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Re: BOUND AND DETERMINED
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2010, 06:10:02 AM »

Does Edith read HHW?

Does she know about HHW?
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« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2010, 06:18:50 AM »

And the word of the day is: EQUIPOLLENT!
I think that's what's causing my inner ear infection. Too much equipollent in the air.
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« Reply #32 on: November 16, 2010, 06:18:53 AM »

Does Edith read HHW?

Does she know about HHW?

No she doesn't read it.  She knows that I have a group of friends from a website, but I don't think she's ever been here.  I don't think she'd bother to look even if she did.  I  think she enjoys a day with me away now and then. 
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« Reply #33 on: November 16, 2010, 06:23:49 AM »

Congrats to DR MichaelS!
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« Reply #34 on: November 16, 2010, 06:24:39 AM »

DR Elmore when your super comes over today maybe he can confirm if the oaf is leaving.  It would seem odd that someone would say the oaf told them he was leaving if he wasn't leaving. It doesn't sound like you could mistake him for anyone else.
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« Reply #35 on: November 16, 2010, 06:31:16 AM »

They may say mean things, they may try to bring you down, but dog gone it, you might as well dance.
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« Reply #36 on: November 16, 2010, 06:33:08 AM »

TOD:

I have a hard time reading poetry, as opposed to lyrics. I guess I need more of a sense of musicality. I also think my mind races too fast for most poetry, which is more contemplative than I am. Still, I try on occasion to read some of the volumes I have accumulated. Some of the writers I do enjoy:

Seamus Heaney
William Butler Yeats
William Blake
Dorothy Parker
Langston Hughes
Lord Byron
Charles Bukowski

I once met Allen Ginsberg and have an autographed copy of his collected works. But I really haven't read it. (Guess the book is more valuable unread, so I'll have to get another copy to read at a later date.)
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« Reply #37 on: November 16, 2010, 06:37:59 AM »

Without warning
It's morning
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« Reply #38 on: November 16, 2010, 06:39:45 AM »

TOD:

Emily Dickinson
Billy Collins

Collins is the author of one of my favorite poems:

Litany 
 
 
You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...
-Jacques Crickillon

You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.

And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.

It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.

I also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening paper blowing down an alley
and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.

I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's tea cup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You will always be the bread and the knife,
not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.
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« Reply #39 on: November 16, 2010, 06:40:29 AM »

Thanks to all for the good wishes this beautiful AM in Boca Raton
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« Reply #40 on: November 16, 2010, 06:40:38 AM »

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats
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« Reply #41 on: November 16, 2010, 06:42:24 AM »

I don't know who the author is of my second favorite poem:

He held me in his arms,
What could I do but linger.
I ran my fingers through his hair
And a cootie bit my finger.
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« Reply #42 on: November 16, 2010, 06:42:41 AM »

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.
Seamus Heaney
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« Reply #43 on: November 16, 2010, 06:44:11 AM »

I got a good laugh out of the Billy Collins poem. Thanks for sharing it, Dan (the Man).
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« Reply #44 on: November 16, 2010, 06:45:09 AM »

You are welcome, DR John G!
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« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2010, 06:47:18 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings!  I'll be away for a chunk of the day for a Vera Bradley outing with my girlfriends.  The ones from Columbus are probably on the road already.
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« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2010, 06:48:34 AM »

Little Edith took a drink
But she will drink no more
For what she thought was H2O
Was H2SO4
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« Reply #47 on: November 16, 2010, 06:49:31 AM »

TOD -

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books."

                                  ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Re: BOUND AND DETERMINED
« Reply #48 on: November 16, 2010, 06:52:29 AM »

Hilarious interview with Danny Burstein on Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144965-PLAYBILLCOMS-CUE-A-Women-on-the-Verges-Danny-Burstein

Excerpt: "I was onstage in a very poorly received production of The Seagull. The actor playing Dr. Dorn had an aside to the audience, 'People are boring!' One night an audience member yelled back, 'Not THIS boring!' Funny now. "
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« Reply #49 on: November 16, 2010, 06:57:45 AM »

Jane and other "lovers" of the TSA should look at Jack Ohman's cartoon from this morning's Oregonian.  Some enterprising soul can probably find it on OregonLive.com and link to it.  :)
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« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2010, 07:00:56 AM »

You animal lovers may get a kick out of this.  Those of you who have been to Chez K know we have two of the most spoiled dogs in existence, BeeGee, our "rescue" dog, and Blanche, the golden retriever-black lab mix we bought a few years later from a breeder up George's way.  ;)  Anyhoo, BeeGee has always been the dominant one.   Until we got Blanche a pillow for her crate (we don't even close the door on her crate and she just loves to sleep in it).  Once that pillow came, Blanche thought she was A-Number 1 and has been asserting her dominance.  Last night, Betsy and Gabe bought BeeGee a nice plush (HUGE) sleeping pillow (he actually prefers to sleep on chairs/beds, LOL).  Well twice now, Blanche has dragged this huge, oversized pillow over to her crate and attempted to get it inside.  She succeeded once, trapping herself inside the damn crate.  :)
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« Reply #51 on: November 16, 2010, 07:01:11 AM »

That last post will not be read by Jane.
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« Reply #52 on: November 16, 2010, 07:02:43 AM »

DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.
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« Reply #53 on: November 16, 2010, 07:07:53 AM »

DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.

Did you read the TIMES obituary? Very moving article!
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« Reply #54 on: November 16, 2010, 07:08:19 AM »

The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
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« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2010, 07:12:01 AM »

I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it.  I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock.  The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor.  Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns.  What a bust that turned out to be.

I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it.  And it was a charmless stinker.  David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.
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« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2010, 07:13:28 AM »

The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!

Yay!  Here's wishing you get a petite ballerina moving in...
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« Reply #57 on: November 16, 2010, 07:14:50 AM »

I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it.  I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock.  The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor.  Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns.  What a bust that turned out to be.

I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it.  And it was a charmless stinker.  David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.

Perhaps this is why Vivendi has declined to provide a screener for us to review.  :)
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« Reply #58 on: November 16, 2010, 07:15:23 AM »

...but I'm also sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, DR Elmore.
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« Reply #59 on: November 16, 2010, 07:19:07 AM »

I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it.  I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock.  The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor.  Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns.  What a bust that turned out to be.

I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it.  And it was a charmless stinker.  David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.

Perhaps this is why Vivendi has declined to provide a screener for us to review.  :)

They are doing you a favor.
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