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Title: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 12:17:33 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were for the mothers out there in the dark, and now it is time for you to post until the mother cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 12:18:28 AM
And the word of the day is: MOTTE!
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 12:28:14 AM
First post after BK.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 12:29:14 AM
Lots of lovely posts?  But no topic listed (as if I didn’t already know).
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:30:31 AM
Third post after BK.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 12:40:46 AM
Good night, George.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 12:41:12 AM
Good night, jan.  Feel better soon.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:45:21 AM
Good night, Tom.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:46:16 AM
And a Very Happy Mother's Day to All Mothers and Mothers-by-Proxy!! :D
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:49:53 AM
Yesterday, before I left for Tacoma, my sister and I went to a local nursery to get our mom a Mother's Day gift.  We each got her a BIG garden gnome!  I think one was two feet tall, and the other was three feet.  They look like cement, but they're hollow and fairly light.  I think my mom will like them.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:52:54 AM
Today, we're all getting together at my sister's house.  I'm sure that when we play cards, I'll lose. ::)

:)
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 12:53:21 AM
Have a good day, all!!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 01:34:53 AM
Oops.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 05:29:49 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 05:30:05 AM
Happy Mother’s Day.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 05:30:38 AM
I’ve been called a mother- before.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 06:31:51 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 06:35:54 AM
I didn't get to bed till way past midnight, so I'm quite sleepy this morning.  Annabelle is being especially needy at the moment and working my last nerve.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:44:32 AM
And a Very Happy Mother's Day to All Mothers and Mothers-by-Proxy!! :D

Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:46:08 AM
DR TCB,  I am sorry you weren't able to see Laura last night and felt so terrible.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:47:54 AM
TCB are you taking everything with you?  Might there be a bit of clearing out of things before boxing up your belongings?
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:49:52 AM
Sleeping while you heal is good DR Jan.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:50:41 AM
Happy Mother’s Day.

Thank you.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 07:58:22 AM
We've made our patrol.  It's an ugly, wet day here.  I was thinking about going to an adoption event but I've decided to stay in. I need to make the bed and tidy the apartment.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 08:00:13 AM
The cats went batshit crazy last night after I was asleep.  The bathroom waste basket was turned over and emptied, the rug was wadded up in one corner of the bathroom, and my toothpaste and brush were in the sink. There are DVDs all over the floor and the lid to one of annabelle's treats is missing.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 08:31:10 AM
Feel better vibes for HHW's newest condo owner.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 08:31:18 AM
Cats!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 08:32:00 AM
Today is my first mother's day.....without my mother.....

I am having a bowl of her favorite Progresso soup....Southwestern Chicken Noodle.....for lunch.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 08:42:19 AM
I am reading a book I purchased at the Dollar Tree called AUDREY and BILL...A Romantic Biography....

Much of it I already knew or had read.....but there are some nice photos.

IN the section about Audrey and MY FAIR LADY - Edward Z. Epstein writes that "....the voice behind Audrey, Marni Nixon, made the mistake of letting it be known she was the singing voice of Eliza. She was blacklisted in the industry for years."

I never heard THAT before.  I will only say that anyone who watches that movie and thinks that Audrey Hepburn is singing needs to visit an audiologist AND and optometrist.....

And it still bugs me that Stanley Hollway's lips don't match the track in "I'm Getting Married in the Morning"......even Annette Funicello could match her tracks in Beach Blanket Bingo....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 08:53:06 AM
It seems that Peggy Lipton has passed away....

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/12/us/peggy-lipton-dies-of-cancer/index.html
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 09:35:27 AM

IN the section about Audrey and MY FAIR LADY - Edward Z. Epstein writes that "....the voice behind Audrey, Marni Nixon, made the mistake of letting it be known she was the singing voice of Eliza. She was blacklisted in the industry for years."


I knew Marni, and I do not believe that at all. She appeared a year later in The film of The Sound of Music, and then played Eliza at City Center in one of their My Fair Lady revivals. After her marriage to Ernest Gold ended, she left Hollywood and hosted a children's TV show in Seattle, but I don't think it had anything to do with being blacklisted in Hollywood.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 09:36:29 AM
 
Page 3 Dance!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:37:04 AM
The cats went batshit crazy last night after I was asleep.  The bathroom waste basket was turned over and emptied, the rug was wadded up in one corner of the bathroom, and my toothpaste and brush were in the sink. There are DVDs all over the floor and the lid to one of annabelle's treats is missing.

Impressive is that you slept through all of the noise.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:37:26 AM
Feel better vibes for HHW's newest condo owner.

DITTO!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:38:26 AM
DR Jrand & hopefully not former DR Ron, I am thinking of you both this first Mother's Day without your mothers.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:44:18 AM
Today is my first mother's day.....without my mother.....

I am having a bowl of her favorite Progresso soup....Southwestern Chicken Noodle.....for lunch.

I posted and then saw this.  I like your idea for lunch.  Instead I put on a ring that had been my mother's.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:45:53 AM
I am reading a book I purchased at the Dollar Tree called AUDREY and BILL...A Romantic Biography....

Much of it I already knew or had read.....but there are some nice photos.

IN the section about Audrey and MY FAIR LADY - Edward Z. Epstein writes that "....the voice behind Audrey, Marni Nixon, made the mistake of letting it be known she was the singing voice of Eliza. She was blacklisted in the industry for years."

I never heard THAT before.  I will only say that anyone who watches that movie and thinks that Audrey Hepburn is singing needs to visit an audiologist AND and optometrist.....

And it still bugs me that Stanley Hollway's lips don't match the track in "I'm Getting Married in the Morning"......even Annette Funicello could match her tracks in Beach Blanket Bingo....

I am shocked Marni was blacklisted. 
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 09:47:13 AM

IN the section about Audrey and MY FAIR LADY - Edward Z. Epstein writes that "....the voice behind Audrey, Marni Nixon, made the mistake of letting it be known she was the singing voice of Eliza. She was blacklisted in the industry for years."


I knew Marni, and I do not believe that at all. She appeared a year later in The film of The Sound of Music, and then played Eliza at City Center in one of their My Fair Lady revivals. After her marriage to Ernest Gold ended, she left Hollywood and hosted a children's TV show in Seattle, but I don't think it had anything to do with being blacklisted in Hollywood.

Thanks for setting the record straight.
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 10:16:40 AM
Good afternoon
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 10:17:04 AM
Nice morning at church
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 10:17:38 AM
The men always make breakfast for the women
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 10:18:53 AM
Fresh  made Blueberry pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit salad, coffee and oj
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 10:19:09 AM
Happy mother's day
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 10:28:17 AM
Good morning, all.

No!!

Good afternoon, all.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 10:28:29 AM
Marni Nixon was never blacklisted so take nothing in that book seriously.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 10:29:34 AM
Apparently 1900 loud children have lighted next door and are loudly celebrating Mother's Day.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 10:30:09 AM
Thank you, BK and DR Elmore. Not that I would have believed that for a moment.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 10:30:16 AM
I've only had about four hours of sleep.  Made the really bad mistake of having a little of the leftover chicken salad from Jerry's - it did me in, I'm afraid.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 10:30:55 AM
I am here to tell you that it’s raining like a mother out there.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:37:06 AM
The man always make abreakfast for the women

I am guess that should be men vs on lonely guy making all of the women breakfast ;) 
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:37:17 AM
Fresh  made Blueberry pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit salad, coffee and oj

Very nice.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 10:38:48 AM
Helper is coming by to get the Ballet on B'way invoices - we got them in late Friday.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:39:15 AM
Is the other part of the story true, is Marni the one who leaked that she did the singing for Audrey Hepburn?
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2019, 10:55:47 AM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2019, 10:56:23 AM
Watching and enjoying "Bathrooms Over Broadway."  Thanks for the suggestion, DR John G and BK!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:19:07 AM
Yesterday when the doorbell rang I rushed to answer it expecting/hoping for flowers.  Nope, it was just a neighbor. 
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:20:37 AM
I just received a lovely arrangement of flowers from Bryan & Kate.  The card says delivery date Saturday.  I don't think Bryan will be happy about that.  Last year they arrived the Monday after Mother's Day so I am grateful they are here this morning.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 11:25:50 AM
Well, I went to the pet adoption and Annabelle and Thatch have a little sister around 12 weeks old.  The ACC gave her the name Vince Noir, but I will rename her.

The ACC just emailed me her photo and credentials.  I've assembled her new cage/home and now I must go to the event and bring her home.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 11:52:54 AM
She’s beautiful, Elmore, regardless of the name.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 11:53:21 AM
Let’s move on ...
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 11:53:30 AM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 11:53:48 AM
Hugs for JRand.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 11:53:59 AM
Up from a nap.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 12:35:20 PM
While I was arranging her cage, she got out.  She wants to play with Annabelle, and Annabelle is quite delighted with her.  Thatch seemed to be afraid of her and he's gone into hiding.
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 01:12:33 PM
Well, I went to the pet adoption and Annabelle and Thatch have a little sister around 12 weeks old.  The ACC gave her the name Vince Noir, but I will rename her.

The ACC just emailed me her photo and credentials.  I've assembled her new cage/home and now I must go to the event and bring her home.

Congratulations!

I believe with the addition of a third cat you now qualify as a crazy cat ladyguy

:D
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 01:13:22 PM
She looks lovely
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 01:15:03 PM
Well I must get ready, we are going out to dinner with my brother and his wife, her parents and her sister and her husband, and my mom
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 01:15:39 PM
On mother's day at one of the most  popular"fancy"  restaurants in the area
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 01:16:35 PM
Should be a zoolovely time
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2019, 01:25:02 PM
Mother’s Day greetings!  Today’s been perfect - church with Rob and Mary Linda followed by brunch at their new home, which is half a mile up the road from their church.  They gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and Richard gave me 3 pairs of socks.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 01:26:20 PM
Well, I went to the pet adoption and Annabelle and Thatch have a little sister around 12 weeks old.  The ACC gave her the name Vince Noir, but I will rename her.

The ACC just emailed me her photo and credentials.  I've assembled her new cage/home and now I must go to the event and bring her home.

Congratulations!

I believe with the addition of a third cat you now qualify as a crazy cat ladyguy

:D

Much as the long-gone DR cillaliz and I were polls apart politically, I have to thank her for revving up my wish to have a cat.  Thatch is hiding under the bed and will not come out, even to eat.  Because I am too neurotic, I am now worried that I have destroyed the delicate balance of the three of us.  I would not hurt him emotionally or physically for the world.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2019, 01:27:11 PM
Well, I went to the pet adoption and Annabelle and Thatch have a little sister around 12 weeks old.  The ACC gave her the name Vince Noir, but I will rename her.

The ACC just emailed me her photo and credentials.  I've assembled her new cage/home and now I must go to the event and bring her home.

Congratulations!

I believe with the addition of a third cat you now qualify as a crazy cat ladyguy

:D

My thoughts exactly!

The new kitty resembles Allie, our former housemate.  We had a nice visit with her today.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 01:29:20 PM
I think I am going to rename her Stella.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 01:37:49 PM
Been trying to clean a little house. Not easy with a bird who wants to play instead.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 01:38:48 PM
The latest (and I think last) season of A Place to Call Home in transit from the library.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 01:39:05 PM
Now I have to find time to watch it.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:11:48 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:12:06 PM
Happy Mother's Day to all our moms.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:13:21 PM
BK neglected to mention that he and I had a lovely little phone chat yesterday. He probably has a lot on his mind.  ;)
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:13:48 PM
Glad to heat that DR jan is progressing.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:14:12 PM
Vibes to TCB. I hope he's feeling better today.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:14:38 PM
Hugs to Jrand and Ron and anyone else in need.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:16:01 PM
The latest (and I think last) season of A Place to Call Home in transit from the library.

I started it when it was first released, but just wasn't ready for the series to end yet, so it's on hold. I was thinking about resuming it this week.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 12, 2019, 02:16:53 PM
I have no news.

TTFN.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 02:37:19 PM
I'm up, I'm up - helper came at eleven and I went right back to bed - so overall I think I may have gotten seven hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 02:54:17 PM
Yes DR RLP posted a nice photo on BookFace.

Thanks all for the lovely thoughts.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 02:54:46 PM
DR ELMORE your new kitty Stella is lovely......Thatch will come around.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 02:56:08 PM
I think it was general knowledge that Miss Audrey did not do MOST of her singing in MY FAIR LADY.....at least I don't think it was a secret.

There are some videos from the DVD release that have her own voice on a couple of songs....I kind of like her singing on ...LOVERLY.... but not the other two.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 02:56:54 PM
Which leads me to my least favorite singing of song lyrics....

Buuu-DEEE and the Beast.....

and...

Wooden Tit be loverly....
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 12, 2019, 02:57:54 PM
I'm glad your flowers came today DR JANE.

Have fun DR VIXMOM.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 03:13:52 PM
I've now gotten three auditions for GEE - none of them quite get it, but I had a devil of a time picking the three pages - it's hard to know what to give them - so I gave them the meeting with her future husband from part one, and then the final scene of the book on the bus.  The last one isn't right for this but I'm going to ask her to read the Adriana sides.  The middle audition was the best of the three and that gal is very experienced.  But she has the same problem as one of my actors in LA Now and Then - the New Jersey "s" - so every "street" is "shtreet." 
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 03:14:23 PM
Guess I'll go pick up yesterday's package.  Not sure what to do about food - don't want to make anything here, that much I know.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 03:42:27 PM
While I was arranging her cage, she got out.  She wants to play with Annabelle, and Annabelle is quite delighted with her.  Thatch seemed to be afraid of her and he's gone into hiding.

I am glad she and Annabelle are getting along well.

Vibes Thatch adjusts and also begins playing with her.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 03:43:08 PM
On mother's day at one of the most  popular"fancy"  restaurants in the area

Oh my.  Have fun.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 03:44:17 PM
I think I am going to rename her Stella.

Stella is very cute.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 03:44:29 PM
Been trying to clean a little house. Not easy with a bird who wants to play instead.

;D
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 04:21:15 PM
Stella and I played a few rounds of Thatch's ball game, but when I picked her up to put her back into her cage, he hissed and spat at me.  She and Annabelle seem to be fairly friendly, and she keeps trying to touch Annabelle.  Annabelle sat on top of the cage and watched her for a bit, but I'm not going to Stella roam free until I know Thatch is comfortable.  He's been hiding under my bed since she confronted him, and he's refusing to acknowledge any of my usual calls to him. Usually, when I say "Thatch, want to lie down with Daddy?" he's immediately on the bed next to me.  When I call "Thatch, you want some dinner?" he's right there.  Not today.
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Post by: jan on May 12, 2019, 04:22:53 PM
Stella is beautiful!  Thank you for my new niece.
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Post by: jan on May 12, 2019, 04:24:44 PM
Falling asleep again. TTFN.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 04:36:07 PM
Usually, when I say "Thatch, want to lie down with Daddy?" he's immediately on the bed next to me.  When I call "Thatch, you want some dinner?" he's right there.  Not today.

I would have been surprised if he had jumped on the bed next to you.
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2019, 04:53:37 PM
Happy Mother's Day to all the HHW Mothers!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 04:54:50 PM
Around noon, just as Keith finished grouting our bathroom Craig called, perfect timing.  We had a nice long chat.  Then we went for a long walk along the river and over to the market for a few ingredients Keith needed to make our dinner.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 04:55:12 PM
The weather has been perfect today making for an extra lovely Mother's Day.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 05:02:31 PM
Stellaaaaaa!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 05:02:52 PM
Back from picking up packages and getting McDonald's for the quick and easy meal.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 05:03:32 PM
Listening to musique de Jean-Michel Damase.  I love this guy and wish there were more out by him.  Lots of stuff on YouTube that I've been grabbing.
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2019, 05:14:32 PM
Stella is very cute!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 05:43:10 PM
What th.....?

What am I hearing? Do my eyes deceive me? Is DR Elmore now a mother three times over???  :)
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:45:51 PM
I think I am going to rename her Stella.

I have never met anyone who is able to say that name without doing their Stanley Kowakski impression
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:48:30 PM
Stellaaaaaa!

See?
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:50:51 PM
Well my SIL's parents and sister all sent their meals back ( as they have everytime we've ever dined out with them)

My SIL sat next to me then proceeded to cough out a lung or two, as usual

My mother complained about the noise level in the unsurprisingly full restaurant and her inability to hear anything

My SIL's sister and father got into an argument over whether a YouTube video if a ghost walking through a cannon was real

M SIL tried to convince me that Shakespeare was just a front for a Danish musicians daughter who really wrote all the plays

So things pretty much as expected
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:51:32 PM
Usually, when I say "Thatch, want to lie down with Daddy?" he's immediately on the bed next to me.  When I call "Thatch, you want some dinner?" he's right there.  Not today.

I would have been surprised if he had jumped on the bed next to you.

He always does.  He's quite smart and he recognizes a lot of English words.  He's more like a puppy with me than a cat.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:53:07 PM
Stellaaaaaa!

Exactly!  My neighbor Judy suggested it.  I had been thinking of Megs, but she is more a Stella, and certainly not a Vince Noir.  I can't wait for our court photographer ChasSmith to photograph her.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:54:19 PM
Well my SIL's parents and sister all sent their meals back ( as they have everytime we've ever dined out with them)

My SIL sat next to me then proceeded to cough out a lung or two, as usual

Yuck!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:55:58 PM
Thatch did come out of hiding around 8:00, then vanished again.  I hope he'll crawl in bed with me later.  He usually sleeps with me every night.  He's my little guardian angel.
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:56:20 PM
My filet mignon was perfect...as were my green beans almondine  and my mashed taters

Unusually for  me , I ate every scrap
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 05:58:05 PM
Stellaaaaaa!

See?

;D
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:58:21 PM
Also unusually for me I ordered dessert...what they called a chocolate souflette....it was a chocolate lave cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup and I ate every crumb
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 05:59:09 PM
Well my SIL's parents and sister all sent their meals back ( as they have everytime we've ever dined out with them)

My SIL sat next to me then proceeded to cough out a lung or two, as usual

My mother complained about the noise level in the unsurprisingly full restaurant and her inability to hear anything

My SIL's sister and father got into an argument over whether a YouTube video if a ghost walking through a cannon was real

M SIL tried to convince me that Shakespeare was just a front for a Danish musicians daughter who really wrote all the plays

So things pretty much as expected

Goodness.  Who picked the restaurant?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 05:59:14 PM
What th.....?

What am I hearing? Do my eyes deceive me? Is DR Elmore now a mother three times over???  :)

I almost didn't adopt her.  I filled out the application, and then said I'd pass.  Then I got all neurotic and thought, if I leave here, I'll always regret not following through.  She was so cute, and a much better choice for the apartment and A&T than a puppy.
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 05:59:56 PM
Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..

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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:01:19 PM
Usually, when I say "Thatch, want to lie down with Daddy?" he's immediately on the bed next to me.  When I call "Thatch, you want some dinner?" he's right there.  Not today.

I would have been surprised if he had jumped on the bed next to you.

He always does.  He's quite smart and he recognizes a lot of English words.  He's more like a puppy with me than a cat.

Sorry, I am not referencing his ability to understand and respond, just that under the circumstances he would not jump up with you.  He is a sensitive boy and not happy.  Hiding is not unexpected.

My cats almost always came when called, each one responding to their name.  If they were stressed that was often a different response.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:03:11 PM
Thatch did come out of hiding around 8:00, then vanished again.  I hope he'll crawl in bed with me later.  He usually sleeps with me every night.  He's my little guardian angel.

He probably will during the quiet of the night.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:04:03 PM
My filet mignon was perfect...as were my green beans almondine  and my mashed taters

Unusually for  me , I ate every scrap

I am glad you enjoyed your meal.  Did your mother enjoy hers?
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:05:00 PM
Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..



Congratulations on your great timing.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 06:05:56 PM
VIBES STELLA IS A VERY HEALTHY KITTY WITHOUT ANY CHRONIC PROBLEMS!
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 06:19:02 PM
Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..




Congratulations!
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 06:20:59 PM
I thought of Stella Dallas first. Probably because of the Sondheim song.

Stella Dallas had her dreams
She would see her daughter dwell
In stately homes and places
Stella went to all extremes
Till finally a wealthy fella
Showed at Stella Dallas'
Stella worked it pretty well
But in the last analysis
Though Stella's daughter got the swell
All Stella got was calluses
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 06:22:13 PM
Watching a WWII flick called I Was an American Spy starring Miss Ann Dvorak.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 06:50:33 PM
Stellaaaaaa!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 06:54:38 PM
Proofed two booklets and off to the printers they go.  I'm not watching anything tonight.  I've dived into a twenty-CD set, the complete works of Francis Poulenc, a French composer from France.  I started with disc six, which begins several discs of his orchestral works - the five before are all solo piano and chamber.  All his choral pieces are here as well as all his songs.  I love his music and I'm not sure why it took me so long to delve into it - but when I got that big Andre Previn set, there was a great performance of the concerto for two pianos and orchestra - interesting that Previn had nothing to do with that piece but he had something else on that album - that piece was conducted by Bernstein and Gold and Fizdale were the pianists.  On this set, we get a great 1957 performance, albeit in mono, with Poulenc as one of the pianists.  His piano concerto is fantastic - and one wonders why it's not played more often. 
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 06:55:43 PM
Thanks to imdb, I know that the German title of this movie is Ich war eine amerikanische Spionin
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2019, 06:56:33 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2019, 06:56:45 PM
Aww, Stella is very cute.
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2019, 06:57:40 PM
I was going to suggest the name "Betsy." That is the name I saved to name the calico kitten/cat I was going to  get some day.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:00:08 PM
I once suggested the names Piesafe and Femur for a cat. They were not taken.
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2019, 07:10:58 PM
Sandra wants to name her next cat "Suitcase."
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:12:26 PM
Sandra wants to name her next cat "Suitcase."

I like her way of thinking.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 07:29:29 PM
Proofed two booklets and off to the printers they go.  I'm not watching anything tonight.  I've dived into a twenty-CD set, the complete works of Francis Poulenc, a French composer from France.  I started with disc six, which begins several discs of his orchestral works - the five before are all solo piano and chamber.  All his choral pieces are here as well as all his songs.  I love his music and I'm not sure why it took me so long to delve into it - but when I got that big Andre Previn set, there was a great performance of the concerto for two pianos and orchestra - interesting that Previn had nothing to do with that piece but he had something else on that album - that piece was conducted by Bernstein and Gold and Fizdale were the pianists.  On this set, we get a great 1957 performance, albeit in mono, with Poulenc as one of the pianists.  His piano concerto is fantastic - and one wonders why it's not played more often. 

Is this the set?

Who's singing his "Gloria"?  It's one of my all-time favorites.  I can't say I'm a fan of his operas La Voix Humaine and Dialogues des Carmelites, but the John Dexter staging of Carmelites for the Met is really worth seeing.  It's definitive in my book.  I do love his one-act opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias; it's funny.
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Post by: td on May 12, 2019, 07:31:37 PM
Happy Mother's Day, y'all!  I am watching RANDOM HARVEST for the first time.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:38:11 PM
A Poulenc set like that sounds wonderful.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:43:02 PM
Happy Mother's Day, y'all!  I am watching RANDOM HARVEST for the first time.

Wonderful to see you, TD. Welcome back.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:44:56 PM
Started watching The Favourite, but I think I'm going to turn in. Not because of the movie, which is really weird and really good.

I love Rachel Weisz tossing off lines like, "Let's shoot something!"
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:45:39 PM
So tonight we watched BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY. It was the perfect thing.

BK:  Silly idea, perhaps, but I ain’t got no shame:  If it were even remotely possible, the prospect of the rerelease of a few of the more cherce industrial musicals would be a fine thing.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 07:47:23 PM
elmore, yes that's the set.  The performance of Gloria is the most famous and apparently best, with Rosanna Carteri from 1961.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:47:30 PM
Vixmom, don’t post anything.

It’ll take me ten minutes or so to get to it, but I can immortalize your millstone.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:47:46 PM
I haven't seen anything quite like this since Peter Greenaway's "The Draughtsman's Contract."
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 07:48:08 PM
I would worry that all this attention would make that difficult - but I know someone who has a pretty large collection of those albums.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:48:24 PM
So tonight we watched BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY. It was the perfect thing.

BK:  Silly idea, perhaps, but I ain’t got no shame:  If it were even remotely possible, the prospect of the rerelease of a few of the more cherce industrial musicals would be a fine thing.

I'll second that.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:49:20 PM
Let's move on ...
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:49:26 PM
Six!
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2019, 07:50:08 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:54:30 PM
YAY!!!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 07:56:40 PM
And for the HECK of it, this captures the whole post.
Click to enlarge.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 07:57:25 PM
The Poulenc box of 20-CDs can be had as cheap as $42 from third-party sellers.  That's two bucks a CD.  eBay even cheaper: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Francis-Poulenc-Oeuvres-Completes-UK-IMPORT-CD-NEW/273729501485?epid=168249340&hash=item3fbb8cb92d:g:aT0AAOSwBRlcdEvu
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 07:57:28 PM
elmore, yes that's the set.  The performance of Gloria is the most famous and apparently best, with Rosanna Carteri from 1961.

I think she was the very first to record it, and I've never heard it.  My first recording of the Gloria was Bernstein's with Judith Blegen.  It was paired with Lenny's recording of his wonderful Chichester Psalms. I've also got the EMI recording with Barbara Hendricks conducted by Georges Pretre, which is nearly 5 minutes longer than Bernstein's!

I also like his ballet Les Biches a lot.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 08:01:38 PM
I would worry that all this attention would make that difficult - but I know someone who has a pretty large collection of those albums.

I had no idea what I was grabbing at the time, but several years ago I found a copy of GO FLY A KITE. It looks to be unplayed, but I need to give it the royal cleaning and auditioning treatment.

I'll bet you can hardly find a single one of these now.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 08:03:20 PM
Stellaaaaaa!

Exactly!  My neighbor Judy suggested it.  I had been thinking of Megs, but she is more a Stella, and certainly not a Vince Noir.  I can't wait for our court photographer ChasSmith to photograph her.

Keep me informed as to progress, and we'll of course have to make that happen.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2019, 08:06:17 PM
I have this recording of all of Poulenc's songs.  The late William Parker was one of my first New York friends and brother of John Parker, who was a friend of DR Ginny's and mine.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 08:08:54 PM
In school I played the piano in Poulenc's Le bal masqué. I don't remember if I ever owned the music or if it was a school or rental copy, but I'm sorry to see I don't have it now. A delightful piece.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 12, 2019, 08:13:33 PM
We must have done some other of his works as well, but I'm damned if anything comes to mind.
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2019, 08:21:12 PM
Thank you Chas!!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 09:05:09 PM
I have this recording of all of Poulenc's songs.  The late William Parker was one of my first New York friends and brother of John Parker, who was a friend of DR Ginny's and mine.

All that is in this set, which is basically all EMI recordings, now owned by Warners Classical and Erato.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 09:05:26 PM
Still on the orchestral stuff, which really is great.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 09:05:35 PM
Page six?  Really?
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2019, 09:18:16 PM
I wonder if people just conveniently forget that all this Game of Thrones incredulity is exactly and I do mean EXACTLY the same as what we endured with every single episode of Lost.  Remember that?
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 09:51:38 PM
Today, we're all getting together at my sister's house.  I'm sure that when we play cards, I'll lose. ::)

:)

Yup.  I lost...again.  But we all had fun.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 09:54:24 PM
I'm home watching TV.  I'm also recording Act One that was on PBS a few years ago so that I can make a Blu-ray disc of it.  That wasn't even released on DVD.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:00:46 PM
Today is my first mother's day.....without my mother.....


{{{HUGS OF COMFORT!!}}}
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:02:47 PM
Feel better vibes for HHW's newest condo owner.

~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:07:01 PM
Well, I went to the pet adoption and Annabelle and Thatch have a little sister around 12 weeks old.  The ACC gave her the name Vince Noir, but I will rename her.

The ACC just emailed me her photo and credentials.  I've assembled her new cage/home and now I must go to the event and bring her home.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5765.0;attach=9127)

That's so cool!  Congrats, Larry!!
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:21:57 PM
I think I am going to rename her Stella.

What a coinkydink!  Stella Dallas was on TCM today, and that always makes me think of the song "In the Movies" from Sondheim's score for Saturday Night:

Quote
Stella Dallas had her dreams
She would see her daughter dwell
In stately homes and places....

;)
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:23:31 PM
Sandra wants to name her next cat "Suitcase."

That is cute.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:24:33 PM
I do like the name Stella.  Hopefully, she will too!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:24:51 PM
Hi DR td.  It is great to see you.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:25:36 PM
And for the HECK of it, this captures the whole post.
Click to enlarge.

It is an excellent post to capture.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:26:20 PM
Stellaaaaaa!

I think I am going to rename her Stella.

I have never met anyone who is able to say that name without doing their Stanley Kowakski impression

I actually didn't think of that until just when I read this.
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:31:08 PM
I thought of Stella Dallas first. Probably because of the Sondheim song.

Stella Dallas had her dreams
She would see her daughter dwell
In stately homes and places
Stella went to all extremes
Till finally a wealthy fella
Showed at Stella Dallas'
Stella worked it pretty well
But in the last analysis
Though Stella's daughter got the swell
All Stella got was calluses

What a coinkydink...again!

;)
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:37:54 PM
Oh Goodness..

50,000

On page 5 yet..

Congrats, Vixmom!
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:38:16 PM
I was going to suggest the name "Betsy." That is the name I saved to name the calico kitten/cat I was going to  get some day.
I once suggested the names Piesafe and Femur for a cat. They were not taken.

You know the song, "A Nightingale Sang in Berkekey Square" (I first heard of it from The Manhattan Transfer's version) where Berkeley is pronounced Barkly?  I always wanted a cat named Berkeley (pronounced Barkly). ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 10:41:33 PM
I like Berkeley pronounced Barkly.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:44:21 PM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!

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Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:44:51 PM
Hi, Jane.
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Post by: jan on May 12, 2019, 10:54:30 PM
Hi, my friends!  I'm still dopey from my pain pills so if I disappear, it's cause I fell asleep again.
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 10:59:06 PM
Well, crap!  There's a baby possum in my house!!
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:03:30 PM
 Here it is. :-\
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:04:44 PM
Hopefully, I can get it out without hurting it, or it hurting me!  I put Neve upstairs and blocked the stairs.  Hopefully, she'll stay out of the way!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:04:57 PM
It is sooo cute.  Has it hissed at you?
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:05:31 PM
Hopefully, I can get it out without hurting it, or it hurting me!  I put Neve upstairs and blocked the stairs.  Hopefully, she'll stay out of the way!

FINGERS CROSSED!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:06:28 PM
I hope I can stay awake long enough to find out what happened.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:07:04 PM
It is sooo cute.  Has it hissed at you?

Yes.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:12:40 PM
It is sooo cute.  Has it hissed at you?

Yes.

I am laughing while knowing it is a scary sound to expetience inside your home.
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:13:09 PM
I took out the shoes on the left to make room for it to get out, and I turned off some of the lights. I also have a fairly sturdy (and long) foam sword to try and push it out, but it's not going.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:13:40 PM
It is sooo cute.  Has it hissed at you?

Yes.

I am laughing while knowing it is a scary sound to expetience inside your home.

I can understand that, Jane.  But I really just don't want either of us to get hurt!
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:21:13 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:22:03 PM
I felt the same way when it happened to me.  The difference is the one in our house had escaped from a box Bryan was keeping it in after saving its life. 
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:22:52 PM
Happy Mothers’ Day to all of our mothers, as well as all those for whom it is only their first name!
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:24:23 PM
td!  One post and then you are gone again!
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:25:05 PM
Come back, buddy.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:27:55 PM
I haven't seen anything quite like this since Peter Greenaway's "The Draughtsman's Contract."


THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT was probably the weirdest movie I have ever watched.  I am still shaking my head and it has been over thirty years since I saw it.
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: jan on May 12, 2019, 11:30:37 PM
So, how are my NWesties?  And their fur babies?
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:31:15 PM
Whew!  I got the possum out! 
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:32:04 PM
Since it was hiding under my sideboard, I figured that I had a little time, so I got a plastic colander from my kitchen. 
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:32:19 PM
Then, I was able to gently push it out from under my sideboard towards some empty bottles that I had next to my stairs. 
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:32:54 PM
I took away the bottles one by one and was able to get it away from the wall and I was finally able to gently put the colander over it! 
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:33:33 PM
I gently slid some cardboard under it and was able to pick it up, take it outside, open my back gate, let it out of the colander cage, and then get my butt back inside and close my sliding glass door!
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:33:40 PM
:D
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:35:40 PM
And so ends my first (and hopefully, LAST) experience with a possum in my house!!
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:35:47 PM
I was going to suggest the name "Betsy." That is the name I saved to name the calico kitten/cat I was going to  get some day.
I once suggested the names Piesafe and Femur for a cat. They were not taken.

You know the song, "A Nightingale Sang in Berkekey Square" (I first heard of it from The Manhattan Transfer's version) where Berkeley is pronounced Barkly?  I always wanted a cat named Berkeley (pronounced Barkly). ;D


I did the play A NIGHTENGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE.  I actually sang the song.  PBS broadcast the play (not my production) with Joan Plowright.
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Post by: jan on May 12, 2019, 11:36:11 PM
And neither of you got hurt?
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:45:57 PM
And neither of you got hurt?

NO!  I'll check in the morning to make sure that it left my yard.  It looked pretty young.  Hopefully, it got back with its family.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:47:12 PM
It was a wonderful production with a great cast.  Most of them didn’t like me, and I didn’t like them.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:48:54 PM
PAGE EIGHT POSSUM DANCE!!

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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:49:03 PM
:))
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:50:37 PM
Whew!  I got the possum out! 


Thank goodness.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:52:43 PM
Whew!  I got the possum out! 

Yay.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2019, 11:53:28 PM
I know, right??
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:53:44 PM
And so ends my first (and hopefully, LAST) experience with a possum in my house!!
I
Hopefully the last time.
Title: Re: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE DARK
Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:54:23 PM
jan, nice to see you awake.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:54:39 PM
I know, right??

Yes, you were wonderful.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:55:08 PM
Now I can sleep.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2019, 11:55:19 PM
'night
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:55:21 PM
Be grateful it wasn’t a baby skunk.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:55:57 PM
Good night, Jane.
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Post by: TCB on May 12, 2019, 11:57:26 PM
I just gave Nick his pain liquid.  He is mad at me, but he is still cuddled up with me.
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Post by: George on May 13, 2019, 12:03:30 AM
I know, right??

Yes, you were wonderful.

Thanks, Jane.
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Post by: George on May 13, 2019, 12:03:58 AM
'night

Good night, Jane.
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Post by: George on May 13, 2019, 12:04:40 AM
Be grateful it wasn’t a baby skunk.

:o
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Post by: jan on May 13, 2019, 12:04:59 AM
Awake for the moment but no guarantees.
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Post by: TCB on May 13, 2019, 12:05:28 AM
Do you know how he got in to your condo?
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Post by: TCB on May 13, 2019, 12:06:11 AM
Awake for the moment but no guarantees.


Rest is probably the best thing for you.