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May 17, 2003:

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS

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Well, dear readers, it is Saturday, and the cleaning lady will soon be here to cast her Evil Eye on me should I be sitting here like so much fish. So, today we shall have short notes which is fine given that the notes of the past few days have been endless and long, not necessarily in that order.

The first order of business is to don our pointy party hats, our colored tights and pantaloons, to break out the cheese slices and ham chunks, and to dance the Hora and even the Mashed Potato – because we’ve got an upcoming birthday to celebrate and said birthday belongs to our very own Francois from France. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, today we are celebrating Francois from France’s birthday even though said birthday is not actually until Monday. So, let us all give a hale and hearty birthday salutation to Francois from France on the count of trois: Une, deux, trois – Happy Birthday Francois from France mon ami! What a lively and sparkling party we shall have here at haineshisway.com and all the best people will be here including Les Demoiselles de Rochefort and La Parapluis de Cherbourg. Jules et Jim will be here, too, along with Le Samourai. What the hell am I talking about?

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below so we can get to the second order of business, and perhaps even the third and fourth order of business.

The second order of business is to not forget that our Unseemly Live Chat is tomorrow at six o’clock Pacific Mean Daylight Savings time. Be there or be round because there will be a lot of dirt dished and dished dirt. Also, don’t forget that on Monday the price of Kritzerland will be going up two count them two dollars. That is because last Monday I found out the books were costing me two dollars more than the last book – but I’d agreed to keep the old price through this weekend and so I have. Also, don’t forget, Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show up tomorrow for your mental delectation.

The third order of business is the return of our Unseemly Trivia Contest – today’s contest being courtesy of dear reader William E. Lurie. Here is the question:

A famous singer/actress appeared in two related film biographies. In the first she played the wife of a famous songwriter. In the second she played a singer whose signature song was written by the songwriter in the first film and actually became the name of the singer’s film bio.

Name

1) The actress/singer who played both roles

2) The songwriter who was the subject of the first film

3) The actor who played the songwriter

4) The name of his film biography

5) The song that became the title of the singer’s film biography

6) The singer who was the subject of the second film

7) The Broadway show that the singer introduced the song in


Remember, DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER TO THE SITE – simply e-mail it to me at bruce@haineshisway.com or by using the unseemly Ask BK button on our home page. You have until midnight on Monday to submit your excellent answers.

Yesterday, I took part in a script reading of a new motion picture. A producer friend of mine called at the last minute and asked if I’d take part and I thought why not and I did it. I had a good time – the script is a thriller along the lines of Rope – very low budget. The amusing thing when I walked into the room was seeing one of my former New York assistants, Gretchen Weiss, who was there to read the part of the Bitch. She did very well and we all had a good time.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must vamoose or vandonkey out of here before I get ye olde Evil Eye. Today’s topic of discussion: Let us talk once again of vacations – if you could go anywhere in the world what would your ideal vacation be, how long would it last, and why would you want to go where you go? I’ll check back after the cleaning lady has vamoosed or vandonkeyed.

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