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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 11, 2014, 11:55:47 PM

Title: THE DAY OF THE SIGNING
Post by: bk on April 11, 2014, 11:55:47 PM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were signed, and now it is time for you to post until the signed cows come home.
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Post by: bk on April 11, 2014, 11:56:57 PM: And the word of the day is: RECONDITE!
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 12:11:50 AM: Have a great time at your signing, BK!
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 12:25:32 AM: Today, I have to get up early to help clear out the storage unit that Theater Artists Olympia (TAO) has been renting for many years. We can finally stop paying every month for the storage. TAO's new performing space, The Midnight Sun, has a little storage, and several people have offered to store stuff in their own garages. We can also rent a U-Haul van from the storage place, so that'll be VERY convenient.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 12:26:11 AM: So now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: youngreps@sbcglobal.net on April 12, 2014, 01:44:39 AM: See you at the signing with the CAKE EATERS. My most memorable signing was 1) getting Sterling Holloway to sign his album, not book. 2) Jamie lee Curtis signing my kids' books. She is terrific, real, down to earth.
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 04:03:55 AM: Quote from: George on April 12, 2014, 12:11:50 AM
Have a great time at your signing, BK!

DITTO!! :)
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 04:05:23 AM: I think I have only ever been to one book signing. It was with David Sedaris, and he was just as funny and charming and quirky in person as you'd imagine from reading his work.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 12, 2014, 04:34:22 AM: Saturday!

Best wishes to MR BK on his book signing.

Feel better vibes for DR VIXMOM.

Good news from DR DAN M.

Lovely picture of the mother of DR CILLA LIZ! Ole'!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 12, 2014, 04:35:08 AM: Today is a work day.....oh well.

I did find out yesterday, thanks to the link from DR CHAS SMITH, that I am 27.7% smarter than average.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 12, 2014, 04:36:07 AM: I don't think I have ever been to a real book signing.....we have had a few authors come in to the bookstore....but their books are not anything I am interested in reading, although I always buy one.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 04:37:56 AM: Good morning, all.

I will be E&T today, finishing up at the most hellish of the three days of auditions. Back early evening.

Wish I could say I'll see y'all later at the signing! VIBES it is a fun and rewarding time.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 12, 2014, 04:40:06 AM: Some newspaper photos from Cher's concert last night.

http://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2014/04/11/cher-and-pat-benatar-at-banker-life-fieldhouse/7628181/
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 04:51:32 AM: TOD

I think I've only been to maybe half a dozen actual book signings.

I'm not just saying this for obvious reasons, but by far the most enjoyable and forever memorable is BK's "Album..." signing in NYC in June 2012. Not only was it my first chance to finally meet BK and DRs Elmore, Ben, FJL, and others in person for the first time, but it was such a nicely planned event overall. That will always stand as a very important day.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 04:53:50 AM: Hell, we even got a song! :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 04:58:05 AM: Poor vixmom!!!

Take your medicine, get LOTS of rest, and get well!
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 05:02:02 AM: Well, this is it. The time is nigh. Off to the execution.

Oh wait. It's not an execution. But I think it would be nicer if it were.
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 05:09:00 AM: (http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/maze_zps4c019591.png)
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 05:10:28 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 05:02:02 AM
It's not an execution. But I think it would be nicer if it were.

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/pleasedontshoot_zpsd21c0551.gif)
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 12, 2014, 05:28:37 AM: Have fun DR CHAS SMITH!!

I am also off to work.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 05:29:33 AM: Good morning, all! Another night of truly bizarre dreams: a subway ride with Liz Callaway where I missed my exit, working a concert in some dreadful cafeteria with a Big Name (was it Patti Lupone? I don't remember now). I still can't tell if my throat is sore from allergies or another cold.

So, I'm off to Toyland with much to accomplish there. Then back here for more work on IRMA LA DOUCE.

DR Cillaliz, happy belated birthday to you r mom! You had a busy day yesterday.

DR Dan M, I hope the progress continues to be progress
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Post by: Kerry on April 12, 2014, 05:35:22 AM: It's Saturday, and there's a lot to do today.
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Post by: Ben on April 12, 2014, 05:39:46 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Druxy on April 12, 2014, 05:52:44 AM: TOD:

The first book signing I ever went to was in Seattle. It was Richard Nixon, signing his new book, SIX CRISES.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:32:56 AM: Good morning, all.

That must have been some book signing, Druxy.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:40:45 AM: Met some great writers for a brief moment at book signings, including Horton Foote, Michael Connelly and Margaret Atwood.

I think my most favorite, though, was for Terry McMillan. She had filled the Majestic Theater here, and because there was so many people, she was going to sign only one book a person. I had brought my first edition hardback copy of her first novel, Mama, which didn't really sell because she was an unknown at the time. She was surprised to see it. Looked it over, asked me where I had gotten it and if I had the dust jacket (which I had left at home to keep protected). She said something about not having seen that in hardback for years, which made me think she didn't have a copy. And I guess signing it for a white guy was also different for her.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:43:01 AM: Congratulations on your milestone, Cillaliz, and happy birthday greetings to your mom.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:43:22 AM: Get-better-soon vibes for DR Vixmom.

And sleep vibes for DR Jeanne.

And vibes for all of the rest of us.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 06:46:32 AM: Greetings from Toyland!
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:52:39 AM: Well, the local production of Catch Me If You Can was a mixed bag. The lead male was only a double threat, nice actor, fine voice, but every time he danced -- and he danced a lot -- you just wished that he wasn't front stage and center.

The show is a grab bag, some good, some meh and it never really seemed to find its heart. I think the script was largely to blame. Though not all of the score was top drawer, the audience seemed to really enjoy the songs -- and the band assembled was really good.

The Lutheran jokes landed.

What surprised me most was how small the part really is for the FBI agent. Norbert Leo Butz must have been amazing in the role to have nabbed a Tony for lead actor. Outside of the first scene, the character's MIA for much of the first hour.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 06:52:55 AM: Two!
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Post by: Kate on April 12, 2014, 07:46:45 AM: Good Morning All: 8) ;) :)

My prayers To ViXMOM to feel better soon!
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Post by: Kate on April 12, 2014, 07:48:26 AM: TOD:

The only book signing I ever went to was for A cook book from local talk show hosts in Buffalo.
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Post by: Kate on April 12, 2014, 07:49:15 AM: Have a fun day BK.

Love your book!!

I think I will finish it very soon!
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Post by: Kate on April 12, 2014, 07:49:39 AM: Goodbye for now :-* ;)
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 08:22:03 AM: I'm up, barely. And if I hadn't had to GET up I would be over at the neighbors having it out - eight o'clock and they're out there with the kid being robust and annoying.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 08:32:25 AM: Slept very poorly - too much going on in the cranium.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 08:32:56 AM: And these allergies are not doing wonders for my voice, which is, at the moment, very hoarse.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 09:00:09 AM: Some musical fun.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mui5n_enjoy-the-fun-and-amazing-competitive-foursome-by-these-ladiessalut-salon-wettstreit-zu-viert_creation
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 09:04:53 AM: About time to leave Toyland.
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 10:00:10 AM: Heading back to Orchestra Hall for another concert. This is the band and orchestra of St. Olaf College.

Will Betty White be there?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 10:41:17 AM: And . . .

I am home! I have more IRMA LA DOUCE work and a choral medley to finish.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:09:18 AM: Had a nice breakfast with our very own VinTek and his lovely wife - they send their best.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:10:17 AM: I bought two Parisian cakes, did some banking, put gas in the motor car, and I'm now home until I shall be on my way to the signing.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:10:25 AM: Page two? Really?
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:39:00 AM: For our classic TV folks: In Progress is the Root of All Evil, there's a lyric that says "I plan to get in touch with Bob Montgomery next week" - I need another name that is even a little more recognizable than that - should be a TV series guy with the same amount of syllables - that's the hard part - if syllables didn't matter then Robert Young would be the kind of TV series personality actor we'd want - it's just that no one today knows who Robert Montgomery was - whereas Robert Young's Father Knows Best is still remembered. The name has to be one of the mid to late 1950s.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:53:21 AM: Got it - and so perfect - Ronnie Reagan!!! Isn't that just perfect? In fact, it couldn't BE more perfect.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 12:40:09 PM: Okay, I'm just gonna say it - this errant and truant malarky is getting EPIC and I should think we'll want to stop it now. Otherwise, there will be a bitch-slapping to be reckoned with that will reverberate around the world and last for a month of Sundays.
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Post by: Laura on April 12, 2014, 12:51:34 PM: I was out looking for butterflies this morning with Wae-Ling and the other folks. She and I left early because she won some tickets to a ball game this afternoon and I had to get her home in time for that.

Wae-Ling found a dying butterfly, which she carried very carefully out of the canyon. We don't collect live butterflies, but a dead/dying one was ok to bring back.
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Post by: Laura on April 12, 2014, 12:56:22 PM: TOD: I didn't go because I was out of town, but last week David Sibley, who wrote the whole series of Sibley's Field Guide to North American Birds, was in town doing a book signing. I would have gone.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 01:02:26 PM: Turns out one of the movies in the film noir set I picked up at the library, Crime in the Streets, is a Don Siegel flick with a Franz Waxman jazz score. John Cassavetes' first movie with Sal Mineo and James Whitmore. Kinda of like a non-musical West Side Story.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 12, 2014, 01:24:56 PM: Feel better vibes for DR Vixmom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Jennifer on April 12, 2014, 01:25:29 PM: Happy birthday to your mom DR Cillaliz.
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Post by: Ginny on April 12, 2014, 01:30:43 PM: Saturday afternoon greetings! Day 1 of the conference is history and it's had its moments. I was briefly in the spotlight, introducing the fabulous morning keynote speaker. There's now a break before the cocktail hour and awards banquet. Middletown is winning one award that I know of, but I think it will be a surprise to the other members who are here.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:08:24 PM: Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:09:51 PM: MEGA feel-better-pronto vibes to VIXMOM!
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:11:11 PM: Thanks to all those who sent me sleep vibes. During the night--while I wasn't sleeping--one of the culprits of this insomnia occurred to me and I'm now addressing it.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:13:24 PM: I do have chills today, though. But I can deal with viruses. I'm curled up on the sofa, all bundled up. I've put a couple days next week aside for a staycation. I hope nothing pops up to intervene.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:17:09 PM: DR Dan, doubling your white blood cell count in two weeks sounds impressive to me. I understand your impatience in wanting to be fully recovered right now, but your body is doing all it can.

Vibes for your steady recovery!
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:18:16 PM: Cilla, I enjoyed seeing the photo of your mother. You have her smile, don't you? (That's an opening for several jokes, but you know what I mean.)
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Post by: Jeanne on April 12, 2014, 02:21:58 PM: I'm gonna have some soup, then curl up with some streaming video.

TTFN.
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Post by: Ginny on April 12, 2014, 02:22:04 PM: TOD - My first book signing was when my sister took me to the downtown Detroit J. L. Hudson store to meet Kay Thompson and have her autograph my copy of ELOISE. I was probably about 7 and it started me down the road of attending many, many readings/signings. Some of my favorites have been Susan Stamberg, David Pogue, Amy Tan, Mary Doria Russell, Ellen Goodman, and Brian Lamb (founder of C-Span).
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Post by: Ginny on April 12, 2014, 02:24:06 PM: Feel better vibes to DRs Vixmom and Jeanne!
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Post by: Ginny on April 12, 2014, 02:24:42 PM: Signing vibes to BK!
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 02:51:17 PM: Quote from: Ginny on April 12, 2014, 02:22:04 PM
TOD - My first book signing was when my sister took me to the downtown Detroit J. L. Hudson store to meet Kay Thompson and have her autograph my copy of ELOISE. I was probably about 7 and it started me down the road of attending many, many readings/signings. Some of my favorites have been Susan Stamberg, David Pogue, Amy Tan, Mary Doria Russell, Ellen Goodman, and Brian Lamb (founder of C-Span).

Great story. Wish I had met Kay Thompson, Dr. Seuss or any of the others who wrote children's books when I was a kid.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 02:55:42 PM: I just watched the most amazing program on NATURE, "My Bionic Pet," about prosthetics for animals, from two back legs for a border collie named Driftwood and a leg for a pony named Molly to a beak for a swan and a tail for an alligator. It was heartbreaking but so wpnderful.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 03:03:01 PM: Sounds wonderful, and I'm so glad they can help animals this way now. But I don't think I could tackle the heartbreaking aspects of that.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 12, 2014, 03:05:30 PM: And yes, those rumors that have been circulating all around the board are true. Here it is, at last, from the horse's mouth:

I am back. The auditions are over.

They'll have callbacks, and desperate attempts to fill the roles (lousiest turnout ever for this bunch), but this was all I can do for them. I am: done.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 03:09:05 PM: This made me laugh! What the hell was that bride thinking?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/37-people-who-failed-so-spectacularly-they-almost-won#2538016
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:16:50 PM: Thanks all for the birthday greetings for mom. She really did have a good day and is still happy about it. I found out that they announced her birthday before the concert last night. My brother said everyone knows her because they are always there in the second row. They had dinner before the show and drinks afterwards. She is still feeling happy about it today. I don't think she expected to get as much attention as she got yesterday and it really made her shine.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:17:17 PM: Thanks George, I hadn't even noticed my millstone.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:19:22 PM: TOD: Only been to a couple. Seeing Rupert for the first time in 28 years at one of his signings was definitely the best. Others are really just getting an autograph or it's someone I know and feel like I should go.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:20:31 PM: Not that I haven't enjoyed them, just nothing to write home about. I haven't been to one of BK's or my answer would likely be different :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:23:45 PM: I think I'm going to call and cancel going to War Horse and see if there is someone who may want my ticket. Besides the fact that the route is through an area that is going to be rain, snow, sleet and ice, I am really exhausted from the move, doing things for my mom and trying to get my home chores done. I'm just pooped out. I'm afraid if I don't stay home and take some down time, I'm going to get sick again.
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 12, 2014, 03:24:28 PM: And I still have to do laundry and other chores that I just can't get the energy to do right now.
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Post by: KevinH on April 12, 2014, 04:20:30 PM: Went to the library to get the correct tax instructions and forms.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 04:22:06 PM: Almost time for my Britcoms. I have to be up early tomorrow to accomplish some work and remove everything from the bathroom. Life will be hell for the next couple of days.
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Post by: KevinH on April 12, 2014, 04:33:16 PM: TOD: Lily Tomlin. I said to her: "thanks for 30 years of laughs." She thought about it and said, "oh, it has been that long, hasn't it?"
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Post by: KevinH on April 12, 2014, 04:34:05 PM: Also went to a book signing done by President Jimmy Carter. They really rushed everyone through so all I could do was thank him.
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Post by: KevinH on April 12, 2014, 04:35:27 PM: Last but not least, I went to a book signing of our own BK. He read a little from his book and did Q&A. Then we all went to Joe Allen. It was a lot of fun!
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Post by: KevinH on April 12, 2014, 04:37:11 PM: It's kind of warm so I put the A/C on but it's not working too well. I guess I'll have to have it looked at.
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 05:59:57 PM: The concert was super! :)
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 06:00:52 PM: I would like to hear bk read, ask questions, and eat Parisian cake.
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 06:02:04 PM: ~ ~ ~ HOARSENESS BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk!
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 06:04:36 PM: Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. The church where I sing is using eco-palms. These are apparently environmentally sustainable and fairly traded.

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/ecopalms_zpsfe45fd91.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 06:07:14 PM: There are a LOT of local cable channels here devoted solely to religious programming.

Some of the programs aired are pretty far out there. Like they could have been created by the cast and writers of Saturday Night Live.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 06:29:40 PM: Page three? Really?
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 06:29:50 PM: I suggest we have us a frenzy or nine.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 06:33:54 PM: The signing was wonderful - I think the most folks we've ever had - over thirty. Sold books, I read a little, answered questions and most importantly everyone had CAKE. Some of the attendees were our very own RYacko, our very own Mark of Amy and Mark, Jenna, Sami, Brennley, Oliviana and two of Oliviana's friends (the young folks - great to have them all there), Sami's mom, Lanny Meyers, cousins Dee Dee and Alan and neighbor Tony Slide, Joanna Erdos, Tina Saddington, our very own Nick Redman, our Li'l Abner costume designer and her son, several others from LACC including our Mammy Yokum and Evil Eye Fleagle, Brennley's mom and dad and I know I'm forgetting five or six others.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 06:34:32 PM: After, several of us went to the Cheesecake Factory, where I had a new menu item - fried catfish - out of this world - I passed on the mashed potatoes.
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Post by: Laura on April 12, 2014, 06:43:54 PM: Quote from: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 06:04:36 PM
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. The church where I sing is using eco-palms. These are apparently environmentally sustainable and fairly traded.

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/ecopalms_zpsfe45fd91.jpg)

We just go outside and cut fronds off the trees. For free.
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Post by: Laura on April 12, 2014, 06:46:11 PM: Get well, Vixmom and Jeanne!
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 07:19:48 PM: Quote from: bk on April 12, 2014, 06:34:32 PM
I passed on the mashed potatoes.

What an insane concept. :)
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Post by: singdaw on April 12, 2014, 07:20:11 PM: bk, glad the signing was a huge success - and fun!
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 07:38:56 PM: Page four? Really?
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:19:12 PM: Had an amazingly good dinner with friends at a new restaurant that specializes in cured meats and charcuterie. The owner is a cancer survivor, so he named the place Cured.

We had a bunch of small plates of things like sausage gumbo, fried chicken livers, fried oysters and corned beef tongue. Great flavors.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:20:04 PM: I made the mistake of ordering a pork cheek poutine with strands of pork meat and cheese curds mixed with fries and gravy. It tasted great but the size of the dish was big enough for the table.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:21:05 PM: And my friend Bonnie ordered the pork shank. It was 2 pounds of amazing pork meat with the best brussels sprouts and fried kale on the side. It was twice the size of the poutine.

So, there are leftovers.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:22:37 PM: All was wonderful except for one of the desserts. Do not deconstruct carrot cake. It was a mistake, big mistake.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:24:30 PM: Watching the beginning of Spike Lee's 25th Hour. I think this may be my favorite of his movies, outside of Crooklyn.

Forgot how good Philip Seymour Hoffman was in this.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:25:31 PM: Got notes from my first reader and spent part of the day reworking sections of the paper.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:25:56 PM: Now, my sister has turned in her notes, so that's another set to work on.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:26:06 PM: It seems like it will never end.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:27:21 PM: But I only have a few weeks to finish it and the project, which I didn't want to do today.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:27:44 PM: I even started my taxes instead of doing my project. Ugh.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:30:16 PM: Found out that my nephew won the Governor's Award for the Arts today for his French horn playing. It includes a three-week summer intensive as well as full tuition to a couple of colleges in Kentucky if he wants to go there.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:31:04 PM: So, what kind of posting frenzy is this?
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:34:26 PM: Sing sing for Sing Sing
You sinners, sing, sing, sing.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:34:43 PM: Lift your local voices until the bars on the windows ring.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:35:10 PM: Jailbirds be nightingale birds until the locks are forced to spring.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:35:37 PM: Sing sing for Sing Sing,
You sinners, sing, sing, sing!
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:36:09 PM: And that was our Cole Porter for the evening. "Sing Sing for Sing Sing."
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:37:16 PM: Well, it's far from page five.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:37:27 PM: Goodness had nothin' to do with it.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:37:36 PM: But it's a post closer.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:38:37 PM: Yessir or no, sir.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:39:15 PM: Lovely song, John!
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:40:10 PM: Yes. Sir!
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:40:56 PM: We've got this covered.
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Post by: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:40:59 PM: Take it away, TCB.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:41:50 PM: Page Five!
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 08:56:36 PM: Today was our first really beautiful Spring day on a weekend. The traffic to the park was insane.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:04:09 PM: A day off from rehearsal.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:05:35 PM: Tomorrow we begin Hell Week, leading up to opening night next Friday.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:08:47 PM: And next Sunday we have an Easter matinee.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:09:48 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:08:47 PM
And next Sunday we have an Easter matinee.

That ought to pack the theater.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:14:37 PM: Of course I have no idea what kind of attendance to expect. The theater only seats 88 people.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:16:35 PM: And just so I will feel right at home, I am using the same wheelchair that I used in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:24:10 PM: Everybody bailed on me.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:25:23 PM: Leaving me to ramble on alone.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:34:35 PM: Let me see............ book signings

The first signing I attended was for Phyllis Diller. I believe I skipped class to go out to the Mall to see her and get her to sign one of her books. She was charming and very funny. Unfortunately, her husband at the time seemed to think that he was also a celebrity. He sat next to her and had his own microphone. He was not a welcome addition.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:44:45 PM: I also went to Border's, not too many years ago for a signing by Kenneth Anger. I was apparently the only person in Tacoma who knew that he had written HOLLYWOOD BABYLON and HB2. Also, apparently those books are only available in paperback, so I bought copies of both and had him sign them anyway.
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 09:44:52 PM: Finished with my viewing.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:52:30 PM: And then I went down to Portland Oregon with cyber son Jed and daughter-in-law, Ann for a signing by this old Jew from California. Without a doubt this was the best signing I had ever attended. The author was charming and witty, and he told the best stories. I wish I could remember his name.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:20:49 PM: It looks like we may make it to 70 degrees tomorrow. Luckily I will be done with rehearsal by 1:00 p.m.
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:23:06 PM: George, how is it working with Christian?
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:04 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:23:06 PM
George, how is it working with Christian?

Well Tom, I haven't needed to be there, so I don't know...yet.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM: I'll let you know when I know. ;)
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:28:11 PM: Quote from: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:30:16 PM
Found out that my nephew won the Governor's Award for the Arts today for his French horn playing. It includes a three-week summer intensive as well as full tuition to a couple of colleges in Kentucky if he wants to go there.

John, Congrats to your nephew!
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Post by: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:29:21 PM: Quote from: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM
I'll let you know when I know. ;)

When does the show open?
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:30:48 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:52:30 PM
And then I went down to Portland Oregon with cyber son Jed and daughter-in-law, Ann for a signing by this old Jew from California. Without a doubt this was the best signing I had ever attended. The author was charming and witty, and he told the best stories. I wish I could remember his name.

I think I was at that signing! That was the only book signing that I've ever been to. I've had singers sign stuff, but that's not the topic of the day. :)
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:31:20 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:29:21 PM
Quote from: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM
I'll let you know when I know. ;)

When does the show open?

Friday, April 25, and we run three weekends.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:45:31 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 03:09:05 PM
This made me laugh! What the hell was that bride thinking?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/37-people-who-failed-so-spectacularly-they-almost-won#2538016 (http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/37-people-who-failed-so-spectacularly-they-almost-won#2538016)

Those were funny!
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:56:05 PM: Quote from: Laura on April 12, 2014, 12:56:22 PM
TOD: I didn't go because I was out of town, but last week David Sibley, who wrote the whole series of Sibley's Field Guide to North American Birds, was in town doing a book signing. I would have gone.

About 10 years ago, the non-fiction selector (since retired) for the library where I work, thinking she was buying a title for a general subject, chose this book by just the title alone: The Field Guide to the North American Bird (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1580085741/)...however, if you click on the link and look at the cover, you'll see what it's really about! :))
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 10:59:52 PM: Well, today I and four others of Theater Artists Olympia went down to the TAO storage unit, rented a U-Haul truck and
emptied out our storage unit. Well, we got most of the stuff out. We were there for several hours sorting, moving, almost getting hurt, hauling crap, etc.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:00:29 PM: After the van was loaded, a couple of the guys took it to the dump and dumped stuff, then we all met at another woman's house who said that we could store a lot of the flats and risers at her house (although she didn't tell her husband about it until this morning). Then, we went to The Midnight Sun, our performance space, and unloaded what was left in the van. I got to the storage unit at about 10:15 am, and didn't leave the Sun until about 6:15 pm.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:01:19 PM: And now I have a sunburn. :P
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:01:31 PM: We were all SO glad that we chose the 24-foot truck instead of trying to save money on a shorter truck. We got most of it in one trip with just three stops, but if we'd have had to come back to the space more than once to fill the truck again, the 99¢/mile charge (it was the same for any sized truck) would've really killed us.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:05:03 PM: I went to Taco Del Mar for dinner (I had a $5 off punch card!) after it all ended, and when I came home, I took a nap. I sort of slept for a couple of hours and I now feel a little better. :)
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:05:27 PM: Well, since we're so close...
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Post by: bk on April 12, 2014, 11:05:40 PM: I loved doing the signing where I met TCB and George and saw Ann. I remember it with great fondness.
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:05:49 PM: PAGE SIX DANCE!!
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Post by: George on April 12, 2014, 11:07:58 PM: (http://www.barraclou.com/truck/uhaul/uhaul_classic_oh.jpg)