Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on December 19, 2020, 12:03:55 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes schwung, and now it is time for you to post until the schwinging cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CORDATE!
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Topic of the Day:
Judgment at Nuremberg
Witness for the Prosecution
These are the only movies of hers that I've seen.
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And now, bed time.
Have a good day, all!
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And that's what comes from men and women dancing.
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Good morning, all!
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BK, your notes made my day. I am so happy that you enjoyed Schwanda. Universal Edition was Weinberger's publisher, also Kurt Weill's, and I believe that those German scores were preserved because the company did not follow the Nazi edict to destroy them. I'm guessing that one of the reasons Weinerger had such a hard time in the USA during the war was a combination of learning English and not receiving any Schwanda royalties from the publisher.
I had always wanted a vocal score, and they hardly ever show up, so I photocopied the score at the Library of Congress. Then I found one, about the same time that I found a copt of Braunfels' Die Vogel, in a great used music shop on 72nd Street.
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BK, I am not a huge Richard Strauss fan, but I think you might enjoy Arabella, another Strauss girl playing a boy opera.
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DR vixmom, I'll say it again: I love your boss! What a good employer.
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Saturday morning greetings! I woke up an hour ago with a slight case of “holiday head,” which is when tasks and details swirl in my brain. The only cure is to DO something, so here I am having my first cup of coffee and getting ready to create today’s grocery order.
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DR TCB, DR Ginny was not in The Beggar's Opera; she was my assistant. I had cast a good baritone as Lockit, and he dropped out shortly after rehearsals began. I've always suspected some of Britten's harmonies frightened him off. I ended up having to play the role, and the production suffered because (1)I am no legit baritone and (2)my focus was scattered.
I looked good, though.
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Now that the bed is winterized under a blanket, quilt, and comforter, it was way too hot in the apartment. Around 11:30 I removed the comforter and slept pretty soundly until Annabelle crawled under the blankets to stay warm, some time between 3:00 and 5:45.
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Cativity!
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DR Elmore, I’m afraid I contributed to your stress during that production by getting a really bad case of bronchitis. That was when my doctor’s nurse said, “Why don’t you just get pneumonia? We know how to cure THAT!”
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Today I have my usual tidying and kitty cleanup. Then I need to clean off the computer table, and vacuum it and the floor below. I have to be ready for the Time Warner service man's arrival on Monday.
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When cats rule, sheep suffer.
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Cativity!
That is so Annabelle: I fits, I sits.
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And if it were Stella, she'd eat the baby Jesus. And then throw it up.
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DR TCB, what DR Elmore is too kind to tell you is that I didn’t have the vocal chops to be in that cast.
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Love the photo, DR elmore3003!
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Good morning, all.
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Last night I turned on TCM to relax and fall asleep to. I caught the last fifteen minutes of THE APARTMENT snd lasted through about the first twenty minutes of DESK SET, and that’s all she wrote.
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I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.
At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.
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I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.
At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.
You can thank our incompetent putz president and that idiot postmaster general he appointed on behalf of his large contribution to the Fat Orange Slug's campaign. We really did elect the Manchurian Candidate, and I would not be surprised to learn that he and his appointees are all paid well by Russia.
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DR Elmore, what was the used music shop on 72nd Street? That sounds wonderful. I so miss the days of, you know, “shops”.
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Love the photo, DR elmore3003!
Yes, that’s a great one!
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Public Service Announcement:
Schwinging with Schwanda is not a shonda.
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Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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And, moving on...
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TWO!
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DR Elmore, what was the used music shop on 72nd Street? That sounds wonderful. I so miss the days of, you know, “shops”.
Westsider Books maybe? I haven't been there in ages.
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
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One of the all time greatest albums that never happened:
Schwinging with Schwanda with The Schwingle Schwingers.
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
I just ordered my Christmas dinner.
https://nicematinnyc.com/menus/christmas-at-home/
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T.O.D.
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
Yeah, DR Singdaw, it's a weird one...
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Last night we watched ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY with Clark Gable.
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Heavy rain this morning in Austin.
Chester, my dog, doesn't want to go out.
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Good morning!
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Good morning, all.
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Last night I turned on TCM to relax and fall asleep to. I caught the last fifteen minutes of THE APARTMENT snd lasted through about the first twenty minutes of DESK SET, and that’s all she wrote.
Desk Set is on again at 4 pm ET, followed by The Bishop’s Wife. I plan to watch.
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TOD:
Stage Fright
Destry Rides Again
Morocco
Witness for the Prosecution
Judgment at Nuremberg
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TOD
The Blue Angel
Blonde Venus
Stage Fright
Witness for the Prosecution
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Nice photo DR ELMORE!
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I was afraid there would be a mousetrap in DR VIXMOM's envelope....that's what always happened in The Wizard of Id.
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Nice notes.
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DR singdaw I love the UPS photo!
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TOD:
Desire - which is a delightful comedy with Gary Cooper
Witness For The Prosecution
These are my favorites, although there are many already mentioned that I enjoy.
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I watched DESK SET on my B I G screen last night.....and it was fun. I like the movie a lot. And I wish the play had more of the film's elements.....it is SO DIFFERENT.
I was disappointed when I read it as I thought it would be a terrific show for our stage.....
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At the time there was a big IBM plant in Greencastle and the home computer boom was just beginning......
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DR singdaw I love the UPS photo!
Et moi aussi!
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Well, I hate to say it, but my struggles with The Group Rep continue.
After bk intervened yesterday, I did get my login email.
However, The Group Rep site then asks for my username and password. The email says I am already registered with The Group Rep's website. Since I never registered on the site, and there is no option TO register, I clicked "reset password." The website confirms that they've sent a password reset to my email, but there is no email (after several hours). And yes, I checked my spam folder.
I'm sure the playlets are wonderful, though!
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I finally got a picture of the beautiful neighborhood cat when he jumped up on the ledge to visit Birdy Barnum today.
He has a black hat and black on his haunches.....otherwise all white.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132043817_10225154927965489_1406574143955220371_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=apfh85hXM_YAX-OQ-J0&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=e32c221c6a3fbaf95673a96897655049&oe=6003A472)
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Peppermint Oreo Candy Bark! Gimme.
https://parade.com/241369/donnaelick/ultimate-homemade-holiday-gift-peppermint-oreo-candy-bark/
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He’s a cutie, JRAND.
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Watching my first documentary on CuriosityStream. It’s about bird migrations. Lovely photography.
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A breakfast of pie? Oh, me. Oh, my!
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Onward.
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Three!
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Love the cat, DR Jrand70!
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Thanks for sharing the recipes, DR John G. Keep 'em coming! That one looks great.
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Isn't he handsome.....no collar.....but he lives in a house across the street....not the same house with Snow...
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This is one of those days that you feel like anything is possible. From the minute you opened your eyes, you probably felt the unique energy of this Jupiter-Aquarian transit, but there’s no need to wait for something to happen—because you are now the catalyst of your own change!
This stimulating duo opens your mind to new possibilities and encourages you to be a pioneer and an innovator. When you see something that should be done differently, don’t wait for someone else to come along and do something about it. You can make positive changes on a global level and start making the world a better place to live in under the influence of this thought-provoking transit.
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe four hours of sleep.
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Sending Group Rep another email. It seems that you should have gotten a username and password IN the e-mail they sent - that's what I got. Username is usually the e-mail address.
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I finally got a picture of the beautiful neighborhood cat when he jumped up on the ledge to visit Birdy Barnum today.
He has a black hat and black on his haunches.....otherwise all white.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132043817_10225154927965489_1406574143955220371_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=apfh85hXM_YAX-OQ-J0&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=e32c221c6a3fbaf95673a96897655049&oe=6003A472)
He is quite a pretty boy!
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I've finished all my chores, and I think I will lie down for a bit with my kitties.
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My breakfast has thus far been one (1) banana and three (3) orange frosted cinnamon rolls. Pillsbury or whatever. Yummy.
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe four hours of sleep.
In a word, OUCH.
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Today feels like a Sunday, for various reasons. It's a good thing it isn't, because I'm subbing at a church service tomorrow and it would be over whilst here I sit. Setting both alarms now.
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I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.
At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.
You can thank our incompetent putz president and that idiot postmaster general he appointed on behalf of his large contribution to the Fat Orange Slug's campaign. We really did elect the Manchurian Candidate, and I would not be surprised to learn that he and his appointees are all paid well by Russia.
Oh of course. The Republicans have been trying to kill off the USPS for years. That, plus this year's events, plus the actions you identify have created the worst possible storm for this season. But you know what? Thank Gawd we're in this mess now and not six weeks ago.
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I understand bottlenecks and that kind of thing.
What I don't get is how the USPS website goes down (or gets overloaded) so often. And how the tracking software is so lacking in consistency and reliability.
One clue: I hear from a friend who had a career with the USPS that, especially in times like this, there's always a number of employees who will feel so overloaded that they say "F--- it" and don't bother scanning half the items that come their way. Some do it because that's who they are. Others, because they're so beaten down by the load and the staffing issues that they have to just stop caring. So you have a tracking system that, theoretically, is fantastic...which in reality is only properly used half the time
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And that is the sermon for today.
Now I had best get back to the keyboard and make sure I can play these things.
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Thanks, bk, for your efforts on my behalf. I don't want to drag it out here. I did check all the things you suggested.
If their website would just allow me to re-set my password, all would be well.
And that shall be my last word on the subject! :)
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A friend of mine just posted, and I have checked this with the BBC News website, that there is a new strain of COVID in the UK which is, so far as they know now, not more deadly, but spreads much more rapidly than the usual strains. UK is going to have to go into tighter restrictions than hereforto.
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bk, sorry to read you didn't get nearly enough sleep. That's a bummer!
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Truth!
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This is what I imagine happens at DR elmore3003's overnight. Minus the gal, of course. ;)
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DR ChasSmith mentioned the Swingle Singers earlier. I remember how bowled over I was the first time I heard their rendition of Claire De Lune.
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Watching Western Kentucky play Alabama in a very good basketball game......
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
I just ordered my Christmas dinner.
https://nicematinnyc.com/menus/christmas-at-home/
What did you choose? I looked at that menus and decided I would need to order 4 dinners so I could have everything on the menu
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
I just ordered my Christmas dinner.
https://nicematinnyc.com/menus/christmas-at-home/
What did you choose? I looked at that menus and decided I would need to order 4 dinners so I could have everything on the menu
Christmas turkey, winter salad, toffee-gingerbread pudding.
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Tonight's dinner is chicken breast, courtesy of that wonderful Omaha Steaks gift, with mushrooms and mixed veggies.
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I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.
At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.
I hope declaring Christmas Eve a federal holiday will not mess things up more.
It isn't just the USPS making slow deliveries. They all are. Amazon might be the best.
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
I believe many aren't, including myself.
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I watched DESK SET on my B I G screen last night.....and it was fun. I like the movie a lot. And I wish the play had more of the film's elements.....it is SO DIFFERENT.
I was disappointed when I read it as I thought it would be a terrific show for our stage.....
I would have thought so too. What a shame.
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I finally got a picture of the beautiful neighborhood cat when he jumped up on the ledge to visit Birdy Barnum today.
He has a black hat and black on his haunches.....otherwise all white.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132043817_10225154927965489_1406574143955220371_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=apfh85hXM_YAX-OQ-J0&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=e32c221c6a3fbaf95673a96897655049&oe=6003A472)
I love this photo of the beautiful cat that visits.
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A friend of mine just posted, and I have checked this with the BBC News website, that there is a new strain of COVID in the UK which is, so far as they know now, not more deadly, but spreads much more rapidly than the usual strains. UK is going to have to go into tighter restrictions than hereforto.
The news has been reporting this for two or three days now. I just haven't had the heart to read the full story.
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This is what I imagine happens at DR elmore3003's overnight. Minus the gal, of course. ;)
That just looks silly to me, never having had cats line up in a row. I wonder if anyone's cats have done this. Mine all tucked up into different locations, and then later there were the dogs added to the mix.
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Bogie and Bacall, brother & sister, would each curl up into one of my arms. After a few hours my arms were very sore from not moving ;D
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As they got older they found different positions. Bogie curled up between my book and me and then stayed there all night, even after I fell asleep.
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I watched DESK SET on my B I G screen last night.....and it was fun. I like the movie a lot. And I wish the play had more of the film's elements.....it is SO DIFFERENT.
I was disappointed when I read it as I thought it would be a terrific show for our stage.....
I would have thought so too. What a shame.
Nora Ephron’s parents did a great job with the script.
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Eat your oats!
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Watched TIGHT SPOT w/Ginger Rogers and Edward G. Robinson this afternoon.
Still a good movie.
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I am watching DESK SET again this afternoon.....I love the ad libbed moment when Tracy comes back into view at Bunny's apartment pretending to be drunk.
Hepburn & Blondell didn't know he was going to do that and they all broke up.
I also noticed something today that I have NEVER noticed before. At the Christmas party in the office after Hepburn does her Cole Porter song......when the old lady is walking through the office....Hepburn is in the background using the college muffler scarf like a jump rope and takes a couple of leaps.....
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Yes DR JOHN G they certainly did. The movie script was perfectly tailored for Tracy & Hepburn.
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I never liked listening to Marlene Dietrich sing which is probably why I never appreciated her acting as a child. I tolerate it now. I do not have a favorite film of hers.
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Craig's late Chanukah gift arrived today. It wasn't an unexpected gift as we have been sending him the same caramel corn/cheese poporn mix the last several years. Returning home he became suspicious a downstairs neighbor had a box from the popcorn company. Sure enough it was his box ;D
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Good Afternoon. Going crazy today with last minute shopping... and dealing with the boys.
DD Leo Is for sale if anyone wants him.
In the past 20 hours, starting last night, he ate a small box of Sees Candy - don't know what it was because I didn't get a chance to open it - and this morning - a small sleeve of chocolate covered JoJo's as he got out of his pen while I was gone this morning and attacked a bag of gifts from students.
I don't need to know how to handle the chocolate thing as he's done this thing before, as you all know. We were up until 2:30am this morning cleaning up throw-up TMI, sorry - and both he and Ben were banished to the pen for the night and Papa slept alone.
We've recently made up. He's still in jail for the time being. He's fine, not getting sick anymore, etc. We'll all be back to normal soon.
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Speaking of music - I'm listening to a recording of "Messiah" The improv - or ornamentation as they call it in the baroque world - is out of control. But the tempi are very quick which I love. But it's taken me a while to get the "style".
Messiah - Watkins-Shaw edition
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
It's on Spotify so the credits are lacking, no year or anything.
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I am very relieved DD Leo is ok now. How did he get hold of the chocolate?
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I am very relieved DD Leo is ok now. How did he get hold of the chocolate?
It was in a bag of stuff from school. Of course I would have kept it out of reach, but the first time I wasn't thinking, and the second time he escaped from his pen.
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Listening to music and pondering some comments on project two, which I kind of suspected I'd get - it's a weird and unique concept that can't be critiqued in a normal way and trying to make someone see that is daunting - I also don't think he quite got what was happening in the way it was happening. It's kind of like a Chinese box in that regard, so I'm going to clarify some things that are probably confusing in the reading of it, but at this point I don't really want to change anything. One of his suggestions would make it even more confusing, I think, and it's weird enough as it is. I think one of the problem is he's conflating this with what a real counterpart of it would be like, and while this would have the "appearance" of being something else, it, in fact, is it's own thing. How enigmatic can one paragraph be?
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DR Matthew-
Here's the information on that recording of Messiah by the Baltimore Symphony:
https://www.bsomusic.org/misc/handel-messiah-naxos-recording/
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How enigmatic can one paragraph be?
Intriguing, bk. Intriguing.
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I am very relieved DD Leo is ok now. How did he get hold of the chocolate?
It was in a bag of stuff from school. Of course I would have kept it out of reach, but the first time I wasn't thinking, and the second time he escaped from his pen.
I bet you won't make that mistake again, if he is in his pen or not ;D
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Tonight's dinner is chicken breast, courtesy of that wonderful Omaha Steaks gift, with mushrooms and mixed veggies.
That sounds most satisfactory
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Sadly, I'm just not feeling the season this year.
I just ordered my Christmas dinner.
https://nicematinnyc.com/menus/christmas-at-home/
What did you choose? I looked at that menus and decided I would need to order 4 dinners so I could have everything on the menu
Christmas turkey, winter salad, toffee-gingerbread pudding.
Mmm,mmm mmmmmm
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I understand bottlenecks and that kind of thing.
What I don't get is how the USPS website goes down (or gets overloaded) so often. And how the tracking software is so lacking in consistency and reliability.
One clue: I hear from a friend who had a career with the USPS that, especially in times like this, there's always a number of employees who will feel so overloaded that they say "F--- it" and don't bother scanning half the items that come their way. Some do it because that's who they are. Others, because they're so beaten down by the load and the staffing issues that they have to just stop caring. So you have a tracking system that, theoretically, is fantastic...which in reality is only properly used half the time
I wonder if this is what has happened with the Baby's first Christmas ornament we ordered. Either a tracking number was given and then the order not sent, or USPS hasn't scanned it, or worse not processed it.
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As of today everything else we ordered for her has been delivered.
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The adults each have one order still to be sent. Weather permitting it will be shipped from the company to arrive within two days as it is perishable.
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DR TCB, DR Ginny was not in The Beggar's Opera; she was my assistant. I had cast a good baritone as Lockit, and he dropped out shortly after rehearsals began. I've always suspected some of Britten's harmonies frightened him off. I ended up having to play the role, and the production suffered because (1)I am no legit baritone and (2)my focus was scattered.
I looked good, though.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6352.0;attach=10942)
You did, Larry! Great picture!
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Cativity!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6352.0;attach=10944)
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I watched DESK SET on my B I G screen last night.....and it was fun. I like the movie a lot. And I wish the play had more of the film's elements.....it is SO DIFFERENT.
I was disappointed when I read it as I thought it would be a terrific show for our stage.....
Too bad it can't be revised with elements from the movie.
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(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6352.0;attach=10948)
That's funny, too!!
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I finally got a picture of the beautiful neighborhood cat when he jumped up on the ledge to visit Birdy Barnum today.
He has a black hat and black on his haunches.....otherwise all white.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132043817_10225154927965489_1406574143955220371_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=apfh85hXM_YAX-OQ-J0&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=e32c221c6a3fbaf95673a96897655049&oe=6003A472)
Cute picture, Jrand!
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Ellen DeGeneres talked the painful covid symptom she didn't know about. If I had seen her discuss this sooner I definitely would have gotten tested for covid last week when I mentioned I was considering doing so.
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I understand bottlenecks and that kind of thing.
What I don't get is how the USPS website goes down (or gets overloaded) so often. And how the tracking software is so lacking in consistency and reliability.
One clue: I hear from a friend who had a career with the USPS that, especially in times like this, there's always a number of employees who will feel so overloaded that they say "F--- it" and don't bother scanning half the items that come their way. Some do it because that's who they are. Others, because they're so beaten down by the load and the staffing issues that they have to just stop caring. So you have a tracking system that, theoretically, is fantastic...which in reality is only properly used half the time
That's too bad. :-\
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PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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A friend of mine just posted, and I have checked this with the BBC News website, that there is a new strain of COVID in the UK which is, so far as they know now, not more deadly, but spreads much more rapidly than the usual strains. UK is going to have to go into tighter restrictions than hereforto.
:o Oh, no!!
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It's raining quite heartily, here in Tumwater!
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Just had to share. :)
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It's been a strange day. But a good one, with my watching both Desk Set and The Bishop's Wife.
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I also got to see most of an oddity called A Flintstone's Christmas Carol, which was surprisingly true to the original.
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Fred was Eboneezer Scrooge.
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I still haven't figured out what we're going to have for Christmas dinner. Patti LaBelle's macaroni and cheese is definitely a finalist. But Mom doesn't really want anything. She says she has little hunger anymore. But I see her react to a number of dishes.
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Today she liked the carrot ginger soup I made.
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And she loves her sweets.
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I started a new book today. Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn. It's a modern retelling of King Lear. In this one, Lear is is tucked away in an insane asylum, under the instructions of a doctor hired by elder daughters Abigail and Megan. Those three are in an odd menage a trois. Though the father has given his daughters his business, he's still listed as being in charge of a particularly choice fund. The jester is another asylum inmate who believes he's a comedian.
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I think I like it more in outline than the actual book itself.
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Good night, all.
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Is this day over yet?
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Finished with my viewing - had some popcorn and then a really small baked potato for the evening snacks.
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Now listening to music - two more CDs in the Entartete series by Berthold Goldschmidt - very enjoyable. And now it's a Sony disc of Schippers doing Alexander Nevsky, an album I've always loved, on a double bill with Mitropoulos doing Romeo and Juliet - amazing Columbia stereo sound that could probably use a fresh mastering. But these performances are favorites of mine.
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'night
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DR TCB, DR Ginny was not in The Beggar's Opera; she was my assistant. I had cast a good baritone as Lockit, and he dropped out shortly after rehearsals began. I've always suspected some of Britten's harmonies frightened him off. I ended up having to play the role, and the production suffered because (1)I am no legit baritone and (2)my focus was scattered.
I looked good, though.
Elmore, my comment was in jest. The woman on the right in the upper photo is holding a book, so I imagined it was Ginny prompting the cast.😜
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Hi, Tom.
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DESK SET must be playing on a giant loop. I watched most of SUSAN SLEPT HERE, and I noticed that DESK SET was up next. I had never heard of SUSAN. It was very strange.
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I am watching DESK SET again this afternoon.....I love the ad libbed moment when Tracy comes back into view at Bunny's apartment pretending to be drunk.
Hepburn & Blondell didn't know he was going to do that and they all broke up.
Are we sure that Tracy was pretending?
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Ellen DeGeneres talked the painful covid symptom she didn't know about. If I had seen her discuss this sooner I definitely would have gotten tested for covid last week when I mentioned I was considering doing so.
My next CoVid test is Monday, December 28.
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Sasha’s new stepbrother is expected to arrive here tomorrow. I have threatened the little bitch bodily harm if she is mean to him.
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DESK SET must be playing on a giant loop. I watched most of SUSAN SLEPT HERE, and I noticed that DESK SET was up next. I had never heard of SUSAN. It was very strange.
I think I've heard of SUSAN SLEPT HERE, but I know I've never seen it.
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Ellen DeGeneres talked the painful covid symptom she didn't know about. If I had seen her discuss this sooner I definitely would have gotten tested for covid last week when I mentioned I was considering doing so.
My next CoVid test is Monday, December 28.
Hope it's negative!!
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I still haven't figured out what we're going to have for Christmas dinner. Patti LaBelle's macaroni and cheese is definitely a finalist. But Mom doesn't really want anything. She says she has little hunger anymore. But I see her react to a number of dishes.
Will Patti be making it for you?
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Sasha’s nes stepbrother is expected to arrive here tomorrow. I have threatened the little bitch bodily harm if she is mean to him.
Well, there's always be a period of adjustment, but hopefully that won't last too long.
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Hi, Tom.
Hello, George.
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DESK SET must be playing on a giant loop. I watched most of SUSAN SLEPT HERE, and I noticed that DESK SET was up next. I had never heard of SUSAN. It was very strange.
I think I've heard of SUSAN SLEPT HERE, but I know I've never seen it.
Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds.