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Title: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 12:27:45 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were fatherly, and now it is time for you to post until the fatherly cows come home.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 12:28:30 AM: And the word of the day is: EISEGESIS!
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 01:06:42 AM: A Very Happy Father's Day to All Fathers and Fathers-by-Proxy!! ;D
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Post by: FJL on June 19, 2011, 01:23:33 AM: Quote from: George on June 19, 2011, 01:06:42 AM
A Very Happy Father's Day to All Fathers and Fathers-by-Proxy!! ;D

Ditto. Why am i up so early?

Must try to get back to sleep, but had a feeling there was lots to catch up on. :)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Michael on June 19, 2011, 04:28:19 AM: good morning to all

And to all the fathers out there have a great day.
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Post by: KevinH on June 19, 2011, 04:56:07 AM: Happy Father's Day!
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 05:08:25 AM: Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!
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Post by: FJL on June 19, 2011, 05:19:33 AM: Happy father's day!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 05:29:31 AM: Good morning, all! I was having EILEEN copyist nightmares so I had to get out of bed.

I have another quiet day, although I do have to draft an email about the slowdown in EILEEN copying in the past week, and get a fire going under some folks. I need a trip to the local hardware store to pick up a few housekeeping necessties, and that's essentially my day. I have some personal work to accomplish and I've got a lot of DVDs to catch up with.

Last night I watched Peter Ustinov and others in [Thirteen at Dinner[/i] and portions of two hrror movies, Michael Reeves' The She Beast, which was an ordeal, and a relatively new vampire film that was so bad it was like watching softcore porn. I enjoyed the Agatha Christie movie quite a lot, and that ended my curent set of Netflix items.

DR Ginny, I am happy the service went well, I applaud DRs TCB and cillaliz for moving the number of posts forward. I was amazed to find so many posts this morning.

Speaking of Father's Day, I am a bit melancholic, missing my dad. Still, I wish all the fathers of my acquaintance a great day.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on June 19, 2011, 05:51:59 AM: Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 12:28:30 AM
And the word of the day is: EISEGESIS!

And The Song Of The Day Is: IT AINT NECESSARILY SO
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on June 19, 2011, 05:53:28 AM: HAP HAP SLAP-HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU FATHER'S OUT THERE
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Druxy on June 19, 2011, 05:59:45 AM: Gee, BK,

My son tells me he has sent me copies of both UNKNOWN and THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (via Amazon) for Father's Day.

After reading your comments....

My hope is that this will be one of those many times where our opinions differ.

Well, I'll let you know what I think.

:-\
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:49:34 AM: I summed up THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU with a resounding "meh" for y'all many days ago when I reviewed it. I think I may have liked it even less than BK, but I gave it 3 stars for Chick Flick lovers, which is what I felt it basically is.

Jose, you actually DON'T have to reset a Droid phone. We've already done one workaround, which did in fact work, I was just wondering if there's something simpler.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:50:08 AM: For some reason, reading summaries of UNKNOWN brought back memories of THE PRIZE.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:51:24 AM: Though I don't have to go to my church gig today, I am trying to catch up on reviews after several stressful days dealing with the soon to be ex-tenants. I believe I will crank out reviews for the Michael Tilson Thomas Keeping Score series, this one about Mahler, which was absolutely superb, RideBack an anime series that's kind of interesting, and perhaps Max Manus, a Finnish film about a real-life WWII resistance leader.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:57:13 AM: Geek Alert Department. OK, this is for those of you who haven't yet realized how obsessive compulsive I am about completely picayune things. (There are a few of you who haven't realized that, yet).

BTW, Jane, this post will be long, so just skip it now. :)

My mother got an album many many years ago from the Columbia Record Club when I was a kid, entitled Soundstage Spectacular. It was by "Terry Baxter," whom I have since found out didn't actually exist, but was a Columbia Record Club pseudonym for specialty products that were evidently conducted by a variety of different arrangers (though a couple of Terry Baxter albums have Terry Baxter arrangements, something I've not yet been able to clarify).

One of the reasons I've loved Soundstage Spectacular since I was a kid was for its absolutely elegant orchestrations by Johnny Gregory, and if you haven't heard his work, I highly, highly recommend checking some of it out.

Anyhoo, I have been scouring eBay for a decent copy of said album and over the course of the past couple of years have gotten 3, 2 of which were badly damaged. I finally got a near mint copy and was pulling the first two to put in the donation pile when I noticed something really peculiar. Two of the three copies list 25 Songs from 25 Films as the subtitle, but one lists 24 Songs from 24 Films as the subtitle, and is missing the delightful "An Angel is Love" from BARBARELLA. (A fantastic Gregory arrangement). I think this is most peculiar and can't for the life of me figure out why they would have to pull one song, especially on what was probably a one shot limited release deal made to Columbia Record Club members. Also, that version has a red label different from the typical Columbia Musical Treasuries Gold Label.

And thus ends my OCD Father's Day screed.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:21:27 AM: Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:22:10 AM: HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:25:15 AM: And, well...

Remember that wonderful "speech" that that adorable kid gave about riding his bike? Well...

If you "Songify" it, it sounds likes THIS (http://youtu.be/F2ZShmt19uQ).

*And just in case you don't remember the original video, HERE IT IS (http://youtu.be/eaIvk1cSyG8).
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 07:25:31 AM: DR JMK - maybe the "rights" expired - that song was only licensed for the first pressing - and those albums were featured for years in the ads where you got 12 albums free for joining, and CH wanted to keep it in the mix......

I don't have it ... although I remember it for some reason.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 07:25:53 AM: Happy Father's Day to all Fathers - and you KNOW who you are!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 07:28:23 AM: It is raining again this morning, and right now I am watching NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER and waiting for Rad Fulton to make his first entrance.

Mr James Westmoreland said he enjoyed working with Sir Michael Redgrave very much - he didn't mention Juliet Mills or Michael Craig.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:30:20 AM: DR JMK - Thanks for your screed. ;)

*And as far as resetting your Droid phone, that is the easy way to do it. Not the most convenient, but the easiest - it just takes two to three keystrokes/button pushes.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 07:30:45 AM: I liked reading about DD BEN, the Show Biz Dog yesterday.

DR JOSE - were you wearing a baseball cap during your bus adventure yesterday?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:31:08 AM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:25:53 AM
Happy Father's Day to all Fathers - and you KNOW who you are!

Except for Arnold Schwarzenegger, allegedly. ;D
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:31:50 AM: I have completed my opening paragraphs for my reviews of MAX MANUS and RIDEBACK. I find that once I have my lead written, the rest of the review is relatively easy. I wonder why that is.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:35:35 AM: The Bob Crewe Generation does AN ANGEL IS LOVE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4D85b7kAM
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:35:53 AM: MBarnum just had an eargasm. :)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:36:17 AM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:30:45 AM
DR JOSE - were you wearing a baseball cap during your bus adventure yesterday?

DR JRAND - Um, no... I hardly ever wear baseball caps - even though I have a collection of them. Should I have been?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:36:21 AM: As evidently did the lead vocalist.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:36:57 AM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:28:23 AM
It is raining again this morning, and right now I am watching NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER and waiting for Rad Fulton to make his first entrance.

Mr James Westmoreland said he enjoyed working with Sir Michael Redgrave very much - he didn't mention Juliet Mills or Michael Craig.

Indeed Rad did enjoy working with Juliet Mills very much, and in fact I got the two of the together a few years ago when I met Ms. Mills at the Ray Court's Hollywood Show and she told me to tell Rad/James to come by the studio (she was working on a soap opera at the time...maybe she still is). I can't remember if he ever did meet up with her or not.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:37:43 AM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 07:35:35 AM
The Bob Crewe Generation does AN ANGEL IS LOVE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4D85b7kAM

Love, love, love Bob Crewe!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:39:21 AM: I will soon be heading up to Portland to meet friends Mark and Greg for breakfast then head downtown to experience Gay Pride 2011.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:39:53 AM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:57:13 AM
Anyhoo, I have been scouring eBay for a decent copy of said album and over the course of the past couple of years have gotten 3, 2 of which were badly damaged. I finally got a near mint copy and was pulling the first two to put in the donation pile when I noticed something really peculiar. Two of the three copies list 25 Songs from 25 Films as the subtitle, but one lists 24 Songs from 24 Films as the subtitle, and is missing the delightful "An Angel is Love" from BARBARELLA. (A fantastic Gregory arrangement). I think this is most peculiar and can't for the life of me figure out why they would have to pull one song, especially on what was probably a one shot limited release deal made to Columbia Record Club members. Also, that version has a red label different from the typical Columbia Musical Treasuries Gold Label.

I blame Jane Fonda.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:42:05 AM: But before I head off, here is a happy Fathers Day to all!!!

For those who are married to a father......

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/1/4/7/1/webimg/435490958_o.jpg)

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/3/1/4/7/1/webimg/435490962_o.jpg)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:13 AM: And...

Since I should have probably left for my storage unit an hour ago...

All I really need to get is my big piece of luggage and pack it with my "summer clothes". As long as I don't start getting anal retentive and OCD about the rest of the stuff in there, well...

And then once that is done, I can proceed with the rest of my day.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:52 AM: Darlene always sends the best cards. And she was such a good wife too.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:43:13 AM: And before I dawdle any longer...

Laters...
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:46:34 AM: and happy Fathers Day to those who are fathers (whether you kids are human or animal!)

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/2/1/7/3/6/webimg/476809752_o.jpg)

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/2/1/7/3/6/webimg/476809780_o.jpg)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:47:10 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:52 AM
Darlene always sends the best cards. And she was such a good wife too.

Sheee...actually, Darlene was his mistress.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 07:56:48 AM: I had an album by the Bob Crewe generation that I enjoyed very much....still around some place.

And I have a couple of pictures of Bob Crewe and June Kenney on a "date".....I think I sent one of them to DR MBARNUM some time ago.

DR JOSE - a baseball cap is a fashion statement!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 08:05:56 AM: The music in NO MY DARLING DAUGHTER is most irritating.

I liked the title song.....but the WAH WAH WAH Mickey Mousing gets to be annoying.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 08:08:11 AM: The inner web is SLOW this morning.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:22:27 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:36:57 AM
Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:28:23 AM
It is raining again this morning, and right now I am watching NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER and waiting for Rad Fulton to make his first entrance.

Mr James Westmoreland said he enjoyed working with Sir Michael Redgrave very much - he didn't mention Juliet Mills or Michael Craig.

Indeed Rad did enjoy working with Juliet Mills very much, and in fact I got the two of the together a few years ago when I met Ms. Mills at the Ray Court's Hollywood Show and she told me to tell Rad/James to come by the studio (she was working on a soap opera at the time...maybe she still is). I can't remember if he ever did meet up with her or not.

Well, if you got them together, then they should have met. If you simply carried discussions back and forth, you're taking too much credit. The soap she was on was the ridiculously horrifying PASSIONS, written by a now-dead insanely mad queen who collected Barbie dolls, as I recall. All I remember of the soap, besides the atrocious acting, was that Charity's bedroom closet was the doorway to hell.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:23:18 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:39:21 AM
I will soon be heading up to Portland to meet friends Mark and Greg for breakfast then head downtown to experience Gay Pride 2011.

Good luck finding a Daddy!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:24:05 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:13 AM
And...

Since I should have probably left for my storage unit an hour ago...

All I really need to get is my big piece of luggage and pack it with my "summer clothes". As long as I don't start getting anal retentive and OCD about the rest of the stuff in there, well...

And then once that is done, I can proceed with the rest of my day.

Drag out your orchestration books!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:25:23 AM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 08:05:56 AM
The music in NO MY DARLING DAUGHTER is most irritating.

I liked the title song.....but the WAH WAH WAH Mickey Mousing gets to be annoying.

I have the same problems with the DeVol scores for the Doris Day movies of the 1960s!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 08:26:18 AM: Fun Portland Pride vibes for DR MBARNUM & Co.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 08:27:02 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:25:23 AM
Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 08:05:56 AM
The music in NO MY DARLING DAUGHTER is most irritating.

I liked the title song.....but the WAH WAH WAH Mickey Mousing gets to be annoying.

I have the same problems with the DeVol scores for the Doris Day movies of the 1960s!

WAH WAH WAH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH when Doris finds out who Rock really is!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 08:27:26 AM: PASSIONS was one screwy show!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:56:40 AM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 08:27:26 AM
PASSIONS was one screwy show!

That is one Big understatement!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 09:07:40 AM: LOL.....
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Kerry on June 19, 2011, 09:15:37 AM: Happy Day to all you Daddies out there.
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 10:06:23 AM: Happy Father's Day!

and Happy Sunday to all the other muthas.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 10:40:06 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:36:57 AM
Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:28:23 AM
It is raining again this morning, and right now I am watching NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER and waiting for Rad Fulton to make his first entrance.

Mr James Westmoreland said he enjoyed working with Sir Michael Redgrave very much - he didn't mention Juliet Mills or Michael Craig.

Indeed Rad did enjoy working with Juliet Mills very much, and in fact I got the two of the together a few years ago when I met Ms. Mills at the Ray Court's Hollywood Show and she told me to tell Rad/James to come by the studio (she was working on a soap opera at the time...maybe she still is). I can't remember if he ever did meet up with her or not.

Fortunately, that soap opera bit the dust. I believe it was DakotaCelt's least favorite soap opera.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 10:47:02 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:39:21 AM
I will soon be heading up to Portland to meet friends Mark and Greg for breakfast then head downtown to experience Gay Pride 2011.

Just remember, Mikey, if you meet the man of your dreams at Pride today; he still has to pass inspection with each and every one of us here at HHW.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 10:48:22 AM: TCB and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

We can't go on meeting this way!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 10:55:55 AM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 10:47:02 AM
Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:39:21 AM
I will soon be heading up to Portland to meet friends Mark and Greg for breakfast then head downtown to experience Gay Pride 2011.
Just remember, Mikey, if you meet the man of your dreams at Pride today; he still has to pass inspection with each and every one of us here at HHW.

I doubt he would survive your close inspection. ;D
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:18:53 AM: From Cilla:
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You really need a Nook or a Kindle. You could read anything and it wouldn't be too heavy. Many libraries have downloadable books

After I bruised my tendon I tried picking up Keith's Nook & it was too difficult. A lighter weight book was easier. I still haven't downloaded a book from the library which I should do in the near future so Craig doesn't have to keep making trips to the library for me.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM: from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jennifer on June 19, 2011, 11:27:20 AM: Happy Father's Day!

Tonight are the Daytime Emmys. Looking forward to watching them.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 11:29:43 AM: Father BK is up after a really long night's sleep which I really needed. I will have to jog in about thirty minutes if I'm to do so. Yesterday's ninety-degree sunshine is in absentia and it is, once again, slate gray out.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:30:25 AM: I am enjoying the adventures of DR Matthew and DD Ben, a mini-opera.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:33:48 AM: DR TCB Happy birthday to your sister.

Belated birthday wishes to the DM of DR George.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:35:42 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:22:10 AM
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Awww is that baby Jose? :)
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:41:05 AM: (http://www.artie.com/fathers_day/arg-dancing-happy-fathers-day-blue-on-white-url.gif)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 11:53:20 AM: Awoke to two more Kickstarter pledges, so that was nice.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Ginny on June 19, 2011, 01:04:27 PM: Father's Day greetings! Richard and I both slept poorly last night, so we really had to drag ourselves to Lima and back. He had a short nap while I drove and I'm about to have one myself. Thought I could stay awake until Mary Linda leaves to drive back to Michigan, but maybe not...
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 01:07:25 PM: Back from a jog.
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Post by: vixmom on June 19, 2011, 01:17:53 PM: Happy Father's DAy1!
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:37:03 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:22:10 AM
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Love the wallpaper
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Michael on June 19, 2011, 01:39:32 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:25:15 AM
And, well...

Remember that wonderful "speech" that that adorable kid gave about riding his bike? Well...

If you "Songify" it, it sounds likes THIS (http://youtu.be/F2ZShmt19uQ).

*And just in case you don't remember the original video, HERE IT IS (http://youtu.be/eaIvk1cSyG8).

That was great. There was one with the former star of Two and Half Men.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:39:39 PM: HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:42:42 PM: DR JOSE - thanks for your take on ATTK. I really wish I could have seen it. Fingers are crossed that I'll be able to in the future
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Michael on June 19, 2011, 01:42:44 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:22:27 AM
Quote from: MBarnum on June 19, 2011, 07:36:57 AM
Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 07:28:23 AM
It is raining again this morning, and right now I am watching NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER and waiting for Rad Fulton to make his first entrance.

Mr James Westmoreland said he enjoyed working with Sir Michael Redgrave very much - he didn't mention Juliet Mills or Michael Craig.

Indeed Rad did enjoy working with Juliet Mills very much, and in fact I got the two of the together a few years ago when I met Ms. Mills at the Ray Court's Hollywood Show and she told me to tell Rad/James to come by the studio (she was working on a soap opera at the time...maybe she still is). I can't remember if he ever did meet up with her or not.

Well, if you got them together, then they should have met. If you simply carried discussions back and forth, you're taking too much credit. The soap she was on was the ridiculously horrifying PASSIONS, written by a now-dead insanely mad queen who collected Barbie dolls, as I recall. All I remember of the soap, besides the atrocious acting, was that Charity's bedroom closet was the doorway to hell.

And there is a Bruce Kimmel connection in all of this as well.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:43:03 PM: Vibes to all who need or want them!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:46:12 PM: Today I went to Shopko to look around and before I got in the store ended up in the garden area and started looking at trees and ended up bringing home a dwarf pear tree and a dwarf cherry tree. It took me forever to figure out where to plant them and to plant them. I really wasn't planning to plant trees any time soon, but am glad I got them. Now I have 2 apple trees and cherry tree and a pear tree.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:46:58 PM: Happy Father's Day, all.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:47:22 PM: I made it back OK. Now, I have to get read for tomorrow and a return to work.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:49:41 PM: I really am not good at exertion in hot weather. It's in the 80s. I had to take several breaks and literally drank a gallon of water. Whew! I've now showered and had some lunch so I feel much better
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:50:14 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:47:22 PM
I made it back OK. Now, I have to get read for tomorrow and a return to work.

I hate the first day back from anywhere.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:50:42 PM: I should say I'm always glad to be home, just hate the first day back at work
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:51:59 PM: Ok, I need to run and see if I can find Midwest Living magazine. The have an article about Viroqua, WI - where we were last weekend and home to DGN Gabe and his family. Laters
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 01:59:28 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:47:22 PM
I made it back OK. Now, I have to get read for tomorrow and a return to work.

What are you going to do about the Dramatists Guild?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:08:22 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 01:59:28 PM
Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:47:22 PM
I made it back OK. Now, I have to get read for tomorrow and a return to work.

What are you going to do about the Dramatists Guild?
I will get my application together in the next couple of days and then file it. I hope to have it done by Tuesday.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:08:39 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:50:42 PM
I should say I'm always glad to be home, just hate the first day back at work
I agree.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:09:12 PM: Two days of snorkeling at the end of the trip has left me with an inner ear infection. Got to get a hold of the doctor tomorrow to get some meds for that.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 02:09:44 PM: Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM
from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.

I sure am glad I was home when my dryer caught on fire.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:22:12 PM: This may not be news to some (I haven't caught up yet), but Clarence Clemons died.
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Post by: Ginny on June 19, 2011, 02:23:32 PM: I just had 2 20-minute naps with a nice chat with my niece in between.
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 02:25:44 PM: Just save time and only read my posts. ;)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:43:36 PM: I'll tell you, JMK, that I'll only read yours. But I might tell Laura, Ginny or MBarnum the same thing.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 02:58:47 PM: Good Afternoon!

Well...

When I got to my storage facility, I headed up to my storage unit... Started to dial in my combination for my padlock... And then I tried another combination... And another combination... And.... Well...

Long story short, the very kind man at the front desk called someone from maintenance to cut off my lock, and I purchased a new lock - a keyed one. I then spent a little under an hour sorting through some clothes and packing up my one big suitcase to bring back to DC. I also made notes of some things I can go ahead and trash and/or donate the next time I get to my storage unit. -Which may be tomorrow morning. We shall see...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:00:45 PM: Then since I happened to get back to the apartment around 1:45, I decided to go ahead and catch the 2:00 screening of "Company with the New York Philharmonic" - since it was playing less than a block away at the East 86th Street Cinemas...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:13:34 PM: I thought "Company with The New York Philharmonic" was very well done. Acting-wise, it was cast very well. And singing-wise, well... I could tell they had done some "sweetening" here and there to fix some "problems" for one person in particular, but, otherwise, it was nice to hear the score again backed up by a full(!) orchestra. There was also a nice not-so-obvious use of the "Ensemble" - a.k.a. The Couch Movers - to help fill out the sound.

I was really touched by the scene between Kathy (Chryssie Whitehead) and Bobby. First of all, it was nice to see Chyrssie act - she was the "Christine" in the revival of A Chorus Line - and I thought they both brought out the sweetness and heartbreak in the scene. -And since I'm about to leave New York City for a bit, well...

Of course, since it was one of those "Directed for the Stage and Screen" deals, I would have preferred a bit less editing. -During the opening "Company", each couple is brought up in a shot during their solo lines. But it was nice to see the close-ups from time to time. The sound design was also a little strange - the "sense" of the hall was different between the dialogue sections and the songs. The fade-outs of the applause after a song into a dialogue section were a bit too obvious to my ears - it was like you could hear the guy at the soundboard changing which mics were on. -But that really is a very minor quibble in the larger scheme of things.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:17:14 PM: One thing that was sort of a major quibble during the screening was that the picture was just way too dark. After reading those articles that Roger Ebert had posted a few weeks ago, I figured that they were using the same lenses they use for the 3-D presentations. Well...

In the middle of "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", the picture went black but the audio continued. A few seconds went by, and the picture didn't come back up. A couple of people then ran out to the lobby... Then the sound stopped, and the manager came in, "Sorry, folks. The bulb in the projector blew. We're going to have to change it."

Thankfully, it didn't take too long for them to change the bulb. And, yes, the picture was much(!) brighter after they did so. -I could even hear other people in the theatre making comments about how much better it looked.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:18:39 PM: Welcome back to the Mainland, DR JohnG! Aloha!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:19:44 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:09:12 PM
Two days of snorkeling at the end of the trip has left me with an inner ear infection. Got to get a hold of the doctor tomorrow to get some meds for that.

Hopefully, what's left of the Pacific Ocean in your eustachian tubes will just drain out on their own.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:20:26 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:46:12 PM
Today I went to Shopko to look around and before I got in the store ended up in the garden area and started looking at trees and ended up bringing home a dwarf pear tree and a dwarf cherry tree. It took me forever to figure out where to plant them and to plant them. I really wasn't planning to plant trees any time soon, but am glad I got them. Now I have 2 apple trees and cherry tree and a pear tree.

DR Cillaliz - Will the fruit be edible? Or are these more the "decorative" type?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:21:22 PM: Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:35:42 AM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:22:10 AM
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Awww is that baby Jose? :)

That is newborn Jose! I think that was taken my first day home from the hospital.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:24:36 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:24:05 AM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:13 AM
And...

Since I should have probably left for my storage unit an hour ago...

All I really need to get is my big piece of luggage and pack it with my "summer clothes". As long as I don't start getting anal retentive and OCD about the rest of the stuff in there, well...

And then once that is done, I can proceed with the rest of my day.

Drag out your orchestration books!

Well.. We used Kent Kennan's text in college. I didn't really like it.

I have no idea where my Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov and Piston texts are right now.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:25:29 PM: And following in the footsteps of DR Ginny, I think I'm going to close my eyes for a few minutes...

Laters...
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 03:32:41 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:24:36 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 08:24:05 AM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 07:42:13 AM
And...

Since I should have probably left for my storage unit an hour ago...

All I really need to get is my big piece of luggage and pack it with my "summer clothes". As long as I don't start getting anal retentive and OCD about the rest of the stuff in there, well...

And then once that is done, I can proceed with the rest of my day.

Drag out your orchestration books!

Well.. We used Kent Kennan's text in college. I didn't really like it.

I have no idea where my Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov and Piston texts are right now.

I was referring to the Steve Suskin and Russell Bennett books since you were asking earlier about the Dream Ballet.
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Post by: Ginny on June 19, 2011, 03:33:52 PM: Off for some more extended-family time - bye for now!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 03:34:19 PM: Time for a break; I orchestrated around 50 bars of one of the cut songs from JUBILEE today. There are three of them.
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 03:48:27 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 03:34:19 PM
Time for a break; I orchestrated around 50 bars of one of the cut songs from JUBILEE today. There are three of them.
Which songs? Details. New Cole Porter. Always must have details.
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 03:48:49 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:18:39 PM
Welcome back to the Mainland, DR JohnG! Aloha!
Thank you and Mahalo!
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 03:49:49 PM: Nobody else has mentioned it, so I guess I'm the only who hasn't liked Neil Patrick Harris doing a solo on the line "give another number to me" in "Side by Side." I think it's recognition too early and, well, sort of torpedoes the song. But I'm going to see it Tuesday night, if I can.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:01:02 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 01:47:22 PM
I made it back OK. Now, I have to get read for tomorrow and a return to work.

Welcome home.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:03:34 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:09:12 PM
Two days of snorkeling at the end of the trip has left me with an inner ear infection. Got to get a hold of the doctor tomorrow to get some meds for that.

If you have a hair dryer try using a low head to dry out your ears. Of course the best time to do that is after you are in the water or after a shower.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:04:31 PM: Quote from: Laura on June 19, 2011, 02:09:44 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM
from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.

I sure am glad I was home when my dryer caught on fire.

Scary & why stories like this are the reason I don't leave m dryer on if I'm not home.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jennifer on June 19, 2011, 04:07:29 PM: I feel much better than I did last week. Last weekend I was quite upset to find out I'd gained 10 lbs while sick. No exercise and all that hot chocolate and candy and throat drops did it.

So i decided I had to get rid of those lbs immediately. So for the last week i've been exercising a minimum of 1 hour a day. And eating a lot of vegetables and some fruit and no ice cream or chocolate or processed food. And i'm tring to do 1 slice of black bread a day, no rice, little potatoes and little noodles.

I really do feel much better this week. I figure i could maybe lose the 10lbs i gained in 2 weeks. Not sure, but we'll see.

I hate weighing myself. But I would like to ideally lose another 15lbs. I hate that my body seems to like being the 15 lbs heavier. I don't like it. I think i am going to start weighing myself every 2 weeks and making sure i don't gain weight (after i lose the 15lbs). Sometimes i don't even realize it.
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Post by: Jennifer on June 19, 2011, 04:08:08 PM: Today i biked for 1 hour and then did 1 hour of pool exercises. Tomorrow I am going to try to swim for 1 hour in the morning and then do 1 hour on my bike later.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jennifer on June 19, 2011, 04:08:50 PM: I don't leave my dryer on if i'm not home either.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:16:22 PM: Jennifer I weigh myself almost everyday. I think is it the reason I keep my weight under control.
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Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:32:01 PM: Bruce I greatly appreciate your offer & will keep it in mind if I can make the trip.
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 04:38:13 PM: Answers from Nick Department: We went waaaaay long on the actual IV segment, so I had to limit myself to two questions.

The Bell that Couldn't Ring IS on a CD release--the 1994 extended CD. R&H would not license the song after that for whatever reason.

State Fair--it "sounds" easy to contact Dot, but in reality it's difficult. No one knew who owned it, and if it was Universal they wouldn't have cooperated anyway.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 19, 2011, 05:02:38 PM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 04:38:13 PM
Answers from Nick Department: We went waaaaay long on the actual IV segment, so I had to limit myself to two questions.

The Bell that Couldn't Ring IS on a CD release--the 1994 extended CD. R&H would not license the song after that for whatever reason.

State Fair--it "sounds" easy to contact Dot, but in reality it's difficult. No one knew who owned it, and if it was Universal they wouldn't have cooperated anyway.

I'm confused, since I have the 2-CD 35th anniversary recording which has the reprise of "Sixteen Going On Seventeen," the correct title of "A Bell Is No Bell." According to Amazon.com, both the 40th and 45th anniversary discs list it. I see that it wasn't on the 30th anniversary reissue of the original recording, but I don't plan on buying another copy of the soundtrack, especially to get a track of the dreadful Lea Michelle singing "My Favorite Things."
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:07:58 PM: I was thinking of the Bacharach tune The Bell that Couldn't Jingle, sorry. Maybe he misremembered which annivesary disc it was on, but he stated it's definitely on a CD.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:41:28 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:43:36 PM
I'll tell you, JMK, that I'll only read yours. But I might tell Laura, Ginny or MBarnum the same thing.

You only need to read mine vis a vis Clarence Clemons. ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 05:42:08 PM: Thanks for asking DR JMK......I guess I am stuck with my LP if I want to hear all of the 1962 soundtrack - although the out takes and extras on the CD were great to have!
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:42:46 PM: I get to force the family to go out to dinner tonight. I'm thinking Italian.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 05:43:25 PM: Page Five State Fair Soundtrack Dance.....DOT!

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBTxTCzyh-pVygm3-I0EcnDQUecrlQ_soCvsQU1GfAsEnHHcYEcQ&t=1)
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 05:44:37 PM: Great photo DR JOSE.

DR CILLA LIZ - I hate first day backs, too.

Ear vibes for DR JOHN G.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 05:45:28 PM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:42:46 PM
I get to force the family to go out to dinner tonight. I'm thinking Italian.

Straight line to a comedian:

Do you have reservations?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:54:59 PM: I am not ashamed to admit I am listening to Ferrante and Teicher as I clean up the office environment. How many different descending glissandi could those guys do, anyway? ;)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:55:14 PM: And yes, they're actually arpeggios, just for you anal retentive types.
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:55:36 PM: Is anyone else missing the bottoms of letters in the quick reply box?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:55:57 PM: Maybe that's what's making my new, improved internets so fast.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Michael on June 19, 2011, 05:56:32 PM: JMK

How did your interview with Nick Redman go?
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 06:02:30 PM: Rehearsal was ever so much fun. As we run, I add more patter here and there, and she's very quick to pick it up. Our second rehearsal this week on Friday will be in a rehearsal studio so I can actually stage three numbers. At Vitello's, there's room to move around and that's fun
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 06:04:01 PM: She's doing a song from Snoopy called I Know Now - and there's all these fun allusions to things, but one of them none of us get - "you can't rain a violet" Anyone know what that means? It's all things like "you can't milk a cowslip" and stuff like that, but we're all missing the point of you can't rain a violet.
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 06:04:32 PM: After that, we all went to Stanley's - I had rotisserie chicken, veggies, and a small Caesar salad.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:05:13 PM: Quote from: Michael S on June 19, 2011, 05:56:32 PM
JMK

How did your interview with Nick Redman go?

One of your questions has already been answered and discussed. :)
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Post by: JMK on June 19, 2011, 06:05:46 PM: The IV itself was wonderful. Nick is a great guy, and Bruce and he must have made a very funny team at Bay Cities.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:13:32 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:51:59 PM

Ok, I need to run and see if I can find Midwest Living magazine.

Perhaps you should drive instead.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:24:53 PM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:07:58 PM
I was thinking of the Bacharach tune The Bell that Couldn't Jingle, sorry. Maybe he misremembered which annivesary disc it was on, but he stated it's definitely on a CD.

???
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:27:33 PM: Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:04:31 PM
Quote from: Laura on June 19, 2011, 02:09:44 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM
from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.

I sure am glad I was home when my dryer caught on fire.

Scary & why stories like this are the reason I don't leave m dryer on if I'm not home.

Do you turn off the hoses leading to your washing machine before you leave the house.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jrand73 on June 19, 2011, 06:29:56 PM: We never figured it out when we were doing SNOOPY either!
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:31:04 PM: Quote from: Jrand60 on June 19, 2011, 05:45:28 PM
Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:42:46 PM
I get to force the family to go out to dinner tonight. I'm thinking Italian.

Straight line to a comedian:

Do you have reservations?

Only after I saw the ambulance parked out front!
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:34:02 PM: So, what did everyone have for their Father's Day dinner, or brunch?
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:34:35 PM: Jrand, when does CAMELOT open?
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:38:06 PM: One of our local theaters has already held auditions for the opening show in their season. The season opens in September.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 06:40:49 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 03:20:26 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:46:12 PM
Today I went to Shopko to look around and before I got in the store ended up in the garden area and started looking at trees and ended up bringing home a dwarf pear tree and a dwarf cherry tree. It took me forever to figure out where to plant them and to plant them. I really wasn't planning to plant trees any time soon, but am glad I got them. Now I have 2 apple trees and cherry tree and a pear tree.

DR Cillaliz - Will the fruit be edible? Or are these more the "decorative" type?

Edible! The cherry tree already has cherries on it.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 06:42:55 PM: Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 06:04:01 PM
She's doing a song from Snoopy called I Know Now - and there's all these fun allusions to things, but one of them none of us get - "you can't rain a violet" Anyone know what that means? It's all things like "you can't milk a cowslip" and stuff like that, but we're all missing the point of you can't rain a violet.
Not that it makes any more sense, but isn't there a character named Violet? Does it refer to her?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 06:43:21 PM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:34:02 PM
So, what did everyone have for their Father's Day dinner, or brunch?

The kids and I had pizza. We didn't include Dad in the festivities.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 06:45:01 PM: Quote from: JMK on June 19, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 02:43:36 PM
I'll tell you, JMK, that I'll only read yours. But I might tell Laura, Ginny or MBarnum the same thing.

You only need to read mine vis a vis Clarence Clemons. ;D
Gotcha.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 06:45:52 PM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:13:32 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 01:51:59 PM

Ok, I need to run and see if I can find Midwest Living magazine.

Perhaps you should drive instead.

:)
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 06:47:45 PM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:27:33 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:04:31 PM
Quote from: Laura on June 19, 2011, 02:09:44 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM
from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.

I sure am glad I was home when my dryer caught on fire.

Scary & why stories like this are the reason I don't leave m dryer on if I'm not home.

Do you turn off the hoses leading to your washing machine before you leave the house.

No.
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:55:14 PM: One more for good measure.
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:55:23 PM: Page Six!
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Post by: TCB on June 19, 2011, 07:00:07 PM: And so.............

G'night!
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:02:58 PM: I need to get a photo of one more kitten, and I will post them with their names.
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Post by: Ginny on June 19, 2011, 07:07:12 PM: Back from dinner at Applebee's with all my visiting relatives. My sister and her husband and their daughter are leaving early in the morning, so we said our goodbyes tonight. My cousins have a lot of business to attend to tomorrow and their wives are going back to the outlet mall. Dinner will be at our house, but they're bringing the food. All I have to do is set the table.
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Jane on June 19, 2011, 07:10:15 PM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:27:33 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 04:04:31 PM
Quote from: Laura on June 19, 2011, 02:09:44 PM
Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:20:29 AM
from cilla:
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I did one load of laundry, but stopped because I don't leave the house with the dryer going

I used to when I was young & foolish-no more.

I sure am glad I was home when my dryer caught on fire.

Scary & why stories like this are the reason I don't leave m dryer on if I'm not home.

Do you turn off the hoses leading to your washing machine before you leave the house.

I rarely let it run in case of flooding which is no big deal compared to burning down the house.
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Post by: FJL on June 19, 2011, 07:10:54 PM: Back from a trip to D.C. and seeing the last performance there of FOLLIES
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 07:11:54 PM: Quote from: FJL on June 19, 2011, 07:10:54 PM
Back from a trip to D.C. and seeing the last performance there of FOLLIES
So, how many times does that make? And is it a better production than in the beginning? Will it be even better come fall?
Title: Re: FATHER'S DAY
Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 07:15:21 PM: I called my dad this morning, but didn't go up there.
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Post by: FJL on June 19, 2011, 07:16:11 PM: JohnG- It was just exciting to be there watching a closing performance energy, the mid-performance standing O's etc. Obviously the last time for this cast as is, since some have chosen not to go to Bway, such as Linda Lavin who will do a lead in an off-Bway play instead.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 07:22:28 PM: Summer drives me nuts a little....well more than a little.....my family seems to think I can drop everything every weekend and run up to see them. It's 2 hours one way just to get there. Actually, it's more like they expect me to go Father's Day, Fourth of July, the week after 4th of July and a weekend in August - when family is in from out of town and a couple other weekends. Now, if one of them would ever come and help me just once, perhaps I could swing it, but when I ask for help, they say yes and don't show, so I quit asking.

Today I had to remind my dad that I was with him for 4 days just a week ago and talked to him every day for the last week. I'm so tired of having to put my projects aside to go sit at the lake for their vacations.....sorry for the rant, but I'm tired of it.
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:22:38 PM: Kim
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:23:37 PM: Feathers
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:24:05 PM: Mink
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:24:49 PM: Purrcy
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:25:11 PM: Shades
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:25:37 PM: Shanti
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:32:26 PM: Sunshine
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 07:32:45 PM: Great kitties.
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Post by: John G. on June 19, 2011, 07:32:59 PM: Night, all.
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:33:05 PM: Kim was a friend who passed away recently. The kittens' names are some of her kitties over the years.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 07:33:24 PM: End of rant. I just hate walking the family tightrope every summer
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 07:33:46 PM: I understand, Cillaliz. And I agree with you.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 07:34:49 PM: Love the kitties and where their names came from. What a nice tribute
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 08:00:51 PM: Thanks, Cillaliz. I think she would have liked it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 08:02:16 PM: I'm sure she would have. Isn't she the one who helped out with the kitties sometimes?
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 08:07:07 PM: Ok, one more thing about the rant. This year I turn 50. Now, never mind the fact that I didn't hear from most of them last year at all. Now they think I should drive up there to be with them for my birthday. Not going to do it. I'm going to have my first party at my house. That's part of the reason I'm working so hard to get the yard and house in shape outside. We can always be inside if it rains, but I'd love to have an outside party and have all my Sioux City friends over. I'll invite the family, but they haven't come to anything else I've had here, so I'd be surprised if they came.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 08:10:53 PM: Ok, now end of rant. It was really really hard to plant the trees today. Much harder than the last three I planted. It was hot and I drank literally a gallon of water while I did it. I'm feeling a lot better but am still a bit cranky. Can you tell :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 08:11:39 PM: Ok, time to load my new flood photos into the computer. They'll be on Facebook tonight if you want to see them. I took them today. After trees, before laundry
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 08:30:17 PM: I'm just gonna say if there were mid-show standing ovations then it was all friends of cast and obsessive Sondheim fanatics - no normal, well-behaved theatergoer stands in the middle of a show and I don't care WHAT show it is. I remember the first time it happened - Hello, Dolly - not the original run, mind you, where the number got sustained rapturous applause and ovation and led to the built-in encore - no, there was no standing there - no, it was the later tours, when Miss Channing's husband would stand up every single performance after that number, after which everyone took his lead. It's absolutely ridiculous and insulting, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo), and it's suddenly all about the audience and certainly not about the actual show they're seeing - and thus ends my rant. Nothing personal directed at FJL, who obviously loved the show enough to see it multiple times and I'm sure will be seeing it multiple times again should it in fact actually open in NY.
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 08:39:07 PM: Yes, she was the one who helped with the kitties. She had no trouble sticking them with needles, but I cannot do it.
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Post by: FJL on June 19, 2011, 08:58:52 PM: Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 08:30:17 PM
I'm just gonna say if there were mid-show standing ovations then it was all friends of cast and obsessive Sondheim fanatics - no normal, well-behaved theatergoer stands in the middle of a show and I don't care WHAT show it is. I remember the first time it happened - Hello, Dolly - not the original run, mind you, where the number got sustained rapturous applause and ovation and led to the built-in encore - no, there was no standing there - no, it was the later tours, when Miss Channing's husband would stand up every single performance after that number, after which everyone took his lead. It's absolutely ridiculous and insulting, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo), and it's suddenly all about the audience and certainly not about the actual show they're seeing - and thus ends my rant. Nothing personal directed at FJL, who obviously loved the show enough to see it multiple times and I'm sure will be seeing it multiple times again should it in fact actually open in NY.

I didn't shlep to D.C. for the third time to see no well-behaved theatergoers.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:22:50 PM: Good Evening!

I'm tired, a little headachey, and I'm starting to wonder if my sore throat is actually due to something else other than allergies, so...
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:24:02 PM: FJL, glad you had fun. I would have absolutely loved the energy and the "inappropriate" standing O at intermission. I love the energy of an audience that is loving a show.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:26:14 PM: I'm finally finishing my laundry. We have a chance of strong severe thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow, scattered thunderstorms the next day and just rain and storms most of the rest of the week. oh Joy
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:27:11 PM: Quote from: John G. on June 19, 2011, 03:49:49 PM
Nobody else has mentioned it, so I guess I'm the only who hasn't liked Neil Patrick Harris doing a solo on the line "give another number to me" in "Side by Side." I think it's recognition too early and, well, sort of torpedoes the song. But I'm going to see it Tuesday night, if I can.

DR JohnG - I had to go back and listen to the OCR - a couple of of their versions - as well as review the clip posted by the NY Phil on YouTube... It really doesn't bother me. And it sort of does work if you take into regard his previous "lost-ness" after his "tap solo", and then what comes after the "Side By Side By Side".

One way to see it as not sinking the number is that Bobby is just going along with his friends. They've been singing "What would do without you?" over and over, and now he's just going along with that sentiment. -And the sense of time in Company is anything but linear, so...

Finally, Mr. Sondheim did approve the change, so... ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:27:56 PM: I went to take more flood photos today. It's gone up a lot since I was last out there. Still not as high as I thought it would be, but we still have two more months and it just keeps raining.... How long is a cubit? I may need to know in the upcoming weeks
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:28:31 PM: Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 08:30:17 PM
I'm just gonna say if there were mid-show standing ovations then it was all friends of cast and obsessive Sondheim fanatics - no normal, well-behaved theatergoer stands in the middle of a show and I don't care WHAT show it is. I remember the first time it happened - Hello, Dolly - not the original run, mind you, where the number got sustained rapturous applause and ovation and led to the built-in encore - no, there was no standing there - no, it was the later tours, when Miss Channing's husband would stand up every single performance after that number, after which everyone took his lead. It's absolutely ridiculous and insulting, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo), and it's suddenly all about the audience and certainly not about the actual show they're seeing - and thus ends my rant. Nothing personal directed at FJL, who obviously loved the show enough to see it multiple times and I'm sure will be seeing it multiple times again should it in fact actually open in NY.

bk - If people want to stand, let 'em stand. You can just stay seated - although, you probably wouldn't have been in the theatre anyway. ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:29:51 PM: I don't feel like posting the photos to Facebook tonight. I put them in my computer, but have to decide which of the many I took I want to actually upload. I'll do it tomorrow night.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:30:11 PM: I'm very sleepy, hopefully the clothes are dry. I'm going to check them and then go to bed. night
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:32:11 PM: And speaking of the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center production of Follies, it is scheduled to start previews July 31 at The Marquis. -The cast - including DR elmore's Dear Friend Ron Raines - started leaking(?) the news earlier today.

*And the auditions I'm playing tomorrow are for the replacements of three ensemble members of Oklahoma! that we will be losing as a result of the transfer of Follies. We will miss them, but we're all very happy that they'll be getting a Broadway Production Contract.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:33:43 PM: DR Cillaliz - I hope you get a good night's rest and sleep tonight.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:34:15 PM: And I hope that DR vixmom and the rest of the vixfamily were able to take a break from cleaning out their basement this past weekend.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:34:45 PM: DR Laura - KITTIES!!!!! :)

Thank You for posting those pics.
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 09:36:18 PM: They are growing, Jose. I am glad you enjoyed the photos.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:36:51 PM: And now...

I had sort of planned to make one more trip to my storage unit in the morning, but I think I'm just gonna let myself sleep in a bit, and if I happen to get up in time - and feel like it - then I'll do just that. Otherwise, I'll just take my time in the morning, maybe hit the new stretch of The Highline, and then head to the audition in the afternoon. And then dinner, and then the Gala Opening of Shakespeare in the Park. And with that full day ahead of me...

Goodnight.
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 09:36:56 PM: Quote from: Jane on June 19, 2011, 11:33:48 AM
Belated birthday wishes to the DM of DR George.

Thanks, Jane! We got her the complete series to "Monk"...all eight seasons. She loves that show and was very happy to get the DVDs! For Father's Day, we took our dad to see Pearl Django at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 09:40:06 PM: Quote from: TCB on June 19, 2011, 06:34:02 PM
So, what did everyone have for their Father's Day dinner, or brunch?

Costco pizzas...half combination pizza (mom's choice) and half cheese (for my dad and sister) and a pepperoni (for me). My sister made a lemon/ginger cake. It was all delish! :D
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 09:44:17 PM: I thought your sister was vegan, George.
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 09:45:36 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:28:31 PM
Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 08:30:17 PM
I'm just gonna say if there were mid-show standing ovations then it was all friends of cast and obsessive Sondheim fanatics - no normal, well-behaved theatergoer stands in the middle of a show and I don't care WHAT show it is. I remember the first time it happened - Hello, Dolly - not the original run, mind you, where the number got sustained rapturous applause and ovation and led to the built-in encore - no, there was no standing there - no, it was the later tours, when Miss Channing's husband would stand up every single performance after that number, after which everyone took his lead. It's absolutely ridiculous and insulting, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo), and it's suddenly all about the audience and certainly not about the actual show they're seeing - and thus ends my rant. Nothing personal directed at FJL, who obviously loved the show enough to see it multiple times and I'm sure will be seeing it multiple times again should it in fact actually open in NY.

bk - If people want to stand, let 'em stand. You can just stay seated - although, you probably wouldn't have been in the theatre anyway. ;)

I've accepted people's need to stand up after every show, no matter what show or how good or bad it is - they stood at Baby, It's You - I will never accept people standing DURING a show - then we're at a sporting event or a concert, not a show where we're supposed to be involved and invested. I love energy as much as the next fellow, and I've been to many what I would call electric performances between cast, play, and audience - and not one of them caused people to actually disrupt the experience by standing up. Sustained big ovations - sure, and then the show went on. I'm not the only one who feels like this - but I also know others, especially those involved in the theater or friendly with the cast or obsessed with the writers, feel otherwise. But, for me anyway, it's off-putting, and of course I would not join those standing mid-performance. If they want to, yes, that's their business - I don't have to like it and I don't and I would glare at them and there would be little bits of spittle at the corners of my mouth and I would do my impression of she of the Evil Eye - otherwise, I'm jiggy with all of it :)
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 09:51:27 PM: Quote from: Laura on June 19, 2011, 09:44:17 PM
I thought your sister was vegan, George.

My niece is vegan. My sister is vegetarian...she still eats cheese and eggs. I actually get a dozen eggs every couple of weeks for my sister from a coworker who raises chickens.
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 09:54:39 PM: For Father's Day, I made a CD compilation for my dad (Pearl Django) and created a booklet, but the Word file for the booklet was on my memory stick at my work. The building's closed on Sundays, but I have a keycard and the code to turn off the alarm. I got to work, turned off the alarm, finished up the booklet on my computer, printed it, cut it down, left, turned on the alarm and got to Costco without incident...EXCEPT THAT I LEFT MY WALLET AT WORK! My wallet has my Costco card, my debit card, cash that I was actually going to buy the pizzas with AND the keycard to get back into work. Crap. I called my sister and told her that I couldn't buy the pizzas. :( She called her boyfriend who was actually at Costco at that time, so he was able to get food for the gang. I'll pay him back tomorrow.
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 09:57:04 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on June 19, 2011, 09:26:14 PM
I'm finally finishing my laundry. We have a chance of strong severe thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow, scattered thunderstorms the next day and just rain and storms most of the rest of the week. oh Joy

I'm doing my laundry. I'm also watching the two-hour pilot to the new (mini?-)series "Falling Skies" with Noah Wyle. The problem is that there are times when they are speaking quite quietly because aliens have landed on Earth and have taken over and they (the humans) don't want to get caught. I can understand mumbling for that reason, but my washing machine is a bit too loud, so I have to turn up the TV to hear what they say and it's all a bit too loud. And I can't use the closed captioning, because it's never worked on my TV. :P
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Post by: Matthew on June 19, 2011, 10:20:40 PM: Hi everyone -

Today's adventure's with DD Ben were great. We tried going DOWN stairs, but I think we're too young for that. We hung out with niece Jenna and my sister and her husband. I coached Jenna for her Honk Jr. audition next week, (she's auditioning for me!) she's very talented, and I hope she does well. Oh, we also went to the dog park, which was fun.

Now, we're hanging out at home. Tomorrow, DD Ben Goes to Camp....
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 10:31:15 PM: I'm glad it's working out with DD Ben.
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Post by: Laura on June 19, 2011, 10:31:26 PM: I miss having a dog.
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 11:14:19 PM: I just gave a mid-show standing ovation - I guess I can adjust to it.
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Post by: bk on June 19, 2011, 11:14:36 PM: A standing ovation is a dish best served cold.
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Post by: George on June 19, 2011, 11:34:05 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 19, 2011, 09:28:31 PM
Quote from: bk on June 19, 2011, 08:30:17 PM
I'm just gonna say if there were mid-show standing ovations then it was all friends of cast and obsessive Sondheim fanatics - no normal, well-behaved theatergoer stands in the middle of a show and I don't care WHAT show it is. I remember the first time it happened - Hello, Dolly - not the original run, mind you, where the number got sustained rapturous applause and ovation and led to the built-in encore - no, there was no standing there - no, it was the later tours, when Miss Channing's husband would stand up every single performance after that number, after which everyone took his lead. It's absolutely ridiculous and insulting, in my opinion (IMO, in Internet lingo), and it's suddenly all about the audience and certainly not about the actual show they're seeing - and thus ends my rant. Nothing personal directed at FJL, who obviously loved the show enough to see it multiple times and I'm sure will be seeing it multiple times again should it in fact actually open in NY.

bk - If people want to stand, let 'em stand. You can just stay seated - although, you probably wouldn't have been in the theatre anyway. ;)

A few weeks ago, someone asked Dear Abby about this very issue. She said that if you don't feel that the show (or moment) deserves a standing-o, then you shouldn't stand. Quite a few years ago (when the previous Dear Abby was writing the column...actually, the mother of the current Dear Abby), she said that in the situation, you should stand but don't clap.

So, do what you want.