Topic: THE NOTHING NOTES (Read 17708 times)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #90 on:** September 06, 2004, 02:29:04 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on September 06, 2004, 02:24:59 PM

Revisited a film from my childhood yesterday - "Jack & the Beanstalk". I think Lou Costello was the best actor in it! The song and dance scenes were a riot.
Nostalgia can still lend charm and enjoyment to the film. My most recent $3 purchase.

We have this film!

According to der Brucer, the film was thought of as quite an accomplishment in it's day, because of it's use of color and so on.

I agree about the musical sections.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #91 on:** September 06, 2004, 02:30:40 PM »

For our page four dance, I suggest the dance work done in the aforementioned Jack and the Beanstalk. Unfortunately, I don't know how to discribe the dances. Words fail to do them justice!

Sandra · « **Reply #92 on:** September 06, 2004, 02:37:00 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on September 06, 2004, 02:25:34 PM

THE FLETCHER CHRONICLES:

Fletcher has discovered what fun can be had with a roll of toilet paper.

So far, three rolls of toilet paper have been distributed throughout the house.

The lesson being learned here is to always buy certain supplies in bulk. (Fletcher hasn't learned any lessons in this case, so far. $:-\$ )

Ah yes, the Toilet Paper Game. When our kittens discovered that, we kept the toilet paper underneath the sink. Then when my cousin came over and needed to use the facilities, I told her the toilet paper was under the sink because it was a game we played. I said that we always put it in a different place so that the next person would have to find it. After she left, I found the toilet paper in the medicine cabinet.

How's that for a completely pointless story?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #93 on:** September 06, 2004, 03:08:57 PM »

Considering it was made in 1952, there was really not that much that was special about J & the BS.. A "Wizard of Oz" approach - sepia to color (sic). Whoops! The songs and dances were special. The cow acted well. In this version Jack also called the cow by a boy's name! (Henry)

bk · « **Reply #94 on:** September 06, 2004, 03:26:33 PM »

Just finished a chicken wrap from the California Chicken Cafe. After eating my chicken wrap I did a chicken rap:

I love my chicken when it's in a wrap,
Got to keep the paper on or it falls in your lap
It was yummilicious, but now I need a nap
So, this is the end of my chicken rap.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** September 06, 2004, 03:27:21 PM »

Welcome seven GUESTS. We're talkin' about film and theater imagery that SKEEVED you.

Emily · « **Reply #96 on:** September 06, 2004, 03:57:03 PM »

Ken Jennings is back on Jeopardy tonight!

Oh the excitement!

Jane · « **Reply #97 on:** September 06, 2004, 03:58:36 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on September 06, 2004, 01:01:12 PM

Did you stay past the closing credits? <hint, hint>

Not the very end. Please tell me what I missed. Unintentionally funny was the principal looked, and acted, like our neighbor.

Jane · « **Reply #98 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:00:52 PM »

Thanks Danise. I was on that site yesterday and didn’t find anything. I will look again now.

JRand thank you. I shall try again. For some reason I couldn’t get him to just dance without choosing a song.

Jason, thanks for explaining how to do it.
Regarding your grandmother story-LOL

DB I too liked the typo quote.

Panni I slept through Keith’s adventure with a spider at 3:00 AM this morning. He even had to turn on the light to find it. He did first feel it crawling over him. He did of course take it outside.

What a lovely day. This morning, for the first time, Keith went hiking on Mt Ashland with Echo and me. When we returned home Craig called from Romania. We actually had a good connection and a nice conversation, until his phone battery ran out. He doesn’t have any electricity as the chandelier over his bed fell out of the wall, barely missing him, and shorted out all of the electricity. He said his place looks much better by candle light. Next Bryan called from Portland as he has the day off of work and we had a nice long chat with him.

Jennifer, Bryan said he now has his waterbed on a box spring, no frame. It sits low on the floor but he didn’t like the frame. And yes, it has become more difficult getting waterbeds.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #99 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:07:14 PM »

Quote from: Panni on September 06, 2004, 11:19:42 AM

Spiders are not bright. In fact, at the risk of offending any spidey lurkers, they're pretty stupid. I just tried to do a good deed -- there was a spider crawling across the window sill in front of me. So I got a nice big piece of paper and stuck it in front of the creature, thinking it would crawl on the paper and I could transport it outside -- instead of whacking it with my shoe. Well the stupid thing crawled onto the paper, panicked and jumped off.
Now when I find it I'll be forced to step on it. Is there a life lesson for non-spider types in this?

Indeed - beware of Hungarian lasses wearing shoes.

Hey, you could be in OZ and find this:

The Victoris Museum describes them thus:

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Form
Body cylindrical, abdomen stout, fangs noticeably elongated and projecting forward.

Sounds like a middle-aged Vampire.

Your very own LA Times recently advised:

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Sticky business

It's no fun going out for the morning paper and walking into a sticky spider web. But those fat yellow and black or reddish garden spiders are after smaller game. These big spiders may seem creepy, but they're not dangerous. They catch all sorts of insects (good and bad, unfortunately) and should be tolerated. By this time of the year, their neat circular webs are usually high up in trees. If not, they can be encouraged to go higher by simply knocking down their hair-entangling webs.
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der Brucer (who apologizes for having no spider recipes)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #100 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:17:07 PM »

Quote from: Jane on September 06, 2004, 04:00:52 PM

DB I too liked the typo quote.
...
He doesn’t have any electricity as the chandelier over his bed fell out of the wall, barely missing him, and shorted out all of the electricity. He said his place looks much better by candle light.

I'm sure BK can recommended some repairman

Nice he has such an "every cloud has a silver lining attitude".

Here's a Blanchard quote to share with Keith:

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WHY COMPUTERS SOMETIMES CRASH
.
Dr. Seuss style.

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort,
and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall.

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang.

When the copy on your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions cause unnecessary risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, then quick, turn off the 'puter and be sure to tell your Mom!

Copyright © , 2003 by Jack Blanchard. All rights reserved.
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der Brucer (try reading it aloud!)

MBarnum · « **Reply #101 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:38:08 PM »

Quote from: bk on September 06, 2004, 11:06:46 AM

Yes, MBarnum, it's Once Upon a Time in the West - a wonderful film of Sergio Leone. Its DVD presentation is top-notch and the score by Morricone is a masterpiece. In addition to the aforementioned Mr. Henry Fonda, it also features Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Jr., Claudia Cardinale, Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Keenan Wynn and Gabrielle Ferzetti.

Well whatever movie it was, I do not wish to ever see it again! It just left a sick feeling in my stomach. I have come across it in more recent years on TV and turned it off prior to the killings.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #102 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:43:50 PM »

This morning I went for a walk and saw a spider in the sunrise. This afternoon I tried to post a photo of it and got a message that the upload folder is full.

Panni · « **Reply #103 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:45:04 PM »

Well, I'm off to the backyard to join my landlords and various others for a bar-b-cue.
Will report later. Over and out.

Panni · « **Reply #104 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:46:31 PM »

...And I thought the chicken wrap rap was way cool.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #105 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:55:04 PM »

MBarnum's Puppet People on FLIX tonight!

TCB · « **Reply #106 on:** September 06, 2004, 05:30:38 PM »

Don't know what the H**L is wrong with my computer this afternoon. All pictures, etc, have been removed from my screen and replaced with the word IMAGE. But, at least, it is still working. Has anyone heard from my errant son, Jed, or daughter, Anne???

Worst screen imagery: Carol Channing, in bra and panties, on Frankie Avalon's bed in Otto Preminger's SKIDOO.

Worst stage imagery: Carol Channing, sans wig, having a cat fight with Mary Martin in LEGENDS.

Two images burned forever in my brain.

TCB · « **Reply #107 on:** September 06, 2004, 05:32:13 PM »

Off to dress rehearsal.

Noel · « **Reply #108 on:** September 06, 2004, 06:13:27 PM »

I'm all alone...
in the chat room of HainesHisWay
It's a feeling that ain't too groovy

Oh, wait. Here comes someone now

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #109 on:** September 06, 2004, 06:51:09 PM »

Hi, Jane (and anyone else),

There's a mini-chat going on at the moment. Right now, Noel and Laura are talking about bridal registries.

bk · « **Reply #110 on:** September 06, 2004, 06:52:54 PM »

Poop (poop, spelled backwards), I am TOO senile and forgot chat - luckily the room was open and chatters chatted. I'm going there now.

Jay · « **Reply #111 on:** September 06, 2004, 06:59:14 PM »

I paid a visit to the Dear Mother this afternoon Dear Readers. We had Double Doubles at In 'N' Out and I took her to the supermarket. Had you been there, you would have no doubt plotzed from the excitement.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #112 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:02:17 PM »

Jay -

BK has now joined the chat - and is threatening a collective bitch-slapping.

Jane · « **Reply #113 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:07:34 PM »

Hi DiT. I switched compuers. I can't get into chat. Say hi for me.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #114 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:12:57 PM »

And hi from Laura, Noel, BK (and moi), DR Jane.

Panni · « **Reply #115 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:18:08 PM »

Just got back from the bar-b-cue. Food was delish -- but most interesting were some of the people I met. One woman had worked for the last 27 years as the assistant (it was a 2-person operation) of the great old producer Max Rosenberg, who recently died at 90. He was responsible for some horror classics:"The Curse of Frankenstein," "The City of the Dead," "The House That Dripped Blood," "Cat People" "Dr Terror's House of Horrors" and "Tales From the Crypt." As well as the classic early rock 'n' roll movie, "Rock, Rock, Rock." She came to work for him straight out of college -- and it was just the two of them running the show. Wouldn't that make a fascinating book?
Another interesting person was a musician who now handles his late grandfather's catalogue. His grandfather was Leon Rene who wrote "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"...as well as a number of other great songs. The conversation was fun -- and there were five flavors of Ben and Jerry's ice cream as well as homemade peach cobbler and brownies for dessert. Perfection.

Jane · « **Reply #116 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:18:55 PM »

Please tell Laura if she deletes some of her old photos herself she might be able to post a new one. I don't remember how to do so without deleting the post. Does BK remember?

Jane · « **Reply #117 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:24:08 PM »

Panni you meet such interesting people at your neighbor's. Plus they feed you so well.
The peach cobbler sounds good.

Jane · « **Reply #118 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:24:55 PM »

DB, Keith and I enjoyed the poem-very cute.

Matt H. · « **Reply #119 on:** September 06, 2004, 08:11:26 PM »

Sorry I wasn't around for chat tonight. i went to an audition. More about it if anything transpires.

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