Topic: GIVING THANKS (Read 14507 times)

Edisaurus · « **Reply #60 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:04:50 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on November 26, 2009, 06:25:04 AM

Thanksgiving morning greetings! Our turkey went in the oven precisely at the stroke of 9 and now we're watching the Broadway performances on NBC. Bye Bye Birdie =

I missed it. Was Bill Irwin there?

I did see Cheyenne Jackson perform.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #61 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:06:38 AM »

Oh well.....if it wasn't SUPPOSED to be a comedy, then I feel a lot better about it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #62 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:07:32 AM »

Catching up vibes for DR JOSE in RICHMOND.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #63 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:08:08 AM »

Bookshelves are repaired, standing straight again, and re-loaded with all the important material, although I don't think it's in the same order. I will know when I go to look for something.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:08:32 AM »

I am watching ROME ADVENTURE and thinking of DR TCB as he winds his way home.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #65 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:09:07 AM »

Oh dear, Troy Donahue is doing Romeo....oh my.....the humanity.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #66 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:09:44 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 26, 2009, 08:37:15 AM

The fates were very smart in not making me a family man; I would have sold my family down the river at the first glimpse of Hamburger Heaven.

And yet the Lady Macbeth lingers on.

der Brucer

Ben · « **Reply #67 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:10:14 AM »

Good afternoon. We are here on Long Island and I did a half hour on the treadmill in anticipation of Thanksgiving Dinner.

We arrived yesterday and had a nice dinner of chicken cutlets with peas and rice.

Then Anthony and I went to the library and then to Wal-Mart. Then we came home and had some chocolate ice cream (another reason for the treadmill this morning) I tinkered on the computer and then went to bed around 10:30. The others didn't go to bed until after 1 am. I was up at 6:45 (the latest I've slept on a weekday in months!). I had coffee, blueberry pancakes and read the Daily News and Newsday. The others did not get up until about 9:45am.

I am shaved and showered and awaiting Anthony's departure from said shower so we can begin to wrap presents for my niece and nephew. We will mail them to Minnesota tomorrow and then go visit a friend.

It's been a very nice beginning to my vacation and I still have a few days off before the big volunteer crunch. I plan on relaxing as much as I can. I must admit I checked my work e-mail and there is nothing in my box so I will resist checking it for most of the rest of the time off, except once or twice to clean out spam. Even though we have a "spam" program on the server I get an inordinate amount of spam in my work e-mail box.

Bye for now.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #68 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:18:25 AM »

Quote from: JRand59 on November 26, 2009, 09:06:38 AM

Oh well.....if it wasn't SUPPOSED to be a comedy, then I feel a lot better about it.

Oh, that was just my opinion---sorry. It just seemed like a drama about stand up comedians with humor coming from the routines and occasional funny life moments. But I remember going into the theatre thinking it would a comedy and found it to be pretty dark and gut-wrenching but still enjoying it very much.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #69 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:20:14 AM »

Whenever I think of childhood Thanksgiving memories I get a mental image of the case of gallon jugs of Italian Swiss Colony Muscatel keeping cool on the winding stairs leading up from our kitchen.

der Brucer

On the homefront - Woody's Turkey breast is done and "resting"; my Cranberry-Orange relish is chillin'.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #70 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:23:55 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 26, 2009, 09:09:44 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 26, 2009, 08:37:15 AM
The fates were very smart in not making me a family man; I would have sold my family down the river at the first glimpse of Hamburger Heaven.

And yet the Lady Macbeth lingers on.

der Brucer

She's too mean to die.

Pity.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #71 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:26:29 AM »

Vibes to Jane and her new shoulder!

MBarnum · « **Reply #72 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:28:12 AM »

A very happy Thanksgiving to all the HHWers, their friends and family!

MBarnum · « **Reply #73 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:31:05 AM »

Probably the most memorable Thanksgiving for me would whichever one we travelled to Portland for when I was a kid, and I came down with a horrible illness which included a terrible ear ache.

Otherwise, all other Thanksgivings were quite nice and uneventful, as far as I can recall.

Ginny · « **Reply #74 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:43:17 AM »

Well, I'm about to remove 2 place settings from our Thanksgiving table $:-\$

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #75 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:54:35 AM »

LATIMES

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At Germany's Schwerin Zoo, keeper Christina Schneider has been enlisted to act as a surrogate mother for Walli, a 3-week-old gibbon. Walli's mother rejected him shortly after his birth, meaning that zoo staff have needed to step in to raise him themselves.

Toward that end, the baby receives bottle-feedings every two hours, according to the Daily Mail. Zoo staff expect to care for him around the clock until he's about 6 months old, at which point they hope he'll be mature enough to live with the zoo's other gibbons.
...

And DR Laura thought the kittens were a chore!

der Brucer

Laura · « **Reply #76 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:59:30 AM »

Oy! And they were! At least the zoo staff has several people who can help. And they are paid!

bk · « **Reply #77 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:00:41 AM »

I'm up - arose around nine-thirty after a decent night's sleep. I'll go jog in about a half-hour.

bk · « **Reply #78 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:06:53 AM »

I've already had three e-mails from the co-author of the long musical - I responded to one saying I was not available to read e-mails or have telephonic calls until next Monday.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #79 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:08:19 AM »

Quote from: Laura on November 26, 2009, 09:59:30 AM

Oy! And they were! At least the zoo staff has several people who can help. And they are paid!

But doing the Lord's work should be its own reward.

der Brucer

See - I paid attention in Sunday School

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #80 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:14:51 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 26, 2009, 10:06:53 AM

I've already had three e-mails from the co-author of the long musical - I responded to one saying I was not available to read e-mails or have telephonic calls until next Monday.

Tell him the next communication you want is one stating that the rewrite is complete and ready for review.

der Brucer

Ginny · « **Reply #81 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:16:38 AM »

Signing off now to put the finishing touches on party prep and relax a bit before the guests arrive.

Bye for now!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #82 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:23:07 AM »

All in a Word
- Aileen Fisher

T for time to be together, turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
H for harvest stored away, home, and hearth, and holiday.
A for autumn's frosty art, and abundance in the heart.
N for neighbors, and November, nice things, new things to remember.
K for kitchen, kettles' croon, kith and kin expected soon.
S for sizzles, sights, and sounds, and something special that abounds.

That spells - THANKS - for joy in living and a jolly good Thanksgiving.

Michael · « **Reply #83 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:23:17 AM »

I know this is totally off the subject, but since BK mentioned his disappointment with the transfer of Hamlet; i thought of his.

My favorite screen credit.

The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare

With Additional Dialogue by
Sam Taylor

This is from the 1929 version with Mary & Douglas Fairbanks

JMK · « **Reply #84 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:26:59 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on November 26, 2009, 09:28:12 AM

A very happy Thanksgiving to all the HHWers, their friends and family!

DAW looks fantastic on that card!

JMK · « **Reply #85 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:27:58 AM »

(He's the non-fowl one).

bk · « **Reply #86 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:36:52 AM »

I'm being very lazy and I LIKE it.

Jeanne · « **Reply #87 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:41:38 AM »

Good morning, everyone.

A wonderful Thanksgiving to you all.

Jeanne · « **Reply #88 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:46:41 AM »

My most "interesting" Thanksgiving was one year when I was living in Santa Monica. I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner, but the plan was to then take it to a friend's house, where we'd all enjoy it. I was in the midst of cooking when the stove--an electric model-- "blew up." Apparently, there was a grease tray, which I'd never noticed, and some of the wires hit the grease and sent out fireworks. I took what I could to said friend's and we improvised the rest.

Jeanne · « **Reply #89 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:47:30 AM »

I am also being lazy, but I expect to do a little work later. The house is quiet--lovely!

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