Last night

The Ames Progressive started their open mike last night. They have a nice space and a great attitude so it was a real good time. There were probably 20 people there, but I have a feeling that it will grow as the weeks go along. I started out the evening with a short set.

Ghosts (for my Mom, since it was her birthday, she would have been 70)
Low Self Esteem
Color Of Your Eyes
Bang My Bald Spot
How Can I Miss You
Nice Guys

I tried some patter during Bang My Bald Spot, but the audience wasn't going to put up with digressions, so it was a pretty straight up musical set. I really need to practice more with the acoustic, I played well but I could have played much better.

A nice time was had. Since it started earlier I was able to stay a little longer to see the folks after me. There was a guy doing some Townes Van Zandt songs who was very good and very funny and this guy Micheal, who does these wonderfully long and literate story songs, he needs to record a CD.

Now off to work, the movie quiz will be up in about an hour.

Mornin !!!

Here are the rules.

Answer only one quote.

If you answer more than one I will delete your reply. If there are quotes still not answered the next day I will open it up to any and all guesses.

Most weeks there is a theme. If there is not a theme I will tell you. The theme is open to guess even if you have guessed a quote.

The theme has been guessed by exapno, it is Heist movies

Don't use a search engine (like this can be enforced). If you don't know, you don't know. Maybe next week you will.

You must either be signed into LJ, or say who you are (in case you are a friend of mine who is not on LJ). All anonymous answers will be deleted (hey, I'm obsessive, I want to know who guesses these). Oh, and don't guess as a reply to someone else's guess, on a busy day that makes it hard for me to spot your answer.

This week's idea has been brought to you by the lovely and talented polyfrog, who is thus ineligible to guess the theme this week.
01 I have a feeling that tonight you're going to see one of the Riviera's most fascinating sights ... I was talking about the fireworks! exapno says, I have a cunning To Catch A Thief that cannot fail
02 I'm going to get up from this table. I'm going to walk to the nearest police station, and I'm going to turn myself in. And they will take me back to Stryker's funny farm, where at least I was safe. whl says, I have a cunning Bank Shot that cannot fail
03 "When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." The benefits of a classical education. wyngarde says, I have a cunning Die Hard that cannot fail
04 Avoid the green ones. They're not ripe yet. polyfrog says, I have a cunning A Fish Called Wanda that cannot fail
05 You'll never be able to copy this amiable countenance.. shsilver says, I have a cunning The Hot Rock that cannot fail
06 Hang on, lads; I've got a great idea. bammba_m says, I have a cunning The Italian Job that cannot fail
07 Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? eeknight says, I have a cunning Kelly's Heroes that cannot fail
08 I propagate British cultural depravity.. controuble says, I have a cunning Lavendar Hill Mob that cannot fail
09 All right, you proved your point. You broke into my vault. Congratulations, you're a dead man. daddy_guido says, I have a cunning Ocean's 11 (2001) that cannot fail
10 If you were your father, I doubt very much if I would have kissed you. controuble says, I have a cunning The Pink Panther that cannot fail
11 You know I could have been in the NSA, but they found out my parents were married. gundo says, I have a cunning Sneakers that cannot fail
12 You know me. I'm the same as you. It's two in the morning and I don't know nobody. shsilver says, I have a cunning The Sting that cannot fail

Huh ???

I spend a lot of my time on the phone with my company's various offices. I troubleshoot, track and generally answer most of the questions that have to do with my specific division. We have a couple of offices in different states that have a city that is named the same. I just had this Abbott and Costello sort of conversation

Me: What office are you in?
She: I'm in Portland
Me: Portland Maine or Portland Oregon?
She: I don't know.
Me: What state are you in?
She: I'm in Portland.
Me: Maine or Oregon?
She: What?
Me: What state are you in?
She: Oregon!
Me: FIRST BASE !!!

Ok, I made that last one up, but that is what I wanted to say. I hate having to be a professional about this sometimes.

Tin Man

I finally got around to watching it this weekend.

I quite liked it ... how about you?

Baaaaa

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