Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 09, 2014, 12:59:50 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were on the road to Dogpatch, and now it is time for you to post until the Dogpatch cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: MIEN!
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When you're finished with the popcorn, eat the bowl, too...
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/popcornbowl_zpse702a077.jpg)
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bk - especially interesting notes today. Thanks for including all of us on your journey.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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A dog's best dream come true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYMD6R6PvU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYMD6R6PvU)
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good morn to all
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great li'l Abner yearbook photos from yesterday
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Good morning, all.
Lots to do today away from the house, so I will be a bit E&T.
Seems I could have used some more sleep. Must have been awake last night later than I thought.
Oh well. Coffee!
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And the word of the day is: MIEN!
here are some from the musical film version of Li'l Abner (http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mv5qASy1D05_YEsGhEpHqMA.jpg)
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Good morning, all! I have a day of work but it's mostly here at the computer.
First thing, a trip to the pharmacy for some prescriptions. Then, I have breakfast with my friend Rosemary Ashe, who was Sir Andrew's original London Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera, before she flies back to London. I have to finish a synopsis of Jerome Kern's OH. BOY! and send it to Rob Berman this afternoon, and do some work on the ROBERTA liner notes.
Then, maybe, I'll spend the evening with my Britcoms and perhaps one of the Netfllx discs that's been sitting here for two weeks.
I am enjoying the LI'L ABNER notes immensely.
DR ChasSmith, I had a typo in my post on the London recording of IRMA: there are around 10 tracks from French recordings, not 19.
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Great LI'L ABNER notes today!
It's so funny about what we first get familiar with, and how it determines our preferences later. I saw the movie first, too, but would have been just a little younger. And then it was probably a year or two before I saw it a second time (I remember that time being on TV) which of course only served to renew my interest and love for the piece. BUT... I didn't have an album until some time after that, and when we got one, it was the Broadway cast, which I then proceeded to play to death. So, since I hadn't driven the sound of the film into my head, those arrangements were kind of forgotten until years later. I did get the soundtrack LP back then (still have my first copy), but for some reason only played it a little bit. Finally, when I did the show while in 9th or 10th grade, that more or less married me to the original score.
Over the years, I grew and learned to open myself up to new arrangements, but I was surprisingly rigid back in my teens and twenties.
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Correction noted, DR Elmore! Sounds like a very interesting album.
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Theater friends are usually shocked, shocked, to hear that I grew up preferring the soundtrack albums to West Side Story and The Music Man. I can assure you that's evolved over the years, but those movies were my initial exposure to the shows, and they got driven into the deepest recesses of my LI'L brain. I still prefer a few things about the latter (notably "Being in Love"), and though I now embrace the original West Side Story, I'll never shake my passion for the hyped up forces and drive of the film score. But that movie at that age practically changed my life, so what the hell.
Edit: This applies to any kind of music, certainly in the classical and opera world. If you grew up with Toscanini recordings, Ormandy wasn't going to cut it. And so it goes. What you get used to, man. Strong stuff.
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Congrats and back-slapping and high-fives to John G!
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Wishing medical vibes to Dan M!
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Sending good vibes to everybody-- just because.
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Sending good vibes to everybody-- just because.
A lovely sentiment, DR Kerry. I wholeheartedly concur! :)
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Congrats to John on his defense!
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Friday morning greetings! I didn't check in last night because the shopping trip with Mom started on a bad note that left me in quite a funk all evening.
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Heartiest congratulations to DR John G on completion of his graduate degree!
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/congratulationsjohn_zps049989a7.jpg)
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{{{DR Ginny}}}}
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Good morning, all.
Thank you all. I slept a little better last night. I think my body knows it's over.
And when I get that piece of paper, I'll never have to think again, right?
Now I can start my taxes.
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{{{DR Ginny}}}}
And more hugs.
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Thanks, DR Singdaw.
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Thanks, DR John G.
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Theater friends are usually shocked, shocked, to hear that I grew up preferring the soundtrack albums to West Side Story and The Music Man. I can assure you that's evolved over the years, but those movies were my initial exposure to the shows, and they got driven into the deepest recesses of my LI'L brain. I still prefer a few things about the latter (notably "Being in Love"), and though I now embrace the original West Side Story, I'll never shake my passion for the hyped up forces and drive of the film score. But that movie at that age practically changed my life, so what the hell.
Edit: This applies to any kind of music, certainly in the classical and opera world. If you grew up with Toscanini recordings, Ormandy wasn't going to cut it. And so it goes. What you get used to, man. Strong stuff.
I often have preferred whatever version of a score I first encountered. I love listening to the Finian's Rainbow and the Hello, Dolly! soundtracks, even if the movies leave something to be desired. I think it took until the arrival of what I call the Elmore Finian's that I found a recording to surpass the soundtrack.
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Elmore, PremiereOpera has a recording of Most Happy Fella, not a video. Think it'll be OK? The one recording I bought from them was lousy. I don't mean the sound but the physical CD.
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TOD - we watched most of the Hugh Jackman OKLAHOMA! last night, so I'll finish that today and probably watch the disc of bonus features.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/husbandpleasin_zpsccf3b94e.jpg)
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(What does? Why, Page 2, of course! :) )
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Elmore, PremiereOpera has a recording of Most Happy Fella, not a video. Think it'll be OK? The one recording I bought from them was lousy. I don't mean the sound but the physical CD.
I have liked much of what I have purchased, but last month's DVD purchases were of pathetic quality.
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TOD - we watched most of the Hugh Jackman OKLAHOMA! last night, so I'll finish that today and probably watch the disc of bonus features.
I hate this production: Trevor Nunn should not be allowed near a musical, I don't like the leading lady, and Susan Strohman's work is nowhere near the Agnes deMille original in talent nor in intellect.
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Good news from DR JOHN G.
Feeling chipper vibes for DR GINNY.
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Well DR CHAS SMITH at least the recording is in HIGH FIDELITY!!!
If you don't know about this CD, I heartily recommend its purchase for you and other HHW'ers who are interested in the unusual and intriguing. It is available on Amazon, a used copy can be had for a penny plus shipping.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BE2K679XL.jpg)
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DR ELMORE I use this little free program to resize photos....and if you click the right button, it will put it in the same folder with your original photo and mark it COPY. Very fast, no spyware.
http://www.fotosizer.com/
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All dressed up -
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But I didn't use it on THAT photo!
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Loved the ABNER notes from today.
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Great photo, JRand.
Loved the Abner notes, too, bk.
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TOD - we watched most of the Hugh Jackman OKLAHOMA! last night, so I'll finish that today and probably watch the disc of bonus features.
I hate this production: Trevor Nunn should not be allowed near a musical, I don't like the leading lady, and Susan Strohman's work is nowhere near the Agnes deMille original in talent nor in intellect.
I thought Josefina Gabrielle was better as Gussie in Merrily We Roll Along. On the DVD, I really like Jackman, Schuyler Hensley (sp?) and the actor who plays Will Parker. I agree with pretty much everything else you say.
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TOD - we watched most of the Hugh Jackman OKLAHOMA! last night, so I'll finish that today and probably watch the disc of bonus features.
I hate this production: Trevor Nunn should not be allowed near a musical, I don't like the leading lady, and Susan Strohman's work is nowhere near the Agnes deMille original in talent nor in intellect.
DR Elmore, I kept thinking of the wonderful production we saw together in New York in 1980...
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...Feeling chipper vibes for DR GINNY.
Thanks, DR JRand. It was really such a little thing...
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I know how that goes DR GINNY.
Thanks DR JOHN G....it was a lot of fun!
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Love that photo, DR JRand!!
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DR Ginny, I really sometimes wonder if you and I don't have the same mother.
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DR JohnG, congrats to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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TOD:
DVD: The Hugo Haas film BAIT
(http://images.moviepostershop.com/bait-movie-poster-1954-1020558880.jpg)
and this 1960s Mexican film.....
(http://www.hakes.com/product_images/14/112393/001_big.jpg)
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Thank you DR MBARNUM.....your photos yesterday were more interesting.
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From DR TCB:
There is world that I live in that always cheers me up.
Beautiful photo!
We are having one of those perfect view mornings, clouds over the tops of the mountains and lots of green on the lower ones. Our bright yellow broom is blooming right :)
Yesterday I got to spend time with the sweet handsome cat that lives at a shoe store in town-made my day.
More than anything, just holding Keith's hand makes me happy.
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When you're finished with the popcorn, eat the bowl, too...
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/popcornbowl_zpse702a077.jpg)
Keith's kind of bowl.
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Good Morning all:
TOD;
CD PLAYER:
SONGS 4 WORSHIP
DVD:
PERSUASION
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Beautiful day here in West Seneca, NY 8) :-* 8)
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DR Ginny, I really sometimes wonder if you and I don't have the same mother.
Hmm, you never know, DR MBarnum!
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Well my nephew Patrick will be leaving to go to Denver CO Saturday.
He will be trying out Again For THE AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR SHOW on Monday and Tuesday. He will also be one of the Feature Stories, which is really exciting for Him and our families.
I will be praying him to do well and return safely.
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Goodbye for Now!!! 8) :-* 8)
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DR JR and 63, Great Photo!!!
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I, too, enjoyed your "Li'l Abner" reminiscences, Bruce. My first viewing of the film was on TV and I was totally smitten with the score. Bought the LP as soon as my local record store could get it for me. I remain bowled over by the melodic content of the score and the gorgeous orchestrations and vocals in the movie.
Sigh.
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Thanks DR KATE.
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Yes I first remember seeing Li'l Abner on television....probably on the ABC Wednesday Night Movies......the songs were so great and funny that I remembered a LOT of the lyrics from one viewing..... Not all of one song....but parts of all the songs......
They wuz not much for beauty
But they shore done their duty
And they made the bood-war buzz.
Put 'em back the way they wuz.
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Page Three No Photo Dance.
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I'm up, I'm up. Groggy, but must get de-groggified and ready for rehearsal.
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DR ELMORE I use this little free program to resize photos....and if you click the right button, it will put it in the same folder with your original photo and mark it COPY. Very fast, no spyware.
http://www.fotosizer.com/
Thank you, DR JRand63!
I had a lovely time with Rosemary Ashe. She is one sassy lady.
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Barry went to the ER last night. He's been down with what everyone has been down with - missed two rehearsals, then was with us last night and seemed fine to me. But he's a huge hypochondriac and it can never just be anything simple. They told him he doesn't even have the flu or anything else, but he just told me they ordered forty-eight hours of bed rest. Oy and vey. He needs these rehearsals as much as anyone and he will have missed four in this key period. I've told him when he comes in on Monday for our run-through I need performance level and that's that.
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Oy!
VIBES he pulls through his hypochondria with flying colors!
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Just read through the daily digest of CASTRECL which includes the reviews and some comment on IRMA LA DOUCE.
Good lord. Where is the love for this piece? In a matter of days I, personally, caught up with 1960 and went crazy over the thing -- especially the music and the unique orchestration, which I thought is what Encores! is all about, anything in addition to a fantastic rendition of the score being icing on the cake.
A work like this will certainly have its weaknesses seen through today's eyes, but so what? The reviews seem almost ridiculously harsh, even toward the leads who weren't to everyone's liking. But very few seemed to have really cared about what I was so blown away by. Oh well. Very strange.
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Friday morning greetings! I didn't check in last night because the shopping trip with Mom started on a bad note that left me in quite a funk all evening.
I'm sorry. It must have been doubly difficult after your extra good visit with her.
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As far as I can recall, my introduction to LI'L ABNER was our high school production of it. I was aware of the cartoon strip, although I had never really read it.
It wasn't until shortly after we did the play that I saw the movie. I didn't really care for the film all that much at the time, but I have grown to absolutely love it. I am so bummed that I will not be able to see BK's production of the show, as I know full well he will do it better than anyone could, because he cares so much about it!
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I am now completely up-to-date on DOWNTON ABBEY, having finished up season 4 last night. I look quite forward to season 5!
Tonight I will watch some of the extres on the DVD set, which are alway interesting. Love seeing the performers out of character.
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I'm pretty sure I knew about the cartoon strip when seeing the movie for the first time, but it was one of those I'd skim over, not one of my favorites.
The memory on that is really vague, though. I know I've never gone back to the comic in all these years, so I'd think reading some samples of it now would be interesting.
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Oh -- and no one, save DR Elmore, has offered any criticism re Mr. Doyle's handling of the final number! :)
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I can't believe it is already Friday. I have way too much to do before I host my book group on Tuesday. I also have a ton of food leftover now that our company has gone-not sure it will still be good to serve on Tuesday. The bean salad might be but I need to cook. At least I won't have to do much cleaning, just the guest bathroom and washing the sheets and towels.
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I didn't read the ABNER comic strip because it always had SO MANY WORDS and I certainly didn't appreciate The Satire when I was that age. It didn't seem very funny to me.
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I have never had such a feast from the library. I now have 4 books from my eBook library and one to pick up at the regular library. At least the regular library book can wait a week before I pick it up and I can always pay a fee if I don't return it in time.
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I didn't read the ABNER comic strip because it always had SO MANY WORDS and I certainly didn't appreciate The Satire when I was that age. It didn't seem very funny to me.
Exactly, DR Jrand63. Any such thing would have flown right over my head. If anything, it'll be something to be enjoyed to some extent as an adult.
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Just read through the daily digest of CASTRECL which includes the reviews and some comment on IRMA LA DOUCE.
Good lord. Where is the love for this piece? In a matter of days I, personally, caught up with 1960 and went crazy over the thing -- especially the music and the unique orchestration, which I thought is what Encores! is all about, anything in addition to a fantastic rendition of the score being icing on the cake.
A work like this will certainly have its weaknesses seen through today's eyes, but so what? The reviews seem almost ridiculously harsh, even toward the leads who weren't to everyone's liking. But very few seemed to have really cared about what I was so blown away by. Oh well. Very strange.
The score is a personal favorite and has been from the moment I listened to the album for the first time. Hearing it reduced to background music for the dreadfully unfunny Billy Wilder movie made me mad.
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The political satire might be why I didn't enjoy the movie as much when I first saw it, and why I appreciate it much more now.
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Oh -- and no one, save DR Elmore, has offered any criticism re Mr. Doyle's handling of the final number! :)
I doubt anyone on Manhattan's team of critics ever saw IRMA LA DOUCE before now, so how can they complain about something of which they know little? They pan the libretto, but it's John Doyle's abridgment they are seeing, not the original Broadway libretto, but they know the book is lousy.
What I find amazing, and here I climb onto my soapbox, is that so many assholes claim to love musical theatre, but they are so intolerant: "Music in the Air" is old-fashioned, the libretto for "Babes in Toylad" stinks, "Irma La Douce" is a lousy show; well, all of these shows in 1932, 1903, and 1960 were for their time sophisticated, state of the art musicals. They were crafted and staged by some of the best show people of their time. Peter Brook was a great director, Hammerstein and Kern were major influences, and Julian Mitchell who had the sense to get the best theatre composer of the time for "Babes In Toyland," was the leading director-choreographer of his time.
Don't these jerks complaining of the Encores! shows they don't much like realize that so much of the current crop of writers and shows as the times change will also become yesterday's news? Broaden your minds and learn to appreciate the wide variety out there.
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Oh -- and no one, save DR Elmore, has offered any criticism re Mr. Doyle's handling of the final number! :)
I doubt anyone on Manhattan's team of critics ever saw IRMA LA DOUCE before now, so how can they complain about something of which they know little? They pan the libretto, but it's John Doyle's abridgment they are seeing, not the original Broadway libretto, but they know the book is lousy.
What I find amazing, and here I climb onto my soapbox, is that so many assholes claim to love musical theatre, but they are so intolerant: "Music in the Air" is old-fashioned, the libretto for "Babes in Toylad" stinks, "Irma La Douce" is a lousy show; well, all of these shows in 1932, 1903, and 1960 were for their time sophisticated, state of the art musicals. They were crafted and staged by some of the best show people of their time. Peter Brook was a great director, Hammerstein and Kern were major influences, and Julian Mitchell who had the sense to get the best theatre composer of the time for "Babes In Toyland," was the leading director-choreographer of his time.
Don't these jerks complaining of the Encores! shows they don't much like realize that so much of the current crop of writers and shows as the times change will also become yesterday's news? Broaden your minds and learn to appreciate the wide variety out there.
Amen.
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Oh -- and no one, save DR Elmore, has offered any criticism re Mr. Doyle's handling of the final number! :)
I doubt anyone on Manhattan's team of critics ever saw IRMA LA DOUCE before now, so how can they complain about something of which they know little? They pan the libretto, but it's John Doyle's abridgment they are seeing, not the original Broadway libretto, but they know the book is lousy.
What I find amazing, and here I climb onto my soapbox, is that so many assholes claim to love musical theatre, but they are so intolerant: "Music in the Air" is old-fashioned, the libretto for "Babes in Toylad" stinks, "Irma La Douce" is a lousy show; well, all of these shows in 1932, 1903, and 1960 were for their time sophisticated, state of the art musicals. They were crafted and staged by some of the best show people of their time. Peter Brook was a great director, Hammerstein and Kern were major influences, and Julian Mitchell who had the sense to get the best theatre composer of the time for "Babes In Toyland," was the leading director-choreographer of his time.
Don't these jerks complaining of the Encores! shows they don't much like realize that so much of the current crop of writers and shows as the times change will also become yesterday's news? Broaden your minds and learn to appreciate the wide variety out there.
Amen.
Agreed!
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Great picture, Jrand!
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True dat DR ELMORE.
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When you're finished with the popcorn, eat the bowl, too...
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/popcornbowl_zpse702a077.jpg)
I want that!
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A dog's best dream come true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYMD6R6PvU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYMD6R6PvU)
That is so funny!
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Topic of the Day: just arrived here at work:
Sheldon Harnick: HIDDEN TREASURES, 1949-2013 (http://harbingerrecords.com/sheldon-harnick/)
AND:
Hugh Martin: Hidden Treasures: SONGS FOR STAGE AND SCREEN 1941-2010 (http://harbingerrecords.com/hugh-martin-hidden-treasures/).
:D
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Topic of the Day: just arrived here at work:
Sheldon Harnick: HIDDEN TREASURES, 1949-2013 (http://harbingerrecords.com/sheldon-harnick/)
AND:
Hugh Martin: Hidden Treasures: SONGS FOR STAGE AND SCREEN 1941-2010 (http://harbingerrecords.com/hugh-martin-hidden-treasures/).
:D
I love this Harnick set! It's quite wonderful, with lots of good songs for the next "Lost In Bostpn" recording.
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And the word of the day is: MIEN!
And The Song Of The Day Is: STYLE
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When I was growing up (from the age of about 9 or 10) I read the "Li'l Abner" comic strip faithfully, especially the Sunday strip. I can't for the life of me remember any of the stories (although someone was always strying to swindle them out of their lands), but I was devoted to it.
Ditto "Dick Tracy". I do remember "Junior" Tracy and "Moon Maid" and how "Moon Maid" was discovered (trip to the Moon) and Junior falling in love with her when he first met her on earth.
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The comments about the LI'L ABNER comic strip remind me of when DR Elmore directed YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and I was in the cast as Lucy. He came to an early rehearsal with an armload of paperback books of PEANUTS cartoons and encouraged us to read them as we prepped for our roles. Are there compendia of LI'L ABNER strips?
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The comments about the LI'L ABNER comic strip remind me of when DR Elmore directed YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and I was in the cast as Lucy. He came to an early rehearsal with an armload of paperback books of PEANUTS cartoons and encouraged us to read them as we prepped for our roles. Are there compendia of LI'L ABNER strips?
There sure are!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_7?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Ali%27l+abner&keywords=li%27l+abner&ie=UTF8&qid=1399668542&rnid=2941120011
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!!!! 4 !!!!
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The comments about the LI'L ABNER comic strip remind me of when DR Elmore directed YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and I was in the cast as Lucy. He came to an early rehearsal with an armload of paperback books of PEANUTS cartoons and encouraged us to read them as we prepped for our roles. Are there compendia of LI'L ABNER strips?
There sure are!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_7?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Ali%27l+abner&keywords=li%27l+abner&ie=UTF8&qid=1399668542&rnid=2941120011
Thanks, DR Elmore! Do you remember the Christmas PEANUTS script that I compiled from your books that we performed for the Miami University-Middletown faculty/staff holiday luncheon? I wonder if I still have that audio cassette?
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The comments about the LI'L ABNER comic strip remind me of when DR Elmore directed YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and I was in the cast as Lucy. He came to an early rehearsal with an armload of paperback books of PEANUTS cartoons and encouraged us to read them as we prepped for our roles. Are there compendia of LI'L ABNER strips?
There sure are!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_7?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Ali%27l+abner&keywords=li%27l+abner&ie=UTF8&qid=1399668542&rnid=2941120011
Thanks, DR Elmore! Do you remember the Christmas PEANUTS script that I compiled from your books that we performed for the Miami University-Middletown faculty/staff holiday luncheon? I wonder if I still have that audio cassette?
Nope. I don't remember that at all.
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Well, I did find the recording and I think I have a typewritten copy of the script, too...
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Here we go, kids. A landmark event in American musical theater.
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I'm sincerely confused (and perhaps this is colored by my own differences with them, the way City Center personnel act like they're any cold, bottom-line oriented business and not like a charity benefiting from tax breaks). Encores charges $115 for all orchestra tickets and all the way back to the 12th row upstairs. I'm not sure what standards anyone's asking should be applied to its shows other than what's applied to all NY theater. If critics did that, who could believe the rapturous reviews like the ones Encores has already gotten earlier this season? They as a series are not doing anything altruistic for the good of society other than what any non-profits like Roundabout or MTC or LCT or the Public do - and they are presenting entertainment just as any non-profit theater company that charges Broadway prices does.
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If I didn't say it last night, Congrats John G. !!!
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New review posted in the Now Playing section of the website. Ajax in Iraq by Not Man Apart in Santa Monica.
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Love the Abner clippings, DR ChasSmith! But, no pics of you???
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Well, I'm off to the theater. After tonight's "Chamber Music," we're going to have a cast party at our space, The Midnight Sun. I was asked to get some vodka and mixers, but being a non-drinker, I don't exactly know what/how much to get. Hopefully, someone will call me back with some info!
Anyway, be back later!
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T.O.D.
This is Friday?
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Bruce,I thought you wrote you were going to do more dental work on the smaller scenes.
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Topic of the Day: just arrived here at work:
Sheldon Harnick: HIDDEN TREASURES, 1949-2013 (http://harbingerrecords.com/sheldon-harnick/)
AND:
Hugh Martin: Hidden Treasures: SONGS FOR STAGE AND SCREEN 1941-2010 (http://harbingerrecords.com/hugh-martin-hidden-treasures/).
:D
My Harnick set came yesterday. Love the comedy songs. Haven't heard the whole set yet.
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If I didn't say it last night, Congrats John G. !!!
Thank you, Cillaliz. And to everyone. Great group of people to celebrate with.
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Speaking of which, I went and celebrated with some sublime sashimi tonight. I was one happy boy.
And I ran into friends I hadn't seen in a few months, which proved to be great, because they were celebrating the birth of their first grandchild and honoring the memory of Sandy's mother, who passed away this week. I knew about the birth, not the death.
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Great LI'L ABNER notes today!
It's so funny about what we first get familiar with, and how it determines our preferences later. I saw the movie first, too, but would have been just a little younger. And then it was probably a year or two before I saw it a second time (I remember that time being on TV) which of course only served to renew my interest and love for the piece. BUT... I didn't have an album until some time after that, and when we got one, it was the Broadway cast, which I then proceeded to play to death. So, since I hadn't driven the sound of the film into my head, those arrangements were kind of forgotten until years later. I did get the soundtrack LP back then (still have my first copy), but for some reason only played it a little bit. Finally, when I did the show while in 9th or 10th grade, that more or less married me to the original score.
Over the years, I grew and learned to open myself up to new arrangements, but I was surprisingly rigid back in my teens and twenties.
Weren't we all!
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Good morning, all.
Thank you all. I slept a little better last night. I think my body knows it's over.
And when I get that piece of paper, I'll never have to think again, right?
Why start now?
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Good morning, all.
Thank you all. I slept a little better last night. I think my body knows it's over.
And when I get that piece of paper, I'll never have to think again, right?
Why start now?
Yes, sir.
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If I didn't say it last night, Congrats John G. !!!
Thank you, Cillaliz. And to everyone. Great group of people to celebrate with.
:)
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Keith is about to pop corn and I believe we will be watching "The Good Wife" and "Elementary".
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Our sister-in-law Jayne broke her arm yesterday. She lives alone (widow of Richard's older brother) and is deep into preparations for her daughter's wedding in 2 months.
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The critics re Irma are disgusting blaming the show. It never occurs to these idiots than when a director like John Doyle is involved and maybe the casting is not spot on and maybe the choreography isn't up to snuff that THEY should be blamed. It's like I've said forever - when people do Li'l Abner and the production is a big fail, everyone, rather than blame their ineptitude blames the show. That's why I've wanted to do it so bad for so long. There is NOTHING wrong with Abner just as there is nothing wrong with Irma in the right hands.
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Back from a productive rehearsal and a meal at Palermo that wasn't very good.
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I'm still fighting something - allergies or whatever - three weeks now - I keep winning but it's become completely irritating but not as irritating and being on page FOUR!
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DR Ginny, I really sometimes wonder if you and I don't have the same mother.
What a mean thing to say to DR Ginny!
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Vibes for Ginny's SIL.
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Back to "The Sorrow and the Pity."
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One more.
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Five!
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I can't believe it is already Friday. I have way too much to do before I host my book group on Tuesday. I also have a ton of food leftover now that our company has gone-not sure it will still be good to serve on Tuesday. The bean salad might be but I need to cook. At least I won't have to do much cleaning, just the guest bathroom and washing the sheets and towels.
Your book group is sleeping over?
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Six hours on Page four??
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Healing vibes to Ginny's sister-in-law!
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This does not bode well for our page count today
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Page five? Really?
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I never read LIL' ABNER when I was growing up. I, also, thought it was too wordy.
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It was way over my head.
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John! Cilla! We have work to do.
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So, for the past 3 weeks or so, my mom and dad and I have been planning where we were going on Mother's day. I asked my brother to see if they wanted to be included. He said it sounded good until today when he basically took over the plans and said that they wanted to take mom and dad out to another place- that mom doesn't even like. They do this to me every time we have plans for a holiday. And the changes are always last minute. I told him it was fine, but it really bugged me.
The more I thought about it the madder it made me. So I mowed the yard and vacuumed the house to burn up the energy. Then I realize the easiest answer is for me to go tomorrow instead of Sunday. The weather is better for travel tomorrow and it will give me Sunday to get my chores done before work on Monday. I really am fine with this. I can have a nice day with mom and dad and my brother and his family can have a nice day with them and mom gets a two day mother's day. Win. Win.
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Today is my sister's 60th. I gave up on dealing with her a while back, but did send her a fb message saying Happy Birthday. Her response in part was "Now that I'm 60, I've turned nice" We'll see if it lasts until 60 and one day.
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She's apparently written a civil war era novel set in Missouri. I'm honestly very interested in reading it. It could actually be quite good.
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Today I learned if you say "I'm having an colonoscopy that day" that it's very easy to get court hearings rescheduled
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So, for the past 3 weeks or so, my mom and dad and I have been planning where we were going on Mother's day. I asked my brother to see if they wanted to be included. He said it sounded good until today when he basically took over the plans and said that they wanted to take mom and dad out to another place- that mom doesn't even like. They do this to me every time we have plans for a holiday. And the changes are always last minute. I told him it was fine, but it really bugged me.
The more I thought about it the madder it made me. So I mowed the yard and vacuumed the house to burn up the energy. Then I realize the easiest answer is for me to go tomorrow instead of Sunday. The weather is better for travel tomorrow and it will give me Sunday to get my chores done before work on Monday. I really am fine with this. I can have a nice day with mom and dad and my brother and his family can have a nice day with them and mom gets a two day mother's day. Win. Win.
I think you have come up with a great solution. Unfortunately it does nothing to correct your brother's behavior.
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Has your sister written any other books?
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Late Night Trivia Question
What do all the movies have in common. (Something very specific)
Greetings
Henry and June
The Split
The Flamingo Kid
Georgy Girl
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I stopped at the store today, an when I got out of the car I saw these huge black clouds coming in from the west. I said to this woman also going into the store, that the rain would arrive about the time we finished shopping. Sure enough, I finished shopping and almost got to the door when the whole sky ripped open. I looked at it for a couple of minutes, turned around, and went to Starbuck's for a large coffee.
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Has your sister written any other books?
No. I think she's written some stories, but she's never shared them with me. My brother says she's really a pretty good writer. She's studied the civil war for years. She was an English teacher briefly and despite the fact she wishes I had never been born and used to remind me of that on a regular basis (apparently she won't now that she's 60, lol) I really think she may have a knack for writing and I'm really looking forward to reading it.
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Late Night Trivia Question
What do all the movies have in common. (Something very specific)
Greetings
Henry and June
The Split
The Flaningo Kid
Georgy Girl
Ahhhhhhh. You got me.
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Today is my sister's 60th. I gave up on dealing with her a while back, but did send her a fb message saying Happy Birthday. Her response in part was "Now that I'm 60, I've turned nice" We'll see if it lasts until 60 and one day.
LOL!
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Late Night Trivia Question
What do all the movies have in common. (Something very specific)
Greetings
Henry and June
The Split
The Flaningo Kid
Georgy Girl
Ahhhhhhh. You got me.
Should be Flamingo Kid if that will make a difference. :-)
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So, for the past 3 weeks or so, my mom and dad and I have been planning where we were going on Mother's day. I asked my brother to see if they wanted to be included. He said it sounded good until today when he basically took over the plans and said that they wanted to take mom and dad out to another place- that mom doesn't even like. They do this to me every time we have plans for a holiday. And the changes are always last minute. I told him it was fine, but it really bugged me.
The more I thought about it the madder it made me. So I mowed the yard and vacuumed the house to burn up the energy. Then I realize the easiest answer is for me to go tomorrow instead of Sunday. The weather is better for travel tomorrow and it will give me Sunday to get my chores done before work on Monday. I really am fine with this. I can have a nice day with mom and dad and my brother and his family can have a nice day with them and mom gets a two day mother's day. Win. Win.
I think you have come up with a great solution. Unfortunately it does nothing to correct your brother's behavior.
I agree with TCB. I'm having similar problems with my sisters and I'm getting ready to have to get medieval on them.
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
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Made it through the first two hours of The Sorrow and the Pity. There is some excellent footage from the war in the movie that makes it fascinating. But 4 hours is a little long.
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Late Night Trivia Question
What do all the movies have in common. (Something very specific)
Greetings
Henry and June
The Split
The Flaningo Kid
Georgy Girl
Ahhhhhhh. You got me.
Should be Flamingo Kid if that will make a difference. :-)
No. I actually read it correctly. LOL!
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So, for the past 3 weeks or so, my mom and dad and I have been planning where we were going on Mother's day. I asked my brother to see if they wanted to be included. He said it sounded good until today when he basically took over the plans and said that they wanted to take mom and dad out to another place- that mom doesn't even like. They do this to me every time we have plans for a holiday. And the changes are always last minute. I told him it was fine, but it really bugged me.
The more I thought about it the madder it made me. So I mowed the yard and vacuumed the house to burn up the energy. Then I realize the easiest answer is for me to go tomorrow instead of Sunday. The weather is better for travel tomorrow and it will give me Sunday to get my chores done before work on Monday. I really am fine with this. I can have a nice day with mom and dad and my brother and his family can have a nice day with them and mom gets a two day mother's day. Win. Win.
I think you have come up with a great solution. Unfortunately it does nothing to correct your brother's behavior.
I know, but since it's usually his wife or daughter that doesn't want to do what I want to do - not to be mean, they just have other ideas- it won't ever change. It's just one of those things.
I'm glad I thought of a way around it. He has a lot on his plate. His father in law is in a nursing home there and doesn't remember anything or anyone at this point. He lives in the same town as my parents who call him three or four times a day either asking the same things or obsessing about things. He's also a sole practitioner now that my dad has retired and he's a magistrate who the police wake up at all hours of the night to do search warrants etc.
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
Just did my first serious attempt at creative writing to go with my thesis. I need more work at it. Much more work at it.
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I stopped at the store today, an when I got out of the car I saw these huge black clouds coming in from the west. I said to this woman also going into the store, that the rain would arrive about the time we finished shopping. Sure enough, I finished shopping and almost got to the door when the whole sky ripped open. I looked at it for a couple of minutes, turned around, and went to Starbuck's for a large coffee.
I think you also found a great way to deal with the situation :)
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I stopped at the store today, an when I got out of the car I saw these huge black clouds coming in from the west. I said to this woman also going into the store, that the rain would arrive about the time we finished shopping. Sure enough, I finished shopping and almost got to the door when the whole sky ripped open. I looked at it for a couple of minutes, turned around, and went to Starbuck's for a large coffee.
I think you also found a great way to deal with the situation :)
Perhaps not as creative as your solution.
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Oh, and he's had several heart attacks, a quadruple by-pass and is just recovering from surgery on his right wrist and elbow to repair nerve issues he's had since the bypass. He's got to do the other wrist and elbow next fall. So, as mad as I get, I'd rather vent that another way and find a different solution. So, I now have a yard mowed- and rain predicted the next two days, a house that has been vacuumed and the dishes are done. I'm not mad anymore, lol
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Good night, all.
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That's it! I'll either exercise or clean every time my family irritates me. I'll be skinny and have a clean house all the time!!!
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Good night John
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Oh, and he's had several heart attacks, a quadruple by-pass and is just recovering from surgery on his right wrist and elbow to repair nerve issues he's had since the bypass. He's got to do the other wrist and elbow next fall. So, as mad as I get, I'd rather vent that another way and find a different solution. So, I now have a yard mowed- and rain predicted the next two days, a house that has been vacuumed and the dishes are done. I'm not mad anymore, lol
I suppose, but he ends up cheating himself out of a day with you.
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
I'd say your acting is creative....it's still there
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That's it! I'll either exercise or clean every time my family irritates me. I'll be skinny and have a clean house all the time!!!
If I tell you some nasty things your family said, will you clean my house?
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Oh, and he's had several heart attacks, a quadruple by-pass and is just recovering from surgery on his right wrist and elbow to repair nerve issues he's had since the bypass. He's got to do the other wrist and elbow next fall. So, as mad as I get, I'd rather vent that another way and find a different solution. So, I now have a yard mowed- and rain predicted the next two days, a house that has been vacuumed and the dishes are done. I'm not mad anymore, lol
I suppose, but he ends up cheating himself out of a day with you.
Ah,...We speak to each other several times a week and I see him fairly often. We're really quite close. He asked me to stop over at their house to see Dash (my grand nephew) who will be at their house tomorrow. I'll probably do that
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
I'd say your acting is creative....it's still there
That is true, but I used to have so many great ideas for plays and books, but now nothing. I guess you are right though.
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That's it! I'll either exercise or clean every time my family irritates me. I'll be skinny and have a clean house all the time!!!
If I tell you some nasty things your family said, will you clean my house?
LOL - too much to clean here and too many projects I haven't gotten to yet, sorry
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
I'd say your acting is creative....it's still there
That is true, but I used to have so many great ideas for plays and books, but now nothing. I guess you are right though.
So why not write down some of the old ideas for plays and books and let them bounce around in your head....you never know what may happen
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Okay, as long as you and your brother are close.
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That's it! I'll either exercise or clean every time my family irritates me. I'll be skinny and have a clean house all the time!!!
If I tell you some nasty things your family said, will you clean my house?
LOL - too much to clean here and too many projects I haven't gotten to yet, sorry
Damn!
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Mike left without giving the answer to his trivia!
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Better go, I need to get up early and be on my way. Night
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I didn't know the answer to the trivia either
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I used to be so creative when I was younger. Now I wish l could write a book or a play, but the well seems to be dry.
I'd say your acting is creative....it's still there
That is true, but I used to have so many great ideas for plays and books, but now nothing. I guess you are right though.
So why not write down some of the old ideas for plays and books and let them bounce around in your head....you never know what may happen
I don't know. I think I am just lazy
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Better go, I need to get up early and be on my way. Night
Good night!
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Well, I'm still here. Boo is now on my lap so I can't move
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Guess I better go get some sleep. Boo will just have to move
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Watched the latest Mad Men. Had to go buy some more Airborne. I have been fighting majorly some guck for three damn weeks already - it's so annoying. Just when I think I'm all done with it, back it comes - I think some of it is allergies, maybe all of it.