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October 28, 2002:

ONE TINY LITTLE BAG

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Well, dear readers, I had a very relaxing weekend and feel refreshed. I’m sure that within an hour I shall feel tired and not refreshed, but for now I am enjoying it immensely. I actually got some writing done yesterday so that was good. I never got around to actually watching any movies all the way through – I was just too too lazy and couldn’t focus. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), if you missed any of the weekend merriment here at haineshisway.com, do use the Unseemly Archive Button and catch up. We had lots of answers to excellent questions on Saturday, and lots of excellent posts on both days. There were many interesting and revealing facts and you don’t want to be out of the loop, do you?

Also, if you haven’t checked out our new interview with Buddy Bregman, do so immediately. Everyone who’s read it has loved it. If you’ve forgotten how to get to the interviews, simply look over there on the left at the three menu items. The bottom one (the handy-dandy link to new sections, with the Nudie Musical logo) is the one to click on. You will then be whisked away to a magical land where you will be offered several menu items – including the interview section. Simple as pie (eip, spelled backwards).

Yesterday, I went to my market of choice, Gelson’s, and bought bags and bags of candy for Halloween. I so wanted to rip open each and every bag and eat all of the contents, but I refrained from doing so. Do you know how many carbs are in one little tiny fershluganah package of anything that resembles candy? 26 to 36 carbs, that’s how many. Where is the fairness in that? So, I ate onion dip in sour cream with vegetables instead. Sour cream you can eat – a whole fershluganah carton of it if you want (1 carb per serving), you can eat ribs, you can eat salad with real dressing, and a pound of cheese, all in one day, but you cannot eat one little tiny bag of anything called candy. Blechhh, I say and say with no timidity.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because there are other things to talk about and I don’t wish to discuss any of them in this section.

I actually have nothing to talk about in this section, but if I’d said that no one would have clicked on the Unseemly Button, and then where would we have been? Nowheresville, that’s where.

I will be going back to New York, New York within the next month, to have final meetings with the directorial candidates for Nudie Musical. I am trying to keep an open mind, but I must say I am leaning towards one of them rather strongly, and that strength grows daily. But I do want to sit with each, play them the new songs, talk them through where I am with the adaptation, and then hear their thoughts. I will, of course, keep you posted.

All I want is one tiny fershluganah bag of candy. Damn them, damn them all to hell. However, I will tell you now that we are going to have a brilliant Halloween bash right here at haineshisway.com. We will all dress in costumes and I will award a sparkling prize for the best one. We will all describe our costumes in detail so that I can judge. We will party until the cows come home, and we will tell scary stories to chill the very marrow of our bones. I, for one, like to have the marrow of my bones chilled. Sometimes I like to have the marrow of my bones steamed, too. Whatever – we shall tell scary stories to raise goosebumps on our flesh whilst chilling the marrow of our collective bones. It will be scary here, dear readers, I give you fair warning. On Halloween, enter at your own risk.

One little bag, that’s all I want. I shall be strong, dear readers, but it isn’t easy.

Well, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must get in my automobile and drive to Woodland Hills where I will work, work, work (that is three works which to me means overworked) and then I shall come home and eat the foods allowed me by Eileen and Chet Atkins. And I shall bellow at the moon, “All I want is one little bag of candy, is that so much?” Today’s topic of discussion: Do we want to have a regularly scheduled once-a-week live chat? I would pick the evening, and we’d start at seven, at time which I would hope might work for all coasts. Let me know your thoughts, and which day of the week and which time would be optimal. We gave it a test run last night and it seemed to work just fine. Second topic of discussion: What are your favorite Bock and Harnick songs? I’ll start: Now I Have Everything (I love that song), all of She Loves Me, but especially Sounds While Selling, the title song, Tonight at Eight and Dear Friend, Where Do I Go From Here? cut from Fiorello, the entire Passionella score from The Apple Tree, Little Tin Box and on and on. Your turn.

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