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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:03:56 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes Finnished, and now it is time for you to post until the Finnish cows come home.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:04:48 AM: And the word of the day is: EQUIPOISE!
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:20:14 AM: First post after BK!
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:24:47 AM: From last night:

Yes, George, I think your story is worse.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 12:26:19 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:24:47 AM
From last night:

Yes, George, I think your story is worse.

But, of course!

:D
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 12:28:06 AM: ~~~Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for Some Outstanding and Necessary Major Miracles for BK!!~~~
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:35:11 AM: Quote from: George on November 23, 2016, 12:28:06 AM
~~~Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for Some Outstanding and Necessary Major Miracles for BK!!~~~

Ditto!
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 12:37:43 AM: Well, I need to get to bed, now. I'm still feeling a bit under the weather, so sleep would be a good thing to do.

Good night, Tom.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:41:03 AM: Good night, George. Feel better soon.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:46:15 AM: Sleep is for sleepers. I'm in the damn hall closet again pulling out more things to listen to - why not?
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 01:03:00 AM: I can't sleep until I wind down from rehearsal.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 01:05:23 AM: But instead of listening to music, I am playing Gin.
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 01:10:12 AM: I woke up about 2 hours ago and have been trying to go. Back to sleep ever since
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 01:10:31 AM: I should have stopped and gotten something to eat on the way home.
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 01:10:34 AM: It us going to be a very full and busy day and I need my sleep
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 01:11:18 AM: But my brain won't stop thinking about the full and busy day ahead
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 01:11:27 AM: Augh
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 01:11:45 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2016, 12:35:11 AM
Quote from: George on November 23, 2016, 12:28:06 AM
~~~Strongest Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for Some Outstanding and Necessary Major Miracles for BK!!~~~

Ditto!

Tritto
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 01:28:41 AM: Sleep vibes for DR Vixmom!~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 02:33:26 AM: I suppose I should go to bed shortly. I found some wonderful CDs to listen to. I haven't listened to this stuff in a decade or even two decades - I found an incredible CD called Sax Drive with a sax player named John Harle - concertos by Stanley Myers and Richard Rodney Bennett - sublime. And I finally found the Menotti piano concerto, which is fantastic. I'm also appalled at how bad sounding some of this stuff is - either mastered so low it's a complete joke, or compressed so much there's no life, or just muffled beyond belief. I immediately think oops the new speakers have gone bad - but then I listen to something beautifully recorded and mastered and that ends that.
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 02:48:42 AM: TCb - I'm so sorry to hear that the director didn't let you know about the critic in advance! Hopefully, he'll mention in what he writes that it was a rehearsal.
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 02:50:11 AM: Lovely notes and photos this morning!
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 02:53:19 AM: A possible question for today - Would anyone want to talk about the one or two things, however small or large, that we are most thankful for right at this very moment -

Or is that too boring a topic?
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Post by: Michael on November 23, 2016, 04:09:31 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 04:30:16 AM: Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 04:31:38 AM: I slept rather well. I had a long dream in which DR Ginny appeared, something about a production of Babes In Toyland. Then I had a long dream with my friend Stephen Sondheim, who displaying his paintings(!) in a huge movie theatre. One of the ladies who worked there asked me to introduce her, and I did. Steve gave me a tour of his paintings and the one for Jonathan Tunick was really nice, and we had had gin and tonic.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 04:35:32 AM: I have physical therapy this morning in two hours, so I'll leave here in another 75 minutes or so.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 05:13:26 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 05:16:57 AM: TCB played Gin, and DR Elmore dreamed he drank it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 05:29:21 AM: Quote from: FJL on November 23, 2016, 02:53:19 AM
A possible question for today - Would anyone want to talk about the one or two things, however small or large, that we are most thankful for right at this very moment -

Or is that too boring a topic?

Mine is REALLY boring --

Right now I'm just thankful for everything. For everything that's good, and for everything that could be bad but isn't.

(A bad sentence, and SO boring.)

Peace, health, wealth, and happiness on all of us.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 05:31:32 AM: Let's see what Page 2 has in store for us today.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 05:33:10 AM: TCB, that reviewer had better frickin' acknowledge he saw a rehearsal, not a regular performance.

Damn him. Damn him all to hell.

But now, having had a bad dress rehearsal, you will have a hum-dinger of an opening night. BREAK LEG VIBES.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 05:41:00 AM: I bought the wrong fake milk for my coffee. I hate it when my mind goes blank.
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Post by: Druxy on November 23, 2016, 05:54:52 AM: BK:

ONE-EYED JACKS is/was considered public domain for a time, and there were a lot of bootleg versions being sold.

Do you know the reason for it being p.d.?

Lack of copyright notice?

Was it "rescued" from p.d.?
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:02:27 AM: My familiarity with the music of Sibelius is nothing to write home about. I have these recordings which could use some airing out:

Pelleas and Melisande suite, Charles Mackerras conducting.
Kirsten Flagstad, songs, London Symphony Orchestra.
The Tempest incidental music, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

Ormandy - Four Legends from the "Kalevala". Also have it conducted by Lukas Foss.

Heifetz and Shlomo Mintz playing the violin concerto.

Ormandy - the first symphony.
Koussevitzky, Monteux, and Paray doing the second symphony.
Alexander Gibson doing the fifth, London Symphony Orch.

Well, it's a start.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 06:04:43 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 06:05:44 AM: Criterion has a habit of picking up public domain titles like His Girl Friday and My Man Godfrey.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 06:06:19 AM: People are expecting work outta me today. Ugh. Why can't they take a holiday.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:06:32 AM: Many thanks to DR Elmore for the lovely Thanksgiving greeting just received!
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:07:43 AM: The Blob and Charade are other significant Criterion public domain releases.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 06:30:52 AM: Great photos in the notes.

Continued MAJOR MIRACLE vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 06:31:17 AM: If that's the case DR TCB - why didn't the reviewer just come to auditions and write about that.....
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:54:38 AM: ;D
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:55:15 AM: DR TCB, I am sorry about last night.
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Post by: Laura on November 23, 2016, 07:30:57 AM: Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on November 23, 2016, 07:31:12 AM: I am thankful that rattlesnakes rattle.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 07:44:45 AM: DR TCB gets the headline treatment:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/Tom-Birkeland-Returns-to-Stage-in-Tacomas-ITs-A-WONDERFUL-LIFE-20131123#
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 07:45:51 AM: Thanks to DR ELMORE & DR DRUXY for the nice animated Thanksgiving cards!
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Post by: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:20:25 AM: Wednesday afternoon greetings! I've been for a routine doctor's appointment that included a fasting blood draw, a flu shot, and a pneumonia shot. Richard and I then went to Bob Evan's for breakfast and to do a couple of errands. Home now for some holiday cocooning.
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Post by: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:20:46 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:06:32 AM
Many thanks to DR Elmore for the lovely Thanksgiving greeting just received!

Ditto!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:21:19 AM: Well, TCB, now that you're in Broadwayworld.com, will you still speak to us?
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:22:22 AM: Therapy was intense today. More new exercises.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:23:29 AM: I then went to market, but forgot to get the correct fake milk, stopped at post office, and walked home. I have to step out in a bit and go to the bank.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:28:58 AM: Quote from: Laura on November 23, 2016, 07:31:12 AM
I am thankful that rattlesnakes rattle.

I cannot think of anything better to be thankful for :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 09:30:21 AM: Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:28:58 AM
Quote from: Laura on November 23, 2016, 07:31:12 AM
I am thankful that rattlesnakes rattle.

I cannot think of anything better to be thankful for :)

That is indeed a pretty good one. Might even take first prize.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:31:29 AM: Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:20:25 AM
Wednesday afternoon greetings! I've been for a routine doctor's appointment that included a fasting blood draw, a flu shot, and a pneumonia shot. Richard and I then went to Bob Evan's for breakfast and to do a couple of errands. Home now for some holiday cocooning.

You had both shots at the same time, vibes you don't have a reaction!
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Post by: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:33:06 AM: Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:31:29 AM
Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:20:25 AM
Wednesday afternoon greetings! I've been for a routine doctor's appointment that included a fasting blood draw, a flu shot, and a pneumonia shot. Richard and I then went to Bob Evan's for breakfast and to do a couple of errands. Home now for some holiday cocooning.

You had both shots at the same time, vibes you don't have a reaction!

Well, if I do at least I'm not hosting a houseful of people tomorrow...
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 09:36:25 AM: Opening wishes to TCB!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:39:48 AM: Charlotte's asked me to see the Lonnie Price documentary on Merrily We Roll Along with her, so I will not be seeing it tomorrow. I'll stay home and watch a DVD. God knows I've got plenty to watch here. I still cannot locate that BBC War & Peace!
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:23:58 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 09:30:21 AM
Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:28:58 AM
Quote from: Laura on November 23, 2016, 07:31:12 AM
I am thankful that rattlesnakes rattle.

I cannot think of anything better to be thankful for :)

That is indeed a pretty good one. Might even take first prize.
Amen.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:24:06 AM: Three!
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 10:24:21 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:39:48 AM
Charlotte's asked me to see the Lonnie Price documentary on Merrily We Roll Along with her, so I will not be seeing it tomorrow. I'll stay home and watch a DVD. God knows I've got plenty to watch here. I still cannot locate that BBC War & Peace!

I doubt that it'll ever actually show around here, so I must wait patiently for the DVD or Blu-ray release...which hopefully will actually happen.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:24:46 AM: War and Peace will show up when you're looking for something else, Elmore.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:26:52 AM: Quote from: George on November 23, 2016, 10:24:21 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:39:48 AM
Charlotte's asked me to see the Lonnie Price documentary on Merrily We Roll Along with her, so I will not be seeing it tomorrow. I'll stay home and watch a DVD. God knows I've got plenty to watch here. I still cannot locate that BBC War & Peace!

I doubt that it'll ever actually show around here, so I must wait patiently for the DVD or Blu-ray release...which hopefully will actually happen.

Yeah. I looked on Amazon for a preorder. It's not there yet. Yet.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:28:22 AM: Quote from: FJL on November 23, 2016, 09:36:25 AM
Quote from: Jrand66 on November 23, 2016, 07:44:45 AM
DR TCB gets the headline treatment:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/Tom-Birkeland-Returns-to-Stage-in-Tacomas-ITs-A-WONDERFUL-LIFE-20131123#

TCB - Lovely article!

Thanks for posting it, Jrand!

That article was dated 2013.
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Post by: John G. on November 23, 2016, 10:28:51 AM: It's still nice to read, even if it's a little old.
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Post by: Laura on November 23, 2016, 10:31:22 AM: TCB, I am so sorry to hear about the rehearsal last night.

Do critics often review rehearsals? Maybe that would explain the bad reviews I've seen for shows I thought were great.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 10:43:18 AM: Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:33:06 AM
Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:31:29 AM
Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2016, 09:20:25 AM
Wednesday afternoon greetings! I've been for a routine doctor's appointment that included a fasting blood draw, a flu shot, and a pneumonia shot. Richard and I then went to Bob Evan's for breakfast and to do a couple of errands. Home now for some holiday cocooning.

You had both shots at the same time, vibes you don't have a reaction!

Well, if I do at least I'm not hosting a houseful of people tomorrow...

Thank goodness. Was this your second pneumonia vaccination?
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 11:37:00 AM: Good Morning
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 11:39:01 AM: The little one is out getting groomed and it's giving me some time to start my preparation for tomorrow. Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, Pumpkin Scones, a brussel sprout thing, and the turkey.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 11:48:33 AM: I am not a fan of whoopie pies, however, pumpkin ones sound intriguing.

I baked my pumpkin roll and am about to make peanut butter haystacks. I still have cookies to make. I fear it isn't enough for 20 people. I should have purchased more cream cheese to make another pumpkin roll. I am not going back to the store.
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Post by: vixmom on November 23, 2016, 11:52:31 AM: Quote from: Jrand66 on November 23, 2016, 07:44:45 AM
DR TCB gets the headline treatment:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/Tom-Birkeland-Returns-to-Stage-in-Tacomas-ITs-A-WONDERFUL-LIFE-20131123#

Fantastic. Break a,let vibes,for Dear Tommy
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:02:28 PM: I'm up, I'm up - have been up since ten-thirty but stayed in bed a bit, then had to do some organizing as an Amazon seller - a pain in the butt but their all about their Amazon Analyticals.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:03:28 PM: One-Eyed Jacks had a notice, I believe, but it was never registered. I believe it has now been registered and that you won't be seeing any further PD versions of it and certainly none based on this restoration.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:21:51 PM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 12:22:09 PM: Not eating until three so I should probably jog right about now.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 01:17:01 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 09:22:22 AM
Therapy was intense today. More new exercises.

I thought it was at the hospital.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 01:19:42 PM: Wow....that poster says 2013 as well.....I got the article from a BookFace link.....strange.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 23, 2016, 01:34:10 PM: I've been to the bank and the crowds are really heavy. I guess a lot are returning from watching the balloons for the parade being blown up.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 01:50:33 PM: I've been down there three or four times to do the walk around the Natural History Museum and see the balloons being blown up, but it's been maybe fifteen years since my last time. It's a great way to spend Thanksgiving Eve. I should do it again.
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 03:12:14 PM: The little one is back from the groomer. Most of his puppy black is gone. He looks just like Ben now. I can't tell them apart!!! Leo is on the right, Ben on the left
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 03:33:38 PM: Quote from: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 03:12:14 PM
The little one is back from the groomer. Most of his puppy black is gone. He looks just like Ben now. I can't tell them apart!!! Leo is on the right, Ben on the left

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4865.0;attach=7307;image)

So cute!
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Post by: KevinH on November 23, 2016, 03:47:11 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on November 23, 2016, 03:47:40 PM: Yes, cute dogs, DR Matthew!
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 03:48:23 PM: Quote from: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 03:12:14 PM
The little one is back from the groomer. Most of his puppy black is gone. He looks just like Ben now. I can't tell them apart!!! Leo is on the right, Ben on the left

Oh my, they do look alike. Two cuties :)
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 03:49:13 PM: Keith looked at the pumpkin roll and confirmed my suspicions, we should take two. We walked to the market for cream cheese and a few other items.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 03:49:40 PM: My break is over, gotta go make a second pumpkin roll :)
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 04:10:12 PM: Just finished making the pumpkin scones that are suppose to be Starbuck's "Knock offs" - my dough was too sticky and they came out looking like pieces of chicken (or turkey) - I glazed them, but that didn't make a difference. I'm sure they'll taste just fine, though.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 05:00:16 PM: Good luck they taste better than they look :)
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 05:01:26 PM: My pumpkin cake is rolled and cooling in a towel. In a few minutes I will unroll it, spread it with the cream cheese filling and re-roll it.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 05:15:12 PM: Well, I'd managed to avoid any unpleasantness this week - until today. Nothing horrible but an e-mail I didn't need - I knew it was coming, but I was hoping to not see it or deal with it until Monday - give than we know are going into a holiday weekend, it's kind of nauseating that it arrived at five o'clock today. I don't have to even respond until Monday and respond I will. It's nothing crazy or anything, just a minor annoyance.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 05:15:28 PM: Had a nice lunch at Casa Vega with Sami and her mom.
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 05:31:04 PM: Matthew - What an adorable photo!
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 05:36:25 PM: BBC had commissioned no less than THREE new series of Call the Midwife, taking the drama all the way up to 2020!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 23, 2016, 05:43:03 PM: Cute doggies!
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 06:00:13 PM: Four screeners arrived - I suppose I'll watch them but they all sound dreadful to me - Captain America, The Jungle Book, Queen of something or other, and Manchester by the Sea.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:05:01 PM: Quote from: Jrand66 on November 23, 2016, 01:19:42 PM
Wow....that poster says 2013 as well.....I got the article from a BookFace link.....strange.

I think it was a memory that was shared.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:06:08 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:06:32 AM
Many thanks to DR Elmore for the lovely Thanksgiving greeting just received!

Yes DR elmore, thank you. I just watched mine. It is so pretty and relaxing I almost fell asleep.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 06:09:02 PM: Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:06:08 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2016, 06:06:32 AM
Many thanks to DR Elmore for the lovely Thanksgiving greeting just received!

Yes DR elmore, thank you. I just watched mine. It is so pretty and relaxing I almost fell asleep.

I got one too (thank you, too!), but it wasn't long enough for me to fall asleep.

Of course, I read/listened/watched it here at work, so sleeping's not really an option. ;)
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 06:17:57 PM: I hope I sleep tonight. I need to be alert tomorrow.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 06:41:17 PM: Gratuitous Post #100!
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 06:42:53 PM: And now, I'm leaving work and going to rehearsal. We're doing an "Italiano" (whatever the heck that means...I think it means just speeding through the lines, but I'm only guessing), then working scenes that need it the most. My scene hasn't had much work, so we'll really go through it tonight. Then, we're done with rehearsals until Sunday night.

Be back later.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:00:13 PM: Page four? Really?
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:00:25 PM: I thought we would have been on page fifty already.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:01:07 PM: I will have to go out around ten to Gelson's so I have something to eat on the 'morrow. Have decided it would be too depressing to go sit in a restaurant all by my lonesome.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 07:09:09 PM: Unless I was traveling I would rather be home if spending the holiday alone.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:30:58 PM: Quote from: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
I will have to go out around ten to Gelson's so I have something to eat on the 'morrow. Have decided it would be too depressing to go sit in a restaurant all by my lonesome.

I go to restaurants by myself all the time. I bring my Kindle and read. :)
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:31:32 PM: As for tomorrow, I'm going to my parents' house with the family.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:40:25 PM: Well, I was right.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:40:56 PM: The "Italiano" means a quick run-through of just speeding through the lines without walking through any blocking.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:41:14 PM: I got through my scene without any trouble. Whew!
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:41:25 PM: Now, I just need to be able to get through my lines with the blocking. ::)
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 07:41:35 PM: ;)
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Post by: FJL on November 23, 2016, 08:15:45 PM: Here's the link to the current IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE article for November 23 2016, which has some great photos of TCB:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/Photo-Flash-ITS-A-WONDERFUL-LIFE-at-Lakewood-Playhouse-20161123

Looks wonderful!
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 08:40:50 PM: Oh I go to restaurants all the time by myself but not on Thanksgiving. I think I'll make some Wacky Noodles with sautéed chicken.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 08:41:54 PM: Watched about thirty minutes of Captain America: Civil War or whatever it's called. These movies are terrible and more importantly no fun at all. Surprised to see Scarlett Johansson frankly.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 08:43:50 PM: Listening to the harp concerto of William Matthias - really nice. Then I'm doing four soundtracks as a change of pace - The Time Machine, Time After Time, Wait Until Dark, and Ride the High Country. Then I'll return to classical and whatever I uploaded last night. Then I'll go through the bottom shelf of the hall closet and see what I want to do next - every time I return I pull out more stuff to get rid of. I will say in researching the FSM soundtracks as I was uploading these four - some of them on Amazon go for really huge money.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:08:56 PM: Quote from: George on November 23, 2016, 07:30:58 PM
Quote from: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
I will have to go out around ten to Gelson's so I have something to eat on the 'morrow. Have decided it would be too depressing to go sit in a restaurant all by my lonesome.

I go to restaurants by myself all the time. I bring my Kindle and read. :)

On Thanksgiving?
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:11:09 PM: Nice photos of the cast, especially of DR TCB.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 09:36:12 PM: Quote from: FJL on November 23, 2016, 08:15:45 PM
Here's the link to the current IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE article for November 23 2016, which has some great photos of TCB:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/Photo-Flash-ITS-A-WONDERFUL-LIFE-at-Lakewood-Playhouse-20161123

Looks wonderful!

That's great! And Tom even has his own listing on Broadwayworld.com (http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tom-Birkeland/)!
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 09:37:36 PM: PAGE FIVE TCB DANCE!!

(https://newimages.bwwstatic.com/upload11/1485535/tn-500_lifeatlph(03).jpg)
Title: Re: THE FINNISH LINE
Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 09:37:59 PM: Quote from: bk on November 23, 2016, 08:40:50 PM
Oh I go to restaurants all the time by myself but not on Thanksgiving. I think I'll make some Wacky Noodles with sautéed chicken.

Ahh...yes, that is a different situation.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 09:38:31 PM: Quote from: Jane on November 23, 2016, 09:08:56 PM
Quote from: George on November 23, 2016, 07:30:58 PM
Quote from: bk on November 23, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
I will have to go out around ten to Gelson's so I have something to eat on the 'morrow. Have decided it would be too depressing to go sit in a restaurant all by my lonesome.

I go to restaurants by myself all the time. I bring my Kindle and read. :)

On Thanksgiving?

No...not with all my family in town.
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 09:41:54 PM: I remember last year for Thanksgiving, I was in NYC I had dinner by myself that eve, but then I was going to the evening performance of The Phantom of the Opera - first time seeing it in NYC. I guess I was too excited to be lonely eating Thanksgiving Dinner alone - which I think was a chicken sandwich.
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Post by: Matthew on November 23, 2016, 09:42:48 PM: Wow guys, we've been without barriers all day!!! 2 minor accidents, which Leo was scolded for, and he knew it. I left for a while and when I came home, I was greeted by wagging tails and both dogs jumping on me. No one trying to get to Papa first!!! Leo has finally figured out that it's time to rest and has found the couch. It's not without saying that when I came home from errands, Leo had destroyed a CD, ripped up some music, and had strewn other things around. Which reminds me - I have to order a new LA CD :-)
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 09:49:03 PM: And we're done. I'm heading home, now.
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Post by: Jane on November 23, 2016, 10:05:37 PM: Darn those naughty pups.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 10:45:17 PM: And now, I'm home.

Just had to share.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 10:51:08 PM: I'm now watching last night's episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers." One guest is Ben Platt, who is starring in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, and they're going to perform a number from the show.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 11:17:30 PM: Funny, the other night I listened to a recording of the Korngold violin concerto - I nuked it - just wasn't for me. Doing the last of the closet and pulling out about twenty more CDs I found the Heifetz version of it and the Rozsa violin concerto - and I'm listening to the same Korngold as the other night but in THIS performance it's a whole other piece of music - I mean entirely wonderful and perfect. That's the thing about orchestras, recordings, conductors, and soloists. You can not respond to one at all, while another will suddenly make the music sing and be wonderful. And the Rozsa concerto (which was the basis for his score to The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) is one for the ages and let me tell you if you don't have this CD you really need to get it pronto. The version I have came out in 1988 - wonder if it's had a new mastering since? Although this sounds amazing - the Korngold in perfect mono and the rest in perfect stereo. And Heifetz - what a poet.
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Post by: bk on November 23, 2016, 11:17:52 PM: Page five? Really? You'd think it was the night before Thanksgiving or something.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 11:41:11 PM: I enjoyed the number from Dear Evan Hansen. It's not everyone's cuppa, and I certainly didn't think that it's the greatest song ever written, but it was enjoyable.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:48:31 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:49:23 PM: Yet another preview performance is now history.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 11:49:26 PM: Hello, Tom!
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:50:34 PM: The show was pretty good tonight, but damn is it short.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:51:16 PM: Each act is forty minutes long.
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 11:51:28 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:50:34 PM
The show was pretty good tonight, but damn is it short.

How long does it take?
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Post by: George on November 23, 2016, 11:52:35 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:51:16 PM
Each act is forty minutes long.

Ahh...but with some applause and an intermission, it'll stretch out the time.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:52:47 PM: So, with intermission, it comes out a little over an hour and a half.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:56:52 PM: The audience seemed to really enjoy it.
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Post by: TCB on November 23, 2016, 11:57:52 PM: Sorry about the Broadway World confusion.
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Post by: TCB on November 24, 2016, 12:02:09 AM: The artistic director of the current theater reposted the BW.com article from three years ago as if it were a new article.
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Post by: TCB on November 24, 2016, 12:02:46 AM: Trust me, I was also confused.