Topic: THE SORT OF INTERESTING DAY (Read 20296 times)

DAW · « **Reply #150 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:51:07 PM »

Congratulations, DR François!!!!!

François · « **Reply #151 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:51:55 PM »

Quote from: DAW on November 07, 2009, 04:49:12 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 07, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
If you are a "registered" Catholic and contact your diocesan office, they can sometimes arrange special tours for you.

Not necessarily.

A Homo ... Sapiens, yes!!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #152 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:52:09 PM »

Quote from: DAW on November 07, 2009, 04:49:12 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 07, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
If you are a "registered" Catholic and contact your diocesan office, they can sometimes arrange special tours for you.

Not necessarily.

Oh... There is that "in good standing" thingy. -However, a friend of mine - who is gay - went to Italy a few weeks ago to celebrate his 40th birthday, and he and his friends - four gay guys and a lesbian (not DR JMK) - were given an almost-all-access tour of the Vatican.

I'll check to see who he made the arrangements through.

TCB · « **Reply #153 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:52:47 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 07, 2009, 04:24:38 PM

Quote from: TCB on November 07, 2009, 04:19:18 PM
I could kick myself that I didn't decide to go to Rome one day earlier. I could have easily left on Wednesday instead of Thursday, since Wednesday is a holiday. It never occured to me that the Vatican would be closed all day on Sunday (It is a church!), and that they would be closed a half day on Saturday. So, I have now purchased a 10:30 a.m. Saturday ticket for a two hour Vatican / Sistine Chapel tour.

Anything else I get to see will be gravy, I guess.

If you are a "registered" Catholic and contact your diocesan office, they can sometimes arrange special tours for you.

I am not even an unregistered Catholic. I am a Methodist.

François · « **Reply #154 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:53:22 PM »

Quote from: DAW on November 07, 2009, 04:51:07 PM

Congratulations, DR François!!!!!

Thank you; I knew you'd appreciate ... even though the one who needs "wishes" is Brent!

TCB · « **Reply #155 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:55:54 PM »

Quote from: DAW on November 07, 2009, 04:49:12 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 07, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
If you are a "registered" Catholic and contact your diocesan office, they can sometimes arrange special tours for you.

Not necessarily.

Well, if they actually followed those rules, half of the Cardinals wouldn't be allowed into the Vatican.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #156 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:57:08 PM »

Quote from: Jane on November 07, 2009, 04:22:01 PM

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 04:00:06 PM
DR Jane, I keep thinking....did Yogi have a visa? I think I've been working too much

LOL. You aren't working too much. He needed a passport as did Kitty when she came.

A passport? So he has a Romanian passport with his photo and a visa in it?

Jane · « **Reply #157 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:57:12 PM »

Fascinating, and cute, article on the intelligence of Dolphins:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2003/jul/03/research.science/print

Edisaurus · « **Reply #158 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:57:37 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 07, 2009, 10:25:54 AM

Good morning, all! I'm checking in to let you know I am not dead and to disappoint my critics. I do not feel terrible, but my head is clogged up, and I am so hoarse I cannot speak a sentence.

I think my favorite Johnny Mercer lyrci may be "My Shining Hour."

Margaret Whiting has a very poignant story about singing this to the soldiers before they went off to war. But alas, she is old and some people are of the opinion that viewers don't like to look at old people.

Pot...this is kettle...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #159 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:59:29 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 04:57:37 PM

Pot...this is kettle...

Jane · « **Reply #160 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:00:40 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 04:57:08 PM

Quote from: Jane on November 07, 2009, 04:22:01 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 04:00:06 PM
DR Jane, I keep thinking....did Yogi have a visa? I think I've been working too much

LOL. You aren't working too much. He needed a passport as did Kitty when she came.
A passport? So he has a Romanian passport with his photo and a visa in it?

Not sure about the photo part. Before a pet travels between countries, at least the U.S.A. they need to be checked by a vet and forms filled out in order to receive the passport. Then there is a a very limited time the passport is good for once the vet signs off.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #161 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:00:48 PM »

Quote from: JMK on November 07, 2009, 11:14:29 AM

Quote from: Druxy on November 07, 2009, 11:12:54 AM
Quote from: JMK on November 07, 2009, 09:44:43 AM
I actually kind of liked SWING VOTE. Not a great film by any measure, but good performances and one which didn't answer the ultimate question at the end, which I really liked.
this one I've got to ageee with him.

James?

Quote from: JMK on November 07, 2009, 11:55:42 AM

Quote from: Druxy on November 07, 2009, 11:52:22 AM
Quote from: JMK on November 07, 2009, 11:14:29 AM
Quote from: Druxy on November 07, 2009, 11:12:54 AM
Quote from: JMK on November 07, 2009, 09:44:43 AM
I actually kind of liked SWING VOTE. Not a great film by any measure, but good performances and one which didn't answer the ultimate question at the end, which I really liked.
this one I've got to ageee with him.

James?

BK.

Once again my scintillating humor deflates like a Heine balloon.

I laughed. And laughed some more.

Jane · « **Reply #162 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:02:01 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 04:57:37 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 07, 2009, 10:25:54 AM
Good morning, all! I'm checking in to let you know I am not dead and to disappoint my critics. I do not feel terrible, but my head is clogged up, and I am so hoarse I cannot speak a sentence.

I think my favorite Johnny Mercer lyrci may be "My Shining Hour."

Margaret Whiting has a very poignant story about singing this to the soldiers before they went off to war. But alas, she is old and some people are of the opinion that viewers don't like to look at old people.

Pot...this is kettle...

A great singer with a great story to share, such a shame it wasn't included.

François · « **Reply #163 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:02:08 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 04:57:37 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 07, 2009, 10:25:54 AM
Good morning, all! I'm checking in to let you know I am not dead and to disappoint my critics. I do not feel terrible, but my head is clogged up, and I am so hoarse I cannot speak a sentence.

I think my favorite Johnny Mercer lyrci may be "My Shining Hour."

Margaret Whiting has a very poignant story about singing this to the soldiers before they went off to war. But alas, she is old and some people are of the opinion that viewers don't like to look at old people.

Pot...this is kettle...

Miss Whiting!

My favourite interpreter of Mercer songs!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #164 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:02:19 PM »

Quote from: td on November 07, 2009, 12:39:15 PM

Incidentally, MOSTLY MERCER is where I heard Nancy LaMott for the first time.

And from td is where I heard her for the first time!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #165 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:04:58 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 03:54:43 PM

I've been listening to the soundtrack to Midnight in ghe Garden of Good and Evil, all Johnny Mercer songs. I love Skylark and Autumn Leaves

And do you like Ac-cent-tcu-ate The Positive? :-)

François · « **Reply #166 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:06:14 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 04:57:37 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 07, 2009, 10:25:54 AM
Good morning, all! I'm checking in to let you know I am not dead and to disappoint my critics. I do not feel terrible, but my head is clogged up, and I am so hoarse I cannot speak a sentence.

I think my favorite Johnny Mercer lyrci may be "My Shining Hour."

Margaret Whiting has a very poignant story about singing this to the soldiers before they went off to war. But alas, she is old and some people are of the opinion that viewers don't like to look at old people.

Pot...this is kettle...

The World Belongs To The Young?

(Coco!)

This is so sad!

Anyway; some will never get to be as old as Maggie!
So, there is justice, i guess!

td · « **Reply #167 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:06:18 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 05:02:19 PM

Quote from: td on November 07, 2009, 12:39:15 PM
Incidentally, MOSTLY MERCER is where I heard Nancy LaMott for the first time.

And from td is where I heard her for the first time!

I'd forgotten that!
Love my Nancy LaMott, and insist on sharing her whenever possible.

td · « **Reply #168 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:07:01 PM »

I will say that Margaret Whiting looked and sounded better in the Mercer documentary than she did in the Jack Wrangler documentary.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #169 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:08:20 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 04:00:06 PM

DR Jane, I keep thinking....did Yogi have a visa? I think I've been working too much

I imagine Yogi wouldn't get approved and would have to use cash.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #170 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:10:05 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 05:04:58 PM

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 03:54:43 PM
I've been listening to the soundtrack to Midnight in ghe Garden of Good and Evil, all Johnny Mercer songs. I love Skylark and Autumn Leaves

And do you like Ac-cent-tcu-ate The Positive? :-)

Yes, but we had a very annoying guidance counselor in junior high school who used to say (not sing) that all the time, so I think of her when I hear it and it sort of ruins the song for me, .lol

Edisaurus · « **Reply #171 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:10:08 PM »

That interview was done @ 3 years ago by the original producer. Ah, if only...

Greg recorded the sound---they did the interview in her apartment and he got to meet Jack, too. She is a sweet lady.

François · « **Reply #172 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:10:26 PM »

Quote from: td on November 07, 2009, 05:07:01 PM

I will say that Margaret Whiting looked and sounded better in the Mercer documentary than she did in the Jack Wrangler documentary.

You mean to say that Jack Wrangler has been documented?

Wow! We don't hear things like that here!

Did she sing one of his songs?

DAW · « **Reply #173 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:10:45 PM »

If any DR sees the new A Christmas Carol, please let us know what you think. I liked The Polar Express, so will probably check out the new movie once it is released on video.

DAW · « **Reply #174 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:11:19 PM »

Quote from: François on November 07, 2009, 05:10:26 PM

You mean to say that Jack Wrangler has been documented?

Every nook and cranny!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #175 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:11:31 PM »

The singer on the soundtrack ruins it for me...runs in the family, I guess. J.M is the definitive version.

François · « **Reply #176 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:14:21 PM »

Look at the "old" girl now?

THE best, I tell you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltVuJAIA1f8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gub1crGmeDA

François · « **Reply #177 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:15:09 PM »

Quote from: DAW on November 07, 2009, 05:11:19 PM

Quote from: François on November 07, 2009, 05:10:26 PM
You mean to say that Jack Wrangler has been documented?

Every nook and cranny!

And crook and nanny too?!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #178 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:16:02 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 05:11:31 PM

The singer on the soundtrack ruins it for me...runs in the family, I guess. J.M is the definitive version.

LOL, I usually skip the song and had to go back to see who sang it. I love k.d. lang singing Skylark

François · « **Reply #179 on:** November 07, 2009, 05:18:51 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on November 07, 2009, 05:16:02 PM

Quote from: Edisaurus on November 07, 2009, 05:11:31 PM
The singer on the soundtrack ruins it for me...runs in the family, I guess. J.M is the definitive version.

LOL, I usually skip the song and had to go back to see who sang it. I love k.d. lang singing Skylark

Aaaah .... k.d. lang. Another wonderful voice and talent!

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