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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were the last of April, and now it is time for you to post until the last of April cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: QUIFF!
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I just got paid (we have automatic deposit), and then I paid my property taxes on-line.
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Just had to share. :)
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Morning all.
That is all.
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good morning to all
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Wednesday.
Lovely photos from the Birthday Party yesterday from DR VIXMOM.
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I friend invited me to join Lumosity for free....so I did. It is a most entertaining way to start the day.
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Last night's rehearsal in THE VENUE was nice....but it is where they usually hold horse riding shows.....so there was still lots of pollen in the air.....hard to breathe.
But it will be nice. Sharon and I did fine....and I think we are solidly in the middle of the pack.
Here is the C Bar C.
(http://www.cbarcexpo.com/FacilityPictures/C_Bar_C.jpg)
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Good morning, all! Perhaps it's the rain, but I really wanted to lie in bed and listen to the rain for another hour. Instead, I'm up, and preparing for physical therapy.
Today is Sheldon Harnick's 90th birthday. What a wonderful man!
Speaking of birthdays, the vixter's looks like a major production to rival any Busby Berkley epic and I'm happy it went so well.
Yesterday, my super came in and used the last of the sheet rock he has to cover my bathroom ceiling over the tub. There's an area of about 3 square feet that is still uncovered and it will remain so till the supplies arrive, sometime between now and my death, when they will have to redo the bathroom to rent the apartment. It took me about an hour last night to mop up the dust, wash the walls and clean the silt out of the tub and sink.
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Belated happy anniversary to Druxy and Sandy.
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~ ~ ~ FEEL BETTER VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR John G.!!!
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DR Vixmom - thanks for sharing the pictures. Glad that it was such a wonderful celebration yesterday.
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~ ~ ~ CONTINUED ULTRA-STRENGTH THROAT VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk!!!
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Happy 90th, Mr. Harnick!!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/harnick_zps85bbb847.jpg)
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Speaking of The Last of April -
Last night, we re-watched Sondheim's The Last of Sheila. I had forgotten who the murderer was, so that was fun.
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Lovely to see the pictures from the Vixter's birthday. Thanks for sharing.
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Tiny Hamster Eating Tiny Burritos: :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCtdw9FG-s
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My almost 5 year old niece likes an Australian show on Disney Jr called Bananas in Pajamas. It is interesting to me how many shows she watches that have the characters talking with different accents. I think it's a bit hard to understand but she says she understands what they are saying.
Anyhow on Bananas in pajamas there are two bananas (maybe twins) who look identical and wear the same pajamas. Their names are B1 and B2 and they look the same. Well my niece tells me which one is which. And I ask her 'can you tell them apart?" and she says "of course". I am shocked because I can't understand how this is possible.
So when I ask her how she can tell them apart she says, "because it says B1 and B2 on their pajamas".
Bahahahahaha. So I look and on their collars in small it says B1 and B2. :)
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Good morning, all.
Dead tired after a very long day yesterday, so fortunately I got to sleep in this morning. This is a day off between hell mornings going to the high school. We have cold and rain all day today, so I shall contentedly putter around inside, hopefully get a few necessary things done, then tonight I'm sitting in on a dress rehearsal of a local production of THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO by Alfred Uhry.
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Wednesday morning greetings! Last night I accompanied my friend Becky to a program at Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center because I didn't think she should attend alone. It was the first Ohio screening of You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't (http://yourelookingatme.com), a documentary about Alzheimer's. It was very hard to watch and the panel discussion afterwards with the filmmaker and several gerontologists wasn't as enlightening as we'd hoped.
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Good morning, all.
I feel slightly more stable, so I came to work. I hope that was not a mistake. Thanks for the vibes.
But, look, here are donuts and breakfast tacos and lemon bars and more, all next to my desk. (It was my boss' birthday this week and the celebration food has gone on for days.)
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Happy birthday, Sheldon Harnick!
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
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Glad you are feeling a bit better, DR JohnG.
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DR CHAS SMITH that's one of my favorite plays!!!
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
The whole chain.
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Thanks, MBarnum.
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
The whole chain.
No way, DR John G. No way. Say it isn't so.
I am feeling a bit faint...
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Two.
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Small excerpt from piece by Michael Levin, author of "Shark Tank":
If anyone gives you a Barnes & Noble gift card, be sure to cash it in by the end of the year.
This may be the last year that Barnes & Noble bookstores remain open.
It’s bad news for people who love books. It’s worse news for the next generation of readers, who may never experience buying a book in a bookstore.
B&N has been closing about 20 stores per year since 2012 and has said it will continue to do so for the next several years. But its financial position is bleak.
This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately-owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business.
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Barnes & Noble killed privately owned bookstores, and Amazon and technology are killing B&N. It’s downright Darwinian.
Can B&N hang on through the holidays? Most likely. But sad to say, once Black Friday gives way to the 12th day of Christmas, a once-proud book chain may well have reached its final chapter.
And that would be chapter 11, of the Bankruptcy Code.
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I would one of the many millions who contributed to that. I bought one of my textbooks for this semester at a brick and mortar store -- and yes, it was a Barnes & Noble.
I bought about 30 from used book websites, such as Half.com and from amazon used books.
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I'm actually shocked to think about how few new books, period, I buy these days. I contribute to the problem, too, but more by being chiefly interested in older and out-of-print books, things in general that are rather harder to find, and which won't be found in any event in a Barnes and Noble store.
Can it be, though, that BK's books are just about the only NEW BOOKS I've bought over the past couple of years? Well, just about.
Here's where Barnes and Noble is valuable to me: I drop a TON of cash and plastic there at least twice a year on Blu-rays and DVDs ... led by Criterions during the sales, but I'm nearly always able to find more to add to the pile because ... it's a store, and being able to browse and discover things results in more sales.
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What's the future of Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Imagem on the Block (http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/6070321/imagem-on-the-block-seller-looking-for-650-million-sources)
Imagen owns R&H
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DR CHAS SMITH that's one of my favorite plays!!!
I'm just getting to know it. I sat in on an early rehearsal that whetted my appetite, so it'll be great to see tonight's -- especially since I can't attend their opening weekend because of my musical. I'll certainly go back again later, though.
Hey, it even reawakened some interest in GONE WITH THE WIND, so as time permits, I and a couple of friends involved with the play (one of whom has never watched the entire film) will be sitting down to some documentaries and a Blu-ray showing one of these days.
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Thanks, DR John G, for the detail from the B & N story. Pretty dismal forecast...
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While the chain bookstores have closed up shop, a locally owned bookstore, the two story THE BOOK BIN, which has long been in downtown Salem, recently opened a second store on the east side of town, where BORDER'S BOOKS used to be.
Oregon loves their book stores!
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Re Barnes and Noble: In all fairness, I do recall that pretty much this same speculation made the rounds last year as well, with the selection of stores they closed (NYC, anyone?) being particularly threatening and depressing. But I'd sure like to hold out hope that they will persevere a bit longer...
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"Don't sweat petty stuff, and don't pet sweaty stuff."
Words of advice, as found on the Internet.
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I am leafing through the latest Verizon Wireless circular from Sunday's paper, and am astonished at the proliferation of new wireless devices for the home.
You can remotely control your thermostat, your car, your scale, your lightbulbs, and your dead bolt from your smartphone.
You can monitor the sunlight, soil, and moisture in the dirt in your garden.
You can track your sleep, pulse, and blood oxygen levels.
Not to mention creativity tools.
Technology continues to amaze! :)
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And I am home from therapy, the post office, and the market. I will get back to the "Thousands of Flowers" orchestration shortly.
I am very worried for my friends employed by Barnes & Noble and Imagem. I wish them all well. Perhaps this will be a good thing for the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
DR Ginny, thanks for the article about Carmon de Leone.
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I liked LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO. I saw the original production in which my friend Celia Weston had a big role. I think my friend Anastasia Barzee was also in it. I liked DRIVING MISS DAISY better, I think.
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Watched the Todd-AO "Oklahoma" in the newly released Blu Ray Rodgers and Hammerstein box.
Gloriosky! It's a blessing to have this in a very fine pressing FINALLY.
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What's the future of Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Imagem on the Block (http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/6070321/imagem-on-the-block-seller-looking-for-650-million-sources)
Imagen owns R&H
I just don't understand business enough.
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The documentary on the GWTW DVD set is wonderful....I think it was transported to the BluRay....not sure.
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Watched the Todd-AO "Oklahoma" in the newly released Blu Ray Rodgers and Hammerstein box.
I previewed bits of it. It nearly looked 3-D on my decidedly NON-3-D television.
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And the word of the day is: QUIFF!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BIG SPENDER
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I'm up - I have no idea how much sleep I got because I had so much liquid yesterday that I was up every hour getting rid of it. And I couldn't fall asleep for an hour or two when I went to bed, and then the phone rang every thirty minutes from nine on. I'm hoping I did get eight hours in there somewhere.
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Barnes and Noble are going the way of Crown and all the others - they all robbed us of our beloved mom-and-pop stores. They did so by slashing prices so low that half of what they sold were loss leaders. But Barnes and Noble and Bookstar were something else - they became coffee houses where you could get coffee and sit and read books for free, which is exactly what everyone did. It was, I'm afraid, both predictable and inevitable. The mom-and-pops still exist online on the ABE.
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Page two? Really?
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It's quite windy today.
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Everyone Knows it's Windy. ;D
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The documentary on the GWTW DVD set is wonderful....I think it was transported to the BluRay....not sure.
I have the Blu-ray, and the two-hour doc is definitely ported from earlier releases but is excellent. Got through 38 minutes of it last week and have had to put off resuming it. Hopefully, this weekend.
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Good morning, all! Perhaps it's the rain, but I really wanted to lie in bed and listen to the rain for another hour. Instead, I'm up, and preparing for physical therapy.
Today is Sheldon Harnick's 90th birthday. What a wonderful man!
A Very Happy Birthday to Sheldon Harnick!! :D
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Feel better DR JohnG!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That would be very sad about Barnes and Noble. Would they still have their online store?
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In Canada our big bookstores are Chapters. I would be beyond sad if they ever closed. But they do also sell toys, magazines and have a big coffee house upstairs.
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
That's too bad, Fred.
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Tiny Hamster Eating Tiny Burritos: :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCtdw9FG-s
Now, that's funny!
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
The whole chain.
Yikes!! That's not good! Last year (or was it the year before?), our library bought 60 Nooks to circulate to our patrons, and we recently got a grant for another 20 that we just received!
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And on a really sad note...'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' actor Hoskins dies at 71 (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140430/EU--Britain-Obit-Hoskins/).
:(
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And...Al Feldstein, who headed Mad magazine, dies (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140430/US--Obit-Feldstein/).
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So when I ask her how she can tell them apart she says, "because it says B1 and B2 on their pajamas".
Bahahahahaha. So I look and on their collars in small it says B1 and B2. :)
;D :D ;D
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
Your local store?
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Glad you are feeling a bit better, DR JohnG.
DITTO!
Yesterday I feared I was coming down with a cold and would miss hiking on this beautiful spring day. Half a Benadryl last night helped my allergies and I had a great morning with my group.
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
The whole chain.
No way, DR John G. No way. Say it isn't so.
I am feeling a bit faint...
NO! I checked the news before asking you if it was your local store and didn't see anything :(
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This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately-owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business.
Border's helped. When we lived in Michigan first Border's opened a major store and then B&N. I preferred Borders & B&N was across the street from a small book store that quickly closed down. I did my best to support the smaller stores only supporting the larger stores for items the little ones didn't carry.
One advantage of the larger chains is gift giving. I don't like buying gifts that can't be returned.
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Oregon loves their book stores!
Yes they do, and they seem to support them as well. We have a wonderful store in town plus at least 5 used/new book stores.
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Re Barnes and Noble: In all fairness, I do recall that pretty much this same speculation made the rounds last year as well, with the selection of stores they closed (NYC, anyone?) being particularly threatening and depressing. But I'd sure like to hold out hope that they will persevere a bit longer...
I like your attitude :)
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Small excerpt from piece by Michael Levin, author of "Shark Tank":
If anyone gives you a Barnes & Noble gift card, be sure to cash it in by the end of the year.
This may be the last year that Barnes & Noble bookstores remain open.
It’s bad news for people who love books. It’s worse news for the next generation of readers, who may never experience buying a book in a bookstore.
B&N has been closing about 20 stores per year since 2012 and has said it will continue to do so for the next several years. But its financial position is bleak.
This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately-owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business.
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Barnes & Noble killed privately owned bookstores, and Amazon and technology are killing B&N. It’s downright Darwinian.
Can B&N hang on through the holidays? Most likely. But sad to say, once Black Friday gives way to the 12th day of Christmas, a once-proud book chain may well have reached its final chapter.
And that would be chapter 11, of the Bankruptcy Code.
But this isn't an announcement from B and N. Have they made one?
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Hmmm, maybe this will mean mom and pop book stores will return. By the crowds at our book sale there are still a lot of people who love books
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When I first watched the GWTW, I noticed that Frances Farmer got 4 votes from the public to play Scarlett O'Hara.....so that may have been her mother, her two sisters, and her brother.....or four members of the public with good taste.
I thought Frances would have been an excellent India Wilkes.
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Off to a G/D rehearsal.
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Small excerpt from piece by Michael Levin, author of "Shark Tank":
If anyone gives you a Barnes & Noble gift card, be sure to cash it in by the end of the year.
This may be the last year that Barnes & Noble bookstores remain open.
It’s bad news for people who love books. It’s worse news for the next generation of readers, who may never experience buying a book in a bookstore.
B&N has been closing about 20 stores per year since 2012 and has said it will continue to do so for the next several years. But its financial position is bleak.
This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately-owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business.
...
Barnes & Noble killed privately owned bookstores, and Amazon and technology are killing B&N. It’s downright Darwinian.
Can B&N hang on through the holidays? Most likely. But sad to say, once Black Friday gives way to the 12th day of Christmas, a once-proud book chain may well have reached its final chapter.
And that would be chapter 11, of the Bankruptcy Code.
But this isn't an announcement from B and N. Have they made one?
Not that I can find.
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Hello, 4 Guests!
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Not an announcement, but a prediction.
The same predictors have said that both Best Buy and JC Penney would be gone by the end of 2013. They're both still here, but they are both decidedly hurting.
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I was the first to predict that both Tower and Virgin would be gone within two years - I missed each by a year, but the prediction itself that they'd be gone was absolutely correct. I don't think there' s much of a question - they are bleeding money losses.
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Had some soup and chicken tenders and shortly I shall be on my way to rehearsal.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
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Off to a G/D rehearsal.
I misread that as an abbreviated curse instead of "Guys and Dolls."
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
I bought this laptop at a Best Buy here in San Antonio. It was one of many they were discontinuing and it seemed as if the whole laptop area was being downsized.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
That is sad.
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I like our Best Buy and would be sorry if they closed. We waited soooooo long to get one too.
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T.O.D.
ASK BK DAY
What was Ann-Margret like to work with?
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Good morning, all! Perhaps it's the rain, but I really wanted to lie in bed and listen to the rain for another hour. Instead, I'm up, and preparing for physical therapy.
Today is Sheldon Harnick's 90th birthday. What a wonderful man!
Speaking of birthdays, the vixter's looks like a major production to rival any Busby Berkley epic and I'm happy it went so well.
Yesterday, my super came in and used the last of the sheet rock he has to cover my bathroom ceiling over the tub. There's an area of about 3 square feet that is still uncovered and it will remain so till the supplies arrive, sometime between now and my death, when they will have to redo the bathroom to rent the apartment. It took me about an hour last night to mop up the dust, wash the walls and clean the silt out of the tub and sink.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great midweek vibes for everyone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ASK ELMORE DAY
What do you think of the new super?
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
"Postpone indefinitely?" Oh no!
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I almost forgot that they are filming an episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS here in Salem. They are just down the block. Our state capital building is standing in for the NYC library and the park across the street will be used as the outside of a Munich Germany museum.
I have never heard of this show, but I just looked it up and it stars Noah Wylie and Matt Frewer among names I don't recognize.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
Hmm, our Best Buy seems to be doing quite well.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
I bought this laptop at a Best Buy here in San Antonio. It was one of many they were discontinuing and it seemed as if the whole laptop area was being downsized.
That's because fewer people are using laptops and more are using notepads and notepads with keyboards. Their desk top area is also smaller, but it's for the same reason
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
"Postpone indefinitely?" Oh no!
I'm sorry I forgot to comment on this. Vibes it still happens elsewhere.
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Good morning, all! Perhaps it's the rain, but I really wanted to lie in bed and listen to the rain for another hour. Instead, I'm up, and preparing for physical therapy.
Today is Sheldon Harnick's 90th birthday. What a wonderful man!
Speaking of birthdays, the vixter's looks like a major production to rival any Busby Berkley epic and I'm happy it went so well.
Yesterday, my super came in and used the last of the sheet rock he has to cover my bathroom ceiling over the tub. There's an area of about 3 square feet that is still uncovered and it will remain so till the supplies arrive, sometime between now and my death, when they will have to redo the bathroom to rent the apartment. It took me about an hour last night to mop up the dust, wash the walls and clean the silt out of the tub and sink.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great midweek vibes for everyone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ASK ELMORE DAY
What do you think of the new super?
He's the son-in-law of my former super. I like him and his family.
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THE LIBRARIANS: A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts.
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https://soundcloud.com/publicradio-kwit/tolerance-week-in-sioux-city (https://soundcloud.com/publicradio-kwit/tolerance-week-in-sioux-city)
Looking forward to seeing "Rise: A Spiritual Journey of Resistance" tonight. It's a central point of Tolerance Week in Sioux City. It's a really cool yearly event mostly centered on remembering the Holocaust. This is a local public radio interview with the founder Jerry Weiner and our Symphony conductor Ryan Haskins. The interview is worth listening to. I'm anxious to attend
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I almost forgot that they are filming an episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS here in Salem. They are just down the block. Our state capital building is standing in for the NYC library and the park across the street will be used as the outside of a Munich Germany museum.
I have never heard of this show, but I just looked it up and it stars Noah Wylie and Matt Frewer among names I don't recognize.
It is possible they are filming the first episode. You will have to watch it now.
I went to IMDB and have to wonder how can you not know the names of others listed, including Bob Newhart & John Larroquette (others but these are two I expect you to know). What about Jane Curtin? I don't see Frewer who is on Wylie's FALLING SKIES.
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Last night Keith read a few pages of THE BOOK THIEF and today he rented the movie-lol
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I almost forgot that they are filming an episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS here in Salem. They are just down the block. Our state capital building is standing in for the NYC library and the park across the street will be used as the outside of a Munich Germany museum.
I have never heard of this show, but I just looked it up and it stars Noah Wylie and Matt Frewer among names I don't recognize.
"The Librarian" was a series of three made-for-TV movies in the "Indiana Jones" vein. I really enjoyed them. Jane Curtain and Bob Newhart were in them and they were just a lot of fun. A co-worker of mine was an extra in a recent episode of "Portlandia" and she was contacted about being a regular extra for the series! She can't do it, but she felt pretty special that she was asked. :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dTxvNTMdL.jpg)
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I almost forgot that they are filming an episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS here in Salem. They are just down the block. Our state capital building is standing in for the NYC library and the park across the street will be used as the outside of a Munich Germany museum.
I have never heard of this show, but I just looked it up and it stars Noah Wylie and Matt Frewer among names I don't recognize.
It is possible they are filming the first episode. You will have to watch it now.
I went to IMDB and have to wonder how can you not know the names of others listed, including Bob Newhart & John Larroquette (others but these are two I expect you to know). What about Jane Curtin? I don't see Frewer who is on Wylie's FALLING SKIES.
What Jane said. :D
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Off to a G/D rehearsal.
I misread that as an abbreviated curse instead of "Guys and Dolls."
I've been reading it that way EVERY time that he's posted it.
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
"Postpone indefinitely?" Oh no!
I'm sorry I forgot to comment on this. Vibes it still happens elsewhere.
54 Below told Skip they're still committed to its being done there.
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I pulled down that earlier post from this morning. We'd thought it was a positive looking-ahead press release by them, but from the reactions to it, I figured better not to have it there.
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I almost forgot that they are filming an episode of TNT's THE LIBRARIANS here in Salem. They are just down the block. Our state capital building is standing in for the NYC library and the park across the street will be used as the outside of a Munich Germany museum.
I have never heard of this show, but I just looked it up and it stars Noah Wylie and Matt Frewer among names I don't recognize.
It is possible they are filming the first episode. You will have to watch it now.
I went to IMDB and have to wonder how can you not know the names of others listed, including Bob Newhart & John Larroquette (others but these are two I expect you to know). What about Jane Curtin? I don't see Frewer who is on Wylie's FALLING SKIES.
What Jane said. :D
;D
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
"Postpone indefinitely?" Oh no!
I'm sorry I forgot to comment on this. Vibes it still happens elsewhere.
54 Below told Skip they're still committed to its being done there.
VIBES THEY DO!!!! :)
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I pulled down that earlier post from this morning. We'd thought it was a positive looking-ahead press release by them, but from the reactions to it, I figured better not to have it there.
should I remove my comments?
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DR MBarnum do you know who Rebecca Romijn, John Stamos's ex, is? I was sorry her show KING & MAXWELL, with Jon Tenney was canceled just as we discovered it.
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DR MBarnum do you know who Rebecca Romijn, John Stamos's ex, is? I was sorry her show KING & MAXWELL, with Jon Tenney was canceled just as we discovered it.
I loved that show.
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I am hating all the rain. It has been pouring most of the day.
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Jane, that's OK. I just looked up the meaning of that phrase "postponed indefinitely" - and that's what it means, but not what Skip was told.
Thanks for the alert! I guess Skip had better check since he's already been doing work on an alternative way of doing the show.
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And on a really sad note...'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' actor Hoskins dies at 71 (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140430/EU--Britain-Obit-Hoskins/).
:(
Sad to hear that he passed away. 71 isn't that old anymore
I had the opportunity to work with him twice.
Unfortunately I never got to see either project. One was a television commercial for British Telecom and the other was for a movie called Rainbow both in 1995. They were both filmed in Montreal. I got the tv commercial because I was in the film.
The movie as far as I know was never released in North America.
But found out later via IMDB that:
1) That Bob Hoskins was the director. My scene was with him so I didn't realize he was the directing. It was a busy scene with lots of extras.
2) The first live-action theatrical motion picture originated on digital high definition video for distribution and exhibition in 35mm film. Freddie Francis photographed the movie with the Sony HDC-500 digital high definition camera system. Following the successful completion of this ground-breaking 'experiment', Sony along with Panavision developed the next generation of this camera system, the HDW-F900 for George Lucas, which he utilized in the production of "Star Wars:Episode II-Attack Of The Clones".
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DR MBarnum do you know who Rebecca Romijn, John Stamos's ex, is? I was sorry her show KING & MAXWELL, with Jon Tenney was canceled just as we discovered it.
I loved that show.
It wasn't until I saw Baldacci's name in the titles that I realized I had read, and have one book to be read. I wish I had noticed his name when the show first aired as I would have begun recording them sooner.
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Jane, that's OK. I just looked up the meaning of that phrase "postponed indefinitely" - and that's what it means, but not what Skip was told.
Thanks for the alert! I guess Skip had better check since he's already been doing work on an alternative way of doing the show.
Good luck to Skip.
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Rehearsal cancelled. Bad stuff afoot - very upsetting and has me in a very dark place. Please send the strongest most excellent vibes and xylophones for a happy resolution because this could turn very unpleasant.
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And on a really sad note...'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' actor Hoskins dies at 71 (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140430/EU--Britain-Obit-Hoskins/).
:(
Sad to hear that he passed away. 71 isn't that old anymore
I had the opportunity to work with him twice.
Unfortunately I never got to see either project. One was a television commercial for British Telecom and the other was for a movie called Rainbow both in 1995. They were both filmed in Montreal. I got the tv commercial because I was in the film.
The movie as far as I know was never released in North America.
But found out later via IMDB that:
1) That Bob Hoskins was the director. My scene was with him so I didn't realize he was the directing. It was a busy scene with lots of extras.
2) The first live-action theatrical motion picture originated on digital high definition video for distribution and exhibition in 35mm film. Freddie Francis photographed the movie with the Sony HDC-500 digital high definition camera system. Following the successful completion of this ground-breaking 'experiment', Sony along with Panavision developed the next generation of this camera system, the HDW-F900 for George Lucas, which he utilized in the production of "Star Wars:Episode II-Attack Of The Clones".
Thank you for your personal story. Yes, 71 is young today. Pneumonia is scary, especially when there are other health issues.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for a positive solution to BK's situation! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Bruce have you tried taking Benadryl, or whatever allergy helper you prefer? I find it helps unless I am concerned about getting too dried out.
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Rehearsal cancelled. Bad stuff afoot - very upsetting and has me in a very dark place. Please send the strongest most excellent vibes and xylophones for a happy resolution because this could turn very unpleasant.
~~~STRONGEST AND MOST EXCELLENT VIBES OF ALL KINDS FOR BK!!~~~
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The dark place is not about allergies - much worse than that. There are times I just don't understand the world in which I'm living.
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The dark place is not about allergies - much worse than that. There are times I just don't understand the world in which I'm living.
Oh, dear, I don't like the sound of this. Mega vibes for a resolution!
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The dark place is not about allergies - much worse than that. There are times I just don't understand the world in which I'm living.
I was referring to your throat issues as I had finally read today's notes.
MEGA VIBES YOU ARE SOON OUT OF THE DARK PLACE!!!
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
I bought this laptop at a Best Buy here in San Antonio. It was one of many they were discontinuing and it seemed as if the whole laptop area was being downsized.
That's because fewer people are using laptops and more are using notepads and notepads with keyboards. Their desk top area is also smaller, but it's for the same reason
Yeah, fewer people actually use their keyboards to write anything lengthy anymore. I can't imagine doing a thesis or a play on an iPad and keyboard, though.
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Five!
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The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#
"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."
"Postpone indefinitely?" Oh no!
I'm sorry I forgot to comment on this. Vibes it still happens elsewhere.
54 Below told Skip they're still committed to its being done there.
Yeah!
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Mega vibes and xylophones for BK.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
I bought this laptop at a Best Buy here in San Antonio. It was one of many they were discontinuing and it seemed as if the whole laptop area was being downsized.
That's because fewer people are using laptops and more are using notepads and notepads with keyboards. Their desk top area is also smaller, but it's for the same reason
Yeah, fewer people actually use their keyboards to write anything lengthy anymore. I can't imagine doing a thesis or a play on an iPad and keyboard, though.
Craig just purchased a new laptop and he needed it fast as he had papers to write.
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Vibes for BK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/scienceteachers_zpsb18c01a1.jpg)
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~ ~ ~ UTMOST MOST URGENT AND EXCELLENT SOLUTION VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk and company!!!!
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IMMEDIATE, FULL-STRENGTH, POSITIVE VIBES TO BK AND ALL CONCERNED!
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Vibes for BK for a good resolution!
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Just sitting here extremely sick to my stomach. Hard to know how this will play out. We shall see. I hope that it plays out in a positive way, but I just won't know until some point tomorrow.
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Our Best Buy has become very untidy. I went to look at the tv selection there, and while the had plenty of TVs, only half were turned on. Some sections of the store were dimly lit, some displays had no signage, etc.
It is a good place to buy computers, and that is the only section that seems to be kept up at all, at least in the store here.
I bought this laptop at a Best Buy here in San Antonio. It was one of many they were discontinuing and it seemed as if the whole laptop area was being downsized.
That's because fewer people are using laptops and more are using notepads and notepads with keyboards. Their desk top area is also smaller, but it's for the same reason
Yeah, fewer people actually use their keyboards to write anything lengthy anymore. I can't imagine doing a thesis or a play on an iPad and keyboard, though.
Craig just purchased a new laptop and he needed it fast as he had papers to write.
I still buy desktops and lap tops. I got a notepad and really hate it.
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Just finished watching a bootleg of "The Drowsy Chaperone." Don't know how I've missed seeing this at some community theater. Really fun.
And on that note: Good night, all.
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Wow. What an experience tonight. It was incredibly powerful. They asked at the beginning of the show that no one clap so that everyone could experience the full impact of the presentation It was amazing. I do have to say that the most powerful moment for me was after the show when Mr. Gans, a Holocaust survivor went up to Ryan Haskins, our symphony conductor and the real creator of this show and gave him a huge hug. That said it all to me
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I also thought it was classy of our governor to attend but to do it quietly. Unless you heard him acknowledged as being there in the beginning of the evening or unless you saw him sitting there, you'd never know he was there. It was very respectful without making the evening a political event. I like that
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Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.
The WHOLE chain???
The whole chain.
terrible.. and I guess we Nook owners are going to be up the creek without a paddle
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What's the future of Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Imagem on the Block (http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/6070321/imagem-on-the-block-seller-looking-for-650-million-sources)
Imagen owns R&H
oy!
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Well, it's time to head home...as usual.
Until later!
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Just finished watching a bootleg of "The Drowsy Chaperone." Don't know how I've missed seeing this at some community theater. Really fun.
And on that note: Good night, all.
of the Broadway production?!
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OH BK I do not like the sounds of this at all
Strongest Vibes for a Positive Resolution
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Health Vibes to John G
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Bathroom finishing Vibes for Elmore
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Rescheduling Vibes for Skip
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Last night Keith read a few pages of THE BOOK THIEF and today he rented the movie-lol
I watched the preview today and decided that I don't want to watch the movie.
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Vibes to BK for a positive solution!
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I hope BK is okay.
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All alone.
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I must get to six.
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One more.
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Page Six!!
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No Guests.
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Tonight, old man, you did it!
You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it,
And indeed you did. I thought that you would rue it;
I doubted you'd do it. But now I must admit it
That succeed you did. You should get a medal
Or be even made a knight.
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Thanks for getting us to page 6, TCB!
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BK has been having endless telephonic conversations with a whole slew of people.
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BK has been having endless telephonic conversations with a whole slew of people.
I hope these conversations lead to a very positive resolution of whatever issue is at hand
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Hard to say, but I hope they do, too. Just impossible to say right now, and I'm sure I'll have a lovely night of no sleep. If I had some Ny-Quil here I'd just take it to help me sleep. Maybe I'll go get some right now.
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it has been teeming down with rain all day- so far the towel dams have done the job but since the forecast is for non stop rain for 2 more days......
where's that new basement I heard tell of?!
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and the water is rising -- auugh I too will have a sleepless night - off to bail :(
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and the water is rising -- auugh I too will have a sleepless night - off to bail :(
Don't you mean jail?
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Gratuitous Post #160...for no reason at all.
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;)