Topic: TOM TURKEY RAN AWAY BUT HE JUST CAME HOME (Read 24360 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #210 on:** November 27, 2008, 04:55:33 PM »

I watched WALL-E which I enjoyed very much....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #211 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:01:07 PM »

I can only find music from the new opera written by Robert Aldredge and Carroll Baker's son, Herschel Garfein.

http://www.elmergantryopera.com/site/

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #212 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:05:12 PM »

In other - more somber - news, it was announced today that playwright, William Gibson, (The Miracle Worker), died this past Tuesday.

‘Miracle Worker’ Playwright Dies

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #213 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:06:53 PM »

PAGE EIGHT "WALL-E" DANCE!!!!

td · « **Reply #214 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:32:40 PM »

Mum is now watching THE SINGING NUN on her huge hdtv while quilting.

JMK · « **Reply #215 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:39:16 PM »

Wasn't someone mentioning DYNASTY here the other day? The "Gantry" girl's father's previous wife was none other than Pamela Bellwood! That puts me two degrees of separation from Joan Collins, baby.

Druxy · « **Reply #216 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:40:40 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on November 27, 2008, 03:13:41 PM

The reviews here did not care too much for the story line and pacing of the new James Bond movie but the box office was great - too much for "Australia" to outsell/

So far the comments for "Australia" have been mostly along the lines of - an hour too long, Kidman is so wrong (and looks uncomfortable) and the word "Crikey" is way over-used!

I just returned from seeing AUSTRALIA.

Yes, it is a bit long...but that didn't bother me up until about the last 15 minutes.

I don't want to be a Spoiler, so I won't go into specifics, but the problem there (as I see it) is that the ending of the film is badly structured, so that the "Final Confrontation" with the lead heavy seems anticlimactic. I think that if they'd, essentially, reversed two scenes, it would have worked much better.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #217 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:47:51 PM »

I;m back from a fantastic celebration of Thanksgiving with some very wonderful people I'm grateful to consider my friends. Skip's meal, as is par for him, was quite wonderful and, as is par for both him and DR FJL, extremely generous: delicious turkey, mashed potatoes, a wonderful "kitchen sink" stuffing with all sorts of surprises, green beans, and three desserts, about which more in a moment. Mary Jay made some excellent cornbread and brought a wonderful pumpkin bread from Amy's. There were three desserts: a scrumptious pumpkin pie with wonderful spices, a Jefferson Davis pie, which had a date-pecan layer between the pie crust and filling, and a flourless chocolate cherry cake, which was something I wanted to try but never got to. I had plenty of everything else.

I think it was a most successful day and i would have stayed longer but I was getting anxious about getting home and taking my meds. Thanks for a great day, DR Fjl and Skip!

BK, by the way, looks fantastic.

Now, as to all this speculation about my redoing my drawers, I'm fascinated that such a simple and mundane household task of rearranging/tossing out the contents of various drawers in file cabinets has engendered thoughts about my underwear. So here's a pair of drawers you can fantasize about redoing.

TCB · « **Reply #218 on:** November 27, 2008, 06:01:06 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 27, 2008, 05:47:51 PM

Now, as to all this speculation about my redoing my drawers, I'm fascinated that such a simple and mundane household task of rearranging/tossing out the contents of various drawers in file cabinets has engendered thoughts about my underwear. So here's a pair of drawers you can fantasize about redoing.

Gee, elmore has lost a lot of weight!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #219 on:** November 27, 2008, 06:47:53 PM »

"Necessary filler" post so that I can keep browsing within the peripheral view of my mother.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #220 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:03:26 PM »

And since we're so close....

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #221 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:04:11 PM »

Oh, nevermind, I can't do the sum today.

Kerry · « **Reply #222 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:10:30 PM »

This was a lovely Thanksgiving.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #223 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:44:40 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on November 27, 2008, 01:08:06 PM

I believe "I Love a Piano" was one of the Irving Berlin numbers interpolated into the stage version of WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Indeed it was...and it's spectacular. The S.F. second-year production was wonderful, for the most part. The leads were a bit oddly matched, especially given they were man and wife for real. He was a bit wooden. She was spectacular in "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me." The sets and costumers were totally glorious.

And when it snowed "on" the audience (Orchestra sections only), the finale SOARED>

bk · « **Reply #224 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:48:20 PM »

I'm back and some photographs momentarily. First off, what a great Thanksgiving it was - grand food, grand company, stimulatingly stimulating conversation.

bk · « **Reply #225 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:52:10 PM »

Here, for example, is the food. I can only say that the turkey was moist and great-tasting, the green beans were perfect, didn't have the mashed potatoes, and the stuffing was great. I had two pieces of turkey breast, two reasonable helpings of stuffing, and two smallish pieces of that fantastic corn bread - all food made by Skip, save for the cornbread, which was made by their friend and neighbor Mary Jay.

Kerry · « **Reply #226 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:52:54 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 27, 2008, 02:28:54 PM

*Alas, shortly after that pic was taken, Emily commenced with her usual "I'm scared of my Uncle Jojo" routine.

I wouldn't mind playing with Uncle JoJo. We can even play the Chauffer and the Contessa!

bk · « **Reply #227 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:53:50 PM »

Next we have the dessert assortment - grand pumpkin pie (I had a reasonable piece with whipped cream) I can't remember the name of the other pie but everyone loved it - FJL can tell you the name and what was in it, and a dairy-less chocolate cherry cake.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #228 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:54:31 PM »

Quote from: Kerry on November 27, 2008, 07:52:54 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 27, 2008, 02:28:54 PM
*Alas, shortly after that pic was taken, Emily commenced with her usual "I'm scared of my Uncle Jojo" routine.

I wouldn't mind playing with Uncle JoJo. We can even play the Chauffer and the Contessa!

Just remember, I don't drive stick.

bk · « **Reply #229 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:55:50 PM »

Next we have our very own FJL and elmore.

bk · « **Reply #230 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:56:41 PM »

Here's Milla and Mary Jay

Cillaliz · « **Reply #231 on:** November 27, 2008, 07:58:25 PM »

Looks like a great dinner and great company!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #232 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:00:17 PM »

bk - Were those pics taken with your iPhone?

Kerry · « **Reply #233 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:01:14 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on November 27, 2008, 01:09:52 PM

Quote from: Kerry on November 27, 2008, 01:07:11 PM
The movie of, "White Christmas' (excuse me, "Irving Berlin's "White Christmas") was pretty lame compared to "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn." Yes, the movie of "White Christmas" has its moments, but you have to wade through an awful lot of mediocrity. Rosemary Clooney is a delight as is Mary Wickes and Dean Jagger. George Chakiris is good, too. But one watches it for the occasional moments of joy.

I have just the opposite reaction. Though the music is great in HOLIDAY INN, I find the love triangle tedious in the extreme. I find WHITE CHRISTMAS pure pleasure from beginning to end, even those numbers Charles Pogue seems to disdain so frequently in these here parts.

Don't get me wrong, Matt; I fall for the end of "White Christmas" every time! I like Vera-Ellen; I like "Count Your Blessings" and "Sisters" (both versions), "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me," and "Snow." Bing is his usual easy going self, but the movie is not perfect. But I still watch it regularly , and I still fall for the good parts!

bk · « **Reply #234 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:04:32 PM »

Finally, here's our late arrivals, the beautiful Maureen Silliman and her ever-lovin' Bill Parry.

bk · « **Reply #235 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:05:51 PM »

Yep, all photographs taken with my iPhone.

Matt H. · « **Reply #236 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:09:26 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on November 27, 2008, 03:13:41 PM

The reviews here did not care too much for the story line and pacing of the new James Bond movie but the box office was great - too much for "Australia" to outsell/

So far the comments for "Australia" have been mostly along the lines of - an hour too long, Kidman is so wrong (and looks uncomfortable) and the word "Crikey" is way over-used!

Our newpaper movie critic gave it two stars out of four.

Matt H. · « **Reply #237 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:13:52 PM »

I *LOVE* Vera-Ellen. Her singing voice may have been mediocre enough to require dubbing but no one could touch her on the dance floor. She could do every kind of dance expertly and look lovely while doing it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #238 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:15:06 PM »

BK, fantastic photos!

And fantastic company to boot!

Matt H. · « **Reply #239 on:** November 27, 2008, 08:15:25 PM »

I find it hard to believe but I did NOT finish with LOST tonight. I had forgotten that the last episode was 84 minutes long. I didn't bank on so many bonus features. I still have four bonus featurettes to go, so I just called it a night, and will finish them tomorrow morning.

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