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Title: AND THE WINNER IS… GUESS WHO?
Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 02:12:00 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes told you who the winner was and is, and now it is time for you to post until the winning cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 02:12:38 AM
And the word of the day is: PERSIFLAGE!
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 02:13:32 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 03:39:19 AM
George, I am glad you had a good evening.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 03:39:52 AM
I of course should be sleeping.
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Post by: KevinH on March 28, 2015, 04:45:27 AM
Congratulations, BK, on the MAC Award!  It is so well-deserved!
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Post by: KevinH on March 28, 2015, 04:46:42 AM
It's only 28 degrees in the nation's capital!
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Post by: FJL on March 28, 2015, 04:57:11 AM
Congrats BK on the MAC award.

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Post by: FJL on March 28, 2015, 04:57:23 AM
And exciting that you found out about it from Julie!
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Post by: Michael on March 28, 2015, 05:27:39 AM
Good morning to all
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 05:43:30 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  Another busy day, but at home.  Mary Linda and I are providing the venue for Lauren's sisters to throw her a baby shower tomorrow.  I have some cleaning and rearranging to do, some food prep, and a gift to wrap.
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 05:44:06 AM
Congratulations to BK on the MAC award!
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Post by: Michael on March 28, 2015, 05:49:47 AM
I have been part of an online discussion about OLIVER! and was surprised to see BK's friend Barry Pearl (mentioned in today's note) was part of the original Broadway cast as a workhouse boy and part of Fagin's gang.

And he was also in the "infamous" A Teaspoon Every Four Hours. The play had the distinction of the longest preview period (97 performances) before opening and closing with 1 performance in 1969.

It took Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, 41 years later to break the record with 182 preview performances.

He also could have been on the Ed Sullivan Show as part of cast doing I Do Anything the same night The Beatles made their debut.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 05:55:12 AM
Good morning, all.

Following a slight sleep-in, which felt wonderful.

Coffee!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 06:06:00 AM
Congratulations once again to BK on an incredibly well deserved award!

I remember Producer Julie.  She was in the first group of people I met from here in the flesh on a lovely evening at Joe Allen in June 2012.  Of course she had been E&T then, and she is E&T now.  Another I met that evening was a gal named Sandy Bainum.
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Post by: Druxy on March 28, 2015, 06:06:04 AM
TOD:

I'm sure there were other things, but perhaps the best out-of-the-blue surprise was when I got a phone call that Saban wanted to buy/produce my screenplay of CHEYENNE WARRIOR.  (Actually, they were in partnership with Roger Corman on the project, but I didn't know that then.)

I had pitched Saban the script 6-8 months earlier, but had not heard a word since, so I figured there was no interest.

Of all my films, CHEYENNE WARRIOR is the one of which I am most proud.  Not only did it lead to a long term writing/directing relationship with Corman, but over 30 years since its release, the movie still has a strong following.
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Post by: Druxy on March 28, 2015, 06:06:28 AM
Congrats to BK!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 06:08:50 AM
Good morning, all! I awoke around 1:15am from a terrifying dream about a ghost named "Miss Raway."  I remember nothing beyond that at this point, but Miss Raway - or maybe Rahway - was frightening.  In my last dream this morning, I was rehearsing a series of one-act musicals I'd actually written in grad school with a cast I can't identify on a campus that appeared to be outin the country, but it wasn't Miami U.

We need more members.  There was a full house when I came onboard in 2004, and I miss a lot of them.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 06:09:26 AM
I really wish whatever I was dreaming during the night would come into focus.  It's trying to.  Every few minutes I get the tiniest flash of...something.  It just seems like there was stuff happening, or people there, or something worth remembering and savoring for a few minutes.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 06:31:41 AM
My biggest surprise happened in 1985, when Stephen Sondheim won the Pulitzer Prize. After Merrily We Roll Along failed, he told me at a New York City Gay Men's Chorus rehearsal, which he attended to hear my arrangement of "Our Time," that he was never going to write another musical and that he was going to work on games for Parker Brothers.  He liked my choral arrangement, recommended it to his publisher, and so I had my first published arrangement.  Then. mirabile dictu!, his office manager Patricia told me he was writing a show with James Lapine.

When my arrangement was published, Patricia and i were chatting about a thank you gesture I could make, and i asked about the Pulitzer.  He had never been nominated, and I still think he should have won for Follies, so I thought, I could nominate Sunday In The Park With George, by George! I called the NYPL Music Division and asked if they knew who handled the Pulitzers, learned it was the Columbia School of Journalism, called them for further info, and called Patricia back. I needed bios of Steve and James Lapine, a recording, and a full vocal score and libretto, and I would make the nomination and pay the entrance fee.

I wanted to surprise him, but Patricia was worried about his reaction if I did this behind his back. and he learned about it from someone  else, like Mathilde Pincus, who would have to print a vocal score, or perhaps someone who had heard about the nomination. So, I called Steve and told him my idea. 

His reaction, right off the bat, was "We'll never win."  My response was, perhaps, but you never know, and I think it's about time you were nominated. He reluctantly agreed, promised full cooperation, and around August or September 1984, I went over to his home with the Pulitzer applications and chatted with Steve while Patricia filled out the forms.  I walked out with the score, recording, libretto, photos and bios of Steve and Jim, and the application, walked down to 42nd Street, picked up the 104 bus and rode to Columbia. I paid the entry fee and forgot about it.

One very early Wednesday morning in May, 1985, my dad called me: I needed to fly home immediately because my mother was having a quadruple bypass the next morning, and he wanted me there.  I spent the rest of the morning getting money together, booking a flight, clearing my calendar, and my Chinese fortune cookie at lunch said "You will hear great news today." When I got home, there was a call from Patricia that the Pulitzers were going to be announced in the afternoon, the office phone had been ringing off the hook, and she was thinking about me.  I told her about my mother, and that I had a few more errands to accomplish before I left for LaGuardia around 4:00.

I got home around 3:00 to a phone message from Patricia screaming "We won!" We won!" I called her, and she said, "Where are you? Steve wants to talk to you." He called me from the theatre, and Iflew home to my mother's surgery.

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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 06:35:38 AM
Many congratulations to MR BK on his award-winning song.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 06:35:54 AM
Good news about DR GEORGE's opening night!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 06:39:08 AM
Several months later, I got a phone call from a strange reporter from my hometown newspaper.  His name was John Griffin, and he wanted to know all about the Pulitzer.  It seems that two friends of mine in my hometown had contacted the newspaper with the information.  I still believe that it was done less on my behalf and more on promoting themselves.  I had no intentions of saying anything; I felt that was Steve's business if he wanted to say anything, not mine. 

I reluctantly spoke to John, told him I was very reluctant to say anything, told him the events, and fretted about it. I lost two friends who were angry that I was upset, and about a day after the phone interview, I called his editor and begged him to kill the story.  I had worked for the newspaper as a critic between 1973 and 1977 or so, and the editor was a person I liked very much. Thirty years later, our DR JohnG is still a friend, one of the best, and I believe this is the fullest account of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize I've ever made. After 30 years, I'm still quite proud of my accomplishment.
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Post by: KevinH on March 28, 2015, 06:56:49 AM
What a great story, DR elmore!! 
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 06:58:01 AM
Verily.  Thank you for the account, sir.
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 07:10:20 AM
TOD - Richard's proposal of marriage was a huge surprise to me.  Yes, we'd known each other for almost 7 years and had been dating seriously for a couple of years, but we had not talked directly about marriage.  This particular Friday evening, after a long work week early in the 1980-81 school year, we were having a casual beef stew dinner that I'd prepared in my apartment.  I even remember that I was wearing a fleece top onto which I'd spattered gravy - not glamorous at all.  In the course of the conversation he said, "Why don't we get married?"  I was stunned, said I thought that was a great idea, and three and a half months later, we did!

He still teases me that I never said YES and I remind him that he didn't ask me a yes-or-no question.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 07:23:04 AM
TOD - Richard's proposal of marriage was a huge surprise to me.  Yes, we'd known each other for almost 7 years and had been dating seriously for a couple of years, but we had not talked directly about marriage.  This particular Friday evening, after a long work week early in the 1980-81 school year, we were having a casual beef stew dinner that I'd prepared in my apartment.  I even remember that I was wearing a fleece top onto which I'd spattered gravy - not glamorous at all.  In the course of the conversation he said, "Why don't we get married?"  I was stunned, said I thought that was a great idea, and three and a half months later, we did!

He still teases me that I never said YES and I remind him that he didn't ask me a yes-or-no question.

Was it really 1974? I remember your phone call: Do you know Richard Palmer?
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 07:43:44 AM
Yes, DR Elmore, that was at the beginning of our first round of dating.  That only lasted about a year, but the spark was rekindled in 1978 and the rest is history.
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Post by: Jennifer on March 28, 2015, 08:04:45 AM
DR Jane I am jealous that you can dress in shorts when we still have snow here!
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Post by: Kerry on March 28, 2015, 08:28:03 AM
Congratulations, Bruce!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 09:02:26 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 09:02:34 AM
Page Two!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 09:05:48 AM
I am thinking that my TOD may be this movie thing......I shall know more later.

Otherwise....probably my first play being produced.  I just rewrote something that I had written a year or so before.....and dropped it in the mail to a local theatre that was have a competition.

Two months later, I got a message to call that theatre.....my play had won a slot in the summer schedule.....that was in May of 1985.....nearly thirty years ago.....and I have had a wonderful time working at that theatre now and then in various capacities and have made some wonderful friends along the way.

The two theatres that I call home - Putnam County Playhouse and Phoenix Theatre in Indy (where I won the competition) are very different places to work - but are a very important part of my life.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 09:07:07 AM
I am a bit down about the political doings here in Indiana which have been all over the news.....I don't discuss politics here or on BookFace.....but it is a most depressing development.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 09:25:50 AM
I am a bit down about the political doings here in Indiana which have been all over the news.....I don't discuss politics here or on BookFace.....but it is a most depressing development.

Amen.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 09:26:36 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:37:17 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:38:11 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!

The story wasn't killed, Elmore. I just didn't write about the Pulitzer. I did write about a little piece about hometown boy in the big city, as I recall.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 09:38:46 AM
I just got the new recording of Offenbach's opera-comique FANTASIO, and my young baritone friend Gavan Ring, who's been too busy with his opera career to record for me on EILEEN, DEAREST ENEMY, or ROBERTA, has a nice role on it.  I am very happy for him. He's got a wonderful voice.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:39:42 AM
And yet I love that story and the friendship that grew out of it.

I can't say that I've stayed in touch with too many people I've interviewed. And I've interviewed thousands.

But I treasure my long-time friendship with you, Larry, and with my friend Carol, both of which started over interviews.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:42:34 AM
TOD:

Getting an email from a publisher out of the blue asking me to co-write a book with my business partner. And maybe then getting asked to write another book for them.

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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:43:27 AM
Started my taxes today. I could have sworn I put all of my receipts and tax forms together in one spot. I'm missing two. Ugh.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 09:45:42 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!

The story wasn't killed, Elmore. I just didn't write about the Pulitzer. I did write about a little piece about hometown boy in the big city, as I recall.

I killed the reason for your original phone call and all of the info on the Pulitzer.

Like Piaf, I regret nothing. :)
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 09:46:56 AM
I'm up, I'm up - only six hours of sleep but they were good hours.  And such wonderful postings today.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 09:47:13 AM
Sandy called at nine - she's over the moon about it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 09:47:34 AM
I have to go to Fed Ex and pick up some pockets to hold the labels.  I've got seven cartons to go now.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:48:50 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!

The story wasn't killed, Elmore. I just didn't write about the Pulitzer. I did write about a little piece about hometown boy in the big city, as I recall.

I killed the reason for your original phone call and all of the info on the Pulitzer.

Like Piaf, I regret nothing. :)

And like Emily Skinner, I regret everything. ;)
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:49:15 AM
Congratulations again, BK.
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 09:57:12 AM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!

The story wasn't killed, Elmore. I just didn't write about the Pulitzer. I did write about a little piece about hometown boy in the big city, as I recall.

I killed the reason for your original phone call and all of the info on the Pulitzer.

Like Piaf, I regret nothing. :)

And like Emily Skinner, I regret everything. ;)

And, like Frank Sinatra, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 10:18:00 AM
Miss Otis regrets she cannot dine tonight.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 10:30:29 AM
Awaiting the arrival of the musical director.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 11:16:01 AM
I've been home waiting on a call from orchestrator Steve Margoshes about the Duck Dynasty finale.  If he doesn't call today, it will be tomorrow, since we have to finish it by Tuesday evening.

I hate waiting around on indefinites.
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Post by: Jennifer on March 28, 2015, 11:16:39 AM
Congrats to BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 11:17:31 AM
I need a nap.

I'm holding off on Fed Ex until I'm certain Steve isn't calling.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 11:53:47 AM
I am waiting for tomorrow.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 12:40:34 PM
It IS tomorrow.  Name the musical that's from.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 12:40:52 PM
Had a great and easy work session and next up is the meeting in Burbank.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 12:41:39 PM
Then I sup at five way the HELL out in Oak Park and then I see A Chorus Line.  It will be fun to see Sami and the other kids, but knowing the director of the show, I can only say it cannot possibly be good.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 12:52:10 PM
Still on Page 2?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 12:52:39 PM
Jeeee-zuss!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 12:52:56 PM
This shuld get us to Page 3.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 12:53:29 PM
!!!   3   !!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 12:53:50 PM
I've done my bit.
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Post by: Laura on March 28, 2015, 01:06:33 PM
Good afternoon. I took off early this morning for a quick hike, only to find out that the park is closed until 11 a.m. for a bike race.

Now, why in the world would they close off a HUGE city park on a Saturday, only to open it for a race when it is expected to be 96 degrees?

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Post by: Laura on March 28, 2015, 01:07:09 PM
I found another trail and hiked -- it's one I hadn't done before.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:26:23 PM
My biggest surprise happened in 1985, when Stephen Sondheim won the Pulitzer Prize.


This is a fantastic story!!!! :)
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:27:42 PM
Several months later, I got a phone call from a strange reporter from my hometown newspaper.  His name was John Griffin, and he wanted to know all about the Pulitzer.  It seems that two friends of mine in my hometown had contacted the newspaper with the information.  I still believe that it was done less on my behalf and more on promoting themselves.  I had no intentions of saying anything; I felt that was Steve's business if he wanted to say anything, not mine. 

I reluctantly spoke to John, told him I was very reluctant to say anything, told him the events, and fretted about it. I lost two friends who were angry that I was upset, and about a day after the phone interview, I called his editor and begged him to kill the story.  I had worked for the newspaper as a critic between 1973 and 1977 or so, and the editor was a person I liked very much. Thirty years later, our DR JohnG is still a friend, one of the best, and I believe this is the fullest account of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize I've ever made. After 30 years, I'm still quite proud of my accomplishment.


This one about the nice guy reporter is also good. :)
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:29:33 PM
DR Jane I am jealous that you can dress in shorts when we still have snow here!

I'm not in shorts today though it is still warming up.  We did errands this morning and I hobbled around.  It is soooo beautiful out and I want to go for a proper walk.  I'll probably be stupid and go about the same distance I did yesterday.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:30:09 PM
I am somewhat improved as I can walk around the house more comfortably, without shoes on.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:31:33 PM
I am thinking that my TOD may be this movie thing......I shall know more later.

Otherwise....probably my first play being produced.  I just rewrote something that I had written a year or so before.....and dropped it in the mail to a local theatre that was have a competition.

Two months later, I got a message to call that theatre.....my play had won a slot in the summer schedule.....that was in May of 1985.....nearly thirty years ago.....and I have had a wonderful time working at that theatre now and then in various capacities and have made some wonderful friends along the way.

The two theatres that I call home - Putnam County Playhouse and Phoenix Theatre in Indy (where I won the competition) are very different places to work - but are a very important part of my life.

Good vibes the movie thing becomes it.  If not, your play story is still a good one.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:31:59 PM
Wonderful story DR ELMORE thanks for sharing.....and DR JOHN G has a featured involvement as well!

And after killing his story, DR John G is still a friend.  What a good fellow!

The story wasn't killed, Elmore. I just didn't write about the Pulitzer. I did write about a little piece about hometown boy in the big city, as I recall.

:)
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:32:54 PM
Sandy called at nine - she's over the moon about it.

I bet she is :)
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 01:34:26 PM
I found another trail and hiked -- it's one I hadn't done before.

At least you had a new adventure.  Will you return to this trail? 
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Post by: Ginny on March 28, 2015, 01:52:47 PM
DR ChasSmith, I hope you have fun seeing ARSENIC AND OLD LACE tonight.  Aunt Martha was my first major stage role, when I was a junior in high school.  Looking forward to your report!
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 02:08:58 PM
George, I am glad you had a good evening.

Thanks, Jane!  It was a good night. :D
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 02:13:13 PM
Again, Congrats on the MAC win, BK!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 28, 2015, 02:21:33 PM
I am going to watch a DVD called WHITE FROG with B.D, Wong/  It's only been sitting here from Netflix for maybe six weeks.  I spent some of my afternoon redoing book shelves.  I need an good inventory.  I keep purchasing duplicates.  Damn!
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 02:23:30 PM
Good news about DR GEORGE's opening night!

Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 02:25:49 PM
I am going to watch a DVD called WHITE FROG with B.D, Wong/  It's only been sitting here from Netflix for maybe six weeks.  I spent some of my afternoon redoing book shelves.  I need an good inventory.  I keep purchasing duplicates.  Damn!

I've had a movie from Netflix for about a month and a half and I haven't watched it yet...I actually don't even remember what it is. ::)
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 02:25:56 PM
After I DO watch it, I'm going to cancel Netflix, even the streaming.  I just don't watch any of it.  I have too many other options for movie/TV watching to pay for something (and have been paying for a LONG time) that I don't use. :P
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 03:07:40 PM
What a great story, DR elmore!!

I agree!  I thought that I would have to wait for your memoirs before ever I heard the story.

;)
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 03:12:31 PM
It IS tomorrow.  Name the musical that's from.

Singing in the Rain?
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Post by: Druxy on March 28, 2015, 03:13:25 PM
Trying to decide whether to watch THE IMMIGRANT or INTO THE WOODS tonight.

Decisions...decisions...

 :-\ :-\ :-\
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 28, 2015, 03:21:34 PM
I do not know what musical that is from.....I don't think it's Singin' In the Rain.....

But I could be wrong.
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Post by: George on March 28, 2015, 03:48:00 PM
Well, I'm off to my sister's house for family time, then I'm off to the theater.

Have a good rest of the day, all!
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 04:01:42 PM
Back from a really interesting and good meeting - whether it results in anything is anyone's guess, so we shall just see what we shall just see.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 04:01:59 PM
Well, that just took an eternity to post.
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 04:03:48 PM
Test.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
I spent some of my afternoon redoing book shelves.  I need an good inventory.  I keep purchasing duplicates.  Damn!

Do you have a smartphone?  If so you can use it to see what you own before purchasing it.  Goodreads has made it easier for me to see what I have read before purchasing a book. 
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 04:41:09 PM
After I DO watch it, I'm going to cancel Netflix, even the streaming.  I just don't watch any of it.  I have too many other options for movie/TV watching to pay for something (and have been paying for a LONG time) that I don't use. :P

Then you really should watch the darn movie so you can stop paying for Netflix ;)
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 04:42:01 PM
What a great story, DR elmore!!

I agree!  I thought that I would have to wait for your memoirs before ever I heard the story.

;)

Me too.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 05:57:19 PM
I have absolutely nothing to report.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 05:57:37 PM
But that has never stopped me from posting before.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 05:57:49 PM
 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 05:58:18 PM
DR elmore3003  - thanks for your account of your story today. Most interesting.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 06:02:16 PM
It IS tomorrow.  Name the musical that's from.


It's one of the (if not the) final lines from the book of Goldman and Sondheim's Follies. In the original version, which is never done anymore.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 06:05:01 PM
Sure wish DR elmore3003 would hurry up with those memoirs.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 06:06:42 PM
Keith found a cabinet I missed today and then I found a door I had missed.  I hope that is it because tomorrow I need to begin the regular cleaning so our home is spotless for the inspector on Tuesday.  I'm sure the inspector doesn't care how clean the house it but the buyers will be with him. 

I suppose it could be a woman inspector but they are usually men.
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Post by: Jane on March 28, 2015, 06:37:15 PM
I hit my bad toe with the mop.  Ten toes and that is the one I get ;D
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 08:07:13 PM
Hmmm. No posts for a while.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 08:07:35 PM
I guess I could start reciting "Green Eggs and Ham."
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:11:57 PM
Do you like Green Eggs and Ham? Do you like them Sam I am?
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:13:22 PM
I did my taxes today.  I was pleasantly surprised at the results, so I'm letting them sit over night and will review them again tomorrow.  Then I'll electronically file and pay and be done with them until it's time to pay quarterly estimates
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:18:10 PM
Other than that I've been relaxing today. It was nice to have the window open and hang out with the cats
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:19:07 PM
I have more work to do for the office and the laundry and some things around the house tomorrow.  It is Palm Sunday, but I don't really have a church I go to here.  I may watch a service on TV
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:19:28 PM
It's going to be 63 here tomorrow, but winds up to 50 mph. 
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:19:39 PM
Just another spring day in Iowa
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:20:58 PM
Singdaw.....are you there?  Do you like them in a box, do you like them with a fox? Do you like green eggs and ham, do you like them Sam I am?
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:21:26 PM
my DN Samantha used to love that story when she was young
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:21:53 PM
Wow, only 12 more to page 5
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:22:15 PM
I could pretend I'm on the radio again, doing the fundraiser
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:22:24 PM
But who likes to listen to that!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:23:14 PM
Our public radio station is independent, so they get programs from different places and have their own.  The fundraiser is actually pretty fun because they get locals to go in and do roundtables.  It can be quite amusing
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:25:46 PM
Today I practiced my flute for a while.   I'm considering virtual flute classes by James Galway.  It looks pretty cool, they are video classes with downloadable exercises etc.   It's very reasonably priced.  After Apr 11th, band will be done for the season and I"m not in flute choir anymore, so it would be a good time to do it. 
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:27:32 PM
I watched some of his master classes on Youtube and they looked both informative and fun.  So....I'm thinking it would be fun to try and it would help me with my technique.  There was no flute teacher anywhere near my home town, so I ended up being self taught until I got to college.  It was just to daunting to learn everything all over when I was 18, now it sounds like fun
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:29:18 PM
I'm still recovering from my sickness.  Today was a good day. Lots of fresh air really helped
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:32:54 PM
I woke up in the night and all three cats were on my bed with Callie by my head purring away.  That has only happened one other time, when I was really sick.  I'm wondering if I was snoring funny
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:34:09 PM
Callie has gone from the cat who always lived upstairs to my best buddy. She follows me around and sits on the desk or sleeps in her bed right by me.  She still goes to her room at night and sits where she can look out over the valley, but I don't blame her, that's the best view in the house
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:36:46 PM
So....I may as well push on
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:36:56 PM
We're sooooo close
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:37:06 PM
Page 5!!!!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:37:18 PM
Congrats again BK.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 28, 2015, 08:37:43 PM
Nice story  Elmore!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 08:38:33 PM
Glad that you are finally starting to feel better, DR Cillaliz.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 08:38:49 PM
Being sick is the pits.
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Post by: singdaw on March 28, 2015, 08:39:24 PM
I have church and a rehearsal tomorrow, so I had best get to bed.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:45:22 PM
Was up at dawn to find that it was once again snowing
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:46:10 PM
Popped up to church to organize the washup kit assembly
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 08:46:44 PM
It's been snowing lightly off and on all day.  No accumulation, except for a dusting on colder surfaces.  Such as, oh, you know...

My driveway.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 08:50:29 PM
And I am back from ARSENIC, in which the OLD LACE was the best part.  The aunts were really fine, a couple of the other characters were really fine, and nothing much else stood out.  It was community theater with a capital C.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:51:35 PM
The Girl Scouts made over 500 sandwiches and the preschool colored nearly 400 hard boiled eggs,a local pharmacy donated chocolate and candy canes my coworkers daughter who is. Wendy's manager donated two bags of salt and pepper 
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:52:49 PM
We ended up making 176 kits each with 3 sandwiches 2 eggs a clementine 4 candy canes and some chocolate
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 08:54:30 PM
Any cookies with those Girl Scouts, vixmom?
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:54:47 PM
They were matched to our 176 washup kits containing toothpaste ,toothbrush (with case) soap ,washcloth ,shampoo ,comb, deodorant,socks and a hat
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:55:33 PM
Tomorrow we go to a soup kitchen in downtown Manhattan to distribute the bags
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:56:35 PM
Vixdad showed up to assist and after we were done we went to a restaurant for lunch
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:57:47 PM
Vixdad had the steak sandwich and I had the turkey dinner sandwich
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:59:13 PM
It was fresh sliced breast meat turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce on a soft sandwich hero served with sweet potato fries with a maple dipping sauce
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 08:59:25 PM
It was amazing
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:01:32 PM
Although you wouldn't know it to look at me, I usually box half my meals to take home
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:02:16 PM
I stir every single bite if that sandwich and I scrapped the dip dish clean with those fries
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:03:45 PM
Any cookies with those Girl Scouts, vixmom?

Oh that reminds me! I received a text message that my order is being delivered to church tomorrow
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:04:09 PM
Mint of course. My favorite
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:04:56 PM
When we got home we had a nice pot of tea and I had an unexpected nap
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:05:59 PM
DR Jane I am jealous that you can dress in shorts when we still have snow here!

I'm not in shorts today though it is still warming up.  We did errands this morning and I hobbled around.  It is soooo beautiful out and I want to go for a proper walk.  I'll probably be stupid and go about the same distance I did yesterday.

I got to wear shorts today, too. First time this year. Felt really, really good.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:06:04 PM
Then the Vixter awoke me to attend the high school's production of Little Shop of Horrors
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 09:06:08 PM
Vixdad had the steak sandwich and I had the turkey dinner sandwich

"LIKE!"       :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 28, 2015, 09:06:35 PM
Mint of course. My favorite

"LIKE!"         :)
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:07:05 PM
It was high school theatre but quite enjoyable. Some very good voices and some fine acting
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:07:37 PM
DR Jane I am jealous that you can dress in shorts when we still have snow here!

I'm not in shorts today though it is still warming up.  We did errands this morning and I hobbled around.  It is soooo beautiful out and I want to go for a proper walk.  I'll probably be stupid and go about the same distance I did yesterday.

I got to wear shorts today, too. First time this year. Felt really, really good.



Aaaaah. Shaddup!
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:08:02 PM
It IS tomorrow.  Name the musical that's from.

Singing in the Rain?

Follies.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:09:07 PM
Now I want to have another one of those sandwiches
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:09:21 PM
It IS tomorrow.  Name the musical that's from.


It's one of the (if not the) final lines from the book of Goldman and Sondheim's Follies. In the original version, which is never done anymore.

Great minds.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:12:14 PM
What I forgot to mention earlier with regard to Elmore's story is that a few years after meeting him, I became friends with the Patricia that he wrote about. I met her through my friend Carol, though I don't think that I knew until more recently that they knew each other.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:12:29 PM
Six hours of dancing today. I'm tired.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:13:22 PM
Starting to watch Pride, which is starting out really good.
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 09:13:39 PM
Now I want to have another one of those sandwiches

pass one this way, please.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:23:06 PM
Now I want to have another one of those sandwiches

pass one this way, please.

Oh sure, flaunt ya short wearing weather and then you want one of my  snowy day sandwiches
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:23:21 PM
;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:24:08 PM
Now that I have caught up I see what all the talk about Elmore's story was all about
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:26:19 PM
That was a wonderful story and it just increases my appreciation that you tolerate the likes of talentless old me hanging around
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 09:27:54 PM
Come to Long Island to judge the next chili contest and I'll take you for a turkey dinner sandwich,  John.   You don't even have to like my chili
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 10:04:54 PM
;)

I do want a sammich, yes, ma'am. :)
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Post by: John G. on March 28, 2015, 10:05:34 PM
Come to Long Island to judge the next chili contest and I'll take you for a turkey dinner sandwich,  John.   You don't even have to like my chili

I would love to.
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 10:08:09 PM
Well it it's tomorrow and I have a busy Palm Sunday ahead of me
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Post by: vixmom on March 28, 2015, 10:08:48 PM
Good night!
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Post by: bk on March 28, 2015, 10:47:12 PM
Back from A Chorus Line - I'll ruminate in the notes - it was pretty bad, but it shouldn't have been - the kids gave it their all, but were let down by everyone from the choreographer to the director.  It is their responsibility to make these things a life-altering experience, to TEACH - if you can't give as much as your students do, you shouldn't be doing the show nor should you be in the position you're in. 
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Post by: Michael on March 29, 2015, 12:24:50 AM
why am i up so early?