Posted by MBarnum @ 09/29/2003 08:41 AM PST

Welcome LC! We always enjoy it when someone new comes aboard. Tell us a bit about yourself when you feel like it!

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/29/2003 08:42 AM PST

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy, now that that's over with....

Good morning everyone from a very crowded McGill Arts Undergraduate Lounge and Computer Centre. This week is the one-third mark of the term so I guess there's a lot of papers due for those unfortunates in English and other paper-writing programs. I have mini-theses due too, but only around November - during the half and three-quarter term marks.

When did I hear about the internet? I really don't know... I do remember using it for the first time at a friends' house when I was in 6th grade... which would have been in 1994-95. Wow, I didn't think I had been that late in using it!

I'm off to work today and will be working on the mass mailing that will not end. The Coalition received a grant from the federal government to train other organizations (mainly health and education with the occasional business corporation thrown in for fun) to deal with gun violence. That means that I have had to collect mailing information for all gazillion and a half Quebec social and business organizations so that we can mail them a "How Much Do You Know About Gun Violence in Canada" survey that we are expecting maybe 5 people to actually fill out and return to us. Ugh. At least I got my raise to $12/hr!!!! :)

Posted by Emily @ 09/29/2003 08:43 AM PST

A special hello to new DR (that's shorthand for Dear Reader) LC!!!

Tell us everything of interest and not of interest about you. We like to devour new DRs like popcorn around here.

I mean "devour" in a good friendly get-to-know-you way, of course :)

Posted by Emily @ 09/29/2003 08:45 AM PST

BTW Craig, my pictur dissemination is on hold. I have to buy a USB cable for the scanner we have a work which wasn't included in the package we bought.

Why didn't they write that on the f*$king box!!?!!

Posted by Emily @ 09/29/2003 08:48 AM PST

Hmmmmmmmmm.....I bought a used computer a Tandy 500XL in 1993 to do some word processing. It had some great games and a hard drive and a 5 1/4" floppy drive. And NO windows.

My sister was on the internet and I went to her house one day in 1994 and tried it out, but didn't know how I could ever make it work.

Eventually in 1998, I bought a new computer $1000 - and had a second phone line put in - and joined up. I did't know much about ISP's, but my sister and brother-in-law were using Freeweb, which was free. You bought a disk for $98 and then signed up, so I did.

Of course mostly I looked at theatre pages and research on my favorite actors. I also joined up for EBAY and started buying things there. I met several people who also liked both Allison Hayes and Frances Farmer, and even found a site that was devoted to Frances.

ANYWAY....Freeweb went under, I switched to Juneau - it wasn't good - then to NetZero which was never up when I needed it...grrrrrrrr.... So I finally opted for Comcast Cable modem almost three years ago. Great service and no problems!

The internet is a great resource and can also be a great time waster! But the friends you make along the way are worth it.

And that certainly includes JMK who introduced me to HHW!!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 08:55 AM PST

Welcome LC!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 08:56 AM PST

Emily - look in the small tiny print...it says it there somewhere...although someone might have put a label over it! You can bet that any peripheral you buy will NOT have the cable in the box!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 08:57 AM PST

Damn, I hate it when there is no cable for my peripheral!

Welcome, LC! When you are feeling more comfortable, we will all look forward to finding out a little more about you.

Jrand -- In the rogue's gallery of photos, your picture (I guess it's you) is there, but listed as Jrand55. Are you getting younger every year?

Posted by TCB @ 09/29/2003 09:30 AM PST

When I first started using the internet I thought "www" stood for "world-wide wait." Thankfully, things have improved since!

Welcome new DR LC!

Posted by Jay @ 09/29/2003 09:37 AM PST

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Donald O'Connor passed away.

Click my name for the story at Broadway.com

Posted by Dave @ 09/29/2003 09:48 AM PST

Welcome, LC! No crime against "lurking" -- most of us do it every day, whether we post or not. "Unseemly Interloping" is, of course, frowned upon.

BK: As they say, the "proof" is in the pudding...so I'm wondering if there is pudding involved in "proofing," as well. If so, is it good pudding.

Or, as we say in the south, "puddin'"!

BK: Ever since I switched to DSL, my internet usage has been SO MUCH BETTER. It makes ALL the difference.

My first time on the worldwideweb was in 1995 when I finally got "internet access" at work. It was literally my "first time." Of course, the last thing anyone wanted to was make it easy and interesting to use the internet, so I didn't know from search engines, etc. But I eventually managed to subscribe to a discussion group on, of all things, "Lois and Clark" and "Due South." Two of my favorite shows in the 1990s. Some of my comments about the music in the shows caught the attention of a film music fan who alerted me to filmus-l, the film music discussion group. As the years went by, I learned about search engines and newsgroups. Ah, it's a vast undertaking...all this learning about the "internet."

Monday, Bloody Monday -- which says it all, I think. But no...my agency (which occupies part of floors 6, 8 and 11, and all of floors 9 and 10 in my building) is having a combined Bake Sale/Silent Auction today. I brought in lots of stuff from my storage locker for the silent auction. And I spent $3.25 at the bake sale for: A huge slice of flan, a piece of sweet potato pie, a small piece of walnut cake, and a Krispy Kreme donut.

I am immobilized, and I've only just eaten the flan.

Oooooooof!

Ooink!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 09:54 AM PST

Oh, yes! Proceeds from the Bake Sale/Silent Auction will fund our agency's Christmas party! So it is all good.

Snuffle.

Oink.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 09:56 AM PST

Welcome DR LC

I have been "on-line" or part of the Internet and WWW for many years. I started using computers in the early 80s and moved on up (not to the East Side, though) to the point that I use the Web every day for my research at work and I (and my partner Anthony) use it at home for any number of things ranging from work to entertainment. I remember when e-mail was just the electronic equivelant of a paper letter or memo, no graphics and not many fancy fonts or colors. It has slowly progressed to the point that sometimes I think people spend more time on how the missive will look than whether it contains any useful information. I love the Internet and the Web but I think we are becoming a bit too dependent on the format, e.g., when the blackout hit the East Coast and parts of Ohio and Michigan, at my office we lost almost 4 days of work that 10 years ago, would have been completed anyway because we were not so dependent on virtual research. That being said, I do love to fiddle around and find obscure information at the drop of a hat with which to amaze and amuse my friends.

Posted by Ben @ 09/29/2003 10:12 AM PST

Everyone,

As Bruce noted, there's a brand new Broadway Radio Show for your listening pleasure. It's an interesting conversation with Russell Ochocki of Music Theatre International. We discuss exactly what MTI does and listen to songs from some of their latest acquistions, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Moby Dick.

Enjoy!

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 09/29/2003 10:23 AM PST

Well I just wrote a nice post. But my computer froze and now it is gone :(

Let me see how much of it I can remember.

I know I first used the internet the summer of '94 at university. I cannot remember what i used it for then. I think mostly for emailing.

Btw, I'm not sure if I should admit this, but what the heck. If anyone watches the reality show Paradise Hotel, I need to talk to you! :)

And btw2, I WANT TO GO TO A BAKE SALE!

Posted by Jennifer @ 09/29/2003 10:26 AM PST

Jason - No, I'm not blind and my memory is fine, thank you. But I seem to recall that your paycheck was delayed for several days a couple of weeks back, so I figured you had trimmed down :)

Posted by Phil @ 09/29/2003 10:27 AM PST

THE TALES OF BONNIE AND CLYDE, Chapter IV.

For those who have been errant and truant, the first two chapters of this story can be found in Saturday's Unseemly Comments, with chapter three following in Sunday's U.C.

When we’d caught Bonnie and Clyde in the morning, they didn’t look like they’d been traveling far. They weren’t dehydrated or tired, and the pads on their feet weren’t roughed up the way they I’d have expected if they’d been running a marathon. I was betting that they were from our neighborhood, traveling at most three or four blocks and avoiding the major cross-streets, which would have been filled with heavy morning traffic and too frightening a challenge for any young dog. Heck, I get nervous crossing the major street just to the north of us in the morning; the drivers roar past, preferring to curse the sun that glares in their eyes over using caution and slowing down. A number of incautious pedestrians have been plowed down along that bit of street over the years simply because the drivers couldn’t see them.

This made my game plan for posting their pictures a little easier. I targeted the telephone poles at every corner in our neighborhood for a few blocks in each direction. I tried to figure how high the posters should be for best kid-friendly viewing, and what side of the pole would be easiest to spot by both foot and vehicular traffic. By the time I was finished it was already three o’clock, and some of the students were heading for home.

I stopped a few of the kids, asking if they’d ever seen the dogs in the pictures. The usual reaction was that the dogs were cute, but no, they hadn’t seen the dogs before. Or at least that’s what the girls said. It turns out that Tim Allen is right; even at that age, boys would much rather grunt than say a word.

I managed to get home just in time to meet with Warren, our UPS delivery guy. His name isn’t Warren, but I can never remember what his real name is in spite of his having told me more than once, so I just refer to him by the name of the fellow that delivered for UPS at the office where I worked before I retired. It’s a running joke, one that he tolerates, I think, because I regularly sign for packages that arrive for our neighbor Sue while she’s at work.

I told Warren about Bonnie and Clyde, whose noses were poking through a crack in our driveway fence. He hadn’t met up with the twosome before. “But, y’know, there’s people who dump dogs off in strange neighborhoods all the time. They don’t want to take care of ‘em any more, an’ instead of finding new owners for the dogs or takin’ ‘em to the pound or something they just drive to another part of town an’ leave ‘em.”

That wasn’t the sort of information I wanted to hear. Then Warren stopped and thought for a moment. “There’s a gal lives not too far from here, does animal rescue work. You should see her place, filled with all kinds of dogs. I could see about getting her number for you, if I get a chance.”

That was the best news I’d had all afternoon. I accepted and thanked Warren for his offer, and he thanked me for signing for Sue’s packages once again.

Back in the house, der Brucer was frustrated. He’d let Bonnie and Clyde in the house for a while, but Clyde and Marty hadn’t gotten along. Apparently, Clyde had decided Bonnie needed protection from this big stranger, and been quite vocal about it. Marty, in turn, saw no reason why he should have to be taught manners by someone who was supposed to be a guest, and had been just as vocal in return. That explained why Bonnie and Clyde were shut out in the yard again.

Der Brucer was also frustrated because he’d been avoiding using the phone or the modem Internet connection, leaving the phone free for anyone trying to make contact about the dogs. So far, there’d been no calls.

At about six-thirty in the evening I headed down the major cross street a mile or so to the supermarket. We needed carrots and parsley for the “Meatballs Burgundy” I’d planned for dinner, an easy variation on Boeuf Bourguignonne. On the way, I passed the telephone pole next to the elementary school where I’d put up one of the posters that morning. The poster wasn’t there.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 09/29/2003 10:30 AM PST

My first internet experience was most likely watching over a friend's shoulder while he logged onto Prodigy. Eventually, I got my own computer and my own Prodigy account, and the rest is history. Hmm... I guess that means I've been using the WWW for about half of my life so far. I also remember my aunt having a modem in her office - the type where you put the phone receiver in the cradle... and hoped that there wasn't too much noise in the room or that someone wouldn't knock it out of the cradle.

It's my "day off" today, and I think I'm going to venture into downtown LA via the metro/subway/whatever-they-call-it-here for a few hours before tonight's "festivities". Thanks again to DR Jay for his suggestions, I'm sure I'll make good use of them.

Welcome, new DR LC!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 09/29/2003 10:35 AM PST

Back in the 80s, I remember hearing about this guy I knew who quit his job, to start his own internet company working out of his own home. I had no idea how anybody could have a company based on the internet, or how you could operate it from your own home. In 1994 I bought my first computer, even though I had no idea how to use it.

The first internet provider I used gave me 50 free hours a month and, at the time, I could not figure out how anybody could use that many hours in one month. Well, it didn't take me long to figure it out. Fortunately, I have curtailed my usage considerably since that time.

Posted by TCB @ 09/29/2003 10:39 AM PST

As for how long der Brucer and I have been logging onto the Internet, I'd say it's been about eight or nine years now. He was quite reluctant at first, until a friend who was heavily hooked showed him what the Internet was really like at the time. That led to our first connection, several versions of AOL ago.

At first, we both used the same e-mail address and account. We only started using separate accounts when we began to take advantage of the Internet's capability to let people communicate. For us both to post with the same screen-name, but obviously not the same personality, struck us as schitzoid.

An interesting parallel question is has to do with meeting people in person those that we've met first on-line. I can clearly remember the first time der Brucer and I met our esteemed BK, but have always wondered how BK would tell his side of the story, if he remembers the tale at all.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 09/29/2003 10:40 AM PST

Thank you all for the warm welcomes. I am a resident of New York City where I work in sales. I have always been a theatre fan as my family used to make trips here when I was growing up to see the shows, and I try to see one or two things a month, time and finances permitting. I also enjoy seeing films in the theater, as well as live music (rock, pop, classical, etc.) and try to do a lot of both.

The first time I used the internet was when I went to college in the fall of 1995. The thing that impressed me most about the new medium was the speed and ease of e-mail; now that that has become the norm, I am most fond of the wealth of information that is readily available with a few clicks.

Posted by LC @ 09/29/2003 10:52 AM PST

Being your basic techno-phobe, I did not get wired to the internet until 1997 (I still type scripts in a DOS program). The first thing I did, of course, was to type in my own name and see how many times I came up. While I find it a blessing in many ways, I also find it an addictive, time-wasting curse in others. When I first got on it, it was like having cable TV for the first time...I just stayed in front of it for hours, reveling in all the options. I have since got a grip on my self-discipline, but I still spend too much time on it.

I have lots of bookmarks for favourite sites. I have four major folders entitled LONDON/ENGLAND; BOOKS; NEWSPAPERS; MOVIES/THEATRE with numerous websites in each folder. I daily come to this site, a screenwriting message board, usually the Scarlet Street message board. I read several London papers daily, read the the Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Ky. papers from my hometowns daily. I visit the BBC 4 regularly to listen to the comedy and quiz shows. I have several sites for authors I collect, places to cull movie information I may need, historical websites used for research, book dealers I buy from, lots of other oddities.

Posted by Charles Pogue @ 09/29/2003 11:13 AM PST

Just received a promo CD for "the NEW Jerome Kern musical" Never Gonna Dance, supposedly based on the Astaire/Rogers film of the same name. According to the liner notes it's scheduled to begin previews Oct 27th and open on Dec 4th. Anyone have any more details? Craig?? Jason?? bk??

Posted by Phil @ 09/29/2003 11:24 AM PST

30th post gettin' jiggy :-)

Posted by Phil @ 09/29/2003 11:25 AM PST

Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to new DR LC.

I'm typing this from school, where I just got out of rehearsal. Things are coming along quite nicely. The guy cast as Macbeth just amazes me. We've only been rehearsing for about 2 weeks, and already he knows all the lines of like 5 of his scenes.

Like Jose, my first exposure to the Internet was through Prodigy. I would to to my mom's work and look through it--that must have been in the early to mid nineties. Soon after that, I remember Playbill.com came up and I would check that out almost every day.

Well, I'm soon off to the doctor's. That damn virus I had earlier has returned.

Loved the new Juliana's Journal!

Posted by Maya @ 09/29/2003 11:29 AM PST

I hate (HATE)coming back to work after a long vacation. I was getting used to sleeping in and taking naps.

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/29/2003 11:29 AM PST

Phil--please let us know how the promo CD is!

Posted by Maya @ 09/29/2003 11:30 AM PST

LOL...well TCB, my first MSNet-given name was Jrand55. Then suddenly everyone thought that was my age or the year I was born, so I switched to Jrand52 - my age - AFTER my picture was added to the Gallery...then last August when I had a birthday I switched to Jrand53. So that's the story....I am NOT getting younger, believe me.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 11:31 AM PST

DR Ron - I have the CD's from DUE SOUTH....terrific music. One of my favorite episodes has always been when the mountie had to sing back-up for the country singer...crooning NOBODY'S GIRL!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 11:32 AM PST

My memory, S. Woody, is that we first met when you came up to me at the Cinegrill (was it to see Jason or someone else?). That was in the old Column A days, I think.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 11:53 AM PST

Maya - Just 3 cuts on the CD: Pick Yourself Up, The Way You Look Tonight, and A Fine Romance. The singers (Noah Racey & Nancy Lemenager) are fine. Need to know more about the show to know if IT'S worthwhile!

Posted by Phil @ 09/29/2003 12:08 PM PST

Thanks, Phil! I'd be interested to see how well this show does--I guess it could depend on how they market it. But personally, I think it sounds fun! And Karen Ziemba's in it, so that's always a good thing.

Posted by Maya @ 09/29/2003 12:32 PM PST

Oh. We shall never get to 100 posts today. No I just don't see how it's possible.

Posted by The positively progressively palpable pessimistic poster @ 09/29/2003 12:59 PM PST

This invariably happens when I say "let's send out September with a bang" - suddenly everyone is on hiatus until October. Shame, as Ingmar Bergman would say. If we don't get to 100 posts today then I just don't know what I shall do - perhaps I'll take a hiatus, too, and won't that be a fine kettle of what is it, fish?

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 01:15 PM PST

At my age the years are all a blur, so I can only tell you that I became aware of the Internet sometime in the early 90s when our office computers were finally linked up to the university mainframe and I learned to negotiate e-mail in entirely command-driven environment. You know, back in prehistoric days before the mouse.

There was also a menu option called "Lynx", which turned out to be a "web browser"--again entirely command driven--which would send you to Yahoo and thence to a wondrous world of text-only files. I was in heaven. I learned to ftp. I taught my students to ftp and http, and this was the first any of them had heard of the World Wide Web (or, as we say in Esperanto, la TutTera Teksajho).

I could even access our mainframe over the phone from my ancient PC and watch while it took a minute or so to download a short e-mail. Wow!

Then one day one of my students came in and said he had seen something truly marvelous over in the computer center. They had a program called Mosaic, which could access not only text, but pictures! It put real color (or colour, if you prefer) pictures right on the screen with the words!

Soon enough Mosaic had morphed into Netscape, and I was able to access it in the Mac lab in our building. Unfortunately neither my home computer nor my office computer had enough memory for this stuff. (We were talking kilobytes in those days, kiddies.)

So when I decided to put my novel on-line and create a slew (wels spelled backwards) of illustrations for it, I would write all the html from scratch, design the pictures on primitive drawing software, upload the lot to the mainframe web site, and then run down the hall to see how it looked.

I am ancient enough to remember when AOL opened their Internet gateway, and all the old-timers were decrying the flood of newbies invading their territory. And the alarms sounded when the Internet first began to be "polluted" by commercialism. The sky was falling for sure.

Now, of course, I'm just as spoiled as everyone else, and I predict that in twenty-five years we will all have wireless access, and the young will have cerebrally implanted Internet connections, creating a borglike group consciousness. All the world's knowledge accessible immediately to your brain. It will play the very devil with giving exams, though.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/29/2003 01:24 PM PST

The death of Mr. O'Connor was posted on this here site Saturday, but I don't believe anyone has mentioned Elia Kazan.

NEVER GONNA DANCE is based on the screenplay to "Swingtime" but since that film had only 6 or 7 songs Kern songs from other sources will fill out the score. It stars Karen Ziembe (not in the Ginger role), Noah Racey, Nancy Leminger and Peter Bartlett.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 09/29/2003 01:25 PM PST

Well drat and tarnation!

What's the buzz? What could stimulate a steady stream of communiques?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 01:27 PM PST

Welcome DRs LC and Danise. (I used to have a girlfriend known as LC.)

I was so late when it came to using the internet (a mere five years ago), but I've made up for it with a vengeance. I use it for work (reference questions), but, of course, have to be careful about sources. It's been a godsend with health issues; I've learned more about my mom's Parkinsons through a support group than I have from any specialist.

I've made several friends through the internet, but have not met any face to face. I connected with one of my first internet buddies when we were both bidding on the same Ethel Merman playbill (Take a Chance. I won, but I think he later got his for a lower price.) We've been e-mailing back and forth ever since.

Over the years I've signed on to and then off of several sites. But HHW is a keeper - it has all the good, and none of the bad or the ugly.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/29/2003 01:27 PM PST

If you want to take a hiatus, BK, I have a few hiati around here somewhere. You can take one of mine.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/29/2003 01:28 PM PST

The new special about the filming of the Errol Flynn ROBIN HOOD is on TCM tonight followed by the movie itself.

Is this "special" one of the extras on the disk?

And when are we going to get the Director's Cut of TITANIC with all the subplots including the Californian connection?

Are there any movies other DR's would like to see given the deluxe treatment?

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 01:34 PM PST

Arg! I just typed a very very very long and information-filled post, and when I clicked "Send", it brought up the annoying "This Page Cannot Be Displayed" message! That is REALLY annoying!

OK well...I just returned from a very cold day at school, the AC is on high, and they can't seem to figure out how to shut it off. So it was colder in school than it was outside, which is saying a lot, as it was only 66 degrees outside today! I want summer back!

I can't remember my first internet experience directly, but I remember being about 7, and being absolutely fascinated with AOL...You could TALK to people through your COMPUTER! It was almost as confusing as the idea of the stock market, which I thought was a big room where they stocked things that would be sold at markets and such :)

At the moment, I'm listening to some lovely bootleg recordings of the Chess concert (ignore me Jason). Sutton Foster and Josh Groban sound great, but I don't like Adam Pascal's song. It might be the recording, but when he begins to belt, it's more like yelling! It sounds painful. I was also sent a recodring of Sutton singing "On My Own" when she was Eponine in Les Miz. I LOVE her voice...she goes up on "Pretending!" and it gives me goosebumps every time.

SWW: I'm loving this story!

A big HHW welcome to LC! Welcome to the cookie jar, what flavor are YOU? (I will never give that line up, whoever said it first :) I'm sorry you couldn't make chat last night, it was quite.....amusing :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 01:45 PM PST

Oh boy, Juliana's journal-just what I need to cheer me up. We took our cat to the vet today and I held her until the end. I know we did the right thing as she was getting progressively worse. Bosco and I were in a lovely room with a waterfall and plants. Afterwards I exited directly from the room instead of having to walk through the waiting room. It was very private. Keith was waiting outside in the car for me.

Welcome LC.

S. Woody White, you are leaving me in suspense here! I want to know the rest of the story!

Now that I have caught up on today's postings I feel much cheered.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 01:48 PM PST

Sarah, I am very partial to oatmeal raisin cookies, myself.

Is there somewhere I could download the recordings you are listening to? I would love to hear Sutton Foster as Eponine, or even better, Kerry Butler.

Posted by LC @ 09/29/2003 01:49 PM PST

PS. Jane, I am very sorry to hear about your cat.

Posted by LC @ 09/29/2003 01:51 PM PST

LC- If you email me, I could send them to you :)

Jane- I'm sorry to hear about your cat! But you made a good decision, tough, but good. :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 01:55 PM PST

Twenty two years ago Keith purchased our first computer. I thought it was a huge waste of money. For years I hated to use the computer as it gave me a big case of eye strain. Thankfully computers have improved over the years. With Keith and my boys around I would just have them look up any information I needed on the computer. About six years ago a friend of my in Pennsylvania was going through chemo (she is fine today) and, living in California at the time, it was often easier for her to communicate by email then telephone. So out of friendship I began using the computer. Once we moved here five years ago and purchased a new, improved computer, I slowly began to explore the internet. I mostly use it to look up medical information and to find people, such as when I found this site looking for Bruce. After years of Keith complaining that I wouldn't use the computer, he now complains that I'm on it too often.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 01:59 PM PST

DR §wishy §arah:

That happens to all of us all the time. My final solution is this:

Before I hit the Preview button (which I always do, being an addicted if sloppy proofreader), I use my mouse to mark my entire text and then chose the Copy option from the Edit menu.

If anything is lost in transit, I can always use Paste (ctrl-V on a PC) to recover it. Does that help?

And I meant to suggest this weekend, if you got bored by the Wife of Bath's tale, you might try the Miller's or the Reeve's. Both are very much in the Randy Vicar mode.

One of them, I'm not sure which, ends with "and he hath kissed her nether eye." ("eye" pronounced eee.)

In other words: KISS MY ASS

But for a truly shocking story, from a modern point of view, try the Prioress's Tale, a very pious narrative about evil Jews murdering a saintly Christian child. Hard to believe that this was considered de rigeur at the time.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/29/2003 01:59 PM PST

Jane, I am sorry to hear about Bosco. I know you loved her very much and I know she had a good life with you and your family. And I am very glad you could be with her at the end. Take care.

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/29/2003 02:00 PM PST

Jane -- My heartfelt sympathies to you regarding your beloved Bosco. I am sure that you made the right decision, but that does little to comfort you today. Just remember that the warmth and love that he gave you, will live on long after the pain has ceased.

Posted by TCB @ 09/29/2003 02:05 PM PST

Thank you LC and Sarah. Yea Sarah, tough but good.

An oatmeal raisin cookie sounds good about now.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 02:09 PM PST

Thank you MBarnum and TCB for your kind and comforting words.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 02:21 PM PST

DR Jane--This has not been an easy time for you. My condolences to you on the loss of Bosco.

Posted by Jay @ 09/29/2003 02:33 PM PST

Regarding NEVER GONNA DANCE: This show was to have its premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles this winter, before moving to Broadway. While the 2003-2004 Ahmanson brochures--which included splashy PR for NGD--were in the mail to renewing subscribers, a theatre became available in New York, the producers of NGD grabbed it and pulled the show from the Ahmanson--despite their contractual agreement to mount NGD in L.A.--and my, oh my, the powers that be at the Ahmanson were ever so frosted.

Interestingly, with NGD no longer in the line-up and La Boheme closing earlier than anticipated in New York, La Boheme was moved from its late spring 2004 slot at the Ahmanson to fill the one vacated by NGD. We're still waiting to hear what will fill the gap in the season that remains.

Posted by Jay @ 09/29/2003 02:45 PM PST

Jane: For some time now, I take a little extra time to look directly into my cat's face -- to see the "kitty" within her 19-year-old body -- to scratch her in all the places she loves to be scratched.

My fear is that I will awaken one morning, or return from work one afternoon, and find that she has left me.

And if it's peaceful, and without pain, then so be it. Otherwise, I want her in my arms when she leaves this world. No cat could have a better send-off than to be held by the one who loves it best.

Ron

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 02:45 PM PST

Keep them posts coming or I'm taking a hiatus, I tell you.

My first experience on the Internet was when I was given WebTV for Christmas in 1997. I hooked it up and let me tell you I did not sleep for three days, just going crazy surfing the Internet. I, too, searched ME and I was rather horrified to see just how much ME there was, both positive and negative. I found several ngs that way. I found eBay soon thereafter and have been a regular since. I found sondheim.com and, in turn, talkin' broadway, which was quite different then. As most of you know, I have very mixed feelings about the Internet - I find it sometimes makes perfectly reasonable people into total butt cheeks because they can say whatever they want, however they want, with total anonymity if they wish. If they said those same things in front of the people they were saying them about - well, I don't think they'd have the guts, frankly. In fact, I know they wouldn't have the guts. I've confronted a couple of people who've taken me on, and the weaseling that went on was even more nauseating than the net postings. On the other hand, I got to create this here site, and meet lovely people and have a place where we can gather, exchange ideas, without being treated disrespectfully. It's not always easy, I admit, but it's what we strive for and we achieve it more often than not.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 02:53 PM PST

Ron - You should have put a warning label at the beginning of your post. Now everybody in my office keeps walking by my desk wondering why I am sitting here weeping.

I can't wait to leave the office, so that I can go home and cuddle with my two babies.

Posted by TCB @ 09/29/2003 02:55 PM PST

Jay, thank you for your condolences.

Ron, I was doing so well and you made me cry. That was so beautiful I just showed it to Keith. We still have Bogie, our part Main Coon cat, and plan to do just that with him. The last of our four cats, he is by far the most affectionate-always wants to snuggle. We hope he makes it to the wonderful age of nineteen.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 02:57 PM PST

TCB, I'm LOL and crying at the same time. I had to show that to Keith as well.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 03:01 PM PST

So sorry, Jane. Take care, you, Keith and Bogie.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/29/2003 03:03 PM PST

Before I found the internet, I was involved in an alternate modem universe called Fidonet. It was strictly text based, and for years I moderated two boards there: one about movies called (big surprise) FILM and the other about theater called GREASEPAINT. Made lots of nice friends, some of whom like DR Michael Shayne I'm still friendly with.

My introduction to the WWW was also courtesy of Prodigy, and when I found it, I quickly lost interest in Fidonet. There was so much out there to see and do, and I've never looked back. The internet now is like on old friend I couldn't imagine ever being without. We are so lucky to live in this current age.

Posted by Matt H. @ 09/29/2003 03:04 PM PST

Well good, Jane, I am happy to know that I could do something to make you laugh today.

Posted by TCB @ 09/29/2003 03:11 PM PST

My thoughts are with you too Jane. Crying at such a time is most seemly for all of us who truly care about the four legged members of the family who give so much. Fosca and Magnus (Woofy four legged ones) send their thougts as well. I was with our last dogs until their last moment and it was a good feeling to know I had not left them as they were leaving.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/29/2003 03:11 PM PST

So sorry, Jane. Take care, you, Keith and Bogie.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/29/2003 03:28 PM PST

You would never have the guts to say the things to me in person that you have said to me online. You hide behind the shield of the Internet.

Posted by one of your many adoring fans @ 09/29/2003 03:29 PM PST

Ron: Your post made me get teary as well, and I thought,
"I wonder if it had the same effect on everyone else..."

Sure enough, scrolling down, I was not alone. That was beautiful :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 03:31 PM PST

Oh, yeah, try me baby - any time, any place. Those who really know me know that I hide behind nothing. a) I am hardly "anonymous" and b) I am hardly shy about speaking my mind and that means to people's faces. In other words, if I think someone has behaved abominably I tell them - right to their face if I know who in tarnation they are. For example, the next time I run into a particular person without a namo you can bet your butt cheeks he will hear quite an earful from me, oh, yes, he will hear quite an earful. As always, adoring fan, you miss the point.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 03:38 PM PST

And we don't post anonymously here - next time, the post comes down. And soon, we will be password protected and then all will be well with the world.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 03:40 PM PST

Why must people be difficult?

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 03:55 PM PST

I am bleary-eyed from proofing. I shall be done for the day I think. I got my batch of Jeepers Creepers CDs today and I must say it's a very handsome looking package.

My darling Jane - you have weathered several storms this year - and I (and I'm sure others) marvel at the way you deal with it.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 03:56 PM PST

Thanks Tom from Oz & Dan-in-Toronto. We also have Echo who just came bounding into the house and jumped all over me. She misses me when we have been apart for several minutes.

Sarah, I had also thought at first it was just me. I must admit to being a bit weepy lately. Glad it wasn't just me. We saw "Second Hand Lions" yesterday, a wonderful coming of age film, which made me cry.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 03:59 PM PST

People must be difficult, Swishy Sarah, because it is in their nature, and no matter how hard people try, they cannot change their natures. In the case of the post above, it's exactly what I was talking about - people hiding behind anonymity. But then, they knew that and the post was designed to inflame. But we will NOT be inflamed - I simply say to adoring fan, tell me who you are, what I've said to you on the Internet, and then let's find a place to meet so I can say it directly to your face. However, don't do it the cowardly way - simply e-mail me like a human being, and we can deal with it that way. Now, any bets as to whether I'll get an e-mail?

Here is a trivia question: For those who've seen Mr. de Palma's Scarface - in the first scene name the famous character actor who looped the entire performance of Mr. Pacino's interogator. The voice is unmistakable. The second interogator is also looped by a well-known TV series actor. Quick!

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 04:01 PM PST

TCB, Jane/Keith, Sarah: Thank you. It was hard to write, but I hoped it might help. Hoped it didn't sound sappy. Guess it didn't.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 04:16 PM PST

So sorry to hear about Boscoe, Jane. You and Boscoe were fortunate to have found each other so many years ago. I've had to make that same decision a few times myself, and it's always so very difficut.

Welcome to new DRs LC and Danise.

Posted by Old Laura @ 09/29/2003 04:17 PM PST

Old Laura: How are you, Laura? And why do you feel "old"?????

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 04:30 PM PST

Laura the First! Yay!

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 04:32 PM PST

Welcome back, Vintage Laura!

Jane--I too am very sorry about your loss. I have four cats, and the one I am closest with is 12. The thought that she will have to leave me in less than a decade is enough to make me start crying then and there. But again, my deepest condolences and I'm sure your Bosco is now at peace.

And now, back to Sociology class...

Posted by Maya @ 09/29/2003 04:35 PM PST

Missed you in chat Laura I!

Jane - my thoughts are with you!

Charles Durning...Mr BK...not sure who the other guy is...my video is VERY old...LOL.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 04:40 PM PST

How did Adoring Fan know you were talking about him?

Why is he here reading what is written?

Do we care? LOL....not as much as he does.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 04:42 PM PST

Hi all!

Just want to say thank you for the warm welcome last night. Sorry I had to leave the chat so early but to be honest, with my eyesight, I don’t think I can take to much more than a ½ hour of it. It’s kinda hard for me to follow. That's my fault--not yours.

As far as computers/the net are concerned, I guess I should push my chair back, stand and say, “My name is Danise and I had a TRS 80 with a screaming 4 K of memory. I also belonged to AOL when it was known as Q-link (how many of you remember that?)."

It was all text–no graphics at the time. I think I should point out that my sight was much, much better at that, ahem, age.

I was sorely disappointed that my computer didn’t talk to me a la “Star Trek”. But I also can’t believe the leaps home computing has made in such a "short" time.

I also remember when your "man" was nothing but a box moving on the screen.

Ok, I've said enough to "date" me for one post.

:-)

D

Posted by Danise @ 09/29/2003 04:57 PM PST

Danise reminds me that I did do some computer chatting way back when that kind of thing was going on in the early 1980s. There was regional chatting, but not worldwide. I remember getting involved in a "Bible" chat...very tough stuff...very funny...some sincere folks, and some severely demented folks, too, all at universities. I was in a Department of Defense school as an instructor, and we had links to various midwest colleges, etc.

The most active discussions were about the Bible, so I thought I'd check it out. I got into the hugest fuss (a pre-internet flame war, as it were) over the story of a pair of she-bears eating two kids who made fun of a prophet because he was old and bald. Was it Isaiah? I don't recall. Anyway, these kids were razzing him, so he called down the wrath of the Lord and two she-bears came out of a nearby forest and killed the boys.

Now aint' that a trip?

How could I stay OUT of that conversation???

We're NOW over 85 posts, so it looks like reaching and passing 100 is a given.

But we need a huge explosion of activity....A BIG BANG, if you will.

If you won't, we will have merely a whimper!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 05:06 PM PST

I just got back from my brief sojourn to downtown LA. How I wish it was not so hazy today, but I still had a good time - and the french dip sandwich at Philippe was very good - and I even picked up the local lingo and ordered a "double dip" and some (very good) cole slaw. YUM! I then walked around Chinatown for a little bit, picking up a few snacks here and there, and taking a few pictures of the locals. On the way back to Union Station, I came across the market on Olvera Street. There were even some traditional dancers dancing and drumming. If I was not still full from my lunch, I would have lunched on a tamale or two from one of the booths. However, I did treat myself to a churro. The Union Station building was a nice surprise - great architecture, and the ceiling detail was, well, very detailed. And then it I took the Red Line back to Universal City. -Thanks again, DR Jay.

I'm taking a little breather before tonight's wrap up party. Apparently, there's some sort of video presentation involved - the stunt team members have been shooting footage throughout the trip. It's guaranteed to be lots of fun! Then it's over to CityWalk for some supper and cocktails, then onto...???? -Let's just say I should get some good - and incriminating pictures tonight. ;-)

-And that's my contribution towards the big 1-0-0!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 09/29/2003 05:18 PM PST

You know, I don't really remember having any fights or flaming before that fateful day I signed onto Broadway.com for the first time.

I had gotten out of computing for awhile. The only "war" I remember was Apple vs Windows. I had picked beta vs vhs and we all know what happened there. I couldn't afford to make another mistake like that so I stepped aside until I could see which computer format to really go with.

I've only really started back, now that they are a bit more affordable.

I love the boards for the most part. I like "meeting" people and chatting with them. I have friends from all over the world/from all walks of life thanks to the net. It works for me!

D

D

Posted by Danise @ 09/29/2003 05:35 PM PST

Jrand: Keerect on Durning. The other voice is Dennis Franz.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 05:45 PM PST

Jane - my condolences to you Keith and Bogie. We have two cats (Gizmo and Nala, ages 16 and 5 respectively). I'm sure it wasn't easy to do the right thing.

Posted by Phil @ 09/29/2003 05:47 PM PST

100 Here We Come!! No doubt about it!!
BK-Is one of the voices Charles Durning? Beats me about the second voice.

Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 09/29/2003 05:48 PM PST

...Dennis Franz....

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/29/2003 05:57 PM PST

Bruce, glad to know I handle things well. I like to think so, but one never knows how they appear to others. Laura the first-I like that.

Thanks Laura the first, Jrand, and Maya. We went from four cats to one in 18 months, so I know how you feel Maya. Bogie is thirteen and I hope to keep him for a long time. He is just soooo cuddly and gives me such joy.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 06:02 PM PST

Dear BK: The recording of Jason Graae Live at the Cinegrill was actually the second time we met.

The first time was at the Louise Lortel Theater in NYC, where Twiggy and Harry Groener were starring in If Love Were All. During the intermission of the matinee performance, you and a couple of your friends were having a friendly chat with the lovely and sparkling Judith Ivey, who was starring on Broadway at the time in a mystery thriller, the title of which I cannot remember. Der Brucer and I had seen said mystery thriller a couple of nights earlier, and after excusing ourselves for interrupting, he asked Ms. Ivey about a technical part of her performance involving a prop which had intrigued him.

During all this, we never actually introduced ourselves, instead playing the parts of "Earnest Fan #1" and "Earnest Fan #2," while you played the part of "Handsome Man Wearing Ball Cap." (I believe the cap was forest green and burgundy.) It wasn't until later, when I wrote about the incident at Sondheim.com, that you wrote in return in your column as The Real A that you, too, had been involved in the exchange.

All right, we didn't technically "meet," but that is what I've always thought of as our first meeting.

By the way, der Brucer and I have always made a point of dropping by Joe Allen's at least once every time we're in NYC. I think you're to blame for that very good habit.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 09/29/2003 06:05 PM PST

Yes, I do seem to have a recollection of that day. I think it was just prior to recording the show with Twiggs and Harry.

I'm beginning to think we just might make 100 posts so I don't have to have a hiatus tomorrow.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 06:12 PM PST

And you have some who say they are "only" animals. They don't know what they are missing.

I don't know what I would do without my Bear and Brandi. Who would be there to eat my breakfast, tell me when to go to bed or tell me in no uncertain terms when the mail lady is here or anyone/thing be it bird/ cat/ squirrel, etc comes into their yard? Who would take me for a walk--err-who could I take for a walk....

No, I can't imagine a life without them.

D

Posted by Danise @ 09/29/2003 06:13 PM PST

I have a friend, Alix, who reads the posts here on occasion. Today she IMed me and said the nicest thing. It pretty much summed up to this:

"HHW looks like the coolest theatre site to be a part of. I mean, you all KNOW each other, not just by screenname and interests. It's nice to read the series of posts, because it's such a positive family-like environment. I've never seen anyone who is even slightly annoying, everyone is supportive of each other, and you all know how to say what you want without being superficial or self righteous. I just think thats really cool. And that BK guy has done a really great job of keeping you together."

Isn't that nice? I thought it was nice. She's a cool gal, if not a bit of a Cabarethead. And for the record, she is NOT Cabarethead on that other site. So high fives all around!

OH! I almost forgot the compliment of the day!

Today's compliment of the day goes to Mr. William E. Lurie! (WEL for short :) WEL is the kind of person full of useful information. Whenever there is a question posted that none of us know the answer to, he chimes in, ready to educate, and amazes me every time. When I've been wrong about something, he always takes the opportunity as a learning experience, and corrects me, and because of that, I've learned a great deal from him. It's people like WEL who help mold the future. So big kudos to WEL :)

Puuuuuuuuush!

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 06:15 PM PST

DR Jose--I am so glad you had a nice day in downtown L.A. It sounds like you had no problem navigating our subway system and you fit right in at our legendary Phillipe's. It was my pleasure to serve as your virtual tour guide!

Posted by Jay @ 09/29/2003 06:16 PM PST

The Play with Judith Ivey,Woody was Voices In The Dark-a forgetable mystery.100 here we come!!!

Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 09/29/2003 06:21 PM PST

Juliana's new Journal Entry is another treat! Thanks!

Jennifer - are you watching THEY HATED IT - Trading Spaces this evening?

DR MBarnum send me autographs from Miss Diana Darrin, a high school hellcat-reform school girl AND Miss Laurie Mitchell, Queen of ALL Outer Space and a puppet person.

So sad Mr BK couldn't meet them, and one only hopes that Queen Yllana does not fire up her beta disentagrator and point it this way! But then, she never could get it to work anyway!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 06:22 PM PST

100th Post Huzzah!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/29/2003 06:22 PM PST

100!!!

Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 09/29/2003 06:22 PM PST

The internet can--and does--bring people together in ways that the telephone and any technology before it could not. I am in touch with former classmates that I would never be communicating with if not for the internet. I have made new friends on this very site, people with whom I would never have connected without www technology. I am closer to members of my family thanks to the ease of communication that comes with e-mail. Even my father, who swore he would never learn to use a computer, learned how to use one last year at the age of 75. The internet makes the world a smaller place, in a good sort of way.

Posted by Jay @ 09/29/2003 06:26 PM PST

100 indeed...One Step Behind(a Hamlisch-Zippel reference) actually Two Steps Behind!!

Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 09/29/2003 06:26 PM PST

A Beat behind....excuse moi!

Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 09/29/2003 06:28 PM PST

Phil, it's never easy. The only regrets I've ever had are when the vets have talked me out of doing what I know needs to be done. I do hope Gizmo is well.

Danise, what are Bear and Brandi? Bear sounds like a big fluffy dog.

As for the internet, my mother-in-law actually sent our son, Craig, a birthday email. Keith's brother did set it up for her. We talked her into sending the email as we didn't know if Craig would receive his birthday cards in Romania. I bet he was shocked to receive email from her.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 06:49 PM PST

I finally saw Trading Spaces while we were in Canada. One couple got a great looking room, the other couple's decorator should have been shot. The poor woman was very brave while telling how a wedding gift had been painted over. The husband kept laughing. I think that was his way of not crying.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 06:59 PM PST

Jay,

Like you, I've tracked down former classmates - notably a dear friend after a mere 30 years. We've had two reunions - and it's as if those missing decades simply melted. (On the other hand, there was Herbie. He was a pest in the Boy Scouts - and when he tracked me down, he was even more obnoxious.)

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/29/2003 07:47 PM PST

No lulls now! Not after we've made it this far!

I have 2 cats, Tucker and Gus, and while I know I would be distraught without them, I don't think they could live without each other. They've never been separated throughout their whole lives. They're the funniest things ever, I absoutely adore them. But they're only 5, so I still have plenty of time to dote on them :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/29/2003 07:52 PM PST

Excuse me for living, but in what universe do we let an hour go by without a post. STOP SLACKING HERE OR I WILL BITCH-SLAP YOU FROM HERE TO ETERNITY! There, that felt good. Don't make me send you to your rooms without dessert. Get off your butt cheeks and get some postin' goin' on or there will be hell toupee.

Posted by bk @ 09/29/2003 08:41 PM PST

I have nothing of interest to post today.

Posted by td @ 09/29/2003 08:55 PM PST

Now, don't let's let another HOUR go by without a post, or I will aid and abet Kimmel-San with the bitch-slapping. . .

Posted by td @ 09/29/2003 08:56 PM PST

. . .if worse comes to worst, I shall be forced to tell "The Tale of the Randy Vicar and the Curious Curate."

Posted by td @ 09/29/2003 08:59 PM PST

I just want to thank all of you for making my day brighter. Good night.

Posted by Jane @ 09/29/2003 09:04 PM PST

I know its late, and I'm THOROUGHLY exhausted, but I felt I needed to post. Today was just like any other Monday, I guess. I worked from noon to 7:30 today, and managed somehow to at least acrue 46 1/2 hours for the last pay period, so that'll be a decent paycheck.

I saw the mouse again tonight.

My singing voice is creeping back, thank God.

That's really all I have to report, I'm afraid. Goodnight.

Posted by Jason @ 09/29/2003 09:12 PM PST

Oh, yes...Welcome, LC! Tell us all about yourself. I'm assuming you are around my age (26-ish) since you said you started college in 1995, which is when I did, as well. Well...that's when I started the degree plan that I actually finished, anyway. Long story... Anyway, WELCOME!

Jane: I'm so sorry for your loss.

Posted by Jason @ 09/29/2003 09:14 PM PST

Just so I don't get bitch-slapped...was watching Adv. of Robin Hood on TCM tonight and it looked beautiful, colours brighter than I ever remember. Afterward they showed a documentary on the film with my pal, Rudy Behlmer, doing the lion's share of the commentary (Rudy IS the Robin Hood expert, by the by)...the same doc on the DVD apparently. I got to go out and get this thing tomorrow. Of course, the film is also playing on the big screen at the Arclight, I'm told.

Posted by Charles Pogue @ 09/29/2003 09:48 PM PST

I would never, ever bitch-slap you, Mr. Pogue! I truly enjoyed the article about you in the last issue of Scarlet Street. Aren't you glad that the piece was in that issue, rather than the upcoming one saluting Horror Hags? ? ? ;-)

Posted by td @ 09/29/2003 09:57 PM PST

I should really get to bed now, considering how late it is and how tired I am, but I feel it my duty to post one last time before drifting off. I do not enjoy getting bitch-slapped...ZZZZZ

Posted by Maya @ 09/29/2003 10:04 PM PST

Actually, td, part two of my interview in Scarlet Street (shameless plug) will be in the next issue.

Posted by Charles Pogue @ 09/29/2003 10:42 PM PST

I don't remember exactly when I first heard of "The Internet." I remember my first computer (Texas Instruments 99/4A that had all of 16K memory) but I think it was at work that I first heard of searching and the concept of posting. I do remember learning about the "World Wide Web" that was a text-based information source. I had friends who subscribed to bulletin boards and paid a lot of money to chat and post and to download information and I would think to myself (like so many, I'm sure) that I would never pay that much for it. Fortunately, I didn't have to. My first personal Internet access was through my sister's boyfriend's AOL account. At work, we finally got Netscape (it was version 2 at the time) and that's what I got to know (and I still prefer to use the Netscape browser to any other).

Posted by George @ 09/29/2003 10:43 PM PST

As I enter my penultimate day in LA...

DR Jay - The subway system in LA was very easy to figure out. However, it was kind of strange buying a ticket, and then having nothing to swipe or no one to show it to once I entered the station. There were all these signs saying that "Tickets Required Beyond This Point", but I didn't seen anyone checking for them. I almost thought I had skipped a step in the process. But I made it to and from Union Station with no problem. I also didn't realize the subway system was so relatively new, and that it actually covered a nice amount of area.

*I was also surprised that my souvenir t-shirt from Philippe was only $10.00. I had pulled out a $20 thinking I might have to pull out another $5, but no... :-)

Tonight's "closing night" festivities were indeed festive. After a nice meal up at CityWalk, we headed back to the hotel lobby for some more "big boy drinks". -Let's just say the bartender and the hostess will miss us after tonight. The only "downer" of the evening was when the manager on duty came over to me and told me to stop playing the piano?!?!? On previous evenings, there were people playing the piano, and no one stopped them - and they weren't even real musicians! We tried to get him to reverse his call, but he wouldn't budge, claiming that it would make the piano go out of tune. Newsflash: It was already out of tune! Ah, well...

We took lots of pictures tonight and got in lots of handshakes and hugs. I will miss these people, and, hopefully, I will see them again next year at this time - if not sooner.

I'm heading down to San Diego tomorrow with my brother to meet 20+ relatives I've never met and/or haven't seen since I was a child. Should be interesting. If anything, I know I'll be eating well. I shall report more tomorrow...

Goodnight.

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 09/30/2003 01:02 AM PST

Mr. Bruce writes: "I got my batch of Jeepers Creepers CDs today and I must say it's a very handsome looking package."

Mr. Richard replies: "I'll pass the word to Scarlet Street managing editor Tom Amorosi, who put the package together. I think he did a spectacular job, and I'd marry him if we were living in Canada and we wanted to get married.

"Those of you who have already ordered JEEPERS CREEPERS--your CDs are on their way. Those who haven't ordered JEEPERS CREEPERS--shame, shame."

Richard Valley
www.scarletstreet.com

Posted by Richard Valley @ 09/30/2003 01:30 AM PST

I am haunting my mailbox!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/30/2003 03:32 AM PST

Hi Jane,

Both B & B are dogs. Heniz 57's.

Bear is a lab/great dane/shepherd/bull terrier mix--He's my Walmart special. That's where I got him. :-)

I got Brandi from the pound so I'm not 100% sure what all she is. shepherd mix with a currly tail!

D

Posted by Danise @ 09/30/2003 03:43 AM PST

I didn't post last night after that last because I was asleep! I think thats a good enough reason. Don't bitchslap me, I'm sure theres a law about that somewhere: No bitchslapping minorss.

Posted by Sarah @ 09/30/2003 04:13 AM PST

Question for DR Jose -

I've been following your travels and thoroughly enjoying all the details. But I probably missed the first chapter (or am dense) and can't quite figure out what you've been working at. This enquiring mind would like to know. Thanks.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/30/2003 05:27 AM PST

Just a quick morning post to offer my condolences to Jane. I lost my dear Siamese Socrates over a decade ago and have never replaced him.

Socrates?

It's from Aristotle, a classic example of a false syllogism:

1. All cats are mortal.
2. Socrates is mortal.
3. Therefore, Socrates is a cat.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/30/2003 05:27 AM PST

I love reading all the pet names. My contributions: For years Gord and I had a cat named "Guest," because she arrived as such (and her owner wasn't interested in taking her back; we were the winners). We also had an Afghan hound named "Pooch." A friend's Afghan had 11 puppies, and we held on to a few until they found homes. We consciously called one of them "Pooch" because we did not want to get attached. And "Pooch" remained his name for the 12 joyous years we had him.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 09/30/2003 06:02 AM PST

DR Charles Pogue, there's nothing wrong with a shameless plug, especially when it's for Scarlet Street. I plug it all the time.

Posted by td @ 09/30/2003 06:05 AM PST

Hey Everyone

If anyone can get me a copy of the 3 song NEVER GONNA DANCE promo CD, please email me. I'd love to feature it on an upcoming Broadway Radio Show. As a reward, I will send you the promo CD I received of the Sweet Charity soundtrack.

Thanks, Donald

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 09/30/2003 06:43 AM PST

Donald -

Does this help?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2561593385&category=1576

Posted by e-Bay addict @ 09/30/2003 07:00 AM PST

Sharpei = Gone Hollywood AKC name, nickname Holly

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/30/2003 07:28 AM PST

Sarah -
Thank you for the compliment above. It's DRs like you that keep me posting as opposed to several other DRs who seem to take offense with almost everything I say.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 09/30/2003 07:40 AM PST

Obviously, we are all going to have to work together as a team, to find BK a new job. Here it is almost 11:30 on the East Coast, and almost 8:30 on the West Coast -- and no new notes to read!

Posted by TCB @ 09/30/2003 08:29 AM PST

It's 11:45 AM EST...

do you know where your daily notes are?

Posted by Emily @ 09/30/2003 08:46 AM PST

TCB - I challenge you to a first post race!

Posted by Emily @ 09/30/2003 08:46 AM PST