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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were gross, and now it is time for you to post until the gross cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: VOLUBLE!
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Here's our new release in detail:
Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition release
JOSEPH ANDREWS
Composed and Conducted by John Addison
In 1963, director Tony Richardson struck gold with his film adaptation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones. Beloved by critics and audiences, Jones was a huge hit, the fourth most successful film of that year and a winner of four Academy Awards – including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Score. Fourteen years and many films later, Richardson decided to pay Henry Fielding another visit, hoping the same formula would result in another box-office winner. This time the source was Fielding’s Joseph Andrews, the author’s first full-length published novel and, indeed, one of the earliest novels written in English. For the film, Richardson assembled a stellar team, both behind and in front of the camera. The cast included Peter Firth as the eponymous Joseph, Ann-Margret as Lady Booby, Michael Hordern, Jim Dale, Beryl Reid and Penelope Wilton (of Downton Abbey), along with cameos by John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith (repeating his role of Squire Western from Tom Jones) and Peggy Ashcroft. Also along for the ride was composer John Addison, who’d won the Oscar for Best Score for Richardson’s Tom Jones, and who had an amazingly long and fruitful composer/director collaboration with Richardson, resulting in great scores for films such as The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Loved One, Dead Cert and The Phantom of the Opera.
Addison’s score is wonderful and melodious music – it’s pastoral, jaunty and often quirky in its instrumentation, conjuring up the world of Fielding and all of the film’s colorful characters. Addison was a master at this kind of score and Joseph Andrews is prime John Addison.
This world-premiere release of Addison’s music for the film was taken from the mono mixdown tapes, which were in great condition in the Paramount vaults.
Joseph Andrews is limited to 1000 copies only and is priced at $19.98, plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the third week of February, but we’ve been averaging three to four weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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good morning to all
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very early for me
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tod
I ended up in the hospital for three days with food poisoning from Burger King. And for the next 18 months I continued to have stomach problems after months and months of test they couldn't figure or find out anything else. I kept hoping they would find something so they could help me. Then it all finally stopped.
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And I didn't watch the Golden Globes. I was at rehearsals.
Some of the cast were reading throughout the script of The Normal Heart.
Our Ned is really good and as soon as our Tommy laid on the southern accent the humor made the people around the table read laugh.
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~~~Continued Recovery Vibes for BK!!~~~
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CD has been ordered! I really enjoy the samples. :)
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Morning all.
That is all.
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~ ~ ~ MOST EXCELLENT VIBES AND XYLOPHONES FOR A MOST EXCELLENT AND SMOOTH-RUNNING SHOW ~ ~ ~ for bk, cast, and crew this evening!!!!!
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Happy Day-- a new week, new adventures!!!! (How's that for Monday perkiness?)
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Good morning, all.
Woke up too hot in the middle of the night and threw the covers off. Woke up later, freezing, and threw them back on. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Coffee!
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TOD:
"What’s the worst gastrointestinal problem you’ve ever had? "
And you want lots of lovely postings?
:o
::)
:D
Hope you feel better, BK.
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~ ~ ~ SETTLED STOMACH AND QUEASINESS BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ also, for bk!!!!!!
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TOD
Had at least two good bouts of food poisoning in my time. The earliest was around 1971 following a meal at some sort of barbecue joint in Cleveland, and it was several years before I could go near that kind of food again. Another was in 1986 while living in Schaumburg, Illinois, and I don't remember what kind of food was involved that time. Each of these attacks hit me after I'd been in bed and asleep for a while, and they ran their course through the rest of the night, leaving me weak and dehydrated and uninterested in eating that whole next day, but feeling fine and back to normal after the following night's sleep.
Remembering how miserable these experiences were, and they passed within 24 hours, stories like DR Mike's are just plain scary.
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ONE STARRY NIGHT... Is that like ONE GRECIAN URN?
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Yikes, just realized I didn't read the notes.
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Good morning, all!
BK, I cannot order the JOSEPH ANDREWS soundtrack until Wednesday. Please set aside a copy for me.
This morning, I've got physical therapy. When I get back here, I'vw gt a lot of wrk on my choral arrangement.
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DOWNTON ABBEY SPOILER ALERT:
The Times has an article about the controversial show that aired last night. Spoiler aler again.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/watching-downton-abbey-a-shocking-crime/
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Sorry i couldn't stick around for the HHW mini-party for the Golden Globes last night. I had to do something in Word for a few hours, and my system doesn't seem to like keeping Safari open at the same time as word.
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And speaking of the three Gypsy strippers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJfkLXaayg#t=189 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJfkLXaayg#t=189)
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Maybe it was because of the Red Carpet sewage problem that took place yesterday, but I didn't spot the one particular gown or fashion moment to make a timely Hollywood Gown segment for the Globes this year.
So for now, I'll just re-run last year's "Hollywood Gown" - for the moment anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C7ZkwWgiXs
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Monday.
Continued feeling better and show vibes for MR BK!
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My lines will continue to be worked on today.....my first hour at the rehearsal is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. I rehearse my scenes until 8:50 p.m. I will be going early just in case the director gets ahead of himself.
He is blocking the ENTIRE play today - we lost 5 days because of the weather, and he has been in Portugal since Tuesday....so here we go.
Our first performance is not until ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
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TOD:
Too much spinning on rides at King's Island.....twice. Miserable experiences.....
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My lines will continue to be worked on today.....my first hour at the rehearsal is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. I rehearse my scenes until 8:50 p.m. I will be going early just in case the director gets ahead of himself.
He is blocking the ENTIRE play today - we lost 5 days because of the weather, and he has been in Portugal since Tuesday....so here we go.
Our first performance is not until ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for our DR JRand63! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Further regurgitation of the TOD:
Gastrointestinal adventures other than those caused by food poisoning include: (1) the aftereffects of childhood amusement park rides that will NEVER be repeated so long as I shall live; (2) seasickness on sail boats -- the first on an afternoon sail out of Marina del Rey in the late '70s, the second on my first night and day out on an extended in 1980. (Following that second one, I actually got my sea legs and was able to enjoy a fair bit sailing over the next several weeks, but after that I was done. D-U-N. No more of that stuff for me, ever again.) (3) Car sickness as a kid, riding in the back seat through mountainous regions on family trips -- or later in life, attempting to read in the car. Oy!
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I guess one should include one's childhood attack of appendicitis as a major gastrointestinal event. My, that was a bad one. Been glad ever since to be rid of that thing.
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blocking the ENTIRE play today - Our first performance is ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
There is not a proper emoticon for ***keeling over from astonishment***
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~ ~ ~ ALL SORTS OF VIBES ~ ~ ~ for our DR Jrand63!
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Job interview tip: Tell them you're not an applicant, you're an appliCAN.
Lick your finger, hold it against buttock. Make sizzling noise.
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DR George wrote:
One thing that I really don't like about The Golden Globes is that the supporting actor/actress categories are for TV series, mini-series or TV movie. They're all lumped together. I think that the TV series should be in their own category. I can see having the mini-series and TV movie actors/actresses together, but they should be separate from long-running TV series categories.
Just my 2¢.
I 100% agree. I hate this about the Globes. So dumb.
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Morning, all!
TOD:
Don't know if it was my worst GI problem, but certainly my most memorable. While reading the haftorah (for the goyim in the audience: selection from the prophetic section of the bible, read after the weekly biblical portion) at my bar mitzvah, I suddenly got woozy. Managed to finish off the reading and the blessings afterwards, then made a beeline to make my offering to the porcelain gods.
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Greetings, all and Happy Monday!
BK, first and foremost, I want to wish you a brilliantly successful night in Pasadena tonight. No doubt your show will make the musical heavens beam with pride!!
I am so sorry to hear your account of the food poisoning and to know you've been dealing with that kind of awfulness for days now. Get completely well and soon!
I had one horrific bout of food poisoning on tour many years back. I made the mistake of eating Boston Scrod in Pittsburgh between shows. I got through the evening show, but as I packed to fly to Nashville the next day, it was a heave-ho night...all night. I bought something from the hotel pharmacy the next morning to settle my stomach for the flight. By the time I got to the Nashville hotel, I had a 103 fever and they brought in a doctor. I was out of the show for 3 days, but I swore it took me weeks to rid my body of the toxins. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Have a brilliant show and may the day heal all that ails you!!
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Niagara Falls. Frozen.
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I missed the Golden Globes last night, as well. I was feeling very under the weather and all I did was sit around watching Punjabi and Telugu films, all day long while sipping Ginger - Lemon tea.
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DR Elmore and DR Ben, glad your region free machines are working well. New technology can be pretty darn nice, once you figure things out.
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Poor BK, food poisoning is so horrible. Can't recall the last time I went through that. At least not the full fledges throwing up and stomach pain version.
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Job interview tip: Tell them you're not an applicant, you're an appliCAN.
Lick your finger, hold it against buttock. Make sizzling noise.
That does explain so much of your employment record!
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LOL!
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Today at physical therapy, i had my first walking lessons on the treadmill and on the carpet. The goal is to get me off my cane, back on balance, and walking properly, not lurching about like Quasimodo.
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I am listening to an Arabic pop music station from Jordan. Every once in a while the music is interrupted by a commercial for a Japanese restaurant.
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I think you should keep the cane, even when you no longer need it. It will make you look distinguished...or dangerous.
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I think you should keep the cane, even when you no longer need it. It will make you look distinguished...or dangerous.
His aim is pretty good! :)
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Don't I know it!
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LOL!
Don't laugh, Mikey! It also explains so much about you!I think you should keep the cane, even when you no longer need it. It will make you look distinguished...or dangerous.
As long as it makes those who oppose me extinguished!
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Been up since nine-thirty and getting the plumbers settled in for their work. I'm still pretty queasy - in fact, more than yesterday it seems to me. Hoping it abates soon. Kay Cole called and is canceling her performance tonight - she's having bad tummy issues, but I told her to see if she could get past it and that I'd call in the afternoon - would hate to lose her.
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Now I shall be on my way to the Pasadena Playhouse, 7-Up in hand
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Now I shall be on my way to the Pasadena Playhouse, 7-Up in hand
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~~~Get Well Quickly Vibes for Kay Cole!!~~~
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~~~Break Leg Vibes for Tonight's Performance!!~~~
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Back in my military days as an instructor of Journalism at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN, I would teach three or four 12-week classes of 18-24 students and then get a break for a couple of weeks in between classes. A new class started every three weeks or so, so there were always new people with new germs being spread around the school.
Many's the night I would go to bed feeling fine and then awaken with what felt like an explosion going off in my stomach.
I would be pretty much tied to the porcelain throne the rest of the night with detours into the bathtub for all the stuff that couldn't come out one way would come up the other.
I never associated any of that with food poisoning but rather with exposure to so many different people from different places touching everything I touched and breathing all the same air I breathed.
I have had "a touch" of food poisoning, but it never compared to those special school nights when battles royale would go off inside me.
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I did not watch the HFPA awards show last night. It didn't interest me, sadly, and I wanted to watch "Downton Abbey."
Reviewing the awards list today, I realize I'd only have enjoyed Cate Blanchett's win. NONE of the TV wins were of interest to me. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" was watched twice and given up for lack of originality and interesting performances. Adam Samberg was my idea of a headache-inducing leading man.
Oh, look! The HFPA has rewarded all their efforts.
Oh, well.....
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While I am enjoying "Downton Abbey", I have to say I'm not wild about the story arc and some of the characters. Last night's goings-on were weird to the extreme. And not a little manipulative, story-line wise.
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Such a tough call for a performer who has a real following. Do you go on and not disappoint people who want so much to see them on the one hand? But then the performer knows they're not at their best and as much as it's explained that the person is ill but performing anyway - snarky folks go on the net and say so-and-so doesn't have "it" any more, and sometimes people even surreptitiously record those performances while ill because that's how people just behave.
I don;t think that's pessimistic, just being realistic.
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The very clever Erik Piepenburg of the Times had tweeted to his followers about not knowing a lot of the Globes winners:
"What is BROOKLYN 99? I'm becoming like my dad watching the Tonys."
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I'm paraphrasing his quote, can't find it right now.
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I just read this on Playbill.com: Original Cast Members Will Reunite to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Hello, Dolly! (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/186410-Original-Cast-Members-Will-Reunite-to-Celebrate-50th-Anniversary-of-Hello-Dolly?tsrc=hph)
Sounds like fun!
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Well, since we're so close...
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My lines will continue to be worked on today.....my first hour at the rehearsal is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. I rehearse my scenes until 8:50 p.m. I will be going early just in case the director gets ahead of himself.
He is blocking the ENTIRE play today - we lost 5 days because of the weather, and he has been in Portugal since Tuesday....so here we go.
Our first performance is not until ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
Have a great rehearsal and break many legs, Jrand!!
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Monday (late) afternoon greetings! I slept 'til 9 this morning and puttered until Richard left for cardiac rehab. I did my first basement walk in several weeks and it about killed me. After lunch and a shower, I'm relaxing with a cup of tea and watching it rain.
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We're getting the rain later tonight and all day tomorrow and possibly Wednesday.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=New+York&state=NY&site=OKX&lat=40.7198&lon=-73.993#.UtRlLdZEFMI
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Show vibes to Jrand!!!!
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Where is everyone?
I've been practicing my walking. I am a complete dud.
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Hello, everyone.
Bruce, I'm sorry you had such a tough time with the food poisoning. As awful as it is to lose your cookies (and I don't mean the computer kind) like that, you're better off getting those offenders out of your system.
Anything with ginger in it helps nausea. There's a crystalized ginger that you can buy at the health food store (other places, too?) that you can keep with you in a little baggie. I've kept it with me while traveling at times. You don't need to eat much at all and it's very portable.
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Re the Golden Globes:
I only saw some of the photos, but I'll repeat what I've said in the past: Get better stylists!
When you're in the public eye it behooves you to not only dress well, but dress in a manner that will photograph well. Bolder colors work better. And, needless to say, clothes and hair should FLATTER.
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Here's our new release in detail:
Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition release
JOSEPH ANDREWS
Composed and Conducted by John Addison
In 1963, director Tony Richardson struck gold with his film adaptation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones. Beloved by critics and audiences, Jones was a huge hit, the fourth most successful film of that year and a winner of four Academy Awards – including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Score. Fourteen years and many films later, Richardson decided to pay Henry Fielding another visit, hoping the same formula would result in another box-office winner. This time the source was Fielding’s Joseph Andrews, the author’s first full-length published novel and, indeed, one of the earliest novels written in English. For the film, Richardson assembled a stellar team, both behind and in front of the camera. The cast included Peter Firth as the eponymous Joseph, Ann-Margret as Lady Booby, Michael Hordern, Jim Dale, Beryl Reid and Penelope Wilton (of Downton Abbey), along with cameos by John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith (repeating his role of Squire Western from Tom Jones) and Peggy Ashcroft. Also along for the ride was composer John Addison, who’d won the Oscar for Best Score for Richardson’s Tom Jones, and who had an amazingly long and fruitful composer/director collaboration with Richardson, resulting in great scores for films such as The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Loved One, Dead Cert and The Phantom of the Opera.
Addison’s score is wonderful and melodious music – it’s pastoral, jaunty and often quirky in its instrumentation, conjuring up the world of Fielding and all of the film’s colorful characters. Addison was a master at this kind of score and Joseph Andrews is prime John Addison.
This world-premiere release of Addison’s music for the film was taken from the mono mixdown tapes, which were in great condition in the Paramount vaults.
Joseph Andrews is limited to 1000 copies only and is priced at $19.98, plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the third week of February, but we’ve been averaging three to four weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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Lovely cover art.
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~ ~ ~ MOST EXCELLENT VIBES AND XYLOPHONES FOR A MOST EXCELLENT AND SMOOTH-RUNNING SHOW ~ ~ ~ for bk, cast, and crew this evening!!!!!
DITTO!
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Happy Day-- a new week, new adventures!!!! (How's that for Monday perkiness?)
Very perky, indeed. Hope your adventures are most interesting ones!
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blocking the ENTIRE play today - Our first performance is ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
There is not a proper emoticon for ***keeling over from astonishment***
Perhaps you could invent one.
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Morning, all!
TOD:
Don't know if it was my worst GI problem, but certainly my most memorable. While reading the haftorah (for the goyim in the audience: selection from the prophetic section of the bible, read after the weekly biblical portion) at my bar mitzvah, I suddenly got woozy. Managed to finish off the reading and the blessings afterwards, then made a beeline to make my offering to the porcelain gods.
Thank you for the translation for the goyim.
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Such a tough call for a performer who has a real following. Do you go on and not disappoint people who want so much to see them on the one hand? But then the performer knows they're not at their best and as much as it's explained that the person is ill but performing anyway - snarky folks go on the net and say so-and-so doesn't have "it" any more, and sometimes people even surreptitiously record those performances while ill because that's how people just behave.
I don;t think that's pessimistic, just being realistic.
There are always some people who feel that have to put others down. Yes, I think it's a tough call sometimes. I've seen performances where the singer was clearly under the weather. Not their greatest show, but at what point do you say, "I'm too sick"?
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Where is everyone?
I've been practicing my walking. I am a complete dud.
You'll get better.
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My lines will continue to be worked on today.....my first hour at the rehearsal is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. I rehearse my scenes until 8:50 p.m. I will be going early just in case the director gets ahead of himself.
He is blocking the ENTIRE play today - we lost 5 days because of the weather, and he has been in Portugal since Tuesday....so here we go.
Our first performance is not until ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
Pray for Rosemary's Baby.
Have a great rehearsal and break many legs, Jrand!!
Ditto!
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TTFN.
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And the word of the day is: VOLUBLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: HAPPY TALK
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DOWNTON ABBEY SPOILER ALERT:
The Times has an article about the controversial show that aired last night. Spoiler aler again.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/watching-downton-abbey-a-shocking-crime/
i must admit that I was shocked
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DOWNTON ABBEY SPOILER ALERT:
The Times has an article about the controversial show that aired last night. Spoiler aler again.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/watching-downton-abbey-a-shocking-crime/
i must admit that I was shocked
I was, too, and upset enough to have trouble sleeping.
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Good evening
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There really is nothing worse than food poisoning and throwing up. That's all I'll say about that.
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Haven't watched Downton Abbey yet. Thanks for not giving any details!
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83 posts? Really?
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Vibes for BK, the cast, and the crew of tonight's show.
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I did not read the notes in full - I heeded the warning and skipped ahead
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However TOD
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when I was ten I had appendicitis - back then it wasn't the revolving door surgery they practice these days -- and there was no lathroscopic surgery so I spent a week in the hospital and still wear a sizeable scar
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Hello, again.
I just watched DOWNTON ABBEY season 4, episode 2.
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I still remember when I peekd under my bandage at the incision for the first time - I nearly fainted - rather than the stitches my mother had told me to expect they had tried a new technique and there was a line of gleaming stainless steel clamps holding my incision together To my 10 year old they looked to be a permanent fixture
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April 14 2009 I woke up with terrible stomach ache
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Sorry this story was interupted for page identification
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Our story so far... Vixmom wakes the morning of April 14 2009 with a stomach ache
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First, let me say how lovely I found Lady Mary's gown, the very dark brown that she wears in the early scenes. I'd like to see more of that sort of thing--updated, of course--at gown-worthy events, such as the Golden Globes. Call me old-fashioned, but I do miss elegance and fine fabrics.
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I was at the time just working part time as I had just started back to work after the chemo/radiation ordeal and recovery . I was still not able to eat much by mouth and was still relying on the feeding tube for most of my nourishment
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Since I was also then very thin I had been advised to drink and eat high protein and high calorie liquids
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Rehearsal vibes for Jrand!
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So the first thought was that I had too rich a milkshake and it was not sitting well
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Vixdad wanted to take me to the hospital but I told him to not be silly - it would pass
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but it didn't it got worse and worse
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I began to suspect that I might have gotten an infection at the site of my feeding tube -
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fortunately despite my pooh poohing the seriousness of my illness Vixdad called into his office and stayed home with me
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SPOILER ALERT!!
Re "the incident" from episode 2 of DOWNTON ABBEY, I suspect that happened quite often. IMO, the scenes were handled well, with sensitivity and not graphically. PBS.com has an interview with both the actress involved and with Julian Fellowes about it.
END OF SPOILER ALERT.
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the pain began to be unbearable - he called the GI Dr and he told us to come right down and rushed me in ahead of a waiting room full of patients
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the doctor took a look at me and insisted I go immediately to the emergency room (the hospital is actually directly across the street from his office) and he called ahead to tell them to let me right in
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I didn't mean to interrupt your story, Vixmom.
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Vixdad dropped me off at the door and went to park the car Iwalked up to the window where a couple of women were chatting with the intake nurse
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I'll tell my TOD story after Vixmom is done.
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then I suddenly got tunnel vision and knew I was going down
I just remember me saying "excuse me I think I need to faint"
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When I came to I was sitting in a wheel chair and Vixdad was there giving my insurance information and medical history while people were taking my blood pressure and temperature
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That day and night I experienced the worst pain I ever had in my life they gave me Demoral and there was no change in the pain level
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They carted me off for scans and xrays they took blood and histories and finally the attending said it was acute gall bladder attack and that I would have to have it out
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He told me that because of the feeding tube he might not be able to perform the surgery lathroscopically; I told him that he could go in through my foot if he could just get the damn gall bladder out
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Vixter came home form school to find an empty house and a note from her father saying we were at the Dr
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and she turned to the wonderful people of HHW - and you good people listened to her and responded with words of love, comfort and support , and for that I will always be grateful.
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Ok boys and girls your turns to post
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You went through quite an ordeal, Vixmom!
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But here you are, chipper as can be, and able to attend TWO Broadway shows in one day AND visit to Chez Fred & Skip!!
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The Vixter has had quite a role model.
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And we are very pleased indeed that you are here with us regularly.
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Your story certainly trumps mine.
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In the interests of the post count, I'll tell mine.
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The Vixter has had quite a role model.
Ditto!
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And we are very pleased indeed that you are here with us regularly.
And DITTO!!
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Ok boys and girls your turns to post
That is an incredible story, Vixmom!
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Many moons ago, I was eighteen and on my first trip to Europe. I met two young American women in Heidelberg and we became friends. They were living in Cologne and suggested I stop in to see them when I was on my way back to Frankfurt. I did so, and stayed overnight. (No shower, just a plastic tub they put in the dining room.) We went to dinner at a restaurant of their choice. They said that there had been some sanitation problems recently, but it had been taken care of. (You're getting the picture, right?)
I took the train to the Frankfurt airport, ready to fly home. An hour before the flight I became ill. Thinking it was too late to turn around, I boarded, not realizing that once you're in the air, an upset stomach just won't settle down. I heaved for the entire fifteen hours of the flight. There was no drinkable water on board, only some grapefruit juice, IIRC. I felt so bad for the woman seated next to me, who was quite stoic about it. Once home, I was sick for several days. But very glad to be home.
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Some days you just have to be grateful that you can get out of bed!
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Hello, George. Glad you've joined us.
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After reading the TOD stories earlier, I changed my plans for lunch and decided to just have a bowl of soup. Easy on the digestion.
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The fundraiser must be in full swing. Hope BK is having too good a time to feel queasy.
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Where are the other DRs?
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Hello, George. Glad you've joined us.
Thanks. I've actually been here, but working at work, so I guess it doesn't always look like I'm logged on.
;)
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Is Chas here, too?
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I have been fortunate that I haven't had any really bad Topic of the Day issues. I've only had a few mild bouts...nothing like what's been described, so far. :o
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Hello, George. Glad you've joined us.
Thanks. I've actually been here, but working at work, so I guess it doesn't always look like I'm logged on.
;)
Ah. I see.
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And on that note (pick a note...any note), I'm outta here.
Be back later.
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I have been fortunate that I haven't had any really bad Topic of the Day issues. I've only had a few mild bouts...nothing like what's been described, so far. :o
Let's just say they can be quite memorable.
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Good night, George.
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And I shall scoot, as well.
Good night, all.
AND STAY WELL!!
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The Vixter has had quite a role model.
The Vixter has been my inspiration and my joy - she is not only my daughter but my friend and I am blessed to have her
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Jeanne that seems like quite an ordeal to me! At least I had access to medical care and Vixdad by my side- it must have been terrible to be stuck on the plane all that time
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The Vixter has had quite a role model.
The Vixter has been my inspiration and my joy - she is not only my daughter but my friend and I am blessed to have her
I believe that all three of you are one heck of a family!
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and thank you Jeanne and George for the kind words
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The Vixter has had quite a role model.
The Vixter has been my inspiration and my joy - she is not only my daughter but my friend and I am blessed to have her
I believe that all three of you are one heck of a family!
:-* :-* :-*
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Vixdad is so kind - I knew I had married the right man after the "Great Possum Rescuing Incident"
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There was also the "Stop on the LIE and Put the Hood back on the Lady's Car" incident
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There was also the "Stop on the LIE and Put the Hood back on the Lady's Car" incident
And which story will you be telling us first?
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We are getting close.
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Do you want to do the honors, vixmom?
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Page Six?
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I think vixmom may have fallen asleep.
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When we were first married we were living in an apartment int he lower level of a split ranch the owner was a single young man of the New York Italian variety
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That is to say LOUD
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We had been having a problem with stray cats on the property (like by the score ! a neighbor was feeding them they were all diseased and mangy and breeding like bunnies)
So he got a couple of humane traps and put them around
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That is to say LOUD
Oh, I thought you meant mob.
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early one morning the landlord and his friends, having been out until the bars close (they close at 4 Am here), and having partaken of the wares sold therein , decided to check the traps to see if anything had wandered in
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they found not the pussycat they were expecting but a possum instead a possum with its big teeth snarling at them
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they found not the pussycat they were expecting but a possum instead a possum with its big teeth snarling at them
Oh crap!
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like this only less cute
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like this only less cute
A lot of the ones in this neighborhood are three or four times that size.
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In their drunken stupors and lack of sleep they decided it was a gigantic rat
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like this only less cute
A lot of the ones in this neighborhood are three or four times that size.
so was the one in the cage - it was a cat size cage and he was much bigger than a cat
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So they decided the best thing to do was fill a garbage pail with water and submerge the cage
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This conversation, generously sprinkled with the "f" word was going on at 27 decibels directly outside our bedroom window
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Vixdad got up quickly there on pants and shoes and ran outside to stop the possumcide
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the possum was snarling for all he was worth and biting at the bars of the cage so it was not possible to pick it up with your bare hands
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SO he open the back of our car ( we had a Hyuandai Excel hatchback in those days and a good little car she was too , but I digress)
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put down plastic sheeting and then using broom sticks and wearing heavy gloves lifted the possum , cage and all into the back of our car
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Good evening.
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by then I was dressed and joined him- we drove the possum to a local state park (about a mile from where we weer living )
The park is a 463-acre day use park bisected by Carll's Creek and Belmont Lake. The park, established in 1926 had been owned by August Belmont and served as farmland for some of Belmont's equestrian activities.
Carll's Creek stretches 4.2 miles south to the Great South Bay The 42-acre Belmont Lake is encircled by a similar path, making a total of 7.6 miles of multi-use trails.
The park's significant natural features include the 26-acre, spring-fed Belmont Lake and a significant wetland complex. It is home to permanent and migratory waterfowl populations. Park visitors enjoy watching Osprey diving from high above to catch fish for their young in the spring. Other waterfowl that can be easily spotted include Northern Shovelers, Mergansers, Teal, Great Blue Heron, and Egrets.
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Good evening.
Hi, Laura.
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by then I was dressed and joined him- we drove the possum to a local state park (about a mile from where we weer living )
The park is a 463-acre day use park bisected by Carll's Creek and Belmont Lake. The park, established in 1926 had been owned by August Belmont and served as farmland for some of Belmont's equestrian activities.
Carll's Creek stretches 4.2 miles south to the Great South Bay The 42-acre Belmont Lake is encircled by a similar path, making a total of 7.6 miles of multi-use trails.
The park's significant natural features include the 26-acre, spring-fed Belmont Lake and a significant wetland complex. It is home to permanent and migratory waterfowl populations. Park visitors enjoy watching Osprey diving from high above to catch fish for their young in the spring. Other waterfowl that can be easily spotted include Northern Shovelers, Mergansers, Teal, Great Blue Heron, and Egrets.
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And.............................?
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we went to one of the pedestrian entrances that lead into the wooded areas and parked along the street there -- and using the broom sticks Vixdad gently lifted the cage and carried it into the woods, far from the trail, then using the broomsticks he manged to unlatch the cage and open the door and the possum was freed to love happily ever after ( I hope )
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Good evening.
every time you write "Good Evening" I hear it in Alfred Hitchcock's voice
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TOD: I've been pregnant. Twice.
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we went to one of the pedestrian entrances that lead into the wooded areas and parked along the street there -- and using the broom sticks Vixdad gently lifted the cage and carried it into the woods, far from the trail, then using the broomsticks he manged to unlatch the cage and open the door and the possum was freed to love happily ever after ( I hope )
Whew!
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well the clock says its 123 which is much too late for those of us for whom the alarm rings at 6;30
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TOD: I've been pregnant. Twice.
LOL
Only once here but i was lucky - only suffered morning sickness once - and learned immediately that bacon and egg sandwiches would have to wait
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Good night, vixmom.
Good night, Laura.
G'night!
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WHAT is barfing ice?
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She asked as page seven made it's appearance
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I had a great day today.
http://www.andthisiswhatisaw.net/2014/01/a-walk-along-old-beeline-highway.html
The soaring bird is a juvenile golden eagle. Bad photo, but it was waaay up. And this is only the second one I've ever seen.
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56 days 11 hours and 9 minutes
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She was peeking inside the ice-making machine. She kept hollering that over and over.
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and about 20 posts from a new millstone
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She was peeking inside the ice-making machine. She kept hollering that over and over.
ah! Now it makes sense
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The day may come when I will have 27,000 posts, but it is not this day
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Good night, everyone.
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good night - hopefully we shall be safe from the wroth of he who wields the slapping apparatus having gone from page 3 to page 7 in his absence
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Adiós, queridos amigos, buenas noches, vaya con Dios. Nos vemos mañana
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Au revoir, chers amis, bonne nuit, aller avec Dieu. Je vous verrai demain
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Auf Wiedersehen, Liebe Freunde, gute Nacht, geh mit Gott. Ich werde dich morgen sehen
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अच्छा अलविदा, प्रिय दोस्तों, शुभ रात्रि, भगवान के साथ जाओ। मैं तुम्हें कल देखेंगे
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(That last one was for Mikey)
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Back from a rather extraordinary evening. More in the notes.