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[Laura]

Question:

August: Osage County --

Is this a comedy? Drama? Heavy?

[JoseSPiano]

Question:

August: Osage County --

Is this a comedy? Drama? Heavy?

All of the above.

And really worth seeing if the tour is coming to your city.

[bk]

BK, I hope the section that made muse Margaret uncomfortable did not involve your night of passion with Shirley Jones (was that the right Partridge member).

No, I'm not anywhere near that section of the book yet.  And it was Susan, not Shirley.

[TCB]

BK, I hope the section that made muse Margaret uncomfortable did not involve your night of passion with Shirley Jones (was that the right Partridge member).

No, I'm not anywhere near that section of the book yet.  And it was Susan, not Shirley.

Don't give away the bombshells yet!  I almost said it was David.

[Jrand74]

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/05/green-days-american-idiot-set-to-hit-broadway/

Oh well.......................

[JoseSPiano]

Question:

August: Osage County --

Is this a comedy? Drama? Heavy?

All of the above.

And really worth seeing if the tour is coming to your city.

The play does run over three hours, but there are two intermissions.  -And those three hours fly!

[Laura]

I have been known to develop ADD at dramas. My feet get hot and I have to take off my shoes and wiggle my toes. I get fidgety. I'm quite pathetic, really.

[George]

I have been known to develop ADD at dramas. My feet get hot and I have to take off my shoes and wiggle my toes. I get fidgety. I'm quite pathetic, really.

Wear Birkenstocks.  They just slip right off and they're comfy (in my humble opinion...IMHO, in Internet lingo).

[Jane]

tcb , very scary.  i've never heard of that happening before.  was it fixed today?

[FJL]

Laura - then I suggest you wear socks without holes when you see the play.

[FJL]

TCB - so happy you're OK

[JoseSPiano]

One other thing I noticed when I was booking my flight to Memphis...

I brought up all the various airline sites, as well as Travelocity, Orbitz, and Priceline.

The "guaranteed lowest price" from Orbitz was just $1.00 cheaper than the airline's price.

The Priceline "deal" was 70 cents cheaper than the airline's price.

Hmmm...

Needless to say, I paid the extra 70-cents - well UPTA's did/will - and earned my Frequent Flyer miles too.

[Cillaliz]

Welcome to DR Basil!!!

[elmore3003]

I had a scary thing happen last night.  I went to bed early last night and watched the Fiesta Bowl before I went to sleep.  Wait!  Taht isn't the scary thing.  I woke up about 12:30, and I was soaking wet.  I got up and checked the thermostat in the bedroom, but it was off.  I walked out into the hall and the entire apartment was close to 100 degrees.  All of the baseboard heaters were going full blast.  The walls were so hot that I couldn't touch them.

I checked the living room thermostat, but it was off.  Apparently, when I turned it down before I went to bed, soemthing inside broke, so that all of the heaters attached to that thermostat were going full blast.  I found the correct circuit breaker and turned it off, but if I hadn't gotten up, Nicky and I would have been barbecue.

Did anyone come in today to repair the problem?

[Cillaliz]

Tuesday morning greetings!  We have snow on the ground here in SW Ohio, but unfortunately not enough to justify staying home from the 2 grantwriter meetings in Dayton today.  All in all, I'd rather be in NYC with DRs Jose and Edi.

DR Ginny, I'd be happy to send you some.  We have another 5 inches on the way

[Jrand74]

DVD time.

[George]

I had a scary thing happen last night.  I went to bed early last night and watched the Fiesta Bowl before I went to sleep.  Wait!  Taht isn't the scary thing.  I woke up about 12:30, and I was soaking wet.  I got up and checked the thermostat in the bedroom, but it was off.  I walked out into the hall and the entire apartment was close to 100 degrees.  All of the baseboard heaters were going full blast.  The walls were so hot that I couldn't touch them.

I checked the living room thermostat, but it was off.  Apparently, when I turned it down before I went to bed, soemthing inside broke, so that all of the heaters attached to that thermostat were going full blast.  I found the correct circuit breaker and turned it off, but if I hadn't gotten up, Nicky and I would have been barbecue.

Very scary!!  Good thing you were able to wake up and turn off the circuit breaker!

[Cillaliz]

Welcome to new DR BASIL.

DR CILLA LIZ - did that table ever get there?  I must have missed the news if it did.

Table??  Which one?  Do you mean the desk I bought or the kids table I ordered or the table I was taking from home to the office for the break room or the table that was stored  in another empty office?

The space I planned to put the new writing desk (my great deal from Pier 1) ended up being perfect for two wingback chairs I had at the office.  It's a nice litttle conversation area - it just needs a small table between the chairs - I have one of those at home.  Tonight I flexed my muscles and moved the writing desk from the garage into my living room and rearranged a few things so it fits...quite nicely.   So the writing desk isn't leaving home, lol

The little kids table arrived at my office a while back.   I need to take a bigger phillips screwdriver to the office tomorrow to finish putting it together.  The table I was taking from home for the breakroom - I took it apart put it in the Prius and took it to the office,  The table that was being stored in an empty office was moved into the new space by the moving company.

Or was it a different table you were interested in? 

[Cillaliz]

Jane, you absolutely do NOT need to be a ballet fan. There's actually very little ballet in it. It's about family and ambitions and growing up in difficult circumstances. A beautiful and charming story.

they talk alot about it in You've Got Mail.

[George]

As for the Topic of the Day...

Hmmm...

I'd like to research and write up a history of the audiences for musical theatre and opera and the other performing arts over the past 100 years.  I wouldn't want some sort of dry, sociological study, but rather a compilation of sorts of "bad" - and "good" - audience behavior.  A collection of "Yes, they really did that!" incidents.

Yes, cellphones are quite the nuisance today, but, remember, people used to bring rotten food to the theatre to throw at the stage.

Waht do you mean "used to?"  George still brings rotten food every time he comes and sees me in a show.

Hey!  ...

I wish that I could come up with a witty comeback, but I can't...so I'm going home.

Until later!

[Matt H.]

If you end up with "La Manse," would you consider yourself a "winner"?      

A very good question!

[Cillaliz]

Is there any DR who may in need of some used office equipment? forklift? Singer sewing machine? clarinet?

CLICK HERE

Wow!  I think I am going to get the Baby Jumper and the JukeBox Hot Air Popcorn Popper!

Phew! I was worried I'd be fighting with you over the bus parts

[Matt H.]

It seems that NCIS hires the WORST guest actresses on television.....

I'll have more to say about this in a moment.

[Cillaliz]

I have been known to develop ADD at dramas. My feet get hot and I have to take off my shoes and wiggle my toes. I get fidgety. I'm quite pathetic, really.

This is a good old fashioned dysfunctional family.  I loved it and couldn't belive how fast the three hours flew by.

[Cillaliz]

I had a scary thing happen last night.  I went to bed early last night and watched the Fiesta Bowl before I went to sleep.  Wait!  Taht isn't the scary thing.  I woke up about 12:30, and I was soaking wet.  I got up and checked the thermostat in the bedroom, but it was off.  I walked out into the hall and the entire apartment was close to 100 degrees.  All of the baseboard heaters were going full blast.  The walls were so hot that I couldn't touch them.

I checked the living room thermostat, but it was off.  Apparently, when I turned it down before I went to bed, soemthing inside broke, so that all of the heaters attached to that thermostat were going full blast.  I found the correct circuit breaker and turned it off, but if I hadn't gotten up, Nicky and I would have been barbecue.

Did anyone come in today to repair the problem?

I was wondering the same thing

[Cillaliz]

I'm watching the Orange Bowl. GO HAWKEYES!!!!

[Matt H.]

I spent the first three hours of my evening watching the second half (2 hours, 9 minutes) of CHE. As involving as the first part was, that's how desultory the second part was. It was AGONY to sit through. It covers the 11 1/2 months of his final failed campaign in Bolivia trying to rouse the peasants to overthrow the government and finding them uninterested and suspicious of strangers. As smart as the man seemed to be, I could tell it was a lost cause at LEAST halfway through the campaign. I cannot IMAGINE why they kept pressing on when it was obvious that they were not only NOT gaining momentum, they were losing supporters left and right. Argh!

[Matt H.]

The commentary, however, is wonderful filling in lots of blanks left by the sketchy screenplay and generally paying a grand tribute to the man. It's far more interesting than the second half of the movie.

[Matt H.]

I did have time tonight to watch NCIS. Pretty good mystery (I did guess the correct murderer), but Rena Soffer began a story arc tonight as a combative lawyer than you just know is going to develop into a love interest for Gibbs eventually.

She couldn't have been more disagreeable and annoying for an introduction to the show. Nope, I've never been a fan of this actress' work, but they made the character so belligerent that I instantly despised her. They've got a major uphill struggle to win me over if they want this to develop into anything other than an adversarial relationship.

[Cillaliz]

Thanks to everyone for the congrats on my office and the move.  We continued to settle in today and there is absolutely no question in my mind that we're doing the right thing. The phone started ringing off thehook this afternoon and Edith has my schedule jam packed for the rest of the week and next week is filling up very fast.  It's really a relief. Now that the move is off of my mind, I'm looking forward to digging in and getting back to work.