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Well, you've read the notes, the notes weren't THAT long, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - for that's the way of the world.
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And the word of the day is: SUCCEDANEUM!
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What happened to George? He WUSSBURGERED!
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I'm the only one in the jernt. Well, me and three GUESTS. Who are you people?
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What happened to George? He WUSSBURGERED!
Not this time! I was catching up on yesterday's posts. I figured that I would post my JCSS stories before the day ended...which I did. :)
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A VERY HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TO NEWLY 19 YEAR OLD DEAR READER ADRIANA PATTI!! ;D
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YAY!
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I love camping and horseback riding and fishing and waterfalls and tents and campfires and everything about being outdoors. Part of this love comes from never having been bothered by insects. I love hiking and gutting fresh fish and waking up with the sunrise.
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I thought of the perfect story to tell.
I enyoy horseback riding. Anytime I go on vacation, the first thing I look for is a place to go riding. I happen to be naturally good at it. Unfortunatly my mother is not, yet somehow she always got stuck being my escort.
One time we were at the June Lake Loop, and I dragged my mother riding with me. (I must have been 12ish). My mother got a horse that did not like being told to do, and would continue to lean down and eat the shrubs on the side of the trail. At one point her horse decided it no longer wanted to be on the trail and took off into the woods, with my mom yelling for help. Suddenly the guide's horse took off after my mom's, wthout the guide telling it to do so, so there was much shouting from him. At that point all the horses began to wander around, except for mine (which I had wonderful control of, that horse got away with nothing I did not want him to do) and the 2nd guide's. The 2nd guide went off after my mother and the 1st guide and brings them back, and then has to round up all the other horses. I found it quite ammusing, although now I realize that the horses were not trained well, and it could have provided a dangerous experiance.
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A VERY HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TO NEWLY 19 YEAR OLD DEAR READER ADRIANA PATTI!! ;D
Thank you!
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I've never gone hiking and the only camping that I've done has been at campgrounds with adequate bathroom facilities...which isn't "real" camping at all. ;)
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Well, I'm beat...and sleepy. I'm off to bed.
Have a great day, Adriana!
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Happy Birthday Adriana!
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DR MattH, re: nick from American Idol.
You are right, now i remember his original audition (since you mentioned he had tried out last year). I don't know why but he was such completely unmemorable to me. It's pretty easy to tell which contestants won't go far. And i guess i didn't peg him as going far.
To me the next ones out will most likely be haley and hopefully now antonella (although she may have another couple weeks in her). For the guys i see jared.
I like Brandon a lot more than you. I just love his look.
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Happy Birthday, DR Adriana!! And much cake!
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TOD: I used to go backpacking in high school. We used to own small camper vehicles. Now my idea of camping is Motel 6.
I do hike a bit, although not usually strenuous stuff. I don't walk very fast or get very far. I like to look at everything along the way. And take photos.
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Good morning, all! Last night it took me three hours to copy two parts of the chart for Liz Callaway, and my goal is to be finished with it by Wednesday. I have 24 parts to go! So, I may be E&T for the next few days.
DR Cillaliz, yes, I did finish the chart for Joanna Gleason and now I'm back to the Callaway number. I hope you enjoy SPRING AWAKENING today. I really want to see it.
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Today is also the birthday of Benjamin Clark, Narrator and Professor Leder of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. I send him my wishes for a happy day as well.
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Happiest of HHW Birthdays to DR ADRIANNA PATTI!
And many many returns of the day.
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IF I ever went camping or horseback riding, I have blocked it from my mind.
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Break a leg, DR CILLA LIZ. We will be expecting a full Broadway Baby Report.
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Off to work....with my unfavorite helper.
Full moon eclipse tonight starting at 6:22 pm EDST.
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Saturday morning greetings! Today I'm taking my mother on a shopping trip to our local mall.
Happiest of birthdays to DR Adrianna Patti!
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Cast stranded; 'Man of La Mancha' rescheduled
By Jesse Claeys Journal staff writer
Above everything else, the show must go on.
That is unless a blizzard strands the cast of "Man of La Mancha" in a small town in Minnesota.
"The show will go on under virtually any circumstance, except when the cast isn't there," explained Gary Zabinski, director of operations Jam Theatricals, presenter of Broadway at the Orpheum series.
And so was the case Thursday as the touring production of "Man of La Mancha" attempted to make it's way to Sioux City for a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Orpheum Theatre.
The performance went as planned Wednesday night in Duluth, Minn., Zabinski said. By midnight the set had been torn down and loaded into two semi trailers. A production crew of about five people then began the more than 400-mile drive to Sioux City. The "Man of La Mancha" cast of nearly 20 people stayed behind to get a good night of sleep in a hotel and leave on a bus in the morning.
By 10 a.m. Thursday the production crew arrived in Sioux City and set construction quickly began, Zabinski said. Things were not going so smoothly for the cast.
"We kept in touch with them by cell phone all through the morning as they were on the road. They knew interstates and roads were closing and they planned an alternate route. They reached a point when it became apparent far more roads had closed than they had thought and the headwinds and blowing snow made travel unsafe. They called around 2 p.m. and said they had to stop."
The cast stopped in Jackson, Minn., a town of over 3,500 people just northeast of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and spent the night at a hotel.
Fortunately, Zabinski said, "Man of La Mancha" has already been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m., March 12. Tickets for the original performance will be honored for the new date. Those seeking refunds are asked to contact the Tyson Events Center Box Office at 712-279-4850.
"It's always tough to cancel performance, but we are very glad and grateful a new date has already been scheduled. We're also happy everyone is safe."
"Man of La Mancha" was scheduled to perform in Lincoln, Neb., Friday night, but that show was also canceled due to the weather.
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Happy Birthday Adrianna!!
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Now the ethical dilemma. I gave away my ticket to Mar of La Mancha, but now I can go. I don't think I can really say "give it back"
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Happy birthday to DR Adriana!
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After seeing shows on BROADWAY, I think I'd let the tour show go to someone else, since you gave away the ticket.
But, if they offer it back.....
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Have fun today, Cillaliz! What are you going to do today?
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Well, as of this morning, I still could make it to Omaha, but can't get from Omaha to Sioux City. I'm thinking I may want to make a hotel reservation for tomorrow night in Omaha just in case
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Today I am going to a Big Sit. Instead of a bird walk, is is a bird sit. You set up your chair, and you list everything you see from your spot.
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I'll let Paul keep the ticket. He said it was one of his favorite shows. Today I'm going to have my onstage seat for Spring Awakening.
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Sounds like fun DR Laura.
I'm going to go for a morning walk. Be back later.
Funny, a vacation feels a little different when you couldn't go home if you wanted to
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See you tonight at 5:30, Cilla. Larry can't make it, so we'll make sure to talk about him. :)
If any other New York DR's want to join us at our place - email me at my aol address dylan43rd by about 11 a.m. or so, so we can plan foodstuffs accordingly.
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DR Cillaliz - break a leg in your Broadway debut today!
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Happy birthday to Adrianna!
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Camping! Are you crazy???
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Hiking is much like the walking I do in New York although hiking I could (or would) do, as opposed to camping.
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François, I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for Miss Ann Coulter.
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Camping! Are you crazy???
C'mon - you could wash your oatmeal bowl by the morning campfire.
der Brucer
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TOD - As a kid, I had a couple of great camping trips with my parents - one to northern Michigan and one to Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Once I became a grown-up and realized how much work those trips had been for my mother, I decided that camping didn't sound like so much fun. If I have to plan meals, shop, cook, and clean up, I'd rather be in my own kitchen than out in the woods.
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TOD:
If I were to post stories of my camping adventures, this would cease to be a family-friendly site. 8)
Let's just say I've spent many a memorable night in a tent.
der Brucer
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TOD:
Roughing it now means no Cable or DSL.
How times change. I remember when:
Roughing it meant no Radio
Roughing it meant no TV
Roughing it meant no Color TV
Roughing it meant no Cell Phone Connection
(When I was very young, roughing it meant no Fire)
der Brucer
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IMPORTANT HHW NOTICE OF COMING EVENTS
A notice to Jane and Ginny and Jeanne and all the other Book Club mavens:
The times they are a-changin':
New York Times (http://coaches.aol.com/love-and-sex/feature/_a/pole-dancing-parties/20070226175309990001)
Pole Dancing Parties Catch On in Book Club Country
By TINA KELLEY, The New York Times
KINNELON, N.J. -- Johnna Cottam was showing a group of her girlfriends how to do a move called the Fireman.
As music by Shakira played, she strode up to grab the portable pole in the living room of her well-appointed lakefront home here, wrapped her right leg around it, swung wide with her left, and spun. When she reached the bottom, Ms. Cottam, in a pink "Got Pole?" tank top and black workout pants, tossed her hair back, mudflap-girl style.
"Kick it right out of the ballpark, just kick it," she encouraged her five friends and neighbors. Making way for the women to try the move, Ms. Cottam backed into a rocking chair draped with pink and purple feather boas that partly covered her twin sons' two teddy bears.
Pole dancing, once exclusively the province of exotic dancers, has flared up as a much-hyped Hollywood exercise craze, and has seeped into the collective unconscious through shows like 'The Sopranos' and 'Desperate Housewives.' A variant called motorized pole dancing, which occurs in stretch limos, has raised eyebrows as far away as Britain, where some female university students pole-danced as a fund-raiser for testicular cancer. And mini-poles have even been spotted as dance props at over-the-top bat mitzvah parties in suburban precincts.
I bet perky Miss Karen will be a star!
der Brucer
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Peter Sellers remake?
Swiss Troops Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256098,00.html)
der Brucer
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François, I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for Miss Ann Coulter.
You mean the Mouth That Roared:
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der Brucer
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Good morning!
Another beautiful day here and another day of highs in the 60s. I have so much going on that I won't be able to get outside much except to run errands in the car.
But it's a totally gorgeous preview of spring.
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Today is also the birthday of Benjamin Clark, Narrator and Professor Leder of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. I send him my wishes for a happy day as well.
There are two tracks on the BRAIN CD that I have played over and over: Kevin's solo in the first act, and Mr. Clark's hilarious greeting and scolding (and singing) to the audience that opens the second act.
And Larry, your orchestrations are "the bomb" (to quote Randy Jackson from IDOL; I'm not much on modern hip talk, but I'm assumning that means magnificent.)
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A very happy birthday to DR Adriana Patti!!!
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With no TV shows on the DVR to watch, I'll be DVDing it all day today between attending to errands.
I must watch the Criterion FIRE ON THE PLAINS. I got a box of Universal DVDs in the mail yesterday that I bought on sale from Deep Discount and among them are two DVDs of double feature Bob Hope comedies, some of which I've never seen (LOUISIANA PURCHASE, for example). And then there's LILLIAN RUSSELL which I may wait until tomorrow to watch since it's quite long. Seems more like a Sunday afternoon movie to me.
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DR MATTH thanks for your answer last night.
I neglected to say that the instruction DID say that if that connection was used to use a different set up and the instructions are there. So we shall see.
I MAY get my new TV next week....I am still debating.
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This makes Miss Allison very unhappy, I am sure. :-\
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It's shaping up to be a nice dinner party tonight. Cooking has commenced.
Dear Friend Julie will be joining us as well. (She's an appeals lawyer, so there'll be a lot of legal talent in the room. :) )
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Hello all.....the Grande Mensch is probably snoozing away in his cocoon, so I won't yell too loudly.
but.............
[Happy Birthday Dear Adriana! 19 is a glorious, fun, confusing, wild, and sexy age to be -- So ENJOY IT little missy!!]
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Happy Birthday DR Adriana!!!
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Hiking and camping?? Oh please.... my idea makes much more sense, and is civilized.
A 7th or 8th floor room at the Plaza, NYC, northside view so you can see into Central Park, and then you open a window while you have room service.
And I know DR Laura is probably thinking there is just no hope for me. But I would go looking at birds and nature with her.
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Off to the office for some tax season Saturday work.
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I camped a lot as a kid as a Boy Scout and LOVED it. (except the snow camping, that was way too cold) I haven't camped much as an adult. Most of my current friends (including the DP) thumb their noses at the thought of communing with nature. I look forward to trying to camp more.
The conference is going well. heard some great speakers, sang great music, etc. Today, the wind is blowing quite strongly, I hope it dies down. After today's festivities at the conference it will be time for an evening at the Magic Kingdom, which is always welcome.
If you want details of the weekend you can check out my LiveJournal page at
http://maestromatthew.livejournal.com/
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Break a leg tonight DR CILLA LIZ. Remember that every moment tonight at least one person in the audience will be looking at YOU!!!
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I MAY get my new TV next week....I am still debating.
If you want to run any models/spec by me, I'll be glad to take a look and offer opinions, advice, etc. Sometimes when making a major purchase like this, it helps to have someone holding your hand.
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LOL, DR MusicGuy - I agree with you!
In the summer of 2001, my DH and DS and I had a nice vacation in Colorado. We spent several days exploring Rocky Mountain National Park from the comfort of the Alpine Trail Ridge Inn (http://www.alpinetrailridgeinn.com). DS Rob was learning to use a digital video camera that DH Richard had borrowed from the local school district for the summer. We took the hike around the perimeter of Bear Lake and enjoyed watching the beavers. When DH Richard asked at the ranger station about them, the rangers said, "There aren't any beavers in Bear Lake." DS Rob said, "I have video!" One of my favorite pictures from that trip is of the rangers marveling at the footage.
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And one for Mountains!
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Hiking/camping and I are not friends. I have only done the camp out thing once in my life, and it was the most miserable experience I've ever had.
I think I've told this story before, but at any rate, I was at camp. He had to hike about ten miles mostly up a mountain to get to the campsite in aheavily wooded area. The day for the hike/camp out was overcast and cool even though this was the middle of summer. Naturally, we didn't pack warm enough clothes for the weather, and around 8 p.m., it started pouring down rain. The canvas pup tent was waterproof but it was still sopping wet so that it you touched it, it would wet you good. So my shirt and my jeans had wet spots where I'd accidentally roll into the canvas during the night.
I had to go to the bathroom during the night, so you can imagine how uncomfortable it was in the wild and in the rain trying to take care of business.
Overall, I'd say I may have slept two hours that night, and then we had the long trek back to camp the next morning. I think once we got back, I slept the rest of the day and missed both lunch and dinner back at camp.
Ugh! Never again.
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Well, I have sheets and towels in the dryer that I need to tend to, and then I'll think about fixing some lunch.
WBBL.
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Happiest of birthdays, Adianna! If I knew how to do those dancing letters things I would! I hope you have a wonderful day of fun planned!
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Good Morning!
I'm up... I'm up... And...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR ADRIANA PATTI!!!!!
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DR George, thanks for the JCSS report, and the pictures!
I remember when I saw the movie thinking that Neeley was the tinest Jesus I'd ever seen. That's great to hear that he's a ncie guy. I'd like to see the production. I love the music but have never seen it staged, apart from a local church.
I'm sure Ted's feet were fresh as a daisy, thanks to you!
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In other news, I had a very good night's sleep. In fact, I think I may have overslept, but, heck, it's Saturday, so...
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After seeing shows on BROADWAY, I think I'd let the tour show go to someone else, since you gave away the ticket.
But, if they offer it back.....
My thoughts, exactly!
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Off to work....with my unfavorite helper.
Awwww...don't talk about your handsome black kitty like that!
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Regarding yesterday's topic, I listened to " A Wonderful Guy" and "Marlene Ver Planck loves Johnny Mercer."
For today's topic, I don't do camping. The last time I went camping I was 15 (after the earth had cooled). I didn't want to be with my family, so I slept in the van and read the biographies of Jean Harlow and Rudolph Valentino by flashlight and Colemena lantern. I like walking in the woods and exploring but not the rest. Who knows, I might have liked it more if I'd been with someone other than my family. But at 15 they were the last people I wanted to be with 24 hours a day for 2 weeks!
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DR FJL - Hmm... 5:30... Hmm... There are a couple of things that I should/need to get done today, so... Hmm...
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Good morning, all! Last night it took me three hours to copy two parts of the chart for Liz Callaway, and my goal is to be finished with it by Wednesday.
DR Elmore, do you use computer programs for copying parts? If so which one?
I put myself through college as a copyist and suffered what we can to call "monk neck" many times, from staying in a cramped position for hours, transposing and copying with india ink to vellum paper.
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Today is also the birthday of Benjamin Clark, Narrator and Professor Leder of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. I send him my wishes for a happy day as well.
Happy birthday to Benjamin, wherever you are. A great performance!
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DR edisaurus - As for dinner this coming Wednesday (!!:)!!), could we move our meeting/supping time back by about 15 minutes or so? I just received an invitation to the "President's Reception" that night at 9:30, and there was a personal message from the current SETC president welcoming me back this year (since I missed the past two years), and requesting my presence at said reception. So, I guess I should show up for that. It's being held at the hotel, so it's all close by. Is that OK?
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Good morning and thank you all for the sweet birthday greetings!
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Break a leg tonight DR CILLA LIZ. Remember that every moment tonight at least one person in the audience will be looking at YOU!!!
Actually it's this afternoon, but with everything I've heard happens in this show, I doubt anyone will be looking at me!
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I have a favorite hike nearby, but after the past two years of virutally no exercise (and the figure to prove it!) I would really have to work up to it again. Part of it is solid rock and you have to use ropes to scale it. But it's a very rewarding view at the top of Little Kennesaw Mountain. One time we saw a flock of bluebirds, dozens of them. Very exciting! I am also surprised that you can find cacti on top of our mountain, although you don't see them growing wild any other places around Marietta. Guess it's a microclimate that's just perfect for them.
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Happy birthday to BJ too , I shall have to give him a call today.
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Why am I awake?
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I used to camp with my parents and have done it once or twice as an adult, but it always strikes me as so much WORK! I'd rather just do a day hike and not have to lug a lot of stuff around.
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Blue skies, smiling at me, and I'm smiling right back - or something resembling a smile, since I just got up.
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François, I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for Miss Ann Coulter.
You should see the documentary "And God Spoke". There are some very funny moments between Coulter and Al Franken!
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I have a distant memory of camping - once - cannot remember anything about it - not who I was with or who took me or anything but the following - trout, and a cabin of some sort. Oh, and that I hated every minute of it.
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Good morning Bruce (:
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DR edisaurus - As for dinner this coming Wednesday (!!:)!!), could we move our meeting/supping time back by about 15 minutes or so? I just received an invitation to the "President's Reception" that night at 9:30, and there was a personal message from the current SETC president welcoming me back this year (since I missed the past two years), and requesting my presence at said reception. So, I guess I should show up for that. It's being held at the hotel, so it's all close by. Is that OK?
Sure! You mean, pick you up at 6:45 instead of 7, or pick you up at 7:15? That's really a nice honor to be personally invited!
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DR Miss Patti !
TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY...(the Beatles' birthday song popped into my head)
Hope you have a good time....
Happy BD and many, many more!
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This morning, I looked out my kitchen window and this is what I saw. What is it, you ask? Somewhere in there is a squirrel enjoying the end of a whole grain baguette that DH Richard threw out yesterday. Great camouflage!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
My parents would take me and three younger brothers camping quite regularly when we were kids. Most of the time, the camping would consist of heading out to Solomons Island, MD, setting up a tent on the base there for the weekend in order for my father and his friends to go crabbing and fishing for the weekend. Thankfully(!), since we were on a military base, there were proper bathroom and shower facilities. However, we still cooked everything over a campfire or grill, and we did sleep in tents.
When we lived in Virginia the first time, the woman who used to babysit us had a place up in Harpers Ferry, WV. She would offer it to my parents if they wanted to get away for the weekend. So, my parents would usually stay in the motor home, while my brothers and I would stay in a tent a couple hundred yards from the motor home. Of course, there were those night when we would move the tent closer to the motor home if there were bears spotted in the area - and there usually were, so... -I still vividly remember the shadow of a family of bears standing outside our tent one night - mama, papa, and two baby bears. Thankfully, our baby-sitter - Mrs. Fischer, a wonderful woman who had grown up in Harpers Ferry - told us how to deal with the bears - which was basically to remain still and quiet. ;) -But she also told us that she had never come across a "mean bear" in all her time living out there, and that as long as we didn't keep any food in the tent... -And since the motor home was in sight of the tent and vice versa, there was always someone in ear and eye shot of us, plus the light from the motor home helping to keep things not totally in the dark.
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Favorite camping memory -- went on a 2-week canoe trip down the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country of Texas (beautiful) when I was a sophomore in high school. 14 teens and a couple of chaperones -- met some of my favorite people in the world on that one. I couldn't rough it that long now, but as a teen it was the greatest experience. ...now I'm gonna be thinking about Mark and Hank all day...and the rest of that crazy crew...good times...
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Hmmm.. So, my parents slept in the motor home while my brothers and I slept in the tent... With the bears outside... Hmm...
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One for Hank and Mark for getting us to page 4!
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How exciting DR Jose.
I once had some wolf cubs come up and eat pancakes with me, but my father chased them away before the mother (the cubs or mine) could find out.
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Sure! You mean, pick you up at 6:45 instead of 7, or pick you up at 7:15? That's really a nice honor to be personally invited!
Let's say 6:45 if that works for you (and the traffic). I just want to make sure we don't feel rushed during dinner. I want to have plenty of time to give you all the dirt on tell you about all the wonderful DRs here on HHW.
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Happy Birthday, DR Adriana!! And much cake!
and don't forget, tons of ice cream! ... and balloons and party hats!
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mmmmm....food cooked over a fire....one of the best things in the world!
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Today I am going to a Big Sit. Instead of a bird walk, is is a bird sit. You set up your chair, and you list everything you see from your spot.
No more 2-week canoe trips for me, but this -- a Big Sit -- I could handle.
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My cousins called me this morning to sing my happy birthday, and then they began singing the rock-a-byes from the party animals...including the dialouge at the beginning! It was sooo cute!!!
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Hmm... While I was at Grand Central the other day, I stopped in to the Grand Central Market - a really fun place to check out - and picked up some coffee from Oren's. I just brewed a pot of their NYC Blend - that's some good cofffee!
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mmmmm....food cooked over a fire....one of the best things in the world!
It's all about the marshmallows and the s'mores!
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Off to go spend some of my birthday money. Later eveyone and thank you again.
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(When I was very young, roughing it meant no Fire)
der Brucer
Talk about Cro-Magnon (even I had fire) -- hey, you can be on my Cave Babe TV show -- enacting all the ways to use a tent...
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Good Morning, Miss Patti. Is that the sequel to Good Morning, Miss Dove?
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I bet perky Miss Karen will be a star!
der Brucer
You can bet your booties, Grandpaw! "Got Pole?" -- but my T-shirt is metallic copper (pink ain't in my palate)...
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Let's say 6:45 if that works for you (and the traffic).
Traffic should be fine at that time, so that works for me!
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It's all about the marshmallows and the s'mores!
Ohhh, yeaah! Now, you're talking DR Jose ... hmmmm.. melted chocolate and melted marshmellows..hmmm... together
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Jose-Golden or not, the caviar doesn’t appeal to me. I appreciate all the details.
Cilla-I have been enjoying reading about your adventures.
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Hmm... And the crazy weather pattern continues...
Right now, it's bright and sunny outside, and it's supposed to get in the mid-50s this afternoon - if it hasn't already. And then tonight there's a possibility of flurries. Hmm... And next week looks likes a combo of sun, flurries and rain too. *Including some light flurries Wednesday morning - which I fly down to Atlanta. -I hope the flurries stay light.
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Hmm... While I was at Grand Central the other day, I stopped in to the Grand Central Market - a really fun place to check out - and picked up some coffee from Oren's. I just brewed a pot of their NYC Blend - that's some good cofffee!
I've never been to Grand Central Market...good to know! Do you buy whole beans or ground? (I figure someone who makes their own tobiko is a whole bean kind of guy!)
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Good Morning, Miss Patti. Is that the sequel to Good Morning, Miss Dove?
Whenever I had my mom as a substitute teacher, I would always walk into class and say "Good Morning, Miss Dove"!
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Ooohhh... And I just checked the 10-day forecast for Atlanta.... :) -Of course, I'll be spending 12-14 hours in the convention center... But at least I'll know the sun will be shining outside the audition room.
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From DERBRUCER
The bill does not benefit illegal immigrants - it applies only to children born in the USA. (No one has yet made a successful effort to discriminate against native born Americans based on their parents' residency status.)
Right, that bill didn’t get passed. Okay, so now that new bill proposed goes way beyond asinine. ::)
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No time to stay and play today (this site is addictive) so it's up to you troops to get bk to whichever page he asks about...Oh, DR Dingdaw I was just funnin' with ya yesterday -- post away, that's what makes this site so fun -- all the different meanings these clever, crazy folks can find within the most innocent of posts...well, maybe not always so innocent...
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Sherlock & I are off to his training class, both of us limping. We will have to take it easy. I don’t know what he did, I have been limping since I got the worst blister, on my heel, I have ever had while hiking after the big snow storm. My daily hikes with Sherlock have only made it worse.
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Hmm... And the crazy weather pattern continues...
Right now, it's bright and sunny outside, and it's supposed to get in the mid-50s this afternoon - if it hasn't already. And then tonight there's a possibility of flurries. Hmm... And next week looks likes a combo of sun, flurries and rain too. *Including some light flurries Wednesday morning - which I fly down to Atlanta. -I hope the flurries stay light.
I have ordered beautiful weather for your visit. It shall remain so until the time you leave.
I haz spoken.
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Ooohhh... And I just checked the 10-day forecast for Atlanta.... :) -Of course, I'll be spending 12-14 hours in the convention center... But at least I'll know the sun will be shining outside the audition room.
DR Jose will be sneaking me into the auditions on Saturday. I can't wait!!
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Jose-Golden or not, the caviar doesn’t appeal to me. I appreciate all the details.
and your photos -- I'm still smiling about the "Holy Grail (good one DR Edi) With Snacks"
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I've never been to Grand Central Market...good to know! Do you buy whole beans or ground? (I figure someone who makes their own tobiko is a whole bean kind of guy!)
Normally, I buy whole beans and grind them here, but for some unknown reason, I asked for them to be ground there. ??? I told the guy that I had a standard paper-filter drip coffee maker, but it looks like he gave me an espresso-grind - it looks a bit too fine to me. But I only bought a 1/2 pound, so no biggie.
Grand Central Market is actually a bunch of little markets, food stands set up in one long "hallway". Meat and fish vendors, bakeries, cheese (Murry's set up shop there), chocolates (Li-Lac), and Penzey's Spices(!!!!) even set up a retail stall there. It's a great place just to go into and marvel at. Yes, it's always quite busy, but I think that's part of it's charm. *And the one "chandelier" composed of crystals hanging off an upside down tree-top is quite a sight to behold.
Grand Central Market (http://grandcentralterminal.com/pages/getpage.aspx?id=DE7F2669-D287-458A-BFD9-0B288C75E97C)
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DR Jose will be sneaking me into the auditions on Saturday. I can't wait!!
No need to sneak you in actually. The head of SETCs went ahead and set you up with a Badge/Pass for the Convention. -This way you could come and go as you please/need. -And this way I wouldn't have to escort you in and out of the audition room. So... *And I believe with the Badge/Pass you'll have access to the Exhibit Hall (lots of free stuff!), the convention workshops, and even the keynote speakers, if you so desire - and had the time.
*Just keep in mind, they prefer that people only leave the audtion room - well, ballroom - between each group of 25 auditionees. So, you'll be "stuck" in there for at least 45-50 minutes. ;)
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...And there are no commercial breaks.
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...And no Ryan Seacrest. ;D
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*Just keep in mind, they prefer that people only leave the audtion room - well, ballroom - between each group of 25 auditionees. So, you'll be "stuck" in there for at least 45-50 minutes. ;)
At least there will be no need for my "Stadium Pal"®! ;D
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Happiest of birthdays, Adianna! If I knew how to do those dancing letters things I would! I hope you have a wonderful day of fun planned!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happiest of birthdays, Adriana!
From Edisaurus[/move]
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...and my jeans had wet spots where I'd accidentally...
You were how old?
Did they write an Oops Report :D
der Brucer
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...the tinest Jesus I'd ever seen.
A shame, Jesus should be gold or silver.
der Brucer
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Well... I think I'm gonna take care of a few things around here, and then head out for a bit while the sun is still out.
Laters...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR ADRIANA! May you have a lovely day.
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A shame, Jesus should be gold or silver.
This is why I am never asked to type in the end credits for films.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happiest of birthdays, Adriana!
From Edisaurus[/move]
Thank you, Der B! Even thought I edit on computers, other technical things still escape me!
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-- hey, you can be on my Cave Babe TV show -- enacting all the ways to use a tent...
We's get better ratings if I enacted all the ways to use a Caveperson ::)
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Today on TCM is the last day of "31 Days of Oscar". Today they are focusing on editing, and all the films are nominees or winners in the editing category.
Currently: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
It's fun to see it again after doing promos for the new one a few weeks ago.
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LOL DR EDISAURUS - Merlin is my helper in the battle.
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and suffered what we can to call "monk neck" many times, from staying in a cramped position for hours, transposing and copying with india ink to vellum paper.
Didn't I see you in a Xerox commercial?
der Brucer
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I used to camp with my parents and have done it once or twice as an adult...
Oh I suspect you've camped more than once or twice....
spill it Amy!
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When I was in High School - this was the subject of Fantasy Fiction - and now....
Reuters (http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/spacecraft-snaps-new-views-of-saturn/20070302165409990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
Spacecraft Snaps New Views of Saturn
LOS ANGELES (March 1) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has snapped never-before-seen images of Saturn showing the planet from perspectives above and below its ring system, the national space agency said on Thursday.
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/07/01/20070302161009990017)
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/00/02/20070302213209990001)
(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/08/05/20070302162109990020)
der Brucer
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- Merlin is my helper in the battle.
And Jack is my helper in the bottle.
der Brucer
When Jack is busy, Johnny saves the day
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Just got through doing a lovelier than lovely one hour interview with an author who's doing a book about people who guest-starred on lots of shows. And I'm happy to say I was at the top of his list, because I did all his favorites. I gave him tons of great stories and it was really fun.
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Will we never get to page six?
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This is why I am never asked to type in the end credits for films.
Oh Lordy...."Finis" with a "p"!
der Brucer
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Will we never get to page six?
Maybe if we talked about PennyO's porno tastes:
LB PressTelegram (http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_5333809)
(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site210/2007/0301/20070301_071715_BW_PL02-TANNHAUSER1+PC14NFR.jpg)
Partial nudity and simulated sex distract from wagner masterpiece
By John Farrell, Special to the Press-Telegram
WAGNER NEVER quite finished with his opera "Tannhauser."
It exists in several versions, and he was planning to return to it again, to perfect it, shortly before his death.
There are many who believe that it didn't need fixing. It begins with one of the composer's most celebrated, and powerful, overtures, and the philosophical terrain it explores - the clash between profane and pure love - was to become Wagner's central theme through almost all his operas.
That clash can hardly ever have been more profoundly, and more shockingly, expressed than in the new version of "Tannhauser" that opened Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It is the company's first production of the opera.
Sex - profane love if you are writing a textbook - has always been a part of opera, its driving dramatic force. It was expressed figuratively in early operas and more forthrightly in later ones. Now, in the 21st century, seeing the sex act itself on stage is hardly a surprise.
As audiences have become more adult, directors have decided to get their lovers into bed, naked and in compromising positions, more and more often. (It must be admitted, though, that there is still some squeamishness. It is only the young, slim and physically alluring who undress. The opera world is still not ready for sex between mature, and heavier, stars.)
Los Angeles Opera's "Tannhauser" is what is called the Paris version, where the overture is blended into the first act and there is a longer, originally balletic, bacchanal. Parisian audiences insisted on this. Those who prefer the wonderful original overture may object, but the idea works dramatically.
Instead of dance, though, director Ian Judge has decided to create, unambiguously, the sexual frenzy that Wagner's music implies. The stage, lit bright red, features Venus (Lioba Braun) and Tannhauser (Peter Seiffert) and about two dozen dancers, the men in red tailcoats, the women in red ball gowns.
Before long a lot of undressing starts and everyone, except Venus and Tannhauser, is naked (save for G-strings and discreetly hidden red shorts), with couples locked in athletic sexual positions. Male-on-male sex was also part of the eight to 10 acts of coupling proceeding all at once. The only persons who heard Venus' singing in the scene were listening with their eyes closed.
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der Brucer
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Howard Dean Demands GOP Candidates Denounce Ann Coulter for Referring to John Edwards as a 'Faggot' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256239,00.html)
Well, I guess you can print what you shouldn't say.
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You mean the Mouth That Roared:
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2166738/27551743.jpg)
der Brucer
Does this mean you don't like her? :)
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For today's topic, I don't do camping. The last time I went camping I was 15 (after the earth had cooled). I didn't want to be with my family, so I slept in the van and read the biographies of Jean Harlow and Rudolph Valentino by flashlight and Colemena lantern. I like walking in the woods and exploring but not the rest. Who knows, I might have liked it more if I'd been with someone other than my family. But at 15 they were the last people I wanted to be with 24 hours a day for 2 weeks!
Hello, DR KERRY!
I quite like your anti-camping story of you curled up in the van, reading about Harlow and Valentino by flashlight and lantern. Thanks for the telling.
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Back from a jog. Difficult, of course, but managed the full distance. It helps to have a book on my mind and also that it's a beautifully beautiful day.
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I used to camp with my parents and have done it once or twice as an adult, but it always strikes me as so much WORK! I'd rather just do a day hike and not have to lug a lot of stuff around.
CONCUR COMPLETELY!!!
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YOU GO, GIRL!
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-03/28201638.jpg)
'Buffy' creator Joss Whedon has the heroine returning for a comics-style Season 8 (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-whedon4mar04,1,1606558.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews)
der Brucer
Buffy Meets Ann Colter!!!!!!
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Does this mean you don't like her? :)
No, it means I know my audience ;)
der Brucer
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Homicidal is one of my favorite William Castle "movies" - I can't quite call his creations "films" - and it also has Glenn Corbett and Richard Rust.
Jean Arless has the tiniest waist EVER in the movies - and while I didn't have it figured out by the end - i knew something wasn't right with Warren....something was pretty creepy about that guy...AND his new wife.
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I fell like I am in a bottle or a Battle today. Lots of people looking and buying a little here and there.
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Good Afternoon!
I'm still here...
I started a little bit of this, then a little bit of that... Then about an hour or so later...
I'm still here.
However, I still do see some sunlight outside, so...
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Oh...
Laters...
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TOD:
I can see that most H/Ks aren't exactly lovers of camping. I'm not, either, although I did go backpacking once in the Sierras and I enjoyed it. I think that one trip completely satisfied any desire I had for such an experience.
Several times I drove up to Yosemite, but stayed in a comfy cabin. Much more my sort of thing. I love the scenery and I even saw a bear--that was the highlight of the trip.
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I used to enjoy a certain amount of hiking, but now walks are just fine.
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François, I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for Miss Ann Coulter.
A place in hell?
Golly, she's HELL herself! She's already there!
I don't know but , here, she would NOT get away with what she said recently! You know, the "F." insult! You'd think you're back to the sixties in the U.S.! Well, maybe you are!
A political analyst?! My *rse! She's ugly inside and out and... we should not even waste our time talking about her!
She has to be a VERY unhappy person!
Pardon me when I go vomit on the ground!
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TOD:
I can see that most H/Ks aren't exactly lovers of camping.
Don't forget there may be others like me who have spent years with summer week-ends dedicated to the wonderful outdoors - but can't share the tales of joy 8)
der Brucer
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However, I still do see some sunlight outside, so...
...like most men who dress in black and haunt the pits at night, you must retire and await the sunset :D
der Brucer
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Here's a riding story that I don't think BK has ever heard. When I was in high school, my friend Lulu (Lolo in KRITZER TIME) wanted to go horseback riding. I don't think she'd ever been on a horse, but I certainly had; I'd had riding lessons as a little tyke. She didn't have any serious problems with her horse, surprisingly. But I soon had a problem: I was wearing a pair of stretch denim jeans, which started to split at the seams. And split, and split, and split. There was really nothing I could do to stop them. We were riding along a freeway, no less. All I could do was ride back to where we started, return the horse, and get into Lulu's car. We both had a nice ride (aside from my profound embarrassment), and fortunately, we got back home without incident (unusual given I was with Lulu). Of course, I felt quite mortified at the time.
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Don't forget there may be others like me who have spent years with summer week-ends dedicated to the wonderful outdoors - but can't share the tales of joy 8)
der Brucer
Ah, yes, but was that strictly camping? OK, we'll say that DER BRUCER loved his camping. Happy?
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Of course, I felt quite mortified at the time.
Yeah - sure...that's what that Godiva woman said!
der Brucer
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Ah, yes, but was that strictly camping?
Well, occasionally some discipline was involved :-X
der Brucer
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIANA
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TOTD: All memories of such times are repressed.
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camping and hiking = outdoors = snakes
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Yeah - sure...that's what that Godiva woman said!
der Brucer
Despite my thespian tendencies, I was rather shy in high school. Lulu was the one who loved attention. BK can back me up there--he even mentioned that in KRITZER TIME. Now, if it had been Lulu's pants that had split, I might have been suspicious! That girl would do anything!
(Lulu, you're not one of our HHW lurkers, are you?? No, Lulu wouldn't lurk for long. She'd be here, front and center!)
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We had a Lulu for a while.
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Hi, Bruce! We're talking about Lulu. (Or I was.)
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I had a fun time backpacking in high school. I recently found my little box of memorabilia. I picked up a little something every time the Hiking Club went on a hike. I thought about decluttering it, but I decided that it took up so little room that it was ok to keep. It sits on my dresser.
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We had a Lulu for a while.
What was your Lulu like? and was Lulu her real name?
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I've done a few errands, and have written close to two pages. I've got to go out again in a little while, and then I'll spend the rest of the afternoon writing.
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A few minutes ago, I was doing yardwork in the front yard, and this is what I saw:
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Was she on HHW?
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What was your Lulu like? and was Lulu her real name?
She was a nice lady. You can probably find her in the archives. I have no idea if Lulu was her real name.
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Bon anniversaire Miss Adriana!
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Howard Dean Demands GOP Candidates Denounce Ann Coulter for Referring to John Edwards as a 'Faggot' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256239,00.html)
Well, I guess you can print what you shouldn't say.
der Brucer
Well, the F word is with quotation marks because it's a quote, even though "she" said she could not say it (Well, she says "comments" and that insult does not count as "comments" in my book! What has that to do with a political analysis?) while saying it altogether! Which is a "clever" way of insulting cheaply people! But... she's a "political analyst" and, of course, there's "anal" in "analyst"!
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We had a Lulu for a while.
Yeah! She was back in town... to do some "camp"... or is it camping? Could not say!
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Hin all, back for a few minutes before I head over to Fred and Skip's place.
SPRING AWAKENING....I can't say that I loved it. Being on stage was fun, I don't feel like I missed anything and my seat was in a place where the seat in front of me was often occupied by a cast member, the seat behind me was a cast member and two seats down from me was a cast member. So when they were singing harmony it was really a pleasant experience.
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Duncan Sheik played the guitar for the performance, so he was about 6 feet from my chair.
Jonathan Groff cannot sing a line with out spewing out a raft of spit. I'm really not trying to be rude, but it got distracting after awhile and I was trying to find a time when he sang without seeing water droplets...didn't happen.
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I guess if I was in that teen/twenty range with the angst etc I would have liked it more. I enjoyed most of the songs. I can't say I'd go again. Now the girl sitting next to me was there for the 45th time. Of course she saw Urinetown 200 times and Wedding Singer 140 times, so... the funny thing is she said she had never talked to cast members and has never stood by a stage door because she isn't that sort of person...interesting
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Sorry for being E&T... Mother nature has wreaked havoc with the phonelines up here...
Cilla, how much snow did you get?
Nearly a foot here.
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So, with that in mind, I will tell you all I'm going to Curtains after dinner. I want to see it with the last round of changes. The guy at the box office told me they are working on trimming another 15 minutes before opening. I decided since I've seen it as it's been taking shape I'd see it one more time. With all the changes in my job coming up, I don't expect to be traveling for fun any time soon. So what the hell.
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Happy Birthday to Adriana Patti and I hope you have a lovely day filled with freinds and surprises!
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Have fun Cilla!
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Dakota, I'm in New York. I don't know if I can make it home, they had about 18 inches and 30-50 mile per hour winds for 2-3 days. Last I heard the interstate I need to drive to get home is closed, but people are driving it, at your own risk and if you go in the ditch there is no telling how long it will be before someone comes to get you
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For those who knew about my presentation this past Thursday, it went quite well with many questions. I did a presentation on computer-mediated communites. They include message boards, chat rooms and fansites.
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Dakota, I'm in New York. I don't know if I can make it home, they had about 18 inches and 30-50 mile per hour winds for 2-3 days. Last I heard the interstate I need to drive to get home is closed, but people are driving it, at your own risk and if you go in the ditch there is no telling how long it will be before someone comes to get you
Very true about the ditch... They just reopened I-29 and parts of I-94 this afternoon and they have been closed since Thursday afternoon. I have heard that further south they got a lot more snow than we did. I have heard as much as three feet in part of MN and SD
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Cilla, give my regards to NYC!
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THe REd River Valley of the NOrth and parts of Western Minnesota got off easy compared to parts of MN and ND. Near Jamestown and Valley City they had two feet.
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I'm glad to hear your presentation went well, DakotaCelt.
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Did you pretend they were all in their underpants?
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DR Cillaliz - Thanks for sharing your NYC adventures with us. I'm glad you've totally immersed yourself in Curtains! Say HI to Fred & Skip and pat Toby & Dylan for me. Have you made any decisions about trying to get home?
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DR DakotaCelt - congratulations on your presentation. Did you include HHW as an example?
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Hi Cilla. See you soon.
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Althought my mother and I postponed our shopping trip until Monday (she didn't want to go out in the cold/snow/wind), DH Richard and I did go out to the mall for a while. It's so pitiful - many of the stores have closed or are in the process of closing. The mall was just sold to a new developer, who made lots of noise about a total re-do and has now backed off.
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Seeing how some of you are buried under snow, I will not mention the beautiful Arizona spring day here. I wouldn't want to brag.
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Did you pretend they were all in their underpants?
THe guys in underpants and the women in bikinis!
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DR DakotaCelt - congratulations on your presentation. Did you include HHW as an example?
Of course!!! .... I was surprised to get on due to internet service and electricity being a bit wonky due to the weather.
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Seeing how some of you are buried under snow, I will not mention the beautiful Arizona spring day here. I wouldn't want to brag.
You could always package it and send it our way!
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I have no real interest in Spring Awakening. Cilla - you are obsessed with Curtains!!!
But not as obsessed as some girl who would go see Urinetown 200 times and The Wedding Singer 140 times - my bafflement comes from where does such a person get the MONEY to see a show that many times? And why would they WANT to? I mean, I saw A Chorus Line many times during its B'way run - like maybe ten.
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You could always package it and send it our way!
I'll send you some in July.
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Greetings to all-
TOD: I have some memories of camping with my family when I was young, and we lived near Los Angeles.
Now, the closest I get to camping is the DVD of the perpetual fireplace...you know, the one that some TV stations broadcast during the December holidays? Except that it's an indoor fireplace on the DVD, so it doesn't really count as a campfire. And it's not that interesting for repeated viewing. But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln...
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DR DAKOTA CELT glad your are surviving the Winter a Deux!
Who would have thought?
And congrats on your presentation.
OMG DR CILLALIZ - that girl went to Urinetown more often than I have played the Cast CD!!
Homicidal. I just wanted to say that again. It's one of my favorite titles for a movie.....Homicidal....say it out loud. People around you will wonder what you are thinking about.
And Homicidal Underpants would be a great musical!
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A girl came in today to buy a deck of tarot cards. She said she wanted the Canoli Deck and it took awhile to figure out that it was the Connelly Deck she wanted.
But she thinks she has the Canoli Deck.
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Gratuitous.
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Triple.
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Post.
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Getting us closer to..page...
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Jonathan Groff cannot sing a line with out spewing out a raft of spit. I'm really not trying to be rude, but it got distracting after awhile and I was trying to find a time when he sang without seeing water droplets...didn't happen.
Ewww. :P
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Only have a few minutes to post since I must leave in a minute to go feed my friend's dogs for the evening.
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For those who knew about my presentation this past Thursday, it went quite well with many questions. I did a presentation on computer-mediated communites. They include message boards, chat rooms and fansites.
Glad to hear the presentation went well, DAKOTA CELT. Who was your audience?
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to go feed my friend's dogs for the evening.
Will you be feeding each one individually, kibble by kibble? :)
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Duncan Sheik played the guitar for the performance, so he was about 6 feet from my chair.
Now that would be cool. :)
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I began the afternoon by finishing BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and weeping through the last 15 minutes rather copiously. Always gets to me.
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Next, I put in BONES and watched the season finale. I knew I couldn't start a movie this afternoon because I was expecting several phone calls, and didn't want to get engrossed in a movie I had never seen before.
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A girl came in today to buy a deck of tarot cards. She said she wanted the Canoli Deck and it took awhile to figure out that it was the Connelly Deck she wanted.
But she thinks she has the Canoli Deck.
Well, canoli can be quite delicious. Or is that a different spelling?
Where's DER B?
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE...DO THE POLINATE!!
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When I get back from my errand tending to the dogs, I'll watch FIRE ON THE PLAINS.
I see that POSEIDON is premiering on HBO-HD tonight. I will probably have the DVR record that since I didn't see it in theaters or rent it on DVD. Won't have time to watch it until probably tomorrow afternoon or evening.
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I must now be going. My sister is having the family over to her house for dinner in about an hour...even though I just ate. ::) So, I'll be there for the afternoon/evening. Have a good day, all! :D
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Gratuitous.
I see that DR SINGDAW is back. We/I must not have been too hard on him yesterday, after all.
Good to have you back, DR SINGDAW.
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I need to head out now for my mission.
WBBL.
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Post.
And already obsessed with posting!
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Good to have you back.
You are too kind. In fact, you're EVERY kind. And I mean that in a GOOD way!
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Post away, SINGDAW!
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You are too kind. In fact, you're EVERY kind. And I mean that in a GOOD way!
Thank you.
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Have you finished your review yet? :)
MISS KAREN will make sure you do, you know!
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Singdaw catches on fast!
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You are too kind. In fact, you're EVERY kind. And I mean that in a GOOD way!
We have lots of kinds here at HHW. Makes it interesting. Do you know we're called Hainsies/Kimlets or H/Ks?
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SINGDAW, you said yesterday that you have much of the Kritzerland catalog. Did you know BK from other venues? If not, how did you first learn about Kritzerland?
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You are too kind. In fact, you're EVERY kind.
Thank you "Victor, Victoria!" :D
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Singdaw catches on fast!
Yes, indeedy, he does! But he admitted lurking for a while before he joined us.
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Thank you "Victor, Victoria!" :D
I always liked that film.
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We have lots of kinds here at HHW. Makes it interesting. Do you know we're called Hainsies/Kimlets or H/Ks?
Yes, the creation of the one and only Tony Walton, of Broadway and movie fame, and friend of BK!
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Hainsies/Kimlets or H/Ks?
Ah...another mystery explained! Thank you. There ought to be a new members manual [and a free toaster!] for the newbies.
I can't review "X" yet because I haven't ordered it yet, and when I do, I'll be ordering the Shire disc at the same time, so I imagine BK will send them out together when the latter is ready in a few weeks.
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Singdaw catches on fast!
Better than catching on fire! ??? ;)
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Yes, indeedy, he does! But he admitted lurking for a while before he joined us.
Ooooh! That was HIM?!?!
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François, if you need something to listen to later this evening, I'm on Showtime this week. I'll be sending out an e-mail to the general list of people later but I saw you on and wanted to let you know. I'm almost 50 minutes into the show (near the end). I don't know when it will be up on Listen Again but you can check later this evening. It's my review of The Fantasticks.
Dinner is ready so I'm outta here.
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Did you know BK from other venues? If not, how did you first learn about Kritzerland?
No, don't know BK at all. Just knew OF him from purchasing most of his previous CD releases [from previous labels, as well]. And his occasional posts at All That Chat - one of which led me to the Oscar party here last week, which led to lurking, which led to...CRAZY ADDICTION!!!
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There are two tracks on the BRAIN CD that I have played over and over: Kevin's solo in the first act, and Mr. Clark's hilarious greeting and scolding (and singing) to the audience that opens the second act.
And Larry, your orchestrations are "the bomb" (to quote Randy Jackson from IDOL; I'm not much on modern hip talk, but I'm assumning that means magnificent.)
Aw, shucks, DR Matt H! What a kind thing to say. Thank you. I agree with you about BJ's act two opening tirade.
I am back from a very looooong day, and I still have band parts to copy tonight. I'll catch up and vanish.
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Ah...another mystery explained! Thank you. There ought to be a new members manual [and a free toaster!] for the newbies.
Yes. When you said you'd lurked a while I assumed you'd picked up our HHW terminology, but you really hadn't lurked that long.
The new members manual is the Kritzer trilogy. Best way to get to know BK and many of the little expressions he and we use. (WHAT??? You haven't READ it? Oh, of course, it'll arrive with your two CDs.)
Let's see, what else do we need to tell him?
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Going to dinner...back later, y'all!
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François, if you need something to listen to later this evening, I'm on Showtime this week. I'll be sending out an e-mail to the general list of people later but I saw you on and wanted to let you know. I'm almost 50 minutes into the show (near the end). I don't know when it will be up on Listen Again but you can check later this evening. It's my review of The Fantasticks.
Dinner is ready so I'm outta here.
Oh, thank you, thank you!
I also have to catch up on last night performance of the BBC Concert Orchestra (Friday Night Is Music Night!
Do you know when Ann Coulter's to star on Showtime?!
(I know! Bad joke!) ;)
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New page!
Let's do "The Riviera" for a change!
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No, don't know BK at all. Just knew OF him from purchasing most of his previous CD releases [from previous labels, as well]. And his occasional posts at All That Chat - one of which led me to the Oscar party here last week, which led to lurking, which led to...CRAZY ADDICTION!!!
Ah. Well, we all know about how addictive it is. We'll have to start HHW Anonymous. "Hello. My name is...and I'm totally addicted to HHW."
Others here have told me that they learned of BK that way, too. His CDs were just better than most.
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I'm now off to din-din myself. Have fun, HHW!
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DR Elmore, do you use computer programs for copying parts? If so which one?
I put myself through college as a copyist and suffered what we can to call "monk neck" many times, from staying in a cramped position for hours, transposing and copying with india ink to vellum paper.
DR edi, I use my hand. I do clear clean copy, I double check like mad so there are few errors. and I don't need to proof my work.
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Oh gosh i see i have a lot of pages to catch up on. 10 from last night, and now 9 more today! Yikes!
I will say that the parking gods were looking favorably on me today. My mom and i went to the hospital this afternoon to visit someone. Yesterday we had 30+ cms of snow. And the area where the hospital is located is horrible for removing snow.
They had not removed any snow from the parking spots. And the situation was quite dire. Many cars had 3+ feet of snow surrounding them. And those that were parked were all at weird angles with tons of snow around them. I don't do diagonal parking.
Anyhow we go there a lot and one of my favorite spots was empty (1 short block walk and at the corner of a street). IT did not have mounds of snow on it, just slushy. Although it wasn't quite long enough to park in.
So i took out my shovel and made the spot better. That only took like 10-15 minutes. And the spot was decent when i was done.
And when i got to the hospital i called my uncle (who was coming to the hospital later to visit). We agreed to leave when he was arriving. And we handed off the spot to him.
I felt so lucky.
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What was your Lulu like? and was Lulu her real name?
I always thought she might be a drag queen.
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DR edi, I use my hand.
That's what DR MBarnum has told us!! :o ;)
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I Use My Hand: The Larry Moore Story.
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I have written close to three pages but not quite three pages however if you add the fixes and little additions then it's three pages and has anyone noticed that I have not used one punctuation mark in this sentence
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I wish I had wept copiously during the last fifteen minutes of Brokeback Mountain, but I didn't. I wish I'd liked it more than I did. I'll give it another chance one of these days, but I found it very ordinary.
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Will we never get to page ten?
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The Birthday Girl will be here at five, so I suppose I could finish that third page - that seems to be what I'm doing these days - three pages a day, which is about twenty-one pages a week.
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I'm really hungry. Happily, birthday dinner is at six-thirty, so I don't have too long to wait.
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I thought that february sweeps were over? I thought everything was going to be repeats this week (tv). But i just looked at my tv guide and for tomorrow night i see:
Amazing race, grease, desperate housewives, brothers and sisters, apprentice. And here in canada nip/tuck and heroes.
Crazy.
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I Use My Hand: The Larry Moore Story.
BK just knocked this one of out of the park. When I read Lar's original post out loud to my mother, she immediately started laughing -- so she is definitely thinking like all of us other HHWers...
Secondly, the happiest of birthdays to our dear Adriana!!! Hope it's a wonderful one!
And last, but definitely not least, those vibes worked -- I got a call from San Diego Musical Theatre and they want to me come back and read for Ethan again for The Full Monty!!! The call back is on Wednesday, the 21st -- so I'll be calling for a buildup of vibes until then. :) Just thought I'd let all of you know - and of course I will keep you posted! Hee-hah!!!
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I don't really like camping that much, but we went quite often when i was little.
The most recent time i can remember going was when i was about 21. A boyfriend i had was very outdoorsy. And he wanted to go with another couple.
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I wish I had wept copiously during the last fifteen minutes of Brokeback Mountain, but I didn't. I wish I'd liked it more than I did. I'll give it another chance one of these days, but I found it very ordinary.
Very ordinary? VERY ORDINARY?
Ann Coulter IS very ordinary!
I'm sure that Mr Haines, who's a sensitive Guy, would disapprove!
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A wonderful birthday to the very beautiful and delightful DR Adrianna Patti!!! Perhaps you and BK and I can have lunch/dinner/breakfast when I visit in April.
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Will we never get to page ten?
Only time will tell, if it takes time to do so!
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I don't really like camping that much, but we went quite often when i was little.
A boyfriend i had was very outdoorsy. And he wanted to go with another couple.
Wow! that's VERY kinky! ;)
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And a wonderful happy birthday to DA (Dear Actor) Benjamin Clark who was not only wonderful in THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X, but is a fellow Oregonian!
If you happen to lurk here, then happy day to you!
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BK just knocked this one of out of the park. When I read Lar's original post out loud to my mother, she immediately started laughing -- so she is definitely thinking like all of us other HHWers...
Secondly, the happiest of birthdays to our dear Adriana!!! Hope it's a wonderful one!
And last, but definitely not least, those vibes worked -- I got a call from San Diego Musical Theatre and they want to me come back and read for Ethan again for The Full Monty!!! The call back is on Wednesday, the 21st -- so I'll be calling for a buildup of vibes until then. :) Just thought I'd let all of you know - and of course I will keep you posted! Hee-hah!!!
I hope you realize that should you get cast, you will probably find MusicGuy in the front row of every performance.
As for using my hand, it saves on batteries and I'm thrilled to bring such amusement to my loved ones.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY TO DR ADRIANA PATTI ! ! ! ! ![/move]
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IMPORTANT HHW NOTICE OF COMING EVENTS
A notice to Jane and Ginny and Jeanne and all the other Book Club mavens:
The times they are a-changin':
New York Times (http://coaches.aol.com/love-and-sex/feature/_a/pole-dancing-parties/20070226175309990001)I bet perky Miss Karen will be a star!
der Brucer
I slid down the pole at the fire station once. I was much younger then. I will stick with discussion groups. ;D
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When I was a kid we went camping all of the time...it was Ok some of the time, but I would have preferred to stay home and watch my Saturday afternoon monster movies.
As for hiking, that I have always loved it and still enjoy it.
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I Use My Hand: The Larry Moore Story.
Dear Esteemed BK -- oh yes..... you can make me pee myself with 8 simple little words.
And of course, it's even more delightful having had the great honor and fun of getting to know Larry a little out in L.A.
L'Chaim !!
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*Just keep in mind, they prefer that people only leave the audtion room - well, ballroom - between each group of 25 auditionees. So, you'll be "stuck" in there for at least 45-50 minutes. ;)
Poor Edi. ;D
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And last, but definitely not least, those vibes worked -- I got a call from San Diego Musical Theatre and they want to me come back and read for Ethan again for The Full Monty!!! The call back is on Wednesday, the 21st -- so I'll be calling for a buildup of vibes until then. :) Just thought I'd let all of you know - and of course I will keep you posted! Hee-hah!!!
DR Cason.... of course, I'll send mega-vibes out into the stratosphere for you. But, what will this do to our Paris vacation Boo-key ?? You know, it's not easy booking the QM II and reserving the whole top floor of the George V .......
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And we just may.....
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YEA..... A Page 10 dance for Boo-key's audition, and Elmo's hand !!
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TTFN ..... off to some evening stuff. hugs.... smacks.... etc.
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Ginny-The photo gallery on the Alpine site has some beautiful pics.
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I have no real interest in Spring Awakening. Cilla - you are obsessed with Curtains!!!
But not as obsessed as some girl who would go see Urinetown 200 times and The Wedding Singer 140 times - my bafflement comes from where does such a person get the MONEY to see a show that many times? And why would they WANT to? I mean, I saw A Chorus Line many times during its B'way run - like maybe ten.
I saw PIPPIN and A CHORUS LINE up to about twenty times each, but most of the visits were mostly through bumming off extra tickets from friends or theatre bus trips.
I can recall reading the posts on All That Chat written by kids who attended RENT at least twice a week! Talk about obsessed! Not to mention misguided.
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which led to...CRAZY ADDICTION!!!
:D :D :D
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I wish I had wept copiously during the last fifteen minutes of Brokeback Mountain, but I didn't. I wish I'd liked it more than I did. I'll give it another chance one of these days, but I found it very ordinary.
Keith & I felt had the same reaction.
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Jeanne Lulu was very nice and I miss her posting.
Dakota-Congrats on the presentation! I’m glad you weren’t sick again. I’m very happy we haven’t had anymore snow storms. I’m shocked we had a bit more than you did. Today was the first day in two weeks I could drive car on our road.
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Matt H. It seems too early for BONES to end its season.
Jennifer I’m impressed you carry a shovel in your car, many a time I have thought about it & wished I had carried through with the idea.
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A wonderful birthday to the very beautiful and delightful DR Adrianna Patti!!! Perhaps you and BK and I can have lunch/dinner/breakfast when I visit in April.
When in April? I have to make a short trip there in April. I don't know the details yet, though.
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See, Francois - I'm not the only one, re Brokeback. I didn't hate it, mind you, I just didn't find it anything other than ordinary and it never involved me emotionally.
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I have to make sure that no one else drives with me -- and I think that may happen. Other people get in my way when I want to sneak away for pancakes with BK.
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Let's see, what else do we need to tell him?
How about the secret HHW handshake?
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I love camping, though I haven't been out on a trip for about five years. What I really liked is the deep woods portaging I did a few times with friends, spending over half a day just to get in to a site and then back out again. When you are out that far, it's just amazing how quiet it is. And just as amazing is how a group of rowdy people will eventually become respectful of the quiet surroundings and begin to go about the day like monks on a silent sabbatical.
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How about the secret HHW handshake?
Don't ask DR Elmore about this one.
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Pancakes! I'm ready! Just tell me when!
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Miss Patti is here in her birthday suit.
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Get your minds out of the gutter.
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Will we never get to page eleven?
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DRLaura-When in April? We are going to L.A. mid April. If we can’t take Sherlock with us, and so far we can’t, our trip will be short. Just enough time to visit my brother, Keith’s mother & go to our 40th reunion activities.
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Cason-CONGRATULATIONS AND CONTINUED GOOD VIBES!!!
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I shall now get ready to be on my way to a birthday dinner.
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Have fun!
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Don't ask DR Elmore about this one.
Oops. ::)
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I have to be there April 13 at noon. I can maybe sneak out after the worship, maybe around 8 p.m. Then I'll have a meeting all day Saturday, April 14. Then leave on Sunday morning.
If I don't have anyone else in the car with me, then I can leave Sunday morning when I want to.
I will be in Santa Ana, wherever that is. Orange County, I hear.
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And it looks like I may have to make a one-day trip sometime. I don't know when. But I will probably fly.
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Monty vibes for DR CASON...
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Saturday night. There is a special on PBS here tonight about the "Soundies" perhaps we will see Ms Joi Lansing.
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...in her birthday suit....or close.
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Skip and I had a lovely four-course dinner with DR Cillaliz and Dear friends Julie and Milla. Cilla and Milla went off to see shows, and we're watching a design show with Julie.
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We started with a quiche lorraine as an appetizer, followed by salad grand ferme with homemade croutons, followed by a three-cheese pasta with red bell pepper sauce, and finished with red velvet cake with raspberries and blueberries.
The raspberries and blueberries made it all healthy. :)
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You will miss MBarnum. Our reunion is on the 14th, however, we will be in West L.A. & couldn’t go to Santa Ana. :(
Were do you normally enter California when you drive to Los Angles? For this event will you go through near San Diego?
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Good Evening!
...I hate it when I leave the house without my cell phone...
:-\
*Of course, in my pre-cellphone days, that "disconnected" feeling was never an issue. So, ah well...
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...And if I had had my cell phone on me then, I would have returned DR FJL's call earlier... although I don't think I would have made it time for dinner for dinner with the Corgis.
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Happy birthday, Dear Reader Adriana, who is 19 years old!
**Throwing confetti**
Have some Cherry Coke!
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Dear Esteemed BK -- oh yes..... you can make me pee myself with 8 simple little words.
**Starts filling out Oops! Report**
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FJL-Next time I’m in NY I want to go to your house for dinner. It sounds delicious, except for the raspberries.
Our home came with raspberry bushes & I have eaten more than enough to last a lifetime.
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See, Francois - I'm not the only one, re Brokeback. I didn't hate it, mind you, I just didn't find it anything other than ordinary and it never involved me emotionally.
Gee!
G*d forbid you'd be THE only one not to care for that movie! Well, it's sure is ordinary since it deals with cow-boys and nothing exciting happens to them at all, except that they fall in love (big deal), have to hide it from society (dull) marry and pretend to be "normal" (so what?!) and then one is killed because, so it seems, of his sexual orientation (Nothing to write home about! Happens everyday!)
I do believe it DOES help a lot if one is slightly"gay concerned" to be emotionally moved by the whole film and cry during the last minutes! "Straight" people might be more difficult to be "convinced"!
But that's alright! One can live without having to like that film!
We're not Miss Coulter! We're.... "tolerant"!
Just thought Hollywood had guts to produce such a film in our days and age!
Am I too verbose? :D
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And just for anyone's future reference... If you're roommate says it will be fun waiting in line for tickets to a taping of "Showtime At The Apollo" ... Well... I guess it would have been fun if there were still tickets left by the time we almost got to the theatre lobby... :-\
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Miss Patti is here in her birthday suit.
Ready to perform at the Opera I guess! ???
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...Apparently, they were giving out two tickets per person... So, the "smart people" at the front of the line brought their children with them - who, apparently, since the have "kid-friendly" nights, were also entitled to two tickets (per person). In any case... We did have a sort of fun time waiting along 125th Street.
*And my roommate bought me dinner at Manna's, so that was nice. And the peach cobbler was very good today. -You betcha I ordered dessert!
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OK - Time to catch up on posts...
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Get your minds out of the gutter.
"I want ot be a lady in a flow'r shop..."
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Today, DB (Dear Bloog) and I buried three Slinkies on the playground. I wonder how long before all three of them are dug up.
We also buried two keys that go to the swimming pool and a mailbox at an apartment complex Bloog used to live at. Lately, Brody has been looking for the key to fit the lock on the gate so he can "get out of here." He was convinced that the key I keep on my shoe (so I don't lose it) went to the gate. He kept asking me for my key, so I let him use it. He was shocked when it didn't open the gate. Now he and his accomplices think that the key in Brandon's dad's car will open the gate.
We buried one key right next to the gate and the other in Brody's favorite digging spot. Now let's see how long before he digs them up and tries to escape again.
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Oh, and I HATE camping! I hate it! If I knew how to get the italics and bolding thingies on this here message board to work, I would be using them right now.
I HATE CAMPING!!
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DR SANDRA HATES CAMPING!![/i][/size]
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Little known fact, Bernstein's song cycle, "I Hate Music" was originally titled "I Hate Camping"... But then after "meeting" DR DerBrucer on a weekend outing... Well... You get the picture...
;D
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Thank you.
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DR FJL - Thank you for your phone call and dinner invite. And I'm sorry for my quasi-R.S.V.P. here on the site. Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all.
-And if you happen to have any cake left, I could always come by tomorrow for afternoon tea. :)
Btw, where did you get the cake from? Or did Skip bake?
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Thank you.
You're most welcome.
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Little known fact, Bernstein's song cycle, "I Hate Music" was originally titled "I Hate Camping"... But then after "meeting" DR DerBrucer on a weekend outing... Well... You get the picture...
;D
IT'S THE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN SYNDROME!!
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DR Cillalliz - Ah, yes, Mr. Groff's spittle. Some nights it's bad, some nights it's really bad. A friend of mine got spit on when he saw the show - and he was sitting in the fifth row!
I've always wondered if that's something that voice teachers and coaches - and even conductors - ever try to teach/prevent. There are a couple of spitters out there, including my beloved Hugh Panaro. -And since most of Lestat was dimly lit, any time he spit, it always caught the light. Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood and The Secret Garden.
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DR Cillalliz - Ah, yes, Mr. Groff's spittle. Some nights it's bad, some nights it's really bad. A friend of mine got spit on when he saw the show - and he was sitting in the fifth row!
I've always wondered if that's something that voice teachers and coaches - and even conductors - ever try to teach/prevent. There are a couple of spitters out there, including my beloved Hugh Panaro. -And since most of Lestat was dimly lit, any time he spit, it always caught the light. Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood and The Secret Garden.
Is that why there's a spit orchestra?!
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In any case...
Spring Awakening is what it is. I'd have to say I was more taken with the whole "experience" of it, rather than the piece itself. -And from a musical standpoint, Kim Grigsby has done some wonderful vocal work with that cast.
And, frankly, I think the finale seems kind of extraneous.
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Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood
Yes, they had to call the show "Drool" because of that, which he did not find that drole! ;)
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In any case...
Spring Awakening is what it is. I'd have to say I was more taken with the whole "experience" of it, rather than the piece itself. -And from a musical standpoint, Kim Grigsby has done some wonderful vocal work with that cast.
And, frankly, I think the finale seems kind of extraneous.
You mean Spit Awakening of course!
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When in April? I have to make a short trip there in April. I don't know the details yet, though.
DearReaderLaura,
I am going to attend the Ray Courts Show in April which runs the 27th and 28th. So will probably come down the 26th and leave the 29th.
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Is that why there's a spit orchestra?!
Well... that's why some pit players play with baseball caps.
*Actually, they usually were ballcaps if the sound designer chooses to mount the mics on the brim of the cap. -At least for the violins and violas.
And during the original run of Les Miz there was so much stuff rolling into the pit - including actors! - that they started putting netting over the pit. Alas, when Nell Carter lost her balance in DC on stage at the National Theatre in DC during one of the runs of Ain't Misbehavin', there was no net...
:o
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Hmm... Now I want cake!
Harrumph!
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DR Cason - Congrats on the callback!
Note to self: Call San Diego Music Theatre on Monday to see if they need an assistant MD or keyboard player. ;)
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DR MusicGuy - Well, I'd love a trip on the QMII... and the top floor of the George V....
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LOL François. Granted the script was out of the ordinary, it was the delivery that seemed ordinary to me. I thought Jake Gyllenhaal did a great job & should have been nominated for best actor, more so than Heath Ledger. I could feel his anguish & think the film might have been improved by focusing more on his character.
It is great the movie industry dealt with this subject. When we saw FAR FROM HEAVEN we walked away wishing it had focused more on the Dennis Quaid character & what he was going through.
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Well... that's why some pit players play with baseball caps.
*Actually, they usually were ballcaps if the sound designer chooses to mount the mics on the brim of the cap. -At least for the violins and violas.
And during the original run of Les Miz there was so much stuff rolling into the pit - including actors! - that they started putting netting over the pit. Alas, when Nell Carter lost her balance in DC on stage at the National Theatre in DC during one of the runs of Ain't Misbehavin', there was no net...
:o
Same thing happened in a performance I saw of "No, No, No Net!"
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DR Sandra- ;D
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LOL François. Granted the script was out of the ordinary, it was the delivery that seemed ordinary to me. I thought Jake Gyllenhaal did a great job & should have been nominated for best actor, more so than Heath Ledger. I could feel his anguish & think the film might have been improved by focusing more on his character.
It is great the movie industry dealt with this subject. When we saw FAR FROM HEAVEN we walked away wishing it had focused more on the Dennis Quaid character & what he was going through.
I totally agree with you on all levels! I think Gyllenhaal should have been nominated for best actor! On the other hand, Ledger's character's is much more difficult to portray. I even felt for his wife, who, in the movie, happens to be his real wife too! The last scenes have wonderful acting and heartbreaking emotion (to me) conveyed by the actors playing "Gyllenhaal's" parents!
Far From Heaven is plain terrific!
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DR MusicGuy - Well, I'd love a trip on the QMII... and the top floor of the George V....
Vice versa is not possible! ;)
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LOL-It was easy for me to feel for his wife, both wives. In a perfect world marriages like those in both films would no longer need to exist.
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Oh! We forgot to dance!
A Square Dance.... because I'm old but very openminded!
Where are Spin and Marty? At The Triple R.?
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The Sundance Channel has begun the third season of SLINGS & ARROWS. I missed the first episode and tonight was a repeat of the second. This year the main play is KING LEAR, which has parallels to my two brothers and me, and the star playing Lear is dying from cancer with 2-3 months to live. It's a very moving story line. The actor playing Lear is William Hutt, who has been a major star for the Stratford Festival in Ontario for the past 40 years. The other play in production is a musical about a Canadian crack whore directed by the companies avant garde director, played by one of the writers of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. What a great series! If you haven't seen this series, Seasons 1 & 2 are now on DVD and you shouldn't miss them.
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Speaking of old, I’m reading about the latest identity theft in my AARP magazine (for folks 50 & older) .
Elmore pay attention. Seems identities are being stolen after someone dies. Suggestions:
Mail copies of the death certificate to all three credit-reporting bureaus; Equifax, Experian 7 TransUnion & all credit issuers to cancel accounts.
Cancel the driver’s license to prevent duplicates from being issued.
A few weeks after taking those measures, run a credit report to ensure there’s no suspicious activity. To receive a free report from each bureau…..www.anualcreditreport.com
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I just saw something on IMDB that said someone I saw in something was in SLINGS & ARROWS.
Could I be any more vague? Damn, wish I could remember what I was looking up when I was reading that? But then I don't get the Sundance Channel, so what does it matter?
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Speaking of old, I’m reading about the latest identity theft in my AARP magazine (for folks 50 & older) .
Elmore pay attention. Seems identities are being stolen after someone dies. Suggestions:
Mail copies of the death certificate to all three credit-reporting bureaus; Equifax, Experian 7 TransUnion & all credit issuers to cancel accounts.
Cancel the driver’s license to prevent duplicates from being issued.
A few weeks after taking those measures, run a credit report to ensure there’s no suspicious activity. To receive a free report from each bureau…..www.anualcreditreport.com
How can you do all of this when you're dead??
;)
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'night
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LOL George
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On the other hand, Ledger's character's is much more difficult to portray. I even felt for his wife, who, in the movie, happens to be his real wife too!
Actually, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams aren't married...and I've read that they may not be together for much longer. ::)
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Good night, Jane. 8)
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ANYWAY - glad to hear the BK Report on THE LUCY DESI COMEDY HOUR.
Tallu in The Celebrity Next Door is my favorite (written for Bette Davis who hurt her back, and quickly rewritten for Bankhead.)
My second favorite is when the Danny Williams family visits and rents the Big House and it's a mess ending with Lucy in bed with Danny. Of course it's all very innocent. Marjorie Lord marches in and does her best face and I am convinced she thought the audience was laughing at her....but believe me - it was Lucy all the way.
When I kept seeing Debra Messing's stage mouth on W/G - I was trying to remember where I used to see it.....Ms Majorie (ain't I funny) Lord as Kathy Williams was doing it almost 50 years before.
But then Marjorie WAS funny...and beautiful....
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How can you do all of this when you're dead??
;)
Death is merely a state of mind. ::)
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Homicidal Underpants.
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Jose - Skip baked the red velvet cake, his first attempt at making one. I think it was his first attempt at making an actual cake, as opposed to pies. (He used organic flour, which I do believe made it a little less unhealthy.)
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North by Northwest Underpants
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Brokeback Underpants
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The Wizard of Underpants
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Singin' in the Underpants.
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I probably shouldn't encourage this.
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Actually, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams aren't married...and I've read that they may not be together for much longer. ::)
Gee! That's not what HE told me last time I talked to him over a cake made by Skip! ;)
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Actually, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams aren't married...and I've read that they may not be together for much longer. ::)
Do you think he'll go "back" with Jake?!
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I probably shouldn't encourage this.
Probably!
Probability is in the eye of the tornado! ???
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Well, canoli can be quite delicious. Or is that a different spelling?
Where's DER B?
In both cases - twin ens
(http://www.fatfreddysays.com/2021/cannoli.jpg)
der Brucer
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Do you know when Ann Coulter's to star on Showtime?!
She has issued an apology:
(http://news.aol.com/elections/president/story/_a/gop-candidates-criticize-coulter-for/20070303175009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
Ms. Coulter, asked for a reaction to the Republican criticism, said in an e-mail message: "C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."
der Brucer
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Glad to hear the presentation went well, DAKOTA CELT. Who was your audience?
College students... in an introduction Mass Comm class called Mass Media and Society
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page 13 dance!
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Welcome singdaw!
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Just heard DR Ben's review of The Fantasticks over at Radio Whales (SHOWTIME) and they closed it with that gorgeously melodious song from the show:
(As Beverley says "So nice to have back, Ben!")
When the moon was young,
When the month was May,
When the stage was hung for my holiday,
I saw shining lights
But I never knew:
They were you.
They were you.
They were you.
When the dance was done,
When I went my way,
When I tried to find rainbows far away,
All the lovely lights
Seemed to fade from view:
They were you.
They were you.
They were you.
Without you near me,
I can't see.
When you're near me,
Wonderful things come to be.
Every secret prayer,
Every fancy free,
Everything I dared for both you and me.
All my wildest dreams
Multiplied by two
They were you.
They were you.
They were you.
And now "How High The Moon" by dear Ella!
How can my night go wrong? (4:50 am here!)
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Good luck Cason!!
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As for using my hand, it saves on batteries and I'm thrilled to bring such amusement to my loved ones.
The Larry Moore Memorial:
(http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/14056/hand_of_the_awakening.jpg)
der Brucer
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Jeanne Lulu was very nice and I miss her posting.
Dakota-Congrats on the presentation! I’m glad you weren’t sick again. I’m very happy we haven’t had anymore snow storms. I’m shocked we had a bit more than you did. Today was the first day in two weeks I could drive car on our road.
THanks Jane...
The snow we got in the past few days is the most we have had all winter.
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Resorts Yes...
Camping in tents NO!
I like nature but I also like sleeping in a bed and not on the ground
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I do liek hiking though...
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In any case...
Spring Awakening is what it is. I'd have to say I was more taken with the whole "experience" of it, rather than the piece itself. -And from a musical standpoint, Kim Grigsby has done some wonderful vocal work with that cast.
And, frankly, I think the finale seems kind of extraneous.
I really enjoyed the music. Much more in person than on the CD. In part because where I sat on stage it was surround sound harmony hearing the real vocals not just the music through the sound system.
Kim Grigsby was barefoot! That made me chuckle. I was also impressed by the number of cast members that took a turn playing the piano, and it wasn't fake playing, I was sitting right by it so I could tell
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I'm back from CURTAINS. They have really cut a lot since Thursday night - 10 minutes to be precise! I'm hoping to see it one more time at some point in the future so I can see where it ends up. It has really been fun watching it take shape and Rupert had time to talk tonight which was a very nice surprise.
Apparently there are still more cuts in store for Tuesday, but what they've done in the past couple days has really tightened things up. The audience was VERY receptive and stopped the show at least twice and I think three times.
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There's been one song change, it's just a different reprise - I Miss the Music instead of Thinking of Him, but it worked a lot better.
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I'm really not obsessed with the show. It's just the first time I've ever had a chance to see a show in progress like this, where it's the writer, composer and director actually re-writing the show as it is put together. The process fascinates me and I genuinely like the show. I can't imagine seeing the finished product over and over, but seeing it come together is really pretty cool.
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Now to check on whether the interstate back home is open or not. Last I checked it was still closed. Not sure what I'm going to do if it isn't open. I think I'll get to Omaha if I can, but that flight was cancelled today. So...vibes that the way home is clear!
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Skip made a fabulous dinner and I had a lovely time with Skip, FJL, Milla, and Julie. Dylan and Toby were very well behaved and most enjoyable to be around
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FJL, thanks again for inviting me over. I really emjoyed it.
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So...vibes that the way home is clear!
There are worse things than being stranded on Broadway for an extra day or two :D
der Brucer
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It was really great having you over, Cilla!
Safe and clear travel vibes for your trip home.
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Well, I won't be stranded in New York because I can make it to Chicago and most likely to Omaha. I did just see that they've opened I-29, so I'll probably be able to make it all the way home by tomorrow. I'm ready to go home.
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FJL, how much time should I allow to get to LaGuardia in the morning? I'm going to go early just in case I need to re-route my trip.
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Matt H. It seems too early for BONES to end its season.
It was the DVD set for Season 1, and I watched the season finale of it.
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FJL, how much time should I allow to get to LaGuardia in the morning? I'm going to go early just in case I need to re-route my trip.
Well, I'm not DR FJL, but...
As long as there's not a street fair going on on 9th Avenue and no parade down 5th Avenue, I'd say allow 45 minutes tops to get to LGA in the morning. You'll probably make it there in 30.
And be sure to check if you can sign up for stand-by online. I was able to do that on Northwest when I flew back from Memphis a few weeks ago. -And that really came in handy.
What time is your flight supposed to leave?
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It leaves at 11:00 am or so, I'll have to look. I am checking a bag, so I'm not sure standby is an option.
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I watched another episode of BONES to begin my evening once I returned from dog tending.
This was the one that featured the discovery of pirate bones offshore that required Dr. Hodgins to go diving for more and possibly even pirate gold. An interesting episode but not the best mystery since, by the end, there was really only one suspect still alive.
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DR Cillaliz - On Northwest, online stand-by sign up starts three hours before the flight leaves. Check or call to see what our airline requires/allows.
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I really don't think I want to have a flight any earlier than that. This way I can get up, get breakfast in the Cafe then check out and head to the airport
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I'm on American
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This evening DH and I went for a walk. But since it was dark, we didn't see anything.
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Cilla - I usually fly out of Newark, and have only flown out of LaGuardia once in several years, and that was with a cab driver who got totally lost, so it took close to an hour. :( Maybe Jose or Larry could answer how much time to leave on a Sunday morning. In any event, I'd make sure the driver knows how to get to LaGuardia
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Thank you so much, DR Cillaliz, for sharing your experiences and impressions of CURTAINS. I was interested in seeing it anyway since I love Kander & Ebb and love mysteries. After reading your enthusiasm for the show, now I'm very eager to see it.
Thanks again.
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Oh, i see Jose already answered. :)
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It leaves at 11:00 am or so, I'll have to look. I am checking a bag, so I'm not sure standby is an option.
You can still sign up even when you're checking a bag. You might as well get in the queue while you can, especially if you're planning on getting there early anyway.
*On NWA's site, the stand-by option comes up when you do the online check-in. When I did that, there was an option to sign up for standby, and all the possible flights came up. Again, might be worth a try.
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I spent the remainder of the evening watching Kon Ichikawa's FIRES ON THE PLAIN. Brutal, visceral, and unforgettable images on the horrors of being on the losing side of a war. Mostly beautiful transfer, too, though the audio level was pumped up so high, I thought my center speaker was going to explode before I could turn down the volume.
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I really don't think I want to have a flight any earlier than that. This way I can get up, get breakfast in the Cafe then check out and head to the airport
Ah, OK. Well, then just leave the hotel by 9:15 and you should be fine.
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I watched the special features on the disc, too: a video lecture by scholar DOnald Richie on the movie, and a featurette featuring the director and Billy Curtis who played a major supporting role in the film.
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And since I will most likely not be up in time tomorrow morning...
DR Cillaliz - ~~~~~Safe Travel Vibes~~~~~
And it was great getting to see you again and spend time with you this past week. And mucho Thanks for Curtains! Hopefully, you'll make it back in a few months to see the "frozen" product.
*And have your waiter/waitress at the Edison pack you up a bagel with a schmear for your plane ride home. :)
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This evening DH and I went for a walk. But since it was dark, we didn't see anything.
DR Laura, did you get a glimpse of the lunar eclipse?
Too cloudy here to make out any of it at all.
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And since I will most likely not be up in time tomorrow morning...
DR Cillaliz - ~~~~~Safe Travel Vibes~~~~~
And it was great getting to see you again and spend time with you this past week. And mucho Thanks for Curtains! Hopefully, you'll make it back in a few months to see the "frozen" product.
*And have your waiter/waitress at the Edison pack you up a bagel with a schmear for your plane ride home. :)
Jose, it was a blast to see you too. I have no idea when I'll be back. It all depends on how it goes starting my business, but I don't anticipate it will be this year. You never know, but I'm not banking on it.
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Dan the Man is zeroing in on 5000. Get ready for a celebratory milestone.
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I better get some sleep. Night all!
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I want some pudding.
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I'm heading downstairs now, too.
It's been an incredibly long week, and I need to crash.
Good night!
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DR Laura, did you get a glimpse of the lunar eclipse?
Too cloudy here to make out any of it at all.
I remember seeing the moon. Maybe we missed the eclipse.
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I remember moon
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I also remember moon pies
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I want some pudding.
What flavor?
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I guess if I was in that teen/twenty range with the angst etc I would have liked it more. I enjoyed most of the songs. I can't say I'd go again. Now the girl sitting next to me was there for the 45th time. Of course she saw Urinetown 200 times and Wedding Singer 140 times, so...
How can anyone afford to go to that many shows?
I do admit I saw Urinetown 3 times, but that was because I was taking people to see it who I thought would like it. It was fun to see it with diifferent leads and compare.
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Is there cherry coke pudding?
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I also remember moon pies
What flavor?
Original (Vanilla), Chocolate, Banana, or those "limited time" flavors: Orange and Strawberry?
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Have a safe journey Cilla!
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How can anyone afford to go to that many shows?
I do admit I saw Urinetown 3 times, but that was because I was taking people to see it who I thought would like it. It was fun to see it with diifferent leads and compare.
A lot of them do the ticket lotteries over and over again - so they're only spending about $20-22.00 per ticket. However, I know some people who pay full-price over and over again.
When I was with the second national touring company of Mamma Mia!, they had a "Super Fan" who flew to each opening in each city it played for the first two years of the tour. And she always paid her own way. Now that I would call "obsessive".
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*Oh, and if you put a Moon Pie in the microwave for about 15 seconds before eating it.... Hmm..... :)
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Oh... I did see the Broadway production of Passion five times: twice in previews, once shortly after it opened, once a few months in, and then closing night. So... But some may consider that madness rather than obsession.
*And talk about a show that went through quite the transformation from the first preview to opening night!
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Hmm... After some Googling...
Who knew?!?!?
(http://secure.woodgroupinc.com/moonpie/images/Moonpie-bio-book.jpg)
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What flavor?
Chocolate, of course!
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Is there cherry coke pudding?
I can only hope.
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I felt well enough to go on our outing with friends (it really was a 48 hour flu---exacty!). We went to a restored theatre about 1/2 hour north of Marietta. It has had a nice restoration job...not extraordinary but not embarrassing, either.
I went with a group of preservationist friends, including our architect, who has been invovled with a few theatre projects. Afterwards, we came back and watched the DVD that DR Cillaliz sent of the restoration of her theatre in Sioux City. They were salivating over what a fantastic job that was done there. Their only complaint was that they wish the show had been longer...they could have watched it for hours!
It was both inspiring and depressing, because we know that our theatre in Marietta will never achieve anywhere near the level of detail of restoration that we saw on the DVD. The owner doesn't even want to get the tax breaks of doing a proper restoration because he likes to put cheap, ugly finishes on his buildings and doesn't like people telling him what to do. And he's not even paying for any of it!
Their initial fundraising goal has been met, so it will be interesting to see where it goes from here. I would love to get involved with that project, but there's way too much baggage involved, so we will stay away...
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OH! And they now have Double Decker Lemon MoonPies! (http://moonpie.com/moonpieorders.htm)
*And you can order an assortment online - complete with cans of RC Cola or Goo Goo Clusters, Bun Bars, etc...
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Oooh.... 24 Goo Goo Clusters AND 24 Double Decker MoonPies for only $24.99 (plus S&H).... Sounds like a good deal to me!
;D
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But not as obsessed as some girl who would go see Urinetown 200 times and The Wedding Singer 140 times .
Did they do a Broadway musical of The Wedding Singer?
Also, where is the Camelot revival with Michael York playing?
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Ewww. :P
Speaking of spit makes me think of the years I spent packing up our pops orchestra and how much I appreciated the brass players who brought newpapers to drain their spitvalves on instead of just letting it spew all over the floor...the music stands...and the electrical cables I had to wrap up by hand.
I usually handed out the paychecks to the players at the end of the job. The "neat" players always got their checks first!
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Only have a few minutes to post since I must leave in a minute to go feed my friend's dogs for the evening.
Matt H, your friends are lucky to have such a good, caring friend nearby!
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Did they do a Broadway musical of The Wedding Singer?
Yep. Just like they did a Broadway musical on the first two books of Anne Rice's vampire series, Lestat.... :-\
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The Wedding Singer closed in this past December. Lestat closed in May. :-\
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But I'm not bitter.
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However, I still would like to see the cast album released since we spent so much time getting it done. Ah, well... Hopefully, my next Broadway show will run longer than eight weeks (including the previews), and have an OCR the record label actually wants to release.
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But, again, I'm not bitter.
;)
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François, if you need something to listen to later this evening, I'm on Showtime this week.
Showtime cable or some sort of showtime that you show people know about? Please share!!
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Speaking of spit makes me think of the years I spent packing up our pops orchestra and how much I appreciated the brass players who brought newpapers to drain their spitvalves on instead of just letting it spew all over the floor...the music stands...and the electrical cables I had to wrap up by hand.
I usually handed out the paychecks to the players at the end of the job. The "neat" players always got their checks first!
Well, in my experience with pit bands, it's usually not the spit you have to worry about. It's the... Well... Let's just say, at least you can see and not smell spit.
:-X
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DR edi, I use my hand. I do clear clean copy, I double check like mad so there are few errors. and I don't need to proof my work.
My musician friends used to call me "Gutenberg", because I used technical pens and could write small enough to do marching band sized pages.
That day is long gone!
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And last, but definitely not least, those vibes worked -- I got a call from San Diego Musical Theatre and they want to me come back and read for Ethan again for The Full Monty!!!
Hee-hah and congratulations, Cason!!
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Showtime cable or some sort of showtime that you show people know about? Please share!!
It's BBC Radio Wales on the internet! Last show available for one week here.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/showtime/
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And congrats to DR Dakota...I was in the same spot a few months ago when I had to talk to a big class of college kids but it turned into a Q&A and that was much easier. I am always petrified for days when I have to do anything involving speaking in public. I just like to stay in my little dark room, honing my craft, like a sniper.
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Jose is not bitter! Not even bitter lemon or ginger ale!
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And congrats to DR Dakota...I was in the same spot a few months ago when I had to talk to a big class of college kids but it turned into a Q&A and that was much easier. I am always petrified for days when I have to do anything involving speaking in public. I just like to stay in my little dark room, honing my craft, like a sniper.
In My Own Little Corner
In My Own Little Chair...
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Poor Edi. ;D
Don't worry---the flu is gone, and I won't have to wear crazy-astronaut diapers, either!
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Well... Since I actually have to have a productive day tomorrow - lots of stuff I need to get done before heading to Atlanta early Wednesday morning - I should get ready for bed. -And if it turns out that I'll be starting rehearsals on Tuesday too... Well...
Goodnight.
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YEA..... A Page 10 dance for Boo-key's audition, and Elmo's hand !!
Let's have a BIG HAND for Mr. Larry Moore!!
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Edi, I love the fact that Fargo has embraced the Fargo theatre and there is an active drive to keep the original charm through restoration. It even has an old Wurlitzer Organ that still works. It is a beautiful theatre albeit very small.
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Up to last weekend my messed up shoulder and neck were feeling pretty good... until Wednesday....
Shoveling 12 inches of celestial dandruff can do a number on the shoulder.
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Page 15 Dance...
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Am I too verbose? :D
No, but you should have included a spoiler alert! I haven't seen the film yet!
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Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood
Maybe they should have called it "Drool".
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Alas, when Nell Carter lost her balance in DC on stage at the National Theatre in DC during one of the runs of Ain't Misbehavin', there was no net...
I remember when Frankie Avalon was working without Annette.
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Maybe they should have called it "Drool".
That's all right! You can steal my joke! ;)
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Edi, I am the most content when I can play in genealogy databases and find things for people. Also learning new things...
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Well... that's why some pit players play with baseball caps.
I remember working one Nutcracker show where the snow machine ran amok and blew tons of snow right into the pit. The string players were having to blow the snow off their music while they were playing.
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TOD: Camping?!!! My idea of roughing it is any place that doesn't leave a mint on your pillow.
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Changed my avvie to recognize the upcoming holiday!
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No, but you should have included a spoiler alert! I haven't seen the film yet!
I'm sorry! Thought EVERYONE had seen it! It's a bland movie anyway, so there's no worrying about the ending! ;)
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SPOILER ALERT!!!!
New Page! New dance!
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Now, Far From Heaven I thought was a wonderful film on all levels.
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Back from a splendidly splendid birthday bash for the newly minted nineteen year old Miss Patti. Dinner was at Ruth's Chris Steak House, and I'm simply and constantly amazed how great the food is. And the nice thing is that I never really feel overfull when I eat there.
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Of course, our very own Lauren Rubin made the arrangements, since she works there.
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Hmm... After some Googling...
Who knew?!?!?
(http://secure.woodgroupinc.com/moonpie/images/Moonpie-bio-book.jpg)
There was a C-store on the way to school that had a bin of broken moon pies that they would sell for half-price.
The sign on them said "Moon pies in eclipse".
Even though I am a born-again Southerner, I've never like the moonpie. But maybe that's because I've never put one in the microwave!
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It's BBC Radio Wales on the internet! Last show available for one week here.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/showtime/
Thank you, François!
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That's all right! You can steal my joke! ;)
That'll teach me to post without reading all the posts first!
All the good jokes are taken!
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I'm sorry! Thought EVERYONE had seen it! It's a bland movie anyway, so there's no worrying about the ending! ;)
We are WAY behind in our movie watching.
At least I don't know which cowboy dies!
I'm watching a documentary on HBO about Abu Ghraib. Pretty horrifying.
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Notes are written. I am full.
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Changed my avvie to recognize the upcoming holiday!
And it's a good one! Being of Irish descent myself, I approve!