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12:24 pm: Come see The Dinosaur Musical!
This is a great comic family show that you will leave not knowing one damn new thing about the dinosaur species! I have a limited number of comp tickets I am allowed, so the first to contact me will get some!


Shows are at the Palo Alto Children's Theater

http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/csd/news/details.asp?NewsID=582&TargetID=202,%20203

Show times are:

Fri July 11 at 7:30pm,
Sat July 12 at 2:30pm,
Sun July 13 at 2:30pm,
Fri July 18 at 7:30pm,
Sat July 19 at 2:30pm

Please come...I would love to see you there!

EDIT: Even if you miss the comps, the tickets are cheaper than any other theater around...merely $8 for an adult and $4 for kids 12 and under.

08:51 pm: Answers to last movie meme
Here are the answers to the movie meme from This Post

Common Theme was Disney Animated films

1. "Angel, ha! She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles!" (1937)Snow White

2. "I warn you dear child, if I lose my temper, you lose your head. Understand?" (1951)Alice In Wonderland

3. "Aye, he's dreaming of those bonnie bygone days when he and his grandfather were tracking criminals through the swamps." (1955) Lady And The Tramp

4. "My story begins in London, not so very long ago. And yet so much has happened since then, that it seems more like an eternity." (1961)101 Dalmatians

( Rest of answers under cut )

08:08 am: Another "common thread" movie meme
These films all have a common thread, which will be easy to guess once you've answered a couple of them.

Simply guess the movie the quote is from. The year of the film is provided. And don't cheat by looking on a search engine such as imdb or google ;)

Comments are screened, so go ahead and take your guesses!

1. "Angel, ha! She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles!" (1937)

2. "I warn you dear child, if I lose my temper, you lose your head. Understand?" (1951)

3. "Aye, he's dreaming of those bonnie bygone days when he and his grandfather were tracking criminals through the swamps." (1955)

4. "My story begins in London, not so very long ago. And yet so much has happened since then, that it seems more like an eternity." (1961)

( more quotes under the cut... )

07:57 am: Latest movie meme answers
Answers are from This Post. Since gil_liant guessed most of these, I will simply post the answers here.

The common thread: Matthew Broderick

1. "General, you are talking to a machine. Please do the world a favor and don't act like one." (1983) War Games

2. "A piece of dung would never shit a piss drunk sergeant with a loaded .45." (1988) Biloxi Blues

3. "I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind. " (1986) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

( Rest of answers under cut... )

11:02 am: Movie quote meme with a common thread
Decided to do another one of these. These films all have a common thread, which will be easy to guess once you've answered a couple of them.

Simply guess the movie the quote is from. The year of the film is provided. And don't cheat by looking on a search engine such as imdb or google ;)


1. "General, you are talking to a machine. Please do the world a favor and don't act like one." (1983)

2. "A piece of dung would never shit a piss drunk sergeant with a loaded .45." (1988)

3. "I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind. " (1986)

( More movie quotes under cut )

09:03 am: Movie Meme Answers
Answers to the movie meme from This Post

( Answers under the cut... )

11:36 am: Movie Quote Meme again
These should not be too bad. To help, I've provided the year of the film as well. Try to guess the films from the quotes below.

Looking up the answers through a search engine like google or IMDB is CHEATING!



1. "The Duchess dove at the Duke just when the Duke dove at the Doge. Now the Duke ducked, the Doge dodged, and the Duchess didn't. So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess got the Doge, and the Doge got the Duke!" (1956) The Court Jester, guessed by runeshower

2. "Hey, hey, I'm sorry, okay? Twenty-six years buried in the deepest, darkest jungle and I still became my father." (1995) Jumanji, guessed by jobethfun67

3. "If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists." (1993) Jurassic Park, guessed by jobethfun67

4. "You can keep doing that forever, the dog is NEVER going to move." (2003)

5. "I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, I'm scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you. " (1987)

( More Film quotes under the cut... )

02:27 pm: Movie Meme Part 3
Ok, here's one more crack at the movie meme game:

1. Pick 10 of your favourite movies
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.


Here are the quotes..I tried to make them a bit easier than the last...:

1. "It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day."

2. "If you're gonna start lying about your age, I'd go with 27."

3. "I'm trusting you guys, and if you don't do what I say you'll end up like your buddies in the Mayan world over there, locked up. Do they look happy?"
Night At The Museum, guessed by melchar

4. "It's weird. I woke up this morning and I swear my boobs felt bigger. Do they look bigger to you?"
Bruce Almighty, guessed by mama_hogswatch

5. "That's ok, he's perfectly welcome. One dog to another, eh?"
The Wizard of Oz, guessed by runeshower

6. "Ooh, ow, ee, ouch, ouch! This ground isn't nearly soft enough!"

7. "Men under strain can snap. Hurt themselves. Hurt others. That's why our job is talking, not yelling. You'll do better to think of this place like an intensive care ward in a hospital."

8. "Rick 'em, rack 'em, rock 'em, rake! Stick that sword into that snake!"
Aladdin, guessed by mama_hogswatch

9. "Who wants a beard? Well, beatniks for one, folk singers and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats. It's in the fridge, daddy-o! Are you hip to the jive? Can you dig what I'm layin' down? I knew that you could. Slide me some skin, soul brother!"

10. "You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Field's."
Silver Streak, guessed by melchar

09:36 am: Movie Meme Part 2
Ok here are some more movie quotes to guess. I tried to make them a little bit easier than the last batch. There are no duplicate answers from the last quiz I posted, btw.

1. Pick 15 10 of your favourite movies (sorry, these were all I could think of at the moment)
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

( here are the quotes below... )

10:03 am: Movie quote meme answers
Not many tries, but here are the answers for those who wish to read them. Perhaps I'll do this one again sometime.

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

( Complete answers below the cut... )

03:04 pm: Movie quote meme
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

( Movie Quotes herein...a few very easy, a few obscure, some in-between... )

07:34 am: Another dream
Dream #19

This one was interesting. I was wandering around a dormitory checking out all the rooms. I'm not sure if it was college or some other place. I'm not sure what I was looking for, exactly, I think I was just curious. Every door was open. Most of the rooms were in disarray, with none of the beds made. One room in particular was elaborately decorated, and had what was a sofa or futon visible from the entrance, the bed off to the side. At first I thought it had been done so that any guest visiting would be comfortable sleeping there, but when I checked again, the potential "sleeping space" was actually decorated with a display of plants and various trinkets (can't remember any specific ones). Funny thing, though, none of the plants were green...they were all circus-like colored with oranges and purples and reds.

After I had checked the rooms I found myself in a downstairs kitchen, there was one thin glass wall that offered a clear view of a snowy landscape outside, though I wasn't cold myself. A large white wolf some distance away immediately noticed me and started madly barking, rushing up to the glass wall, definitely hostile (wolves, of course, do not bark in real life). But his barks were completely silent, I could not hear a thing. Then he stopped abruptly and started howling (again, I could not hear it). At that point it suddenly occurred to me that he would have no trouble crashing through the thin glass wall if he wanted to get me, so I started to back away. It was at that point the sound of the cat jumping up on the bed startled me to wake up quite abruptly.

Tags: dreams

10:34 am: Orgasm for peace!
ORGASM FOR PEACE!

Save a few minutes on Dec 22, 2006 and have an orgasm for world peace. Or whatever other reason you like.

07:57 am: ANSWER TO RIDDLE
Abundant am I
Where it is wet, (on the beach)
or where it's dry (in the desert)

I build (sand castles and dunes)
And I destroy (through erosion)

I am used to clean (sand blasting or sandpaper)
Or to make a mess (when it spills)

I make men blind (when I blow into their eyes, or during a sandstorm)
And help men to see. (when made into glass, for windows or glasses)

What am I?

ANSWER: SAND

01:58 pm: A riddle - COMMENTS ARE SCREENED
Abundant am I
Where it is wet,
or where it's dry

I build
And I destroy

I am used to clean
Or to make a mess

I make men blind
And help men to see.

What am I?

04:27 pm: Very sad news :(
So I just received a very sad call from the director of my theater of choice. Juliane Miller, the young woman who played Ms. Flannery this past summer in Thoroughly Modern Millie, died of a heart attack at age 20. Last year she was an incredible hoop dancer in Annie Get Your Gun, and one of the Mutes in The Fantasticks. I'm going to miss her quite a bit...she brought a lot of wonderful talent to the stage and had a great voice and dance ability. Boston University will miss her. Apparently it was quite sudden. I don't know all the details, I didn't talk to the director very much, but the theater is closed for the month of September and they will be holding a memorial for her once all the kids come back. The director said he would keep me informed. And if I need to, hopefully I can get an evening off to attend whatever service they plan for her. Whatever it is, it will be paramount to whatever else I'm doing.

Goodbye Juliane. I will miss your lovely stage presence.

02:29 pm: Just for fun
A little simple baseball trivia.

In the game, there are seven ways for a batter to reach first base. Hitting a single is one. Can you name the other six? (Comments screened; answer later).

08:26 am: Thoroughly Modern Millie
The show opens today!

Anyone interested in seeing it...performances are:

July 28  7:30pm
July 29  7:30pm
July 30  2:30pm
Aug  3   7:30pm
Aug 4  7:30pm

Tickets are cheap, only $8 adult/$4 children.  Box office hours and info are here (you can call in with a credit card to get tickets):

http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/community-services/theater-programs.html

Would love to see you all there!

09:52 pm: TV show meme
The Instructions:

Bold all of the following TV shows you've seen three or more episodes of in your lifetime. Bold and italicize a show if you've seen every episode. Add up to 3 additional shows (please keep the list in alphabetical order).

I don't watch nearly as much as I used to, hence mostly the older shows.  I added "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr", "Big Love", and "Sledge Hammer!"





Tags: quiz

12:07 pm: Friends list update
I decided to do a little bit of updating on my friends list. Hopefully I didn't accidentally delete someone I didn't want to, or add someone who doesn't want to be there. So check...if you want to be on my list and are not, or if you are on my list and don't want to be there, e-mail me at my profile address and I will adjust appropriately. Thanks all.