Topic: BEING FRIDAY (Read 68535 times)

Michael · « **Reply #30 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:46:20 AM »

Well I am off to work.

Have a great day all

bk · « **Reply #31 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:46:39 AM »

Welcome fourteen GUESTS. I am going to try and get some sleep now. Shhhh.

bk · « **Reply #32 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:46:49 AM »

At long last, page two.

bk · « **Reply #33 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:47:02 AM »

Fool around with ME, sister.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:35:19 AM »

Good morning, all! The bath water looks fine today, so that seems a good omen. This morning, I have brain surgery, followed by a trek to the 42nd Street NYPL Main branch to research in the rare books and manuscripts division. When I return home, hopefully filled with knowledge, I shall update reports, peruse today's mail, and chill out.

Last night, I watched UGLY BETTY, the TOP CHEF rerun of Wednesday night's episode, and STEP IT UP AND DANCE. I'm becoming a Bravo addict, although I must say that hostile lesbian on WORKOUT is hard to take, from her lack of personnel skills to her being one maladjusted employer with narcissistic and control issues.

TOD:
DVD: Strictly Confidential (BBC), more Shakespeare
CD: The Brain from Planet X, Mario Lanza, Offenbach, Follies Boston preview
VCR: cheep cheep cheep

Jrand74 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:57:41 AM »

Is today the day of DR MICHAEL S's announcement? Maybe not.

It is a work day for me. Oh well.

DR EDISAURUS - anniversaries whose counting numbers appear on dated numbers usually mark milestones that are only apparent in hindsight. You have already noted one, but there will be another as the year passes.

Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that your bunny rabbit in cowboy hats dream points to situations in your past that you are putting behind you quickly.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:00:15 AM »

TOD

DVD: The Disembodied - full theatrical version with the prologue not included on the television broadcast version.

CD: Evening Primrose

VHS: All My Sons

DR TCB - I have wanted to do the show for a long time, and for some reason it was chosen this year, probably because the head of the program committee wants to play one of the leading roles. That's a piss poor reason to choose a show, but that seemed to be the impetus behind the whole season this year.

Hopefully we will sell some tickets, or at least not LOSE any money this year.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:03:05 AM »

Meditation, yoga, tai chi, affirmations and spiritual studies are reinforced as the Moon in Libra trines Neptune in Aquarius (8:30PM PDT). Revelations may be pouring in around this time, but the lunar alignment to Neptune also starts a void time-span that last until 8:00AM PDT tomorrow and the arrival of persistent and hard-driving Scorpio Moon. Keep overnight decision-making to a minimum, but have a notebook nearby to record illuminating dreams and visions.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #38 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:15:29 AM »

Off to work. Oh well.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:19:48 AM »

I had a loverly phone call from my wonderful sister-in-law and chef par excellence Jo, and I look less and less to next week's Ohio trek: my high maintenance niece may be coming in as well for the week, and while I love her, a week is too much to deal with and her mood swings, there may be too many hassles over the property and the brothers' rental plans, which are completely misguided. I'm frustrated as well by their failure to list the property to sell it. I don't understand the procrastination. This week long trip may be shorter than planned.

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:29:29 AM »

DR elmore3003 - sounds like anything less than relaxing. $:-\$

Ben · « **Reply #41 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:31:16 AM »

Morning all. Trouble on the home front (not the literal home front, the office home front) involving information loaded into the database.

Not listening to much because I'm too busy fixing data errors.

Our usual Friday Britcoms this evening and nothing special for Saturday or Sunday.

singdaw · « **Reply #42 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:34:01 AM »

Gerard Butler is on clearance.

Ben · « **Reply #43 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:34:42 AM »

I'm going back to Minnesota (without Anthony since he will be in Wisconsin) in August for a family reunion. We had one in Michigan in August of 2005 and my brother would like to have another one so they are planning that. I was able to get a decent flight so I'm leaving on Thursday August 7th to Minneapolis and returning to New York on Sunday August 10. It's a nonstop from JFK and it only cost $273 on Sun Country Airlines!!!

I now have to decide if I want to rent a car (the cost of a 3 day rental is almost as much as the plane fare). All that time with my family. I don't know if I can do it without getting away by myself for a couple of hours.

Ben · « **Reply #44 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:35:44 AM »

Oh, and I have taken delivery of my "economic stimulus" check as well. I went to my bank Web site this morning and there it was in my savings account.

Now I have to decide what to do with the windfall.

Ben · « **Reply #45 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:36:52 AM »

Back to the Salt Mines, or maybe the Dell Web site since I am thinking I may stimulate the economy by purchasing a laptop.

singdaw · « **Reply #46 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:42:01 AM »

Good for you, DR Ben! On both fronts!

singdaw · « **Reply #47 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:42:24 AM »

It's too bad the Ant can't go with you to the reunion, though.

Ginny · « **Reply #48 on:** May 16, 2008, 06:19:27 AM »

Friday morning greetings! I have an "in the office" day today, which I really need. Watch for some book recommendations later as I catch up on my review-reading.

Media check:

CD (car) - audiobook - Bill Clinton's Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, read by the author.

DVD - Stars on Ice: Celebrating 20 years, disc 1.

TV - Jeopardy! college tournament final

Ginny · « **Reply #49 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:02:14 AM »

Hmmm, just got some very interesting work news, prefaced by "Can you keep a secret?"

FJL · « **Reply #50 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:02:48 AM »

Today's word of the day reminds me of my favorite word USUFRUCT.

Matt H. · « **Reply #51 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:26:25 AM »

Good morning!

We had rain this morning, but it's cleared off now and is beautiful.

Matt H. · « **Reply #52 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:28:25 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 05:34:01 AM

Gerard Butler is on clearance.

I'll take him!

Even if he wants to sing "Music of the Night" to me.

Matt H. · « **Reply #53 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:29:30 AM »

Best friend John is taking the day off today and playing golf, but he invited me to have doughnuts with him this morning, so I was bad and went and had three. Bad, but SO good.

singdaw · « **Reply #54 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:31:22 AM »

Quote from: FJL on May 16, 2008, 07:02:48 AM

my favorite word USUFRUCT.

Imagine DR Vixter, being exposed to words like that!

Matt H. · « **Reply #55 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:33:45 AM »

Last night, DR George wrote:

"OMG! I'm watching the hi-def version of "Ugly Betty" and all of a sudden the voices went silent on the soundtrack! All the other noises (the sound effects, the music, etc.) still were there, but just no voices! It lasted a couple of minutes, but it was very weird! I've never watched any of the hi-def channels in hi-def before...does this happen very often??"

It didn't happen during the East coast broadcast, so I'm guessing this was a West coast screw-up. Yes, it happens occasionally when the network engineer doesn't flip the HDTV switches correctly. You were getting the Dolby 5.1 audio track without the center channel audio, and ABC is the worst network about making this mistake. (They showed almost half of the movie ANNA AND THE KING in HD with the center audio channel turned off). CBS has done it occasionally with the CSI shows, too. Very annoying.

When it happens, I immediately switch to the analog broadcast. If you don't want to give up the HD picture, switch on the closed captioning.

Matt H. · « **Reply #56 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:36:00 AM »

TV Reminders:

Season finales for:

GHOST WHISPERER

NUMB3RS

Series finale for:

MOONLIGHT (unless they can successfully peddle the show to the CW or SciFi networks. They're working on it.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #57 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:39:23 AM »

Friday Media Check:

CD - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (OCR)

DVD - THE INVADERS - Season 1
VANAJA
THE BIRDS

DVR - Wednesday night's CSI: NY
Wednesday night's BOSTON LEGAL
Thursday night's SMALLVILLE
Thursday night's SUPERNATURAL
Thursday night's MY NAME IS EARL
Thursday night's THE OFFICE
Thursday night's CSI

JMK · « **Reply #58 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:42:01 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 02:10:10 AM

I am MOST bummed that we shall be without DR FJL while he is in Issaquah.

Not half as bummed as FJL will be being in Issaquah. (Obscure Washington state joke for those of us in the vicinity).

JMK · « **Reply #59 on:** May 16, 2008, 07:43:48 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on May 16, 2008, 07:39:23 AM

Friday Media Check:
VANAJA

I just reviewed this one, too, Matt. Let me know what you think. Most especially, tell me if your DVD has a weird motion anomaly in some of the fast movement scenes that make it look like occasional frames are missing. I thought perhaps it had been converted from PAL for this reason and got in touch with Romalpalli (sp?), who said it hadn't, but it does this on every DVD player I've played mine on. I'm wondering if I got a poorly authored check disc.

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