Topic: THE RAIN IN SPAIN (Read 27950 times)

bk · « **on:** February 11, 2005, 11:58:42 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes have rained on your parade, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home from the rain in Spain, which, by the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), stays mainly on the plain.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:00:13 AM »

And the word of the day is: NINCOMPOOP!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:02:31 AM »

Which, of course, is POOPMOCNIN, spelled backwards.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:09:28 AM »

Well, as I was trying post "yesterday" - I think I hit Post just as the sight was turning over... Thankfully, I hit Command-C to Copy said post which now follows:

Oh, and I finally caught up on some of today's news in the past hour too.

Sadly, WETA, the public radio station in DC, decided at last night's board meeting to go to an all news/talk format starting February 28. Despite there being many speakers at the board meeting last night against the then-proposed change. Heck, they even had a petition signed by many prominent musical figures.

Ah, well... I guess which membership I know I'm not renewing this year...

Rodzinski · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:11:31 AM »

Hey, now THAT'S some notes.
It was exciting getting it to 8 pages, because after posting about "What a Way To Go!" My MAC would not reload anything at all, and I thought all was lost, but came back to find the magic number had been achieved. And it was an honest achievement.

Hey, thanks for the great news about "What A Way to Go!" being on DVD. For exactly a month now, it has been out and nobody told me. That is one of those impossible to figure why it was never out on video with that cast. There is no other husband, but Robert "Bob" Cummings plays the shrink to good effect.

I think I had to take some poopmocnin for strep throat once.

bk · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:14:35 AM »

I do have to laugh - a couple of very errant and truant people around here have been posting regularly on ratm, where they both have been reviled time and again by a certain poster there. Go know. As I always say, people come, people go, like Grand Hotel.

I am going to presume that Jay will now be MIA along with Dan-in-Toronto.

What a shame, really, but I don't profess to understand these things.

bk · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:15:16 AM »

The iPod is on, shuffling beautiful soundtrack themes. Currently up is Joe Hisaishi's Brother.

bk · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:15:39 AM »

And might I just add - NINCOMPOOP!

Rodzinski · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:15:50 AM »

I'm trying to think of a time where a radio station has changed to a better format...hmmm... no, it is always worse.

A good rule of thumb: If I find a radio station I like, it is one month away from changing to some lousy different format.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:16:42 AM »

BK, what is ratm...?

bk · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:17:20 AM »

I'm doing the PONY now. And the SWIM. Some would say that makes me a NINCOMPOOP. I say it marks me cool.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:17:25 AM »

OH!!!

And the local NBC affiliate did a feature story for Valentine's Day during the 5:00 News that focused on Men getting "Brazils" for Valentine's Day. I literally sat there with my mouth wide open. There was a definite air of tongue-in-cheekness to the piece, but they interviewed an aesthetician who is known in the DC area as the "Queen of Waxing". They even showed one guy on the table having the procedure done - with the doctor's table strategically placed. I have to say I was very impressed with whomever did the copy for the piece - who knew there were so many euphemisms for the male hair growth below the belt!?!?!?

And I also have to give major props to the female newscaster who was reading the lead in and lead out for the story with a straight face! Now that's talent!

*But, apparently, men getting "Brazils" is an "in" thing right now. They showed the appointment book for the office, and it was totally booked. About 20% male clientele. Even a waiting list for today!

However, my favorite comment came from one woman who was interviewed/asked about her thoughts on the new fad. Her negative response was something along the line of, "Well, I wouldn't like it. One just has certain expectations when looking down there."

Rodzinski · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:17:51 AM »

What is "ratm"?

bk · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:20:22 AM »

rec.arts.theatre.musicals - a useless usenet newsgroup, lorded over by an impossibly smug cretin named Stephen Newport. He's ridiculed both Noel Katz and Dan the Man regularly, and yet that is where they've chosen to hang their collective hats these days. One just sits and scratches one's head in bemusement. Noel left us because someone got a little out of hand in terms of a post, and that just seems so thin-skinned to me, compared to what he's gone through over there. But, what do I know? Well, here's what I know - we have the best and brightest right here at haineshisway.com and if that's not good enough for the likes of them then the likes of us don't have to give it another moment's thought.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:20:29 AM »

BK - I'm pretty sure DR Jay will be back in due time. As other DRs have indicated, he's pretty busy right now with a lot of things. We just have to make sure to keep posting so that he has something fun to read once he does return.

And, trust me, we all come back eventually.

bk · « **Reply #15 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:21:13 AM »

Men are being waxed now? It's the end of the world.

bk · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:23:16 AM »

NINCOMPOOP!

Welcome five GUESTS. We're talkin' about exotic food and PIZZA!

bk · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:24:13 AM »

I'm so overtired that I'm not tired.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:26:02 AM »

I was just trying to see if the website for the station had a video clip or a transcript of the story. Alas, it doesn't seem to be on there.

I guess someone "harvested" that story from the "forest".

Rodzinski · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:28:55 AM »

I had a similar experience with Ethiopian cuisine. At first, it was novel, dipping this spongelike substance into some red sauce with chicken in it, then it somehow went awry, and the palate was not pleased. And the gut did soon follow into the land of displeasure.

I have had kangaroo meat, which will not seem like a big deal to our OZ pals. I enjoy the occasional ostrich jerky.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:29:52 AM »

As for exotic foods...

Hmm... There are still some cuts of meat in various Asian cuisines that I'm still a little weary of. In Filipino cuisine, there is one dish, dinuguan, which is basically a blood pudding of sorts. It's made with every part of the pig except for the actual meat (loin, roasts, chops, etc.). I've only smelled it cooking away on the stove many times - P!U! - but I have never tried it. And there is also "balut" - which is basically a chicken egg... And I'll leave it at that.

The past couple of times I've had Vietnamese "pho", I've been ordering some of the other cuts of meats like tendon, bible tripe, etc. Pretty good. Unctious.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #21 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:29:53 AM »

I don't really eat exotic food...Thursday night I did go to a Brazilian restaurant, PICANA, in Burbank with my friends, Larry and Pat, as we have done for a few years. All our birthdays are within a few weeks of each other and so its our communal birthday dinner and an excuse to get together, which we used to do once a week, before life and miscellaneous crap got in the way. This type of restaurant has a name which I forget, but basically, it is one set price, there is a buffet of delicious side dishes, on your table is a wooden cylinder with one end green and one end red. When you're ready for meat, you place the green side up. Various waiters drift by at certain intervals with large skewers of various meats...Brazilian beef, sirloin, chicken, sausage, pork, etc, etc. If you want some they either slice you off a piece or slide one off the skewer and put it on your plate. When you're done or need a rest you turn the red side up top and the waiters don't bother you.

The meat is all very tasty. It's quite filling and none of us can consume the vast quantities like we once did. The red end goes up a lot sooner than it used to. The place has gone up in price since last we went.

But the bottom line is, even though it's Brazilian, it's just a meat and taters joint. Though I like Indian food and Thai and some Oriental, I still pretty much stick to beef, chicken, and pork. My tastes are pretty basic and plebian. Probably the most exotic thing I've eaten is either vension or ostrich.

I guess you'd say I'm just a NINCOMPOOP when it comes to exotic cuisine.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #22 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:32:08 AM »

As for Pizza...

Well, today is our last double Saturday, and the drummer and I have been going to Matchbox between shows on Saturdays. We'd go on Sundays too, but they're not open on Sundays. They have wonderful pizza, and I think I may go ahead and treat myself to a pie later today. Their woodburning oven turns out great crusts. And they also have this very spicy tomato sauce that's laced with chipotle peppers. YUM!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #23 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:33:04 AM »

OK...

Well, I'm hoping to get up. Do my workout. Make the cake. Then head to the theatre. And what time is it now? Hmm... *And I have to do my workout if I'm going to have pizza between shows!

So...

Goodnight.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #24 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:34:19 AM »

DR Pogue - Churrascaria

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #25 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:35:55 AM »

Jose, thanks...that's the name!

Iris* · « **Reply #26 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:36:29 AM »

Let's see, exotic foods.....

I've sampled alligator and rattlesnake meat. I know, I know, sounds disgusting, but ya know what? They both tasted like chicken.

I also tried chocolate covered ants on a dare, and heaven only knows what was inside the dim sum that I consumed in Hong Kong.

The chocolate covered ants tasted just like Raisinets.

Makes you want to vomit on the ground, doesn't it?

Iris* · « **Reply #27 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:40:50 AM »

It's almost 4a.m. on the East Coast, and there are at least 3 late night posters busy posting. Does that make us
NINCOMPOOPS?

Well, certainly NOT wussburgers. Good night,all.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #28 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:42:49 AM »

Rodzinski, What sort of radio station are you looking for? I go to the internet a lot these days. My favourite is WMKV out of Cincinnati which plays big band and standards. During the daylight hours they sometimes interrupt the music for old fogeys programming but not a lot it seems to me. and after midnight your time (9:00 mine) it's pretty much just straight unadulterated music.

I also listen to the BBC a lot. They ave some great comedy shows and quizzes on BBC4 and BBC7. BBC 3 gets some interesting arts programming...I know Ben is quite fond of 3.

But one of the good things about the internet is you can you usually find some station that will serve your tastes or fit your mood.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #29 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:43:58 AM »

I too have been to one of those places, Charles Pogue. This was actually in a big mall up the Hudson. As long as the green side is up, they just keep showing up with skewers and piles o' meat. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but really, we didn't feel to good about ourselves after eating there. And at this particular place, the meat was all a bit overcooked.

The thing that keeps me from adventuring to Thai and other places very often is fear of ordering something that is unsatisfying. Then I'm still hungry, and I've paid for a meal, when I know I could have been fully satisfied with the stuff I know.

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