Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 04, 2018, 12:21:32 AM
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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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And the word of the day is: SYMPHYSIS!
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Good day to you
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Dr Druxy
Hope your results from the MRI are negative and there are no problems to be found.
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ASK BK
Where on eBay can one see the books you have for sale?
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Good morning
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Good MRI result vibes for Druxy
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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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Where is the Father of Cats this morning?
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I need my Annabelle and Thatch story so I can go to work in a good frame of mind
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Good morning, all!
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Well it's not nice out, but at least it's not snow
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I had intended to sleep longer but Annabelle had other plans and I am slave to her whims.
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Good morning, all!
There you are!!
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The snow is not expected to return.....
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Until Saturday
:P
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My mother bought me a hyacinth for Easter
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It was all in bud when she gave it to me
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When I came home Monday night the smell of perfume filled the air when I opened the front door
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The hyacinth had bloomed during the day
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Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday
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I woke up thinking about it because i failed to water it
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I hope it will be ok
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I never had a hyacinth before, d anyone know if they blow mire GSM once a season?
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Does anyone here know if they bloom more than once a season?
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I doubt they blow mire GSM
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Whatever that means
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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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DR John G, your work situation sounds precarious. Proceed cautiously.
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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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Don't get me started.
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I have deadlines to meet.
To work.
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Good morning, all.
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One cup of coffee down, no doubt another couple to go.
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I've got orchestra rehearsals today and tomorrow for that family show.
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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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Work vibes for John
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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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There was a new fella at the cash register
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When came in all the hostesses greeted me enthusiastically and asked after the Vixter
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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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During the transaction several more waitstFf and bus staff came by to hug me and ask after the Vixter
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As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!
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:D
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Good morning, all.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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George - thanks so much for your comment last night!
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Work vibes to John G!
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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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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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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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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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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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Let’s move on!
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Three!
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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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As I left I heard the new fella ask, who is that? Is that one of the owners?!
Funny 😊
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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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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.
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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 :)
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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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Thanks, Jane.
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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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Wednesday morning greetings! Another just under the before-noon wire...
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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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Talking head vibes for MR BK.
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Cold today - lots of wind and rain and thunder last night.
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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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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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ASK BK
Where on eBay can one see the books you have for sale?
You'll have to PM me.
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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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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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And extremely weird dreams.
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And a bit of congestion this morning.
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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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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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Good morning / afternoon.
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I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.
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Sorry that I was absent last evening.
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Job vibes to DR John G.
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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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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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Today is the old actors lunch.
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We are going to Hank's, so I am having pizza.
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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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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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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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Flat Broke with Two Goats is the latest Big Read San Antonio.
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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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The hyacinth had bloomed during the day
Nice! :)
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Since Vixdad cannot abide strong scents I took it to work Tuesday
Darn. :(
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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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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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Gratuitous Post #100!
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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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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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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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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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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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Good news from MR BK.
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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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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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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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Hello, everyone.
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Glad to hear that the Kritzerland venue problem has been resolved.
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Elevator vibes to Elmore!
The third floor is understandably fed up. Vibes this problem is history.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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I think it's an excellent career move for her.
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Just left the doctor's office.
Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
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I had my hair cut today, then did some grocery shopping. So exciting.
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Just left the doctor's office.
Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
Good news!
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TTFN.
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Just left the doctor's office.
Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
Good news!
Ditto!!
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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!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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
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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?
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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.
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Sigh.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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How did the people doing the film know How to reach you and that you saw it?
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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
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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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Just left the doctor's office.
Yesterday's tests showed no significant issues other than age.
Great news.
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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
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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.
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I hope it stops snowing before I get to Maine at the end of the month.
I hope so!
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Sigh.
Oh dear...are you still listening to them?
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When it's over will you be allowed to tell us about it?
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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.
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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.
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Flat Broke with Two Goats is the latest Big Read San Antonio.
Are you going to read it? I previously opted not to.
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The Smell documentary is a standalone thing.
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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.
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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.
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Sigh.
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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.
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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 ;)
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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?
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It's very hard to tell with these foreign things exactly what they are - but I really enjoy them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The James Earl Jones version of King Lear arrived in the mail. Maybe this weekend. Whenever I can find 3 hours to watch it.
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Did MR BK say that he participated in the Scent of Mystery/Holiday in Spain BluRay?
Why didn't I remember this?
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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.
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Great news about Annalene Beechley, Elmore. I just wish I liked that production more.
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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.
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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
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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.
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I'm going to go read some more of this. What a way to fall asleep quickly.
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I did the commentary for Scent of Mystery.
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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.
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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.
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I'm going to go read some more of this. What a way to fall asleep quickly.
;D Sleep well.
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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.
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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)
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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
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Very scary. He has seen 3 patients related to the story, this last one was the worst.
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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!
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Good evening.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Hi, George.
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The Hank’s pizza leftovers are calling me from the kitchen, but I am trying to be a good boy.
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Hi, Tom.
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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?
;)
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Fortunately for me, Nick is curled up with me, so I can’t get up and get to the pizza.
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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!
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Good night, George.
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Good night, Tom.
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Gratuitous Post #202!
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And on that note (G#), I need to go to sleep.
Good night and have a good day, all!