Topic: THE CRYSTAL BALL (Read 38391 times)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #180 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:19:28 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 18, 2008, 01:15:12 PM

Is "e'en" a Southern term?

It's not specifically Southern....but it's poetic and literary and ALL educated Southerners should know it and use it!

e'en 1 (n)
n.
Evening.

_{The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.}

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #181 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:19:59 PM »

Woo Hoo!

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JoseSPiano · « **Reply #182 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:21:34 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 18, 2008, 11:32:40 AM

I did! I think Jeff Lewis is crazy, but Courtney makes him look sane.

Yeah... That Courtney is something else. I'm wondering if she read the release in regards to just how much she would be on TV - and how they would edit her remarks and appearances. -Strangely enough, I believe I know who her husband is - the actually owner of the property - and I find it kind of surprising that so much has not happened in regards to the renovation. We shall see.

Matt H. · « **Reply #183 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:22:13 PM »

The pool was very relaxing this morning. It is a heated pool, and today the heater needed to be turned on since it was only 78 when we were there, and the water in the pool was 84. Got just enough sun to be starting a nice base. As busy as I am now, I doubt I'll get to the pool as much as I did a few summers ago when I was going two or three times a week and got very brown.

I mean, I went from having no discs to review to FOUR discs to review in one 24-hour period. Today is the main came the horror film THE RUINS from Paramount.

Matt H. · « **Reply #184 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:23:23 PM »

In the main? I meant "in the mail," of course.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #185 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:23:59 PM »

DR RonPulliam - So, if a round of croquet were to end in a tie sometime after dusk, would that mean that the game ended "e'en" in the "e'en"?

Matt H. · « **Reply #186 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:24:24 PM »

When I got in from the pool, I cooked and ate lunch while watching more of LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME. I didn't quite finish. The "At Sundown" number is just about ready to start, but hadn't yet when I turned off that player.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #187 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:25:18 PM »

Quote from: Matthew on June 18, 2008, 12:43:50 PM

I did.... that dude is crazy and takes everyone with him along that road.

-And I'm betting that the new assistant is probably looking for a TV show or his own and/or a date with Jeff.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #188 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:26:36 PM »

Quote from: Ben on June 18, 2008, 12:57:27 PM

The closings have begun.

Cry-Baby will close June 22 according to Playbill.com

Yep.

And from some of the texts I received while I was out running errands, there will more than likely be a few more closing announcements by the end of the week, if not the end of the day.

$:-\$

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #189 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:27:03 PM »

STOP, Ron Pulliam!!!

That chocolate cake might be a trick!!!! Is it damp and rich???

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #190 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:27:34 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 18, 2008, 01:23:59 PM

DR RonPulliam - So, if a round of croquet were to end in a tie sometime after dusk, would that mean that the game ended "e'en" in the "e'en"?

I don't know about in your neck of the woods....but in my neck of the woods there's no such thing as a "tie" in croquet. Dusk be hanged, we'd be in "sudden death" until I won!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #191 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:28:13 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on June 18, 2008, 01:27:03 PM

STOP, Ron Pulliam!!!

That chocolate cake might be a trick!!!! Is it damp and rich???

It's moist and chocolatey rich. Should I toss it out?

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #192 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:28:49 PM »

You need a mother to take care of you. Or a Wendy.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #193 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:28:51 PM »

Ft Lauderdale is where the boys are.

Matt H. · « **Reply #194 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:28:55 PM »

Then I put in THE FURIES. I had never seen it before, so it was an eye-opening and very enjoyable film. Walter Huston's last movie, and he has a very memorable part in it. Can't believe he didn't merit an Oscar nomination for it. He's fabulous. Stanwyck is as good as can be, but I think she's probably 10 years too old for the role. Wendell Corey seems a pretty dull man to be the love of her life. Too bad it couldn't have been Jeff Chandler or Jack Palance or someone with a little fire. Judith Anderson also had a very memorable supporting part. Beulah Bondi had a couple of nifty scenes, too.

Really enjoyed the story and the black and white transfer is just superb. Audio had a little hiss but otherwise a strong mono track.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #195 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:29:40 PM »

...And since I do happen to have a bag of White Lily Flour in my cupboard, I'm really tempted to make the biscuit recipe that accompanies the aforementioned article.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #196 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:30:42 PM »

"Matter Contemplates Spirit,” by Stephen Kaltenbach, is a work of clay, glaze and resin. It is among sculptures displayed at the 217-acre Di Rosa Preserve in Napa, which features more than 2,000 indoor and outdoor works.
(Jenn Garbee)

der Brucer

PS - I still think aliens did it!

Matt H. · « **Reply #197 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:31:32 PM »

THE FURIES came with a paperback book of the original novel as part of the set (that's in addition to the usual Criterion booklet insert).

I'll get to the commentary and the other supplements (don't look to be a gargantuan number of them) this evening. Luckily, there is nothing on TV tonight for me to be distracted.

Matt H. · « **Reply #198 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:34:00 PM »

I did have time to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Yes, the boys were on, but for all that got settled, they might as well not have been. Marking time (though seemingly the Ameera storyline was wrapped up).

They were not in tomorrow's previews.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #199 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:35:26 PM »

Hmmm.... So, on the day that some NYC restaurants started serving tomatoes again, six new cases of tainted-tomato-salmonella have been reported in the area. Not coincidental, just bad timing. $:-\$

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #200 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:40:09 PM »

And since I actually have made these "Touch of Grace Biscuits" before... And since it happens to be quite a "easy" biscuit recipe - no rolling out and cutting invloved... And since I know all of us DRs like recipes, well...

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Touch of Grace Biscuits

Adapted from “CookWise” by Shirley O. Corriher (Morrow)

Time: 40 minutes

Nonstick cooking spray
2 cups self-rising flour, preferably a low-protein Southern flour like White Lily
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 cup buttermilk, or as needed
1 cup bleached all-purpose flour, preferably low-protein flour like White Lily, or as needed
2 tablespoons butter, melted.

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees, and arrange a shelf slightly below center of oven. Spray a 9-inch cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the self-rising flour, sugar and salt. Work shortening in with your fingers until there are no large lumps. Gently stir in the cream, then enough buttermilk so that dough resembles wet cottage cheese. (If you are not using low-protein Southern flour, this may take considerably more than 1 cup buttermilk.)

2. Spread one cup all-purpose flour (not self-rising) across a plate or pie pan. Using a medium (about 2 inches, No. 30) ice cream scoop or spoon, place three scoops of dough well apart in flour. Sprinkle flour over each. Flour your hands. Turn the dough in flour to coat, shaping a ball and shaking off excess flour as you work. Place each ball in prepared pan; biscuits should be touching one another. Continue shaping until all dough is used.

3. Bake until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Brushed with melted butter. Invert onto a plate, then back onto another. With a knife or spatula, cut quickly between biscuits to make them easy to remove. Serve immediately.

Yield: 12 to 14 biscuits.

singdaw · « **Reply #201 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:52:35 PM »

Thanks for re-printing the recipe, DR JoseSPiano!

Does that make us all honorary Southerners?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #202 on:** June 18, 2008, 01:56:39 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 18, 2008, 01:52:35 PM

Thanks for re-printing the recipe, DR JoseSPiano!

Does that make us all honorary Southerners?

No no! We have an initiation for that.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #203 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:01:37 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on June 18, 2008, 01:22:13 PM

The pool was very relaxing this morning. It is a heated pool, and today the heater needed to be turned on since it was only 78 when we were there, and the water in the pool was 84. Got just enough sun to be starting a nice base. As busy as I am now, I doubt I'll get to the pool as much as I did a few summers ago when I was going two or three times a week and got very brown.

I mean, I went from having no discs to review to FOUR discs to review in one 24-hour period. Today is the main came the horror film THE RUINS from Paramount.

I am curious about THE RUINS; I wanted to see it and never got to it. I loved the book, but it's quite gory.

Matt H. · « **Reply #204 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:09:10 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 18, 2008, 02:01:37 PM

I am curious about THE RUINS; I wanted to see it and never got to it. I loved the book, but it's quite gory.

I'm really rather dreading watching it. I'm not a big horror/gore fan. Something like CLOVERFIELD is fine with more suspense and minimal gore, but THE RUINS is something I'm a bit apprehensive about watching.

And it's the UNRATED version too so they can increase the gore and language quotas. Argh!

Matt H. · « **Reply #205 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:10:08 PM »

Got to write for a bit now.

WBBL.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #206 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:24:05 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on June 18, 2008, 02:09:10 PM

I'm really rather dreading watching it. I'm not a big horror/gore fan. Something like CLOVERFIELD is fine with more suspense and minimal gore, but THE RUINS is something I'm a bit apprehensive about watching.

And it's the UNRATED version too so they can increase the gore and language quotas. Argh!

Invite a friend to watch it with you. I can't watch horror films alone and I love them.

JMK · « **Reply #207 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:54:54 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 18, 2008, 02:24:05 PM

Invite a friend to watch it with you. I can't watch horror films alone and I love them.

You must have a gaggle of folk over for screenings of THE OSCAR.

singdaw · « **Reply #208 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:58:41 PM »

singdaw · « **Reply #209 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:59:57 PM »

My one year supply of Duke's mayonanaise was delivered today.

I haven't opened it yet.

Does anyone want me to reproduce the recipe off the back of the container for Chocolate Peanut Oatmeal Jumbles?

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