Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on January 09, 2017, 12:02:49 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes responded, and now it is time for you to post until the responding cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FALLAL!
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First post after BK (in lieu of TCB)!
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I was just about to post this last night, but the day got locked:
Peter Mennin (who wrote the Moby Dick concertato that I just listened to), is described as a "symphonist." In the liner notes it says, "Like an alarming number of important symphonists -- Beethoven, Schubert, Dvořák, Bruckner, Mahler, Vaughan Williams -- Peter Mennin would die shortly after finishing his ninth work in the form."
Very strange. I had no idea that so many had died after writing nine. It's almost like the 27 Club (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club)..."a term that refers to the belief that an unusually high number of popular musicians and other artists have died at age 27."
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Topic of the Day: The Duruflé Requiem, mostly because I just listened to it. ;)
Otherwise, I don't know a lot about classical music, especially instrumentals. I've listened to some, and enjoyed some, but don't really "know" enough of them to have a favorite.
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And now, to bed.
Have a good day, all!
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Good morning to all.
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Everyone have a good week.
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It's 7 degrees outside
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Letting my car heat up before I head out
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Good morning, all!
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It is chilly, but I'm more amazed that by Thursday the temperatures are going up 30 degrees! I of course blame the new President-defect and his "friends" in Congress.
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Another day in midtown. The countdown to Thursday is on, and if I can take tomorrow off and accomplish some work at home that would be nice.
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Good morning, all.
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It's 47 out and going up to 68 today. By Wednesday, it should be 81 degrees.
It's time for the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. We almost always have great weather for that.
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I really enjoy Mozart's Symphony No. 40, which I heard the other night.
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BK, I think Mozart is right up there with God, and there are amazing compositions besides the symphonies:
1. Clarinet quintet
2. The Piano concertos
3. The various orchestral concertos: horn, flute, harp, bassoon, etc
4. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
5. the ballets score "Les Petites Riens"
6. the serenades
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Good morning, all.
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Today is Monday, this much I know.
And it's a REAL Monday, by God. Not another one of those Tuesday Mondays.
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And, unexpectedly, it's already shaping up to be a busy one.
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I'm listening to a new to me Sandy Wilson score called His Monkey Wife. Good score, but strange story.
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There's keyboard work in store for me today. I haven't touched an
ivory plastic in nearly three weeks.
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And the word of the day is: FALLAL!
Is that a cross between Hallal and Falafel?
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I guess I could go look it up on google.
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And the word of the day is: FALLAL!
Is that a cross between Hallal and Falafel?
Yes.
Or no.
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Listening to Vivaldi's concerti for bassoon (or fagotto in Italian)
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Good morning from Amtrak train 141!
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On my way back from Fun City.
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The Internet service is slow on the train.
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It was a very snowy Saturday in NYC.
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I was able to get a ticket for Finian's Rainbow, which had been sold out, with the help of Melissa Errico, the star of the show. I'm her Facebook friend (apparently she'll let anyone be her friend!) and she had offered to help anyone who messaged her. She said she thinks the weather was on my side, and sure enough there was a cancellation. Maybe I could have gotten the ticket if I had just called the box office at the right time, but Melissa asked the ticket guy to hold the ticket until I called with my credit card info. So nice of her !
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Page 2!
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I thought Finian's was terrific! It's on a much smaller scale version than the revival from a few years ago (in which our own DR Elmore did the orchestrations--and I loved that show!).
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The entire cast was great. I love Melissa's voice. The leprechaun was very funny and was about 6 feet tall.
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I noticed Josh's name as the orchestrator in the playbill. There were only 4 or 5 musicians - all women. The music sounded great too!
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Later I saw the Four Phantoms at 54 Below. There was a young woman vocalist too (not the singer who was on the ice skating show, DR Ginny!)
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I had a delightful time with Ben and Anthony yesterday. We had lunch/brunch at the usual place , Good Stuff Diner. I was invited back to their place to see their Christmas decorations , which are so well done!
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Later I went to the Hilton for the "APAP" showcase. Musical acts perform an abbreviated show for potential concert bookers.
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Good news from MUSE MARGARET.
Continued writing vibes for MR BK.
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TOD:
First Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor by Tchaikovsky
I am afraid I don't know enough about the Mozart concertos to comment....but I can learn.
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The Broadway Tenors, represented by Brent B., Kyle Dean Massey and Jeff Kready, performed for about 15 minutes at 8:30, 9:00 and 10:00.
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I was wondering if I would be allowed to go to the presentations but there was no problem. Nobody was checking for badges.
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That's it !
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From DR George:
WHEW!! My checkbook balanced exactly!
Congratulations!
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Glad to hear the new book is going so well, BK!
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It's 47 out and going up to 68 today. By Wednesday, it should be 81 degrees.
It's time for the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. We almost always have great weather for that.
I should have timed my visit for the conference ;)
Will you participate at all?
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Continued vibes for all !
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I was able to get a ticket for Finian's Rainbow, which had been sold out, with the help of Melissa Errico, the star of the show. I'm her Facebook friend (apparently she'll let anyone be her friend!) and she had offered to help anyone who messaged her. She said she thinks the weather was on my side, and sure enough there was a cancellation. Maybe I could have gotten the ticket if I had just called the box office at the right time, but Melissa asked the ticket guy to hold the ticket until I called with my credit card info. So nice of her !
That was very nice of her.
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It's 47 out and going up to 68 today. By Wednesday, it should be 81 degrees.
It's time for the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. We almost always have great weather for that.
I should have timed my visit for the conference ;)
Will you participate at all?
I'm going to a few late events.
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I thought Finian's was terrific! It's on a much smaller scale version than the revival from a few years ago (in which our own DR Elmore did the orchestrations--and I loved that show!).
Love that score.
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I had a delightful time with Ben and Anthony yesterday. We had lunch/brunch at the usual place , Good Stuff Diner. I was invited back to their place to see their Christmas decorations , which are so well done!
I was thinking of Ben last night and planned to ask today if anyone has seen them. I am glad they are doing well. Yes, the Christmas decorations. I miss the yearly photos.
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It's 47 out and going up to 68 today. By Wednesday, it should be 81 degrees.
It's time for the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. We almost always have great weather for that.
I should have timed my visit for the conference ;)
Will you participate at all?
I'm going to a few late events.
Do let me know if you have an samples.
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For the 3rd night in a row I actually slept half way decently. I was so exhausted yesterday from weeks of barely any sleep, topped off by the night of a migraine, I slept on and off yesterday until after 9:00. That is very late for me.
I woke up bright and full of energy this morning, got dressed in case the dentist office had not cancelled my appointment, and was already to go. It didn't look too icy here and I saw a neighbor walking around so I called the dentist to say I could still make my appointment. It turns out the dentist is iced in ;D
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"Warhorses", as in overused?
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"Warhorses", as in overused?
That is certainly a possibility for some folks about some pieces, but I think he meant it in terms of a musical, theatrical, or literary work that has been heard or performed repeatedly.
Again, "overused" is a possibility.
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Then again, I could be mistaken about that.
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Hello, everybody.
My name's Ron.
I've been sick lately. And it hasn't gone away, yet.
Hoarse today, I am. And a bit sniffly.
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Vibes for Ron. Don't like all these folks with lingering maladies.
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Monday afternoon greetings! Just stopping in for a quick HI before I attempt driving with my new eyes. Film at 11...
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Later I saw the Four Phantoms at 54 Below. There was a young woman vocalist too (not the singer who was on the ice skating show, DR Ginny!)
Whew!
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I'm up, I'm up - should have gotten eight hours of sleep but probably got seven thanks to those damn crickets - LOUD. I finally ended up shutting the two hall doors and that did the trick since they were near the front door.
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Yes, warhorses as regards pieces that are constantly played at concerts and on recordings.
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Hello, everybody.
My name's Ron.
I've been sick lately. And it hasn't gone away, yet.
Hoarse today, I am. And a bit sniffly.
I have been worried about you so please pop in everyday so I know you are ok.
BE WELL VIBES!!!
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I think these fit.
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Keith's favorite would be Dvořák's New World Symphony
I'm not sure about this one....
Rossini: William Tell Overture
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
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Healing vibes for DR RLP.
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Vibes for Ron. Don't like all these folks with lingering maladies.
My mom has updated me that folks in SC are coughing and hacking and feeling poorly, too.
A co-worker has been sick since Dec. 11th. She's ambulatory and at work, but she's hoarse and has similar highs and lows like I do.
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TOD:
"O Fortuna" by Carl Orff
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Warhorses = also see: chestnuts
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Futzed and finessed quite a bit, then wrote two new pages. Now I shall be on my way to the Bank of Bur for a lunch meeting, after which I'll hopefully pick up some packages, then come home.
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Friend just brought over the P/C and keyboard books for The Little Mermaid. I'm playing the main book in one of the local school orchestras this spring and I'm looking for two other people for the others.
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And I am home from City Center and the jeweler's. Joshie thinks we are ready for Thursday's orchestra reading, and I have "I Happen To Like New York," one of my avorite songs, to orchestrate.
My two watches are running smoothly and one has as well a new watchband.
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Just had a delicious snack: a huge slice of wonderful (and authentic) key lime pie, piled high with whipped cream (which I far prefer to meringue on my key lime pie), and a K-cup of "Emeril's Big Easy Bold".
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Managed to get to Marge's and back without killing myself or anyone else. Richard and I are both going to tonight's AAUW meeting, so I'm going to rest my eyes for a while.
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I wasn't but I might now. Why do you ask?
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Topic of the Day: The Duruflé Requiem, mostly because I just listened to it. ;)
Otherwise, I don't know a lot about classical music, especially instrumentals. I've listened to some, and enjoyed some, but don't really "know" enough of them to have a favorite.
Ravel's Bolero. I do love that one. And Pachelbel's Canon, and the Winter section from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
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I'm listening to a new to me Sandy Wilson score called His Monkey Wife. Good score, but strange story.
I agree...very strange story. ;)
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I was able to get a ticket for Finian's Rainbow, which had been sold out, with the help of Melissa Errico, the star of the show. I'm her Facebook friend (apparently she'll let anyone be her friend!) and she had offered to help anyone who messaged her. She said she thinks the weather was on my side, and sure enough there was a cancellation. Maybe I could have gotten the ticket if I had just called the box office at the right time, but Melissa asked the ticket guy to hold the ticket until I called with my credit card info. So nice of her !
That's great, Kevin! Glad you enjoyed it. I love this score. I've never seen the stage show, but I have several recordings and have enjoyed them all.
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From DR George:
WHEW!! My checkbook balanced exactly!
Congratulations!
Thanks! I was kind of worried that something horrible had gone through without my knowledge, but I lucked out and it was all good. I'll definitely keep track much more often...as I should.
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Vibes for Ron. Don't like all these folks with lingering maladies.
~~~Ditto Vibes for Ron!!~~~
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I haven't heard of this. I ran sound for a stage musical version of the book. It was absolutely delightful. I think I'll look into this, too.
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TOD:
"O Fortuna" by Carl Orff
Ditto to this, too!
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From DR George:
WHEW!! My checkbook balanced exactly!
Congratulations!
Thanks! I was kind of worried that something horrible had gone through without my knowledge, but I lucked out and it was all good. I'll definitely keep track much more often...as I should.
Good idea.
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I wasn't but I might now. Why do you ask?
Just curious about the book.
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Back from a wonderful lunch meeting - very productive and great conversation and some interesting factoids to put in the book. Went to Tony's Bella Vista and they were kind enough to make me the spaghetti carbonara, which was great.
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I wasn't but I might now. Why do you ask?
Just curious about the book.
If you read it please let us know what you think. It will be awhile before I read it since my library doesn't have it.
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I've done about nine pages so far - only two to go and I'll try to do those in the early evening. I need a break right now after writing seven pages in a row.
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
Hoo and Ray!! :D
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
Well, that's good news!
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
Great news, DR Laura!
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Page 4!
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
YEA!
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Did he receive my card?
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Does anyone have the Hiya app on their iPhone? Keith has it on his Samsung and it seems to work well. I have begun receiving spam calls and am thinking of installing the app.
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Vibes for DR Ron!
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I posted my last question and then checked on what is happening at FB. Interesting timing after asking here about an app....my Canadian friend said
"Oh my gosh, CBC Marketplace has a segment right now on "What you need to know about your Smart Phone" ... holy smokes it is ALARMING what you give up when you say yes to aps. Where they heck is my "Razor" phone ... I'm going back to "pre-smart phone" times. And there is a hacker convention in Las Vegas!! Who knew. And it's massive. It's a freaking convention for hackers!! A convention!! WOW .... mind blown"
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I have no interest in having a smart phone. "They" get too much personal info that way. Plus, if you lose it, someone can access ALL your information that you have on it, like banking info, medical info, etc. My flip phone is fine.
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After reading the article, apparently the US has stricter regulations than Canada does.
I went kicking and screaming into the smartphone age. Since I don't hear well enough to carry on a proper conversation using my phone having a smart phone for better texting and email truly helps. Then not knowing my way around the new town having a phone that can give me directions really helps.
Basically the apps I use are for the library, and I really don't believe they are going to scam me, facebook, google music, pandora, fitbit, and messenger. I was forced into messenger which is really just my messages from facebook.
I could easily just live with just the music on my phone.
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DR Laura I do have a security code on both my phone and my tablet.
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If anyone carved a tunnel through a tree today I would be mortified. As a child it was fascinating. This weekend the tree did not survive, possibly, the biggest storm to hit the region in more than a decade :(
(http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/01/09/513908000_3ca4113ad5_o_custom-8eb35824aa975c21360a46d8e0bcdbb6728c9129-s1600-c85.jpg)
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The tunneled sequoias in California :
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/09/508919216/iconic-sequoia-tunnel-tree-brought-down-by-california-storm?live=1&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170109
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Hello, everyone.
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Good evening. DR Kerry is set to go home tomorrow!
Good news, indeed!
Laura, will he need any help at home?
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I have no interest in having a smart phone. "They" get too much personal info that way. Plus, if you lose it, someone can access ALL your information that you have on it, like banking info, medical info, etc. My flip phone is fine.
I could be wrong about this, but I don't see that it's easier to hack a smartphone than any other device. Your computer, your tablet, your smartphone can all be hacked. However, it's easier for someone to access--as in steal or make unauthorized use of--a phone. I don't mean to minimize the risks of being hacked and dumb phones are still available. I used one for a long time.
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After reading the article, apparently the US has stricter regulations than Canada does.
I went kicking and screaming into the smartphone age. Since I don't hear well enough to carry on a proper conversation using my phone having a smart phone for better texting and email truly helps. Then not knowing my way around the new town having a phone that can give me directions really helps.
Basically the apps I use are for the library, and I really don't believe they are going to scam me, facebook, google music, pandora, fitbit, and messenger. I was forced into messenger which is really just my messages from facebook.
I could easily just live with just the music on my phone.
Jane, I can understand your use of a smartphone. I use very few apps, but they can certainly be helpful.
As for the library, no, I don't think they would scam you. The greater risk is someone racking into the library's records.
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Talk about a boring hack, finding out what people read ;D
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Since Bruce's crickets respond to his shouting I wonder if they'd respond to certain kinds of music. Maybe they'd leave. Or maybe they'd gather round. ;)
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I believe some hackers hack just for the fun of it. I used to work with a guy, a very good programmer with a playful personality, who hacked the corporate records. One day he told me our section manager's salary and how much of a raise she'd gotten. He wasn't malicious--just curious and playful. I've often wondered what happened to him. (Cannot recall his last name.) He'd be a very good director of security. Or a hacker.
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Ron, I'm sorry you're still sick. I hope you're feeling better very soon. I only had a mild case of this Thing, but it proved to be very persistent. Do take care.
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Managed to get to Marge's and back without killing myself or anyone else. Richard and I are both going to tonight's AAUW meeting, so I'm going to rest my eyes for a while.
Congrats to DR Ginny on driving with her new eyes.
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Hello all
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Excellent news about Kerry. Continued vibes
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Get well vibes for Ron
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Get well vibes for Jack
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Vibes for the whole bunch of us
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DITTO!
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Talk about a boring hack, finding out what people read ;D
Not if the person is checking out "The Anarchist's Cookbook" and other similar topics. ::)
;)
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Most libraries are very big on intellectual freedom and protecting patrons' privacy and rights. A court order is needed for any Timberland employee to divulge any information about any patron to any officer...as well it should be.
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And since we're so close...
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5IVE
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And now, I'm leaving work and getting some food.
Be back later.
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I wasn't but I might now. Why do you ask?
Just curious about the book.
If you read it please let us know what you think. It will be awhile before I read it since my library doesn't have it.
I'm 325 pages into the latest Proust. It'll take a little while to get out of that. Maybe they'll have it on audio by then.
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Great news about DR Kerry.
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Very strange two days of dancing. I want to help my teacher, Joy, get her certification, so she needs someone that she can lead as well as follow in the same routine. So, for the last two days, I've been learning the follower's part (formerly known as the lady's part). I've learned it faster than I've learned the leader's part in both waltz and foxtrot.
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Watching The Wrong Man. Some great visuals, wonderful Henry Fonda (absolutely perfect for the role), great Bernard Herrmann music. Sadly, it's kinda like Torn Curtain. Despite a great story, the dialogue is flat, which I think makes the whole less than the sum of its prodigious parts.
BY the way, there's a short scene of Fonda in the band at the Stork Club at the beginning. He plays bass. And Fonda really looks like he's playing the bass. Does anybody know if that was one of his skills?
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I actually finished eleven pages by five-thirty so that was nice. I watched the Carrie/Debbie documentary that just aired on HBO - someone made me a copy. It was very good. Then I got the Facebook event page up for our show, now I'm listening to music and trying to understand how it's ten o'clock already, and shortly I will take a hot shower and if anything fun pops into my head, who knows, I might just write a page or two more.
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Well, poop...which is poop spelled backward. Yesterday, my car started making a kind of noise that I hadn't heard before and today it sounded worse. It sounds like a relly rough diesel engine. At lunch this afternoon, I stopped at the auto shop where I've taken my car before and was able to get an appointment for tomorrow morning at 8 am.
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Of course, I am NOT a morning person, but I really don't want to drive it again until it's looked at. I hope there won't be any trouble when I drive it to the shop. It's only about a mile from where I live, so it's close. HOPEFULLY, it won't be extremely expensive. :-\ As for my lunch, a couple of restaurants are close enough that I can walk to them from where I work.
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Talk about a boring hack, finding out what people read ;D
Not if the person is checking out "The Anarchist's Cookbook" and other similar topics. ::)
;)
;D
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Does anyone plan to read In the Great Green Room about the woman who wrote Goodnight, Moon?
I wasn't but I might now. Why do you ask?
Just curious about the book.
If you read it please let us know what you think. It will be awhile before I read it since my library doesn't have it.
I'm 325 pages into the latest Proust. It'll take a little while to get out of that. Maybe they'll have it on audio by then.
Are you reading these because you challenged yourself to do so or are you enjoying them?
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DR GEORGE GOOD VIBES YOUR CAR WILL BE AN EASY INEXPENSIVE FIX!
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Car vibes for George
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Sleep vibes fir me
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Thanks, Jane and Vixmom!!
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Sleep vibes for us both.
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Of course, I am NOT a morning person, but I really don't want to drive it again until it's looked at. I hope there won't be any trouble when I drive it to the shop. It's only about a mile from where I live, so it's close. HOPEFULLY, it won't be extremely expensive. :-\ As for my lunch, a couple of restaurants are close enough that I can walk to them from where I work.
You do know we are supposed to have up to 3 inches of snow coming in early tomorrow morning?
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Good evening!
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Great news that DR Kerry will be coming home!
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Get well soon vibes to DR Ron Pulliam.
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This snow storm is apparently being sent by DR Jane, since it is rolling in from the south.
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So, George should get the snow before I do.
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I had a nice lunch with Sandy, today.
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He was looking okay, but he is starting to suffer the effects of his disease.
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Of course, I am NOT a morning person, but I really don't want to drive it again until it's looked at. I hope there won't be any trouble when I drive it to the shop. It's only about a mile from where I live, so it's close. HOPEFULLY, it won't be extremely expensive. :-\ As for my lunch, a couple of restaurants are close enough that I can walk to them from where I work.
You do know we are supposed to have up to 3 inches of snow coming in early tomorrow morning?
I'd seen that there was going to be snow, but not how much. :P
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So, George should get the snow before I do.
It's raining right now. Maybe the reports will be wrong about tomorrow's snow.
It could happen.
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He was looking okay, but he is starting to suffer the effects of his disease.
Oh, no. :(
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So, George should get the snow before I do.
It's raining right now. Maybe the reports will be wrong about tomorrow's snow.
It could happen.
It is supposed to be raining right now. The snow isn't due to start until about 4 a.m.
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So, George should get the snow before I do.
It's raining right now. Maybe the reports will be wrong about tomorrow's snow.
It could happen.
It is supposed to be raining right now. The snow isn't due to start until about 4 a.m.
Hopefully, it won't stick or last too long.
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One more post.
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Page 6
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Well, I hate to do this (no, really, I do), but I need to go to sleep. I have to get up a couple of hours earlier than I usually do and hope that it's not freezing all day.
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Good night, Tom.
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Good night, George.