Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 23 => Topic started by: bk on June 13, 2012, 12:49:02 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes went into the toilet and were plunged, and now it is time for you to post until the plunged cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FANTAST!
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Welcome forty-two GUESTS.
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first post?
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Hi, Deb.
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travel Vibes for BK
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I am afraid that I will miss you this trip as well
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A quick good morning and vibes to all!
Just wanted to say that I stopped in at another board and saw one of it's members had passed away. I spoke to her from time to time while I was there so I was very sorry to hear about it and just want to send vibes of peace to her family and friends.
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we cannot possibly get in for the book signing because of my job and even if the Sunday show were not on Father's Day (which it is) it starts far too late when one must be up at 6 am for work the next morning
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Break a Leg Vibes for BK and the East Coast Singer
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Hi Ben! Good morning to you!
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A quick good morning and vibes to all!
Just wanted to say that I stopped in at another board and saw one of it's members had passed away. I spoke to her from time to time while I was there so I was very sorry to hear about it and just want to send vibes of peace to her family and friends.
I am sorry to hear that you have lost a friend, Danise.
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I'll be at the book signing and perhaps a bit of Joe Allen but we won't be around after that. Saturday we will be in New Jersey all day and night for a wedding and Sunday we have to be on Long Island for personal business. Sorry but I'll have to miss the Metropolitan Room and the East Coast Singer.
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Good morning, all! I slept porly, with too many bizarre dreams I can hardly remember now. I do recall that the last one was about recording a Stravinsky clarinet piece, and Steve Sondheim and Elaine Stritch were there, along with my friends Maeve Hoglund and Rosalie Sullivan who were recording Mozart arias, and I got in trouble for defacing a mural. I was quite happy to wake up.
I see my barber for a long overdue haircut this morning at 9:00. After that, I shall head down to the McGlinnventory to use the binder on some vocal ascores and librettos that need assemby.
This afternoon, at 3 pm EST, which is 8:00pm in Dublin, I have a call with the wonderful conductor David Brophy to talk through the score of DEAREST ENEMY; this should last several hours, I suspect, but I'll be happier once this is accomplished.
BK, I'm in for the Sunday night show. I'm uncertain about the Drama Book Shop at the moment because I;m still waiting to hear from the Appalachinanshow director about a meeting this week. If I miss the reading, I can still meet you all at Joe Allen's.
I need more coffee, but I need a walk to the mark for milk. I knew I forgot something last night.
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Good morning, all.
Many vibes for those in need.
Elmore, vibes that you deface no murals, public or otherwise.
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Vibes for the family of DR DANISE's internet friend.
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I'm not sure, but yesterday I think I saw a picture of a dog with a bird on its nose. Where else on the all the inner web.
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Plumbing vibes for DR JANE and KEITH.
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I think the best part of the Tony Awards was NOT broadcast......Andrew Keenan-Bolger tweeted this picture of a backstage rumble between the Book of Morman cast and the Newsies cast......it was retweeted by my birthday twin DR JOSE....which is how I ended up with it.
Please to enjoy.....cue Leonard Bernstein music....
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As much as I have no interest in their show, my money would still be on the NEWSIES "boys".
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Even with AKB's club foot, I, too, think they would take the boys from Salt Lake City
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Sometimes the best laid plans of mce and men . . .
I got to the bus stop just as the 104 bus pulled out. Since the MTA has screwed up everything. only God knows when the next one will arrive, so I decided to take the subway to 50th and walk. Thingswere fine until we got to Lincoln Center and were delyed because someone pulled the emergency break on the train ahead of us at 50th Street. So, as the time got closer to my 9:00 appointment, I decided the best thing to do was call my barber and reschedule for tomorrow.
I'll run to the Lincoln Center NYPL at noon and look for an autumn 1917 newspaper announcement before I head back bome.
I really do not want to go out. The hunidity is really horrible. We're in for some rain and it can't happen soon enough.
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I think I first heard of the HAZEL musical at this here website a while back. It strikes me as an odd premise, whether the source is Ted Key or Shirley Booth. What can this show be about that would make anyone think "Ah, yes--Hazel!"
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Coffee. Blessed coffee.
Good morning, all.
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Wednesday morning greetings! The humidity blew out of SW Ohio late yesterday afternoon and it sounds like it blew right into NYC - sorry...
I have been to the vampire's lab for a blood test and am now waiting for a friend to pick up some magazines that I'm donating to an art teacher. After that I'll probably go to the grocery in search of some dinner inspiration.
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I think I first heard of the HAZEL musical at this here website a while back. It strikes me as an odd premise, whether the source is Ted Key or Shirley Booth. What can this show be about that would make anyone think "Ah, yes--Hazel!"
There was a New York Magazine competition some years ago with the theme of Making Musicals from Unlikely Sources. I chose "Hazel" and came up a with a list of potential songs. It was just as good as it sounds.
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Bobby Buntrock always sounded like a Flintstones character name to me.
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I still remember a HAZEL episode that dealt with subliminal advertising. How odd.
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I still remember a HAZEL episode that dealt with subliminal advertising. How odd.
"As you should." - the Hazel writers.
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Amazon is having a deal on free MP3 album vouchers worth $4 off any purchase.
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And the word of the day is: FANTAST!
And The Song Of The Day Is: DAY DREAM
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
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I think I went to school with Xavier Plunger.
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Telephone call vibes to DR ELMORE.
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I'm off early for my Wednesday hike while Keith stays home to wait for a new irrigation guy to arrive. I hope he is good and can replace the broken pipe today.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
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DR ELMORE did you get your notice about Social Security yet? When do you start getting your money back....although that's not quite how it works.....
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I'm off early for my Wednesday hike while Keith stays home to wait for a new irrigation guy to arrive. I hope he is good and can replace the broken pipe today.
Broken Pipe Begone vibes for DR JANE.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
If I had been given a bigger/better offer in 2009 I might have been in the same position but it was not enough to keep me going (and I have a family to support) so I'm still here in the office and "look forward" to being here for the next 8 to 10 years. One can only hope I'll be able to collect my Social Security in 2020 or 2021.
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DR ELMORE did you get your notice about Social Security yet? When do you start getting your money back....although that's not quite how it works.....
Payments start in September! I can't wait.
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I think I went to school with Xavier Plunger.
Condolencesgratulations!
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I'm going to ask here first:
I have an AARP pedometer that I've never used. I now wish to use it but find that the battery has expired. I ordered replacement batteries via Amazon.com using the information on the dead battery -- LR 44. Unfortunately, the LR 44's I received in the mail are a bit smaller than the LR 44 that came with the pedometer.
I've tried being more specific in my search online (my local drug store and grocery don't carry this size battery).
The markings on the back of the dead battery read: LR 44 NL (registered) Button Cell.
The LR 44's I find on Amazon.com all have either 76A or A 76 added to the description. That's the designation on the battery I got that is smaller than the battery I need.
Anyone have a clew?
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I'm going to ask here first:
I have an AARP pedometer that I've never used. I now wish to use it but find that the battery has expired. I ordered replacement batteries via Amazon.com using the information on the dead battery -- LR 44. Unfortunately, the LR 44's I received in the mail are a bit smaller than the LR 44 that came with the pedometer.
I've tried being more specific in my search online (my local drug store and grocery don't carry this size battery).
The markings on the back of the dead battery read: LR 44 NL (registered) Button Cell.
The LR 44's I find on Amazon.com all have either 76A or A 76 added to the description. That's the designation on the battery I got that is smaller than the battery I need.
Anyone have a clew?
I have found the only foolproof way to replace those button batteries is to take your dead one to your local supermarket (or whoever sells batteries in your neighborhood) and actually do a size comparison.
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I ran into this same problem a couple of years ago with some device which I can't recall right now.
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Radio Shack or a camera shop (even a mall one like Ritz Camera) is likely to have a good selection of button batteries. Jewelers, too. And yes, always take it in so they can match it.
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We noticed the people below us who let us trim their trees (thus inviting the wrath of the Tree Police) have their house listed. I was worried that they had done so because of the trees, but I was stunned to find out this morning that even though they've lived there for 30 years they're in default and about to go into foreclosure.
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Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate the common sense approach and will use it in future!
A co-worker showed me how to make the new battery work....by resizing the "spring" (not really a spring, but a tab). The new battery fit. Unfortunately, it failed to make the pedometer function. Sigh. Wrong battery? Worthless pedometer?
The journey continues....
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Yes, Radio Shack is a good place to go for odd things like those batteries. When I need one for our cordless handset phone I go to RS. Home Depot in NYC also has a broad selection of batteries, from AAA to D to button batteries.
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Just make sure you drive to the store about the battery. You wouldn't want to walk there and not have the steps counted.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
If I had been given a bigger/better offer in 2009 I might have been in the same position but it was not enough to keep me going (and I have a family to support) so I'm still here in the office and "look forward" to being here for the next 8 to 10 years. One can only hope I'll be able to collect my Social Security in 2020 or 2021.
DR BEN the years will fly by faster than you realize.
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DR ELMORE did you get your notice about Social Security yet? When do you start getting your money back....although that's not quite how it works.....
Payments start in September! I can't wait.
You beat me by a month....I start in October (payment for September)!
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Hard to believe but it is actually sunny today.
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This may help others as it helped me - understand a little more about what we saw from the Best Actor in a Play on Sunday night - I would love to see this.....hopefully MR BK will get a ticket and will give us HIS take on said play.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/theater/reviews/james-corden-in-one-man-two-guvnors-at-the-music-box.html?pagewanted=all
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Sorry DR ELMORE we are now probably very WIDE.....but just for a few more posts.
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I saw "Prometheus" and thought it was great. Splendid fun!
What I dislike about multiplexes, however, is the lack of presentation such as not using black borders around the image. "Prometheus" was filmed in 2.35:1 but on the screen where I saw it, the height was reduced to show it within a 1.85:1 frame. The whole point of the introduction of widescreen was to give a wider, bigger picture - not an overall smaller one. No wonder youngsters, nowadays, get confused about what widescreen is supposed to be all about; seeing it simply as a director's framing preference.
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This may help others as it helped me - understand a little more about what we saw from the Best Actor in a Play on Sunday night - I would love to see this.....hopefully MR BK will get a ticket and will give us HIS take on said play.
One Man Review from NY Times (http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/theater/reviews/james-corden-in-one-man-two-guvnors-at-the-music-box.html?pagewanted=all)
I must say I was leery of seeing the show but the clip I saw on the Tonys did make me laugh out loud and I rarely do that anymore so I want to see the show.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
And I love being able to do things in the middle of the week that were out of the question when I had to get up at 5:30 the next morning.
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This may help others as it helped me - understand a little more about what we saw from the Best Actor in a Play on Sunday night - I would love to see this.....hopefully MR BK will get a ticket and will give us HIS take on said play.
One Man Review from NY Times (http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/theater/reviews/james-corden-in-one-man-two-guvnors-at-the-music-box.html?pagewanted=all)
I must say I was leery of seeing the show but the clip I saw on the Tonys did make me laugh out loud and I rarely do that anymore so I want to see the show.
So then we shall also have the Ben Report on said production, which will be a good thing.
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We will also have
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PAGE THREE.
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I'm going to ask here first:
I have an AARP pedometer that I've never used. I now wish to use it but find that the battery has expired. I ordered replacement batteries via Amazon.com using the information on the dead battery -- LR 44. Unfortunately, the LR 44's I received in the mail are a bit smaller than the LR 44 that came with the pedometer.
I've tried being more specific in my search online (my local drug store and grocery don't carry this size battery).
The markings on the back of the dead battery read: LR 44 NL (registered) Button Cell.
The LR 44's I find on Amazon.com all have either 76A or A 76 added to the description. That's the designation on the battery I got that is smaller than the battery I need.
Anyone have a clew?
Unless it's an emergency, I buy my watch-type batteries on line and in bulk (I need a LOT of them at Christmas for electronic Hallmark ornaments and other light-up geegaws.) I forget the name of the website I usually deal with but I just spotted www.batterymart.com as one such site. (They also list the LR44 as A76 but they also show 357, too.) The proces are cheaper than Radio Shack.
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That's the problem with Radio Shack. They usually have a good amount of the batteries but they are VERY expensive.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
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Original Ted Key HAZEL cartoon art can be picked up for a song at LiveAuctions.com.
Better hurry before Hazelmania sweeps the nation!
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Original Ted Key HAZEL cartoon art can be picked up for a song at LiveAuctions.com.
Better hurry before Hazelmania sweeps the nation!
It's not Hazel, but an incredible simulation.
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Only a matter of time before we have a HazelPalooza rock band tour.....
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HAZEL is sweeping the country - and your living room.
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Bands already signed:
The Cleen Sweeps
The Mr. Beez
The Doozies
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Only the center of the venues will be sold because everyone knows Hazel likes to sit in the middle!
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HAZEL is sweeping the country - and your living room.
But she won't do your windows.
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You really never know. The DENNIS THE MENACE musical got nice notices, it just was marketed strangely..
I wish them well. You just really never know what can hit.
Who knew INSIDE OUT (which I'd really liked, and IIRC Jan Maxwell was in) would get a great Times review off-Broadway.
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But still - I understand StageGrade gave HAZEL an average grade of "Mister B-plus."
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Sorry, couldn't resist.
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But still - I understand StageGrade gave HAZEL an average grade of "Mister B-plus."
LOL!!!
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I'm up. I was up at eight-thirty thanks to some very loud trucks. I stayed in bed, and must have fallen asleep again. I must get out of here, have some food, do my stuff and relax.
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A quick good morning and vibes to all!
Just wanted to say that I stopped in at another board and saw one of it's members had passed away. I spoke to her from time to time while I was there so I was very sorry to hear about it and just want to send vibes of peace to her family and friends.
My condolences on the loss of your friend, Danise.
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Off to sell tickets and popcorn and clean up the joint......but I think we are sold out tonight.....including a group of 55 who are coming over from Illinois in a big bus....
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
If I had been given a bigger/better offer in 2009 I might have been in the same position but it was not enough to keep me going (and I have a family to support) so I'm still here in the office and "look forward" to being here for the next 8 to 10 years. One can only hope I'll be able to collect my Social Security in 2020 or 2021.
I've got 24 years in and now I'm down to only 21 years to go. ::)
;)
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Off to sell tickets and popcorn and clean up the joint......but I think we are sold out tonight.....including a group of 55 who are coming over from Illinois in a big bus....
Great! Break a lot of legs!!
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A quick good morning and vibes to all!
Just wanted to say that I stopped in at another board and saw one of it's members had passed away. I spoke to her from time to time while I was there so I was very sorry to hear about it and just want to send vibes of peace to her family and friends.
My condolences on the loss of your friend, Danise.
Mine, too.
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We noticed the people below us who let us trim their trees (thus inviting the wrath of the Tree Police) have their house listed. I was worried that they had done so because of the trees, but I was stunned to find out this morning that even though they've lived there for 30 years they're in default and about to go into foreclosure.
That's too bad. :-\
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Off to sell tickets and popcorn and clean up the joint......but I think we are sold out tonight.....including a group of 55 who are coming over from Illinois in a big bus....
Ann Marie's debut will need to be rescheduled.
(A very arcane That Girl reference).
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
:) Have fun.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
You don't seem to have enough free time to be considered retired ;)
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Thank you DR's Vixmom & Jrand.
The irrigation guy arrived at 10:00 and for the second time has had to go to the hardware store for a part. So far Keith likes him. The guy is also a landscaper (we remember the fancy postcards he has sent us) and will be getting a quote for an area we need done.
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DR Danise my condolences on the loss of your friend.
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Years ago Craig gave me a pedometer. I never could get it to work correctly even with functioning batteries. Good luck DR Ron!
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We noticed the people below us who let us trim their trees (thus inviting the wrath of the Tree Police) have their house listed. I was worried that they had done so because of the trees, but I was stunned to find out this morning that even though they've lived there for 30 years they're in default and about to go into foreclosure.
That is a shame.
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I saw "Prometheus" and thought it was great. Splendid fun!
Good. I'm sure we will see this at some point, in the theater or at home.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
How big is her flashlight? I have one I use at night that uses 3 AAA batteries.
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Copy editor humor. We love sentences like this:
Joe Smith, 62, and his wife, Mary, 59, were both found deaf in their home by neighbors this morning.
WHAAAAAT?????
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Before posting this afternoon I was researching those little round batteries for my hearing aids. I need to stock up and put them in every purse & hiking bag I carry.
Today while hiking the batteries died & I accidentally didn't have any with me. I lost a invaluable opportunity to practice using the various settings for my hearing aids.
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We noticed the people below us who let us trim their trees (thus inviting the wrath of the Tree Police) have their house listed. I was worried that they had done so because of the trees, but I was stunned to find out this morning that even though they've lived there for 30 years they're in default and about to go into foreclosure.
That is a shame.
That is very sad.
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Years ago Craig gave me a pedometer. I never could get it to work correctly even with functioning batteries.
I bought one several years back and used it (or "used it") a little, and was never sure I had it calibrated right and working right. I need to revisit that. Which no doubt means a trip to the battery store, for starters...
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Years ago Craig gave me a pedometer. I never could get it to work correctly even with functioning batteries. Good luck DR Ron!
I've had some without batteries. They never had a problem. :D
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The whole day has been quite frustrating; first, there was the mess gettinhg downtown. Then, I went to the NYPL for a frustrating hour of not finding what I hoped to find on Historic Newspapers Online. Then i wwent to the post office to pick up the package the postman didn't leave on Monday. After a 20 minute search, I was told they cannot find the package. I got back here, had an hour and 15 ninute phone conversation with the fantastic condictor David Brophy, and I someone lept calling me and screwing up the phone call. Strangely, the incoming call did not go to the answering machine, which concerns me, but it also caused the phone to behave badly. Speakingof behaving badly, during my 20 minute wait at the post office, an obnoxious mother who needs to train her child let this awful little girl run around from window to wind playing with the credit card meters, screaming, playing with the terminals for drpping off mail and packages. If there's a God, He will make that kid into a rug. Soon. He's already made the mother a vegetable.
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I think the best part of the Tony Awards was NOT broadcast......Andrew Keenan-Bolger tweeted this picture of a backstage rumble between the Book of Morman cast and the Newsies cast......it was retweeted by my birthday twin DR JOSE....which is how I ended up with it.
Please to enjoy.....cue Leonard Bernstein music....
No matter how much glitz they may hang in the lobby and the auditorium of any theater, all backstage areas are always a dump by comparison.
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DR ELMORE did you get your notice about Social Security yet? When do you start getting your money back....although that's not quite how it works.....
Payments start in September! I can't wait.
You beat me by a month....I start in October (payment for September)!
I already started! :P
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Back from doing my stuff. The package that should have been there yesterday (sent Priority from two miles away) wasn't there today either. So annoying. But I'm sure they'll keep raising their rates. I got one package, though, from the UK - THAT got here in three days. I've eaten, I've banked and I'm going to pack now.
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I saw "Prometheus" and thought it was great. Splendid fun!
What I dislike about multiplexes, however, is the lack of presentation such as not using black borders around the image. "Prometheus" was filmed in 2.35:1 but on the screen where I saw it, the height was reduced to show it within a 1.85:1 frame. The whole point of the introduction of widescreen was to give a wider, bigger picture - not an overall smaller one. No wonder youngsters, nowadays, get confused about what widescreen is supposed to be all about; seeing it simply as a director's framing preference.
To Hell with the young people, I haven't the foggiest!
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
And I love being able to do things in the middle of the week that were out of the question when I had to get up at 5:30 the next morning.
I would love that, too. <sigh> Someday.
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You really never know. The DENNIS THE MENACE musical got nice notices, it just was marketed strangely..
I wish them well. You just really never know what can hit.
Who knew INSIDE OUT (which I'd really liked, and IIRC Jan Maxwell was in) would get a great Times review off-Broadway.
And look, yet another ANNIE revival this Fall.
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Off to sell tickets and popcorn and clean up the joint......but I think we are sold out tonight.....including a group of 55 who are coming over from Illinois in a big bus....
Ann Marie's debut will need to be rescheduled.
(A very arcane That Girl reference).
very
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
If I had been given a bigger/better offer in 2009 I might have been in the same position but it was not enough to keep me going (and I have a family to support) so I'm still here in the office and "look forward" to being here for the next 8 to 10 years. One can only hope I'll be able to collect my Social Security in 2020 or 2021.
I've got 24 years in and now I'm down to only 21 years to go. ::)
;)
Oh George, you could end up lucky, like me, and have your whole body start falling apart at age 39!
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Holy moley...
CD player: WHEN A STRANGER CALLS. What an incredible score! Dana Kaproff.
(And the THX musical bit -- Who knew?! Probably everyone but me.)
Haven't seen the movie in probably 20 years or more, so must get a copy immediately.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
If I had been given a bigger/better offer in 2009 I might have been in the same position but it was not enough to keep me going (and I have a family to support) so I'm still here in the office and "look forward" to being here for the next 8 to 10 years. One can only hope I'll be able to collect my Social Security in 2020 or 2021.
I've got 24 years in and now I'm down to only 21 years to go. ::)
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Oh George, you could end up lucky, like me, and have your whole body start falling apart at age 39!
Really and for truly?? :D
;)
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
You don't seem to have enough free time to be considered retired ;)
Good grief. Slap my eyeballs. I thought you wrote that Jrand didn't have enough time to be considered retarded.
Hey, don't blame me, blame my glaucoma.
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I'm feeling rather depressed today probably because I picked up Sherlock & brought him home. When the snow melts on Mt. Ashland we will take him to be with Echo.
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
You don't seem to have enough free time to be considered retired ;)
Good grief. Slap my eyeballs. I thought you wrote that Ginny didn't have enough to be considered retarded.
Hey, don't blame me, blame my glaucoma.
Laughing except for the glaucoma part. The comment was for DR Jrand, not Ginny.
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The whole day has been quite frustrating; first, there was the mess gettinhg downtown. Then, I went to the NYPL for a frustrating hour of not finding what I hoped to find on Historic Newspapers Online. Then i wwent to the post office to pick up the package the postman didn't leave on Monday. After a 20 minute search, I was told they cannot find the package. I got back here, had an hour and 15 ninute phone conversation with the fantastic condictor David Brophy, and I someone lept calling me and screwing up the phone call. Strangely, the incoming call did not go to the answering machine, which concerns me, but it also caused the phone to behave badly. Speakingof behaving badly, during my 20 minute wait at the post office, an obnoxious mother who needs to train her child let this awful little girl run around from window to wind playing with the credit card meters, screaming, playing with the terminals for drpping off mail and packages. If there's a God, He will make that kid into a rug. Soon. He's already made the mother a vegetable.
It sounds like the darling cherubs next door! Today, for the first time, they saw that I was in a wheelchair. LOL! It looked like it might have scared the Hell out of them.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
How big is her flashlight? I have one I use at night that uses 3 AAA batteries.
That is the advantage of living alone. To Hell with the flashlight, I just turn on all the lights.
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I'm feeling rather depressed today probably because I picked up Sherlock & brought him home. When the snow melts on Mt. Ashland we will take him to be with Echo.
My thoughts are with you both.
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I've sort of crashed today. After my friend picked up the magazines I had some lunch, watched a CSI:NY episode with Richard, and went to the grocery. Opted out of going to the Y with him - I'm staying home to take advantage of the cool, dry weather to cook us a real meal. I've already warned Richard that until the new AC is installed, I'm NOT cooking much when it's hot and humid.
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{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Jane...
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I've sort of crashed today. After my friend picked up the magazines I had some lunch, watched a CSI:NY episode with Richard, and went to the grocery. Opted out of going to the Y with him - I'm staying home to take advantage of the cool, dry weather to cook us a real meal. I've already warned Richard that until the new AC is installed, I'm NOT cooking much when it's hot and humid.
Well, don't buy anymore deli deviled eggs!
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Wow! I have been given special pre-sale access to buy tickets for REFUSED, with SLEIGH BELLS!
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I've sort of crashed today. After my friend picked up the magazines I had some lunch, watched a CSI:NY episode with Richard, and went to the grocery. Opted out of going to the Y with him - I'm staying home to take advantage of the cool, dry weather to cook us a real meal. I've already warned Richard that until the new AC is installed, I'm NOT cooking much when it's hot and humid.
Well, don't buy anymore deli deviled eggs!
Got it, DR TCB!
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The whole day has been quite frustrating; first, there was the mess gettinhg downtown. Then, I went to the NYPL for a frustrating hour of not finding what I hoped to find on Historic Newspapers Online. Then i wwent to the post office to pick up the package the postman didn't leave on Monday. After a 20 minute search, I was told they cannot find the package. I got back here, had an hour and 15 ninute phone conversation with the fantastic condictor David Brophy, and I someone lept calling me and screwing up the phone call. Strangely, the incoming call did not go to the answering machine, which concerns me, but it also caused the phone to behave badly. Speakingof behaving badly, during my 20 minute wait at the post office, an obnoxious mother who needs to train her child let this awful little girl run around from window to wind playing with the credit card meters, screaming, playing with the terminals for drpping off mail and packages. If there's a God, He will make that kid into a rug. Soon. He's already made the mother a vegetable.
It sounds like the darling cherubs next door! Today, for the first time, they saw that I was in a wheelchair. LOL! It looked like it might have scared the Hell out of them.
How old are the cherubs next door? You think it wouldn't be a knew experience for them.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
How big is her flashlight? I have one I use at night that uses 3 AAA batteries.
That is the advantage of living alone. To Hell with the flashlight, I just turn on all the lights.
When I have traveled alone I've enjoyed leaving the lights on instead of using a flashlight. Now with the Nook it doesn't matter except I won't have to worry if the light from the Nook is facing Keith.
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I'm feeling rather depressed today probably because I picked up Sherlock & brought him home. When the snow melts on Mt. Ashland we will take him to be with Echo.
My thoughts are with you both.
Thank you. At least the broken pipe has been replaced.
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{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Jane...
Thanks.
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The whole day has been quite frustrating; first, there was the mess gettinhg downtown. Then, I went to the NYPL for a frustrating hour of not finding what I hoped to find on Historic Newspapers Online. Then i wwent to the post office to pick up the package the postman didn't leave on Monday. After a 20 minute search, I was told they cannot find the package. I got back here, had an hour and 15 ninute phone conversation with the fantastic condictor David Brophy, and I someone lept calling me and screwing up the phone call. Strangely, the incoming call did not go to the answering machine, which concerns me, but it also caused the phone to behave badly. Speakingof behaving badly, during my 20 minute wait at the post office, an obnoxious mother who needs to train her child let this awful little girl run around from window to wind playing with the credit card meters, screaming, playing with the terminals for drpping off mail and packages. If there's a God, He will make that kid into a rug. Soon. He's already made the mother a vegetable.
It sounds like the darling cherubs next door! Today, for the first time, they saw that I was in a wheelchair. LOL! It looked like it might have scared the Hell out of them.
How old are the cherubs next door? You think it wouldn't be a knew experience for them.
I would say that they are between maybe four and six. They looked quite wide-eyed when I rolled in from therapy.
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They are still kind of young.
Are you driving yourself to PT or still getting driven there?
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Hopefully if driving you're taking a PT Cruiser.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
How big is her flashlight? I have one I use at night that uses 3 AAA batteries.
Mom's flashlight is just 2" but it throws a strong bright beam across the room. She uses it carefully cause the batteries last but I have to buy them in bulk on-line. They run $4.95 a piece at Radio Schack!
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Hi all. Thank you for the posts about my friend. It's so funny that I almost never go to that site anymore but something told me to go last night.
I think the last time I posted was months back, just a hello to anyone who still remembered me. It's was a night I couldn't sleep and was just jumping around the net. To be honest, I forgot I posted there until a couple of weeks maybe even months later and by then I was to embarrassed to go back and see who answered me. Now, I feel kinda bad because if she (or anyone else) posted, I didn't answer.
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You really never know. The DENNIS THE MENACE musical got nice notices, it just was marketed strangely..
I wish them well. You just really never know what can hit.
Who knew INSIDE OUT (which I'd really liked, and IIRC Jan Maxwell was in) would get a great Times review off-Broadway.
And look, yet another ANNIE revival this Fall.
ANNIE has managed to come into it's own--the majority of today's theater-goers don't know Little Orphan Annie from the Toonerville Trolly.
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((((((Hugs to DR Jane))))))) I will never forget when I went to get Bear. They handed him to me in a what looked like a gift bag. I don't know why that hurt so badly but it did.
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In the "from practically out of nowhere department" (but actually from today's column):
When you live on the fourth floor of a condominium, you find yourself more closely attuned to the need for a plunger. Water pressure is sometimes too low...or, rather...lower than is needed for plumbing to work efficiently. Then comes the blockage and the need to plunge.
If you get my drift.
Yes, the plunger is a nice thing to have.
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They are still kind of young.
Are you driving yourself to PT or still getting driven there?
No, I haven't driven since the first of January.
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
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Hopefully if driving you're taking a PT Cruiser.
G R O A N !
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In the "from practically out of nowhere department" (but actually from today's column):
When you live on the fourth floor of a condominium, you find yourself more closely attuned to the need for a plunger. Water pressure is sometimes too low...or, rather...lower than is needed for plumbing to work efficiently. Then comes the blockage and the need to plunge.
If you get my drift.
Yes, the plunger is a nice thing to have.
Is the fourth floor the top floor, or are you between two floors?
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In house news, I got an email from Sergio giving me a phone number for an AC company. They are going to come out next Thursday and have a look at my system since I have to keep going up and draining the pan about every 2 weeks.
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My mom has an LED flashlight that she loves because it's so small but powerful. The thing runs on SIX watch batteries!
How big is her flashlight? I have one I use at night that uses 3 AAA batteries.
Mom's flashlight is just 2" but it throws a strong bright beam across the room. She uses it carefully cause the batteries last but I have to buy them in bulk on-line. They run $4.95 a piece at Radio Schack!
I don't think I've seen one like that. Mine is a little bigger but still on the smallish side.
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((((((Hugs to DR Jane))))))) I will never forget when I went to get Bear. They handed him to me in a what looked like a gift bag. I don't know why that hurt so badly but it did.
No matter how they handed him to you it would have hurt just as bad.
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
Yes.
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In house news, I got an email from Sergio giving me a phone number for an AC company. They are going to come out next Thursday and have a look at my system since I have to keep going up and draining the pan about every 2 weeks.
I hope that can be fixed.
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In house news, I got an email from Sergio giving me a phone number for an AC company. They are going to come out next Thursday and have a look at my system since I have to keep going up and draining the pan about every 2 weeks.
Great news!
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In house news, I got an email from Sergio giving me a phone number for an AC company. They are going to come out next Thursday and have a look at my system since I have to keep going up and draining the pan about every 2 weeks.
Also, when I watched Anderson's rerun of your show, I noticed that he clearly stated that they (his show) was going to follow up on your story, as would Amy's List, or Agnus' list, or whatever.
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DR JRand and others who may be interested: here's some footage from Roundabout's
HARVEY (http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Harvey.aspx?utm_medium=email_internal&utm_campaign=harvey&utm_source=email_club_newsletter&utm_content=june#Watch)
A little bit of Sheldon shows up now and then, but I think Jim Parsons does a good job of keeping him in check. Notice, too, the incidental music - reminded me of the theme from SIX FEET UNDER, but a little more chipper.
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I need to take a walk to the mail box. I'll be back in awhile.
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Started listening to the new John Irving novel, "In One Person," about a bisexual author looking back on his life. It covers a lot of the same themes of earlier Irving works, which means I'm enjoying it at lot. It also has a fun storyline about community theater.
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In house news, I got an email from Sergio giving me a phone number for an AC company. They are going to come out next Thursday and have a look at my system since I have to keep going up and draining the pan about every 2 weeks.
Great news!
Yes! Very good news!
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DR JRand and others who may be interested: here's some footage from Roundabout's
HARVEY (http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Harvey.aspx?utm_medium=email_internal&utm_campaign=harvey&utm_source=email_club_newsletter&utm_content=june#Watch)
A little bit of Sheldon shows up now and then, but I think Jim Parsons does a good job of keeping him in check. Notice, too, the incidental music - reminded me of the theme from SIX FEET UNDER, but a little more chipper.
I've never seen SIX FEET UNDER, but the music reminded me a bit of Schmidt & Jones' The Fantasticks. :)
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Thank you all for the good wishes. :) Glad to read that your pipes got fixed, DR Jane.
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
I've been thinking about getting a Nook or a Kindle but since I have the app on my Itouch (even though it's 4 years old now) I just can's seem to be able to justify the cost.
In other news, I learned that the iPhone is coming to my carrier--Virgin Mobile! Since I just bought the slider phone I can't really justify getting the iPhone either, badly as I want one. Pardon me for a moment (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ahhhhhhh. Errrrrrrrr)
Ok, I'm back. Not sure I feel any better about it but I'm here.
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"The Killing" finally came in at the library. It's the American version, but it's fun and addictive.
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One more.
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Page Six!
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
I've been thinking about getting a Nook or a Kindle but since I have the app on my Itouch (even though it's 4 years old now) I just can's seem to be able to justify the cost.
In other news, I learned that the iPhone is coming to my carrier--Virgin Mobile! Since I just bought the slider phone I can't really justify getting the iPhone either, badly as I want one. Pardon me for a moment (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ahhhhhhh. Errrrrrrrr)
Ok, I'm back. Not sure I feel any better about it but I'm here.
I am about ready to throw my slider phone out the window, It won't hold a charge. This is the second one I have had. I charged it yesterday afternoon, and I checked it just before I went to sleep last night and it was already to turn itself off. I must have something open on the phone that isn't suppose to be open.
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DR JRand and others who may be interested: here's some footage from Roundabout's
HARVEY (http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Harvey.aspx?utm_medium=email_internal&utm_campaign=harvey&utm_source=email_club_newsletter&utm_content=june#Watch)
A little bit of Sheldon shows up now and then, but I think Jim Parsons does a good job of keeping him in check. Notice, too, the incidental music - reminded me of the theme from SIX FEET UNDER, but a little more chipper.
I don't like the play well enough to go see Jim Parsons (or Brent Barrett) onstage in it.
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
I've been thinking about getting a Nook or a Kindle but since I have the app on my Itouch (even though it's 4 years old now) I just can's seem to be able to justify the cost.
In other news, I learned that the iPhone is coming to my carrier--Virgin Mobile! Since I just bought the slider phone I can't really justify getting the iPhone either, badly as I want one. Pardon me for a moment (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ahhhhhhh. Errrrrrrrr)
Ok, I'm back. Not sure I feel any better about it but I'm here.
I am about ready to throw my slider phone out the window, It won't hold a charge. This is the second one I have had. I charged it yesterday afternoon, and I checked it just before I went to sleep last night and it was already to turn itself off. I must have something open on the phone that isn't suppose to be open.
I put an app on my phone called "Advanced Task Killer" I got it on the android market. My phone wouldn't even last the day on a full charge. It puts a green/yellow figure on the top of your phone and you have to do a slide down (hope you understand that) You tap on it and it asks if you want to kill selected apps. Anything that has a check next to it will be shut down--for awhile anyway. I use it a couple of times a day and it did help with battery life.
Hope that helps.
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DR JRand and others who may be interested: here's some footage from Roundabout's
HARVEY (http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Harvey.aspx?utm_medium=email_internal&utm_campaign=harvey&utm_source=email_club_newsletter&utm_content=june#Watch)
A little bit of Sheldon shows up now and then, but I think Jim Parsons does a good job of keeping him in check. Notice, too, the incidental music - reminded me of the theme from SIX FEET UNDER, but a little more chipper.
I don't like the play well enough to go see Jim Parsons (or Brent Barrett) onstage in it.
Actually, come to think of it, I turned down the role of Elwood. Not for the Broadway production.
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Is the Nook the one from Barnes and Noble?
I've been thinking about getting a Nook or a Kindle but since I have the app on my Itouch (even though it's 4 years old now) I just can's seem to be able to justify the cost.
In other news, I learned that the iPhone is coming to my carrier--Virgin Mobile! Since I just bought the slider phone I can't really justify getting the iPhone either, badly as I want one. Pardon me for a moment (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ahhhhhhh. Errrrrrrrr)
Ok, I'm back. Not sure I feel any better about it but I'm here.
I am about ready to throw my slider phone out the window, It won't hold a charge. This is the second one I have had. I charged it yesterday afternoon, and I checked it just before I went to sleep last night and it was already to turn itself off. I must have something open on the phone that isn't suppose to be open.
I put an app on my phone called "Advanced Task Killer" I got it on the android market. My phone wouldn't even last the day on a full charge. It puts a green/yellow figure on the top of your phone and you have to do a slide down (hope you understand that) You tap on it and it asks if you want to kill selected apps. Anything that has a check next to it will be shut down--for awhile anyway. I use it a couple of times a day and it did help with battery life.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, Danise.
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I have to tell you about my tweet to DR Jose. I saw him tweet that he had corrected a tweet where he typed something wrong. I thought he had some kind new trick that I didn't know about because I make mistakes all the time and it makes me mad when I can't correct it.
Anyway, I tweeted, "How did you do that?" to him. When he answered, he said he just retyped and retweeted! I tweeted back "Duh! *hit's forehead* I could have had a V8!"
Ahh, silly me. :)
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Diane Sawyer just had a story that one out of ten children in this country has been the victim of identity theft. Scary, huh?
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Thanks DR Danise.
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Diane Sawyer just had a story that one out of ten children in this country has been the victim of identity theft. Scary, huh?
Very!
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After my trip to the mail box I changed the sheets on the bed. They didn't need changing except we were too warm last night and needed cooler sheets on the bed.
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After my trip to the mail box I changed the sheets on the bed. They didn't need changing except we were too warm last night and needed cooler sheets on the bed.
I know that feeling.
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I like that we need the cooler sheets.
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So, apparently Hitler didn't care for the Royal Caribbean appearance on the Tonys either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOe6uhlKBOU
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So, apparently Hitler didn't care for the Royal Caribbean appearance on the Tonys either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOe6uhlKBOU
Love this!!!!
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So, apparently Hitler didn't care for the Royal Caribbean appearance on the Tonys either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOe6uhlKBOU
Too funny.
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G'night!
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'night
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G'night! I'm going too. Tired tonight.
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Me, four. I'm heading home.
Be back later.
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Night, all.
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There was a murder last night 5 doors down from my house, sirens, police, ambulances, etc....I slept through the whole thing and didn't even hear about it until the news at 6:00
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Copy editor humor. We love sentences like this:
Joe Smith, 62, and his wife, Mary, 59, were both found deaf in their home by neighbors this morning.
WHAAAAAT?????
I find Vixdad and the Vixter both deaf when I call for help bringing in the groceries from the car
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I'm feeling rather depressed today probably because I picked up Sherlock & brought him home. When the snow melts on Mt. Ashland we will take him to be with Echo.
(((Jane)))
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Thanks to having accepted a Voluntary [sic] Early Retirement deal from my day job employer last year, AND having not yet decided what I want to do when I grow up, I meanwhile enjoy the freedom of getting to such things as the Friday and Sunday events. Looking forward to both, and to meeting a few of you DRs.
This is what I am enjoying as well....and I don't miss WORKING one bit.....although I still have plenty to do.
You don't seem to have enough free time to be considered retired ;)
Good grief. Slap my eyeballs. I thought you wrote that Jrand didn't have enough time to be considered retarded.
Hey, don't blame me, blame my glaucoma.
LOL!!!!
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There was a murder last night 5 doors down from my house, sirens, police, ambulances, etc....I slept through the whole thing and didn't even hear about it until the news at 6:00
oh my goodness - first JMK's neighbor now yours.....
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There was a murder last night 5 doors down from my house, sirens, police, ambulances, etc....I slept through the whole thing and didn't even hear about it until the news at 6:00
oh my goodness - first JMK's neighbor now yours.....
Apparently the people involved all knew each other and there has been an arrest. It wasn't random, so I'm really not scared about it, but it was tragic and I can't believe the sirens didn't wake me up
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There was a murder last night 5 doors down from my house, sirens, police, ambulances, etc....I slept through the whole thing and didn't even hear about it until the news at 6:00
oh my goodness - first JMK's neighbor now yours.....
Apparently the people involved all knew each other and there has been an arrest. It wasn't random, so I'm really not scared about it, but it was tragic and I can't believe the sirens didn't wake me up
here's the news story (http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-crowbar-used-in-sioux-city-killing-recovered/article_66276443-7357-51fa-9f8e-a3aadc1a375c.html)
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Today's fabulous, non-ironic quote o'the day from Betsy:
"You accuse me of arguing with you every time I disagree with you."
;D
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I told her I was going to double stitch that one on a sampler and hang it on the wall.
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I suppose I shall write some notes then hit the road to dreamland.
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travel Vibes for Bk