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Well, you've read the notes, the notes reported on Sunday on Monday, and now it is time for you to post until the Monday on Sunday report cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SHADCHAN!
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I have nothing special to report.
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Good morning, all.
Coffee!
Wait a minute. First after SS after BK?
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I had ZORBA score dreams at various times during the night.
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They weren't horrible, but the repetitions were slightly annoying.
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They were just a level or two above being caught in a C#m7 to F#m trap.
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I've got the furnace and A/C people coming out this afternoon to say their annual incantations over the furnace and A/C, so this morning I must do a little more cleaning up in that part of the basement to give them a clear path and better work room.
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TCB asks:
Which half is sour?
A question for the ages. Fortunately, I guessed right and it was the half I ate.
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good morning to all
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three more days to go
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I disliked Unbreakable because the set up was there almost from the start.
The Village I knew what the twist was without even seeing the film. A friend who saw it confirmed it for me.
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It wasn't a movie but
The final moments of Act One of Deathtrap.
I wonder if a play like Deathtrap would even work today because the plot twist would be all over social media in a matter of seconds
PS I know there was a film version, but the big thing was that Cain and Reeves kissed. And I hated how they changed the ending of the story for the film.
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Good Morning. It feels like a Monday.
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Thanks for the moving vibes George.
We could have purchased a parking space in our building for $15,000, For now we have 2 spots, 1 car.
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TOD:
THE SIXTH SENSE
THE VILLAGE
THE HOMESMAN (the twist comes at the 2/3 mark)
There is also a surprise twist at the end of FARGO (the TV series) that took me by surprise.
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three more days to go
Best Wishes and Vibes, just in case I don't have a chance to say it again.
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Four more days for us.
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We watched FATHER GOOSE last night.
Great fun. Holds up very well.
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As a young'un, as soon as I discovered TWILIGHT ZONE (in its first season), I was "all over" stories with twist endings as that was part of the TZ appeal for me then. (Of course there was so much more, as I would come to appreciate more and more over the years.) HITCHCOCK PRESENTS was great that way, too.
I, too, was thrilled by THE SIXTH SENSE and, yes, watched it a second time to look for cheating. For some reason I never followed up by seeing UNBREAKABLE. I did watch THE VILLAGE, and was completely unsurprised by the ending, at which point I gave up on M. Night.
I've always felt very fortunate to have seen the original SLEUTH on a college visit to NYC. I think I still have the Playbill with the bios of all five actors. Loved that.
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Good morning, all! I slept late and now I'm running abut like a headless chicken in my grandmother's yard. In an hour or so, I must head down to 59th Street for my ultrasound, and at 1:00 I meet a friend for lunch. When I get home, I've got laundry to fret over, and I have t type out my notes of fixes for the Moross edits of yesterday and to write out the piano fixes.
Moross writes his piano parts on three staves as a short score for orchestration, and it often needs to be reduced to two staves for publication.
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Monday morning greetings! Last minute prep today for AAUW Middletown's end-of-year meeting, which features introduction of our scholarship recipients and - drumroll, please - installation of officers. I will be very glad to pass this responsibility on to Nita.
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I also need time to put away all these books I dragged home yesterday.
Thank you again, DR ChasSmith! Thanks to our wonderful host BK, I have formed some wonderful friendships on this here site.
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three more days to go
Counting down! Take it easy this week and breathe...
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Four more days for us.
DR Jane, the message I left for DR Mike applies to you, too!
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And the word of the day is: SHADCHAN!
And The Song Of The Day Is: MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER
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DR JOHN G - Vivian Leigh was originally cast in ELEPHANT WALK - and in some of the jungle and process shots you can see her clearly. She had a hard time on location and was replaced with Elizabeth Taylor who was not happy about having to wear Leigh's clothes to match what had already been shot.
Leigh sued Paramount for using the footage of her in the finished film and received quite a settlement.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-cj0dNX0A
Viv in Elephant Walk.
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TOD:
I'm sure I've seen many movies with plot twists, but it's so hard to think of them at the spur of the moment. The only one that comes to mind is "Sliding Doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow, which was pretty good film. Actually, the whole thing is really a lot of twists and turns.
Last night Mark and I went to see the little production of "Sweeny Todd" at the El Portel. And I guess that has a plot twist at the end too with discovering the true identity of the beggar woman.
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I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.
I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.
I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.
I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.
@MichaelDShayne
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Good morning, all.
Many vibes, Mike.
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I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.
I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.
I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.
I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.
@MichaelDShayne
Good Luck And Speedy Recovery Michael
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DR Michael, I am now following you on Twitter!
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Surgery vibes for DR MIKE.
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I also liked the Twilight Zone twist endings.....
O. Henry stories are wonderful, too. The twist in "The Cisco Kid" is the most amazing one....and the one about the girl telling the story to the visitor about her seeing her dead father return from a hunting trip.....LOL.
BUT my favorite TWIST of all was in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour called "An Unlocked Window."
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Damn it. Looks like that was one of the hour-long Hitchcocks, none of which have been released to DVD yet. And it doesn't sound familiar to me. I suppose I might find it online, but I'd really like to see it "right".
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I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.
I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.
I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.
I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.
@MichaelDShayne
Good Luck And Speedy Recovery Michael
Ditto!
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DR CHAS SMITH the original is on YOU TUBE.....there is also the 30 minute remake from the color Hitchcock reboot show that was in syndication.
You can always download the YouTube version, burn it to DVD and watch it on TV.
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TOD:
The Letter
Planet of the Apes
The Green Mile
Adaptation
I preferred Unbroken to The Sixth Sense even though I got the surprise early on. It was largely because of the performers, though I loved Toni Colette in "Sixth Sense."
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I also need time to put away all these books I dragged home yesterday.
Thank you again, DR ChasSmith! Thanks to our wonderful host BK, I have formed some wonderful friendships on this here site.
Thank you DR Chas, and Bruce for the connections.
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I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.
I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.
I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.
I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.
@MichaelDShayne
While it is very early to be getting up they will be putting back down for a nice nap. You should go right out. Just make sure you see your doctor before they begin the IV. I worry about that since it happened to me once.
EXCELLENT SURGERY VIBES AND RESULTS!!!
I am glad you will be able to check in that all is well. I hope I will be able to connect to check in on you.
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DR Michael, may you have successful surgery and rapid recovery to full health! That you won't miss a step upon return to regular duties.
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I believe that Shad Chan was never in line to be #1 son since he turned out to be the surfer dude of the family. Charlie had such high hopes for his unnumbered son, but he was never the son that Jimmy was.
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I am not amongst the fans of Mr. M. Night Shyamalan. I could see all of the twists and turns from miles away. I did not enjoy any of his movies since I knew that he would be twisting and turning and basically lying to the audience so I could never "buy into" any of his movies. To me, it was like Mr. M. Night found a schematic of Rod Serling's and figured hey, it worked for old Rod, so why not me? But, Serling was in another league. So, no thumbs up on any of the M. Night oeuvre.
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The Wizard of Oz had the great plot twist that it was all a dream, which has been ripped off innumerable times.
Psycho was shocking the first time, not knowing what to expect. Two major shocks/twists in one movie.
Elevator to the Gallows has some nice French twists to it.
Vertigo has a very powerful twist that you don't realize the first time you see the picture.
Marnie has a contrived twist that is interesting in understanding Hitchcock and not so much Marnie.
The War of the Worlds has a great plot device that is such a surprise when one first reads it, hears it or sees it.
Seconds is still very eerie and has twists that are not expected, but if you've gotten that far in the movie, you go with 'em.
The Manchurian Candidate is very shocking at first viewing.
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Rod Serling really perfected the O. Henry style ending. Irony was their best friend.
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I enjoyed the twist ending to Fellini's And The Ship Sails On which is a somewhat similar idea to the ending to Bava's Black Sabbath.
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And Soon The Darkness is effectively twisty. The director, Robert Fuest, made some quirky films after leaving The Avengers with Patrick Macnee and Mrs. Peel and her substitutes. The Last Days of Man on Earth is very strange and there are some twists. Fuest's weirdest, despite having made the two Dr. Phibes movies and The Devil's Rain in which you get to see Ida Lupino melt and Shatner is not the hero you expect him to be.
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Sometimes The Outer Limits had some fun plot twists and turns as did Next Step Beyond. Hitchcock's TV shows were usually well made complete with twists. The ones that immediately come to mind are the shows with Joseph Cotten on the car trip, Vera Miles and the roasted lamb, and Claude Rains and the dummy.
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Twilight Zone had some great writers. In addition to Rod Serling, I always enjoyed Richard Matheson's work, as well as that of Charles Beaumont. There are so many memorable twists. Some are still eerie and stay with you even after seeing the episodes many, many times. This work holds up well, unlike much of what passes for twists in today's filmic product.
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I think also when one sees the original Star Wars trilogy and learns of the true relationships of the main characters, these plot/story twists are both surprising and unsettling.
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I agree with some of the above posts in that Deathtrap in the original play form was great. The remake for the movie version was awful. I know that this is sacrilege because of what happened to Christopher Reeve, but he was not the right person for that part. Just as he was not the right person for the remake of Rear Window.
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I enjoyed Sleuth, which is a lot of fun.
Charade has a great plot twist that is a lot of fun too.
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Rosemary's Baby had lots of twists and turns.
Reminds me that even though they're not "high art", many of William Castle's movies were fun rides with twists, unlike the fifth generation carbon copies that are horror movies nowadays.
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TOD:
The Letter
Planet of the Apes
The Green Mile
Adaptation
I preferred Unbroken to The Sixth Sense even though I got the surprise early on. It was largely because of the performers, though I loved Toni Colette in "Sixth Sense."
Yes, the original PLANET OF THE APES ending did surprise me.
Also PSYCHO.
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I was away getting my Safeway delivery order rectified. The driver was very nice, but he only delivered the refrigerated/frozen items. Thus, half of my grocery order never got here. The agent at the 877 number was very helpful and they will deliver the missing items tomorrow morning. Thank goodness I have nothing scheduled.
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I'm up, I'm up - I got eight hours of sleep, stayed in bed for a while and finally got up. Helper picked up the books to bring to Mystery and Imagination. I'm now making some pasta with butter and cheese - I'm bored of sitting in restaurants.
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Topic of the Day (in random order):
The Sixth Sense (a lot of people saw this coming, but I never did)
Unbreakable (I knew that there was a twist, but I didn't find out what it was before seeing it)
The Manchurian Candidate
Planet of the Apes (a DVD release about 10 years ago or so gave away the ending on the cover...that was just stupid)
The Empire Strikes Back (D.V.'s revelation)
The Crying Game :o ;)
Several Twilight Zone episodes
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Rod Serling really changed Pierre Boulle's PLANET OF THE APES. I remember sometime later reading Boulle's novel and thinking to myself what was used were just the title and the nouns "planet" with "apes". Everything else was Serling's creation in the movie.
With everything I've read, my contention is that Serling took ideas from his Twilight Zone series and his Twilight Zone-ish 1964 "A Carol for Another Christmas" with its nuclear annihilation theme and applied that to the premise of a planet with apes. I would even go so far to say that the casting of both Peter Sellers and Sterling Hayden reinforces the meme of their Dr. Strangelove characters; hip and subliminal.
For those not familiar with the Boulle novel, his apes had nothing to do with the movie apes as Boulle's were highly technological, space-age even. Budget constrictures, and I'm sure Heston's hefty salary, forced the movie apes to be demoted from a scientifically advanced culture to an agrarian one. PLANET OF THE APES essentially revisits Serling's favorite end-of-the-world-by-nuclear-destruction theme, which was used many times in The Twilight Zone. One can read the movie as a polemic.
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Ah yes, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE....original......
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Three.
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
My prayers and vibes DR elmore that all is medically negative and you will be well.
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Larry!!~~~
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
My prayers and vibes DR elmore that all is medically negative and you will be well.
Thanks! Clearly, something has provoked this lymph node, s I guess my Dr will want to find the cause. I hope it's nothing major.
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Vibes for Larry.
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Well my appointment has been changed to 8:15 tomorrow morning!
So......maybe I will be happy before noon!
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Vibes for DR ELMORE
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Node vibes for DR Elmore.
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Appointment and relief vibes for DR Jrand64.
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Appointment and relief vibes for DR Jrand64.
~~~Ditto!!~~~
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Well my appointment has been changed to 8:15 tomorrow morning!
So......maybe I will be happy before noon!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for DR JRand64! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you, all, for the vibes!
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Oh my gosh, DR elmore3003 -
~ ~ ~ ULTRA-STRENGTH MEDICAL VIBES ~ ~ ~ for you!!!!
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~ ~ ~ PAIN-BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Jrand64!!!
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TOD:
My favorite twist:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/oliver_zpsfvtmg7yb.jpeg)
;D
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Vibes for DR Mike!
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Larry!!~~~
From me too!
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Vibes for DR Jrand64!
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I love many of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes, including the aforementioned "Lamb to the Slaughter." There's another fun one with Mary Astor, who rents a room from a woman whose other tenant is her Uncle Bill. The other actress is Doro Merande (just looked it up)--she's hilarious. It's called "Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore."
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TOD:
My favorite twist:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/oliver_zpsfvtmg7yb.jpeg)
;D
Good one, DR singdaw!
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DR singdaw, I'll see your twist
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And raise you 2:
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Touche, DR Dan M!
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I was too lazy to go searching for the little accent over the "e."
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I picked up one package and have been doing some work on the computer.
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I was too lazy to go searching for the little accent over the "e."
Hold the ALT key and type "0233" on your keypad to get é. I memorized it years ago so that I could type Les Misérables correctly.
;)
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Thanks, DR George!
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The ultrasound went well; it is indeed a lymph node. We'll proceed from there.
Lunch was fun but too long. My friend's 80 yyear-old partner is in serious health so he's working as a caretaker and gets out little. He needs to talk and get out of the house, and I let him. Still, it's screwed up my afternoon plans and the goddam basement laundromat is in use so I'm screwed. And pissed off about it.
My prayers and vibes DR elmore that all is medically negative and you will be well.
Hope All Turns Out Well
Thanks! Clearly, something has provoked this lymph node, s I guess my Dr will want to find the cause. I hope it's nothing major.
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Thanks, DR George!
No, it is more propérly DR Géorgé :D
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Let's get off this darned page.
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4OUR!
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Well, I went to the visitation for my neighbor tonight. I'm very glad I did. His wife gave me a huge hug and genuinely thanked me for going. I will go to the funeral tomorrow. They think he had a blood clot. He kept saying his legs were cold. He was working in the yard with her and took a break while she was cutting the hedges. She said "I bet you think I'm crazy for cutting the hedge so short but next year they will be full..." (or something like that) he said "I don't think you're crazy, I think" and fell over. That was it. The paper said he died at the hospital, but I don't know if he died here and was pronounced at the hospital or if he was still alive when he got to the hospital. Maybe I'll find out more tomorrow. He was only 69 years old
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http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/louie-church-ii/article_674d1685-648a-5269-9fcb-785b48da277c.html (http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/louie-church-ii/article_674d1685-648a-5269-9fcb-785b48da277c.html) He was a really neat guy. Here's a link to his obit
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Page four? Really?
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Page four? Barely?
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It ain't mother's day anymore, you know.
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I'd say we best get some posting going on right about now.
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I wrote liner notes and got a package prepared for our next release.
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Packagé.
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Just because Shanahan's too funny:
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Page 4? Really?
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A lot of vibes needed to go out tonight!
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Surgery vibes to DR Michael!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Healing vibes to DR Jrand!
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Special vibes to my DF DR elmore!
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I gotta tell you.
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And continued healing vibes to DR Dan!
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I really liked THE SIXTH SENSE, mostly because M. Night did not lie to the audience. Everything was there to see it, but I was suckered in until the end.
Amazingly I saw it at a second run theater, and no one I knew had given it away.
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I didn't like UNBREAKABLE. I don't know why, it just didn't work for me.
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I enjoyed SIGNS, but I didn't think it was much of a twist movie (no Chubby Checker)
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I gave up on M. Night after that.
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I gave up on M. Night after that.
G'night to M'Night
é
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And continued healing vibes to DR Dan!
Thanks DR TCB!é
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My condolences to you, Cilla.
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Certainly PLANET OF THE APES. I saw it at a drive in movie when it first came out. It was a hot summer night, so everyone had their car windows down. When the audience realized what the ending was, you could hear from everyone's car, "Oh Shit!"
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PSYCHO was a great double twist movie. Unfortunately I was too young to see it in the theater when it was released, so by the time I saw it, I had already studied the twists involved. It is still a great movie.
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Funny (well, not really funny), how horror films have changed in my lifetime. When I was 12, I saw a movie called MR. SARDONICUS. I had nightmares for months over that stupid movie, and yet today's audience would laugh at that whole movie. No blood, no guts, no aliens popping out of stomachs, nothing that counts as horror today.
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DEATHTRAP, when I saw it on Broadway, was easy for me to figure out where it was going, so there wasn't any surprise in it for me. The three guys I was with all screamed like little girls at the end of one scene (as did the entire audience), but I knew it was going to happen. Sad, but true.
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Well, I went to the visitation for my neighbor tonight. I'm very glad I did. His wife gave me a huge hug and genuinely thanked me for going. I will go to the funeral tomorrow. They think he had a blood clot. He kept saying his legs were cold. He was working in the yard with her and took a break while she was cutting the hedges. She said "I bet you think I'm crazy for cutting the hedge so short but next year they will be full..." (or something like that) he said "I don't think you're crazy, I think" and fell over. That was it. The paper said he died at the hospital, but I don't know if he died here and was pronounced at the hospital or if he was still alive when he got to the hospital. Maybe I'll find out more tomorrow. He was only 69 years old
Cillaliz, I'm so sorry. My condolences to you and to his wife. :(
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Well my appointment has been changed to 8:15 tomorrow morning!
So......maybe I will be happy before noon!
Vibes you are.
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I have done four productions of SLEUTH. I love the show. A lot of people call it a mystery, but the playwright was very clear about calling it "A Play." It is not a mystery at all. Even today, the show can suck an audience in when they see a good production of it.
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Page Five
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Well, I went to the visitation for my neighbor tonight. I'm very glad I did. His wife gave me a huge hug and genuinely thanked me for going. I will go to the funeral tomorrow. They think he had a blood clot. He kept saying his legs were cold. He was working in the yard with her and took a break while she was cutting the hedges. She said "I bet you think I'm crazy for cutting the hedge so short but next year they will be full..." (or something like that) he said "I don't think you're crazy, I think" and fell over. That was it. The paper said he died at the hospital, but I don't know if he died here and was pronounced at the hospital or if he was still alive when he got to the hospital. Maybe I'll find out more tomorrow. He was only 69 years old
This is sad.
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TCB, George, and Jane!! The Three Stooges!!
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No Vixmom tonight?
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We have out of town company tonight. We had a very enjoyable evening.
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I am - I don't know what I am, but I am. I am listening to our next release.
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Thanks, DR George!
No, it is more propérly DR Géorgé :D
That must be it.
;)
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DR elmore, Good Vibes!
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Moving vibes to Jane and Keith!
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We have out of town company tonight. We had a very enjoyable evening.
How can you have company in the middle of moving?
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I'm watching the season finalé to "Castle." Uh oh...Beckett is in trouble :o
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Moving vibes to Jane and Keith!
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~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Jane, when was your condo complex first built?
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I'm watching the season finalé to "Castle." Uh oh...Beckett is in trouble :o
Umm...actually, no, she's not!
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She's wanted for bigger (and maybe better) things!
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I feel like I forgot vibes for someone, but I don't know who I have forgotten.
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We should probably all send vibes to SnoopDog's husband who has to live with him.
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She's wanted for bigger (and maybe better) things!
That is an interesting comment.
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She's wanted for bigger (and maybe better) things!
That is an interesting comment.
Well, she has been tapped for public office, which, if she accepts, could be a good thing, or not a good thing. It just depends on which direction the writers want to go.
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Checking in before the day change over!! Hope everyone is well. See you on the morrow!
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Well, I need to go to bed.
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I watched the last episode and the bonus material of "Extant," that I got on Netflix.
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I like the show and wonder what's going to happen in the second season.
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I never watched it while it was on TV, so I got the discs from Netflix.
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Tomorrow, I need to go to work early because I have a meeting that starts earlier than when I usually get to work, and I can't miss it.
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So...
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...now...
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...that...
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...we're so close...
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PAGE SIX EXTANT DANCE!!
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