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April 14, 2003:

MORE IS LESS

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Well, dear readers, the rain of Friday finally arrived late last night. It seems to have abated for the moment but the skies are still cloudy and gray so we shall see if more is on its way. I hope “more” is on its way as we haven’t seen “more” in quite some time. In fact, we’ve seen less of “more” than we have in ages, but that’s because more is always on its way yet never arrives, like Godot. Last night we had an especially lively and sparkling chat, and the fact is that there were people chatting until about ten-thirty Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time.

Yesterday I met dear reader Ann and we had a lovely early supper at the California Pizza Kitchen, prior to her seeing Stritch. She was/is a delightful person and a fine time was had by all. Next we shall be meeting dear reader Kerry and Laura on Tuesday. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?

If you missed the weekend notes you have a lot to catch up on – I was particularly verbose on Saturday, less verbose on Sunday. Today I shall be medium verbose. Did you know that my neighbor’s orange tree finally went and pushed the fence that separates our houses against mine? I know this because I heard a giant crash this morning and the crash was the result of the neighbor’s orange tree finally pushing the fence into my house with quite a loud bang. It woke me up, frankly, and it woke me up, williamly. I shall have to have a chat with said neighbor about what to do.

I shall soon be wending my way to the East Coast, specifically New Jersey to do the Chiller Convention and I do hope that some of you who are in the area can come say hello. Dear reader Susan Gordon will be there, too, and it should be a fine and fancy affair. I’ll have more details soon.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button before the neighbor’s orange tree causes more havoc.

Don’t forget, Donald has a brand spanking new radio show up and you simply must give it a listen immediately, if not sooner. Can anyone tell me if “more” is on its way? Less is more, you know. Less has been impersonating more until more gets back on track. I have no clue as to what the hell I’m talking about, do you, dear readers? This is what happens when the neighbor’s orange tree causes the fence to crash into my house and wake me up.

I happened to watch one of my favorite motion pictures last night – The Court Jester. I was just in the mood and, as always, it never fails to delight me. It was one of my favorite movies as a child (I followed it from theater to theater, wherever it played) and it is as fresh and funny today as it was then. Many of my “things” come from that film – “uncouth interloper”, my habit of repetition, and, of course my current WebTV username of Brockhurst and Pertwee (in the film it’s Brockhurst, Finsdale, and Pertwee – I misremembered “Finsdale” when creating my first WebTV name and eventual label name). If you’ve never seen The Court Jester you’d just better get out there and see it immediately. Great laughs, great songs, great cast, including Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick and, of course, Basil Rathbone.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must make calls, set meetings, finish casting the CD, work on arrangements and all manner of whatnot and so forth and so on. Today’s topic of discussion: If you could take a time machine and go back in time to see any movie ever made being filmed, what movie would it be and what scene would you most like to be there for? I’ll check back later to see your excellent choices, and I’ll give mine later in the day. Post away, my pretties.

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