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Title: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 12:21:32 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were on their toes, and now it is time for you to post until the on your toes cows come home.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 12:24:49 AM
And the word of the day is: SYMPHYSIS!
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2018, 03:05:57 AM
Good day to you
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2018, 03:07:10 AM
Dr Druxy

Hope your results from the MRI are negative and there are no problems to be found.
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2018, 03:08:36 AM
ASK BK

Where on eBay can one see the books you have for sale?
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:12:00 AM
Good morning
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:12:32 AM
Good MRI result vibes for Druxy
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:14:24 AM
BK, why do you think you were the only person in LA who experienced this Smellovision? Were you alone in the theatre when it played?

I'm confused
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:14:49 AM
Where is the Father of Cats this morning?
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:15:39 AM
I need my  Annabelle and Thatch story so I can go to work in a good frame of mind
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:16:06 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:16:17 AM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:16:35 AM
I had intended to sleep longer but Annabelle had other plans and I am slave to her whims.
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:16:43 AM
Good morning, all!

There you are!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:17:28 AM
The snow is not expected to return.....
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:17:53 AM
Until Saturday

:P
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:19:12 AM
My mother bought me a hyacinth for Easter
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:19:29 AM
It was all in bud when she gave it to me
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:20:25 AM
When I came home Monday night the smell of perfume filled the air when I opened the front door
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:20:42 AM
The hyacinth had bloomed during the day
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:21:20 AM
Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:21:50 AM
I woke up thinking about it because i failed to water it
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:22:01 AM
I hope it will be ok
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:22:50 AM
I never had a hyacinth before, d anyone know if they blow mire GSM once a season?
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:23:04 AM
????????????
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:23:31 AM
Does anyone here know if they bloom more than once a season?
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:24:20 AM
I doubt they blow mire GSM
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:24:52 AM
Whatever that means
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:24:58 AM
After an increasingly panicky search for my glasses, which she had tossed off my night stand, I figured I'd stay up, get dressed, and get to work.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:26:14 AM
DR John G, your work situation sounds precarious.  Proceed cautiously.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:31:37 AM
My Miami U friend Roy comes in every spring with his wife while she's on some United Nations-church work.  Last week I sent him an email about my limited time because of my Encores! deadline.  I sent it to his work email, since that was the source of all previous emails relating to this year's NYC trip.  Last night I learned that he changed jobs several months ago and that email address is now invalid.  WTF?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:32:18 AM
Don't get me started.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 04:32:58 AM
I have deadlines to meet.

To work.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:38:19 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:38:51 AM
One cup of coffee down, no doubt another couple to go.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:39:26 AM
I've got orchestra rehearsals today and tomorrow for that family show.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:41:04 AM
I was awakened in the wee hours by a cat (not naming any names here) tossing a hairball.

DR Elmore has so much to look forward to!   :)
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:45:33 AM
Work vibes for John
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:47:37 AM
Last night I went to the Texas Roadhouse to pick up a gift card for my moms neighbors who always shovel her snow for her
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:47:55 AM
There was a new fella at the cash register
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:49:06 AM
When came in all the hostesses greeted me enthusiastically and asked after the Vixter
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:49:52 AM
When told the new fella I wanted s gift card and was paying by credit card he asked for ID, which I showedif course.
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:50:35 AM
During the transaction several more waitstFf and bus staff came by to hug me and ask after the Vixter
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:51:14 AM
As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:52:07 AM

:D
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 04:54:57 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 04:57:03 AM
Thank you, all, for the work vibes. I can’t do anything but do the best I can with the job and continue to reach out where I can.
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 04:59:49 AM
Thank you, all, for the work vibes. I can’t do anything but do the best I can with the job and continue to reach out where I can.

You're a good man,  Charlie Brown.   
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:01:31 AM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after
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Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:02:37 AM
Well I must be going I need to drop a washed pie plate and gift card to my Mom's house on my way to the office
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2018, 05:34:44 AM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2018, 05:36:05 AM
You'd think that they would have invented a way to let people sit in an MRI without that horrible loud noise. I've only had one once. But it was when I had a debilitating migraine. And listening to that horrible noise was the last thing I needed. I almost couldn't stand it (plus I'm claustrophobic).
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 05:53:55 AM
George - thanks so much for your comment last night!
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 05:54:13 AM
Work vibes to John G!
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 05:55:31 AM
Larry, such an awful elevator situation.  sorry you're going through that; sounds like it could be terrible workmanship, or is it just a bad elevator?
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 06:12:25 AM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Doing good work, even putting in that extra time, can pay off.  I worked at a summer job when in law school, a really great law firm, and the cases were exciting to inexperienced me at least, so I worked until all hours because I was having a ball work-wise.  The hiring attorney even made a donation to a campus extracurricular group I was involved in, and called me up to have lunch each time he came to campus to recruit in following years.  I chose the CPA-firm route instead, as the CPA firm was giving me a chance to work on the AT&T break-up (which so ended up annoying me as a regular phone customer, but totally fascinated me as one of the great business learning opportunities so i grabbed it; it felt once in a lifetime at the time.  (The CPA firm paid much less but since my parents didn't mind me still living with them at 23, my living expenses were very low).

But years later, a wonderful actress in "The Last Starfighter" premiere (and on the Kritzerland album, so there's a HHW connection) was working at that firm, the firm's name came up on caller ID when the actress called us during her lunch break - and I said to her I wonder if Charlie remembers me from over 20 years ago; she was sitting right outside Charlie's office, so she just asked him, and he got on the phone as if he remembered me from last year.   
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 06:14:37 AM
As Archie Bunker said, a once in a lifetime opportunity - something like that only happens 2 or 3 times in a person's life.  :)
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 06:20:33 AM
TOD:

BK - It feels (at least to me reading in NY) like you've got so much more exciting stuff going on in your life than you did when the monthly shows started.  Could this "cooling off" thing possibly be a sign to make them quarterly instead of monthly (or might you lose your loyal audience if it's not every month)? 
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 06:39:53 AM
Larry, such an awful elevator situation.  sorry you're going through that; sounds like it could be terrible workmanship, or is it just a bad elevator?

Val says it was something they had overlooked.  It's back and up running this morning.  Everyone on the third floor was pissed last night.  The attitude was, it was out of service for seven weeks and the new one lasts three weeks?

Hopefully, this is the end of the problems for a while.
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 07:19:07 AM
Let’s move on!
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 07:19:17 AM
Three!
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 08:02:02 AM
I was awakened in the wee hours by a cat (not naming any names here) tossing a hairball.

DR Elmore has so much to look forward to!   :)

Oh joy ;D
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 08:02:43 AM
As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!

Funny 😊
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 08:03:30 AM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Nice but not surprising.
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 08:04:18 AM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(

It doesn't sound like enough to need boots.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 08:06:20 AM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Doing good work, even putting in that extra time, can pay off.  I worked at a summer job when in law school, a really great law firm, and the cases were exciting to inexperienced me at least, so I worked until all hours because I was having a ball work-wise.  The hiring attorney even made a donation to a campus extracurricular group I was involved in, and called me up to have lunch each time he came to campus to recruit in following years.  I chose the CPA-firm route instead, as the CPA firm was giving me a chance to work on the AT&T break-up (which so ended up annoying me as a regular phone customer, but totally fascinated me as one of the great business learning opportunities so i grabbed it; it felt once in a lifetime at the time.  (The CPA firm paid much less but since my parents didn't mind me still living with them at 23, my living expenses were very low).

But years later, a wonderful actress in "The Last Starfighter" premiere (and on the Kritzerland album, so there's a HHW connection) was working at that firm, the firm's name came up on caller ID when the actress called us during her lunch break - and I said to her I wonder if Charlie remembers me from over 20 years ago; she was sitting right outside Charlie's office, so she just asked him, and he got on the phone as if he remembered me from last year.   

This is a wonderful story :)
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 08:10:01 AM
As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!

Weren't some people wondering something like that when you had your best-in-the-house table for one at 54 Below?  :)
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Post by: FJL on April 04, 2018, 08:10:32 AM
Thanks, Jane.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2018, 08:44:06 AM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(

It doesn't sound like enough to need boots.

It is very thick. So I definitely needed boots. It might have been 2 or 3 cms. I was just going by what it looked like out the window. But after going outside it was a bit of a mess. :(
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Post by: Ginny on April 04, 2018, 08:51:17 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  Another just under the before-noon wire...
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Post by: Ginny on April 04, 2018, 08:52:41 AM
I'd been looking forward to today and tomorrow at home with no commitments, but yesterday's severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings kept me from doing an errand that MUST be done today.  All I have to worry about today is snow squalls...
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 09:05:52 AM
Talking head vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 09:06:11 AM
Cold today - lots of wind and rain and thunder last night.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 09:06:51 AM
I want warmer weather for our ANNIE auditions this Saturday and Sunday....but I don't think I'll get my want.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 09:08:41 AM
I came "this close" to playing three days of ANNIE auditions just now, but they're on the same weekend we open the family show, so I get to miss all of that fun this year.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:06:15 AM
ASK BK

Where on eBay can one see the books you have for sale?

You'll have to PM me.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:09:35 AM
BK, why do you think you were the only person in LA who experienced this Smellovision? Were you alone in the theatre when it played?

I'm confused

Well, let's just say that no one has ever admitted to it since that time and I suspect I probably was the only young person - it had a very short run here and did poorly.  I've talked to many who saw it in the 80s when it aired on TV with scratch-n-sniff cards in a seventy-minute version, but no one has ever come forward and said they'd actually seen it during its run here.  And of course we weren't alone in the theater.  There is a reason I was asked to do the commentary on the Blu-ray just as there's a reason I've been asked to do this interview - but I'll be interested to hear what this other gent has to say.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:12:18 AM
I'm up, I'm up - I have no idea how much sleep other than not enough.  I guess I drank too much liquid because I was up what seemed like every fifteen minutes using the loo. 
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:12:32 AM
And extremely weird dreams.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:12:47 AM
And a bit of congestion this morning.
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:47:53 AM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(

It doesn't sound like enough to need boots.

It is very thick. So I definitely needed boots. It might have been 2 or 3 cms. I was just going by what it looked like out the window. But after going outside it was a bit of a mess. :(

And I was showing off my ignorance of centimeters ;)
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:56:40 AM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:12:14 AM
Good morning / afternoon.
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 11:12:42 AM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:13:00 AM
Sorry that I was absent last evening.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:13:30 AM
Job vibes to DR John G.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:14:06 AM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.


Where in Maine are you going?
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:15:03 AM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.


Are the May and June shows back on at The Federal?
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:15:26 AM
Today is the old actors lunch.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:15:59 AM
We are going to Hank's, so I am having pizza.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:16:22 AM
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:17:37 AM
I want warmer weather for our ANNIE auditions this Saturday and Sunday....but I don't think I'll get my want.


Would you like me to drive out there and play FDR?
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 11:32:27 AM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.


Are the May and June shows back on at The Federal?

Yes, at The Federal.
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 11:43:13 AM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.


Where in Maine are you going?

Rockland. It’s where we used to sail out of.
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Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 12:29:27 PM
Flat Broke with Two Goats is the latest Big Read San Antonio.
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:43:32 PM
Sorry that I was absent last evening.

You weren't the only one, Tom.  I left work, did some shopping, came home, fed my cat (I actually don't remember if I fed myself :-\ ), went up to my bedroom, started watching TV and posted once from my tablet, and just kept watching TV, then fell asleep. ::)
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:43:47 PM
The hyacinth had bloomed during the day

Nice! :)
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:43:55 PM
Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday

Darn. :(
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:44:57 PM
I was awakened in the wee hours by a cat (not naming any names here) tossing a hairball.

DR Elmore has so much to look forward to!   :)

Been there...done that. :P
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:45:07 PM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

That's so sweet!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:45:19 PM
Gratuitous Post #100!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:45:35 PM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Doing good work, even putting in that extra time, can pay off.  I worked at a summer job when in law school, a really great law firm, and the cases were exciting to inexperienced me at least, so I worked until all hours because I was having a ball work-wise.  The hiring attorney even made a donation to a campus extracurricular group I was involved in, and called me up to have lunch each time he came to campus to recruit in following years.  I chose the CPA-firm route instead, as the CPA firm was giving me a chance to work on the AT&T break-up (which so ended up annoying me as a regular phone customer, but totally fascinated me as one of the great business learning opportunities so i grabbed it; it felt once in a lifetime at the time.  (The CPA firm paid much less but since my parents didn't mind me still living with them at 23, my living expenses were very low).

But years later, a wonderful actress in "The Last Starfighter" premiere (and on the Kritzerland album, so there's a HHW connection) was working at that firm, the firm's name came up on caller ID when the actress called us during her lunch break - and I said to her I wonder if Charlie remembers me from over 20 years ago; she was sitting right outside Charlie's office, so she just asked him, and he got on the phone as if he remembered me from last year.

That's a great story, Fred!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:45:52 PM
Larry, such an awful elevator situation.  sorry you're going through that; sounds like it could be terrible workmanship, or is it just a bad elevator?

Val says it was something they had overlooked.  It's back and up running this morning.  Everyone on the third floor was pissed last night.  The attitude was, it was out of service for seven weeks and the new one lasts three weeks?

Hopefully, this is the end of the problems for a while.

VERY good news!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:46:41 PM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.

Great news about the resolution, BK!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 12:50:18 PM
We are going to Hank's, so I am having pizza.

The pizza on their homepage (http://www.hankstacoma.com/home.html) looks really good!  What kind did you have? 
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2018, 02:11:17 PM
Annalene Beechey, my leading lady for the recordings of Dearest Enemy and Roberta, has been cast as Kelli O'Hara's standby for the London production of The King & I.  I am really happy for her.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 02:11:46 PM
Good news from MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 02:12:28 PM
Yes nice story DR FJL.

I was pleased to learn that DR ViXMOM had purchased the Texas Roadhouse....maybe she will have to work fewer hours.
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 02:36:02 PM
Annalene Beechey, my leading lady for the recordings of Dearest Enemy and Roberta, has been cast as Kelli O'Hara's standby for the London production of The King & I.  I am really happy for her.

Congrats to Annalene!
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Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 02:36:30 PM
Yes nice story DR FJL.

I was pleased to learn that DR ViXMOM had purchased the Texas Roadhouse....maybe she will have to work fewer hours.

And congrats to Vixmom on her new restaurant purchase!

;)
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Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:24:00 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:24:44 PM
Glad to hear that the Kritzerland venue problem has been resolved.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:26:25 PM
Elevator vibes to Elmore!

The third floor is understandably fed up. Vibes this problem is history.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:27:48 PM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Yes, and it's also interesting that so many of the staff are still there. It must be a good place to work.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:28:48 PM
Thank you, all, for the work vibes. I can’t do anything but do the best I can with the job and continue to reach out where I can.

More vibes from me, too.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:31:33 PM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(

DR Jennifer, I know you're anxious for spring, but do you not have a good pair of comfortable boots? I love boots and often wear them even when it isn't wet out. Of course, it isn't always easy to find a good-fitting pair. Have you found some you really like?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:33:08 PM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Doing good work, even putting in that extra time, can pay off.  I worked at a summer job when in law school, a really great law firm, and the cases were exciting to inexperienced me at least, so I worked until all hours because I was having a ball work-wise.  The hiring attorney even made a donation to a campus extracurricular group I was involved in, and called me up to have lunch each time he came to campus to recruit in following years.  I chose the CPA-firm route instead, as the CPA firm was giving me a chance to work on the AT&T break-up (which so ended up annoying me as a regular phone customer, but totally fascinated me as one of the great business learning opportunities so i grabbed it; it felt once in a lifetime at the time.  (The CPA firm paid much less but since my parents didn't mind me still living with them at 23, my living expenses were very low).

But years later, a wonderful actress in "The Last Starfighter" premiere (and on the Kritzerland album, so there's a HHW connection) was working at that firm, the firm's name came up on caller ID when the actress called us during her lunch break - and I said to her I wonder if Charlie remembers me from over 20 years ago; she was sitting right outside Charlie's office, so she just asked him, and he got on the phone as if he remembered me from last year.   

Interesting story, Fred. You clearly stood out in Charlie's memory. A compliment to you, I'm sure.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:35:48 PM
Yes nice story DR FJL.

I was pleased to learn that DR ViXMOM had purchased the Texas Roadhouse....maybe she will have to work fewer hours.

Well, she couldn't work any more hours.

Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:38:47 PM
I think it's an excellent career move for her.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Druxy on April 04, 2018, 03:39:01 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:39:32 PM
I had my hair cut today, then did some grocery shopping. So exciting.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:40:14 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

Good news!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jeanne on April 04, 2018, 03:40:34 PM
TTFN.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 03:40:34 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

Good news!

Ditto!!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 03:40:40 PM
Yes nice story DR FJL.

I was pleased to learn that DR ViXMOM had purchased the Texas Roadhouse....maybe she will have to work fewer hours.

Well, she couldn't work any more hours.

:o DON'T GIVE HER ANY IDEAS!!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 03:55:08 PM
:))
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 04:13:57 PM
You'll all love this story:  Someone filed a PayPal dispute about an order placed a couple of weeks ago.  Didn't contact us, but filed a dispute - in his missive he rather confrontationally asks if we sent his package to some old address in our computer rather than the current address on file with PayPal.  Really obnoxious.  Now, that's certainly happened in the past on the odd occasion.  But I pulled up his handy-dandy invoice and guess what - his shipment went to the address on it, which apparently isn't correct.  Not our fault, chum.  Not PayPal's fault chum.  Your fault, you stupid peckerhead.  Not only is his "new" address not on the invoice, the old address where the package was sent is right there on the dispute page!  I responded as nicely as I could and said we'd call the USPS and see about rerouting the package.  The helper is on that.  Meanwhile I asked him to please shut down the dispute and that we could communicate via e-mail. 

I went and did my stuff, got back just now to a response asking me to let him know when the package has been rerouted, as if that was our JOB to do.  Obviously he hadn't shut down the dispute so I'm on a long forty-minute hold with PayPal to get them involved.  And I came on a little stronger to the peckerhead, telling him once again to shut it down.  If he doesn't, I'll simply not bother with even attempting to reroute and just wait until the post office takes its sweet time in getting the package back to us.  If, at that point, he wishes to get it he'll have to pay the additional postage, since I'm not going to be out an extra postage charge.  But I want PayPal to be involved and aware of how this is going down.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 04:14:46 PM
Did the interview for the Smell-O-Vision documentary and that was fun and was shot by the cameraman who did The First Nudie Musical.  Then a fun lunch with Larry Cohen and Laureen Landon.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 04:31:54 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: KevinH on April 04, 2018, 04:38:15 PM
Annalene Beechey, my leading lady for the recordings of Dearest Enemy and Roberta, has been cast as Kelli O'Hara's standby for the London production of The King & I.  I am really happy for her.


Good for her!  I remember how much I enjoyed her singing at the Lerner and Loewe concert in the UK several years ago.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: KevinH on April 04, 2018, 04:39:28 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.


Yes, I would be interested!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:41:09 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.

YES.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 04:42:56 PM
You'll all love this story:  Someone filed a PayPal dispute about an order placed a couple of weeks ago.  Didn't contact us, but filed a dispute - in his missive he rather confrontationally asks if we sent his package to some old address in our computer rather than the current address on file with PayPal.  Really obnoxious.  Now, that's certainly happened in the past on the odd occasion.  But I pulled up his handy-dandy invoice and guess what - his shipment went to the address on it, which apparently isn't correct.  Not our fault, chum.  Not PayPal's fault chum.  Your fault, you stupid peckerhead.  Not only is his "new" address not on the invoice, the old address where the package was sent is right there on the dispute page!  I responded as nicely as I could and said we'd call the USPS and see about rerouting the package.  The helper is on that.  Meanwhile I asked him to please shut down the dispute and that we could communicate via e-mail. 

I went and did my stuff, got back just now to a response asking me to let him know when the package has been rerouted, as if that was our JOB to do.  Obviously he hadn't shut down the dispute so I'm on a long forty-minute hold with PayPal to get them involved.  And I came on a little stronger to the peckerhead, telling him once again to shut it down.  If he doesn't, I'll simply not bother with even attempting to reroute and just wait until the post office takes its sweet time in getting the package back to us.  If, at that point, he wishes to get it he'll have to pay the additional postage, since I'm not going to be out an extra postage charge.  But I want PayPal to be involved and aware of how this is going down.

::) What a dolt!  What a maroon!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 04:43:10 PM
Did the interview for the Smell-O-Vision documentary and that was fun and was shot by the cameraman who did The First Nudie Musical.  Then a fun lunch with Larry Cohen and Laureen Landon.

That's so cool!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 04:43:29 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.

Very muchly so! :D
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:44:32 PM
Did the interview for the Smell-O-Vision documentary and that was fun and was shot by the cameraman who did The First Nudie Musical.  Then a fun lunch with Larry Cohen and Laureen Landon.

Nice.  Was that just a coincidence?  And will the documentary be on a Blu-ray release, or what?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: ChasSmith on April 04, 2018, 04:48:37 PM
The Addams Family is a fun and busy keyboard book to play (there's one number in which I have a few consecutive measures of rest (I say "wow, look at that, I'll sit back and relax" every time I get to it), the mostly student band is getting it nicely, and my fellow keyboardist is great.  So all is well in Gig Land for the moment. 
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Laura on April 04, 2018, 04:55:39 PM
Sigh.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2018, 04:57:52 PM
Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow

Unfortunately when I woke up today there was a little "surprise".  It's not much snow. Maybe only 1 cm. But it was supposed to rain NOT snow. Not happy I have to get my boots out again. :(

DR Jennifer, I know you're anxious for spring, but do you not have a good pair of comfortable boots? I love boots and often wear them even when it isn't wet out. Of course, it isn't always easy to find a good-fitting pair. Have you found some you really like?

I have the winter boots that i have been wearing for 4 months. They are comfortable. But they are heavy. And I do not want to wear them again.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:40:59 PM
It's nice to know the Vixter was so well thought of that nearly two years after she left she's still being  asked after

Doing good work, even putting in that extra time, can pay off.  I worked at a summer job when in law school, a really great law firm, and the cases were exciting to inexperienced me at least, so I worked until all hours because I was having a ball work-wise.  The hiring attorney even made a donation to a campus extracurricular group I was involved in, and called me up to have lunch each time he came to campus to recruit in following years.  I chose the CPA-firm route instead, as the CPA firm was giving me a chance to work on the AT&T break-up (which so ended up annoying me as a regular phone customer, but totally fascinated me as one of the great business learning opportunities so i grabbed it; it felt once in a lifetime at the time.  (The CPA firm paid much less but since my parents didn't mind me still living with them at 23, my living expenses were very low).

But years later, a wonderful actress in "The Last Starfighter" premiere (and on the Kritzerland album, so there's a HHW connection) was working at that firm, the firm's name came up on caller ID when the actress called us during her lunch break - and I said to her I wonder if Charlie remembers me from over 20 years ago; she was sitting right outside Charlie's office, so she just asked him, and he got on the phone as if he remembered me from last year.   

That's a great story, you obviously made a great impression
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:42:50 PM
Larry, such an awful elevator situation.  sorry you're going through that; sounds like it could be terrible workmanship, or is it just a bad elevator?




Val says it was something they had overlooked.  It's back and up running this morning.  Everyone on the third floor was pissed last night.  The attitude was, it was out of service for seven weeks and the new one lasts three weeks?

Hopefully, this is the end of the problems for a while.


Vibes for a continuously working elevator for years to come


Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:47:35 PM
As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!

Weren't some people wondering something like that when you had your best-in-the-house table for one at 54 Below?  :)

Yes that was really funny too, I am sure I got that table only because I was supposed to be sharing  with your drummers wife and because of the lovely email you and skip sent to the venue.  But then she wasn't able to attend and suddenly I had the only two top , up on its private platform looking over everyone else packed in line sardines...people kept looking up at me trying to figure out why I was so privileged 
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:49:27 PM
BK, why do you think you were the only person in LA who experienced this Smellovision? Were you alone in the theatre when it played?

I'm confused

Well, let's just say that no one has ever admitted to it since that time and I suspect I probably was the only young person - it had a very short run here and did poorly.  I've talked to many who saw it in the 80s when it aired on TV with scratch-n-sniff cards in a seventy-minute version, but no one has ever come forward and said they'd actually seen it during its run here.  And of course we weren't alone in the theater.  There is a reason I was asked to do the commentary on the Blu-ray just as there's a reason I've been asked to do this interview - but I'll be interested to hear what this other gent has to say.


Thanks for explaining , I was imagining them doing a special presentation and you were the only one to show up
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:50:43 PM
How did the people doing the film know How to reach you and that you saw it? 
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:52:04 PM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.


I am very glad it was resolved amicably
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:53:22 PM
I want warmer weather for our ANNIE auditions this Saturday and Sunday....but I don't think I'll get my want.




Would you like me to drive out there and play FDR?


:)
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 05:55:31 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
Great news.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:55:33 PM
Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday

Darn. :(



No it's fine, I spend more time awake at the office.  I put it on the top of my credenza and it is very  pretty and in the bigger space the perfume is not overwhelming
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 05:55:39 PM
Had a good phone conversation and the Kritzerland show issues are resolved and we're back on for May and June.  And to address FJL's idea - our audience has been really loyal and likes the fact that we're at the same place, the same time (mostly) every month and we're the only show to have ever done it for this very long period of time.  However, for the past year I've known that my plan is to get to 100 shows, which will happen mid next year and then either stop completely or, more likely, that we'll do three yearly specials, which would keep it alive but me much easier on me.

I am glad you were able to work out the issues.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 05:56:03 PM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.

I hope so!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:56:15 PM
Annalene Beechey, my leading lady for the recordings of Dearest Enemy and Roberta, has been cast as Kelli O'Hara's standby for the London production of The King & I.  I am really happy for her.


Very nice
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:56:48 PM
Yes nice story DR FJL.

I was pleased to learn that DR ViXMOM had purchased the Texas Roadhouse....maybe she will have to work fewer hours.

I wish
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 05:57:07 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.

Very muchly so! :D

Heck yeah. Especially German.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 05:59:36 PM
You'll all love this story:  Someone filed a PayPal dispute about an order placed a couple of weeks ago.  Didn't contact us, but filed a dispute - in his missive he rather confrontationally asks if we sent his package to some old address in our computer rather than the current address on file with PayPal.  Really obnoxious.  Now, that's certainly happened in the past on the odd occasion.  But I pulled up his handy-dandy invoice and guess what - his shipment went to the address on it, which apparently isn't correct.  Not our fault, chum.  Not PayPal's fault chum.  Your fault, you stupid peckerhead.  Not only is his "new" address not on the invoice, the old address where the package was sent is right there on the dispute page!  I responded as nicely as I could and said we'd call the USPS and see about rerouting the package.  The helper is on that.  Meanwhile I asked him to please shut down the dispute and that we could communicate via e-mail. 

I went and did my stuff, got back just now to a response asking me to let him know when the package has been rerouted, as if that was our JOB to do.  Obviously he hadn't shut down the dispute so I'm on a long forty-minute hold with PayPal to get them involved.  And I came on a little stronger to the peckerhead, telling him once again to shut it down.  If he doesn't, I'll simply not bother with even attempting to reroute and just wait until the post office takes its sweet time in getting the package back to us.  If, at that point, he wishes to get it he'll have to pay the additional postage, since I'm not going to be out an extra postage charge.  But I want PayPal to be involved and aware of how this is going down.


Nitwit, when you pay on PayPal you have to verify your address
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 06:00:29 PM
Sigh.

Oh dear...are you still listening to them?   
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
When it's over will you be allowed to tell us about it?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 06:06:38 PM
Well, I need to leave work and go to rehearsal.  I think tonight and tomorrow we'll be learning the music.  The king doesn't specifically sing much, but I'm in the ensemble for a couple of numbers, so I'll have some stuff to do.

Be back later.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:16:24 PM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.


Where in Maine are you going?

Rockland. It’s where we used to sail out of.

I have been to Bar Harbor but not Rockland.  It looks like a nice town and place to vacation.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:18:05 PM
Flat Broke with Two Goats is the latest Big Read San Antonio.

Are you going to read it?  I previously opted not to.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 06:18:54 PM
The Smell documentary is a standalone thing.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:20:04 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

Good news.  I hope something can be done about that age problem.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:22:08 PM
You'll all love this story:  Someone filed a PayPal dispute about an order placed a couple of weeks ago.  Didn't contact us, but filed a dispute - in his missive he rather confrontationally asks if we sent his package to some old address in our computer rather than the current address on file with PayPal.  Really obnoxious.  Now, that's certainly happened in the past on the odd occasion.  But I pulled up his handy-dandy invoice and guess what - his shipment went to the address on it, which apparently isn't correct.  Not our fault, chum.  Not PayPal's fault chum.  Your fault, you stupid peckerhead.  Not only is his "new" address not on the invoice, the old address where the package was sent is right there on the dispute page!  I responded as nicely as I could and said we'd call the USPS and see about rerouting the package.  The helper is on that.  Meanwhile I asked him to please shut down the dispute and that we could communicate via e-mail. 

I went and did my stuff, got back just now to a response asking me to let him know when the package has been rerouted, as if that was our JOB to do.  Obviously he hadn't shut down the dispute so I'm on a long forty-minute hold with PayPal to get them involved.  And I came on a little stronger to the peckerhead, telling him once again to shut it down.  If he doesn't, I'll simply not bother with even attempting to reroute and just wait until the post office takes its sweet time in getting the package back to us.  If, at that point, he wishes to get it he'll have to pay the additional postage, since I'm not going to be out an extra postage charge.  But I want PayPal to be involved and aware of how this is going down.

::) What a dolt!  What a maroon!

I agree.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:24:11 PM
Sigh.

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Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:25:37 PM
Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday

Darn. :(



No it's fine, I spend more time awake at the office.  I put it on the top of my credenza and it is very  pretty and in the bigger space the perfume is not overwhelming

It is nice to think of you enjoying the plant at work.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 06:30:00 PM
Keith has mentioned seeing a smell movie before.  I just asked and he thinks it was a horror movie.  In my opinion the smelly part just might be the horror he remembers ;)
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Michael on April 04, 2018, 06:35:19 PM
Question for musicals lovers:  Would there be any interest in foreign cast albums of shows - such as a Japanese or German Annie Get Your Gun or a French Sweet Charity - that kind of thing.  I've always enjoyed them and am toying with the idea of releasing a couple.

Would they be cast recordings or studio recreations with different orchestrations?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 06:45:24 PM
It's very hard to tell with these foreign things exactly what they are - but I really enjoy them.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Laura on April 04, 2018, 06:52:21 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

I might just make a comment about this in a couple of days. Stay tuned.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 06:54:11 PM
Flat Broke with Two Goats is the latest Big Read San Antonio.

Are you going to read it?  I previously opted not to.

I checked out an audio version. But I have a few more audiobooks I'm listening to first.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 06:55:13 PM
Keith has mentioned seeing a smell movie before.  I just asked and he thinks it was a horror movie.  In my opinion the smelly part just might be the horror he remembers ;)

Polyester was filmed in Odorama. But it wasn't a horror movie, just a John Waters extravaganza.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 06:57:45 PM
I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.


Where in Maine are you going?

Rockland. It’s where we used to sail out of.

I have been to Bar Harbor but not Rockland.  It looks like a nice town and place to vacation.

It's the place where we would sail out of when we could get on the clipper ship, the Victory Chimes. It's also home of Primo, a wonderful, James Beard Award-winning Italian restaurant.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 07:02:51 PM
I have started to watch I, Tonya. As much as I loved Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird, Allison Janney won that Oscar fair and square in the first 10 minutes. It's not just the shock of what she says or does, it's the utter lack of humanity that's just so perfect. 
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 07:04:27 PM
The James Earl Jones version of King Lear arrived in the mail. Maybe this weekend. Whenever I can find 3 hours to watch it.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 07:06:46 PM
Did MR BK say that he participated in the Scent of Mystery/Holiday in Spain BluRay?

Why didn't I remember this?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jrand74 on April 04, 2018, 07:07:26 PM
I am looking at a B I G G E R tv, but I don't think I can fit a 55" set in my space....I may have to go for smaller one....we shall see.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 08:00:27 PM
Great news about Annalene Beechley, Elmore. I just wish I liked that production more.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 08:00:57 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

I might just make a comment about this in a couple of days. Stay tuned.

Patience, my friend.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: vixmom on April 04, 2018, 08:04:53 PM
Just left the doctor's office.

Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.

I might just make a comment about this in a couple of days. Stay tuned.

Patience, my friend.




Hmmmmm
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 08:06:13 PM
We're having to do StrengthFinders, now known as CliftonStrengths, for work. Has anyone else had to do this?

It's kinda like a horoscope. It's general enough that it could apply to way too many people. It's all in how you interpret the findings.

I was given adaptability as one of my so-called strengths. "You live in the moment. You don't see the future as a fixed destination."

For input: "You are inquisitive. You collect things. ... And yours is the kind of mind that finds so many things interesting."

I did learn the word "intellection," which isn't in spellcheck. "You like to think." 'Nuff said.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: John G. on April 04, 2018, 08:06:37 PM
I'm going to go read some more of this. What a way to fall asleep quickly.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 08:57:24 PM
I did the commentary for Scent of Mystery.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 09:00:15 PM
Just watched another Lelouch film, this one from 2010.  Like many of his films you sit there and try to keep characters and stories straight and think you never will and then like a sorcerer Lelouch somehow always brings it all together by the end.  And the coda really goes into GEE territory in a tiny way, but the way it's done is a little cliche for me.  But these films (this one was his forty-third) are simply like on one else's - this one is very personal and the young man who plays Lelouch could be his twin when Lelouch was that age.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:20:49 PM
I have started to watch I, Tonya. As much as I loved Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird, Allison Janney won that Oscar fair and square in the first 10 minutes. It's not just the shock of what she says or does, it's the utter lack of humanity that's just so perfect. 

I would like to see her performance.  This article, to be read after you finish watching, explains why I do not plan to support the film.  If you disagree with the article please let me know.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:23:36 PM
I'm going to go read some more of this. What a way to fall asleep quickly.

;D  Sleep well.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: bk on April 04, 2018, 10:27:47 PM
So at ten o'clock this evening I get an e-mail reminder about an eleven o'clock in the morning meeting for the Richard Sherman celebration I'm directing.  I don't remember it, our MD Richard Allen doesn't remember it, Richard Sherman's son doesn't remember it - so I'm not sure whether we'll go yet - waiting for a call from Richard Allen - because nothing is really going to get decided as I'm just starting to figure out the songs I want done and who will do them.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:28:13 PM
DS Bryan doesn't talk about work very often  Something that happened on his shift last night fit in with our conversation so we got to hear the details of how he saved a life.  8)
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:35:30 PM
This news story explains why the patient was in the ER last night.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-store-clerks-charged-selling-synthetic-pot-laced/story?id=54197525
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: Jane on April 04, 2018, 10:38:10 PM
Very scary.   He has seen 3 patients related to the story, this last one was the worst.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 11:07:28 PM
This news story explains why the patient was in the ER last night.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-store-clerks-charged-selling-synthetic-pot-laced/story?id=54197525

Oh, no!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:38:04 PM
Good evening.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:39:17 PM
We are going to Hank's, so I am having pizza.

The pizza on their homepage (http://www.hankstacoma.com/home.html) looks really good!  What kind did you have? 


I always order the Fantastic Four.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 11:44:06 PM
We are going to Hank's, so I am having pizza.

The pizza on their homepage (http://www.hankstacoma.com/home.html) looks really good!  What kind did you have? 


I always order the Fantastic Four.

Ahh.  I don't like olives or mushrooms at all, so that's one that I'll never have.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:47:20 PM
Great news about Annalene Beechley, Elmore. I just wish I liked that production more.


John, you are the only person I know who saw this production and disliked it.  Is it the production that you didn’t like, or was it just because you don’t like Kellie O’Hara?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:48:51 PM
I have started to watch I, Tonya. As much as I loved Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird, Allison Janney won that Oscar fair and square in the first 10 minutes. It's not just the shock of what she says or does, it's the utter lack of humanity that's just so perfect. 

I would like to see her performance.  This article, to be read after you finish watching, explains why I do not plan to support the film.  If you disagree with the article please let me know.


What article are you talking about?
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:49:09 PM
Hi, George.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2018, 11:51:24 PM
The Hank’s pizza leftovers are calling me from the kitchen, but I am trying to be a good boy.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 11:52:38 PM
Hi, Tom.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 04, 2018, 11:53:03 PM
The Hank’s pizza leftovers are calling me from the kitchen, but I am trying to be a good boy.

Where's the fun in that?

;)
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 05, 2018, 12:11:19 AM
Fortunately for me, Nick is curled up with me, so I can’t get up and get to the pizza.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 05, 2018, 12:13:56 AM
Fortunately for me, Nick is curled up with me, so I can’t get up and get to the pizza.

He's protecting you from the awful pizza!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: TCB on April 05, 2018, 12:34:34 AM
Good night, George.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 05, 2018, 12:36:45 AM
Good night, Tom.
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 05, 2018, 12:42:08 AM
Gratuitous Post #202!
Title: Re: ON YOUR TOES
Post by: George on April 05, 2018, 12:42:57 AM
And on that note (G#), I need to go to sleep.

Good night and have a good day, all!