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Re:THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS
« Reply #180 on: April 08, 2005, 08:29:47 PM »
so sorry to hear about Joe.
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« Reply #181 on: April 08, 2005, 09:09:09 PM »
Well, I have to report on my evening. Since 8:00, I have been setting up my new television set.

Yes, after I got my tax information, I found I had money to buy a larger HDTV for my den. It came on WEdnesday, but I needed some help moving other TVs in the house to different rooms to make way for this new one so a friend came over at 8:30 tonight and helped me shift TVs around.

Of course, then all the various cables had to be unplugged from the old and plugged into the new. That took some time since cables somehow manage to snake themselves into bizarre shapes during the years they are in one position.

And then, when everything was attached, it was time to turn it on and start calibrating. Every input - digital cable, DVD, HDTV receiver, laserdisc, VCR - has its own input and its own special needs.

I started with DVD and then went to HDTV. And then I stopped to come to the computer and will soon be going to bed. Tomorrow will be more calibration and fine tuning to get everything, especially the DVD input, looking the best it can look.

THE TONIGHT SHOW in high definition looked simply amazing.
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« Reply #182 on: April 08, 2005, 09:14:41 PM »
I didn't mention what I bought though I believe I've mentioned before what I had been considering.

It's a JVC 52" D-ILA HDTV. D-ILA stands for digital image light amplification. Instead of the spinning color wheel bouncing light off one chip of most DLP models, this has three separate chips for the blue-green-red colors that light from the lamp is reflected off of.

The HDTV image looks very creamy and solid. I'm going to have to tinker more with it to get a similar smoothness to the DVDs I played with tonight. I put in THE INCREDIBLES, BATMAN & ROBIN, and GOLDENEYE just for testing - one or two scenes. I still have other things to try tomorrow with the DVDs. The HDTV is set to go - couldn't be better.
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« Reply #183 on: April 08, 2005, 09:17:21 PM »
If I get some time tomorrow, I'll grab the camera and snap a picture. I think this is the size screen I can live and be happy with.
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« Reply #184 on: April 08, 2005, 09:19:28 PM »
Dressy casual sounds good though I can't help but be a little dissapointed that DR JRand54 won't be in spandex with gold chains...;)
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« Reply #185 on: April 08, 2005, 09:20:43 PM »
And I missed LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY tonight, so if anyone saw it, let me know if it's an episode I'll want to watch out for in reruns.
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« Reply #186 on: April 08, 2005, 09:23:41 PM »
Just got back from singing the national anthem at the Indians game with my choir. Funnily enough a guy in our choir dates the sister of my cousin's boyfriend. He came to the stadium to take her car and work on it for her and my cousin came with unbeknownst to me.Well she got there after the national anthem so she didn't know I was there and I found out she was there about 5 minutes before we had to leave. She was suprised also and we had a hugfest for about the entire five minutes. It was a nice little reunion since I hadn't seen her since the beginning of January, but then I had to leave. I got yelled at for running to her by one of the security people. :P
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« Reply #187 on: April 08, 2005, 09:24:23 PM »
And good fortune for Bonnie Prince Charlie as he attempts to make a go of this second marriage. I think he should be able to this time around since he's obviously marrying for love and not so his wife can produce an heir.
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« Reply #188 on: April 08, 2005, 09:59:43 PM »
"Let us follow a corpuscle on its journey.  Oh, my mistake; I thought I was the corpuscle.  As you know, there is constant warfare between the red and white corpuscles.  Now then, baboons, what is a corpuscle?"

"That's easy.  Foist izza cap'n, then izza lootenant, then izza corpuscle."

"That's fine.  Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?  We now find ourselves among the Alps.  The Alps are a very simple people, living on a diet of rice and old shoes.  Beyond the Alps lies more Alps, and the Lord Alps those that Alps themselves.  We then come to the bloodstream . . ."
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« Reply #189 on: April 08, 2005, 10:02:25 PM »
And I wish you would visit more often "Sigerson".
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Re:THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS
« Reply #190 on: April 08, 2005, 10:07:11 PM »
Quote from: Joey on April 08, 2005, 09:19:28 PM
Dressy casual sounds good though I can't help but be a little dissapointed that DR JRand54 won't be in spandex with gold chains...;)

Not as disappointing as if I were, believe me.  :P

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« Reply #191 on: April 08, 2005, 10:09:36 PM »
Yes, DRTCB - Mink stole and blue jeans.  I think it makes a statement without hitting someone over the head with the message, you know.  It says, I know I am at the theatre which is a temple of culture, but it is also one of business.  

Today has been Marx Bros. on TCM.  I have been laughing all day.

Nice TV DRMATTH.  Wow!  
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Re:THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS
« Reply #192 on: April 08, 2005, 10:38:35 PM »
Quote from: TCB on April 08, 2005, 08:25:15 PM
Only a few hours until the big event and I still haven’t figured out what to get Chuck and Camil for a wedding present.  I mean, his and hers horse blankets seems so clichéd.

It's always the thought that counts, DR TCB.  However, I have to ask: What gifts will you buy for their horses then?

;)

-That was a little too easy.

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« Reply #193 on: April 08, 2005, 10:40:36 PM »
Good Evening!

Good show.  A slightly reserved audience, but since it was a Friday night...

DRs Ginny, JRand and Joey - The temp in the hall has still been a little on the warm side, so...  A removable layer would probably be best.

*Of course, since the temp in Memphis was kept colder than the Ed Sullivan Theatre, maybe it's actually quite comfortable in there, and I just got used to shivering.  ;)
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« Reply #194 on: April 08, 2005, 10:45:55 PM »
Quote from: Joey on April 08, 2005, 09:19:28 PM
Dressy casual sounds good though I can't help but be a little dissapointed that DR JRand54 won't be in spandex with gold chains...;)

While the rest of us breath a HUGE sigh of relief...





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« Reply #195 on: April 08, 2005, 10:46:08 PM »
Quote from: Jane on April 08, 2005, 05:01:14 PM
elmore you would not say such sweet things to me if you heard me sing.  I even find it painful to listen.
Dear Jane, you and I and der Brucer absolutely MUST get together and record trios!  We could set musicology back by decades...which might not be a bad thing!
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« Reply #196 on: April 08, 2005, 10:46:48 PM »
Well, here goes.... Hopefully, I've resized these properly...

HHW Night at Jewish Thighs On Broadway at Angus McIndoe

Part 1

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« Reply #197 on: April 08, 2005, 10:47:30 PM »
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« Reply #198 on: April 08, 2005, 10:48:07 PM »
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« Reply #199 on: April 08, 2005, 10:48:46 PM »
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« Reply #200 on: April 08, 2005, 10:49:18 PM »
Quote from: TCB on April 08, 2005, 08:25:15 PM
Only a few hours until the big event and I still haven’t figured out what to get Chuck and Camil for a wedding present.  I mean, his and hers horse blankets seems so clichéd.


There's always liniment....
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« Reply #201 on: April 08, 2005, 10:50:15 PM »
And my apologies to DR Rodzinski and his ever-lovin' Antonia (who is pictured above) - The pic I took of you two in Angus was obscured by my thumb.  Oops...

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« Reply #202 on: April 08, 2005, 10:51:11 PM »
Hmmm....  I guess I need to work on my sense of scale...  ;)
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« Reply #203 on: April 08, 2005, 10:54:36 PM »
Closing Day of Jewish Thighs On Broadway


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« Reply #204 on: April 08, 2005, 10:54:36 PM »
Quote from: bk on April 08, 2005, 05:19:34 PM
The way Mr. Mordden worded the Colette thing is completely inept.  It READS as if the Judys are playing Maurice and Willy.
That is probably due to my quoting just the one sentence.  Out of context, that sort of thing, y'know...
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« Reply #205 on: April 08, 2005, 10:57:58 PM »
And now from Memphis:

They said this was the largest trailer they could find for my luggage:


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« Reply #206 on: April 08, 2005, 11:00:21 PM »
More from Memphis:

One of the "happiest" signs I came across in Memphis:



And, definitely, the "saddest" sign I came across in Memphis:


-We arrived on May 28...

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« Reply #207 on: April 08, 2005, 11:01:21 PM »
Cue the music.... Here come the ducks!

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« Reply #208 on: April 08, 2005, 11:02:14 PM »
And I think that's enough pics for tonight...

And my apologies if all the pictures slowed up the loading of the page for anyone.
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« Reply #209 on: April 08, 2005, 11:06:53 PM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 08, 2005, 10:51:11 PM
Hmmm....  I guess I need to work on my sense of scale...  ;)

Damn straight...next time we want Corinthian columns and staircases for days..........
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