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Title: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 12:09:29 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were assembled, and now it is time for you to post until the assembled cows come home.
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Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 12:10:05 AM
And the word of the day is: BIOTA!
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Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 12:10:52 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 01:48:44 AM
First post after BK!

:D
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 01:49:35 AM
And now, to bed!

;)
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 01:49:47 AM
Have a good day, all!!
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 03:36:05 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 03:37:52 AM
I need to jump in the shower, but first I need to get my eyes open.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 03:39:13 AM
It is 8:30 here in the mid-Atlantic.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 03:40:01 AM
Things seem to have calmed down.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 03:40:30 AM
A shower!  Then coffee!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 23, 2016, 06:00:49 AM
Continued travel vibes to DR TCB.

Saturday rehearsal vibes for MR BK & Co.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 23, 2016, 06:02:51 AM
TOD:

Movies:
The Boys in the Band
The Falls & The Falls 2

Books:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 06:09:02 AM
Good morning.  I have been awake for a while.  I can't get bacjk to sleep although I am feeling very tired
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:12:51 AM
Continued travel vibes to DR TCB.

Saturday rehearsal vibes for MR BK & Co.

Thank you, Jrand.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:14:50 AM
It is after 11:00 a.m. and I have been up since 8:30.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:15:36 AM
The storm is still raging, but it is not as bad as last night.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:18:30 AM
The twenty foot swells have dropped to around ten feet.  It is still rough enough to cause the ship to moan and groan.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:19:39 AM
The storm is crrently following us, so no relief until probably tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:21:53 AM
I guess everyone is getting used to the rockin' and rollin', because there are a lot more people roaming around today.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:27:32 AM
The Topsider (the poolside hamburger / hot dog place) is closed for the second day in a row.   I guess I will have to settle for a burger cooked inside instead.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:29:00 AM
After lunch, I guess I will curl up with a book for the afternoon.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 06:38:37 AM
Good morning, all.

And a bit of a late one it is.  But I SO needed a bit of extra sleep this morning, and I got it.  Yay, me!

Coffee!
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 06:40:41 AM
Vixmom, from where I sit, it sounded like every aspect of your day yesterday went beautifully and was a fine, loving tribute to your father.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 06:41:47 AM
BK, very much enjoying the daily reports on the assembly.  I wish I was there.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 06:47:03 AM
Also appreciate the daily High Seas reports from our own TC "Magellan" B. 

You are more of an adventurer than I am, sir.  When does the book come out?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 07:04:13 AM
Good morning, all!  This morning I got an email from my cousin Sue that needed immediate answering.  I hope it cleared the air between us since she's my favorite cousin and I had upset her yesterday.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 07:04:41 AM
I need a morning run to the post office.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 07:06:36 AM
My new blu-ray region free player is here, and I will hopefully set it up today.  I am no good at this kind of work, so I have my fingers crossed.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 07:08:47 AM
I need some breakfast and I have nothing here, so maybe I will go to the post office and stop at Magnolia Bakery for an apple cranberry walnut muffin.
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Post by: KevinH on April 23, 2016, 07:19:38 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on April 23, 2016, 07:19:47 AM
Page 2!
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Post by: KevinH on April 23, 2016, 07:20:25 AM
It's a rainy day here in the nation's capital.
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Post by: Kate on April 23, 2016, 07:28:06 AM
Good Morning All:

TOD:


FILMS:

PHILADELPHIA (One of my favorite films)
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
PHILOMENIA
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:34:00 AM
Good morning.  I have been awake for a while.  I can't get bacjk to sleep although I am feeling very tired

I hope you will give your body the rest it needs and take it easy this weekend.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:37:18 AM
I guess everyone is getting used to the rockin' and rollin', because there are a lot more people roaming around today.

Ten foot waves are nothing after twenty foot ones.  I expect everyone is jumping for joy.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:43:58 AM
I have had severe motion sickness on flights that lasted from hours to a day and a half after landing
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:49:35 AM
Our Internet connection was slow last night and continues to be a problem.  It took awhile to do my last post.
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Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 08:05:52 AM
I'm up, I'm up - rough night of little sleep.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 08:18:09 AM
I had a nice phone call from my friend Bruce Pomahac, so I haven't left the house yet. He says it's beautiful in Milwaukee, and I miss his being in Manhattan.
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Post by: Amy on April 23, 2016, 08:20:36 AM
TOD:
Doing Time on Maple Drive
Latter Days
Brokeback Mountain
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 08:24:09 AM
TOD:
BOOKS:
Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Company
http://www.amazon.com/Charmed-Circle-Gertrude-Stein-Company-ebook/dp/B006MH2RKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461424559&sr=8-1&keywords=charmed+circle
Benjamin Britten: A Life in the 20th Century
http://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Britten-Life-Twentieth-Century-ebook/dp/B00ADNPAKE/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461424620&sr=1-6&keywords=benjamin+britten
A Single Man
http://www.amazon.com/Single-Man-Novel-FSG-Classics/dp/0374533873/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461424682&sr=1-1&keywords=a+single+man

PLAYS
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
The Importance of Being Earnest
Design for Living
Take Me out

MOVIES
Maurice
I Think I Do
Latter Days

I admired BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN enormously, but I'm not sure I could ever sit through it again.


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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 09:20:11 AM
I am back from Post Office and market, and planning my day.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:27:50 AM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:28:27 AM
Hello, Elmore!
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:30:26 AM
It is 2:30 p.m. And all of us old folks must be napping.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:31:21 AM
Not a creature is stirring...
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 09:31:29 AM
I am back from Post Office and market, and planning my day.

We need an update on the apple cranberry walnut muffin -- or lack thereof.  Thanks in advance.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 09:35:14 AM
Hello, Elmore!

T.C. Bee!  Where are you that your time zone is two hours ahead? I thought the Caribbean was in EST.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
T.O.D.


CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.


THE BIRDCAGE


THE FRONT RUNNER
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 09:36:08 AM
I am back from Post Office and market, and planning my day.

We need an update on the apple cranberry walnut muffin -- or lack thereof.  Thanks in advance.

I did not go down to the 68th Street P.O., so I did not stop at Magnolia Bakery.  Those muffins are fantastic.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 09:37:03 AM
How is your weather, DR TCB? Have things calmed down?
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:38:18 AM
Hello, Elmore!

T.C. Bee!  Where are you that your time zone is two hours ahead? I thought the Caribbean was in EST.


It is.  We are a little over a third of the way across the Atlantic Ocean on our way to the Azores, and then Copenhagen.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:39:49 AM
How is your weather, DR TCB? Have things calmed down?


Still kind of stormy, but better than yesterday.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 09:53:47 AM
I don't know what Ken is up to this afternoon.  I know he was playing bridge this morning.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 23, 2016, 10:24:17 AM
Oh DR ELMORE - I forgot about MAURICE.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:31:36 AM
I took a nice little nap
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:33:49 AM
And then paid a visit to the gift shop for some Starbursts and some Cadbury chocolate.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:35:56 AM
Now I am back in my cabin sipping a Mist Twist.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:36:21 AM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:37:08 AM
THREE
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 11:41:40 AM
What I've spent my morning finishing up, starting with the backstory:

In the early 1970s I had this "semi-pro" Sony Superscope audio cassette recorder with a decent external stereo microphone.  In 1974 I took it along on a visit to Cincinnati, and recorded an entire Where's Charley? at my mom and dad's community theater (Terrace Park Players).  My dad had some silly small part in it and my mom and I were in the audience.

Four decades later, my dad found the two cassettes and asked if they were mine or if I knew what the hell they were.  I told him, and we popped them in and listened.  The recording was surprisingly decent, but the kicker was hearing my mom, dead for two decades, laughing her ass off throughout the show.  He was beside himself hearing that, and I brought the cassettes home to burn them to CD for him and I'd hang on to the originals.

The tapes still play beautifully and I decided it was time I learned to do this stuff reasonably well.  I made full range WAV file transfers directly into my ZOOM digital recorder and created Audacity project files from those.  I chopped out a few extraneous noises, added fade-ins and fade-outs, edited the whole thing to fit perfectly on two CDs without sacrificing quality, and burned them to disc using Windows Media Player which I've come to grips with just enough to accomplish that much.

So, on my upcoming visit, my dad's getting the CDs for his 91st birthday, along with a copy of the 1974 program with their names and their friends' names in it (how that ever survived there, I'll never know).  And I'm REALLY delighted to be getting this audio stuff under my belt at long last.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 11:42:06 AM
What I've spent my morning finishing up, starting with the backstory:

In the early 1970s I had this "semi-pro" Sony Superscope audio cassette recorder with a decent external stereo microphone.  In 1974 I took it along on a visit to Cincinnati, and recorded an entire Where's Charley? at my mom and dad's community theater (Terrace Park Players).  My dad had some silly small part in it and my mom and I were in the audience.

Four decades later, my dad found the two cassettes and asked if they were mine or if I knew what the hell they were.  I told him, and we popped them in and listened.  The recording was surprisingly decent, but the kicker was hearing my mom, dead for two decades, laughing her ass off throughout the show.  He was beside himself hearing that, and I brought the cassettes home to burn them to CD for him and I'd hang on to the originals.

The tapes still play beautifully and I decided it was time I learned to do this stuff reasonably well.  I made full dynamic range WAV file transfers directly into my ZOOM digital recorder and created Audacity project files from those.  I chopped out a few extraneous noises, added fade-ins and fade-outs, edited the whole thing to fit perfectly on two CDs without sacrificing quality, and burned them to disc using Windows Media Player which I've come to grips with just enough to accomplish that much.

So, on my upcoming visit, my dad's getting the CDs for his 91st birthday, along with a copy of the 1974 program with their names and their friends' names in it (how that ever survived there, I'll never know).  And I'm REALLY delighted to be getting this audio stuff under my belt at long last.



What a marvelous gift!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 11:45:12 AM
DR TCB, I guess I forgot you were going to see your old friend Hans Andersen. Give him my regards!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 11:45:52 AM
Channel 13 is showing Shakespeare items all afternoon in celebration.  Right now, Richard II.
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Post by: Ginny on April 23, 2016, 11:50:08 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  I just returned from visiting Mom and now I'm having a late lunch.
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Post by: Ginny on April 23, 2016, 11:52:19 AM
Channel 13 is showing Shakespeare items all afternoon in celebration.  Right now, Richard II.

And the Met Opera's broadcast is Otello.  I heard the beginning of Act I on my way to Mom's and the end of Act II on my way home.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 12:04:11 PM
Channel 13 is showing Shakespeare items all afternoon in celebration.  Right now, Richard II.


And I forgot to send a sympathy card to Will's family.  Of course, Elmore knew him better than I did.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 12:05:40 PM
Oh DR ELMORE - I forgot about MAURICE.

And I forgot Marlowe's play Edward II. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 12:06:55 PM
Channel 13 is showing Shakespeare items all afternoon in celebration.  Right now, Richard II.


And I forgot to send a sympathy card to Will's family.  Of course, Elmore knew him better than I did.

You're still pissed because Will sacked you when you thought the play was called Omelette!
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Post by: Ginny on April 23, 2016, 12:07:22 PM
DR ChasSmith, I love the 91st birthday gift for your Dad!  Have your travel plans come into focus yet?
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Post by: Ginny on April 23, 2016, 12:08:41 PM
TOD - Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 12:09:34 PM
Richard II is so dreary.

I think it, King John, and Julius Caesar are three of Shakespeare's most boring plays.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 12:12:01 PM
Richard II is so dreary.

I think it, King John, and Julius Caesar are three of Shakespeare's most boring plays.


I agree with you about RICHARD II
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Post by: Ginny on April 23, 2016, 12:22:06 PM
Richard II is so dreary.

I think it, King John, and Julius Caesar are three of Shakespeare's most boring plays.

Rob and Mary Linda are going to see Julius Caesar at Cincinnati Shakespeare Theatre tonight.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 12:47:17 PM
DR ChasSmith, I love the 91st birthday gift for your Dad!  Have your travel plans come into focus yet?

Almost.  I'm awaiting one response from someone which I really hope I'll have in the next day or two.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 12:56:32 PM
What I've spent my morning finishing up, starting with the backstory:

In the early 1970s I had this "semi-pro" Sony Superscope audio cassette recorder with a decent external stereo microphone.  In 1974 I took it along on a visit to Cincinnati, and recorded an entire Where's Charley? at my mom and dad's community theater (Terrace Park Players).  My dad had some silly small part in it and my mom and I were in the audience.

Four decades later, my dad found the two cassettes and asked if they were mine or if I knew what the hell they were.  I told him, and we popped them in and listened.  The recording was surprisingly decent, but the kicker was hearing my mom, dead for two decades, laughing her ass off throughout the show.  He was beside himself hearing that, and I brought the cassettes home to burn them to CD for him and I'd hang on to the originals.

The tapes still play beautifully and I decided it was time I learned to do this stuff reasonably well.  I made full range WAV file transfers directly into my ZOOM digital recorder and created Audacity project files from those.  I chopped out a few extraneous noises, added fade-ins and fade-outs, edited the whole thing to fit perfectly on two CDs without sacrificing quality, and burned them to disc using Windows Media Player which I've come to grips with just enough to accomplish that much.

So, on my upcoming visit, my dad's getting the CDs for his 91st birthday, along with a copy of the 1974 program with their names and their friends' names in it (how that ever survived there, I'll never know).  And I'm REALLY delighted to be getting this audio stuff under my belt at long last.

This is beautiful and wonderful.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 01:02:31 PM
Film:
The Wedding Banquet
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 23, 2016, 01:59:38 PM
What a great story from DR CHAS SMITH!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 23, 2016, 03:30:27 PM
What a great story from DR CHAS SMITH!!!

Yep!
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 03:56:54 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:01:25 PM
I'll answer BK's question first.

Mary Lee Gowland! Now that's a name I haven't heard in fifty years! She was at Bluth, I believe, and a blonde. I can't tell you which shows--I think it was only one. She had a very patrician look.

What's she doing now?
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:03:41 PM
Now, Bruce, will you puleeeze give me the dates and times for the LA show? I've been telling people about it, but can't give specifics. Web searches turn up some interesting old photos, but nothing about your show.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:05:50 PM
So glad to hear how well Vixmom's Friday went. A lovely tribute.

And so clever of her to save time and energy at the car wash, as DR Ron astutely pointed out.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:08:42 PM
TCB, I'm sorry you're encountering so much bad weather on your cruise. I always liked sea days; I hope yours still provide some sort of relaxation and benefit.

This is a repositioning cruise, yes? You'll be flying home?
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:13:05 PM
What I've spent my morning finishing up, starting with the backstory:

In the early 1970s I had this "semi-pro" Sony Superscope audio cassette recorder with a decent external stereo microphone.  In 1974 I took it along on a visit to Cincinnati, and recorded an entire Where's Charley? at my mom and dad's community theater (Terrace Park Players).  My dad had some silly small part in it and my mom and I were in the audience.

Four decades later, my dad found the two cassettes and asked if they were mine or if I knew what the hell they were.  I told him, and we popped them in and listened.  The recording was surprisingly decent, but the kicker was hearing my mom, dead for two decades, laughing her ass off throughout the show.  He was beside himself hearing that, and I brought the cassettes home to burn them to CD for him and I'd hang on to the originals.

The tapes still play beautifully and I decided it was time I learned to do this stuff reasonably well.  I made full range WAV file transfers directly into my ZOOM digital recorder and created Audacity project files from those.  I chopped out a few extraneous noises, added fade-ins and fade-outs, edited the whole thing to fit perfectly on two CDs without sacrificing quality, and burned them to disc using Windows Media Player which I've come to grips with just enough to accomplish that much.

So, on my upcoming visit, my dad's getting the CDs for his 91st birthday, along with a copy of the 1974 program with their names and their friends' names in it (how that ever survived there, I'll never know).  And I'm REALLY delighted to be getting this audio stuff under my belt at long last.

How nice for you and your dad. I love finding old things--the stuff the anti-clutter people told you to toss out long ago.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:17:17 PM
I went to acupuncture this morning, then stopped for some tacos. I did some cleaning when I got home. There's more to do, just not sure I want to do it.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:22:28 PM
I've been watching FORTITUDE, a strange murder mystery series that takes place on a small island in the Arctic. I find the depiction of life there interesting, and the show is well done in many ways. Stanley Tucci is wonderful. Michael Gambon is always a pleasure. It has its fans. I'll finish season one.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:29:14 PM
I'm also reading a new author, Ben Aaronovitch, not a name I'd known. Apparently, he wrote some of the early DR WHO episodes. Very capable writer. At first his novels sounded like knock-offs of the Bryant & May series that I'm so fond of, and thus were suspect. But they're not that. Sloppy marketing, I think. These have a flavor of their own. MIDNIGHT RIOT is the first of the series. Like the Bryant & May books, they are all about London and quite fun. 
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Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 04:30:16 PM
Have a nice weekend, everyone.

TTFN.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:31:14 PM
TCB, I'm sorry you're encountering so much bad weather on your cruise. I always liked sea days; I hope yours still provide some sort of relaxation and benefit.

This is a repositioning cruise, yes? You'll be flying home?


Yes, it is.  I fly home on May 3.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:32:08 PM
Four
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 04:32:49 PM
I've been watching FORTITUDE, a strange murder mystery series that takes place on a small island in the Arctic. I find the depiction of life there interesting, and the show is well done in many ways. Stanley Tucci is wonderful. Michael Gambon is always a pleasure. It has its fans. I'll finish season one.

Does this mean you don't plan to watch season two?
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:36:23 PM
I've been watching FORTITUDE, a strange murder mystery series that takes place on a small island in the Arctic. I find the depiction of life there interesting, and the show is well done in many ways. Stanley Tucci is wonderful. Michael Gambon is always a pleasure. It has its fans. I'll finish season one.

Does thivs mean you don't plan to watch season two?


That was my impression.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:38:35 PM
CRANBERRIES!
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:39:41 PM
We lose another hour tonight.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 04:40:35 PM
I am relieved a book I've been waiting for from the library checked out to me today.  I finished a book last night.
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 04:41:51 PM
I have been reading extremely slow these days.  I am 7 books behind my schedule when I am normally ahead several books.  I don't count last year with the move.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:42:16 PM
And another one on Sunday night.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:46:46 PM
The Atlantic seems to have smoothed out this evening.
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 04:48:42 PM
The Atlantic seems to have smoothed out this evening.

That's good!
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 04:51:43 PM
DR TCB please excuse me for interrupting you :)
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Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 04:52:05 PM
Smooth sailing is the best.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 04:53:02 PM
What I've spent my morning finishing up, starting with the backstory:

In the early 1970s I had this "semi-pro" Sony Superscope audio cassette recorder with a decent external stereo microphone.  In 1974 I took it along on a visit to Cincinnati, and recorded an entire Where's Charley? at my mom and dad's community theater (Terrace Park Players).  My dad had some silly small part in it and my mom and I were in the audience.

Four decades later, my dad found the two cassettes and asked if they were mine or if I knew what the hell they were.  I told him, and we popped them in and listened.  The recording was surprisingly decent, but the kicker was hearing my mom, dead for two decades, laughing her ass off throughout the show.  He was beside himself hearing that, and I brought the cassettes home to burn them to CD for him and I'd hang on to the originals.

The tapes still play beautifully and I decided it was time I learned to do this stuff reasonably well.  I made full range WAV file transfers directly into my ZOOM digital recorder and created Audacity project files from those.  I chopped out a few extraneous noises, added fade-ins and fade-outs, edited the whole thing to fit perfectly on two CDs without sacrificing quality, and burned them to disc using Windows Media Player which I've come to grips with just enough to accomplish that much.

So, on my upcoming visit, my dad's getting the CDs for his 91st birthday, along with a copy of the 1974 program with their names and their friends' names in it (how that ever survived there, I'll never know).  And I'm REALLY delighted to be getting this audio stuff under my belt at long last.

That's a wonderful story, Chas!
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:53:29 PM
DR TCB please excuse me for interrupting you :)


You didn't interrupt me.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:55:02 PM
I had nothing to say.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 04:59:28 PM
Also on T.O.D.


Play and / or musical

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:07:15 PM
No theater tonight, George?
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:13:07 PM
No theater tonight, George?


No George tonight, theater?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:32:30 PM
I just changed my clock, so I am now officially six hours ahead of Left Coast time.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:33:29 PM
And three hours ahead of the East Coast.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:37:41 PM
And now I am suddenly sleepy.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 05:40:48 PM
No theater tonight, George?

Not tonight.  It's all just TV watching and laundry doing.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 05:41:53 PM
It is so quiet onboard ship tonight, it is hard to believe that I am sharing this ship with about 2,000 other people.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 06:06:18 PM
It is hard to imagine.
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Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 06:19:17 PM
Jeanne - we open on May 13th 8:00 show.  There is a preview on the 12th, which I think starts at 7:00.  Two shows on the 14th - 2:00 and 8:00.  Then we're back with two shows on Thursday the 19th - matinee is somewhere around three, I think and evening is 7:15, then an 8:00 on Friday the 20th and 2:00 and 8:00 on Saturday the 21st.

Mary Lee Gowland - I was Googling Bluth Brothers, just to see if there were ANY images of it - of course there weren't.  Most of what comes up is from haineshisway.com or my books, but there was another book that got a hit and it was hers.  I was able to go to the page that got the hit for Bluth Brothers and sure enough she was in High Spirits.  I'm sure I'd remember her if I saw more photos, but she didn't really look familiar to me from the couple I saw.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 06:22:17 PM
Had a really fun rehearsal today - Cheryl and her hip-hop guy choreographed the LA melting pot song Grant and I wrote and it is seriously great and the kids loved doing it.  Happily everyone was on time and ready to work, although our stage manager's plan is to make everyone's calls fifteen minutes before we actually will start - clever that.  But one of our shared gals who was two hours late yesterday with nary a word of apology was a complete no-show today, so I made the decision to fire her and replace her with one of our alternates who actually HAS been with us at every rehearsal and is usually standing in when we didn't have our other actors, so she's pretty familiar with everything - and she'll certainly sing her solo song just as well as this other gal would.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:24:04 PM
I heard from Sandy.  He did a lot better with the most recent chemo treatment.  No hospitalization required.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:26:37 PM
We need to move things along.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:27:03 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:28:06 PM
FIVE
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:35:50 PM
I feel guilty leaving us at the very start of Page 5, but it is 12:30 a.m.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:36:00 PM
Hi, Tom!
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:36:36 PM
Oh, he's leaving.

Good night, Tom. Hope you sleep well.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:37:21 PM
Hopefully there will be a flurry of posts in the next 5+ hours.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:37:42 PM
Bruce, thanks for the show times.

Mary Lee was a very pretty girl in a classic sort of way. A Brecht girl look. she was about my size.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 06:38:11 PM
I heard from Sandy.  He did a lot better with the most recent chemo treatment.  No hospitalization required.

WONDERFUL!!!!!  I am sure you are relieved.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:38:14 PM
I've been watching FORTITUDE, a strange murder mystery series that takes place on a small island in the Arctic. I find the depiction of life there interesting, and the show is well done in many ways. Stanley Tucci is wonderful. Michael Gambon is always a pleasure. It has its fans. I'll finish season one.

Does this mean you don't plan to watch season two?

The jury's still out.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:38:25 PM
Hi, Jeanne!  I was leaving because there was no one to talk to.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:39:36 PM
I heard from Sandy.  He did a lot better with the most recent chemo treatment.  No hospitalization required.

So glad to hear this. I'm sure you're relieved, too.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:39:59 PM
Isn't it nice how we can stay in touch these days while traveling?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:40:19 PM
Yes, it is good news
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 06:41:41 PM
I heard from Sandy.  He did a lot better with the most recent chemo treatment.  No hospitalization required.

Great news about Sandy!
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:41:55 PM
Tom, have you been able to enjoy the cruise so far, despite all the rockin' and rolling'?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:42:14 PM
I know.  I am on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, and yet I can talk to people in Washington and California.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:43:35 PM
Tom, have you been able to enjoy the cruise so far, despite all the rockin' and rolling'?


Oh yes, it has been great.  And not one iceberg sighted!
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:43:55 PM
George, I believe you're a DR WHO fan. Do you know the name Ben Aaronovitch?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:45:12 PM
Tom, have you been able to enjoy the cruise so far, despite all the rockin' and rolling'?


Oh yes, it has been great.  And not one iceberg sighted!

 ;)

Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:46:12 PM
There were times when I worked in the corporate world that I'd look forward to going to the dentist just to get out of the office for a few hours. Everything is relative.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:48:40 PM
Shall I ask the usual cruise question? How's the food? We already know it's expensive--at least in one of the restaurants.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:52:40 PM
The food is plentiful.  Seriously, it is good, although I seem to be enjoying it more than my friend, Ken.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 06:53:18 PM
Jeanne, I'm sure you mean Breck girl, not Brecht :)  She wrote me back on Facebook.  She remembers me well, or so she says, so that's nice.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:53:55 PM
I was never a fan of Prince, but I've been surprisingly intrigued by the recent stories about him.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 06:56:04 PM
I was never a fan of Prince, but I've been surprisingly intrigued by the recent stories about him.


Do they know how he died?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:57:05 PM
Jeanne, I'm sure you mean Breck girl, not Brecht :)  She wrote me back on Facebook.  She remembers me well, or so she says, so that's nice.

LOL. Yes, the shampoo, not the playwright!  You were in High Spirits, weren't you? I can't recall your character.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 06:58:13 PM
I was never a fan of Prince, but I've been surprisingly intrigued by the recent stories about him.

Do they know how he died?

Not yet. Or at least they haven't released it. They did say not murder and not suicide
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: TCB on April 23, 2016, 07:00:54 PM
Now, I am off to bed.


Good night.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:02:00 PM
I've been watching FORTITUDE, a strange murder mystery series that takes place on a small island in the Arctic. I find the depiction of life there interesting, and the show is well done in many ways. Stanley Tucci is wonderful. Michael Gambon is always a pleasure. It has its fans. I'll finish season one.

Does this mean you don't plan to watch season two?

The jury's still out.

I mentioned it to my brother since he is always looking for new detective/mystery series.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jeanne on April 23, 2016, 07:02:05 PM
Well, there's a rumbling in my tummy that needs some attention.

Hope tomorrow is better for you, Tom.

TTFN.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:02:58 PM
Isn't it nice how we can stay in touch these days while traveling?

Yes.  With all the bad weather DR TCB still has an internet connection :)
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:03:20 PM
Tom, have you been able to enjoy the cruise so far, despite all the rockin' and rolling'?


Oh yes, it has been great.  And not one iceberg sighted!

:)
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 07:04:49 PM
George, I believe you're a DR WHO fan. Do you know the name Ben Aaronovitch?

I am a fan.  I didn't know who he is until I looked him up on IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007486/reference).  What about him?
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 07:05:52 PM
The food is plentiful.  Seriously, it is good, although I seem to be enjoying it more than my friend, Ken.

Is Ken fussier than you are?  For us we rate the food by the vegetarian options and quality. 
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 07:11:52 PM
Had a really fun rehearsal today - Cheryl and her hip-hop guy choreographed the LA melting pot song Grant and I wrote and it is seriously great and the kids loved doing it.  Happily everyone was on time and ready to work, although our stage manager's plan is to make everyone's calls fifteen minutes before we actually will start - clever that.  But one of our shared gals who was two hours late yesterday with nary a word of apology was a complete no-show today, so I made the decision to fire her and replace her with one of our alternates who actually HAS been with us at every rehearsal and is usually standing in when we didn't have our other actors, so she's pretty familiar with everything - and she'll certainly sing her solo song just as well as this other gal would.

BK, you should make this your mantra, "Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable."
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:26:07 PM
Vixdad and I went out to breKfast at the IHOP   I had a half order of the buttermilk pancakes with peaches and raspberries .  I had them hold the whipped cream and heat the fruit before putting it on the pancakes and add some crushed nuts.   I also had a side with 2 slices of bacon and 2 sausages
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:26:25 PM
And coffee.. Three cups with vanilla creamer
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:27:27 PM
Then we came home and let breakfast settle  a bit and then I headed over to the post office .  Jack the 1776 stuff is finally enroute!
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:30:05 PM
I put in several programs as there is a nice interview which carries on over several pages which I thought you might like for your board.   And of course you will want to have the page which mentions our dear Elmore showing. :)


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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:30:52 PM
There are also a few advertising postcards and some tickets which I harvested after the show
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:33:29 PM
last week when Vixdad and I were at Barnes and noble I started reading a book called "uprooted" by Naomi Novik
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:39:29 PM
I was unwilling to shell out $16 for a paperback so I stopped by the library and was pleased to find a copy.  I wonder if Jennifer has read it,  I am enjoying it so far
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:40:18 PM
Then Vixdad and I went over to the local tux shop and arranged for a tux fir the black tie wedding we are attending in May
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:43:00 PM
Then a popped over to the church,  I had purchased 6 new cloth tablecloths for Dad's luncheon.  I had laundered them and wanted to put them in with the other special events tablecloths. 
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:43:40 PM
Then I set up communion for the Saturday evening service and for tomorrow morning.
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:45:29 PM
As I did I realized that the altar flowers for Dad were still at church, someone had put them in the fridge... So I popped over to the cemetery and left two for Dad and brought one to my Papa as well.
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:46:13 PM
It was another beautiful day. Warm and sunny and just a slight breeeze
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:47:33 PM
Then over to Stew Leonard's for some milk , OJ and  apples
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:49:14 PM
Inexplicably they were entirely out of stoned wheat bread so there was an additional trip to Shop Rite before I got home
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:50:12 PM
I made some read for Vixdad and myself and began reading Uprooted when I was overcome by an unexpected nap
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:58:09 PM
When I woke (around 8)  I made dinner , the last of the chicken Marsala made by Sara and some baby carrots cooked in chicken broth and butter
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:58:57 PM
My eight turned into a cool smiley
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 07:59:46 PM
I love having TCB and Elmore posting at the same time
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Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 08:01:29 PM
Jeanne, yes, RLP is most  perceptive,  showering at the car wash kills 3 birds with one stone, clean car. Clean me and of course saves laundering my outfit as well
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 08:02:54 PM
Well I must give a temple talk tomorrow about this months specupial giving envelope and I have not yet written it   So I had best get a move on
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 08:04:16 PM
TOD

La Cage Aux Folles (original French version)
La Cage Aux Folles (musical)
The Birdcage
Were The World Mine
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: vixmom on April 23, 2016, 08:05:26 PM
And now lest Morpheus once again overtake me before I write my temple talk.....goodnight all
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 08:42:42 PM
Good evening.

I'm back from River City, and I just crammed a Wendy's double cheeseburger into my gut because I'd eaten nothing since ten this morning.

I also can't help but feel a little sad for the OTHER half order of buttermilk pancakes that didn't get invited to go home with the Vixen today.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: ChasSmith on April 23, 2016, 08:43:21 PM
Got the piano music for ACT ONE this evening. 

It's laid out and notated very precisely, just as I'd envisioned (and indeed hoped) it would be.  It'll be great working on it.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: Jane on April 23, 2016, 09:04:42 PM
last week when Vixdad and I were at Barnes and noble I started reading a book called "uprooted" by Naomi Novik

Curious why you asked Jennifer if she has read this I looked it up.  Please let me know if you like it.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 09:20:03 PM
In the irritating department, I've been trying to move files from my desktop to my folder and it keeps freezing and then I can't do anything on my desktop at all - nothing works.  Everything else is fine but the desktop is frozen.  I restarted the computer and it literally moved every file on my desktop to the right from where I had it - so annoying and now I'm going to have to do it again because I can't drag stuff I need to send via e-mail.
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Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 09:40:53 PM
Did a little Googling and found that in Yosemite this is a common problem, albeit a new one to me.  So, I did the suggested fix and it seems to have worked.
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 09:50:48 PM
Topic of the Day:

Movies (most have already been mentioned):
The Birdcage
The Boys in the Band
Brokeback Mountain
La Cage Aux Folles
Doing Time on Maple Drive
In and Out
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Latter Days
Making Love (with Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin)
Maurice
Parting Glances
Philadelphia
Were The World Mine
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: bk on April 23, 2016, 11:47:44 PM
Here's a fun drive down Wilshire Blvd. - the Miracle Mile, driving west on Wilshire but looking east as we go.  It begins before the Four Star Theater, then you cross La Brea.  On the right you'll see the Lindy Opera House (aka the Ritz Theater, where I saw Scent of Mystery), and then on the left you'll see the Du-Par's sign (which was where my father's Kiru Cafe was), and then the El Rey Theater and a wonderful glimpse of the Ontra Cafeteria.  That stretch of Wilshire is where Patrick Bronstein lived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1XTVRn0Bls
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Post by: George on April 23, 2016, 11:58:50 PM
Here's a fun drive down Wilshire Blvd. - the Miracle Mile, driving west on Wilshire but looking east as we go.  It begins before the Four Star Theater, then you cross La Brea.  On the right you'll see the Lindy Opera House (aka the Ritz Theater, where I saw Scent of Mystery), and then on the left you'll see the Du-Par's sign (which was where my father's Kiru Cafe was), and then the El Rey Theater and a wonderful glimpse of the Ontra Cafeteria.  That stretch of Wilshire is where Patrick Bronstein lived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1XTVRn0Bls

That's pretty cool.
Title: Re: ASSEMBLING THE SHOW
Post by: George on April 24, 2016, 12:15:46 AM
It looks like Saturday Night Live is showing the musical performances of Prince.