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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were posted in the evening, and now it is time for you to post until the primrose cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: VOLUBLE!
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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And us chickens are about to hit the hay.
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Welcome twelve GUESTS.
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WOD, in a sentence:
Harold Hill is a voluble fellow.
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Kritzerland site is still behaving oddly in some browsers. At least for me. Hope that doesn't discourage people from ordering, if the problem is more widespread.
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TOD:
Picking just a few favorite Sondheim songs? A Sophie's Choice moment! :P
Depending on where I've been and what mood I was in, I think most all of SJS's songs have been personal favorites at one time or another.
I know that my introduction to Sondheim's work was discovering and wearing out my parent's LP of Company when I was about 12, and I've never looked back! First stage show live was the original NY cast of Sweeney Todd.
I am thrilled for this opportunity for bk and Kritzerland.
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TOD
My Sondheim Firsts:
Returning from a Naval Academy European cruise in the summer of 1958, I met my future Mrs in NYC and we saw West Side Story - and my first Sondheim album
When I was in Graduate School in Monterey CA in 1966, I saw a neat TV show called Evening Primrose - too bad it has still not been released as a CD
First Sondheim Words and Music on stage - Follies in LA
der Brucer
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ist semi-sondheim was cast album for GYPSY; Ist M&L was the cast album for forum(both courtesy of the Lowell City Library)I saw EVENING PRIMROSE on TV, minus the ist song(I was now working at the Library after school)Ist All sondheim on stage was a very nice bus and Truck of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, with Julie Wilson as Desiree, in Ann Arbor in '77. Fave Songs= Clowns, Love, I Hear, Anyone Can Whistle, Who Could Be Blue, Someone in a Tree, Not While I'm Around ,Not A Day Goes by and What Can you Lose
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Good Morning Jose:
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-04/37398841.jpg)
Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
Valerie Confections' hazelnut-orange tea cakes.
LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-sos2apr02,1,2813470.story)
Lemon-myrtle, lavender-Earl Grey, hazelnut-orange -- the selection of tea cakes from Valerie Confections screams spring.
Assistant Food editor Betty Hallock is a fan: "They're moist, dense and not too sweet -- and not overly precious either," she says. "The hazelnut-orange tea cakes are rich with nutty flavor and bright with candied orange peel. And that citrusy-crackly-zingy glaze is, well, the icing on the cake."
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(For the daring there is a recipe)
der Brucer
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Good morning all! I'm sorry I'm not on the bus, DR Ginny. I have a little extra time this morning because we're having a clerical meeting today. I have to drive about 2 miles to go to it and since it's by my bus stop, my boss will allow me to drop my car off there and I'll ride the bus home.
The big news is that Bear got fed up with not being able to get on the bed and he somehow managed to climb up last night! It wasn't to hard to get him down either. I took a little step stool I had and he jumped down on top of it.
I did order some steps and I hope that he'll be able to use them when they come but we'll have to see how that goes.
Congrats to Bruce and Kritzerland!
I gave up on watching NEW AMSTERDAM. The few that I watched seemed like a cheep copy of HIGHLANDER. I guess there really can only be one!
Gotta scoot! Laters!
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And the word of the day is: VOLUBLE!
Many is the time that I have had to ask der Brucer to turn down the sound on the main television set, because he'll have the VOLUBLE turned up to eleven!
(Der Brucer loves to be a Tufnel reference.)
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Good Morning Jose:
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-04/37398841.jpg)
Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
Valerie Confections' hazelnut-orange tea cakes.
LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-sos2apr02,1,2813470.story)der Brucer
You're just out of luck, der B - you know full well that I'm a cook, not a baker.
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First Live:
Gypsy (I was in it)
First Broadway: Sweeney Todd
First Opening Night: Sunday In The Park With George
First cast album:
probably West Side Story (my parents)
One I bought
Probably Sweeney Todd
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TOD:...I know that my introduction to Sondheim's work was discovering and wearing out my parent's LP of Company when I was about 12, and I've never looked back!...
What a nice way to make me feel OLD. My introduction to Sondheim was also Company - back when I was starting college, you little whippersnapdaw!
What was a little different, for me, was that it wasn't the OCR that I first heard, but an album recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. There were four Broadway medleys on that LP, Company and three other shows. I never bothered to listen to, and cannot remember, the other three shows after hearing the music for Company the first time.
I've long attributed this introduction, to the music sans lyrics, to my attitude that Sondheim is a composer first, and a lyricist later.
Company was also the first show I saw on stage, at Fresno State College. Robert was played by Robert Westenberg, who later looked princely in Into the Woods, not to mention soldierly in Sunday In the Park With George.
First Sondheim show seen cold (without having heard a cast album first) - Into the Woods, at the Old Globe in San Diego, before it got to Broadway. Der Brucer and I went down one December day and waited in line to get returned tickets. Our timing was perfect - not only did we get the tickets (although we didn't sit together), but "No More" and "No One Is Alone" had been added to the show just days earlier.
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Oh, in the San Diego production of ITW, the Witch was a lesbian in black leather. And the Baker's Wife didn't get stomped on by the Giantess, but took an unwitting bite out of Snow White's apple. And Rapunzel's tower didn't rise up, the way it would on Broadway.
Other than that, there were very few changes from what we saw in San Diego and what we saw at when the Broadway production went on tour.
Afterthought: Should I have put a SPOILER ALERT at the top of this post? ::)
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Yesterday, Justin (one of our cartwranglers, just out of high school) told me that he didn't like the movie version of Sweeney Todd. He didn't like Johnny Depp's whispered vocals.
"It should have been really sung. Like opera."
This from a kid who hasn't yet figured out that Alvin and the Chipmunks (http://www.thechipmunks.com/) are animated characters.
link added
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Good morning, all! I've got to leave shortly for Toyland to copy all the orchestra scores in the Appendix to the new LOS edition. After that, drop off the completed work to Music Theatre International, return here and start the Ellington fixes for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus.
Last night I finally finished by bus/subway book FOREVER, which was both moving and exhilirating. Like Jack Finney's great New York fantasy TIME AND AGAIN, it's a great adventure, history, and New York romance. The tv series NEW AMSTERDAM can steal its premise, but I doubt it's got the time or interest to deal with the 1741 Slave Revolt or Boss Tweed in any detail; I suppose as well that if they used these sequences, the show's really running close to plagiarism. I think the next book for the travel bag is JOHN ADAMS, but I'd like to reread TIME AND AGAIN now.
TOD:
First cast album: West Side Story 1963
First libretto: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 1965
First acting: Forum 1968, Gypsy 1970
First performance: Company, National tour 1972
First Broadway: A Little Night Music, 1973
Favorite songs:
Anyone Can Whistle
What Can You Lose?
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I just took a peek at the Kritzerland home page via Internet Explorer here at work and all seems fine now. :)
Except that it still says John Cheever. :-\
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Time to dash to work.
Hasta la.
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Wow.....sell those CD's!!!
Of course everyone wants one!
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Does Charmian Carr know about the release?
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TOD: Hmmmmmmmmm
First was probably the soundtrack to GYPSY followed by the WEST SIDE STORY soundtrack, and a couple of WSS jazz and dance music albums which were great to listen to. The kind by knock off orchestras that used to sell for less than a dollar at the grocery store.
First cast album I bought was COMPANY - me too. Loved it, still do.
First live show probably WSS at some school, although I saw a touring production a few years ago.
Been in WSS, GYPSY, INTO THE WOODS.
But if I were told I had to choose HAD TO......I could still NOT decide between SWEENEY TODD and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE....
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I know Mrs. Mooney was mentioned yesterday, but I will also mention Lucy Carmichael's nemesis: Mr. Mooney.
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And, in keeping with the theme of the day, here are three of SJS's early crossword puzzles (http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/crosswords/45747/).
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And the word of the day is: VOLUBLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SOLILOQUY
And In Honor Of The TOD a Second SOD- FREE
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Isn't gold the most voluble metal in the world?
Today is a work day. Oh well.
Off to work. It is April 8 - the Eyes of Taxes are upon YOU!!
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It is April 8 - the Eyes of Taxes are upon YOU!!
Oh! I thought it was DR FJL's eyes that were watching me. :P
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it was nice to sleep through the night with no friggin' car alarm going off every 20 minutes! Ah! :)
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And, in keeping with the theme of the day, here are three of SJS's early crossword puzzles (http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/crosswords/45747/).
Coincidentally, I just came across my copy of the book of "Stephen Sondheim's Crossword Puzzles from New York Magazine". I've actually never completed of attempted one... They're just too difficult for me. Heck, just getting past his introduction and "Ground Rules" is a puzzle in itself - at least for me. ;)
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PAGE TWO CROSSWORD PUZZLE DANCE
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...And then there are those stories of Bernstein and Sondheim - at least I think it was them - taking walks, and doing crosswords in their heads!?!?!?!?
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My very important project has hit a roadblock (surprise, surprise). It appears that duplicate data has been added to the database! No one thought of that possibility before beginning the project. My work is now on hold until they figure out what to do so I'm back to regular work.
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West Side Story (the film version) was my first exposure to Sondheim. I saw it in the mid-60s.
There are too many to try and cull down to a favorite. Someone in a Tree, A Weekend in the Country, Losing My Mind, A Little Priest, Being Alive, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Rose's Turn and many more.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
First Sondheim Song: "Send in the Clowns" - It just had to be since it's one of my mother's favorites. Of course, when I first heard it, I seriously doubt I knew who Stephen Sondheim was.
First Sondheim Show: Sweeney Todd at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, MD. An amazing production, and her (Toby's) solution for disposing the bodies "in the round" still entertains(?) me.
First Sondheim Cast Album: Sweeney Todd
First Sondheim Show on Broadway: Into the Woods
First Sondheim Show I worked on: Company - What an amazing summer that was! The show was being produced by Arlington (VA) County as their annual "big musical" at the Lubber Run Amphitheatre - outside, and open to the public. Full cast, full ochestra! (including two keyboardists and two(!) percussionists), and a sort of full set. The director was from Australia, Brisbane I believe. Our Joanne was brilliant. They fired our original Amy just a few days before opening due to creative differences - and I still remember walking into rehearsal that night, and going over the "Getting Married Today" scene with the new Amy - watching the "old" Paul trying to hold back his anger and tears over what had happened... Then on opening night, Amy1 was in the audience wearing a t-shirt with "The Original Amy" on it... Then coming to the theatre/park the next day and seeing "Parental Advisory" signs posted - apparently, they had a lot of phone calls! And our closing performance got rained out, but we had a great party! -Oh, and I actually got paid, so, technically, it was my first professional theatrical gig too!
First Major Professional Production of a Sondheim show that I worked on: Sunday in the Park with George at Arena Stage in DC. It starred bk's own pals, Sal Viviano and Liz Larsen.
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As for my favorite Sondheim song, hmm...
"Finishing the Hat", "Lesson #8" and/or "Move On" from Sunday.
Although, I have a very soft spot in my heart for some of his early works: "What More Do I Need?", "I Remember", and "So Many People" - which still manages to make me tear up if I play it for someone during an audition.
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First Sondheim: it is family legend that when I could barely walk, and had never before shown an interest in the piano, I heard "Small World" on the radio (was that Vic Damone?), toddled over to the piano and plunked out the first few notes with nary a pause. It was that that convinced my Mom perhaps there was something unusual going on in my chubby little head and that's one reason I started piano lessons so early.
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And, just because we can... ;D
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Good morning!
More clouds than blue sky today, but it's warming up and that's always good since it IS April, and I'd love to be able to turn my heat off once and for all (well, until fall).
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First Sondheim exposure: WEST SIDE STORY (the film)
First album purchased GYPSY soundtrack (I think) was bought before A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.
First Sondheim on stage - a FORUM tour.
First Sondheim on Broadway - COMPANY
Favorite Sondheim songs (among dozens): "Losing My Mind," "Not a Day Goes By," "The Ballad of Booth," "Move On," "Uptown/Downtown," "The Glamorous Life - movie version," "What Can You Lose?"
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TV Reminders:
CBS' NCIS returns tonight along with BIG BROTHER and SECRET TALENTS OF THE STARS
BOSTON LEGAL returns tonight but will move to Wednesday in a few weeks. (ABC also offers DWTS results show).
AMERICAN IDOL and HELL'S KITCHEN on Fox.
BIGGEST LOSER on NBC
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I don't really know from Sondheim
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I got up so early this morning that I got the living room cleaned AND I also had time to watch another MR. WONG film - MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN. Betty quality film element for this one than the previous two but the mystery was a bit weaker. Still, fun.Marjorie Reynolds was introduced to the series in this installment.
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I don't really know from Sondheim
Geez, DR MBarnum, for as much as you enjoy song and dance in Bollywood movies, don't you think something like GYPSY or WEST SIDE STORY would be appealing to you (or even pique yout curiosity)? We do talk about these shows a lot around here, and the film versions are readily available for rental.
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Hi, Ben.
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And, of course, you could also rent the stage taped versions of SWEENEY TODD, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, and INTO THE WOODS not to mention the recently released SWEENEY TODD.
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Hi, Ben.
I keep telling you
"Don't Look at Me" 8)
Hey, that's from one of my favorite musicals. What a co-ink-ee-dink it should come up today, of all days ;)
Why is today different from other days? (oops, that's not for another week and a half)
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I don't really know from Sondheim
After all these years here at HHW.com, and after tons and tons of posts worshipping/praising Sondheim to the skies, and after thousands of Sondheim song references.....
....and you are still as pure as the driven snow.
You're a force of Nature, Mikey!
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TOD:
First conscious exposure to Sondheim: Movie of "Gypsy"
First Sondheim (lyrics) recording: Soundtrack to "Gypsy"
First complete Sondheim experience: Movie to "A Funny Thing..."
First Sondheim soundtrack: "A Funny Thing..."
First Sondheim OBC: "Follies"
First Sondheim song: Not sure what the first song by him was that I heard recorded by a singer (non-OBC, non-OST).
Favorite Sondheim song: So many, all dependent upon my mood...but generally, "Giants in the Sky" and "Not While I'm Around" are my truly true favorites.
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Why is today different from other days?
Normally, we only dip once, but today we dip twice have several "dips"! ;)
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Normally, we only dip once, but today we dip twice have several "dips"! ;)
Spoken by one who knows his own!
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Hello! No time right now to catch up.
TOD:
First Sondheim: WSS
Fave: too many!
I'm running behind and must do errands. Gotta scoot!
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Heading down now to check the mail and then begin thinking about what's for lunch.
I'll be e-filing my federal and state returns today (had to wait for some last minute brokerage information which came yesterday).
And, of course, I'll be rejoining Ms. Tila Tequila for four more episodes of her dating show. Oh, joy!
WBBL.
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Tuesday morning greetings! My workday started with a meeting at Panera and I'm just getting to my desk.
TOD - first awareness of a Sondheim lyric was when my parents came home from seeing Gypsy on tour in Detroit - my mom was quite taken with "If you wanna bump it, bump it with a trumpet."
First cast albums - West Side Story and Gypsy OCRs on LP, which were family-owned. First show seen - movie version of Gypsy. First recording I bought was probably Company OCR on LP, after seeing road company in Ann Arbor with Tandy Cronin as Amy. First Sondheim show seen in New York - A Little Night Music, summer 1974 when I was in the city for American Library Association annual conference.
Favorite songs -
"Getting Married Today"
"Broadway Baby"
"Everybody Says Don't"
"Not While I'm Around"
"Children Will Listen"
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TOD (sorta):
Best version of a Sondheim song heard live: Barbara Cook, "Send in the Clowns" with Wally Harper on piano.
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Spoken by one who knows his own!
;D
I do indeed, Mr. Pulliam! :)
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God Bless the Child Who Knows His Own!
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Things are kinda slow here this morning.
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Will we never get to page 3?
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Kiss my grits!
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Are there any Jerry Goldsmith fans here?
Are there any fans of "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend" here?
If so, a special, limited edition soundtrack of the complete score has been issued by Intrada. They are expected to move quickly. A sell-out should occur in days.
www.Intrada.com if you're interested.
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BK: I alerted Sondheim fans who post at www.intrada.com's forum about "Evening Primrose" and left the link to Kritzerland for them to follow.
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I left one tod out; Ist sondheim song I heard was "Small World" sung by Johnny Mathis on the radio. But my nine-year old ears misheard;I thought he was singing the title song from FANNY(I'd seen the cover at the Library)as in "Fanny, you're a stranger who's come here...Fannny, I'm a stranger myself here"; "Small World lost the Grammy for song of the year to Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" If only the Messrs Styne and Sondheim had learned to write like that, they could have been successful in Cho Business(Actually I like Horton's song, esp when the soldiers fill an alligator with cannonballs after they' run low on weapons"We filled it full of cannonballs and powdered its behind/And when we set the powder off the gator lost his..mind.(Return to chorus).Once I get my copy of PRIMROSE(I have to wait till Fri payday to order)all I'll need to make my Sondheim collection complete is the very hard-to-find MANTOVANI PLAYS SONDHEIM.
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Good day one and all
Helping DBF working on pics for a trivia contest for his team... I am stumped and could use some help looking. However rules stipulate we cannot post them on a board. Can I email some of you the pics? Answers have to be kept in email....
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Thanks, Ron. If anyone else has any other ideas about getting the word out, please do it. The press release went out late last night, so that should show up at some point on the various sites. I did wake up to 100 more e-mails this morning, and most of those were orders, including another order for 100 (if they can afford it) from the Sondheim Society.
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The silly Cheever error has been fixed.
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According to my web designer, there is some bug that occasionally happens with Firefox/Mozilla and it's not just to our website but to any flash website. And at this point, there's no real way around it. But I've only gotten one e-mail about it, so I think we're probably fine.
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Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles! My mother's email has been glitchy since before Christmas. Around the end of January, I got it to where she could receive, but not send. Just now, here at work, I've gotten several messages from her - she called her provider all by herself and after they asked her to repeat her birthdate (she was born in 1918!), she said they were ver-r-r-ry patient with her.
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Geez, DR MBarnum, for as much as you enjoy song and dance in Bollywood movies, don't you think something like GYPSY or WEST SIDE STORY would be appealing to you (or even pique yout curiosity)? We do talk about these shows a lot around here, and the film versions are readily available for rental.
Somehow WEST SIDE STORY was one musical I never saw as a kid, and one day I am sure I will get to it. I don't know from GYPSY.
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Kiss my grits!
In the Bay Area?
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Somehowe WEST SIDE STORY was one musical I never say as a kid, and one day I am sure I will get to it. I don't know from GYPSY.
DR MBarnum - I'm pretty sure that the movie of "West Side Story" is filled with potential interviewees for you!
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...The press release went out late last night, so that should show up at some point on the various sites....
Well, HERE'S ONE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116588.html)
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My latest issue of FILMFARE magazine from India arrived in my mailbox the other day!! (actually, this is a back issue I ordered)
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Yet another reason not to read HHW at the tax office. :)
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My very important project has hit a roadblock (surprise, surprise). It appears that duplicate data has been added to the database! No one thought of that possibility before beginning the project. My work is now on hold until they figure out what to do so I'm back to regular work.
If MS Access software is available, you can import any .dbf file and run Queries that will check for, and identify, duplicate records.
der Brucer
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DR MBarnum - I'm pretty sure that the movie of "West Side Story" is filled with potential interviewees for you!
EXACTLY. How on earth has MBarnum missed out on Russ Tamblyn???
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In the Bay Area?
In a very, very special place, actually!
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In a very, very special place, actually!
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To spur DR MBarnum on:
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If anyone else has any other ideas about getting the word out, please do it.
You might want to alert
SONDHEIM GUIDE (http://www.sondheimguide.com/primrose.html#Songs)
der Brucer
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I am not touching that comment.... ;)
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Kiss my grits!
Can I kiss John Abraham's grits instead? ;)
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I am not touching that comment....
Oh, go ahead. Throw caution to the winds. You know you want to! :)
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I am working my way through the most marvellous set of [required] online learning courses! ::)
The scintillating titles include:
* Communicating Bad News to a Customer
* Leaving a Professional Impression
* Understanding Customer Needs
* Conducting a Successful Meeting
* Developing a Commercial Mind-Set
Give me valium. Please! :P
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My latest issue of FILMFARE magazine from India arrived in my mailbox the other day!! (actually, this is a back issue I ordered)
(http://i1.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/c1/78/9228_1.JPG)
You are really and truly the only person I know who does judge a book by its cover.
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Give me valium.
Lithium would also do quite nicely, thank you! :D
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My first introduction to Sondheim was hearing the song, "Send in the Clowns".
I have seen several Sondheim musicals: Sweeney Todd, Follies: The Musical, and A Little Night Music
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The scintillating titles include:
* Communicating Bad News to a Customer
* Leaving a Professional Impression
* Understanding Customer Needs
* Conducting a Successful Meeting
* Developing a Commercial Mind-Set
* Communicating Bad News to a Customer - Honey, I've got Herpes
* Leaving a Professional Impression - Leave the cash on the dresser
* Understanding Customer Needs - Bet you don’t get this at home!
* Conducting a Successful Meeting - My place or yours?
* Developing a Commercial Mind-Set - If you want it, I'm selling it!
der Brucer
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Good Afternoon!
Well, I need to venture to the grocery store, and since the sun has come out today - not tomorrow - I believe a stroll in the Park may be in order this afternoon too.
Laters...
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* Communicating Bad News to a Customer - Honey, I've got Herpes
* Leaving a Professional Impression - Leave the cash on the dresser
* Understanding Customer Needs - Bet you don’t get this at home!
* Conducting a Successful Meeting - My place or yours?
* Developing a Commercial Mind-Set - If you want it, I'm selling it!
der Brucer
And those responses are all derived from personal experience?
;D
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PAGE FOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DANCE!
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Phil and Jackie Smith, owners of Acres of Books on Long Beach Boulevard, have agreed to sell the store s large lot to the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency for about $2.8 million. Relocation plans for the iconic store are uncertain. (Stephen Carr / Staff Photographer )
PRESS TELEGRAM (http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_8846559)
ACRES MAY CLOSE LAST CHAPTER
By Karen Robes, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 04/08/2008 06:59:08 AM PDT
LONG BEACH - For locals like Stan Poe and S&e Reed, Acres of Books has been more than a bookstore to them.
The storefront on 240 Long Beach Blvd. has been a longtime source for researchers, writers and book enthusiasts who have combed its acres of dusty shelves for hours hoping to score rare specialized tomes and hard-to-find first editions.
Writer Ray Bradbury once said Acres "is the best walk-through multimedia experience, if not on Earth, if not in all America, at least in the western part of the United States."
"For book lovers, a lot of (coming to Acres) was the experience," Reed said. "You could get a book anywhere, but it's the smell of the bookstore, the smell of the old books, the store cat, the way you can get lost in it and escape the everyday. It's so much more than getting a book. It's the book-buying, book-browsing experience and Acres is one of the last places to do so."
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der Brucer
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Thanks for the laugh, DR dB!
I'll be sure to pass along your "tips" to the Training Development Team! :D
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And those responses are all derived from personal experience?
;D
Actually, they are from interviewing Reservoir joggers. ;)
der Brucer
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TOTD:
"What Can You Lose?"
"Not a Day Goes By"
"Johanna"
"Company"
"The Worst Pies in London"
"Anyone Can Whistle"
"A Parade In Town"
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I am pretty sure West Side Story was the first movie I ever saw in a theater. That's what my mom claims, at any rate.
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EXACTLY. How on earth has MBarnum missed out on Russ Tamblyn???
Oh, Russ has been interviewed by every Tom, Dick, and Harry already. Besides I would just want him to talk about his work in the film WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS.
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DR Singdaw - in my work world, the answers to both "Communicating Bad News to a Customer" and "Understanding Customer Needs" would be:
"No, there aren't grants available for you to fix up your house, pay your bills, send your kid to private schools..."
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DR Singdaw - in my work world, the answers to both "Communicating Bad News to a Customer" and "Understanding Customer Needs" would be:
"No, there aren't grants available for you to fix up your house, pay your bills, send your kid to private schools..."
Although the lovely folks at this "Institute" fudge just enough to make less than savvy people believe otherwise
National Grants Conference (http://www.nationalgrants.com/ns/ngc/)
The librarians at the Foundation Center have to work extra hard to convince some patrons that the government is *NOT* handing out free money.
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The librarians at the Foundation Center have to work extra hard to convince some patrons that the government is *NOT* handing out free money.
Of course not - that is what private foundations are for :)
der Brucer
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The earliest Sondheim that I remember experiencing was when I was a kid. My sister and I would watch "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" whenever it was on TV. We loved that movie, but I had no idea who Sondheim was. It wasn't until I was in middle or high school when I discovered musicals and then Sondheim, and then realized that he wrote the songs for the movie that I loved as a kid!
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Ah, yes, DR Ben. We often deal with the fallout of someone having attended one of those conferences.
When I told my mother that people actually ask me where they can get a grant to pay their bills, she said, "Isn't that spelled L-O-A-N?" I said, "Or J-O-B!"
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Here's a recent article to which we often refer people:
Busting the 'Free Money' Myth (http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2008/sb20080226_339856.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_top+small+business+stories)
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The first Sondheim cast album I listened to (and subsequently bought) was Sweeney Todd (I now have them all!)
I have been in two (community theater) Sondheim shows: I played Hero in Forum and I was George (Uncle Jocko's assistant) and a placard changer in Gypsy. Next season, Capital Playhouse is going to do A Little Night Music. I would love to be in that. :)
I don't remember what the first Sondheim show that I saw was. :-\ Otherwise, I've seen live community theater productions of West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Night Music, Company, Into the Woods, Passion, Assassins and Sunday in the Park with George
I've seen professional productions of Company, Follies, Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George.
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On Broadway, I have seen Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park With George.
In London, I have seen Follies and Pacific Overtures.
I think I saw a community-theater production of Gypsy.
I would love to see A Little Night Music (I don't know the score at all) and Passion. I was always curious about Getting Away With Murder, his nonmusical play, but I guess there's little chance I'll ever be able to catch that now.
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This morning the lawyers looked at their jury and decided to settle the case. Good thing; I'm not sure I could have stood six days of testimony about concrete.
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On Broadway, I have seen Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park With George.
In London, I have seen Follies and Pacific Overtures.
I think I saw a community-theater production of Gypsy.
I would love to see A Little Night Music (I don't know the score at all) and Passion. I was always curious about Getting Away With Murder, his nonmusical play, but I guess there's little chance I'll ever be able to catch that now.
I'm a Sondhead but I thought Getting Away with Murder was pretty bad. I do think most of the blame is Mr. Furth's, but there is enough blame to go around. It wasn't terribly funny (it was billed as a comedy thriller) and it was, as I remember, excruciatingly boring.
It was directed by Jack O'Brien of Hairspray (and other big Broadway hits) fame. It was done in California at the Old Globe Theatre (under a different title) in 1995. It moved to Broadway (after revisions) in 1996. Here is the cast list for Broadway:
Cast
Martin Chisholm - John Rubenstein
Dossie Lustig - Christine Ebersole
Young Man - William Ragsdale
Charmaine - Michelle Hurd
Pamela Prideaux - Kandis Chappell
Vassili Laimorgos - Josh Mostel
Gregory Reed - Terrence Mann
Dan Gerard - Frankie R. Faison
Nam-Jun Vuong - Jodi Long
Roberto - Al Espinosa
Dr. Conrad Bering - Herb Foster
Terrence Mann and John Rubenstein were the "big" names in the show but even they couldn't save it. The production got mixed to bad reviews and lasted for only a few performances. and moved to Broadway. It ran from February 20, 1996 (previews begain) for 29 performances and opened on March 17, 1996 at the Broadhurst Theater. The run after opening was 17 performances and it closed on March 31, 1996.
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Then, on the way to the bus stop, I had the misfortune of seeing someone get hit by a car. Well, bumped by a car.
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I'm trying to remember the first Sondheim musical that i saw. And i really can't remember. :(
I think my first broadway experience was A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.
I know i've seen stage versions of: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, COMPANY, SWEENEY, INTO THE WOODS.
I am trying to remember if I ever saw FOLLIES. :(
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Tonight there is a lot of reality on tv: IDOL, DWTS results, BIG BROTHER, BEAUTY and the GEEK. And I also have BOSTON LEGAL.
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I wonder if seeing so many of Sondheim's musicals on tv (PASSIONS, SUNDAY, ITW...) is what is confusing my memory. Usually i'm much better at remember what i saw and where. :(
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I am trying to remember if I ever saw FOLLIES. :(
I don't think I'd ever have a question about this. The score is unforgettable.
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In today's UPS delivery:
Bette Davis box from Fox (with slimline cases)
Classic Musicals Box (with slimline cases)
I Am Legend (HD-DVD)
Battle of the Bulge (HD-DVD)
The Warner's Bette Davis box issued last week has the regular DVD cases, which I hate.
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re: FOLLIES
I don't think I'd ever have a question about this. The score is unforgettable.
Well i have the cd. So it's not that.
For some reason i was wanting to see one of the last revivals (not the last one, but i think the one before). and right now my mind has just gone blank as to whether i saw it or not.
I agree it's pathetic!
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Lithium would also do quite nicely, thank you! :D
You, fully rational, or
You, quietly loco.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................
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Classic Musicals Box (with slimline cases)
This shall be waiting for me, too, upon my return home today! :D
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You, fully rational, or
You, quietly loco.
It's quite the conundrum, ain't it?? ;D
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I don't know if people are having problems with the KRITZERLAND site today. But i just read the CAST RECORDINGS list from yesterday (and this morning). And 2 people there reported having problems. :(
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Since I watched a MR. WONG movie this morning, I wanted to find something I had already seen to have on while I cooked and ate lunch.
I chose STARDUST: THE BETTE DAVIS STORY, the documentary that was a part of the second Davis box set. Enjoyable, even if the latter third of her career got short shrift.
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Good Afternoon!
It's a BEAUTIFUL early Spring day here in New York City! I did take a brief walk through Central Park. Alas, no Reservoir today, but I still had a good time during my jaunt.
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PAGE FIVE FLOWERS IN CENTRAL PARK DANCE!!
(http://www.centralparknyc.org/images/content/pagebuilder/18201.jpg)
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short shrift
Don't get bk started on that! 8)
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Then I watched 3 3/4 episodes of A SHOT AT LOVE. In the last one, she's whittled her choices down to two guys and two girls, and she's gone home to meet their families. She feels COMPELLED to tell them she's bisexual.
Totally manufactured drama for the TV cameras. I mean, if she's with that particular person, why is the fact that she swings both ways a concern? Is she saying she wants that person but may stray with others of another sex?
I have to say, though, that several people in the house I think highly of and feel THEY could do a lot better than Tila.
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I don't know if people are having problems with the KRITZERLAND site today
I was having problems very early this morning, but now it seems to be OK.
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Alas, that's not a picture I took. I grabbed it off the Central Park Conservancy Site. I actually had my camera with me today, but I just knew that if I did take a picture of anything, the picture would not live up to my original viewing of it. But there were lots of daffodils in bloom, and some very vibrant purple(!) azaleas.
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I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No gay boys and none in the previews for tomorrow.
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Alas, that's not a picture I took. I grabbed it off the Central Park Conservancy Site. I actually had my camera with me today, but I just knew that if I did take a picture of anything, the picture would not live up to my original viewing of it. But there were lots of daffodils in bloom, and some very vibrant purple(!) azaleas.
I would have, personally, LOVED to see some azaleas in bloom!
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I was having problems very early this morning, but now it seems to be OK.
Was that as a result of the valium or the lithium?
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And that's probably not ALL that's in bloom in Central Park!!
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Was that as a result of the valium or the lithium?
I think it was probably the interaction of the two simultaneously... :P
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It was quite a show there, for a while! :)
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Off to purchase cookies and chocolate for tomorrow's brownbag lunch...bye for now!
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Off to purchase cookies and chocolate for tomorrow's brownbag lunch...
I've heard you can get a grant for such things...
;)
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It was quite a show there, for a while!
But then my manager had to hurd everyone back to their own cubicles...
Okay, everyone - move along... Show's over...
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Then I watched 3 3/4 episodes of A SHOT AT LOVE.
Saving the final 15 minutes for a special occasion? ;)
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But then my manager had to hurd everyone back to their own cubicles...
Okay, everyone - move along... Show's over...
hurd?
Hurg!
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Herd?
Heard?
:)
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I have azaleas blooming right now all around my house. I also have dogwood trees in both the front and back blooming. Lovely.
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I can only "imagine".
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Now, I have some writing to do, and then will head down to finish the last part of that Tila Tequila episode I didn't quite have time to finish, and then I'll probably start on the last disc. There are thankfully only three more complete episodes left.
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Herd?
Heard?
:)
Burd?
Beard?
Bird?
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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Back from various and sundried errands, including paying for the Primrose print. I've been trying to print out orders, but that's going to take a few days.
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Does Charmian Carr know about the release?
I am sure she will find out.
But who is going to tell Anthony Perkins?
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You might want to alert
SONDHEIM GUIDE (http://www.sondheimguide.com/primrose.html#Songs)
der Brucer
he hasn't updated his website in about two years or so. He has a lot to catch up on
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Hey Bruce-
If You Could Get Stephen Sondheim to autograph several copies of EVENING PRIMROSE for an additional price wouldn't that be S'Wonderful?
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I don't think he'd do it, frankly.
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Will we never get to page six?
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Apparently there is an overturned truck on fire on my usual route - genius. So, it's back to the long slog, I'm afraid.
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I don't think he'd do it, frankly.
How About Stephenly?
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Bruce-
I don't understand. If Sondheim loved it so much????
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Hey Bruce-
If You Could Get Stephen Sondheim to autograph several copies of EVENING PRIMROSE for an additional price wouldn't that be S'Wonderful?
I don't think he'd do it, frankly.
What if the extra money went to a charity of Sondheim's choice? Would he do it for that?? :D
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I just don't think he'd want to take the time. And given his schedule these days, I really don't want to bug him, especially as he was so nice during this whole process.
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I've still got another 130 orders to print out. I will say that this stack of orders, shockingly, is four times the size of what Kritzerland has sold in the last six months.
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I've still got another 130 orders to print out. I will say that this stack of orders, shockingly, is four times the size of what Kritzerland has sold in the last six months.
Just imagine if Kritzerland could get the rights to release the DVD!!
;)
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Most disappointing SS show.
Saw the 4th preview of Merrily We Roll Along and it was a mess. I remember the paper swimming the pool that got a lot of laughs.
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I've still got another 130 orders to print out. I will say that this stack of orders, shockingly, is four times the size of what Kritzerland has sold in the last six months.
Hey, don't blame me. I bought a "Brain" CD!
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I don't think I'd ever have a question about this. The score is unforgettable.
Eh, I saw Follies and I remember absolutely nothing about it. So bang goes that theory. (I've heard the OCR as well. Sorry, but I've never been able to understand all the accolades. I do acknowledge that I am in the minority on this; I'm also apparently the only person who didn't love "Little Miss Sunshine.")
One CD that I have, and shamefully haven't listened to yet, is "Bounce." How do people like that score?
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Hey, don't blame me.
I don't. I blame Jose.
:)
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Spiffy new avatars for DR Michael S. and BrettySpaghetti! :)
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Spiffy new avatars for DR Michael S. and BrettySpaghetti! :)
Thanks. I'll do a cartoon one as soon as I can find an artist brave enough to render me. ;D
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DearReaderLaura DR - was the trial about cement shoes? ;)
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Spiffy new avatars for DR Michael S. and BrettySpaghetti! :)
Avatar Hoppers, all of 'em!
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Are there any Jerry Goldsmith fans here?
Are there any fans of "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend" here?
Yes. :)
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Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles! My mother's email has been glitchy since before Christmas. Around the end of January, I got it to where she could receive, but not send. Just now, here at work, I've gotten several messages from her - she called her provider all by herself and after they asked her to repeat her birthdate (she was born in 1918!), she said they were ver-r-r-ry patient with her.
;D :D
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Lithium would also do quite nicely, thank you! :D
Come drink from the fountain in downtown Ashland.
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This morning the lawyers looked at their jury and decided to settle the case. Good thing; I'm not sure I could have stood six days of testimony about concrete.
;D I'm sure I would have fallen asleep.
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Bretty, nice new avatar.
Danise, good news about Bear. I hope it continues to work for him.
DR Laura, was the "bumped person" ok?
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TOD:
Picking just a few favorite Sondheim songs? A Sophie's Choice moment! :P
Depending on where I've been and what mood I was in, I think most all of SJS's songs have been personal favorites at one time or another.
I know that my introduction to Sondheim's work was discovering and wearing out my parent's LP of Company when I was about 12, and I've never looked back! First stage show live was the original NY cast of Sweeney Todd.
I am thrilled for this opportunity for bk and Kritzerland.
When you were 12? Oh brother, Coleslaw!
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When you were 12? Oh brother, Coleslaw!
Well, it was a hard twelve years!
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His leg was sore, but ok. He was riding a bicycle on the wrong side of the road and went right out into traffic.
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Well, it was a hard twelve years!
That's what his date said.
;)
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...And then there are those stories of Bernstein and Sondheim - at least I think it was them - taking walks, and doing crosswords in their heads!?!?!?!?
OH....... those stories of Berstein and Sondheim
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First Sondheim: it is family legend that when I could barely walk, and had never before shown an interest in the piano, I heard "Small World" on the radio (was that Vic Damone?), toddled over to the piano and plunked out the first few notes with nary a pause. It was that that convinced my Mom perhaps there was something unusual going on in my chubby little head and that's one reason I started piano lessons so early.
Of course, you were 23 at the time.
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Well, it was a hard twelve years!
Apparently!
;)
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There are really too, too many to mention, but here are just a few of my favorite Sondheim songs:
The Ballad of Booth
Chrysanthemum Tea
Move On
Opening Doors
Our Time
So Many People
Someone in a Tree
What More Do I Need?
You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through
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We have had somewhat of a problem with pedestrians getting hit. Not long ago a student at the university was hit and died. The driver never saw her & she wasn't watching-just talking away on her cell phone. I've seen plenty of students talk & turn their heads to watch for traffic. For the most part, no matter what they are doing, the students think because they are in the crosswalk they are safe.
The police department set up a sting. Many drivers got tickets, but not nearly as many students did. Orange flags have been placed by the crosswalks for the students to use, of course they rarely do.
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OH....... those stories of Berstein and Sondheim
Sadly(?), by the time I first met either of those gentlemen, I was too old to be a part of those stories.
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Sadly(?), by the time I first met either of those gentlemen, I was too old to be a part of those stories.
Because there was no one there but chickens? ;)
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For the most part, no matter what they are doing, the students think because they are in the crosswalk they are safe.
We have solved that problem down here in Southern Delaware - no highway cross walks! (And no pedestrian walk lights.) If you are one one side of the six lane highway (the only road through the area) and wish to be on the other, you best call a cab. The bicyclists are also miffed that they have to share the bike lanes with buses and right hand-turning traffic. We import thousands of Europen students each summer and offer them bicycles as transportation - and then use them as target practice.
der Brucer
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I also like Into the Woods
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(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site204/2008/0408/20080408_011852_PN08-ACR_300.jpg)
Phil and Jackie Smith, owners of Acres of Books on Long Beach Boulevard, have agreed to sell the store s large lot to the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency for about $2.8 million. Relocation plans for the iconic store are uncertain. (Stephen Carr / Staff Photographer )
PRESS TELEGRAM (http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_8846559)der Brucer
I hate when iconic places like this are forced to either close or relocate
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PAGE FIVE FLOWERS IN CENTRAL PARK DANCE!!
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Those are beautiful!
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LOL-That would make it impossible for the students to cross the street from the dorms to their classes. The other morning I was watching a student cross, and I swear she was sleep walking. As for crossing, it is only a four way street, & many areas have little islands dividing the road so there are only two lanes to cross at a time.
Sadly, the school isn't the only area this is a problem, people have been hit in the downtown area.
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Nice avatar Bretty!
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From Bruce:
Well, I must say that I was going to be happy if we got 100 preorders in the first twenty-four hours, but we're already close to 200 and most places haven't gotten the press releases yet.
WOW!
Of course, one person bought 130 copies. He's a private dealer.
;D
I did wake up to 100 more e-mails this morning, and most of those were orders, including another order for 100 (if they can afford it) from the Sondheim Society.
Congratulations-SELLING OUT QUICKLY VIBES!!!
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EXACTLY. How on earth has MBarnum missed out on Russ Tamblyn???
To Hell with Russ, how about George Chakiris?
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Lithium would also do quite nicely, thank you! :D
Sorry, all I have is Prozac.
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This was an adult man riding the wrong way on the street, crossing the freeway off-ramp.
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Hey, don't blame me. I bought a "Brain" CD!
Yes, but have you listened to it yet?
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Thanks. I'll do a cartoon one as soon as I can find an artist brave enough to render me. ;D
Is that a euphemism?
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Well I wasn't much more than 12 (13 maybe) when "Company" came out. I used to delight in reading the A&L section of the New York Times Sunday edition when it came to my junior high school library, and I to this day remember the first full page ad for "Company." I predicted right then it would be a hit if only for its super-cool logo and ambivalent one-word title (Company? As in guests? Or a theater troupe?).
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My novelization of Classic Musicals Vol.3 is now live at DVDTalk. :)
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Yes, but have you listened to it yet?
Negative.
But soon.
Very, very soon.
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Evening all! The clerical meeting went ok. The same subjects were gone over once again. My boss is hopeful that at least some of the information will be retained.
I, on the other hand, believe everyone forgot everything before they hit door to leave. I base that on past clerical meetings.
All 2 dozen donuts and the box of donut holes I bought were gone. They didn't have any problems remembering they were on the table. ;)
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Is that a euphemism?
Nope. It's a me-phemism.
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Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles! My mother's email has been glitchy since before Christmas. Around the end of January, I got it to where she could receive, but not send. Just now, here at work, I've gotten several messages from her - she called her provider all by herself and after they asked her to repeat her birthdate (she was born in 1918!), she said they were ver-r-r-ry patient with her.
I'm so glad they were good to your Mom, DR Ginny. I didn't know she was born in 1918. That's when my Mom was born.
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Danise, was the bed still comfortable with Bear and Sheena sharing your space?
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No more iced coffee for me! I hate coffee. I have always hated coffee. However, for whatever strange reason, I've found that I LOVE McD's iced coffee.
When I picked the donuts up at Dunkin Donuts this morning, I saw that they have iced coffee as well so I got some. YUCK! It was sooo bitter. I think it must have had tons of caffine in it as well because my heart started pounding and felt like I was having some kind of rush.
Never again. Because I'm prone to kidney stones (like the one I have as we speak) I'm not supost to have dark liquids anyway. I know, I was being bad but since I have the stone and have to have surgery anyway, I figured, what the heck?
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Today we received our Hamilton High alumni news mailing. There is a very nice tribute for Joel Siegel from one of his classmates, who would also be a classmate of my brother.
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Danise, was the bed still comfortable with Bear and Sheena sharing your space?
Yes and no. Bear the Bed Hog keeps moving ME! over to the edge of the bed but the small part I had was comfortable.
Sheena was at the very bottom of the bed by my feet and that wasn't to bad.
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Danise, how long does it take for a stone to form?
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No more iced coffee for me! I hate coffee. I have always hated coffee. However, for whatever strange reason, I've found that I LOVE McD's iced coffee.
When I picked the donuts up at Dunkin Donuts this morning, I saw that they have iced coffee as well so I got some. YUCK! It was sooo bitter. I think it must have had tons of caffine in it as well because my heart started pounding and felt like I was having some kind of rush.
Never again. Because I'm prone to kidney stones (like the one I have as we speak) I'm not supost to have dark liquids anyway. I know, I was being bad but since I have the stone and have to have surgery anyway, I figured, what the heck?
Does Cranberry Juice help with your kidney stones, Danise? It has been a life saver for me.
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Danise, how long does it take for a stone to form?
In my case, about 15 minutes. :D ;) ;D
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The nice thing about those beds is the edge is the same as the middle. When i was looking at mattresses that was very important to me since the edge is often all the room Sherlock gives me. :D And Bear is larger, or weighs more, than Sherlock.
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I don't honestly know. I was fine at last years exam and this year it's already there and to big for me to pass without surgery.
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Nope. It's a me-phemism.
IDAHO?
NO!
YOU DA HO!!
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Does Cranberry Juice help with your kidney stones, Danise? It has been a life saver for me.
I've tired it but it doesn't seem to help. I'm on meds that are supost to stop them from forming but I still got them.
My doctor just increased my dose so we'll see.
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IDAHO?
NO!
YOU DA HO!!
Do you know what Santa does in the summer??
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Today we received our Hamilton High alumni news mailing. There is a very nice tribute for Joel Siegel from one of his classmates, who would also be a classmate of my brother.
Speaking of alumni, on Monday I got an e-mail thru one of those reunion sites (Classmates.com, or one of those) from the girl woman who I took to my Senior Prom back in 1968. I haven't seen her or even heard from her in almost 40 years. She is now a doctor!
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Danise, isn't the location, more important than the size. Many people have stones that sit and go nowhere & never hurt. Is this in a dangerous location or out of the way?
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He Ho, Ho, Ho's! :D
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TCB-how fun. Did you write her back?
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I've tired it but it doesn't seem to help. I'm on meds that are supost to stop them from forming but I still got them.
My doctor just increased my dose so we'll see.
I am so sorry. :(
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TCB-how fun. Did you write her back?
Not yet.
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Danise, isn't the location, more important than the size. Many people have stones that sit and go nowhere & never hurt. Is this in a dangerous location or out of the way?
I'm told it's like a ticking time bomb. It may never move and then again, it might.
If it hits, I'll have to go to the hospital and they will put me on pain meds but will do nothing to remove the stone. I'll have to still have the "surgery" as a emergency but I'll be in pain (with pain meds) until that can be arranged.
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You should. I have written several people, all but one responded-rather disappointing too. I only wrote people I was very interested in.
One gal I wrote was a friend from elementary school who now lives in Israel. We write often, I reconnected her to a couple of people, and I've seen her a couple of times. It has been great.
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Speaking of alumni, on Monday I got an e-mail thru one of those reunion sites (Classmates.com, or one of those) from the girl woman who I took to my Senior Prom back in 1968. I haven't seen her or even heard from her in almost 40 years. She is now a doctor!
Wow, that's neat. What kind of doctor?
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Wow, that's neat. What kind of doctor?
With my luck, a proctologist!
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With my luck, a proctologist!
Seriously, I believe that I heard that she became a psychiatrist.
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I am so sorry. :(
That's ok.
I never am able to do things the easy way.
I go for a simple hearing test and wind up having to have a MRI. I just mentioned I have that hissing sound in my right ear. Turns out that if I had it in both ears, that's normal. Because I only have it in one ear, that calls for a MRI. I can't win. What can I say? :)
I had it done yesterday. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. At least, I didn't freak out. :-\
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Seriously, I believe that I heard that she became a psychiatrist.
Got her number? AT the rate I'm having health probems, I'm sure I'll need her services at some point or the other. :D ;D
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Speaking of alumni, on Monday I got an e-mail thru one of those reunion sites (Classmates.com, or one of those) from the girl woman who I took to my Senior Prom back in 1968. I haven't seen her or even heard from her in almost 40 years. She is now a doctor!
I got an e-mail through Classmates.com, saying I had a message. But I would have to join and pay just to find out who it was from! They wouldn't even tell me that for free. :P
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I got an e-mail through Classmates.com, saying I had a message. But I would have to join and pay just to find out who it was from! They wouldn't even tell me that for free. :P
I have received scores of those over the years and refuse to pay to retrieve them. If someone is that interested in contacting me, there's a little thing known as Google they can use. My website is free. :)
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I'm so glad they were good to your Mom, DR Ginny. I didn't know she was born in 1918. That's when my Mom was born.
Thanks, DR Danise. I just talked to Mom on the phone and she told me about her customer service rep and laughed about how often he asked her to repeat her birthdate. Her 90th birthday will be on Thanksgiving Day.
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George, you should be able to respond to the email without paying. You pay to send one. How Double check this.
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On another note, I got a nice email at work today. I spotted some problems with an email that CS sent out and wrote the guy who sent it. He said I was "sharp, as always" for catching them and my boss said that email is going into my record. :)
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Before our class reunion I payed my fee to classmates. I then sent a bulk email to the class members & received many responses, without their paying anything.
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Good news Danise. It is a treat having you post so late but how come your are still up?
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Thanks, DR Danise. I just talked to Mom on the phone and she told me about her customer service rep and laughed about how often he asked her to repeat her birthdate. Her 90th birthday will be on Thanksgiving Day.
I guess I've said that Mom's birthday was November 10th. However, I have since found a 2nd birth certificate for her, one very old that states that is the date and yet another that was dated in the 30's that made it a couple days earlier (same year).
Since we always belived it to be the 10th, I don't count that 2nd certificate.
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Good news Danise. It is a treat having you post so late but how come your are still up?
I guess I'm rested. ;) But I do need to turn in soon.
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DR Danise, it's nice to have diligent work recognized by your supervisors!
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PAGE FIVE FLOWERS IN CENTRAL PARK DANCE!!
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OH! I love all the daffodils in NYC!!! I was there one April and especially loved the daffodils in Bryant Park
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I have received scores of those over the years and refuse to pay to retrieve them. If someone is that interested in contacting me, there's a little thing known as Google they can use. My website is free. :)
Well, this is a site that I actually joined previously, so it was okay.
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DR Danise, it's nice to have diligent work recognized by your supervisors!
I have a wonderful boss. I don't honestly know what I'm going to do when she retires in 2 years. That's one day I will cry because I will miss her.
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Well, folks, it is late for me and I guess now that I've spread my bit of sunshine, it's time to go.
Have a very wonderful evening everyone!
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Goodnight Danise.
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I can't remember when I didn't know West Side Story and the same is true of Gypsy. I auditioned for Gypsy when I was in 5th grade. I didn't get it, but I still loved the show
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I have received scores of those over the years and refuse to pay to retrieve them. If someone is that interested in contacting me, there's a little thing known as Google they can use. My website is free. :)
Are you talking about emails from Cassmates.com? Did you include your website under your personal info?
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TOTD.
First Song - probably "Maria" by Johnny Mathis.
First Show - "Gypsy" (London starring Angela of course).
First Cast Recording purchased. OBC "A Little Night Music".
Favourite songs:
"Not A Day Goes By"
"Not While I'm Around"
"Goodbye For Now"
"A Little House For Mama"
"Finishing The Hat"
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I should go to.
'night
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I can't remember when I didn't know West Side Story and the same is true of Gypsy. I auditioned for Gypsy when I was in 5th grade. I didn't get it, but I still loved the show
Those bastard producers didn't tell you it was pre-cast with Merman?
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Speaking of daffodils, this coming Saturday is our area's Puyallup Valley Daffodil Grand Floral Parade. At one time, the Daffodil Parade was the third largest floral parade in the whole country.
In last Sunday's newspaper, The News Tribune, there was a big front page article on "The Decline of the Daffodil Festival." Ironically, the biggest single reason for the decline of the Festival is The News Tribune.
In the 1980s, our local newspaper family sold the News Tribune to The McClatchy Company out of Sacramento, California. They immediatelly let it be known that they had no interest in being a Tacoma newspaper. Instead, they wanted to become a Puget Sound, or at the very least a South Sound newspaper. In an effort to accomplish that, one of the first things they did was to delete almost 95% of the coverage usually given over to the Festival. As the years went by, the entire Festival became smaller and less important to our area, because no one knew when the Festival was happening.
And now The News Tribune has the nerve to question the decline of the Festival!
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Those bastard producers didn't tell you it was pre-cast with Merman?
LOL< Actually it was a production at the local community college, but no one told me that the daughter of the English teacher and the daughter of another teacher had the edge for the parts. They got them
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Before our class reunion I payed my fee to classmates. I then sent a bulk email to the class members & received many responses, without their paying anything.
That may be the way Classmates does it, but there are several other companies (i.e. Reunion.com) that won't let you see who wrote to you or what they said, unless you cough up the dough.
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George, you should be able to respond to the email without paying. You pay to send one. How Double check this.
I'm sure that that was the issue...that I had to pay to find out who it was from. But I will check it out again tonight.
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Speaking of daffodils, this coming Saturday is our area's Puyallup Valley Daffodil Grand Floral Parade. At one time, the Daffodil Parade was the third largest floral parade in the whole country.
In last Sunday's newspaper, The News Tribune, there was a big front page article on "The Decline of the Daffodil Festival." Ironically, the biggest single reason for the decline of the Festival is The News Tribune.
In the 1980s, our local newspaper family sold the News Tribune to The McClatchy Company out of Sacramento, California. They immediatelly let it be known that they had no interest in being a Tacoma newspaper. Instead, they wanted to become a Puget Sound, or at the very least a South Sound newspaper. In an effort to accomplish that, one of the first things they did was to delete almost 95% of the coverage usually given over to the Festival. As the years went by, the entire Festival became smaller and less important to our area, because no one knew when the Festival was happening.
And now The News Tribune has the nerve to question the decline of the Festival!
Send a letter to the editor! And to the Seattle Times/PI, too!
;)
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Well, I'm off. Until later.
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I was so happy to finally finish A SHOT AT LOVE. There actually ended up being only 10 episodes plus a reunion special episode. The winner was no surprise at all.
The disc also offered about 8 scenes of extended footage (mostly the fights between some of the contestants) and 6 what they called "deleted" scenes but which really were just scenes in the finished show with some too revealing footage cut out. There was one deleted scene where two girls (who ended up hating each other) took a shower togteher early on in the game.
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I just channel surfed waiting for 8 p.m. shows to begin. I watched a little bit of GALAXY QUEST (which I have on DVD and really love), some BLACK WIDOW (the Debra Winger version from 1987), and some LAW & ORDER on TNT-HD. McCoy won the case!
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Next, I watched tonight's new episode of NCIS. Nice to see the friendly camaraderie back in full flower. Looks like they may be introducing a new love interest for Michael Weatherly. I thought they were going to let him and Ziva get together this season. I guess not.
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IDOL:
I didn't think there were any true standouts. I liked a few people, but I didn't think Carly Smithson did herself any favors with her song, and I really disliked Jason Castro's "Over the Rainbow."
Not one judge commented that he got the lyrics wrong TWICE! They all raved about his performance. Go figure!
Bottom three: Brooke, Carly, Syesha with Carly possibly going home.
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At 10, I watched tonight's BOSTON LEGAL. OK episode; nothing memorable.
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I forgot that I played Hysterium in a production of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM....which I enjoyed doing very much!!!
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MBarnum, I will soon be reviewing a film entitled
Saawariya
Please tell me everything I need to know about it. :)
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I have seven discs on their way to me: five Criterions, THE GOLDEN COMPASS, and (just to keep me honest) Spongebob Squarepants.
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Now I must write for awhile and then head down for bed.
Good night!
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To Hell with Russ, how about George Chakiris?
He was at one of the Ray Courts Shows in Burbank that I attended.
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Negative.
But soon.
Very, very soon.
There is no time like the present! You will love it!
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Well, the internet connection here has been spotty (again) all night, and since I have a brief audition session to play in the morning...
Goodnight.
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The clerical meeting went ok.
I think they should keep religion out of the work place.
der Brucer
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MBarnum, I will soon be reviewing a film entitled
Saawariya
Please tell me everything I need to know about it. :)
Wow, your first Bollywood movie! Congrats!
I have not seen it, but had heard both good (wonderful newbie cast and good music, and lots of atmosphere) and bad (tired old story).
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I shall now retire to bed and read my John Abraham issue of FILMFARE magazine.
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... and some LAW & ORDER on TNT-HD. McCoy won the case!
Hmmm...no spoiler alert?
der Brucer
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Hmmm...no spoiler alert?
der Brucer
On the 15th airing of an episode he didn't even describe?
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That may be the way Classmates does it, but there are several other companies (i.e. Reunion.com) that won't let you see who wrote to you or what they said, unless you cough up the dough.
Reunion.com has been the least worthwhile endeavor to which I ever subscribed.
Classmates.com has been excellent.
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Back from a run-through - pretty good, but sloppy stuff still to clean up - performances are coming along fine.
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I had another forty orders while I was away (I'm loving these orders coming in regularly). I was going to print out some more, but the printer ran out of ink, so first thing in the morning I'll go buy more. I also have to order 1000 cardboard mailers tomorrow.
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Notes will be a little late - I just got home twenty minutes ago.