Last week I spent some time with one of my favorite films - watched the movie with commentaries and watched a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff.
"The Sound of Music" (1965, Dir: Robert Wise)
(http://www.amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/)

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Went out for a nice dinner Friday evening with The Losis at Rizzo's. Friday evening I watched The Friday Night Movie on Ch. 17: "Harry and Tonto" (1974, Dir: Paul Mazursky)
(http://www.amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0071598/)

I went to Mohawk Place for a while for the 'Transmissions Dance Party'.

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A quiet Saturday with not much going on.

Listened to "Radiation Radio" Saturday night with DJ ArcaTek. Nothing like blasting
Ladytron through the house in the wee small hours of the morning...

"Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Anything that may desert you
So it cannot hurt you

You only have to look behind you
At who's undermined you
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way"

--Ladytron

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Tuesday evening move: "A Star Is Born"

Instead of going to the movie downtown, we stayed in and watched:
"A Star is Born" (1954, Dir: George Cukor)
(http://www.amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0047522/)
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Thanksgiving Day was spent with The LaDucas -friends I've known my whole life. We had a great visit, played games such as Farkle, and had a huge marvelous meal.

We had a traditional Turkey Dinner with all the fixings, many side dishes. The served a special Crociani Rosso di Montepulciano (2006) they discovered in Italy.

Dessert: Homemade Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate PeanutButter Pie.

"In life, in order to understand,
to really understand the world,
you must die at least once. So it's better to die young,
when there's still time left to recover and live again"

---from "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis"
(1970 Dir: Vittorio De Sica)

Who else things Michael Franks' 'THE ART OF TEA' is the best album ever?



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Michael Franks: The Art of Tea (1976)
Nightmoves
Eggplant
Monkey See - Monkey Do
St. Elmo's Fire
I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad Jive
Popsicle Toes
Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile
Mr. Blue
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Have a Safe and Blessed Thanksgiving, Friends!
-
"Whew, that's one terrific spread!"

"I'm in the mood for a little dark meat."

"Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist."

"Talk about a huge breast!"

"It's Cool Whip time!"

"If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!"

"Are you ready for seconds yet?"

"It's a little dry, do you still want to eat it?"

"Just wait your turn...you'll get some!"

"Don't play with your meat."

"Just spread the legs open and stuff it in."

"Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?"

"I didn't expect everyone to come at once!"

"You still have a little bit on your chin."

"Use a nice smooth stroke when you whip it."

"How long will it take after you stick it in?"

"You'll know it's ready when it pops up!"

"Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!"

"How many are coming?"

"That's the biggest one I've ever seen!"

"Just lay back and take it easy...I'll do the rest."

"How long do I beat it before it's ready?"

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mallowmars Mallomars Mallomars
I HAD to have at least one box of these this Season.

"Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor".
(When love is not madness, it is not love)
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- Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)

TZDV

This is a song about the german clubs
This is a song about dark
This is a song for everyone who stomps
The base is pounding deep and hard
This is a song for all my dirty girls
This is a song for all the freaks
This is a song about the underground
This is the time to be extreme

And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier

This is a song for all the rivetheads
This is a song to make you move
This is a song about the steward(?) beats
This song is officialy aproved
This is a song for all my dirty boys
This is a song for all the freaks
This is a song about the prank time floors
This is a time to be extreme

And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
And I say

Tantz zwo drei vier

And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
And I say
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier
Tantz zwo drei vier

--Faderhead
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SIT LONG, TALK MUCH, LAUGH OFTEN

"the greatest danger for most of us is
not that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that is too low and we reach it"

---Michaelangelo

I set a pic I had as my Desktop Wallpaper. Later I must have deleted the image from my pic gallery.
Is there a way to resave this pic?
If I change my desktop I lose it, right?

Thanks,
MARK "Fuzz"

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Thought of the Day:
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
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In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world is fast asleep
You lie awake and think about the guy
And never ever think of counting sheep

When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be his if only he would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss him most of all


--Lyric by Bob Hillard
--Music by David Mann
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Instead of a movie, J.J. and I decided to go out to dinner Tuesday evening. We chose La Tolteca for Mexican Food.

Margaritas, Chips & Salsa. Guacamole. I had the Enchiladas Mexicanas and also a Chili Relleno. ~~Yumm

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

--Tennyson "Ulysses"

~MOO'S BIRTHDAY~

Happy Birthday to ain9el

Keep up the party!
:{)}

"We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being."

- Thomas Merton

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Who needs sleep anyway.
I was up from 3am Saturday to 6am Sunday
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Friday evening I had dinner at Applebee's with The Losis. I enjoyed their Mango Lemonade and ordered the Fish and Chips.

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A DAY IN THE ROCH aka
__Quick Road-Trip to Rochester:__
Mid-morning Saturday I took a quick day-trip to Rochester.
Soundtrack for the trip: "GRIEG: Peer Gynt, Symphonic Dance" -Sir Thomas Beecham

First stop -Irondequoit, NY to see my friend Jim R., his house and his two dogs.

Later drove to East Rochester to see Jim C., his new bird, "Lennon" {Canary} and my buddy "Sheldon" {Parakeet}.
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__Three Men In Love With Soup:__
Jim C. and I met up with Alan at their favorite restaurant:
'The King and I' Thai Cuisine Restaurant
(http://www.thekingandithaicuisine.com/index.htm)


We asked for Paul, our favorite waiter and had a wonderful evening.

Starters: Fresh Shrimp Rolls, Fried Spring Rolls, Pots of Tea.

We tried the Tom Kar Kai Soup {Coconut Tia Ginger}
-[one of the most beautiful taste experiences ever]- We were stunned at how amazing it was –a magical combination of flavors and delights. We couldn't stop pledging eternal love for the soup!

For Entrees: Sesame Chicken, Shrimp in Peanut Sauce and Cashew Chicken.

I even ordered an extra serving of the Tom Kar Kai Soup {Coconut Tia Ginger}
to take home to J.J.
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After dinner I headed back to Buffalo.
Soundtrack for the trip home: ANNIE LENNOX: "Bare"

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__Happy Birthday, Moo!__
Drove back to Buffalo to take a quick rest and go back out to Moo's Birthday Bar-crawl. Met him and friends at 'The Old Pink' {223 Allen Street} to start the celebration. I got to buy Moo his first drink. Didn't go onward to further stops as I was growing tired.

On the drive home, listened to "The Soundtrack of the Night": DJ ArcaTek on "Radiation Radio"

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SUNDAY I enjoyed a quiet day, and caught up on sleep.

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Elizabeth Lane: "John, when you're kissing me, don't talk about plumbing."
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Sunday evening J.J. and I rented:
"Christmas in Connecticut"" (1945, Dir: Peter Godfrey)
(http://www.amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0037595/)

Now that I've met you
would you object to
never seeing each other again
cause I can't afford to
climb aboard you
no one's got that much ego to spend
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---Aimee Mann "Deathly"