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Title: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 12:48:07 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had proof, and now it is time for you to post until the proofed cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 12:48:39 AM
And the word of the day is: PROBITY!
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 12:51:00 AM
Welcome forty-one GUESTS!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 01:08:13 AM
First post after BK!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 01:09:34 AM
Welcome, three Guests.
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 01:30:34 AM
I think I have developed full blown bronchitis
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 01:30:57 AM
I would like to stop coughing now please
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 02:01:40 AM
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Vixmom!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 02:03:02 AM
A Very Happy Birthday to (former?) DR DakotaCelt!! :D
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 30, 2015, 04:37:05 AM
Good morning, all! I slept well. In my last dream I was sitting in an auditorium with Michael Feinstein about a FUNNY GIRL ON RECORD concert, costumes with frogs and epaulets, and a lecture I was going to give in London.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 30, 2015, 04:39:37 AM
I am back to City Center this morning.  I am having a good time working with Joshie, and we laugh a lot.  I got through one and a half numbers yesterday, and I'm curious to see what new numbers will be waiting for me.
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Post by: Kerry on December 30, 2015, 04:54:00 AM
Good Morning on whatever day of the week it is!
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 05:42:19 AM
Happy birthday to Dakota Celt!
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 05:44:24 AM
George, re Shakespeare's Star Wars, if anyone ever needs a theme song, this was from my parody book:

Darth Up Your Shakespeare
Tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare

The Shakespeare lovers don’t think they’re nerds
They find sci-fi too dull for words
But now we find in their folio
R-2 and C-3-P-O
So the next new Broadway hit
I’ve no doubt, not one i-ota
Since the book’s done with such wit
They’ll love the Bard crossed with Yoda

Darth up your Shakespeare
Work in Luke and Han
Darth up your Shakespeare
Cash-flow worries will be gone

You will find there is no other plan akin
To a Iago played by little Anakin
Princess Leia will take any slam at her
If she‘s Kate in iambic pentameter
Bet your Hamlet would fly with Chewbacca
Though it sounds just a bit off your rocka

So darth up your Shakespeare
And you’ll gross anon
Dough goes on and on
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 05:47:41 AM
LOL DR FJL....very nice.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 05:49:07 AM
Very interesting reading about the creation of the WTMW book.  ANY information and photos that you include will be of great help to those performing the material.

I always like to see photos - not to copy of course - but just the get the feeling of the original productions.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 05:52:19 AM
Good morning, all.

Coffee, baby.  Coffee.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 05:57:43 AM
I'd forgotten that I have a birthday month free admission to a movie at the local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (local being Yonkers, NY -- most of them are in Texas, but they are expanding little by little), and it expires at the end of the month...so I'm going to go down there this afternoon and see something.  Of the films they're showing, I'll choose either The Big Short or the Star Wars movie, depending on my mood at the moment.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:02:30 AM
Ask BK:

I've lost track of when this was happening, but did the WTMW sheet music books ever go out or is that still to come?
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:09:12 AM
That formatting business sounds like a nightmare, though I guess BK's experience goes to show that it's possible to make peace with it.

I know I haven't yet achieved that in the few things I use Word for, which is pretty simple stuff.  I find the defaults to be strange in general, but it's precisely that sizing and spacing stuff that blows my mind.
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 06:09:55 AM
Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:23:24 AM
Here's a question for the class:

To which I'd probably know the answer if I'd been paying proper attention...

Is there a good national chain or mail-order* place for getting decent eyeglasses that don't break the bank, that anyone cares to recommend?  (*I guess we don't really say mail-order much any more, do we?  We just say "online"?) 

I sat down at the keyboard yesterday to casually sightread through some music and was shocked, shocked at how poor my medium distance is in my current (old) glasses.  It's better in contacts, but I don't wear them on a daily basis like I used to.
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Post by: Ginny on December 30, 2015, 06:25:30 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  Still sneezing and coughing here and I'm getting real tired of it.  I did manage to get to the grocery yesterday afternoon, but it wore me out.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:27:42 AM
BIG VIBES of cold relief to DR Ginny!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:28:08 AM
And BIG VIBES of cold relief to DR vixmom!
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Post by: Ginny on December 30, 2015, 06:35:04 AM
BIG VIBES of cold relief to DR Ginny!

Thank you, DR Chas Smith!  Remember, my doctor says it's "just" allergies...
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:40:45 AM
BIG VIBES of cold relief to DR Ginny!

Thank you, DR Chas Smith!  Remember, my doctor says it's "just" allergies...

I get told that, too, and it doesn't help!    :)
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 06:57:51 AM
Here's a question for the class:

To which I'd probably know the answer if I'd been paying proper attention...

Is there a good national chain or mail-order* place for getting decent eyeglasses that don't break the bank, that anyone cares to recommend?  (*I guess we don't really say mail-order much any more, do we?  We just say "online"?) 

I sat down at the keyboard yesterday to casually sightread through some music and was shocked, shocked at how poor my medium distance is in my current (old) glasses.  It's better in contacts, but I don't wear them on a daily basis like I used to.


If you belong to Costco we have had very good luck with the glasses there for the past several years. If you don't belong to Costco it is probably worth it just for the optical servicesthe last time I went to LensCrafters it was more than $600 for my specs.... We just paid less than that for specs for all three of us
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 06:58:53 AM
Wait, what?!  Was that vixmom posting at 10 am on a work day?
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 06:59:30 AM
I am just back from the clinic where I was diagnosed with "acute bronchitis"
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 06:59:42 AM
There is nothing cute about it
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 07:00:19 AM
Here's a question for the class:

To which I'd probably know the answer if I'd been paying proper attention...

Is there a good national chain or mail-order* place for getting decent eyeglasses that don't break the bank, that anyone cares to recommend?  (*I guess we don't really say mail-order much any more, do we?  We just say "online"?) 

I sat down at the keyboard yesterday to casually sightread through some music and was shocked, shocked at how poor my medium distance is in my current (old) glasses.  It's better in contacts, but I don't wear them on a daily basis like I used to.


If you belong to Costco we have had very good luck with the glasses there for the past several years. If you don't belong to Costco it is probably worth it just for the optical servicesthe last time I went to LensCrafters it was more than $600 for my specs.... We just paid less than that for specs for all three of us

I've belonged to Costco since our local one opened in 1993, and I walk by that department all the time.  Why I haven't thought of that, I don't know.  Thanks, vixmom!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 07:01:58 AM
I am just back from the clinic where I was diagnosed with "acute bronchitis"

Oy!!!
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:02:18 AM
I just picked up my meds and since the clinic and pharmacy are literally around the corner I stopped back here to eat a bowl of oatmeal so I could take my meds
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:07:00 AM
Which I have just done
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Post by: Ginny on December 30, 2015, 07:07:21 AM
DR Vixmom, I think you should stay home...
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:07:24 AM
Finishing my hot tea with lemon and honey and off to the office
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:08:02 AM
I plan to call in sick tomorrow
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Post by: Ginny on December 30, 2015, 07:13:06 AM
I plan to call in sick tomorrow

Good plan...
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 07:17:21 AM
Fight the good fight vibes for DR VIXMOM.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 07:19:59 AM
I think CostCo is a good solution DR CHAS SMITH.  If however you want an EXTRA pair, I have had good luck with EyeBuyDirect.com
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 07:30:04 AM
Health Vibes to HHW in general!
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:32:13 AM
Good morning, all.

Good health vibes to one and all, especially Vixmom.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:34:57 AM
My AT&T woes continue. I came home last night to discover that my service had been discontinued. Not just disconnected. My whole account had disappeared

That means in the last few weeks, that incompetent company has had me on the phone for more than three hours trying to get stuff straightened out only to have them simply obliterate my service.

And of course, you can't get anybody after hours who can actually help you.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:37:14 AM
So, after spending a half hour on the phone this morning, they are offering me a $100 VISA gift card as an apology. Of course, the problem isn't over. My service won't be reconnected until tomorrow morning.

I almost wanted to decline the card. Almost.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:40:26 AM
Fred, I love your lyrics. They reminded me of the first "professional" musical I ever saw live. It was at the Actors Theater of Louisville, and it was in the fall after the first Star Wars was released.

It was an outer space rock musical version of "Titus Andronicus." I loved that show, though all my memories of it are campy at best.

I even have the T-shirt, which has a cartoon on it with Titus telling off the evil villainess: "A pie fit for a space queen. In it you'll find you're two murdering sons."

I think with all the weight I've lost this year, I might be able to wear it again.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:47:00 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nS3nf0W0X20/VL0nj8upjYI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/N-Rq9gUI3ag/s1600/Three%2BFarmers.jpg)

George, I have long loved this photo you posted yesterday. Back when I was in college, the German department had an exhibit of August Sander's photographs (my sister Annaliese was a German major at the time, so I knew what they were doing). This was the cover photo of the booklet that went with the exhibit. I wonder if I still have that somewhere in my boxes and boxes of playbills, papers, etc. 
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Post by: Laura on December 30, 2015, 07:54:20 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on December 30, 2015, 07:54:29 AM
Feel better soon, Vixmom!
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Post by: Laura on December 30, 2015, 07:54:50 AM
I am making a huge pot of ham and bean soup for tomorrow's soup party.
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Post by: Laura on December 30, 2015, 07:55:19 AM
I think I'll pick up a couple bottles of Beano to go with it. Or else a lot of us will be sorry.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 08:55:58 AM
Hello, 5 guests!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 30, 2015, 10:51:23 AM
I am just back from the clinic where I was diagnosed with "acute bronchitis"

Feel better!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Matthew on December 30, 2015, 10:53:16 AM
I'm up and about!   Tried to fixed the D5 on my electric piano as the action hasn't been great - I may have loosened it a bit, but it's still sluggish.

I've been recording a piece for 2 pianos, 8 hands - it's the Moderato Quasi Marche from Dvorack's Serenade.  I'm working on duets/quartets to see if it's a good idea to put a out a home grown CD called "Playing with Myself".... <no groans please>   So far, it's fun.
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 11:12:12 AM
ChasSmith - yes they went out.  If anyone was supposed to get them as a perk or if they ordered and haven't gotten, I need to know right now.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:14:43 AM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:15:58 AM
MEGA health vibes to VIXMOM and all DRs who are ailing!

(That means you, too, Ginny.)
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 11:16:13 AM
I was up at ten and had to give the final once-over - there was still one really tiny nitpick spacing thing on one song but it was so small and insignificant that I just left it alone - no one will ever even notice it.  So, it's approved and already up for sale in the Create Space store - it should be live on Amazon in the next couple of days.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:16:22 AM
I shall be meeting our very own BK in a couple hours.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:17:15 AM
Vixmom, you should NOT be at work!

Vibes you feel better soon!
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:18:34 AM
I don't often take cough syrup, but I found an excellent one lately: Chestal with honey. REALLY gets rid of the cough. And doesn't suppress. It loosens the secretions and that takes care of the cough.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:23:13 AM
George, re Shakespeare's Star Wars, if anyone ever needs a theme song, this was from my parody book:

Darth Up Your Shakespeare
Tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare

The Shakespeare lovers don’t think they’re nerds
They find sci-fi too dull for words
But now we find in their folio
R-2 and C-3-P-O
So the next new Broadway hit
I’ve no doubt, not one i-ota
Since the book’s done with such wit
They’ll love the Bard crossed with Yoda

Darth up your Shakespeare
Work in Luke and Han
Darth up your Shakespeare
Cash-flow worries will be gone

You will find there is no other plan akin
To a Iago played by little Anakin
Princess Leia will take any slam at her
If she‘s Kate in iambic pentameter
Bet your Hamlet would fly with Chewbacca
Though it sounds just a bit off your rocka

So darth up your Shakespeare
And you’ll gross anon
Dough goes on and on

That's hysterical! :)) I'll bring the book and show it to the birthday girl!
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 11:23:58 AM
Here's a question for the class:

To which I'd probably know the answer if I'd been paying proper attention...

Is there a good national chain or mail-order* place for getting decent eyeglasses that don't break the bank, that anyone cares to recommend?  (*I guess we don't really say mail-order much any more, do we?  We just say "online"?) 

I sat down at the keyboard yesterday to casually sightread through some music and was shocked, shocked at how poor my medium distance is in my current (old) glasses.  It's better in contacts, but I don't wear them on a daily basis like I used to.

Funny you should ask. My friend Jan and I were just talking about this and she found speert.com, which looks quite promising. I also just tried Warby Parker. I like their free home try-on. Costco has great prices, as Vixmom said, but at the Costco near me customer service is extremely limited. (Grossly understaffed.) The e-business concept has really hit the optical business.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:29:32 AM
Ask BK:

I've lost track of when this was happening, but did the WTMW sheet music books ever go out or is that still to come?

I got my copy.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:29:55 AM
Health Vibes to HHW in general!

~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:30:15 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nS3nf0W0X20/VL0nj8upjYI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/N-Rq9gUI3ag/s1600/Three%2BFarmers.jpg)

George, I have long loved this photo you posted yesterday. Back when I was in college, the German department had an exhibit of August Sander's photographs (my sister Annaliese was a German major at the time, so I knew what they were doing). This was the cover photo of the booklet that went with the exhibit. I wonder if I still have that somewhere in my boxes and boxes of playbills, papers, etc.

That's pretty cool, John!  What a coinkydink!
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:32:11 AM
Someone from my work sent this link to everyone in our building.  It's really cute:  Dogs Discovering Snow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEutxAiytww).

;D
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:33:18 AM
Of course, it's only one of probably thousands of similar videos out there, but it's the one that was sent to me.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:36:51 AM
And here's a video of the 15 BIGGEST Dogs In The World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvLfIfc3738).

Just had to share.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 11:55:22 AM
ChasSmith - yes they went out.  If anyone was supposed to get them as a perk or if they ordered and haven't gotten, I need to know right now.

Mine would be the perk.  Thanks!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 11:56:28 AM
Greetings from the Alamo!  Drafthouse, that is.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 11:57:33 AM
Star Wars is sold out so I will be seeing The Big Short.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 11:58:34 AM
And eating what will hopefully be a very good hamburger.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 12:00:24 PM
Or perhaps something else.  Haven't reviewed the extensive menu yet.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 12:37:42 PM
Elmore, your DVDs are in the mail.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 12:58:11 PM
I think MR BK thought THE BIG SHORT was good....I would like to see it as well.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 12:58:30 PM
I liked the video with the dogs in the snow DR GEORGE....most entertaining.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 30, 2015, 01:00:04 PM
Elmore, your DVDs are in the mail.

Thank you, DR John G!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 30, 2015, 01:00:26 PM
And I am home from City Center. Nap time!
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 01:10:27 PM
Thanks so much, George!
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Post by: FJL on December 30, 2015, 01:12:37 PM
Fred, I love your lyrics. They reminded me of the first "professional" musical I ever saw live. It was at the Actors Theater of Louisville, and it was in the fall after the first Star Wars was released.

It was an outer space rock musical version of "Titus Andronicus." I loved that show, though all my memories of it are campy at best.



Thanks, John G.  May i use the quote "The lyrics reminded me of Titus Andronicus" in space?  (Kidding.)   :)
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 01:18:22 PM
Fred, I love your lyrics. They reminded me of the first "professional" musical I ever saw live. It was at the Actors Theater of Louisville, and it was in the fall after the first Star Wars was released.

It was an outer space rock musical version of "Titus Andronicus." I loved that show, though all my memories of it are campy at best.



Thanks, John G.  May i use the quote "The lyrics reminded me of Titus Andronicus" in space?  (Kidding.)   :)

If you feel the need, my friend, quote away.
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 01:37:29 PM
Just when you thought that chefs and restaurants could not get more pretentious or off base on their food presentations:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-end-of-a-regime-that-acquiesces-to-disorder#.ld4D6MwWa
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Post by: Cillaliz on December 30, 2015, 02:08:52 PM
I think MR BK thought THE BIG SHORT was good....I would like to see it as well.

I enjoyed it
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 02:48:35 PM
Those are pretty ridiculous DR JOHN G.....but funny, too.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 02:48:54 PM
Maybe it was DR CILLA LIZ writing about it that I remembered....
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:06:47 PM
Just returned from lunch with BK. The restaurant, a sort of upscale diner in Rancho Park, was PACKED. It's never been that busy when I've been there before. I asked the owner and yes, holiday business. He said it'll be deserted on Monday. Lots of the geriatric set today, as always. They have a lot of regulars.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:09:45 PM
Bruce contemplated at least a dozen breakfast items, then chose what I was having, fish and chips. Service was slow today, but the food was good. Bruce and I talked about movies and other things. We also sampled their homemade biscuits, which were quite good.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:10:18 PM
I am STUFFED to the gills. I think a nap is in order this afternoon.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:13:28 PM
It was good to see Bruce again and catch up. We may have to return one day to try their breakfast, which certainly sounds good. I'm drawn to the 7-grain granola pancakes.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:14:17 PM
I'm now listening to Lena Horne.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:14:57 PM
I may not eat again until 2106. Oops. 2016.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:22:58 PM
Just when you thought that chefs and restaurants could not get more pretentious or off base on their food presentations:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-end-of-a-regime-that-acquiesces-to-disorder#.ld4D6MwWa

I still can't understand why some restaurant owners equate noise with atmosphere (or energy).
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:28:08 PM
Someone from my work sent this link to everyone in our building.  It's really cute:  Dogs Discovering Snow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEutxAiytww).

;D

That is really funny. What compels dogs to do somersaults when snow comes their way? (a rhetorical question)
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:28:39 PM
I guess I chased everyone away.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:29:25 PM
I hope Vixmom is home, deep into her recliner now, snoozing or not, and ON THE MEND!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 30, 2015, 03:30:03 PM
I wondered about that too DR JEANNE.....and there were a few different breeds that reacted that way.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:32:59 PM
I wondered about that too DR JEANNE.....and there were a few different breeds that reacted that way.

Yes, not the reaction I'd expect.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:34:25 PM
Does Precious like the snow, Jack?
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Post by: Jeanne on December 30, 2015, 03:52:32 PM
nap time.

TTFN.
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 04:09:17 PM
Back from a delightfully delightful lunch with dear reader Jeanne - it was either geriatric or hipster - no in-between.  Fish and chips were really good.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 04:12:40 PM
I took Beverly Glen home and that was a breeze.  Driving home on Ventura Blvd. I see this stupid young woman starting to pull out into my lane from a parking space.  I think, "She's not really going to do that and make me change lanes" but it was clear she wasn't even looking, so I moved to the left lane.  This idiot twit not only pulls out into the right lane but then proceeds to make a u-turn right in front of me.  She's very lucky I'm the driver I am - I slammed on my brakes while swerving to the right.  I literally missed her car by one inch and I'm not making that up.  This jerk, however, doesn't stop, she keeps on going and gives me a little apologetic wave.  It could have been a very bad accident.  I really don't understand how they let idiots in cars, but 90% of the drivers in LA should not be driving.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 04:39:32 PM
Well, I must be off. 
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 04:39:47 PM
Right now, I'm going downtown to a Theater Artists Olympia fund raising committee meeting. 
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 04:40:05 PM
After that, my friend Margo and I are going to have some pizza (I have a coupon for a local pizzeria) and visit for a bit.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 04:40:17 PM
Then, we are going with another friend and his girlfriend to see the movie, "James White (http://olympiafilmsociety.org/james-white/)" at the Olympia Film Society.

Be back later!
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 04:41:13 PM
Welcome to My World is live at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-My-World-One-Girl-Musical/dp/1517617049/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451503653&sr=1-2&keywords=welcome+to+my+world+bruce+kimmel

For those that want a signed copy, it will be up on Kritzerland by tomorrow.
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Post by: Matthew on December 30, 2015, 04:46:07 PM
Speaking of Welcome to My World - I finally listened to it today and it is quite charming!! 
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Post by: KevinH on December 30, 2015, 04:46:59 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on December 30, 2015, 04:47:42 PM
Loved the dogs and snow videos, DR George!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 30, 2015, 05:04:32 PM
Downton Abbey starts on Sunday. Woohoo!
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: Jennifer on December 30, 2015, 05:05:47 PM
I took Beverly Glen home and that was a breeze.  Driving home on Ventura Blvd. I see this stupid young woman starting to pull out into my lane from a parking space.  I think, "She's not really going to do that and make me change lanes" but it was clear she wasn't even looking, so I moved to the left lane.  This idiot twit not only pulls out into the right lane but then proceeds to make a u-turn right in front of me.  She's very lucky I'm the driver I am - I slammed on my brakes while swerving to the right.  I literally missed her car by one inch and I'm not making that up.  This jerk, however, doesn't stop, she keeps on going and gives me a little apologetic wave.  It could have been a very bad accident.  I really don't understand how they let idiots in cars, but 90% of the drivers in LA should not be driving.

You should have taken her license plate down. That sounds so dangerous. You just have to stay away from drivers like that or they will cause an accident.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: Cillaliz on December 30, 2015, 05:18:57 PM
Maybe it was DR CILLA LIZ writing about it that I remembered....

Could have been
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 06:01:57 PM
I'm now listening to Lena Horne.
Few things in life are quite as wonderful as listening to Lena. Meeting her was a high point of my life.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 30, 2015, 06:04:34 PM
I'm up and about!   Tried to fixed the D5 on my electric piano as the action hasn't been great - I may have loosened it a bit, but it's still sluggish.

I've been recording a piece for 2 pianos, 8 hands - it's the Moderato Quasi Marche from Dvorack's Serenade.  I'm working on duets/quartets to see if it's a good idea to put a out a home grown CD called "Playing with Myself".... <no groans please>   So far, it's fun.

DR Matthew on a lazy day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXHrRcYuDQ
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 06:06:01 PM
Watching Home Fires. wonderful stuff. Francesca Annis is delightfully snobby.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 06:48:49 PM
Great lyrics, Fred!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 06:57:06 PM
Good evening, Cilla!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 06:57:27 PM
Good evening, 1 Guest.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:10:36 PM
I met my friend Sandy for lunch today at the Emerald Queen in Fife.  They have a really good lunch buffet for $11.95 for senior citizens.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:11:10 PM
I was a good boy and only went through the buffet once.





WARNING:  This page contains non-stop TCB.  Proceed at your own risk!




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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:13:51 PM
Our Guest has left the building.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:16:29 PM
I guess Cilla has left with our guest.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:17:43 PM
Oh............

Page Five!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:18:23 PM
Sorry, I am new at this so I don't know all of the ins and outs.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:18:42 PM
Or the ups and downs.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:19:14 PM
Less than 100 posts to my big milestone.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:21:16 PM
It was really cold when I left for lunch today.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:21:36 PM
There was a sheet of ice in our parking lot.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:21:55 PM
I don't care for ice.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:22:37 PM
I have enough trouble getting around without the addition of ice.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:23:13 PM
These cold temps are really bothering my bad leg.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:23:39 PM
In particular, my left knee is really hurting.


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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:25:11 PM
I need to drive out to Puyallup to do my lab work, but I think I will wait until next week when the cold snap is over.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:28:49 PM
And for those who are keeping score, I still have no heat in living room /dining room / kitchen.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:29:30 PM
If my kitchen pipes should freeze, it is not my fault.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:31:26 PM
I doubt they will have an electrician come out on New Year's Eve.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:31:41 PM
Or New Year's Day.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:31:56 PM
Or during the weekend.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:33:29 PM
I wonder how Vixmom is feeling?
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:34:20 PM
Hopefully she will not go to work tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:36:02 PM
~~~~~~~Health vibes for DR Vixmom!~~~~~~~
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:36:52 PM
Goodness, this whole page is me.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:37:15 PM
You're So Vain....
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:37:44 PM
You probably think this page is about you!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:38:16 PM
Well, gosh, I guess it really is about me.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:39:08 PM
Not true!  It is all about Guy Haines.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:39:34 PM
Even though he never bothers to show up on his own site.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:40:23 PM
That is okay.  I understand he has no-showed for some shows lately.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:40:47 PM
One post more!
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:41:45 PM
SIX!
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Thank you for all the vibes
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:47:13 PM
How are you feeling?
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:47:47 PM
Will you stay home tomorrow?
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:48:26 PM
How are you feeling?

Yes, we want to know.
Title: Re: THE PROOF IS IN THE PROOF
Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:49:48 PM
My voice keeps coming and going mostly going
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:50:04 PM
Very funny lyrics Fred
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:50:08 PM
Binge watching Home Fires.
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:50:26 PM
I will watch the videos tomorrow now I must sleep
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Post by: vixmom on December 30, 2015, 07:50:36 PM
Goodnight
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:51:34 PM
I will watch the videos tomorrow now I must sleep


Good idea.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 07:52:53 PM
What is Home Fires, John?
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 07:59:13 PM
What is Home Fires, John?

A Masterpiece Theater miniseries about women in a British town during World War II who band together to help each other and their community. 
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Post by: Matthew on December 30, 2015, 08:09:15 PM
Here is the finished product (https://soundcloud.com/matthew-stenquist-mattei/moderato-quasi-marcia-dvorak)
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 08:29:17 PM
Here is the finished product
 (https://soundcloud.com/matthew-stenquist-mattei/moderato-quasi-marcia-dvorak)

Very nice.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 09:03:16 PM
Here is the finished product
 (https://soundcloud.com/matthew-stenquist-mattei/moderato-quasi-marcia-dvorak)


Well Done!
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Post by: John G. on December 30, 2015, 09:44:08 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 10:16:34 PM
Finished with my viewing.  Riveting stuff - The Bridge series three - the Danish version.  One of my all-time favorite shows and after four episodes it's not disappointing in any way - despite the loss of its first two seasons leading man.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 11:01:37 PM
Very quiet for NYE Eve.
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Post by: bk on December 30, 2015, 11:10:20 PM
It is quiet.  Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 11:13:18 PM
I blame George.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 11:16:14 PM
Because I am certainly not guilty.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 11:18:14 PM
Maybe I can hit my new milestone tomorrow night before the new year begins.
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Post by: TCB on December 30, 2015, 11:20:34 PM
Oh well, time to read a little before night-night.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:42:45 PM
Loved the dogs and snow videos, DR George!

Thanks, KevinH!  I'm not a dog person, but those were just too fun not to share.
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:42:54 PM
Less than 100 posts to my big milestone.

I hope that I, or at least someone, will be able to preserve this momentous moment!
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:43:22 PM
I blame George.

:o No!!!!  I had nothing to do with it!!
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:44:07 PM
(That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;) )
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:44:45 PM
Here is the finished product
 (https://soundcloud.com/matthew-stenquist-mattei/moderato-quasi-marcia-dvorak)

That's great, Matthew!
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:49:50 PM
And since we're so close...
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Post by: George on December 30, 2015, 11:50:52 PM

7EVEN
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Post by: George on December 31, 2015, 12:00:19 AM
The movie "James White" was very good and very interesting.
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Post by: George on December 31, 2015, 12:01:05 AM
It's about this guy, James, who's pretty much a mess.
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Post by: George on December 31, 2015, 12:02:36 AM
His estranged dad just died unexpectedly, and his mother, played by Cynthia Nixon, is dying of stage 4 cancer, and he doesn't know what to do.
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Post by: George on December 31, 2015, 12:03:51 AM
The acting was overall very good...very gritty.
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Post by: George on December 31, 2015, 12:04:04 AM
It got pretty intense at times.