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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were naked in their nakedness, and now it is time for you to post until the naked cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: MOIL!
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Will we never get to page two?
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I was gone most of yesterday - so I guess I should make thirty posts right now.
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It was fun seeing two movies on the big DGA screen.
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I'm forever blowing bubbles.
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Yes, we have no bananas.
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Dinner for one, please, James.
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Miss Otis regrets she's unable to dine today, madam
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Ma, she's makin' eyes at me.
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Ye gods, a whole page o' me.
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RE - Enchanted
I agree that Jon McLaughlin's bandstand turn at the end felt out of place - they'd been better off picking one of the kids from High School Musical.
I thought the integration of the CGI animals with the real-life New York was particularly well done.
der Brucer
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If Jane thinks she has problems walking Sherlock, LOOK AT THIS (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0eb_1194623889)
der Brucer
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Dakota,
Here is the link to
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
Audacity is completely free. It's fairly easy to use and understand. I've been using it for a couple of years.
I don't remember the other site but it was probably
Audio Record Wizard 3 (http://www.nowsmart.com/arwizard/)
AR Wizard 3 is shareware. I use it for recording live streams. I've been using it for 4 years (I record my BBC stuff with it). You can download the program and record up to 3 minutes of material but if you pay a one-time fee of $25 you can register the program and your recording time is unlimited. AR Wizard is very basic and you can't do any editing with the program but the recording function is easy to use.
I recommend both of them. You can record with Audacity (the free program) but since I'm so familiar with the recording feature of ARWizard I stick with that program for recording and Audacity for editing.
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And the word of the day is: MOIL!
And The Song Of The Day Is : OL' MAN RIVER
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Gosh, I woke up late.
Why didn't anyone warn us about this weather? :)
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Skip is already out and about, doing some shopping.
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Good morning!
Cold and damp and overcast is our weather this morning. Supposedly, it's going to clear this afternoon but not warm up until midweek. It's December after all.
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I actually sang "Ol' Man River" in an awards show skit once. The skit was about bad auditions, and I gave it my best Frank Sinatra spin.
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Today I'll be looking forward to two finales:
On Showtime, there is the DEXTER season two wrap-up. Thankfully, the show has been renewed for a third season (it's one of Showtime's highest-ever rated series), but I still have no idea what's going to happen to the title character tonight who's in deep, desperate trouble of being caught.
On HBO is the final episode ever of EXTRAS. Ricky Gervais never lets his shows get stale, so he ends them after two brief seasons, and EXTRAS is no exception. I will be watching this "live" tonight.
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As for the rest of my day, I'll likely be watching THE HEARTBREAK KID, the remake with Ben Stiller. Not exactly primed for this one as I know it got poor reviews and did very poorly at the box-office. But I will go ahead and watch it.
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If I have any time left over this afternoon, I'll probably watch BE YOURSELF with Fannie Brice. It's an early talkie (1930) that I've never seen, so I would like to see it. If I don't get to it this afternoon, I'll watch it this evening before EXTRAS starts at 9.
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I sang "Ol Man River" many times in my youth...while bathing or in the shower.
Something about running water, I suppose...
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Up Through the Manhole
That is the title of my new thriller.
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vibes for DR LAURA's seatmate.
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I'm listening to Jennifer Jones singing an odd little tune in her first encounter with Joseph Cotton in "Portrait of Jennie", playing right now on TCM.
I'll be departing in a skosh to join my mother and aunt at church for the Christmas Cantata.
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Loved hearing about ENCHANTMENT and THE WALKER.
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Blizzard conditions here, so I cannot go get a newspaper. Oh well.
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I've been feeling pretty good, thus far. My sleeps are wonderfully refreshing.
I'm actually feeling rather terrrific in all the nether regions of my anatomy, actually.
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Blizzard conditions here, so I cannot go get a newspaper. Oh well.
You have a multitude of news choices online, though DR JRand!
And you have "us"!
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I hope you have plenty of food, that you are warm and comfy, and that you don't lose power.
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I, too, did not like Mr. Travolta in HAIRSPRAY. In fact, apart from James Marsden and Queen Latifah, I thought none of the adult actors got the most out of their characters. I thought the younger actors were all outstanding.
If I had some time over the rest of this month (doubtful), I'd love to revisit John Waters' original movie. I know elements in the plot changed from screen to stage to screen, but it's been so long since I saw the original that I'd love to see it again.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I was awakened by the scrape, scrape, scrape of the handyman scraping the sleet and slush from the front walk.
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So what's the next John Waters movie to be turned into a Broadway musical? Will it be "Pink Flamingoes"?
Or might it be "Cry Baby"?
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I'm listening to Jennifer Jones singing an odd little tune in her first encounter with Joseph Cotton in "Portrait of Jennie", playing right now on TCM.
I'll be departing in a skosh to join my mother and aunt at church for the Christmas Cantata.
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE was my late partner Steven's and my favorite movie to watch together (well, apart from MAURICE).
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I was awakened by the scrape, scrape, scrape of the handyman scraping the sleet and slush from the front walk.
I'm glad you were able to associate the "scrape, scrape, scrape" noises right off the bat. Imagine if you'd been just a bit groggier...what might you have thought then?
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So what's the next John Waters movie to be turned into a Broadway musical? Will it be "Pink Flamingoes"?
Or might it be "Cry Baby"?
It IS CRY-BABY! Already written. Does it open this season?
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Today will be another low-keyed day here in Johnston SC.
We will be driving up to Greenville tomorrow...an all-day outing for fun and shopping and revisiting old residences, etc.
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Cry Baby is currently running out at La Jolla, and scheduled to come in this Spring. "Scheduled" is the key word if you get my drift.
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At some point this week, I will be cleaning out my mother's gutters. It will be my first gutter-cleaning.
Will that make me a gutter-snipe?
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DR Ron Pulliam - ....But do you have iTunes? ;)
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At some point this week, I will be cleaning out my mother's gutters. It will be my first gutter-cleaning.
Will that make me a gutter-snipe?
Nah. More like a gutter-snark.
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Cry Baby is currently running out at La Jolla, and scheduled to come in this Spring. "Scheduled" is the key word if you get my drift.
Is it also a musical? I hadn't heard...it only just "seemed" to be something that would happen.
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Nah. More like a gutter-snark.
I can live with that.
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...And there were some rumblings about a musical version of "Serial Mom" a few years ago, and I also seem to remember a very bargain-basement version of "Female Trouble" being presented in Baltimore sometime in the past.
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DR Ron Pulliam - ....But do you have iTunes? ;)
I don't, won't, never will DO iTunes.
I record my CDs onto my iPod.
There are tunes on my iPod Shuffle. And while I have access to a computer, I can listen to them any time I like.
They just won't play independently of a helper source.
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I need to gather things together and head toward the church.
See youse guys laters...
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Is it also a musical? I hadn't heard...it only just "seemed" to be something that would happen.
Read it and weep (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112869.html).
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And the word of the day is: MOIL!
Bertram the Chaffeur would MOIL in the LIMO day after day, hopelessly waiting for his lottery numbers to come in so that he could have someone else do the driving for a change.
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Skip is already out and about, doing some shopping.
My hunch is that Skip has been out for years!
;)
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I don't, won't, never will DO iTunes.
I record my CDs onto my iPod.
There are tunes on my iPod Shuffle. And while I have access to a computer, I can listen to them any time I like.
They just won't play independently of a helper source.
Ah, then since you don't have iTunes, you can not use you iPod Shuffle then. The iPod/iTunes/Mac/Apple format is proprietary.
I guess I should point out that iTunes can be used solely as a "Music Library". You do not have to take advantage of the online buying features. So, if that is your reason for not using iTunes...
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Yes, DR RLP...many online choices. I just buy the Sunday paper for the TV LISTINGS section which comes in handy...and I still prefer it over the scroll and search function on my screen. Oh well.
Watching PORTRAIT OF JENNIE as well.
DR JOSE - my guess is that that man was singing to YOU last night.
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Did you get that? I said "Read it and WEEP". Cry Baby... Weep... Get it, huh?
:P
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Wow, DR JOSE....those sure be the oldest tea najers I haz seen in a long time in that article about CRY BABY.
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I'm listening to Jennifer Jones singing an odd little tune in her first encounter with Joseph Cotton in "Portrait of Jennie", playing right now on TCM.
I'll be departing in a skosh to join my mother and aunt at church for the Christmas Cantata.
Is that a one-seater skosh or a two-seater skosh?
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DR JOSE - my guess is that that man was singing to YOU last night.
Well... Since he was singing the song as he was getting off the uptown train... And continuing to sing it when he got back on the uptown train that came by a couple of minutes later(???), well... In my dreams. ;)
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Well... It is still sort of raining outside, however, the wind really seems to be gusting this morning... Causing chunks of ice and sleet to fall of the trees and roof... Yikes!
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Congrats to DR SINGINGNYMPH on 300 posts.
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I just checked in with Carlos, and it turns out he rebooked their Amtrak tickets, and they are about to head back down to DC on the 11:00am Acela. They were going to take 1:05 train, but it was already running at least 40 minutes late. And since it is originating in Boston... And since Boston and parts of Connecticut had a bit more bad weather than NYC did, well...
It was great seeing them again, and I really had a wonderful time being able to show my niece where I work and live, and what I love doing. And I was especially encouraged by the fact that she actually followed almost all of what was going on in Mary Poppins - which for a soon-to-be nine-year old is quite a feat considering some adults can't keep track of that plot over the course of it's 2 hour and 45 minutes! She also said she liked Mary Poppins more than The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. -Although she did think the live animals at RCMH were very neat. ;)
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Sunday morning greetings! DH Richard went to Cincinnati for church, but I decided not to spread cold germs. Yes, my cold has developed and I will probably stay home from work tomorrow - and maybe Tuesday.
I am watching the rebroadcast on Style of Kristi Yamaguchi's "Friends and Family." It's such a treat to see the skaters and their kids.
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According to one of our baggers, TJ, lots of kids at the high school are all abuzz about Sweeney Todd, which looks to be the best musical since Hairspray!
But then, TJ doesn't really know who Stephen Sondheim is, and I doubt any of his compatriots know, either.
I was thinking of singing a few phrases from "A Little Priest" for him, but my singing would amount to disturbing the peace. :-\
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HA!
I just got a call from my friend, Mike. He had gone up from Richmond last week to Boston for a few days of R&R. And he is heading back down to Richmond today on Amtrak. On train 99. The one that Carlos, Theresa and Alexandra were originally scheduled to take this afternoon. The one that was already 40 minutes delayed. Well, he just called me from the train, and it looks like they'll be at least an hour to an hour and a half late getting into New York Penn Station due to weather delays.
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Page Three must be a Sondheim Waltz!
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Did you get that? I said "Read it and WEEP". Cry Baby... Weep... Get it, huh?
:P
I got it, but we're n allowed to groan at HHW.
::)
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Ah, well, I need to go down now and start sorting clothes for the laundry to be done early this afternoon.
WBBL.
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Hmm... I think I may check in on A Chorus Line this afternoon. It's been a while. Although, there's an All Brahms Chamber Music Recital at Carnegie Hall this afternoon too (in Weill Recital Hall) - only $15. Or I could TKTS either Cymbeline or The Glorious Ones. Hmm...
At least I know that I will not be going to the M&M's World in Time Square!
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Hmm... I had been hearing about this, but just looked into now. Not a bad deal...
Lincoln Center Theater Membership (http://lct.org/membership.html)
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Carnegie Hall....is that the building with the banners? I didn't think it was that big.
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Miss Blue Moon is enjoying the snow.
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Time to get ready for... Later.
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I dunno. I just want to go to Starbucks.
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...Or I could just head up the street for a hard copy of The New York Times...
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Good morning, all! I was feeling under the weather around 7:30 last night so I went to bed and watched the first four episodes of BROTHER & SISTERS, season 1. I'm enjoying it, I think, but Sally Fields' neurotic never-shut-the-hell-up mother grates on me. I believe I will plow through the entire first season and see how I feel about continuing with the story. So far, my favorite characters are Justin, the strung-out brother, and the young intern at the studio, who keeps surprising me with more skills and intelligence than one would assume.
So, today, I slept in very late and I believe I will putter here for a while, then go into midtown on an errand, come back and watch the rest of discs 2 &3 of BROTHERS & SISTERS. I want to send disc 1 back to Netflix so I'll get Disc 4 SAP.
Last night was filled with very bizarre dreams: WHERE'S CHARLEY? at Goodspeed in a revival with the same cast, but the Loesser songs were being supplemented with Jule Styne interpolations, and a dream about an old friend Jeffrey Gingold, who one day without warning dropped out of my life around 1990 to never return phone calls or keep in touch. Jeffrey's roommate when I first knew him around 1984 was a young lady who was the cousin of the young male star of CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC. She was a believer that the casting couch was the quickest route to stardom. I got the impression it was a family conceit.
I also want to see ENCHANTED again this week - are you game DR Jose? - and I'm waiting to hear from Charlotte, who, I suspect, is much more concerned with preparing for Christmas and seeing her high school friends and boyfriend Jon than me at the present.
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And the word of the day is: MOIL!
Have you heard the one about the MOIL who loved Mariachi Music--he'd come in and ask, "Didja wanna bris?"
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DR elmore - As for seeing "Enchanted" again... It's still at the Ziegfeld until Thursday (then Sweeney Todd comes in). Maybe we could catch one of the mid-day shows on Monday or Wednesday.
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I'm forever blowing bubbles.
In your drink? :)
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Good morning, Madhouse! It's 8:30 & a lovely day in LA county. I must now get ready to go to the church for choir, but I just had to say HI!
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I went for a newspaper....not so bad....but the weather sure is COLD.
About to watch SUSAN SLEPT HERE, one of those wacky early 50's comedies that seemed to say that the most attractive girl in the world was actually a teenage boy.
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Read it and weep (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112869.html).
I wonder if Mr. Barnum knows that Tom Wopat may be back on Broadway in the new Harvey Fierstein musical, A CATERED AFFAIR, opposite Faith Prince.
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I wonder if Mr. Barnum knows that Tom Wopat may be back on Broadway in the new Harvey Fierstein musical, A CATERED AFFAIR, opposite Faith Prince.
And with John Schneider stepping into Chicago, he could make a weekend with those Duke boys!
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Sunday morning greetings! DH Richard went to Cincinnati for church, but I decided not to spread cold germs. Yes, my cold has developed and I will probably stay home from work tomorrow - and maybe Tuesday.
I am watching the rebroadcast on Style of Kristi Yamaguchi's "Friends and Family." It's such a treat to see the skaters and their kids.
Yes, Ginny, my sore throat also turned into a cold and a very nasty cough.
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DR elmore - As for seeing "Enchanted" again... It's still at the Ziegfeld until Thursday (then Sweeney Todd comes in). Maybe we could catch one of the mid-day shows on Monday or Wednesday.
Wednesday would be good! Maybe I can talk Curtis into joining us.
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Yes, Ginny, my sore throat also turned into a cold and a very nasty cough.
Sorry to hear that, DR TCB...'tis the season.
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And with John Schneider stepping into Chicago, he could make a weekend with those Duke boys!
I think DR MBarnum would rather make a sandwich!
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I also want to see Enchanted again and am hoping it's still around next weekend when my sister and niece are in town. It's the kind of movie that my mom would love to see with "her girls."
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I think DR MBarnum would rather make a sandwich!
No, he would rather be a sandwich.
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DR td - what a delightful party for your Mum. Thanks for sharing the pictures! :) And may she have a wonderful day on Tuesday, her milestone birthday day!
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DR Edisaurus - my DVD arrived; thank you!!
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DRs Matt H. and JoseSPiano and SingingNymph - CONGRATULATIONS on your milestone posting plateaus!
And DR JoseSPiano - great NYC holiday photos!
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FEEL BETTER PRONTO, DRs TCB and Ginny!
DearReaderLaura DR, lovely photos!
***LAST PERFORMANCE VIBES*** to DR George!
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DR JoseSPiano, I only brought home a few Peanut Butter Blossoms for the DH. We're trying very hard not to eat that kind of stuff, so better not to have them around.
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I had a rare Sunday morning off, but we are doing a Lessons & Carols service this afternoon if I can get there. The annual choir holiday party follows after. I am now making Chicken Marbella to take along - that tried & true [and tasty!] Silver Palate recipe.
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Oh, and I'm finally all caught up. :)
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Closing performance vibes to DR GEORGE....how was the party last night?
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Dick Powell was certainly a fine light comedy actor. His way with a line is very nice.
Debbie: Do you think a movie needs a plot?
Dick: Well...it helps move the story along.
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Anne Francis is so beautiful.
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Thanks for the vibes, DR Singdaw. Fortunately, I'm not so sich that I can't putter - sometimes I think my body sees to it that I'm forced to take some puttering time.
So, I'm off to get cleaned up and go to the other end of the house to put the ornaments on the Christmas tree and watch White Christmas while doing so.
Bye for now!
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I am hungry for such a sandwich.
I have had two sordid dreams about my neighbor across the street in the last few days...the moon and the stars must be crossing Uranus, or something.
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Portrait of Jenny is one of my favorite movies.
I believe it is the first major motion picture not to have any opening credits. Something which is common place now.
Also did you know there was a musical version with music by Howard Marren and lyrics by Enid Futterman? The song Remember Today was recorded by Alix Korey who also recorded two songs by Skip Kennon on the same cd.
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I must check ebay and the flop on the couch and finish last night's Meena Kumari film. It is quite good.
Plot: A drinking driver accidently kills a poor farmer. The judge sentences the man to two years of taking care of the farmer's family.
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Meena Kumari is outstanding in ALL of her movies.
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I happened to attend the same performance as Hairspray as BK. This was my first in person meeting with him. I spotted him as he was taking his seat.
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Dreams are apt to be strange this weekend because of the comet influence. It has nothing to do with Uranus.
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I am hungry for such a sandwich.
I have had two sordid dreams about my neighbor across the street in the last few days...the moon and the stars must be crossing Uranus, or something.
I'm saying nothing!
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I must check ebay and the flop on the couch and finish last night's Meena Kumari film. It is quite good.
Plot: A drinking driver accidently kills a poor farmer. The judge sentences the man to two years of taking care of the farmer's family.
Only two years? What happened to the family after the two years were up. Did the starve? Were they evicted from the farm?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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Please, God, get DR MBarnum laid for Christmas!
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Debbie: I'd like to get a dye job like Isabella.
Dick: Isabella is a natural blonde.
Debbie: Are you sure?
Dick: We're very good friends......she told me.
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Only two years? What happened to the family after the two years were up. Did the starve? Were they evicted from the farm?
Inquiring minds want to know.
My guess is by that time the criminal was so in love with Meena, he married her.
Or else he died while trying to save her from a natural disaster - in which they both perished. 8)
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Dreams are apt to be strange this weekend because of the comet influence. It has nothing to do with Uranus.
Well, maybe not Uranus. Barnum's is a whole different territory universe.
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I should get such a Christmas present myself, DR ELMORE.
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I should get such a Christmas present myself, DR ELMORE.
Well, DR JRand57, I hope that Christmas is kind to you. You certainly never exhibit the raging erotomania of our DR MBarnum, so I had no idea!
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Good Afternoon!
DR MBarnum - So... "sordid" - is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Hmm... Still not sure exactly what I want to do today. I may just hop on the train down to Columbus Circle, then get out and walk in the slush for a bit and see where I end up.
Although, I do have to admit, with this crappy weather, I'm also really tempted to stay in today and watch some DVDs. God knows, I have plenty still in the shrink wrap. But since I'm leaving town on Thursday for almost two weeks, I really just want to BE in New York City before I take my leave of absence.
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If Jane thinks she has problems walking Sherlock, LOOK AT THIS (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0eb_1194623889)
Really cute. Keith walked in just as it began so we could both enjoy it.
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Hmm... Both Cymbeline and The Glorious Ones don't have any discount codes right now. Hmm... I guess since they're both in their closing weeks. ??? Although, I know they've both been on TKTS constantly (and unfortunately).
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Hmm... Still not sure exactly what I want to do today. I may just hop on the train down to Columbus Circle, then get out and walk in the slush for a bit and see where I end up.
Although, I do have to admit, with this crappy weather, I'm also really tempted to stay in today and watch some DVDs. God knows, I have plenty still in the shrink wrap. But since I'm leaving town on Thursday for almost two weeks, I really just want to BE in New York City before I take my leave of absence.
DR Jose, I just spoke to Charlotte, who wants to see ENCHANTED but Wednesday is bad for her. Could we all go on Tuesday perhaps? It's still playing on 68th & Broadway.
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I have to run to midtown and runn an errand! Back later.
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DR Jose, I just spoke to Charlotte, who wants to see ENCHANTED but Wednesday is bad for her. Could we all go on Tuesday perhaps? It's still playing on 68th & Broadway.
Tuesday is my last day of work for 2007, Gypsy ECC. So... If she wants to go to an evening show.. However, I know that you want to spend time with her, so feel free to go with her during the day. I've already seen it twice - this way, we'll be even. ;)
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a lovely day in LA county.
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/172898E.jpg)
der Brucer
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Hmmm... Although, if it's anything like the last Equity Chorus Call, we could be done by 1:00, so... Hmm...
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8 bars, please!
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A Christmas Carol closes today. It's been a nice run and I'm happy with most of how it turned out. Of course, we've learned a lot from last year and probably even more this year for next year. I really like Alan Menken's score, it's got some wonderful moments. I'll be looking forward to putting it away tonight, but also looking forward to taking it out next September. However, I have told the producer that I won't do the show if we cast more than 60. There are 86 people in the cast this year, 20+ of which are dead weight, and that's being nice. There are traditions, politics and the like that always seem to get the cast up to the 80's and beyond. Hopefully, it's something they will learn this year.
My favorite quote of the process this year was during "Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball" scene. the choreographer was staging something and looked up on the stage and said, very seriously, "Ok, I need a crowd". Everyone is on stage at the time, of course, all 86 of them. Oy and vey.
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DR Laura, the photos are lovely. I know my eyesight isn’t great, still if there is snow in the one photo I would see it.
Eye saving vibes for the little boy.
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DR Jose, I just spoke to Charlotte, who wants to see ENCHANTED
Surprise, surprise ;D I had no doubt she would want to see the movie with you. :)
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Singingnymp, you are looking very cute these days.
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It's Kitty time:
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/8075E.jpg)
Packaging 101
by Java Bear
Pets & Animals, Cats
Teaching our sweet little girl how to help with packaging task. We have quite a long and playful road ahead of us!
LA TIMES
der Brucer
Bonus for Amy:
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/32651E.jpg)
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Jose - The Lincoln Center member tickets are $53 (50 plus servcie charge). Not sure how much of a discount that is from regular price, but I assume I could order one for either Glorious Ones or Cymebeline and have it left in your name, if you wanted.
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Well, DR JRand57, I hope that Christmas is kind to you. You certainly never exhibit the raging erotomania of our DR MBarnum, so I had no idea!
There ain't no Santy Claus. ;D
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Closing night vibes for DR MATTHEW.
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Uh oh.....dream ballet sequence coming up. Dick Powell says he is 36, but he certainly looks all of his 51 years in this part of the movie.
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Ah, post #9595:
In the year 9595
If theater's still alive
If movies can survive
(oh, never mind)
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Jose - The Lincoln Center member tickets are $53 (50 plus servcie charge). Not sure how much of a discount that is from regular price, but I assume I could order one for either Glorious Ones or Cymebeline and have it left in your name, if you wanted.
Hmm... Thanks for the offer, DR FJL. Would you like me to repay you in Cash or Levain Cookies?
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Although, I was also thinking of heading down to join LCT for $50, then get a ticket for $50 - which would still be cheaper than the full price one.
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Which do you want? I'd better act quickly if it's for today at 3.
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And your joining could work, too. Can you join in person?
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And your joining could work, too. Can you join in person?
Yes, I can join in person.
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Well... It looks like I'll be staying put for just a little bit here at the apartment. "Something" just happened upstairs, and someone may need someone to talk to... :-\
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Zeppo: Let's join Lincoln center Theater
Groucho: Why? Is it falling apart?
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But, again, DR FJL, thanks again for your very kind offer and continued generosity.
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Jose, hope whatever happened upstairs sorts itself out & all is well.
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Smooth "talking to the person upstairs" vibes to Jose
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Thanks for the vibes... I'm heating up a cup of chili right now for my lunch... And if "someone" doesn't come downstairs by the time I finish my lunch, I think it's best that I just leave the apartment for a while, give him some space.
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The CGI chipmunk WAS very well done, but it reminded me of my one other little nitpick about Enchanted - the two bathroom jokes were BAD - the boots being peed on and the scared chipmunk dropping a poop. Really unnecessary and wrong, tone-wise, if you ask me. But, again, very minor stuff.
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I saw a teaser on AOLthat said: "Laverne & Shirley’ Cutie Today"
I clicked HERE (http://www.tmz.com/2007/12/13/laverne-and-shirley-star-cindy-williams-memba-her/) expecting to see bk...
der Brucer
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I had a pretty good night's sleep but am groggy. Perhaps I'll go jump in the shower or maybe skip in the show. But skip is in NY and jump is here.
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Will we never get to page six?
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I'm sincerely hoping that Sweeney is better than Hairspray - I think whether I like it or not, it will be a LITTLE better simply because Mr. Burton is a real filmmaker who understands the medium, at least.
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The CGI chipmunk WAS very well done, but it reminded me of my one other little nitpick about Enchanted - the two bathroom jokes were BAD - the boots being peed on and the scared chipmunk dropping a poop. Really unnecessary and wrong, tone-wise, if you ask me. But, again, very minor stuff.
I couldn't agree more.
der Brucer
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Skip was indeed skipping in the snow earlier - well, sort of.
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Good Afternoon!
DR MBarnum - So... "sordid" - is that a good thing or a bad thing?
For me and my neighbor, it was a good thing...for my neighbor's wife...not so much, probably.
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For me and my neighbor, it was a good thing...for my neighbor's wife...not so much, probably.
Well, she doesn't have to know.
;D
:o
:-X
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There was a neighbor and his wife,
And he was beautiful
A hunky neighbor his wife
Ah, how I'd love to live her life...
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Welcome to the newest HHW member, barnum'sneighbor'swife. Tell us about yourself. Where do you live? How did you find HHW?
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Welcome to the newest HHW member, barnum'sneighbor'swife. Tell us about yourself. Where do you live? How did you find HHW?
ROTFLMAO!
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Well, I was actually having sordid dreams about my neighbor across the street. The one with the beautiful blue eyes and the dog...
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My neighborhood is quiet, comparatively.
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PAGE SIX "BARBER AND HIS WIFE" DANCE
(http://www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/images/nyc100-marks.1.jpg)
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Jrand - If you dream it, it will come. (A Feel of Dreams reference)
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Also: If you billed it, it will not be paid.
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Mea cupla, mea culpa
mea maxima culpa
Mea maxima maxima culpa!
God deliver me! Release me!
Forgive me! Restrain me! Pervade me!
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Jrand - If you dream it, it will come. (A Feel of Dreams reference)
Your mouth to God's ear. :D
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Well... "Someone" came down, and we talked for a bit. No resolutions nor solutions, just talk. Unfortunately, that's really all that can be done right now. :-\
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"Feel of Dreams" - Isn't that the subtitle to my upcoming autobiography?
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Well... I really should head out of the apartment for a bit now...
Laters...
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"Feel of Dreams" - Isn't that the subtitle to my upcoming autobiography?
You mean your "Reflections by a Reservoir"?
der Brucer
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Ack. :P I have a very sore throat. I'm speaking at least an octave lower than I normally do. I hope that I can at least croak out my lines today. It's our last show!
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Last night's show went fairly well...except that in one scene, where I'm supposed to shoot a rifle (it's actually a bb gun), the sound effect was wrong. It was some computer noise, and not the sound of a gun shot. ::) Oh, well. Everything happened too fast for me to try and figure out how to cover for the gun not going off, but I couldn't think that quickly, so I just exited as I normally do. ;)
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Where did I get fifty million stories in the naked city? Now that I think about it, isn't it six million stories in the naked city? Just how many stories are there in the naked city? And what if one person has three stories?
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DR Edisaurus - my DVD arrived; thank you!!
This reminded me that mine came, too!! :-* :-* :-*
Thanks, Edisaurus!! ;D
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From what I can see, it looks sort of hazy out.
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FEEL BETTER PRONTO, DRs TCB and Ginny!
DearReaderLaura DR, lovely photos!
***LAST PERFORMANCE VIBES*** to DR George!
Thanks...I'm going to need them!
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I see a jogger.
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Perhaps I'll take a drive soon.
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Perhaps I'll take a walk soon.
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Perhaps I'll think about food soon.
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Closing performance vibes to DR GEORGE....how was the party last night?
Thanks! And the party was swell! A lot of people were there (per ususal) and a great amount of food stuffs were eaten (per usual)...meatballs, a zombie cake(!), Maui onion potato chips, etc., etc., etc. (a King and I reference). And much alcohol was consumed by those who consume alcohol (per usual). And Michael and Heather, whose house we were at, are VERY conscious about not letting people drive drunk. And the party-goers know that also. Several had planned to stay over night. A very good time was had by all. :D
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Surprise, surprise ;D I had no doubt she would want to see the movie with you. :)
I knew she'd call me when she started getting her dance card in order. My advantage this week is that her friends from Horace Mann are still in school till Friday, so I have Tuesday-Friday afternoons with her. We may see ATONEMENT, too, this week. Her problem on Wednesday is a doctor's appointment at 3:15, so perhaps we could see an earlier showing of ATONEMENT. For instance, at 12:45 on Wednesday there's a showing at 68th & Broadway that she and I - possibly our DR Jose? - could attend?
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Yesterday, Jane wrote:
George, I hope you had a great last evening show & a fun party.
Thanks and we did! :)
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Although, I was also thinking of heading down to join LCT for $50, then get a ticket for $50 - which would still be cheaper than the full price one.
I just purchased two Lincoln Center memberships, DR Jose!
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Well, I was actually having sordid dreams about my neighbor across the street. The one with the beautiful blue eyes and the dog...
And the shiney face?
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For DRs who've been wanting to see snow: Check to see if your local CBS affiliate is broadcasting the Cleveland/Buffalo football game. It's being played in Cleveland and the conditions make me very glad to live in southern Ohio 8)
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And The Song Of The Day Is : OL' MAN RIVER
That's Elderly Man River.
(for those old enought to remember!)
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DearReaderLaura wrote:
And if you all are inclined to send thoughts, prayers, vibes, etc., the woman who sat beside me on the plane to California was going over because her 13-year-old grandson accidentally shot a BB into her 6-year-old son's eye. He may lose his eye.
~~~Keeping Eye Vibes!!~~~
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I'm saying nothing!
Larry, saying you're saying nothing is saying something.
;)
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Read it and weep (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112869.html).
Oh a Jim Steinman reference!
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And now, I must leave to shower and get ready for the last performance of Nite of the Living Dead! The Musical! I hope my voice holds out. :-\
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After that, we'll have to strike the set and clean up the theater. THEN I can come home and crash. I'm sure I'll call in sick tomorrow. I don't think that I'll be completely recovered by then. ;)
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Have a good day, all!! ;D
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Ah, post #9595:
In the year 9595
If theater's still alive
If movies can survive
(oh, never mind)
Thank you Denny & Rick
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Larry, saying you're saying nothing is saying something.
;)
Sometimes taking aim at DR MBarnum's comments is like shooting fish in a barrel. At other times his eloquence is too mind-numbing just as it stands and needs no critique..
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LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout9dec09,1,7074578.story)
Reading between the lines with Kindle
"People who care about literature care about substance and permanence," wrote novelist Jonathan Franzen, author of "The Corrections," in an e-mail. "The essence of electronics is mutability and transience. I can see travel guides and Michael Crichton novels translating into pixels easily enough. But the person who cares about Kafka wants Kafka unerasable.
"Am I fetishizing ink and paper? Sure, and I'm fetishizing truth and integrity too."
But how can truth depend on whether the words that express it are printed on an electronic page or a paper one? Are they not words in both cases? Confronted thus, Franzen remained firm.
"Yes, in theory, words are words," he replied. "But literature isn't data. The difference between Shakespeare on a BlackBerry and Shakespeare in the Arden Edition is like the difference between vows taken in a shoe store and vows taken in a cathedral."
…
Virginia Postrel (http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002671.html) comments:
…using Shakespeare as to argue that good literature must appear in printed editions is bizarre. Shakespeare presented his plays in oral form, with no footnotes and no flipping between pages. He never published his work. The folio editions came only after his death. And now they're online.
der Brucer
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I am hungry for such a sandwich.
I have had two sordid dreams about my neighbor across the street in the last few days...the moon and the stars must be crossing Uranus, or something.
Mike, I definately think you might be right about Uranus!
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I happened to attend the same performance as Hairspray as BK. This was my first in person meeting with him. I spotted him as he was taking his seat.
Well, at least you didn't spot him when he was picking his seat.
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Although, I do have to admit, with this crappy weather, I'm also really tempted to stay in today and watch some DVDs. God knows, I have plenty still in the shrink wrap.
If I had a dollar for every time Jose has said that!
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Where did I get fifty million stories in the naked city? Now that I think about it, isn't it six million stories in the naked city? Just how many stories are there in the naked city? And what if one person has three stories?
You were right the first time, Bruce. There are fifty million stories in the naked city because the stories have cloned themselves over the years. Blame it on inflation. Blame it on Jose. But the count has risen.
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HEALTHY THROAT VIBES TO ALL WHO NEED THEM!
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I'm feeling quite lazy today. Several friends phoned and we chatted. I stopped at the video store. I'll phone my cousin because it's her birthday. That's my lazy Sunday.
And NONE of my neighbors interest me. :)
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I think it's "eight million stories in the naked city," but I, too, could be wrong. It's been months since I watched that DVD.
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I began my afternoon viewing with the other four episodes of RICK & STEVE, all very amusing and enjoyable.
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Then, I started watching some of the bonus features on the disc: how the puppets are made, what the sets look like, a typical recording session. They get about 8 seconds of footage a day with this stop motion animation.
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I also listened to interviews with Peter Paige, Alan Cumming, and Wilson Cruz about working on the show. They only talked about the main characters they voice, but I believe they each do A LOT of voices for the final recordings.
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Then I watched THE HEARTBREAK KID. Amazing how they turned that 1970s comedy adapted by Neil Simon into a typical Ben Stiller movie (i. e. he's embarrassed at every turn by everyone including himself), and since it's directed by the Farrelly Brothers, you know there is every sex and fart joke there that they can plant.
Great transfer and there are some laughs, so it's an OK rental, but the Charles Grodin original is SO much better. I still don't understand why they feel the need to remake movies that worked out well the first time.
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Oh....Dan Fogelberg has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Nice song that always makes me cry. :'(
Never heard it live.....till now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related)
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Guess I'll head back down now to clean the guest bathroom and then settle back in for the bonus features on THE HEARTBREAK KID and then EXTRAS and DEXTER.
WBBL.
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I am thinking about getting the DVD set of Rick and Steve....
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8 bars, please!
AOL recommends Marie's Crisis, Eagle Open Kitchen, Hangar Bar, Hannah's Lava Lounge, Pegasus, Starlight Bar and Lounge, Ty's, and Barracuda.
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Where did I get fifty million stories in the naked city? Now that I think about it, isn't it six million stories in the naked city? Just how many stories are there in the naked city? And what if one person has three stories?
Tales of the Schitzophrenic. That's the title of my next autobiography.
And the one after that.
And the one after that, too!
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That's Elderly Man River.
(for those old enought to remember!)
For the politically correct out there, "Gentleman of an Undisclosed Age River."
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Today, I wore my Santa hat to work again. Dixie, my boss, took one look at it and said "No. No, no."
A few minutes later, she came up to me with a new Santa hat. She didn't like the one I'd been wearing because Fletcher had eaten most of the puffball at the tip, and all that was left were these pathetic little white whiskers.
So I now have a new Santa hat with a full puffball. When the puffball flops down to one side, it's a bit like wearing half a pair of earmuffs.
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This morning I went to church, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/church.jpg)
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Oh....Dan Fogelberg has shuffled off this mortal coil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related)
:'( Far too young.
We had the good fortune to see him in concert a few years back, out the outdoor Brit Festival in Jacksonville.
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This morning I went to church, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/church.jpg)
:D :D :D
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DR Sandra has a telephone solicitor on the phone -- someone doing a survey. From this end, it is quite entertaining.
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SWW will there be a photo of you in your new Santa hat?
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Took a short drive and stopped by my new favorite restaurant in the Valley, the Kansas City barbecue - I've now eaten there four times and each time has been great. I took a look at the list of Golden Globe nominations as I ate, and they are just as predictable as always. Whichever studio and/or film provides them with the most money, the most access to stars, the most courting, gets nominated. I would wager much money that most of the nominating committee (whoever they are) haven't seen Sweeney Todd, and yet nominated its stars and director, as well as the film itself. The most amusing nomination is Across The Universe for best musical or comedy film - this over Enchantment. I don't have to see Across The Universe to know it isn't as good as Enchantment - two or three clips were enough for me - typical Julie Taymore twaddle. In fact, Enchantment only got two nominations (Amy Adams and one of the songs) and that tells me all I need to know about the Golden Globes. Why anyone takes these types of awards seriously is the big mystery - it's a handful of foreign JOURNALISTS for heaven's sake - not critics, but press people. What has that to do with giving out awards - they'd be better off giving awards for Best Interview, Best Promotion, Best Press Whores.
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Will we never get to page nine?
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I, too, am being lazy. And I'm logey from my brisket of beef sandwich (with sweet potato fries) and my side of one hot line (I just had to try it, and boy was it great).
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I am thinking about getting the DVD set of Rick and Steve....
DR JRand57, since you purchased the SHAKESPEARE RETOLD set, I should mention that I found the MACBETH set in a 3-star restaurant quite interesting although I had a harder time with it than the MUCH ADO because of the accents. The Macbeths are absolutely fascinating, as are the three witches whose transformation into an equivalent urban 21st Century scavenger is quite amazing. It's also quite bloody but very well done.
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I suppose I'll sit on my couch like so much fish and figure out what I feel like watching.
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Or, I may take another drive if I continue to feel restless.
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But first, I will single-handedly take us to page nine.
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SWW will there be a photo of you in your new Santa hat?
No photo yet.
I'll have self-scan register duty on Thursday. I'll see if we can't get der Brucer to take a pic with me wearing my Santa hat and red shirt. The combo should be very atomic.
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I guess this would be off-topic for a chat board dealing with Broadway specifically, but the late Dan Fogelberg was considered worthy of a page on the ibdb (internet Broadway Database) for the Patti LuPone concert Matters of the Heart:
http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=391832
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I, too, am being lazy. And I'm logey from my brisket of beef sandwich (with sweet potato fries) and my side of one hot line (I just had to try it, and boy was it great).
A side of one hot line? Goodness, what is that?
Is the hot line better if delivered by a Shakespearean actor rather than someone who has only done television?
Could the hot line be phoned in?
Enquiring minds want to know!
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I am here.
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The Cantata was....interesting.
Sorta...
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This morning I went to church, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/church.jpg)
This way I have proof for Satan when the time comes! ;)
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Lunch was excellent today! (Food, Glorious FOOD!) We had pork chops, pan fried potatoes, fresh turnip greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and iced tea.
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Tomorrow is "Going to Greenville Day"!
Always fun! Always an adventure!
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Zeppo: Let's join Lincoln center Theater
Groucho: Why? Is it falling apart?
Thank you, FJL, for translating LCT for me. Some of those NYC snobs assume everyone knows what it means.
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This afternoon, I acquainted my mom with her new scanner/printer (she has been using the printer but has not scanned a thing). The day after Christmas I will have to acquaint her with the Photosmart Express feature of her new scanner/printer since I am giving her a digital camera.
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I also acquainted her with the "flash" drive. She had bought herself a 2GB drive, so I showed her how to plug it in. We took all the pictures she has saved (TONS!) over the past four years and moved them to the drive. We spent a goodly amount of time creating folders and moving photos into them. She's quite excited by it all...and totally doesn't believe "she" can do it by herself.
But I'm going to make her do it by herself in a day or so, just to get her to be more hands-on.
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"Feel of Dreams" - Isn't that the subtitle to my upcoming autobiography?
I thought the title was ROMAN HANDS IN THE FEEL OF DREAMS.
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There's nothing much new to add.
It has been getting colder all afternoon. The day was beauteous, but the wind made it enjoyable only from indoors.
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I'm going to prepare my own supper this evening.
My mom has gone to church, and I'm using a few moments here to catch myself (and you all) up with the events of the day.
Tonight on TV...the finale of the latest edition of "Survivor" (China!). I don't give a hoot in hell about any of the four finalists, but I have a couple I'd rather see rot in hell than win, so I'll watch and see if they lose.
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Where did I get fifty million stories in the naked city? Now that I think about it, isn't it six million stories in the naked city? Just how many stories are there in the naked city? And what if one person has three stories?
That would make up for Larry and Jose who can't repeat their stories.
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That would make up for Larry and Jose who can't repeat their stories.
Larry probably has a few thousand. Jose is playing "catch-up".
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I think, therefore I think.
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I am, therefore I am.
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Now who's the soul who posited that just because one thinks, one "is" (or, "am")?
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What the frell am I talking about?
And why am I talking to myself?
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It's a Sunday evening frenzy.
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Why isn't stripslaw posting?
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Can I continue this, or will I preempt myself?
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Diane Keaton is presently having a hysterical fit while Bette Midler chastises Goldie Hawn in "The First Wives Club".
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Oh, well....I guess I should call it a night.
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Ciao-ders for now-ders.
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I have nothing to say, but, by golly, I'm saying it.
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I'm feeling quite lazy today. Several friends phoned and we chatted. I stopped at the video store. I'll phone my cousin because it's her birthday. That's my lazy Sunday.
And NONE of my neighbors interest me. :)
Okay, if we are going to discuss neighbors; there is my downstairs neighbor, Jake - as in, Body by Jake. He is the sweetest, most friendly, and best looking GI that I have seen in many a year. Unfortunately, his wife thinks so too.
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Okay, if we are going to discuss neighbors; there is my downstairs neighbor, Jake - as in, Body by Jake. He is the sweetest, most friendly, and best looking GI that I have seen in many a year. Unfortunately, his wife thinks so too.
Maybe I could use Mr. Barnum as bait!
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AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!
Blizzardy conditions here!
nothing was happening when I went on my 2:00 break, but, by the time I left Borders at 5pm - - hell had broken loose!
What normally takes me seven minutes to drive took me THIRTY-SEVEN minutes!
Not a salt truck in sight; not a snow plow, either.
On a positive note, my neighbor had salted our driveway(s) just before I came, and both were fairly free of snow and ice.
Tonight, more of the same, up to two inches, and I have to be at work before 8:30am!
AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!
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(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/cutejoshie.jpg)
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Oh....Dan Fogelberg has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Nice song that always makes me cry. :'(
Never heard it live.....till now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related)
That clip definately made me cry today. May he rest in peace, at last.
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I am thinking about getting the DVD set of Rick and Steve....
You might want to get it through Netflix, before you decide to buy it. I watched this weekend, but I wouldn't care to watch it again.
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Isn't he cute?
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Singingnymph, you are looking very cute these days.
Thank you. The original image is actually smaller, but it doesn't look too bad stretched, so I may leave it alone for now. I made it at http://www.lunaii-dollmaker.com/
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This evening I looked in the refrigerator, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/heads.jpg)
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DR td - what a delightful party for your Mum. Thanks for sharing the pictures! :) And may she have a wonderful day on Tuesday, her milestone birthday day!
Awww, shucks!
In my haste, however, I erred. . .Wednesday the 19th is her natal day.
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Dick Powell was certainly a fine light comedy actor. His way with a line is very nice.
I concur! Only Friday night I watched CHRISTMAS IN JULY for the first time and was thinking that about Powell throughout.
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You might want to get it through Netflix, before you decide to buy it. I watched this weekend, but I wouldn't care to watch it again.
I shall think about that....thanks DR TCB.
DR ELMORE I am sure I will enjoy them all! ;D
The COLTS WIN!!! And of course they do it tonight ON TIME....and there is NO episode of THE AMAZING RACE....
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I should get such a Christmas present myself, DR ELMORE.
Ditto.
Although, I will say that working at Borders has definitely upped my chances - - if you catch my drift. . .
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DR LAURA - I hope you didn't touch the shrunken heads.
Was that DR KERRY in church?
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Ditto.
Although, I will say that working at Borders has definitely upped my chances - - if you catch my drift. . .
Why not up mine? :o
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Or, I may take another drive if I continue to feel restless.
The beach is nice. ;D
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Larry probably has a few thousand. Jose is playing "catch-up".
And I'm saving them all for the bio!
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Why not up mine? :o
You asked for it, alright JRand57: UP YOURS! :o
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Yes, DR Kerry in church.
And no, I didn't touch the shrunken heads.
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DR ELMORE I am sure I will enjoy them all! ;D
I still have DVD #2 to watch. I want to watch MUCH ADO again. It's nice to see Damian Lewis play a funny vain, romantic newscaster instead of a tormented cop for a change. I don't think he's in anything light, comic or romantic on DVD except for this.
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You asked for it, alright JRand57: UP YOURS! :o
An early Christmas present, no doubt. ;D
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HMMMMMMm....I know I have a DVD of "300", but I cannot find it......so I think I will stop looking and watch something else.
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DP Colin and I are nursing Fosca through what maybe her last few days. I don't think she will make it to Christmas.
You never get used to this!
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Evening all!
We had some rough weather last night. The neighbor’s tree fell in the middle of the night.
I didn’t know what happened when it woke me up about three this morning. I just heard the loud crash then I couldn’t go back to sleep and was awake most of the rest of the night. I got up to look around but couldn't see anything out the windows.
I was worried that it might be my tree or one of the sheds blew over or something else.
When it got light, I went outside and that's when I saw the neighbor's tree on their roof. At least it didn't seem to hurt anything.
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My heartfelt vibes to you, DR tomovoz, Colin and beloved Fosca.
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I didn't see that poor dog again. It rained so hard last night and I thought about the poor thing. I hope it found someplace safe. I wish it would come back. I could put it in the dog pen (which has a dog house). I could take some pictures and post them around.
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DP Colin and I are nursing Fosca through what maybe her last few days. I don't think she will make it to Christmas.
You never get used to this!
Comfort vibes to you, DP Colin and Dear Fosca.
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DP Colin and I are nursing Fosca through what maybe her last few days. I don't think she will make it to Christmas.
You never get used to this!
Vibes, Tom. My childhood Bassett, Happy, had to be put down the day after Christmas 1969. I will never forget that day, so sad.
Very sad about Fogelberg, too. Always really liked him.
A sweet, tear-inducing time at Cinderella today--Miss Oregon's charity work is for Make a Wish, and there was a 3 or 4 year old girl and her family there today as part of their wish. Girl has cancer, is terminal. They're going to Disneyland tomorrow for 5 days.
Guess I need to go cry after all of this.
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DR LAURA - I hope you didn't touch the shrunken heads.
Was that DR KERRY in church?
Is that what caused the lightening storm in Phoenix this morning?
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For DR Tomovoz, Colin, and Fosca.
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Comfort vibes to you, DP Colin and Dear Fosca.
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I fully concur.
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This is one of my favorite albums....Twin Sons of Different Mothers
http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Sons-Different-Mothers-Fogelberg/dp/B0000025D3/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1197851882&sr=1-15 (http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Sons-Different-Mothers-Fogelberg/dp/B0000025D3/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1197851882&sr=1-15)
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Closing night vibes to DR George!
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HMMMMMMm....I know I have a DVD of "300", but I cannot find it......so I think I will stop looking and watch something else.
Was there another version of 300, that maybe came out before the graphic novel, that would now be available on DVD? There was a DVD called 300 that was on-sale today at the store for $7.99, but the printing on the back was so small I couldn't see if Gerald Butler was even listed as the star.
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Callie and Boo told me not to forget DP Colin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Was there another version of 300, that maybe came out before the graphic novel, that would now be available on DVD? There was a DVD called 300 that was on-sale today at the store for $7.99, but the printing on the back was so small I couldn't see if Gerald Butler was even listed as the star.
There's the old movie "The 300 Spartans" which is indeed out on DVD.
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Has anyone mentioned that one of the 4 finalists on Survivor is one Amanda Kimmel?
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Dear Tom and Colin, most heartfelt vibes to you at this difficult time!
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OTOH, Fred Meyer had 300 on sale for $5.00 yesterday, so it could be the "real" one, TCB.
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DP Colin and I are nursing Fosca through what maybe her last few days. I don't think she will make it to Christmas.
You never get used to this!
My prayers and hugs, dear friend, Tomovoz.
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DP Colin and I are nursing Fosca through what maybe her last few days. I don't think she will make it to Christmas.
You never get used to this!
DR tomovoz, this is not good news at al! I'm so sorry.
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Hmm to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City or not to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City, that is what I must decide in the next 30 minutes
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OTOH, Fred Meyer had 300 on sale for $5.00 yesterday, so it could be the "real" one, TCB.
Actually it was Fred Meyer where I saw it for $7.99 yesterday, so I guess that must be it.
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Actually it was Fred Meyer where I saw it for $7.99 yesterday, so I guess that must be it.
The way to tell would be the "dripping blood" logo of 300.
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Freddy's had a ton of $5 DVDs yesterday. Their Home Electronics guy said they were overstock from the 6 hour sale the day after Thanksgiving. I picked up Little Miss Sunshine, History of Violence and Good Night & Good Luck.
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Hmm to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City or not to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City, that is what I must decide in the next 30 minutes
Are you in SLC, Cilla? You need to visit my father's museum!
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Vibes, Tom. My childhood Bassett, Happy, had to be put down the day after Christmas 1969. I will never forget that day, so sad.
Very sad about Fogelberg, too. Always really liked him.
A sweet, tear-inducing time at Cinderella today--Miss Oregon's charity work is for Make a Wish, and there was a 3 or 4 year old girl and her family there today as part of their wish. Girl has cancer, is terminal. They're going to Disneyland tomorrow for 5 days.
Guess I need to go cry after all of this.
Gosh, today is a very sad day. Vibes to that little girl and her family and to the one with the child with the eye. May they all have Christmas Miracles.
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Time to get dinner prepared:
Roast pork tenderloin
Mashed potatoes w. mushroom gravy
Brussels sprouts w. bacon and onions
(The sprouts are still on the stalk, by the way. They're much smaller than usual, about half the size I normally see in the store, and should be very tender. Der B had never known that they grow on stalks, and was quite surprised to see them.)
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Hmm to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City or not to dine with the Mayor of Salt Lake City, that is what I must decide in the next 30 minutes
If he's picking up the bill, by all means! ;D
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Are you in SLC, Cilla? You need to visit my father's museum!
LOL, no, I'm in Sioux City. He's here stumping for Richardson and the staffers invited me to join them all for dinner.
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They also offered to clean my house if I would let some volunteers stay here for a week. It's tempting, but now knowing them and living alone...I don't think I'm up for housing college kids
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LOL, no, I'm in Sioux City. He's here stumping for Richardson and the staffers invited me to join them all for dinner.
That's what I thought! Well, you could completely confound him by saying you know General Kauffman's son. Of course, he may not know who General Kauffman was, but it's a pleasant way to break the ice. ;)
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I just gave one of our local disc jockeys a heart attack. I called our station that plays Christmas music 24 hours a day from Thanksgiving thru Christmas Day. Their music, for the most part is already pre-sorted so that they don't repeat a lot of songs each day. Well, I just called the D. J. and asked that since Dan Fogelberg had died today could be possibly slip in SAME OLD LANG SYNE. He started to answer that he would see what he could do, but he stopped and said, "What did you just say to me?" So, I explained that Dan Fogelberg had died this morning. He asked me all these questions about his death, and said he hadn't heard anything about it.
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The way to tell would be the "dripping blood" logo of 300.
Why? Will it come off on my hands?
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Cilla, I'd say OK to the housing, but only if you are given the right of veto. (No tail-pullers allowed.) You could help give a young person's life direction and focus, but that doesn't mean giving up the direction and focus of your own life in the process. And make sure you don't get overrun with the young people - set limits.
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That's what I thought! Well, you could completely confound him by saying you know General Kauffman's son. Of course, he may not know who General Kauffman was, but it's a pleasant way to break the ice. ;)
Thanks....He's also Howard Dean's cousin. Ok, I'm convinced. I should go. I better go change out of my old sweatshirt and at least put on something presentable
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They also offered to clean my house if I would let some volunteers stay here for a week. It's tempting, but now knowing them and living alone...I don't think I'm up for housing college kids
College kids! Would they like to stay at my place?
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Tomovoz and Colin - I am so sorry about what you're going through. Our thoughts are with you.
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Vibes to DR Tomovoz, Colin, and Fosca.
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Cilla, my dad was Senior Officer at Ft. Douglas for about 40 years--that's where the museum is. This mayor would at least know about Ft. Douglas, LOL.
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Cilla, I'd say OK to the housing, but only if you are given the right of veto. (No tail-pullers allowed.) You could help give a young person's life direction and focus, but that doesn't mean giving up the direction and focus of your own life in the process. And make sure you don't get overrun with the young people - set limits.
The problem is they will be here doing the hard core crunch time campaign volunteering. Which means they may be getting here at all hours of the night - maybe crashing for a couple hours and going again. All they want is a place to crash and a shower. I have a ton to do and I think it would just be too disruptive for me right now. Having lived alone so long, I do not sleep through noise in the house. I may volunteer and work with them that way, but only when I have time.
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Tom and Colin, I am sending many, many vibes your way !!!
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Oh man...I really liked Dan Fogelberg.
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Hot link, not hot line... And I'm told I keep calling Enchanted Enchantment, so I'd better go fix that in the notes.
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Had a nice drive.
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Fosca has indeed now joined Dan Fogelberg.
Thanks DRs.
Somehow "Leader Of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will now be linked with Magnus's Sister.
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Fosca has indeed now joined Dan Fogelberg.
Thanks DRs.
Somehow "Leader Of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will now be linked with Magnus's Sister.
Condolences to you and Colin. :'(
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Awww, Tomovoz. I'm sorry.
(((((Tom and Colin)))))
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{{{DR Tomovoz}}}
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Tom, remember always that you and Colin have loved and were loved in return whenever you think of Fosca.
Der Brucer and I send our love and hugs, as do Mikey, Bonnie, Buster and Fletcher.
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DR Tomovoz, I am so very sorry.
Hugs to you, to DP Colin, and especially to Magnus. You have all lost a dear family member.
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DR Tomovoz---I was sad about Dan Fogelberg, because I always liked his music.
But hearing about Fosca is what's making me cry.
Vibes of strength to you and Colin and big hugs from here.
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{{{{{DR TOMOVOZ, COLIN & MAGNUS}}}}}
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I went to the memorial service today for the conductor that I assisted for 10 years. It was very emotional, because he was so well loved and such a part of Atlanta's music scene for 50 years. There were many people who said that they would never have gone into music were it not for the free pops concerts Albert and his orchestra played every summer. He always found the funding himself and thus was never rich, but certainly he was rich in friends.
It was great to see so many of his original musicians attending and there was lots of great music and funny stories recounted. (He was quite a character!)
The event ended by playing his album "Hooked on Country" (I worked on the sessions for this and it was a Grammy nominee) as walk-out music. If anyone was sad as they were leaving, this certainly lightened the mood and was the perfect touch.
I've still been kind of weepy all day, even though he lived an amazing life to a ripe old age of 97. (His mother lived to be 105!)
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Good Evening!
Well, I've basically been walking around midtown for the past couple of hours. The rain stopped, so it wasn't too bad walking around. I went here, I went there. And just about completed my Christmas shopping in the process. :)
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I just purchased two Lincoln Center memberships, DR Jose!
Thanks, DR elmore! So I guess I don't have to purchase one for myself now!
;D
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If I had a dollar for every time Jose has said that!
...You'd have 50 cents?
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This morning I went to church, and this is what I saw:
Sooooooooo cute!
And Sandra and little girls look adorable too.
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Today's NY Times on Sondheim and the cuts he authorized in his score for the new Sweeney film (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/theater/16gree.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin).
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I, too, am being lazy. And I'm logey from my brisket of beef sandwich (with sweet potato fries) and my side of one hot line (I just had to try it, and boy was it great).
So, just what kind of line link was it? Sausage-like? or more hotdog-like?
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Larry probably has a few thousand. Jose is playing "catch-up".
Well, depends which city you're talking about.
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Now who's the soul who posited that just because one thinks, one "is" (or, "am")?
Je pense, donc je suis.
or
Cogito ergo sum.
-René Descartes
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Lots of love to you, DRTomovoz!
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Dakota,
Here is the link to
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
Audacity is completely free. It's fairly easy to use and understand. I've been using it for a couple of years.
I don't remember the other site but it was probably
Audio Record Wizard 3 (http://www.nowsmart.com/arwizard/)
AR Wizard 3 is shareware. I use it for recording live streams. I've been using it for 4 years (I record my BBC stuff with it). You can download the program and record up to 3 minutes of material but if you pay a one-time fee of $25 you can register the program and your recording time is unlimited. AR Wizard is very basic and you can't do any editing with the program but the recording function is easy to use.
I recommend both of them. You can record with Audacity (the free program) but since I'm so familiar with the recording feature of ARWizard I stick with that program for recording and Audacity for editing.
Thank you Ben, you are a dear!
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PAGE 12 SWAROVSKI (or is it FORTUNOFF or TIFFANY'S) STAR DANCE!!
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And speaking of Tiffany's...
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And Henri Bendel...
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I, too, did not like Mr. Travolta in HAIRSPRAY. In fact, apart from James Marsden and Queen Latifah, I thought none of the adult actors got the most out of their characters. I thought the younger actors were all outstanding.
If I had some time over the rest of this month (doubtful), I'd love to revisit John Waters' original movie. I know elements in the plot changed from screen to stage to screen, but it's been so long since I saw the original that I'd love to see it again.
I was not impressed with John Travolta either in the role.
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The link was more hot dog like I guess, but it was cut up in pieces - boy was it good, but then again anything would taste good in their most yummilicious sauce.
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Feeling empty tonight...
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Isn't he cute?
Yes :)
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Perhaps finishing my christmas shopping was a bad idea...
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Then Harry Winston's...
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I'm attempting to upload a Brain clip on youtube. Edisaurus gave me a quick time movie of it, but the file was huge, and none of us could figure out how to compress it down - until I had a brainstorm today. I put the movie into iTunes, and it automatically puts it in mp4 format to upload it to the iPod, and it compressed it down to 56 megabytes, which is fine for youtube. The upload, however, according to the youtube site, can take up to a minute per megabyte WITH high speed. That means a bloody hour to upload one three minute clip - how in tarnation do people put all those videos on youtube if it takes that long PER video?
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And Gucci...
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The Disney Store...
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AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!
Blizzardy conditions here!
nothing was happening when I went on my 2:00 break, but, by the time I left Borders at 5pm - - hell had broken loose!
What normally takes me seven minutes to drive took me THIRTY-SEVEN minutes!
Not a salt truck in sight; not a snow plow, either.
We were on the phone with Craig about then, no wonder he said it hadn't stopped coming down.
His wipers don't work well since he sort of broke the mechanism that makes them go back & forth. He has to give them a jump start. I hope he gets them fixed soon.
What time does it get dark there these days? Craig was headed out to take Yogi for a walk before it got dark, I suspect he ended up walking in the dark. At least he has street lights.
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Sorry Dakota. When do you go home for a visit again?
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closing vibes to George
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De Beers...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/DeBeers.jpg)
Or if you prefer, Cartier...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/Cartier1.jpg)
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Thank you. The original image is actually smaller, but it doesn't look too bad stretched, so I may leave it alone for now. I made it at http://www.lunaii-dollmaker.com/
That's really cute. Until I looked at the link I had no idea you were a bit stretched ;D You look fine as you are :).
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See anything you like in the window at Fortunoff?
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Beautiful shots, Jose. Thanks.
We have some very tacky decorations out west.
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I'm attempting to upload a Brain clip on youtube. Edisaurus gave me a quick time movie of it, but the file was huge, and none of us could figure out how to compress it down - until I had a brainstorm today. I put the movie into iTunes, and it automatically puts it in mp4 format to upload it to the iPod, and it compressed it down to 56 megabytes, which is fine for youtube.
That's a brilliant solution I never would have thought of...let me know if it doesn't work because I'm going to be mixing at the place tomorrow where should be able to shrink the movies.
And yes, it does take a very long time to upload this stuff!
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Jose, absolutely gorgeous pictures. Thank you!!
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I think it is the holidays.. DBF leaves teh day after my birthday for Utah. I really do need to get out of this pity party...
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And on your left, Saks Fifth Avenue...
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And on your right, Rockefeller Center...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/RockCenter4.jpg)(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/RockCenter3.jpg)(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/RockCenter2.jpg)
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Beautiful pictures Jose!
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DR Tomovoz, DP Colin, DD Magnus, vibes of comfort for you all, and easy passing for Dear Fosca.
The hearts in this house are hurting for you.
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Then just how big is the tree?
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This is the current display in the window of Kate's Paperie. The whole bodice and dress is made up of different pieces and types of stationery.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/Kates.jpg)
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I just gave one of our local disc jockeys a heart attack. I called our station that plays Christmas music 24 hours a day from Thanksgiving thru Christmas Day. Their music, for the most part is already pre-sorted so that they don't repeat a lot of songs each day. Well, I just called the D. J. and asked that since Dan Fogelberg had died today could be possibly slip in SAME OLD LANG SYNE. He started to answer that he would see what he could do, but he stopped and said, "What did you just say to me?" So, I explained that Dan Fogelberg had died this morning. He asked me all these questions about his death, and said he hadn't heard anything about it.
I had to search the news after reading it here. That happens far too often, to my amazement.
Keith played his music and opened his website. It is a nice site. At the bottom of his bio he mentions getting exams and blood work for prostate cancer at the age of 50, 40 if it runs in your family. To add to that, I say begin at 40 if ovarian cancer runs in your family.
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For DRs who've been wanting to see snow: Check to see if your local CBS affiliate is broadcasting the Cleveland/Buffalo football game. It's being played in Cleveland and the conditions make me very glad to live in southern Ohio 8)
Ginny.....
They can keep it.. WE have more than enough in Fargo...:)
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This morning I went to church, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/church.jpg)
Lovely photograph....
I do have a question..Where is Sandra's hat?
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Vibes to DR Tomovoz, DP Colin, DD Magnus on the loss of the beloved DD Fosca...
I send hugs....
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Excuse me. Which building is this?
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/WhereAmI.jpg)
;)
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Oh, Yeah... I guess I took some pictures while I was out walking tonight. ;)
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This evening I looked in the refrigerator, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/heads.jpg)
Science experiment?
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DR DakotaCelt - Just keep remembering the good times.
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I had a phone call so I had to step away......
Love, Hugs and Vibes of comfort to DR TomovOZ and DP Colin. I am so sorry for your loss.
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A close up...
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Fosca has indeed now joined Dan Fogelberg.
Thanks DRs.
Somehow "Leader Of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will now be linked with Magnus's Sister.
Oh Tom, Keith and I are so very sorry. Through my tears I'm trying to find words of comfort, knowing there really aren't any. Our deepest condolences.
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Hugs and love to Tomovoz, Colin and Magnus.
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I think the Brain clip is uploaded - I'm doing Here On Earth now (via Safari) and I tried to go to youtube via AOL, got there, but AOL is just retarded and won't load what I search for - so can someone go search The Brain From Planet X and see if it's shown up?
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Lovely pictures, DR Jose. I love the ones of the skating ring. I think of the time I skated there. :)
Hugs also to DR Dakota Celt.
You know I got a card the other day from a friend that I only talk to through Christmas cards. I'm going to have to make it a point to write her--anyway I told her in my card that my Mom passed away this year but I didn't really say when.
When she wrote me back she said that her Dad had passed away as well. On May 18th. The same day as Mom. How strange is that?
Also when I went through some old papers I found my Baptism Certificate. You guessed it -- May 18, 1958.
And if that's not enough for you, my other niece, Marie was born on---May 18th.
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
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sorry to hear of Dan Fogelberg's passing. I liked some of music..
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Fosca has indeed now joined Dan Fogelberg.
Thanks DRs.
Somehow "Leader Of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will now be linked with Magnus's Sister.
Tom, my heartfelt sympathy to you and Colin, and Magnus from Angel, Nicky, and me.
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BK--I found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvLOAVITQ0
I Need An EarthMan
But it was posted on December 11th.
I didn't find anything else.
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Edi, thank you for the touching memorial of your friend.
Jose, I’m enjoying the walking tour of NY at Christmas time. Will you be going to Jane Street?
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Jose, I’m enjoying the walking tour of NY at Christmas time. Will you be going to Jane Street?
I was actually down there the other night. Surprisingly, there really wasn't that much Christmas decor in the Village, so I didn't take any pics. But if I end up back down there later this week, I'll try and snap a pic or two.
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Well folks, it bed time for me!
Have a good evening.
Again, hugs and love to DR TomovOz and DP Colin. My thoughts will be with you.
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serendipitous Danise...
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Dakota, you have every reason to be at a pity party. Being smack in the middle of the season to be jolly has got to make it more difficult, as if you need to put on a brave cheerful face. Remember, it is ok & very normal to feel as you do.
I hope you can find joy during the next couple of weeks with DBF. Sending vibes of comfort & coping to you!
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DR Danise - Well, if i were you, and I was going to play the lottery... ;)
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Is the Village usually decorated extra pretty? That is how I imagine it. Did you see the Christmas trees for sale?
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DR Danise - Well, if i were you, and I was going to play the lottery... ;)
;D
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Thank you DRs for your kindness. Emptiness does seem to have replaced "jolly' today.
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hugs to Tomovoz!
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Spending this weekend listening to 24 hour a day Christmas music has been great. It is wonderful to connect every year with Bing, Perry, Andy, Judy, Burl,Johnny, Barbra, Brenda, and all the other artists that are part of my Christmas memories. It occured to me that if they didn't play Christmas music on the radio each year; most of this younger generation would never know any of the music of these artists. It is a very small glimpse at these musical geniuses, but it is all that there is of them for most young people.
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Is the Village usually decorated extra pretty? That is how I imagine it. Did you see the Christmas trees for sale?
Yes and No. And maybe I was not looking in the right places, walking down the right streets. However, there were a couple of tree lots set up, and those are always pretty.
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Really enjoyed the NYC holiday walking tour, DR JoseSPiano...thank you! :)
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You're all welcome. :)
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OH!
Today's New York City moment is brought to you by the "preacher" who was on the platform of the Columbus Circle Station earlier tonight:
God created Man
God created Woman
Man and Woman were created Equal
But God did not make them the Same
Man and Woman are not the Same
I am a Man
And if I tried to have a Baby
I would Die!
;D
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DR Jose - we just watched an HGTV program about holiday window displays, including the Snowpeople windows at Saks. Thanks for all the pictures!
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Here's The Brain -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXTiHJJfJhI
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And here's Here On Earth -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxgL4wx8z3c
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Ginny - What fascinated me about their job doing those windows is that they work all year and it all boils down to a reveal of about one minute or less; I think that's kind-of the way one of them described it, but I'm paraphrasing.
The Macy's guy doing research by hard work going on roller coasters was loads of fun, though.
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Yes and No. And maybe I was not looking in the right places, walking down the right streets. However, there were a couple of tree lots set up, and those are always pretty.
i appreciate the details :)
'night
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Thanks for the clips,
They bring back fond memories of the LA production.
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Great clips! Thanks, BK.
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Vibes for DR Tomovoz, Colin, and Fosca. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Don't forget to vote on the clips and write something nice.
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Will we never get to page fifteen?
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I'm watching The Two Jakes.
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I began the evening watching all of the special features on the HEARTBREAK KID DVD. Most of the stuff isn't very interesting, but it does give them a long list of stuff to add to the liner notes on the DVD box. There are four deleted scenes and two extended scenes, and the extensions to those two scenes would have been better off in the movie. I thought both added important information to the understanding of characters.
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I'm watching The Two Jakes.
I have a review copy (passed on to me from another) of that I won't be getting to for some time. There are at least two other films in the queue ahead of it, and I suspect I'll be getting the Blu-ray of UNDERDOG tomorrow which will also take precident.
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What time does it get dark there these days? Craig was headed out to take Yogi for a walk before it got dark, I suspect he ended up walking in the dark. At least he has street lights.
It's usually dark now by five-fifteen/five-thirty.
Much needed are windshield wipers in this weather, between the salt, the snow, the ice, the rain and the splashes from the other vehicles on the road.
I bought a couple of bottles of an ice-melting spray for car windows, I never leave home without a bottle.
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I listened to about half of the audio commentary by the Farrelly Brothers. They seem like nice, down-to-earth guys, but their sense of humor is not my sense of humor.
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I had over two hours before the start of the TV shows I was going to watch, so I put on HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. It looked very nice and the PCM sound is great, but I didn't find it a revelatory step-up from the sDVD I already had. Probably because so much of it is dark, misty, gloomy. HD can't provide much dimensionality when the image is shrouded in gloom.
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I got to the third challenge (maze), so I will likely finish it tomorrow night.
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The final episode of EXTRAS was an 80-minute special that was very bittersweet. There were some hilarious moments (Andy's interview with Maggie messing things up), but much of it was rather sour and mournful.
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Many condolences to DR Tomovoz, Colin and Magnuns from cillaliz, callie and boo
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And the season finale of DEXTER certainly had me on the edge of my seat. For a moment, I was a tiny bit dissatisfied with the apparent way the season was ending, but then I got a nice surprise and everything was right with the world.
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I am so sorry about fosca. :(
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Very big storm here today!
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Benjamin's facial expressions are priceless.
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Fosca has indeed now joined Dan Fogelberg.
Thanks DRs.
Somehow "Leader Of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will now be linked with Magnus's Sister.
I'm very sorry to hear this, Tomovoz. :'(
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i just watched the divine Tyrone Power in THE PRINCE OF FOXES.
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RE: SWEENEY TODD. I am very much looking forward to it. But i loved HAIRSPRAY (as did a lot of people). I know everybody has their own opinions. But BK sometimes i find you are very harsh on things that are not bad at all. You said you wanted ST to be better and you dismissed HAIRSPRAY the movie like it was crap (when there are some really crappy movies out there).
Regardless i'm sure ST will be a totally different type of movie.
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If you have them and make me a copy I would be so grateful or know who may have recorded them and if you could point me in the correct direction, I would be just as grateful.
There are 26 songs (some I know have been recorded, but can’t seem to find them online and others I am not sure if there has ever been a commercial recording of them)
Facts of Life (Mercer)
The Falcon & The Dove (Rosza/Webster)
Second Chance (Previn/Langdon)
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Gold/David)
So Little Time (Tiomkin/Webster)
Where Love has Gone (Van Heusen/Cahn)
Ballad of Cat Ballou (Livingston/David)
Til Love Touches Your Life (Ortolani/Hamilton)
Life Is What You Make It (Hamlisch/Bergmans)
Marmalade, Molasses & Honey (Jarre/Bergmans
Strange Are the Ways of Love (Fain/Webster)*
Love (Bruns/Huddleston)
I Feel Love (Box/Box)
Wherever Love Takes Me (Bernstein/Black)
Now That We’re In Love (Barrie/Cahn)
Richard’s Window (Fox/Gimbel)
A World That Never Was (Fain/Webster)
He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me (Shermans)
If We Were In Love (Williams/Bergmans)
Cry Freedom (Fenton & Gwangwa)
Shakedown (Faltermeyer & Forsey & Seger
I Love To See You Smile (Newman)
Promise You Will Remember Me (Coppolla/Bettis)
Look What Love Has Done (Sager & Howard & Ingram & Smyth)
Make Up Your Mind (Newman)
That’ll Do (Newman)
* There is another song with the same name by Tiomkin &Washington. I am also looking for that as well.
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Voted for & commented on the videos & added them to my favorites. Also added you, Mr. Bruce!
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Woohoo! page 15! Now back to watch the last of the Lakers game!
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DR Michael S - Interesting list of songs. For some reason, I think there's a common thread to them. Or not. ???
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I have some writing to do, so I'll log off now and get started on that.
Good night!
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I'm a big fan of HAIRSPRAY: THE MOVIE, mostly because of Adam Shankman's surprising direction and energetic choreography, which IMHO is NOT harmed by the editing. There is a focus to what Shankman does with his actors - especially John Travolta's Edna. Though cut from the same cloth as Divine's Edna and Harvey Fierstein's Edna's, this is a character that I actually care for, and the little tentative steps taken out of the apartment during "Welcome to the 60s" clinched Travolta's Edna for me. I'm not a Travolta fan by any means, and my one great acting coach worked with Travolta on TWO OF A KIND and had horror stories to tell about THAT experience, and I went into HAIRSPRAY expecting to be majorly disappointed by his Edna. I can also finally listen to Edna's singing, something I had to skip over every time I listened to the Broadway Cast recording since I cannot tolerate Harvey's singing voice.
That's horse-racing, folks. . .
I still cannot believe that the same director gave us THE PACIFIER (Vin Diesel + a duck + children)!
There are some very clever bits in HAIRSPRAY, many which bring sheer joy to my heart, but even with Travolta's Edna being a feminine creature, I still feel the acting honors go to Nikki, Michelle (who is also as much fun in STARDUST), Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Paul Dooley, Elijah Kelly and Queen Latifah.
Loved HAIRSPRAY on the big screen, and love it on dvd.
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It was an interesting dinner. There were 9 of us. The guest of honor was Pete Corroon, the mayor of Salt Lake County, not Salt Lake City. http://www.mayor.slco.org/html/maBio.html He was quite pleasant and surprised me when he said "This has been a long day, I could really use a beer". Anyway, it was a very fun relaxed dinner, lots of humor. He is Howard Dean's first cousin.
JMK, he had heard of the museum but hasn't been there yet.
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Bobby Darin cut a record of THE BALLAD OF CAT BALLOU.
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Andy Williams recorded Marmalade, Molasses and Honey.
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I'm not coming up with anything for Mercer's Facts of Life. . .
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DR Michael I have them all except for 2. (one of the Strange are the ways - and facts of life)
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Bruno Leone's "Pure Cinema" features a cover of EL CID'S The Falcon and the Dove.
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Cat Ballou - Nat and Stubby.
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will get on to them asap Michael.
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Closing night vibes to DR George!
Thanks! Today, we had a great show and a full house...on a Sunday matinee, even! I feel a little better now than this morning when I felt like total crap :P but I'm very tired and will go to sleep soon. I woke up this morning and my voice was an octave lower than normal! I got through the show without much trouble, so that was good. We struck the set (and ate some pizza during the striking of the set) and then I came home.
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closing vibes to George
And thank you, too, Dakota! ;D
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I also loved the Brain clips on YouTube! Thanks for posting them, BK! :D
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Well, I can barely keep my eyes open and my throat still hurts a bit. I'm off to bed. Good night, all!
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Must get up an hour earlier tomorrow, so, it's off to bed an hour earlier tonight.
G'night all!
HUGS!
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Well, walking around New York City and taking pictures is tiring, so...
Goodnight.
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Yay! Eddie Izzard was on BBC America tonight & my cousin got to watch him for the first time. We sat there laughing our arses off. I knew he'd love him.
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BK sometimes i find you are very harsh on things that are not bad at all. You said you wanted ST to be better and you dismissed HAIRSPRAY the movie like it was crap..
bk dismissed Travolta but said some kind things about the film overall:
I liked Nikki Blonsky as Tracy very much, and I liked Amanda Bynes as Penny, although she never quite erased the memory of Kerry Butler. I enjoyed James Marsden as Corny, Queen Latifah was fine, and so were most of the supporting cast (and I liked Mr. Waters’ cameo). Christopher Walken is just strange as Wilbur, and I’m afraid that from my point of view, Mr. Travolta is a complete disaster as Edna. I don’t know what the voice or accent is, but it’s dreadful, unfunny, and it kills any chance the film had. Equally bad are all the changes from the show version – all of them are for the worse, and none necessary. Tracy almost takes a back seat during the last ten minutes of the film, and it’s a mistake. I certainly thought there were a few entertaining moments, and perhaps with a better director and Mr. Mitchell’s original choreography, this could have been something more than the mildly entertaining thing it is. For me, a major disappointment.
In the bk lexicon, calling something "mildly entertaining" is hardly dimissing it as "crap" - bk does not damn with faint praise, if he thinks it's total crap there will be verbal feces from the rooftops!
der Brucer
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RE: SWEENEY TODD. I am very much looking forward to it. But i loved HAIRSPRAY (as did a lot of people). I know everybody has their own opinions. But BK sometimes i find you are very harsh on things that are not bad at all. You said you wanted ST to be better and you dismissed HAIRSPRAY the movie like it was crap (when there are some really crappy movies out there).
Regardless i'm sure ST will be a totally different type of movie.
I just call it the way I see it, as everyone should, and I think those who read the notes expect it of me. All I ever want is to enjoy and love what I see - and sometimes it happens, as with Enchanted, but Hairspray simply didn't do it for me. As I said, I enjoyed a few of the performances and thought some of it was okay, but I thought Travolta basically killed the film, and there were changes from the show that weren't good. That said, many people loved it - it's all just horse racing and none of it should be taken seriously. Opinions are like tacos - everyone has one. No, that isn't right. Opinions are like gazelles - everyone has one. No. Opinions are like teeth - everyone has one. Yes, that works - well opinions are like tooth, everyone has one.
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If you have them and make me a copy I would be so grateful or know who may have recorded them and if you could point me in the correct direction, I would be just as grateful.
There are 26 songs (some I know have been recorded, but can’t seem to find them online and others I am not sure if there has ever been a commercial recording of them)
Facts of Life (Mercer)
The Falcon & The Dove (Rosza/Webster)
Second Chance (Previn/Langdon)
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Gold/David)
So Little Time (Tiomkin/Webster)
Where Love has Gone (Van Heusen/Cahn)
Ballad of Cat Ballou (Livingston/David)
Til Love Touches Your Life (Ortolani/Hamilton)
Life Is What You Make It (Hamlisch/Bergmans)
Marmalade, Molasses & Honey (Jarre/Bergmans
Strange Are the Ways of Love (Fain/Webster)*
Love (Bruns/Huddleston)
I Feel Love (Box/Box)
Wherever Love Takes Me (Bernstein/Black)
Now That We’re In Love (Barrie/Cahn)
Richard’s Window (Fox/Gimbel)
A World That Never Was (Fain/Webster)
He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me (Shermans)
If We Were In Love (Williams/Bergmans)
Cry Freedom (Fenton & Gwangwa)
Shakedown (Faltermeyer & Forsey & Seger
I Love To See You Smile (Newman)
Promise You Will Remember Me (Coppolla/Bettis)
Look What Love Has Done (Sager & Howard & Ingram & Smyth)
Make Up Your Mind (Newman)
That’ll Do (Newman)
* There is another song with the same name by Tiomkin &Washington. I am also looking for that as well.
Did I miss the post? Who is this addressed to? In any case - A Second Chance has several recordings, including the version on the soundtrack LP, which I have transferred to CD. Is The Falcon and the Dove the lyric to El Cid's love theme? If so, that's on a Cloud Nine CD called Great Epic Film Scores, which I have, and it should be on the soundtrack CD, too. Marmalade, Molasses and Honey is on the soundtrack to Judge Roy Bean, available from Film Score Monthly, I have that, too. Mad World is on the soundtrack - oop, but I have it. So Little Time is on the 55 Days At Peking CD, which I have. Ballad of Cat Ballou is on the Capitol soundtrack LP, which is not on CD - I have a sealed copy. But that single track is on a CD called Nat King Cole At The Movies - have that. If you can find out what the others are from, I can check various CDs.
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My goodness, The Two Jakes was too long - 134 minutes.
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Solstice shopping is done!
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Tomorrow will be another day of boredom & waiting for Kaiser to call & tell me how much they want me to come work there.
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My goodness, The Two Jakes was too long - 134 minutes.
C'mon - in the grand epic days of the 50/60's we felt cheated if a film came in at under 150 minutes!
Quo Vadis - 171
Ben Hur - 212
Exodus 208
Around the World in 80 Days - 167
And even plain old dramas:
Anatomy of a Murder - 160
Doctor Zhivago - 197
A Star Is Born - 154
Any film that ran under 90 minutes was relagated to double-bill status.
der Brucer
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Didn't show too much forethought in leaving my keyboard at my mom's when I moved. Now I'm in choir with no way to rehearse at home! DUH.
And my friend/director lives in Long Beach...just a little too far to drive for extra rehearsal time.
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And my copy of FNM is still at home somewhere. I double checked the dvd case before I packed it...empty! I'm a bad fan. :(