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[Matt H.]

Then I watched tonight's GHOST WHISPERER. This was the episode I was simply dreading since reading a spoiler this past summer. The spoiler was indeed true.

Proactiv didn't cure her acne problem?  

Killed David Conrad.

I had read about the rumors, but WHY??

He's so cute!

I've become quite apathetic and stopped watching the show, but i suspect he got bored having so little to do on the program. I loved Disc 2 of CRANFORD; what a lot of great performances and high-flown emotions.

He pretty much said that in an interview in TV GUIDE several weeks ago. I think it will be a poorer show without him.

[Matt H.]

Page Fourteen Dance!!!

[Matt H.]

You're right about AS THE WORLD TURNS, DR Elmore. I may indeed give it up again and simply follow it at Elton instead.

[Matt H.]

Now, I have a bit more writing to do tonight and then I'm heading down to bed. I didn't have a great night of sleep last night, so perhaps tonight will be better.

Good Night!

[George]

Then I watched tonight's GHOST WHISPERER. This was the episode I was simply dreading since reading a spoiler this past summer. The spoiler was indeed true.

Proactiv didn't cure her acne problem?   

Killed David Conrad.

I had read about the rumors, but WHY??

He's so cute!

I've become quite apathetic and stopped watching the show, but i suspect he got bored having so little to do on the program. I loved Disc 2 of CRANFORD; what a lot of great performances and high-flown emotions.

That makes sense.  I hope he can find something that is more fulfilling for him.

[George]

Time for me to leave, too.

Until later!

[S. Woody White]

HTF - home theater forum.  Someone there just posted a huge number of screencaps from the old DVD of Gigi and the new one.  Boy do they tell the Warners story in a nutshell.  Where the sky is blue on the old transfer it is poop brown in the new one.  Where skin tones are natural in the other, they're yellow on the new one.  It's an eye-opener.

This sounds more like a reason to get those eyes closed.

[S. Woody White]

Mr Gadget returned today with 6 qt pressure cooker. The store had it marked down a third and he gets an employee 5% discount on top of that.

With all the Sous-Vide cooking going on on Iron Chef America I expect his letter to Santa will mention a vacuum sealer and a constant-temeperature immersion circulator.

der Brucer

No.  Replacing our wooden spoons is the next priority.

[S. Woody White]

DR dB - You certainly enjoy playing Devil's Advocate, don't you?    

You don't hear the half of it!

[S. Woody White]

TELEGRAPH

A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University.

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

Significantly absent:

Greatest Broadway Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
Debra Messing - the Next Lucy
FOX News - Fair and Balanced

der Brucer

And, for us cashiers:

Wait a second, I have the exact change...

[S. Woody White]

DR S Woody White, you must live in a completely different world then me. Everyone I know cooks at home and always has...not that we don't go out dinner on occasion.

I was being satirical. 

At least, I think I was.  Looking over some of the customers' purchases in my lane, it's hard to tell sometimes.

[S. Woody White]

Dinner tonight was tempura tilapia and veggies, with cilantro rice.

I made some tempura green beans specially for der B, since he really really really likes them.

But I used up my supply of yuzu as a dipping sauce.  Looks like I've got to make a trip to Beautiful Foods sometime next week, to stock up again.

[S. Woody White]

And, with that, I'm going to call it a night.  I'm on call for work tomorrow - due to the economy, our floor manager can't schedule me until the last minute (bleh).  So, it's time to get some shut-eye.

[bk]

And people go on the HTF, these complete idiots, and say the color is better in the new transfer of Gigi.  What they're really talking about is sharpness - the new DVD is SHARPER, but the color is disgusting.  I mean, look at the two screencaps with the sky - one has a blue sky, one has a yellow/brown sky.  I happen to have a little secret - the sky is blue.  Not brown.  Skies are not brown except in LA because of the smog, and even here the skies are blue.  In Paris, in 1958 - sorry, blue.

[bk]

I'm finishing up my third Demy today. 

[Laura]

Good evening. That is all.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

I'm back from the The Met.

...And I was able to head backstage for a brief reunion with my friend, Patrick Carfizzi.  He sang the part of "Brander" tonight - a part he has sang before with The Met Orchestra and Chorus in concert.  They were having an "opening night" party of sorts, so we didn't get to spend too much time tonight catching up.  His mother and managers were there tonight too, so... However, he will be giving a recital at the Morgan Library in two weeks, and I'll be sure to be there for that too. 

[JoseSPiano]

After I left Lincoln Center, I ended up walking around for a bit.  It's a simply gorgeous, warm(!) Fall night here in NYC.

*Alas, when I walked by the Time-Warner Center, I noticed that they had just set up the Christmas Stars in the Atrium.  -It's just waaay tooooo early for that!?!?!!?

[JoseSPiano]

DR Ann - Dry basement Vibes to you and Jed and Toby.

*And continued Good Health Vibes to Jed's father.~~~~~~~~~~~

[JoseSPiano]

Intermission from WHAT,  DRJOSE?

Berlioz's "Le Damnation de Faust" at The Metropolitan Opera.

For a Video Preview, CLICK HERE.

[JoseSPiano]

Mr Gadget returned today with 6 qt pressure cooker. The store had it marked down a third and he gets an employee 5% discount on top of that.

With all the Sous-Vide cooking going on on Iron Chef America I expect his letter to Santa will mention a vacuum sealer and a constant-temeperature immersion circulator.

der Brucer

No.  Replacing our wooden spoons is the next priority.

So... I guess that means you won't be finding this under your Christmas tree this year:

Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide - by Thomas Keller


A friend of mine happens to be his agent at Artisan (the publisher), and he gave me a "desk copy".  Quite an interesting tome.  -Alas, the plans to market it along with a home sous-vide kit through Williams-Sonoma fell through.

[bk]

What a lovely day of postings we've had.

[bk]

Why is it that when I say "what a lovely day of postings we've had" the postings stop dead?  Why is that?

[bk]

Welcome nine GUESTS.  We haven't had nine GUESTS in a 'coon's age.

[MBarnum]

I am watching a very lovely MGM film from 1934 about a young girl who raises an orphaned puma cub and a fawn together, in the woods. The photography is beautiful and the scenes of outdoor life, particularly the deer, are breathtaking.

The film is titled SEQUOIA and it stars Jean Parker and, as a very handsome young Forest Ranger, Russell Hardie.

[singdaw]

DR JoseSPiano...

Are you quite sure that your friend Patrick hasn't been moonlighting on Brothers & Sisters?     

[DERBRUCER]

Why does paying at night make a difference as to where you pay?

Some stations provide attendants at the pumps to collect cash/credit cards during the day but move them indoors at night for safety reasons.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

I don't believe I came across any "pay first" gas stations in Los Angeles. I just alwasy paid at the pump by instering my credit or debit card into the machine. Then joyously pumped away...once I figured out how to put the darn nozzle into the gas tank thing.

Sticking in your card to enable pumping counts as "Pay First".

der Brucer

I am glad you finally learned how to put your nozzle in the hole.

[DERBRUCER]

You could get two DVRs, like me.

Sorry, my idea of a DVR (Dear Vivacious Reader) is shorter and blond.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

That's like when something is "new and improved."  How can it be new AND improved?

It can sure be new AND not-improved - remember the new COKE?

der Brucer

Or the new Trans-fat free" Oreos