Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 17, 2016, 12:07:20 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were so Monday on a Tuesday, and now it is time for you to post until the Monday cows come home on a Tuesday.
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And the word of the day is: QUINCUNX!
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First post after BK!
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good morning to all
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TOD
Rosemary's Baby
Deathtrap (Play not film)
Drat! The Cat (Score never saw the show)
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Good morning, all.
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One weird dream, and I have a spring concert to play a couple of things on tonight.
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Nothing much else to report from this county.
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TOD:
COMPULSION
DEATHTRAP
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Question for BK:
When are you planning to record the score for the new musical?
Anxious to hear it.
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BK - Congrats on the BroadwayWorld review, too!
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Good morning, all!
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I had planned to be in bed early, but a long telephonic call kept me up past 10:30. Tonight I will be in bed earlier.
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Today I have a schlep to the Frank Loesser office. I like going there, but there is no easy way by bus for me. It's a chore since I have to walk further than I would prefer.
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The Music/Vocal Director told me I did good last night....so there you are.
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TOD:
Rosemary's Baby
A Kiss Before Dying
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Tuesday morning greetings! Just popping in to say HI before Richard and I take off for a little one-tank trip to beautiful downtown Circleville, Ohio. My mission is to visit a papercrafting shop. Richard can hardly contain his excitement 8)
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My memorable dream from last night revolved around the restoration of our local Sorg Opera House, which was a stop on the Women's Wine and Chocolate Walk last Saturday. The exterior was a replica of Cincinnati's Music Hall, when in reality it's the interior that was designed by the same architect, Samuel Hannaford. Our own BK was the superintending consultant and was about to buy a house on Hampton Place, the next street over from ours.
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Off to Circleville - bye for now!
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DR Ginny I dreamed last night that I was in Middletown and there was a concert of the Victor Herbert Collected songs, conducted by Jim Martin, and the singers included Snooky and other Lyric Theatre peoples.
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I think I may have just become a pain in the butt for the Miami library folk. I hope not, but I just sent a critique of how unhelpful their finding aid for my collection is. They're such good people but a music and theatre collection is something they've never encountered before.
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I just spent 100 minutes getting a 10 minute oil change. Do not talk to me for a couple of hours.
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Good Morning
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I know not of the TOD - so I guess I'll just move on
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The Music/Vocal Director told me I did good last night....so there you are.
Good for you :)
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Tuesday morning greetings! Just popping in to say HI before Richard and I take off for a little one-tank trip to beautiful downtown Circleville, Ohio. My mission is to visit a papercrafting shop. Richard can hardly contain his excitement 8)
;D Have fun.
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I hope you find some bargains DR GINNY!
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TOD:
COMPULSION
DEATHTRAP
Compulsion is not Ira Levin - it's Meyer Levin.
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I set my iPad alarm for ten - did it all the way I always do. It did not go off. I did not wake up till noon (ten hours of sleep). I hate when that happens, actually. Just had a visit from James Marsden and his business manager and the guy who's going to be cleaning up and cutting back all the trees in the yard and replacing a fence.
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And now - perhaps some kind soul will explain to me how we are still on page one?
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REALLY?
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Man, it's a slow day here.
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We have just been notified by our insurance company that we do qualify for a nice new roof, gutters, and downspouts because of the hailstorm last month.
So that will be happening soon.
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I shall soon be off to rehearsal to get the rest of the photos AND run Act Two.....wherein I don't sing.
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Ah, me!
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I think many typing fingers are on hiatus today.
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What in tarnation is going on around here.
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And my day at Loesser Enterprises is over! I had a nice bus ride home before the rush hour, and I am pondering dinner
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I've decided that reading comprehension is not one of the strengths of many of the folks on Facebook.
So many conclusions are jumped to. So many idiotic comments made about subject matter with which you just KNOW the responder could not ever in a million years have become acquainted.
And just DARE to express your dismay over what a beloved TV show has become (in case of point, "Person of Interest") and lesbian assassins are hot on your tale trying to make you confess you have issues with lesbian women. As a fan of "Person of Interest", I "liked" its Facebook page. As a "liker", I get the occasional feed from the "Person of Interest" page. Today's was a feed of a video in which Amy Acker shared her opinions on her character Root's relationship with the character Shaw (they've become a lesbian couple and the main focus of the show). This was not what drove me from the show, by the way...I quit becoming a regular viewer one and half seasons back when a new machine and super villains were introduced to set up an evil empire. My love for the show was always based on the two main characters' desire to help people their machine identified as being threatened/endangered in some way.
So, to this new post, I opined (and by myself...NOT in response to anyone else's post):
"Gosh, it's so strange to me that Root has become the focus of this show. It's no longer the show I fell in love with."
That's it. Innocuous, but matter-of-fact. I was floored by the reactions I got from a couple of women proclaiming I have LGBTQ and lesbian issues. How dare I post anything negative to that show's Facebook page if I don't watch the show? I handled each attack calmly but firmly. I was not critical or condemnatory of anyone. Yet, the end result is that I have "blocked" one particularly strident person who demanded that I explain myself and my "obvious" attempt at "moral superiority".
Great Caesar's Ghost!
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On a more positive footing, I'm eagerly looking forward to an expanded soundtrack for "Chinatown".
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I don't think it's a matter of this being a slow day. I think it's a matter of too many of us being up to something else.
That usually doesn't happen on a Tuesday, does it?
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Tonight is the big season finale -- and Tony Dinozzo's farewell -- to "NCIS". For me, this season has been a disappointment. Last week's episode (part 1 of 2) only partially pleased me (it sort of caught fire toward the end). I'll definitely watch this episode, but they're going to have to resurrect my interest in the show by doing it really well rather than the by-the-numbers and not-so-interesting approach that seems to have been the past season.
I could be way off base on this, but I'm more inclined to discontinue watching after having been fully onboard with the show for many seasons. I haven't really enjoyed the character played by Emily Wickersham. She's perfectly fine and does the part well, but there's not really any chemistry with any of the other characters (including Gibbs, with whom the writers seem to be trying to create a special bond toward her).
Cote de Pablo was impossible to replace, apparently. Her character of Ziva was mysterious, dangerous, funny and sexy. That's an awesome combination and it has been missed. Before Ziva, there was Kate and she had her own strengths. This newer character (whose name, other than the actress's name, always eludes me) doesn't have any of the qualities of the previous two. That could be, and may yet become, a good thing.
But...with Tony leaving and only Tim and Abby and Ducky and Jimmy left behind with Gibbs, I'm not feeling it.
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Good afternoon. I wasted a beautiful morning by doing yard work.
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During the night, my desktop computer updated to Windows 10. Now the speakers don't work and it says the dvd in the dvd slot is empty.
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"NCIS: New Orleans" also have its season finale tonight...and it's also part 2.
Ivan Sergei was last week's guest star. It was quite obvious before the show was half over that he was going to be the adversary they were looking for even though he was a Homeland Security official.
Any time a guest star appears in a show in which an unknown villain is being hunted, it always seems to be the guest star who is the culprit.
Ho-hum.
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TOD
Drat! The Cat (Score never saw the show)
Ditto (Ditto)
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We have just been notified by our insurance company that we do qualify for a nice new roof, gutters, and downspouts because of the hailstorm last month.
So that will be happening soon.
Great news, Jrand!
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We are back from our delightful day trip to Circleville. The papercrafting store, Creative Chaos, is fabulous and the proprietor, Angela, is very helpful. She has an aunt here in Middletown who worked at the school district central office at the same time Richard did. It's a good thing the shop is a 2-hour drive, for the sake of my bank account.
We had lunch at good deli, then visited Wittich's, the "nation's oldest confectionery," for chocolate to bring home.
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I've decided that reading comprehension is not one of the strengths of many of the folks on Facebook.
So many conclusions are jumped to. So many idiotic comments made about subject matter with which you just KNOW the responder could not ever in a million years have become acquainted.
And just DARE to express your dismay over what a beloved TV show has become (in case of point, "Person of Interest") and lesbian assassins are hot on your tale trying to make you confess you have issues with lesbian women. As a fan of "Person of Interest", I "liked" its Facebook page. As a "liker", I get the occasional feed from the "Person of Interest" page. Today's was a feed of a video in which Amy Acker shared her opinions on her character Root's relationship with the character Shaw (they've become a lesbian couple and the main focus of the show). This was not what drove me from the show, by the way...I quit becoming a regular viewer one and half seasons back when a new machine and super villains were introduced to set up an evil empire. My love for the show was always based on the two main characters' desire to help people their machine identified as being threatened/endangered in some way.
So, to this new post, I opined (and by myself...NOT in response to anyone else's post):
"Gosh, it's so strange to me that Root has become the focus of this show. It's no longer the show I fell in love with."
That's it. Innocuous, but matter-of-fact. I was floored by the reactions I got from a couple of women proclaiming I have LGBTQ and lesbian issues. How dare I post anything negative to that show's Facebook page if I don't watch the show? I handled each attack calmly but firmly. I was not critical or condemnatory of anyone. Yet, the end result is that I have "blocked" one particularly strident person who demanded that I explain myself and my "obvious" attempt at "moral superiority".
Great Caesar's Ghost!
Oh, my goodness! Talk about overreactions! :P
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DR Ginny I dreamed last night that I was in Middletown and there was a concert of the Victor Herbert Collected songs, conducted by Jim Martin, and the singers included Snooky and other Lyric Theatre peoples.
Was it at the restored Sorg Opera House and was I your rehearsal assistant?
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DR Ron, I didn't trust the Homeland Security agent from the first time we saw him - and I didn't know who the actor was!
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DR Ron, I didn't trust the Homeland Security agent from the first time we saw him - and I didn't know who the actor was!
I hear ya! The trouble with him was the connection he was making with Agent Brody. She was too much "into" him, and he seemed to be stringing her along. Unless they were going to add him to the cast, I knew that wasn't going to go anywhere but into trouble.
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Good afternoon. I wasted a beautiful morning by doing yard work.
Oh, but was it "wasted"? Does your yard not look more beautiful as a result of the work that you did? Can you not appreciate it more as the sun sets upon the handiwork of your labors?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Gosh!
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We have only a few more posts before the page changes!
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If I can accomplish just one more thing before my work day ends, can it not be to turn this page?
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It doesn't have to be me doing the honors, but I can help get us there.
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Sometimes I feel like a nut!
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Sometimes I don't.
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Hello, everyone.
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Almond Joy's got nuts!
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congrats to BK on the wonderful review.
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Mounds don't
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Page 3!
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Hi, Jeanne!
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I just spent 100 minutes getting a 10 minute oil change. Do not talk to me for a couple of hours.
Ugh. My sympathies.
Oh! Can we talk to you now? ;)
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'Cause, sometimes you feel like a nut!
Sometimes you don't!
(I just had to finish the jingle).
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And now - perhaps some kind soul will explain to me how we are still on page one?
Many of us overslept as well.
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We have just been notified by our insurance company that we do qualify for a nice new roof, gutters, and downspouts because of the hailstorm last month.
So that will be happening soon.
good for you! I had a similar situation on my first house and learned how exclusive insurance contracts actually are. You're not insured for nearly as much as you might think. Glad they're covering your damage.
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I've decided that reading comprehension is not one of the strengths of many of the folks on Facebook.
So many conclusions are jumped to. So many idiotic comments made about subject matter with which you just KNOW the responder could not ever in a million years have become acquainted.
And just DARE to express your dismay over what a beloved TV show has become (in case of point, "Person of Interest") and lesbian assassins are hot on your tale trying to make you confess you have issues with lesbian women. As a fan of "Person of Interest", I "liked" its Facebook page. As a "liker", I get the occasional feed from the "Person of Interest" page. Today's was a feed of a video in which Amy Acker shared her opinions on her character Root's relationship with the character Shaw (they've become a lesbian couple and the main focus of the show). This was not what drove me from the show, by the way...I quit becoming a regular viewer one and half seasons back when a new machine and super villains were introduced to set up an evil empire. My love for the show was always based on the two main characters' desire to help people their machine identified as being threatened/endangered in some way.
So, to this new post, I opined (and by myself...NOT in response to anyone else's post):
"Gosh, it's so strange to me that Root has become the focus of this show. It's no longer the show I fell in love with."
That's it. Innocuous, but matter-of-fact. I was floored by the reactions I got from a couple of women proclaiming I have LGBTQ and lesbian issues. How dare I post anything negative to that show's Facebook page if I don't watch the show? I handled each attack calmly but firmly. I was not critical or condemnatory of anyone. Yet, the end result is that I have "blocked" one particularly strident person who demanded that I explain myself and my "obvious" attempt at "moral superiority".
Great Caesar's Ghost!
I don't do Facebook partly for this reason. I have a friend who's active on a couple online bulletin boards and he has told me many stories like this. "Why do you participate?" I ask. But he's a combative sort of person. I am not.
I do feel that people are getting stupider. Online media doesn't cause it, but I do feel it provides a vehicle for mindless accusations and conduct. Which, I'm happy to say, we do not have here at HHW.
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Hi, Ron!
I only just saw your post.
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Re PERSON OF INTEREST,
I liked the first season or two very much. I love the idea of this geeky billionaire who's very incognito and his assistant who try to help certain people. I was turned off by Root and the whole "machine" thing. I suspect we lost much of our interest about the same time.
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Last night - I finished season 7 of "Gilmore Girls" - I liked the series very much, but the last season was the biggest cluster I've ever encountered - almost as bad as the last season of "Alias".
Anyhow, tonight I get to turn on my DVR and see what hot mess is there. At LEAST 4 weeks of "Days of Our Lives" and the last month and a half or so of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal".
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We have just been notified by our insurance company that we do qualify for a nice new roof, gutters, and downspouts because of the hailstorm last month.
So that will be happening soon.
Congratulations!
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I've decided that reading comprehension is not one of the strengths of many of the folks on Facebook.
So many conclusions are jumped to. So many idiotic comments made about subject matter with which you just KNOW the responder could not ever in a million years have become acquainted.
And just DARE to express your dismay over what a beloved TV show has become (in case of point, "Person of Interest") and lesbian assassins are hot on your tale trying to make you confess you have issues with lesbian women. As a fan of "Person of Interest", I "liked" its Facebook page. As a "liker", I get the occasional feed from the "Person of Interest" page. Today's was a feed of a video in which Amy Acker shared her opinions on her character Root's relationship with the character Shaw (they've become a lesbian couple and the main focus of the show). This was not what drove me from the show, by the way...I quit becoming a regular viewer one and half seasons back when a new machine and super villains were introduced to set up an evil empire. My love for the show was always based on the two main characters' desire to help people their machine identified as being threatened/endangered in some way.
So, to this new post, I opined (and by myself...NOT in response to anyone else's post):
"Gosh, it's so strange to me that Root has become the focus of this show. It's no longer the show I fell in love with."
That's it. Innocuous, but matter-of-fact. I was floored by the reactions I got from a couple of women proclaiming I have LGBTQ and lesbian issues. How dare I post anything negative to that show's Facebook page if I don't watch the show? I handled each attack calmly but firmly. I was not critical or condemnatory of anyone. Yet, the end result is that I have "blocked" one particularly strident person who demanded that I explain myself and my "obvious" attempt at "moral superiority".
Great Caesar's Ghost!
I am totally baffled reading this.
We still watch though I too miss the show you loved and wish it had not taken the turn it did for the reasons you stopped watching.
I think Root is too much of the show now but the other characters are still strong. I originally disliked Root but am now ok with her, and at times even like her.
Root is a bit obsessed with Shaw and I have no doubt regarding her feeling for Shaw. Yes, Shaw gave Root a goodbye kiss. At the time I wasn't sure if Shaw was just being nice. Granted much of the driving force behind Root is to find Shaw but that "they've become a lesbian couple and the main focus of the show" is a surprise to me.
Crazy people.
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then visited Wittich's, the "nation's oldest confectionery," for chocolate to bring home.
Interesting. My kind of place :)
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And now - perhaps some kind soul will explain to me how we are still on page one?
Many of us overslept as well.
I overslept TWO hours this morning. Until 6 a.m.!
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I think reality television has made America stupid.
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I can't remember the last time I overslept!
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I can't remember the last time I overslept!
For me, it was about a week and a half ago. ::)
;)
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AmEx presale tomorrow for Barbra's tickets. I'm not optimistic, though , about getting good seats. I don't think they have many good seats in the presale, but my friend Paul is anxious to get the tickets as soon as possible.
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And now, I must be off. Tonight is the Theater Artists Olympia monthly board meeting I have to present some number$. It shouldn't take too long...certainly not more than a couple of hours. I have some TV to watch tonight!
Be back later.
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We're still on page 3?
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TCB will have his work cut out for him tonight!
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I should try and help a little.
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Watching The Real O'Neals. I think it's fairly amusing. I like Martha Plimpton in this. I really liked her in Raising Hope too.
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How many more posts till page 4?
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Four
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Three
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Two
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One
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Oops, I miscounted.
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Well, at least it got us to page 4!
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Bike ride finished. I must now get rinsed off and head to a choir member's house to hook up her wi-fi printer. Cuz somehow I've become Mr. Tech.
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I think reality television has made America stupid.
There is smart television out there, and Person of Interest was originally smart ;)
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I have been getting to spend. Little more time with my Vixter
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We need a few things. Done around the office, scanning, filing etc and she has been coming in d for a few hours her and there to help out
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Tonight we went to a newly opened restaurant/bar that opened in a what was previously a chuckie cheese that the very young Vixter loved
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It is called Bar Louie and on Tuesdays any burger on the menu is $5 and it included fries . When we got our bill for $10.86 I called the waitress back.... I think there's an error. We weren't charged for our sodas
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She went up to her manager and then came back to us and said front worry about it they're on the house for you!
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We need a few things. Done around the office, scanning, filing etc and she has been coming in d for a few hours her and there to help out
Did she leave her other job or just have more free time?
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She went up to her manager and then came back to us and said front worry about it they're on the house for you!
:)
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I figure with drinks and tips that I would have dropped $20 so I left the $20 so the waitress ( who was super nice and friend,y and attentive ) was happy too
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We need a few things. Done around the office, scanning, filing etc and she has been coming in d for a few hours her and there to help out
Did she leave her other job or just have more free time?
The steak house doesn't start until 3:30 or 4 during the week and she only works at the church on the weekend so she has been coming in for 3 or 4 hours in the morning couple of days a week for the past coup,e of weeks
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The burgers were really good too. Nice and thick and served on a brioche bun... The fries were nothing special. Obviously frozen fries. But the burgers were fabulous
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We've got a few Bar Louies here, Vixmom. I've only had drinks, not food.
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Found Inside Out at the library today. I feel as if I'm catching up on last year's movies.
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TOD:
I enjoyed the novel The Boys from Brazil as well as Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives.
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Hello, 1 guest!
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Why are you being such a stranger?
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Major thunderstorm rolling in right now.
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Just as I was going to go to bed.
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Guess I won't be getting the sleep I need.
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Off to read.
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Good night, all.
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We need a few things. Done around the office, scanning, filing etc and she has been coming in d for a few hours her and there to help out
Did she leave her other job or just have more free time?
The steak house doesn't start until 3:30 or 4 during the week and she only works at the church on the weekend so she has been coming in for 3 or 4 hours in the morning couple of days a week for the past coup,e of weeks
The hours work well then.
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Page four? Really?
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Finished with my viewing.
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Fell asleep Got to go to bef
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No tom?
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Can't Krro eyes open
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Soft th ggdngt
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Good evening!
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Well, this looks like fun.
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At least we made it to page 5!
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I decided that today was the day.
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To do what?
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Posts are taking a little while to post.
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That is better.
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Anyway, I kidnapped my friend, Betzy,
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And we went furniture shopping.
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For me, not for her.
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Originally I was just looking for a new coffee table.
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Then I decided to look for end tables, as well.
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And also a TV stand that either matches or contrasts.
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And finally I broke down and started to look for a new recliner, as well.
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I'very been looking for a console for my office. I hope you had better luck than I am..
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Page five? Really?
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I'very been looking for a console for my office. I hope you had better luck than I am..
I don't even know what a console is.
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Anyway, I think I found what I wanted.
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Basically the same in two different furniture stores.
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Now I am wondering if I should replace the sofa at the same time.
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I guess Jane has left, too.
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I was finishing a book. Next to read is Dead Wake. Have you read it?
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Then with whom am I talking?
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I was finishing a book. Next to read is Dead Wake. Have you read it?
Nope. Who is the author?
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Sometimes I really like Erik Larson, other times I find the detail a bit boring.
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I think I just answered your question ☺
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Then with whom am I talking?
;D
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Consoles are tables that go behind a couch, or TV consoles, I want something to go against the wall under artwork that I can set a couple of framed photos on. If I was at my computer I would show you some photos.
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The full title is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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'night
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Watching The Real O'Neals. I think it's fairly amusing. I like Martha Plimpton in this. I really liked her in Raising Hope too.
I like "The Real O'Neals" and "Raising Hope," and Martha Plimpton, too.
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Found Inside Out at the library today. I feel as if I'm catching up on last year's movies.
I just got "Deadpool" from the library and am watching it right now. It's really funny and VERY violent...it's comic book movie violence, but still. I'm really enjoying it a lot.
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The full title is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
It sounds like a book I would enjoy.
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George, isn't it about time for bed?