And the word of the day is: VALETUDINARIAN!
Last night, I went to a wonderful production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and I was one of the people called up from the audience! Actually, the director (whom I've known since 1989...and she was about 15 years old) asked if it was okay if they called me up, so I said yes. I was the first audience member to be called on to spell and I got the spelling wrong! The word sounded like "dangy," but it's spelled "dengue." I've never heard of it, so I was out.
Re: the library having to have as many copies as book club members.
I find that rule crazy!
You'd think at least one member might order the book or buy it second hand. And really couldn't people share a library copy? The only books most libraries would have that many copies of would be huge blockbusters. But in many cases those books have long waiting lists!
Too many of the people in the book club didn't pick up the book until the weekend before the meeting.
Good morning. Oatmeal with brown sugar and banana and pecans.
That is all I have to report this morning.
Here is the music video that made me a fan of Robert Gorl. Perhaps it might bring back memories to some...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95Dws35cKQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95Dws35cKQ)
Annie Lenox does background.
DR TD, so glad that Miss Molly is home and recoving well!! Good doggy!
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Nuff said.
Last night, I went to a wonderful production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and I was one of the people called up from the audience! Actually, the director (whom I've known since 1989...and she was about 15 years old) asked if it was okay if they called me up, so I said yes. I was the first audience member to be called on to spell and I got the spelling wrong! The word sounded like "dangy," but it's spelled "dengue." I've never heard of it, so I was out.
Tsk, tsk, tsk....
DR George - Don't you remember that word from the Tony Awards broadcast?!?!?
Tsk, tsk, tsk...
;D
DR George: Did you ask them to use "dangy" (aka "dengue") in a sentence?
I've had four requests for the BBC broadcast of ONE TOUCH OF VENUS: BK, JohnG, George, and Ben. Did I miss anyone?
I've had four requests for the BBC broadcast of ONE TOUCH OF VENUS: BK, JohnG, George, and Ben. Did I miss anyone?
:-*
DR Jane, I really liked the season finale of HUMAN TARGET. I don't think it has been decided if it is returning. But I hope it does.
Sandra was scared to death that she might be called up in Spelling Bee. They probably would have had a hard time getting her to miss a word, though.
DR TD, so glad that Miss Molly is home and recoving well!! Good doggy!
She slept with me, on my bed, last night, cuddled up against my chest, with one ear over my heart.
I've been invited to take part in Festival of the West in Scottsdale, AZ, March 17-20, 2011. I'll be signing copies of my screenplay of CHEYENNE WARRIOR and some of my other books.
That bobcat has seen better days.
My niece Jadie (the one who has the fever) is 1 yr 9 months. She's starting to say more words. And just last week she came up with her own name for me. My other niece calls me "Auntie". But i guess that was too hard. For some reason she calls me Naa-naa. And she screams it whenever she can't find me. It's pretty funny.
My niece Jadie (the one who has the fever) is 1 yr 9 months. She's starting to say more words. And just last week she came up with her own name for me. My other niece calls me "Auntie". But i guess that was too hard. For some reason she calls me Naa-naa. And she screams it whenever she can't find me. It's pretty funny.
Is it funny if you are shopping in a store ;)
I forgot....I also have this album.
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I see that Robert Blake will be attending The Hollywood Show in Burbank this weekend.Glad I won't be there.
That should be interesting.
::)
I think I may have mentioned this before, but Marcy (and her handler) live just an hour south of me.Please keep in your neck of the woods.
It kind of scares me.
TOD - my mother bought this for me when I had a crush on Dr. Kildare:(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JWiSvKg3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I think I still have it...
Actually, DR Rodzinski would probably kill for that album, JRand. He has a very nice collection of weird vintage LP/covers. I sent him some Marcy albums once upon a time.
Maybe that is why he never comes to HHW anymore? 8)
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Richard Chamberlain is gay?
LOL TCB. I don't think it was known during his Dr. Kildare years.
We were in our early twenties when my parents gave us tickets to see him in Cyrano of Bergerac & a co-worker said she couldn't watch him in a romantic role. My response is "it is called acting". He was terrific. This was the role he did after his return from studying in England.
LOL TCB. I don't think it was known during his Dr. Kildare years.
We were in our early twenties when my parents gave us tickets to see him in Cyrano of Bergerac & a co-worker said she couldn't watch him in a romantic role. My response is "it is called acting". He was terrific. This was the role he did after his return from studying in England.
Yes, he also did RICHARD II in Seattle. It wasn't much of a secret to those who met him then (1971?).
TOD:
I don't recall the name of the album, but it included a bunch of crazy songs, like "They're Coming to Take Me Away."
Did that scare people away?Yes.
Time to sleep
good night
just got home from work
I cannot keep this up
And then my day started to take a turn for the worse... As it did for some of my friends...
One friend broke up with his boyfriend.
Another friend had a major technological breakdown today. Of course, she was gearing up for a multi-media presentation tomorrow.
Yet another friend become suddenly and violently ill at work. He was able to hop in a cab and make it back to his apartment, but that was not before he had "lost his cookies" in the middle of the restaurant where he works... As the lunch shift was finishing up.
And then my landlord texted(!?!?) me to say that it looks like they're going to sell the building.
I did go to Fred's memorial service and left the GLBT Center on 13th Street in a real emotional state. There were some wonderful speakers, friends of Fred's from college, grade school, all the gay causes he worked on from the 1960s to his death, a former student from the Harvey Milk School, where Fred was the first teacher, a director of Hettrick Martin, the foundation supporting the school's creation, his brother Richard who's seven years older than Fred, and friends from the Chrus. Fred had planned this service, so he wanted two of my arrangements performed. "America the Beautiful" proved too difficult to be prepared in two rehearsals so a tape was played from its first performance from 1985. They did sing live my arrangement of the Cryer-Ford "Old Friend."
So, while the Chorus was singing this arrangement, standng in front of the Chorus' AIDS Quilt with 147 stars, each star bearing the name of one of the 147 members to die of AIDS, all these memories of friends who were dead pr no longer in touch with the Chorus, many of whom sang my arrangements in my years arranging for the Chorus from 1980 to 1998, hit me hard and I wept through the entire memorial service. At the end, a video collage of Fred's life included footage of dead friends like Jimmy Festa, who worked at City Opera, or Richard Halpern who was a former actor, and I had to leave. I was in no mood to socialize; I was wiped out and wanted to get home for a good cry.
Still, it was truly a beautiful event.
Where's Jose today? I had the worst ice cream in my entire life and thought he'd appreciate the horror story. It was from a Cold Stone Creamery and it was billed as cinnamon. It turned out to cinnamon roll instead. That meant the sugar level was on shrill to get the notion of the frosting in there. But they also tried to get the dough flavor and ended up with this odd texture that made you want to spit it out. Seriously, it reminded me of dried jellyfish. It made me want to rush home and cleanse my mouth with some of the organic butter pecan I have in the freezer.
Did that scare people away?
Richard Chamberlain is gay?
Where's Jose today? I had the worst ice cream in my entire life and thought he'd appreciate the horror story. It was from a Cold Stone Creamery and it was billed as cinnamon. It turned out to cinnamon roll instead. That meant the sugar level was on shrill to get the notion of the frosting in there. But they also tried to get the dough flavor and ended up with this odd texture that made you want to spit it out. Seriously, it reminded me of dried jellyfish. It made me want to rush home and cleanse my mouth with some of the organic butter pecan I have in the freezer.
Here I am!
As much as I love the whole mix-in "thingy", the amount of chemical-based flavors that Coldstone Creamery has developed over the past few years... YUCK!
*At the restaurant tonight, one of the new flavors was an Almond Milk with Apricots. The other one was a Lemon-Tarragon. Sooooo goooooood.
Here is the music video that made me a fan of Robert Gorl. Perhaps it might bring back memories to some...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95Dws35cKQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95Dws35cKQ)
Annie Lenox does background.