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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, you know all about the homicide that is being perpetrated and who the perp is, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - their cud is killing them, and they're hollering bloody mooder.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: VATICINATE!

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

[DakotaCelt]

HMMMM?

va·tic·i·nate  (v-ts-nt, v-)
v. va·tic·i·nat·ed, va·tic·i·nat·ing, va·tic·i·nates
v.tr.
To prophesy; foretell. See Synonyms at foretell.
v.intr.
To be a prophet.

Interesting word.... a seer of things that one cannot see and to predict the success of a project that is to laid upon one's lap....

Good luck with the disney project bk!!

Continued broken leg vibes for Deceit!!

My favorite detectives...... Let me see....

Loved Helen Mirren in the Prime Suspect series....

In literature:
Love the Campion mysteries by Margery Allingham (This was also made into a run of shows for Mystery on PBS also)

On the Telly:
Loved David and Mattie from Moonlighting
Hart to Hart
Remington Steele....


I may think of a few more later in the day....

[Tomovoz]

The Vatincate was group of disgruntled
Cardinals in the 14th Century.  The members had the audacity to think that the Pope was indeed fallible. They were thought (but not really proven) to be hatching a plot to replace the Pontiff with a far more liberal candidate (not actually a member of the eight or "ate").  The Plot was discovered by spies of Bishop Lawrence of Sardinia.  Members of the "Ate" were tortured by the Vatican officials.  Bastinado was the torture of first choice but was replaced when it was realised that at least 5 of the accused actually enjoyed the pain.  The members eventually confessed with the threat of an all day session listening to the latest round of would be eunuch choristers in "Roman Idol" - a popular entertainment of the day.

There were calls for execution but excommunication and transportation to the mines of Salzburg was the eventual outcome.  It was rumoured that two of the ex-cardinals eventually escaped to Koblentz and for reasons best known to themselves, joined  a group of touring "entertainers" known throughout middle Europe as The Rhinemaidens.

[vixmom]

The Vatincate was group of disgruntled
Cardinals in the 14th Century.  The members had the audacity to think that the Pope was indeed fallible. They were thought (but not really proven) to be hatching a plot to replace the Pontiff with a far more liberal candidate (not actually a member of the eight or "ate").  The Plot was discovered by spies of Bishop Lawrence of Sardinia.  Members of the "Ate" were tortured by the Vatican officials.  Bastinado was the torture of first choice but was replaced when it was realised that at least 5 of the accused actually enjoyed the pain.  The members eventually confessed with the threat of an all day session listening to the latest round of would be eunuch choristers in "Roman Idol" - a popular entertainment of the day.

There were calls for execution but excommunication and transportation to the mines of Salzburg was the eventual outcome.  It was rumoured that two of the ex-cardinals eventually escaped to Koblentz and for reasons best known to themselves, joined  a group of touring "entertainers" known throughout middle Europe as The Rhinemaidens.

 I learn SO much at this here site!!!









 

[Tomovoz]

Hi Vixmom.. If there are any historical errors, blame Jose.

[vixmom]

hmmm favorite detectives etc...

I do love the Hercule Poirot as played by David Suchet
and Sherlock Holmes as played by Jeremy Brett
and SIR Derek Jacobi as  Cadfael,
Detective Christopher Foyle  as played by Michael Kitchen, (Foyles War) , Roy Marsden  as Adam Dalgleish, John Thaw as Inspector Morse,

I am not sure if Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole would be included in this category as he is a lawyer, but he does do a lot of investigating and discovery so I am adding him in!

Joan Hickson as Miss Marple,  David Jason as DI Morse,
and of course James Garner as Jim Rockford... not because the series was particulary good but because James Garner always makes me smile

[vixmom]

Hi Vixmom.. If there are any historical errors, blame Jose.

Well you've obviously done your research I am sure its all absolutely accurate!!

 

[vixmom]

Is it still raining? Has the weather gotten cooler and are the brushfires out?

[vixmom]

Well I am going to wake the other peoples in this house and get the day started (its 6:40 AM on Thursday morning here!)
Have a great afternoon (evening? I just can't get the exat time difference!)Tom!!

[vixmom]

~~~~~HAVE A GREAT DAY VIBES~~~~~~

for DR Jason!!!

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all!  I don't have much today, chiefly a trip to the Horace Mann School to see goddaughter Charlotte's dance recital this afternoon.
Before that, I've got a trek to the office for some Toyland work and then the NYPL for another look at the new Kurt Weill Edition.

TOD:
   Helen Mirren in PBS Prime Suspect series
   John Nettles and Daniel Casey in Midsomer Murders
   Imogene Coca as Grindl
   Nick and Nora Charles

   In books, I've enjoyed the Sir John Fielding mysteries even though I feel Bruce Fielding sometimes slips from his 18th-Century language and the Jane Austen detective series.
   

[DearReaderLaura]

Glad to hear you have rain, DR Tom. I hope it helps the fire situation. We'll be in your position by April, they tell us.

We are now at Day 100 with no rain.

[S. Woody White]

Der Brucer and I were talking about things like the TOD just a couple of nights ago, over dinner.  He'd opined that the current rage for police procedurals on television would soon fade - they're running out of interesting new stuff, and will be repeating themselves soon.  So what would make for interesting fodder for the detective show, we wondered.

Well, producers could return to the good ol' detective, the guy who makes his living poking his nose into cases and solving them.  We just need some interesting detectives to do the detecting, that's all.

Such as?

Well, how about David Branstetter, the death claims investigator Joseph Hansen wrote about?  Der B thought that he would make a great detective, being an ordinary guy working in the Los Angeles of the past.

I wasn't quite as sure Branstetter would work as a series lead.  Something told me producers and network suits would say, sure, great idea, but let's give ol' Dave a girlfriend.  

Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins would be an easier sell.

[elmore3003]

I had a 7:45 wakeup call from our wandering keyboard boy DR Jose; he was bumped from his original flight to San Francisco this morning and he's now arriving around 11:20.  I've alerted the media, the police and the bars.

And for the record, I was out of bed at 6:45 am!  And I'm still not awake.

[Dan (the Man)]

TOD:

Books:
Sherlock Holmes (natch')
Hercule Poirot
Inspector Roderick Alleyn
Lord Peter Wimsey
All of Dashiell Hammett's detectives

Movies:
Basil Rathbone as Holmes
Albert Finney as Poirot
Margaret Rutherford as Mrs Marple
William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora
Bogie as Sam Spade
 
TV:
Lt. Columbo
The Snoop Sisters
Jim Hutton's Ellery Queen
Jessica Fletcher
John Steed and Emma Peel

Comic Books:
Jessica Jones (probably one of the best comic book characters ever!)

[Ginny]

Thursday greetings!

TOD:  My DH Richard is a huge fan of DVD mystery series and here are some of the sleuths I've grown to love:

Lord Peter Wimsey, played by Ian Carmichael
Inspector Barnaby, from Midsomer Murders, played by John Nettles
Nero Wolfe, played by Maury Chaykin

My favorite sleuths appear in mystery series books:

Karen Pelletier, a Massachusetts college professor in a series by Joanne Dobson
Glynis Tryon, the town librarian in a series by Miriam Grace Monfredo
Anneke Haagen, an Ann Arbor computer consultant in a series by Susan Holtzer
Theodosia Browning, a Charleston, SC, teashop proprietor in a series by Laura Childs

[vixmom]

How could I forget Peter Falk as Lt Columbo!!


Excuse me sir, I'm sorry I don't mean to bother you, there's just been this little thing that's been nagging me, you know how it is sir, well I was just wondering.....


and then  BAM he lowers the boom!!

Love it!!

[vixmom]

My favorite sleuths appear in mystery series books:

Karen Pelletier, a Massachusetts college professor in a series by Joanne Dobson
Glynis Tryon, the town librarian in a series by Miriam Grace Monfredo
Anneke Haagen, an Ann Arbor computer consultant in a series by Susan Holtzer
Theodosia Browning, a Charleston, SC, teashop proprietor in a series by Laura Childs

I must look these up!!!

[Jrand73]

I vaticinate for a living at $120 an hour.

[Jrand73]

Jim Hutton's Ellery Queen and The Snoop Sisters....both already mentioned, but they are my favorite TV detectives.  I will also add Paul Drake.

TV Cops - Reed & Malloy, of course.  Followed by Sgt. Friday and his various sidekicks.

Sam Spade - Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chan - Warner Oland, Sherlock Holmes - Basil Rathbone, Robert Stephenson

Books...hmmm.  Nancy Drew, Ellery Queen, the Hardy Boys....

[Jrand73]

I shall have to give the Mitchell LP a spin, DRELMORE, because the songs on it were not familiar to me.

I guess DRJOSE is flying over right now!

[vixmom]

Call me unsophisticated, uneducated, a country bumpkin....

I just don't "get" the significance of this piece of "art"

PARIS - A Frenchman who attacked and damaged “Fountain,” a urinal declared a work of art by Dada pioneer Marcel Duchamp, was ordered on Tuesday to pay a fine of $262,700.

A Paris court also gave Pierre Pinoncelli, 77, a three-month suspended sentence for taking a hammer to the absurdist artwork, the second time he has attacked it since 1993. The attack last month left the ceramic urinal slightly cracked.

Duchamp was a leader of the Dada movement, an avant garde “anti-art” school of the early 20th century that mocked conventional standards, and “Fountain,” made in 1917 — is considered one of the most influential artworks of its kind.

“This was a wink at Dadaism,” Pinoncelli told the court in his defense. “I wanted to pay homage to the Dada spirit.”

 

[Ben]

Call me unsophisticated, uneducated, a country bumpkin...

OK, since you asked,

You're unsophisticated, uneducated, and even though you live in a thriving metropolitan area (who knew Long Island was a thriving metropolitan area), you're a country bumpkin!

Well, you did ask  

[Jrand73]

As for Beyonce's hair....my guess is that THIS is the look they were going for - from this 1962 photo of MM....at least both of the waves are headed in the same direction, but something went wrong.

My guess is the hairdresser did the best he could - but I surely wouldn't want to be in charge of hair and makeup on THAT movie....although I am sure each and every person involved has his/her own retinue and staff.....

[Charles Pogue]

Fav detectives in novels...

1) Philip Marlowe in all the Raymond Chandler novels
2) Nick & Nora in THE THIN MAN
3) The Continental Op in the Dashiell Hammett novels
4) Sam Spade in THE MALTESE FALCON
5) Ed & Am Hunter series by Fredric Brown
6) Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle
7) Marcus Didius Falco Roman Mysteries
8) The Roman Mysteries by Steven Saylor
9) Nickolas Bracewell Elizabethan Mysteries by Edward Marston
10) Philo Vance mysteries
11) Toby Peters Hollywood in the 40's mysteries

Movies Detectives:

1) Nick & Nora  as portrayed by William Powell & Myrna Loy
2) Sam Spade portrayed by Bogie
3) Phillip Marlowe portrayed by Bogie & Robert Mitchum
4)Sherlock Holmes in many incarnations including my own HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES with Ian Richardson

TV:

1) Lord Peter Whimsey portrayed by Edward Petherbridge
2) Tommy & Tuppence
3) Murder Rooms with Ian Richardson as Dr. Joseph Bell
4)Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett
5) Burke of Burke's Law portrayed by Gene Barry

[vixmom]

OK, since you asked,

You're unsophisticated, uneducated, and even though you live in a thriving metropolitan area (who knew Long Island was a thriving metropolitan area), you're a country bumpkin!

Well, you did ask  

Thanks!    I knew I could count on you!!

[Matt H.]

Good morning!

Beautiful day here with cloudless skies. It is very cold and not likely to warm up much today - mid 40s is probably all we can hope for. Somewhat warmer forecast for tomorrow.

[Matt H.]

Fictional detective favorites would have to include Sherlock Holmes, the master of all, and Agatha Christie's two marvels Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Tommy and Tuppence in print are not among my favorites though I did like their TV incarnations.

Love Kinsey Milhone in Sue Grafton's alphabet series, but many of them end up being crime dramas rather than full blown mysteries. The early ones (especially B and D are my favorites along with the later M).

I've tried to get into P.D. James' books but I find them tediously detailed. She's a fine writer but just not my cup of tea.

[Matt H.]

As for TV detectives, Jim Hutton's Ellery Queen and Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as the Snoop Sisters likewise top my list, and I'm really craving to see these shows again. I only have one episode of ELLERY QUEEN on tape and none of THE SNOOP SISTERS. If Universal won't released these on DVD, I'm hoping they'll eventually show up on the new SLEUTH cable channel which now is running THE A-TEAM, MIAMI VICE, HOMICIDE, and DRAGNET (old color and the more recent reincarnation ).

I also enjoy Peter Falk's Columbo and Angela Lansbury's Jessica Fletcher.

On the British side:

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, and Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Whimsey