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« Reply #180 on: July 05, 2010, 04:02:21 PM »

Callie has been right there helping me.  It's really been funny.   I was also roasting a chicken and when the timer would go off or the dryer would buzz she'd come and get me and meow.  I really think she was telling me there was some strange noise and I better go check it out.
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« Reply #181 on: July 05, 2010, 04:02:50 PM »

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« Reply #182 on: July 05, 2010, 04:14:40 PM »

Callie is a good cat. :)
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« Reply #183 on: July 05, 2010, 04:33:04 PM »

Marriage is for single girls
And single girls are what we are
Tick tock
Goes the clock
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« Reply #184 on: July 05, 2010, 04:33:17 PM »

I spent the day finishing the corrections for my galley proofs, which I will send off to the publisher in a day or two, after I've had a chance to review them.
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« Reply #185 on: July 05, 2010, 04:34:56 PM »

Tonight, in anticipation of getting PROMISES. PROMISES tomorrow, we're going to watch THE APARTMENT.
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« Reply #186 on: July 05, 2010, 04:39:45 PM »

I would like rain.

Soon it's gonna rain, I can feel it, soon it's gonna rain, I can tell. . .
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« Reply #187 on: July 05, 2010, 04:41:44 PM »

We watched a terrible movie last night, MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS with Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr and Dean Martin.  It was part of a Sinatra DVD box set I had, and I'd never seen this film before.

The basic story premise had potential, but the script was very unfunny and the director knew absolutely nothing about comedy timing.

Where was Billy Wilder when they needed him?

The only bright spot in the movie was Cesar Romero.  He was fun, but it was like he was playing in a different movie.
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« Reply #188 on: July 05, 2010, 04:50:11 PM »

The DVD of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be released tomorrow.  If we are very, very lucky NetFlix will receive our returned DVD's and will send Girl to us.  If we aren't lucky on the first round it could be a long time before we receive it.
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« Reply #189 on: July 05, 2010, 05:09:32 PM »

Speaking of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, I had a customer today who was outraged that we did not have THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST in paperback. . .the book hasn't even been out a whole month yet! 
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« Reply #190 on: July 05, 2010, 05:44:11 PM »

Were you able to calm the customer?  I wonder if the person has seen other people reading it in paperback.  Of course they then would have been reading the Hornets' Nest version as I did. ;)
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« Reply #191 on: July 05, 2010, 05:45:03 PM »

The DVD of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be released tomorrow.  If we are very, very lucky NetFlix will receive our returned DVD's and will send Girl to us.  If we aren't lucky on the first round it could be a long time before we receive it.

My mom said she saw a commercial for the first and second movies.  And they did what i expected. They did not make it clear that the movie is in Swedish with English subtitles.

I'll bet there will be a lot of people who get the dvd who will have no idea.

I know that maybe a lot of people will not like the idea that it is in Swedish. But I still think that the promos should advertise this.
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« Reply #192 on: July 05, 2010, 05:45:51 PM »

That's funny that someone would be outraged. I mean if a book is not available in paperback why would she think you would miraculously have it??
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« Reply #193 on: July 05, 2010, 05:58:06 PM »

The DVD of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be released tomorrow.  If we are very, very lucky NetFlix will receive our returned DVD's and will send Girl to us.  If we aren't lucky on the first round it could be a long time before we receive it.

My mom said she saw a commercial for the first and second movies.  And they did what i expected. They did not make it clear that the movie is in Swedish with English subtitles.

I'll bet there will be a lot of people who get the dvd who will have no idea.

I know that maybe a lot of people will not like the idea that it is in Swedish. But I still think that the promos should advertise this.

The idea of a promo is to sell.  Maybe not advertising the language is intentional ;D  If anyone reads what they are buying/renting they will know it is a foreign film.
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« Reply #194 on: July 05, 2010, 06:03:49 PM »

The dvd has the English dub as well as the original Swedish track.
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« Reply #195 on: July 05, 2010, 06:03:50 PM »

I looked at the NetFlix queue again and the movie, to be released tomorrow, now says "short wait" instead of the release date.  Since the post office is closed today I find it hard to imagine Netflix is processing anything.  I still have hopes it will be mailed to me tomorrow.  I'm wondering if a DVD can be mailed to arrive on the release date.
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« Reply #196 on: July 05, 2010, 06:05:02 PM »

The dvd has the English dub as well as the original Swedish track.

Really?  Where did you see that?  Have you read if the dubbing is good?
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« Reply #197 on: July 05, 2010, 06:06:20 PM »

Were you able to calm the customer?  I wonder if the person has seen other people reading it in paperback.  Of course they then would have been reading the Hornets' Nest version as I did. ;)

No, she was pissed off and threw the other two books back at the table from where she had picked them up. 
The haze, the heat and the humidity will do that to a person.

I thought she was better educated:  she had her clippings from Entertainment Weekly's special edition on The Millennium Novels, and yet, she was insistent that there was yet another book to the trilogy titled, "Millennium."
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« Reply #198 on: July 05, 2010, 06:09:36 PM »

Did you explain the author died before completing the book?
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« Reply #199 on: July 05, 2010, 06:11:10 PM »

I hope that poor woman feels better and is embarrassed at her behavior. ;D
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« Reply #200 on: July 05, 2010, 06:11:38 PM »

I hope you were laughing, after she left. :)
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« Reply #201 on: July 05, 2010, 06:12:22 PM »

The dvd has the English dub as well as the original Swedish track.

Really?  Where did you see that?  Have you read if the dubbing is good?

I'm going through the reviews of the disc online, and I'm only finding English tracks (stereo and 5.1 DD) on the blu-ray. . .but, there are not a lot of reviews out there yet. . .
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« Reply #202 on: July 05, 2010, 06:13:00 PM »

Ah, Amazon says that the dvd is dubbed. . .
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« Reply #203 on: July 05, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »

Netflix also lists the English track.
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« Reply #204 on: July 05, 2010, 06:14:35 PM »

I still have a DVD to watch and send back before I'm due to get Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I'll wait.
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« Reply #205 on: July 05, 2010, 06:16:34 PM »

Did you explain the author died before completing the book?

Yes, but she was very put out about the third book NOT being in paperback.  That was the major bee in her bonnet.  She would have bought all three, so she said, IF the final book were in paperback.  It was when I explained to her that since it was a new release, the paperback edition would probably not appear for ten months to a year that she got into her hissy fit.
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« Reply #206 on: July 05, 2010, 06:23:58 PM »

She acted as if she has never purchased a book before. It is so ridiculous it is laughable, but then I wasn't the one dealing with her.
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« Reply #207 on: July 05, 2010, 06:24:43 PM »

So was there something going on with the stars and planets to make people so insane over the weekend?
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« Reply #208 on: July 05, 2010, 06:25:30 PM »

I still have a DVD to watch and send back before I'm due to get Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I'll wait.

You just finished reading the books.  I didn't want to watch while I was still reading them and enjoyed a little space between the last book and the DVD.
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« Reply #209 on: July 05, 2010, 06:28:35 PM »

Netflix also lists the English track.

I never look at that.  I usually wait until we watch the DVD and see what the options are.  Thanks.
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