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Title: FEELING MORE LIKE MYSELF
Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 12:04:25 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes felt more like themselves, and now it is time for you to post until the feeling like themselves cows come home.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 12:05:14 AM
And the word of the day is: TRUCULENT!
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 12:05:28 AM
I was definitely TRUCULENT with the tree people.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 12:05:57 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:11:28 AM
Today is the weekly Phase 10 at my mom's.  At least, I haven't heard that it's been cancelled, so I plan to go over there.  But first, sleep. 8)

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:05:23 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:07:07 AM
DR singdaw, two words: avoid magnets.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:08:05 AM
BK, are you now on Project Two? I am very curious about Project One.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:09:56 AM
It's supposedly chilly outside, but I feel as though I am living in a sauna; it's too damned hot in this joint.  I'd like to lay my hands on the jerk who complained about no heat in this building.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:12:02 AM
I slept well until 4:30 or so.  I had many dreams but I only remember one and it took place in The Drama Book Shop.  Some of my co-workers over the 15 years I worked there between 1979 and 1997 were in the dream, along with my college friend Judy Capes.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:13:19 AM
DR TCB, I too worry that the Fat Orange Slug will be re-elected, but I refuse to give up on Biden-Harris until the race is called next week. If Trump does win, I hope the Senate has enough Democrats to impeach the bastard.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:16:21 AM
DR JohnG, when we were recording Dearest Enemy in Dublin in 2012, we almost lost actor Stephen Rea, whom I loved in The Crying Game, because he had been going through a really bad case of shingles. Nurse your arm and thank your lucky stars.
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Post by: vixmom on October 30, 2020, 04:20:59 AM
Hi there I fell asleep around 8 pm yesterday and slept right through the night
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Post by: vixmom on October 30, 2020, 04:21:21 AM
Vibesfir everyone who needs them
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:22:21 AM
Thatch likes to sit and the foot of my bed with his front legs propped on my bed frame, watching the hurly-burly.  He reminds me of a cowboy leaning on a fence, and I've tried to catch a photo of him several times with my phone.  Last night I got a couple of shots and sent them to our DR ChasSmith, who returned them as JPG files. Here's one of them with my feet in the photo.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:25:14 AM
And another.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 04:25:49 AM
DR Ginny, I'm saying nothing!
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 04:48:09 AM
So great to see photos of Mr. Thatch!
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 04:51:05 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2020, 04:54:38 AM
Friday morning greetings!

DR Ginny, I'm saying nothing!

 8)
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Post by: Ginny on October 30, 2020, 04:55:56 AM
DR Elmore, those are cute photos of Thatch (and your feet).
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 04:56:02 AM
I just had my best sleep in days, if not weeks. After the horrible allergy day yesterday, I took the Benadryl at just the right time, went to bed an hour later, and it did exactly what it was supposed to do. Another hour would have been even more perfect, but...you know...the cat. I shall now feed the little rascal.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:00:06 AM
No one has ever told me that I have cute feet.       ;D
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:00:41 AM
Glad to hear your good news re: allergies, DR ChasSmith.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:06:00 AM
And the word of the day is: TRUCULENT!


When trucks are succulent, they're TRUCULENT.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:06:56 AM
Wish I had more to report this fine morning.


But I don't.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:07:19 AM
Good one, last night, DR TCB, about the icing.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 05:18:06 AM
Glad to hear your good news re: allergies, DR ChasSmith.

Ditto.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 05:21:30 AM
TCB it was interesting reading about The Slender Thread.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 05:23:20 AM
Tom for a long time I have felt as you do about the results of the election.  I have moments of hope but not many :(
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:24:33 AM
So great to see photos of Mr. Thatch!

It's chaos here this morning. The three babies are planning their Halloween costumes so they can go Trick or Kibble-ing around the building. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:25:43 AM
No one has ever told me that I have cute feet.       ;D

It was my socks.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 05:26:52 AM
I loved 10 and am trying to recall where it opened. I think I went to Westwood, so was it at the Village? Maybe the Avco? I can’t pin it down. The next place I saw it was a couple of months later at a very nice neighborhood theater in Miami Beach during the few months I was tooling around on my friends’ sailboat.

Some years later I caught a little bit of it on TV and couldn’t stand the lousy presentation, and I never acquired it on home video. I’ll have to get the Blu-ray.

It was the experience of seeing this film in a packed theater that turned the lightbulb on in my head as to Blake Edwards’ genius in editing, timing every moment to perfection, the result being literal explosions of laughter with just the right amount of time for it to dissipate. (Exhibit A: the moment with the minister’s dog.) Since then I’ve savored that brilliance in all of his films.

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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 05:27:31 AM
From TCB:
Quote
Stephen Colbert just said that we are currently so close to a Civil War in this country, that Ken Burns is already working on the series

 ;D

:(
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:28:38 AM
I've always loved this photo of Thatch that DR ChasSmith took because his eyes are so beautiful.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 05:30:12 AM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 05:31:26 AM
And Bolero!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:32:31 AM
Kitty cleanup is over.  I needed some Gorilla Glue this morning, and I find I have none.  I don't know why I simply don't order a new tube when the one I have gets opened. It's irritating.  This is vexing, Annabelle would say.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:33:58 AM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

After her sterling version of Tarzan, 10 was too much.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 05:35:20 AM
We're getting another day of rain from the hurricane.  I am so happy I do not have to step out this morning,
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Post by: Laura on October 30, 2020, 05:37:09 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 05:42:50 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 05:44:25 AM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

And white women with cornrows?
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 05:44:30 AM
We’re getting a bit of snow — YES! SNOW!! — mixed in with the rain here. God willing, it won’t be enough to cause tree branches to start coming down since most of the leaves are still on the trees. And also that the precip will have stopped well before tonight when it goes down to freezing. Otherwise, in the worst possible case, this could end up being the third Halloween disaster in the past nine years — the other two being the Nor’easter in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Talk about a double whammy. That’s what precipitated my getting the generator.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 05:44:50 AM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

And white women with cornrows?

Yes!
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 05:45:15 AM
Sleep was difficult. I kept rolling onto either arm.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 05:45:38 AM
No snow. No.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 06:03:53 AM
Loving those cookies, DR Laura!
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 06:05:06 AM
And Thatch - always adorable.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 06:06:04 AM
Along with DR TCB, I had no discernable reaction to my shingles shots.  Lucky, I guess.  Sorry for your discomfort, DR John G.
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Post by: Laura on October 30, 2020, 06:16:07 AM
My arm was sore after the shingles shot. But it was the achiness and fatigue that I felt mostly. It wasn't really bad, but I'm glad I didn't have to go to work. I just felt crummy.

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Post by: Laura on October 30, 2020, 06:16:53 AM
We always enjoy photos of your cats, Elmore.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 06:26:17 AM
Back in January one of our cast members got the shingles shots, and the day after the second one, she was dragging her ASS. She very nearly didn’t come to rehearsal that evening, but she isn’t that type so she was there. But man, she was dragging her ASS. Next day, she was fine.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2020, 06:40:46 AM
Cowboy Thatch photos are indeed charming.

And yes DR LAURA's cookie avatar is most excellent.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2020, 06:41:23 AM
I think MR BK should have added to his conversation with the Tree Men:

"Do you know WHO I AM?"
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2020, 06:41:58 AM
It is really Friday today.  My sister may come today or she may come tomorrow - time will tell.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 30, 2020, 06:42:52 AM
Last night I could find nothing on television I wanted to watch.

I finally tuned in to see Fresno play Colorado State in a football game.  It was about as you might expect.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 06:59:43 AM
Good morning.

DR Laura, what a festive avatar!
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Post by: Jennifer on October 30, 2020, 07:00:19 AM
I hate how cold it is getting now. It's depressing me that I can't ride my bike. :(
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 07:23:58 AM
The sound stopped working on the TV yesterday. The DH got out his tools and took the dang thing apart, with me fretting in the background that it was ruined and would never go together again.


Well, darned if, once re-assembled, the thing worked again! It must have been that the circuit board just needed a little jostling.


Color me impressed.



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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 07:27:00 AM
No good can come from swallowing 12 of anything.   That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 07:27:14 AM
Except perhaps potato chips.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 07:27:41 AM
We have arrived at TH3EE, incidentally.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 07:35:12 AM
What is the distinction between a goblin and a hobgoblin?  That's what I'd like to know.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 07:38:54 AM
I wonder if it's like the distinction between flammable and inflammable.
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Post by: Druxy on October 30, 2020, 08:01:00 AM
Last night we watched:

THE BEST MAN
THE GREAT McGINTY


Tonight?

????
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Post by: Druxy on October 30, 2020, 08:03:14 AM
Yesterday, I finished the first draft of Act I of the next play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS series.

Today, maybe I'll start Act II.
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Post by: Druxy on October 30, 2020, 08:05:37 AM
Looking forward to next Wednesday.

No more political ads on TV.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 08:09:59 AM
My arm was sore after the shingles shot. But it was the achiness and fatigue that I felt mostly. It wasn't really bad, but I'm glad I didn't have to go to work. I just felt crummy.



I had a hard time waking up this morning. I’m thinking it was the shot.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 08:10:51 AM
Except perhaps potato chips.

12 ounces of beer. That’s just for breakfast.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 08:11:52 AM
Good morning.

DR Laura, what a festive avatar!

They are beautiful.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 08:12:25 AM
Elmore and ChasSmith, thank you both for Thatch photos.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 08:14:37 AM
TOD:

If I get the VCR hooked up, I have a three-hour French movie called By the Grace of God about victims of priest sexual abuse. I also have Jean Gabin as Maigret, which I think was inspired casting.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 09:13:01 AM
The sound stopped working on the TV yesterday. The DH got out his tools and took the dang thing apart, with me fretting in the background that it was ruined and would never go together again.


Well, darned if, once re-assembled, the thing worked again! It must have been that the circuit board just needed a little jostling.


Color me impressed.


I'm impressed, too!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 09:14:33 AM
What is the distinction between a goblin and a hobgoblin?  That's what I'd like to know.

Goblins eat little kittens who should be home in bed. Hobgoblins is short for Hobo Goblins, AKA unemployed goblins.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 09:21:02 AM
It is so damned hot in this apartment that I turned on the AC.  I called Jeff the super and asked if he knew who the person was who complained to the NY Housing Authority about no heat.  He wouldn't tell me, but when I asked if it was Judy, my wonderful but truly neurotic neighbor, he confirmed it.  I had suspected it was she because there have been too many times in the past 20+ years she's called or come by to ask if I have heat in my apartment.  Jeff said she called him last week and said it was 40 degrees in her apartment when the outside temperature was 56 degrees F!

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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 09:24:06 AM
So, Jeff said he would go to the basement and turn off the heat.  In the past, it's usually been on only in the mornings from around 5:00am to 9:00 or so, and then from around 4:00pm to 11:00 and that suits me just fine.  I prefer to sleep in a cold room.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 09:27:27 AM
TOD:

If I get the VCR hooked up, I have a three-hour French movie called By the Grace of God about victims of priest sexual abuse. I also have Jean Gabin as Maigret, which I think was inspired casting.

Why is your VCR disconnected? There's a wonderful Canadian movie about priest sexual abuse called The Boys of St Vincent.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:07:06 AM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

And white women with cornrows?

I had those in Jamaica.  We went there with Keith's company for a conference where spouses were invited.   If you had enough hair to put in a cornrow local women would grab it and try to force you to pay them to put it into cornrows.  To avoid grubby hands we all ended up going to the nice clean hotel salon and having cornrows put in.  Considering what the humidity was doing to our hair the cornrows were an improvement, and soooo easy.  We washed our hair with them in and if any beads fell out the salon fixed them for free.  Not really free if you tipped :) 

I am sure I would have looked better had I been a few years younger.  Keith loved them.  When we returned home, me still in my cornrows, the kids about died of embarrassment.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:07:50 AM
We’re getting a bit of snow — YES! SNOW!! — mixed in with the rain here. God willing, it won’t be enough to cause tree branches to start coming down since most of the leaves are still on the trees. And also that the precip will have stopped well before tonight when it goes down to freezing. Otherwise, in the worst possible case, this could end up being the third Halloween disaster in the past nine years — the other two being the Nor’easter in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Talk about a double whammy. That’s what precipitated my getting the generator.

:(  I hope it isn't that bad.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:08:53 AM
I hate how cold it is getting now. It's depressing me that I can't ride my bike. :(

I am sorry.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:09:31 AM
The sound stopped working on the TV yesterday. The DH got out his tools and took the dang thing apart, with me fretting in the background that it was ruined and would never go together again.


Well, darned if, once re-assembled, the thing worked again! It must have been that the circuit board just needed a little jostling.

Color me impressed.

Very impressive.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:11:11 AM
DR Laura your avatar is very festive.  The cookies look great.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:11:54 AM
Does anyone use oven liners?  I had no idea they existed until I read that you need to check the brand. One company has issued a warning and announced a recall of their oven liners due to potential carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 10:41:31 AM
TOD:

If I get the VCR hooked up, I have a three-hour French movie called By the Grace of God about victims of priest sexual abuse. I also have Jean Gabin as Maigret, which I think was inspired casting.

Why is your VCR disconnected? There's a wonderful Canadian movie about priest sexual abuse called The Boys of St Vincent.

I told you my brain was foggy. DVD. Everything was disconnected while the work was done repairing the wall.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 10:43:56 AM
Carols for a Cure 2020 has arrived.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 11:29:09 AM
I guess they recorded this a while ago. No new shows like Tina, Six or Jagged Little Pill included.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 11:48:10 AM
Fire in Harlem.  There's video of the apartment cat leaping from a 2nd storey window.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-cat-fire-video-escape-20201026-jou54gfdnbfsvfthxfctme3gmu-story.html?utm_source=kw&kwp_0=1789609&fbclid=IwAR0tCCyijVatlFM5Ia1FM6ebQM2xerEYyYfBaaG_sFMLW9gzCfJ5F6DA-Lc
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 12:00:53 PM
Here's the same cat at the NYC ACC where his family will pick him up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqQ3Xkn6RnA
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 12:11:36 PM
Busted! About time.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/dogs-kept-in-neglectful-conditions-at-animal-care-centers-of-nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2hQypjwdtdDTVxExQdxo0Ne8PkXCoz96V1rNYfCjVlYLuc67Zp-oHeDt0
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 01:10:49 PM
If you were not given access to watch the cat jump from the fire here is another link.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/2020/10/26/cat-jumps-burning-second-story-window-towards-rescuers-arms/6047841002/
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 01:11:15 PM
I'm up, I'm up - nine hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 01:11:24 PM
Aww, sweet happy cat waiting for the family.  I hope they have a safe place to live.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 01:12:08 PM
elmore, starting project two next week.  It's a really good idea, the basic idea, but I'm not sure if I can pull it off - we shall see.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 01:12:24 PM
ChasSmith - it was indeed the Village.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 01:24:41 PM
elmore, starting project two next week.  It's a really good idea, the basic idea, but I'm not sure if I can pull it off - we shall see.

Well, if anyone can, I believe it could be you.
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Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2020, 01:25:16 PM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:28:39 PM
DR TCB, I too worry that the Fat Orange Slug will be re-elected, but I refuse to give up on Biden-Harris until the race is called next week. If Trump does win, I hope the Senate has enough Democrats to impeach the bastard.

Just remember...the race might not actually be called next week, so be prepared for that. :-\
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 01:41:10 PM
I have a FB friend who put up an article that Trump cancelled his election night party.  She is excited that he knows he is going to lose.  If she actually read the article she posted she would see the most likely reason is that chances are the race will not be called that night.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:53:13 PM
DR Elmore, those are cute photos of Thatch (and your feet).

Ditto (and ditto)!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:53:23 PM
Gratuitous Post #100!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:53:59 PM
Loving those cookies, DR Laura!

Nice picture, Laura!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:54:05 PM
The sound stopped working on the TV yesterday. The DH got out his tools and took the dang thing apart, with me fretting in the background that it was ruined and would never go together again.


Well, darned if, once re-assembled, the thing worked again! It must have been that the circuit board just needed a little jostling.


Color me impressed.


Great news, Singdaw!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:54:27 PM
Does anyone use oven liners?  I had no idea they existed until I read that you need to check the brand. One company has issued a warning and announced a recall of their oven liners due to potential carbon monoxide poisoning.

:o Glad I don't use oven liners!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:54:46 PM
Fire in Harlem.  There's video of the apartment cat leaping from a 2nd storey window.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-cat-fire-video-escape-20201026-jou54gfdnbfsvfthxfctme3gmu-story.html?utm_source=kw&kwp_0=1789609&fbclid=IwAR0tCCyijVatlFM5Ia1FM6ebQM2xerEYyYfBaaG_sFMLW9gzCfJ5F6DA-Lc

:(
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:54:55 PM
Here's the same cat at the NYC ACC where his family will pick him up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqQ3Xkn6RnA

Whew!! :D
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 01:55:07 PM
Busted! About time.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/dogs-kept-in-neglectful-conditions-at-animal-care-centers-of-nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2hQypjwdtdDTVxExQdxo0Ne8PkXCoz96V1rNYfCjVlYLuc67Zp-oHeDt0

Good!!
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 02:16:27 PM
Does anyone use oven liners?  I had no idea they existed until I read that you need to check the brand. One company has issued a warning and announced a recall of their oven liners due to potential carbon monoxide poisoning.

:o Glad I don't use oven liners!

Yup.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 02:17:24 PM
Everyone needs to stop posting polls and articles - just vote and then we'll all know the lay of the land.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 02:18:52 PM
Word froze up and when that happens it is so frustrating - have to force quit, retrieve all the documents, etc.  And when I clicked to open project one it said it wasn't available.  Of course, I went berserk.  But I went to the document itself in my folder and it opened fine.  This crap I do not need. 
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 02:20:17 PM
Not sure what to do about food today.  I was going to go buy some ground beef and make pasta here but I don't feel like making that kind of mess, frankly.  I don't want to use Grubhub so I could make hot dogs, which is no muss, no fuss, or I could call somewhere and order and go pick up, which is what I'm leaning towards.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 02:28:24 PM
Decided on Maria's Italian Kitchen, which is just two minutes from here.  I called, ordered their good carbonara, which has a reasonable calorie count - under 1000 - and a side Caesar salad.  I pick it up in twenty minutes.  Meanwhile listening to another master to approve.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 02:30:31 PM
Everyone needs to stop posting polls and articles - just vote and then we'll all know the lay of the land.

Yup.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 02:31:40 PM
Not sure what to do about food today.  I was going to go buy some ground beef and make pasta here but I don't feel like making that kind of mess, frankly.  I don't want to use Grubhub so I could make hot dogs, which is no muss, no fuss, or I could call somewhere and order and go pick up, which is what I'm leaning towards.

I went through the same tonight.  I can't make pasta since I had to throw out all my ground beef and pork last week, I've discovered that Grubhub's charges are often a third of my bill and I havbe no money till Tuesday, so I ended up with beans and franks.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 02:38:49 PM
I forgot to thank you the other day, bk, for laying out all the different roles in the recording studio and who does what. It was interesting and helpful.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 02:42:19 PM
We really need to go grocery shopping, and I really do not want to. I've been raiding the pantry and freezer over the past few days. At some point, it will become inevitable.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 02:42:53 PM
That is a pretty amazing story/video of the cat escaping the fire.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 02:47:52 PM
Ushering tonight. Bruce Campbell is hosting a screening of Evil Dead.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 02:53:08 PM
Ushering tonight. Bruce Campbell is hosting a screening of Evil Dead.

Is that the "dead by dawn!" one? Have fun!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 30, 2020, 02:56:10 PM
That is a pretty amazing story/video of the cat escaping the fire.

The other day on FB someone posted a video of this woman walking past a driveway with two pit bulls on leashes.  There was a cat lounging on the driveway, calmly lying there, and the dogs attacked it.  The woman could do nothing and the cat was seriously injured.  It was terrible.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 03:02:31 PM
Crazy afternoon here, but I got some stuff done.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 30, 2020, 03:03:19 PM
DR Elmore, I see your package is reported as delivered -- in case you need to send Stella down to fetch it.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 03:38:03 PM
Ushering tonight. Bruce Campbell is hosting a screening of Evil Dead.

That's so cool!  Enjoy, John!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 03:38:11 PM
That is a pretty amazing story/video of the cat escaping the fire.

The other day on FB someone posted a video of this woman walking past a driveway with two pit bulls on leashes.  There was a cat lounging on the driveway, calmly lying there, and the dogs attacked it.  The woman could do nothing and the cat was seriously injured.  It was terrible.

I don't need to see that. :'(
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Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 03:55:38 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: FEELING MORE LIKE MYSELF
Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
I went to acupuncture, picked up a veggie burger, and am now off for the day.
Title: Re: FEELING MORE LIKE MYSELF
Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 03:57:25 PM
I am very curious about Project Two.
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Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 03:59:52 PM
What do young opera singers do in their spare time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEiN-Bn7_3o
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Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 04:04:44 PM
Like BK, I don't care for the way the weather is bouncing around. But this is 2020 and so much is just plain weird.
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Post by: Jeanne on October 30, 2020, 04:05:02 PM
Vibes to all.

TTFN.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 04:18:31 PM
Ordered from Maria's Kitchen, and then we had a comedy of errors and not a funny one since I wasn't in the mood for it.  For some reason, I always think Maria's is right close by at Woodman and Ventura.  But it wasn't there.  It wasn't one the block east, it wasn't on the block west at which point I began looking for someone to run over because I was so irritated.  I finally got the address from Siri and it's a damn half-mile away, near Casa Vega.  I finally got there, got my order and came home and ate it.  The carbonara was pretty good - not great - but pretty good and the side Caesar was fine.  And now I am very full.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 04:19:22 PM
Listening to Szell doing the Beethoven sixth - I think of all the Beethoven symphonies the sixth and seventh are at least tolerable to me and this performance is great.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 04:21:56 PM
And that's the first half of the Szell box - fifty-three CDs listened to so far and I've begun uploading the next fifty-three.  Happily, most of the discs are only forty minutes in length so it goes pretty quickly.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 04:46:44 PM
MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, which is on the list DR John shared of books with happy endings, is also a nominee on the Goodreads best fiction list.  I won't get it from my library in time to read it before I have to vote.
Title: Re: FEELING MORE LIKE MYSELF
Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 04:48:41 PM
Well, it's time for me to leave work and go to my mom's.

Until later.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:13:18 PM
I will have to shave and shower and look presentable tomorrow morning to attend a virtual bar mitzvah.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:14:01 PM
Then Sunday is November 1, which is the start of Open Enrollment for the Minnesota State health exchange.  I'll be working all day.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:14:27 PM
So, a hot weekend on tap.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:15:27 PM
I would like a plate of DR Laura's cookies right about now.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:15:44 PM
Which is why it is a good thing they are digital.
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Post by: singdaw on October 30, 2020, 05:46:29 PM
Important information:
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Post by: Laura on October 30, 2020, 05:51:39 PM
They are pretty tasty. Luckily, there are lots of children on my street who take the extras off my hands.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 06:07:53 PM
I will have to shave and shower and look presentable tomorrow morning to attend a virtual bar mitzvah.

Enjoy and don't fall asleep ;)
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 06:08:18 PM
They are pretty tasty. Luckily, there are lots of children on my street who take the extras off my hands.

:)
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:15:45 PM
Important information:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6302.0;attach=10597)

:))
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:16:57 PM
I'm home.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:19:27 PM
I left early from my mom's so that I could watch the remounting of Theater Artists Olympia's online play, The Culling (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1vuJzBOmOMs). 
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:19:44 PM
It started at 8:00 and they're performing it live...as far as I can tell.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:21:01 PM
They have a couple of different actors since the first time they performed it in July.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 08:21:36 PM
It's funny with the Szell albums - Columbia relegates him to their subsidiary Epic label, but there are five or six albums on Columbia because they featured Columbia artists.  But then, as of disc 71 in this set the remaining albums are all on Columbia - guess they realized just how well he sold and how well thought of he was.  So his last Epic album was in 1964.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 08:21:47 PM
I gotta tell you.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:21:54 PM
They're all good actors, so there's no problem in that respect.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 08:22:12 PM
Went to the mail place and thankfully all important envelopes were there, so that's one less thing to worry about.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 08:24:35 PM
If anyone wants to watch it on YouTube, click here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vuJzBOmOMs

I'm sure it'll stay on YouTube for a while.
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Post by: Druxy on October 30, 2020, 08:46:02 PM
We watched ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER tonight.

I saw it the first time when it was released in 1946.

In fact, when I wrote my book on Paul Muni, I interviewed Anne Baxter about the film.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:01:32 PM
Ushering tonight. Bruce Campbell is hosting a screening of Evil Dead.

Is that the "dead by dawn!" one? Have fun!

I had never seen the movie before. It is the one you remember, Elmore, and it was a hoot. Disgusting and horrifying and funny.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 09:03:41 PM
Ushering tonight. Bruce Campbell is hosting a screening of Evil Dead.

Is that the "dead by dawn!" one? Have fun!

I had never seen the movie before. It is the one you remember, Elmore, and it was a hoot. Disgusting and horrifying and funny.

My friend pug (who wrote The Culling that's streaming on YouTube right now) loves Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead. :)
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:05:11 PM
The movie was less than 90 minutes and Campbell talked for about 1:15 more. He's a great storyteller and really worked the audience into his stories. One woman asked him to marry her fiance and her, because he had one of those "ordained by the Church of Earthly Light" cards. An 8-year-old in the audience, who said he's seen the movie a "trillion times" already got a talking to for being too young. So did his parents.

We had a little less than 400 there. I think it was the highest attended event since the reopening.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:07:54 PM
Important information:

Indeed.
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:19:37 PM
I've become a geeky fanboy about this upcoming film version of The Prom. They released the single of my favorite song from the show, Tonight Belongs to Us, and they didn't screw it up. In fact, they did very little to it, except sing it as written.

I never knew Kerry Washington's voice was that good.

https://www.playbill.com/article/listen-to-the-prom-stars-james-corden-jo-ellen-pellman-more-sing-tonight-belongs-to-you-from-movie-soundtrack
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:24:54 PM
This is powerful. This song always gets to me.

https://www.playbill.com/article/brian-stokes-mitchell-urges-voters-to-make-them-hear-you-at-the-ballot-box
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Post by: John G. on October 30, 2020, 09:25:58 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 10:22:49 PM
I'm up, I'm up - oh, wait...
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Post by: bk on October 30, 2020, 10:24:09 PM
I tried to watch a movie, but fell asleep.  Perhaps tomorrow.  Otherwise it's been an all Szell evening.  It really is the best of these gigantic box sets.  Just one great performance after another and, as I've said, he's making me enjoy music I normally don't.
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Post by: Jane on October 30, 2020, 10:44:51 PM
The movie was less than 90 minutes and Campbell talked for about 1:15 more. He's a great storyteller and really worked the audience into his stories. One woman asked him to marry her fiance and her, because he had one of those "ordained by the Church of Earthly Light" cards. An 8-year-old in the audience, who said he's seen the movie a "trillion times" already got a talking to for being too young. So did his parents.

We had a little less than 400 there. I think it was the highest attended event since the reopening.

Not long after we moved to Ashland we were surprised to see him on TV promoting a local business.   He lived/lives in one of the nearby towns.  I wish I had known of an opportunity to hear him speak.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 10:50:52 PM
The movie was less than 90 minutes and Campbell talked for about 1:15 more. He's a great storyteller and really worked the audience into his stories. One woman asked him to marry her fiance and her, because he had one of those "ordained by the Church of Earthly Light" cards. An 8-year-old in the audience, who said he's seen the movie a "trillion times" already got a talking to for being too young. So did his parents.

We had a little less than 400 there. I think it was the highest attended event since the reopening.

That's great!
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 10:52:47 PM
I've become a geeky fanboy about this upcoming film version of The Prom. They released the single of my favorite song from the show, Tonight Belongs to Us, and they didn't screw it up. In fact, they did very little to it, except sing it as written.

I never knew Kerry Washington's voice was that good.

https://www.playbill.com/article/listen-to-the-prom-stars-james-corden-jo-ellen-pellman-more-sing-tonight-belongs-to-you-from-movie-soundtrack

Who would've??  Unless she was dubbed (and I seriously hope that she wasn't), she does has good voice.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 11:13:46 PM
This is powerful. This song always gets to me.

https://www.playbill.com/article/brian-stokes-mitchell-urges-voters-to-make-them-hear-you-at-the-ballot-box

I love this. :)
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2020, 11:18:10 PM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

After her sterling version of Tarzan, 10 was too much.


Bo made 10 before TARZAN.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 11:33:19 PM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

After her sterling version of Tarzan, 10 was too much.


Bo made 10 before TARZAN.

I haven't seen either of these.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 11:33:31 PM
Hi, Tom.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2020, 11:38:30 PM
Tonight I watched FRIGHT NIGHT.  I had never seen it before, but a lot of my friends enjoy the film.  I had forgotten how nice looking Chris Sarandon is.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2020, 11:51:03 PM
Hello, George.
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Post by: TCB on October 30, 2020, 11:52:32 PM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

After her sterling version of Tarzan, 10 was too much.


Bo made 10 before TARZAN.

I haven't seen either of these.

The guy playing Tarzan is very good looking, but he can’t act any better than Bo.
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Post by: George on October 30, 2020, 11:54:17 PM
When it comes to 10, though, remember when the Big Thing was      (wait for it)   

Bo Derek?

After her sterling version of Tarzan, 10 was too much.


Bo made 10 before TARZAN.

I haven't seen either of these.

The guy playing Tarzan is very good looking, but he can’t act any better than Bo.

That sounds kind of familiar.  I think I may have read about that, at the time.