Haines His Way

Just got a jump on the season and saw the Radio City Christmas Show this evening.  Still loads of fun as unusual, but interestingly, now that I've seen the Mary Poppins sets do their thing, the sets at Radio City no longer fill me with awe as they have in earlier years.

My husband usually hides in the computer room on election night as i spemnd my evening switching from news station to news station yelling at the TV and making  disparaging generalizations about  the inyelligence of the voting public.... this year I turned onthe news at 10"00  watched fre anbout 15 minutes very quietly and then turned the set off.

Vixdad was concerned... had I finally succumbed to the stroke he's been warning me about for years?

Nope... I was just content.... a bit suprised and perplexed that our Democrartic Comptroller who  just got caught having state employees chauffering his seriously ill wife around  on the taxpayer's dime was  returned to office by an overwhelming majority... but overall quite content



and todays news of Rumsfeld's retirement was the icing on the cake.

I can no longer hear the song "I Enjoy Being a Girl" without envisioning it being sung by our very own JoseSPiano

Discussion about last night's VERONICA MARS.

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VERONICA MARS had the most entertaining episode of the season thus far in my estimation. Veronica was trying to prove her innocence after being accused of plagerizing a term paper, and her investigation led into all kinds of fascinating revelations.  The Keith storyline was also full of surprises.

This is a GREAT show!

In fact, in answer to DR MBarnum's earlier question, it isn't a film, of course, but this is the show that I started watching blind after its first season was over (during a series of CBS summer reruns), and now it's one of my absolute favorite shows.

I agree. I think this was a really good episode.  Were you in total shock when keith had his accident. I was totally stunned.

I believe i started watching it the summer after it first aired (season one). CTV in canada has the rights and showed it then. And i fell in love immediately. They have not shown it since, so least year my sis had to tape it for me. But luckily this year i get all the cw shows.

RE: last night's show.  I loved veronica's search for who framed her.  THe most interesting part was the end when she confronted the TA. What is up with him? He is slightly creepy. Perhaps he was trying to help her, maybe he is trying to solve the rape case. Or maybe he is the rapist.

Of course getting to the real answer always seems to take so many turns. That poor guy who works at the hotel was out of luck when veronica screwed with him (putting the stuff in the trunk).  And that radio guy/gambling guy mercer seems to be our first mis-direction towards the rapist.

Can't wait for next week.

And yes I am worried about a house falling on me.....you never know!

TPUNK's kitties are Democats.  I wonder how all the Republicats are doing?

I have been watching DVD's inflicted....I mean....sent to me by DRMBARNUM.  Actually I am enjoying them all.

First up was THE QUIET DUEL, a Kurasawa film starring Toshiro Mifune as a young doctor who is infected with syphillis when he takes off his gloves while operating on a soldier during WWII.  The rest of his life is in shambles when he calls off his six year engagement and can't really tell anyone what's wrong.  Mifune's final speech is heartbreaking.

Then WHIRLWIND - another Mifune film, but he is in a supporting role, and many years older....but there are lots of samaria soldiers and a great tornado.

Then without subtitles - LOS AMORES DE MARIETA or THE ROARING TWENTIES....not sure exactly what is going on, lots of war scenes, lots of songs and dances and some comedy.  And Ms Elvira Quintana, the tragic young actress who does a very nice job here in a comic-singing role.  She would die at 33 as a result of silicone injections she had at the beginning of her film career to make herself more voluptuous.  Stardom and death followed.

I am watching STRIKE OF THE JAGUMA right now...lots of samarai and guys in white gorilla suits and demons...AND subtitles.

Niki is the Darlene Gillespie of HEROES.

I have been off catching up... whata nice basket you made up Ginny! I am sure somebody was very pleased to receive it

Ditto.  My faves are in the same order and I'm totally on the fence about Niki.  Although that whole family intrigues me- especially after the last episode.

I agree with you. Niki became more interesting once we found out about the rest of the family. Still, she's in last place in terms of my interest in her character.

BONES had a very entertaining episode tonight as Booth and Brennan investigate two bodies found outside Las Vegas. This leads into the world of underground fight clubs. Having Booth as the boxer and Temperance as his chippy was lots of fun.

ASK BK ?

I see that the York Theater is doing the revival of Busker Alley directed by your pal Tony Walton and starring Jim Dale. Any chance you might record it? (You've already  recorded the title song elsewhere.)

Nope, JAY Records is doing it.  And let them.

Back from a nice rehearsal - got quite a bit done, about which more later.  But I surely thought I'd come home to more than 140 postings, although what's here is cherce.

Well it is clsoing in on 11:30 her so if I am to watch the Barber of Seville on Letterman I must be off.....

VIbes To All What Needs 'em

I don't believe that I have anything to say today. My DH would say that is a blessing.