Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on August 05, 2013, 12:26:43 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of Kritzerland at Sterling's 36, and now it is time for you to post until the 36 cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: HYPERHIDROSIS!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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I think the Kritzerland Anniversary Show should feature the 36 cows.
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Thanks for sharing some vacation shots, DR Vixmom. What fun!
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Good morning, all.
Awake WAY too early, tossed and turned, finally gave in and got up. But I shall go for a nap in a little while.
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Congrats to BK on a stupendous show!
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Good morning, all! Good to hear last night's show went well!
I am off to Toyland; I'm waiting on an email from my colleague Curtis about some vocal score adjustments to DEAREST ENEMY that I asked him to make last year, and I want to begin the fixes for Act Two.
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Good Morning to all.
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Glad to hear the show went so well!
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Great that the show went so well!
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TOD:
How about doing some What if? songs
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To a beautiful Monday morning.
To a glorious week ahead.
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Sounds like the show last night was another success.
Congrats to the cast.
Congrats to bk.
8)
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I'm trying the week with no coffee.
Maybe that will help my 2:00 in the afternoon slump.
Off to work.
Mega vibes everyone.
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Good morning, all.
Congrats to BK and the cast on a great show.
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TOD: I don't know what all you've included in past shows, so a few favorites I've enjoyed lately include:
Leader of a Big-Time Band
Ah Fong Lo
Here's to Your Illusions
Mr. Right
Thanks a Lot But No Thanks
You and I
Falling in Love Again
When It Happens to You
Stomp the Blues Away
No, My Heart
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Finally read the NYT review of Hello, Dolly! Sadly, the writer shows her ignorance of the show's history and original production. Champion's casting of Eileen Brennan and Charles Nelson Reilly as the secondary lovers was part of his attempt to play up the farcical elements of the show. His whole production was about farce. That's what the Waiters' Gallop is. The movie is not like that. But Champion had nothing to do with the movie.
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Monday morning greetings! Glorious weather here in SW Ohio today 8)
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Greetings from Toyland!
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Congratulations on a great show, BK!
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Congrats on the successful show, BK!
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Where did the weekend go???!!
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BK, did you know that THE JACK BENNY SHOW plays daily on the Antenna TV channel? Check your listings, you may get it.
Last night I watched THE JACK BENNY SHOW with Lawrence Welk as guest star. I laughed so hard I had a coughing fit.
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And the word of the day is: HYPERHIDROSIS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SPINNING WHEEL
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Where did the weekend go???!!
There was a weekend?
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Nobody told me.
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What if they gave a weekend and nobody came?
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What if we got to a new page and nobody told us?
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Two (2) !
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So happy the show was a success!! Sounds like MR BK & Co AND the audience were all in synch and having a ball last night.
DR GINNY says that Richard is back!!! Lovely vacation photos from DR VIXMOM - I have never seen one of those Disney televisions....is that a real thing?
And nice articles posted by DR CILLA LIZ!!! Did you ever get your new washer & dryer?
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Tonight is photo night - and photos taken for the local paper....so we have an early call. The good news is that Editor Eric will be back with us after 18 weeks of recovery from shoulder surgery! I am bringing him cupcakes to celebrate!!
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I'm up and have been up since eight-thirty - two telephonic calls this morning, one from the company that we order our shipping boxes from. A rep is coming to visit me next Tuesday and assures me that after eight years of business and tens of thousands of boxes with no price break that he will be getting us a better deal from now on.
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Good Morning All,
Congratulations BK on a great show!
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TOD:
I don't know yet!
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Goodbye for now!
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Damn it, now I want to see both "Ya Got Trouble" AND "I Ain't Down Yet". Damn it to hell.
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This is really a crazy thing to admit (and just as crazy to have to remember), but when I first got infatuated with THE MUSIC MAN (from the film) and was wearing the soundtrack LP down to a nub (can you wear an LP down to a nub? -- must check on this), one thing I embarrassingly remember doing is standing in the living room and lip-syncing "Trouble" to the great amusement of my mom and sister.
I also remember typing the lyrics out, just to do it, even though they were available in the movie tie-in paperback. I think it was to be another year or so before I discovered there were such things as vocal scores, but I probably had the vocal selections (which never had a film tie-in cover, to my recollection) which were the usual pretty awful simple arrangements.
In general, the whole family was pretty enthused about THE MUSIC MAN, probably more so than with most musicals. My dad had seen it from standing room on Broadway while Preston was still in it, and that's partly why we all made it to the Florida Theater on that Friday night the movie opened.
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And as for that lip-syncing or any other syncing, I can assure you all that I was no BK. Oy!
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We are doing one thing from What If in the anniversary show: The Yiddish Sondheim.
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And we're doing my song, Three Friends.
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And two Sondheim songs that aren't Yiddish.
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Here's the story I told (by heart yet) after I finished Ya Got Trouble. Keep in mind that in every single Kritzerland show I have said the same line - "For those who haven't been with us before, I always have to explain that I am elderly and must read from the paper" - referring to my clipboard and notes that I read. So, I finished Ya Got Trouble and said:
Now, I know there are some of you out there thinking, 'He just said he's elderly and must read from the paper and yet he just did one of the wordiest songs ever written for a musical - how did he do that?' Well, I'll tell you how and I'll try to keep it short, but that won't be happening. Back in June of 1962 I was fourteen (at that point I looked at someone in the front row and said "don't do the math"), and the movie version of The Music Man was about to open at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood on a Wednesday, which is when movies used to open back then. So, several days before that I began to badger my mother about going to see it on that Wednesday. Now, those of you who know me know that when I badger it's best to just give me what I want - my mother had learned that early on - so she said that after my father got home and we had dinner that we'd go see it.
Those of you who know me also know that I have no patience so when Wednesday rolled around I got up early, took a bus to Hollywood and saw the first show at noon. I fell in love with the movie, so much so that I stayed for the next show, which you could do in those days. Then I took the bus home. My father got home, we had dinner, and off we went to the Paramount Theater in Hollywood because I'd neglected to mention that I'd already seen it twice. Anyway, I loved it even more the third time. Next day I bought the soundtrack LP and played it over and over again and within a day I knew all the songs by heart, including Ya Got Trouble.
In those days, we had a family dinner at our house every two weeks, with aunts and uncles and cousins and my grandparents, Dave and Gussie Gross. After dinner, everyone would gather in the living room and I'd do The Bruce Kimmel Hour, which was sort of my young Jew version of The Ed Sullivan Show with me doing all the acts. I performed Ya Got Trouble and everyone was properly impressed that I did it by heart, and my grandfather gave me his highest praise when he said, 'What is it, fish?'
A year later I did it for a talent assembly in high school, but since then I've never done the number again. I've seen the movie a lot and seen the show on stage a few times but I haven't looked at the script and haven't seen the sheet music. When I decided to do this show I thought to myself, 'Who am I going to assign this song to? They'll kill me, it's so wordy and so much to learn.' One day I was out jogging and I thought, 'I wonder how much of this I actually remember?' and as I was jogging I began doing it - and did the whole thing just about letter perfect. And that's what I think they call muscle memory. I think my brain has incredible muscle memory, which is more than I can say for my actual muscles, which suffer from both short and long term memory loss.
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Excellent story. But holy cows, THREE times on opening day? Oh man. I do remember sitting through BYE BYE BIRDIE twice in succession the following year. And probably WEST SIDE STORY at some point. But wow.
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I love the story!!!
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DR JOHN G - I think we would all have our lip-synching to records stories.
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TOD:
Pick Yourself Up
New Words....or was that in Kritzerland show already.....and if you do the song.....have somebody do it sign language as well....it is even more beautiful!!!
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Quiet day at HHW.
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We've got trouble, all right!
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Enjoying the freshest corn, melon, peaches, and cherries this side of heaven! Made a huge vat of fresh pesto for dinner tonight. Just up from a nap, and fixin' to head off to the beach for readin' and swimin'. Not sure why I'm suddenly droppin' all my final "g"s. I guess that's just how I roll.
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Vacation time for DR SINGDAW!!!
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And I am off to rehearsal early so that I can hang another poster on the set and make sure I am ready when the newspaper photographer comes....
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Had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and no fries or onion rings. Picked up one package, and not one of the overdue packages.
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I will be supping on a slice or three of pizza later, and watching the Swedish GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, the extended trilogy of which just arrived!
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Just got approval on the packaging for our next release, so that's good.
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BK, did you know that THE JACK BENNY SHOW plays daily on the Antenna TV channel? Check your listings, you may get it.
I've mentioned we watch it on a Jewish station out of L.A. I hope the quality on the DVD is better than on JLTV where we watch it.
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Tonight is photo night - and photos taken for the local paper....so we have an early call. The good news is that Editor Eric will be back with us after 18 weeks of recovery from shoulder surgery! I am bringing him cupcakes to celebrate!!
I hope he is truly recovered, wish I were-lol.
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Bruce congratulations on the show last night. I'm guessing your received a big applause after telling your story.
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TOD:
How about doing some What if? songs
We are doing one thing from What If in the anniversary show: The Yiddish Sondheim.
BK, what about doing a revival of the whole show? That would be cool! You could get your former costumer to be the special guest! ;)
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And since it would be a one-off performance, she and your landlord could reunite since their movie together, "Enchanted"!
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I know...it's only a fantasy, but a fun one!
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I'm up and have been up since eight-thirty - two telephonic calls this morning, one from the company that we order our shipping boxes from. A rep is coming to visit me next Tuesday and assures me that after eight years of business and tens of thousands of boxes with no price break that he will be getting us a better deal from now on.
That's great news, BK! Loyalty pays off every once in a while.
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After a long day at Toyland, I am home. And very tired.
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Weird news about Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post for a mere $250 million. Glad I'm not in journalism anymore. I seem to recall the Courier-Journal in Louisville selling for almost twice that much about 25 years ago.
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Yesterday we were in the bookstore looking at the selection of papers for sale including the LA times. Keith commented how much small the papers are today.
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Well, this site's been dead for nearly an hour! Where is everyone?
My colleague Curtis found my email from mid-June last year with my requested changes to the vocal score. Suddenly my cleanup job on DEAREST ENEMY is much easier.
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The wind from the fires is blowing more in our direction each day. At least it isn't as bad as it was last week when I put up the photo. My lungs felt it more today than probably due to accumulations, still it isn't too bad. I've had worse problems from smoke.
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Well, this site's been dead for nearly an hour! Where is everyone?
My colleague Curtis found my email from mid-June last year with my requested changes to the vocal score. Suddenly my cleanup job on DEAREST ENEMY is much easier.
That's good news.
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My colleague Curtis found my email from mid-June last year with my requested changes to the vocal score. Suddenly my cleanup job on DEAREST ENEMY is much easier.
That's good news.
Very good news and I almost missed it since I was typing at the time.
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You would think my local paper would report news updates on the fire situation & the air quality levels but all I see is that it is smokey here-duh!
I found a state listing for air quality and see that we are only "unhealthy for sensitive people". I'm sensitive but apparently not as much as I thought. The people near the fires are rated "unhealthy", not bad considering there are two levels above that.
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Interesting story BK.
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I'm here for the moment. Today I made blueberry muffins for breakfast, then I sat around. Then I ran some errands....and hmm....made a roast beef and rice and made a key lime cheesecake (from a mix, haven't tried it yet) then I ate roast beef and rice, then I held the cats, now I'm going to give callie her meds and go outside and mow the lawn Guess that could have been lots of posts, oops
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I'm very glad you all love the Music Man. Not one of my favorites, but mostly because everyone in Iowa does the show over and over and over.
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But that being said, it was very fun to be in the show once upon a time
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Ok, time to medicate the cat
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I'm here for a moment to report that both the pizza and the movie are fantastic. Just watched Episode 1 (first half of DRAGON TATTOO), and after a short break will continue with Episode 2. I think I can plan on watching the second two films over the next two evenings, so how perfect is that? This is great stuff.
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Still on Page 3?
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This is quite terrible.
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I shudder to think what BK will threaten.
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I doubt I can sustain the strength to carry us over.
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Oy!
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And enough of me.
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Help!! Help!!
S-O-S . . . _ _ _ . . .
You'll be able to find us -- We're on PAGE THREE! Someone PLEASE h e l p ...
Is anybody out there?
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I'm here for a moment to report that both the pizza and the movie are fantastic. Just watched Episode 1 (first half of DRAGON TATTOO), and after a short break will continue with Episode 2. I think I can plan on watching the second two films over the next two evenings, so how perfect is that? This is great stuff.
I think it is by far the best of the three films. I'm glad you are enjoying it.
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DR Cilla your muffins sound good.
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Help!! Help!!
S-O-S . . . _ _ _ . . .
You'll be able to find us -- We're on PAGE THREE! Someone PLEASE h e l p ...
Is anybody out there?
:)
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The smoke also make our noses uncomfortable. Just what everyone wants to know ;)
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What is this page three malarky?
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I spent several hours with the darling daughter. It's taken me six years to get her to see Dr. Chew and while waiting that six years has cost her her entire upper teeth, he can save the front lower teeth - the story of all this is horrible - she saw a dentist six years ago, one of these charlatan dentists who are in it only for the insurance money they can scam and he scared her so much, telling her it was going to cost eighty thousand dollars to do the work on her problematic teeth (she had no insurance), that she did nothing for the last six years. Three years ago I began badgering her about seeing Dr. Chew for a second opinion and had she done it she could have saved some of her upper teeth, but alas, I couldn't get her here. Last week, I put my foot down when I heard one of her teeth just fell out - I insisted she come, I made the appointment, and she had it today. While the news is obviously not good, once it's done she won't have any more pain, she'll be able to eat like a normal person, smile, and she'll be so much happier. Work starts end of this month and will happen over a three week period. Oh, and the cost is not eighty grand - more like seven.
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Listening to a VERY disappointing Pino Donaggio soundtrack to a film called Do You Like Hitchcock, a Dario Argento movie that wasn't very good.
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Richard and I had a delightful afternoon together. He took his car in for 2 small problems and they had to keep it waiting for a part. I picked him up and we went to IKEA for lunch and to get an item I saw 2 weeks ago but couldn't lift by myself. Then I drove him past Rob and Mary Linda's new apartment and we did a little grocery shopping. After a rest and a light supper I had to go to a meeting about the school bond issue that we'll vote on in November.
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Hello!
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I'm amazed at amazon.com. I ordered the Jack Benny DVD Saturday and it arrived today.
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Oh Bruce I'm sorry about the teeth. I would be very upset if this was my child not going to the dentist. Reminds me, Craig was waiting until he had insurance. I think I will ask if he has gone. I did get him to see our dentist while he was here so the situation isn't serious.
As a parting gift to me he did let me purchase a tetnus/whopping cough vaccination. ;D
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When will the darling daughter return to Dr. Chew?
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I'm glad to hear the show was such a success, BK!
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MAJOR CRIMES is a hoot tonight!
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Darling daughter will be back the last week of August - that will be two visits a day apart. Then probably back a couple of weeks later for the big upper teeth stuff.
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BK, I'm so sorry your daughter has to go through this at such a young age.
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...As a parting gift to me he did let me purchase a tetnus/whopping cough vaccination. ;D
Doesn't take much to make a Mom happy, does it, DR Jane?
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Today was the last day of my vacation - I dread going back tomorrow
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I spent the day pampering my self - pedi/mani, haircut, eyebrow wax, deluxe wash for the vixmomobile
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I, of course, should have spent the day cleaning , unpacking , etc etc
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I also bought a $400 million powerball ticket
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you know, so everyday can be a vacation day
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Congratulations to the Kritzerland Krew
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Darling daughter will be back the last week of August - that will be two visits a day apart. Then probably back a couple of weeks later for the big upper teeth stuff.
Extractions can be painful. I hope she will be fine and you won't need to nurse her as well. I feel bad for her but at least you finally forced the issue so it isn't worse.
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...As a parting gift to me he did let me purchase a tetnus/whopping cough vaccination. ;D
Doesn't take much to make a Mom happy, does it, DR Jane?
LOL nope. Traveling with two pets in the heat I knew if he hurt himself he wasn't going to be able to leave them in the car and get a tetnus shot. Plus working in a school he needed the whooping cough that goes with it, at least as far as I'm concerned it did. :)
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Today was the last day of my vacation - I dread going back tomorrow
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I spent the day pampering my self - pedi/mani, haircut, eyebrow wax, deluxe wash for the vixmomobile
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I am so so sorry to hear about your darling daughter's dental woes. I was very lucky to have had an excellent dentist my whole childhood. He just retired a few years ago and left us in good hands by choosing a young partner for his practice a couple of years before he left. Even though DR Sandra had a rough time recovering from her wisdom teeth extraction, it was not due to the dentist's work -- it was just DR Sandra.
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I spent several hours with the darling daughter. It's taken me six years to get her to see Dr. Chew and while waiting that six years has cost her her entire upper teeth, he can save the front lower teeth - the story of all this is horrible - she saw a dentist six years ago, one of these charlatan dentists who are in it only for the insurance money they can scam and he scared her so much, telling her it was going to cost eighty thousand dollars to do the work on her problematic teeth (she had no insurance), that she did nothing for the last six years. Three years ago I began badgering her about seeing Dr. Chew for a second opinion and had she done it she could have saved some of her upper teeth, but alas, I couldn't get her here. Last week, I put my foot down when I heard one of her teeth just fell out - I insisted she come, I made the appointment, and she had it today. While the news is obviously not good, once it's done she won't have any more pain, she'll be able to eat like a normal person, smile, and she'll be so much happier. Work starts end of this month and will happen over a three week period. Oh, and the cost is not eighty grand - more like seven.
~~~All Kinds of Teeth Vibes for BK's Darling Daughter!!~~~
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Oh man, what a dental tale. Sorry to hear it, but even though it's not the path most of us would choose, she'll be so much better off for it.
Most of my own family was just like that, always neglecting the teeth, always putting off any kind of meaningful and regular care. My dad was on and off with extractions and partial plates and whatnot for DECADES, and finally in his 80s he gave it up and went for full dentures (he had no interest in the effort and expense of getting implants), an enormous improvement over what he had been going through. I did the neglecting and procrastinating, myself, but never could envision submitting to failure in that department. I woke up one day and did the right thing by getting with the damned program.
VIBES aplenty for the Darling Daughter.
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Kudos for the efforts you put in with her, even though it took so damned long.
It is so crazy about teeth. People will submit to all manner of things that take much more courage, while refusing to go to a dentist.
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I am so so sorry to hear about your darling daughter's dental woes. I was very lucky to have had an excellent dentist my whole childhood. He just retired a few years ago and left us in good hands by choosing a young partner for his practice a couple of years before he left. Even though DR Sandra had a rough time recovering from her wisdom teeth extraction, it was not due to the dentist's work -- it was just DR Sandra.
I've been pretty lucky, too. My wisdom teeth extraction (I only had three wisdom teeth) went quite smoothly. My dad (he was much older than I'm sure how old BK's darling daughter must be now) had to have all of his teeth pulled.
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And not to change the subject, even though the subject of teeth is getting us through Page Four pretty damned quickly, but THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is just incredible. What a story! Can't wait to see the others...in spite of what DR Jane thought of them. :)
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Truly horrible story about your daughter's dental condition. Vibes and xylophones that it works out as well as can be expected.
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Loved the Girl series, both the books and the movies. I still need to get that Blu-Ray so I can watch the extended versions of the movies.
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Five!
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Now, I need to get writing.
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I am so so sorry to hear about your darling daughter's dental woes. I was very lucky to have had an excellent dentist my whole childhood. He just retired a few years ago and left us in good hands by choosing a young partner for his practice a couple of years before he left. Even though DR Sandra had a rough time recovering from her wisdom teeth extraction, it was not due to the dentist's work -- it was just DR Sandra.
I've been pretty lucky, too. My wisdom teeth extraction (I only had three wisdom teeth) went quite smoothly.
I had your other one, George. I was one of the lucky ones to have five.
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I'm trying the week with no coffee.
Maybe that will help my 2:00 in the afternoon slump.
Off to work.
Mega vibes everyone.
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No, instead you will get your slump at 11 in the A.M.
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I had the usual four wisdom teeth, and only had to have the two left ones removed because one was slightly impacted in the gum and it would get infected now and then. I had the best damned dentist EVER for those extractions, right in the Golden Triangle of the Hills of Beverly. Dr. Charles Yoon on Roxbury. Bless his soul, that was in 1981, and he was so careful and the thing went so smoothly and recovery was such a piece of cake, that I probably celebrated with lots of pieces of cake over the following week.
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Dental Vibes for BKs DD
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I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth, it was hell having them removed.....although my dentist did give me some amazing pain pills and since it was either Christmas or spring break in college, I took them and laid in bed and let my mother pamper me
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Wednesday I go back to the dentist after my crown came off for the second time. Last time it came out the dentist felt so bad she told me that if it happened again, she will start over and get a new crown made and put it in free of charge. When I called about it, the receptionist read the notes in my file and confirmed that was the case. It doesn't hurt....well at least not now (it may once the work starts) so I don't mind waiting.
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I enjoyed both of the articles you posted yesterday, Cilla!
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Although I call this vacation, it's really intended to be a summer work week, as in work around the house, have the tree guys come, get the car serviced, maybe do some painting etc. If I tell people that's why I'm taking it off, they start telling me that isn't really a vacation. Well, for me it is. I get my mind off of work and when I go back to work, many of the big jobs are done.
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Tonight I mowed the yard and trimmed the bushes by the front door. I didn't get to have work week last summer because I had my car accident on the first day I was taking off. So, the bushes didn't get trimmed last year and lots of other stuff didn't get done. I can't tell you how good it feels to start getting this stuff done
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Although I call this vacation, it's really intended to be a summer work week, as in work around the house, have the tree guys come, get the car serviced, maybe do some painting etc. If I tell people that's why I'm taking it off, they start telling me that isn't really a vacation. Well, for me it is. I get my mind off of work and when I go back to work, many of the big jobs are done.
A person's got to do what a person's got to do. Enjoy the time away from your day job, Cilla. :D
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I enjoyed both of the articles you posted yesterday, Cilla!
Thanks TCB. There is a fund raiser dinner at a local church for Sharon tomorrow night. Looking forward to going to that
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Although I call this vacation, it's really intended to be a summer work week, as in work around the house, have the tree guys come, get the car serviced, maybe do some painting etc. If I tell people that's why I'm taking it off, they start telling me that isn't really a vacation. Well, for me it is. I get my mind off of work and when I go back to work, many of the big jobs are done.
A person's got to do what a person's got to do. Enjoy the time away from your day job, Cilla. :D
Thanks George. It really does feel great to get these things done. I see those bushes every time I go by the house and they were totally out of control. They are better, still need to sculpt them a bit, but they are looking a lot better
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Well, I gotta get outta here and go home.
I'll be back.
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I am taking time this week to reconnect with a few friends I just don't ever see. That started with talking to Sharon last Friday for 2 1/2 hours and will continue with dinner with a friend and going to coffee with another.
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Dental vibes for the DD of BK. Hope all the work brings relief. I hate mouth pain
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Not that anyone likes mouth pain
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Yikes am I ever rambling
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Tomorrow my only planned activity is dinner at 6:00 at the benefit. So I'm planning to sleep in. It's going to be hot with a chance of storms, so I may work on the spare room and scrub the last two walls to prep them for paint. That's another job I planned to do last summer but had to post pone when I couldn't use my left arm to scrub. Will be very happy to get that done
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Somehow, Cillaliz, I think you'd have to have four impacted wisdom teeth removed and heavy-duty pain pills to get you to sit still on a vacation.
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T.O.D.
They Don't Give Medals (to Yesterday's Heroes)
I'll Take You Dreaming
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Somehow, Cillaliz, I think you'd have to have four impacted wisdom teeth removed and heavy-duty pain pills to get you to sit still on a vacation.
LOL!!! I've never been good at just sitting. I can sit and read, or sit and watch a movie, but I can't just sunbathe or just sit. Although after work, I do like to just sit and watch tv.
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Overheard today :" It's an abomination before God. You HAVE to do jazz hands"
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I have no idea what they were talking about (other than jazz hands). It totally cracked me up
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What if they gave a weekend and nobody came?
What if they gave a weekend that never ended?
They have, it is called retirement!
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And two Sondheim songs that aren't Yiddish.
Arabic?
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Here's the story I told (by heart yet) after I finished Ya Got Trouble. Keep in mind that in every single Kritzerland show I have said the same line - "For those who haven't been with us before, I always have to explain that I am elderly and must read from the paper" - referring to my clipboard and notes that I read. So, I finished Ya Got Trouble and said:
Now, I know there are some of you out there thinking, 'He just said he's elderly and must read from the paper and yet he just did one of the wordiest songs ever written for a musical - how did he do that?' Well, I'll tell you how and I'll try to keep it short, but that won't be happening. Back in June of 1962 I was fourteen (at that point I looked at someone in the front row and said "don't do the math"), and the movie version of The Music Man was about to open at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood on a Wednesday, which is when movies used to open back then. So, several days before that I began to badger my mother about going to see it on that Wednesday. Now, those of you who know me know that when I badger it's best to just give me what I want - my mother had learned that early on - so she said that after my father got home and we had dinner that we'd go see it.
Those of you who know me also know that I have no patience so when Wednesday rolled around I got up early, took a bus to Hollywood and saw the first show at noon. I fell in love with the movie, so much so that I stayed for the next show, which you could do in those days. Then I took the bus home. My father got home, we had dinner, and off we went to the Paramount Theater in Hollywood because I'd neglected to mention that I'd already seen it twice. Anyway, I loved it even more the third time. Next day I bought the soundtrack LP and played it over and over again and within a day I knew all the songs by heart, including Ya Got Trouble.
In those days, we had a family dinner at our house every two weeks, with aunts and uncles and cousins and my grandparents, Dave and Gussie Gross. After dinner, everyone would gather in the living room and I'd do The Bruce Kimmel Hour, which was sort of my young Jew version of The Ed Sullivan Show with me doing all the acts. I performed Ya Got Trouble and everyone was properly impressed that I did it by heart, and my grandfather gave me his highest praise when he said, 'What is it, fish?'
A year later I did it for a talent assembly in high school, but since then I've never done the number again. I've seen the movie a lot and seen the show on stage a few times but I haven't looked at the script and haven't seen the sheet music. When I decided to do this show I thought to myself, 'Who am I going to assign this song to? They'll kill me, it's so wordy and so much to learn.' One day I was out jogging and I thought, 'I wonder how much of this I actually remember?' and as I was jogging I began doing it - and did the whole thing just about letter perfect. And that's what I think they call muscle memory. I think my brain has incredible muscle memory, which is more than I can say for my actual muscles, which suffer from both short and long term memory loss.
Great story, BK!
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The smoke also make our noses uncomfortable. Just what everyone wants to know ;)
Is your nose running?
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The smoke also make our noses uncomfortable. Just what everyone wants to know ;)
Is your nose running?
Then you better try and catch it!
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I also bought a $400 million powerball ticket
Sorry, vixmom, I already bought the winning ticket.
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I am so so sorry to hear about your darling daughter's dental woes. I was very lucky to have had an excellent dentist my whole childhood. He just retired a few years ago and left us in good hands by choosing a young partner for his practice a couple of years before he left. Even though DR Sandra had a rough time recovering from her wisdom teeth extraction, it was not due to the dentist's work -- it was just DR Sandra.
I've been pretty lucky, too. My wisdom teeth extraction (I only had three wisdom teeth) went quite smoothly. My dad (he was much older than I'm sure how old BK's darling daughter must be now) had to have all of his teeth pulled.
Gee, George, why doesn't it surprise me that you didn't have all of your wisdom
teeth.
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Overheard today :" It's an abomination before God. You HAVE to do jazz hands"
I know that Bob Fosse thought he was God, but I didn't know that others agreed.
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I wonder if vixmom got any interesting mail while she was gone?
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:)
It's cold outside.
:)
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Waiting for the 10:00 fireworks show from the Ventura County Fair.
If I stand on my toilet and look out the bathroom window, I get to see them every night. 8)
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Goodnight everyone.
Sweet dreams.
:)
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Goodnight everyone.
Sweet dreams.
:)
It was nice almost chatting with you, Sam!
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Three people killed at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania. I always knew it was dangerous to get involved with local government.
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Waiting for the 10:00 fireworks show from the Ventura County Fair.
If I stand on my toilet and look out the bathroom window, I get to see them every night. 8)
Don't forget to put the lid down first ;)
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Well think I'll head up to bed. I may read for awhile. So nice to not have to get up early. I love to be up late at night
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Oh man! I have to remember to buy the winning lottery ticket tomorrow.
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Waiting for the 10:00 fireworks show from the Ventura County Fair.
If I stand on my toilet and look out the bathroom window, I get to see them every night. 8)
If I stood on my toilet, I would see fireworks too. Mostly because I would fall on my head.
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Oh man! I have to remember to buy the winning lottery ticket tomorrow.
I don't mind splitting the 400 million with you, Cilla.
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Maybe I will read something, or listen to some music, or both, or neither.
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We can no longer barbecue on our balconies in the apartment complex. The city tried to ban them a couple of years ago, but with the backlash they received, they abandoned the idea. Unfortunately, the apartments insurance insisted that all barbecues be banned.
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Enough of my ramblings.
G'night!
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Back from a three-hour vocal comp session - we finished. Two of the songs were really difficult but I was patient and methodical and listening to the final result you'd just think the singer went in and nailed it in one take - which is, of course, the goal.