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Title: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 12:04:19 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both moon-faced and starry-eyed, and now it is time for you to post until the moon-faced and starry-eyed cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 12:05:55 AM
And the word of the day is: SNUGGERY!
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Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 12:19:21 AM
Did you ask the midget if you could have his baked potato
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 12:19:39 AM
I looked up Susan Slept Here on IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047550/reference?ref_=tt_mv_close), and saw that Debbie Reynolds was 22 years old when she made this movie.  Dick Powell was 28 years older than Debbie Reynolds! :o
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Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 12:21:04 AM
I looked up Susan Slept Here on IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047550/reference?ref_=tt_mv_close), and saw that Debbie Reynolds was 22 years old when she made this movie.  Dick Powell was 28 years older than Debbie Reynolds! :o


The age difference is the main plot point in the film.  Debbie is supposed to be seventeen.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 12:22:44 AM
I looked up Susan Slept Here on IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047550/reference?ref_=tt_mv_close), and saw that Debbie Reynolds was 22 years old when she made this movie.  Dick Powell was 28 years older than Debbie Reynolds! :o


The age difference is the main plot point in the film.  Debbie is supposed to be seventeen.

But he's supposed to be 35??  Dick Powell was 50 years old at the time.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 12:24:51 AM
I just read the Trivia section and there's this bit of tid:

Dick Powell, whose character in the movie is 35 and says he can pass for 29, was actually 50 (and looked it). Debbie Reynolds' character is scandalously underage at 17, but she was actually 22 (and looked it). And Anne Francis, Powell's supposedly age appropriate multiply married fiancee, was actually only 24 (and looked it) just two years older than Reynolds.

;D
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 12:31:21 AM
Here is an idea for a topic du jour.

What word do you find is suddenly being used in every conversation by every individual from students to old people like Jack?  My nominee would be iconic!

Today I heard it three times on different TV shows and twice at the grocery store.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 12:34:22 AM
Systemic.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:36:14 AM
DR TCB - congratulations on adding to your family!
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 12:36:14 AM
Here is an idea for a topic du jour.

What word do you find is suddenly being used in every conversation by every individual from students to old people like Jack?  My nominee would be iconic!

Today I heard it three times on different TV shows and twice at the grocery store.

Iconic is definitely overused.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 12:36:35 AM
Systemic.

Yup...been hearing that a lot lately, too.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:39:45 AM
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:45:55 AM
Here's a recipe which was served on the train line (The Empire Builder) that brought folks to Glacier National Park:
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:47:15 AM
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:48:18 AM
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:54:13 AM
à propos today's notes: I have sung the role of Top in Copland's The Tender Land.  The director had the idea that "Top" was short for "Carrot Top," so I had to dye my hair orange.

Gorgeous, gorgeous music from the end of his "Americana" period.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:57:25 AM
Wishing you good sleep, DR George.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:57:38 AM
And a better night's sleep for bk, too.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 01:02:38 AM
Wishing you good sleep, DR George.

Thanks, Singdaw!  And I hope you sleep well, too!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 01:07:48 AM
I'm off now, too.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:00:41 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:08:43 AM
I slept well last night, until like Ebenezer Scrooge, I was visited by three nocturnal spirits, none of whom thankfully wanted to reform me. The first was Thatch, who dislikes being held but who loves to lie next to me. The second was Stella, a demon demanding food, and the third was Annabelle, who seemed unsure why she was climbing all over me.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:09:39 AM
DR TCB, a new kitty? Did I miss an earlier announcement of your intentions? What can you tell us about him?
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:17:38 AM
BK, I love Street Scene, too, and I remember a great NYC Opera production from the late 1970s conducted by Mauceri. who knows the score really well.  Since I dislike the man, I have never heard his recording, and I like the TER recording, which is based on an English National Opera production, although a few American accents go far afield.

In the past twenty years I have seen productions at NYU and at some college in New Jersey.  This DVD with my friend Kip Wilborn as Sam is a Houston Grand Opera production taped in Germany.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:19:58 AM
DR Matthew, I was ready to murder Stella weeks ago, and she still lives, so I'm happy you and Leo have come to terms.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:34:23 AM
Since I love Messiah, I try to keep up on current recordings although I purchase few, and too many of the latest suffer from an overload of ornamentation and fast tempi.  My three favorites are these:

Sir Colin Davis' recording from the mid-1960s was the first to shake up the traditional, rather plodding Victorian approach to Händel, and it's really fine with nice tempi and no overload of ornamentation.

Charles Mackerras' recording is from about the same time, and it offer some nice alternates, such as the 12/8 verion of "Rejoice Greatly," and maybe a bit more ornamentation.  I have Mackerras' Oxford University Press edition of the vocal score for Händel's wonderful Semele.

John Butt's recording is less than ten years old, and I think it's the best of the current crop of ultra-baroque editions.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 04:42:09 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:44:00 AM
And one last word on Messiah.  I am very fond of the abridged version that Mozart arranged, and I like thius recording quite a lot.

The piece was revised to suit the current round of soloists each time Händel conducted the work.  It was Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909) who formalized the general Messiah performance sequence from Händel's score. Nicholas McGegan's recording, which has my late friend William Parker as his baritone soloist, includes every variant Händel wrote for the piece in its performances, and the listener can program what version he wishes to hear.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 04:44:27 AM
Good morning, DR JohnG!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 05:32:58 AM
DR JohnG, thanks for the information on Dunbar.  I'm curious to read it now.  Is it as good as 1000 Acres, which I thought was a brilliant take on King Lear?

I was reading about this book yesterday, and I thought you might find it interesting.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 05:34:03 AM
Page 2 Dance!
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:05:04 AM
DR elmore3003, thanks for your take(s) on Messiah. It is interesting how many of your choices coincide with those of David Hurwitz.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:18:09 AM
I just watched the "online" pageant from the church where I work. It was really touching and funny, and included the usual toddler angels and sheep, and a camel consisting of a large family dog arranged with a hump apparatus.  I can only image the hours of filming and editing involved to put this all together, with the support of all the parents of the children involved. We adapt to our circumstances in unique and creative ways!
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:32:03 AM
I was searching online for information about the book DR elmore3003 mentioned above in vain, until I realized that the author's last name is "Crace," not "Grace."
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 06:42:34 AM
DR elmore3003, thanks for your take(s) on Messiah. It is interesting how many of your choices coincide with those of David Hurwitz.

I didn't know who he was until I just looked him up!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 07:10:14 AM
LOL DR TCB......hahahahaha....LOL....hahahaha......  HEY!  Wait a minute!!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 07:11:09 AM
Sunday.....tomorrow is Dentist Day......the Yanks are coming - as Our Gang said.....
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 07:12:44 AM
~~~ULTIMATE-STRENGTH DENTAL VIBES~~~ for DR Jrand70 tomorrow!
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Post by: KevinH on December 20, 2020, 07:54:22 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:26:27 AM
If last December someone told me that I willingly get up at 6 am on a Sunday so I could queue for 2 +  hours in 22 F weather for the opportunity to have a strange man shove a Q-tip up my nose ....
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:26:50 AM
I was negative
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:27:10 AM
The live in boyfriend of a coworker tested positive so...
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:27:21 AM
She herself tested negative
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:27:37 AM
And he never had any symptoms
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 08:27:53 AM
But you know you do what you have to do
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 08:46:05 AM
I just listened to David Hurwitz's Messiah breakdown.  I disagree with him about Mozart.

He's quite entertaining and occasionally very funny, but I found him poor in discussing the textual issues of the recordings, like the fact that Mackerras' recording chose alternates to the standard lineup determined by Prout. The Watkins Shaw edition accepts the Prout numbering and then includes an appendix of several possivle replacements.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 09:07:03 AM
DR JohnG, thanks for the information on Dunbar.  I'm curious to read it now.  Is it as good as 1000 Acres, which I thought was a brilliant take on King Lear?

I was reading about this book yesterday, and I thought you might find it interesting.

No. It’s no Jane Smiley. I loved that book. This is a little cooler.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 09:09:33 AM
I ordered a DVD of Street Scene from the Met Opera. I don’t know which version it is because I haven’t opened the box yet. I like to be surprised at what I buy myself.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 09:10:10 AM
Quarantine looks good, Elmore. Thank you for the recommendation.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:26:20 AM
From DR TCB:
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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.😜

I got the joke :)
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:34:09 AM
DRTCB I am glad you are getting a second test.  If it too is negative will you test for antibodies?
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:36:45 AM
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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.

Tom from your comments I thought you no longer had Sasha.  I am glad to know she is still with you.

Major vibes the two get along and become the best of friends.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:39:33 AM
Gingerbread crumb pudding with butterscotch sauce sounds good.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 09:47:55 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 09:48:19 AM
I am just about to log in to the church zoom worship, where I will give my over-dramatic reading of the Grinch.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:48:51 AM
Sunday.....tomorrow is Dentist Day......the Yanks are coming - as Our Gang said.....

GOOD LUCK AND VIBES!
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 09:49:04 AM
TCB, you hadn't mentioned Sasha in such a long time that I was figuring you had to return her because she nipped you. I'm so glad to hear she is still there -- and getting a new brother!
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:50:10 AM
I was negative

Excellent.  This test was due to possible exposure not symptoms, correct?  The odds were slim you were exposed.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:50:37 AM
The live in boyfriend of a coworker tested positive so...

Not surprising.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:51:34 AM
While I am relieved Bryan will be getting vaccinated it is still disconcerting that he can still "share" the virus with his family.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 09:53:09 AM
She herself tested negative

Maybe she should get her antibodies tested.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 10:05:24 AM
Feeling productive today...


Did some cooking, and got in a good long vigorous walk.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 10:24:15 AM
Good ..... um, afternoon, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 10:26:03 AM
It is now #&$!@# snowing again.

Lightly.

But it's already covering up our beautiful work of three days ago.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 10:29:29 AM
Well, it's nearly past us... mutter mutter mutter
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 10:35:00 AM
My first of two Kritzerland shipments just arrived!

This one is The Littlest Revue and The Twentieth Century.

Lolita is still out there in the wild. I see one other package on USPS.com that says, oddly, "Label Created" and "Label Cancelled", both on Dec. 12th...
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 10:36:52 AM
Well, I must get cracking. I have some gifts that need warpping, and -- I've been checking, but it doesn't look like they're going to wrap themselves.
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Post by: Donald on December 20, 2020, 10:45:11 AM
New Broadway Radio Show just posted -- Putting It Together - THE MUSIC MAN.  If you're not familiar with my "Putting It Together" episodes, we listen to the entire score of a great musical pieced together from multiple cast recordings.  This time, it's 5 different source recordings -- of course, you'll hear from Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, but we also have Van Johnson, Brian Cox, Rebecca Luker and Catherine Porter and more!  Enjoy!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 11:35:38 AM
Cool!  Thanks, DR Donald.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 11:37:26 AM
One of a pair of twins, of which my FB friend is the mom:
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 11:48:29 AM
A Music Man show sounds like fun. Thank you, Donald.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 11:53:08 AM
DR Elmore, I just wanted to say that your recording and video recommendations are always much appreciated.

Even if it's something I don't have a particular interest in, there's a whole world that you're knowledgeable about that I'm not, and I love hearing about it and getting to know some of what I didn't know before.

Between BK and DR Elmore, my horizons have very much broadened over these past 8 1/2 (wow, see what I did there?) years.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 11:59:30 AM
Back from a nice trip around town.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 12:03:05 PM
We did something called Lights Under Louisville, where you drive through a cave for about 20 minutes underground and look at Christmas lights in displays ranging from the religious to the trendy (Frozen, the Avengers, Justice League, Star Wars).
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 12:05:21 PM
Then we went for a short walk on the river, followed by a walk around an antebellum mansion. I had gone there on my first grade field trip. The buildings weren’t open, but it was beautiful if cold outside.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 12:17:00 PM
Thanks DR JANE & DR singdaw.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 12:17:27 PM
Something is amiss at the website.....my WordPress skills still need some work.
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Post by: Ginny on December 20, 2020, 12:35:49 PM
Sunday afternoon greetings!  Here’s something I’ve rarely been able to say on December 20:  all my gift-wrapping is finished.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:37:03 PM
Quarantine looks good, Elmore. Thank you for the recommendation.

As soon as I read about it, I thought of you, DR JohnG.  A novel I really love is Robert Graves' King Jesus.  I also like Graves' novel about Jason and Medea, Hercules My Shipmate. If you don't know them, you might find them interesting, especially if you liked I Claudius.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:38:42 PM
TCB, you hadn't mentioned Sasha in such a long time that I was figuring you had to return her because she nipped you. I'm so glad to hear she is still there -- and getting a new brother!

If I had a nickel for every time Stella has nipped me, I could retire.  I know she's plating, but she's very rough.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:39:39 PM
One of a pair of twins, of which my FB friend is the mom:

So cute!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:40:55 PM
My neighbors Ann and Jen stopped down and brought me a cranberry-orange tart that Jen made yesterday. I cannot wait to try it with some vanilla ice cream.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:42:19 PM
DR Elmore, I just wanted to say that your recording and video recommendations are always much appreciated.

Even if it's something I don't have a particular interest in, there's a whole world that you're knowledgeable about that I'm not, and I love hearing about it and getting to know some of what I didn't know before.

Between BK and DR Elmore, my horizons have very much broadened over these past 8 1/2 (wow, see what I did there?) years.

8.5 years? Really? I feel I've known you forever. Thank you for the compliment.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:43:15 PM
Then we went for a short walk on the river, followed by a walk around an antebellum mansion. I had gone there on my first grade field trip. The buildings weren’t open, but it was beautiful if cold outside.

What's the current Louisville temperature?
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:44:09 PM
Something is amiss at the website.....my WordPress skills still need some work.

Wordpress was completely sown the other day.  I could not check my account status.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:46:00 PM
DR Jrand70, sending you Mega-super Vibes for tomorrow's dental encounter of the very close kind!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 12:46:27 PM
It is tomorrow?
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:49:17 PM
My God. It IS tomorrow.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:49:49 PM
(a tiny FOLLIES reference)     :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:50:02 PM
FOUR!
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:51:13 PM
This'll put you in the holiday spirit. Make sure to watch at least to the bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7VFT78y6A
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 12:53:01 PM
We are about to embark upon home-grown haircuts again.


Pray for Rosemary's baby!
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 12:57:09 PM
Then we went for a short walk on the river, followed by a walk around an antebellum mansion. I had gone there on my first grade field trip. The buildings weren’t open, but it was beautiful if cold outside.


What's the current Louisville temperature?

It's about 43 out there with a fairly strong breeze. You want to wear your face mask. Keeps you warmer.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 12:58:03 PM
That's one beautiful cat photo, Singdaw.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 20, 2020, 01:14:23 PM
I quite enjoyed the Bottle Boys.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 01:19:41 PM
We have a catastrophe here at our house.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 01:19:51 PM
We are out of bird seed.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:38:32 PM
One of a pair of twins, of which my FB friend is the mom:

Awww.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:39:04 PM
We did something called Lights Under Louisville, where you drive through a cave for about 20 minutes underground and look at Christmas lights in displays ranging from the religious to the trendy (Frozen, the Avengers, Justice League, Star Wars).

Cool  8)
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:40:10 PM
This'll put you in the holiday spirit. Make sure to watch at least to the bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7VFT78y6A

:)
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 01:40:44 PM
ChasSmith, your Lolita was delivered on 12//7 but apparently not to you - it went to Watervliet NY wherever that is - trying to get to the bottom of it, but she clearly was overwhelmed at having to ship over 400 of these puppies AND the other three.  It looks like she sent the guy in Watervliet your and HIS package - he obviously didn't think it necessary to contact us about the error, but I'll be contacting him.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 01:40:57 PM
I'm up, I'm up - nine hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:41:13 PM
We are out of bird seed.

Oh no!
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Post by: Matthew on December 20, 2020, 01:46:25 PM
Good Afternoon.  Church services went well, cold, but well.  I went to the Target afterward to pick up some beer for the beer bread I'm making as Christmas gifts.  Target didn't seem to have "normal" beer, just all the "light" varieties and a ton of IPA's.  Only in the Bay Area will you find this situation.  Seems as though "real" beer is beneath them - but light beer is fine.  I'm done trying to figure people out

The boys are on the mend. I can't say much more about that because, like the beer, I'm done with that scenario as well.  Also, I can't find my Apple watch.  I think it's gone, I haven't a clue.

Anyway - Happy Sunday to all.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:49:25 PM
I am sorry about the missing & unattainable items.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:51:55 PM
We just ordered a second Baby's first Christmas ornament.  The first company cancelled our order without an explanation.  I guess they did not like my asking where it is.  The question form asks if you still want the item and I said yes.  I am guessing it really hadn't been sent or they couldn't cancel it. 

I was hoping they would have it out on display by now.  I don't believe they have a tree.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:52:35 PM
At least they will be together, and Bryan is taking time off from work which is usually doesn't do.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 01:55:13 PM
For your holiday entertainment.  A lot of sheep, a few herding dogs, and lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw
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Post by: KevinH on December 20, 2020, 02:31:08 PM
This'll put you in the holiday spirit. Make sure to watch at least to the bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7VFT78y6A





That was fun!  Thanks, DR singdaw!
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 02:31:26 PM
ChasSmith, your Lolita was delivered on 12//7 but apparently not to you - it went to Watervliet NY wherever that is - trying to get to the bottom of it, but she clearly was overwhelmed at having to ship over 400 of these puppies AND the other three.  It looks like she sent the guy in Watervliet your and HIS package - he obviously didn't think it necessary to contact us about the error, but I'll be contacting him.

Wow!  :)   Okay, thanks!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 02:36:11 PM
I wondered how to pronounce that, so I asked my friend Mr. Google.

It's actually quite simple. "WATER-VLEET". Three syllables, and pronounce the "ie" as "ee".

Don't ask me what I thought it might be. I won't tell you.  :)
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 02:48:39 PM
Since I love Messiah, I try to keep up on current recordings although I purchase few, and too many of the latest suffer from an overload of ornamentation and fast tempi.  My three favorites are these:

Sir Colin Davis' recording from the mid-1960s was the first to shake up the traditional, rather plodding Victorian approach to Händel, and it's really fine with nice tempi and no overload of ornamentation.

Charles Mackerras' recording is from about the same time, and it offer some nice alternates, such as the 12/8 verion of "Rejoice Greatly," and maybe a bit more ornamentation.  I have Mackerras' Oxford University Press edition of the vocal score for Händel's wonderful Semele.

John Butt's recording is less than ten years old, and I think it's the best of the current crop of ultra-baroque editions.

Except for this year (of course), the Masterworks Choral Ensemble hosted a free Messiah sing-along at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.  I've ushered for it a few times, and even participated.  It's always been fun (even when I blew out my voice because I hadn't sung like that in YEARS). ;)
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 02:57:07 PM
Back from picking up a package.  And Merry Christmas and a perfect wrap up to 2020 - my car was broken into - no damage, and just like three years ago - pretty sure I locked it and I was up until four so when they did it is anyone's guess - they got all the change that I keep there, the iPod, and two tote bags that I'm pretty sure only had trash in them or scripts or whatever -nothing valuable there.  They took everything out of the glove box but there was nothing of value there so I just had to clean up their mess.  I hope karma pays them a very swift visit but I find that karma doesn't usually do that to the right people.  They must have some way to get around the electronic locks - because what are the odds that IF for some reason I didn't lock it, they'd pick that exact night to do it?  Thankfully, these asshats didn't go in the trunk and therefore missed the stuff they could have actually made money on - a wireless mic, two pieces of original art, and a box of CDs.  Last time it happened, same thing - no trunk action.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 02:57:16 PM
I was negative

Great news, Vixmom!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 02:58:06 PM
Back from picking up a package.  And Merry Christmas and a perfect wrap up to 2020 - my car was broken into - no damage, and just like three years ago - pretty sure I locked it and I was up until four so when they did it is anyone's guess - they got all the change that I keep there, the iPod, and two tote bags that I'm pretty sure only had trash in them or scripts or whatever -nothing valuable there.  They took everything out of the glove box but there was nothing of value there so I just had to clean up their mess.  I hope karma pays them a very swift visit but I find that karma doesn't usually do that to the right people.  They must have some way to get around the electronic locks - because what are the odds that IF for some reason I didn't lock it, they'd pick that exact night to do it?  Thankfully, these asshats didn't go in the trunk and therefore missed the stuff they could have actually made money on - a wireless mic, two pieces of original art, and a box of CDs.  Last time it happened, same thing - no trunk action.

Oh, my goodness! :o That's terrible, BK!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:00:04 PM
A friend told that quite a few years ago (probably in the 1980s), his car had been broken into and ALL of his vocal scores had been stolen!  He was a musical director and vocal coach/teacher, so it was ALL the music that he used for his lessons.  It was devastating and really affected his business.  The perps were never caught. :P
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:02:07 PM
One of a pair of twins, of which my FB friend is the mom:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6353.0;attach=10971)

So cute!!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:05:38 PM
This'll put you in the holiday spirit. Make sure to watch at least to the bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7VFT78y6A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7VFT78y6A)

That's so cool!
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Post by: Ginny on December 20, 2020, 03:10:26 PM
BK, I’m so sorry for what happened.
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Post by: Ginny on December 20, 2020, 03:11:45 PM
I was negative

Whew!
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 03:14:32 PM
https://www.goldbelly.com/skyline-chili/skyline-chili-dinner-kit?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DPA&fbclid=IwAR3kNEL3DzLerRaU7EfDUORi-KUkuikasQKftppHAc_kOlqJRZ2-pZMR010


I saw this and thought immediately of DR Chas
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Post by: vixmom on December 20, 2020, 03:15:54 PM
I am sorry to hear about your break in Bruce
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:16:44 PM
ChasSmith, your Lolita was delivered on 12//7 but apparently not to you - it went to Watervliet NY wherever that is - trying to get to the bottom of it, but she clearly was overwhelmed at having to ship over 400 of these puppies AND the other three.  It looks like she sent the guy in Watervliet your and HIS package - he obviously didn't think it necessary to contact us about the error, but I'll be contacting him.

Oh, my. :-\ Hope it all can be resolved quickly and easily!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:17:03 PM
For your holiday entertainment.  A lot of sheep, a few herding dogs, and lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw)

:))
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:25:29 PM
So this past summer, I was supposed to be in a locally written and produced play celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Olympian Hotel, here in downtown Olympia.  I think I was going to give tours before and/or after the show, and have one line in the play itself, but, of course, it had to be cancelled.  However, the author reworked the script into a radio play, and it's playing right now on the local KGY radio station!  It's fun to hear my friends.  Too bad it won't be archived.  It's a "listen to it now or never" situation. ::) So, I'm listening!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:25:55 PM
I assume that since I only had one line in the script (and I hadn't even gotten the script before it was cancelled), I wasn't involved in the radio play (but I'm not bitter ;) ). Anyway, they pre-recorded and edited the show and it's going on now and it's real fun!  Here's an article about the radio play:

https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article247875950.html (https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article247875950.html)
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 03:32:09 PM
Looking at the cast list on the Facebook event listing, there's only one actor that I don't know.  It's been fun identifying the voices I recognize...and if I don't recognize the voice, trying to figure out who it is because I know just about everyone. :)
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 03:41:48 PM
Good Afternoon.  Church services went well, cold, but well.  I went to the Target afterward to pick up some beer for the beer bread I'm making as Christmas gifts.  Target didn't seem to have "normal" beer, just all the "light" varieties and a ton of IPA's.  Only in the Bay Area will you find this situation.  Seems as though "real" beer is beneath them - but light beer is fine.  I'm done trying to figure people out

The boys are on the mend. I can't say much more about that because, like the beer, I'm done with that scenario as well.  Also, I can't find my Apple watch.  I think it's gone, I haven't a clue.

Anyway - Happy Sunday to all.

I used to like IPA’s, but then they became trendy and were hopped into an unpleasant profile.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 03:43:59 PM
Sorry about the car break-in, BK. What is an iPod worth these days?
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 03:49:51 PM
OMG, BK. A break-in is dispiriting and infuriating. Sorry to hear it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 20, 2020, 03:53:23 PM
https://www.goldbelly.com/skyline-chili/skyline-chili-dinner-kit?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DPA&fbclid=IwAR3kNEL3DzLerRaU7EfDUORi-KUkuikasQKftppHAc_kOlqJRZ2-pZMR010


I saw this and thought immediately of DR Chas

As well you should!  :)

An attractive package, to be sure. But so outrageously overpriced. Assuming you can get to a Kroger or any other store in the midwest that sells the chili, there's not $20 worth of goods there.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 03:54:17 PM
Great links shared, DRs Jane and George.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 03:54:36 PM
Very sorry to read about bk's situation.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 03:54:53 PM
I guess it could have been worse, but it's still dispiriting.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 04:11:59 PM
My tablet is now going through a systems update.  I'm sure that it'll be fine when it's done, but I'm always apprehensive until it's back up and running.
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 04:12:26 PM
I'd better turn on my other two tablets to see if they need updates.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 04:21:22 PM
Back from picking up a package.  And Merry Christmas and a perfect wrap up to 2020 - my car was broken into - no damage, and just like three years ago - pretty sure I locked it and I was up until four so when they did it is anyone's guess - they got all the change that I keep there, the iPod, and two tote bags that I'm pretty sure only had trash in them or scripts or whatever -nothing valuable there.  They took everything out of the glove box but there was nothing of value there so I just had to clean up their mess.  I hope karma pays them a very swift visit but I find that karma doesn't usually do that to the right people.  They must have some way to get around the electronic locks - because what are the odds that IF for some reason I didn't lock it, they'd pick that exact night to do it?  Thankfully, these asshats didn't go in the trunk and therefore missed the stuff they could have actually made money on - a wireless mic, two pieces of original art, and a box of CDs.  Last time it happened, same thing - no trunk action.

Were the bags in the car visible?  While I am glad nothing of great value was stolen, if something is seen it does encourage them :(
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 04:21:42 PM
A friend told that quite a few years ago (probably in the 1980s), his car had been broken into and ALL of his vocal scores had been stolen!  He was a musical director and vocal coach/teacher, so it was ALL the music that he used for his lessons.  It was devastating and really affected his business.  The perps were never caught. :P

:(
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 04:24:11 PM
Great links shared, DRs Jane and George.

Thanks.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 04:25:06 PM
I guess it could have been worse, but it's still dispiriting.

Yes it is. 
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 04:55:49 PM
The two tote bags were in the back seat as they have been for the past year - just trash and maybe a script for something I was working on - that's it.  I think it was the same jerks that did it two years ago - exactly the same m.o. and exactly the same things taken.  I just find it fascinating that they somehow knew it was the night they should do it. 
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 05:46:38 PM
Listening to a glorious album of orchestral music by the composer of Schwanda - Jaromir Weinberger - it includes a six-movement suite of music from Schwanda, and incredible piece called Bohemian Songs and Dances, and the Overture from The Beloved Voices - on CPO in brilliant sound.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 05:48:03 PM
Eternally grateful to elmore for making me buy Schwanda.  I'm syncing my older iPod now - thankfully I still had it and it's a 500 gig reconfigured thing so all the music fits.  But now I'll have to take it out of the car every night, and I'm taking everything out of the trunk. 
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 05:50:38 PM
I'm also keeping all the operas together in the house now.  I cleared four shelves to do so, so that they're all in one place - of course, I have to find the ones that are in boxes I haven't gone through yet - I have Walton's Troilus and Cressida somewhere, and another Porgy and Bess, and a few others, too.  But most have been located and are shelved.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 05:51:33 PM
Since I'm on a Weill kick, I also happily found Lost in the Stars, Down in the Valley, and the Rise Steven Lady in the Dark.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 05:53:14 PM
The syncing of the iPod will take hours and hours - in addition to what was already on there, it's adding almost 6,000 new things, but it's also nuking what's no longer in iTunes.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 06:01:13 PM
Since I'm on a Weill kick, I also happily found Lost in the Stars, Down in the Valley, and the Rise Steven Lady in the Dark.

Rise was in Going My Way on TCM earlier.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 06:10:01 PM
Good news from DR VIXMOM.

Terrible news from MR BK.

Shocking news from DR LAURA.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 20, 2020, 06:11:05 PM
I have learned from the Word Press guru that when I post a blog entry, I have to clear my cache for it to show up.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 06:14:11 PM
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are having the weirdest Christmas special. It’s live. People post Christmas songs they want to hear, and they sing them. Garth plays guitars. That’s it. It’s really good, but it’s so lowkey.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 06:14:21 PM
Six!
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:24:53 PM
Quote of 2020:


"You're on mute."
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:29:12 PM
Did I miss it?  I didn't see a report on how dramatic DR Laura's dramatic reading was.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 06:35:42 PM
Did I miss it?  I didn't see a report on how dramatic DR Laura's dramatic reading was.

I did not read how the reading went. Was it live streamed?
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:44:45 PM
No; I think it was a private church event.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:44:59 PM
I just thought DR Laura might report in.
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Post by: singdaw on December 20, 2020, 06:45:32 PM
The terrifying insect that appears only at this time of year:  the Santapede.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 06:49:05 PM
Did I miss it?  I didn't see a report on how dramatic DR Laura's dramatic reading was.

I did not read how the reading went. Was it live streamed?

It went well. However, I had to follow quite a difficult act; the reading of the Christmas story using photos from the past. I saw Wae-Ling as an angel at about age 4.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 06:49:31 PM
Plus the cutest little lamb from last year.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 06:50:36 PM
Good news, Laura.
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Post by: Laura on December 20, 2020, 06:56:21 PM
We went to Holiday Lights at the railroad park tonight. It was quite a hit.
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Post by: Ginny on December 20, 2020, 07:07:26 PM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 07:44:03 PM
Beautiful avatar, Laura.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 07:45:19 PM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.

I seem to remember a spectacular stretch of luminarias the year I lived Middletown.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 07:48:05 PM
Learned this past week that a friend of mine from Middletown, Greg Mahaney, a photographer at the paper died recently. We hadn’t been in touch for years, but it still hurts.
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Post by: John G. on December 20, 2020, 08:07:40 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 08:58:58 PM
Syncing almost done - another 1000 songs to go - probably thirty minutes to an hour.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 09:00:02 PM
Re the terrible news - I was so angry for most of the day and then I had to just let it go - no time to let pissant assbreaths ruin things and I wish them only unhappiness and horrible lives for what they do.
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Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 09:00:32 PM
I also am of the opinion that I'm probably not the only motor car on this block that they did their dirty business with.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 09:01:08 PM
Meanwhile, I'm listening to Schwanda again - can't upload anything while the sync is going on - it bogs everything down.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 09:36:18 PM
Quote of 2020:


"You're on mute."

:D
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 09:36:50 PM
Learned this past week that a friend of mine from Middletown, Greg Mahaney, a photographer at the paper died recently. We hadn’t been in touch for years, but it still hurts.

Oh, no. :( My condolences, John.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: bk on December 20, 2020, 10:00:16 PM
Syncing finished - finally!  Three hours.  Now playing: Lady in the Dark - great Weill score and I've always loved this recording - Columbia - Rise Stevens - Lehman Engel conducting and fun Columbia stereo.  Had hot dogs for lunch and then much later an egg sandwich for a snack - should put me right at 1000 calories.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:07:14 PM
We went to Holiday Lights at the railroad park tonight. It was quite a hit.

It sounds wonderful.   I love your new avatar.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:08:10 PM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.

Lovely.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:08:34 PM
I want to go see some holiday lighrs.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:09:05 PM
Learned this past week that a friend of mine from Middletown, Greg Mahaney, a photographer at the paper died recently. We hadn’t been in touch for years, but it still hurts.

I am sorry.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:09:41 PM
Re the terrible news - I was so angry for most of the day and then I had to just let it go - no time to let pissant assbreaths ruin things and I wish them only unhappiness and horrible lives for what they do.

It is very upsetting.
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Post by: Jane on December 20, 2020, 10:10:15 PM
'night
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 10:29:46 PM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 10:35:56 PM
Tonight, I've been working on recording to my computer Lifetime's The Christmas Setup to make a Blu-ray for my niece and myself.  The first time I recorded it from my DVR to my computer, there were just too many glitches and I had to redo it.  The second time, my video editing software couldn't even read the darn file! :o
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 10:36:28 PM
I discovered that recording the movie in smaller chunks worked, so I recorded it to my computer as I watched it (it really is a sweet movie...and it features a gay couple who are actually married in real life!) and stopped recording after each commercial break. 
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Post by: George on December 20, 2020, 10:37:32 PM
I just looked at all the files and they're all good!  Whew!  Now, I just need to join the nine different parts (very easy process), and then use my DVD/Blu-ray burning software to burn the disc...then, I'll make a copy from that disc.  I found that it's much, much quicker to make a copy of the first disc than to originally burn two separate discs.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:40:43 PM
DR TCB, a new kitty? Did I miss an earlier announcement of your intentions? What can you tell us about him?


I believe I talked about my great nephew having to find a home for his kitty, because he and his girlfriend have two dogs that have been harassing the poor cat.  I said I would take the cat, but he had to be fixed and had to be tested for feline leukemia before I would take him.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:46:29 PM
Well, finding a vet that isn’t hard to get in for surgery, but we weren’t in a rush So we could wait until February.  Well, his landlord found out and told him he had to put down an extra $500.00 deposit if the cat was not gone within a week.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:48:03 PM
So, we got the cat tested (negative), and will worry about the big fix in a couple of months.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:50:25 PM
So, Draco (soon to be Drake) arrived this afternoon, and so far, so good.  The only problem is that they both look so much alike that I am having trouble telling them apart.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:55:02 PM
https://www.goldbelly.com/skyline-chili/skyline-chili-dinner-kit?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DPA&fbclid=IwAR3kNEL3DzLerRaU7EfDUORi-KUkuikasQKftppHAc_kOlqJRZ2-pZMR010


I saw this and thought immediately of DR Chas

That Goldbelly company is a real trip.  Their prices are outrageous, pies for $190.00!  I spent so much time looking at their products that I now get two or more emails per day from them.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 20, 2020, 11:57:35 PM
Looking at the cast list on the Facebook event listing, there's only one actor that I don't know.  It's been fun identifying the voices I recognize...and if I don't recognize the voice, trying to figure out who it is because I know just about everyone. :)

Except for the one actor you don’t know.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 21, 2020, 12:03:13 AM
BK, I am sorry to hear about your break in.  I’m glad they left you the car.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 21, 2020, 12:03:23 AM
Hi, Tom.
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 21, 2020, 12:03:45 AM
So, Draco (soon to be Drake) arrived this afternoon, and so far, so good.  The only problem is that they both look so much alike that I am having trouble telling them apart.

I'm sure that you'll learn each of their personalities and quirks pretty quickly. :)
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 21, 2020, 12:04:10 AM
Looking at the cast list on the Facebook event listing, there's only one actor that I don't know.  It's been fun identifying the voices I recognize...and if I don't recognize the voice, trying to figure out who it is because I know just about everyone. :)

Except for the one actor you don’t know.

Process of elimination. ;)
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 21, 2020, 12:10:49 AM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.

I seem to remember a spectacular stretch of luminarias the year I lived Middletown.


THE YEAR I LIVED MIDDLETON is the name of my next tell-all autobiography!
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: George on December 21, 2020, 12:12:23 AM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.

I seem to remember a spectacular stretch of luminarias the year I lived Middletown.


THE YEAR I LIVED MIDDLETON is the name of my next tell-all autobiography!

I'd buy that! ;D
Title: Re: MOON-FACED, STARRY EYED
Post by: TCB on December 21, 2020, 12:22:19 AM
We went for a drive along Fisher Road where, on the Sunday before Christmas each year, they line both sides of the street with luminaria for a stretch of about half a mile.  It’s a spectacular site.

I seem to remember a spectacular stretch of luminarias the year I lived Middletown.


THE YEAR I LIVED MIDDLETON is the name of my next tell-all autobiography!

I'd buy that! ;D


Sadly, most of the men in my past are all dead.