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Title: THE LIVELY TALKBACK
Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 12:14:50 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were lively and talked back, and now it is time for you to post until the lively talking back cows come home.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 12:16:20 AM: And the word of the day is: VEGETE!
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 12:23:38 AM: First post after BK!
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 12:27:05 AM: I like good old American Mexican food. I even like Taco Bell, and in Washington, Taco Time.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 12:30:15 AM: And my mother's tamale pie.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 12:32:52 AM: Quote from: TCB on July 24, 2017, 12:27:05 AM
I like good old American Mexican food. I even like Taco Bell, and in Washington, Taco Time.

Ditto all around. I don't know if I've ever had "authentic" Mexican food. I had read (heard?) that most of the so-called "authentic" Mexican restaurants in America are really mostly Tex/Mex...that truly authentic Mexican food is very different than what we think it is.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 12:43:42 AM: BK, are they extending the run of DIAL M?
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 12:55:18 AM: Well, I need to be going. I want to get to work a little early because I have to go downtown during my lunch break...and my tablet battery is dying, too.

Good night, Tom, and have a good day!
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 01:03:53 AM: Good night, George.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:40:07 AM: Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:42:54 AM: I planned to be in bed by 9:30 and out of bed by 5:30. Around 11, I was quite sick - possibly a mild case of food poisoning? - so I reset the alarm for 6:30. Well, at 5:30 I was wide awake, thinkiing about what I must accomplish today, and I am up and moving about.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:44:29 AM: I am waiting for a Fed Ex number from the Theater Institute in Troy. As soon as that arrives I will head to Fed Ex and send off the drum part. I have the two nymbers from last night to redo, so that's my first priority.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:45:28 AM: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued Mega Health Vibes to our DR JRand66! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:49:03 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:49:23 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:45:28 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued Mega Health Vibes to our DR JRand66! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And more vibes.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:53:49 AM: There was an article recently in a Texas publication online by a vegan who trashed Tex-Mex. Amazingly stupid article as she, if she's a vegan, can't eat anything Tex-Mex, except perhaps chips and salsa.

I don't go out of my way to criticize the vegan diet, except that too much of what you find in vegan restaurants is wheat based, not vegetable based.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:57:56 AM: My favorite Mexican food varies from day to day. Right now, I'd say it was the food I had at a restaurant in Matomoros, right across the border from Brownsville. It's not safe to cross the border any more so I doubt I'll ever get those grilled beef ribs or mushrooms sautéed with ancho chiles in white wine. Spectacular food. And for some reason, the corn tortillas and the margaritas are both better across the border.
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Post by: FJL on July 24, 2017, 05:19:54 AM: Tenth after BK!
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Post by: FJL on July 24, 2017, 05:20:09 AM: Or something like that.
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Post by: Druxy on July 24, 2017, 05:28:19 AM: T.O.D.

Chicken Fajitas
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 05:30:46 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 05:33:49 AM: I woke up at 3:27 am, answered nature's call, and couldn't get back to sleep. This was definitely a case of too many things on my mind. Finally drifted off sometime after 5:00, but the myriad little dreams were irritating as all hell. Sometimes it just pays to get up.
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Post by: Druxy on July 24, 2017, 05:34:30 AM: This past weekend there was a free weekend of HBO through our cable provider, AT&T.

Unfortunately, we didn't know about it until Sunday.

:(

We watched THE WIZARD OF LIES w/Robert DeNiro. Excellent!

A documentary about Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. Also excellent and quite moving.

Then, 30 minutes into a movie, THE BIRTH OF A NATION, the damn thing cut off.

Bummer!

>:(
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 05:53:19 AM: I love so many Mexican foods, it wouldn't be possible to list them -- all the standard "American" stuff, and then some. And while I haven't experienced it in years, DR John G.'s observation about the corn tortillas and margaritas being better across the border just rings true.

I probably don't really know from Tex-Mex, as opposed to, say, Southern California style Mexican, but I had a few meals in the Dallas area that were wonderful.

Whenever I think about this, I miss my favorite Mexican jernts from back in the day in L.A. The ones that immediately come to mind are El Carmen on West 3rd Street, Antonio's on Melrose, Oblatt's, Topper's in Santa Monica, the Red Onion chain (which I liked better than the other chains), and a few mom-and-pop hole-in-the-wall places that I probably never knew the names of but they were always wonderful and I wish I could better memorialize them. And finally, the food trucks in and around Bell, Vernon, and City of Industry where I'd occasionally visit one of our plants, long before food trucks became a THING. I hope they are still there for those workers in those parts of town. The other places above are now but a memory, with - I think - the exception of Antonio's which seems to still be alive if I'm to believe what I read on the World Wide Web.

EDIT: And the little food carts in Mexico!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 24, 2017, 05:54:49 AM: I wonder where I can find a good arrangement of "Pick Yourself Up"? Maybe it's on a CD somewhere..... Then I can post a video on YouTube of myself singing and dancing to it. So original!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 24, 2017, 05:55:13 AM: Or maybe "Pitiful Penniless Bums".....
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 06:12:04 AM: Oh no! It seems I don't have "Sondheim at the Movies"! How is that possible? I thought I caught up with that one just a couple of years ago...
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:15:56 AM: Just finished the drums part. Now I have to wait for a Fed Ex number.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 06:18:07 AM: Nope. It's confirmed, I am The Man Without "Sondheim at the Movies". And I could swear I've sat here and listened to it. I even recognize the cover I see online. Bizarre. But this will be rectified. I can do that. Oh yes I can.

BK, if you have any to spare, I'd happily go that route before trekking into the wilds of Amazon.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 06:35:45 AM: I wish I'd been aware of this when I woke up at 3:27 am, but we've had the most wonderful solid rainfall this morning, which also broke the hot and humid temperatures. I see there's more coming, too. It's not like we needed the rain itself, but I'm not going anywhere today and the break in the weather and the running of the A/C is lovely.
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Post by: FJL on July 24, 2017, 06:37:42 AM: The dates for THE LAST STARFIGHTER musical at Second Story Repertory (in Redmond which I think is near Seattle), are June 15 to July 1, 2018, the last show of their just-announced 2017-2018 season. (total of ten performances; all are evenings except for the July 1 matinee)

Here's their 2017-2018 season
http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season19/index.html
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:17:43 AM: That looks like a great season, Fred. I didn't know about that Cryer-Ford version of Anne of Green Gables, either.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:20:31 AM: Mexican seafood dishes are now in my head. Love fish or shrimp tacos with plenty of cabbage and a spicy sauce. Or seafood Veracruz style with tomatoes, olives, capers, onion and white wine.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:21:30 AM: The French were often employed in royal Mexican kitchens and their influence is widespread in Mexico.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 07:26:50 AM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:20:31 AM
Mexican seafood dishes are now in my head. Love fish or shrimp tacos with plenty of cabbage and a spicy sauce. Or seafood Veracruz style with tomatoes, olives, capers, onion and white wine.

Several years ago I was flipping through a Mexican recipe book I'd had for years, and made my first "Chicken Veracruz", followed a short time later by the shrimp version, and we all loved that combination of ingredients. The olives and capers are a wonderful flavor sensation.
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Post by: Ginny on July 24, 2017, 09:52:42 AM: Monday afternoon greetings! Slept late this morning...
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Post by: Ginny on July 24, 2017, 09:53:20 AM: Quote from: FJL on July 24, 2017, 06:37:42 AM
The dates for THE LAST STARFIGHTER musical at Second Story Repertory (in Redmond which I think is near Seattle), are June 15 to July 1, 2018, the last show of their just-announced 2017-2018 season. (total of ten performances; all are evenings except for the July 1 matinee)

Here's their 2017-2018 season
http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season19/index.html

Hmm, might be time to start planning that PNW fly/drive vacation!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 09:55:41 AM: The Fed Ex has been shipped. I left something out of the package and must take care of it now/
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 10:29:29 AM: Mr. Postman has delivered my Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn Blu-ray. Can't watch now, but I just sampled a few minutes of the movies which I've never seen, and the commentary with Richard Sherman and BK which sounds like it's going to be a wonderful history-rich conversation.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 24, 2017, 11:02:08 AM: Nice cooler weather here as well!
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Post by: Jennifer on July 24, 2017, 12:09:20 PM: Yesterday I asked:
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I have a question about Book of Mormon. Is it completely inappropriate for kids (aged 12 and 14?). I know that it is raunchy. And I could not believe that my mom said that her friend's daughter is taking her 12 and 14 year olds to the show
.

DR Vixmom wrote:
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I would not recommend this show for anyone under 16

I was so shocked. Out of all the shows in NYC the mom bought her and the kids tix to The Book of Mormom and Kinky Boots. Wicked would have been so perfect. And there are so many other musicals that they could have gone to. Oy.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 01:05:56 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:49:23 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:45:28 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued Mega Health Vibes to our DR JRand66! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And more vibes.

~~~Never Ending Ditto Vibes!!~~~
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 01:06:25 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:42:54 AM
I planned to be in bed by 9:30 and out of bed by 5:30. Around 11, I was quite sick - possibly a mild case of food poisoning? - so I reset the alarm for 6:30. Well, at 5:30 I was wide awake, thinkiing about what I must accomplish today, and I am up and moving about.

~~~Feel Better Quickly Vibes for Larry!!~~~
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 01:07:25 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 06:18:07 AM
Nope. It's confirmed, I am The Man Without "Sondheim at the Movies". And I could swear I've sat here and listened to it. I even recognize the cover I see online. Bizarre. But this will be rectified. I can do that. Oh yes I can.

BK, if you have any to spare, I'd happily go that route before trekking into the wilds of Amazon.

I love this CD! What's totally coincidentally random is that my parents' zip code is 98503.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZW0NF32NL.jpg)
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 01:07:36 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 24, 2017, 06:37:42 AM
The dates for THE LAST STARFIGHTER musical at Second Story Repertory (in Redmond which I think is near Seattle), are June 15 to July 1, 2018, the last show of their just-announced 2017-2018 season. (total of ten performances; all are evenings except for the July 1 matinee)

Here's their 2017-2018 season
http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season19/index.html

Congrats, Fred and Skip! I'll definitely be there!
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 01:07:56 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:20:31 AM
Mexican seafood dishes are now in my head. Love fish or shrimp tacos with plenty of cabbage and a spicy sauce. Or seafood Veracruz style with tomatoes, olives, capers, onion and white wine.

Today is Double-Punch Monday at the local Taco Del Mar. Normally, for every $5 that you spend, you get a punch on a punch card, but on Mondays, you get two, count 'em, TWO punches for the same $5 that you spend. :D

I've gotten a LOT of double punches (on my Taco Del Mar punch card) over the years!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 01:31:40 PM: Quote from: George on July 24, 2017, 01:06:25 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 03:42:54 AM
I planned to be in bed by 9:30 and out of bed by 5:30. Around 11, I was quite sick - possibly a mild case of food poisoning? - so I reset the alarm for 6:30. Well, at 5:30 I was wide awake, thinkiing about what I must accomplish today, and I am up and moving about.

~~~Feel Better Quickly Vibes for Larry!!~~~

Thanks, DR George! I actually feel rather good at the moment. Sleepy, though.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 01:32:43 PM: Quote from: Jrand66 on July 24, 2017, 11:02:08 AM
Nice cooler weather here as well!

The temperatures here today are wonderful but the humidity is too high, thanks to the rain.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 24, 2017, 02:27:39 PM: Pepper Upper vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 02:30:35 PM: Obviously I'm up. I had to deal with Spectrum - they'd gone down in the middle of the night, the router was blinking amber - I did my usual stuff which usually fixes the problem, but not this morning, so I had to call Apple and that was an ordeal, then we got it working and I made it to my lunch meeting just in time. Then I picked up packages and came home and as I was catching up on things the Internet went down - that was it. I called Spectrum and they told me there's definitely something wrong with the line here coming into my modem - it's timing out, which is why this happens, so they're coming tomorrow between eleven and noon and will get it fixed.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 02:30:54 PM: ChasSmith, I'll see if I have any Sondheim at the Movies here.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 02:46:47 PM: After writing the above, I went back to catch up on posts and - it went down again.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 03:11:16 PM: I'm not sure I buy this Spectrum stuff that it's just happening to the line into my house - I think that's just horse manure - but as long as they fix it, I don't care. It's already gone down two more times - this wasn't happening two weeks ago, and since it has been happening it's never happened every five minutes - clearly something is amiss.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 03:14:25 PM: Listening to the Mahler 10th. Of course, he only wrote nine symphonies, but he'd sketched out the 10th - the first movement he'd sketched out in a pretty finished way in terms of its orchestration, but the other movements were only in four staves. Deryck Cooke did a performing version in the 60s, the revised it twice. People seem to enjoy the second revision the best, and the third revision only has very minor differences. The first two versions have been recorded extensively. But much more recently the great conductor Rudolph Barshai did his own performing version and that's what I'm listening to and it's really great.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 03:37:45 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 07:26:50 AM
Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 07:20:31 AM
Mexican seafood dishes are now in my head. Love fish or shrimp tacos with plenty of cabbage and a spicy sauce. Or seafood Veracruz style with tomatoes, olives, capers, onion and white wine.

Several years ago I was flipping through a Mexican recipe book I'd had for years, and made my first "Chicken Veracruz", followed a short time later by the shrimp version, and we all loved that combination of ingredients. The olives and capers are a wonderful flavor sensation.

Yes, they are. Now, I'm jonesing for some.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 24, 2017, 03:54:31 PM: It is rainy and really cold here today. Crazy weather. It was warm yesterday and very humid all last week. And Wednesday is supposed to be hot and humid.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 05:31:10 PM: Page two? Really? REALLY?
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:45:23 PM: Page two. Really.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:45:33 PM: Really. Page two.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:45:56 PM: Watching the rest of By Sidney Lumet.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:46:05 PM: Three!
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:46:28 PM: I now want to see several of his movies again, including:
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:46:38 PM: The Verdict
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:47:10 PM: Serpico
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:47:20 PM: 12 Angry Men
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:47:27 PM: Dog Day Afternoon
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:47:34 PM: Network
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:47:51 PM: Sadly, I only own two of his movies.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:02 PM: Murder on the Orient Express
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:14 PM: The Wiz
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:37 PM: Physical therapy was not fun today, but it wasn't terribly painful.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:49:13 PM: The weird thing is the way the pain has moved from back to hip and now my knee feels like I slammed it into the dashboard or something.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:49:25 PM: No dancing for a while.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:49:38 PM: No dancing at all.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:01:47 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:45:56 PM
Watching the rest of By Sidney Lumet.

I've known his grandson Sam since he was an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2000. Sam connected my TV to my sound system. I tried to match him p with my goddaughter Emily.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:01:55 PM: Choreographer Danny Daniels has died.

Loved his work on The Tap Dance Kid.

http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-and-emmy-winning-broadway-choreographer-danny-daniels-dies-at-92
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Post by: Laura on July 24, 2017, 06:05:01 PM: Good evening.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:07:51 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 04:53:49 AM
There was an article recently in a Texas publication online by a vegan who trashed Tex-Mex. Amazingly stupid article as she, if she's a vegan, can't eat anything Tex-Mex, except perhaps chips and salsa.

I don't go out of my way to criticize the vegan diet, except that too much of what you find in vegan restaurants is wheat based, not vegetable based.

Unless everything is cooked in lard I don't understand her complaint, at least not compared to most restaurants.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:09:41 PM: DR Chas, Keith walked up while I was posting, saw your avatar and said "I wish I looked that good in a fez".
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:15:52 PM: Quote from: FJL on July 24, 2017, 06:37:42 AM
The dates for THE LAST STARFIGHTER musical at Second Story Repertory (in Redmond which I think is near Seattle), are June 15 to July 1, 2018, the last show of their just-announced 2017-2018 season. (total of ten performances; all are evenings except for the July 1 matinee)

Here's their 2017-2018 season
http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season19/index.html

I have put it on our calendar.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:16:20 PM: Quote from: Ginny on July 24, 2017, 09:53:20 AM
Quote from: FJL on July 24, 2017, 06:37:42 AM
The dates for THE LAST STARFIGHTER musical at Second Story Repertory (in Redmond which I think is near Seattle), are June 15 to July 1, 2018, the last show of their just-announced 2017-2018 season. (total of ten performances; all are evenings except for the July 1 matinee)

Here's their 2017-2018 season
http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season19/index.html

Hmm, might be time to start planning that PNW fly/drive vacation!

Yes :)
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:17:28 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on July 24, 2017, 12:09:20 PM

Yesterday I asked:
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I have a question about Book of Mormon. Is it completely inappropriate for kids (aged 12 and 14?). I know that it is raunchy. And I could not believe that my mom said that her friend's daughter is taking her 12 and 14 year olds to the show
.

DR Vixmom wrote:
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I would not recommend this show for anyone under 16

I was so shocked. Out of all the shows in NYC the mom bought her and the kids tix to The Book of Mormom and Kinky Boots. Wicked would have been so perfect. And there are so many other musicals that they could have gone to. Oy.

It does seem odd.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:27 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:37 PM
Physical therapy was not fun today, but it wasn't terribly painful.

It helps to take a pain pill prior to PT.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:52 PM: DR elmore are you feeling better?
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 06:21:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:17:28 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on July 24, 2017, 12:09:20 PM

Yesterday I asked:
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I have a question about Book of Mormon. Is it completely inappropriate for kids (aged 12 and 14?). I know that it is raunchy. And I could not believe that my mom said that her friend's daughter is taking her 12 and 14 year olds to the show
.

DR Vixmom wrote:
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I would not recommend this show for anyone under 16

I was so shocked. Out of all the shows in NYC the mom bought her and the kids tix to The Book of Mormom and Kinky Boots. Wicked would have been so perfect. And there are so many other musicals that they could have gone to. Oy.

It does seem odd.

Unless they've already seen Wicked and wanted to see something else.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:22:49 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:27 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:37 PM
Physical therapy was not fun today, but it wasn't terribly painful.

It helps to take a pain pill prior to PT.

I did, but that was for the sinus headache. :)
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:28:46 PM: We have yet to like Mexican food in Portland. Our friend, who seems to like odd Mexican food, asked if we just like California style Mexican. Of course to us that is proper Mexican food. We have had Mexican food from different regions of Mexico, and eaten it in Mexico, and on the whole have not found it to be all that different than what we grew up with. We very much enjoyed our food in Texas, and have enjoyed it in Mexico. We are limited in many ways not eating meat.

Sunday, if I can get resservations, we are meeting a friend for dinner at Xico. (https://www.xicopdx.com/) I will be surprised if I like it ;D
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:29:27 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:22:49 PM
Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:27 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 05:48:37 PM
Physical therapy was not fun today, but it wasn't terribly painful.

It helps to take a pain pill prior to PT.

I did, but that was for the sinus headache. :)

LOL, I read that as was terribly, vs not terribly. I am happy I read it wrong and you didn't suffer.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:30:22 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:01:55 PM
Choreographer Danny Daniels has died.

Loved his work on The Tap Dance Kid.

http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-and-emmy-winning-broadway-choreographer-danny-daniels-dies-at-92

Danny choreographed my reconstruction of Jubilee for the 1998 Carnegie Hall concert. He was quite a nice man, everything that ugly closet queen Herb Ross wasn't.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:32:31 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:52 PM
DR elmore are you feeling better?

I've felt good all day, just really sleepy. I'm going to bed very shortly.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 24, 2017, 06:37:27 PM: Internet problems are the WORST.
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Post by: Catherine on July 24, 2017, 06:43:49 PM: Good evening all:
TOD

Beef Tacos!!!
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:44:29 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:30:22 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:01:55 PM
Choreographer Danny Daniels has died.

Loved his work on The Tap Dance Kid.

http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-and-emmy-winning-broadway-choreographer-danny-daniels-dies-at-92

Danny choreographed my reconstruction of Jubilee for the 1998 Carnegie Hall concert. He was quite a nice man, everything that ugly closet queen Herb Ross wasn't.

Herb Ross was in the closet?
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:45:22 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:32:31 PM
Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:52 PM
DR elmore are you feeling better?

I've felt good all day, just really sleepy. I'm going to bed very shortly.

Good. Sleep well.
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Post by: John G. on July 24, 2017, 06:48:51 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 24, 2017, 06:32:31 PM
Quote from: Jane on July 24, 2017, 06:18:52 PM
DR elmore are you feeling better?

I've felt good all day, just really sleepy. I'm going to bed very shortly.

I think I am, too. I did want to start Terence Malick's latest, Song to Song, which was filmed in Austin. But I watched all of the extras on Lumet and have run out of time. Tomorrow maybe.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 06:52:51 PM: Quote from: Jrand66 on July 24, 2017, 06:37:27 PM
Internet problems are the WORST.

First world problems. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 07:31:43 PM: And on that note (F#), I'm leaving work. I want to stop at my sister's for a bit, then I can go home, do a load of laundry, and look at making another random-clips DVD to clear up space on my other DVD burner.

Be back later.
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:47:28 PM: Today was quite a busy day at work, followed by a closing at a clients home this evening
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:48:42 PM: We closed in his living /dining room space which had various keyboards, mikes, speakers, amps etc scattered about
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:49:31 PM: He was a very pleasant fellow and I was packing up to go I casually said,I assume you are a musician
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:51:10 PM: Oh yes , he tells me I play for commercials and shows, concerts etc. in fact inAugust I'll be playing keyboard for The Little Shop of Horrors at the Bayway Playhouse
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:52:46 PM: Are you familiar with it? He asked

Oh yes I've been to the playhouse several times although not recently I must admit, I tell him
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:54:08 PM: No the show ! Have you ever heard of it?

I tell him yes, it's actually a favorite of mine....and he tells me he never heard of it before he got the gig
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:55:03 PM: Is it wrong that he immediately fell in my estimation?
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:57:18 PM: After that as I headed home I decided to continue in my quest to become the fattest woman alive by stopping and picking up Five Guys for dinner
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:58:54 PM: Being a Good and Thoughtful wife I also bought one for Vixdad
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:59:17 PM: And a bag of Little fries for us to share
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:00:03 PM: It was delicious
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:01:46 PM: For the past week stepping outside felt like stepping into a Sauna, tonight it actually felt a bit chilly
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:02:46 PM: Tomorrow night is our annual church outing to the local minor league baseball stadium
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 24, 2017, 08:03:10 PM: Quote from: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 07:59:17 PM
And a bag of Little fries for us to share

Of course we all know there's no such thing at Five Guys. Even the "small fries" is a HUGE BAG OVERFLOWING WITH FRIES. :D
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:03:12 PM: But the forecast is for rain
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:03:20 PM: Boo. Hiss
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Post by: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:04:04 PM: i just noticed my post count is a palindrome

And I apparently passed a millstone 24 posts ago

Better than passing a gall stone

Or a kidney stone
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 09:03:08 PM: Quote from: vixmom on July 24, 2017, 08:04:04 PM
i just noticed my post count is a palindrome

And I apparently passed a millstone 24 posts ago

Better than passing a gall stone

Or a kidney stone

Or a millstone...or a Goldstone!

:))
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 09:04:18 PM: Finished with viewing another two Hitchcock hours - few of these achieve greatness, I'm afraid, but they're all fun to watch in one way or another, especially the actors and the occasional original score by the likes of Herrmann and Leonard Rosenman.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 09:04:27 PM: Page four? Really?
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 09:05:21 PM: Listening to the symphonies of Tchaikovsky. Fun to discover these after all these years. I really enjoyed the first of them, the second not so much, and the third, so far, is lovely.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 10:20:31 PM: Well...
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 10:20:46 PM: ...since we're so close...
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 10:21:06 PM: PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 10:23:42 PM: Listening to the Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony, which I'm enjoying. This journey began with Kubelik's Tchaikovsky 4th - I like that version much better than the one in this set - just smoother. Generally this Svetlanov/Melodiya set is very emphatic, which is certainly the Russian way to play stuff. I do have alternates of the fourth, fifth, and sixth with Mravinsky on DG and Reiner's Pathetique, which is great.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 10:23:53 PM: Page five? Really?
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 10:24:04 PM: Guess I should put my car away.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2017, 10:25:38 PM: I've been uploading sixteen CDs of the symphonies of Nikolai Miaskovsky, a composer I know absolutely nothing about - I may have had a CD at some point of something, but no memory of the music it contained. This guy, who wrote twenty-seven symphonies, all in the twentieth century, was prolific. Looking forward to diving in.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 11:24:10 PM: I'm burning a DVD of clips recorded from the Classic Arts Showcase (http://www.classicartsshowcase.org) channel.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 11:25:23 PM: This one will have 25 tracks and be about 2 hours and 45 minutes long.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 11:28:32 PM: I've watched one episode (the next to the last) of "Grey's Anatomy" and am now watching the season finale.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2017, 11:29:06 PM: They were originally broadcast in May, and I'm just now getting to them.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:33:19 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:34:21 PM: Quote from: George on July 24, 2017, 11:28:32 PM
I've watched one episode (the next to the last) of "Grey's Anatomy" and am now watching the season finale.

If you run up to Seattle in the next few days, you can see the entire cast.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:35:09 PM: I wouldn't know them if I saw them.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:36:50 PM: I am feeling ~~waterlogged~~ liquid logged.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:37:11 PM: But not hungry.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:38:45 PM: Fred, I am so excited about THE LAST STARFIGHTER. I will hopefully be there for the show.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:41:32 PM: Another beautiful day in the 80's today.
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:47:21 PM: One thing about Second Story Theatre is that it isn't a very big theater (audience-wise).
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:48:28 PM: I never realized that they do a nine-show season.
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2017, 11:55:53 PM: It was nice here as well, not too hot.
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Post by: George on July 25, 2017, 12:02:22 AM: Quote from: TCB on July 24, 2017, 11:34:21 PM
Quote from: George on July 24, 2017, 11:28:32 PM
I've watched one episode (the next to the last) of "Grey's Anatomy" and am now watching the season finale.

If you run up to Seattle in the next few days, you can see the entire cast.

Really? Do you know if they're filming next season's episodes??
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Post by: TCB on July 25, 2017, 12:12:24 AM: They are filming on-location footage for next season.
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Post by: TCB on July 25, 2017, 12:17:00 AM: I just found out there won't be any live hydroplane race coverage this year.
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Post by: George on July 25, 2017, 12:24:44 AM: Quote from: TCB on July 25, 2017, 12:17:00 AM
I just found out there won't be any live hydroplane race coverage this year.

Darn. There are a couple of people at my work who really enjoy watching the races. I don't know if they go to see them live, though. If they haven't, I guess they'll have to now.
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Post by: TCB on July 25, 2017, 12:26:22 AM: It was a family tradition in our household.