Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 06, 2021, 12:06:36 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes met a new musical director, and now it is time for you to post until the musical director cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: INDEFATIGABLE!
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Three different cheeses?
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Three different cheeses?
Sure! Why not? ;D
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To continue, after enjoying the delicious burgers, we went to McMenamin's in Centralia (https://www.mcmenamins.com/olympic-club). He had a hard cider and I had a diet cola (not Coke or Pepsi brand) with lime. We got to walk around the historical hotel (which has tours during the week, I guess) and then we left to come back to Olympia.
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So Angela is It’s a Wonderful Life?
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Thank you Tom and George for the kind words
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Thank you Tom and George for the kind words
You're very welcome, Vixmom!
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So Angela is It’s a Wonderful Life?
That's exactly what I was thinking.
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Every time I hear myself say “law” I cringe
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When David and I got back to Tumwater, he suggested that we go walking in one of the state parks in the area. That sounded like a fun idea, so we got into his tiny Miata (he's got a pass for state parks) and we went to one. I don't remember the name of it, but I took some pictures. Here are a few:
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That was the lake that the trail goes around. Here's some kind of flying bug that neither of us had seen before:
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Yes, it has double wings! Here's one of the maps of the trail. I think the longer trail that goes around everything is 1.1 miles. We did the whole trail:
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We actually started at the parking lot (of course), but this was the first map that I noticed. Here's a tree with moss:
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Here's my friend David behind a dead tree that looks like it got hit with lightning at some point:
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Here's what it looks like from the back side where David was standing:
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And the last picture I'll post is a tree branch that gracefully curved down into the water when the rest of the tree grew straight up:
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We had a great time and it was fun to ketchup. David's birthday is next month, so I gave him his birthday present, which he says he'll wait until then to open it. Then we hugged goodbye, then he left to go back to Seattle, and I went to my sister's to get my car back. :)
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Today, the family is getting together at my mom's for lunch and card playing, and then a little later tonight, hopefully my friend Margo and I are going to see the movie, Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds. We had plans to see it last week, but her dog watcher had to cancel at the last minute, and her dog can't be left alone.
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AngelA isn't much like It's a Wonderful Life - it is its very own thing and very weird but fun.
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I've been Meadowlarking on YouTube and it is outrageously shocking how many people use my arrangement of the song. No one had EVER done it like we did it - it was my idea and Todd Ellison and I worked it out. Up until our recording the entire song had been done at one quick tempo - in the show and every singer. Period. I'd already recorded it that way, as written, with Liz Callaway so I wanted to do something completely different that would make it stand out. At that point, Judy Kuhn was going to sing it. The idea was to start it slow and go into tempo at the end of the second verse. It was unique and it worked great. Judy dropped out for uninteresting reasons and Susan Egan came in and did it. The opening vamp leading us into the song was MINE. And I remember our darling Jose trying to tell me that's the way it was in the show. Well, no, it wasn't. He sent me the pages of the score and there it was, just as I'd arranged it, sans the opening vamp. But that was NOT the original score, it was some revival done AFTER our album. Obviously, Stephen Schwartz liked it enough to use it for whatever production that was and I guess that's now the way it's done in the show. Would you not think perhaps a little credit should be given? Once? Acknowledgement? Once? And 90% of the versions that are sung on YouTube use our entire arrangement including the opening vamp, which means that someone did a takedown or got hold of our chart. I find it flattering and infuriating at the same time. Nothing to be done about it, but boy is it wrong for someone to just use someone else's arrangement and not give credit. The album credits on The Stephen Schwartz Album are not hard to read.
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Good morning, all!
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I did not want to leave my bed this morning. Annabelle and Thatch both came to check on me. Around 6:00 I decided I wouold face the day.
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Last night I dreamed I was chased around the apartment building by a knife-weilding Frankenstein monster. I eluded him and escaped to the sidewalk. I wore pajamas and I was barefoot as I ran toward Broadway.
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When I reached Broadway, I was no longer in Manhattan; I was in Middletown, Ohio, at the corner of Sutphin Street and Central Avenue. I came upon some children playing - two boys and a girl - and the four of us were pursued by the monster around various lawns. I remember that at one point the monster stabbed himself in the belly with the knife and there was a tall tree with a treehouse where we debated climving to safety.
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Something happened thatr I clearly forget, but the monster ended up becoming friends with the children, and my dream turned into The Monster Squad.
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DR vixmom, your hair is so long I did not recognize you at first. I think we all hate to hear our own voices - at least I do - but you have a lovely voice with a gentle regional accent.
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TOD
The Bishop's Wife
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Good morning, friends.
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Happy Labor Day.
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I don't remember the relative release dates of The Stephen Schwartz Album versus the London Cast Recording of The Baker's Wife, but the London cast recording had the slower intro to "Meadowlark." And yes, it is a bummer not getting arrangement credits.
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TWO!!
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I liked your reading very much, DR Vixmom!
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:)
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DR vixmom, your hair is so long I did not recognize you at first. I think we all hate to hear our own voices - at least I do - but you have a lovely voice with a gentle regional accent.
Thank you dear Elmore…and yes, I haven’t had a hair cut since February of 2020…
I’m curious to see how long my hair can get
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I liked your reading very much, DR Vixmom!
Thank you Singdaw
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Thank you for the poster, that was very helpful
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BK that seems very wrong about you not getting credit for your arrangement
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Well, I finished filling out the application. All I had to do was changer AJ Clarke Real Estate Corp. to AJ Clarke and it went through. The problem is, I signed and agreed to a lot of things I still do not know what the fat hell they mean!
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Good news, DR elmore3003.
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Good news, DR elmore3003.
I hope so. It's for NYC assistance.
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Good morning, all.
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ToD:
Wings of Desire
The Bishop’s Wife
It’s a Wonderful Life
Heaven Can Wait
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HA! Congrats to MR BK on finding Cassie.
Reading in the notes about the borrowed/stolen arrangements is most infuriating to be sure.
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I loved DR VIXMOM's video!
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Tonight we are having a Family Night in which members of the cast can invite family members to watch the show and take photos.
Tomorrow night is our official opening night - the first performance of TEN!
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Good morning, all.
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A lot to ketchup on here.
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The new pianist sounds like a winner.
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Sounds like vixmom is almost ready for prime time!
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Agree about how raggedy the band sounds on the original West Side Story.
What a watershed event that score was then.
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I, too, subscribe to the mono Trouble in Tahiti as being the "right" one. I discovered the piece while still at school, or perhaps just after getting out of school, not sure.
(I wonder if I bought the vocal score from Patelson's or at de Keyser Music in Hollywood, because that would sure tell me. Damn it to hell. I like to remember those things.)
Anyhoo, I *think* that might have still been the only recording then. Either that, or I chose it because I knew of Beverly Wolff. I do know that a couple of others I've heard have lacked that special something.
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Three different cheeses?
I'm not a bleu cheese eater, but good cheese combinations can be wonderful. I always first and foremost remember a favorite breakfast sandwich that I believe had three. And if you haven't had a good four-(or more)-cheese macaroni, you haven't lived.
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Good news, DR elmore3003.
I hope so. It's for NYC assistance.
Vibes for success with this, DR Elmore!
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In my mind, I've always linked Trouble in Tahiti with Ned Rorem's Four Dialogues. They seem kind of cut from the same cloth. And both are delightfully wonderful.
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Vixmom -- you watched a Harold Lloyd short and liked it? And you hadn't seen any of his stuff before now? If I'm reading that correctly, you have some wonderful watching ahead of you.
I got into Harold Lloyd just a few years ago, when I got the opportunity to play a new score for The Freshman in a small professional orchestra. It was a one-time public showing and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Part of the thrill was getting to know the movie, which is a favorite now, and the Criterion edition is the only way to go. Lloyd was one of the best.
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From Jennifer:
In Quebec 80% of those 12 and over are fully vaccinated. But as of Sept 1st those who are not are no longer allowed to go to bars, restaurants, gyms, food courts... And I love it. So happy that those people now have to stay home.
That's great. Hopefully it will help reduce the number of covid patients in the hospitals.
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I just read a story of identical twin brothers, one had J&J, the other nothing. One had a fever for three days while the other died in the hospital :(
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That was the lake that the trail goes around. Here's some kind of flying bug that neither of us had seen before:
It's a dragonfly.
Probably a widow skimmer.
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Good morning.
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From John:
I went to Mass today with Laurie. There was a small kid in the back near us screaming, “I don’t want to stay here. I want to go home now!”
How do you even deal with that in a way that the kid doesn't have his behavior rewarded, yet not continue to disturb everyone else-lol
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DR George I enjoyed your photos.
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DR John I look forward to see your photos of the elk and buffaloes grazing.
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DR Vixmom I enjoyed seeing you live :)
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I, too, subscribe to the mono Trouble in Tahiti as being the "right" one. I discovered the piece while still at school, or perhaps just after getting out of school, not sure.
(I wonder if I bought the vocal score from Patelson's or at de Keyser Music in Hollywood, because that would sure tell me. Damn it to hell. I like to remember those things.)
Anyhoo, I *think* that might have still been the only recording then. Either that, or I chose it because I knew of Beverly Wolff. I do know that a couple of others I've heard have lacked that special something.
I also discovered (and fell in love with) Trouble in Tahiti in college. I've since gotten a couple (few?) other recordings. And I've also found a few videos of modern productions that were released on YouTube.
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Three different cheeses?
I'm not a bleu cheese eater, but good cheese combinations can be wonderful. I always first and foremost remember a favorite breakfast sandwich that I believe had three. And if you haven't had a good four-(or more)-cheese macaroni, you haven't lived.
I don't love bleu cheese, but adding the extra cheese from my friend's burger made it all quite tasty.
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Do not attempt to go to Costco today.
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It isn't open ;D
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Vixmom -- you watched a Harold Lloyd short and liked it? And you hadn't seen any of his stuff before now? If I'm reading that correctly, you have some wonderful watching ahead of you.
I got into Harold Lloyd just a few years ago, when I got the opportunity to play a new score for The Freshman in a small professional orchestra. It was a one-time public showing and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Part of the thrill was getting to know the movie, which is a favorite now, and the Criterion edition is the only way to go. Lloyd was one of the best.
Back in May, I ushered for the silent film series at the Washington Center, and they showed two Harold Lloyd films, Speedy and High and Dizzy. Both were really good and very enjoyable!
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I just read a story of identical twin brothers, one had J&J, the other nothing. One had a fever for three days while the other died in the hospital :(
That's terrible.
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I spent the last hour organizing cat food so I now have ready about 3.5 months of meals. That's a releif.
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That was the lake that the trail goes around. Here's some kind of flying bug that neither of us had seen before:
It's a dragonfly.
Probably a widow skimmer.
Thanks, Laura!
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DR George I enjoyed your photos.
Thanks, Jane.
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Do not attempt to go to Costco today.
It isn't open ;D
Yup!
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Vixmom -- you watched a Harold Lloyd short and liked it? And you hadn't seen any of his stuff before now? If I'm reading that correctly, you have some wonderful watching ahead of you.
I got into Harold Lloyd just a few years ago, when I got the opportunity to play a new score for The Freshman in a small professional orchestra. It was a one-time public showing and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Part of the thrill was getting to know the movie, which is a favorite now, and the Criterion edition is the only way to go. Lloyd was one of the best.
Amen.
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I didn't report on my dream, at least the one I remember. It was one of the most outrageous Not Being Prepared For a Performance ones yet. I was playing this show, apparently it was just me on piano, and Act 2 of my score was missing. I got the director to print another copy, but as I looked through my binder, I found all of these scraps of paper and post-its with notes as to what still had to be rehearsed. Then I remembered I had barely even played some of these songs at all, and I wondered if I could look them over in the 30 minutes left before curtain. It became more hopeless with every passing moment, and it took a good minute or more upon awakening to realize that it had been a dream and I could let the relief flood over me.
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DR Elmore — the live recording on YouTube of Boy Meets Boy is hard to listen to, sound quality wise, and rather hideous in its use of what sounds like a bad first generation synth keyboards, that I find it difficult to give it a fair shake. But your opinion of the show and score are warning enough that I feel I should steer us clear of it... all in spite of what a good guy Bill Solly must be, and that's too bad.
Another show being suggested for this slot is Dames at Sea. This is for the 2022 holiday period, but the theater doesn't require a holiday themed show, just something fun or festive and not requiring a large cast.
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Do not attempt to go to Costco today.
It isn't open ;D
Yup!
Now you tell me ;)
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I'm up, I'm up - almost ten hours of needed sleep.
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DR Elmore — the live recording on YouTube of Boy Meets Boy is hard to listen to, sound quality wise, and rather hideous in its use of what sounds like a bad first generation synth keyboards, that I find it difficult to give it a fair shake. But your opinion of the show and score are warning enough that I feel I should steer us clear of it... all in spite of what a good guy Bill Solly must be, and that's too bad.
Another show being suggested for this slot is Dames at Sea. This is for the 2022 holiday period, but the theater doesn't require a holiday themed show, just something fun or festive and not requiring a large cast.
Dames At Sea is a better show than Boy Meets Boy but I foind the photos of the original off-Broadway production just a bit too intentionally trashy. I disliked the last inflated Broadway production, which I thought missed the attempt to make six performers seem like 600. i hope the production can capture the campy feel of a 1930s film. Is the TV production on YouTube?
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It is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZerUBE-_eg
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What's not to love, it's such a wholesome story: "Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, and boy gets boy in the end."
And Mildred from New Brunswick leans over to her friend and says, "you see, I told you, they're gay." This is the same Mildred who leaned over to her friend at "The Heiress" and said "you see, I told you, she's an heiress." :)
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Great photos, George.
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Good evening!
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TOD: It's a Wonderful Life
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Do not attempt to go to Costco today.
I was surprised that the Pharmacy at Walgreens was closed today too.
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Nice photos, DR George!
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Do not attempt to go to Costco today.
I was surprised that the Pharmacy at Walgreens was closed today too.
:o
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It is a good thing I picked up my prescription the other day as the Fred Meyer pharmacy is also closed.
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The gym was rather busy today (so glad I had on my FN94 mask) which is why we left early and went to Costco instead.
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We were not the only ones in the parking lot at Costco. A good number of cars did exactly what we did, pulled into the parking lot and circled back out.
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We then went to Best Buy to make an exchange.
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Last stop was at Fred Meyer before returning home.
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Such an exciting day ;D
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We went out to see a couple of the bridges of Madison County today.
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Great ride in the country. Beautiful day.
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Most places are closed on Mondays and they made no exceptions for the Labor Day holiday.
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It’s sundown here, so Rosh Hashana blessings for all.
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We went out to see a couple of the bridges of Madison County today.
Nice.
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It’s sundown here, so Rosh Hashana blessings for all.
Thank you.
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Tonight I watched all the episodes of Outside the Box, both seasons, then went back and watched them all with the commentaries.
Most enjoyable. And hilarious.
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'night
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Halloween charcuterie?
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Good night, friends.
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:)
Halloween charcuterie?
It’s more of a cheese, fruit and cookie board. I’ll take it.
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What’s everybody else having?
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Theater historian and writer Andy Propst has passed away - very young he was. He was a really nice guy.
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What's not to love, it's such a wholesome story: "Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, and boy gets boy in the end."
And Mildred from New Brunswick leans over to her friend and says, "you see, I told you, they're gay." This is the same Mildred who leaned over to her friend at "The Heiress" and said "you see, I told you, she's an heiress." :)
:))
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Great photos, George.
Thanks, John.
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Nice photos, DR George!
Thanks, Kevin.
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:)
Halloween charcuterie?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6613.0;attach=12778)
Wow! That's pretty cool.
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Margo and I saw Free Guy, and we both liked it. It's similar in style to Ready Player One, but the main characters aren't both players of the game. Guy in Free Guy is actually part of the game (not much of a spoiler...you find that our fairly soon in the movie).
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Then we ordered some Red Robin and ate that at Margo's place, then I came home, and here I am. :)
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I loved DR VIXMOM's video!
Thank you
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Vixmom -- you watched a Harold Lloyd short and liked it? And you hadn't seen any of his stuff before now? If I'm reading that correctly, you have some wonderful watching ahead of you.
I got into Harold Lloyd just a few years ago, when I got the opportunity to play a new score for The Freshman in a small professional orchestra. It was a one-time public showing and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Part of the thrill was getting to know the movie, which is a favorite now, and the Criterion edition is the only way to go. Lloyd was one of the best.
I’ve only ever seen small clips of his work, the one with the click tower usually
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DR Vixmom I enjoyed seeing you live :)
Thank you!
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I was invited to be a background person in a music video for some little band
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With Vixdad’s encouragement I joined in
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We shot in the East Village, lower Manhattan
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I could have been mom if not grandmother to everyone else
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It was an experience
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Then I went to dinner at a vegan Mexican place with a friend
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Good night, all.
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Most places are closed on Mondays and they made no exceptions for the Labor Day holiday.
Do you mean on other Monday holidays, or do you mean all Mondays?
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Michael K Williams died today at age 54. The saddest part is that he was still using heroin at age 54.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo has also died.
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I’m sorry.
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I am really tired tonight.
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Good night.
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I just woke up from an impromptu nap. ::)
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It doesn't help that I have a bit of a headache, too. :P
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I was wondering why people were posting about Belmondo. I really liked him and most of his films, especially That Man from Rio - perhaps I'll watch it again.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Where have all the hansies gone? And the flowers?
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I gotta tell you.
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New notes are up. I know this because I just posted them.
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There can be no denying that the new notes are up because they're up.