JEST, which ran for years off-Broadway and the film of which is slated for release this year, has the following plot:

"When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". The masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed."




I hope Debra Messing's phone doesn't ring.  :P
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« Reply #44 on: January 13, 2008, 07:15:51 AM »

Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. We are having a marathon in town that closes off the surface streets. We are in the middle of the circle, so getting around is near impossible. I have to go to the airport this morning to pick up the guest speaker, which is outside of the circle. Access roads are closed. Oy.

And here begineth the Sunday Adventure - stay tuned!

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« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2008, 07:15:54 AM »

Welcome back, Edi
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« Reply #46 on: January 13, 2008, 07:19:07 AM »

Benedick  

"Benedick" - a Latin/slang hybrid name meaning Good Cock

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« Reply #47 on: January 13, 2008, 07:23:36 AM »

Jrand - If you get Debra Messing's number, please remind her that I'm waiting for approval of my treatment for MESSING WITH MY MIND, about people getting their minds transplanted into the head of the "Will and Grace" star.  

(Very slightly a la BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, but different enough not to be actionable.  :) )
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« Reply #48 on: January 13, 2008, 07:24:59 AM »

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« Reply #49 on: January 13, 2008, 07:26:11 AM »

Good morning!

It was a very pretty but very cool morning, but it's clouding up as I type, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some rain later today.
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« Reply #50 on: January 13, 2008, 07:30:21 AM »

Well, I do expect it to be a non-event, but I'll be watching the Golden Globes press conference tonight (9 p.m.) because I am curious to see who was awarded the prizes.

THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES premieres tonight at 8, and I'll be sampling this first episode to see if it's a show I want to invest time in. (It's the first of a two parter that concludes tomorrow night.)

A new BROTHERS & SISTERS comes on tonight at 10 p.m.

So, my evening of TV viewing is now set from 8-10.

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« Reply #51 on: January 13, 2008, 07:31:03 AM »

Before that, I suspect I'll be watching the Blu-ray of THE GAME PLAN. There are some bonus features on the disc that I likely won't get to until tomorrow.
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« Reply #52 on: January 13, 2008, 07:31:08 AM »


DR MBarnum, I do wish you'd take your head out of the ozone and tune in for a moment or two on the current movies happening on this continent or in this decade:

Somtimes I feel sorry for DR MBarnum.

Not often.

Not a lot.

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« Reply #53 on: January 13, 2008, 07:33:01 AM »

This afternoon, I plan to watch Firday night's MONK while I cook and eat lunch. Then, I'll watch the remaining bonus features on the Criterion MISS JULIE that I began last night.

With the remaining time this afternoon, I'd like to watch THE LODGER. If I remember, it's reasonably short and I should be able to fit it into the time remaining. However, if I find that it's longer than I remembered, I'll rewatch some TV episodes from some box set already watched.
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« Reply #54 on: January 13, 2008, 07:42:00 AM »

"Benedick" - a Latin/slang hybrid name meaning Good Cock

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Then it was perfect casting.  ;D
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« Reply #55 on: January 13, 2008, 07:42:36 AM »

Jrand - If you get Debra Messing's number, please remind her that I'm waiting for approval of my treatment for MESSING WITH MY MIND, about people getting their minds transplanted into the head of the "Will and Grace" star.  

(Very slightly a la BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, but different enough not to be actionable.  :) )

Well she IS the new Lucille Ball, you know!  :P
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« Reply #56 on: January 13, 2008, 07:44:35 AM »

... Firday night's MONK...

Firday, the day after Thirstday and before Siterday.

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PS Randy Disher steals the show!



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« Reply #57 on: January 13, 2008, 07:47:01 AM »

Well she IS the new Lucille Ball, you know!  :P

And plays well with Harry Connick - the new Sinatra, you know!  :P

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« Reply #58 on: January 13, 2008, 07:54:15 AM »

Firday, the day after Thirstday and before Siterday.

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PS Randy Disher steals the show!





I saw my typo but decided to leave it to give you something to do. You can thank me later.

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« Reply #59 on: January 13, 2008, 08:10:36 AM »

I'll head down now to start the Sunday laundry process and then begin preparing lunch.

WBBL.
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