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I, like many I am sure, had to read The Inferno in high school lit.
When I was in grad school (with two kids, ages 3 and 1), I took a job tutoring the football team. They had to read (and were tested on) The Inferno. I remember translating it into a Dr. Seuss book with pictures and everything (I was going for my MFA).
All my guys passed the test.
I don't watch SF shows and I've only been to one SF/Fantasy convention . . . promoting my raunchy novel, inspired by events that occurred during the filming of The Exorcist . . . so I guessed Klingon, too.
However, Kipling was an instaget.
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If it's opera, it's Aida. If it's Russian authors, it's Tolstoy. Don't Jeptestants watch the show? (TeeBax does - heh!)
I bet nothing for FJ because...well, hell, the bible... all I know is Exodus and that's because of Leon Uris. I've read Exodus a bazillion times, but I digress...
So <g>, I guessed psalms. The story of my life.
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You want emotion in "This Is Me" go listen to Keala Settle, the original performer from "The Greatest Showman."
THIS!
Gee, do you think they had enough background singers around Kennedy-bot?
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Instead of Divine Comedy I said Dante's Inferno
And I said Paradise Frickin' Lost.
I guess Will Hayes was 'before their time.' It was kind of before my time, too, but sheesh!
As for Aida, they love Carmen almost as often.
Which reminds me. TeeBax, if you're ever in doubt about anything, just say, "Who is Edgar Allan Poe?"
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I've been absent recently, extremely very busy training my new rescue dog, an American Strafordshire Terrier--also trying to finish writing the book I plan to dedicate to y'all--but I needed to sneak in and congratulate TEEBAX. As my granddaughter would say, "That's sick!" I'm clueless where that's sick came from, however if J! ever has a category on weird tweenie slang. . .
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Jeptestants never listen to me. I was shouting SANTA ANA at the TV so loud, I scared my new rescue dog. I mean, holy shi...cow. Houston was in the clue!
For FJ I guessed along with Eye Candy: Sofia Coppola. I knew that wasn't right, so I changed it to Talia Shire (sister of Francis Ford Coppola). McDormand never occurred to me, and gosh-darn-it, I bet every cent of my imaginary J! money..
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but I was impressed with how EFFORTLESS her runs and that high note were in that smooth jazz version of a song written by the BeeGees.
That BeeGees song was a fun DISCO song. MaKenzie sang it like a dirge. I hated her rendition but WTF, she made it her own.
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I thought Hawthorne was relatively obvious but I guess not.
Antiquing was way too basic for a DD, however. Also that one guy gave an answer of “crocheting” but in the context of the clue I thought he was going to get dinged because it should have been “crochet.”
I thought Hawthorne was obvious, too. (LOL Poe!)
And I totally agree it should have been crochet.
I like the new champ. Hope he's not one and done. So I guess I should say, "Don't like the new champ" <wink-wink>
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Hi, kids. I'm baaaack.
QuoteTaylor also died in office. His was one of the more weird presidential deaths: He ate a large quantity of cherries and drank a lot of milk (or ice water) on a hot day and died a few days later from "cholera morbus."
Loved that you mentioned this since I used it in my latest book :)
I was hoping Mary Ann would make TOC. I liked her.
I checked all the state stuff, too (thanks for the link), and was surprised "Rocky Mountain High" was only Song #2. Plus, what happened to the song "Colorado, My Home" (by Meredith Wilson) from The Unsinkable Molly Brown?
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Being able to enunciate lyrics used to be considered the bare minimum for being a singer. But that's rapidly becoming a lost art, thanks in part to these singing competitions shows which heap praise and rewards on a bunch of mush mouth singers. They get told that they are a "trust artist" because they created an original interpretation of a song. No they didn't. They butchered it.
THIS! And the reason I mostly zone out after the blinds and battle rounds. The other problem is not one lick of (helpful) criticism from the... what are they?... judges?... listeners-with-comments? Everyone is "amazing" and sure to win the competition. I could start a drinking game on "You made that song your own." No. Just no!
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For the Butch Cassidy DD, I said The Hole in the Wall Gang. I wonder if that would have been accepted.
Hmmm... The Hole in the Wall gang included Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, so my guess is that Alex would say no, and then, later, the judges would say okay ;-)
I've been writing Frontier Fiction. Research is lots of fun. In my Colorado saga (1893-1923) one of my outlaw characters is Cherokee Bill, active in the 90s -- same time as Kid Curry, Black Jack Ketchum, and the Wild Bunch.
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Why was this even an SVU case? They shouldn't have even been involved.
That was my question. To which Mr. Author replied, "Damned if I know."
Maybe I'm wrong, I've been wrong before, but I'd think they'd put Ms. I'm Not Perfect on suicide watch (tsk-tsk).
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Somehow I've always thought of him as a more modern actor.
Modern as in Wuthering Heights? ;-)
I forgot to mention that Liz up close is as drop-dead gorgeous as she was on the screen. Even though, in the Burton-Hamlet-Days, she was a tad zoftig.
If I wrote that my character had violet eyes, would anyone believe me?
Elizabeth had 'em. Honest-to-god blue-violet.
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I prefer Lizard. ;)
LOL. Me, too. Except, it is my understanding Ms. Taylor didn't like being called Liz.
I sat just behind Elizabeth, in the seat to her right, when I saw Burton on Broadway, in Hamlet. They did it in modern dress. Everything was black. Black scenery. Black costumes...it was hard to stay awake.
I wish I could say Burton was the quintessential Hamlet. He wasn't. He was, however, the quintessential Ham.
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they definitely suck. That thing got me my full rental deposit back.
Why'd you get your deposit back? Isn't a vacuum supposed to suck? :)
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11 hours ago, SHD said:
"You picked the right one!", my only thought was, "There's another one?"
Abso-bloomin-lutely. Kit Nostro-Carson.
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I've been watching PBS's Great American Read and Catch-22 is one of the books they've been featuring. Although I would probably have known it from the quote anyway.
Me, too. It was an okay book, but the movie sucked.
QuoteI liked both Tori and Todd and would have been happy with either one of them beating Dhruv, who bugged me in some indefineable way.
The indefinable way, for me, was his hesitation in picking clues---as in, ummmmm---thus, not clearing the board. Mr. Author didn't like his voice <shrug>.
QuoteBy the way, I thought the choices for the Great American Read should have been limited to American authors, but they didn't ask me. At least an American novel got the top slot.
And the second slot: Outlander. Diana Gabaldon, with whom I did a midnight panel where we and 3 others read sex scenes from our books, is a fun lady. Anyway, the top 5, in no particular order, were: To Kill a Mockingbird, Outlander, Harry Potter, LOTR, Pride & Prejudice.
I voted for The Book Thief.
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Mr. Author said Orioles. I said Baltimore Orioles. Hah!
Unless Mr. Author is the FJ winner tomorrow, he owes me dinner out.
Whereupon I'd get a muffuletta if I could find a restaurant that served them. And yes, okay, I lived in N'awlins, too---briefly, thank the gods, since I hate grits.
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Can you spot yourself in the movie? And your car?
Not if you blink, LOL.
I was in the dance-off scene and a spectator during the mechanical bull riding contest (which they shot over and over and over again). But the only time I can actually see myself is in the last scene, crossing Gilley's parking lot. Mostly, I played poker while waiting to be called.
Long story short (I hope). I was the editor of a local Clear Lake City (Texas) newspaper and was interviewing an elderly lady who ran a catering service with her drop-dead gorgeous daughter. All the other (all-male) reporters buzzed around the daughter. I felt sorry for Mom. Who said, "I know something that might interest you. They are shooting the John Travolta Urban Cowboy wedding scene in my church. I can arrange an interview with Mr. Travolta if you like."
I liked.
I met the lady at her church. She sent me to the trailers out back, where I was captured by Security. Lady (and Minister) explained and I was told they'd call me and set up a time for an interview. A woman called that night and said, "I hear you want to be an extra." I said, "Rats, they gave my number to the wrong...how much does it pay?"
And that's how I came to work for Paramount. Following Urban Cowboy, I traveled to Austin for Honeysuckle Rose. Never met Willie Nelson (or, as Erik would say, "Nelson"), but Amy Irving was a sweetheart.
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Someone needs to watch Groundhog Day again.
My exact thought. We must be twins with different mothers.
I had no clue for FJ, but knew about Will Rogers, who appears in one of my books. He was so much FUN to research. I wish he was around today!
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Maybe John Travolta a little bit, too, but that would depend on the contestants’ ages, I guess, as to whether Urban Cowboy is “before their time.”
Not before mine. I was an extra in the movie (so was my car, which sat in the parking lot of Gilley's and earned $30 a day, the same amount I earned).
I sang with Charlie Daniels, but (alas) ended up on the cutting room floor. I collected autographs for my kids. Debra Winger said she didn't give autographs. As a sideline I hand-painted T-shirts with copyrighted "Little People." I made a tee for John, with a bunch of Little People and wrote
LOVE
THE EXTRAS (no comma).
Then, everybody wanted one, including Director James Bridges and Mickey Gilley. I'd paint the tees at night and dry them with a hair dryer. I never slept.
Miss I Don't Give Autographs ordered a shirt and paid me with a check.
It bounced.
I have it framed. Next to a snapshot I took of Debbie.
PS- Patsy Swayze, Patrick Swayze's mom, taught Travolta how to do the two-step for the movie.
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How's ratings for the Juniors show?
I have no idea, but I lasted less than 15 minutes :)
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my eyes bugged a little at shoulder pads going unanswered.
I said to Mr. Author, "A woman would have gotten that."
He said, "I got it."
Oops!
Although he beat me on Tinkerbelle (he was on belle while I was still on Tinker), I was the one who got Sumo. Hah!
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I feel like Prairie is a future Kate McKinnon character.
LOL. You can be sure Prairie will be a character in one of my books. I kind of, sort of love the name!
But then my grandson is named Nature Sohl :)
Anyone remember Prairie's last name? It wasn't Rose, was it?
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Jeopardy! Season 35 (2018-2019)
in Jeopardy!
Not a problem. We will help. Alex likes to ask about marriage proposals. Also, "funny things that happened to me on a trip" (especially if it's a foreign country). Humorous pet stories. Hobbies and collectibles. Collectibles are yuuuuuge. Did you have a poster hanging in your room as a kid? And <drumroll> anything on his "bucket list" (I'm guessing teaching kids isn't one of them).