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Re:THE MIRACLE WORKERS
« Reply #60 on: July 21, 2005, 09:08:18 AM »

I've not seen hyde nor hare of my Kritzerland CDs yet.  I suspect that they are floating around our company mailroom, as packages sent here are wont to do from time to time.
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« Reply #61 on: July 21, 2005, 09:10:10 AM »

We had a beautiful moon last night:
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« Reply #62 on: July 21, 2005, 09:12:07 AM »

Cheyenne Jackson is indeed very easy on the eyes. Love that strong chin.

He reminds me of a young Jeffrey Hunter!
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« Reply #63 on: July 21, 2005, 09:18:08 AM »

Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance:

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Re:THE MIRACLE WORKERS
« Reply #64 on: July 21, 2005, 09:19:11 AM »

Once again, readers in our multi-county area are being asked to vote their choice for the 2006 community reading program:

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Any DR reactions?
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« Reply #65 on: July 21, 2005, 09:23:12 AM »

Once again, readers in our multi-county area are being asked to vote their choice for the 2006 community reading program:

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee


Any DR reactions?

The Harper Lee gets my vote.
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« Reply #66 on: July 21, 2005, 09:31:06 AM »

Dan, yours were sent out in the first wave, I believe, so I'm sure they're in the mailroom.

I shall now be on my way for my meeting at LACC.  I shall return afterwards.
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« Reply #67 on: July 21, 2005, 09:59:16 AM »

Look at me. Posting during the day, just like days of yore. And days of my as well.

I had a little turtle once. When I lived in Brooklyn, my downstairs neighbor had a parrot, and it would freak me out when I went to feed his dogs because parrots don't just sound like the "polly wanna cracker" parrot voice we hear in cartoons and movies. A parrot can mimic the exact sound of someone's voice. So I would be over there and hear the guy say, "Hello there!" but it would be that creepy bird.
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« Reply #68 on: July 21, 2005, 10:10:22 AM »


So... nobody knows “ The Barbarian and the Geisha” at all. :'(

I don't remember it well enough to comment.  Are you familiar with the story?  Is there a Japanese version of the romance?
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« Reply #69 on: July 21, 2005, 10:28:50 AM »

Michael Shayne, good traveling vibes!

DRLaura is walking again& photographing again!  :) The moon was beautiful.

Ron have you read THE KITE RUNNER?
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« Reply #70 on: July 21, 2005, 10:33:48 AM »


So... nobody knows “ The Barbarian and the Geisha” at all. :'(

It's one of those curious John Wayne films that make me wonder WHAT on earth was the studio thinking?

It has gorgeous production values and a top-notch music score by Hugo Friedhofer.  There are good performances in the film...but Wayne...and Sam Jaffe...really grate on my nerves.
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« Reply #71 on: July 21, 2005, 10:37:13 AM »


Ron have you read THE KITE RUNNER?

Yes....???

Is that your vote?
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« Reply #72 on: July 21, 2005, 10:47:59 AM »

Why the question marks?  You didn’t like the book?

THE KITE RUNNER is now on my all time favorite list of books, however, it gets a second place vote after TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

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« Reply #73 on: July 21, 2005, 10:51:56 AM »

Why the question marks?  You didn’t like the book?

THE KITE RUNNER is now on my all time favorite list of books, however, it gets a second place vote after TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

Yes, I liked it.

The question marks were an invitation to say why you asked.
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« Reply #74 on: July 21, 2005, 10:59:28 AM »

I'm with DR Tomovoz when it comes to exotic pets.  Some animals simply don't belong in homes.  (It's something we just generally don't talk about in this apartment housing a pair of sugar gliders ;))

All we ever had in my house growing up were dogs and cats, plus my sister at various points had a pair of gerbils and a guinea pig or two.
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« Reply #75 on: July 21, 2005, 11:08:35 AM »

Ron I asked since I was tempted to vote for it and was curious if you had made your decision without reading THE KITE RUNNER.  
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« Reply #76 on: July 21, 2005, 11:15:19 AM »

Ron I asked since I was tempted to vote for it and was curious if you had made your decision without reading THE KITE RUNNER.  

I'm afraid I'm a tad biased since I am a child of the south.

The other three books are marvelous, though I have to admit I don't like a lot of pain in my reading.  I'm more inclined to put "Plainsong" in second position.

The other two deal much more with guilt and emotional turmoil.  The older I get, the less I embrace the subject matter.

And...if I'm being honest...I'm worn out with Vietnam novels by writers working out their angst.  My dad had WWII Pacific Theater memories that haunted him his entire life.  I'd much rather have learned/read about his Korean experiences and why they bothered him so much.  As with anyone from his generation, not much was ever said as all feelings were internalized.
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« Reply #77 on: July 21, 2005, 11:17:11 AM »

Once again, readers in our multi-county area are being asked to vote their choice for the 2006 community reading program:

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Any DR reactions?


My opinion is that with any list that includes To Kill a Mockingbird, To Kill a Mockingbird always wins.  And if anyone has already read it, read it again!
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« Reply #78 on: July 21, 2005, 11:18:29 AM »

I have had an Eskimo Spitz, a cocker spaniel, multitudes of goldfish and guppies, a chameleon, and three cats as pets in my lifetime.

None were exotic...except in terms of being complete wonders to me.
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« Reply #79 on: July 21, 2005, 11:18:55 AM »

I agree about exotic pets and could never cage a bird, except for while tending to one in need (we did raise two baby Robins before releasing them).  

I must admit I love Bryan’s Sugar Gliders, especially when they crawled all over me and under my pajamas while I was sleeping.  He did offer to put them in their cage at bedtime while I was there and I declined his offer.  At night his Sugar Gliders are free to roam his place and they have a grand time doing so.
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« Reply #80 on: July 21, 2005, 11:19:00 AM »

Today is MEAT LOAF THURSDAY at the nearby Oakland Museum of California!

YUM!
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« Reply #81 on: July 21, 2005, 11:20:24 AM »

Dan (the Man) you didn't say if you read THE KITE RUNNER.
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« Reply #82 on: July 21, 2005, 11:20:32 AM »

It's a foggy day in the Land of Oaks.  We've even heard tell there might be a thunderstorm in the hills, although that was told yesterday.  Haven't heard the same said today.
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« Reply #83 on: July 21, 2005, 11:21:30 AM »

I'm really mentally tuned toward London this morning.  I cannot imagine what folks there must be feeling/thinking/fearing.

Tony Blair needs to continue to reassure them and the rest of the world that nothing and no one will keep Britain from its daily business.
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« Reply #84 on: July 21, 2005, 11:22:53 AM »

Thirty three years ago when we purchased our first Siberian Husky most people had never seen one.  We were constantly asked if he was a wolf.

When Echo was a puppy it was very rare to see a Bernese Mountain Dog.  I’m sorry to say that is changing.

Bryan had gerbils when they were still fairly uncommon.  He has had an iguana and still has Sugar Gliders.  There was the baby possum he rescued and raised but he kept it wild and released it.

The birds, frogs, rabbits, turtles and hamsters I have had all had sad endings that still haunt me so I won’t go there.  

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« Reply #85 on: July 21, 2005, 11:23:18 AM »

I've a mild sinus headache waxing and waning right between both eyes...a sort of throbbing gets set off by loud noises, including my own voice!
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« Reply #86 on: July 21, 2005, 11:25:04 AM »

Why does the caged bird sing?

Ms. Jeanine Tesori is in the office today correcting orchestra books for CAROLINE, OR CHANGE before they go to print. She's playing the cast recording at top volume in the conference room while she reads through the books and I love it! This tiny little Italian woman wrote that incredibly ethnic score. She kicks some boo-tay.
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« Reply #87 on: July 21, 2005, 11:25:24 AM »

You know, I have got to see one of these Sugar Gliders in real life. I am just so curious about them.
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« Reply #88 on: July 21, 2005, 11:28:48 AM »

So did anyone watch/tape JALNA on TCM today? It has quite a cast....Kay Johnson, Nigel Bruce, C. Aubrey Smith, Jessie Ralph, David Manners, Peggy Wood, Halliwell Hobbs....one of my favorite 1930s films.

I have one of the Jalna novels, but like many of my books, I have not read it yet.
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« Reply #89 on: July 21, 2005, 11:34:54 AM »

Maybe this Sugar Glider will drive to meet you MBarnum
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