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[Jeanne]

Vixmom, I am quite impressed with your bravery during a very difficult time. Continued good wishes for your healing.

Vibes, too, to Laura's sister's healing.

[FJL]

About to leave in a few minutes to join Bill Parry and some friends of his, before seeing the final performance of ROAD SHOW.

[Jeanne]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DR JULIE!

[JoseSPiano]

And while we're at it... Well, you...

Hey - you makin' fun of us liver lovers?

Breakfast - sautéed chicken liver omelet
Lunch - Braunsweiger sandwich
Afternoon Snack - pate and toast
Dinner - friend calves liver, bacon, and onions.

der Brucer

I don't believe I've ever had a "friend's" liver before.  Still got Cannibal!: The Musical on your mind I guess.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Afternoon!

Well, my family just checked into their hotel in Weehawken, so...

Now...

Laters...

[FJL]

Jose - I'll see you at the Public at 10 minutes to 7.  If something comes up that delays you or anything, just leave a message on my home machine.  I'll be sure to check it.

[Jeanne]

BTW, it's incredibly warm here today. 70's???

[JoseSPiano]

Jose - I'll see you at the Public at 10 minutes to 7.  If something comes up that delays you or anything, just leave a message on my home machine.  I'll be sure to check it.

Thanks, Fred.  -They're supposed to get in line for Radio City by 6:15, so I should have plenty of time to grab a train down to Astor Place. See you there/then!

[Jeanne]

A hot bath awaits.

TTFN.

[JoseSPiano]

I think it was very nice of the guy to donate his body to the medical students.

Yes, where would Bryan be without Goyim in the world?

ABOUT JUDISM

Furthermore, for general medical research or for students to practice in medical school, a Jew is not permitted to donate organs.

der Brucer

Wonder what an Othodox Rabbi would say about the morality of Jewish medical students working on cadavers?

Actually... Only because I know someone who had to deal with this situation... He requested and was granted a dispensation before he entered medical school by his Rabbi.

[JoseSPiano]

In the immortal words of DR MattH...

Now I'm really going..

[Matt H.]

bk - I'm sorry you didn't have a better choice of movies to see yesterday.  -Now I'm trying to figure out what the official release date is supposed to be for "Last Chance Harvey".  I thought it was supposed to be an early 2009 release.  I guess not.

Couldn't be. The actors got Golden Globe nominations meaning it had to be a 2008 eligible film.

[Matt H.]

I saw one of the worst movies I've seen in my life. The audience was awash in laughter although the movie was not a comedy. The film is called The Spirit and I am hoping that Samuel L Jackson received big bucks for this film. This was not one of his finest hours. Way way over the top. I went to it because I enjoyed Sin City and this film was a big mistake. In my opinion Frank Miller has no talent as a director and even though he directed a portion of Sin City I am sure that the main director Robert Rodriguez was there looking over his shoulder. I wish I could describe every moment that was bad. My friend and I would look at each other in disbelief at what we were watching. The highpoint (and I will it at that) was when Mr. Jackson appear in a Gestapo uniform.

Sadly, any movie is suspect lately when Samuel L. Jackson is listed among its stars.

So sad. He used to be one of my favorite film actors. He and Spacey MADE the movie THE NEGOTIATOR something special with their brilliant give-and-take.

Now, I usually can't stand to see him in anything.

[DERBRUCER]

And while we're at it... Well, you...

Hey - you makin' fun of us liver lovers?

Breakfast - sautéed chicken liver omelet
Lunch - Braunsweiger sandwich
Afternoon Snack - pate and toast
Dinner - friend calves liver, bacon, and onions.

der Brucer

I don't believe I've ever had a "friend's" liver before.  Still got Cannibal!: The Musical on your mind I guess.

It's my "Judism" keyboard at work!

der Brucer

[Matt H.]

We didn't get more rain, and it turned unseasonably warm. It was only suppsed to be in the 50s, but I'll swear it feels like 70 out there even without the sun shining.

[Matt H.]

I watched an NCIS episode from season 3 while I ate lunch. Probie McGee shot an undercover cop and the police were trying to prove negligent homicide. I had the bad guy pretty much picked out early on, but it was still an entertaining episode.

[Matt H.]

I spent most of the afternoon with the Blu-ray of DISASTER MOVIE. These movies are so lame because they aren't written well enough to take a movie like AIRPLANE! did with ZERO HOUR and spend the entire movie spoofing it. These new spoofs have to throw in every movie, TV show, TV commercial, and media personality they can shove into the movie for one or two "jokes," (in quotes because they didn't make me laugh.) So, you have unconnected movies like ENCHANTED and BEOWULF and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL mixed in with AMERICAN GLADIATOR and Dr. Phil and Michael Jackson and Jessica Simpson, and it's just pathetic.

And there are talented improv artists in this cast. But the kitchen-sink mentality of the composition of the films doesn't give them a chance to do anything original or funny.

[Matt H.]

And the bonus features were worse. A bunch of off-the-cuff featurettes where actors interview actors or let a couple of them just riff for five or ten minutes about nothing remotely connected to making the movie.

[Matt H.]

I ended the afternoon watching the first half of another NCIS episode. In this one, a model working on a reality show called BOOT CAMP BABES gets murdered, and the team goes to investigate. Naturally Tony is slobbering all over the other models. Haven't seen all the suspects yet, so I have no opinion to the killer's identity yet.

[Ron Pulliam]

Back from the beach, and back to work this morning!

On a Sunday?

F-C-F-C-G!

Translation, please...??!!

[Ron Pulliam]

DR Ron Pulliam - So... If you had watched what came before those last 30 minutes, do you think you'd have a different opinion of the movie? 

DR JoseSPiano -- I seriously doubt I'd have made it through to the final 30 minutes of the movie.  I'm guessing the final 30 minutes is where all the truly interesting things happened.

As for the film's faux greenery -- this film could very well have been inspiration for writer John Wyndham's "The Day of the Triffids"! 

[Ron Pulliam]

I ended the afternoon watching the first half of another NCIS episode. In this one, a model working on a reality show called BOOT CAMP BABES gets murdered, and the team goes to investigate. Naturally Tony is slobbering all over the other models. Haven't seen all the suspects yet, so I have no opinion to the killer's identity yet.

Tony is my least favorite of the characters.  McGee is my favorite! 

[Ron Pulliam]

Tomorrow is my travel day.

I have checked in "on-line" with Delta.

We leave here around 10 a.m. for Columbia SC.

My flight leaves Columbia at 1:40 p.m., God willing.

I arrive in Atlanta at 2:46 p.m., and my flight for San Francisco departs at 4:04 p.m. EST.

I arrive at SFO t 6:27 p.m, PST.   

The time difference works very nicely east to west!

[Matt H.]

I ended the afternoon watching the first half of another NCIS episode. In this one, a model working on a reality show called BOOT CAMP BABES gets murdered, and the team goes to investigate. Naturally Tony is slobbering all over the other models. Haven't seen all the suspects yet, so I have no opinion to the killer's identity yet.

Tony is my least favorite of the characters.  McGee is my favorite! 

I like all of the agents; their chemistry together is what makes the show work so well. Tony's horndog personality is played up just a little too much in these episodes. It tones down a little in succeeding seasons.

If I had to say one person in the cast I didn't like (not counting Lauren Holly whom I really dislike but who is no longer on the show), I'd say Abby. Her goth weirdness has worn VERY thin over the years.

[Matt H.]

I'm hopping off-line now to write up my viewing job for the day, and then I'll head down to put up the folded laundry, clean the guest bath, and then back to some evening viewing.

WBBL.

[DERBRUCER]

Friday in addition to family dog shopping we also dud TV "looking" - which of course means buying.

SIL wanted to "maximize the set size (biggest set to fit in his TV cabinet) - which meant a 37" 720p. They had no Plasma 37s so it was down to a Vizio or spend $200 more for a Sharp. SIL thought the Sharp had a better picture (discussions about "tuning" fell on deaf ears). Grandpa picked up an inexpensive up-convert DVD player and HDMI cable to add to the pile. Well neither SIL or daughter wanted to buy the new DVD player ("The one we have is good enough"). I channeled MATTH and talked about scan lines and resolution and the fact that their DVDs already had "more quality" than they have seen so far - all to little avail.

Also, dear daughter doesn't want to spring for the extra bucks to upgrade their Direct TV service to HD! (And they are not in a clear reception area for broadcast TV)

So we are spending an extra $200 to get a better quality HDTV on which we plan to watch only SD satellite TV and non-up-converted DVDs? Of course Wal-Mart doesn't provide any side-by-side comparison capability to show the differences (I even overheard one employee inform a customer that the sets on display were not showing HDTV, just regular satellite - which I seriously doubt).

I finally prevailed on the up-converter (I think they were unconvinced but humoring me).

Jane will appreciate what a razor's edge parents walk when trying to guide adult children.

der Brucer

Upgrading to HD satellite is going to be a harder sell - Direct TV is quite obscure about what the net monthy cost change will be for an upgrade - not to mention the possible installation costs for a new dish.

[bk]

Of course, the Sportsman's Lodge plays a small but important role in the novel Benjamin Kritzer.

[bk]

Back from the long jog - it's a beautiful day here in the City of Studio.  Temperature is in the 70s.

[DERBRUCER]

My flight leaves Columbia at 1:40 p.m., God willing.

I think I would direct God's attention more to the arriving phase.

der Brucer

Although I suspect He is given little heed in the Bay Area.

[Matthew]

Happy Sunday.  DP and DD are going to relax and hang out at the house today.  Perhaps play a game or three.  Trying to get the DD to use the dog door.  He's a little afraid about putting his head on the door to push it open, but we're working on it.  Other than that, it's an ordinary Sunday.