Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on June 19, 2014, 01:10:14 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke about the sippy cup, and now it is time for you to post until the sippy cup cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SCOFFLAW!
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First after BK - it's going to be a good day
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TOD: the "cronut" - the croissant-donut combo, takes two nice-sounding words and the combo sounds like some sort of carpentry tool :)
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Good morning to all
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Good morning, all! Things have been curiously quiet about the apartment building. No word from the super, nothing from the landlord. I do not want to make waves, but at some point someone's got to address this dead stove or the bathroom ceiling, and it had better be soon.
I'm debating today's course of action: Toyland for a couple of hours, the Lincoln Center public library, stay here? I have work at all three places that must be dealt with.
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Good morning.
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Cillaliz, I am so sorry to hear about all the flooding.
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TOD: Baby Bump
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Good morning, all.
What can I say? I ask you now, what can I say? Except...
Coffee!
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Well, here's a fine how-de-do. After a few nice warm sunny summer days, we're back to gray and rain. And on the ten-day forecast, it's high 70s as far as the eye can see.
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TOD:
Hair shirt. :)
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It's times like this that turn one's thoughts to warmer climes. As much as I love the Northeast, I know I'm going to be saying goodbye to it one of these days. I've know that for a couple of years now. I don't necessarily want the extremes of the far south, but this New England
sh lifestyle has eventually got to go.
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DR Cillaliz - sorry to hear about the flooding, and especially the damage your parents suffered.
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Good morning, all.
Vibes for anyone in need.
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TOD: Belly Buster
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We've had flooding rain here, too. And this morning, starting about 5:00am, a whole string of thunder and lightning that lasted for over 3 hours.
The Dear Dog was not amused. Not even slightly. :P
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TOD:
Lug nuts.
No, not really. We like our lug nuts!
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I do not envy any of yez all that rain. And the threat of tornadoes. No sir.
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As much as I love the Northeast, I know I'm going to be saying goodbye to it one of these days.
Will you be taking your generator with you? ;)
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Stunning photo yesterday, DR Laura!
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Dry vibes and no-sore-muscle vibes for Cillaliz.
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TOD:
24/7
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I've got a bunch to contribute to the TOD. Too bad I can't think of any of them at the moment. Some more coffee might help.
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At the end of the day....
Regardless......
You know what I mean.....
Although I guess those are word spurs not actual names of things.
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DR ELMORE if you click on the "VIEW ALL SIZES" link on Flickr pictures, you should get a link that lets you download a photo.
http://www.wikihow.com/Download-Images-from-Flickr
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Lovely photos from DR LAURA.
I am still exhausted from reading about everything DR CILLA LIZ did the last couple of days.
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
Can you guess where the story takes place?
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TOD:
selfie
:P
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That's a beauty, DR Ginny!
Are you going to fill the middle with mascerated berries?
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TWO!
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TOD:
slippery slope
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I'm trying to decide why some of my TOD entries are so darned annoying.
Some of it may be just because they're cliches.
But just some of it. :)
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Ah! The rain is now growing heavier again. Good thing I just got back from the morning dog walk.
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That's a beauty, DR Ginny!
Are you going to fill the middle with mascerated berries?
Thanks, DR Singdaw, but that photo is from the Jello website. Mine aren't quite so pretty, but will taste fine. Betty is bringing cut-up strawberries to serve on the side.
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TOD - "Monies," when talking about organizational finances.
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Good morning, all! Things have been curiously quiet about the apartment building. No word from the super, nothing from the landlord. I do not want to make waves, but at some point someone's got to address this dead stove or the bathroom ceiling, and it had better be soon....
DR Elmore, not paying your rent would probably get their attention.
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If I'm going to eat some of what I just made, I'd better take a walk around the basement - bye for now!
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TOD: Baby Bump
Ditto.
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I am still exhausted from reading about everything DR CILLA LIZ did the last couple of days.
No kidding! Reading about DR CillaLiz's vacations makes me want to go back to work! :D
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TOD: Baby Bump
Ditto.
A related TOD:
preggers
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And now the thunder and lightning are back!
The dog is still not amused. To put it mildly.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/bewareofsafety_zps1b614899.jpg)
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/bewareofsafety_zps1b614899.jpg)
Words to the wise.
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I am glad to learn that the reports in the media of a scuffle involving Richard Sherman are about a football player named Richard Sherman, and not our own Richard M. Sherman. :P
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The "Las Vegas" RIGOLETTO is great fun. They don't change a word or a note of music (nor should they!), but certain lines of the English subtitles are adapted to the setting and to a bit of Rat Pack-style lingo. It wasn't overdone, and I found it enjoyable and engaging. You could even hear the Met audience enjoying some of the same subtitles.
For the most part, the setting was convincing and conducive to the general storyline, and the set design, costumes, and characters were wonderful. The one thing that threw me for a moment was the fact of the "curse"... or rather, of the cursee's reaction to being cursed. Of course that's what the opera is about. But such curses don't really translate to modern times and settings, and you just have to roll with it. I sort of talked myself into relating it to the casino setting, re good luck / bad luck superstitions of lifelong gamblers, and to the related crime world vibe.
Another weirdness is the fact of the daughter being confined to the apartment in a modern-day setting, although I was more bothered by her shocked/sad reaction to her father's telling of her mother's death -- as though she'd never known about that. Maybe I need to review the libretto, but it sure would have made more sense in this to have her react in understanding and sympathy for her dad's grief as he tells a story he surely has relived and related many times over the years.
Oh well. I'm sure all of this has been written about by people far more qualified than I. I haven't sought out any of the criticism. Just talking outta my arse here.
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TOD
When they call a movie remake or a sequel as a "reboot".
If they did a sequel to the 10 Commandments in order reboot the franchise they would call it The 10 Commandments: The Revenge of The Pharaoh
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Two technical gripes about these productions:
As wonderful and sophisticated as the camerawork is today, there are not nearly enough whole-stage shots. You get an establishing shot at the beginning of a scene, and usually a pull-back shot at the close, but as beautiful and fluid and unobtrusive as the close-up and medium shots are (and I mean that, it's all really excellent), I always miss being able to share, with the live audience, the effect and impact of the total stage design. This REALLY bothered me in the Berlioz "Damnation of Faust", which had one of the most intriguing set designs ever. The fact that we only saw the scope of it, and the impact of the blocking and movements thereon for just a few seconds at a time, was criminal.
Far worse, however, is how the audio is delivered. Those of us who remember the bad old days of the Saturday afternoon broadcasts coming to us over the telephone wires with low fidelity and enormous amounts of volume-level equalization (or limiting, or whatever you call it) were unfortunately reminded of that with the abominable automated sound-leveling taking place in this production. I don't recall this grabbing my attention at the other HD showings I've attended. This was grotesque, with constant "pumping and breathing", and soft solo flute passages blasted at a volume equal to that of the full orchestra. The orchestra's pickup in general is so processed as to render the Met Orchestra's sound, and textures of the score, muddy and "average" throughout. This is simply inexcusable. I totally understand that some adjustment for movie theaters is necessary, but I, DR ChasSmith, could have done a more sophisticated and unobtrusive job of it had I been manually "riding the gain" myself. This is out of control.
I also don't think we're getting a true, unfettered HD image delivery by Fathom. Maybe that's a reaction to watching video on such a huge screen, but I don't think so.
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TOD:
One I am getting off my chest first: The tired use of the word "Boom" as an indicator of something dramatic or profound.
In all the times I've heard it (and TNT is making a season of "Boom" TV) it has never fulfilled its potential. It always sounds lame. It's never profound nor does it sound hip and "today".
Boom!
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TOD:
Not irritating like "sippy cup" (or "boom") but I have hated the term "geopolitical" from the first utterance of it in my presence. I worked for a Navy Captain whose favorite word it became. Everything was geopolitical. It ceased being meaningful within the first hour of his using it. He used it liberally over the two years that I worked for him.
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Boom!
Who am I? Where am I?
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TOD:
Legalese drives me up the wall sometimes. One of the worst examples is the pretentious use of "utilize(d)" when "use(d)" is more direct, simpler and clearer in EVERY instance of its use (or, "utilization").
I don't work for lawyers, but I know it's from legal documents that the project managers whom I support get their cues for using "utlilize". In letters, memoranda and every form of writing, they use "utilize" as though its usage was a hallmark of their intellect. Writing simpler is a hallmark of intellect, in my opinion.
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Boom!
Who am I? Where am I?
Utilize the force, Luke!
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And now the thunder and lightning are back!
The dog is still not amused. To put it mildly.
It's cuddle time, singdaw! They need comforting.
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Conversely, I do adore the now-missing Grey Poupon ads in which various people inform us what it is they "Poup" on....hamburgers, lunches, fingers, etc.
What do you "Poup" on?
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TOD: Baby Bump
Ditto.
Good golly, YES!
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
Can you guess where the story takes place?
One for me? How thoughtful.
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TOD:
Sort of annoying is that in a relatively mediocre discourse on anything, someone will drop in the word "whilst" as though their thoughts merited an "olde English" touch. "Methinks" is another. No one can be accused of writing Shakespearean thoughts on the internet, so why the odd-ish toss-in of words from that idiom?
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
What? Is THAT?
I recognize the angels' food cake (or is it?) What's on top and what's between the layers??
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If I've stepped on toes with my thoughts, apologies all around. I've not mentioned anything I recall ever reading on these pages.
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When I was little, I had toys.
Oh, yes! I had toys.
I had blocks, and I had Lincoln Logs. I had a gun and holster (Hopalong Cassidy).
I had a small stuffed bunny with which I slept.
I had various board games, coloring books and crayons.
I had Pick-Up Stix.
I had a small choo-choo train and tracks.
I also had books written for children.
And, then, I had my imagination. I'd often have an old towel safety-pinned to the shoulders of my t-shirt so that I could become Superman at any moment. Sometimes, old blankets could be tossed across a couple of chairs, and I'd have a fort or a tent or whatever secret place I wanted it to be.
None of these things were ever anywhere but in my bedroom...or out on the porch. They did not fill a living room with oversized things as kids get today. In the living room, I had my own child-sized rocking chair.
Today, I watch HGTV and shows about people needing more room, and I discover that their living rooms and dining rooms are loaded down with kids' toys leaving no room for adults.
Seriously?
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Very humbled to have begun page 3!
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DR ELMORE if you click on the "VIEW ALL SIZES" link on Flickr pictures, you should get a link that lets you download a photo.
http://www.wikihow.com/Download-Images-from-Flickr
I appreciate this, but i'm not getting any of the pages this info tells me I should!
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DR Ron, the dessert I made for tonight is the Jello pudding easy version of Boston Creme Pie. The yellow filling is instant vanilla pudding, milk, and Cool Whip. The topping is more Cool Whip and semi-sweet baking chocolate melted together. This time I used store-bought angel food cakes, but I think I'd rather bake my own.
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DR Ron, the dessert I made for tonight is the Jello pudding easy version of Boston Creme Pie. The yellow filling is instant vanilla pudding, milk, and Cool Whip. The topping is more Cool Whip and semi-sweet baking chocolate melted together. This time I used store-bought angel food cakes, but I think I'd rather bake my own.
Good to know. Good to look at. Yum-Yum Eat-'em-up! Eat-'em-up!
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The "Las Vegas" RIGOLETTO is great fun. They don't change a word or a note of music (nor should they!), but certain lines of the English subtitles are adapted to the setting and to a bit of Rat Pack-style lingo. It wasn't overdone, and I found it enjoyable and engaging. You could even hear the Met audience enjoying some of the same subtitles.
For the most part, the setting was convincing and conducive to the general storyline, and the set design, costumes, and characters were wonderful. The one thing that threw me for a moment was the fact of the "curse"... or rather, of the cursee's reaction to being cursed. Of course that's what the opera is about. But such curses don't really translate to modern times and settings, and you just have to roll with it. I sort of talked myself into relating it to the casino setting, re good luck / bad luck superstitions of lifelong gamblers, and to the related crime world vibe.
Another weirdness is the fact of the daughter being confined to the apartment in a modern-day setting, although I was more bothered by her shocked/sad reaction to her father's telling of her mother's death -- as though she'd never known about that. Maybe I need to review the libretto, but it sure would have made more sense in this to have her react in understanding and sympathy for her dad's grief as he tells a story he surely has relived and related many times over the years.
Oh well. I'm sure all of this has been written about by people far more qualified than I. I haven't sought out any of the criticism. Just talking outta my arse here.
In the 1980s the English National Opera had a version by Jonathan Miller that was set in Manhattan's Little Italy and the waterfront with the Italian mafia, and it was wonderful. I saw them perform it at the Met in the summer of 1984 or 1985, and it's available on DVD. There was a river to dispose of the body at the end, as specified by the libretto, and it worked very well. The problem with Las Vegas is where's the river?
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The "Las Vegas" RIGOLETTO is great fun. They don't change a word or a note of music (nor should they!), but certain lines of the English subtitles are adapted to the setting and to a bit of Rat Pack-style lingo. It wasn't overdone, and I found it enjoyable and engaging. You could even hear the Met audience enjoying some of the same subtitles.
For the most part, the setting was convincing and conducive to the general storyline, and the set design, costumes, and characters were wonderful. The one thing that threw me for a moment was the fact of the "curse"... or rather, of the cursee's reaction to being cursed. Of course that's what the opera is about. But such curses don't really translate to modern times and settings, and you just have to roll with it. I sort of talked myself into relating it to the casino setting, re good luck / bad luck superstitions of lifelong gamblers, and to the related crime world vibe.
Another weirdness is the fact of the daughter being confined to the apartment in a modern-day setting, although I was more bothered by her shocked/sad reaction to her father's telling of her mother's death -- as though she'd never known about that. Maybe I need to review the libretto, but it sure would have made more sense in this to have her react in understanding and sympathy for her dad's grief as he tells a story he surely has relived and related many times over the years.
Oh well. I'm sure all of this has been written about by people far more qualified than I. I haven't sought out any of the criticism. Just talking outta my arse here.
In the 1980s the English National Opera had a version by Jonathan Miller that was set in Manhattan and the waterfront with the Italian mafia, and it was wonderful. I saw them perform it at the Met in the summer of 1984 or 1985, and it's available on DVD. There was a river to dispose of the body at the end, as specified by the libretto, and it worked very well. The problem with Las Vegas is where's the river?
Over by the Grand Canals of Venice? Or somewhere in the vicinity of the Sphinx near the Nile? If you want one there, they will dig it and fill it,.
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What I thought they might have done was change the river to a gulch or some other location-friendly geo-
political-graphical feature.
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Never saw the Jonathan Miller production. Thanks for the heads up on the DVD!
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Good morning, all! Things have been curiously quiet about the apartment building. No word from the super, nothing from the landlord. I do not want to make waves, but at some point someone's got to address this dead stove or the bathroom ceiling, and it had better be soon....
DR Elmore, not paying your rent would probably get their attention.
DR Ginny, it would take at least two months of non-payment before they'd begin to notice, and I think something will happen quite soon, anything from my being found dead or beaten to a crew coming in to repair the ceiling and, perhaps, my stove as well. We'll see.
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I've spent the morning watching the 1935 film of ROBERTA, which actually incorporates several incidents from the novel that are not in the stage show. And i worked on the notes for the booklet.
Here's a question: how many of you called a great-aunt "Aunt ____" as opposed to "Great-Aunt ______"? I always called my Great-Aunt Lucy "Aunt Lucy."
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We always addressed or referred to them as "Aunt", even though we used "Great-Aunt" in reference to the actual relation.
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Same here. Simply used "Aunt" for all regardless of "status" in the family tree.
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TOD:
Shabby Chic
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I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one using Aunt in nomenclature for a great-aunt. The Man from Philadelphia can drive me up the wall.
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I remember when "plating" meant covering an object with a thin metal coating. Now it refers to shoveling shit onto a serving plate. It's a term I loathe as much as "de-planing" or "de-training." De-lightful? Effin no!
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I do adore the now-missing Grey Poupon ads in which various people inform us what it is they "Poup" on....
I posted one of those here yesterday.
No one thought fit to comment upon it. :)
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No one can be accused of writing Shakespearean thoughts on the internet, so why the odd-ish toss-in of words from that idiom?
I am guilty of employing this tactic once in a rare moon. But when I do it, I am trying to be whimsical or ironic. :)
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I do adore the now-missing Grey Poupon ads in which various people inform us what it is they "Poup" on....
I posted one of those here yesterday.
No one thought fit to comment upon it. :)
Or to Poup on it.
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Very humbled
Let us be the judge of that. ;)
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No one can be accused of writing Shakespearean thoughts on the internet, so why the odd-ish toss-in of words from that idiom?
I am guilty of employing this tactic once in a rare moon. But when I do it, I am trying to be whimsical or ironic. :)
I do it occasionally, and that's all it is.
Doesn't BK do it, too? Maybe it's time for a REBUKING.
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DR ChasSmith, I enjoyed reading your comments about the Met transmission of Rigoletto.
I haven't seen the majority of these, by any means. But for the most part, I have truly enjoyed all the productions I have seen in this manner.
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I do it occasionally, and that's all it is.
Youthinks? ;D
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From DR Cilla:
They did the work on my parents' basement at the lake and it was bone dry yesterday
I would wait for them.
I'm sorry about the dock, boat & your basement.
VIBES NOTHING WORST COMES ALONG!!!
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
Can you guess where the story takes place?
LOL I had to look it up to figure out what you made. I never saw those when I lived there.
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And now the thunder and lightning are back!
The dog is still not amused. To put it mildly.
Poor baby. Have you ever tried the storm jacket? I know people who say it works. It didn't help Yogi so Craig gives him medication when he knows a storm is headed their way, especially if Craig won't be home.
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Our first night, before moving into our house, in Massachusetts was at the Parker House. Since the Parker House invented the Boston Cream Pie we of course had to try it. Oh my, it was delicious. I stopped ordering it when nothing compared and we never returned to the Parker House.
http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/BostonParkerHouse.aspx?cid=sd_psg_b-property&gclid=CjkKEQjwlIqdBRDy6JSK4Lmn1akBEiQAVa9dPQvKPtFc3YUJgS6yxbUnOo0YjEOv17PcFedlKodppODw_wcB
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I've spent the morning watching the 1935 film of ROBERTA, which actually incorporates several incidents from the novel that are not in the stage show. And i worked on the notes for the booklet.
Here's a question: how many of you called a great-aunt "Aunt ____" as opposed to "Great-Aunt ______"? I always called my Great-Aunt Lucy "Aunt Lucy."
I attempted to get my grand nephews to call me Grand Aunt but their mother said it was too much. We aren't there enough anymore for them to even know me so they don't call me anything :(
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DR Elmore, my sister and I called our great aunts Auntie Ruth and Auntie Grace.
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DR Elmore, my sister and I called our great aunts Auntie Ruth and Auntie Grace.
I don't think anyone in my family ever used "Auntie", but a couple of close friends and their families in these here parts have always used it.
Oh, and it seems "Grand" is the official or preferred term in genealogy. I only recently became aware of that.
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Rob and Mary Linda have arrived, eaten their lunch, and are now beginning to paint their new digs upstairs. Today they're just prepping and painting the ceiling in what will be their bedroom, but it's a start.
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Speaking of "Aunts": Where I come from (South Carolina), peple mostly pronounce "Aunt" as you would pronounce "ant".
Except in Charleston, where it's mostly pronounced "Ahnt".
My relatives in Virginia always said "ahnt" except my cousin Richard would occasionally use "aint".
I can imagine the Man from Philadelphia saying, "My Great-Ahnt" this, and "My Great-Ahnt" that....I'm thinking he wants to be thought of as a "Main Line Philadelphian".
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Thanks, DR Jane.
I have a "thundershirt," and I know how to use it! :)
It seems to help somewhat, but doesn't entirely eliminate the problem.
As DR Ron Pulliam mentioned, the only thing that helps more is full body contact.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/veganpie_zpsef7c028f.jpg)
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~ ~ ~ POSITIVE OUTCOME VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk with his "situation."
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DR Elmore, my sister and I called our great aunts Auntie Ruth and Auntie Grace.
That seems a bit precious. The only Aunties I know are Mame and a fat dead gay man in Ohio.
Did you call your parents' sisters, assuming they had sisters, aunts or aunties?
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I've always pronounce "Aunt" as ANT...like DR Ben's Hubby's name. :)
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Topic of the Day:
"Mac 'n' Cheese." What...are people so lazy that they can't say "macaroni" anymore?? Kids are going to grow up and think that the curved pasta usually covered with cheese is just called "mac." "Mac" is not a pasta. "Mac" is either a person's name or a truck missing the letter K.
;)
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A fine observation, DR George. I grew up saying "macaroni", but I have to admit I've succumbed to the abbreviated form over the past few years. I shall try to mend my ways.
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We always said "Ant" in Ohio. Here in the New York / New England area I tend to hear "Ahnt" more, and I'm afraid it has made me totally insecure whenever I have to say the word and I have to think about which way I'm going to go on it. Since I was never used to saying "Ahnt", I feel that it sounds awkward when I do.
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I think I'm up.
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Didn't fall asleep till three, then was up at seven-thirty, then fell back asleep around nine. So, what is that, six hours or something?
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DR Elmore, my sister and I called our great aunts Auntie Ruth and Auntie Grace.
That seems a bit precious. The only Aunties I know are Mame and a fat dead gay man in Ohio.
Did you call your parents' sisters, assuming they had sisters, aunts or aunties?
Only the great aunts were "auntie." Mom's sister was Aunt Jo and Dad's was Aunt Louisa.
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BK, I hope that wasn't a Sippy Cup o' Soup you had after you made the show order. :D
TOD: I'd be happy if I never heard the word "dude" again, when addressing people, especially women.
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DR Elmore, my sister and I called our great aunts Auntie Ruth and Auntie Grace.
Oh, and it seems "Grand" is the official or preferred term in genealogy. I only recently became aware of that.
How grand!
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I've spent the morning watching the 1935 film of ROBERTA, which actually incorporates several incidents from the novel that are not in the stage show. And i worked on the notes for the booklet.
Here's a question: how many of you called a great-aunt "Aunt ____" as opposed to "Great-Aunt ______"? I always called my Great-Aunt Lucy "Aunt Lucy."
I don't know that I ever knew any of them. My great-nieces call me John. My great-great-nieces are too young to speak yet.
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I'm listening to the original Broadway cast recording of Bullets Over Broadway (enjoying it) and in the song, "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me," Marin Mazzie as Helen and Lenny Wolpe as Julian are singing and Julian says to Helen, "You haven't had a big hit in a very very very long time. That's three verys."
Was that line in the original movie, or has someone involved in that production been following HHW??
:D
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/veganpie_zpsef7c028f.jpg)
Two, please.
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We always said "Ant" in Ohio. Here in the New York / New England area I tend to hear "Ahnt" more, and I'm afraid it has made me totally insecure whenever I have to say the word and I have to think about which way I'm going to go on it. Since I was never used to saying "Ahnt", I feel that it sounds awkward when I do.
I'm from the Ant hill, too, I guess.
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I'm listening to the original Broadway cast recording of Bullets Over Broadway (enjoying it) and in the song, "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me," Marin Mazzie as Helen and Lenny Wolpe as Julian are singing and Julian says to Helen, "You haven't had a big hit in a very very very long time. That's three verys."
Was that line in the original movie, or has someone involved in that production been following HHW??
:D
Susan Stroman is my stalker.
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Well, the last remaining wisdom tooth came out cleanly.
However, they could not get a clot to form - I was not bleeding. This increases my chances of getting dry socket.
I must be un-dead, or something. :P
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And in the south, we always said "pe-can" and not "pe-cahn".
I guess "pe-can" pie is for eatin' and "pe-cahn" pie is for oohing and aahing over.
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Well, the last remaining wisdom tooth came out cleanly.
However, they could not get a clot to form - I was not bleeding. This increases my chances of getting dry socket.
I must be un-dead, or something. :P
Well, that explains so much. My advice is to avoid silver bullets.
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Well, the last remaining wisdom tooth came out cleanly.
However, they could not get a clot to form - I was not bleeding. This increases my chances of getting dry socket.
I must be un-dead, or something. :P
If you were not bleeding, how would they get a clot to form? ?? ?
Don't eat popcorn until that socket heals over, though.
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And in the south, we always said "pe-can" and not "pe-cahn".
I guess "pe-can" pie is for eatin' and "pe-cahn" pie is for oohing and aahing over.
You say eether and I say eyether. Pass the damned pie this way.
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And in the south, we always said "pe-can" and not "pe-cahn".
I guess "pe-can" pie is for eatin' and "pe-cahn" pie is for oohing and aahing over.
I took a cooking class in New Orleans and the teacher said the pe-can was what you kept under the bed in case of mid-night emergencies whereas a pe-cahn is what you ate.
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If you were not bleeding, how would they get a clot to form?
They use a synthetic goo that tastes like death.
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If you were not bleeding, how would they get a clot to form?
They use a synthetic goo that tastes like death.
But it's that special goo flavor that ... oh, never mind.
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You know what a SIPPY CUP should be? The thing you rinse with at the dentist's.
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Let's move along now.
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5IVE!!!!
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I call all of my aunts, aunt, except Auntie Ellen. It was just easier for us kids to say Auntie Ellen than to say Aunt Ellen...I am guessing.
Wait, now that I think of it..we called Elna, Auntie Elna. And then there was Auntie Pat.
Ok, I guess we called all of them auntie...but it was something decided by my elder siblings and cousins and passed down to me. I see now that my cousins even call my mom Auntie Carroll. It's not my fault!!
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We always addressed or referred to them as "Aunt", even though we used "Great-Aunt" in reference to the actual relation.
ditto
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Listening to a bootleg of the Encores! Most Happy Fella. Haven't gotten far into it, but Laura Benanti is luminous.
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From DR Cilla:
They did the work on my parents' basement at the lake and it was bone dry yesterday
I would wait for them.
I'm sorry about the dock, boat & your basement.
VIBES NOTHING WORST COMES ALONG!!!
DR Jane, before the basement people come I need to totally clean the room out and tear down the built ins. Until I do that it won't be clear where the leak is and I don't need to pay them to do that work. I just didn't do it today as planned. There's always tomorrow
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I call all of my aunts, aunt, except Auntie Ellen. It was just easier for us kids to say Auntie Ellen than to say Aunt Ellen...I am guessing.
Wait, now that I think of it..we called Elna, Auntie Elna. And then there was Auntie Pat.
Ok, I guess we called all of them auntie...but it was something decided by my elder siblings and cousins and passed down to me. I see now that my cousins even call my mom Auntie Carroll. It's not my fault!!
Why do your posts give me such headaches?
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Post deleted....did some web searches and now am greatly confused about grand things
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Another post deleted because of the same thing as the last post
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I'm very glad I didn't do all that work today. Most of what is down there is in plastic tubs and most of the floor is cement. There's a little that's still got carpet and I"ll be ripping all that out as soon as the room is empty. I still have a couple days to get it done.
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I checked, and my genealogy program (Legacy) is using the terms Grandaunt and GrandNephew (with that variance in capitalization, which seems odd).
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And in the south, we always said "pe-can" and not "pe-cahn".
I guess "pe-can" pie is for eatin' and "pe-cahn" pie is for oohing and aahing over.
I took a cooking class in New Orleans and the teacher said the pe-can was what you kept under the bed in case of mid-night emergencies whereas a pe-cahn is what you ate.
And I'd have told that teacher that we now have indoor plumbing facilities in the South...and that we never would have called our chamber pots "pee cans". How crass.
;)
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I checked, and my genealogy program (Legacy) is using the terms Grandaunt and GrandNephew (with that variance in capitalization, which seems odd).
What about for grandparents. You have an immediate set (your parents' parents) and then a different set (their parents' parents).
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I call all of my aunts, aunt, except Auntie Ellen. It was just easier for us kids to say Auntie Ellen than to say Aunt Ellen...I am guessing.
Wait, now that I think of it..we called Elna, Auntie Elna. And then there was Auntie Pat.
Ok, I guess we called all of them auntie...but it was something decided by my elder siblings and cousins and passed down to me. I see now that my cousins even call my mom Auntie Carroll. It's not my fault!!
Why do your posts give me such headaches?
Because it's his personal quest?
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I asked to be called auntie but it didn't happen. Now I'm lucky if anyone calls me aunt. Yes, this does bother me.
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I call all of my aunts, aunt, except Auntie Ellen. It was just easier for us kids to say Auntie Ellen than to say Aunt Ellen...I am guessing.
Wait, now that I think of it..we called Elna, Auntie Elna. And then there was Auntie Pat.
Ok, I guess we called all of them auntie...but it was something decided by my elder siblings and cousins and passed down to me. I see now that my cousins even call my mom Auntie Carroll. It's not my fault!!
Why do your posts give me such headaches?
Because it's his personal quest?
From most of his posts I had guessed his personal quest was to get laid.
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We had quite a storm last night, with very loud thunder. My electricity went out for about 5 hours, but luckily went back on before it was time to get ready for work.
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We called my mother's sister by her first name.
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My nieces call me "Uncle," but my nephews call me by my first name. I don't mind either way.
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BK and DR elmore's friend Kevin Spirtas on the Wendy Williams Show today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Jga8dPi_s
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I asked to be called auntie but it didn't happen. Now I'm lucky if anyone calls me aunt. Yes, this does bother me.
For now on I will call you Auntie Jane. And on special occasions, I will pronounce it 'Ahnty'
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I prefer to be called Uncle Mike by my nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grand nieces. However, some of them call me Monkey Mike.
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I asked to be called auntie but it didn't happen. Now I'm lucky if anyone calls me aunt. Yes, this does bother me.
For now on I will call you Auntie Jane. And on special occasions, I will pronounce it 'Ahnty'
;D
It is funny that our nephew in-law say Aunt and our niece in-law's mother says "Aunt. They get what I want to be called :)
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I prefer to be called Uncle Mike by my nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grand nieces. However, some of them call me Monkey Mike.
At least they gave you an endearing name. :)
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Peecan
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I think the little girl playing in the US open looks cute in her outfit.
(http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0vw9iNqVagvEBRhQS6uf0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/en_us/Finance/US_AFTP_SILICONALLEY_H_LIVE/An_11-Year-Old_Is_Playing_The-aeea14728ccdd1da8b259c085eb41c2c)
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My nieces call me "Uncle," but my nephews call me by my first name. I don't mind either way.
To my niece, I'm "Uncle"...just "Uncle." She's never called me Uncle George or George. Her father's sister is "Auntie" (pronounced "ANTIE") and her husband is "Uncle Harvey."
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I asked to be called auntie but it didn't happen. Now I'm lucky if anyone calls me aunt. Yes, this does bother me.
For now on I will call you Auntie Jane. And on special occasions, I will pronounce it 'Ahnty'
LOL!
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I prefer to be called Uncle Mike by my nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grand nieces. However, some of them call me Monkey Mike.
At least they gave you an endearing name. :)
Well, it was because Taylor, when she was learning to talk, couldn't say Uncle Mike...it always came out Monkey Mike. She is 11 now, but still calls me that. :)
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I am looking forward to the weekend, I tell you. I have been so tired all week. Last night I went to bed at 7:30 pm and slept all night until my alarm went off at 6am. With all of that sleep, I still have felt like I need a nap.
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My nieces call me "Uncle," but my nephews call me by my first name. I don't mind either way.
To my niece, I'm "Uncle"...just "Uncle." She's never called me Uncle George or George. Her father's sister is "Auntie" (pronounced "ANTIE") and her husband is "Uncle Harvey."
Just Auntie & Uncle would work for us.
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I am looking forward to the weekend, I tell you. I have been so tired all week. Last night I went to bed at 7:30 pm and slept all night until my alarm went off at 6am. With all of that sleep, I still have felt like I need a nap.
Is your sleep machine working?
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DR Cilla I saw this story and thought of you. If your basement wasn't a mess, and you weren't sore from helping at the lake, I suspect you might have gone.
http://www.ktiv.com/story/25813215/2014/06/18/volunteers-pile-in-buses-to-help-clean-up-pilger-ne
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DR Druxy we agree with you about the ending of FARGO.
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AND... the rain and thunder have returned.
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/frownyface_zps10bebf79.jpg)
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Gerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75 (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140619/US--Obit-Gerry.Goffin/).
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We always addressed or referred to them as "Aunt", even though we used "Great-Aunt" in reference to the actual relation.
Yep any aunt would just be aunt.
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DR George, thank you for the link.
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I am looking forward to the weekend, I tell you. I have been so tired all week. Last night I went to bed at 7:30 pm and slept all night until my alarm went off at 6am. With all of that sleep, I still have felt like I need a nap.
Is your sleep machine working?
Yep, it doesn't appear to be the sleep apnea, according to the machine (which tells you how many times you stop breathing each hour). It is probably time to go in for a complete check up as I have been feeling off for several months now, tired and forgetful. Maybe some meds need to be adjusted or increased. Or decreased!
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Both of my nieces just call me Auntie. They call their other aunts "auntie first name". And they call my aunt "auntie first name" (as do I).
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There has been a great deal of stress where my mom is concerned, so that could be part of it. Who knows.
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In other news, I feel like buying something from Amazon.com...I keep looking through my massive 'wish list,' but nothing appeals to me just now.
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I am looking forward to the weekend, I tell you. I have been so tired all week. Last night I went to bed at 7:30 pm and slept all night until my alarm went off at 6am. With all of that sleep, I still have felt like I need a nap.
Is your sleep machine working?
Yep, it doesn't appear to be the sleep apnea, according to the machine (which tells you how many times you stop breathing each hour). It is probably time to go in for a complete check up as I have been feeling off for several months now, tired and forgetful. Maybe some meds need to be adjusted or increased. Or decreased!
Good idea. Start writing a list so you don't forget what you want to talk about.
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There has been a great deal of stress where my mom is concerned, so that could be part of it. Who knows.
Absolutely!
MOTHER VIBES!!!!
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Well, I must be off. I'm ushering for Comedy in the Box (http://wcpa.squarespace.com/upcoming-events/2014/6/19/comedy-in-the-box-series-june.html). It's an evening of stand-up comedy and should (hopefully) be very entertaining.
Until later!
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The "Las Vegas" RIGOLETTO is great fun. They don't change a word or a note of music (nor should they!), but certain lines of the English subtitles are adapted to the setting and to a bit of Rat Pack-style lingo. It wasn't overdone, and I found it enjoyable and engaging. You could even hear the Met audience enjoying some of the same subtitles.
For the most part, the setting was convincing and conducive to the general storyline, and the set design, costumes, and characters were wonderful. The one thing that threw me for a moment was the fact of the "curse"... or rather, of the cursee's reaction to being cursed. Of course that's what the opera is about. But such curses don't really translate to modern times and settings, and you just have to roll with it. I sort of talked myself into relating it to the casino setting, re good luck / bad luck superstitions of lifelong gamblers, and to the related crime world vibe.
Another weirdness is the fact of the daughter being confined to the apartment in a modern-day setting, although I was more bothered by her shocked/sad reaction to her father's telling of her mother's death -- as though she'd never known about that. Maybe I need to review the libretto, but it sure would have made more sense in this to have her react in understanding and sympathy for her dad's grief as he tells a story he surely has relived and related many times over the years.
Oh well. I'm sure all of this has been written about by people far more qualified than I. I haven't sought out any of the criticism. Just talking outta my arse here.
In the 1980s the English National Opera had a version by Jonathan Miller that was set in Manhattan's Little Italy and the waterfront with the Italian mafia, and it was wonderful. I saw them perform it at the Met in the summer of 1984 or 1985, and it's available on DVD. There was a river to dispose of the body at the end, as specified by the libretto, and it worked very well. The problem with Las Vegas is where's the river?
The desert?
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I've spent the morning watching the 1935 film of ROBERTA, which actually incorporates several incidents from the novel that are not in the stage show. And i worked on the notes for the booklet.
Here's a question: how many of you called a great-aunt "Aunt ____" as opposed to "Great-Aunt ______"? I always called my Great-Aunt Lucy "Aunt Lucy."
Mine were never great. Just okay.
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Had some lunch (soup and chicken tenders) then sang through the album then ran the Gershwin show. Did some writing, and am now watching a motion picture.
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Is this really my third consecutive night on THE INNOCENTS?
I just listened to the Christopher Frayling commentary, keeping half an eye on the screen whilst <--(note) supping and slurping, and I love this film more and more.
Every so often he says something in reference to the time frame in which it was made and released, which only serves to confirm for me the fact that the early 1960s (and the late 1950s) really were the peak of.....something. Civilization? Maybe that's a bit too overreaching. But ..... something.
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TOD: the "cronut" - the croissant-donut combo, takes two nice-sounding words and the combo sounds like some sort of carpentry tool :)
A carpentry tool? You've obviously never had your cronut squeezed!
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Just in from an excellent dinner featuring a more subtle style of Mexican food than I've ever had before. Quite wonderful beans made without fat and gorditas made with the best corn masa imaginable. Really pleased.
Now to work.
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What are beans without fat???
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
Can you guess where the story takes place?
So what do the group members get to eat?
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That's a beauty, DR Ginny!
Are you going to fill the middle with mascerated berries?
Can you say mascerated on a family site?
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I am glad to learn that the reports in the media of a scuffle involving Richard Sherman are about a football player named Richard Sherman, and not our own Richard M. Sherman. :P
Richard Sherman the football player is my Richard Sherman.
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Finished with my viewing for the evening, but not with the movie I was viewing, which is very long but very good.
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In the 1980s the English National Opera had a version by Jonathan Miller that was set in Manhattan's Little Italy and the waterfront with the Italian mafia, and it was wonderful. I saw them perform it at the Met in the summer of 1984 or 1985, and it's available on DVD. There was a river to dispose of the body at the end, as specified by the libretto, and it worked very well. The problem with Las Vegas is where's the river?
The Colorado River is about 30 miles away.
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TOD: price point.
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Same here. Simply used "Aunt" for all regardless of "status" in the family tree.
We did too, except for Aunt Charles who we called Uncle cause mom made us.
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TOD:
Legalese drives me up the wall sometimes. One of the worst examples is the pretentious use of "utilize(d)" when "use(d)" is more direct, simpler and clearer in EVERY instance of its use (or, "utilization").
I don't work for lawyers, but I know it's from legal documents that the project managers whom I support get their cues for using "utlilize". In letters, memoranda and every form of writing, they use "utilize" as though its usage was a hallmark of their intellect. Writing simpler is a hallmark of intellect, in my opinion.
Whereas DR RLP, hereinafter referred to as "the party of the first part", and DR Vixmom, hereinafter referred to as "the party of the second part" hold differing opinions regarding the usage of formal legal language, hereinafter referred to as "legalese" and inasmuch as the party of the second part holds in high regard the party of the first part and furthermore the party of the second part would consider it a dereliction of duty to, with malice of forethought, willfully cause mental distress to the party of the first part by inflicting upon said party of the first part undue, unnecessary, repetitive and redundant language of the type commonly referred to as "legalese", and in consideration of the deep affection held by the party of the second part for the aforementioned party of the first part, the party of the second part does hereby depose and say that hereinafter the party of the second part undertakes to foreswear utilization of all forms of "legalese" when corresponding, by means, written, electronic or verbal with the party of the first part.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/bewareofsafety_zps1b614899.jpg)
Words to the wise.
This is my motto. It has served me ill for many a year
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TOD:
Sort of annoying is that in a relatively mediocre discourse on anything, someone will drop in the word "whilst" as though their thoughts merited an "olde English" touch. "Methinks" is another. No one can be accused of writing Shakespearean thoughts on the internet, so why the odd-ish toss-in of words from that idiom?
Methinks thou dost protest too much
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Thursday morning greetings! My book group meets here tonight to discuss The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro and I've just made 2 of these:
(http://www.jello.com/Content/assets/recipes/hero/Desktop_RecipeLanding_boston_creampie.jpg)
What? Is THAT?
I recognize the angels' food cake (or is it?) What's on top and what's between the layers??
I wonder how it would be using Birds custard in place of the vanilla pudding
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oh wait, never mind I know how it would be because that essentially is how I make a trifle, angel food cake sliced layered with Birds' custard and fresh fruit never put the chocolate on top but think that will find its way onto the next trifle
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My Canadian niece and nephew and grand nephews refer to me as AHNTY Debby whereas my US nieces call me ANT Debby
they all call Vixdad Uncle Steve
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and my great(or grand) aunt was just Aunt Anna
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pronounced ANT
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Cilla my sympathies to your parents . Thank goodness it was only the boat and dock they lost and not their home
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Well it is 5 hours to wake up time perhaps I should go to bed
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(((MIKE)))
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ceiling and stove repair vibes for elmore
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I had two of those low-cal no-fat hot dogs for my evening snack. Very filling, but hopefully not harmful calorically.
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I do hope you're all checking out Rob Stevens' reviews - he's had about ten up in the last five days, from the Hollywood Fringe Festival, all great reading. You should make it a habit to always check Now Playing AND Donald's radio show. Use the damn site. :)
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I prefer to be called Uncle Mike by my nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grand nieces. However, some of them call me Monkey Mike.
When you have a niece who has two black children, you don't want anybody calling you Uncle Tom!
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I just found the most amazing thing EVER on You Tube. My very first commercial - playing "young" Mr. Whipple. Be afraid, be very afraid. It WILL be in the notes shortly.
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I must be un-dead, or something. :P
Autopsy-turvy!
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I just found the most amazing thing EVER on You Tube. My very first commercial - playing "young" Mr. Whipple. Be afraid, be very afraid. It WILL be in the notes shortly.
Cool! Can't wait! ;)
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Well, I must be off. I'm ushering for Comedy in the Box (http://wcpa.squarespace.com/upcoming-events/2014/6/19/comedy-in-the-box-series-june.html). It's an evening of stand-up comedy and should (hopefully) be very entertaining.
Until later!
Well, the show was pretty good. There were three comics, and I only saw the last five minutes of the first comic and probably five minutes of the second comic because I was also helping with concessions. After the intermission and the third comic (and the head-liner) was on, was I able to watch most of his set. He did not hold back with the language, and a few people didn't love everything that he talked about, but I thought that he was pretty darned funny.
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After the show, I bought one of his DVDs for only $10. He autographed it for me, too! HOWEVER, when I got home and put it in the DVD player on my computer, it wouldn't play! WTF?? It turns out that he sold Region 4 DVDs from Australia! He said that he lives part of the year in Australia, so I think his wife is from there.
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Anyway, I just sent an e-mail to Chad, the house manager, and suggested that he might get some complaints from (most) people who won't be able to watch the DVD. I have a region code-free DVD player that plays it without any trouble, so I'm not concerned at all, but I'm sure that just about everyone else who bought the DVDs tonight will not be able to watch them. :-\