Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on June 01, 2015, 12:32:43 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of our one-performance workshop, and now it is time for you to post until the one-performance cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SINECURE!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Almost made it to page six in yesterday's posts.
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First post after George, after BK!
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George, is Audra McDonald coming to Oly in July? I ask because she is coming to Tacoma on July 14.
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George, is Audra McDonald coming to Oly in July? I ask because she is coming to Tacoma on July 14.
I have heard NOTHING about Audra McDonald coming to Olympia. If she were, I think I would've heard about it...but then I had no idea that she was coming to Tacoma, so there's that. ::)
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I just happened to see it when I was checking for handicap tickets for Johnny Mathis.
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Do you have any interest in going to see Audra?
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And now, to bed.
Good night, all!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Glad to read that the show went mostly very well. It has been interesting reading about its progress.
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Still fighting my cold.
Glad that BK's show went well.
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And the word of the day is: SINECURE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BIDIN' MY TIME
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Great to hear how well last night's show went!
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About the no-shows, that seems so rude on their part. But pleased the crowd still was a good one.
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Good morning, all! Today we finish up the recording of PAINT YOUR WAGON, so I will be E&T all day. Tomorrow I will go to Toyland and make backup discs of the contents of my computer desktop. Pn wednesday, I sign off from the computer there as it leaves the building.
This week, I hope to see some folk about taking things from the office. I posted a notice on Facebook yesterday that I was giving away filing cabinets, folding tables, shelving. etc, and I've had two inquiries. I have a week to remove all that I can before I am out of there.
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BK, I'm happy the show went well; thirty no-shows is a lot!
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Monday again so soon.
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Feels like just last Tuesday, it was Monday.
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Good morning, all.
Went for a late one last night, watching a little of this and a little of that, so I am behind in the sleep department. A nap later will be a fine thing.
Coffee!
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Monday morning greetings! Getting ready for my last board meeting as AAUW Middletown president - take it away, Nita!
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This week, I hope to see some folk about taking things from the office. I posted a notice on Facebook yesterday that I was giving away filing cabinets, folding tables, shelving. etc, and I've had two inquiries. I have a week to remove all that I can before I am out of there.
DR Elmore, I need one of those floor mats for a rolling desk chair, but I guess it would be easier to buy one when I go to Staples to make copies for tonight's meeting...
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Congrats to BK and company on a successful and productive workshop. The upcoming three weeks of rehearsal will be so rewarding.
What I can't believe is 30 out of 80 no-shows. What a ridiculous percentage of people who have no idea how to plan and commit to doing something, and/or don't even have the courtesy to notify anyone that they must change their plans. That's something I'll never understand.
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People don't understand the art of RSVP-ing any more, either. (Weddings might be the one remaining exception to that, but I'm just guessing.) They don't stop to think that there's A REASON someone wants to know whether you will attend something, and that not doing so is completely inconsiderate to their would-be hosts. The thinking seems to be "I won't commit to this or that thing until I see what other possibilities might come along, and then I'll make up my mind." It's time to implement a punishment that fits the crime.
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Feels like just last Tuesday, it was Monday.
At one point yesterday afternoon I suddenly realized that it felt to me like another holiday Monday, and that today would be another Tuesday that feels like a Monday. With all the crazy times when one day feels like another, I don't believe I've ever experienced that one before. But the sensation was so strong that, even now, I still have the vague feeling that it's not really a Monday.
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But I'm mighty glad it IS. I've got a lot to accomplish this week and I need every day I can get.
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Congrats to BK and Sami.
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DR Jane wrote:
Jennifer I expect it was your tone that was slightly rude as your requests seem reasonable.
Probably. I agree that maybe I was a bit rude. But I can't stand when people are so clueless about those around them. I had just had enough. I didn't yell or raise my voice. And she was being extremely rude herself. But I don't think that she thought that she did anything wrong. She didn't think having her kid sit on my sister's program was wrong. Or standing in front of us so we couldn't watch the meet was wrong. She didn't think that blocking my niece from sitting down was wrong. I am usually pretty nice to strangers. But if someone does something super annoying to me for more than a couple of minutes then I can't help but say something. I know most people let it go.
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DR Elmore, what about the rest of McGlinn's scores? Have you found a taker?
Such an overwhelming collection.
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Let's kick off Page Two (2) with wishes for another superb recording session for PAINT YOUR WAGON!
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Another thing about RSVP-ing: some organizations that I'm in have the policy of billing members who make reservations for catered functions and then don't show up to pay at the door. Most people pay up and sometimes we have people showing up who didn't make reservations to even it out. But sometimes, the treasury takes a hit having to pay for meals that were not consumed. I think the penance for that should be serving as treasurer for a year...
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Let's kick off Page Two (2) with wishes for another superb recording session for PAINT YOUR WAGON!
Absolutely! When will the CD be available for purchase?
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Good morning, all.
Monday vibes for everyone.
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Glad the show went well, BK, but add my voice to the chorus that 30 no-shows is simply rude.
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TOD:
I love trying new recipes. I've lately started a collection of Texas cookbooks, and what I love is the amount of influences from other cultures that come into play in the culinary heritage of this state. Mexican is obvious, but also German, Asian, Polish, French, you name it.
Now, if I had a little more time to cook ...
Well, if I had a little more time to cook, I'd probably gain back all of the weight I've lost.
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Congrats to MR BK & SAMI & Co on their great success.....continuing vibes for the enterprise.
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I am not very happy with the 2016 season that the committee wants....if we want to get our season ticket numbers up, we need to do shows people WANT to see.....and again...we have no LARGE CAST comedy......
Little Women (the musical) instead of Snoopy!!! The Musical
On Golden Pond instead of Laughing Stock
1776
The Odd Couple (female version)
Perhaps I will take a year off from directing.
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All the no-shows were from Sami's mom's group. Lots of Sami's schoolmates - in fact, most of her schoolmates and their folks are the ones who, after saying they'd be there, didn't show. There were plenty of other folks I could have invited had I known that would be the case.
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I'm up, I'm up. Got some notes from Doug Haverty, which were interesting on any number of levels and few of which would interest me to do, because lots of them are from the point of view of what show HE would write, which never interests me. I do think about all of it, especially the larger questions like what kind of show IS it. I'll share some of this later. For now, I can't even think straight after only two or three hours of sleep.
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good afternoon to all
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Just returned from the doctor and had the staples removed.
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
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Excellent news, DR Michael - continued vibes!
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Glad the show went well, BK, but add my voice to the chorus that 30 no-shows is simply rude.
I agree.
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
Great news!
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Agreed....good news from DR MICHAEL.
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I have posted my favorite recipe before:
One slice of white bread
Add a helping of Miracle Whip or Hellman's
Put one slice of Kraft American Cheese on the bread
Place two slices of Spam horizontally on the cheese
Put another slice of Kraft American Cheese on top of the Spam slices
Place another slice of white bread on top.
You may slice into two pieces if you wish...slicing horizontally between the two Spam slices.
Serve.
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
Great news!
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The hot topic at the office today:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGbVow8W8AAp0cs.jpg:large)
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
Great news!
DR Michael, my prayers and wishes go to you for continuing good health and unimpeded recovery!
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The hot topic at the office today:
BRUCE JENNER NOW CAITLYN ON VANITY FAIR COVER
I guess I will never fully understand. In college, I knew a former football player who began taking hormone treatments. Later when I saw John Lithgow in the movie THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, that was what this fellow/female looked like. He was so anguished. He was not really any sexuality that could be readily understood. Unfortunately, I don't think this person wound up being able to pass as either sex.
On the paternal side of my family, my Dad had a cousin who was born in the 1940s. I only knew of his situation in the 1980s because we all wanted to know who this "new" woman in the family was. Turns out that as an infant, his circumcision went wrong, and he was essentially desexed. So, the medical decision was to remove all external traces of maleness. The parents were told to go about normalcy and raise their boy as a boy even with the tragic circumstances. What happened was really not that surprising. He never felt like a boy. When he reached his 20s, he began treatments, first psychologically, the hormonally. By the time I had met this cousin, there was no doubt that this was as successful (at least outwardly) as the famed Renee Richards, but I think more feminine. I believe this cousin was under the same surgeon's care.
There's one more story to follow.
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
Very good news, Michael!
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Good afternoon folks, just checking in now!
I had to take a detour from Rhinelander to drop off my neice, then return back to my office to check some e-mails that were sent. I'm back home now, and finally have the time to join yet another thread of the day. Had to make sandwhiches for my neice before she had to go.
TTFN, gentlemen! I'll check back in after my afternoon snooze.
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Mike, the volunteer driver that helps me via the American Cancer Society, has a friend whose story parallels Jenner's. I only know what I've been told, so I only really have the outlines of the story. His friend a successful and well-respected plastic surgeon, 65 years old, volunteering much of his time to treat medical cases others cannot treat due to age, complications, etc. After his last child left for college, he told his wife that he wasn't happy, even though by all "standards" he should be. He told her that he had begun treatments and would become physically a woman. His wife immediately filed for divorce. Mike has been this surgeon's friend for several decades and was surprised of his decision. Mike thought he "knew" his friend, but will still be his friend through it all. Mike thought he "knew" the surgeon's wife and was surprised that she wouldn't support her husband emotionally, but he's trying to see both sides. It's not easy to understand from the outside, so it must be a challenge within.
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Much like Heathcliff the cat, I always enjoyed a well made traditional lasagna with alternating layers of Italian cheeses and seasoned ground beef. When I discovered Greek food, I also grew fond of moussaka. Since I was diagnosed with celiac, I miss those very much.
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I also loved souvlaki and gyros.
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At Christmas time, my paternal grandmother would make struffoli slathered in honey, dried fruits, nuts, ribbon candy, and nonpareils. I know it's frowned on by some now, but she would make this veal dish in which the meat was stuffed and baked. One of the side dishes was stuffed artichokes.
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My Mom would make delicious beef broth soup with marrow balls, one of my all-time favorites. I think it's ironic now with my having lymphoma and being told that should it recur I would have to have marrow replacement.
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The hot topic at the office today:
BRUCE JENNER NOW CAITLYN ON VANITY FAIR COVER
I guess I will never fully understand. In college, I knew a former football player who began taking hormone treatments. Later when I saw John Lithgow in the movie THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, that was what this fellow/female looked like. He was so anguished. He was not really any sexuality that could be readily understood. Unfortunately, I don't think this person wound up being able to pass as either sex.
On the paternal side of my family, my Dad had a cousin who was born in the 1940s. I only knew of his situation in the 1980s because we all wanted to know who this "new" woman in the family was. Turns out that as an infant, his circumcision went wrong, and he was essentially desexed. So, the medical decision was to remove all external traces of maleness. The parents were told to go about normalcy and raise their boy as a boy even with the tragic circumstances. What happened was really not that surprising. He never felt like a boy. When he reached his 20s, he began treatments, first psychologically, the hormonally. By the time I had met this cousin, there was no doubt that this was as successful (at least outwardly) as the famed Renee Richards, but I think more feminine. I believe this cousin was under the same surgeon's care.
There's one more story to follow.
And then there was the Canadian boy who also had a botched circumcision, but was raised as a girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer). Sadly, this story did not have a happy ending. :(
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Page Three Topic of the Day:
I've never made this myself, but a co-worker did for a potluck here at work and it was delicious! And coincidentally, a friend and former co-worker (a different co-worker than the one who made this) posted this on FB just a couple of hours ago!
Double Chocolate Coca Cola Cake
1 cup Coca Cola (real thing, not diet)
1/2 cup oil
1 stick butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting:
1 stick butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons of cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar
In a saucepan, mix Coca Cola, oil, butter and cocoa and bring to a boil. In another bowl, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Pour the boiling Cola mixture over the flour mixture and beat well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and beat well. Pour mixture into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees or 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pan. Cool for about 10 minutes before frosting.
Frosting: In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa, and milk. Heat until the butter melts. Beat in the remaining ingredients and spread on the cake while it's still warm. Enjoy!
:D
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If I ever decide to have surgery and treatments, I think I will be Jackie.
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If I ever decide to have surgery and treatments, I think I will be Jackie.
Jackie. OH! and Oh!
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DR bk, sorry to hear that there were so many no-shows. What happened to people keeping their word? But, otherwise the show sounds to have been a success! Congratulations to Sami, Bruce, and Alby! A great achievement considering that 2/3rds of the team were fighting through ailments of one kind or another during development and rehearsals.
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I just got a damned nice CD in the mail.
Yes sir, a damned nice CD.
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I got an additional hour of sleep, went to the theater, then had a sandwich and no fries or onion rings. Now I must relax.
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I tried, but failed to get into a decent nap this afternoon. Which can only mean one thing. I'll doze right off while watching or reading something this evening.
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I tried, but failed to get into a decent nap this afternoon. Which can only mean one thing. I'll doze right off while watching or reading something this evening.
As an encouragement, here's THE BIG SNOOZE:
https://archive.org/details/TheBigSnooze
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Definitely a day when you can boil your giblets on the sidewalk.
It's 100 degrees but feels like 101 degrees, which makes a big difference.
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Boop boop a doop:
https://archive.org/details/Betty_Boop_A_Song_a_Day_1936
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1932 Louis Armstrong:
https://archive.org/details/bb_ill_be_glad_when_youre_dead
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Tom Terrific:
https://archive.org/details/TomTerrificGoWestYoungManfred
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Pre-Gumby Art Clokey with a jazz score
GUMBASIA (1953):
https://archive.org/details/Gumbasia_331
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Not Mickey Mouse:
https://archive.org/details/SmileDarnYaSmile1931HughHarmanRudolfIsing
(lots of great songs from the period, including the title song which was used at the conclusion of ROGER RABBIT)
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Those are some pretty cool videos, Dan!
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Ub Iwerks made this cartoon (1935). He was really the brains behind Walt Disney. Iwerks also helped special effects in live action pictures. He was responsible for the bird animations in THE BIRDS as well as the "blue screen" effects which in that case were "yellow screen" as sodium lights were used:
https://archive.org/details/BalloonLand
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Paint Your Wagon isin the can. It's going to be good. I am hme, starving, and pondering what to do about it.
DR Ginny, we have no floor mats so you would still have to go to Staples. The recrdng will be released in the fall, I believe.
DR ChasSmith, McGlinn's books and scores are the only things going to storage in PA So far, no one's responded to my offer of free office equipment, although Chelsea Music may take the large binding machine.
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LOGORAMA an animation made up of logos:
https://vimeo.com/10149605
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Paint Your Wagon isin the can. It's going to be good. I am hme, starving, and pondering what to do about it.
DR Ginny, we have no floor mats so you would still have to go to Staples. The recrdng will be released in the fall, I believe.
DR ChasSmith, McGlinn's books and scores are the only things going to storage in PA So far, no one's responded to my offer of free office equipment, although Chelsea Music may take the large binding machine.
Looking forward to Paint Your Wagon!
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Paint Your Wagon isin the can. It's going to be good. I am hme, starving, and pondering what to do about it.
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Looking forward to Paint Your Wagon!
Lerner and Loewe is the way to go!
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LOGORAMA an animation made up of logos:
https://vimeo.com/10149605
Managed to get two thirds of the way through, until I accidentally clicked back. My current desktop is not really that efficient anymore. Say an ad pops up, it fools you into thinking you can actually get it off just by clicking close, but what it actually does is click on the video or the tools below it, as if there was something trying to pull it down quickly.
My current desktop is about 10 years, or more. I had a newer one (a 2008 one maybe) and had it for about 4 years, while watching a video on Vimeo, it started to glitch. The glitch was so bad that blew my whole system and the whole thing caught on fire. I'm looking in to finding a more reliable one, the newer ones are a perfect example.
It's just simply amazing what you can do with just a bunch of logos, and it looks like the FAC mastered that quite impressively.
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Good good news from DR Michael! :)
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And good news from DR elmore3003 about the recording.
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Bad news, though, from bk about sleep.
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And speaking of sleep, I hope that DR Jane and DH Keith can get some between now and when they move into their new digs.
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LOGORAMA an animation made up of logos:
https://vimeo.com/10149605
That's really cool, Dan! I'll have to watch it when I get home. However, when I first read your post, I thought it said "LEGORAMA an animation made up of legos" and when the video started, I thought to myself that those don't look like Legos. ::)
;)
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LOGORAMA an animation made up of logos:
https://vimeo.com/10149605
That's really cool, Dan! I'll have to watch it when I get home. However, when I first read your post, I thought it said "LEGORAMA an animation made up of legos" and when the video started, I thought to myself that those don't look like Legos. ::)
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It's better than thinking they would be Eggos!
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Hello all
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Jack the vixter and I enjoyed little women but we both thought that if we were directing a local production that we would have different actresses for young Amy and grown Amy We also would have different actors for the imaginary characters not double p the parts like they did on broadway
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And for goodness sake professor Bhaer must have a beard!
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4OUR!!
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I've just been dozing on and off for the last few hours. At midnight tonight, we're putting Illya Darling and Anya back up for sale. We found 100 copies of each in a mis-labeled box (labeled David Shire at the Movies) - we have an open box of that title and have been selling out of that box for the past four years. It's never occurred to anyone to actually open boxes that are marked, but we were going to let our pressing plant store a few hundred discs in their warehouse to give us some more space. So the helper opened the box and there were these unopened boxes of Illya and Anya - couldn't believe it. For anyone who doesn't want to wait until midnight, here's what to do:
Go directly to Paypal.com, click on "send money" put in our paypal address, which is kritzerland at adelphia.net. Each album is 19.98 plus 3.75 shipping (12.50 overseas shipping). Those postage fees will cover BOTH CDs. Be sure to put the CD titles in the invoice. And be sure your ADDRESS is in the invoice, too!
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. I think the penance for that should be serving as treasurer for a year...
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He is very pleased with my progress and he wants me to go directly to out patient therapy. I will see him in a month.
Exvellent news!
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Glad the show went well, BK, but add my voice to the chorus that 30 no-shows is simply rude.
I agree.
Ditto! I am glad the show went well.
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Mike, the volunteer driver that helps me via the American Cancer Society, has a friend whose story parallels Jenner's. I only know what I've been told, so I only really have the outlines of the story. His friend a successful and well-respected plastic surgeon, 65 years old, volunteering much of his time to treat medical cases others cannot treat due to age, complications, etc. After his last child left for college, he told his wife that he wasn't happy, even though by all "standards" he should be. He told her that he had begun treatments and would become physically a woman. His wife immediately filed for divorce. Mike has been this surgeon's friend for several decades and was surprised of his decision. Mike thought he "knew" his friend, but will still be his friend through it all. Mike thought he "knew" the surgeon's wife and was surprised that she wouldn't support her husband emotionally, but he's trying to see both sides. It's not easy to understand from the outside, so it must be a challenge within.
To me that has to be most difficult for the spouse.
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And speaking of sleep, I hope that DR Jane and DH Keith can get some between now and when they move into their new digs.
Thank you. Last night felt sooooo good. We have now returned "home". Having1 1/2 really delicious margaretias at dinner made the return easier. We stopped at Fred Meyer's first and then went for a walk.
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It was avery unusual anniversary.
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For me, any anniversary spent together is good :)
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I know how darn lucky I am to be happily married for 46 years.
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For me, any anniversary spent together is good :)
Happy anniversary!
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A very happy anniversary to DR Jane.
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I dunno. I kinda like the score for Little Women, the musical. I have never seen the show, though.
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Happy Anniversary to DR JANE and KEITH!
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So anyway......I don't have rehearsal tomorrow.
I am watching RALLY ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!
I loved to read Max Shulman novels when I was in high school, they were kind of racy.....my favorite was ANYBODY GOT A MATCH?
This movie just reinforces my feeling that Paul Newman could do just about anything, and his comic acting is superb.....Joanne Woodward on the other hand....cannot be funny.... Joan Collins walks away with the comedy accolades in the femme dept. in this film....
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White Witch Doctor arrived at my house today....and I highly recommend ILLYA DARLING and ANYA.....both great CD's with great liner notes.
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Happy anniversary, Jane!
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Jrand - i may have missed this, but are you doing the version of LITTLE WOMEN that was done on Broadway (the Jason Howland- Mindi Dickstein score)? Or the other one that's been making the rounds of regionals (Kim Oler-Alison Hubbard score)? Or some other version?
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For me, any anniversary spent together is good :)
Happy anniversary!
Thank you.
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Happy Anniversary to DR JANE and KEITH!
Thank you.
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Happy anniversary, Jane!
Thanks.
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Hello, everyone.
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Wonderful to hear DR Michael's progress!
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Congrats to BK and Sami & company.
Much work in a very short time.
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So pleased to hear DR Michael's good news.
Continued recovery vibes.
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Happy Anniversary to Jane & Keith.
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Thank you DR Jeanne.
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Back to the dentist tomorrow. I'll probably feel pretty out of it tomorrow afternoon.
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Good night.
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Good vibes Jeanne!
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Happy Anniversary to DR Jane and Keith!
https://youtu.be/nf8ZAMRO1DU
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Five!
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Lee was unavailable:
https://youtu.be/612quUHqrsU
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Art, not Garfunkel, history:
https://youtu.be/sbqA-cGqUHY
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What great news -- for me, at least -- about finding a stash of those CDs! (I'd asked BK about each of them, and of course they had long been thought gone.)
I shall be ordering both forthwith.
Hmm. It's almost forthwith right now, so I'll wait for them to appear on the site. Unless it's to be midnight on the left coast. Well, we shall see, won't we. Yes indeed.
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Good night, all.
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The punnerful Kip Addotta:
https://youtu.be/6l1GvDWtccI?list=PLB5ED1A0A5C3448E4
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Charlie vs. Rose:
https://youtu.be/LFE2CCfAP1o?list=RDdC0DYqQiaWw
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Rick Moranis is Dick Cavett:
https://youtu.be/6Qfw04sI4p8
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A radical interpretation:
https://youtu.be/E6HChhH2i2M
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I couldn't find this the other day. Something to do with Orson Welles:
https://youtu.be/dCxqBMtj56w
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Thank you DR Dan.
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When TV would sign-off for the night, as portrayed by Rick Moranis:
https://youtu.be/4amzqqpY8a4?list=PLYiaTUHfA7iMhAg81fjLweyvU1TjEDKU9
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Our realtor offered to pick me up tomorrow and take me to the newcomer's monthly meeting. I am going with her. Keith said "that will solve one problem". When I asked what problem he said my boredom. Poor guy, I am not as bored as he is but I admit I am looking forward to this.
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Finished with my viewing.
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So, the notes I got from Doug Haverty were interesting. First of all, it's amusing that he really doesn't like to get notes on his stuff - he only likes to hear nice things, and he rarely, if ever, makes changes to his work. I'm the opposite - I nitpick all the time. I also don't mind someone sending me notes. But his are mostly not things I would ever do. His big thing is that he doesn't feel there are stakes or even a real story, so it doesn't feel like a real play. Well, that's not what I wanted to write. The original title for the show was The Molly Monologues and that's exactly what the show is - monologues and songs, all of which tell you the thoughts of this particular fourteen-year-old girl. All his suggestions, for me, would take this into cliche land. He had a couple of thoughts that I will at least think about - one of which involves the Grandpa set-up - only a line or two but I may try it - I'm fighting a battle there by trying not to get maudlin - I think that's why people are ultimately moved by the song because the set-up is NOT maudlin. Sami and I share in common losing a favorite grandpa at an early age - the story she tells is actually my story. My fear in embellishing the set-up is that it will get gooey. Don't want that. He does have a point that there are a couple of numbers that feel like the show might be concluding. He feels the song Let Me Sing should be the final song and it originally was until I wrote another number that I felt summed up the evening better. So, I moved Let Me Sing three slots earlier - I happen to think it works there. But we'll see - I'm bringing the notes and any others I have by tomorrow night to our post mortem dinner.
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It was avery unusual anniversary.
Happy Anniversary to Jane and Keith!! :D
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And now for the bad news...NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
MY TV DIED!! :'( :'( :'(
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I don't know what happened. On Saturday, when I went to Costco to look for some blank DVDs and they didn't have any, I saw that they had one of those HD antennas to receive over-the-air HD TV broadcasts.
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I bought one because I always wanted to know if there were channels that I wasn't getting through cable. Last night, I hooked it up and put the antenna on my window and ran the channel scanner. No channels were found...none.
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I figured that it could just be the placement of the antenna, so I left it there for the time being, and decided to reposition it tonight. I got home and turned on my TV, but I thought that it made the noise of when I turned OFF my TV. Nothing came up on the screen!
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I waited a moment and hit the power button on the remote again and it made the sound again, but still nothing came up on the screen! It's totally blank!
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I tried the power button, but that didn't seem to do anything, so I unplugged it for a few minutes and tried it again and still NOTHING.
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The TV itself weighs about 83 pounds, so I can't just take it off the stand and put it in my car. I don't want to have to buy another TV.
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I'll have to find out if it's actually worth getting fixed...if it even can be. It's a plasma TV.
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I know that there are some situations where they can't be fixed at all and this might be one of them.
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:'(
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Well...
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...since...
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...we're so close...
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Page Six Dead TV Dance.
(http://www.lasplash.com/uploads//2/Panasonic-TH-50PX75u.jpg)
(This is the kind of TV that I have.)
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It certainly was fun while it lasted.
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Jrand - i may have missed this, but are you doing the version of LITTLE WOMEN that was done on Broadway (the Jason Howland- Mindi Dickstein score)? Or the other one that's been making the rounds of regionals (Kim Oler-Alison Hubbard score)? Or some other version?
I assumed that it was the Broadway version, but I enjoyed seeing the reading of the Oler/Hubbard version during the New Musicals Festival in Issaquah, WA, the same year that THE LAST STARFIGHTER played there. :D
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Well, I must go to sleep. I have to be at a meeting in the morning, earlier than I usually get into work, so I need to get to bed earlier than usual.
Good night. 8)