Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on October 26, 2020, 12:06:13 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were based on characters created by me, and now it is time for you to post until the based on cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: AUTOSCHEDIASM!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
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Hi there
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I fell sleep very early so now I’m awake
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This does not bode well for Monday morning at work
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I must try and get back to sleep so my inner clock isn’t upside down all week
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Earring finding vibes for Janes
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I've heard a lot of great Wagner performances, but I've never heard one quite like this mono Szell of some of the warhorses. Amazing. I wonder if the stereo versions better these mono versions.
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I finished the commentary except for one song, which I'll either do before going to bed or first thing when I get up. It's an easy one. I also went back to project one and did a tiny bit more. I think I'm in the home stretch and could even finish by Wednesday if I'm diligent.
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I fell sleep very early so now I’m awake
I hate it when that happens!
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Well, Friday was the last day to invoice for the month, and today, I need to put together the report that will be used by the Finance office to print the checks for our vendors, and then I'll need to scan all of the invoices because the Finance office doesn't want paper copies, anymore. ::) Fortunately, I've found that I can get it all done in one day, but if it turns out that it takes longer than usual, I will stay at work today until it's all done.
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And now, I'm off to bed.
Have a good day, all!
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Final disc before stereo. Just had an absolutely brilliant Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini with Leon Fleisher at the keyboard. Great mono sound.
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Wow - bk being creatively creative on any number of fronts.
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I have nothing more to add at this time.
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Except this: DR TCB, I post recipes when I think they may be of general interest. That doesn't always mean that I would make them, myself.
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Good morning, all!
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DR Laura, the fridge is white. It matches the stove, but I do not have a kitchen. I havbe an a;lcpve wioth a fridge, sink, stove, and I would kill for some counter space.
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DR Matthew, I hope Ben's eye problem will prove to be nothing.
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DR vixmom, what a great story about humanity and voting!
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DR George, about the refrigerator door: on Wednesday, when the service man called Crane Cooling, I distinctly heard him tell the man on the other end that the door was hinged on the LEFT. When it arrived on Saturday, it was still packed and hinged on the RIGHT. The installers, who were really quite wonderful, were not happy that they had to fetch their toolkits to redo the door.
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The news in Manhattan this morning is that there was a riot in Times Square yesterday between a group calling themselves "Jews for Trump" and people who questioned their choice. There were several injuries.
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This morning I need to take my walker to the corner postbox and mail my utilities payment. I also need to drag out the Big Ladder and haul down some cat food.
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I need to vacuum, too.
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Last night we watched The Court Jester. I had forgotten all the ins and outs of the plot, which is as convoluted as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The one unresolved plot line was Angela Lansbury's, who loses her love to Glynis Johns. I wonder if she poisoned Griselda? I knew Mildred Natwick slightly - one of my best friends from college worked on 70 Girls 70 and really loved her - and she's so wonderful as Griselda
I also wonder if all these moronic young Sondheim fans who think he and Hal Prince invented musical theatre long long ago around 1970 are aware of a film featuring two of Sondheim's leading ladies.
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Good morning, all.
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I wish I had something more interesting than “I just had a li’l sneezing fit” to say. But I’m afraid that’s about as exciting as it gets right now.
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T.O.D.
THE GODFATHER (1 and 2)
JAWS
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Good morning, all.
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When I’m in Germany, my family likes to drive on the AUTOSCHEDIASM!
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I was about to say that I think our 1962 Mercury had the optional AUTOSCHEDIASM.
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Page Two.
Lovely story from DR VIXMOM yesterday.
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Finding the earring vibes for DR JANE.
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Vibes for DD BEN......
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We recorded our "bows" last night. I was wearing my Mister Fezziwig costume, but the director insisted I put on my top hat so I could do a bit with Mr. Poole.....so there you are.
I have one more scene to record....tomorrow evening.....and then my silent bit.....and then hopefully I am done barring any need for RE-recording.
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Rosemary's Baby, of course.
My Cousin Rachel - the first version with Richard Burton. I liked the recent version, but they changed the ENDING.....it was completely illogical!
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JAWS - as DR DRUXY said....
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
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TOD:
A Room with a View
Call Me By Your Name
Time Regained (based on the last volume of Proust)
Wise Blood
Hitchcock’s Rebecca
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I've made the bed, dragged out the Big Ladder and brought down enough cat food for the next 30 days, and vacuumed. I will lie down for a bit and let my legs calm down.
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
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The following two weeks are "From the Baroque to the Present". There's a Bluebeard's Castle on Monday, Nov. 9th, which I will definitely watch. And The Exterminating Angel comes calling again on Sunday the 15th.
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Successful transfers to film:
The Uninvited
The Haunting
The Innocents (Turn of the Screw)
Anatomy of A Murder
Peyton Place
Cold Comfort Farm
Auntie Mame
The Godfather 1
Rosemary's Baby
Room With A View
Maurice
Psycho
The Grass Harp
Three Musketeers & Four Musketeers (Richard Lester)
The Day of the Locust
Silence of the Lambs
Primal Fear
Sense and Sensibility
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Maltese Falcon
Unsuccessful transfers:
Mildred Pierce (Great film having nothing to do with the book)
Forever Amber
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Myra Breckinridge
Film improves on the book:
Jaws
Circle of Friends
La Ceremonie
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The Exterminating Angel
I can give that Angel a few suggestions to start with.
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DR John G. - what an unpleasant way to start your day.
~~~VIBES FOR FOOT HEALING!!!~~~
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If one is recording a snippet on ZOOM - where would one find the saved file?
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Whoa. That's a great list, DR Elmore.
Did you see the HBO adaptation of Mildred Pierce several years ago? They followed the book and I remember really liking it. I need to see it again.
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DR John G. - what an unpleasant way to start your day.
~~~VIBES FOR FOOT HEALING!!!~~~
Seriously. And it just had to be on a Monday. Horrible!
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
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Day of the Locust is one of my favorite novels, and the movie is amazing. Thanks for the reminder, Elmore.
And yes, Circle of Friends was better as a movie than the book.
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Foot is itchy. But it’s getting a little better.
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I love Ghosts. In face, I bought the Met's DVD boxed set just for that, which wasn't available elsewhere. Now you can stream it from the Met's subscription service, I believe.
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Yesterday bk was zealous for Szell. Today, color me jealous for Szell. Would love to own that set someday.
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The category of unsuccessful adaptations could go on forever, starting with just about every religious movie ever made. To that list, I point out:
The Age of Innocence (now hailed as a masterpiece because Scorsese’s name is attached)
The Sheltering Sky
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Wuthering Heights (any version)
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Aha.....I found it.
Record your Zoom....and it is converted to MP4 and then put in a folder in your DOCUMENTS marked Zoom and the date....
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Yesterday bk was zealous for Szell. Today, color me jealous for Szell. Would love to own that set someday.
No kidding.
If I had it to do over again, I'd get every one of those great sets. Back in the first years that they were being issued, I didn't even know about most of them. Now it's just impossible.
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DR Jrand70, are you referring to someone who's participating in a Zoom being able to record the session? I don't think I knew you could do that.
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If you are logged into Zoom as a convener of the meeting, I believe I have seen an Admin option for recording the meeting when pre-scheduling it.
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If those box sets are so popular, I don't understand why the companies wouldn't re-release them, unless their licensing limited the number they could produce.
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Onward
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Three!
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
Well, that's one helluva way to start the week! I've had years like that.
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Whoa. That's a great list, DR Elmore.
Did you see the HBO adaptation of Mildred Pierce several years ago? They followed the book and I remember really liking it. I need to see it again.
I loved the Mildred Pierce miniseries! I remember watching it and thinking how did they take this and make such a wonderful movie so far from its source. I also think the Lana Turner The Postman Always Rings Twice is a wonderful adaptation. The Nicholson remake removes the irony of the novel's title.
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
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DR Vixmom's moving story of voting with her mother inspired me to share this story of a 104 year old woman voting.
https://www.newsweek.com/video-104-year-old-ruth-woman-voting-against-trump-1542074?fbclid=IwAR2hXlq9QodvzxF9TXyIo3P__Q5_r_qw-y20Z3xoP3dly_bb7P-8rhbyzcM
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
I love The Ghosts of Versailles, and the Manhattan School of Music production several years ago was quite wonderful. That first aria of Figaro's is really brilliant. I would love to have the DVD of the Met broadcast. I had it on VHS.
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To former DR Jed,
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
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From DR George:
Nice! I assume the door opens the correct way! That could be a problem if it didn't!
So true. That almost happened to us once but I caught the error in time, same thing with a clothes dryer side opening door.
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Thanks for the suggestion DR George, however, I will pass on the Sloppy Joe's.
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DR Matthew, I hope Ben's eye problem will prove to be nothing.
There doesn't seem to be anymore discharge around the eye as it remained open all day - and ALL NIGHT - that's another story. I'll take him in tomorrow just to be sure.
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
I love The Ghosts of Versailles, and the Manhattan School of Music production several years ago was quite wonderful. That first aria of Figaro's is really brilliant. I would love to have the DVD of the Met broadcast. I had it on VHS.
I haven't looked yet, so will just ask -- is the Manhattan production available?
The Met one is in the Levine set. If you don't have it, I'd be happy to burn you a copy.
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I fell sleep very early so now I’m awake
Sorry.
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Earring finding vibes for Janes
Thank you. I think I need a miracle at this point.
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DR George, about the refrigerator door: on Wednesday, when the service man called Crane Cooling, I distinctly heard him tell the man on the other end that the door was hinged on the LEFT. When it arrived on Saturday, it was still packed and hinged on the RIGHT. The installers, who were really quite wonderful, were not happy that they had to fetch their toolkits to redo the door.
When the clothes dryer was delivered in the wrong direction the one delivery guy said I needed to call for a service person to fix it. The other delivery guy kindly said he was capable of changing the door and did so. I was very grateful.
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Good morning.
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The cold front that moved in didn't bring the promised rain yesterday, but it is chilly outside today. It is heavenly!
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Yesterday I cooked soy curls and dumplings. It was pretty good. Sandra took the leftovers for her lunch at work today.
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
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DR George, about the refrigerator door: on Wednesday, when the service man called Crane Cooling, I distinctly heard him tell the man on the other end that the door was hinged on the LEFT. When it arrived on Saturday, it was still packed and hinged on the RIGHT. The installers, who were really quite wonderful, were not happy that they had to fetch their toolkits to redo the door.
I can imagine them being not happy. I've had to switch my (or maybe it was my sister's) dryer door to open from the other side, but a dryer door is much smaller than a fridge door, and therefore a much simpler job to do, which I would never even try on my own.
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
Congrats on passing the exam, Laura! Mine is tomorrow.
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
What?? Oy!!!
OMG, I guess I've been lucky to have never heard *sounds* coming from a dental office. On the other hand, I've been fortunate in never having to *make any sounds of my own while there. OMG.
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I find it sad that anti-trumpers felt the need to throw eggs and attacks the Jews for Trump people. I am also not surprised they were the Orthodox Jews who do not want to take pandemic precautions. It is the same with the ultra religious in Israel.
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DR John I hope the burn on your foot is ok.
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
It seems you like it less than I did. I suggest jumping to the end or simply moving on to something better.
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DR Matthew, I hope Ben's eye problem will prove to be nothing.
There doesn't seem to be anymore discharge around the eye as it remained open all day - and ALL NIGHT - that's another story. I'll take him in tomorrow just to be sure.
Good news.
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
Augh! Hope the rest of the day (and week goes better)
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I think it was getting the novacaine shots I was hearing. Honestly, this dentist has never hurt me, even during the shot. He's very good at it.
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DR Vixmom your story made me teary-eyed!
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
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DR Jennifer I missed the part that your knew Kindle is an Oasis. I am excited for you. Congratulations.
Thanks. My other kindle (which still works although slower) is like 10 years old. And I use it every day. So it's quite exciting. It took me a bit to get used to all of the new features (as it is very different from my older one). The main thing that confused me was when to use the page turns, vs tapping, vs swiping. And there was one feature (where to find my notes) that took me a week until i figured it out perfectly.
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DR Vixmom's moving story of voting with her mother inspired me to share this story of a 104 year old woman voting.
https://www.newsweek.com/video-104-year-old-ruth-woman-voting-against-trump-1542074?fbclid=IwAR2hXlq9QodvzxF9TXyIo3P__Q5_r_qw-y20Z3xoP3dly_bb7P-8rhbyzcM
That’s wonderful, thank you for sharing, Jane
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
It seems you like it less than I did. I suggest jumping to the end or simply moving on to something better.
If you're talking about Beach Read by Emily Henry then I have read it. Most people love this book. To me it was just okay. But I think that part of it is that I read it in March (right when quarantine started). I was looking for a light fun romance, something to make me feel good and make me happy. And to me this book was not that at all.
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John I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that squash soup recipe. I am having it for lunch right now, perfect for this cold, grey dreary day
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
I love The Ghosts of Versailles, and the Manhattan School of Music production several years ago was quite wonderful. That first aria of Figaro's is really brilliant. I would love to have the DVD of the Met broadcast. I had it on VHS.
I haven't looked yet, so will just ask -- is the Manhattan production available?
The Met one is in the Levine set. If you don't have it, I'd be happy to burn you a copy.
I would love it if you would burn me a copy. I saw the Manhattan School of Music production live. I don't believe it's available.
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DR George, about the refrigerator door: on Wednesday, when the service man called Crane Cooling, I distinctly heard him tell the man on the other end that the door was hinged on the LEFT. When it arrived on Saturday, it was still packed and hinged on the RIGHT. The installers, who were really quite wonderful, were not happy that they had to fetch their toolkits to redo the door.
I can imagine them being not happy. I've had to switch my (or maybe it was my sister's) dryer door to open from the other side, but a dryer door is much smaller than a fridge door, and therefore a much simpler a job to do, which I would never even try on my own.
Two refrigerator door: fridge and freezer.
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I must step out to post a payment.
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
Ouch x 4!
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John I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that squash soup recipe. I am having it for lunch right now, perfect for this cold, grey dreary day
I’m so glad you like it.
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
It seems you like it less than I did. I suggest jumping to the end or simply moving on to something better.
If you're talking about Beach Read by Emily Henry then I have read it. Most people love this book. To me it was just okay. But I think that part of it is that I read it in March (right when quarantine started). I was looking for a light fun romance, something to make me feel good and make me happy. And to me this book was not that at all.
Thank you, Jennifer. I appreciate that.
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My hair is finally long enough to tie at the back. But it’s not long enough for a man bun. I know that will upset some, but I guess I’ll just have to live with it.
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Gratuitous post No. 101!
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JAWS - as DR DRUXY said....
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
I love the original movie, but I've never read the book. Should I? My library has it, but only epub, not Kindle. I'd have to put it on my tablet, which I can do, but I'd have to wait until I'm finished with my current book, and it's a long one.
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
Oh, no! That's too bad about the mug, and...
~~~Foot Feel Better Vibes for John!!~~~
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Speaking of DD Ben - he would NOT be still last night. When it's time for bed, DD Leo hops on the bed and curls up into a small pod and goes to sleep - usually right up against me - many times during the night, I have to pick him up by his harness and move him so I can move! But last night, DD Ben just would not settle. He was making a nest on the floor in the pile of dirty clothes, or he was on the bed looming over me, waiting for something to happen - don't know what, though. At one point, I was holding him and we fell asleep, and then I heard him on the floor making a nest again. I pulled him back up, and I was on my stomach trying to sleep, and he was making his way on to the top of my pillow. Between the 2 DD's , I had 1/4 of the king sized bed as they were both right up against me. This went on for at least 2 hours. Finally it was time to get up. I'm hoping he's better tomorrow. I don't think he's sick - his nose is cold, etc. Poor DD Leo, all he wanted to do was sleep!!!
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TOD:
A Room with a View
Call Me By Your Name
Time Regained (based on the last volume of Proust)
Wise Blood
Hitchcock’s Rebecca
I've read the book and seen the movie of Call Me By Your Name, so that's on my (relatively short) list.
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I'll try to remember (a The Fantasticks reference ;) ) to watch some of these!
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The following two weeks are "From the Baroque to the Present". There's a Bluebeard's Castle on Monday, Nov. 9th, which I will definitely watch. And The Exterminating Angel comes calling again on Sunday the 15th.
I missed The Exterminating Angel, so I want to see that, too!
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DR Matthew, I hope Ben's eye problem will prove to be nothing.
There doesn't seem to be anymore discharge around the eye as it remained open all day - and ALL NIGHT - that's another story. I'll take him in tomorrow just to be sure.
Good news, Matthew!
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
I love The Ghosts of Versailles, and the Manhattan School of Music production several years ago was quite wonderful. That first aria of Figaro's is really brilliant. I would love to have the DVD of the Met broadcast. I had it on VHS.
I haven't looked yet, so will just ask -- is the Manhattan production available?
The Met one is in the Levine set. If you don't have it, I'd be happy to burn you a copy.
I have that Levine set and keep forgetting what's in it.
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
I only had three molars. Two were impacted, but all three were pulled. :P Glad they don't grow back!
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
I had a former co-worker who also had a dental phobia and she always had problems. I don't know if she had (m)any teeth pulled because of it, though...but I would think so. She never opened her mouth very widely when she spoke. ::)
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DR George, about the refrigerator door: on Wednesday, when the service man called Crane Cooling, I distinctly heard him tell the man on the other end that the door was hinged on the LEFT. When it arrived on Saturday, it was still packed and hinged on the RIGHT. The installers, who were really quite wonderful, were not happy that they had to fetch their toolkits to redo the door.
I can imagine them being not happy. I've had to switch my (or maybe it was my sister's) dryer door to open from the other side, but a dryer door is much smaller than a fridge door, and therefore a much simpler a job to do, which I would never even try on my own.
Two refrigerator door: fridge and freezer.
Right! I forgot about that. Mine's like that, too, but both my mom and sister have fridges that have freezer drawers on the bottom.
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My hair is finally long enough to tie at the back. But it’s not long enough for a man bun. I know that will upset some, but I guess I’ll just have to live with it.
It's been at least a year since I got my hairs cut last, so I'm right there with ya!
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Speaking of DD Ben - he would NOT be still last night. When it's time for bed, DD Leo hops on the bed and curls up into a small pod and goes to sleep - usually right up against me - many times during the night, I have to pick him up by his harness and move him so I can move! But last night, DD Ben just would not settle. He was making a nest on the floor in the pile of dirty clothes, or he was on the bed looming over me, waiting for something to happen - don't know what, though. At one point, I was holding him and we fell asleep, and then I heard him on the floor making a nest again. I pulled him back up, and I was on my stomach trying to sleep, and he was making his way on to the top of my pillow. Between the 2 DD's , I had 1/4 of the king sized bed as they were both right up against me. This went on for at least 2 hours. Finally it was time to get up. I'm hoping he's better tomorrow. I don't think he's sick - his nose is cold, etc. Poor DD Leo, all he wanted to do was sleep!!!
~~~Sleeping Vibes for Matthew and Both DDs!!~~~
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My Topic of the Day list (books I have read and their movies I have seen):
Auntie Mame
Call Me By Your Name
To Kill A Mockingbird
And Honorable Mention TV show: The Expanse. I've read the first four books and am currently reading the fifth. I've only seen season one (and saw it before I read the books), but I really liked how they adapted the books. :)
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I'm up, I'm up - was up at eight dealing with a text, then back to bed at nine-thirty - so maybe a total of five hours or a little less.
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Have to do a quick Zoom in ten minutes - no ring light in the world will help me.
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I forgot to include Gone With the Wind! Even though one of Scarlett's husbands is ignored for time, it's still a wonderful adaptation.
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He was at least my age. I don't think these were wisdom teeth.
I had 5 wisdom teeth. They passed my x-ray around the office that day.
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TOD:
A Room with a View
Call Me By Your Name
Time Regained (based on the last volume of Proust)
Wise Blood
Hitchcock’s Rebecca
I've read the book and seen the movie of Call Me By Your Name, so that's on my (relatively short) list.
James Ivory has a special place on that list. His adaptations of Howards End, Remains of the Day, Maurice, The Europeans and even Slaves of New York are all excellent adaptations of their sources.
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Five!
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TOD: I don't know about book to movie, since I don't really do movies.
My daughter gave me some books that musicals are based on. Not quite the same, but sorta.
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Vibes for DD Ben.
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I didn't know that Szell conducted at the Met. It makes sense, but I never think of him as an opera conductor.
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The great Ming Cho Lee has died. I’m glad his obit included Whoop-Up. He wouldn’t have wanted that work to be forgotten.
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There is an "LA Opera" version of The Ghosts of Versailles available on CD. But no other video version that I am aware of.
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I didn't know that Szell conducted at the Met. It makes sense, but I never think of him as an opera conductor.
I remember (now) knowing that he'd conducted there, but I'd forgotten.
Nice find. Great cast, too. Now I want that!
One of my few bootleg operas on LP is a Met broadcast of Don Giovanni with Pinza. I'm trying to remember who's conducting. I want to say Bruno Walter. Could that be right? I'm going to go check right now...
Yes! Walter conducting, with a similar heavy-duty cast: Pinza, Bampton, Norman Cordon, Kullman, Novotna, Sayao, Kipnis, and Mack Harrell. I haven't played this one in a hundred years, but I will soon.
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I think it was getting the novacaine shots I was hearing. Honestly, this dentist has never hurt me, even during the shot. He's very good at it.
I am sensitive to cold water & the air blower. I don't feel them on the area that has been numbed but the rest of my mouth, ouch. I can usually be quiet about the pain as I know it is coming. My dentist office is also good about warming the water but sometimes it cools down.
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
Likely, however, teeth do break. I broke one on a grain of rice.
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DR Jennifer I missed the part that your knew Kindle is an Oasis. I am excited for you. Congratulations.
Thanks. My other kindle (which still works although slower) is like 10 years old. And I use it every day. So it's quite exciting. It took me a bit to get used to all of the new features (as it is very different from my older one). The main thing that confused me was when to use the page turns, vs tapping, vs swiping. And there was one feature (where to find my notes) that took me a week until i figured it out perfectly.
;D I get that. I still don't use "notes" on my tablet.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
But the little-known corollary is:
The dentist gives HHW many pages.
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DR Vixmom's moving story of voting with her mother inspired me to share this story of a 104 year old woman voting.
https://www.newsweek.com/video-104-year-old-ruth-woman-voting-against-trump-1542074?fbclid=IwAR2hXlq9QodvzxF9TXyIo3P__Q5_r_qw-y20Z3xoP3dly_bb7P-8rhbyzcM
That’s wonderful, thank you for sharing, Jane
I am glad you enjoyed it. Unlike this woman I suspect you and your mother were not expressing who they were voting for ;)
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
It seems you like it less than I did. I suggest jumping to the end or simply moving on to something better.
If you're talking about Beach Read by Emily Henry then I have read it. Most people love this book. To me it was just okay. But I think that part of it is that I read it in March (right when quarantine started). I was looking for a light fun romance, something to make me feel good and make me happy. And to me this book was not that at all.
Mostly I recall being somewhat bored. It certainly isn't your typical light fun romance story.
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My hair is finally long enough to tie at the back. But it’s not long enough for a man bun. I know that will upset some, but I guess I’ll just have to live with it.
;D
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He was at least my age. I don't think these were wisdom teeth.
I had 5 wisdom teeth. They passed my x-ray around the office that day.
:o
Had! How many were pulled?
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
But the little-known corollary is:
The dentist gives HHW many pages.
;D
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I refuse to read or watch The Girl in the Spider’s Web out of respect for Stieg Larsson. It is sad that he died, and died without leaving a will. It should be a lesson to everyone who has not made a will.
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Good afternoon!
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Page 5 already?
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DR Jennifer I missed the part that your knew Kindle is an Oasis. I am excited for you. Congratulations.
Thanks. My other kindle (which still works although slower) is like 10 years old. And I use it every day. So it's quite exciting. It took me a bit to get used to all of the new features (as it is very different from my older one). The main thing that confused me was when to use the page turns, vs tapping, vs swiping. And there was one feature (where to find my notes) that took me a week until i figured it out perfectly.
;D I get that. I still don't use "notes" on my tablet.
I don't, either. I haven't found any reason to, but if people do need or want them, it's a cool feature.
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
Likely, however, teeth do break. I broke one on a grain of rice.
How can that happen?? :o
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Oh no. This is some shocking news:
New York’s Longest Running Actor’s Equity Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Takes It’s [sic] Final Bow
For those who don't know, it was an extremely popular and successful dinner theater located near White Plains, NY.
https://www.broadwaytheatre.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Important%20notice&category=Main
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Zoom was quick and fine.
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Then I worked on project one and got some good stuff, then I made today's meal - steak. Since this particular steak has only 400 calories, I'll have something else light later.
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New York’s Longest Running Actor’s Equity Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Takes It’s [sic] Final Bow
This is sad.
At one time, I lived a less than one-minute walk from there.
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How can that happen?? :o
Have you heard the story about the princess and the pea? :)
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I have a duck cooking on the stovetop for dinner. Browning that sucker was hard.
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Hitchcock’s Rebecca
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Doctor Zhivago
Sense and Sensibility-Emma Thompson
Jurassic Park
The Maltese Falcon
Jane Eyre-Oreson Welles/Joan Joan Fontaine
Gentleman's Agreement
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How can that happen?? :o
Have you heard the story about the princess and the pea? :)
No, but I heard the one about the doctor's wife who ate apples.
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
Likely, however, teeth do break. I broke one on a grain of rice. :o
How can that happen?? :o
I wondered the same. Since then I have read it is not uncommon.
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How can that happen?? :o
Have you heard the story about the princess and the pea? :)
From the time my father read me the story I knew that was me. It wasn't until I was older that I realized being this princess was not fun & I no longer wanted to be a princess.
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That trip to the post box did me in. As soon as I wash my dishes and the cats' I am lying down and doping as little as possible.
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That trip to the post box did me in. As soon as I wash my dishes and the cats' I am lying down and doping as little as possible.
Just don’t overdose.
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A friend just had to evacuate due to the Santiago/Silverado Canyon fire in Orange County, CA :(
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Oh no. This is some shocking news:
New York’s Longest Running Actor’s Equity Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Takes It’s [sic] Final Bow
For those who don't know, it was an extremely popular and successful dinner theater located near White Plains, NY.
https://www.broadwaytheatre.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Important%20notice&category=Main
I've never heard of them, but that really sad. :-\
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How can that happen?? :o
Have you heard the story about the princess and the pea? :)
Ahh. ;D
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A friend just had to evacuate due to the Santiago/Silverado Canyon fire in Orange County, CA :(
Yikes! :o
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Oh no, DR Jane! Such sad stories from all over the west coast.
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So sorry to hear about Jane's friends.
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Re yesterday's discussion about deviled eggs: Sometimes I substitute cream cheese for the mayo. Sometimes avocado.
In fact, I often substitute mashed avocado for mayo on sandwich bread and in the filling.
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Thanks George, Singdaw, & Laura.
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Fingers crossed she has a home to return to.
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Re yesterday's discussion about deviled eggs: Sometimes I substitute cream cheese for the mayo. Sometimes avocado.
In fact, I often substitute mashed avocado for mayo on sandwich bread and in the filling.
Yum.
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A friend just had to evacuate due to the Santiago/Silverado Canyon fire in Orange County, CA :(
Vibes for them.
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I’m too scattered lately. How could I forget Dangerous Liaisons? Perfect adaptation of the book.
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I’m too scattered lately.
Hither, thither, and yon?
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So I did a test run of my presentation. It worked very well, except that the YouTube videos I had embedded were playing but the tester couldn't hear the audio from the videos.
Turns out it was a simple solution: you have to click "share computer audio." Who knew?
I have to say, everyone is on a learning curve with COVID. We're all trying. And that is what amazes me so much about the Kritzerland presentations. Complicated stuff, done so seamlessly. I was going to say "effortlessly," but I know that there has to be so much hard work going on behind the scenes.
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Re yesterday's discussion about deviled eggs: Sometimes I substitute cream cheese for the mayo. Sometimes avocado.
In fact, I often substitute mashed avocado for mayo on sandwich bread and in the filling.
I LOVE avocados and I've heard about using them for such things before, but I've never given any of them a try. Must change my ways and do that.
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DR Jennifer, I really like your food ideas.
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DR Jennifer I missed the part that your knew Kindle is an Oasis. I am excited for you. Congratulations.
Thanks. My other kindle (which still works although slower) is like 10 years old. And I use it every day. So it's quite exciting. It took me a bit to get used to all of the new features (as it is very different from my older one). The main thing that confused me was when to use the page turns, vs tapping, vs swiping. And there was one feature (where to find my notes) that took me a week until i figured it out perfectly.
;D I get that. I still don't use "notes" on my tablet.
I highlight and take notes as I"m reading. It makes it so much easier to write reviews. I love the notes feature.
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Hither, thither, and yon makes me think of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
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Hither, thither, and yon makes me think of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
So many great names for law firms!
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Jane, you said you didn’t much care for Beach Read. I’m an hour in and am rather irritated. I can easily move on to something else or listen to the last 90 minutes or so. Suggestions? Anyone else read it?
It seems you like it less than I did. I suggest jumping to the end or simply moving on to something better.
If you're talking about Beach Read by Emily Henry then I have read it. Most people love this book. To me it was just okay. But I think that part of it is that I read it in March (right when quarantine started). I was looking for a light fun romance, something to make me feel good and make me happy. And to me this book was not that at all.
Mostly I recall being somewhat bored. It certainly isn't your typical light fun romance story.
I feel like the title and the cover are misleading. It's supposed to be a rom com. To me that is crazy, as I don't consider it a light rom com at all.
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Hither, thither, and yon makes me think of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
Or diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John.
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Or maybe I just want dumplings.
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Or maybe I just want dumplings.
;D
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Let's get this show on the road.
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Onward and upward.
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SEVEN!
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I was thinking of DR elmore3003 making his utility payment. In our apartment building, we never have to turn the heat on all winter. The radiant heat from all the other apartments means that it stays warm enough in here without ever turning the heat on.
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Re yesterday's discussion about deviled eggs: Sometimes I substitute cream cheese for the mayo. Sometimes avocado.
In fact, I often substitute mashed avocado for mayo on sandwich bread and in the filling.
Yum.
I will substitute mayo with mashed avocado on a sandwich, or combine the two using less mayo.
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A friend just had to evacuate due to the Santiago/Silverado Canyon fire in Orange County, CA :(
Vibes for them.
Thanks. She is safe at a friend's.
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DR Jennifer I missed the part that your knew Kindle is an Oasis. I am excited for you. Congratulations.
Thanks. My other kindle (which still works although slower) is like 10 years old. And I use it every day. So it's quite exciting. It took me a bit to get used to all of the new features (as it is very different from my older one). The main thing that confused me was when to use the page turns, vs tapping, vs swiping. And there was one feature (where to find my notes) that took me a week until i figured it out perfectly.
;D I get that. I still don't use "notes" on my tablet.
I highlight and take notes as I"m reading. It makes it so much easier to write reviews. I love the notes feature.
It makes sense. I only take notes for books my book group will be discussing. I expected to do "notes" on my new tablet and then ended up just putting my thoughts on an email draft with the rest of the meeting info.
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Cooking took a while tonight. Between that and the dishes, I managed to get halfway through Beach Read. I guess I'll finish it. It's gotten better. As soon as the bet between them was made, the story seemed to take off. Just now, she's forcing him to watch a Meg Ryan triple feature. Sounds painful.
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;D I wonder if you will feel the same by the end of the book. I did not dislike it.
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Tonight my book group discussed the Alex Trebek memoir. I didn't suffer reading it or discussing it. Unexcited about both, yes.
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What is this page seven malarkey?
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Hello, everyone.
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When I’m in Germany, my family likes to drive on the AUTOSCHEDIASM!
Only when you're there??
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The Exterminating Angel
I can give that Angel a few suggestions to start with.
;D
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Whoa. That's a great list, DR Elmore.
Did you see the HBO adaptation of Mildred Pierce several years ago? They followed the book and I remember really liking it. I need to see it again.
I'd like to see that. I thought the movie was wonderful. I saw a remake, too, but don't know if that was an HBO show.
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Well, if I didn't hate this effing pandemic enough already, after watching restaurant after restaurant shut their doors forever, just got the news that on October 30 Jerry's Deli will close forever. I HATE our Governor and our mayor. If you're gonna shut down everything for eight MONTHS then you damn well better figure out how to help businesses. This is on their heads and they don't care, they simply don't care.
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Alexa introduced me to a Dinah Washington song that was too fun not to share. So, here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiRp9UntPs
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
Well, that's one helluva way to start the week! I've had years like that.
2020 has been that for many of people.
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When I’m in Germany, my family likes to drive on the AUTOSCHEDIASM!
Only when you're there??
Apparently, it's just for tourists. :)
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The cold front that moved in didn't bring the promised rain yesterday, but it is chilly outside today. It is heavenly!
Chilly being 85?
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I passed my dental exam today. The guy in the waiting room told me he was having FOUR teeth pulled today. The sounds coming from the next room weren't pleasant.
Ugh! Four teeth in one day! I had all four of my wisdom teeth out at once, but I was sedated--and in bed for several days afterwards.
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I shall have to finish catching up later.
Good vibes for the rest of the week to all.
Good night.
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Just broke my favorite coffee mug, burned my foot with the hot coffee that was in it and made a mess everywhere. Welcome to Monday.
Well, that's one helluva way to start the week! I've had years like that.
2020 has been that for many of people.
I started reading a book of poetry last night by Louise Gluck, who recently received the Nobel Prize for literature. The book is called "Faithful and Virtuous Night" and it contains this apt observation:
"... the days were very long,
while the years were very short."
She somehow manages to work in sex, horses, ghosts from the past and a little existential angst. You know, the stuff of any good poem.
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Gratuitous post No. 201!
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And with that, good night, all.
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All this talk of dentists reminds me I have a dentist appointment tomorrow.
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Root canal
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What was actually a peaceful and rather nice Monday for me is darkened with shitty local news and thoroughly disgusting national news this evening.
Here's a fairly in-depth summary of the history of Westchester Broadway and the impact of its closing:
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/greenburgh/2020/10/26/westchester-broadway-theatre-closes-after-46-years-covid-victim/6034192002/
And then we have BK's news about Jerry's Deli. These two things can only be part of a domino effect, the extent of which is as yet unknown. I was only in Jerry's a couple of times in the mid-late 1980s - providing that's what it was known as then. It was damned nice and I've always remembered those times.
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Decided to drown my sorrows in a little Wolfgang Puck salad - just a little dinner-sized salad with light dressing - it was surprisingly good and I had a little roll with it - if I went over 1000 calories it wouldn't be by much and I don't even care. This weight loss crap has been eight weeks now, I think, and it's so slow as to make on just want to say forget about it. But I will mush on for one more month and if the result in that month is a pound or two then I'm done.
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Meanwhile, I'm into the Szell stereo stuff now - the first stereo recording was not brilliant, engineering wise, but it got better with the second and by the third they seem to have figured it out - these are 1959 recording. We've has Schubert and Beethoven and Brahms and now have Strauss - he's so great with all this music and the band is simply tops. Interestingly, there were three copies up well under $1000 over the last two weeks but they're gone now, all of them. What a luck out this was being able to not have to put out cash. Now, if I could only do the Reiner box the same way, but that one is rarely less than $800. Ridiculous. But that's kind of the last of the biggies that I'm missing.
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I've done good work on project one and am nearing its completion, plus began writing one of four sets of liner notes.
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BK, are you familiar with the 1973 TV series "Orson Welles Great Mysteries" that Network in the UK is releasing?
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I never watched it but I know of it.
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Well, if I didn't hate this effing pandemic enough already, after watching restaurant after restaurant shut their doors forever, just got the news that on October 30 Jerry's Deli will close forever. I HATE our Governor and our mayor. If you're gonna shut down everything for eight MONTHS then you damn well better figure out how to help businesses. This is on their heads and they don't care, they simply don't care.
I am sorry. :(
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Root canal
Oh no. Good vibes.
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Browsing this week's Met Opera freebies, I find this is "Politics in Opera" week.
In the contemporary music department, we have John Adams's Nixon in China on Thursday, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles on Saturday, and Philip Glass's Satyagraha on Sunday. I'm a little 'eh' on the Adams and Glass, but I have to say that those delightful Ghosts are not to be missed.
I love Nixon in China. But Ghosts is better.
I'd probably like it if I ever sat down and really watched it. I'm afraid I've only seen little segments of it, which isn't giving it (or me) a chance at all.
I much prefer Richard Nixon’s ADAMS IN RUSSIA.
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Probably his dental phobia, which led to the need to extract four teeth, made everything so much worse.
Likely, however, teeth do break. I broke one on a grain of rice.
Most people prefer to cook their rice first!
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What makes the DVD of The Met’s GHOSTS worth $180.00. It isn’t even the original cast.
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All this talk of dentists reminds me I have a dentist appointment tomorrow.
What a coinkydink! So do I. :)
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Hi, Tom.
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Tonight the protesters in Seattle were marching to 100% defunding of the Seattle Police Department.
HOW STUPID IS THAT?
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Root canal
Not me...just a regular check-up. :-\
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~~~Vibes for a Pain-Free-As-Possible Root Canal for Vixmom!!~~~
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What makes the DVD of The Met’s GHOSTS worth $180.00. It isn’t even the original cast.
:o I bought the Levine set from The Met's Shop on sale for $150...the whole set! Of course, it's only listed for $180. Who knows if it'll actually sell.
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I wonder if I could split up my set and sell all the DVDs for a HUGE profit! ;)
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Tonight my book group discussed the Alex Trebek memoir. I didn't suffer reading it or discussing it. Unexcited about both, yes.
Why?