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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were bound and had determination, and now it is time for you to post until the bound and determined cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: EQUIPOLLENT!
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TOD
The unknown author of a poem I read last night in a bathroom stall ;D
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From yesterday
Thank you to all the good wishes.
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And oh yes
Good early morning to all
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Congratulations, Michael S.!
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Good morning, all! This is an NYU Dental Clinic day so I was out of bed at 6am. I was having a horrible dream that Joshie, my goddaughter Charlotte, and I were designing costumes for a production of SHOW BOAT, and that show has a ton of clothing running from the 1880s through 1927! It was a true nightmare.
So I have about an hour to make the bed, have breakfast, tidy up and get out of the apartment. Hopefully, at 1pm I will meet Mr Skip Kennon at Toyland. I'm still waiting for that damned check from Pennsylvania and getting antsy since I would like to deposit it by Friday.
TOD:
Dorothy Parker
Michelangelo
W. H. Auden
Stephen Cramer
Ogden Nash
Richard Wilbur
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drinking my protein drink with a cup of freshblueberries
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Honey almond oatmeal. And coffee.
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Michael S I was too sleepy to finish all my responses last night
Congratulations on the play reading! Casting Vibes for You!!
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Strangely, I'm having trouble accessing pages 7 through 10 from last night. Up through page 6 loads fine, but nothing after that.
But I gather congrats are in order for Michael S, so many congrats!
Today is Skip's birthday, his present is en route by FedEx, and seems to be on time to arrive this afternoon. it's more a "thought" gift than an expensive gift, so I hope the thought will be what counts.
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Happy Birthday, Skip!
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I just canceled my NYU appointment along with everything else today: the leak in my bathroom, which is either coming from the sink or bathtub, has worsened since yesterday and I have to take care of it before I leave for Ohio. What was an occasional puddle I mopped up easily is now a constant puddle that's growing in size. I'm waiting to track down the super, and I hope he can make the repair today.
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Water leaks: bad.
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I went downstairs to look for my super and found him out on the sidewalk. He will be up in a bit. He and his wife are great people, so I'm happy they're in charge of my building.
Last night I learned the neighbor in 5C is moving out. I wonder if the move is precipitated by the Osf's nocturnal habits? Still no confirmation that the Oaf is leaving. Of course, given the fact that Mary Ann is a bit flaky, perhaps it's 5C and not 4C - home of the Oaf - that's moving. Oy!
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Ring Them Bells.
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Congrats to DR MICHAEL S - hope you get the cast you want.
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Tuesday already.
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And the word of the day is: EQUIPOLLENT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SIDE BY SIDE
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Yesterday, my friend Fred Goldhaber who I believe may have been one of the original members of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus passed away at the age of 63 from suffering for too many years from AIDS. He was a wonderful man, a true mensch, and one of the original teachers at the Harvey Milk School when it was begun. I knew him for 30 years and I will miss him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/nyregion/16goldhaber.html?_r=4
Today on Facebook I heard from a former Chorus member, Glen Vecchione, who disappeared from New York 20 years ago to move to New York. I had feared for years that he had passed on. It was a nice surprise.
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TOD:
Several of those already named by DR ELMORE +
Emily Dickinson
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CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK MICHAEL S
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Christina Rossetti
Remember
REMEMBER me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
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Looking forward to the CARRIE soundtrack!
I did watch the GAMERA double feature last night.....entertaining....a nice 1990's reboot for a strange creature.
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Hello! I woke up at 4:30 when my alarm clock went off and thought "Why am I going to this seminar today?" If I went I'd have enough hours to say my practice is limited to....if I don't go I can said I have a general practice including but not limited to .....
I decided that I don't care about that part and I really didn't want to spend 7 hours in the car and 5 hours at the meeting. So I'm home!
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I got dressed and went to the office about 6:00 AM I packed up a number of projects I never seem to have time to get to and then stopped for a big breakfast on my way home. The plan is to stay home, write and do all the projects I never seem to be able to get to. I think I can do that today.
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Haven't decided if I'll tell Edith I'm home. If I do she'll be calling and emailing with questions about work and I won't get anything done.
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The other reason I'm staying home is my neck is killing me. Not sure exactly what I did, but it was bad yesterday and is still bad now. I'm sitting with a heat pad and that seems to help.
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I may take a nap in a minute and then get up and work. I used to work at home quite often. I haven't done this in a long time and the idea that everyone thinks I'm in Des Moines makes it even more fun!
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Does Edith read HHW?
Does she know about HHW?
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And the word of the day is: EQUIPOLLENT!
I think that's what's causing my inner ear infection. Too much equipollent in the air.
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Does Edith read HHW?
Does she know about HHW?
No she doesn't read it. She knows that I have a group of friends from a website, but I don't think she's ever been here. I don't think she'd bother to look even if she did. I think she enjoys a day with me away now and then.
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Congrats to DR MichaelS!
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DR Elmore when your super comes over today maybe he can confirm if the oaf is leaving. It would seem odd that someone would say the oaf told them he was leaving if he wasn't leaving. It doesn't sound like you could mistake him for anyone else.
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They may say mean things, they may try to bring you down, but dog gone it, you might as well dance.
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TOD:
I have a hard time reading poetry, as opposed to lyrics. I guess I need more of a sense of musicality. I also think my mind races too fast for most poetry, which is more contemplative than I am. Still, I try on occasion to read some of the volumes I have accumulated. Some of the writers I do enjoy:
Seamus Heaney
William Butler Yeats
William Blake
Dorothy Parker
Langston Hughes
Lord Byron
Charles Bukowski
I once met Allen Ginsberg and have an autographed copy of his collected works. But I really haven't read it. (Guess the book is more valuable unread, so I'll have to get another copy to read at a later date.)
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Without warning
It's morning
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TOD:
Emily Dickinson
Billy Collins
Collins is the author of one of my favorite poems:
Litany
You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...
-Jacques Crickillon
You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.
However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.
It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.
And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.
It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.
I also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening paper blowing down an alley
and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.
I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's tea cup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You will always be the bread and the knife,
not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.
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Thanks to all for the good wishes this beautiful AM in Boca Raton
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats
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I don't know who the author is of my second favorite poem:
He held me in his arms,
What could I do but linger.
I ran my fingers through his hair
And a cootie bit my finger.
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Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.
Seamus Heaney
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I got a good laugh out of the Billy Collins poem. Thanks for sharing it, Dan (the Man).
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You are welcome, DR John G!
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Tuesday morning greetings! I'll be away for a chunk of the day for a Vera Bradley outing with my girlfriends. The ones from Columbus are probably on the road already.
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Little Edith took a drink
But she will drink no more
For what she thought was H2O
Was H2SO4
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TOD -
"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Hilarious interview with Danny Burstein on Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144965-PLAYBILLCOMS-CUE-A-Women-on-the-Verges-Danny-Burstein
Excerpt: "I was onstage in a very poorly received production of The Seagull. The actor playing Dr. Dorn had an aside to the audience, 'People are boring!' One night an audience member yelled back, 'Not THIS boring!' Funny now. "
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Jane and other "lovers" of the TSA should look at Jack Ohman's cartoon from this morning's Oregonian. Some enterprising soul can probably find it on OregonLive.com and link to it. :)
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You animal lovers may get a kick out of this. Those of you who have been to Chez K know we have two of the most spoiled dogs in existence, BeeGee, our "rescue" dog, and Blanche, the golden retriever-black lab mix we bought a few years later from a breeder up George's way. ;) Anyhoo, BeeGee has always been the dominant one. Until we got Blanche a pillow for her crate (we don't even close the door on her crate and she just loves to sleep in it). Once that pillow came, Blanche thought she was A-Number 1 and has been asserting her dominance. Last night, Betsy and Gabe bought BeeGee a nice plush (HUGE) sleeping pillow (he actually prefers to sleep on chairs/beds, LOL). Well twice now, Blanche has dragged this huge, oversized pillow over to her crate and attempted to get it inside. She succeeded once, trapping herself inside the damn crate. :)
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That last post will not be read by Jane.
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DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.
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DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.
Did you read the TIMES obituary? Very moving article!
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
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I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it. I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock. The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor. Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns. What a bust that turned out to be.
I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it. And it was a charmless stinker. David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
Yay! Here's wishing you get a petite ballerina moving in...
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I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it. I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock. The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor. Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns. What a bust that turned out to be.
I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it. And it was a charmless stinker. David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.
Perhaps this is why Vivendi has declined to provide a screener for us to review. :)
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...but I'm also sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, DR Elmore.
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I detested the SANTA CLAUS movie even before I saw it. I was working at Strawbridge & Clothier at the time and I remember that the store decided to tie into the movie with its Christmas stock. The stuff was everywhere, in every department and on every floor. Then the movie came out and was a big fat turd and the tie-in merchandise sat there and didn't move at all, even after sharp markdowns. What a bust that turned out to be.
I think the movie did not come out on VHS until the following Christmas, which is when I finally did see it. And it was a charmless stinker. David Huddleston didn't have what it takes to carry the first part of the film and then falls to a secondary character because somebody decided that Dudley Moore should be the real star in a movie about Santa Claus.
Perhaps this is why Vivendi has declined to provide a screener for us to review. :)
They are doing you a favor.
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Page 3 Santa Claus non-dance
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I'm pretty much a Scrooge when it comes to big screen Hollywood Christmas movies. Aside from A CHRISTMAS STORY, I don't think I cared for anything post the SCROOGE musical.
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TOD:
Paul Francis Webster
I know that he was a lyricist, but his lyrics are pure poetry.
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I came across this yesterday. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ
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Stay well vibes to bk!
I thought I wouldn't be up for LA but managed to get over the sinus thing in record time; just a little stuffed up ears which I'll remedy when I take off today by putting in earplugs before takeoff.
Did someone here say that they take a decongestant before they fly? If so, what sort?
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...but I'm also sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, DR Elmore.
I've lost my friend Fred but I've found my friend Glen, or he found me so I guess life is a constant swinging pendulum.
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I hope bk might have a brief respite at the end of this week to grab a bite, or maybe to see a movie? I hear there's a good one opening at Laemmle Music Hall on Friday...
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From yesterday
Thank you to all the good wishes.
And add one more, belatedly!
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I'm pretty much a Scrooge when it comes to big screen Hollywood Christmas movies. Aside from A CHRISTMAS STORY, I don't think I cared for anything post the SCROOGE musical.
I never liked the Albert Finney SCROOGE, which I find an irritating and ugly film. Go figure!
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DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.
Did you read the TIMES obituary? Very moving article!
I did, and it is! Your loss of one friend and finding of another reminds me of what Maria von Trapp says about doors closing and windows opening, or something like that.
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Lots and lots of vibes for Elmore for the loss of your friend, dental vibes and stopping the leak vibes!!!
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TOD: W.S. Merwin
Edna St. Vincent Millary
Neruda
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Travel vibes for DR Edi! I did see the notice about the showing of Jews & Baseball in Columbus this past Sunday. With our weekly trips to Lima, Sunday socializing is problematic. Hope it was a huge success!
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"Justice Denied In Massachusetts" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
(written in response to the Sacco and Vaznetti case)
Let us abandon then our gardens and go home
And sit in the sitting-room
Shall the larkspur blossom or the corn grow under this cloud?
Sour to the fruitful seed
Is the cold earth under this cloud,
Fostering quack and weed, we have marched upon but cannot
conquer;
We have bent the blades of our hoes against the stalks of them.
Let us go home, and sit in the sitting room.
Not in our day
Shall the cloud go over and the sun rise as before,
Beneficent upon us
Out of the glittering bay,
And the warm winds be blown inward from the sea
Moving the blades of corn
With a peaceful sound.
Forlorn, forlorn,
Stands the blue hay-rack by the empty mow.
And the petals drop to the ground,
Leaving the tree unfruited.
The sun that warmed our stooping backs and withered the weed
uprooted—
We shall not feel it again.
We shall die in darkness, and be buried in the rain.
What from the splendid dead
We have inherited —
Furrows sweet to the grain, and the weed subdued —
See now the slug and the mildew plunder.
Evil does overwhelm
The larkspur and the corn;
We have seen them go under.
Let us sit here, sit still,
Here in the sitting-room until we die;
At the step of Death on the walk, rise and go;
Leaving to our children's children the beautiful doorway,
And this elm,
And a blighted earth to till
With a broken hoe.
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Another favorite:
"The Sea" by Pablo Neruda
HERE
Surrounding the island
There's sea.
But what sea?
It's always overflowing.
Says yes,
Then no,
Then no again,
And no,
Says yes
In blue
In sea spray
Raging,
Says no
And no again.
It can't be still.
It stammers
My name is sea.
It slaps the rocks
And when they aren't convinced,
Strokes them
And soaks them
And smothers them with kisses.
With seven green tongues
Of seven green dogs
Or seven green tigers
Or seven green seas,
Beating its chest,
Stammering its name,
Oh Sea,
This is your name.
Oh comrade ocean,
Don't waste time
Or water
Getting so upset
Help us instead.
We are meager fishermen,
Men from the shore
Who are hungry and cold
And you're our foe.
Don't beat so hard,
Don't shout so loud,
Open your green coffers,
Place gifts of silver in our hands.
Give us this day
our daily fish.
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Columbus was almost sold out from what my friends and family said, and very enthusiastic crowd, Ginny!
If we have good turnout this week maybe it will make its way to you!
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Thanks for the travel vibes, too. I'm flying out in a thunder/lightening storm...so...glad I'm going out a day early!
Tomorrow is a big fundraiser for the Wilshire Temple, so they're calling it the "premiere" of the film. It's at the Academy of M.P. Arts and Sciences in the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. I'm very excited! I'm taking my friend Susan, who's doing the driving, and Peter will be taking my niece, if she ever answers her email/phone!!
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Jane and other "lovers" of the TSA should look at Jack Ohman's cartoon from this morning's Oregonian. Some enterprising soul can probably find it on OregonLive.com and link to it. :)
I see one for Nov. 11, but not today.
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Stay well vibes to bk!
I thought I wouldn't be up for LA but managed to get over the sinus thing in record time; just a little stuffed up ears which I'll remedy when I take off today by putting in earplugs before takeoff.
Did someone here say that they take a decongestant before they fly? If so, what sort?
I'd use Afrin if I were you.
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Off to get into some Vera trouble - bye for now!
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I've got some nasal spray...do they make head decongestants, too?
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Have fun, Ginny!
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TOD:
Dr. Seuss
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I <heart> Beejee and Blanche! Two absolutely adorable pups!!!!
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BK, for the life of me I can't understand why you would try to watch SANTA CLAUS, after not being able to get through it the first two times, when you have a fabulous 1940s swing murder mystery titled MURDER IN THE BLUE ROOM to view! One I know you will love!
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My sink no longer leaks and I think I will mop the bathroom floor. After that, I'll walk down to the NYPL for some Historic Newspapers On Line research.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DR edisaurus, safe travel vibes to LA!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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TOD:
Dr. Seuss
I believe your teachers must have thrown up their hands in despair of ever educating you.
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DR Elmore - condolences for the loss of your friend.
Did you read the TIMES obituary? Very moving article!
Great article. Sorry for your loss.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I am going to try my best not to wander today.
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DR elmore - I hope your afternoon at the NYPL is less tumultuous (not exactly the right word) than this morning. Life most certainly does go on.
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~~~~~NECK-PAIN-BE-GONE VIBES TO DR CILLALIZ~~~~~
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I came across this yesterday. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ
Truly hilarious.
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I'm pretty much a Scrooge when it comes to big screen Hollywood Christmas movies. Aside from A CHRISTMAS STORY, I don't think I cared for anything post the SCROOGE musical.
I never liked the Albert Finney SCROOGE, which I find an irritating and ugly film. Go figure!
I've been in your boat, Elmore, on this one. But I'm ready to give it another try.
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Oh... That "Santa Claus" movie... :P
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TOD: W.S. Merwin
Edna St. Vincent Millary
Neruda
I read some Neruda before going to Chile a couple of years ago. Really lovely images. Also liked the depiction of him in "Il Postino."
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
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TOD:
Dr. Seuss
Another favorite, to be sure.
It's a great night for snores! I just had a report
Of some boys who are tops in this musical sport.
The snortiest snorers in all our fair land
Are Snorter McPhail and his Snore-a-Snort Band.
This band can snore 'Dixie' and old 'Swanee River'
So loud it would make forty elephants shiver.
--"Sleep Book"
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Ginny, ebates.com offers substantial cash back on all online Vera Bradley purchases. Just FYI. :)
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
Just tell the super. I've done stuff like that before.
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
DR elmore - Do you have a plunger? -You may be able "suck" the stopper out.
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If you can get the water out, Elmore, then the seal should be easy to undo.
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I came across this poem in the Van Gogh exhibit at MoMA two years ago. Like the exhibit, it still haunts me...
Pensée d’Automne (Reflections on Autumn)
Jardin du Luxembourg, November
. . .
Before the end of the day there is a time
When the sun, a weary pilgrim nearing home,
Turns around and looks back
And despite the toils of the day, is sorry it is evening.
Under its long gaze, mixed with a tear,
Muddled nature takes on a new charm
And pauses a moment, as in a goodbye.
The surrounding horizon turns fire red;
The quivering flower receives the dew;
The butterfly flies back to the rose it kissed,
And the bird in the wood sings in bright birdsong,
“Isn’t it morning? Isn’t that the East?”
Oh! If for us too, in this human life,
There were an evening hour, one moment that reignites
The loves of morning and their fickle flight,
And the fresh dew, the golden clouds;
Oh! if the heart, returned to thoughts of youth
(as if hoping — alas! — that it could be reborn),
Could stop, rise up, before faltering,
And give itself over, for a single day, to dreaming without growing old.
Let us take pleasure in the sweet day;
And let us not disturb this fortunate hour.
For the fields, winter is but a good short sleep;
Each morning the sky brings sun.
But who knows if the grave will have its spring,
And if the night will be relit for us by the dawn?
-Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869)
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TOD:
Dr. Seuss
I believe your teachers must have thrown up their hands in despair of ever educating you.
It's a good thing the subject wasn't favorite Haiku.
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DR Elmore, sorry for the loss of your friend. That is very sad.
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And now...
"Good Radiation" (Public Radio Rap) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRgNnue-zk)
Love those horns! ;)
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All is good, and Steve Trifun, my super, is someone I truly love. Otside of a few glances that read "what an ass," he reached under the sink, flpped something and it popped right out! I am going to put it away so I don't pull that again.
On my way to find him, I got off of the elevator on the first floor and there was the Oaf who looked at me, looked down, said nothing and got onto the elevator. He's really pissed at me. But he's going to be packing while I am out of town. Fantastic!
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Oh...
These are pretty funny too:
Judd Apatow's All-Star Video for the AJWS (http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/4t62)
Judd Apatow's All-Star Video for the AJWS - Part 2 (http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/4vuu)
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I've been a little ebates.com crazy this morning. I have gotten Betsy gifts at Lancome, The Body Shop, and PiperLime. But I'm getting beaucoup cash back so I'm happy.
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Hilarious interview with Danny Burstein on Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144965-PLAYBILLCOMS-CUE-A-Women-on-the-Verges-Danny-Burstein
Excerpt: "I was onstage in a very poorly received production of The Seagull. The actor playing Dr. Dorn had an aside to the audience, 'People are boring!' One night an audience member yelled back, 'Not THIS boring!' Funny now. "
And I had no idea that Spanish was his first language!
*Which also explains why his accent in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was the only that sounded authentic and didn't go in and out every other sentence. ::)
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Jennifer the Splanket is soft. http://shop.theslanket.com/the-slanket?gclid=CKvG2KTvpaUCFQULbAodSnEoJg
It is the shape Keith doesn't like. He thinks a blanket would have been fine.
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Vixmom I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU! :)
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From George:
...or how about, "You'd better buy me dinner first if you want to touch my junk."
;D
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
WOO and HOO!!!! I'm imagining a marching band playing Stars and Stripes Forever in celebration as they escort him down the street and away from your building!
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Bruce thank you for the photo. Eli looks better in my hat than I do. :)
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
Yay! Here's wishing you get a petite ballerina moving in...
Who doesn't practice her leaps in her apartment
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DR Elmore, sorry about your friend.
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
WOO and HOO!!!! I'm imagining a marching band playing Stars and Stripes Forever in celebration as they escort him down the street and away from your building!
If anything horrible happens to me in the next year, I'd suggest he be investigated first! He's angry with me.
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
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Thanks DR Jose. I went back to bed for a couple hours and took a really hot shower. It's feeling better. I did email Edith and tell her I'm home. I brought a bunch of files here to work on and I didn't want her to go crazy trying to find them
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
Tell the super, it's cheaper
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
Tell the super, it's cheaper
All taken care of.
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Congratulations, Michael S.!
Congratulations on the play reading! Casting Vibes for You!!
DITTO!!!
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I am really glad I didn't try to drive today. I have no idea what I did to my back/neck, but I really don't want to think about how much more it would hurt after 7 hours in the car. Think I'll see if I can get in to get a massage this afternoon
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Jane and other "lovers" of the TSA should look at Jack Ohman's cartoon from this morning's Oregonian. Some enterprising soul can probably find it on OregonLive.com and link to it. :)
I needed to scroll too much to find it and gave up.
Let me state for the record, on the whole I don't have a problem with TSA. They are simply doing a job & on the whole have been decent enough. My problem is with the guy who called my doctor an idiot & bullied me.
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That last post will not be read by Jane.
A story about your sweet dogs had to be read. :)
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
DR elmore - Do you have a plunger? -You may be able "suck" the stopper out.
Sometimes the posts here are just one DR TCB set-up line after another...
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DR elmore I'm sorry about the loss of your friend.
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
Yay! Here's wishing you get a petite ballerina moving in...
As long as she doesn't practice at home. ;)
VIBES OUR DR ELMORE WILL SOON SLEEP WITHOUT INTERRUPTION!!!!
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Well...
I guess I am heading out of my apartment for a bit.
Laters...
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I came across this yesterday. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ
:)
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I'm pretty much a Scrooge when it comes to big screen Hollywood Christmas movies. Aside from A CHRISTMAS STORY, I don't think I cared for anything post the SCROOGE musical.
I never liked the Albert Finney SCROOGE, which I find an irritating and ugly film. Go figure!
Go figure. It used to be my favorite version of Scrooge. Maybe we will watch it again this year to decide if it still is.
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Stay well vibes to bk!
I thought I wouldn't be up for LA but managed to get over the sinus thing in record time; just a little stuffed up ears which I'll remedy when I take off today by putting in earplugs before takeoff.
Did someone here say that they take a decongestant before they fly? If so, what sort?
I'd use Afrin if I were you.
Agreed. And carry it with you on the plane in case your ears plug up.
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I've got some nasal spray...do they make head decongestants, too?
Afrin is a spray. You could take a decongestant and use the spray if needed. I just use the spray or drops if I can find them.
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BK, for the life of me I can't understand why you would try to watch SANTA CLAUS, after not being able to get through it the first two times, when you have a fabulous 1940s swing murder mystery titled MURDER IN THE BLUE ROOM to view! One I know you will love!
LOL. I remember a similar discussion this weekend. :) MBarnum and I are in full agreement.
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The Ass of the Year Award goes to me; the new sink drain will not accept the plug and the super told me not to do anything till he got a new one. Well, without thinking except to fill the sink to mop the floor, I've plugged my sink and now I cannot unplug it. I honestly thought I'd have no problem unplugging it and I was wrong. I don't know if I should confess my error to my super, who I know will not be happy at my complete idiocy, or to simply call a pumber and spend a fortune.
Just tell him you forgot & did it out of habit. Stupid yes, intentional no. ;D
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I'm up, I'm up, after a great night's sleep. At least nine-and-a-half hours. Another one of those and I'll be fine.
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All is good, and Steve Trifun, my super, is someone I truly love. Otside of a few glances that read "what an ass," he reached under the sink, flpped something and it popped right out! I am going to put it away so I don't pull that again.
On my way to find him, I got off of the elevator on the first floor and there was the Oaf who looked at me, looked down, said nothing and got onto the elevator. He's really pissed at me. But he's going to be packing while I am out of town. Fantastic!
Does this mean your complaints got him evicted, or at least they refused to renew his lease?
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The super has just confirmed it: Dec 2 he moves out!
Yay! Here's wishing you get a petite ballerina moving in...
Who doesn't practice her leaps in her apartment
Obviously we think alike.
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I had a very sweet Facebook message today from the actress playing Joyce in the production of The Brain that elmore just saw. Apparently, just before rehearsals began she lost her dad to cancer - she decided to stay in the show and she said that the fun and craziness of it helped her through that difficult time.
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Carrie will probably be sold out by the end of today, tomorrow at the latest.
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A happy haineshisway.com birthday to Skip.
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I'm up, I'm up, after a great night's sleep. At least nine-and-a-half hours. Another one of those and I'll be fine.
How can you sleep so long‽ I'm envious.
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I had a very sweet Facebook message today from the actress playing Joyce in the production of The Brain that elmore just saw. Apparently, just before rehearsals began she lost her dad to cancer - she decided to stay in the show and she said that the fun and craziness of it helped her through that difficult time.
Gosh that was nice of her to write you. You must be feeling very good about it.
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Skip,
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This is a bit of a shocker:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ronni-chasen-64-shot-killed-45901
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SKIP!!!!
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Just got off the phone with the vet's office. I'm taking Ricky in at 8:00 am Thursday morning. They want him to fast after 8:00 PM. I can do that. He won't be happy, but will be happier than if he was in a dark room in a cold cage.
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And I found out I can miss the special meeting the Preservation Commission is having Thursday and vote over the phone. That way I can pick Ricky up at the vet and won't have to leave him alone. cool
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I've always liked this poem
Iowa Child
by Sarah Hall Maney
I am an Iowa child
Part and product of the land on which I grew
Flat and open and straight, like
the farm roads that bordered the corn
Friendly and receptive, like the rich,
black soil that grows the corn
Simple, and plain, but productive,
Like the fields of soy beans and hay
Yes, I am an Iowa child
There have been times when
I have kept it hidden
Pretending somewhere, something, someone else
But today I stand with it
Drawing upon the strength of it -
Acknowledging the unique gifts
I share with it
Of course, an Iowa child has not many
deep, intriquing forests within -
Not many clear, refreshing lakes to draw upon
No lofty, grand mountain peaks to soar from
No yawning canyons to descend -
And I know my Iowa child must live
And come to terms with the part of me
That is controlled, precise, yearning
to be perfect -
Like the squared-off, ruler-straight rows
of hybrid seed corn
Perhaps I will never be
as exciting, as spontaneous,
as a tumbling Colorado mountain stream
As magnificent as a
crashing California ocean wave
As serene and stately as a Minnesota pine tree
But no matter
I am who I am
An Iowa child
And that is enough
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5th grade vocabulary lesson for the day: "Monosyllabic" has five syllables.
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Looks like today's Ohman cartoon has posted yet. It probably will within a few days.
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
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This is a bit of a shocker:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ronni-chasen-64-shot-killed-45901
That is a shock.
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Happy, happy, Skip!
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
I still think Bernadette Peters is lousy casting; I'd go with Rebecca Luker
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All is good, and Steve Trifun, my super, is someone I truly love. Otside of a few glances that read "what an ass," he reached under the sink, flpped something and it popped right out! I am going to put it away so I don't pull that again.
On my way to find him, I got off of the elevator on the first floor and there was the Oaf who looked at me, looked down, said nothing and got onto the elevator. He's really pissed at me. But he's going to be packing while I am out of town. Fantastic!
Does this mean your complaints got him evicted, or at least they refused to renew his lease?
There's been nothing said about eviction, which isn't something I wanted as much as I just wanted him to be quiet between 11pm and 5am. I think he's going back to Toronto since that's his home. Perhaps his parents are tired paying $1000/month rent?
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
I still think Bernadette Peters is lousy casting; I'd go with Rebecca Luker
Doesn't quite have the BO name.
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
I still think Bernadette Peters is lousy casting; I'd go with Rebecca Luker
Doesn't quite have the BO name.
The star of FOLLIES is the score.
At some point La Peters will end her reign as the World's Oldest Living Middleaged Actress with Tired Hair.
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And then she can play Mme. Armfelt. And the mother in "Sunday." And Jack's mother in "Into the Woods" and the cycle continues. I can see it now: BP is Joanne in "Company."
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And then she can play Mme. Armfelt. And the mother in "Sunday." And Jack's mother in "Into the Woods" and the cycle continues. I can see it now: BP is Joanne in "Company."
She really was wonderful in SINDAY IN THE PARK and in the film IMPROMPTU, but I haven't seen much else I consider good work from her. I fear she would try to be cutesy-poo in all those old lady roles.
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So Mr Raines just came by, brought me some matzoh ball soup, dropped off some CDs, picked up some CDs and we talked about the fantastic Danny Burstein and his Playbill.com Q&A.
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And.... I'm back!
Good Afternoon!
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I am craving a spice gum drop!
Or chocolate cake.
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I am craving a spice gum drop!
Or chocolate cake.
Maybe you should call Ron Raines again.
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This is a bit of a shocker:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ronni-chasen-64-shot-killed-45901
I saw that news items come across the Twitter earlier. What a truly tragic and senseless death.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR FJL'S EVER-LOVIN' SKIP!!!!!
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And then she can play Mme. Armfelt. And the mother in "Sunday." And Jack's mother in "Into the Woods" and the cycle continues. I can see it now: BP is Joanne in "Company."
She really was wonderful in SINDAY IN THE PARK and in the film IMPROMPTU, but I haven't seen much else I consider good work from her. I fear she would try to be cutesy-poo in all those old lady roles.
Sinday in the Park...isn't that one of your video tapes? Or may that's what Jose calls his trips to Central Park?
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A most happy birthday to DC (Dear Chef) Skip, husband of DR FJL! Have a great day, and let Fred do the cooking on your birthday!
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/vintage%20cards/Farmer_1.jpg?t=1289940988)
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And then she can play Mme. Armfelt. And the mother in "Sunday." And Jack's mother in "Into the Woods" and the cycle continues. I can see it now: BP is Joanne in "Company."
When I worked on A Little Night Music at The Kennedy Center, I realized during one rehearsal that Barbara Bryne was completing her trio "Sondheim Mothers": Georges' Mother (Old Lady), Jack's Mother, and now/then Madame Armfeldt.
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Of interest to some, this new release from Warner Bros. Archives:
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I am craving a spice gum drop!
Or chocolate cake.
Maybe you should call Ron Raines again.
LOL!
I know! Except I don't like Artie's chocolate cake.
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
I still think Bernadette Peters is lousy casting; I'd go with Rebecca Luker
A big agreement here. Sally is a hausfrau. BP has the vulnerability but she's too intricate a personality for such a role. Plus, Phyllis needs to overshadow Sally--where the heck are they going to find anyone who can overshadow BP?
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Ya know, I can already see BP tossing her head back and shedding the slow tears in "Losing My Mind"...
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I am craving a spice gum drop!
Or chocolate cake.
Maybe you should call Ron Raines again.
LOL!
I know! Except I don't like Artie's chocolate cake.
I didn't say he had to go back to Artie's for the cake. ;)
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Ya know, I can already see BP tossing her head back and shedding the slow tears in "Losing My Mind"...
Well, better her than Catherine Zeta-Jones.
::)
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Jennifer the Splanket is soft. http://shop.theslanket.com/the-slanket?gclid=CKvG2KTvpaUCFQULbAodSnEoJg
It is the shape Keith doesn't like. He thinks a blanket would have been fine.
What is the shape of the Snuggie? I thought all the shapes (with arms) were similar. I've never actually tried either a snuggie or splanket. But i often sit on the couch with my robe on backwards. But it's not long enough! Which is why i think i'd love a soft snuggie.
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All is good, and Steve Trifun, my super, is someone I truly love. Otside of a few glances that read "what an ass," he reached under the sink, flpped something and it popped right out! I am going to put it away so I don't pull that again.
On my way to find him, I got off of the elevator on the first floor and there was the Oaf who looked at me, looked down, said nothing and got onto the elevator. He's really pissed at me. But he's going to be packing while I am out of town. Fantastic!
Does this mean your complaints got him evicted, or at least they refused to renew his lease?
I'm curious about this too. Otherwise why would the oaf be mad at you? You have a right to some peace and quiet. he is disrespectful. He should be embarrassed to see you not mad.
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Happy Birthday to Skip!
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Ya know, I can already see BP tossing her head back and shedding the slow tears in "Losing My Mind"...
Well, better her than Catherine Zeta-Jones.
::)
That wasn't head tossing, that was head spasming.
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Yesterday:
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5182376969_5964bcc6b2.jpg)
Today:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1281/5182975570_839b6357be.jpg)
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How the frell do you get those stickers on them without them flying away?
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Back from a fun day at Kenwood Towne Center with 4 girlfriends and 1-year-old Charlie. Details after I feed my family - sweet & sour chicken tonight!
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How the frell do you get those stickers on them without them flying away?
Practice.
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Ginny, did you see you can get moolah if you buy your Vera Bradley stuff through ebates?
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I have finished watching The Expendables, and I am still alive to talk about it. Barely.
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Two singers have picked up their music and Jason Graae will be here around three-thirty, then I'm sitting on my couch like so much fish. I spent the morning organizing the music, then had some eggs and bacon and a bagel, then picked up some packages and no mail, then overnighted the music to Lanny Meyers. Otherwise, I'm just staying on top of the tape transfers and getting them to my engineer so that he's ready to begin mixing on Thursday morning. I'll go over there once he's got a couple of cues mixed to give my blessing, but once he finds a good orchestra balance, it should be fairly simple stuff, and the majority of the cues are very short (we've combined lots of them, but that editing is done by my mastering guy).
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This is a bit of a shocker:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ronni-chasen-64-shot-killed-45901
How very sad.
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Jennifer the Splanket is soft. http://shop.theslanket.com/the-slanket?gclid=CKvG2KTvpaUCFQULbAodSnEoJg
It is the shape Keith doesn't like. He thinks a blanket would have been fine.
What is the shape of the Snuggie? I thought all the shapes (with arms) were similar. I've never actually tried either a snuggie or splanket. But i often sit on the couch with my robe on backwards. But it's not long enough! Which is why i think i'd love a soft snuggie.
If you like your robe backwards you will like the Splanket which is shaped like a Snuggie only larger, and I've read softer.
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Yesterday:
Today:
8)
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Jennifer the Splanket is soft. http://shop.theslanket.com/the-slanket?gclid=CKvG2KTvpaUCFQULbAodSnEoJg
It is the shape Keith doesn't like. He thinks a blanket would have been fine.
What is the shape of the Snuggie? I thought all the shapes (with arms) were similar. I've never actually tried either a snuggie or splanket. But i often sit on the couch with my robe on backwards. But it's not long enough! Which is why i think i'd love a soft snuggie.
I'd love to see a photo of you with your robe on backwards ;)
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Love the butterfly photos Laura
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I haven't gotten much work done today at all. Haven't done the laundry either, but my neck is finally feeling better and I think I really needed a day of rest. Luckily I hadn't planned to work today, so it's been fine.
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Obviously it was a good decision to stay home & recharge your batteries.
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Ginny, did you see you can get moolah if you buy your Vera Bradley stuff through ebates?
Not yet, DR JMK, but I will before I order online next!
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I'm playing a guessing game of where will Craig go next. His plan was to be in Missouri tonight (haven't heard where he is yet). I'm not sure which way he will go tomorrow. The direct route will likely have the worst weather so his plan was to go south first. This will add a day or two to his trip. :( I wish he could have left a week earlier. We are having weather alerts for the weekend & he could be stuck waiting to go over one of the passes to get to us.
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My favourite poem is THE HIGHWAYMAN by Alfred Noyes.
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A happy haineshisway.com birthday to Skip.
A Very Happy Birthday to Skip!! ;D
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Happy Birthday, Skip.
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Little Edith took a drink
But she will drink no more
For what she thought was H2O
Was H2SO4
This reminds me of one that I learned a long time ago:
Pretty Mary donned her skates,
Upon the ice to frisk.
Wasn't she a silly girl,
Her little *?
(It makes sense if you know how to correctly pronounce "*". ;))
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Just had a very amusing and very long visit with Mr. Jason Graae.
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Any visit with Mr. Jason Graae would be amusing.
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I forgot that I am a published poet.
It was for a Canadian journal called Viewpoints
I was around 10 years old.
There were two poems.
I only remember one of them
There is a game
The hardest one
No one knows how to play
You don't roll doubles
Or get $200 for passing go
The game is called peace
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When I was 10 I wrote:
My house is red
My house is white
I live with Fred
And that's all right.
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I didn't know anyone named Fred at the time
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I had several poems published when I was in 4th grade as well as a crossword puzzle. I can't remember the place I sent them...something Kid's Corner. I'm thinking it was in Nevada, but I don't remember now.
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I wrote some nice poems in high school, but I don't remember them and have no idea where i would find them right now
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Cat v Alligator.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0)
Don't worry no one gets hurt....not the cat or the alligator
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Last night at our Friends of the Library meeting I found out that the library is going to offer ebooks for download but they aren't compatible with a Kindle. hmmmm
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Beautiful photos, Laura.
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Last night at our Friends of the Library meeting I found out that the library is going to offer ebooks for download but they aren't compatible with a Kindle. hmmmm
The downloadable books at the library system here cannot be used on an iPod, just MP3 players. Sounds like the same thing. The software was probably developed outside Kindle, and Kindle just won't let it be compatible. Besides Amazon would lose all those sales.
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Last night at our Friends of the Library meeting I found out that the library is going to offer ebooks for download but they aren't compatible with a Kindle. hmmmm
Hmm. When I was at Barnes and Noble looking at their version it was connected with our library system. My library website does not mention that I can directly download to it.
Library2Go is a service that allows you to download audio books, eBooks, and videos to your computer, and then transfer to your MP3 player, iPod/Mac devices, eBook devices, or burn them to CD.
Maybe you can also download to your computer & then to your Kindle. Seems like extra work to me.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKIP
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Here's the info from the library website
http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf (http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf)
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Our library is going to be undergoing a major renovation starting I believe this spring or summer. I'm very anxious to see what they do.
I'm on the Friends board. We basically collect thousands and thousands of books and sell them for 10 days in the spring. Apparently we have more this year than ever before and still have several months to collect books. It's sort of a neat process, the books are donated in a variety of places, the library goes through them and keeps some of the best that they don't have and puts them on the shelves then puts the rest on the sale.
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Here's the info from the library website
http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf (http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf)
Our library used OverDrive, also. I had to place some orders last week and it's pretty easy...it wasn't intuitive (my former supervisor showed me how to order), but it's easy.
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I think this is a fun project
Library Welcomes Read-to-me Dogs
The popular read-to-me story dogs return to The Wilbur Aalfs (Main) Library on Saturday, October 2 for a series of fall visits. As part of the K-9 S.T.A.R.S. animal assisted therapy group, each dog has completed special training and passed a temperament test. Children of all ages may select their favorite books and read aloud to these gentle canine listeners from 2-3pm on any Saturday through December 4—no appointment necessary. (Exception: the dogs will be in costume at the Morningside Branch on Saturday, October 30 from 2-3pm.)
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Here's the info from the library website
http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf (http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf)
Your library gives more detail than mine does.
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If I could get on Facebook I would make the following statement:
To my Los Angeles/Valley, etc friends: The wonderful documentary JEWS AND BASEBALL AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY is in your area for two nights only
• November 17 - Wilshire Temple, Beverly Hills, CA
• November 19 - Laemmle's Town Center 5, Encino, CA
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Here's the info from the library website
http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf (http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf)
Your library gives more detail than mine does.
They're just starting it, so they decided to put the full specs out before people go out and get a reader that isn't compatible
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Happy Birthday, Skip!
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Condolences to DR ELMORE on the loss of his friend.
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Shocking news, DR DRUXY.....and it seems totally random.
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One night it late October
When I was far from sober,
Returning to my home with manly pride.
My feet began to stutter
So I lay down in the gutter,
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
A lady passing by
Was Heard to say:
"You can tell a man who boozes
By the company he chooses."
And the pig got up
And slowly walked away.
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Here is our library's TRL Download Collection (http://ebook.trlib.org/ECFC55F5-0ED5-4101-9DF7-CF4E8881393F/10/410/en/default.htm) homepage (you don't need to log in to browse). We have downloadable music, videos, e-books, talking books and even some iPod-compatible talking books.
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Lovely photos from DR LAURA....this time I am sure!
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Loved DR JMK's Blanche and BeeGee story.....
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I am going to watch a BluRay movie.....but I am not sure which one yet......
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HD TV is not Gwyneth Paltrow's friend.
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My niece (18 months) has roseola. I'd never even heard of this. But on Friday she had a fever. And when she went to the doctor the doctor said that she had another ear infection. But her fever stayed high on Saturday and Sunday (which should not really happen if you are on antibiotics). Well today she got a rash all on her back and neck and face. Apparently this is quite common in kids 6months-2 years of age.
Oy the joys of daycare. The kid had not one illness till she started there.
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Thanks for the link to your library download page, George
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Here's the info from the library website
http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf (http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/Documents/SCPL_e-books.pdf)
Your library gives more detail than mine does.
They're just starting it, so they decided to put the full specs out before people go out and get a reader that isn't compatible
It is thoughtful of them to do so.
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Watching "Strangers on a Train" tonight. I think this is my favorite Hitchcock, but I haven't seen it in years. Creepy and just right for Patricia Highsmith.
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Aww. I hope your niece recovers quickly, Jennifer.
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My niece (18 months) has roseola. I'd never even heard of this. But on Friday she had a fever. And when she went to the doctor the doctor said that she had another ear infection. But her fever stayed high on Saturday and Sunday (which should not really happen if you are on antibiotics). Well today she got a rash all on her back and neck and face. Apparently this is quite common in kids 6months-2 years of age.
Oy the joys of daycare. The kid had not one illness till she started there.
Wishes she feel well again very quickly!
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I just checked the kittens' ID numbers online. It looks like only Spats is left.
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My niece (18 months) has roseola. I'd never even heard of this. But on Friday she had a fever. And when she went to the doctor the doctor said that she had another ear infection. But her fever stayed high on Saturday and Sunday (which should not really happen if you are on antibiotics). Well today she got a rash all on her back and neck and face. Apparently this is quite common in kids 6months-2 years of age.
Oy the joys of daycare. The kid had not one illness till she started there.
Wishes she feel well again very quickly!
Ditto!!
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Well, I need to leave and go to my sister's. We had a strong windstorm last night and the power at my condo went off for about a second, three times. Everything seemed to be okay and was fine this morning. My sister's power went off last night until about noon today...but her upstairs still has problems. I'm going over to see if turning off her fuses will help. She doesn't want to be the one to do it, so I will.
After that, I'm going home to watch last week's episode of "Glee," then tonight's episodes of "Glee" and "No Ordinary Family."
Be back later!
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But before I go...
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PAGE NINE GLEE DANCE!! ;D
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The library from which I retired was an early adopter of downloadable audiobooks, but at first there were no iPod friendly selections and now they are quite limited. I've used the service, but I prefer to use iTunes U and podcasts from NPR.
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My niece (18 months) has roseola. I'd never even heard of this. But on Friday she had a fever. And when she went to the doctor the doctor said that she had another ear infection. But her fever stayed high on Saturday and Sunday (which should not really happen if you are on antibiotics). Well today she got a rash all on her back and neck and face. Apparently this is quite common in kids 6months-2 years of age.
Oy the joys of daycare. The kid had not one illness till she started there.
Sorry to hear this. The doctor never got back to me about my ear infection. I hope her doctor has better treatment for her.
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I tried to post more this morning but i was booted off and told the server was busy
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My sympathies to both Elmore and Druxy for the loss of your friends
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I am glad that you ar egetting an early Chirstmas present Elmore - Oaf no more
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My Last Duchess
Robert Browning
That's my last duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
Will't please you sit and look at her? I said
"Frà Pandolf" by design, for never read
Strangers like you that pictured countenance,
The depth and passion of its earnest glance,
But to myself they turned (since none puts by
The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,
How such a glance came there; so, not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, 'twas not
Her husband's presence only, called that spot
Of joy into the Duchess' cheek: perhaps
Frà Pandolf chanced to say "Her mantle laps
"Over my lady's wrist too much," or "Paint
"Must never hope to reproduce the faint
"Half-flush that dies along her throat": such stuff
Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough
For calling up that spot of joy. She had
A heart how shall I say? too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er
She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.
Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast,
The dropping of the daylight in the West,
The bough of cherries some officious fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule
She rode with round the terrace all and each
Would draw from her alike the approving speech,
Or blush, at least. She thanked men good! but thanked
Somehow I know not how as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame
This sort of trifling? Even had you skill
In speech which I have not to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this
"Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
"Or there exceed the mark" and if she let
Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth, and make excuse,
E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,
Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without
Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands
As if alive. Will't please you rise? We'll meet
The company below, then. I repeat,
The Count your master's known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretense
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay we'll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
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Alfred Noyes (1880-1958)
The Highwayman
PART ONE
I
THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
II
He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;
They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were up to the thigh!
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.
III
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
IV
And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim the ostler listened; his face was white and peaked;
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
But he loved the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's red-lipped daughter,
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—
V
"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."
VI
He rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand,
But she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,
(Oh, sweet, black waves in the moonlight!)
Then he tugged at his rein in the moonliglt, and galloped away to the West.
PART TWO
I
He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon;
And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A red-coat troop came marching—
Marching—marching—
King George's men came matching, up to the old inn-door.
II
They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,
But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed;
Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!
There was death at every window;
And hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that he would ride.
III
They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest;
They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!
"Now, keep good watch!" and they kissed her.
She heard the dead man say—
Look for me by moonlight;
Watch for me by moonlight;
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
IV
She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
V
The tip of one finger touched it; she strove no more for the rest!
Up, she stood up to attention, with the barrel beneath her breast,
She would not risk their hearing; she would not strive again;
For the road lay bare in the moonlight;
Blank and bare in the moonlight;
And the blood of her veins in the moonlight throbbed to her love's refrain .
VI
Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear;
Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding,
Riding, riding!
The red-coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still!
VII
Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!
Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight,
Her musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him—with her death.
VIII
He turned; he spurred to the West; he did not know who stood
Bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!
Not till the dawn he heard it, his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.
IX
Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!
Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
When they shot him down on the highway,
Down like a dog on the highway,
And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.
* * * * * *
X
And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
A highwayman comes riding—
Riding—riding—
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
XI
Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard;
He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred;
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
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Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.
1. The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20
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Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,--
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend through alley and street
Wanders and watches, with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,--
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, "All is well!"
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,--
A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse's side,
Now he gazed at the landscape far and near,
Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry tower of the Old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns.
A hurry of hoofs in a village street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet;
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer's dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, black and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadow brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British Regulars fired and fled,---
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
>From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,---
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo for evermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
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Death - Emily Dickenson
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.
We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.
We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.
Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.
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i thank you God for this most amazing by E. E. Cummings
i thank You God for this most amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
wich is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened
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Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900.
193. O Captain! My Captain!
1
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart! 5
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
2
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck, 15
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
3
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
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A Dr Seuss poem for Skip on his birthday!
If we didn’t have birthdays,
you wouldn’t be you.
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you do?
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you be?
You might be a fish!
Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob!
Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of
hard green tomatoes."
"Or worse than all that…Why,
you might be a WASN’T!
A Wasn’t has no fun at all.
No, he doesn’t.
A Wasn’t just isn’t.
He just isn’t present.
But you…You ARE YOU!
And, now isn’t that pleasant!"
"Today you are you!
That is truer than true!
There is no one alive...
...who is you-er than you!
Shout loud, “I am lucky
to be what I am!
Thank goodness I’m not
just a clam or a ham
Or a dusty old jar of
sour gooseberry jam!
I am what I am! That’s a
great thing to be!
If I say so myself,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!”
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I just watched part of an interview with Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who today was given the Medal of Honor. I got very chocked up listening to him.
One of what we all are Pelly.
Less than a drop in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea.
But it seems that some of the drops sparkle, Pelly.
Some of them do sparkle!
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Aww. I hope your niece recovers quickly, Jennifer.
WEll by the time you get the rash you are basically done. You just have to stay home for a few days so you don't contaminate other kids.
The scary part is that you get a high fever for days. But you don't know you have this until you see the rash. But it only comes after the fever breaks.
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I just checked the kittens' ID numbers online. It looks like only Spats is left.
Wonderful news! ADOPTION VIBES FOR SPATS! Which one was Spats?
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Vibes to your niece, DR Jennifer~~~~~~~~
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I just watched part of an interview with Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who today was given the Medal of Honor. I got very chocked up listening to him.
One of what we all are Pelly.
Less than a drop in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea.
But it seems that some of the drops sparkle, Pelly.
Some of them do sparkle!
He's from Iowa. There's been a lot of coverage about him here
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ADOPTION VIBES TO SPATS!!!!
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Rapid Recovery VIBES for Jennifer's nieces
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lovely butterfly pictures Laura - I imagine it must be a thing of joy and wonder to watch the "birth" of a newbutterfly
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beddy bye time for this girl
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Goodnight, DR vixmom.
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So...
At 5:30, I started to clean my apartment...
I folded the four loads of (clean) laundry that had been piled on the floor since last week.
I washed, dried and folded another load of laundry.
I vacuumed the bedroom.
I vacuumed the living room.
I cleaned the bathroom.
I cleaned the kitchen floor.
And then I made dinner: Roast Chicken, with Roasted Vegetables (Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts, Fennel, Carrots & Leeks).
I ate my home-cooked dinner.
I washed the dishes.
I took a shower.
And now... I'm having some chocolate-mint ice cream.
:)
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DR Jennifer - Roseola is somewhat common in infants and children. Yes, she may be uncomfortable right now, but it will pass soon enough. And, daycare or no daycare, kids get sick. That's part of their "job description". ;)
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Shocking news, DR DRUXY.....and it seems totally random.
Hopefully(?), it is/was. There have been follow-up reports about the LAPD checking out the files and computer of the victim to see if she might have been targeted.
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Any visit with Mr. Jason Graae would be amusing.
And long too. ::)
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~~~~~SAFE TRAVEL VIBES TO DR JANE'S DS CRAIG~~~~~
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Okey-dokes...
Goodnight.
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Any visit with Mr. Jason Graae would be amusing.
And long too. ::)
Speaking of long... it's only Tuesday and this week seems like it's moving very slowly. Today was a funeral for a co-worker/friend etc... she was diagnosed with cancer 11 months ago. It was sad to see her get weaker and weaker, but she worked to the very end. A few weeks ago, I played for her youngest daughter's wedding and I had played for another daughter's wedding 5 years earlier. I really liked her, in fact, we were at our best when we would argue. I'd play Claire de Lune for her and all would be well. I played it today...along with selections from "Up". She and the pastor have been friends for 20 years, he held up well during the Mass and his homily was beautiful. She will be greatly missed.
Off to bed...
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This is a very long week already. I need sleep. But I've miles to go, even tonight.
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Happy birthday Skip ;)
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EXTRA SPECIAL VIBES TO EVERYONE.
I just got really tired, night all.
;D
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My sink no longer leaks and I think I will mop the bathroom floor. After that, I'll walk down to the NYPL for some Historic Newspapers On Line research.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DR edisaurus, safe travel vibes to LA!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you Larry, they worked! And glad your sink is behaving itself!
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This news was a long time coming!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144992-Danny-Burstein-and-Ron-Raines-Will-Join-Bernadette-Peters-in-Kennedy-Center-Follies
Great news for both. Guess I'm going to have to sell plasma to get to Washington -- if I can snag a ticket to that.
I still think Bernadette Peters is lousy casting; I'd go with Rebecca Luker
Bernadette Peters makes my skin crawl. But I love Rebecca Luker!
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One of my favorite poets is Seamus Heaney.
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I had several poems published when I was in 4th grade as well as a crossword puzzle. I can't remember the place I sent them...something Kid's Corner. I'm thinking it was in Nevada, but I don't remember now.
I had a poem published in Jack and Jill magazine when I was very young, and another in Golden Magazine a year later. I decided to quit while I was at the peak of my literary career.
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If I could get on Facebook I would make the following statement:
To my Los Angeles/Valley, etc friends: The wonderful documentary JEWS AND BASEBALL AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY is in your area for two nights only
• November 17 - Wilshire Temple, Beverly Hills, CA
• November 19 - Laemmle's Town Center 5, Encino, CA
Actually, it will be at Laemmle's Music Hall in Beverly Hills for a week (hopefully more!) as well as a week (or more) in Encino!
You can't get on FB? Wha happened??
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The library from which I retired was an early adopter of downloadable audiobooks, but at first there were no iPod friendly selections and now they are quite limited. I've used the service, but I prefer to use iTunes U and podcasts from NPR.
I wish i had a faster internet.. Still on dailup and tha tmakes things like ipods and mp3 players a bit useless
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I also have dabbled in poetry.
Dakota Diaspora
Empty walls speak and ghosts dance
Stories of long ago stream
Prairie Winds of our soul
Proud stories of blood and courage
Bright lights beckon us from afar
The impetuous and spirited leave
The lifeblood of progeny
A new tomorrow afar in golden lands
Prairies grey and hemorrhage
Doors swing in the wind
Testaments of our past stand forlorn
Harkening to a better time
Lifeless ribbons of grey in grass
Empty temples of life it once held
The wind cries out a mournful tune
Searching for its children
©Sarah J. Adams, 1998 All Rights Reserved
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I just watched part of an interview with Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who today was given the Medal of Honor. I got very chocked up listening to him.
One of what we all are Pelly.
Less than a drop in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea.
But it seems that some of the drops sparkle, Pelly.
Some of them do sparkle!
I saw that on the plane...very moving--impressive young man!
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Love the poem, Dakota!
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I've very happy that we might get to see Mr. bk on Friday!
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I write to escape the bullying.. poems, short stories and two partially started novels..