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[FJL]

Page 6 - the gossip page

[FJL]

I have nothing of interest to say that is gossipy.

[singdaw]

I wonder what Kaye Ballard is doing on New Year's Eve.

Maybe by singing a certain song. Which was written just for her.   

[TCB]

I'd love to TCB. I thought I bought enough to take a batch and have a second one, but it turns out that I had to do a double batch to make it the size I wanted, so, alas! I don't have enough to bring one to you on the way to the party

Oh.  Okay.  Maybe next time?

[Cillaliz]

Seeing how both DR Sandra and Mae-Ling are now vegetarians, I will be making vegetable soup for tonight. With matzo balls.

oh! You could make what I'm taking to the party tonight, it's a vegetable pizza appetizer.  You take crescent roll dough and spread it on a cookie sheet and bake it.  Then you mix cream cheese and dry ranch dressing mix and spread it on the cooled crust. Then you spread  chopped red and yellow bell peppers, green onions, carrots and broccoli on top.  You chill for an hour and viola!   My sister in law made it at Christmas and it was totally addicting

Are you sure that the crescent roll dough is vegetarian??  I recently got some Pillsbury pie crust (just unroll it into a pie pan) and it has partially hydrogenated lard.  And some (formerly) Hostess products use(d) lard in their cream fillings.
 
It all tastes good, though.

Naw, I'm not sure, I figure that's up to the person eating.  I don't know anyone who is vegan, so I'm assuming it's a better choice than the choices with meat

[Cillaliz]

I'd love to TCB. I thought I bought enough to take a batch and have a second one, but it turns out that I had to do a double batch to make it the size I wanted, so, alas! I don't have enough to bring one to you on the way to the party

Oh.  Okay.  Maybe next time?

I wish I could stop by.....I'd skip the party for that

[Cillaliz]

Seeing how both DR Sandra and Mae-Ling are now vegetarians, I will be making vegetable soup for tonight. With matzo balls.

oh! You could make what I'm taking to the party tonight, it's a vegetable pizza appetizer.  You take crescent roll dough and spread it on a cookie sheet and bake it.  Then you mix cream cheese and dry ranch dressing mix and spread it on the cooled crust. Then you spread  chopped red and yellow bell peppers, green onions, carrots and broccoli on top.  You chill for an hour and viola!   My sister in law made it at Christmas and it was totally addicting

Cillaliz--DR Kate made this to take to our nephew's on Christmas Eve!  There was a slight variation in the toppings, though.  I know she included green olives and cauliflower.  Yes, it is addicting!

That sounds good.  I think I might change the toppings next time, but I followed the recipe today as it's the first time I've made it

[Cillaliz]

Actually, I just looked up Pillsbury crescent rolls and they use vegetable oils...it has hydrogenated oils, but not lard.

Thanks, I don't think anyone will ask, but now I know

[Cillaliz]

Well, other than figuring out what to wear, I'm ready to go.  White elephant wrapped-check, appetizer made - check.  I'm considering taking the cookies I just made too.  They are way too good and I've already eaten more than I should have.   If course they do have oatmeal in them so they are healthy

[bk]

Back from a patty melt and no fries or onion rings, and picking up no packages.

[bk]

Finished watching The Big Gundown.

[bk]

And then got this note via LinkedIn - getting these kinds of notes are so special to me:

"Hi Bruce. I don't know if you'll ever see this but I felt compelled to reach out after seeing The Glass Menagerie on Broadway yesterday. how I remembered your name is just another of the mysterious tricks of memory. But seeing this marvelous production immediately took me back to the "Hami" (no pun intended) High production of 1965? '66? in which you I think played Tom. It was probably the first classic American play I had ever seen and I was transfixed. I thought you were "brilliant" and that enconter led me to a passionate relationship with "The Theater"! I just wanted to thank you for sending me off on one of he most eniching journeys of my life. Sorry for the cliche-ridden post but it's all true!!"

I wonder if Jane remembers this gal?  She goes by the name of Belinda Presser, but that may be a married last name.

[TCB]

I was wondering what are ANY DR"S favorite MOVIES AND WHY???

I'll mention three, all of which involving dancing.

--The original Japanese Shall We Dance (not the lame American remake), because it showed someone following the passion of his life
--The Band Wagon, because dancing doesn't get any better on screen than Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse "Dancing in the Dark"

I thought Bruce Springsteen and Courtney Cox did "Dancin' In The Dark?"

[TCB]

Dr Jane was speaking to us from the future - I wonder how she is enjoying 2014

Maybe she could give us the Lotto numbers!

[KevinH]

And then got this note via LinkedIn - getting these kinds of notes are so special to me:

"Hi Bruce. I don't know if you'll ever see this but I felt compelled to reach out after seeing The Glass Menagerie on Broadway yesterday. how I remembered your name is just another of the mysterious tricks of memory. But seeing this marvelous production immediately took me back to the "Hami" (no pun intended) High production of 1965? '66? in which you I think played Tom. It was probably the first classic American play I had ever seen and I was transfixed. I thought you were "brilliant" and that enconter led me to a passionate relationship with "The Theater"! I just wanted to thank you for sending me off on one of he most eniching journeys of my life. Sorry for the cliche-ridden post but it's all true!!"

I wonder if Jane remembers this gal?  She goes by the name of Belinda Presser, but that may be a married last name.

That's great, BK!

[TCB]

I was wondering what are ANY DR"S favorite MOVIES AND WHY???

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (the original version, not the Directors Cut or the Special Edition)  It had just enough magic, and laughter, and awe to make it like no other film I had ever seen.

I have the Blu-ray where you can choose to watch each of the three different versions without having to change discs.  This poster that comes in the set shows the differences:
 

I'll be sure and buy that version.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!

[Jeanne]

I sure didn't feel like doing a lot today. Still in R&R mode, I guess. I did go out to lunch, then stopped at Trader Joe's for groceries. The streets were relatively quiet, but TJ's was mobbed.

[Jeanne]

A woman in line next to me at TJ's saw my chocolate biscotti and said, "Those look GOOD." Yes, they certainly are. See my extra ten pounds?

[KevinH]

Happy New Year to DR Doug R and everyone in the UK and Ireland!

[TCB]

Babs sent me her combination CD / DVD "Back To Brooklyn" to me.  It arrived today. 


Oh wait, maybe I ordered it myself.  Well, it is the thought that counts.

[Jeanne]

TOD:

None memorable. I'm not big on NYE. My attitude is BFD. I also have no interest in being out late or paying inflated prices. Call me a NYE grinch.

[Jeanne]

I have way too much stuff to do before 2013 ends.

I can relate to that. I have much to attend to in January.

[Jeanne]

Yesterday, Queen Elizabeth II named Angela Lansbury as a DBE - Dame of the British Empire.     

Well-deserved, IMHO.

[TCB]

I received over a dozen requests for money today from a certain political party.  Unbelievable!

[Jeanne]

..because nothing rings in the New Year better than a good bowl of boy soup.

Is there girl soup, too? Or are boys tastier?

[Jeanne]

I do remember one New Year's Eve that I'd rather forget. I woke up at about 4:30 on Dec. 31, 2010, with grotesque pain. Drove myself to the ER. I knew it was a kidney stone.

It turned out to be three humungous kidney stones. While they were looking at the CAT scan, they noticed a mass on the other kidney, so they kept me overnight. I spent that New Year's watching Saturday Night Fever, a movie I had never seen before, from an uncomfortable and fairly cold hospital bed.

Many of you remember all of this. The lump was cancerous, but mercifully benign. Still, I'm glad I woke up this morning after eight hours of peaceful sleep. 

That was certainly memorable. Glad you knew what to do and it was taken care of properly.

[elmore3003]

..because nothing rings in the New Year better than a good bowl of boy soup.

Is there girl soup, too? Or are boys tastier?

What an unlucky New Year card! If that kid's lucky, she'll get too close and set her skirt on fire.

[Ginny]

We had a very nice New Year's Eve date and were home in time to see the network news at 6:30.  SAVING MR. BANKS was delightful and our dinner at Bravo delicious as always.  We shopped very briefly at Barnes & Noble - they were closing at 6, but I did have time to spend part of my Christmas money from Mom on KNITTING YARNS, edited by Ann Hood.

[George]

And then got this note via LinkedIn - getting these kinds of notes are so special to me:

"Hi Bruce. I don't know if you'll ever see this but I felt compelled to reach out after seeing The Glass Menagerie on Broadway yesterday. how I remembered your name is just another of the mysterious tricks of memory. But seeing this marvelous production immediately took me back to the "Hami" (no pun intended) High production of 1965? '66? in which you I think played Tom. It was probably the first classic American play I had ever seen and I was transfixed. I thought you were "brilliant" and that enconter led me to a passionate relationship with "The Theater"! I just wanted to thank you for sending me off on one of he most eniching journeys of my life. Sorry for the cliche-ridden post but it's all true!!"

I wonder if Jane remembers this gal?  She goes by the name of Belinda Presser, but that may be a married last name.

That's very nice, BK.