Topic: KNEADING A JEW (Read 19288 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #210 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:48:17 PM »

I saved PSYCH to watch tomorrow while I eat lunch, and I'll get around to MONK and THE STARTER WIFE at some point. Neither feels a high priority.

Tomorrow I'll have to start on WALKER TEXAS RANGER, too, since that box set also comes out on Tuesday.

Matt H. · « **Reply #211 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:48:31 PM »

Page Eight Dance!!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #212 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:48:44 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on January 09, 2009, 07:25:55 PM

Matt seems happy as a clam (where did that expression come from??) packing up my basement. He is clearly in his element. I've been leaving the basement to him while I make 101 phone calls and run around, trying to take care of a zillion things.

Since you asked, this comes from "The Phrase Finder":

Why would clams be happy? It has been suggested that open clams give the appearance of smiling. The derivation is more likely to come from the fuller version of the phrase, now rarely heard - 'as happy as a clam at high water'. High tide is when clams are free from the attentions of predators; surely the happiest of times in the bivalve mollusc world. The phrase originated in the north-eastern states of the USA in the early 19th century. The earliest citation that I can find is from a frontier memoir The Harpe's Head - A Legend of Kentucky, 1833:

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #213 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:53:54 PM »

On the road again. Still.

But almost there. Strange amount of traffic in and out of DC.

singdaw · « **Reply #214 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:56:38 PM »

I'm finally on.a NY bound train. We're not GOING anywhere, but I'm on a train!

Matt H. · « **Reply #215 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:01:19 PM »

And I'm heading downstairs to read a bit and then go to bed. What a long day it has been!

Good night!

TCB · « **Reply #216 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:13:43 PM »

G'night!

Matthew · « **Reply #217 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:15:11 PM »

The earth has stopped turning - I'm watching "The King and I"!!

bk · « **Reply #218 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:15:18 PM »

Oh, MattH, is Linda Purl, oft mentioned on this very site, not a regular? Have you oft mentioned her because if you did I didn't see it.

Kerry · « **Reply #219 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:15:47 PM »

TOD:

CD: Monica Lewis

Movies:

Torch Song Trilogy
First Nudie Musical
Casablanca

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #220 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:20:28 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on January 09, 2009, 02:26:07 PM

DP and I have just watched the first series of "Benidorm "which was a lot of fun.

I guess this too will be remade for USA TV!

That's because they don't think dubbing a series would go over too well.

Nobody in Hollywood believes U.S. Americans can understand non-U.S. English.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #221 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:30:04 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 09, 2009, 08:15:18 PM

Oh, MattH, is Linda Purl, oft mentioned on this very site, not a regular? Have you oft mentioned her because if you did I didn't see it.

I don't recall MattH mentioning any of the regular actors in "Matlock," if that is the reference here. He normally names guest stars in episodes that stood out for him. Purl was, indeed, in the first season when she portrayed Charlene Matlock in the show's first 21 episodes (1986-1987). "Matlock" ran for 9 years (1986-1995) and 181 episodes, plus additional two-hour movie specials that followed the series' last episode.

Two days ago :

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Matt H. on January 07, 2009, 02:34:00 PM
Then I began my review work with Season 2 of Andy Griffith's MATLOCK. I only got 2 1/4 episodes watched because (a) the season premiere was a 96-minute episode, and (b) we had a power outage that interrupted viewing for a bit.

By season 2, Linda Purl had left the show and been replaced with Nancy Stafford.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #222 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:37:05 PM »

Good Evening!

I made it down to Richmond. Steve graciously picked me up, and he's graciously offered to let me stay at his place to night. I'll surprise my parents sometime tomorrow afternoon.

bk · « **Reply #223 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:37:26 PM »

Ah, I must have missed that.

bk · « **Reply #224 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:37:37 PM »

We do love our Linda Purl.

bk · « **Reply #225 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:39:15 PM »

I had some eggs and an English muffin for my evening snack. It was good. I wrote a total of five and a half pages so I think I'm through for the evening. Six pages tomorrow should get me to the end of the current chapter, which is where I'd like to be in terms of giving these pages to muse Margaret.

bk · « **Reply #226 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:40:08 PM »

Welcome five GUESTS.

bk · « **Reply #227 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:40:36 PM »

I've been watching The Dark Knight and am finding it difficult to understand what anyone is saying.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #228 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:40:52 PM »

Otherwise, it was a rather uneventful trip down. And, I think it was the first time where I didn't experience any sort of motion sickness - Whew! It turned out to be a sold out bus since they consolidated the 4:30 and 5:00 departures, but it didn't seem "crowded".

bk · « **Reply #229 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:42:15 PM »

I think I'll listen to some Quincy Jones CDs.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #230 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:42:21 PM »

Anyhoo...

I'm already feeling a bit sleepy even though I took a nap on the bus - which is a good thing, I guess.

Until the morning...

Goodnight.

bk · « **Reply #231 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:42:31 PM »

Early Quincy, circa mid-1960s.

JMK · « **Reply #232 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:43:48 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 09, 2009, 09:42:31 PM

Early Quincy, circa mid-1960s.

You must certainly have his early Bossa Nova stuff.

bk · « **Reply #233 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:59:46 PM »

Of course.

bk · « **Reply #234 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:00:11 PM »

I have almost everything of Quincy's including several CDs that haven't found their way here yet.

bk · « **Reply #235 on:** January 09, 2009, 11:52:47 PM »

I'm going to say that two hours without a post makes me want to vomit on the ground. Skammen.

George · « **Reply #236 on:** January 10, 2009, 12:01:21 AM »

I've been watching TV..."Psych," "Ghost Whisperer," "The Bonnie Hunt Show" and now I'm watching "Regis and Kelly."

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