Saturday, May 30, 2009
Well just some random thoughts before we go home
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Ley Ley at the French Open
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
So it was a lovely wedding
Sunday, May 24, 2009
The Big Day and the Cold Sweats
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Ed just told me to put the suit coats in the garmet bag and we will put them on at the site. He said that I am like Trevor... if I don't actually see the suit coat maybe I won't freak out....
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Scary thing. He is right. I feel better now...
Friday, May 22, 2009
Butter and OxyContin
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Gail and Claire came down from CT
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Fleets In!
ABC Up Fronts: Jimmy Kimmel Slays 'Em!
I don't know if you are a fan of Jimmy Kimmel or not, as a rule, I am hit or miss. But from what I read (and the whole thing is here), he was funny as hell at the ABC Up Fronts...
After the drama clips, the presentation cut to a scene of Sally Field reading Jimmy Kimmel a bedtime story, which led into Jimmy doing a bit of standup. He broke the ice by saying that all of ABC's late night comedy talent is on one stage together, and the camera zooms out to show him standing alone. He started to throw out some random statistics, which he then said were total bullshit. He told the audience that he's going to get real, and that of the new shows they are hyping, "We're gonna cancel about 90 percent of them.... possibly more. I can't help but notice that right after we announce the new ones that we announce the midseason replacements. If we are so confident, why are we working on their replacements already. I'll tell you why... that's because we know most of them won't make it until Christmas." He's a prophet that one.
He continued by telling the media buyers in the audience that the network lies to them every year. "Remember the time we got you to buy time on that bingo show?" Ha. I really should watch his show more often. He then got a little self-deprecating: "ABC was hoping I wouldn't be here this year. They wanted Jay Leno. I know that. They wanted to put Jay Leno on at 11:30 and move me to 12:30 and it actually looked like it was going to happen until the last second when NBC said, 'No, we will not allow Jay Leno to go to ABC, even if we have destroy our own network to keep him.' That of course led to their new show, I'm Your Boston Affiliate, Get Me Out of Here." Zing! But NBC isn't the only network he took a swipe at. "Over at Fox, they announced that 24 would be back. As you know, that show was within a head butt of getting canceled. Next year I hear Jack Bauer is going to have a sidekick who is going to follow him everywhere he goes... who I hear will be played by Kiefer Sutherland's probation officer."
He then returned to picking on his own network. "I'm hoping that Steve will listen to me for once and put the blind guy from American Idol on Dancing With the Stars. We did one leg... why not?" He then says that they have a new marketing opportunity available. "Next season on Grey's Anatomy, your product could actually kill Dr. Izzie. She could be crushed by a case of Coke Zero or smothered in a Slanket. Just depends on how much you want to pay." Anyone else out there want to take up a collection? He caps it off with the final thought: "Maybe some of these shows will work, maybe they won't, but who cares, it's not your money."
The Other Side: Why Israel SHOULD stop Iran from getting "the bomb"
Well, there is the alternative argument, not Israel v Iran, but US v. Pakistan, made in Foreign Policy the other day.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sean runs with his eyes closed...?
It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
High Line Building Tour Today
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Food Fair on 9th
Friday, May 15, 2009
I SO want to see this....
The reviews for "Angels and Demons" have been uniformly bad bordering on hilarious (see salon here or NY Times here, title "Holy Mystery; Mayhem at the Vatican!").
An Odd Notion
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Remember little Faith
Lost Finale Kicked Some Serious Ass
Update from Donald on the Road
When in doubt, cover your ass
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
If You Are in New York Sunday
On torture and torture pictures
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Parallels in History
Princess Bride as The Beatles
Monday, May 11, 2009
Post Morteum on Gentle Irony
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mickey on Grey's
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Father Mickey - you've touched my heart. (And where you touched Gavin we don't want to know).
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Sherie Rene Scott
Friday, May 08, 2009
Stress and HeartBreak
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Saw "Nine to Five" Last Night
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
WOW! Talk about your Bad F'ing Timing!!!
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Art and Fashion Collide (Dozens Hurt!)
STELLA!!!!
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Late Seats
Lynn Likes the Okapii....
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I don't know why I started with this, but I thought it was pretty cool.
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Anyway, Lynnie went to the Colombus Zoo and liked it. I leave it to her (without any comment on the Okapii Tongue thang..)....
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I took most of the day off yesterday and took my niece Megan and her friend to the Columbus zoo. It was my first visit to this zoo and I was very impressed. Most of the animals had very large areas to roam around in and more often than not there were at least 3 or 4 in the same exhibition area. Sometimes they had 2 or 3 different animals in the same exhibition, e.g. the bison was with a bunch of goats. The only animals I saw in smaller enclosures were snakes. It was a good zoo day - not too hot so the animals were quite active. The highlight of the visit for me was the new baby elephant who has yet to be named (they let you vote on 1 of 4 names - I voted for Sidhartha, Sid for short). He's still small enough to stand underneath mama Phoebe which seemed to be his favorite spot - mama kept moving and he would run to catch her and then run between her back legs...too cute. The elephant2 picture is Phoebe with her first baby, Bodhi, also born at the Columbus zoo.There were also lots of baby monkeys that were equally adorable.They have some beautiful big cats, a pair of grizzly bears that were raised at the zoo after their mama was killed, and a 24-foot python named Fluffy.
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Some of my other favorites were the silverback gorrillas, the timberwolves, and the okapi (who has a VERY long tongue and can, so the sign says, lick its own eyelids).
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Megan's favorites were the otters who have an beautiful playground complete with a large pond (with an underwater viewing window), water slide and a big romping area and romp they did.
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A good time was had by one and all.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Mascot of the Month: Aaron Tveit
So far Lisa, Ed, Chuck and I have all seen Aaron Tveit (pronounced "Tv8") and marveled at his talent. We all saw him in Next To Normal (although we didn't go with Chuck, we talked to him later).
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The picture above is from Next To Normal. Aaron is the son in the picture here. He has an amazing stage pressence. It is very bizarre, because you always kind of watch him... even when he isn't the focus of the scene. He is always involved acting and reacting.
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Originally Eddie just chalked it up to cuteness (why I liked him). But after seeing him act he totally gets it.
He played Fiero in Wicked on Broadway for a short time, between "Saved" (below) and "Next to Normal" above. I didn't see him thee, but he was a hit with the screaming girls accroding to websites.
He is inthe background in the picture above, from the off-Broadway show "Saved". I saw this with Gail (Ed's old boss' wife). We had a great time.
Although I don't watch it, he has apparently guest starred in Gossip Girl (which is shot here). This is from Gossip Girl (for those of you who can't get to Broadway).