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Title: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 12:16:16 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had an upside and a downside, and now it is time for you to post until the upside/downside cows come home.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 12:16:58 AM
And the word of the day is: YESTREEN!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 12:19:47 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/optical_zpsbyjkifgj.gif)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 12:24:05 AM
~ ~ ~ PLAGUE-BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk!!!!!!!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 12:24:19 AM
Did that have a teal push?
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 12:25:12 AM
~ ~ ~ CONTINUING MEDICAL VIBES ~ ~ ~ for all DRs, particularly Dan M, Jane, Michael, TCB, and vixmom!!!!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 12:37:33 AM
It rained here most of the day yesterday.


It is raining now.


It is supposed to rain most of today.


I am not complaining.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 12:55:44 AM
It's raining right now in Tumwater, Washington.  Not a lot, but enough that I can hear it.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2015, 04:12:58 AM
good morning
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2015, 04:33:44 AM
Good morning, all!

I will shortly attempt another trek to Toyland this morning.  I hope this one is successful.

I have no other news at the moment.  I've been thinking about Memorial Days from my childhood: my mother and her sisters ravaging the peonies growing outside our dining room and kitchen windows and filling urns with them and flowers from her sisters' gardens on the day before. Then the Memorial Day parade down Main Street followed by a long day at Woodside Cemetery where my mother, father, sisters and their spouses decorated the graves of my grandparents and other deceased family members. It all seems another time, another life, and another world.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 04:43:28 AM
~ ~ ~ CONTINUING MEDICAL VIBES ~ ~ ~ for all DRs, particularly Dan M, Jane, Michael, TCB, and vixmom!!!!

Thank you.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 04:45:30 AM
DR elmore your Memorial Day memories ound rather special.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 04:48:25 AM
Bruce if you ordered eggs out instead of making them at home, they might have had butter on them and been on the greasy side. 
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 04:58:00 AM
Reading about the horrible flooding in central Texas...
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 05:54:58 AM
Raisin Brahms... it's what's for breakfast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOsbyuLyPbE
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 05:56:32 AM
Memorial Day greetings!  It's getting ready to rain here in SW Ohio.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 05:59:21 AM
...I've been thinking about Memorial Days from my childhood: my mother and her sisters ravaging the peonies growing outside our dining room and kitchen windows and filling urns with them and flowers from her sisters' gardens on the day before. Then the Memorial Day parade down Main Street followed by a long day at Woodside Cemetery where my mother, father, sisters and their spouses decorated the graves of my grandparents and other deceased family members. It all seems another time, another life, and another world.

Some of that still goes on here, DR Elmore.  Middletown's parade now goes down Verity Parkway and will probably take place in the rain today.  Our nieces Jennifer and Lauren both visited Woodside over the weekend, paying respects to their father and grandparents.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 06:05:16 AM
This afternoon Richard and I will venture to Mariemont for a carillon concert.  We have 2 friends named Richard who plan and perform this delightful summer series (http://www.mariemont.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Summer-Concerts-2015.pdf).
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 06:24:32 AM
Good morning, all.

And a Happy Memorial Day to every last one of yez!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2015, 06:25:59 AM
Greetings from Toyland!  Thge trip down was very easy.  Let's hope my luck continues on the way home.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 06:27:22 AM
I've been thinking about Memorial Days from my childhood: my mother and her sisters ravaging the peonies growing outside our dining room and kitchen windows and filling urns with them and flowers from her sisters' gardens on the day before. Then the Memorial Day parade down Main Street followed by a long day at Woodside Cemetery where my mother, father, sisters and their spouses decorated the graves of my grandparents and other deceased family members. It all seems another time, another life, and another world.

It sure does.

Even the way you told that makes it seem ephemeral, like a memory play.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 06:28:40 AM
Or like the opening narration of The Magnificent Ambersons.

Or a great old Twilight Zone episode.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: FJL on May 25, 2015, 06:34:27 AM

Or a great old Twilight Zone episode.


For those planning gatherings for the holiday

SPOILER

Great "Twilight Zone" To Serve Man promo - Don't get on that ship!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x0BSgLKnSk

Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: FJL on May 25, 2015, 06:38:12 AM
Wonderful phone-return outcome for singdaw!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 06:42:52 AM
Thank you, DR FJL!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 06:44:01 AM
This afternoon Richard and I will venture to Mariemont for a carillon concert.  We have 2 friends named Richard who plan and perform this delightful summer series (http://www.mariemont.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Summer-Concerts-2015.pdf).


That is great, DR Ginny!  We have a substantial carillon not too many blocks from our home, which also features a regular concert series.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 25, 2015, 06:58:05 AM
And the word of the day is: YESTREEN!

And The Song Of The Day Is: LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 07:06:10 AM
This afternoon Richard and I will venture to Mariemont for a carillon concert.  We have 2 friends named Richard who plan and perform this delightful summer series (http://www.mariemont.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Summer-Concerts-2015.pdf).


That is great, DR Ginny!  We have a substantial carillon not too many blocks from our home, which also features a regular concert series.

Mariemont is a lovely community on the east side of Cincinnati.  I wouldn't mind living there, especially within walking distance of the square.  Of course, the house we have here in Middletown would be out of our price range there...
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 07:16:24 AM
Agree about Mariemont.  And yes, it has got to be very expensive.

And just a little bit east of there, I can't believe what an obviously wealthy community Terrace Park is now.  That's where my parents had a small house in the 1970s and early 1980s.  The village is as lovely as ever, but the extravagantly redone houses -- while mostly in very good taste, which I think is unusual -- are a sign that it is a completely different world now.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 07:19:45 AM
No More Nausea vibes for MR BK.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 07:20:28 AM
Of course, living within walking distance of Mariemont Square would be very dangerous, what with Graeter's and Starbucks both there...
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 07:20:47 AM
That sounds like a fun concert DR GINNY.

It is raining lightly here....and we expect a couple of storms later today....
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 07:22:08 AM
(http://www.mcallen.net/veterans/vietnamwar/images/vietnamwar.jpg)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Druxy on May 25, 2015, 07:24:50 AM
TOD:

Back in the 1970s, I was sick with some sort of a virus that the doctors couldn't identify.  It lasted about 2 weeks and I was right in the middle of executing an Oscar campaign.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Druxy on May 25, 2015, 07:28:18 AM
BK,

Has ISADORA or THE LOVES OF ISADORA been released onto DVD/Blu-Ray in the USA?  The only copies that I can find listed seem to be from a foreign source and the quality aspects have negative comments.

I'd like to get a good copy of this if possible and not overly expensive.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 07:30:27 AM
That sounds like a fun concert DR GINNY.

It is raining lightly here....and we expect a couple of storms later today....

It's pouring here, too, DR JRand.  We'll probably sit in the car to listen to the carillon.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2015, 07:32:02 AM
TOD - my reaction to 9-11 was a case of pneumonia that kept me off work for three and a half weeks and coughing for the last 3 months of 2001.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Kerry on May 25, 2015, 07:35:47 AM
I like this kind of a Monday.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:37:47 AM
Good morning, all.

Continued vibes for BK, Michael Shayne, TCB, Vixmom and all else in need.

Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB. 
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:42:04 AM
TOD:

About eight years ago, I had a really bad intestinal pain. Doctor diagnosed diverticulitis but also determined that a section of my colon was blocked. A section of it had to be removed, during which it was found that a load of vitamin pills were in my system that simply refused to dissolve. Turns out my sister Annaliese has the same condition.

I was out of commission for about three weeks, but I couldn't really eat for about five. All liquid diet. That was a problem when you eat for a living, which I did back then. 

I came back on to solid food with a vengeance and put back more weight than I took off during the liquid time.

But I haven't had a recurrence of the problem and no more diverticulitis.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 07:44:04 AM
Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.


DR TCB had my phone??        ;D
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 07:45:50 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/breakfast_zpsuwvnk7bc.jpg)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 07:51:43 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sunset%20on%20the%20water_zpsstnmqtcl.jpg)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2015, 08:16:18 AM
Time to leave Toyland.  We're getting close to the last time.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: FJL on May 25, 2015, 08:18:25 AM
With all the drug talk, I read "Toyland" as "Tylenol."   Oy!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:30:42 AM
Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.


DR TCB had my phone??        ;D

My brain seems to be on holiday, ChasSmith. Sorry. ;)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:34:01 AM
Bought a watermelon at Costco the other day. First time in ages. The flavor is really intense, and J.B. seems to be really happy. I'd forgotten how much he loves it (and I do, too), so I may have to get him (read: me) more in the near future. 
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 09:14:29 AM
starting to watch "The Drop," which is only 1:46, not three hours as mentioned on the back of the box.

May not finish this before going to see Tom Hardy in another movie, "Mad Max."

"The Drop" is based on a Dennis Lehane story and he wrote the screenplay.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 09:24:27 AM
That film clip of the Miracle Mile haunts me.  I'm actually surprised I didn't have a dream about it.  (Give it time.  It'll happen.)

It's a glimpse of something I missed experiencing by five or six years.  That was 1967, and things had obviously been changing by 1972 or 1973 when I would have been getting to know that strip.  But what changes!  Wonderful stores and restaurants, gone.  Beautiful neon signage, gone.  Architectural touches, gone.  But the end result of all of that is the sad change in how people lived and interacted with each other and their surroundings.

I was privileged to know that life, but in other places.  The almost alarming thing about the clip was how it immediately took me back to those very places.  It was downtown Columbus in the late 1950s.  It was downtown Fort Lauderdale in 1960/61.  It was Miami Beach and the Lincoln Road Mall when we were there to attend roadshow films, which included magical (to this kid) visits to the great coffee shops/restaurants.

One can only say:  Damn them.  Damn them all to hell.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 09:26:48 AM
One can only say:  Damn them.  Damn them all to hell.


Indeed.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 09:31:55 AM
I got ONE good watermelon last year.....none of the rest of them were as good.....but I kept trying.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 09:53:08 AM
One Good Watermelon.


That's the title of my next something-or-other.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 09:53:24 AM
What we need. Is a drink.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 09:53:44 AM
Preferably with a little paper umbrella in it.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 09:54:26 AM
That last little bit wasn't in Follies, though.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:58:29 AM
DR singdaw, congrats on your phone's reunion with you. It must've been mighty scared in the clutches of another!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 10:00:14 AM
Vibes, vibes and more vibes to all the infirm and ailing here at HHW krankenhaus. :)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 10:04:32 AM
Gee, Office Krankie...   Krank you!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 10:05:40 AM
I have asked the spirit of Lionel Hampton to send extra strength vibes and marimbas to vanquish the nasty bug you have BK!
The second part is the one-two punch spirit of Ralph Kramden and Lloyd C. Kramden to do a Bang! Zoom! Zowie! on that darned bug.

GET BETTER BK! (not that you were bad the way you are that is, but healthwise of course)!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 10:09:17 AM
TOD:

For me the worst illness I've had is what I'm going through. But that's an extraordinary circumstance. Of all the cancers that ambled into my gin joint, I had to get one that's common in equatorial Africa. Burkitt's lymphoma in the US only occurs in less than 0.4 cases per 100,000 lymphoma cases. Don't know what the percentage works out as, but I'm in a select few. That's me though, always having to be different!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 10:14:56 AM
TOD:

As far as regular sickness, the worst I had was when I was in my junior year of college. I was on a liquid diet for 2 weeks. I could not keep any food down.

As far as quirky sickness, after I graduated, for some reason, I came down with chicken pox. That ruined most of my summer. Having chicken pox as an adult is horrid. Without being graphic, let me just say that it will show up everywhere, even where you'd think it was impossible. I had red marks afterwards, but no real pox marks. It was tough not to scratch, and even worse, the heat of the summer intensified the irritation and discomfort.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 11:15:27 AM
TOD:


I once had a horrid bronchial/cough thing that kept me up nights and lasted for about 5 weeks. And a sciatica problem that lasted for longer than that.


But in the scheme of things, I've been pretty darned blessed.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 11:37:25 AM
Me, too, DR SINGDAW.  Aside from the typical childhood maladies, nothing extraordinary....so far.

This sciatica thing that I am experiencing now is probably the worst thing.....but I must say that wearing the BE ACTIVE BRACE a few hours a day has relieved it considerably.  I can at last sleep again and walk and stand normally without having to sit down after a short while.

IT IS NOT GONE, but it is so much better.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:40:26 AM
Raisin Brahms... it's what's for breakfast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOsbyuLyPbE

That's pretty funny!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:48:13 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/breakfast_zpsuwvnk7bc.jpg)

:))
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:59:36 AM
Topic of the Day:

I've had my wisdom teeth out (I only had three) and that was a fairly easy operation and recovery, even though a couple were impacted.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:59:43 AM
As an adult, I've had my tonsils removed and chicken pox...fortunately, not at the same time.  The worst thing between the two was when I had my tonsils out on a Tuesday but on Friday, I made the bone-headed decision to go out to dinner with my family and I ordered nachos!

Scrape!! :o
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2015, 12:16:29 PM
I've been home for about two hours, which i spent typing out the scene from the Gentlemen, Be Seated! manuscript score that is completely different from the scene in the libretto.  I want everything to match by the time this show is ready for performance/recording.

Now, I need some food.  i am starving and my blood sugar just dropped.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 12:58:18 PM
Well, I've been at home since Saturday night and I think it's time that I went out.  I have a $5 off punch card from Taco Del Mar, so it's time to use it. :)

Be back later!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 01:02:41 PM
Jane, I don't think they use butter when they make poached eggs.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 01:03:51 PM
I'm finally up. Didn't fall asleep until five so seven hours or a bit more.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jennifer on May 25, 2015, 01:41:17 PM
I was really sick at the end of last year (Dec 16-31st).  That is the worst I've felt in many years.  Horrible.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 01:57:38 PM
Scene Vibes for DR ELMORE.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: FJL on May 25, 2015, 02:06:18 PM
"Oops Upside Your Head" Gap Band dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeHDnF7MU90

in honor of the title of today's notes
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 02:11:29 PM
Getting caught up in the QUANTUM LEAP marathon on CoziTV. I guess I must have always liked this series. (I'm a big Dean Stockwell fan.) I don't typically watch CoziTV, but if they'll be playing QL, then I may change my viewing habits, at least for this show. This series and Seinfeld were the two series I couldn't miss. Later, The Sopranos came around, but I joined that series late, and I had a DVR so I didn't feel as pressured.

What's funny as I'm thinking about it, I did not like the finales to any of these shows. I invested much time and so on in keeping up with these shows. However, the endings were big let downs.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2015, 03:00:33 PM
Belated Happy Birthday to DR Jeanne!  Hope you had a nice day!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2015, 05:01:26 PM
Hawks vs Ducks in one hour
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2015, 05:25:21 PM
I just finished up the BBC MADAME BOVARY.  Francesca Annis is really wonderful, and this may be the best of all the various film versions I've seen.  I believe there's a new one in the works.  I am quite fond of Flaubert's novel, but Emma Bovary really irritates me; she's too much like my mother, perhaps,
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Laura on May 25, 2015, 06:06:50 PM
Good evening. A great day on the trail today -- a rattlesnake AND a tarantula.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Laura on May 25, 2015, 06:09:05 PM
When I was a wee little girl, my sister was very sick. I went along to the doctor's office, since I was so little and mom had to take me with her. I have no idea what my sister was sick with, but *I* got the gamma gobulin shot.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 06:25:50 PM
Jane, I don't think they use butter when they make poached eggs.

But they might have put it in the hole and greased up the bread.  I would have asked, but then poached eggs can make me sick even when I'm not sick  ;D
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 06:26:32 PM
When I was a wee little girl, my sister was very sick. I went along to the doctor's office, since I was so little and mom had to take me with her. I have no idea what my sister was sick with, but *I* got the gamma gobulin shot.

Sounds like she had measles.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 06:31:09 PM
I have been extremely sick too many times in my life.  The first truly bad time was when I was in 8th grade.  I would have been happy to only feel as bad as Bruce has been.  They actually sent my blood for special testing to see if I had a new virus.  I always wonder if it was sent too long after I was better and if that bout of whatever was the beginning of my problems.  I was rather fatigued for months after the illness that kept me out of school for a good amount of time.  My parent's also had to move me downstairs into the den as I could not walk the stairs.  Neither was I permitted anything but a lukewarm bath.  Ever since then I have become fatigued after being sick, except for regular colds, and often just in general.  It was also the beginning of my severe leg and foot cramps.
 
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Laura on May 25, 2015, 06:32:31 PM
I remember being very little and being sick for a long time. I asked my mother to take me to the doctor to get a shot to get better. I must have been pretty sick.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 06:38:00 PM
Had a turkey sandwich dry on rye bread.  I was a bit queasy when I got up, but now I'm feeling a bit better.  The sandwich went down fine and felt like I was eating something real.  Then I came home and had a banana and some applesauce.  Later I'll have some white rice and that will be that.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2015, 06:39:01 PM
~ ~ ~ CONTINUING MEDICAL VIBES ~ ~ ~ for all DRs, particularly Dan M, Jane, Michael, TCB, and vixmom!!!!


Ditto!
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 07:10:44 PM
Why oh why won't this dumb upstairs dummy move away? He's a jerky kid (maybe 20)who does everything aggressively. He has no finesse whatsoever. With no sense of a plan. Imagine a moth with shoes. That's what he sounds like. No sense of organization. The Frankenstein monster was more graceful. This kid is a lightweight and needn't sound like a sack of hammers. His girlfriend is no better. She blusters around like a lovesick rhino and makes a rhino look pretty in comparison. What a bunch of bleeps! Why did I get these two in the tenant lottery?
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:31:24 PM
Getting caught up in the QUANTUM LEAP marathon on CoziTV. I guess I must have always liked this series. (I'm a big Dean Stockwell fan.) I don't typically watch CoziTV, but if they'll be playing QL, then I may change my viewing habits, at least for this show. This series and Seinfeld were the two series I couldn't miss. Later, The Sopranos came around, but I joined that series late, and I had a DVR so I didn't feel as pressured.

What's funny as I'm thinking about it, I did not like the finales to any of these shows. I invested much time and so on in keeping up with these shows. However, the endings were big let downs.

I loved the finale of The Sopranos. You never knew when violence would erupt in their lives, so seeing something as domestic as the family going out for pizza could end badly -- or not.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:35:59 PM
Reading about the horrible flooding in central Texas...

I have seen very little news since we moved.  Vibes to all those dealing with this.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:38:07 PM
That said, I loved James Gandolfini in just about anything. And he was wonderful in The Drop. So was Tom Hardy. The acting is the best thing about the movie.

At times, the Dennis Lehane script is a little clumsy, but the overall movie was good, albeit violent.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:40:39 PM
Four!
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:45:37 PM
Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.

DR TCB had my phone??       

;D
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:45:53 PM
Saw the new Mad Max: Fury Road this afternoon. Another really good Tom Hardy performance. But Charlize Theron steals the movie.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:46:57 PM
Time to leave Toyland.  We're getting close to the last time.

I will miss you talking about Toyland.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:48:50 PM
TOD:

For me the worst illness I've had is what I'm going through. But that's an extraordinary circumstance. Of all the cancers that ambled into my gin joint, I had to get one that's common in equatorial Africa. Burkitt's lymphoma in the US only occurs in less than 0.4 cases per 100,000 lymphoma cases. Don't know what the percentage works out as, but I'm in a select few. That's me though, always having to be different!

I think you took different to the extreme.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:49:26 PM
Watching a bootleg of the new On the Town revival. Really fun staging, and I really like Tony Yazbeck.

The sound of the music is actually better on this bootleg than it is on the new album.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:52:11 PM
Had a turkey sandwich dry on rye bread.  I was a bit queasy when I got up, but now I'm feeling a bit better.  The sandwich went down fine and felt like I was eating something real.  Then I came home and had a banana and some applesauce.  Later I'll have some white rice and that will be that.

I'm glad you are feeling better.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:52:31 PM
Here's an image of the waters Saturday night on the River Walk. Those tourists look like they've wandered onto the set of an Irwin Allen disaster movie. Scary.

(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11008638_10205654340751485_1931735019511679482_n.jpg?oh=9e350d0bd45d7ff488d020b45d1c77e7&oe=55C89D9E)
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:53:19 PM
We had a productive day which surprised us.  We expected to be very bored.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:58:32 PM
We purshaced a Samsung tv with 4K technology (ulta high def) which includes nano technology which is billions of colors and billions of lights.  It has a curved screen.

The only thing I understand about this is high def and the curved screen.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 07:58:58 PM
Here's an image of the waters Saturday night on the River Walk. Those tourists look like they've wandered onto the set of an Irwin Allen disaster movie. Scary.

(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11008638_10205654340751485_1931735019511679482_n.jpg?oh=9e350d0bd45d7ff488d020b45d1c77e7&oe=55C89D9E)

Oh my!!!
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Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 08:11:39 PM
That photo is pretty shocking, DR John G.
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Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 08:12:41 PM
On a lighter note, here is Meryl as Florence Foster Jenkins:

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/florencefj_zpsqxrqgvhm.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 08:13:37 PM
I wonder if this depicts the moment right before her taxi accident, after which she had higher notes than she had ever had before.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:14:01 PM
That photo is pretty shocking, DR John G.

I'm just glad I was on the other end of town. It was nasty where I was, but nothing like that.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:22:36 PM
A hilarious comment on the effectiveness of the new Mad Max movie, when compared with Fast and Furious 7:

"It was Furious 7 as directed by Julie Taymor, and who in their right mind wouldn’t enjoy that?"
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Post by: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 08:23:52 PM
who in their right mind


I've always wondered what that would be like.
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Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 08:25:38 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 08:26:43 PM
On a lighter note, here is Meryl as Florence Foster Jenkins:

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/florencefj_zpsqxrqgvhm.jpg)

I have the Jenkins CD of her singing, and then another awful singer who duetted with an equally bad male singer. The Glory of the Human Voice????
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Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 08:29:00 PM
A hilarious comment on the effectiveness of the new Mad Max movie, when compared with Fast and Furious 7:

"It was Furious 7 as directed by Julie Taymor, and who in their right mind wouldn’t enjoy that?"

It's great that the original director George Miller is still making Mad Max. Miller has made better movies than those overbloated Furious CGI extravaganzas, with or without Paul Walker. I couldn't sit through a one.

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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:40:47 PM
Good evening...I've been E and T and haven't caught up
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:43:13 PM
Had a good vacation. I finished scrubbing the walls and painting the upstairs den.   It's the room I started before my car accident in 2012.  By the time I healed from that I had my other accident (not my fault) and hurt the other shoulder and still couldn't do it.  So the wait went on and on.  I finally decided it was way past time to finish it, so finish it I did.  Whew!   
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:43:58 PM
I have to say that it's mentally a huge relief.  Every time I walked in there, I thought about how much work I needed to do.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:44:27 PM
I also hung the shades I bought back when I started the project.  I didn't even remember what color they were going to be, lol. 
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 08:44:53 PM
That photo is pretty shocking, DR John G.

I'm just glad I was on the other end of town. It was nasty where I was, but nothing like that.

Lucky you.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:44:56 PM
The rest of the time I've pretty much relaxed. 
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 08:46:21 PM
I also hung the shades I bought back when I started the project.  I didn't even remember what color they were going to be, lol. 

I have had that problem-lol
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:46:39 PM
I went to one full ball game on Thursday night.  Friday I tried to go but after about 2 innings it was cool and raining off and on and my friends had skipped the game so I went home.   Saturday, I was in the middle of painting and decided not to stop that project until it was done.   It was worth it.   No games until the weekend.  Looking forward to that
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:48:23 PM
I do love my new den.  I'm not in it right now, but have been sitting in there more and more. Which is actually why I really decided to finish it.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:49:21 PM
who in their right mind


I've always wondered what that would be like.

Me, too.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 08:49:31 PM
I also hung the shades I bought back when I started the project.  I didn't even remember what color they were going to be, lol. 

I have had that problem-lol

I do like them.   Now almost all my windows have double cellulose shades.  They really make a difference, especially in the winter
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 08:51:36 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2015, 08:54:24 PM
I also hung the shades I bought back when I started the project.  I didn't even remember what color they were going to be, lol. 

I have had that problem-lol

I do like them.   Now almost all my windows have double cellulose shades.  They really make a difference, especially in the winter

Congratulations on completing your den and liking the results.  Happy is good  :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 09:01:04 PM
It was awful to go in there and remember not only the work I needed to do, but why I couldn't do it for so long.  Finishing it ends that chapter.  It's long over due.   
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Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:01:27 PM
I do love my new den.  I'm not in it right now, but have been sitting in there more and more. Which is actually why I really decided to finish it.

Den vat vill you do? :D
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:02:20 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

Cullum was quite good. The episode must have been a favor for Bakula who I understand was a musical theater actor/singer.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 09:02:31 PM
Time to get ready for bed.  I have to go back to work tomorrow.  Other than an email or two I haven't looked at anything work related since I left on Thursday.  Tomorrow will likely be a bit crazy
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2015, 09:02:54 PM
I loved Quantum Leap. I used to watch it when it was first on
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Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:18:55 PM
DR TCB, how are you doing today?
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 09:21:34 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

Cullum was quite good. The episode must have been a favor for Bakula who I understand was a musical theater actor/singer.

Bakula was in the original cast of Romance/Romance and did a recording of Anyone Can Whistle with Bernadette Peters and Madeline Kahn.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2015, 09:21:49 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 09:26:57 PM
Finished with my viewing, eating white rice and am now sort of relaxing.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:45:36 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

DR John G. I forgot to say that I'm glad that you are safe. Those sure were very severe storms. Lloyd Lindsay Young would have called them gullywashers.
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Post by: Dan M on May 25, 2015, 09:47:43 PM
Finished with my viewing, eating white rice and am now sort of relaxing.

I am glad that you are getting better. Makes you appreciate how much we take our digestive system for granted when its affected by bugs and whatnot. When it's on the fritz, it keeps us from just doing our normal activities. Keep getting better!
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:24:18 PM
Hello, everyone.

I tried to read the posts earlier, but my Macbook wouldn't let me. I was able to read the Notes, and my Gmail, but not the posts. Strange. I can now read from page two on, but not page one. Oh, well.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:27:12 PM
Me, too, DR SINGDAW.  Aside from the typical childhood maladies, nothing extraordinary....so far.

This sciatica thing that I am experiencing now is probably the worst thing.....but I must say that wearing the BE ACTIVE BRACE a few hours a day has relieved it considerably.  I can at last sleep again and walk and stand normally without having to sit down after a short while.

IT IS NOT GONE, but it is so much better.

I'm glad to hear that the brace makes that much of a difference. Being able to sleep at night is important! I've been wearing my ankle brace again and I do think it helps. My theory is that we pick up little microsprains without even realizing it, thus aggravating old injuries.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:28:42 PM
Belated Happy Birthday to DR Jeanne!  Hope you had a nice day!

Thank you, DR Kevin. I had a nice, relaxing day.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:31:11 PM
I have to say that it's mentally a huge relief.  Every time I walked in there, I thought about how much work I needed to do.

I can relate to that. I have some projects that are hanging over my head, too.

How nice that you can enjoy the room now.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 10:31:37 PM
Makes no sense that you can't read page one.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2015, 10:32:02 PM
Must fall asleep at a reasonable hour this night because I can't be up later than ten.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:36:59 PM
Bruce, I'm glad to hear you're on the mend. Intestinal bugs can be very difficult to get rid of. I suggest you don't push it. Cooked foods are easiest. As healthy as salads are, they're not the easiest to digest. The rice and eggs are good choices.

How's the shoulder?
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:37:35 PM
Makes no sense that you can't read page one.

My Macbook goes into an iTizzy.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:38:12 PM
I'll try to get it to the shop tomorrow.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:41:38 PM
Glad to hear that Singdaw has been reunited with his phone. And TCB had it all the time. Sing, do you have his eye shield?
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2015, 10:44:11 PM
I will probably be sans computer for a day or two.

Good night.
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Post by: TCB on May 25, 2015, 10:49:19 PM
I wonder if this depicts the moment right before her taxi accident, after which she had higher notes than she had ever had before.


No, he wasn't with her in the taxi accident.
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Post by: TCB on May 25, 2015, 11:09:07 PM
I'm doing okay, Dan, but trying to read these posts is the worst.  It is easier just to watch TV than to attempt to read these post.  But, I am trying to keep up!
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Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:31:53 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

I never watched the series, but I was actually in rehearsals for a local production of "Man of La Mancha" when that episode aired.  A lot of us (individually) watched that episode and talked about it during rehearsals.  That production (in December 1989) was the first time I had done any community theater and I've been doing it ever since.
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Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:32:26 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

Cullum was quite good. The episode must have been a favor for Bakula who I understand was a musical theater actor/singer.

He was!  I wish he would do more recording.  Fortunately, he's still alive, so there's always the possibility. :)
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Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:34:44 PM
Well, since we're so close...
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Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:35:43 PM
PAGE SIX SCOTT BAKULA DANCE!!

(http://subspacecomms.com/sites/default/files/0413-general/scott-bakula.jpg)
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:46:43 PM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

Cullum was quite good. The episode must have been a favor for Bakula who I understand was a musical theater actor/singer.

Bakula was in the original cast of Romance/Romance and did a recording of Anyone Can Whistle with Bernadette Peters and Madeline Kahn.

He was also in an off-Broadway show called 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down (http://castalbums.org/recordings/3-Guys-Naked-from-the-Waist-Down-1985-Original-Off-Broadway-Cast/3812).

(http://castalbums.org/images/releases/008/393.png)
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Post by: George on May 25, 2015, 11:48:36 PM
It's not what you think. (Unfortunately.) ;)

It's about stand-up comedians and how they feel exposed when performing.
Title: Re: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE
Post by: George on May 26, 2015, 12:05:15 AM
The QUANTUM LEAP episode that started about 15 minutes ago has as guest stars Paul Sand and John Cullum. Scott Bakula's character Sam leaps into the body of the understudy to Cullum who is a musical theater star on the decline due to his drinking. Ernie Sabella has a role as the actor playing Sancho Panza to Cullum's Man of La Mancha. The producers must have paid a bit of coin for the rights for Cullum to sing, so far two songs, Dulcinella (I'm guessing the title) and The Impossible Dream. Now he' singing another song as he's playing inebriated.

Cullum's a favorite of mine. That must be fun.

Cullum was quite good. The episode must have been a favor for Bakula who I understand was a musical theater actor/singer.

Also, Michelle Pawk (who has recorded for BK) and Janine Turner (who starred on "Northern Exposure" with John Cullum) were also in this episode.