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Title: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 12:25:29 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had 40% and have risen, and now it is time for you to post until the 40% and rising cows come home.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 12:27:39 AM
And the word of the day is: SPRUIK!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 03:22:51 AM
Good morning, everyone!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 03:23:24 AM
Thanks to DRs Cillaliz, TCB, and John G. for upping the posting count last evening!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ben on June 22, 2015, 04:08:45 AM
Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Ben on June 22, 2015, 04:10:24 AM
Everything is still out.

Verizon is supposed to be at the apartment between 9-12 noon. I even got an e-mail sent last night confirming the appointment. Of course, since I have no Internet I couldn't see it until this morning when I got to the office. Anthony is at the apartment and I hope things will be resolved by lunchtime.
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Post by: Ben on June 22, 2015, 04:11:11 AM
And now back to work.

Things are very hectic. We move in less than a month and there is much work to be done before then.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ben on June 22, 2015, 04:11:45 AM
Hope everyone is happy and healthy, or will be happy and healthy soon.
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Post by: Ben on June 22, 2015, 04:11:51 AM
Bye for now.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:28:49 AM
First post after Ben's soliloquy!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:29:38 AM
Yes, I am awake and dressed having had no sleep - yet!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 04:29:49 AM
Good morning, all.

Following a series of idiotic annoying dreams.  Part of one was kind of interesting, in which I created a certain "look" to parts of downtown Chicago that a couple of friends and I were being driven through.  Go figure.

Coffee!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 04:32:15 AM
What in the HELL is TCB doing up at 4:30 in the morning?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:32:39 AM
Thank you SongDude for acknowledging the work of Cilla, John, and me last evening.  Some evenings are harder than others.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:37:27 AM
What in the HELL is TCB doing up at 4:30 in the morning?


I asked myself the same thing.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:38:40 AM
I would take myself out to breakfast, but I had Vicodin in the last 8 hours, so that is something I won't do.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:39:12 AM
So, instead, I put on a hairnet and served myself a cup of joe!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:44:04 AM
Good morning.  I didn't sleep well. I kept waking with a start thinking I was hearing a bat. That hasn't happened for a few nights, so I am most disappointed it happened again.  Then we had a severe thunderstorm warning at 5:45, so I just got up.  It went north of us, but the weather radio kept going off, so no point in trying to sleep
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:44:47 AM
Good morning!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:44:51 AM
I really wish this nonsense would stop
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:47:12 AM
Wow, north of us they had a 95 mph wind gust.  Not fun
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:48:03 AM
Do you think maybe you were hearing some distant thunder, and your mind turned it into a bat sound?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:48:34 AM
Wow, north of us they had a 95 mph wind gust.  Not fun


Wow is right!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:49:30 AM
Do you think maybe you were hearing some distant thunder, and your mind turned it into a bat sound?

No, I just think I'm going crazy :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:50:50 AM
Do you think maybe you were hearing some distant thunder, and your mind turned it into a bat sound?

No, I just think I'm going crazy :)



I have that effect on people.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:51:03 AM
It's hard telling what I heard, it could have been a bat trying to get in outside or in the wall, it could have been something else outside, it could have been one of the cats doing something, I don't know. It could have been the news paper hitting the house.  Who knows...it could have been almost anything
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:51:29 AM
it could have been my imagination
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:51:55 AM
I was thinking about it before I went to bed, so that may have had something to do with it
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:52:26 AM
Well, Jane, join the early bird club!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 04:52:59 AM
What in the HELL is TCB doing up at 4:30 in the morning?

So did I though I didn't open my Nook for awhile.


I asked myself the same thing.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 04:54:38 AM
DR George, thank you for the offer.  I will let you know if our DVR didn't record all of The Last Ship.  I expect that it did.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:56:01 AM
Is Chas still with us?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 04:57:21 AM
Well, Jane, join the early bird club!

I do plan on going back to sleep for a little while.  I also planned to sleep all night and that obvioysly didn't work.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 04:57:58 AM
Phone and internet vibes for DR Ben!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:58:41 AM
Well, Jane, join the early bird club!

I do plan on going back to sleep for a little while.  I also planned to sleep all night and that obvioysly didn't work.

I resemble that remark, but I can't go back to sleep, need to go to work
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 04:58:50 AM
I wonder if the Supreme Court will have any rulings for us this morning?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 04:59:06 AM
Luckily, I have no plans tonight, hopefully I'll sleep tonight
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:00:18 AM
Luckily, I have no plans tonight, hopefully I'll sleep tonight


No ball game tonight?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:01:11 AM
we had a severe thunderstorm warning at 5:45, so I just got up.  It went north of us


It sure did! That last jolt of thunder just now really made me jump.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 05:01:19 AM
DR Cilla your reaction is perfectly normal and with time should improve.  Vibes that happens sooner than later!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:02:55 AM
~ ~ ~ SLEEP AND REST VIBES ~ ~ ~ for the many DRs having difficulty in this area!!!!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:04:05 AM
It is supposed to be daytime here, but the color of the sky is a menacing dark yellow. It almost looks like night time.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:04:32 AM
I fed Nicky an early breakfast, he caught a moth for dessert, and now he is ready for bed.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:04:40 AM
In a way, I am glad that DD Zach is no longer with us. He'd be a basket case right now.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:04:55 AM
I can hear my alarm going off upstairs, I better go turn it off
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:05:12 AM
It is supposed to be daytime here, but the color of the sky is a menacing dark yellow. It almost looks like night time.


That's scary.  Is the thuderstorm over?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:05:26 AM
DR TCB - does Nicky stay up with you when you can't sleep, or does he just zonk out on his own schedule?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:05:59 AM
Is the thunderstorm over?


Nope!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:06:16 AM
Luckily, I have no plans tonight, hopefully I'll sleep tonight


No ball game tonight?

They are playing the St Paul Saints in St Paul.   St. Paul leads the entire association and the Xs are in second (we lead our division) so it should be a really good series
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:06:54 AM
It is supposed to be daytime here, but the color of the sky is a menacing dark yellow. It almost looks like night time.

Yellow/green usually means hail
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:07:27 AM
DR TCB - does Nicky stay up with you when you can't sleep, or does he just zonk out on his own schedule?


No he usually gets up with me.  I think it is more a hope for some kitty cookies rather than concern for me.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:08:59 AM
Yellow/green usually means hail


Or a sinus infection.       :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:10:46 AM
I generally read my Kindle in bed prior to falling asleep. It can sometimes be a challenge to find the darned thing in the morning.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:10:55 AM
At this rate, we will have more posts by nine a.m. than we did last night by nine p.m.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:13:44 AM
DR TCB - I will be following SCOTUSblog this morning if I don't have a customer. They typically live-blog starting a half hour before the decisions are handed down.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:15:33 AM
DR TCB - I will be following SCOTUSblog this morning if I don't have a customer. They typically live-blog starting a half hour before the decisions are handed down.


What is the correct internet address?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Kerry on June 22, 2015, 05:16:16 AM
Is it autumn yet?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:18:32 AM
Is it autumn yet?

Not even close!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:19:20 AM
And now the wind has arrived.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:19:28 AM
DR TCB - I will be following SCOTUSblog this morning if I don't have a customer. They typically live-blog starting a half hour before the decisions are handed down.


What is the correct internet address?


Never mind, I found it!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:20:30 AM
DR TCB:   http://www.scotusblog.com/
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:20:40 AM
T H R E E !
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:20:48 AM
THREE!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:21:04 AM
DR TCB:   http://www.scotusblog.com/


Thank you.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:21:38 AM
My three is biggerr than your three.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:28:18 AM
Oh shoot!  Today is the 22nd.  That means this Friday starts the Taste of Tacoma.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:31:18 AM
DR TCB:   http://www.scotusblog.com/ (http://www.scotusblog.com/)


Thank you.


My hope is that you will not need this, because at that time you should be sound asleep.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:31:45 AM
the Taste of Tacoma.


Otherwise known as The Invasion.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:36:35 AM
the Taste of Tacoma.


Otherwise known as The Invasion.

You got that right.  And this year it is supposed to be perfect weather.  85 to 90 degrees all three days!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:37:14 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/rainbow2_zpsxrleitqi.jpg)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:37:30 AM
DR TCB:   http://www.scotusblog.com/ (http://www.scotusblog.com/)


Thank you.


My hope is that you will not need this, because at that time you should be sound asleep.


Unfortunately, I doubt it.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:37:34 AM
This thunder is really rattling the windows.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:38:16 AM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/rainbow2_zpsxrleitqi.jpg)



Wow!  Beautiful.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:38:21 AM
DR TCB - I will be following SCOTUSblog this morning if I don't have a customer. They typically live-blog starting a half hour before the decisions are handed down.

A lot of times decisions are announced around 10:00 AM, but not always
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:38:38 AM
Not sure if that's our time or Eastern
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:38:58 AM
Is it autumn yet?
I wish!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:38:58 AM
This thunder is really rattling the windows.


What time do you leave for work?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:39:02 AM
Today in 1969, Judy Garland died.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:39:41 AM
What time do you leave for work?


In about 20 minutes. I really need to go get in the shower!  Or I could just step outside.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 05:40:40 AM
I would love to stay and help push us at least to PAGE 4, but life intrudes.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:40:46 AM
It's not a good idea to shower during a thunderstorm
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:41:14 AM
Today in 1969, Judy Garland died.


I remember when I heard the news.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:41:51 AM
I will be headed to work shortly.  I'm hoping for a very productive week.  I have a good idea of how I want to change my practice and what I want it to be in the long run, now to put my ideas into action.   
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:42:20 AM
It's not a good idea to shower during a thunderstorm


Really?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:43:04 AM
The sky is getting lighter.  Going to be 90 degrees and humid. Yuck
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:44:10 AM
But there is still time to get us to page 4
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 05:44:52 AM
I generally read my Kindle in bed prior to falling asleep. It can sometimes be a challenge to find the darned thing in the morning.

I have had that problem.  This morning it was my glasses.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:45:07 AM
But there is still time to get us to page 4


Yes!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:45:26 AM
hope everyone has a good day
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:45:52 AM
it's getting closer
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Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:46:01 AM
Four
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:46:02 AM
Will this do it?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:46:21 AM
Ah! TCB beat me to the punch.  That's ok
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:46:57 AM
Page 4 this early, that should put a smile on BKs face.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 05:47:00 AM
I think I am getting sleepy.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:47:17 AM
hope everyone has a good day


Don't work too hard.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 05:47:18 AM
Time to go to work.. Hasta luego
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:49:55 AM
Perhaps 100 by 9:00 a.m.?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:50:22 AM
That shouldn't be a problem.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:50:46 AM
Almost there.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 05:51:11 AM
100 posts
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Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 05:56:00 AM
Monday morning greetings!  When I saw we were already up to 4 pages I figured a lot of Eastern time zone people would be here.  But, no, it's all Central and Pacific folk, including me.  Woke up at 5:30, an hour earlier than necessary.  Guess I'm still on Ohio time...
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 05:59:25 AM
Anyway, Richard's probably boarding his plane in Cincinnati about now.  My flight to SFO is at 10:40 and I'll wave when we fly over LA.  We're to meet at the rental car center and we'll be in Palo Alto tonight.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 06:00:27 AM
I believe you should have good while you are in San Fracisco.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 06:00:46 AM
~ ~ ~ SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DH Richard!!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 06:01:47 AM
Good morning, all! I slept terribly.  I vaguely remember one long dream in whch I and a group seemed to be stranded in an enormous space craft and there was something lurking onboard.  It's al too vague now,  I also had a dream that I drove to Brooklyn to see goddaughter Charlotte in a play, and I rememebr bits and pieces of another that had a parade float, I think, although I might have been cleaning out a deceased's personal items.  Too vague now.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 06:01:55 AM
Safe & Easy travel vibes to you and Richard.
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Post by: Michael on June 22, 2015, 06:04:30 AM
good morning to all
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 06:05:22 AM
I was going to watch a DVD last night, but I kept falling asleep, so around 9:00 I went to bed with the intentions of getting up around 6:00 and accomplish some apartment work. Well best laid plans, ya know: around 9:15 I became nauseous and spent the next three hours in and out of the bathroom.

So, I slept until 8:30 this morning and I feel like garbage. I doubt I will accomplish much at all today.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 06:10:19 AM
DR JohnG, I love TROUBLE IN TAHITI,  which was supposedly about Bernstein's parents' unhappy marriage, but I am not a fan of Bernstein's full-length A QUIET PLACE and its interpolation of TROUBLE IN TAHITI into Act Two.  Originally, A QUIET PLACE was written to be a second act for TROUBLE IN TAHITI.  I think it's a great and bitter comic one-act opera whose caricatures do not belong inside the soap-opera realities of the later opera, which I really loathe.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 06:11:04 AM
Feel better vibes to DR Elmore!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 06:11:32 AM
Travel vibes to Ginny and Richard!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 06:13:20 AM
Health and Happiness vibes to DR elmore!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 06:35:26 AM
Thank you, DRs Ginny and TCB.  It's bad enough to be puny with things are going well, but I'm still wondering where my life is going, That's a pathetic question when you're pushing 70!

I have to go out and run a few errands before the heat settles down on the City.

Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:37:12 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:38:44 AM
Add me to the list of people who did not sleep well last night.

Finally decided to do some reading, so I got through about 30 pages of Peter Filichia's latest book, which is about the 1963-64 season on Broadway. The section I'm on had to do with dramas, most of which failed miserably. Not what you want to read to put you to sleep.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 06:40:45 AM
I loved TROUBLE IN TAHITI on first listen way back in the day.  Time to become reacquainted with it.  I only ever knew it from that early recording (Beverly Wolff?) and a few read-throughs of the vocal score.

Never tried A QUIET PLACE, so I believe I'll take a short cut and follow DR Elmore's heads up on that one.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:40:46 AM
DR JohnG, I love TROUBLE IN TAHITI,  which was supposedly about Bernstein's parents' unhappy marriage, but I am not a fan of Bernstein's full-length A QUIET PLACE and its interpolation of TROUBLE IN TAHITI into Act Two.  Originally, A QUIET PLACE was written to be a second act for TROUBLE IN TAHITI.  I think it's a great and bitter comic one-act opera whose caricatures do not belong inside the soap-opera realities of the later opera, which I really loathe.

I really enjoyed the 45-minute version, despite some weird animation in the background.

This morning I discovered I had another version, also called Trouble in Tahiti, and it runs 72 minutes long. I'll watch in a day or two.

I'm really trying to watch all of the stuff I've bought on sale in the past year or so.
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:45:04 AM
Singdaw, I'm almost finished with disc two of seven in the "Between You and Me" set. It's very episodic, but some of the episodes are real winners.

This morning she was talking about what a perfectionist Pauline Kael was and how she would always work and rework sentences, always for the better. But there was one instance when Mary made a suggestion to Kael, and the critic seemed dumbfounded that somebody actually helped her improve her copy.

I still love re-reading old Kael reviews of favorite films, especially Altman's movies. I always imagined she was the role model for Blair in "Sunday in the Park."
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:45:19 AM
West Coast contingent was up late last night!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:45:21 AM
So soon?
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 06:45:34 AM
Five!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:45:46 AM
Travel vibes for DR GINNY and DH RICHARD.

Internet and office moving vibes for DR BEN.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:46:11 AM
I liked a good hamburger with cheese from the barbecue.....well done - not burnt.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:05:19 AM
I saw the latest re-vamping of A Quiet Place at New York City Opera a few years ago. They did a tremendous job with it, and made the best possible case for it, but it is still a problematic piece. And while I love most of Bernstein's scores, including his concert music, I just can't cuddle up to this astringent score. I love Trouble in Tahiti on its own.

I have the recording and the score of A Quiet Place, but haven't listened to it more than twice.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:08:21 AM
Two SCOTUS cases announced so far. Nothing I was waiting for, yet.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:15:39 AM
No decisions from SCOTUS today regarding either marriage equality or the Affordable Care Act.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Amy on June 22, 2015, 07:26:42 AM
TOD:
I guess I prefer hamburgers over hot dogs, but I do like both. The buns have to be warm and fresh. Cold buns with a hot burger ruin the whole thing and it seems to happen all too often. Ribs are okay. I think I had barbequed cat fish once and that was very nice. I do love corn on the cob, and you all already know how I feel about beans. Cole slaw is very nice too, but I don't like horseradish in it.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 07:30:37 AM
No decisions from SCOTUS today regarding either marriage equality or the Affordable Care Act.

Next day for opinions is Thursday
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Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 07:31:13 AM
Additional Supreme Court opinions on Thursday of this week.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 22, 2015, 07:33:15 AM
I hear an echo....
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 07:42:55 AM
TOD: We'uns in Texas use the word barbecue to refer strictly to smoked meat. The rest is grilling or a cook-out.

That said, I like an old-fashioned style T-bone on the grill, thin and slathered with some Heinz 57 sauce. Brings back some great childhood memories. Brats on the grill are also great. Gotta have some salads with that, including potato and a green salad, coleslaw or macaroni, you name it. Love watermelon in that mix, too.

As for barbecue, give me beef ribs, pork ribs, brisket, sausage, just about anything but chicken. Very few people know how to smoke chicken properly, so they oversmoke it and the meat tastes like licking an ashtray.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:45:31 AM
tastes like licking an ashtray.

Truly scrumptious!
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Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 08:02:17 AM
Thank you for all the travel vibes!  I've been to the FedEx office here in the hotel to mail my AAUW stuff back to Ohio and I'm about to head over to the airport.

Bye for now!
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 08:08:46 AM
Travel vibes for Ginny.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:19:12 AM
DR Ginny is just traveling to the airport to meet DH Richard, who is flying in to join her.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:20:20 AM
Only PAGE 5?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:20:32 AM
What in tarnation?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:20:43 AM
Suffering succotash!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:21:26 AM
Calloo! Callay!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:21:34 AM
No work today!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:21:44 AM
We're cabbages and kings!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:22:20 AM
New page in 8...
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:22:26 AM
7...
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:23:37 AM
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:23:48 AM
PAGE SIX!!!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:24:00 AM
How's tricks?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:24:28 AM
Stevie Nicks!
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Post by: Kerry on June 22, 2015, 08:28:45 AM
Eng-a-land swings like a pendulum do. 

If I hadn't been crazy before this popped into my head, I certainly am now.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 08:31:01 AM
Errands are run.  In what I can only call a monumental brain fart, I just screwed up my banking for the day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 08:44:24 AM
I don't think I've been to a barbecue in 35 years.  the last i recall was 1979 in New Haven, CT, and it was all Indian food, since it was at the home of an Indian professor at Yale. It was really excellent, quite delicious.

For years, growing up, my mother's family had wonderful barbecues on Memorial Day and July 4th, at my Aunt Jean's in Hamilton, OH. There were usually five of my mother's six siblings and their families, and the food was pretty much the same, but my mother's sisters and sisters-in-law were all good cooks.  There were always grilled hot dogs, bratwurst, and hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans, a green salad, a jello of some sort, several pies and cakes, along with tons of cola and beer.  At least one of my uncles got really tipsy and my dad, God bless him, often got roped into driving my aunt, uncle, and cousins home.

My mother was one of five girls and only she and my Aunt Jean, the most liberated woman in the family, drove. The other three never learned to drive, and as my mother got older and crazier, she really resented driving her sisters around, but it was part of her general passive-aggressive behavior.
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Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 09:23:00 AM
DR Ginny is just traveling to the airport to meet DH Richard, who is flying in to join her.

No, DR Singdaw, I'm flying from San Diego to San Francisco while Richard flies from Cincinnati to San Francisco. We're meeting in the rental car center at SFO.
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Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 09:25:30 AM
I'm all settled at my gate and will board in about 45 minutes.  I think Richard is somewhere over Colorado.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 22, 2015, 10:01:57 AM
Hey!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 22, 2015, 10:03:00 AM
TOD:  What DON'T I like at BBQs?

I love BBQd:

Chicken
Burgers
Steaks
Shrimp
Peppers
Green Beans
Asparagus
Corn
Potatoes
Onions

And, of course, the "sides", like potato salad, green salad, potato chips, pickles, watermelon, cake, pie, etc.

Sigh.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:17:27 AM
  No, DR Singdaw, I'm flying from San Diego to San Francisco while Richard flies from Cincinnati to San Francisco.

Oops!  My mistake.  Apologies to DR John G, who was more on the ball than I.

And additional ~ ~ ~ TRAVEL VIBES ~ ~ ~ to DR Ginny!
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:26:00 AM
I'm up, I'm up - seven hours of sleep, BUT happy as a clam and even shocked to see six pages of beautiful postings.
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:26:09 AM
Page six?  Really?
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 10:26:11 AM
TOD:  What DON'T I like at BBQs?

I love BBQd:

Chicken
Burgers
Steaks
Shrimp
Peppers
Green Beans
Asparagus
Corn
Potatoes
Onions

And, of course, the "sides", like potato salad, green salad, potato chips, pickles, watermelon, cake, pie, etc.

Sigh.

How could I forget pie?

Pie!

And handcranked peach ice cream!
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:26:20 AM
This could be a record Monday posting day.
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 10:26:52 AM
Page six?  Really?

It's all a mirage.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 10:28:50 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Safe Travel Vibes for DR Ginny and Richard!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:30:25 AM
Happy to say we have finally set the last piece of the Kritzerland puzzle - our guest star: the wonderful Gloria Loring - Liz Chandler from Days of Our Lives (now the third person I've worked with from that soap - Kevin Spirtas, Matt Ashford being the other two), but I knew her from her 1968 album Gloria Loring, Today on MGM records.  She also was married to Alan Thicke, and with him wrote the theme songs for the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. 
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Post by: Laura on June 22, 2015, 10:30:47 AM
Good morning. I was invited to a nighttime photo shoot opportunity, so I was up until midnight. Then I had to be up at 4 to take my daughter to work by 5 a.m. The buses don't run that early.
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:31:19 AM
And she had a hit song called Friends and Lovers that she sang with Carl Anderson.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:42:04 AM
That's great news, bk!  Finally, some things are going right for this Kritzerland program!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:42:37 AM
Gosh, DR Laura - I hope that there is room in your schedule today for nappy time!        :P
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:43:14 AM
The overall sleep deficit on HHW right now, for one reason or another, is pretty overwhelming.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:43:47 AM
Bad for DRs. Good for upping the posting totals.      :-\
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:44:06 AM
Toasting potals.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:44:23 AM
I love a good toasted potal, don't you?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:44:57 AM
Does anyone remember the flying toaster screen saver, from the early days of computers?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:45:26 AM
These are the things that are flying around the windmills of my mind.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:45:33 AM
 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:45:50 AM
To borrow a phrase from our illustrious host.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:46:12 AM
7EVEN.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:46:35 AM
or SE7EN.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 10:46:50 AM
Seven is heaven.
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 11:06:54 AM
I think I first remember Gloria Loring from THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS.....she was SO glamorous and could really sing!!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 11:08:19 AM
EVERYBODY wants something today and they want it NOW!

I am trying to make everyone happy....BUT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyv67Peo4w
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 11:09:26 AM
Here is part of our lightning storm from early Sunday morning:

https://video-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xat1/v/t42.1790-2/11398465_10207112587398251_809038430_n.mp4?oh=416a68dd95e1330acdf8b8d8f764731b&oe=55887AA1
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 11:09:50 AM
I have obviously forgotten how to post a link.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 11:12:44 AM
This morning's storm has moved through and out. It's now a mixed sunny day.
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 11:15:20 AM
Exciting guest star news, BK!
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 11:18:00 AM
She's also the mom of Robin Thicke, who remains to my mind a truly remarkable talent, even though he lost his "Blurred Lines" lawsuit.
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 11:24:22 AM
Happy to say we have finally set the last piece of the Kritzerland puzzle - our guest star: the wonderful Gloria Loring - Liz Chandler from Days of Our Lives (now the third person I've worked with from that soap - Kevin Spirtas, Matt Ashford being the other two), but I knew her from her 1968 album Gloria Loring, Today on MGM records.  She also was married to Alan Thicke, and with him wrote the theme songs for the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. 

And the mother of that Blurred Lines guy, Robin Thicke.
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 11:25:16 AM
Great minds, FJL.
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 11:26:07 AM
Singdaw has gone POSTAL!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 11:27:14 AM
Seven is heaven.

Sixty-nine is divine!
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Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 11:27:20 AM
BTW, if any of our HHW researchers can figure out which two Academy Awards shows Miss Loring appeared on and which two nominated songs she sang, that would be great.  I've had no luck.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 11:30:14 AM
I did accomplish some work on the apartment.  I am seeing our DR ChasSmith on Thursday and I need to make room for a piece of office furniture he is bringing me.  I will accomplish the Big Work on Thursday morning before he arrives, but anything I can do now to make my life easier on Thursday is good.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 11:31:35 AM
I've also got everything together for tomorrow's trek to the Butler Library at Columbia, which will be my home for the next month.

Now I need a map.
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 11:38:58 AM
BTW, if any of our HHW researchers can figure out which two Academy Awards shows Miss Loring appeared on and which two nominated songs she sang, that would be great.  I've had no luck.

Candle on the Water from Pete's Dragon
Someone's Waiting for You from the Rescuers
Those two were in 1978
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 12:37:16 PM
Wow, north of us they had a 95 mph wind gust.  Not fun

Oh, my goodness!
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Page Seven??  What it the world?  I've got a lot of ketchuping to do and it's not even 1:00 in the afternoon!
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 12:38:05 PM
Well, since I'm here...Gratuitous Post #200!

;)
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:53:57 PM
Page Seven??  What it the world?  I've got a lot of ketchuping to do and it's not even 1:00 in the afternoon!

And every post today is a nugget of solid gold!

 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:54:26 PM
None of you will want to miss a single one.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:55:09 PM
A single one you will not want to miss.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:55:34 PM
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:55:50 PM
What am I all of the sudden, a platitude?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:56:06 PM
I had a platitude once.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:56:24 PM
It was a platitude with an attitude, I can tell you.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:56:43 PM
But enough of this stuff and nonsense.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:56:56 PM
We've got other fish to fry!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 12:57:11 PM
Like PAGE EIGHT!
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Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 01:14:04 PM
Hello, everyone.

Look who can type again!

Many thanks for all the vibes. They really did help.
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Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 01:16:29 PM
My little left-hand-only exercise was quite interesting. There are some things I just can't do with my left hand, such as write. I can now hold a pen in my right hand again--or a fork. My hand is still somewhat stiff, but this is sooo much better!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 01:22:44 PM
Good news from DR Jeanne.  Glad to hear it!       :)
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Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 01:24:47 PM
As for what I did to cause this, I don't really know. I did some cleaning on Saturday, then my hand started hurting. At first I thought it was arthritis, but it kept getting worse. Icing and Arnica cream seemed to help. When I'm on my laptop (my only computer) the edge tends to hit my wrists. I don't think that's what did it, but I do feel it's something I need to address. I need to protect my wrists. I have an Incrediwear wrist brace that I'm wearing right now. It's very comfortable. I think I need to wear it more often. Wrists tend to be delicate and I could take a proactive approach, instead of waiting until I have a sprain.
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Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 01:27:00 PM
I need to take care of a few things, then will return. My Usual Routine was turned upside-down by this little escapade.
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Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 01:27:19 PM
Thanks, Sing.

TTFN.
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 01:35:48 PM
I think we studied the Platitudes in Vacation Bible School.

Or....are they those weird animals in Australia?
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:36:04 PM
Oh shoot!  Today is the 22nd.  That means this Friday starts the Taste of Tacoma.

Today is also my parents' 51st wedding anniversary! 
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:36:35 PM
the Taste of Tacoma.


Otherwise known as The Invasion.

You got that right.  And this year it is supposed to be perfect weather.  85 to 90 degrees all three days!

Perfect??  That's too hot for me. :P
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:37:04 PM
I'm sure that this is a good thing...Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham Will Call for Removal of Confederate Flag, Sources Say (http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/south-carolina-state-leaders-urge-lawmakers-vote-take-down-confederate-n379801).
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:41:57 PM
Brats on the grill are also great.

So John, you really don't like children, do you??

;)
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:42:17 PM
Gratuitous Post #222!
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 01:43:31 PM
My research reveals that DR FJL is correct.....1978 Academy Awards.
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 01:43:33 PM
Wishing a very, very happy day and celebration to DR George's parents...   

51 - wow!!!!


 :)
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:45:47 PM
Does anyone remember the flying toaster screen saver, from the early days of computers?

Yes!  I always wanted to get that.  I though it was, at (and for) the time, really cool!
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:46:08 PM
Happy to say we have finally set the last piece of the Kritzerland puzzle - our guest star: the wonderful Gloria Loring - Liz Chandler from Days of Our Lives (now the third person I've worked with from that soap - Kevin Spirtas, Matt Ashford being the other two), but I knew her from her 1968 album Gloria Loring, Today on MGM records.  She also was married to Alan Thicke, and with him wrote the theme songs for the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.

Very good news, BK! 
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 01:47:01 PM
There are certain words and names that are just fun to write and/or say.

Like Okoboji.

Or chilaquiles.

 :)
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:52:47 PM
Here is part of our lightning storm from early Sunday morning:

https://video-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xat1/v/t42.1790-2/11398465_10207112587398251_809038430_n.mp4?oh=416a68dd95e1330acdf8b8d8f764731b&oe=55887AA1

Wow!  That's pretty cool.  We don't get lightning like that at all.
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:54:46 PM
Page Seven??  What it the world?  I've got a lot of ketchuping to do and it's not even 1:00 in the afternoon!

And every post today is a nugget of solid gold!

 ;D
None of you will want to miss a single one.

I never do!
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 01:55:03 PM
It was a platitude with an attitude, I can tell you.

Who was it that said:  Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, I got a new platitude
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:56:37 PM
Wishing a very, very happy day and celebration to DR George's parents...   

51 - wow!!!!


 :)

Thanks, Sing...and my sister's 51st birthday is in September!

;)
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:57:39 PM
I am now all caught up with all the posts.
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 01:57:54 PM
Just had to share.
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 01:57:57 PM
Wishing a very, very happy day and celebration to DR George's parents...   

51 - wow!!!!


 :)

Thanks, Sing...and my sister's 51st birthday is in September!

;)


Where's a calculus major when you need one?
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Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 01:58:30 PM
Happy anniversary to George's parents!
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 02:09:02 PM
I just received in the mail the world premiere studio cast recording to the "new" Vernon Duke musical, "Misia (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U08P4OO/)," starring Marin Mazzie.  Reading the liner notes, it has a very interesting history.  Vernon Duke wrote the score to a French libretto, entitled Milord l'Arsouille ("Lord Rogue") about Lord Henry Seymour.  It was never translated successfully into English, so Vernon Duke's widow (who had the score) allowed Barry Singer to write a whole new show about Misia Sert, "the celebrated muse of fin de siècle Paris."  What's interesting is that Vernon Duke is an actual character in this new show, although the character doesn't sing.  I just got it so hopefully I'll get to listen to it today.
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 02:09:18 PM
Happy anniversary to George's parents!

That's Thanks, Fred!
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:11:59 PM
Most people don't know that the song in Merrily We Roll Along entitled "That Frank" was originally titled "That Fred."        :)
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:12:21 PM
But why pause here?
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Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:12:31 PM
NINE!!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 02:17:52 PM
Find out what singdaw drinks and send a case to the other DRs.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 02:21:11 PM
In what I can only call a monumental brain fart


New haineshisway.com shorthand:   MBF

Should come in quite handy.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 02:25:07 PM
DR John G., the misuse of the word "barbecue" is unfortunately rampant.  I can only say, somewhat proudly, that I'm not one of the offenders. 
A modest achievement -- I am probably an offender in many other ways, but not in that one.
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Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 02:28:18 PM
Most people don't know that the song in Merrily We Roll Along entitled "That Frank" was originally titled "That Fred."        :)

AARRGGHH!!

[Post modified.] ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 02:30:43 PM
I just received in the mail the world premiere studio cast recording to the "new" Vernon Duke musical, "Misia (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U08P4OO/)," starring Marin Mazzie.  Reading the liner notes, it has a very interesting history.  Vernon Duke wrote the score to a French libretto, entitled Milord l'Arsouille ("Lord Rogue") about Lord Henry Seymour.  It was never translated successfully into English, so Vernon Duke's widow (who had the score) allowed Barry Singer to write a whole new show about Misia Sert, "the celebrated muse of fin de siècle Paris."  What's interesting is that Vernon Duke is an actual character in this new show, although the character doesn't sing.  I just got it so hopefully I'll get to listen to it today.

I worked with Barry Singer around 2004 on Tan Manhattan for the Chicago Humanities Festival.  He is not on my list of 1,000.000 favorite people.  I have a very low opinion of him.
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Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 02:34:51 PM
BTW, if any of our HHW researchers can figure out which two Academy Awards shows Miss Loring appeared on and which two nominated songs she sang, that would be great.  I've had no luck.

Candle on the Water from Pete's Dragon
Someone's Waiting for You from the Rescuers
Those two were in 1978

Someone's Waiting for You is one of the best songs on Barbara Cook's Disney album. Gorgeous ballad. Love the lyric, "Always keep a little prayer in your pocket and you're sure to see the light. Soon, there'll be joy and happiness and your little world will be bright."
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 02:36:30 PM
DR John G., the misuse of the word "barbecue" is unfortunately rampant.  I can only say, somewhat proudly, that I'm not one of the offenders. 
A modest achievement -- I am probably an offender in many other ways, but not in that one.

There are so many other ways in which I offend as well, I'm sure.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 02:37:25 PM
Brats on the grill are also great.

So John, you really don't like children, do you??

;)

You guessed it. ;)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:37:53 PM
Find out what singdaw drinks and send a case to the other DRs.

Strictly Vernor's.   Thanks, kiddo!       :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:39:43 PM
We're on a roll.

Oh yes, a roll.

With sesame seeds.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 02:49:54 PM
We're on a roll.

Oh yes, a roll.

With sesame seeds.

I prefer a roll with fries and slaw.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 02:55:40 PM
Go for it, man!!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 03:08:34 PM
We're on a roll.

Oh yes, a roll.

With sesame seeds.

And I, a lobster roll.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:13:32 PM
I was forced by Mr. Sondheim to use Barry Singer to write the notes for Unsung Sondheim.  I found him pedantic and uppity, not necessarily in that order, and I didn't really care for his notes.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:14:41 PM
Back from a chicken salad sandwich and a few onion rings - ran into my pal Allan Hunt (he was in the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and I've known him since 1971) who was with Star Trek's Walter Koenig, who I'd never met but who seems like a nice chap.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:14:48 PM
I picked up no packages.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:15:12 PM
Then I came home and finished the commentary - great to have it out of the way, and I think it's pretty fun.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:15:28 PM
Let's all sing Bitch I'm Madonna.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:15:36 PM
Page nine?  Really?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:15:50 PM
This is like the old days here at haineshisway.com
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:16:55 PM
Had I stayed married, this year would have been our 47th anniversary.  Can you imagine?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: ChasSmith on June 22, 2015, 03:17:03 PM
Congrats on completing the show planning!  I thought this one was going to be the death of us...    :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 03:17:38 PM
What that really means is that astonishingly I have been happily deevorced for thirty-three years!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jennifer on June 22, 2015, 04:17:52 PM
I had not been on my bike in 6 days (because of a cold). i needed to pick up some books at the library which is 1.5km away.  I figured I would go pretty slow (between 10-15/km per hour).  I decided to go around the lake and even though i was going so slow I was so tired afterwards (i ended up going 7kms which i guess i shouldn't have done).  I guess i am still lacking energy.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jennifer on June 22, 2015, 04:18:14 PM
Big Brother starts on Wednesday.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:28:35 PM
I even got an e-mail sent last night confirming the appointment. Of course, since I have no Internet I couldn't see it...

You have no Internet? We'll send you an email to tell you what to do.

Good ole Verizon. I don't think they think things through.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: KevinH on June 22, 2015, 04:29:44 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: KevinH on June 22, 2015, 04:30:00 PM
Page 9!?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 04:30:16 PM
I even got an e-mail sent last night confirming the appointment. Of course, since I have no Internet I couldn't see it...

You have no Internet? We'll send you an email to tell you what to do.

Good ole Verizon. I don't think they think things through.

Whenever I call Comcast to report that I have no Internet connection, their ads while I'm on hold always include messages that "you can go online to find out any outages in your area." ???
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: KevinH on June 22, 2015, 04:31:48 PM
I remember Gloria Loring and Alan Thicke from a Canadian TV show called "The Party Game."  It was charades, but not with titles, it was with long phrases (some Shakespeare, I think , but other made=up phrases.  Martin Short and Billy Van were also on it.  I'd say this was in about 1976 or so.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: KevinH on June 22, 2015, 04:31:58 PM
Page 10!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:32:10 PM
I even got an e-mail sent last night confirming the appointment. Of course, since I have no Internet I couldn't see it...

You have no Internet? We'll send you an email to tell you what to do.

Good ole Verizon. I don't think they think things through.

Whenever I call Comcast to report that I have no Internet connection, their ads while I'm on hold always include messages that "you can go online to find out any outages in your area." ???

Exactly.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: KevinH on June 22, 2015, 04:32:50 PM
Hello, everyone.

Look who can type again!

Many thanks for all the vibes. They really did help.



Great news, DR Jeanne!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:32:58 PM
So, instead, I put on a hairnet and served myself a cup of joe!

 :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:36:14 PM
It's hard telling what I heard, it could have been a bat trying to get in outside or in the wall, it could have been something else outside, it could have been one of the cats doing something, I don't know. It could have been the news paper hitting the house.  Who knows...it could have been almost anything

You were spooked. I was too after my bat encounter. They may be small creatures, but they are FRIGHTENING.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:37:49 PM
~ ~ ~ SLEEP AND REST VIBES ~ ~ ~ for the many DRs having difficulty in this area!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:39:36 PM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/rainbow2_zpsxrleitqi.jpg)

Singdaw's vacation chalet. Very nice, too.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:47:33 PM
The overall sleep deficit on HHW right now, for one reason or another, is pretty overwhelming.

Yes, it is. I blame the Heavens.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 04:47:35 PM
Well, it's time for me to leave and usher.  I also need to get something to eat because I didn't take time to go to lunch and I'm hungry.

I hate it when that happens. :P
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 04:47:41 PM
Until later!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:51:08 PM
It was a platitude with an attitude, I can tell you.

 :)

Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 04:52:14 PM
Hello, everyone.

Look who can type again!

Many thanks for all the vibes. They really did help.



Great news, DR Jeanne!

Thank you, Kevin.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jeanne on June 22, 2015, 05:01:17 PM
Vibes to all.

TTFN.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 06:34:14 PM
...and here we are in Palo Alto, CA!  My plane landed early at SFO and I made my way to the rental car center where I found Richard enjoying a cup of Earl Grey.  He'd only been waiting about half an hour.  We picked up our silver Subaru Outback and found our Palo Alto hotel with no problem.  Went downtown for late lunch/early dinner and made an appointment for a 1-hour tour of Stanford University tomorrow at 11.  From there we'll stop in Cupertino to visit the Apple mothership on our way to Monterey, which will be home until Friday.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:52:18 PM
Good news from DR JEANNE.

Congrats to the parents of DR GEORGE!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:53:06 PM
I am trying to imagine MR BK celebrating a 47th wedding anniversary.

He is surrounded by SEE-LEBRITIES!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jrand74 on June 22, 2015, 06:55:33 PM
I am watching TO MUCH, TOO SOON......the story of Miss Diana Barrymore....or I guess I should say...the purported story of....

I liked the book......the movie is....well it's more truthful than HARLOW or FRANCES....which is on later tonight on TCM.....but it's kind of a mess.

Dorothy Malone said once that she used to see people at restaurants and industry functions after the movie was released and she thought they were looking at her and wondering why they voted her an Oscar for WRITTEN ON THE WIND......
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: elmore3003 on June 22, 2015, 07:05:26 PM
Office Depot has screwed me over on a delivery today, snd my anger at the situation is quite  vivid at the moment.  They tell me it's out for delivery, yet UPS claims they haven't picked the damed shipment up!

Heads will roll.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: FJL on June 22, 2015, 07:25:05 PM
Wow, page 10!!!!!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 07:26:47 PM
And now back to work.

Things are very hectic. We move in less than a month and there is much work to be done before then.

DR Ben, I'll be visiting your San Francisco outpost on Monday, completing my circuit of all 5 major sites.  But, once your location is moved, I'll have to visit there, too!

Hope it all goes smoothly.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 07:37:06 PM
It rained again, very heavy at the house.

So the mold count is extraordinarily high and breathing is not exactly fun at the moment.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 07:39:18 PM
Watching an oddity called "The Pink Angels" about some burly bikers who are really drag queens. Dan Haggerty in an early performance. Really bad stereotypes, jokes, et al. Don't know if I can last all 80 minutes of it.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:55:40 PM
Wow, that sounds pretty bad, DR John G.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:56:17 PM
What great activities you have planned DR Ginny!  Do you do a lot of homework ahead of time, or do you just go with the flow once you get there?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:57:11 PM
Got distracted by an impromptu cocktail party out on the neighbor's deck. A delightful, cool summer evening.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:57:44 PM
And now my eyelids are feeling very heavy.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:58:00 PM
He ain't heavy; he's my brother.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:58:15 PM
Either my brother, or my bother.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:58:31 PM
OK. Let's get a move on, here.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:58:43 PM
Elevenses.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:59:14 PM
And gratuitous post #301.       8)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 07:59:51 PM
We'll stay all night, and we'll sing 'em all!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: singdaw on June 22, 2015, 08:06:28 PM
Fun reading about the reunion of the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 08:13:58 PM
What's rain?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 08:14:11 PM
Page eleven?  Really?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 08:14:19 PM
Pretty damn good!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 08:17:22 PM
What great activities you have planned DR Ginny!  Do you do a lot of homework ahead of time, or do you just go with the flow once you get there?

DR Singdaw, yes, i do a lot of homework and we work with a basic outline.  We always know ahead of time where we'll stay each night and I have ideas for things to do and see.  But, we allow ourselves quite a bit of flexibility, too.  For example, I know in Monterey we want to visit the aquarium, the Carmel mission, and the 17-Mile Drive, but we don't know exactly which day for what, nor the order of things.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 08:20:01 PM
Apparently film composer James Horner has died in a plane crash (his plane).  It hasn't really been confirmed - just that whoever was piloting it had not survived the crash - and since no one has heard from him since it happened this morning, everyone, including his assistant has said it has to be true.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 08:34:57 PM
Oh, and I also need to spend some time in a laundromat before we go into San Francisco  8)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 08:41:48 PM
Got distracted by an impromptu cocktail party out on the neighbor's deck. A delightful, cool summer evening.

Sounds like fun.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 08:50:08 PM
Story written. Lousy movie over.

The ending was rather strange. The drag queen bikers were all hung at the end on the front lawn of the befuddled fascist soldier. Rather nasty.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: John G. on June 22, 2015, 08:51:29 PM
My breathing is not improving. I hope I get some sleep tonight
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 09:12:56 PM
Hello, everyone.

Look who can type again!

Many thanks for all the vibes. They really did help.

Great news! :) :) :)
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Jane on June 22, 2015, 09:17:33 PM
Health vibes for John, Jennifer, and Dan, and anyone else who needs them
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: Ginny on June 22, 2015, 09:34:10 PM
Well, rats, the Apple Company Store closed for renovations a week ago today.  Oh, well, gives us more time to spend at Stanford and on our scenic drive to Monterey.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 09:42:36 PM
Someone texted me and I responded.  Then they responded "who is this?"  I responded "You wrote ME a text?"  Then they sent me a screen shot showing only MY text.  She said it was coming from my e-mail address.  Say what?  So, I went to Google and searched and found the answer - I have to say the default settings for the iPhone 6 are completely stupid.  It was defaulting to my e-mail address that I used for the cloud.  I read up on the fix (had to go to two different sites) and the second time I was able to fix it, did a test, and now it's showing as from my phone.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 10:05:25 PM
Prayers for James Horner.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:16:06 PM
I gotta tell you.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:16:13 PM
Finished with my viewing.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: TCB on June 22, 2015, 10:18:29 PM
The Hollywood Reporter and Wikipedia say that Mr. Horner ia dead, so it must be true.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:39:17 PM
I'm sure it is, but if you look at those stories, it's all coming from one place - his assistant.  What I find odd is that no one has actually made an official statement about it.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: bk on June 22, 2015, 10:39:47 PM
I'm finally uploading videos to You Tube from the last Kritzerland concert but it's VERY slow going.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 22, 2015, 11:35:41 PM
Congrats to the parents of DR GEORGE!

Thanks, Jrand!
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:12:31 AM
My breathing is not improving. I hope I get some sleep tonight

~~~Breathing Vibes for John!!~~~
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:24:01 AM
I've been watching the original Broadway production of "Pacific Overtures." 
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:24:18 AM
I love this score.
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:24:33 AM
Well...
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:24:40 AM
...why...
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:24:48 AM
...stop now?
Title: Re: 40% AND RISING
Post by: George on June 23, 2015, 12:25:12 AM
PAGE 12!!