Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on October 23, 2014, 12:22:08 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes decided on the book, and now it is time for you to post until the decisive cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PAVONINE!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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It's getting a little busy at the office again. Surprising for after tax season, but most welcome.
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Sunrise in Iceland:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sunriseiniceland_zpsc1105c0a.jpg)
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Good morning, all.
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Great pictures in the notes today. Enjoyed those.
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Another day of the same old, same old. I just have to do a lot more of it.
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Forgot to mention it, but I also enjoyed the photos in today's notes.
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TOD:
HEARTS OF THE WEST
THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
THE FISHER KING
CRAZY HEART
TRUE GRIT*
*I like the movie better than the original, however I thing that John Wayne was a better "Rooster" than Bridges.
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Good morning, all!
I have an appointment with my doctor at 11:30, then I will head to City Center, where we will see what work Joshie has waiting for me. I doubt i will be there for more than a couple of hours, depending on the amount of work. I won't make more than a couple of hundred bucks this week, but it will pay for the Fed Ex charges to ship some of the crap in my apartment to other locales and perhaps stock my fridge for the month. I am very grateful for it.
Still, I need a job.
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Based on BK's recommendation in his notes a few weeks ago, I requested a review copy of SUNDAYS AND CYBELE, which I had never seen.
I watched it last night and, whereas I enjoyed it; thought the acting, direction and, in particular, the cinematography, were superb, I also thought that the story was a bit "creepy".
Yet, my primary objection to the film is that we were told what happened in the climatic scene, rather than being allowed to see it.
But, that's just my opinion.
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Thanks for sharing the photos!
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DR DRUXY did you watch the Edgar G. Ulmer documentary yet? I finally watched it and thought it was one big missed opportunity.
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Lovely photos in the notes......young BK and all those people at the par-tay! Very nice.
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And the word of the day is: PAVONINE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: GOOSE NEVER BE A PEACOCK
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TOD:
Hearts of the West
True Grit
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Tron
Starman
Tucker
The Last Picture Show
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DR DRUXY did you watch the Edgar G. Ulmer documentary yet? I finally watched it and thought it was one big missed opportunity.
I did watch it. There were parts I enjoyed. I thought the idea of interviewing people in the car was interesting.
My main interest in him is DETOUR because of Tom Neal.
Interesting fact: Ann Savage, who did four movies with Neal (including DETOUR), detested him.
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TOD:
The Big Lebowski
The Fisher King
One of my cousins recommended "The Big Lebowski" to his parents - his parents were about 80-years old at the time. Of course, they could only watch about the first ten minutes and then turned it off. I couldn't imagine why he'd recommend a movie where every other word is the f-word to his parents. Of course, they'd hate it! Then it dawned on me - the parents are Jewish. He must have thought the concept of not bowling on Shabbas to be really hilarious - hilarious enough to carry the whole movie.
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good morning to all
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BK
I hope you will write another mystery along the lines of Rewind or Writer's Block. I've gone back and reread them many times over the years. Rewind for fun of knowing who the characters and Writer's Block for the multiple levels of story telling. I have yet to read another book that attempted to do that.
Have you ever attempted to adapt Writer's Block for the screen? Is it possible because of the novel's structure
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TOD
I have never gone to a Jeff Bridges film. I have gone to movies that have Jeff Bridges in them. So I really don't have a favorite.
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Thursday morning greetings! The new fridge is coming between 2:45 and 4:45 this afternoon, so I've done some more clearing and pitching. After lunch I'll transfer the frozen stuff to our stand- alone freezer and the other stuff to a couple of coolers. Richard's missing all the fun because he's at an all-day meeting at Rob and Mary Linda's church. I will join them this evening for dinner.
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I'm up, I'm up. Seven hours of sleep, but I SLEPT.
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Writer's Block, I suppose, could be a film, but the main device is so literary I'm not sure it would work quite the same. It was also a book that was insane to write and keep straight - I went back and read some of it a few years ago and I really don't know how I did it - I like it but not sure I could do anything like it again, that kind of Chinese box thing.
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Then again, you never know.
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The new fridge is coming between 2:45 and 4:45 this afternoon
They gave you a 2-hour delivery window? Color me impressed. :)
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Yes, DR Singdaw, they called yesterday evening. I'm hoping it's more toward 2:45, but either way is fine.
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Good morning, all.
Still on a crazy schedule here, but at least my tax refund arrived this morning in my account. Very welcome.
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TOD:
I know I saw the Vanishing, but I remember nothing about it.
I'm a big Jeff Bridges fan, though.
The Last Picture Show
Hearts of the West
The Big Lebowski
The Fisher King
Texasville
Tucker
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Two!
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Ron:
There's a local candidate with the last name of Pulliam, who uses only that in his ads, so I've been seeing your name a lot lately when I drive around town.
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A nice review for And the World Goes Round from Rob Lester at Talkin' Broadway. He's very nitpicky about Christiane and Kyra, both of whom I think do great work, and I'm vastly amused by him giving call out credit to the reed playing - because the person who's actually playing most of the reeds on 80% of the album is not the credited player (those who frequent this site know we had to replace most of the horns on the CD). But a nice review is a nice review.
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/october2314.html
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But a nice review is a nice review.
Eggggggs-actly.
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TOD:
There are a lot of probably very good Jeff Bridges movies I haven't seen, but favorite ones I do know to some extent are:
The Last Picture Show and Texasville
Tron and Tron Legacy
The Big Lebowski
True Grit (I like things about both True Grit films)
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Ron:
There's a local candidate with the last name of Pulliam, who uses only that in his ads, so I've been seeing your name a lot lately when I drive around town.
It's great to be a part of someone's consciousness, even if it's not actually me!
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TOD:
Starman
Fearless
The Last Picture Show
Jagged Edge
King Kong
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And a sunset, NOT in Iceland:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sunset21_zps5c25c168.jpg)
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Some of Seth Rudetsky's early weekly columns for Playbill.com have been collected into a volume, hopefully the first of what will be a continuing series...
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sethr_zps8867e9b0.jpg)
I think I've mentioned before that I went to college with Seth. Funny guy. And busy - very busy!
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I would buy a compilation of bk's early weekly columns "One From Column A"!!
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Loved the pictures in the notes, BK!
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I would buy a compilation of bk's early weekly columns "One From Column A"!!
That would be cool! Or maybe BK, you could repost them here in their own section. :)
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Well, this is interesting...kind of: ‘Bewitched’ Followup Series Lands At NBC With Pilot Production Commitment (http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/%e2%80%98bewitched%e2%80%99-followup-series-lands-at-nbc-with-pilot-production-commitment/ar-BBaDCIl?ocid=ansDeadline11).
Coming on the 50th anniversary of Bewitched’s debut, the new version is a reimagining of the original series two generations later. It centers on Daphne — Samantha’s granddaughter and Tabitha’s daughter — a single twenty-something witch, who has always used her magical powers to conjure herself the perfect life. But she soon realizes that the one thing she cannot conjure and control is the one thing she wants most – real love.
Hmm...at least they're not trying to reboot the original.
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Bruce: The last time I tried to revisit the columns/posts from before this forum format, I could not find them. Are they gone, or don't I know what I'm doing?
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Only 45 minutes left in our delivery window...
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From DR Singdaw:
I used to be Facebook friends with former DRs Karen and Cason, but it seems that they dropped me somewhere along the way...
I was friends with Cason and something was posted on his page, truth or not I don't know, and he shut down his FB. I don't know if he has returned. Did he recently get married?
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New fridge is here! Now I have to make myself presentable and meet Richard for dinner with the Reformed Episcopals - bye for now!
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Bruce I enjoyed the photos today, especially the one from your new FB friend. Reconnecting with old friends is what I enjoy most about FB.
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Starman
The Last Picture Show
Hearts of the West
King Kong
TRON
Kiss Me Goodbye
Against All Odds
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
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the Reformed Episcopals
I think I used to have one of their albums.
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New fridge is here! Now I have to make myself presentable and meet Richard for dinner with the Reformed Episcopals - bye for now!
Congrats on the new arrival!
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DR Ginny enjoy your new frig.
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DR TCB where in Washington is our bear cub? Did they name him?
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And...
Where is Waldo?
:)
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Back from soup and a sandwich, picking up a package, and am now relaxing - the work session, despite it being simple, took two hours.
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Not sure why Ron is having trouble seeing the columns before here - if you go to column archives and scroll all the way down - you should see each year and if you click on 2001 you'll find us from day one.
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Oh, I see - I'm guessing that when we did the big move to our new host and they had to reconfigure everything when we got it all updated and on the new software that somehow the posts that used to be there at the end of the columns got nuked - not sure why that would have happened and just now noticed it.
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T.O.D.
STARMAN
THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
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T.O.D.
STARMAN
THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
I left the Baker Boys off my list.
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One post more.
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T H R E E !
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - THE TV SERIES??
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http://www.broadway.com/buzz/178062/stranger-than-we-dreamt-it-phantom-gets-small-screen-treatment-with-help-from-first-date-team/
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TV is officially done. If some lame version of Phantom of the Opera is the best they can do (with musical elements) - set in modern day (gee, so was Phantom of the Paradise, also about the music business), then TV is officially done. And Nashville, too. Shame on these idiots and I wish them every bit of non-success they so deserve. I wonder at which point the trend for stupidity in ideas will reverse itself and we might actually see something interesting on network TV.
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Do you watch SUITS? IMHO, that might be an example of quality TV that still gets an audience. (although a cable-sized audience)
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That wasn't me asking the question and answering myself. I was asking if anyone else watches SUITS. :)
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Will we never see page 4?
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Particularly enjoyable notes today!
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Topic of the Day:
Hearts of the West
Tron
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Do you watch SUITS? IMHO, that might be an example of quality TV that still gets an audience. (although a cable-sized audience)
That wasn't me asking the question and answering myself. I was asking if anyone else watches SUITS. :)
I really like SUITS, the TV show. The clothings...not so much.
;)
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I am home from a long day with my doctor and Joshie and the City Center gang. I'm very tired.
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I am home from a long day with my doctor and Joshie and the City Center gang. I'm very tired.
The mind boggles at thinking of what you all might have been doing together.
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Not sure why Ron is having trouble seeing the columns before here - if you go to column archives and scroll all the way down - you should see each year and if you click on 2001 you'll find us from day one.
Yes, I can find your column....but not the posts that were generated on each date.
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Apparently our local Rite-Aid bear story has made national news. I just saw the story on Yahoo news. DR TCB I also read that it is now in Washington and the good news they plan to release it into the wild next year.
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Do you watch SUITS? IMHO, that might be an example of quality TV that still gets an audience. (although a cable-sized audience)
I love Suits. One of my favorites!
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Page 3?
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Nice photos in the notes, BK!
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TCM is showing "The Innocents."
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"The Uninvited" airs after "The Innocents." I'm not familiar with it, but am recording it too.
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TOD: The only one I can think of is "The Mirror Has Two Faces." Not one of Barbra's best, but they were both good in it.
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My niece loves "The Big Lebowski." I guess I should watch it some time.
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My niece loves "The Big Lebowski." I guess I should watch it some time.
And then there's Shakespeare's version: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451605811/).
:))
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I have been watching The Innocents
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"The Uninvited" airs after "The Innocents." I'm not familiar with it, but am recording it too.
I wonder if I can get Keith to watch THE UNINVITED s again. This is one of those films I can watch over & over again.
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Still creepy and scary
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I went online and programmed it to record, not that it means Keith will watch it.
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Still creepy and scary
THE INNOCENTS is not a film I care to watch over & over, or maybe even never again.
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I wish I listened to audio books. My eBook library tends to purchase those instead one I can read.
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Well...
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...since we're so close...
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PAGE FOUR TIME-TO-GO-TO-THE-THEATER DANCE!!
(http://www.olytheater.com/img/CompleteWorks.jpg)
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It's our last weekend and then we're done!
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Until later!
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Have a good show!
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DR Cilla, or anyone else who has a Kindle app on their non Kindle reader....
Do you have any problems reading on the app? I have trouble keeping the light where I want it.
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New fridge is here! Now I have to make myself presentable and meet Richard for dinner with the Reformed Episcopals - bye for now!
Don't you hate that they always arrive at the end of the delivery window? You wait all that time and they arrive at the end. Why can't they just tell you it will be at the end of the day?
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DR Cilla, or anyone else who has a Kindle app on their non Kindle reader....
Do you have any problems reading on the app? I have trouble keeping the light where I want it.
I haven't read a book lately on my Surface (where I have the Kindle App) I didn't have problems with the last one I read.
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New fridge is here! Now I have to make myself presentable and meet Richard for dinner with the Reformed Episcopals - bye for now!
Don't you hate that they always arrive at the end of the delivery window? You wait all that time and they arrive at the end. Why can't they just tell you it will be at the end of the day?
Last time I got something I was planning on the end of the window and they arrived right away. They almost caught me in my pjs
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No posts in an hour? where is everyone?
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Seriously, where is everyone?
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Am I the only one who can log in?
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I heard there were storms in the Northwest. Is everyone ok?
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And the terrorism in Canada...is everyone ok?
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And Ebola in NYC. Is everyone ok?
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Seriously, where IS everyone?
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This is getting really bad.
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We'd better have us a frenzy or three really soon or this does not bode well for the future and long time denizens of this here board will want those good bodes.
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I found out yesterday a good friend of my from my days of being on the board of a national criminal lawyers association committed suicide last week. I used to be very active in the organization and went to board meetings all over the country. I haven't been active in about 5-6 years, but Bill was one of my best friends in the organization. We didn't have a lot of communication outside of the group although we were FB friends. I'm really shocked. He was one of the funniest and nicest people I know. He was a fabulous lawyer, so I'm sure he wasn't always nice to everyone. But he was to me, and I'll miss him
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BK, at least you can sign on
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It was a glorious day here. I took the afternoon off. I did take some fall leaf photos, I haven't downloaded them yet. If there are any good ones I'll post a couple for DR Laura
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Did anyone try to see the eclipse?
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I mostly watched it on the weather channel. My mom took a negative and held it up, she said you could see it perfectly
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Seriously, we have to at least get to page 5
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I really should have worked this afternoon, but I just needed to get out and breathe, so I did
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I have much to catch up on tomorrow. I did set one appointment, but it's not too early so I can sleep in a bit
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I've been going on about 5 hours of sleep a night all week and that's not enough for me
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Tomorrow will be the end of the first week without an assistant....again. I have to say I've gotten more done this week than in the whole month before. I'm not in any hurry to get a new assistant right nwo
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Holy moly on rye we're not there yet
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I could have used a little help here from someone
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Well I'll soldier on alone
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WHEW!!!
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Page 5.....too pooped to dance
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I won't dance....don't ask me
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We had 2 more new flute players at band last night 11 flutes! Yikes, that's going to be hard to keep in tune
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I moved back to my old spot on the end of the second row. Our first chair flute player is back. I really like the people in the second row and decided to just play second with them. I'm more comfortable and now I'll likely have less time to practice so, I don't want to be playing the first part
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Our director wrote a flute choir piece. We may try it. I get to play alto on that. I'm really happy to hear that.
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Better get to bed. It's getting late and tomorrow will soon be here. Hope to see more posts when I wake up
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I think we're having an eclipse right here.
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Just watched a couple of movies -- first time in a while I've been able to enjoy an evening like that.
THE NINTH GATE -- wonderful Polanski.
APOLLO 18 -- hmm, uh, well, it was interesting enough.
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And I guess that's why it's after one in the morning here. Oh well. I can sleep in a little tomorrow.
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I heard there were storms in the Northwest. Is everyone ok?
There isn't a "storm" where I live, it's just raining...and not too badly.
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I found out yesterday a good friend of my from my days of being on the board of a national criminal lawyers association committed suicide last week. I used to be very active in the organization and went to board meetings all over the country. I haven't been active in about 5-6 years, but Bill was one of my best friends in the organization. We didn't have a lot of communication outside of the group although we were FB friends. I'm really shocked. He was one of the funniest and nicest people I know. He was a fabulous lawyer, so I'm sure he wasn't always nice to everyone. But he was to me, and I'll miss him
That's so sad. My condolences, Cillaliz, and to his family.
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Tonight's performance of "Complete Works..." had only seven people in the audience. :-\
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But they were a good audience and the three actors put on a good show.
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Tomorrow night will have many more audience members.
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Did anyone try to see the eclipse?
I didn't. I wanted to, but I didn't.