Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on July 17, 2020, 12:21:38 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both an enigma and a variation, and now it is time for you to post until the enigmatic cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: MIEN!
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Well, my evening ablutions took a little longer than usual and now, I'm off to bed. Last night, I just couldn't get to sleep, so I hope that I'm actually
able to sleep now.
Have a good day, all!
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Good morning, all!
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I awoke this morning thinking today was Saturday. I am quite disappointed.
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I did sleep quite well.
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I did not watch Broadway Barks, but the entire video is on youtube. The program, which is to me a glorified infomercial, lasts three hours, so I would never have lasted through it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjUkJt4oa2w
I do love that little Jack Russell terrier at 15:36 from the Humane Society, and I will skim through the whole video later today.
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DR Laura, my attitude about getting a dog is if it happens, it happens, but it has to be a small dog, like Jack Russell or French bulldog, and I honestly doubt it will ever happen. It's a nice dream. Perhaps if I move back to Ohio.
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Since it isn't Saturday, I have no plans, as if I did have plans for Saturday. I'm going to work on an A&T story, and laze about with A&T and Stella. We have our soaps and court TV shows to keep tabs on.
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Where was our DR TCB last night?
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Kitty cleanup is over. I filled the litter box with too much litter yesterday, and it was a mess to deal with. I see a trip to the bathroom with a dustbuster today.
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Looks like a rainy day, so I'm happy to stay inside.
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I don't watch that tv show MIEN Girls, but it seems to be very popular.
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Hopefully we will see photos of DR JOHN G's newly tinted abode.
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Well tonight is the middle school production of Hamlet in Halves....at the park....in the bandshell....
Tomorrow night is the high school version at the same place.
Many precautions are taken.....sitting on the grass six feet apart....masks, etc.....
My favorite in this preview video is the middle school Hamlet with the skulls on his shirt......and the fact that Dustin spelled it Hamelt in the video.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BH9DTkITKc
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Sun is back today with temps in the 90's for the next few days.
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Good morning, all.
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Good morning, all.
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It’s MEIN! It’s MEIN! It’s MEIN!
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Dreadful lack of sleep last night. Hope I can stay awake today.
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LOL DR JOHN G.
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The Kokomo woman mentioned here yesterday now faces Federal charges - the FBI is on the case.....7 years.....fine of $250,000 and more.
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The MET Opera’s The Gershwins’ [sic] Porgy and Bess is on PBS (Great Performances) tonight.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/gp-at-the-met-porgy-and-bess-about-the-opera/11582/
I am so disgusted with that estate-driven title that words fail me. And if that isn’t enough:
This Met Opera production takes a fresh approach to a complicated masterpiece, which has been criticized for its African American stereotypes since its 1935 debut. The setting — Catfish Row, a Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood – is now a close-knit, aspirational working-class community in which everyone is doing his or her best to get by, instead of an abandoned slum.
I’ll just DVR it so I can check out a few scenes and musical passages when the mood strikes.
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The MET Opera’s The Gershwins’ [sic] Porgy and Bess is on PBS (Great Performances) tonight.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/gp-at-the-met-porgy-and-bess-about-the-opera/11582/
I am so disgusted with that estate-driven title that words fail me. And if that isn’t enough:
This Met Opera production takes a fresh approach to a complicated masterpiece, which has been criticized for its African American stereotypes since its 1935 debut. The setting — Catfish Row, a Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood – is now a close-knit, aspirational working-class community in which everyone is doing his or her best to get by, instead of an abandoned slum.
I’ll just DVR it so I can check out a few scenes and musical passages when the mood strikes.
Thank you. I have never seen the show. The dubbing was so bad in the Trevor Nunn version that I couldn’t watch it.
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It’s MEIN! It’s MEIN! It’s MEIN!
Karen Morrow has to sing this in her best, roof-raising, I Had a Ball voice.
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There’s a worker outside doing a lot of finishing touches, such as reattaching an outdoor light and hanging a new address marker.
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The Kokomo woman mentioned here yesterday now faces Federal charges - the FBI is on the case.....7 years.....fine of $250,000 and more.
Fantastic. She's one sick evil piece of work.
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Friday afternoon greetings! Doing some desk work and waiting for notification that a prescription is ready to pick up at Kroger. When I receive that, we'll go to the drive-up pharmacy and to the public library for curbside service. Whew - all this excitement!
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TOD - I'm watching the HBO series (on DVD from the library) "Big Little Lies," based on the book my group discussed last night on Zoom. The book is better than the film, but I'm enjoying the Monterey scenery.
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I just remembered an unsettling dream I had last night. I was living in Ohio with my parents and brothers in the house where I grew up on Goldman Avenue. There was all this frustration going on with laundry, the washer and dryer, and my dad was dealing with repairs on a clogged toilet. Then the front hallway began to fill up with flies. It was like a beehive swarming with bees, only flies. I remember opening the front door to drive them outside. This did no good at all and the house was filling with them. I remember someone saying "Beelzebub is the Lord of the Flies."
And I woke up, rather terrified. It took me a while to settle back to sleep.
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I just remembered an unsettling dream I had last night. I was living in Ohio with my parents and brothers in the house where I grew up on Goldman Avenue. There was all this frustration going on with laundry, the washer and dryer, and my dad was dealing with repairs on a clogged toilet. Then the front hallway began to fill up with flies. It was like a beehive swarming with bees, only flies. I remember opening the front door to drive them outside. This did no good at all and the house was filling with them. I remember someone saying "Beelzebub is the Lord of the Flies."
And I woke up, rather terrified. It took me a while to settle back to sleep.
Just before reading this I was hearing a lot of buzzing going on, seemingly just outside my window. Being the time of year it is, I texted Nathan, who's an exterminator, to let him know there might be some evil nest building going on out there. Then I got up and tried looking out the window, and it was nothing but a FLY looking for a way out. And then I sat back down and what do I read but DR Elmore's dream hallway filling up with flies! Are we in Amityville yet? :)
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I'm up, I'm up - seven-and-a-half hours of sleep. Got up thirty minutes ago and have been answering e-mails.
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The Kokomo woman mentioned here yesterday now faces Federal charges - the FBI is on the case.....7 years.....fine of $250,000 and more.
Good.
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Friday afternoon greetings! Doing some desk work and waiting for notification that a prescription is ready to pick up at Kroger. When I receive that, we'll go to the drive-up pharmacy and to the public library for curbside service. Whew - all this excitement!
Thank you for reminding me. As my eyes are not improving my doctor ordered a new prescription after my eye exam on Wednesday. I have not heard from the pharmacy.
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Great, insurance won't cover it and without insurance the drops are over $2,000. They sent the info back to my eye doctor.
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TOD - I'm watching the HBO series (on DVD from the library) "Big Little Lies," based on the book my group discussed last night on Zoom. The book is better than the film, but I'm enjoying the Monterey scenery.
I never got around to reading the book as the plot didn't appeal to me. I appreciate your take on the series compared to the book.
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$2000 drops!!!! I am appalled......
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DR ELMORE the Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that in your dream the flies indicate a jealousy that is holding you back. Your trying to get rid of them shows that you should try to act the part of the peace maker in a family disagreement.....good luck....the clogged convenience represents a legal agreement that needs to be resolved.
What did your father plan to do with the property - or something he had suggested years ago may be the way to go.
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When you sell it, I'll ask for my $35.
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Our dear Echo had a wonderful, crazy Jack Russel friend. The dog was 1/4 Echo's size and weight but could keep up with her, and Echo was fast like a Border Collie. When Echo wasn't playing she was calm like a typical Bernese Mt Dog, not the Jack Russell. This dog rarely stopped.
Since Jack Russell's are notorious for being over active dogs the family searched very carefully for a calm one before adopting their second Jack Russel.
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DR ELMORE the Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that in your dream the flies indicate a jealousy that is holding you back. Your trying to get rid of them shows that you should try to act the part of the peace maker in a family disagreement.....good luck....the clogged convenience represents a legal agreement that needs to be resolved.
What did your father plan to do with the property - or something he had suggested years ago may be the way to go.
When my dad was alive, he wanted to sell it and spend the remainder of his days living in his SUV and traveling. I believe he thought he would park it on Randy's farm and then roam when he wanted to. As to the land itself, I don't think he ever thought much about what would come of it. Because it was so close to the new hospital under construction, he figured it might end up holding a motel, doctor's office or clinic, fast food joint. When he died we were offered $675,000 by a motel chain. My brothers killed the deal.
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The Kokomo woman mentioned here yesterday now faces Federal charges - the FBI is on the case.....7 years.....fine of $250,000 and more.
Good!
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Great, insurance won't cover it and without insurance the drops are over $2,000. They sent the info back to my eye doctor.
Yikes!! :o
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DR ELMORE the Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that in your dream the flies indicate a jealousy that is holding you back. Your trying to get rid of them shows that you should try to act the part of the peace maker in a family disagreement.....good luck....the clogged convenience represents a legal agreement that needs to be resolved.
What did your father plan to do with the property - or something he had suggested years ago may be the way to go.
When my dad was alive, he wanted to sell it and spend the remainder of his days living in his SUV and traveling. I believe he thought he would park it on Randy's farm and then roam when he wanted to. As to the land itself, I don't think he ever thought much about what would come of it. Because it was so close to the new hospital under construction, he figured it might end up holding a motel, doctor's office or clinic, fast food joint. When he died we were offered $675,000 by a motel chain. My brothers killed the deal.
Damn. That's really too bad.
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$2000 drops!!!! I am appalled......
Yup. She thought insurance would cover these. Since we have been trying other options for months now and nothing has worked maybe she can get them approved. There are newer drops she preferred but figured my chances of getting these covered were greater.
I am currently using something that is a substitute for $500 drops I thought were too expensive.
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Did an errand and now I wait till our first Zoom thing.
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I didn’t get to read a new chapter in A Town Like Alice last night. But my sleepless state was so bad, I picked the book up at around 4:30, read the 40-page chapter and still couldn’t sleep.
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Maybe I should have read Lizst’s life of Chopin. That’s a real soporific.
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Zoom Thing vibes for MR BK.
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We went to this amazing theater last October. The acoustics were astonishing. You could whisper centerstage and be heard clearly throughout the theater.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/07/17/epidaurus-theatre-to-live-stream-ancient-play-for-first-time/
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I recited the only Sophocles I think I know by heart:
Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none more wonderful than man.
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We went to this amazing theater last October. The acoustics were astonishing. You could whisper centerstage and be heard clearly throughout the theater.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/07/17/epidaurus-theatre-to-live-stream-ancient-play-for-first-time/
That's pretty cool! I'll try to watch that, too. :)
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DR ELMORE the Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that in your dream the flies indicate a jealousy that is holding you back. Your trying to get rid of them shows that you should try to act the part of the peace maker in a family disagreement.....good luck....the clogged convenience represents a legal agreement that needs to be resolved.
What did your father plan to do with the property - or something he had suggested years ago may be the way to go.
When my dad was alive, he wanted to sell it and spend the remainder of his days living in his SUV and traveling. I believe he thought he would park it on Randy's farm and then roam when he wanted to. As to the land itself, I don't think he ever thought much about what would come of it. Because it was so close to the new hospital under construction, he figured it might end up holding a motel, doctor's office or clinic, fast food joint. When he died we were offered $675,000 by a motel chain. My brothers killed the deal.
Damn. That's really too bad.
It's even worse. I doubt we'll get more than $270,000 for it now. All because of their greed.
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I didn’t get to read a new chapter in A Town Like Alice last night. But my sleepless state was so bad, I picked the book up at around 4:30, read the 40-page chapter and still couldn’t sleep.
You sound like me though my eyes are making it more difficult for me to read.
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I managed to listen to most of Act 1 of Wozzeck. Hope I can watch the rest. Very steampunk, dystopian production. The music is brutal and beautiful.
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Well, I'm off now to my parents' to play Phase 10. Who'll win this week?? I'll find out soon enough!
Be back later.
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Zooming was fun.
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That's more than I can say for page two.
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Food has been ordered and should be here in about twenty minutes I hope.
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Enjoy.
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My library opened this week for pick up. They announced on Monday that they would be opening that same day. The only part that I am not happy about is that there is a limit on reservations. And because they pre-ordered books that i suggested I am unable to do anything online myself. I have to call and have someone else do what I want. :(
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Chinese chicken salad has been eaten and was excellent.
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My library opened this week for pick up. They announced on Monday that they would be opening that same day. The only part that I am not happy about is that there is a limit on reservations. And because they pre-ordered books that i suggested I am unable to do anything online myself. I have to call and have someone else do what I want. :(
I hope you can get through to speak to someone and then pick up your books.
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Chinese chicken salad has been eaten and was excellent.
Where did you get it from?
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Good evening.
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That's about all I have for today.
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I feel antsy. I guess it's because I've been sitting for too much today.
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I'm home after losing (another game of) Phase 10. ::)
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Oh, well. ;)
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So, my friend pug wrote a play that's going to be streaming on Facebook AND YouTube! It's going to start in a few minutes, but if anyone wants to watch it's available on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSgqNJgS9E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSgqNJgS9E)
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I'm sure that it'll be left up after the streaming.
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I can't imagine that they'd take it down.
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Hopefully, they won't.
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Anyway, they're going to do the whole thing again tomorrow, and I think they're going to do it live again, not just a rebroadcast of today's performance...I think.
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Anyway, that's what I'll be watching for the next hour and half or so. :)
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Whoops! Last evening I decided to take a snooze, and I ended up sleeping the night away.
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So,I followed that up with sleeping most of the day away.
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I thought I wasn’t going to get back to Wozzeck in time, but I did, just on the iPad. I also didn’t get the score out, but I’ve got other chances to have a go at that. I was more interested in seeing the production, and I thought it was mostly good. Even on the small screen, it was a shocker when the set was revealed for the bows — because as with Lulu a few seasons ago, it’s atmospheric lighting and projections that ruled the day.
I do have something of a handicap when it comes to this piece. I grew up on the Mack Harrell / Eileen Farrell / Mitropoulos live performance recording which is lightning in a bottle, so the sound and “feel” of that is my benchmark whenever I’m watching or listening to a performance. But I did enjoy this. It just needs to be seen and heard on a larger system than an iPad.
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I wish I knew how to turn that into beauty sleep.
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Hello, everyone.
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I guess I'm not the only one who has had trouble sleeping this week. I thought it was just me.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ for us all.
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My acupuncturist was asked to be interviewed for a documentary on fixing healthcare. After my treatment today she and I spent some time brainstorming. She had already written a few paragraphs, which weren't bad, but I felt they had little impact. I told her what I would say, more for a presentation than an interview, and she liked it.
I'd no sooner arrived home when I was asked to join a Zoom session with the film's director and her, but I couldn't get the Zoom audio to work. I feel like the last person on earth to try Zoom, but frankly felt no need for it. I let them know I'm available by (old-fashioned) phone if they need me. The book is about to be published, so they're not really looking for new ideas, just doing this acupuncture section, I think, for the film.
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George, how is pug doing? I've thought about her several times lately.
Vibes for her recovery!
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Great, insurance won't cover it and without insurance the drops are over $2,000. They sent the info back to my eye doctor.
Do they send over a cardiologist for the heart attack you'll have when you see the bill?
Vibes you find a reasonable solution to the problem.
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Speaking of eye doctors, I received a text from the ophthalmologist today, cancelling my August appointment. I've been trying to see this doctor for a consultaion for over a year now. He had a 3-month waiting list, plus there was a lengthy fumble over the referral, schedule conflicts, and then Covid. I tried to call to reschedule, but the lines were busy and the voicemail box was full. God only knows when I'll be able to see him. I've been using Natural Ophthalmics products in the meantime. They have really helped! I've been very pleased to have found them. But a little surgery would mean that I don't have to take them forever. At least in theory. I had no idea that the cataract surgery would necessitate a second one.
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I've noticed a lot of people feeling the stress of Covid and lockdown. I think a lot of people thought that lockdown would just be for a month or two, then businesses would reopen and we'd be back to normal. Many here did reopen, then had to close again. Definitely Covid fatigue.
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Last night I watched MY SPY again. I really like this film.
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Have a good weekend, everyone.
Stay calm and get some rest. We've all been through a lot.
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Zizi Jeanmarie died at 96. Didn’t know she was still alive. The Girl in the Pink Tights was her big stage show.
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Well, since we're so close...
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4our!!
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Zizi Jeanmarie died at 96. Didn’t know she was still alive. The Girl in the Pink Tights was her big stage show.
Wow! 96 years old! Hopefully, she had a good, as well as a long life!
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George, how is pug doing? I've thought about her several times lately.
Vibes for her recovery!
Thanks, Jeanne! She is improving. She wrote on FB, "I am not yet 100% but again, I am going in the right direction." So, that's good. :)
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So, my friend pug wrote a play that's going to be streaming on Facebook AND YouTube! It's going to start in a few minutes, but if anyone wants to watch it's available on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSgqNJgS9E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSgqNJgS9E)
It's over. Everyone did really well. It was kind of a Zoom-like reading/horror show.
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I didn't realize it, but yesterday there was a write-up in The Olympian about the show and pug's diagnosis:
Pug Bujeaud’s new virtual play will go on even though she has coronavirus. (https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article244236022.html)
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Finished with my viewing.
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Whoops! Last evening I decided to take a snooze, and I ended up sleeping the night away.
That is wonderful :)
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So,I followed that up with sleeping most of the day away.
I hope you sleep tonight.
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My acupuncturist was asked to be interviewed for a documentary on fixing healthcare. After my treatment today she and I spent some time brainstorming. She had already written a few paragraphs, which weren't bad, but I felt they had little impact. I told her what I would say, more for a presentation than an interview, and she liked it.
I'd no sooner arrived home when I was asked to join a Zoom session with the film's director and her, but I couldn't get the Zoom audio to work. I feel like the last person on earth to try Zoom, but frankly felt no need for it. I let them know I'm available by (old-fashioned) phone if they need me. The book is about to be published, so they're not really looking for new ideas, just doing this acupuncture section, I think, for the film.
It sounds like you had a good day.
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DR Jeanne I know a number of people who haven't figured out Zoom. I haven't had to try it yet.
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Great, insurance won't cover it and without insurance the drops are over $2,000. They sent the info back to my eye doctor.
Do they send over a cardiologist for the heart attack you'll have when you see the bill?
Vibes you find a reasonable solution to the problem.
:))
Thanks
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Speaking of eye doctors, I received a text from the ophthalmologist today, cancelling my August appointment. I've been trying to see this doctor for a consultaion for over a year now. He had a 3-month waiting list, plus there was a lengthy fumble over the referral, schedule conflicts, and then Covid. I tried to call to reschedule, but the lines were busy and the voicemail box was full. God only knows when I'll be able to see him. I've been using Natural Ophthalmics products in the meantime. They have really helped! I've been very pleased to have found them. But a little surgery would mean that I don't have to take them forever. At least in theory. I had no idea that the cataract surgery would necessitate a second one.
Keith had to have a quick second surgery on one eye. His problem was not uncommon.
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Listening to music. Got to get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight, since I have to be up at eight-thirty.
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Zoom is pretty easy once you get the hang of its little intricacies. If the person doing the inviting doesn't check the right boxes, then the people joining the meeting have to enable their own video and audio - the audio button is in the bottom left corner. But I check those boxes so anyone who joins already has the audio and video enabled.
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I've noticed a lot of people feeling the stress of Covid and lockdown. I think a lot of people thought that lockdown would just be for a month or two, then businesses would reopen and we'd be back to normal. Many here did reopen, then had to close again. Definitely Covid fatigue.
As I saw people refusing to take proper precautions I knew this would last a long time. Definitely Covid fatigue.
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George, how is pug doing? I've thought about her several times lately.
Vibes for her recovery!
Thanks, Jeanne! She is improving. She wrote on FB, "I am not yet 100% but again, I am going in the right direction." So, that's good. :)
:) Too many people are reporting lingering issues. Vibes she will soon be 100%.
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George, how is pug doing? I've thought about her several times lately.
Vibes for her recovery!
Thanks, Jeanne! She is improving. She wrote on FB, "I am not yet 100% but again, I am going in the right direction." So, that's good. :)
:) Too many people are reporting lingering issues. Vibes she will soon be 100%.
Thanks, Jane!
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And on a sad note, John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80 (https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-general/20200718/US--Obit-Lewis-1506).
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Good evening.
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Elmore, I agree with Laura about not getting a dog. What happens if you get laid up? Your cats can use a litter box, but a dog needs to go out to go potty. What if you elevator breaks again? Are you prepared to take him up and down all those stairs, four or more times a day. Both you and the dog will suffer. Wait until you go back to Ohio.
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Summer weather is finally arriving this weekend.
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Around 80 this weekend and then moving up towards 90 starting on Monday.
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Hi, Tom.
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Around 80 this weekend and then moving up towards 90 Starting on Monday.
I'd heard that it was going to get warm. :P
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Hello, George.
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Did you get my IM?
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I couldn’t remember if I sent it, or if I just dreamed it.
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How much longer are we going to be on this page?
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Federal authorities in Portland in unmarked vans arresting people off the street.
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One more post.
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Did you get my IM?
I couldn’t remember if I sent it, or if I just dreamed it.
Yes, I did! And I did respond. ;)
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Federal authorities in Portland in unmarked vans arresting people off the street.
Bastards. :P
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Around 80 this weekend and then moving up towards 90 Starting on Monday.
I'd heard that it was going to get warm. :P
It was nice and cool here today which meant there weren't a lot of people here. I am not looking forward to the warmer weather and the people it will bring.
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I gotta tell you.
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Read a little of the book I'm reading about the films of 1962
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Read a little of the book I'm reading about the films of 1962
Who wrote the book?
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BK, have you ever heard of a LA based singer named Stephanie Reach?
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Two film critics wrote the book, which I wish were better.
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Don't know a Stephanie Reach.
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Federal authorities in Portland in unmarked vans arresting people off the street.
Bastards. :P
Yes.
I was reading mixed reports that the peaceful protesters were causing damage and not so peaceful. I should have spent more time learning more about it.
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And then I wrote...
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Why I oughta...
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Well, no one here but us chickens.