Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 10, 2015, 01:02:36 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes mentioned mothers and vaping, and now it is time for you to post until the vaping cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FRABJOUS!
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Good morning, all! Yesterday was a terrible day: I was getting ready to head down to City Center when my stomach started acting up, I spent most of the remainder of the day napping and feeling puny. I'm really bummed because I wanted to see ZORBA again and i missed seeing Rob Berman's parents who are two of my favorite people.
Today, I will head down to Toyland, work on a couple of Gentlemen, Be Seated! numbers - hopefully finish the long "From Atlanta To the Sea" and then edit whatever comes next, "Whatever Became of Beauty?," I think - and meet our DR ChasSmith there after the ZORBA matinee. This should be my last major trip from Toyland. I have two cartons of books waiting to come home and odds and ends. I will keep things like pencil sharpeners, etc.there until I finish this editing job in the next two weeks.
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The new Adrianna Hoffstetter book arrived in yesterday's posts, and I thought I would begin it last night. I read the blurb on the back cover, read the first page, and put the book down. I cannot wait to read this, and it's not going to be one, like Great Expectations, that I can read on and off on bus rides. So, Adrianna has to wait till the middle of the week when I can just jump on for the ride and stay with it.
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First post after Elmore after BK!
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Good morning, all.
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Yesterday was a strange day. I actually had a few hours off, which meant they were filled with all of the stuff that I don't have time otherwise to do. But still no laundry or housecleaning. Oh well.
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, EVERYONE!!!!!
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Book signing vibes for BK.
Health vibes for Elmore, Vixdad and anyone else in need.
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Happy Mother's Day, all you mothers out there.
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TCB, I'm off to Louisville on Tuesday to be there for my parents' 60th anniversary.
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I am off to Toyland! I will miss having an office.
I have to win the lottery!
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Good morning, all.
I set the alarm so I'd be sure to get up and get a few things done before leaving for the Big Apple. Could have used another hour of sleep, but hey, ain't that the story of our lives...
Coffee!
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ZORBA is going to be great. The orchestra alone is worth the price of admission, but I'm very much looking forward to this cast.
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I have never been a fan of chicken nuggets, but tofu ones sound good.
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George, I am glad you clarified your mother requested Costco pizza ;D
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Well, here's a surprise. Just got this email:
Congratulations! You have earned B&H Rewards points in the amount of $13.50, which has been issued to you as an E-Rewards Card...
I wish that decimal were in a different place, but I'll take it.
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DR MATTHEW I am sure it was a difficult decision, but it sounds best for you. I also think they will miss you much more than you miss them.
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I do not understand the appeal of The Addams Family musical.....at least from just listening to the music. Maybe on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.....but even then.....there are all of those terrible songs.
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Good Morning and Happy Day!!!
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Here is a photo I created from a picture of my mom taken in 1956, and then another picture taken in 2004 when we went back to visit the house we had lived in years before....the little girl is not my mom.....it is part of the background I used.
Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers......
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DR JEANNE the symptoms are the same that my mother and sister and sister in law had when they had a problem with the sciatic nerve. They all three went to this massage therapist and no longer had problems....so I am giving it a try.
Fortunately for me these two weeks were a time when I had nothing to do in particular. It's just a painful way to spend a "vacation."
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I have found massage very helpful for sciatica problems. PT also helped.
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The photo is beautiful DR Jrand.
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Greetings from Toyland! I have four cartons waiting for DR ChasSmith.
While I was looking about, I found several McGlinn possessions that should go to the Library of congress, so I will send them an email today about getting the items to his collection.
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Happy Mother's Day!
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I do not understand the appeal of The Addams Family musical.....at least from just listening to the music. Maybe on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.....but even then.....there are all of those terrible songs.
Maybe you heard this, but Nathan Lane told this story at Elaine Stritch's memorial service: Elaine went to see him backstage after seeing The Addams Family and said "whatever they're paying you, it's not enough."
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Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!
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I do not understand the appeal of The Addams Family musical.....at least from just listening to the music. Maybe on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.....but even then.....there are all of those terrible songs.
Maybe you heard this, but Nathan Lane told this story at Elaine Stritch's memorial service: Elaine went to see him backstage after seeing The Addams Family and said "whatever they're paying you, it's not enough."
Love it!
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tWO!
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Greetings from City Center!
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I have the fan running at Toyland, but it's so hot and muggy that I'm ready for a nap. Maybe I need the AC?
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I'm up, I'm up - nine hours of sleep and I slept through the night.
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Mother's Day greetings! We celebrated last night with a lovely dinner at Middletown's Murphy's Landing (http://www.murphys-landing.com/). This morning we went to Rob's church, to Smashburger for lunch, and then for a short visit with Mom. Rob worked midnight-8am and had only catnapped, so he's now crashed. Mary Linda is on her way home from Michigan.
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I have the fan running at Toyland, but it's so hot and muggy that I'm ready for a nap. Maybe I need the AC?
Yep, the AC will help with the mugginess. That's why we turned ours on a few days ago.
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This is one of my favorite pictures of Mom & me, taken almost 9 years ago at my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party:
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FELIZ DIA DE LAS MADRES!
(Alice and Wilma, sisters from another mister sitcom.)
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Intermission. Beautiful and powerful.
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Here's something for the stylish mom of the 1970s and it was mail-order too, no waiting in long lines:
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Intermission. Beautiful and powerful.
Wish we were there to visit with you during intermission!
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Good afternoon Had a great time with the family yesterday
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It was a very long day, though. I was hoping to sleep late, but the first thunderstorm of the day came through at 5:18 AM and Ricky came running into my room and jumped on the bed, then on me. He's afraid of thunder. I couldn't get back to sleep so I got up, had coffee and was just thinking about going back to sleep when Paul called. So I went out and had more coffee. Came home and was still tired and not feeling too well. I laid down and 20 minutes later mom called. I tried to go back to sleep and 20 minutes later the weather radio went off with a tornado watch. So I got up. I'm thinking of trying a nap again.
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Haven't had time to read the book yet. I looked at it, looks like it will be good, just haven't had time to read it
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Helper has come and gone and next up is Sami, mom, and Alby.
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I think there's another storm heading this way, but I"m just to tired to worry about it Think I'll go take a nap
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The Oxford comma - I like it. The guy who proofs the liner notes for the Paramount titles always removes it. Here is an example of the Oxford comma: Sami, mom, and Alby. Without: Sami, mom and Alby.
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I always use the Oxford comma. I think it is still included in most stylebooks.
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Thanks DR JANE, I hope so.
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DR KEVIN H - Elaine was right.....but I imagine it was a lot of $$$$.
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Good afternoon to all
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Just taking it easy for the next three days. Can't take any pain meds before the operation
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I think vapor smoking should be regulated like tobacco. There are also cigar smoke places too which I cannot walk by because of the smell
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Only illiterates ignore the Oxford comma! I love it!
I've been through both Moross scores; I thought the long one would never end. And DR ChasSmith should be heading to his car after ZORBA about now. Perfect timing.
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Another Oxford comma fan checking in!
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The Oxford comma:
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Comma comma comma chameleon:
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On Mother's Day, remember to use the Oxford comma, period:
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Or this may happen:
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OOPSIE!:
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More, on commas, or, is it, moron commas?:
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Something DR singdaw would post in honour of the Oxford comma:
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There's even an Oxford Comma Coffee Mug for sale:
http://www.zazzle.com/pro_oxford_comma_classic_white_coffee_mug-168841604698393224
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Hello, everyone.
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all our DRs who are mothers!
May you have a lovely day.
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Jack, it's good you have an idea of what's bothering you and where to go for help. Have you seen this therapist before?
Vibes the therapist is able to get rid of the pain.
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes mentioned mothers and vaping, and now it is time for you to post until the vaping cows come home.
You saw COWS vaping??
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HEALTH VIBES to Larry, Vixdad, Michael, and all DRs!
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Cows were the first to make vaping popular.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ to Cilla.
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Here is a photo I created from a picture of my mom taken in 1956, and then another picture taken in 2004 when we went back to visit the house we had lived in years before....the little girl is not my mom.....it is part of the background I used.
Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers......
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Nicely done, Jack.
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Had a good work session creating at least the idea of some dance music for a Welcome to My World number. Sami's been working hard with a seventy-year-old tap teacher who, according to her, has danced with Gene Kelly. I saw the video of her rehearsing - the steps are very cute, but I'm bringing in my pal Cheryl Baxter-Ratliff to help make it an actual theatrical number. Cheryl is one of the go-to 42nd Street people to recreate Gower's choreography and she's a great tapper.
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This is one of my favorite pictures of Mom & me, taken almost 9 years ago at my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party:
Nice photo, Ginny. It's nice that it's just the two of you.
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I don't know why Ginny's photo isn't in the last post.
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Oxford commas? I always use them. I spent many years doing technical writing, where clarity was my highest priority, and writing is much clearer with that extra comma.
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Had a good work session creating at least the idea of some dance music for a Welcome to My World number. Sami's been working hard with a seventy-year-old tap teacher who, according to her, has danced with Gene Kelly. I saw the video of her rehearsing - the steps are very cute, but I'm bringing in my pal Cheryl Baxter-Ratliff to help make it an actual theatrical number. Cheryl is one of the go-to 42nd Street people to recreate Gower's choreography and she's a great tapper.
A seventy-year-old tap teacher? My, my. He/she must be in great shape. And SLENDER!
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I only know her from taking my mother to see her DR JEANNE.
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Re the Janis story, I believe Janis is leaving for Europe either today or tomorrow. I didn't mention it before, but Janis is legally blind. She has some vision and, aside from not being able to drive, seems to do quite well on her own. I think a couple people will be accompanying her on this trip.
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Tonight is the NEXT TO LAST episode of MAD MEN.
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I only know her from taking my mother to see her DR JEANNE.
I hope she's able to help you. I've had my vacation time interrupted by health issues myself. Most frustrating!
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TTFN.
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1973 Merv Christmas show!
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This is one of my favorite pictures of Mom & me, taken almost 9 years ago at my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party:
Lovely, lovely ladies.
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I am slowly getting the hang of my new computer. I really haven't had much time to do it. This morning I baked brownies and organized stuff, found more things for goodwill, and did 3 loads of wash. Just as we were about to leave for the dump & goodwill, Craig called. Just as we were about to leave again, Bryan called ;D
I am doing another load of laundry. I have cookies I should bake. I might wait until morning. I need to leave early and take all the food possible to a friend's house. What she won't use she will take to the food store for the needy. It is going to her first as she will take my open, but perfectly good, containers.
Some of the brownies are for my friend and her husband. These are the leaders of our hiking group. He usually drives so I occasionally take them cookies. Wednesday he said he will miss my cookies :)
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Time to see if I can fit everything I have out to pack into one large suitcase. If not, something will have to be left behind.
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Back from a cup of chili and chicken tenders.
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...and I'm back from a 2-hour nap here in my recliner.
Thank you to DRs Jeanne and Jane fir the comments about my photo. The more I think about it, the surer I am it was taken by my mother-in-law herself.
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Happy Mom Day!
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Hmmmm. I can't say that Mother's Day message would have made me proud of my kind-lol
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I am eating instead of packing. Keith has put what is ready to go into the car into it, and there doesn't seem to be any room for my suitcase.
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Thank goodness there was one last little bit of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry to finish.
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I do have a full, unopened, bottle. Obviously I don't have room for it. That is ok because I have a special home for it. My friend who recently lost her husband, and lost her mother only six months ago, will be pleased when I give it to her. It was her mother's favorite drink and every once in awhile she likes to have a little and toast her mother. I should have dropped it off for Mother's Day, only I wasn't thinking that far ahead. I will give it to her on Tuesday when I see her for my last book group.
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DR Jane, following your move is very interesting to me. Having lived in the same town for almost 42 years, and the same house for 27, I can't imagine what it must be like.
Vibes that this week goes as smoothly as possible!
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LOL, I am glad to be entertaining. I admit, I am not bored, panicked but not bored :)
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I think we will need a small trailer. Keith desperately doesn't want one.
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Thanks to our DR ChasSmith, my four cartons are home and I took him to dinner at Artie's to thank him. It's late, and the Real Housewives are calling.
It's been a good day.
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I was a semi bad boy and got some halvah - I don't eat it very often but every now and again it looks good to me and I revisit it.
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The Oxford comma - I like it. The guy who proofs the liner notes for the Paramount titles always removes it. Here is an example of the Oxford comma: Sami, mom, and Alby. Without: Sami, mom and Alby.
I would do the second.
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I must organize. Putting playbills in order is an all-day job in itself.
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I think I should go back to using the "Oxford comma."
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I am tired. Very tired.
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I was a semi bad boy and got some halvah - I don't eat it very often but every now and again it looks good to me and I revisit it.
Marbled?
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My only connection to Broadway just ended, "Theater Talk" on PBS. Oh well, on to The Simpsons, and Bob's Burgers, and whatever else may appear. What's funny about Bob's Burgers is that of the 4 lead female characters, only 1 is voiced by a bona fide woman, Kristen Schaal.
Which in a strange way makes me think of the late, versatile character actors, Richard Schaal, and Richard Stahl.
AntennaTV is playing a "One Day At A Time" marathon. Talk about a TV show that hasn't aged well IMHO. I think it was a stretch for me to have ever watched it first run, but that may have been Valerie Bertinelli's fault.
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I was a semi bad boy and got some halvah - I don't eat it very often but every now and again it looks good to me and I revisit it.
Marbled?
Halvah and Harvey :-\
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That was one of Paul Anka's rejected songs: "You're Halvah M'Baby!"
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I loathe the Oxford comma.
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Starting to watch Elizabeth Taylor in Elephant Walk.
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I loathe the Oxford comma.
That puts you in the Harvard camp. Also, the Oxford PR Dept. Only Oxford Press supports its eponymous comma.
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Starting to watch Elizabeth Taylor in Elephant Walk.
Is that a set up to a joke? I can't help myself.
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It's my alter ego: Sy Castic.
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I was a semi bad boy and got some halvah - I don't eat it very often but every now and again it looks good to me and I revisit it.
Marbled?
Halvah and Harvey :-\
Bruce wouldn't like it but I think Harvey's would go very well with Halvah.
Russ and Daughters had delicious marbled Halvah when I was in NY.
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I have loaded all but one bag into the car for my morning delivery of food.
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I can bake & clean before I go.
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Starting to watch Elizabeth Taylor in Elephant Walk.
Is that a set up to a joke? I can't help myself.
I wish. I'm about 30 minutes into and I'm not liking the melodrama of it all. And the bad cinematography.
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When I return home I will pack my suitcase now that Keith has ordered a 4x8 foot enclosed trailer.
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I know we posted about Dickens, Elmer Bernstein, and Anthony Newley on other days, but here's a clip of a movie that ties them all together: Mister Quilp (portrayed by Newley), which was originally titled the same as the Dickens novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Not sure why the name was changed.
https://youtu.be/3BO4iYRrTMU
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I heard this remix on the radio:
https://youtu.be/Zx1_6F-nCaw
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Catfinger:
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I know we posted about Dickens, Elmer Bernstein, and Anthony Newley on other days, but here's a clip of a movie that ties them all together: Mister Quilp (portrayed by Newley), which was originally titled the same as the Dickens novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Not sure why the name was changed.
https://youtu.be/3BO4iYRrTMU
I want to see this movie. When it comes to the novel, I was in the Oscar Wilde camp and laughed when Little Nell died. Not exactly laughed, maybe but certainly not upset by it. Some of Dickens' worst writing.
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I gotta tell you.
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Guess I'll watch Mad Men now.
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Five!
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Nothing in Elephant Walk appears to have been filmed together. All of the "on location" shots have studio shots tacked on, and they have not been pieced together very well at that. The colors don't match and the cut outs of Elizabeth Taylor or Dana Andrews are sloppy, to say the least.
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Here's a very funny clip from The Show Formerly Known as The Martin Short Show (1995) in which Martin plays Ringo Starr in the Dean Stockwell role in an imagined Richard Lester version of A Hard Day's Journey Into Night, a mix-up of the Eugene O'Neill/Sidney Lumet movie and the Beatles' movie:
https://youtu.be/gqN3TL0qqSg?t=9m
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And I am finally home after sitting in road repair traffic for an extra hour. What, they couldn't take one night off? I mean, it's only the busiest travel day of the year next to Thanksgiving. Oy and vey.
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ZORBA, for all the pans (no pots, just pans), is intensely beautiful, and today's sights and sounds were thrilling.
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ZORBA, for all the pans (no pots, just pans), is intensely beautiful, and today's sights and sounds were thrilling.
I love that score. Most of the reviewers just didn't get it. They didn't get it when it first opened. They didn't get it in the revival. And they seem to get it less now.
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I wasn't sure it could happen, but it did -- there were several parking spots available on the Toyland block, something heretofore unknown, and virtually unimaginable. Yes, it was a late Sunday afternoon, but every other street was packed, so imagine my delight when 27th Street welcomed me with open arms.
So, as you have heard, DR Elmore and I had a successful trip from there back to the Upper West Side, followed by a delightful repast at Artie's. No Jewish foods today. We both were hungry for a cheeseburger deluxe, and we inhaled them. Hmm.... can you vape a cheeseburger deluxe?
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Parking, you see, is something we talk about here in the wilds of New York City.
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I wasn't sure it could happen, but it did -- there were several parking spots available on the Toyland block, something heretofore unknown, and virtually unimaginable. Yes, it was a late Sunday afternoon, but every other street was packed, so imagine my delight when 27th Street welcomed me with open arms.
So, as you have heard, DR Elmore and I had a successful trip from there back to the Upper West Side, followed by a delightful repast at Artie's. No Jewish foods today. We both were hungry for a cheeseburger deluxe, and we inhaled them. Hmm.... can you vape a cheeseburger deluxe?
I'd give it a try.
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Well, Artie's serves a good one. The fries were delicious, too, and I very much like their cole slaw and the half sour pickles.
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DR ChasSmith, I am so grateful that you could help out DR elmore3003 today. And take in a great show, besides!
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Put me in the Oxford Comma lover's camp. Always have. Always will.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ to Cilla.
Thanks, I slept for 3 hours after turning off my phone...
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Oh yes, the Oxford comma. Absolutely. Count me in.
I never even knew about it until several years ago. We were taught to do without, and do without we did. The discovery of the Oxford comma was a joy and I adopted it immediately.
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Time to see if I can fit everything I have out to pack into one large suitcase. If not, something will have to be left behind.
Or you could get another suitcase
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I was taught to use the Oxford comma, but didn't know until today that it was called the Oxford comma
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Wow, was I exhausted earlier today. That three hour nap made me feel somewhat human again
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I was never taught grammar. I learned it by studying foreign languages. When I entered journalism, I learned Associated Press style, which shuns excessive, unnecessary punctuation in the cause of writing that is clearer. So, it is the anti-Christ of the Oxford comma.
The two books I wrote used the Oxford comma, as most books do. Including it, after more than 30 years of writing without it, was extremely difficult.
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I wanted to go and see my neighbor to give her my condolences and maybe take a vegetable tray to have some healthy muchies, but by the time I was ready to go over the house was dark and only one car in the drive. I think she's probably with her kids. They all live here in town so she'll have several places to go.
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I will really miss Louie. He was the nicest guy. They are retired but have an antique and online book business. They go to flea markets and sell things. I loved chatting with him about their lastest find at a garage sale or to see how he had restored something. They love nature and he was delighted when I recently gave them a photo of the Cooper's Hawk. So sad. He and Sue had been married 40 years. I'm glad she has her kids around. I found out by reading his obit in the paper.
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I hope Sue stays next door, but you never know.
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Sorry for your loss, Cillaliz.
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I can't wait to sleep tonight
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There were tornados about an hour from here today. Always sad when that happens.
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I was never taught grammar. I learned it by studying foreign languages. When I entered journalism, I learned Associated Press style, which shuns excessive, unnecessary punctuation in the cause of writing that is clearer. So, it is the anti-Christ of the Oxford comma.
The two books I wrote used the Oxford comma, as most books do. Including it, after more than 30 years of writing without it, was extremely difficult.
Then, again, is the comma obsessed writer. When I worked at various jobs I always wound up being a proof reader. Not sure if I had a "proof reader" sign on my back, but that fell to me. I didn't mind, but it was at times disheartening that people who were supposedly more intelligent than me, with several higher degrees, yadda yadda yadda, couldn't write and had the worst grammar and syntax. I'm a bit of a grammar snob I guess.
I had an English teacher in junior high who was great. She asked all of us to memorize the pronouns, but to find a creative way to do it. Then, we had to present our mnemonic device to the class. Everyone liked mine. I set the pronouns to the Triumphal March from Aida. It was catchy and made them easy to remember.
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I was never taught grammar. I learned it by studying foreign languages. When I entered journalism, I learned Associated Press style, which shuns excessive, unnecessary punctuation in the cause of writing that is clearer. So, it is the anti-Christ of the Oxford comma.
The two books I wrote used the Oxford comma, as most books do. Including it, after more than 30 years of writing without it, was extremely difficult.
Then, again, is the comma obsessed writer. When I worked at various jobs I always wound up being a proof reader. Not sure if I had a "proof reader" sign on my back, but that fell to me. I didn't mind, but it was at times disheartening that people who were supposedly more intelligent than me, with several higher degrees, yadda yadda yadda, couldn't write and had the worst grammar and syntax. I'm a bit of a grammar snob I guess.
I had an English teacher in junior high who was great. She asked all of us to memorize the pronouns, but to find a creative way to do it. Then, we had to present our mnemonic device to the class. Everyone liked mine. I set the pronouns to the Triumphal March from Aida. It was catchy and made them easy to remember.
I think my professors as I worked on my master's degree were, by and large, terrible writers. That might not have been bad if I had been focused on astrophysics or molecular engineering, but I was studying a good deal of literature and writing.
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Part of my current job involves using grammar, and many of my co-workers cannot punctuate a sentence.
It's also occasionally hard because the writing part of the job involves using conversational speech, which is often ungrammatical. As far as my writing goes, "whom" is never used. Write around it, etc. Social politics and conversation have also made it impossible to use a singular pronoun anymore. We use "their" instead of "he or she."
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Listening to a fascinating interview with Yo-Yo Ma on a DVD of a show called "Extraordinary Minds" with Howard Gardner as host.
Far more rewarding than "Elephant Walk."
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I had a teacher in college, she wasn't a professor, but rather a lecturer. She taught a class on writing. Boy, was she tough! We started the semester with 30 students. By the end there were only 4 of us left. The syllabus was deceiving. We would get a reading assignment of maybe a chapter length from a textbook. She would chose something from one of the major disciplines so we had to actually read a work written at a reading level of 13th grade, not the usual which is written at elementary school level. She would ask us very pointed questions about the reading. We had to answer them in an essay no longer than 3 typewritten pages. At the start of the semester, many fell into the wrong impression that this would be a cinch. It was far from that. I'd hand in a paper that I thought was pretty good. She would return it completely marked up front and back. The next assignment was given along with the previous paper that had to be rewritten. Even though these were maximum 3 page papers, the demand was high and the writing turned out to be even more difficult. She was a great teacher, though, and I am always very happy that I went through that grinder.
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When I was in graduate school, I became friends with some foreign students who were being taught "conversational" English which I abhorred. They were being given lessons in bad English and were told that's how Americans speak. I had to intervene and show them that normal people don't speak like Vinny Barbarino or some dummy on a sitcom. That whole situation was very upsetting to me because these students were learning a bad form of phonetic English and could not make sense out of written English. I thought this was such a great disservice to them.
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I have one rule when writing dialogue or prose in my novels - if punctuation stops the flow and rhythm of the sentence, out it goes and I don't care what's wrong or right. Sometimes commas just make the eye keep stopping if they're overused. I try to be correct when it's not harmful, but sometimes a dangling participle is better than the alternative because the alternative is not the way people speak. I didn't give a crap about it in 2001 with Benjamin Kritzer (in fact, I pulled out so much proofer punctuation in that book it's not even funny - well, it made what was funny actually funny), and I give less a crap about it now.
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Being from New York, I always made sure that I said words properly and listened to great announcers and narrators. I later found out that some of the finest voice over actors/narrators were from Brooklyn, for the very same reason I listened to them. They wanted to be able to sound unlike the stevedore from the docks. Sure, once that "bad" speech pattern is there, you can take it on again, but for me it's like someone asking me to do my impression of Cagney or Bogart. To this day, people can't quite place where I am from. I like that. It's not like when people hear Fran Drescher, you automatically know she's from Queens. I'm not so easy to place, even though I was born in Queens.
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I have one rule when writing dialogue or prose in my novels - if punctuation stops the flow and rhythm of the sentence, out it goes and I don't care what's wrong or right. Sometimes commas just make the eye keep stopping if they're overused. I try to be correct when it's not harmful, but sometimes a dangling participle is better than the alternative because the alternative is not the way people speak. I didn't give a crap about it in 2001 with Benjamin Kritzer (in fact, I pulled out so much proofer punctuation in that book it's not even funny - well, it made what was funny actually funny), and I give less a crap about it now.
Yes, there's a musicality that's lost when forcing prose to adhere strictly to the rules. You are a musician so that flow would be readily apparent in your inner voice. I always hear everything in my mind's ear first.
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I was just reading about the origin of the phrase ". . . like the dickens" which I had assumed to relate back to Charles. Shakespeare first used this phrase in the Merry Wives of Windsor. Dickens is what is known as a "minced-oath" or a way to swear and cuss without using a true blasphemy against God, such as Gadzooks! or Jiminy Cricket!* My favorite was Redd Foxx's way to say the 50 cent swear word without really saying it, "You motherfather!"
*Strange as it may seem, but Jiminy Cricket is an Old English euphemism for Jesus Christ.
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Well, Artie's serves a good one. The fries were delicious, too, and I very much like their cole slaw and the half sour pickles.
Which half is sour?
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I was taught to use the Oxford comma, but didn't know until today that it was called the Oxford comma
Ditto!
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Well, Artie's serves a good one. The fries were delicious, too, and I very much like their cole slaw and the half sour pickles.
Which half is sour?
MMMM pickle.
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Parking, you see, is something we talk about here in the wilds of New York City.
Congats on your good luck.
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DR ChasSmith, I am so grateful that you could help out DR elmore3003 today. And take in a great show, besides!
Ditto!
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DR Cilla I am sorry about your neighbor.
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Keith found a large old keepsake box of mine. We trashed half the stuff in there :)
On the upside, it is whete I had put my Heifetz ticket stubb.
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Keith found a large old keepsake box of mine. We trashed half the stuff in there :)
On the upside, it is whete I had put my Heifetz ticket stubb.
That's great! You won't haveta Jascha about it any more 8)
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Here's something to look forward to, tomorrow that is:
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I think DR singdaw would approve:
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I do not understand the appeal of The Addams Family musical.....at least from just listening to the music. Maybe on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.....but even then.....there are all of those terrible songs.
Maybe you heard this, but Nathan Lane told this story at Elaine Stritch's memorial service: Elaine went to see him backstage after seeing The Addams Family and said "whatever they're paying you, it's not enough."
D'oh! :o
;)
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This is one of my favorite pictures of Mom & me, taken almost 9 years ago at my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4340.0;attach=6647;image)
Lovely picture, Ginny.
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George, I am glad you clarified your mother requested Costco pizza ;D
My mom is the only one who likes the combo. My dad and I like the pepperoni, and my sister and niece like the cheese. I had a couple of slices each of the pepperoni and cheese. My mom took home the four slices of the combo pizza and I took home what was left of the pepperoni and the cheese pizzas.
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Tonight is the NEXT TO LAST episode of MAD MEN.
I'm recording it. I wanted to ketchup on all the posts (which I now have), as well as look for some videos of songs that I think my friend Jamie should sing. She's the one who had the concert on Friday that I went to after having dinner with my friends Margo and Marsha.
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DR Jane, following your move is very interesting to me. Having lived in the same town for almost 42 years, and the same house for 27, I can't imagine what it must be like.
Vibes that this week goes as smoothly as possible!
~~~Ditto!!~~~
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Catfinger:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4340.0;attach=6672;image)
HA HA HA HA HA!! :))
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Parking, you see, is something we talk about here in the wilds of New York City.
A few years ago, I'd read this story about this family that bought an apartment in NYC (Manhattan). It was also about how expensive everything is in New York. When they bought the apartment, they had the option to buy a parking space for only $160,000! ONLY...it is actually real estate, you know!
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Anyway, they thought that they could easily park on the streets but realized that they made the wrong choice. By the time they did buy the parking space, they paid over $260,000! Just for the parking space!
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I just did a search and came across this article...The $1 million parking space (http://nypost.com/2012/05/20/the-1-million-parking-space/)!
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I was never taught grammar. I learned it by studying foreign languages. When I entered journalism, I learned Associated Press style, which shuns excessive, unnecessary punctuation in the cause of writing that is clearer. So, it is the anti-Christ of the Oxford comma.
The two books I wrote used the Oxford comma, as most books do. Including it, after more than 30 years of writing without it, was extremely difficult.
Then, again, is the comma obsessed writer. When I worked at various jobs I always wound up being a proof reader. Not sure if I had a "proof reader" sign on my back, but that fell to me. I didn't mind, but it was at times disheartening that people who were supposedly more intelligent than me, with several higher degrees, yadda yadda yadda, couldn't write and had the worst grammar and syntax. I'm a bit of a grammar snob I guess.
I had an English teacher in junior high who was great. She asked all of us to memorize the pronouns, but to find a creative way to do it. Then, we had to present our mnemonic device to the class. Everyone liked mine. I set the pronouns to the Triumphal March from Aida. It was catchy and made them easy to remember.
I got the "professor" moniker from a couple of friends of mine. I've had agreed to proof read job applications and college entrance exams. I was not an English major, but I was much better at grammar and punctuation than my friends who really should know how to punctuate a simple sentence. ::)