Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on February 02, 2005, 11:58:54 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you are now wondering where the time went whilst you were reading the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be just as soon as we figure out where the time went.
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And the word of the day is: RASPBERRY.
I offer it freely and with some affection to each and every WUSSBURGER.
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And can someone tell me what that "p" is doing in raspberry?
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I see two people who are not WUSSBURGERS. Hoo and ray. No raspberry for them.
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MAMBO!
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Welcome four GUESTS. We're talkin' about dinner parties. And RASPBERRIES.
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What am I, doing a monologue?
Has Ann caught up yet?
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
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Good Morning!
I was only Semi-Wussburgering tonight. Even though I was not reading and posting on HHW over the past few hours, I have been online researching digital cameras, photo printers, etc. We shall see if spend the rest of my "technology fund" tomorrow. -Actually, if I get the camera and the printer I'm leaning towards, then I should still have plenty of funds left for some more "technology" down the line.
Oh, and I also went through all the various set up menus on my new phone. WOW!!! Of course, I ended up setting it up so that it just did the basic stuff, just too many bells and whistles, but what can you do?
Oh, and I also started tracking down the reviews for Good Vibrations.... Yikes! The New York Times was firmly tongue in cheek.
And...
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BK - When was the last time you were at House of Pies? Maybe a slice of Coconut Cream with extra whipped cream is what you're due for now.
Do they make a Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake?
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Five dinner guests: Shakespeare (whoever he was...I want the guy who wrote the plays, even if it wasn't Shakespeare); John Barrymore in his prime; Bodicea (or Boudicca, if you prefer); Richard III (I have some questions I want to ask); Richard Burton (the explorer...or the actor, either one would probably a be fascinating conversationalist)
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I shall have to think about the dinner party question. My brain is sleepy. Although, I have had a few sort of "surreal" dinners over the past few years with people I never thought I'd be meeting in person, let alone breaking bread with. And popping a few champagne corks too!
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Mother of mercy is the mambo of Rico?
Dansssesssalome!
Coconut cream with extra whip cream!
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Pogue, when was the last time we were at the House of Pies - a couple of weeks ago, yes?
I may just be there this very evening.
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And may I just add - RASPBERRY!
iPod is on and I'm listening to the great unknown Bacharach song Come and Get Me, sung by Jackie DeShannon.
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Isn't House of Pies open ALL NIGHT?
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But off the top of my head - subject to change once the light of day starts streaming through my window:
A composer's round table of sorts-
Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy
George Gershwin
Clara Wieck-Schumann - I just have to get all the dirt on Mssrs. Brahms and Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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I've actually had dinners with some of my heroes, so that's nice.
Some people I'd love to have supped with at my dinner party - Judy Holliday, Leslie Parrish, Harper Lee, James Thurber.
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Five unusual dinner guests: Frank Thring; Hurd Hatfield; Majorie Main; Joi Lansing; Elisha Cook, Jr.
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Composers I would like to have supped with: Jule Styne, Darius Milhaud and le group de six (translator needed), Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Vaughan Williams.
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Isn't House of Pies open ALL NIGHT?
Not the one in Los Feliz surprisingly. 1:00am, 2:00am, 3:00am depending on the day of the week - at least that's what I remember reading on the door. Kind of surprised me too. I may have to Google for clarification.
Now the ones I supped at in Houston, TX, were/open 24 hours.
*Now, if you indeed want to head out in that direction in the wee hours of the morning, Fred 62 is open 24 hours. I had some very yummilicious food items there during my time in LA. Their "Punk Tarts" - homemade PopTarts are a pretty good.
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Yes, Frank Thring! Danssssse Salome.
I'd like to have supped with Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, Cuddles Sakall and Ona Munson.
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Five unfortunate dinner guests: Peg Entwhistle; The Black Dahlia; Mary Kelly; William Desmond Taylor; Albert Dekker
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Well, here ya' go:
The House of Pies
1869 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles in the Los Feliz - Silverlake District
(323) 666-9961
Price Range: Under $20
Mon-Thu 6:30am-1pm
Fri-Sat 6:30am-2am
Sun 6:30am-1am
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Five heinous dinner guests: Jack the Ripper; Vlad the Impaler; The Black Dahlia Murderer; Gilles De Rais; Elisabeth Bathory
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Five people I never want to have dinner with: O.J. Simpson; Michael Jackson (the pop star); Dick Cheney; Rob Cohen; and Martha Stewart
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OK.... I must get some sleep. Hopefully, I'll wake up before Noon...
Goodnight.
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Five dinner guests to make me laugh: Johnny Carson; Bob Hope; Jack Benny; Preston Sturges; & Groucho Marx
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Actually, Jose, House of Pies is not really Silverlake...just Los Feliz.
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Well, that was special. Adelphia just went down for ten minutes. Back now.
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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Oh, and please remember: RASPBERRY.
I guess I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment for some shut eye.
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House of Pies is, I believe, open all night.
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Holy moley on rye - page two!
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Well, why aren't we there???
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I'm tellin' ya, I'll be at the House of Pies sometime tomorrow or my name isn't Duncan Hines.
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Oh, and for those who are interested - I never did get any sweets tonight, so I should lose weight tomorrow.
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I love raspberries...in all forms...jam, yogurt, ice cream, sherbet, and especially fresh off the vine. My family has a rather large raspberry patch in our backyard, and we get oodles and oodles of berries every summer. We make enough jam and pies to last the winter.
mmm...raspberry pie a la mode...
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Ann has caught up!
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Speaking of where time goes - is time at the House of Pies?
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I wonder if the House Of Pies has any raspberry pie...
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I'll let you know.
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If so, I will be there tomorrow :)
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Alistaire Crowley, Rasputin, Joe Orton, Voltaire and Rosseau. An interesting mix that should create stimulating conversation.
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Thank you for the description of the Groundhog Day, DR TD.
It’s very educational and interesting.
Today is the Vernal Equinox Day which means spring has come according to the calendar, in Japan. So we now should feel SPRING is very close to us..... shouldn't we??? :-\
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Reviews from three of the four New York dailys are in for Good Vibrations. Wow! Not a good thing to say among the three. Newsday hasn't posted the review yet, just an article about the show. If it keeps running someone has deep, deep pockets. It sounds like not much has changed since I saw the show a few weeks ago. Two of the three reviews don't even mention the cast by name. Don't know if that's good or bad. I think it's Clive Barnes in the Post who mentions four of the leads, including Jose's work partner Tittuss
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I had a great rest of the birthday. Thank you all for the good wishes.
Our dear friend, Catherine, from Nottingham, called and we had a nice conversation. Two of my four sisters called. The other two sent cards. My brothers are "guys" who don't always remember birthdays. Oh, well.
We went out to a lovely dinner at a place called Dish in Chelsea. I had turkey meatloaf with mashed potatoes and zucchini and Anthony had penne pasta with portobello mushrooms. We then walked around Chelsea for a bit (it was a pleasant night with the mild temperatures from the day lasting into the evening) and headed back home for some amazing Chocolate Raspberry cake (how's that for working the word of the day into a post). All in all, it was a lovely day.
And then I awake to 43 posts!
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You still are in mood for cake?
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I thank EVERYONE for giving me your good suggestions and comments on American Musical film! Now I’ve got a lots of titles from AMF, some of them are I’ve seen so far but some of them are not. I printed all the posts out for my future reference. Thank you DRs, again.
I have DVDs from a few films, West Side Story(as dear BK knows), Brigadoon, Silk Stockings and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort(oh, it’s not American). I wonder nobody has listed all of them except West Side Story. Are my choices a bit off the point? ??? ??? ???
Well, I'll collect DVDs one by one from the lists from now on. :D
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I know where the time goes. The Past.
.....Who knows?
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Good morning, all! Today's another proofreading day, BABES IN TYLAND ACT Three continues. and we need a new phone in the office. The one we've been using has been defective for several weeks; the buttons have their own mind, so often when you dial 212, the phone will punch in 242. not the same as tea for two, and yesterday 4 became the digit du jour. A number like 212-583-1000 became 242-434-4000. So, I took the phone apart and when I put it back together, nothing worked, as if I cared at that point. I think the office manager has ordered a new phone, but if not already, perhaps he will today!
That was a ramble, but I cannot think of anyone to invite for dinner except a group of people I'd like to poison, so I'll leave those folk to your imagination.
Perhaps later, I'll have a scintillating list of interesting folk.
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For today's word of the day, I think it might be wise to summon Miss Carol Channing. Nobody, but nobody can say that word as well as she can.
DR Hisaka, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT is a delightful film!
Now for some of the others which weren't mentioned:
THE BROADWAY MELODY (which might just have been released yesterday by Warner), it might be a bit creaky, but, the birth of the American film musical's cliches and stock characters are in evidence. Plus, Bessie Love and Anita Paige are cute.
THE APPLE: yes, ask a couple of us DRs, and they'll tell you that you simply must see THE APPLE.
CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC: well, it's not art, but, it's fun.
THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL: I've spoken about this charming film online (www.dvdlaunch.com) and in the pages of Scarlet Street magazine, so I really don't have to say anymore, except SEE IT.
Today's TOD:
I would probably love to talk & dine with the celebs of the 60s:
Lee Harvey Oswald (did YOU do it, Lee?), Sean Connery (in his prime, and from interviews I've read, always a quotable guy), Shirley Bassey (this was a toss-up between her and Pet Clark, but, I've already met Ms. Clark and haven't met Miss Bassey), Walt Disney and Barbra Streisand (in her early goofy mode, of course).
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TOD:
Abagail Adams
Katherine Hepburn
Elizabeth I
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Amelia Airhart
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Alternately:
Samuel Clemens
Bob Hope
Dave Barry
Bruce Kimmel
William F. Orr, PHD
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Good morning!
TOD - Abigail Adams, Willa Cather, Ellen Goodman, Anna Quindlen, Barbara Kingsolver
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION LYRICS
Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?
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TOD (Assuming we could all understand each other of course)
Michelangelo
Thomas Jefferson
Aristotle
Leonardo De Vinci
Benjamin Franklin
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TOD (Assuming we could all understand each other of course)
DR vixmom - We'd probably all have those universal translator thingies that make it possible for all the Star Trek characters to communicate.
Interesting we both pick Abigail Adams - she's a heroine of mine. In fact, if I'd had a daughter, she'd be named Agigail.
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DR vixmom - We'd probably all have those universal translator thingies that makes it possible for all the Star Trek characters to communicate.
Interesting we both pick Abigail Adams - she's a heroine of mine. In fact, if I'd had a daughter, she'd be named Agigail.
That was actually one of my choices, but DH said she'd be teased and called Dear Abby
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DR Hisaka, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT is a delightful film!
Now for some of the others which weren't mentioned:
THE BROADWAY MELODY (which might just have been released yesterday by Warner), it might be a bit creaky, but, the birth of the American film musical's cliches and stock characters are in evidence. Plus, Bessie Love and Anita Paige are cute.
THE APPLE: yes, ask a couple of us DRs, and they'll tell you that you simply must see THE APPLE.
CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC: well, it's not art, but, it's fun.
THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL: I've spoken about this charming film online (www.dvdlaunch.com) and in the pages of Scarlet Street magazine, so I really don't have to say anymore, except SEE IT.
Thank you again, DR TD!
I’ve never heard these films except THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL. I’ll try to find them in the near future. There must be a thousand films I never know yet....
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Good news on the horizon. My brother, who was with his National Guard unit in Iraq for 18 months has left that country. He left at 5:45 this morning and he's in Kuwait right now waiting for a flight to the states. He should be in Wisconsin for debriefing sometime tomorrow and then by the end of next week he will be home with his family in Minnesota.
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That is good news, Ben!
td: Great list. Took a real chance recommending The Apple to somebody. I actually found the soundtrack LP recently. What insanity! Ditto for Can't Stop the Music. Just mind-bending!
For me and musicals, my advice is 30s, 30s, 30s. The original 42nd Street, and any and all of the Golddiggers films.
But for more modern fare, a lost classic to me is Shock Treatment, though I may be the only one who loves it.
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Five dinner guests I'd like to put in a room together:
Alexander the Great
Michaelangelo Buonarotti
Oscar Wilde
Quentin Crisp
Jesse Helms
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Another five:
A surviving brother of four military killed in Iraq
George W. Bush
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Sorry to read, DR Rodzinski, about your sprained ankle. Hope it doesn't cause too much of an inconvenience.
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My dinner guests:
Lorenz Hart
George Cukor
Cole Porter
Katharine Hepburn
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Was sad to read about the cancellation of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. I have enjoyed the show, and I felt this year the series had really found its bearings and was becoming outstanding. Very similar to my feelings about the cancellation of ANGEL this time last season.
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DR Jose wrote:
When the camera got rung up, it came up $379. What?!?!? Even the salesman was confused since he was the one who pulled it from stock for me. He went back to the display, and came back with the shelf tag which clearly stated $179. But after looking at the tag a bit more closely, he realized that that price was a "Manager's Special" which means it was for that model, the display model...
Now if DR Jennifer was shopping with me...
If DR Jennifer was shopping with you she would demanded they honor the $179 price (since that is what the salesman told you it was, right?)
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We have a cold, damp, dreary day here. It's raining right now, but the predictions are that it's going to turn to snow later on today. That almost never happens here, so the day should prove interesting weather-wise.
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I have also been thinking all day today that it's Friday. I woke up thinking it was Friday. When I finished with the newspaper, I wondered why the Friday entertainment section was missing. Even reading bk's notes proclaiming it to be Thursday didn't alter my mind-set that today is Friday.
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It's a Friday of the spirit!
Thanks for the kind thoughts. I was able to hobble into work today.
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That's wonderful news DR Ben. Home for good?
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Seated around my table would be:
Alma Mahler
Artie Shaw
Elizabeth Taylor
Henry VIII
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Bob Thornton
Discussion topic: "the key to a successful marriage."
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Good news, DR Ben and family!
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The Dinner Guest question is a confusing one for me. OK, maybe not confusing, but difficult.
On the one hand, I would like to have dinner with my grandparents. (My grandfathers were gone by the time I was born, and neither of my grandmothers were in particularly good shape by the time I was cognizant.)
On another hand, I would like to have dinner with Oscar Wilde, Billy Haines and some of the people that were at Stonewall. Just to see what they think of how things have been turning out....
On the other hand, a diva dinner would be too much of good opportunity to pass up. (My brother will probably chime in here that while playing 20 Questions walking to and from temple with my family on the high holidays, I was notorious for my Dead Female Entertainer category.) Ethel and Mary (oooh, a BELLS ARE RINGING reference), certainly Angela, and probably Gwen and Chita.
Inge, Miller, Williams, Simon and......hmmmm......Mart Crowley?
Sondheim, Styne, Laurents, Prince and M. Bennett.
From politics: John Adams, Abe Lincoln, FDR and his Mrs., and Jack Kennedy. ( i would be curious -- but scared -- to dine with Joe McCarthy.)
World History: Moses (How DID you feel, not being let into the Promised Land??), Michelangelo (How many times has someone said 'Can I get a second coat?' to you?), DaVinci, Gutenberg, Ben Franklin.
I think that's it for now.....
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As far as we know he's home for good.
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DR RODZINSKI....ah yes THE APPLE. A soundtrack album? Was it damaged, you know of course that the opening day audience at the Egyptian Theatre tossed their complimentary copies of said LP at the screen about 15 minutes into the movie..... As for SHOCK TREATMENT - I also am very fond of that movie. I have the soundtrack LP and CD - love the arrangements. And nice avatar, BTW.
DR HISAKA is correct of course....time goes to the past. Sad to say.
Well DR CP regularly has dinner with a couple of my choices Harlan Ellison and June Wilkinson - so I won't list them, except to say I would be so busy listening I couldn't eat.....much.
So my list may be a bit predictable, but here goes:
Allison Hayes
Frances Farmer
Ayn Rand
Lucille Ball
Stephen Sondheim
Of course I imagine that Frances would also have to have dinner with DR JMK, but she could just hop in the 1958 Edsel she got on THIS IS YOUR LIFE and drive on over to my house.
DR RON what did you think of PROJECT RUNWAY last night? The three finalists are showing their lines on Friday during New York's Fashion Week, but they aren't listed by name on the site. My guess is that Wendy drew the line on her daughter's picture herself.
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William Inge - as DR STUART wrote - what an interesting dinner companion he would be.....hmmmmmm.....I may have to go for a brunch with a few more.
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William Inge - as DR STUART wrote - what an interesting dinner companion he would be.....hmmmmmm.....I may have to go for a brunch with a few more.
As long as the liquor cabinet was locked!
(The same goes for Judy, if she were to be invited to my diva dinner. But she may have to be saved for Mother/Daughter dinner: Judy, Liza, Lorna, Lucy, Lucie.)
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I'd definitely think about Elizabeth I as a dinner guest. Let's make it an all-English affair and also invite Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, too.
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Was sad to read about the cancellation of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. I have enjoyed the show, and I felt this year the series had really found its bearings and was becoming outstanding.
NNOOOOOO!!! :'( I really like this show. So, for the topic of the day, in honor (memory?) of the Star Trek franchise, I'd like to dine with the captains of the various Enterprises: Pike, Kirk, Picard, Archer and the woman of the Enterprise C from the one episode of the Next Generation when they brought back Denise Crosby as Tasha Yar's half Romulan daughter. ::)
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Great idea, DR George. Perhaps I could drop by and serve some Romulan ale?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I did make it up and out of bed before Noon. But just barely. I've been taking care of some bills and such, and I must shortly head downstairs, push play on the DVD player, and proceed to work up a sweat.
Hmmm.... That surely sounds most unseemly. DR TCB?
-Hey, where is DR TCB?
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Vernal Equinox - that's the title of my next novel.
Okay, here's the question: RASPBERRY?
Here's the real question: Although I know it's not as optimal as Saturday afternoon, how many of you East Coasters would be able to attend a reading/signing on Friday the 18th of March, the eve before PennyO's show? It would take place probably between 5-7 at The Drama Bookshop. I know elmore won't go there (and I don't blame him), but I don't want to book it if I can't fill it.
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Oh, trust me, JRand54, if Harlan was your dinner guest, you'd have nothing to do but eat. You'd certainly be hard put to get a word in edgewise. Actually, Harlan called me up the other day and said we must get together. He just received a huge cache of '78 records he wants me to hear. So we'll either do it at his place...or he'll tote them over to mine to play on my old crank Victrola.
Speaking of Victrolas, I heard a guy on a British antique show the other day, explaining to someone, thusly, "Now this is called a phonograph." I guess we now live in a world where some people actually don't know what a phonograph is anymore. Oh, God, I'm ooooold!
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Actually, Jose, House of Pies is not really Silverlake...just Los Feliz.
DR Pogue - I know that House of Pies is in Los Feliz. You know that House of Pies is in Loz Feliz. Even BK knows that House of Pies is in Los Feliz. Heck, I even bet that the House of Pies knows that it is in Los Feliz. But, for some strange reason, the LA Tourism site I cut and pasted the location and operating hours from has it listed in Silver Lake - which is further down the street and a little to the left, IIRC.
???
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bk - The flight I'm looking at (and am about to book) is scheduled to arrive at LGA at 5:07pm Friday. It would be a miracle if I'd be able to make it to Drama Book Shop for a 5-7pm event.
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DR Ben - Great news about your brother!
Let's hope the rest of his "brothers and sisters" get to come home soon too!
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DR Ben - As for Good Vibrations... Well, it is nice to see that Tituss has gotten mentioned in some of the reviews. Who knows, maybe he'll snag a Tony nomination?!? -Stranger things have happened. Could be sort of another Heather Headley thing.
Btw, have any other DRs seen some of the reviews of Anyone Can Whistle currently playing in Philly at the Prince Music Theater? Yikes!
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DR Jose wrote:If DR Jennifer was shopping with you she would demanded they honor the $179 price (since that is what the salesman told you it was, right?)
I know, I know!
What are you doing around 3:00 this afternoon?
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Loved your shopping story yesterday DRJOSE.....happens to me sometimes, too....and I am not quite so polite. Of course, I am not usually on the schedule you were on.
LOL...DR CP re: Harlan. Well.....ASK him what he thought of Bracken's World....he never really reviewed it, but kept threatening to in the columns reprinted in THE GLASS TEAT. Listening to him would be fine as well....LOL, particularly if June was there to look at.
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FYI, Harvey Fierstein (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF) will be performing on Regis & Kelly tomorrow.
Also, did you guys hear about THE APPRENTICE - MARTHA STEWART. It's a new show starting in the Fall by Mark Burnett. I think it sounds very cool.
This is the press release:
Martha Stewart Looks For An "Apprentice"
When MARTHA STEWART gets out of prison, she will be looking for an "Apprentice," it was announced today by DONALD TRUMP, MARK BURNETT and JEFF ZUCKER. According to Burnett, "'The Apprentice: Martha Stewart' spin-off is a natural expansion of the franchise." The Donald added, "It was an easy decision for us." The deal was struck prior to the domestic diva's incarceration, and work on the project can begin as soon as she is released in March, even though she will still be under house arrest. The rules of house arrest permit her to leave for 40 hours a week to earn a living. As to whether or not Martha will use Donald's catchphrase, "You're fired," that will be totally up to her, but Donald says, "Probably not. She does things differently than me." The airdate for the series will be announced in May.
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bk- I'd be all over that. Mar. 18.
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This morning I watched THESE THREE the first version of Lillian Hellman's THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. I liked it a lot.....Merle Oberon and Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea....Alma Kruger as the grandmother and Bonita Granville as the horrible Mary with Marcia Mae Jones as her shill. I really like the remake, but this one is terrific. The little girls are particularly superior to their counterparts, although Veronica Cartwright as the scared little girl, Rosalie, in the remake is heartbreaking.
Whew! What an evil girl......Bonita's Mary is right up there with Rhoda Penmark - close......
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Jay,thanks for the link. I wish I could say I’m listening but nothing happened when I clicked to listen. I will try later when Bogie gets off my lap.
Bogie is now off my lap and it still no music-?
Rodzinsi stay off your ankle and elevate it as much as possible so it heals properly and GOOD ANKLE HEALING VIBES!
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Watch THE APPLE DR RODZINKSKI and try NOT to dance!
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Good morning, all! Today's another proofreading day, BABES IN TYLAND ACT Three continues. and we need a new phone in the office. The one we've been using has been defective for several weeks; the buttons have their own mind, so often when you dial 212, the phone will punch in 242. not the same as tea for two, and yesterday 4 became the digit du jour. A number like 212-583-1000 became 242-434-4000. So, I took the phone apart and when I put it back together, nothing worked, as if I cared at that point. I think the office manager has ordered a new phone, but if not already, perhaps he will today!
That was a ramble, but I cannot think of anyone to invite for dinner except a group of people I'd like to poison, so I'll leave those folk to your imagination.
Perhaps later, I'll have a scintillating list of interesting folk.
LOL-you are so cute. ;D
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I could make a Friday late afternoon BK reading
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That's one who can make it and one who can't. Keep letting me know.
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Ben I'm very happy for your good news and wish your brother a safe trip home.
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DR Ben: When you get your chance to hug him...hug him tightly as if you'll never again let him go.
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Thanks all for your good wishes.
BK, I think Rozinski said that he could also make it so it's 2 yes and 1 no.
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We were very disappointed with ENTERPRISE. Part of our problem was, at the time, we couldn’t get a decent picture on our local Fox station.
BTW We gave up on BATTLESHIP GALACTICA to watch NUMBE3S. We can’t watch them both.
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DR Jose, I found one review of Whistle at Curtain Up but I'm not sure which other Philly-area papers to look for. Looking for reviews for Whistle even with limitations brings up too many hits.
The Curtain Up review, btw, was not pretty. Although compared to the reviews for Good Vibrations today, it's quite nice ;-)
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Good ankle healing vibes to DR RODZINKSKI ~~~~~!
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Good news DR Ben!
And funny story DR Elmore!
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Two yes and one no. Getting there.
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Btw, for those of you who are fans of WILL AND GRACE. Patti Lupone is supposed to be on tonight. And Chita Rivera is supposed to be on next week.
And I just read that the cast of LITTLE WOMEN is supposed to be on the CBS Early show tomorrow morning at 8:45am.
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I'm adding to my BK collection these days. At lunch I just picked up Laurie Beechman, No One is Alone!
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Vernal Equinox...wasn't she a stripper at the gaiety burlesque?
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Yes, along with Joanie Carson, Joy Bishop, Deanne Martin, and Fran Sinatra. Those were the DAYS.
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Apropos of absolutely nothing, I just wanted to mention that it is Tax-free week here in NYS. Pantaloons and pointy hats notwithstanding, I did need to brush up my wardrobe a bit. (And they make it so convenient....the Citibank that I frequent shares a parking lot with Syms....)
So, I go into Syms, and about 20 minutes later I walk out with a 100% wool blazer that I don't have to have altered for......
are you ready for it.....???...........
Not yet.........
Now!
$24. (and no tax)
I haven't found a bargain like that in YEARS! (I also bought a sweater for $12.)
Thrilled I was, and thrilled I am.
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So I was perusing the members list. It's really fascinating how many logged-on members we have that never ever post.
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DR Hisaka, I also recommend 42ND STREET...it is one of the most enjoyable 1930s musicals!!
DRJrand, I love THESE THREE! Wonderful, wonderful film!! I wish it would come out on DVD!
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Isn't shopping wonderful?
Oh and don't forget Sammie Davis and Roni Reagan!
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MBARNUM did you know there is a DVD of two of Reg Park's Hercules movies?
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I thought SKY CAPTIAIN was an OK, movie...not great... a little dull at times, but I enjoyed the 1940s look to the film. I took my buddy Terry's kids...ages 4, 7, and 11, and they all enjoyed it...I was a bit bored at times, but thought it was beautiful to look at. I am no fan of CGI, but for some reason I thought it worked with this film.
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My dinner party would include:
Allison Hayes
Dorothy Neumann
Priscilla Lawson
Joi Lansing
June Kenney
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I didn't know, Dear Reader/Dear Brother Stuart, that you were within the range of Sy's voice.
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DR Ben - Great brother news. We have a nephew who's an Air Force helicopter pilot, still stateside, but who has warned his parents that he could be "flying over sand" anytime.
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MBarnum I think you captured SKY CAPTAIN. I enjoyed it but it could have been so much better. The story was weak.
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NBC's Medium Gets Second Season Pick Up
http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7096
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George U. from South Beach drove up last night and we had a very nice date. We have dated off and on in the past, and it is always nice to see him, and he is the only guy I have ever dated who doesn’t mind watching my old B-rate movies! In fact he enjoys them (I have not sprung the Bollywood movies on him as of yet, however...but he knows of my interest in them and it hasn’t scared him off! LOL!).
We had dinner at a Japanese place and then went to the Elsinore Theatre where they were showing some Charlie Chaplin movies. It was a very nice evening.
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I didn't know, Dear Reader/Dear Brother Stuart, that you were within the range of Sy's voice.
We're on Marcy's frequency. (Ironically enough, they don't advertise on electronic media here, and I can't say that I recall seeing print ads, either...so, truly, an educated consumer is their best customer.)
But yes, Rochester does play host to a Syms. And it is less than two miles from our house, across the street from our local Wegmans.* (Not the one that impressed you so, but certainly more luxe than the Key Food on Flatbush Avenue!)
*Wegmans: Ranks #1 on FORTUNE Magazine's List of 100 "Best Companies to Work For"
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Good news, MBarnum!! ;D
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My imaginary dinner party:
Ms. Hee-uh
Carol Channing
Kudo-head
The Giant Green Blob
Lucky the Leprechaun
We'd all go to Chuck E. Cheese or something. That would be quite a shin-dig.
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I hope your ankle is doing better, Rodzinski.
I'm going to go find some food and a really big Cherry Coke, and then enjoy my last few minutes of freedom before (cue ominous music) Rhetoric class.
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This site has been the best thing for my ankle. Thanks again, all, for your kind vibage.
JRand54: I could do some real damage dancing to The Apple, it's true. My soundtrack seems to have escaped the premiere riot you mentioned. Shock Treatment: If that movie had no implied association with Rocky Horror, it would be recognized for the brilliant media satire it is.
IRIS: Charles and Sharon: Two of the all-time greats with which to do a show.
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Good news on the horizon. My brother, who was with his National Guard unit in Iraq for 18 months has left that country. He left at 5:45 this morning and he's in Kuwait right now waiting for a flight to the states. He should be in Wisconsin for debriefing sometime tomorrow and then by the end of next week he will be home with his family in Minnesota.
Most excellent news indeed DR Ben...
and for him I send
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Good Traveling Vibes~~~~[/move]
and the fervent wish that his journey home be uneventful
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LOL-you are so cute. ;D
DRJane, and you wonder why I love you! :-*
DRRodzinski, are you aware of the BIG March 19 gathering of Hainsie/Kimmlets at DRPennyO's show JEWISH THIGHS ON BROADWAY? Partay after. I'm unsure how many are showing beyond my original tally, but I'm hoping more will decide to trek in for the festivities.
DRBen, this is fantastic news about your brother. I hope his return is swift and safe.
Dear Friend BK, the problem besides my hangup over my former employer is my B&N day. I may also be caught up in my Easy Coast host duties with arriving folk. What if DRGinny needs a sherpa? When is DRDanise arriving?
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Bruce, it's not cake OR pie! It's CAKE!!! or maybe even CAKE and Pie, but not just pie!
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Bruce,
So, did you like "Sky Captain: World of Tomorrow"? I couldn't quite tell from your review. ;)
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Here's the real question: Although I know it's not as optimal as Saturday afternoon, how many of you East Coasters would be able to attend a reading/signing on Friday the 18th of March, the eve before PennyO's show? It would take place probably between 5-7 at The Drama Bookshop. I know elmore won't go there (and I don't blame him), but I don't want to book it if I can't fill it.
I am sorry to say that my DH and I would not be able to get in for both a Friday night reading and for Penny's Saturday show, such are the realities of having a child in need of a babysitter...., plus I would never be able to get in that early on a workday
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TOD: There are so many people who it might be fun to dine with and converse and laughand learn.
The people who immediately come to mind are: Fred Astaire, Gypsy Rose Lee, Natalie Wood, and Hermes Pan.
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. Actually, Harlan called me up the other day and said we must get together.
Would you mind finding something out for me, DR CP? Harlan usually comes out to Long Island every other year to attend a "SciFi Convention" at Stony Brook University. We make it a point to attend whenever he is going to be there as it is so much fun listening to him talk. I have not seen any news that he will be there this year, do you know if he plans to ? I know the last time he came out he was grumbling that he was " getting too old for this..." but we were hoping he had changed his mind in the intervening time.....the tickets have just gone on sale and if he won't be there we may not bother going.... Thanks!!
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Good Afternoon!
It's snowing!
-Just as soon as I heard the announcement on the radio about a Winter Storm Watch being issued, I looked outside and I saw the snowflakes falling. It's been falling for about two hours right now. Looks quite beautiful outside. I'll need to take pictures with my "old" digital camera.
As for my "new" digital camera... We shall see. With the snow, I may not make it over to the store before show time. Also, my "new digital camera jones" has started to die down, so... And I actually need to look at some more software for my new iBook, so...
...We're only supposed to get about an inch of snow. Hopefully, rush hour drivers will not be typical rush hour drivers today.
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Of course - any get together of H/K would be hard to put a limit of five upon. But the restaurant would have to be open LATE.
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DR JRand - Well, the digital camera almost-purchase yesterday was something so spur of the moment, so I wasn't really that upset about it. Also, after reading some reviews on the web last night about the camera, the camera I was looking at might not be the ideal camera for me. Now I'm leaning toward a Canon model.
If I do make it back to the store in the next few days... We shall see...
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MBARNUM did you know there is a DVD of two of Reg Park's Hercules movies?
I'd be surprised if DRMBarnum didn't have a set in every room of his house.
I see Michael Jackson continues to plead his case outside the courtroom, If he's found guilty, does the title change to Queen of Pop?
Dinner guests: Robert Russell Bennett, Hershy Kay, Philip J Lang, Don Walker, and Eddie Sauter
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. Oh, God, I'm ooooold!
I was once at a "lingerie party" (like a tupperware party except that afterwards the hubby is interested in seeing what you purchased! LOL) and the hostess us showing a garter belt...a younger woman in the room wanted to know "What are those things hanging down?" I explained that they were for holding up the stockings, "You know, like we used before they invented pantyhose" you looked at me in utter shock and said "You're older than pantyhose?!"
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Wonderful news about your brother DR Ben!
My nephew Jeffrey should be returning from Iraq next month, I believe it is.
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Oh I see that STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET is on DVD. Kim Novak is so beautiful in that film. She is the most beautiful suburban mother EVER! And Ernie Kovacs is very good as well. And the house they build is spectacular.
Kirk Douglas is an architect - doncha know......I know....I know.....
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JRand54, there is a Hercules double feature DVD coming out next week (I think) with one Reg Park and one Alan Steel movie...is that the one you are thinking of? If not, then I did not know of this other DVD set and I would like to know more!!!!
DRElmore3003, LOL!!!
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LOL DR CP - "phonograph."
A couple of seasons ago when I was doing sound design for a production of GREASE, I brought in an old record player - the kind with the 45 RPM spindle that you put a half dozen or so records on. The kids were using it in a couple of the scenes. They didn't know how to put the records on it. I looked at it backstage one evening and it was all backwards.....the records were put on top of the "holding arm."
I felt as though I were in the City on the Edge of Forever....
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And speaking of DVDs to have in every room in the house...a new John Abraham DVD (Elaan) and a new Sunil Shetty DVD (Blackmail) were just released this week!!
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Hmmmm....the Collector's Choice DVD catalog describes it thusly:
Hercules The Avenger/Hercules and the Black Pirate. A pair of titan-sized adventures starring the legendary Reg Park as Hercules. The son of Zeus must battle the servants of the underworld to rescue his kidnapped son in Hercules the Avenger, then he must battle rogues and pirates to survive in a strange land -- the future -- in Hercules and the Black Pirate. 1965/170 minutes/color
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I keep meaning to say this:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Welcome DR Rodzinski!![/move]
Will you be joining us at the 8 pm performance of Jewish Thighs on Broadway on March 19?
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~~~~~~~~HEALING ANKLE VIBES~~~~~~~~~~[/move]
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My nephew Jeffrey should be returning from Iraq next month, I believe it is.
well we shalll send him vibes for
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]A VERY UNEVENTFUL STAY IN IRAQ
A SAFE AND QUICK JOURNEY HOME[/move]
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After much thought, my five:
Barbara Harris
George Segal
Lee Remick
Genevieve from "Trading Spaces"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Elmore-I was not aware of the event you mentioned. Sounds swell.
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After much thought, my five:
Barbara Harris
George Segal
Lee Remick
Genevieve from "Trading Spaces"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What an eclectic, yet interesting, group! I'd help serve, if I may, just to hear the conversation at this dinner!
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Elmore-I was not aware of the event you mentioned. Sounds swell.
Here is a link for you
http://www.jewishthighs.com/
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Still snowing here... Nice, big, fluffy flakes.
The street looks OK, it's sticking mainly to the grass.
Oh, I think it's time to take a pic!
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vixmom and Jrand54, If I remember (and understand my short term memory is terrible), I'll ask Harlan your questions..about convention and Bracken's World. I would think the convention would have a website that lists its guest speakers and panelists.
Do not speak of garter belts to me or BK. There is nothing we mourn more than the loss of this wonderful apparel...despite how uncomfortable it was for you poor girls. Just kill all our fantasies.
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Holy moley on rye - page six! RASPBERRY.
So far we've got two people who can come to the reading. We must have more.
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I've been merrily writing away and shall now take a break. I'll go see if any packages have arrived today. I shall return momentarily. And yes, Viriginia, I shall be having PIE this very evening.
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Raspberry pie?
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Bonita Granville earned an Oscar nomination for THESE THREE.
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Here is a link for you
http://www.jewishthighs.com/
Der Brucer and I went to see PennyO in her show, this very show, last year at a theater just north of Philly. We had a wonderful time, and Penny is wonderful presenting her material.
We're still deciding on whether we can make the trip up this time. We want to, but getting the brakes re-done on the car is costing us a grand ol' grand. I've got my fingers crossed, and we should know soon.
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Doing my best DR Sandra imitation...
I just went outside, and I saw this:
(http://members.aol.com/josespiano/winter_day1.jpg)
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And this...
(http://members.aol.com/josespiano/winter_day2.jpg)
*I'm still trying to figure out if the planter is a pig or a dog or some combo of the two. ;)
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The rain has stopped and so far no snow. But it is uncomfortably cold outside, prime for snow.
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Beautiful snow DRJOSE.
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Yes, I knew that MEDIUM had been renewed. I'm now waiting to see if HOUSE gets a second season pick-up. Its ratings have improved so much now that AMERICAN IDOL gives it a decent lead-in that it landed in the Top 20 last week.
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What if DRGinny needs a sherpa?
You never know, I just might!
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As well she should have DR MATTH. And her final moment when she is slapped by Margaret Hamilton is delicious to behold.
Little Marcia Mae Jones is good as well...and she was so simpering not long after as Clara in Shirley Temple's HEIDI.
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That was a ramble, but I cannot think of anyone to invite for dinner except a group of people I'd like to poison, so I'll leave those folk to your imagination.
Well, I certainly thank you for not naming us individually!
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Yes, I'm relieved as well, DR Jed.
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I've been merrily writing away and shall now take a break. I'll go see if any packages have arrived today. I shall return momentarily. And yes, Viriginia, I shall be having PIE this very evening.
Perhaps Mr Guy Haines should do the Jerome Kern song "Pie" from STEPPING STONES (1923):
Lemon, apple, pumpkin, squash
Peach and custard, Oh, my gosh!
Prune and apricot and quince
Cherry, coconut and mince
Plum and raisin, currant, too
Every pie that you can chew
Blackberry, strawberry, cranberry, gooseberry,
Mulberry, huckleberry, blueberry, elderberry
Whortleberry, raspberry, raspberry, raspberry
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Pie! Pie! Pie!
Through the western country where the whiskers fly
In the great big open spaces real he-men fill up their faces
Full of pie, pie, pie!
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Hey, der Brucer! Guess who's coming to dinner!
Film director Michael Curtiz
Animator Chuck Jones
Actor Gregory Peck
Actress Diana Rigg
and Cartoonist Charles Shultz.
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DR Jose, your snow looks lovely. Would you please be so kind as to persuade it to stay and visit with you awhile? I have heard rumors that it was thinkingof traveling to my neck of the woods, but I am afraid I am not in the mood for snowy guests this weekend!!
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Well, I certainly thank you for not naming us individually!
DRJed, LOL! ;D
DRJose, beautiful photos.
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DR Jose, your snow looks lovely. Would you please be so kind as to persuade it to stay and visit with you awhile? I have heard rumors that it was thinkingof traveling to my neck of the woods, but I am afraid I am not in the mood for snowy guests this weekend!!
I shall see what I can do!
;)
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OK - I need to take an e-break...
Laters...
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DR Jose, I think the planter looks like a dog...
...who has been eating like a pig.
;)
Great snow pictures.
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DR Jose - Looks like the snow we had in southern Ohio last evening traveled due east. It was quite pretty here, but didn't interfere too much with driving - the roads were just slushy. Thanks for the photos.
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I would think the convention would have a website that lists its guest speakers and panelists.
You would, wouldn't you? Unfortunately this whole thing is put together with volunteers and students, the last I heard they were advertising for someone to volunteer as a webmaster and the site had vitually no useful information on it.
Do not speak of garter belts to me or BK. There is nothing we mourn more than the loss of this wonderful apparel...despite how uncomfortable it was for you poor girls. Just kill all our fantasies.
One can still get them, if one knows where to look, and although they are not ideal everyday wear, for special occassions.....
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Little Marcia Mae Jones is good as well...and she was so simpering not long after as Clara in Shirley Temple's HEIDI.
And yet she bitched Shirley to a fair thee well in THE LITTLE PRINCESS two years later. I liked her.
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Der Brucer and I went to see PennyO in her show, this very show, last year at a theater just north of Philly. We had a wonderful time, and Penny is wonderful presenting her material.
We're still deciding on whether we can make the trip up this time. We want to, but getting the brakes re-done on the car is costing us a grand ol' grand. I've got my fingers crossed, and we should know soon.
Oh, I do hope that you two will be able to make it, I've been looking to forward to meeting you face to face.
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Hmmmm....the Collector's Choice DVD catalog describes it thusly:
Hercules The Avenger/Hercules and the Black Pirate. A pair of titan-sized adventures starring the legendary Reg Park as Hercules. The son of Zeus must battle the servants of the underworld to rescue his kidnapped son in Hercules the Avenger, then he must battle rogues and pirates to survive in a strange land -- the future -- in Hercules and the Black Pirate. 1965/170 minutes/color
Ah, that is the set that is coming out next week! HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATE stars Alan Steel rather then Reg Park...Critic's Choice Video have their muscles mixed up! LOL!
PS: I ordered the CRITIC'S CHOICE PRIVATE SECRETARY episodes on DVD!
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BK, isn't there a Ray Courts show soon?
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Yes, the Courts show is this very weekend and we simply must attend.
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BK, the show is Feb, 18th & 19th and it's an interesting array of folk...your pal Linda Purl will be there, my pal Ian Abercrombie, and one of my adored ones...Carol Cleveland, the girl in all the Monty Python sketches and films.
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I see photographs, so apparently Mr. Mark Bakalor has purged us.
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We have, alas, eaten all of the Saskaton Berry pie and I have a hankering for some...it may have to wait until we go to Canada in July. not a Saskatoon Berry to be found hereabouts.....
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Oh, so it's not this weekend. Fine, then we simply must go on the weekend it is. Normally, it used to be at the beginning of Feb. It'll be nice to see my pal Purl there - we love Linda.
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Holy moley on rye - page seven! RASPBERRY.
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I went to the pizza place to get lunch and a Cherry Coke. It was a long walk back to campus, so I finished the Cherry Coke before I got back. So I bought another one at the Quickie Mart. There's nothing weird about that, is there?
Rhetorics is about to start. But I'm OK because I am full of Cherry Coke.
Later!
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I wonder why it is no longer at Miss Beverly Garland's hotel? Perhaps she accused them of falling off a horse.
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DR Sandra, on my trip to Taco Bell yesterday, I had a Cherry Pepsi in your honor, and I'm guessing to your delight, it was horrible. There really isn't anything as exciting as Cherry Coke. I prefer diet Cherry Coke, though, it's still yummy.
As for Raspberry's, EL Eric (who is a pastry chef) works at a bakery and tells me if they make something chocolate and put a raspberry on top, it sells and sells. Something about fruit on a dessert makes people buy them like they were going out of style. Maybe when they see fruit they think healthy? Who knows!
As for the make-believe dinner party....
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jerry Herman
Carol Channing
Ethel Merman
Michael Ball
What a group!!!!
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BK and CP, you must check out Diane McBain when you go to the Court's show...talk about someone who has aged well! Holy cow, she is beautiful!
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I wonder why it is no longer at Miss Beverly Garland's hotel? Perhaps she accused them of falling off a horse.
LOL!
They say it was because the show outgrew Bev's hotel..but personally, I think it was because of the grumpy staff that worked the front desk!
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Well, except for the exhorbitant price for parking; the new location is actually a better venue than the Garland...wider aisles, they can put everyone in one room except for the playmates
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"Except for the playmates"
Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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Loved in the intro to SURFSIDE SIX when Diane sat in that convertible and waved and waved and waved!
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Oops! My bad, and my apologies to DR DearReaderLaura for not identifying her as the real source of my inspiration for my "impersonation".
And, Thanks, to all DRs for your snow picture compliments.
:)
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For some reason a "room full of Playmates" is just wrong....wrong on so many levels.
How would Yvette Vickers know where to sit? :o
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Diane McBain as Daphne! ;D
A cursory search turned up topless photos of Miss McBain. :o
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Yes, Diane McBain had some slightly raunchy, yet tasteful (hmmm, can that happen?), nude photos taken in the 1960s.
Sadly, no such photos of her co-star Van Williams exist...that I am aware of, anyhow! LOL!
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In the Playmate room, this time, will be Miss December 1958 and co-star of WILD WOMEN OF WONGO, Ms. Joyce Nizzari.....and Ms. Dolly Read, star of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS!
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I was just on a roll. A kaiser roll. I just whipped through three more pages in minutes. I love when that happens. I think that's it for today (did eight pages) and I will leave for tomorrow the rather critical next few pages I'm approaching.
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Which one was Joyce?
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Well, I wondering what's going on with the Courts? I just got a mailer from them about the upcoming show, announcing that they won't be sending out anymore mailers because of the "inefficiency and incompetency of our postal system" and, if one wants to be included on a mailing list to send them one's email. Now that's fine, if they want to do that, but I've received this mailer well in advance of the next show, the information on it is more up-to-date and current than what is on their web-site, so I ask: What inefficiency and incompetency of the post office.? If they want to save the price of postage, fine, but why must they try to excuse it by blaming the post office for things it is not guilty of? I hate these kinds of dodges and subterfuges. Just admit the truth, you don't want to cut into your profit margin by using snail mail?
Also for the first time, they are having the show on FRIDAY and Saturday, instead of Saturday and Sunday. I think this could be a disaster! It starts Friday at 12:00 and goes to 9:00 at night. Now Friday afternoon rush hour starts at 3:00 in the afternoon in LA. It could be a real slog trying to get to that show on a Friday afternoon.
BK, is that there is a Book Fair this weekend??
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I haven't heard about a book fair but would love it if there was one.
Why on earth would they do Friday and Saturday. I undestand Sunday is never like Saturday, but why would they think Friday would be better? It's a work day for most folks. Maybe it will be better, but it seems peculiar to me.
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I called Malcolm and Christine's shop...no book fair...
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Just heard that the wonderful character actor John Vernon died. He was excellent in Topaz and Dirty Harry, and was funny in Animal House.
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Diane McBain as Daphne! ;D
A cursory search turned up topless photos of Miss McBain. :o
Are you going to acquire them?
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Every time I see the name Rodzinski on here it makes me smile.
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Welcome five GUESTS. We're talkin' about dinner parties, raspberries and PIE.
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Rodzinski's back!
But now I'm sad about John Vernon. He was great in "Point Blank" with Lee Marvin, one of his few sorta leading roles.
Another 70s gem with him was "Charley Varrick" with Matthau.
One good latter-day role in a film seen by maybe 17 people on earth, was in "Killer Klowns From Outer Space". He played the police chief and was v. funny. I watched it in a theatre in Atlanta with two other people in the place.
R.I.P. John Vernon!!!
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One good latter-day role in a film seen by maybe 17 people on earth, was in "Killer Klowns From Outer Space". He played the police chief and was v. funny. I watched it in a theatre in Atlanta with two other people in the place.
I love KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE!! Creepy and funny.
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If that's the film by the Chiodo boys, they live two blocks away from me, and one of them is married to my friend Margaret's sister.
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Shortly I shall be on my way to the Wood of Holly to do a couple of errands and then to eat PIE with our very own Pogue.
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Holy moley on rye - page eight! RASPBERRY.
Who would you all like to blow big raspberries at?
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Evening all!
I’m tired tonight. I don’t know why but I am really, really, really (that’s three reallys) tired. I guess I didn’t sleep very well.
Bear woke me up about two thirty with little “woofs”. I asked him if he wanted out and he did go. I had a heck of a time getting him to come back in. When he did, he went to the couch instead of back to bed. He fixed me with such a look as I passed him on my way back to bed. Life is rough when you tick the dog off. I can only guess I must have been tossing and turning and disturbed his rest. Lord, forgive me. ::) ;D
I did good at work today. My boss was trying to run a query using Access but it wasn’t working for her. I can’t take it when people all stand around offering suggestions to change this or that so I went to my computer, made a copy of what she was working on and fixed it in under five minutes while the rest were still standing around her telling her what to do. She was very happy.
I bought the DVD of Robert Englund’s version of The Phantom Of The Opera. I thought it was one of the better ones.
A sad note, I found a dead bird on top of the A-Team van when I came home tonight. I don't know what happened.
I don’t know the address where the reading is so if someone could give me directions from The Muse? I could catch a cab and go. I arrive in NYC at 10:14 AM, Friday, March 18th at Laguardia.
So sorry to hear about the ankle, DR Rodzinski. I hope your feeling better by now.
DR Ben, Good vibes for your brother!
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If that's the film by the Chiodo boys, they live two blocks away from me, and one of them is married to my friend Margaret's sister.
Yes, Dear Friend BK, it is! Funny film, but it's really unsettling. Clowns are not funny, they're frightening, and that's why the film works so well, I think. I can't imagine anything more horrifying than opening the door at night and finding a clown standing there.
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You should see their kids' halloween costumes.
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TOD. I'm kinda torn as well. There are so many people I would like to meet.
The Grandparents (on both sides), Frank Herbert, Errol Flynn, My three Michaels, Jesus, some of the charactors from Babylon 5, Star Trek, some book charactors, other historical people.....Gee, the list could go on and on and on.
Of course, I am lucky because I WILL have dinner with some the people I want to meet most. Saturday, March 19th, 2005. :)
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I signed up for amazon prime. It's somewhat costly ($79 a year) BUT it's free two day shipping on everything you order, whether they can be boxed together or not, no limit. And, if you need something overnight, it's only 3.99. So, if you do a lot of amazon ordering (which I have lately) and if you don't like waiting five days to get your stuff IF it's eligible for free shipping, this seems like a good deal. Given their prices on certain Criterion titles, it's an incredible deal and will pay for itself quickly. I ordered two new Criterions, thirty percent off, no tax, free 2 day shipping and I'll have them Tuesday. Had I ordered them yesterday I would have had them tomorrow. Cool beans.
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Poor John Vernon ends up as a living ventriloquist dummy to the klowns in that film.
The problem with inviting Jesus over is, you know, he might overshadow the other guests a bit. :)
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All right, I'm on my way over the hill (well, some say I've been on my way over the hill for years), so keep the home fries burning until my returning.
I shall have a full and detailed report for you about PIE.
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Also, I heard Amazon was cutting their shipping costs by 30% across the board.
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Poor John Vernon ends up as a living ventriloquist dummy to the klowns in that film.
The problem with inviting Jesus over is, you know, he might overshadow the other guests a bit. :)
Yeah, but think of what I'll save on the wine bill! ;) :D
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I guess this is Goodpie, BK.
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Yeah, but think of what I'll save on the wine bill! ;) :D
Too good, Danise! ;D ;D
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I've just finished listening to some recordings I made on mini-disk from some special events at the church I used to work at. A performance of "Jerry's Girls" and a piano dedication/sing-a-long evening. You may recall that I left that church in June after some not-so-easy and sometime non-existant negotiations. It was not pretty and I felt like my life was pulled out from under me, etc...
As I listened and chatted with my pal, Raegena, I seem to recall Gretchen Cryer's lyrics "Love is rare, life is strange, nothing lasts, people change" and find that there is no other truer lyric that can describe how I feel. Life does indeed go on, but sometimes you miss what used to be the "usual". While the present is just fine as it is, it's tough not to think about and sometimes wish that you could go back to the "usual". I guess you really "can never go back to before"... what is it with these female lyricists????
Thanks, as always, for letting me vent.
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MBarnum-glad you had a nice evening.
Vixmom-great pantyhose story-LOL
Elmore- :D
Jose-I’m glad you are the one with the lovely view and not me.
I think the planter looks like a dog.
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I forgot to say that I liked the pictures of snow. So do you guys think it might snow when we're in NYC? Part of me says, I hope, I hope, I HOPE!
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GROAN! I forgot to get the mail, not I have to drive back down the road and get it.
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Danise I forgot to say I’m sorry about the bird. I am glad you had a good day at work.
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The trip to the mailbox was definitely worth it. I now have in my procession my monthly issue of AARP. (For those of you who don’t know, in the States that is an old people’s magazine).
Oh, and I see no one missed me while I was gone.
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Watched the last hour of the HAPPY DAYS REUNION....thought it started at nine!
If you were a fan, you will like seeing everyone. I didn't see MR BK at all - but he may have been in the first hour. He certainly should have been at the softball game!
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Just watched that Happy Days thing as well. The problem with those shows is that they are so montage-oriented, you don't get any of the context that would make any of the individual clips seem very funny. HD was a character and plot-oriented show, especially in its early, finest days. But it all kind of gets reduced to a whirlwind of brief clips in a format like this.
Now, I can listen to actors tell anecdotes all day long, so that part was cool, but heavily edited too.
Anyone else find the reunion of the two actors that played Chuck a little sad for those two guys? I mean, what are they going to say? "I remember being fired after four episodes."
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I forgot to ask Keith if he was interested in watching. Living on the west coast gave us a second chance-it is set to record. That way we can skip much of it.
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Here's the real question: Although I know it's not as optimal as Saturday afternoon, how many of you East Coasters would be able to attend a reading/signing on Friday the 18th of March, the eve before PennyO's show? It would take place probably between 5-7 at The Drama Bookshop. I know elmore won't go there (and I don't blame him), but I don't want to book it if I can't fill it.
Depending what time I arrive in NYC I will try to make it there.
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I find the news about John Vernon very sad. I know him best from his fine work in TWO MEN and through Panni who was his good friend.
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Good night. I have a very hectic two days ahead of me but shall do my best to visit.
Goodnight.
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Tonight I attended a meeting where the speaker was the nitrate film specialist from the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center, which is currently at Wright-Patterson AFB here in Dayton, OH. He talked about restoration and preservation of film as old as 100 years and about the new facility that LC is building in Culpepper, VA, with financial support from (ready DRelmore?) David Packard. The ladies in the group asked some questions, but I kept wishing my HHW friends had been there, for some really interesting conversation!
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Dinner Guests:
Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Robert E. Sherwood, Alexander Woolcott, Edna Ferber, Peggy Wood, Franklin P. Adams, George S. Kaufman, Heywood Broun and Marc Connelly.
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For DR Larry:
As I was transfering my set of Ben Bagley recordings to my hard drive I saw that you worked for him and arranged a song for Joanne Woodward. What was that experience like?
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So sad to read about John Vernon. he was actually sexy as all get out in TOPAZ. The best thing about the movie, I thought.
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I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here. Had a perfectly perfect meal with our very own Pogue. As always, we laughed and laughed and just when we thought we could laugh no more, we laughed again. I tried to be a good boy - I hadn't eaten anything all day, and I only ordered a salad, a BLTA and fries and we split an order of so-so onion rings. And then came the coconut cream pie with mounds of whipped cream. I'm ashamed to say I couldn't finish the damn thing I was so full from the sandwich, fries and salad. But, it certainly was yummiliciously yummilicious.
I must now plotz for a few minutes.
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I was never a fan of HAPPY DAYS so I didn't watch the reunion show. I haven't really liked ANY reunion show that I have watched, even for classics like DICK VAN DYKE and MARY TYLER MOORE shows.
And I wish Fox would change its mind and start issuing more seasons of MARY TYLER MOORE. I'd really love to have all 7 years of them.
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Well, after a full meal, BK and I both had coconut cream pie slathered in whipped cream and we are now glutted. The next time he orders onion rings as an appetizer, I must muzzle him. It's always the onion rings that kill us.
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Holy moley on rye, page nine! RASPBERRY!
Oh, and they did not have raspberry pie, dear reader Ann, but they did have raspberry cheesecake. I will scan the pie menu later on and post it.
Speaking of turnips, what did everyone eat tonight.
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Jane, I love my AARP magazine! I joined AARP the minute I turned fifty. I figure why not get all the perks I can. I actually find it an interesting and useful magazine.
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We didn't get the snow they predicted, so thank goodness for that! And looks like we're going to have some warming over the next few days. Today was such a cold dreary day that warming and sunny skies sound like heaven.
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Onion rings - damn them, damn them all to hell.
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Good evening all
I'm sorry they had no raspberry pie, but I'd definitely take the raspberry cheesecake...yum!
Today I found a recipe online for salmon corn chowder, so I decided to try it. I'm happy to say it turned out wonderfully. It'll be my meals for the next few days. I also made some fat free brownies using nonfat vanilla yogurt. They turned out rather tasty as well...still not as yummy as regular brownies, but surpisingly good.
Off to watch CSI and Without A Trace...
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I'm plotzing, in case anyone is interested.
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I decided tonight would be LP night, so I turned on the pho-no-graph, and I am now listening to the lovely COLPIX album CP442: "My Dad" by Paul Peterson "of the DONNA REED Show."
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I no longer have a phonograph.
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I decided tonight would be LP night, so I turned on the pho-no-graph, and I am now listening to the lovely COLPIX album CP442: "My Dad" by Paul Peterson "of the DONNA REED Show."
"He isn't much in the eyes of the world, but he means the world to me."
Is the flipside of that him singing with Shelley Fabares?
I couldn't live without a phonograph.
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers.
I don't have time to read the notes or posts, but thought I'd pop in to say hello. After the phone line gets fixed, I'll catch up. Through some miracle, I am logged onto the internet when I turn on the rarely-used laptop. But the connection is V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W, and it often fails.
Maybe I'll have a photo or two to share, when I have a decent connection again.
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Oh -- hello, new Dear Reader Rodzinski.
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Good Evening!
I'm beat tonight too. -DR Danise, you are not alone. It was a true struggle staying awake and attentive during the second act of the show tonight, but I made it through. And only 12 more performances - not that I'm counting or anything..
:P
Oh, and DR Danise - The Drama Bookshop - if the reading does happen there - is walking distance from The Muse - just two blocks down. Maybe three. But it's definitely walking distance. Who knows? Maybe you'll end up with a bunch of escorts for the evening. And you won't even have to leave them a tip!
:o ;D
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers.
I don't have time to read the notes or posts, but thought I'd pop in to say hello. After the phone line gets fixed, I'll catch up. Through some miracle, I am logged onto the internet when I turn on the rarely-used laptop. But the connection is V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W, and it often fails.
Since it appears you are picking up someone else's signal, I suggest walking around your house with your laptop till you find a sweet spot, or at least a sweetest spot for the signal. Oh, and try to stay by windows. ...if you are so inclined.
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Actually no, DRRODZINSKI.....I have a few Shelley duets on another album - but this is all Paul All the time. Produced and conducted by Stu Phillips, Arranged by Phillips and Jimmie Haskell.
MBARNUM by an Audiotronics Phono on Ebay for $50 - unless you don't have any LP's either.....LOL. I can't believe you don't have a stereo....haunt those estate sales - a nice RCA console would be perfect with your decor!
Paul is done singing - I have moved on the the PROMISES PROMISES OBC LP on the VERY colorful United Artists label!
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Now, BK, did you get a slice to go? for later...
;)
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DRJOSE your friend Byaark is now singing Turkey Lurkey Time.
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Well, as Liz Callaway is singing "Goodbye for Now" to me via my CD player, I'm afraid I must say the same...
Goodnight.
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If they ask me I could write a monograph on my phonograph.
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DRJOSE your friend Byaark is now singing Turkey Lurkey Time.
Baayork
;)
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If they ask me, I could write a phonograph on my monograph.
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And one other thought: RASPBERRY!
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Alas, poor Baayork, I knew her well.
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I can't tell you how beautiful the evening smells. And I don't smell so bad either.
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Baayork....yes her, too.
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Now I am listening to the Decca 2-LP set that I got for my birthday MANY years ago.
Decca DXB175 THE BEST OF DANNY KAYE ....hehehehe
"A policeman's lot is not a happy one...."
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Are raspberries ever blue?
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If they listen to too much Judy Collins they tend to get down a bit.
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JRand54, I mis-read and thought you had on the Paul Petersen 45. My apologies. I have either My Dad or She Can't Find Her Keys with a duet on the flip called "Very Unlikely". Possibly the most inane lyrics ever written, yet endearing nonetheless.
I may strike George Segal off my dinner party invite in favor of Shelley Fabares from her last two years on the Donna Reed Show.
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As far as lunch goes -- I'd trade all five guests to have my mom.
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Bless you for that, DearReaderLaura. And thank you for the kind welcome.
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Finished with my DVD watching for the evening and now must hie myself to write the notes.
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A half-hour without a post? You know what I have to say? RASPBERRY.
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I think the problem is that Ann hasn't caught up yet.
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I have caught up. I want more brownies, but now I'm feeling too f*t to eat any more
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Ann, I couldn't finish my pie. What is the world coming to, I ask you?
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I could finish more brownies, but my friend and I just decided to take each other's measurements....how utterly depressing.
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I hope your friend is FEMALE!!!
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hahaha yes, she is
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Whew!
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a female with better measurements than I... :P
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Shall we bid a fond farewell to RASPBERRY. Alas poor raspberry, we knew it well.
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New notes in a couple of mere moments.
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Last call for RASPBERRY and WUSSBURGERS.