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[Matt H.]

DR Ron Pulliam, do you remember that DVD of LIFE ON MARS you were kind enough to send me on Nov 22? Well, it finally arrived in today's mail! I had been wondering what had happened to it.

DR tomovoz, thank you for the beautiful calendar!

Good lord! That might be some kind of record for slow delivery. Seems like DR JRand and I have also endured lengthy mail deliveries like that.

[Matt H.]

Page Seven Dance!!!

[Matt H.]

It was cold at lunch, and the clouds moved in rather quickly turning the skies overcast. It's very gray outside right now though not cold enough for snow.

[TCB]

For some weird reason, the local NBC affiliate here is also carrying the Carolina-Tampa Bay game during prime time (along with ESPN), so I guess if I get to see CHUCK and HEROES at all, it will be a delayed broadcast (and probably not in HD).

It is an NFL requirement that a game be shown to a team's local market on a TV station that is not Cable.

[Matt H.]

When I got in, I immediately watched the standard DVD of BOTTLE ROCKET. The film didn't improve the third time watching it (it's OK, not some great comic undiscovered masterpiece as is often said about it), but the DVD looks very nice. Obviously, the Blu-ray was sharper and had better color stability and no line shimmering as was the case in a couple of places here. Still, it looked just fine for fans of the movie who haven't yet moved to Blu-ray.

The bonus features were all the same, too, even the enclosed booklet.

[TCB]

The Smoke House brings back memories...

Specifically of the scandalously orange cheese bread...

And proper Shirley Temples, made with grenedine (not with the syrup from the cherry jar that stored the garnish for so many other drinks, that would be cheating)...

And Grampa flirting with the waitress while Grandma sat next to him, shaking her head and quietly chuckling.

derBrucer used to take you to the Smoke house?

[Matt H.]

For some weird reason, the local NBC affiliate here is also carrying the Carolina-Tampa Bay game during prime time (along with ESPN), so I guess if I get to see CHUCK and HEROES at all, it will be a delayed broadcast (and probably not in HD).

It is an NFL requirement that a game be shown to a team's local market on a TV station that is not Cable.

Thanks. That explains it.

I also took the time to seaarch for CHUCK and HEROES. Guess when the NBC affiliate is showing them? Nope, not tonight in the wee hours of the morning. No, CHUCK is coming on tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the DAYS OF OUR LIVES timeslot. HEROES is slated for WEdnesday at 2 p.m. So I will get to see them, but later in the week.

[Matt H.]

Once I finished BOTTLE ROCKET, I watched the last half hour of BROTHERS & SISTERS. Very moving. I especially loved the scenes with Kevin and Scotty in the hospital room. So tender and beautiful and real. I teared up a couple of times in this last half hour of the show.

[Matt H.]

Then, I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Luke, Noah, and Brian were on, but I didn't find it all that interesting. Luke snooping into Brian's past might make for some drama later on. Who knows? The Lucinda-Brian scenes were kind of icky.

They were not in the previews for tomorrow.

[Matt H.]

I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.

[DERBRUCER]

I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen.  My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.

Fortunately, I got to design our kitchen before the house was built. There is a counter space, pre cable wired, for a small TV, and "dining alcove" for the dog dishes so they are not under foot (until Fletcher pulls out the food bowl so he can eat lying down!). The kitchen is 15x14 and has 24 feet of counter space.

The TV spot is on the right (The hole is for the two buitt-in ovens)


The dog-dish alcove is center rear



der Brucer

[elmore3003]

Oy! I am puzzled. I cannot find any of my bills: I've lost the invoice for my quarter's health insurance, my life insurance payment, and the cable and telephone bills. Where the fat hell can they be? I hope I didn't ship them last week to Miami University!

[TCB]

POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!

My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time, all of them under my arm.  And naturally all of them had to be lanced and drained.  I thought at first that the doctor and his nurse were playing a game of tic tac toe on my armpit, but they promised that they weren't.  The numbing agent has now worn off, and I hurt like Heck.

Oh, and I told my doctor that his partner is a QUACK!

[TCB]

Here is the finished product (Although it's too dark to see, the new Sony Blu-ray is included in the components on the second shelf). You can click on the photo tag to see the picture at a larger size:

Very impressive, Ron.

[Charles Pogue]

HAPPY B'DAY, BK!  You don't look at day over 61!  Eat some cake for me!

[TCB]

From JFK:

What have you done with our fortissimo?

Sitting next to me tormenting me that I should stop procrastinating

Evidently a forte has replaced my middle initial.

You look pretty good for a man who has been dead for 45 years.

[DERBRUCER]

POSSIBLY GROSS, SO READ WITH CARE!

My doctor discovered that I actually had four MRSA lesions this time...

MRSA is Parade Magazine's featured malady this week.

der Brucer

[TCB]

I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.

Is that John Carpenter's THE THING, or is there another film by that name?

[TCB]

I have no counter space for a TV in the kitchen.  My kitchen is compact, to put it kindly.

Fortunately, I got to design our kitchen before the house was built. There is a counter space, pre cable wired, for a small TV, and "dining alcove" for the dog dishes so they are not under foot (until Fletcher pulls out the food bowl so he can eat lying down!). The kitchen is 15x14 and has 24 feet of counter space.

The TV spot is on the right (The hole is for the two buitt-in ovens)




der Brucer

Is there a urinal just outside the kitchen door?

[JoseSPiano]

Is there a urinal just outside the kitchen door?

Well, some people... Oh, nevermind... This is a family site after all.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Afternoon!  Good Evening!

It's dark outside. And cold.  -Just thought you'd all like to know that.

[George]

I've had two or three of the loveliest days!! (Might it be because i'm finally mostly off the hook with caring for my cousin, Tina???)

Anyhow, I have this great job, managing a theater company here in LA - a small, dedicated, talented group of playwrights, designers, directors, actors. They've just finished a truly auspicious first year, successfully in the black, with very good reviews for all three plays. I'm helping the Artistic Director cross all t's and dot all i's. Oy. The financials are the most tedious of all theatrical tasks - but a labor of love, when surrounded by committed artists!!! Theater is my life!!!!!

Speaking o' which - I cranked up an Irish accent for the first time since I played Annie Sullivan back at Hamilton High, more than forty years ago - for an audition Saturday for a new Irish play - the playwright and director hired me on the spot!!! The playwright - a Dubliner - thought I was from the 'Naahhrth' - and asked me if I might be ebble ta bring jist a hint o' Doobln inta me spaych. Praise from Caesar...

anyway, one rehairsl, an' one rehdin... Oim trilled, oi tell ye.

What else - oh, lotsa stuff... as I careen into me 60th bairthdeh...

PennyO, Congrats on the great job and the new play!  Sounds very exciting!

[Matt H.]

I will be watching THE THING tonight on HD-DVD. I'll have time for another movie as well, or I may watch some BONES episodes. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.

Is that John Carpenter's THE THING, or is there another film by that name?

Yes, that's the one that's on HD-DVD. I haven't seen it since I saw it at the movies when it first came out. Scared the *%*&^$& out of me even with the less than marvelous special effects at certain moments. I'm sure CGI effects now could make some of the more problematic effects more acceptable, but it still was frightening.

[Matt H.]

Did I mentioned that the CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD movie on Blu-ray arrived today? Anyway, that'll be my work disc for tomorrow.

[Matt H.]

Guess I'll head down now to get started on my evening viewing.

WBBL.

[JoseSPiano]

So why did the Cassawary cross the road?

(Not to be confused with the Emu or the Ostrich which have their own reasons).

BTW - I have never seen a Cassawary.  They only dwell in Queensland Rainforests and in Papua/New Guinea.

Because his pub had run out of XXXX.

[bk]

Back from a wonderfully wonderful lunch with Nick Redman, his pal Julie Kirgo, and someone from the filmscoremonthly message board - a very nice cinematographer.  I got a whole batch o' new CD soundtracks from Nick, and a beautiful sweater and a scarf (not a scarf - what do they call those things - ah, a muffler) which I sure could have used in NY.  I was VERY good at lunch - had a small Thai salad with peanut dressing - excellent, not filling at all, and pretty safe.  The company, of course, was great.

[JoseSPiano]

Did I mentioned that the CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD movie on Blu-ray arrived today? Anyway, that'll be my work disc for tomorrow.

WOW!  Your sense of anticipation and excitement is palpable.

[JoseSPiano]

DR TCB - ~~~~~CONTINUED BETTER HEALTH VIBES TO YOU~~~~~

[bk]

Singer John Pagano, who is Burt Bacharach's vocalist when he tours, gave me his new CD at our benefit (in which he appeared) - it's quite wonderful - all fully orchestrated mostly with charts by the great Pat Williams - beautifully recorded at Capitol Records, and three tracks arranged and conducted by Burt.  I don't know what this thing must have cost, but a lot, I should think.  It's not really on a label, either - he did it on his own, I gather.  It's really nice.