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Title: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 01:14:29 AM

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were brave new notes, and now it is time for you to post until the brave new cows come home.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 01:15:11 AM

And the word of the day is: ERGO!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 02:14:46 AM

Sixteen pages, I think. Almost ready for bed.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:05:35 AM

Although bk didn't explicitly say so, it sounds like Project One is now "in the can," as they say.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:05:58 AM

Congratulations!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:06:37 AM

Like DR John G., I too have a long weekend commencing.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:49:22 AM

Good morning, all!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:51:41 AM

I woke around 1:30 and every joint in my body ached.  I thought, if I feel like this in the morning, I'll reschedule my appointment.  I actually don't feel poorly at the moment, so I'll head down to 22nd Street around 9:00 or so.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:53:15 AM

I, too, like DRs TCB and JohnG, question sweet chili.  I like having kidney, pinto, or black beans in the mix.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:53:31 AM

~~~TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:54:10 AM

There are a lot of folks out there untethered to reality.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:54:27 AM

Continued vibes for DRs TCB and vixmom!

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Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:54:36 AM

And the Internet abets them.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:56:13 AM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:53:31 AM

~~~TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!

Thanks! It's the managing the lobby steps coming and going that is the bane of my existence.  Once I get to a taxi, I can relax.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 05:19:10 AM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:05:35 AM

Although bk didn't explicitly say so, it sounds like Project One is now "in the can," as they say.

Excellent news!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:49:50 AM

Good morning, all.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:50:11 AM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:54:10 AM

There are a lot of folks out there untethered to reality.

Way too many.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:50:55 AM

I don’t wanna get up.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:51:06 AM

But I gotta.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 06:33:26 AM

Good morning, all.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 06:38:10 AM

The little backache I "discovered" early yesterday morning persisted, and I tossed and turned again last night trying to maintain comfortable sleeping positions. The most reliable one seems to be laying directly on the rib or muscle area that got pulled or whatever. I've had this kind of thing before, and there's nothing to do but enjoy a few painkillers and let it heal.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 06:41:45 AM

I, for one, am waiting with bated breath to hear about Project THREE.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 06:52:14 AM

When I made that batch of Sloppy Joes a couple of months ago, I ran out of buns before running out of the mix and I ended up eating the remainder of it with a spoon. Which was HEAVEN.

I love that kind of mix and texture anyway, but the reason I'm mentioning it is that it occurred to me then that it was immensely satisfying in a way that eating a good chili is satisfying, and that would most definitely be a sweet chili. Does that mean I'd like an actual sweet chili? No idea. But the one thing that attending a couple of chili cook-offs has taught me is that you don't know until you try something.

Because like I said yesterday (was it yesterday?), the range of chili possibilities is endless. I need to try more different ones than I do, and I'm already pretty adventurous when it comes to that. I look to the day, post-Covid, when the contests can start up again.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:03:05 AM

As for the question of beans...

DR JohnG.'s loathing of kidney beans is well taken. I'd say they're the most pedestrian and boring of beans. I, like most people, grew up eating them by themselves and in various and sundry things. But almost every other bean in existence is more interesting and more tasty. DR Elmore suggested pinto or black beans for chili, and I'm down with that.

By the way, I'm afraid I don't take the trouble to cook beans myself. I buy what I need in a can. That's probably silly, but there it is.

Anyhoo, one that I like at Shop Rite is a can of "small red beans" which I think are much like pinto beans. I use those with my Skyline Chili mixes for Cincinnati chili. (The Cincinnati chili places do NOT use kidney beans at their locations, in spite of people's copycat recipes that call for them.)

I'll take my chili with or without beans, I won't object either way, but I'm definitely not averse to having them. For me, chili is a "pot" of "things", and including beans is fitting.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:03:15 AM

Are we still talking about chili?

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:07:33 AM

I have nothing to report for the TOD yet.

I can say that I've been enjoying watching Kristi's new DVD set of Quantum Leap with her and Nathan over the past couple of weeks. I never saw that when it aired, so it's all new to me. It's entertaining in that 1980s formula way, and a few episodes here and there are especially good.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:15:50 AM

That show, by the way, has resulted in my seeing Dean Stockwell more than I ever saw him in my life, and I have to say I really like him. The lead, Scott Bakula, is very good, too, and I've mostly only known him from his recent years on NCIS New Orleans.

(I'm also always in danger of thinking of him as Scott "Blacula". Even though I never saw that movie (to my knowledge), it's such an iconic name that anything similar makes me think of it.)

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 08:33:29 AM

Quantum Leap is on the Comet station every night at 6 p.m. EST so now and then I watch an episode.....yes as DR CHAS SMITH wrote some of the episodes are very good.

I have liked Dean Stockwell since COMPULSION so I enjoy him in the show.  I also like his brother Guy Stockwell especially in a remake of BEAU GESTE which also starred Telly Savalas.  Not a patch on the original and very Universal Television Like......but it's a wonderful story.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 08:35:50 AM

I have been a gadabout this morning.  I went to the bank - along with everyone else in town - to convert my stimulus to cash.  I put it in a special place so that I have spending cash at hand.

The I went to Ollie's because they had a hair clipper set for $5.99....and when my sister cuts my hair she won't have to schelp her own equipment over.

I was going to visit my Uncle, but he didn't get much sleep last night and wanted to postpone the visit for a couple of days.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 08:38:13 AM

My thoughts on trying to heal the country:

Hey, Republicans, TV hosts, and lawyers - if ALL of you would just say that you LIED about the ELECTION being stolen, they might believe you.  It might help if you tell them they were LIED to and USED.

Of course the Liar In Chief will never do that - too much money to be made.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 08:40:02 AM

Page Two Dance.

(https://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Gary-Busey-Look-Alike-Shake-Dance-Gif.gif)

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 09:01:09 AM

On the Met Opera streams...

Tonight:  Renée Fleming in R. Strauss’ Capriccio

Sunday:  Same, in Dvorak’s Rusalka

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:02:39 AM

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 15, 2021, 08:40:02 AM

Page Two Dance.

(https://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Gary-Busey-Look-Alike-Shake-Dance-Gif.gif)

Lord!  What a horrible sight to start the day!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:03:05 AM

Thank you, ChasSmith.

A Strauss opera is good enough to get me back into the MetOpera swing.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:04:18 AM

We have had a breakthrough.  Both kitties slept on the bed with me last night.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:04:58 AM

Is it just me? I think Mr. Rogers’s life would make a great idea for a musical. Not with the scope of the Tom Hanks film, but something dealing with the show, on screen and off.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:05:23 AM

Quote from: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:04:18 AM

We have had a breakthrough.  Both kitties slept on the bed with me last night.

Yay, kitties!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:09:44 AM

Quote

A new Pew Research Center poll released Friday found just 29 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing in office, by far the lowest rating he has received during his presidency. More than two in three Americans, 68 percent, disapprove of his handling of the job.

What a shame.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 09:14:32 AM

I'm up, I'm up - maybe four-and-a-half hours of sleep.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 09:14:42 AM

Might go back to bed shortly

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 09:14:57 AM

But got everything loaded onto the hard drive.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:18:17 AM

I just received a very gushy letter, thanking me for all of my contributions to EDF (Environmental Defense Fund) in 2020.  I donate to a lot of organizations, but I have never heard of the EDF.  DELETE!!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 09:27:09 AM

Friday afternoon greetings!  We are expecting some snow throughout the weekend.  Nothing crippling, but it is January, after all.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 09:34:05 AM

DR TCB, it's nice to be here when you are so I can tell you "in person" that you remain in my prayers as you look for health answers.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 09:39:44 AM

DR TCB congrats on the kitties sleeping arrangements.....I was going to dance again - but I prolly better not.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 09:41:53 AM

From DR TCB:

Quote

I received an e-mail today from some ultra conservative group.  I have no idea where they got my name.

That is almost as funny as the special card of appreciation for my support that I received from the soon to be departing president.  I think the idea was to tell me I supported him and then I would believe it and vote for him ;)

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:44:58 AM

Quote from: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 09:34:05 AM

DR TCB, it's nice to be here when you are so I can tell you "in person" that you remain in my prayers as you look for health answers.

Thank you so much, Ginny.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 09:48:42 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:15:50 AM

That show, by the way, has resulted in my seeing Dean Stockwell more than I ever saw him in my life, and I have to say I really like him. The lead, Scott Bakula, is very good, too, and I've mostly only known him from his recent years on NCIS New Orleans.

Yes, a fine child actor that proved he still had talent as an adult.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 09:50:24 AM

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 15, 2021, 08:33:29 AM

Quantum Leap is on the Comet station every night at 6 p.m. EST so now and then I watch an episode.....yes as DR CHAS SMITH wrote some of the episodes are very good.

I have liked Dean Stockwell since COMPULSION so I enjoy him in the show.  I also like his brother Guy Stockwell especially in a remake of BEAU GESTE which also starred Telly Savalas.  Not a patch on the original and very Universal Television Like......but it's a wonderful story.

I forgot about his brother.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 09:51:03 AM

Quote from: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:04:18 AM

We have had a breakthrough.  Both kitties slept on the bed with me last night.

WONDERFUL :)

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:54:19 AM

I just got another ultra-conservative email warning me about the upcoming socialist takeover in our country.  "Their liberal agenda actually calls for socialism, defunding of the police and MEDICARE FOR ALL!"

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 10:01:23 AM

We have a great niece due today and I'm about to finish knitting her baby blanket.  I've also started assembling a gift for her 3.5 year old big sister.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 10:12:40 AM

And another right-winged email.  I think I have been punked!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 10:13:26 AM

Quote from: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 10:01:23 AM

We have a great niece due today and I'm about to finish knitting her baby blanket.  I've also started assembling a gift for her 3.5 year old big sister.

Congratulations on the new great niece. Ginny.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Matthew on January 15, 2021, 10:18:55 AM

Good Morning.  We've already had a school Mass, 2nd grade in the church and everyone else watched the LiveStream.  It was nice.  I have one more class and then I'm sorta done for the day.  Hopefully will get a decent bike ride in as the weather is lovely - and then there is a 3-day weekend. 

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 10:54:35 AM

I got home around 11:30.  I stood at 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue for the longest time waiting for a taxi to show. Both taxi drivers were great.

As soon as I got home, I lay down with Annabelle and Thatch and napped for about an hour.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 10:54:58 AM

DR TCB, I'm really happy about the cats.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 11:26:44 AM

Up again - I think maybe I got another thirty minutes of sleep. I'm zonked but Muse Margaret loved the last batch of pages so that was wonderful to hear.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 11:35:01 AM

Quote from: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 10:01:23 AM

We have a great niece due today and I'm about to finish knitting her baby blanket.  I've also started assembling a gift for her 3.5 year old big sister.

Welcome to the world, baby girl!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 12:00:29 PM

One more post.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 12:01:20 PM

T H R E E !

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:37:13 PM

Whee!!!!!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:38:29 PM

I’ve decided that one of my 2021 goals is to enjoy a margarita with a gimlet chaser. Doesn’t sound great, but I won’t know until I’ve tried.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 12:44:29 PM

Quote from: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:54:19 AM

I just got another ultra-conservative email warning me about the upcoming socialist takeover in our country.  "Their liberal agenda actually calls for socialism, defunding of the police and MEDICARE FOR ALL!"

Medicare for all  :o

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 12:46:19 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:38:29 PM

I’ve decided that one of my 2021 goals is to enjoy a margarita with a gimlet chaser. Doesn’t sound great, but I won’t know until I’ve tried.

Vodka & key line  :P

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 12:57:05 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:38:29 PM

I’ve decided that one of my 2021 goals is to enjoy a margarita with a gimlet chaser. Doesn’t sound great, but I won’t know until I’ve tried.

How did this plan originate? 

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 01:01:13 PM

Back from picking up a package and some screeners, including The Father and that Sophia Loren movie.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 01:03:11 PM

Futzed and finessed and wrote one new page, and am awaiting visitor one, who'll be followed by visitor two. Then I'll go to Gelson's and find something to eat. Then I'll eat whatever that is, then go back to work and my intention is get get at least eight more pages done by six. Then I'll watch something, then write an additional seven pages or so.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 01:47:09 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 12:57:05 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:38:29 PM

I’ve decided that one of my 2021 goals is to enjoy a margarita with a gimlet chaser. Doesn’t sound great, but I won’t know until I’ve tried.

How did this plan originate? 

The work day I am having and a conversation with my boss.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 01:48:58 PM

The Father sounds very good but depressing. I’d watch Sophia Loren in anything. Well, I saw her in Nine and it can’t be any worse than that.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 02:54:29 PM

DR John I am reading The House in the Cerulean Sea.  By the end of the book still you still enjoy it?

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 02:58:29 PM

I love the word "cerulean."

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 02:58:45 PM

A boss of mine used to use it a lot.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 02:59:56 PM

Very happy DN news from DR Ginny.  Congratulations!


Although it wasn't clear to me if the birth had taken place yet, or was going to.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:00:24 PM

Thrilled about DR TCB's kitten news.  Makes my heart feel good.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:00:54 PM

bk, sorry you are not getting a lot of sleep, but glad that all things creative are continuing apace.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:01:23 PM

Loving all this chili talk.  I'm afraid I don't have anything to contribute on that front.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:02:20 PM

I have been staring and staring at DR Jrand70's page two dance.

I know I know that guy from somewhere. I've seen him on tv.  I have a feeling he was part of some viral Internet thing some years back, but just can't place it.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:04:40 PM

Yes.....I couldn't name him either DR singdaw - but I know him from something.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:05:22 PM

DR JANE if I don't see the credits sometimes I don't know if I'm seeing Guy or Dean.......

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:06:00 PM

Congrats to DR GINNY.

My grand-nephew is due January 19.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:06:50 PM

I am watching my favorite team from Conference-USA right now.

Western Kentucky University (my favorite) vs. Marshall.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:07:12 PM

Congrats to MR BK on the pages......

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jrand73 on January 15, 2021, 03:08:06 PM

SO I guess soon to be president B. is giving $1400 checks to everyone (almost) to equal the $2000 others wanted us to have.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:29:58 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 02:54:29 PM

DR John I am reading The House in the Cerulean Sea.  By the end of the book still you still enjoy it?

I found it very sweet. A friend of mine couldn't finish it.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:32:19 PM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:02:20 PM

I have been staring and staring at DR Jrand70's page two dance.

I know I know that guy from somewhere. I've seen him on tv.  I have a feeling he was part of some viral Internet thing some years back, but just can't place it.

Is it a young Gary Busey?

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:33:02 PM

I have finally logged off for the week. I didn't get through maybe 35 or 40 of the emails from when I was gone Tuesday and Wednesday, but I'm OK with that.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:33:28 PM

Amazon has delivered the bird's food. One crisis avoided. He finished his last serving of the old this morning.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:34:11 PM

I may just take a nap, though I really should take a walk. That's more sensible, right? Even if the pollen count is off the charts. I could wear a mask.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:34:25 PM

Decisions, decisions ...

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:34:35 PM

Four!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:43:50 PM

Well, THAT was in the nick of time, DR John G.!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:45:18 PM

I found it!

It is John Jacobson, whose special signature move is "double dream hands."

I feel edified!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 04:06:27 PM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 02:58:29 PM

I love the word "cerulean."

I have never really thought of it prior to the book.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 04:07:23 PM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 02:58:45 PM

A boss of mine used to use it a lot.

Hmmm, interesting.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 04:09:06 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:29:58 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 02:54:29 PM

DR John I am reading The House in the Cerulean Sea.  By the end of the book still you still enjoy it?

I found it very sweet. A friend of mine couldn't finish it.

Thanks.  I am interested yet not sure I want to finish it.  I will keep reading. 

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 04:27:42 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 04:09:06 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:29:58 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 02:54:29 PM

DR John I am reading The House in the Cerulean Sea.  By the end of the book still you still enjoy it?

I found it very sweet. A friend of mine couldn't finish it.

Thanks.  I am interested yet not sure I want to finish it.  I will keep reading. 

You can probably skip to the last two chapters.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 04:30:30 PM

Well, I did walk. We'll see if I sneeze all night.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 04:47:04 PM

I certainly hope not, DR John G.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:17:20 PM

Started listening to Something More, which I've been meaning to do for a while. I forgot Sammy Fein wrote the score with the Bergmans. Nice job. He was a client of yours, DR Druxy, right?

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 05:17:34 PM

Gratuitous post No. 100!

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:26:01 PM

Hello, everyone.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:26:44 PM

Congrats to DRs Ginny and Jrand on their new niece and nephew.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:27:57 PM

I went to the bank today, followed by Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's was surprisingly quiet today. I'm not sure what that means.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:28:57 PM

Then I stopped for tacos. Tacos have become my default. If nothing much appeals I choose tacos.

Title: Re: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:29:57 PM

I will be very glad when we can go out to eat again. I just hope there will still be a few restaurants left.

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Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:31:35 PM

TOD:

Maybe I'll try the new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Or resume A BEAUTIFUL BOY.

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Post by: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:32:26 PM

Good weekend vibes to all.

TTFN.

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 05:36:56 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 04:27:42 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 04:09:06 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 03:29:58 PM

Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2021, 02:54:29 PM

DR John I am reading The House in the Cerulean Sea.  By the end of the book still you still enjoy it?

I found it very sweet. A friend of mine couldn't finish it.

Thanks.  I am interested yet not sure I want to finish it.  I will keep reading. 

You can probably skip to the last two chapters.

That's funny.  Often I skip to the last two chapters.  Are you including the epilogue?

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 05:37:12 PM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 04:47:04 PM

I certainly hope not, DR John G.

Ditto!

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 05:37:57 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:29:57 PM

I will be very glad when we can go out to eat again. I just hope there will still be a few restaurants left.

Do you plan on getting a covid vaccination?

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:31:42 PM

Yes, two chapters and epilogue.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:32:43 PM

Watching Baryshnikov and Liza Minnelli on Broadway. Never saw it before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FQ40UOrQfs

Liza singing His Is the Only Music That Makes Me Dance is wonderful.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:59:45 PM

The ending was great, but strange. Baryshnikov joins the cast of A Chorus Line to dance One. It's a showstopper in which the chorus is the star, right? Baryshnikov does dance like anyone else on the line. But the camera keeps singling him out for closeups, though he's doing his best not to stand out.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 07:00:17 PM

J.B. had the best time dancing along with Too Darn Hot and One.

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Post by: bk on January 15, 2021, 07:42:02 PM

I've done about eight pages, I guess - hard to tell because I wrote a few things then decided to move them a bit later in the chapter. But I'll mush on and do another seven or eight, as I'm nearing the end of a chapter.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:44:43 PM

I’m off to bed.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:45:04 PM

But not before we turn the page.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:46:20 PM

Finished a sad novel tonight called Radish. Chinese. Very different. I liked it, but I have had enough sad.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:46:29 PM

Onward.

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:46:41 PM

Five!

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2021, 09:46:54 PM

Good night, all.

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 10:12:09 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:31:42 PM

Yes, two chapters and epilogue.

Thanks.

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 10:13:07 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 07:00:17 PM

J.B. had the best time dancing along with Too Darn Hot and One.

:)

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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2021, 10:13:57 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:32:43 PM

Watching Baryshnikov and Liza Minnelli on Broadway. Never saw it before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FQ40UOrQfs

Liza singing His Is the Only Music That Makes Me Dance is wonderful.

I will try and remember to watch this on my computer tomorrow.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:12:20 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 03:54:27 AM

Continued vibes for DRs TCB and vixmom!

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~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~

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Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 11:12:23 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 12:38:29 PM

I’ve decided that one of my 2021 goals is to enjoy a margarita with a gimlet chaser. Doesn’t sound great, but I won’t know until I’ve tried.

Have you ever tried an upside down margarita?

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:17:50 PM

Hi, Tom and Jane.

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Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 11:21:55 PM

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 15, 2021, 03:05:22 PM

DR JANE if I don't see the credits sometimes I don't know if I'm seeing Guy or Dean.......

Well, Guy is dead, if that helps.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:23:41 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on January 15, 2021, 07:15:50 AM

That show, by the way, has resulted in my seeing Dean Stockwell more than I ever saw him in my life, and I have to say I really like him. The lead, Scott Bakula, is very good, too, and I've mostly only known him from his recent years on NCIS New Orleans.

(I'm also always in danger of thinking of him as Scott "Blacula". Even though I never saw that movie (to my knowledge), it's such an iconic name that anything similar makes me think of it.)

I first heard of Scott Bakula from the cast recordings of 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down (https://castalbums.org/recordings/3-Guys-Naked-from-the-Waist-Down-1985-Original-Off-Broadway-Cast/3812) and Romance Romance (https://castalbums.org/recordings/Romance-Romance-1988-Original-Broadway-Cast/1701), two small shows with (in my humble opinion) very enjoyable scores. :)

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:25:02 PM

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 15, 2021, 08:38:13 AM

My thoughts on trying to heal the country:

Hey, Republicans, TV hosts, and lawyers - if ALL of you would just say that you LIED about the ELECTION being stolen, they might believe you.  It might help if you tell them they were LIED to and USED.

Of course the Liar In Chief will never do that - too much money to be made.

Agreed!! ;)

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:25:45 PM

Today, work was somewhat busy, so I didn't have any time to post here, or even read the posts.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:26:15 PM

Right after work, I went to my mom's and we played our regular Phase 10.  I lost, as usual.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:26:34 PM

And now, I'm home and ketchuping on all of today's posts.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:27:00 PM

Quote from: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:04:18 AM

We have had a breakthrough.  Both kitties slept on the bed with me last night.

Great news, Tom!

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:28:27 PM

Quote from: TCB on January 15, 2021, 09:09:44 AM

Quote

A new Pew Research Center poll released Friday found just 29 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing in office, by far the lowest rating he has received during his presidency. More than two in three Americans, 68 percent, disapprove of his handling of the job.

What a shame.

I still find it incomprehensible that almost 30% of people still like what he's doing!! :o

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:31:27 PM

Quote from: Ginny on January 15, 2021, 10:01:23 AM

We have a great niece due today and I'm about to finish knitting her baby blanket.  I've also started assembling a gift for her 3.5 year old big sister.

Congrats on the new great niece, Ginny!

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Post by: TCB on January 15, 2021, 11:35:29 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on January 15, 2021, 05:31:35 PM

TOD:

Maybe I'll try the new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Or resume A BEAUTIFUL BOY.

LOL!  I thought you were going consume a beautiful boy.

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:39:49 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2021, 10:54:35 AM

I got home around 11:30.  I stood at 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue for the longest time waiting for a taxi to show. Both taxi drivers were great.

As soon as I got home, I lay down with Annabelle and Thatch and napped for about an hour.

Nice!

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:40:23 PM

Quote from: singdaw on January 15, 2021, 03:01:23 PM

Loving all this chili talk.  I'm afraid I don't have anything to contribute on that front.

Singdaw, did you see my first post on the subject??  I didn't really have anything to contribute, either! ;D

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:43:03 PM

Today with all the talk about chili, I decided to get a chili hot dog from the local Eagan's Big Tom (https://www.tumwatereagans.com/) burger joint, so I went through the drive-thru (of course), the woman came out and took my order because they don't have a speaker and they cook all the orders only after they've been placed, my friend Judy brought out my order, we chatted a bit, then I left and went back to work to eat my food in the staff room. 

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:45:12 PM

Well, Judy didn't bring me the correct food!  She accidentally brought me someone else's order, which was a Big Tom Burger (double meat, double cheese, goop, pickles, lettuce, tomato) and Chili Fries!  So, at least I got some chili today!  I texted my friend and said that she'd figured out what had happened and that I could have a free meal next time, but I said not to worry about it because I was going to enjoy what I got.  It certainly was a lot more than I usually eat, but it was good. :)

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:46:21 PM

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 15, 2021, 03:06:00 PM

Congrats to DR GINNY.

My grand-nephew is due January 19.

That's cool, Jrand!

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:50:00 PM

Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2021, 06:32:43 PM

Watching Baryshnikov and Liza Minnelli on Broadway. Never saw it before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FQ40UOrQfs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FQ40UOrQfs)

Liza singing His Is the Only Music That Makes Me Dance is wonderful.

Nell Carter is in this! :D

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Post by: George on January 15, 2021, 11:58:28 PM

And now, I have caught up on all of today's posts.

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:03:38 AM

Well, we can't stop here!

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:03:45 AM

But now...

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:03:52 AM

...since...

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:03:58 AM

...we're...

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:04:11 AM

...so close, let's turn the page to Page...

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Post by: George on January 16, 2021, 12:05:19 AM

 

SIX!!!!!!