tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57771059269729528432024-03-21T23:49:10.222-04:00Cafe KarinaKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-46540712921676205482014-12-29T23:29:00.000-05:002014-12-30T08:37:16.955-05:00The Judge & nostalgiaWhen The Judge came out, I wanted to see it in theaters, but circumstances prevented me.
I wanted to see it because I have been an admirer of Robert Downey, Jr. (RDJ as he is referred to nowadays) for decades before he was Iron Man...in inconsequential ways since Weird Science, but not really until Chances Are. I watched him become better and more discovered. Then came Chaplin and it was clearKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-38583208375646602232013-12-06T00:15:00.001-05:002014-03-04T03:34:58.286-05:00The once and future I got no clueDear viewers that are or may be,
I am still trying to feel my way through this blog and decide what I want it to be. On the one (probably, main hand), I'd love it to be a flow of consciousness blog with opinions, information, personal stuff...a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
My problem is that I was raised kind of old school (you know, the days before computers..yes, gasp, I know). IKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-77363846569110078132012-03-01T00:02:00.003-05:002012-03-01T00:16:18.160-05:00SAG/AFTRA mergerI’m a brandy-new AFTRA member. As a result, I do not feel completely justified in casting a vote and I haven’t quite decided what to do about that. I joined AFTRA because I love doing background work & I love the process. But, it seemed that the more interesting BG stuff was going to the union folk and that’s why I became a member (disclaimer: before I joined, there was a naive “Ooh, maybe this Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-9727242450272603232011-01-08T13:40:00.002-05:002011-01-08T14:02:18.754-05:00OH in 1960: The Circle of Love told in the 3rd personAs usual, except for an occasional minor non-invasive minor edit to preserve anonymity, the content, spelling and grammar are the writer's. All In know is that the parties are probably in their early to mid-20s:The most recent mess is this (told in the first person for reasons of clarity)Paul is in love with JudyJudy is in love with PaulJohn is in love with JudyJudy is not in love with John but Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-59094534913287435942011-01-05T21:11:00.003-05:002011-01-05T21:24:00.991-05:00mini-post from Nov. 1959I acquired a new batch of mail to go through and this doesn't really qualify as a full-blown post. As usual, I have NO idea who these people are, but I was reading along and this little segment made me laugh out loud and wonder about Adam .Joe and Adam came in Saturday morning (at 3:00 A.M., their plane got delayed four hours at Chicago due to snow) and Adam spent Saturday night here.He is a Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-7100527176471406172011-01-02T16:33:00.003-05:002011-01-02T16:40:16.286-05:00Overheard from 1962 : Tired of war and worryOn Nov. 2, 1962, a grandmother worries about her naval grandson and Pres. Kennedy was still alive:We have not heard from XXXX lately. Oh, I hope we will not have to have another war in the U.S. again. I have already seen two in my life & I feel that is enough. The next one would probably be a world war. I think the president is trying his best to prevent it, don't you?Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-1012714946015400482010-12-31T16:53:00.002-05:002010-12-31T17:07:41.596-05:00John Cleese's New Year LetterI have tweeted Mr. Cleese for permission to reprint his letter, but as I am but 1 out of followers, my voice will likely not be noticed. However, since he sent this to everybody who signed up for his emails, I don't feel he would have any huge problem=================Dear Fnerners and Bnerers, Once again, for a reason which dates back to 1582, we celebrate the annual re-boot of the Georgian Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-48046149468691272582010-12-27T17:13:00.003-05:002010-12-27T17:29:10.680-05:00Overheard in 1974 - Scientists are out for the buckAs usual, the typos and grammar are the authors.The author is in his 70s:The buck comes between the doctors and the patients. They provide synthetics because they are cheaper and make more money for the docs. The common cold has been a fine source of income for the medicine man for many years and he isn't about to let lose of it. Far too much of this "scientific" materialis subdued or covered by Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-9933176551602564072010-12-19T15:47:00.005-05:002010-12-19T16:10:56.381-05:00Almost overheard in 1954I was reading through a subset of the current batch of letters and had almost settled on something until I read the following from March 16, 1954:The radio just announced that the Bevitron has been completed. My first reaction was "Jeez, that sounds like a bad 50s science fiction device". Then I looked it up and what it actually was was the Bevatron...specifically designed to accelerate protons Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-28763383720378418472010-12-17T22:44:00.013-05:002010-12-18T12:00:35.383-05:00Overheard from 1954 & beyond: a love story(Identifying information has been redacted. But, as near as I can figure, the young woman starts out in her VERY early 20s. Spelling & grammar is as is. And, guess what happened between 1955 and 1956.)1954:Xxxx Xxxxx came home from Yyyyyy and is living in NY for a few years before he goes back. I saw him a few times but when I realized that he loved me I explained to him gently as I could Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-3413097776862002402010-12-13T19:49:00.005-05:002010-12-13T20:45:42.345-05:00Who's Peter this time?Since I once again spent the weekend sorting out & hauling down stuff from my parent's house, I haven't yet had the time to dig through the motherload of letters from which I was going to pull excerpts for the blog.But, one of the things I discovered was a card game called Showbiz Shuffle. Now between my vocation and my avocation, it was a given that I was going to take this. On the box, it Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-21896531471418208452010-12-10T12:28:00.000-05:002010-12-10T12:28:00.400-05:00Overheard from 1990Today begins the first of excerpts from letters from the past. Some may be from the near past, some may be from the middle of the last century. Others from points before or after. A couple of things they will have in common:1. There will be background information to the best of my ability, but no identifying information. I have no idea of whether or not some of these people are alive or dead. AndKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-21342460377559371152010-12-09T13:51:00.010-05:002010-12-09T15:16:42.731-05:00Glimpses of the PastWhile cleaning out closets in my parents' home, my daughter and I ran across just over a dozen newspapers laying on a top shelf..For a third of them, the Civil War had ended less than 50 years previously and they had yet to see a world war.Half of them celebrated the end of "The war to end all wars", the Great Stock Market Crash was still a 1/2 dozen years away, and Hitler would not be a citizen Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-89963043827143789392010-11-24T00:13:00.002-05:002010-11-24T00:57:50.594-05:00Of Tires and DonutsAt one point today, I thought that the most stressful thing this evening was going to be coughing non-stop through rehearsal. Who knew that I would have come to look upon this vile anticipation with wistfullness.Somewhere around 5:30pm, I got a call from my son. The sight of his phone number in my caller i.d. filled me with dread. Normally, the reverse would have been true. However, in this Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-5525329725504960392010-11-20T21:02:00.005-05:002010-11-20T22:43:42.369-05:00Christmas and BouillabaisseEvery year on Christmas eve from at least 1964 until really not that long ago in the Grand Scheme of Things, my parents would play host to the Christmas and Hanukkah Caroling Party in which a good chunk of NY science fiction fandom would turn up at their 13 room house in Brooklyn and then proceed to meander about the Ditmas Park neighborhood singing sectarian, non-sectarian, and (in some cases) Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-33042240448416010402010-11-13T23:41:00.006-05:002010-11-13T23:57:32.977-05:00Regrets...I have a few...I wish just one time that my kids would believe that I have been their age and been where they are now and that I have made wrong choices.Ultimately, for their sakes, my choices (up to a point) were the right ones..without which they wouldn't exist.For my sake, though, other choices would have been better or have given me more options. But, at the time, who knew? OTOH, I tended to go with what Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-71436845395910055332010-11-07T11:40:00.002-05:002010-11-07T11:59:24.432-05:00The longest daySo. This morning begins what I anticipate will be a LONG 24 hours.Warning: implied semi-grossness follows.Tomorrow, my darling husband has to undergo a certain routine medical procedure that probably most men in their mid-50s are familiar with. As a prelude, he has to be on a clear liquid diet and this evening will be adding certain over the counter medications into his diet to help move things Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-63951389451324196882010-11-05T14:44:00.000-04:002010-11-05T14:45:13.685-04:00The Fifth of NovemberAnd, just because:Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intentTo blow up the King and Parli'ment.Three-score barrels of powder belowTo prove old England's overthrow;By God's providence [or By God's mercy] he was catch'dWith a dark lantern and burning match.Hulloa Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-15791234087855062022010-11-05T13:49:00.006-04:002010-11-05T14:42:52.123-04:00Griggs Timeline AftermathI guess there really hasn't been a major aftermath, thank goodness. But, I have been concerned if I caused anyone to doubt the crucial series of events which are the initial volley of exchanges between Monica Gaudio and the "editor" at Cooks Source Magazine regarding the magazine's copyright infringement of Ms Gaudio's work as depicted by Ms Gaudio here: http://illadore.livejournal.com/30674.Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-22729373873412097742010-11-04T23:49:00.004-04:002010-11-05T14:57:23.791-04:00The Griggs TimelineMuch of this I have from observing. Some of it is inferred from actual correspondence with the faux-Griggs.The original editor had 2 pages: her "professional" page (J.d. Griggs [sic]) and another FB page for personal stuff (Judith Griggs). They both originally had her picture on the profile and were somewhat loose as to amount of info a non-friend could see. As the day wore on, the woman changedKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-57620658095265263852010-08-27T17:22:00.004-04:002010-11-20T21:47:02.342-05:00Hamentaschen1c Butter, softened1tsp orange zest1c sugar1 egg2 tbsp orange juice2 1/2c flour2 tsp baking powder1/4tsp saltPreserves/jam...whatever flavor you like (we usually use apricot & raspberry)1. Mix all ingredients together. Batter/dough will be thick2. roll out to between 1/8" and 1/4" think.3. cut into 3" rounds4. dot each with a small amount of jam. (This is the part where judgment/experiment comes Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-59537226976041847832010-07-01T00:17:00.003-04:002010-07-01T19:41:27.905-04:00July 1st, 2010So...midnight.A time of mystery, of possibilities...of new beginnings.It's just turned midnight on the East Coast and while one could argue that I was born in Chicago and that I still have another hour, it's my birthday so nanny nanny boo boo...Happy Birthday to me.I'm not sure what the next year will bring. So many things have happened during the last couple of months (more about that maybe Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-48272600502670143322010-06-27T18:47:00.002-04:002010-06-27T18:54:18.894-04:00Getting ready for a reboot.I've wiffle-waffled with this blog. It's been a few things and I've never been happy with it. I've renamed it and its url (although kind of annoyed that someone else has cafekarina, but oh well). Now, I'm not going to try to give it a specific direction, but will do travel reports, city reports and movie reviews or whatever the heck I feel like doing.I'll still be feeling things out and hoping Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-69103713505895071332010-04-23T15:57:00.003-04:002010-04-23T16:11:24.694-04:00Logo showsTwitter's @dailyshowtune got a website do-over and wonders if someone can recognize all the shows in the banner:From right to left then down:1. Avenue Q2. Hello Dolly3. Cats4. Annie.5. Phantom6. chorus line7. hair8. billie elliott9. wicked10. west side story.11. sweeney todd12.Les MizThirteen is bad luck.14. into the woods15. lion king16. music man17. dream girls18. little shop of horrors19. Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777105926972952843.post-54949438491322672192009-12-19T20:51:00.003-05:002009-12-19T22:22:52.041-05:00Dog Party Rules.This is almost always played at my theatre's cast parties.Items needed: pair of dice and a bowl to throw them in (one with high sides might be useful)Everyone brings an item (the teapot being a prime example, the tackier, more ridiculous or more unlovable the better) wrapped.Everybody sit/sprawl in a circle (depending on how much you've had to drink, the shape can vary)The game is played in 3 Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611760561187181508noreply@blogger.com0