Topic: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS (Read 28196 times)

DAW · « **Reply #120 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:20:19 AM »

Quote from: JRand58 on January 21, 2009, 11:14:04 AM

The lone survivor of an airplane crash, the Captain, tries to find out why he walked away without a scratch when everyone else perished. He finds out.

Hilarity ensues.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #121 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:22:16 AM »

Quote from: DAW on January 21, 2009, 11:20:19 AM

Quote from: JRand58 on January 21, 2009, 11:14:04 AM
The lone survivor of an airplane crash, the Captain, tries to find out why he walked away without a scratch when everyone else perished. He finds out.

Hilarity ensues.

FJL · « **Reply #122 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:32:10 AM »

Jrand - That was lots of Fun!

P.S. I loved how the speech bridges musical theater over the generations, with the "etc, etc" of The King and I combined with the "Blah, blah, blah" of Spring Awakening. Quite prescient about Spring Awakening, I must say.

DAW · « **Reply #123 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:32:36 AM »

First day of school?

DAW · « **Reply #124 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:34:28 AM »

Quote from: FJL on January 21, 2009, 11:32:10 AM

prescient

Whenever I see that word in print, I always imagine how it would sound as Liza would say it...

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #125 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:38:42 AM »

Quote from: DAW on January 21, 2009, 11:34:28 AM

Quote from: FJL on January 21, 2009, 11:32:10 AM
prescient

Whenever I see that word in print, I always imagine how it would sound as Liza would say it...

She would process it with one of these:

der Brucer

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #126 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:39:23 AM »

I am trying to recall the name of a play from about twenty years ago--it's about a famous contemporary painter who visits his ex-lover in an attempt to retrieve a portrait he painted of her years ago. The scenes with his ex (and her husband) are interspread with scenes of him being grilled in an on-stage interview by a female art critic. The play had a good long run off-B'way and then was done all over the place regionally. Does it ring a bell with anyone?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #127 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:40:41 AM »

Quote from: DAW on January 21, 2009, 11:32:36 AM

First day of school?

Wow--even I want to beat that guy up.

Laura · « **Reply #128 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:42:40 AM »

derBrucer: Do you happen to have a perfectly in-focus photo of a male Northern Cardinal that I could crop and use as a church bulletin cover?

bk · « **Reply #129 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:53:38 AM »

Writing is going very slowly. I've done about two pages and may just wait till this afternoon to do more. I did get through the little section I was working on, and now I've got a section that I should be able to get through today, which should take me to the end of a chapter. I am halfway through the book, so that's good.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #130 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:02:29 PM »

From the "You could see it coming department"

WASHINGTON POST

Quote

After Flub, Experts Say, A Do-Over Couldn't Hurt
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 21, 2009; Page A33

The presidential oath of office is required of a new president before he can execute his powers, and the Constitution is clear that its 35 words must be spoken exactly.

Which is what makes the oath President Obama took yesterday so interesting. It might be that the more than 1 million spectators didn't actually witness Obama being sworn in.

Because of a noticeable gaffe by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Obama transposed the words. He should have said he will "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States" but instead said he will "execute the Office of President of the United States faithfully."
Constitutional law experts agree that the flub is insignificant. Yet two previous presidents -- Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur -- repeated the oath privately because of similar issues.

Lawyers said Obama and his supporters need not be worried about the legitimacy of his presidency, but they also said a do-over couldn't hurt. Charles Cooper, head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel under President Ronald Reagan, said that the oath is mandatory, that an incorrect recitation should be fixed and that he would be surprised if the oath had not already been re-administered.
..
Jonathan Turley, a professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, was hosting an inauguration party at his McLean home yesterday and did a mock swearing-in of 35 children. When Roberts erred, one child shouted: "That's not right!"

"He should probably go ahead and take the oath again," Turley said. "If he doesn't, there are going to be people who for the next four years are going to argue that he didn't meet the constitutional standard. I don't think it's necessary, and it's not a constitutional crisis. This is the chief justice's version of a wardrobe malfunction."

Turley is right - do it again. I jsut can't stand the thought of 4 years of "He really isn't the President" Emails.

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #131 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:04:08 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 21, 2009, 11:42:40 AM

derBrucer: Do you happen to have a perfectly in-focus photo of a male Northern Cardinal that I could crop and use as a church bulletin cover?

Let me check.

der Brucer

FJL · « **Reply #132 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:08:37 PM »

DtM- Might it be SIGHT UNSEEN?

FJL · « **Reply #133 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:10:15 PM »

First "Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off" and now "Do it Again" - who says the new administration isn't musical-theater-friendly?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #134 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:10:55 PM »

Quote from: FJL on January 21, 2009, 12:08:37 PM

DtM- Might it be SIGHT UNSEEN?

Yep!--that's the title, DR FJL! Thanks!

FJL · « **Reply #135 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:13:24 PM »

SIGHT UNSEEN was also done on Broadway in 2004.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #136 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:14:37 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 21, 2009, 11:40:41 AM

Wow--even I want to beat that guy up.

He'd probably like it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #137 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:22:06 PM »

Quote from: FJL on January 21, 2009, 11:32:10 AM

Jrand - That was lots of Fun!

P.S. I loved how the speech bridges musical theater over the generations, with the "etc, etc" of The King and I combined with the "Blah, blah, blah" of Spring Awakening. Quite prescient about Spring Awakening, I must say.

So let it be written - so let it be done.

DAW · « **Reply #138 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:22:38 PM »

Laura, DR - if you go to Google, select images, and then type in "male Northern cardinal," you will have a plethora of options.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #139 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:22:50 PM »

Not exactly hilarity, DR DAW.....but it certainly was laughable.

And now, you may count me among the fans of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #140 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:23:55 PM »

Now watching Susan Hayward in I'll Cry Tomorrow. Obviously Jean Ratcliffe viewed this movie before writing Frances Farmer's "autobiography."

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #141 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:31:23 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 21, 2009, 11:42:40 AM

derBrucer: Do you happen to have a perfectly in-focus photo of a male Northern Cardinal that I could crop and use as a church bulletin cover?

There is lots on the internet:

Or I can send you a Very Hi-Res version of this"

which is mine - so no copywright problems.

der Brucer

DAW · « **Reply #142 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:31:37 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 21, 2009, 11:40:41 AM

Wow--even I want to beat that guy up.

Steal his lunch money and give him a wedgie?

Laura · « **Reply #143 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:32:12 PM »

Thanks, DAW. I like to use my own photos (copyright laws and all that), but I don't have any good enough. I was hoping if I knew the photographer and he agreed to let me use one, I would be legal.

DAW · « **Reply #144 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:32:34 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 21, 2009, 12:31:23 PM

which is mine - so no copywright problems.

Perhaps. But she could pay dearly in other ways.

Laura · « **Reply #145 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:34:25 PM »

Thanks, derBrucer. You can send yours to me, and I can see if it is clear enough for printing.

dearreaderlaura@hotmail.com

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #146 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:34:42 PM »

Quote from: DAW on January 21, 2009, 12:31:37 PM

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 21, 2009, 11:40:41 AM
Wow--even I want to beat that guy up.

Steal his lunch money and give him a wedgie?

How did you come across this picture anyway?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #147 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:35:43 PM »

Quote from: DAW on January 21, 2009, 12:32:34 PM

Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 21, 2009, 12:31:23 PM
which is mine - so no copywright problems.

Perhaps. But she could pay dearly in other ways.

I could arrange for you to "pay the piper" for her.

der Brucer

DAW · « **Reply #148 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:40:26 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 21, 2009, 12:34:42 PM

How did you come across this picture anyway?

I was just innocently searching for male northern cardinals.

Laura · « **Reply #149 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:44:33 PM »

Here's a nice male cardinal.

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