Sorry, just digging out from under the avalanche of Oscar... stuff.
Not a great year for the 8-Ball on the big categories, but it did
remarkably well below the line. It was better than a lot of my human
coworkers did in those categories, and they have the advantage of being
able to actually see th
The Yankees fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of
which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less
well-known is this: "Never give a hobbled Dodger something to hit when game
1 of the World Series is on the line!"
--Rose
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 8:
> Is FB still any sort of thing?
It's very handy for obligatory "earthquake!" posts.
I felt it because I'm maybe 20 miles from the epicenter. It was just large
enough to trigger a mobile alert a few seconds before the shaking.
It was not large enough to trigger an immediate Dr. Lucy Jones appear
The Chase went down the night before my college graduation. We were sitting
around the living room in my campus apartment, halfheartedly festooned with
streamers and balloons in classic "We're all packing to move out and we
found some streamers and balloons from that birthday party in February"
sty
This post sums it up well. The snarkier version is: The WGA contract that
came about after the last strike is up, and the people at companies that
air, stream or otherwise distribute the shows are like, "Yeah, lost money
during the pandemic, can't pay you, pay no attention to all the money we've
be
That captured everything so well.
People who haven't spent time in LA often don't realize how much of the
area is undeveloped and designated to stay that way. Griffith Park, where
P-22 lived and the memorial took place, is this huge spread right in the
middle of the city. The Santa Monica Mountain
I predict that this is the year we find out whether the Academy's attempts
to diversify their voters have had any effect.
If the voters are still dominated by rich men in their 70s, The Fabelmans
takes the top prizes, because a) it's a lovely film and b) it's by a rich
man in his 70s, for people o
I've been working in the ticketing world for a while, and the past few
months have been a mess of... let's say "interesting" publicity decisions.
Paramount is the distributor on this one, and all I can think is that
they're just not used to promoting titles with a release pattern like this.
Confes
I noticed because it was relatively close and I was awake. Real
Californians don't wake up for anything under 5.
For those who don't live in quake-prone areas and need some context: It
felt like when the guy upstairs drops something large, or when a heavy
vehicle drives by.
--Rose
On Fri, Sep 17
I'm so sorry, Kevin. 2020 isn't done with us yet, and it freakin'
suucks.
*hugs*
--Rose
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 5:51 PM wrote:
> >>> On the related front, I'm scheduled to get shot #1 middle of next
> week...
>
> My father in law's long-term care home was scheduled to receive the
> vaccine y
I barely felt it (this Rosh Hashanah merited skipping the wine and going
straight to the vodka), but my phone was kind enough to alert me about 30
seconds before the shaking got here. Yay, science.
--Rose
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 10:20 AM Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> It shook me up a bit as I was fallin
It wasn't enough to wake me up on the other side of the hill. Had I been
awake, I probably would have thought a truck was doing an early morning
speedrun right outside my apartment. It happens.
--Rose
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 6:46 AM Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> I'm actually in the San Fernando Valley
Jamie's mother, Jordan, is part of a loose-knit group of actors I've known
for what seems like forever. I don't think I ever met Jamie, but we're all
aching for Jordan. Here's what Jordan posted on Facebook - I'm sure she
would't mind me sharing it.
This is a post I never thought I would have to w
Gosh, if only there were some way that those of us in the L.A. market who
don't have Time Warner Cable could watch. I guess we'll just have to take
Twitter's word for it.
(Or watch any of the multitude of quasi-legal streaming sites.)
--Rose
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:16 PM, danny burstein wrote
So sorry to hear this... thanks for passing it on. I hadn't been in touch
with him for a while, but I was glad to hear that he'd been doing better of
late.
--Rose
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Kevin G. Barkes wrote:
> Yeah, he had seemed to have broken out of that funk and was engaging a lot
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Richard de Give
wrote:
> Somethng that's been bothering me that came to mind when Tom came up.
> Can't find our archives on the Google site anymore.
>
Try here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wnndl
--Rose
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Richard de Gi
So, basically the report would be exactly what it was from the L.A. Skid
Row shooting last month.
N.B.: There's video of that one. Dozens of eyewitnesses, too. The narrative
didn't care.
--Rose
(fighting through a serious case of outrage fatigue)
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:23 PM, danny burstein
The short answer is, I don't think so. L-Soft deleted everything when we
decided to stop paying them $600 a year around 2006.
The slightly longer answer is, they probably exist somewhere, but heck if I
know where. The likeliest place is my old armory.com account, but shell
access is down and I don
Everybody sing!
"If you want to buy a car, pussycow..."
Eh, maybe you had to be there.
--Rose
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Deborah Speer wrote:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-ln-showman-car-salesman-cal-worthington-dies-at-92-20130909,0,7311785.story
>
> By Martin Miller
> S
I usually go with MSNBC as well. If the people in the studio don't know
what's going on, they'll usually throw right to local coverage.
Also, they're willing to occasionally say, "We got nuthin'."
--Rose
On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Kevin G. Barkes wrote:
> > Sadly, CNN is usually my defaul
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Dennis Brumm wrote:
> At 07:20 PM 12/30/2012, you wrote:
>
>> A doctor's appointment on a Sunday on what's basically a holiday weekend?
>> H
>>
>> Rich
>>
>
> I had one today. Yep, I really did.
>
>
So did I. On my list of life experiences, spending the
I've put her on moderated status.That should catch any problem messages,
unless it doesn't.
--Rose
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Richard de Give wrote:
> Facebook seems to be the best bet now for contact ... although a quick
> look at her status shows she hasn't posted since Aug. 17 and is f
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Jim Ellwanger
wrote:
>
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Joseph Nebus wrote:
>
> > Well, now, watching has been the easy part.
>
> Not for those of us who watched over the Internet in 1995-96, it wasn't.
Ah, CUCMe... it was so good in theory...
Happy anniversar
Legion of Substitute Anchors member Dan Kloeffler, posting on ABC News'
"Advice" block this morning.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/10/to-boldly-go/
To Boldly Go...
Kind of a big moment for me while filling in on World News Now, which is by
far the most fun you can legally have at 3:
You could spend the month buying me birthday drinks. I can think of a few
bars that would probably take the trade.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Dennis Brumm wrote:
> At 05:11 AM 10/14/2011, you wrote:
>
>> Depending on the graphics, you could repurpose a bris card.
>>
>> I reclaimed October
At the risk of being all name-droppy... I met Jeff and his girlfriend Vikki
(familiar to anyone who saw "Celebrity Rehab") at a party over the holidays.
He was in bad shape. Jeff reminded me of my uncle after he had a series of
strokes: One minute he'd be demanding attention and need help getting
h
I've seen a bunch of billboards here in L.A. Tom, if you're watching, I
expect a party. Track down my friend Jaren, sorely-missed best damn
bartender in the west L.A. mattress district. He'll make sure we're all too
liquored up to care about being dead.
--Rose
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Mik
I'm calling it (but only here): GOP takes the House by about five seats.
House reverts to Democratic control in 2012, when half the Tea Partiers who
actually thought they could make a difference run afoul of Behnor and Cantor
a collective one too many times and decide not to run for re-election; an
Thanks!
*hic*
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Kevin G. Barkes wrote:
> To Rose, with a twist of lime...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> KGB
>
> -
> Kevin G. Barkes
> Email: kgbar...@gmail.com
> KGB Report:
> http://www.kgbreport.com
> Commentwear by KGB:
> http://www.commentwear.com
> National Temperat
Now, how am I supposed to do something Genius Grant-worthy without the
Genius Grant money to fund it? And so the world waits for another year...
--Rose
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:24 PM, danny burstein wrote:
> the new MacArthur "Genius Grants" were announced.
>
> None of us, I'm afraid
>
>
> ht
The world has a Tom Heald-shaped hole in it. I don't think I'll ever get
used to that.
Yo, Tom. Wherever you and Kip are, I bet you're the local Statler and
Waldorf.
--Rose
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Terry Knab wrote:
> …to the day since we lost Tom…
>
>
>
> Time to raise a glass of rich
I didn't even notice it. The cats were having an argument right near me and
I guess my subconscious chalked it up to the smackdown Jinx gave Seven.
This is either a sign that I've lived in SoCal too long, or that my cats
need to lose some weight.
(Seven totally deserved it, though.)
--Rose
On
Frances was a great broad. When I covered behind-the-scenes stuff at "Days"
for SoapCity, she was always the most popular person in the room. The cast
really looked up to her as an actor, a matriarch and as the person who could
say what they were all thinking and not get fired.
--Rose
On Thu, Feb
For the last time, Interwebs Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood > TMZ.
NBC may have sketched out a deal with Leno, but they still don't have one
with Conan. And until they have one with Conan, they have nothing with Leno.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
--Rose
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:1
Well, of course "O'Brien's own ratings performance in the 'Tonight Show'
time slot has been very disappointing." Low Leno ratings --> lower local
news ratings --> lower "Tonight Show" ratings. Though it's worth noting that
Conan has the numbers that count: on Friday, he outdrew Letterman in the
18-
Nikki Finke's been following the blow-by-blow over at Deadline Hollywood.
It's getting ugly. I don't think anyone's going to be happy with the final
outcome, whatever it is.
And, ahem, my overview (shameless plug alert):
http://www.redcarpetcrash.com/2010/01/07/leno-back-to-late-night-maybe/
--Ro
NBC ordered 18 pilots for the fall season. They're ramping up.
--Rose
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Joseph Nebus wrote:
>
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:46 AM, kbrab...@aol.com wrote:
>
> I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true.
>>
>> http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nb
Check with the Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio).
Their online collection search is kind of wonky, but it lists quite a few
episodes.
www.paleycenter.org
Wait, what? You actually want to watch them? That's another story. In most
cases, you need to go to one of the museum
That is almost, but not quite, as good as the Albuquerque Isotopes.
--Rose
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Richard de Give wrote:
>
> http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/professional/professional_baseball/article/flying_squirrels_picked_as_new_baseball_team_name/299518/
>
>
> By JOHN O'C
Top-rated show in daytime? It's not getting chopped.
Sony's been trying to make its soaps cut budgets for years now. "Days" took
care of it in one fell swoop by axing two of its highest-paid leads. Y&R
wants to keep everyone, so they started with the pay cuts. A lot of actors
were willing to take
Seriously, I can't wait to hear the GOP reaction to this. While the opening
sentence or two will be innocuous enough, I'm thinking there's a 63% chance
that the word "poopyheads" will appear by the twelfth paragraph.
The 2012 ads are going to be awesome, too. "The rest of the world likes
Obama so
Thanks, all!
And now the recovery begins...
--Rose
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Joseph Nebus wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Steven Otte wrote:
>
> > Yes, happy birthday!
> >
> > Sorry, nothing clever to add.
>
> Maybe you don't have anything to add, but remember, if listmo
The affiliates might be pissed, but NBC isn't going to care. Compared to the
hour-long dramas that have traditionally filled NBC's 10pm slot, Leno's show
costs almost nothing to produce. NBC will stick with Leno until advertisers
refuse to pay the ad rates and said rates fall enough that 5 prime ti
Every time UC student fees (read: tuition) are hiked, students protest. In
the past, faculty have been sympathetic, but school proceeds as usual.
So you know how California has this whole budget crisis thing going on? The
UC Regents decided to deal with it by raising student fees by 45% over two
Dammit! How are we supposed to produce anything grant-worthy without
funding? How 'bout if they give me the money now and I promise to come up
with something really awesome in five years?
--Rose
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Steve Rhodes wrote:
> Here's the full list
>
> http://www.macfound.
To quote my friend TeeJay: "Bangkok. Hotel room. Rope. I'll take Auto-erotic
asphyxiation for $100, Alex."
To quote my friend Debra: "Wha?"
To quote me: "I love you, Deb, but you have to be the only person in
Hollywood who didn't think that."
--Rose
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Michael King
Happy birthday, Tom. And say hi to my friend Jaren. He's new there and I
think you'll like him.
--Rose
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Rychard Withers wrote:
> Hey Tom,
>
> Bite us!
>
> Miss the snark.
>
>
>
> --
> *From:* wnndl@googlegroups.com [mailto:wn...@g
> > This seems more down Mr. Ellwanger's alley...
>
> Mr. Ellwanger is currently an employed Web type (has survived 3 rounds of
> layoffs in 15 months) who likes his current job and residence.
Awesome. I'll take it, then. Er, assuming they're open to telecommuting. Are
they open to telecommuting?
Specter didn't leave the Republican party; the party left him. Kind of
ironic for a Reagan Republican, but there you go.
--Rose
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM, wrote:
> Actually, in a way, it signifies something pretty bad. It shows that
> moderates of whatever stripe are finding it increasi
Y'know, much as I wish I could have been there, I'm glad I didn't have to
deal with the crowds. Or the cold, for that matter.
But all those people less wimpy than I make for one hell of a picture.
--Rose
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:30 AM, wrote:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/obama-inauguration-imagery-
I haven't questioned her about that. She seems to still be recovering from
learning that the melody was lifted from an English drinking song.
--Rose
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:41 AM, danny burstein wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Rose Ellen Auerbach wrote:
>
> > My mother,
My mother, a quintessential red-diaper baby, gets a big kick out of the fact
that any of it's taught in school.
My brother's wife, who is... not a red-diaper baby, doesn't quite seem to
believe us that there more verses than she learned in elementary school.
Perhaps this will convince her.
Or not
Mazel tov! (For both the marriage and the impending discount.)
--Rose
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Kevin G. Barkes wrote:
>
> I had a similar experience. While perusing the menu at Denny's, I realized
> I'll be eligible for the senior discount next year.
>
> And on a somewhat related note,
Mazel tov! (For both the marriage and the impending discount.)
--Rose
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Kevin G. Barkes wrote:
>
> I had a similar experience. While perusing the menu at Denny's, I realized
> I'll be eligible for the senior discount next year.
>
> And on a somewhat related note,
The Palins: The comedy gift that keeps on giving.
And people ask me how we're going to keep our show's going after the new
administration takes office
--Rose
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Richard de Give wrote:
>
> Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp
> ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP
LA Times:
Majel B. Roddenberry, wife of 'Star Trek' creator, dies
By Dennis McLellan
December 19, 2008
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry
and an actress whose longtime association with the "Star Trek" franchise
included playing Nurse Christine Chapel in
ListMom has been unemployed for 10 months. Lots of interviews, and good
feedback on said interviews, but companies get halfway through the search
process and abruptly stop it. I guess they'd rather keep overworking the
people they have - because what are said people going to do? Quit?
Wake me wh
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