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Title: DOING THE BIG ACT ONE FINALE
Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 12:52:55 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of the big act one finale, and now it is time for you to post until the big act one cows come home.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 12:54:07 AM
And the word of the day is: WITHY!
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Post by: Michael on April 16, 2016, 01:26:24 AM
good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on April 16, 2016, 01:27:22 AM
I woke myself up this early because I screamed in a dream. I don't think I ever did that before
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Post by: Michael on April 16, 2016, 01:29:20 AM
The last one that made be cry was Kritzer Time, but in a good way
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 04:43:02 AM
First post after Michael!  After BK.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 05:24:20 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  Sorry I've been E & T this week - nothing catastrophic, but I've had a lot of this 'n' that.  Wednesday I spent most of the day with my friend Becky and Thursday with Mom.  Friday morning Rob and I helped with the move out of the book sale site and in the evening I went to Miami University in Oxford for a poetry reading/Q&A with author Marge Piercy.  Today Mary Linda and I are going to a fundraiser luncheon for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library at the local Miami campus.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 05:24:46 AM
Travel vibes for DR TCB!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 16, 2016, 05:43:47 AM
Sorry to hear about your friend DR Jane.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 05:47:29 AM
Travel vibes for DR TCB!

Have fun!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 05:47:48 AM
Dizzy actors - they're everywhere!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 05:48:52 AM
TOD:

A few.....including Kritzerland and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 05:50:47 AM
AS THOUSANDS CHEER is on.....Kathryn Grayson's singing voice is so irritating....it grates on my ears.....same thing with Jane Powell.

Ugh.

I can hear someone like Deanna Durbin sing the same songs in what is presumably the same key, and she doesn't bother me.....I don't know what it was about MGM that liked that shrieking type of singing.....but UGH.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 05:52:03 AM
DR Jane, I was sorry to hear about your friend...
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 05:52:11 AM
I woke myself up this early because I screamed in a dream. I don't think I ever did that before

I am pleased to say I  have not done that in a long time, or woken up by bolting into a sitting  position.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 05:53:55 AM
Thank you DR Ginny.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 05:53:59 AM
TOD - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:18:56 AM
Good morning, all.

A good SATURDAY morning to y'all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:19:26 AM
Because we were due for a Saturday morning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:19:45 AM
A GOOD Saturday morning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:22:47 AM
A big ol' Bon Voyage to TCB!
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:24:40 AM
Today is RECORD STORE DAY.

Drop by a record store for a few minutes if you can.  It's good for the soul.

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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:28:29 AM
It's a fine spring day out there. 

So what am I up to?

Well by golly, I guess I'll drop into a record store.  And this evening I'm seeing a production of Sister Act, of which I know nothing.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:31:32 AM
I was asked to play in it.  The MD's description of the score had sounded like reasonable fun.  But conflicts abounded.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:35:37 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:38:31 AM
Bad night of sleep: my bladder was not happy and i was up far too many times.  There were many strange dreams, none of which I now little, except one about a frightening apartment, buying new beds for my children and myself, my neighbor Mark helping me carry the old ones dwn to the street, an Irish friend who came to look at the apartment, and a tower with a threatening witch-ghosdt-whatever.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:40:31 AM
DR TCB, I hope you are safely en route to your cruise and that you have a wonderful time.  I do miss being online with you at the same time, but we do live several hours apart in time zones.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:40:56 AM
DR Cillaliz, nice to see ytou back.  I loved the rakers story.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:42:02 AM
My big dream last night involved a special hamburger and fries, being about to watch some good movie or other, oversleeping a bit, a very heavy bathrobe, some mailboxes, and an interesting apartment building across the highway.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:43:04 AM
Yesterday, after I got home from the reading, I was mentally exhausted.  I had some dinner, watched Act One of a Royal Opera production of Die Fledermaus, read a bit of Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography, and went to bed.

Today, my leg is not working so well as I would like.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:45:15 AM
Apparently, apartments were the thing to dream about last night.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:49:09 AM
TOD:
My first memory of a book that got my emotions all worked up was Melanie's death in Gone With the Wind, which I read when I was about 12.
I remember being moved to tears by the following books:
To Kill A Mockingbird
Charlotte's Web
A Simple Plan

Claire Tomalin's biography of Jane Austen
several of BK's books
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:49:21 AM
More Coffee!!!!!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 06:50:40 AM
Apparently, apartments were the thing to dream about last night.

I have nightmares about most of the haunted places I've lived; my grandmother's home at 711 Tenth Avenue is the most frightening.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 06:56:47 AM
TOD:

I know there have been more than this, but yes to Mockingbird and yes to Kritzerland.  Capote's short story A Christmas Memory.  I'm blanking on others right now.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 07:04:13 AM
There are MANY more than that.  They just aren't coming to me this morning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 07:09:55 AM
Oh well.  More coffee and some ham and eggs are calling.

I haven't bought or had a "ham steak" in years.  And not for any particular reason.  I certainly love me my ham.  But I was browsing a different section in the supermarket the other day and this damned ham just called out to me.  "Take me home!", it said, plain as day.  And that brings us to where we are now.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 07:23:30 AM
It is a nice Saturday here....weather wise....
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Post by: FJL on April 16, 2016, 08:08:40 AM
I just got back from having breakfast with my cousins Ross and Karl, who are in town to see a baseball game. 

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Post by: FJL on April 16, 2016, 08:08:56 AM
it turns out that last week was the final working Saturday of this tax season, but Monday (tax filing day) should still be quite busy.
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Post by: FJL on April 16, 2016, 08:09:13 AM
Bon voyage to TCB!
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Post by: Amy on April 16, 2016, 08:12:09 AM
TOD:
The Thornbirds made me cry for days.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 08:37:30 AM
I'm up, I'm up - barely - horrible night of non-sleep.  I think I may have to just give up on red sauce - my tummy cannot deal with it anymore.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 09:15:05 AM
Tomato sauce is hard on the stomach and also causes reflux, a double whammy.  Since having to go on reflux medication in order to eat I can occasionally eat tomato sauce without getting an upset stomache.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 09:29:30 AM
I can't even remember ALL the books that have made me cry.  It can be a bit embarrassing reading and crying in public places.  Fortunately I cry quietly, most the time.

I remember reading the end of Old Yeller after hiding it behind my social studies book in class.  I sobbed loud enough that my friend sitting in front of me turned around.  Fortunately I was in the back of the class and the teacher didn't notice.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 10:10:57 AM
I have never read My Antonia and think I should rectify this.  Last night I began The Painted Sisters and am wondering if it is worth continuing.  Any opinions on either Book? 

DR Ginny I believe you have read them both.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 12:11:39 PM
I went for a 4 mile walk, returned, washed off the blood that was on my hand and jacket-from where I don't know, cooked cream of wheat, and there wasn't a single post between this one and my previous post.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 12:13:21 PM
Yes, DR Jane, I have "read" both of the books you mentioned.  I actually listened to My Antonia.  The first audio version was narrated by a woman, who was awful.  When I found a different version by George Guidall, I was much happier.  I read the Painted Girls on my iPad.  Seems I got a little bogged down, but I did finish it.
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 12:15:40 PM
Mary Linda and I had a nice time at the fundraiser, but it went a little long.  The featured speaker was Will Hillenbrand, a children's book artist who's from Cincinnati.  He was great!
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 12:41:07 PM
Back from breakfast (light and with ginger ale instead of Diet Coke).
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 12:42:21 PM
Our injured actor ended up going to the hospital last night - the took x-rays - mild concussion, no internal bleeding and he'll rest for a few days and be right as rain - he'll be with us on Monday I believe and we'll ease him back in and we won't return to the act one finale till the end of the week anyway.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 12:47:10 PM
Yes, DR Jane, I have "read" both of the books you mentioned.  I actually listened to My Antonia.  The first audio version was narrated by a woman, who was awful.  When I found a different version by George Guidall, I was much happier.  I read the Painted Girls on my iPad.  Seems I got a little bogged down, but I did finish it.

After reading this I'm still on the fence with The Painted Girls.  My Antonia seems to be on a lot of "must read" list.  Maybe I will switch books and see if it grabs me.  I'm interested enough in Painted girls but know there story is just going to be depressing and possibly take the beauty out of Degas's dancing girls.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 12:49:57 PM
Good vibes for the injured actor.
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Post by: FJL on April 16, 2016, 01:02:38 PM
Good vibes for the injured actor.

And more vibes from us, too!
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Post by: Ginny on April 16, 2016, 01:21:29 PM
Good vibes for the injured actor.

And more vibes from us, too!

And from me, too!

Having been an injured actor myself (remember, DR Elmore?), I can tell you that young man will always approach that point in the show with just a bit of trepidation.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 16, 2016, 02:20:52 PM
I was playing in a production of CATS when an actor took his leap in a scene blackout and landed front teeth first against a part of the set.  He knew he was in trouble, but also that his mic was still on, and he managed to not make a sound as he sought help.  One upper tooth had been knocked out, which he found later after the hospital told him to look for it because it could very likely be put back in - which I believe happened okay.  That was scary and sickening, just hearing about it later.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 16, 2016, 02:43:33 PM
Travel vibes for DR TCB!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Jennifer on April 16, 2016, 02:44:15 PM
It is finally Spring here.  I went for my second bike ride of the year. And this time I was able to bike around the lake. The trees had no leaves. But the ducks were there and it was not muddy or too wet.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 02:54:48 PM
Actor mishaps are always scary!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 16, 2016, 03:07:11 PM
The book that made me cry the most was Bright Side by Kim Holden.  It actually made me feel too much.
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Post by: Kate on April 16, 2016, 03:15:00 PM
Good Day All:

TOD:


KRITZERLAND BOOKS
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 03:20:51 PM
It is finally Spring here.  I went for my second bike ride of the year. And this time I was able to bike around the lake. The trees had no leaves. But the ducks were there and it was not muddy or too wet.

Happy news.  Where do you carry your phone when you are riding your bike?
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 03:37:34 PM
I think I want some ginger ale.  I only have the generic brand....so that will have to do.  I am partial to Schweppes......
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 16, 2016, 03:39:05 PM
The 4th edit of the Moross score is finished.  tomorrow I will look through all of the score, see where I have orchestration questions, and check them out on Monday at Columbia.

I did find one grisly thing in the Finale where I let a horrible situation get out of control.  I'm sure that Scott, my copyist, will be throwing things and cursing at me for several days since he has to clean up my mess.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 03:54:27 PM
I think I want some ginger ale.  I only have the generic brand....so that will have to do.  I am partial to Schweppes......

I keep forgetting to buy some Canada Dry at the market.  Not having it in the house I don't drink it so that is good.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 16, 2016, 03:56:42 PM
I always have my emergency two litre bottle DR JANE!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 16, 2016, 04:24:57 PM
It is finally Spring here.  I went for my second bike ride of the year. And this time I was able to bike around the lake. The trees had no leaves. But the ducks were there and it was not muddy or too wet.

Happy news.  Where do you carry your phone when you are riding your bike?

I have a basket. But i don't usually carry a phone when on my bike.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 05:57:18 PM
I always have my emergency two litre bottle DR JANE!

I could never drink that much.  I buy the extra small Pepsi cans and don't usually finish one of those, if I even have a Pepsi.  I wish Canada Dry had mini cans.

I was addicted to Pepsi and it took a lot of years for me to get off of it.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 05:57:54 PM
It is finally Spring here.  I went for my second bike ride of the year. And this time I was able to bike around the lake. The trees had no leaves. But the ducks were there and it was not muddy or too wet.

Happy news.  Where do you carry your phone when you are riding your bike?

I have a basket. But i don't usually care a phone when on my bike.

You should in case of an emergency.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 05:58:48 PM
Speaking of drinking.....We went out to dinner tonight and I had a Rittenhouse Rye, neat.  Oh was it good.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 06:05:33 PM
I don't think I have mentioned today HOW MUCH I enjoy my new computer ;D
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 06:06:05 PM
In the mail today, a purple cover for my tablet.  I think it will be more comfortable to read in bed now.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 06:10:38 PM
Still not feeling well, tummy-wise.  Hopefully it will pass.  I've just been dozing for most of the afternoon - and apparently we're not fully cast since one of the people we thought we had can't be at the stumble-through and it's just too weird to have a main person missing for that.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 06:10:56 PM
Page three?  Really?
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Still not feeling well, tummy-wise.  Hopefully it will pass.  I've just been dozing for most of the afternoon - and apparently we're not fully cast since one of the people we thought we had can't be at the stumble-through and it's just too weird to have a main person missing for that.

Hmmm, this seems like a long while for it to hurt from the sauce.  Does it burn?  Maybe it is more than just the tomato.
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Post by: FJL on April 16, 2016, 06:32:48 PM
Still not feeling well, tummy-wise.  Hopefully it will pass.  I've just been dozing for most of the afternoon - and apparently we're not fully cast since one of the people we thought we had can't be at the stumble-through and it's just too weird to have a main person missing for that.

Wow, does the person know their being in the show at all is at stake re their being out for the stumble-through?
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Post by: KevinH on April 16, 2016, 06:35:19 PM
Hello!
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Post by: KevinH on April 16, 2016, 06:35:50 PM
Taxes completed.  Two days early!
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Post by: KevinH on April 16, 2016, 06:36:02 PM
Travel vibes for TCB!
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 06:56:00 PM
Taxes completed.  Two days early!

Congrats!
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 06:58:45 PM
Busy day today
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:01:26 PM
 It was a soup kitchen day.... Today's. Meal was meatloaf,  oven lasted potatoes,  green beans, gravy, salad, Garlic bread and assorted desserts
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:02:07 PM
There was not a scrap left
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:03:04 PM
Then off to church to set the altar for communion in the chapel and the main sanctuary
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:03:30 PM
Then Vixdad and I went to panera for lunch
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:04:32 PM
I quite enjoyed the chicken and wild rice soup and Fuji apple chicken salad
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:06:08 PM
The we did something we haven't done for ages....dropped into the local Barnes and Noble and just browsed around
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:07:10 PM
Then Vixdad and I went. Up to the church to support open mike night
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:07:51 PM
it drew a small but fun crowd
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:10:14 PM
Vixdad was not planning to attend but as she was there cleaning ( she is the weekend sexton) she was prevailed upon to give us a song.... The do just pulled up a karaoke Defying Gravity and she blew them all out of the water
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:10:59 PM
Of course since we were not expecting her to sing we were niot prepared and didnothave the means to record it
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 07:12:00 PM
Andnow we're home
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 09:17:58 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 09:18:36 PM
Greetings from Tampa, Florida.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 09:34:49 PM
Tummy doesn't hurt, Jane, just nausea.  I went to Gelson's and got some white rice and ate it.  Safe.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:36:53 PM
Howdy, all.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:37:03 PM
It's been a crazy busy day.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:37:37 PM
Had a long dance thing called a team match today. It was supposed to be three hours, but it ran five.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:37:51 PM
Then I had to DJ a dance tonight.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:39:14 PM
In between, I found out that my friend and former co-worker Barbara had died this afternoon from pancreatic cancer. It was diagnosed only recently. I can only be thankful that she's out of pain.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:41:29 PM
I'm exhausted, but I'm too wound up to sleep, so I'm watching the Annie Get Your Gun at Encores with Megan Hilty and Andy Karl. They're both really good.
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 09:43:27 PM
In between, I found out that my friend and former co-worker Barbara had died this afternoon from pancreatic cancer. It was diagnosed only recently. I can only be thankful that she's out of pain.


Wow, I didn't need to read that.

My condolences, John, on the loss of your friend.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:47:24 PM
TOD:

I'm a sucker for a book that can make me cry, and more than a few can. A few that come to mind are:

The Good Companions
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Anna Karenina
He Knew He Was Right
Home (Toni Morrison's)
Pere Goriot
My Home Is Far Away
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 09:47:48 PM
In between, I found out that my friend and former co-worker Barbara had died this afternoon from pancreatic cancer. It was diagnosed only recently. I can only be thankful that she's out of pain.


Wow, I didn't need to read that.

My condolences, John, on the loss of your friend.

Thank you. And I understand.
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 09:48:35 PM
John I am very sorry for your loss. Prayers and vibes for all who love Barbara
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 09:48:48 PM
Travel vibes for tcb
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Post by: vixmom on April 16, 2016, 09:49:04 PM
Bedtime fir this girl
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 09:56:47 PM
Thank you all for the travel vibes and bon voyages
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 10:02:54 PM
White rice is good.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 10:03:02 PM
Good is white rice.
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Post by: bk on April 16, 2016, 10:03:09 PM
Page four is not good.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 10:06:55 PM
More travel vibes for TCB. Sounds like a wonderful trip.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 10:07:06 PM
I need to get to bed.
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Post by: John G. on April 16, 2016, 10:07:13 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 10:20:54 PM
Greetings from Tampa, Florida.

HI ☺
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 10:21:43 PM
Tummy doesn't hurt, Jane, just nausea.  I went to Gelson's and got some white rice and ate it.  Safe.

I make basmati a  lot.
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 10:22:00 PM
Feel better soon!
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Post by: Jane on April 16, 2016, 10:24:50 PM
My condolences John.
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 10:34:03 PM
Greetings from Tampa, Florida.

HI ☺

Hi, back at ya.
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 10:40:36 PM
Tampa is a very nice city.  This is my first time here. 
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 10:51:36 PM
It is almost two a.m.
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Post by: TCB on April 16, 2016, 10:54:02 PM
I think I am very tired.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:03:23 AM
Yesterday, after I got home from the reading, I was mentally exhausted.  I had some dinner, watched Act One of a Royal Opera production of Die Fledermaus, read a bit of Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography, and went to bed.

Today, my leg is not working so well as I would like.

~~~Leg Vibes for Larry!!~~~
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:03:48 AM
Today was a day.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:04:58 AM
I got up a little earlier than I wanted, but eventually had to go to my sister's and help her (start to) move some beauty bark.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:07:01 AM
Larry her boyfriend was there and at one point he figured that it would take 150 wheel barrows to move all the beauty bark.

:P
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:09:22 AM
So, we didn't get very much done. ::)
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:10:46 AM
But we got it started.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:12:24 AM
After the beauty bark moving, I helped Larry mount his big flat screen to his living room wall.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:18:48 AM
He had alrwady attached the mounting holder to the wall.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:19:05 AM
He just needed help lifting the TV. 
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:20:07 AM
It wasn't too heavy, but one person couldn't do it alone.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:21:03 AM
After that, I went to the theater to run the sound and slides for the second of two evenings of readings of The Beat Generation.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:23:25 AM
We had selections from such authors as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Mickey Spiklane, Diana di Prima, William S. Burroughs, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:25:42 AM
During the curtain speech, it was announced that one if the upcoming "Words," would be science fiction!
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Post by: George on April 17, 2016, 12:26:31 AM
I really want to be part of that version.