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[ChasSmith]

Good morning all.

Car CD player:  Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough.  I'm committed to doing so, and not just once.  Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once.  Or the Ring Cycle.  As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.

It's about this . . . cookie.

 

[Druxy]

My screenplay, THE SUMMER FOLK, is selling a few copies on Amazon, which is nice.

[JMK]

BK, I also went on a hunt for Flicks a few years ago and ordered them.  Alas, they are not the same as how I remember them from my childhood.  Perhaps you will have a better experience.  The ones at Ghirardelli Square are also not the same.

[Jennifer]

DR JMK mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.

[JMK]

DR RonP mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.

You know, I'm beginning to get a complex.   

[JMK]

Of course that's better than getting a simplex, if you catch my drift.

[JMK]

Media:

CD:  Gilles Peterson, Back in Brasil (remixes of some great tunes)

Blu-ray:  Hell on Wheels Season 1, which I need to review

Netflix Streaming:  watched one of the old Hickson Marples last night, which was surprisingly poorly done.  Still not sure who one of the culprits was, will need to poke around Wikipedia today. 

[Jennifer]

DR RonP mentioned some ABC shows that got renewed. I read yesterday that a show I love on NBC, PARENTHOOD also got renewed.

You know, I'm beginning to get a complex.  

I went back to see why I thought he posted it. He made a comment about one of the shows right after you posted it.

At least when i comment on the same day i can use the quote feature and avoid this.

[Jennifer]

Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook?  It is really bugging the crap out of me.

Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.

It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.

And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).

Does anybody know anything about what i should do?

[John G.]

Good morning all.

Car CD player:  Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" read by Neville Jason -- a crutch to actually reading the books, which I've gotten halfway through in the past few years, but not nearly fast enough.  I'm committed to doing so, and not just once.  Any more than I would want to get through "The Wire" just once.  Or the Ring Cycle.  As to Proust, this audiobook is a beautiful crutch which I was delighted to score on Amazon Marketplace for a fraction of its usual going value.

I felt the same way about listening to Proust. Almost too musical to listen to, those magnificent swirling sentences just getting all gnarled in sounds and twisted around each other so that the meaning gets lost in the delivery.

[Jennifer]

I've never heard of flicks.

[John G.]

Of course that's better than getting a simplex, if you catch my drift.

No, and please don't drift it this way.

[JMK]

Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece.  We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day.  Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. 

[Michael]

Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook?  It is really bugging the crap out of me.

Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.

It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.

And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).

Does anybody know anything about what i should do?

If there is a way to "unlike" might be a way to stop it.

When someone sends me something and the app wants access to my info I refuse it.

[Michael]

Good morning to all

I've been actively updated my ITunes. I have so many cds it has been taking so long to do so.
Therefore whatever CD I chose at random to upload I usually listen to a song or two

[elmore3003]

Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece.  We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day.  Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. 

Is she a single Reed or a double Reed?

[Kerry]

Good Morning.

TOD:  A compilation CD I made for a friend of very groovy songs.  It is indeed groovy.

[Ginny]

Friday morning greetings!  I've already been to the vampire's blood lab, where it took 2 technicians and 3 sticks to get a vial for this month's Protime 

[JMK]

Family has started to arrive for the impending Reed graduation of our niece.  We will be having a huge party over here on Sunday, which is of course Mother's Day.  Betsy's present is getting to cook for 20 people. 

Is she a single Reed or a double Reed?

She's a biologist, which I believe makes her a Nerd. 

[JMK]

One of the few acts that can compete with the Kritzerland shows.

[Ginny]

Later this afternoon I'm taking one of my friends to the University of Cincinnati to hear a reading by Haitian author Myriam Chancy.  My friend, who has done mission work in Haiti, is kind of new to the area and unfamiliar with Cincinnati.

[JMK]

Why I Love Zach Department:  we had been experiencing this weird puddle of water under our refrigerator and I knew it had something to do with the auto defrost but couldn't figure it out (nor could two repairmen).  Well the other day I heard the trickle of water from the defrost, got a flashlight and discovered due to the engineering prowess of Whirlpool Corporation, the little tray they have in there to catch the effluent doesn't go far back enough to be totally under the tube that discharges the water.

So today I rigged up a bent piece of cardboard, stuck it in a Ziploc bag and had Zach shove it in the tray, dangling over the back lip so that any water will fall on it then drain into the tray.  I thought it was quite a brilliant lo-fi solution. Zach looked at me and said, "You know this is our most ghetto repair yet." 

[JMK]

Revised media:

CD:  Patrick Leonard "Rivers".  A gorgeous chamber album by Madonna's music director which proves she may indeed have a modicum of musical taste.

[ArnoldMBrockman]

And the word of the day is: OBTEST!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  WE BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN

[Doug R]

TOD:

Blu-ray – “Despair”. I rented this because I’d not seen it before. It’s also one of the few Dirk Bogarde film I’d never seen. The only other Fassbinder film I’ve seen is “Fear Eats the Soul” which is excellent and I was really impressed with “Despair” which is a terrific, fascinating film with a remarkable free-flowing camera style. The picture quality is superb and the restoration credits at the end include complete cast and crew credits (credits are limited on the original) which is a nice touch. Maybe DNRphobes should avert their eyes at the degraining credit though!

[JMK]

TOD:

Blu-ray – “Despair”. I rented this because I’d not seen it before. It’s also one of the few Dirk Bogarde film I’d never seen. The only other Fassbinder film I’ve seen is “Fear Eats the Soul” which is excellent and I was really impressed with “Despair” which is a terrific, fascinating film with a remarkable free-flowing camera style. The picture quality is superb and the restoration credits at the end include complete cast and crew credits (credits are limited on the original) which is a nice touch. Maybe DNRphobes should avert their eyes at the degraining credit though!

What You Said   

[Jane]

From DR ChasSmith:

Seriously, I don't like this checking in only twice a day thing.  I'll be back to normal at the end of the week.

I also look forward to your checking in more often.

[Jane]

I am back from the laundromat. The alarming news of the morning is that one of my neighbors posted a note in the elevator: yesterday afternoon, the door of his and his partner's apartment was spray painted. I wonder if it's a hate crime following Obama's pro-gay marriage stand? I do hope not. I'm sorry this has happened to two really wonderful and talented guys and I'm wondering if this vandalism was performed by another tenant in the building.

[Jane]

I just Googled myself to find that I am one of the busiest professional drummers in the Florida Keys.  This may be why I am so tired this morning. 

[Jane]

Is anybody familiar with the greeting card app on facebook?  It is really bugging the crap out of me.

Someone had sent me one and now this app has my info. Which i wouldn't mind except that it has selectively decided to send some of my friends cards. This i do not like.

It sent my aunt one today. It shows 4 people on a list that have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks. Beside that it says "send them a card.". That part is blank. So i didn't think it would send them cards. But obviously it is planning on it.

And i really don't want it to do this. Their help feature is not helpful at all. There was an email feature which i used. I guess if they don't respond then i will just disable it. There should be a much easier way to do this especially since i never signed up for this app (only read a card sent to me).

Does anybody know anything about what i should do?

I would think if someone sent you an app you would have the option to decline it.