Topic: COLONIZING AT THE COLONY (Read 69355 times)

MBarnum · « **Reply #90 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:24:13 AM »

TOD:

All the books I would want to have on my island would be books I have not yet read. I would take along several Perry Mason novels, several "The Cat Who...." novels, assorted bios and autobios, and those funny "Bad Cats" and "Bad Dogs" books so I would have something to make me laugh.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:27:10 AM »

I'm trying to move from here to there, but have only succeeded in moving from there to here.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:27:25 AM »

That was quite philosophical, wasn't it?

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:27:59 AM »

I must shower, but in order to shower I must move from here to there.

bk · « **Reply #94 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:29:13 AM »

If only I could remove the "t" from there I'd be here. Of course, I am here, so maybe if I add a "t" to here I'll be there. Yes, I'll add a "t".

Jane · « **Reply #95 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:29:33 AM »

Rodzinsky-Thanks for the warning on MEDIUM (I didn’t read the details). If we don’t like the episode we will turn it off instead of sitting through it.

bk · « **Reply #96 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:29:54 AM »

We have a quorum on the forum. Obviously, I haven't added a "t" yet.

Jane · « **Reply #97 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:30:56 AM »

Can anyone tell me how to look up a seller on eBay?

MBarnum · « **Reply #98 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:33:27 AM »

A most happy, happy birthday to DR Charles Pogue! Have a wonderful day!

bk · « **Reply #99 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:38:47 AM »

Jane, go to eBay advanced search (usually at the top of any page). When you are taken to that page, look at the task bar over to the left. It has a clickable link to look up sellers and buyers.

bk · « **Reply #100 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:39:59 AM »

Or, just use this handy-dandy link:

http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/AdvSearch?sofindtype=13

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:40:36 AM »

I love handy-dandy links, don't you? Why am I still here when I should be there?

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #102 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:40:57 AM »

Thanks all for the birthday felicitations!

My ten desert island books:

1) SHE by H. Rider Haggard

2) THE FAR CRY by Fredric Brown

3) THE GREEN MAN by Henry Treece

4) THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE

5) THE ODYSSEY

6) THE ILLIAD

7) THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

8 THE ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES

9) THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON

10) ROGET'S THESAURUS...that way I could write too, if I could find some paper on that desert island. I supposed I could use the margins of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, if I could find a pencil.

bk · « **Reply #103 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:41:15 AM »

Well, I'm going there and when I'm through there I'll come back here. This sounds like an Ed Wood movie.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #104 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:41:42 AM »

Where in the Hell did that smiling face come from?!!!!! Arghhh!!!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #105 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:46:16 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

In no particular order:

"James and the Giant Peach" - Roald Dahl
"A Wrinkle In Time" - Madeleine L'Engle - And the rest of the Time Quartet
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" - Michael Chabon
"Am I Too Loud?": Memoirs of an Accompanist" - Gerald Moore
"Pet Sematary" - Stephen King - Nothing like a good scary read from time to time.
"Green Eggs And Ham" - Dr. Seuss
"100 Years of Solitude" - Gabriel Garcia Márquez
"The Lost Language of Cranes" - David Leavitt
"Letter To A Young Poet" - Rainer Marie Rilke

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #106 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:47:13 AM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on January 18, 2007, 08:41:42 AM

Where in the Hell did that smiling face come from?!!!!! Arghhh!!!

You probably need to reset the "no smilies" agan.

Otherwise....the "8" and the ")" you placed to its immediate right translate to

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #107 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:48:14 AM »

DR Jose: re: That Graae-tuitous photo you posted last night -- don't tell us that was Tommy Tune....it looks like Martina Navratilova to me!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #108 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:50:33 AM »

Re: "American Idol" -- I'd give a pretty to know how much money the "Idol" producers pay those woebegone contestants who are set up for national humiliation.

Surely there's a stipend for the ridiculing, belittling and assassinating thrust upon those sorry folks.

Did any of our Seattle folks see anyone they know?

Jennifer · « **Reply #109 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:53:44 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 18, 2007, 08:16:05 AM

He mentioned on the "Survivor" finale that he was going to be on "Janice Dickinson". And since Janice always makes her models take off all their clothes at their initial photo-shoot/audition.... HOT!!!!

It's funny but this guy does nothing for me at all. I thought he was cute before i saw him on survivor. But i really did not like his personality at all and was very happy when he got voted off.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #110 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:54:36 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 18, 2007, 07:46:29 AM

Re AMERICAN IDOL last night:

One of the things I found really touching last night involved the brother and sister who were both passed along to Hollywood. After Simon told the brother he had a better voice than his sister (and the sister had said outside that she considereed that she had the better voice), the brother hedged his answer when Ryan Seacrest asked him who the judges thought had the better voice. I found that wonderful that he didn't embarrass his sister on national TV even though he could have very easily. I suspect those two siblings love each other very much, and it was a beautiful thing to see.

I guess it's moments like this that make suffering through all the bad singers tolerable. The IDOL editors are very canny about including this kind of footage amid all the bad singing and weird personalities.

Yes, that was a nice touch -- especially after the outbursts of ego from so many of the untalented -- also the gal in the pink "net" that Simon said made her look sunburned. She was out there laughing with her friends afterward, admitting that her nerves got the best of her on the high notes, and that she hoped she was better than her audition or either her friends had been lying to her (and she really didn't have an awful audition, seemed nerves got a few of her notes but parts weren't that bad either -- she was poetry compared to "Red"...) -- but she came across as a good sport.

Jennifer · « **Reply #111 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:54:49 AM »

I don't watch SCRUBS but will definitely tape the musical episode. Does anybody know if it is 30 minutes or will it go over?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #112 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:55:10 AM »

A big ole Southern shout-out toward Kentucky:

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday, DR Pogue![/move]

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #113 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:01:39 AM »

Happy Birthday, DR Pogue!

May there be lots and lots of cake in your immediate future!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #114 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:02:27 AM »

I concur with DR Rodzinski's assessment of last night's "Medium."

I like this cast immensely, and nothing on TV matches the family dynamic...WHEN the family is actually interacting.

Last night....well....I knew murder had been done after her first dream. When I saw the flashback of the boy with the older man and the "lad", I knew instantly who that the "lad" was and what had probably happened.

I wasn't bored...but I certainly wasn't challenged.

What bent me out of shape, however, was the ending. If they're going to let us figure everything out before Allison does, how come we don't at least get to see the murderer's comeuppance?

Miss Karen · « **Reply #115 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:03:26 AM »

oh, and is it just me, or can they put a sign on the correct exit door already -- or better yet, move that production assistant sitting in that hair over a few feet to block the locked portion and let her point to the unlocked side as they head out? I guess the producers found that funny watching the losers lose their last shread of dignity stuggling with the locked door -- but it got old real quick. Isn't there some guidline/rule in comedy about using a running gag up to three times, and after that it ain't funny no more?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #116 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:05:04 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 18, 2007, 09:01:39 AM

Happy Birthday, DR Pogue!

May there be lots and lots of cake in your immediate future!

I wonder if there's some food he'd rather have....shrimp and grits? Kentucky BBQ? Ribs? Pecan pie?

Or something plain?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #117 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:05:34 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 18, 2007, 08:48:14 AM

DR Jose: re: That Graae-tuitous photo you posted last night -- don't tell us that was Tommy Tune....it looks like Martina Navratilova to me!

Well, I was just "passing on" the caption that was listed in the original article. -Although, I have seen Mr. Tune walking around NYC recently, and I'd have to say, Yes, that's him in the pic. -And probably "standing" on his knees.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #118 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:06:08 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 18, 2007, 09:05:04 AM

I wonder if there's some food he'd rather have....shrimp and grits? Kentucky BBQ? Ribs? Pecan pie?

Or something plain?

Derby Pie!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #119 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:06:22 AM »

Quote from: Miss Karen on January 18, 2007, 09:03:26 AM

oh, and is it just me, or can they put a sign on the correct exit door already -- or better yet, move that production assistant sitting in that hair over a few feet to block the locked portion and let her point to the unlocked side as they head out? I guess the producers found that funny watching the losers lose their last shread of dignity stuggling with the locked door -- but it got old real quick. Isn't there some guidline/rule in comedy about using a running gag up to three times, and after that it ain't funny no more?

No, it's not just you. Simon apparently got a kick saying, "The 'other' door."

This has never been part of the audition ordeal before. In Minneapolis, it was a fluke. In Seattle it was a "planned thing."

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