Well, dear readers, what a swell party it was. What fun we all had wearing our pointy party hats and colored tights and pantaloons. And now we are officially into our second year at haineshisway.com – and thus it is the story goes on – oh, a Maltby and Shire reference.
Last night I supped with the various and sundried dear readers known to one and all and also all and one as Laura, Sandra and Megan. I took them to one of my favorite haunts, Musso and Frank. I had the cracked crab and a salad with vinaigrette. Dear reader Laura had a nice big salad with vegetables, dear reader Sandra had a half a piece of bread and a dinner salad, and dear reader Megan ate ravioli, mashed potatoes and cream to tomato soup. It was all too too splendid, but I’ll let them tell you more about it when they return to Arizona, from whence they came. Oh, yes, from whence they came. Dear reader Kerry sent some very special gourmet doggie treats for Luckie, and Luckie has enjoyed a few of them already. Luckie is having a grand time, too, and has been very friendly to all visitors, so I think once she’s in here full time she will be a sparkling doggie.
After dinner, I took the trio on a Benjamin Kritzer tour and showed them most of the locations featured in the book, which they seemed to enjoy.
After they left, I watched the first half of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, which I am thoroughly enjoying. I will admit to being one of the few who thought The Phantom Menace was perfectly peachy, so I don’t understand all these kids who put these movies down as if they were Plan Nine from Outer Space. Certainly what I’ve seen so far has some of the best CGI effects ever put on the screen – they are, in fact, breathtaking. I’ll have a full report tomorrow.
Well, dear readers, why don’t we click on the Unseemly Button below and see if this section is from whence we came.
Yes, indeed, that last section is from whence we came. Yes, Virginia, we came from whence and there are no one or two ways about it. What the hell am I talking about?
I finally finished the chapter I’d been working on for three weeks – it was a long chapter and I had to work on it when I could grab time, but it’s done and off it goes to my friend Margaret, who shall tell me if it’s okay. This particular chapter introduces a key new character so it was a little harder to write, which is always the case when you have a new character. Today I shall work on Nudie Musical and try to finish the big section I’ve been slaving over.
Since yesterday’s notes were a marathon, marathon – oh, a Jacques Brel reference – I think I shall keep today’s notes on the brief side. A big thank you to all of you for keeping this site the most fun place to be on all the Internet. Looking at yesterday’s posts, we are truly global.
Don’t forget, Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show up later today, and we will have a brand spanking new interview up on Friday – with Miss Donna Lynne Champlin, who is currently starring on Broadway in Hollywood Arms, playing a young Carol Burnett. It will be a splendid interview with many shocking and revealing things, so stay tuned.
Well, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must write words upon a page (well, upon a computer screen anyway), I must buy new ink for my printer, I must toss the old ink cartridge out, I must watch the rest of Attack of the Clones. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, so the sky’s the limit. Let your collective minds take you wherever they go. Tell us things we’ve never heard before. Ask interesting questions on interesting subjects. I will check in and participate in a while. And don’t forget, tomorrow night is our weekly Unseemly Live Chat – we’ll have instructions for you in tomorrow’s notes. Post away, my pretties.