Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on December 31, 2022, 12:06:44 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes bid a fond farewell to 2022 and a welcoming welcome to 2023, and now it is time for you to post until the 2023 cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ALACRITY!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Welcome 601 GUESTS! I kid you not. What the HELL is that about?
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That is frightening.
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Got me thinking about steaks.
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Welcome 609 GUESTS. Did the Mormon Tabernacle Choir arrive? The Mitch Miller Singers?
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That Gay Men's Chorus?
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The Randy Vicar and the 609 GUESTS.
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611 GUESTS. I feel that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.
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Spencer steaks are the West Coast term for boneless rib-eye on the East Coast.
Also known as Delmonico over here.
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Fish sticks, baby. We're talkin' about fish sticks.
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And, yes, lamb chops and steak sandwiches are still very popular, at least in New York.
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620 GUESTS!
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Just read up on best frozen fish sticks and the consensus is Gorton's.
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Fish sticks bring to mind the wonderful fish and chips they sell in England.
But I suppose that’s quite different.
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Late here.
See y’all tomorrow night for the big New Year’s Eve HHW partay!
🎶 🎉 🍾 🥂 💃 🕺
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Good morning, friends.
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I don't know from fish sticks.
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What is it, fish?
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(someone had to say it)
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(and someone did say it)
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Squirrel!
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Cranberries
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Underpants
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Hope DR vixmom is doing better today.
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Thanks for updating us last night.
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I can't believe you did a 4-hour closing yesterday.
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That's dedication.
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They are lucky to have you.
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TWO has made its entrance.
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Just in time.
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For dancing.
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On the head of a pin.
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Random ramblings.
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On the last day of 2022.
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Only 73 Guests.
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A far cry from 620.
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But still nothing to sneeze at.
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~~~2023 MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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But if one happened today, we wouldn't send it away.
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We're generous like that.
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We are, in fact, overflowing with bonhomie.
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That, and fish sticks.
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Fish sticks with a dash of paprika.
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Because, you know. Paprika.
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I shall eat fish sticks whilst listening to Florence Price's Symphony No. 1.
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Because I can.
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Or at least, I could.
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If I bought some fish sticks.
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But I wouldn't want to eat them without a tub of tartar sauce.
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Close at hand.
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I have to hand it to you.
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And, speaking of hands-
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~~~CONTINUING RECOVERY VIBES~~~ for the hand of DR John G.!!!!!!!!!!!
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And also-
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~~~HAND PAIN BEGONE VIBES~~~ for the inimitable DR TCB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How's that for a fine frenzy?
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Not as good as a fine romance,
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Or a fine wine,
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But, nonetheless (that's one word), a fine PAGE THREE.
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I won't dance; don't ask me.
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Good morning, all!
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I got to sleep at some point after 11:00, after about two hours of lying in bed wondering why I wasn't sleepy. It wasn't the cats, it was the damned heat! After sitting last weekend on 12-32 degrees F, temperatures are now in the 50s and it's too damned hot in the apartment.
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So, I slept in an extra hour this morning, and to my complete surprise, all three cats let me.
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Today I must assemble laundry for tomorrow morning, tidy up a bit, and get to work on the three Dear World scores sitting on my work table.
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DR vixmom, I am so sorry about your current state of health. I hope the muscle relaxers and pain meds work swiftly for you. Have you checked that nothing was broken or seriously injured in your fall?
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Last night, BK mentioned both waffles and chicken fricassee.
Here's a chicken and waffle casserole recipe, combining the two in one:
https://www.plainchicken.com/chicken-waffles-casserole/
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Madness on Broadway!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disruptive-Audience-Member-is-Escorted-Out-of-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-20221228?fbclid=IwAR0Y4nEIsCSq3urJy3ERJPE2Cl6iGrH9CIklJJFYClFonVDosxGR_clZNlc
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That is crazy.
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People can't behave in public anymore.
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I call this one "frozen spaghetti on top of Mt. Washington."
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Good morning, all.
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New Year’s Eve greetings! It’s drizzly and warm here in SW Ohio.
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Yikes. This phone is not behaving well with posting this morning, so I shall be back on some other device.
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;)
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Good morning.
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I'm feeling pretty much back to normal today, except for some sinus stuff.
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Vixmom, I'm glad you got something for your back. Sleep well this weekend.
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What is it fish sticks?
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I have never had a lamb chop.
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The year is dwindling away.....and that's okay!
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Back.
I think my iPhone 7+ from 2017 is starting to get tired, at least when trying to navigate and post on a browser. Too many things are taking too much effort, such as locating a cursor, pinching to zoom in or out, etc.
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Some great food mentions last night.
I have indeed thought about fish sticks these past few years, and yes, Gorton is the big brand name in my stores for all frozen fish and shrimp things. We like their popcorn shrimp and I did try some fish filets a couple of years ago and really liked them. I thought they were awfully small, so a package of them was practically a "serving" for the likes of me, but they were good. I'll be happy to pick up their fish sticks sometime soon.
As might have been the case with most of us, fish sticks meant Fridays in the elementary schools, and perhaps beyond. We dutifully ate them, and also for some of us, that was our "seafood". I don't even remember when I first had a bite of anything else seafood-wise, but it was definitely after leaving home for school. My dad got into various seafood items when we lived in Florida, but to her dying day, my mother wouldn't go near anything except breaded fried shrimp. Maybe shrimp cocktail, not sure now.
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Good morning, all!
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Happy New Year’s Eve!
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What else was mentioned? Spencer steak. I hadn't heard that name in years. If it's boneless ribeye, BRING IT ON. Hell, bring it on anyway, whatever it is.
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I know I have had fish sticks, mostly without paprika, but I am hazy on the details. I do like fried fish. Tempura fish are kinda like Japanese fish sticks.
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I’m having hot pot at 11:30 am, so I have to hold off on eating for a while.
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Onward!
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I'm "assuming" steak sandwiches are still a thing, but I'll bet they aren't quite the thing they were in the mid-late 20th century.
I had a great one on an early-1970s trip to NYC, at the famous Brasserie just off Park Avenue. That was a wonderful place, and I treasure my couple of memories of it. When I moved here in 1989, I went to see if it was still there, and -- if I'm not mixing up the memories -- it was, then, and I had a meal there, but it didn't seem quite the same. I remember that when it finally closed, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Four!
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You’re right, ChasSmith. Steak sandwiches aren’t what they used to be.
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Yes, fried seafood is a fine thing, DR John G., but especially as a treat in places like Coney Island and other northeastern beach towns and amusement areas along the New Jersey or New England coasts.
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Now Spencer is Delmonico ….
https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/spencer-steak
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Yes, fried seafood is a fine thing, DR John G., but especially as a treat in places like Coney Island and other northeastern beach towns and amusement areas along the New Jersey or New England coasts.
Fried clams!
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Off to try taking a shower.
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Just checked back -- BK also mentioned Costco fish sticks. Maybe that's what I should try, because a lot of their brands (Kirkland or whatever) of various and sundry things are of better quality than the brands at the supermarkets. And there will certainly be a price benefit.
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Now Spencer is Delmonico ….
https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/spencer-steak
Oh my god, do I want that. Right now.
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Tonight we are doing our zoom thing (actually, I'm not sure Kristi uses zoom for these, might be something else) with the small group of friends who have been the usual suspects at our New Year's Eve gatherings over the past ten years or more. It went to being online with the pandemic in 2020, we kept it that way last year, and we decided to do it once more this time. For one thing, the new outbreaks are just ridiculous this season, and for another, we simply aren't ready, energy wise, to host anything at the house. Maybe next year we'll get that energy back, and feel better about doing it.
Anyhoo, I'll be checking in here off and on as well.
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Steak sandwiches aren’t what they used to be.
Nor am I.
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And he would have gotten away with it, darn it, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.
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We had
whore hoar frost overnight.
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Freezing fog.
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The hand survived the shower, and now will the noses of anyone who comes near me.
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As opposed to frozen Foghorn Leghorn.
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I'm sure you feel better now, DR John G.
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I just saw a recipe for an avocado cilantro crema that makes me want to run to the grocery store immediately.
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Watching a powerful 1930 movie called David Golder. It’s a French film from France about a businessman in poor health. His despicable family want to bleed him dry. For an early talkie the sound is excellent, including a beach scene that predates From Here to Eternity.
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I finally remembered to look up chicken fricassee. Yes, I'd enjoying trying that. Might have had it as a kid, but I don't remember.
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Here's another:
Is Waldorf salad still a thing? It was a common thing when I was a young kid, we'd even have it at home, but I don't know when I last saw or heard of it anywhere.
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Glad to hear you are feeling better, DR Laura.
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Hoping to hear the same from DR vixmom
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I haven't seen Waldorf salad on menus in a long while. It used to be ubiquitous.
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DR Singdaw, nice memories of baking with your mother.
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From DR George:
They were all born in 1929! Amazing, isn't it?
That is amazing.
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Fish sticks are a food that has always made me gag.
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Maybe they wouldn't make me gag anymore but I do not plan on finding out.
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I'm feeling pretty much back to normal today, except for some sinus stuff.
Still not fun but I am glad you are almost normal.
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I have never had a lamb chop.
Wow. I ate them all the time growing up. I much preferred them to steak.
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Even though lamb was one of my favorite foods cute little lambs were the first animal I stopped eating.
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Back.
I think my iPhone 7+ from 2017 is starting to get tired, at least when trying to navigate and post on a browser. Too many things are taking too much effort, such as locating a cursor, pinching to zoom in or out, etc.
Time to do research and decide witch phone you want to buy next.
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Tonight we are doing our zoom thing (actually, I'm not sure Kristi uses zoom for these, might be something else) with the small group of friends who have been the usual suspects at our New Year's Eve gatherings over the past ten years or more. It went to being online with the pandemic in 2020, we kept it that way last year, and we decided to do it once more this time. For one thing, the new outbreaks are just ridiculous this season, and for another, we simply aren't ready, energy wise, to host anything at the house. Maybe next year we'll get that energy back, and feel better about doing it.
Anyhoo, I'll be checking in here off and on as well.
Have fun.
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Here's another:
Is Waldorf salad still a thing? It was a common thing when I was a young kid, we'd even have it at home, but I don't know when I last saw or heard of it anywhere.
Maybe at potlucks ;)
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The other thing was Bell Burgers.
Don't remember hearing about those, but I'd try one, too. Anything like that, like Sloppy Joes -- great comfort food sandwiches.
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I finished proofing another number from Dear World, "I Don't Want to Know." Next up: "I Never Said I Love You." I really love this score, except for the title song.
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I cannot wait to get to the Tea Party sequence.
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Thatch helped me a bit. But he mostly lay on the score and wanted to be petted and to play with my office supplies.
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And I found my cane.
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~~~2023 MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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And I found my cane.
Great news, Larry!
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DR Elmore, what has to be done with the Dear World scores? Just proofing and correcting the existing materials? Is some reconstruction going to be necessary?
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And I found my cane.
The guilty party stealthily put it back while you were preoccupied with something else!
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I know how these things work.
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Madness on Broadway!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disruptive-Audience-Member-is-Escorted-Out-of-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-20221228?fbclid=IwAR0Y4nEIsCSq3urJy3ERJPE2Cl6iGrH9CIklJJFYClFonVDosxGR_clZNlc
Yikes! :o
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I call this one "frozen spaghetti on top of Mt. Washington."
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16019)
;D
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;)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16021)
:))
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And he would have gotten away with it, darn it, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16022)
That's funny!
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I cannot wait to get to the Tea Party sequence.
I love that number!
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Wordle 560 3/6
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I like "I Don't Want to Know."
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The original cast recording of La Cage aux Folles doesn't appear to be available on any streaming service. Isn't that weird? Dear World certainly is.
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Funny new quote, DR Laura.
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I would like to live in your world.
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Yes, fried seafood is a fine thing, DR John G., but especially as a treat in places like Coney Island and other northeastern beach towns and amusement areas along the New Jersey or New England coasts.
Fried clams!
The best fried clams I’ve ever tasted were at a beach snack bar somewhere near Ocean Grove, NJ.
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What if it was someone's first day at the McCormick's factory and they printed 5,000 labels that said:
Papirka.
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Good afternoon!
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Wordle: 5/6
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Happy New Year's Eve!
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One more...
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Page 6!
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DR Elmore, what has to be done with the Dear World scores? Just proofing and correcting the existing materials? Is some reconstruction going to be necessary?
I can't go into detail for several reasons, but the show went through so many changes in the pre-Broadway tryout and various post-Broadway attempts to fix it that I don't really know what's going on with the Encores! decisions. Joshie is creating new scores from the original Phil Lang orchestra scores, and, as he creates the new scores, I am proofing what he has already copied. For instance, on Wednesday, at City Center, I proofread a number cut in Boston "Through the Bottom of the Glass" that is now back in the show.
Incidentally, in Boston, "Through the Bottom of the Glass" was replaced by this number before it too was cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMavkCrkMk
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I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of lovely sleep.
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I'll mosey on over to the mail place in thirty minutes, then figure out food.
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Welcome 269 GUESTS! Is this tourist season?
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I like "I Don't Want to Know."
"Me: "Would you eat turnips?"
Daughter" "I would eat them with alacrity."
Random Stranger in the Grocery Store: "Are turnips good with alacrity?"
:))
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Chinese hot pot was quite wonderful. I ate so much I had to sleep.
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I think turnips and parsnips both are good with alacrity.
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Starting up Wuthering Heights from the early 1970s. Forgot Michel Legrand had written the score.
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Here is the Bell Burger - .25.
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I am doing nothing with alacrity
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281 GUESTS!
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Vixdad has been taking good care of me
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He made tea and went out for egg sandwiches
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Then he took my van to BJs to get all 4 tires replaced
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I bought them online before Christmas
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And made an appointment for today, also before Christmad
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It was impossible for me to keep the appointment in my condition
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I had a fitful night
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Glad to see you posting, Vixmom.
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Well, whadda ya know...A World Famous Character Is Now In The Public Domain (https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/world-famous-character-public-domain.html)
Sherlock Holmes will effectively enter the public domain in 2023.
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What if it was someone's first day at the McCormick's factory and they printed 5,000 labels that said:
Papirka.
;D
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And then I came across this article:
Disney to lose rights to Mickey Mouse as the character enters public domain. But there's a caveat (https://www-wionews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-disney-to-lose-rights-to-mickey-mouse-as-the-character-enters-public-domain-but-theres-a-caveat-547569/amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16725234707077&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wionews.com%2Fentertainment%2Fhollywood%2Fnews-disney-to-lose-rights-to-mickey-mouse-as-the-character-enters-public-domain-but-theres-a-caveat-547569)
Disney, which is also called the House of Mouse due to the character, may lose the rights to the character. But that reportedly includes just the `Steamboat Willie` version of the character.
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He made tea and went out for egg sandwiches
That's dedication! It's quite a trek from your place to DR ChasSmith's.
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And finally:
Here’s What’s Entering the Public Domain on January 1 (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-top-ten-works-entering-the-public-domain-2023-180981370/)
The latest additions are a rich trove of books, films, songs and other works from 1927
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Going to try this one-handed later.
https://dinnerthendessert.com/cranberry-bread/
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And finally:
Here’s What’s Entering the Public Domain on January 1 (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-top-ten-works-entering-the-public-domain-2023-180981370/)
The latest additions are a rich trove of books, films, songs and other works from 1927
Fascinating list. I wonder if copies of the movies will appear in cheap versions. I know that An English-language version of Proust is ready to appear in the U.S., and I expect all manner of Hesse translations will now appear.
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This Wuthering Heights is good, even if feels like what we now think of as the Masterpiece Theater style. A very young Timothy Dalton is very effective.
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Why are we still on this page?
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Let’s move on…
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Seven!
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Well, whadda ya know...A World Famous Character Is Now In The Public Domain (https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/world-famous-character-public-domain.html)
Sherlock Holmes will effectively enter the public domain in 2023.
I am not sure this is a good thing.
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And then I came across this article:
Disney to lose rights to Mickey Mouse as the character enters public domain. But there's a caveat (https://www-wionews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-disney-to-lose-rights-to-mickey-mouse-as-the-character-enters-public-domain-but-theres-a-caveat-547569/amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16725234707077&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wionews.com%2Fentertainment%2Fhollywood%2Fnews-disney-to-lose-rights-to-mickey-mouse-as-the-character-enters-public-domain-but-theres-a-caveat-547569)
Disney, which is also called the House of Mouse due to the character, may lose the rights to the character. But that reportedly includes just the `Steamboat Willie` version of the character.
LOL it said that in the article you posted about Holmes.
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Hello, 74 guests!
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Sending out the most positive light I can muster for a wonderful 2023.
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(https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/new-years-wishes-adventures-fortunes.jpg)
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Back from picking up the two important envelopes.
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Just ordered food. Figured that I'd have a nice meal to close out 2022 - grilled chicken pasta from Stanley's.
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Should be here in about twenty minutes or so.
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I'll probably make the tuna pasta salad in a while so I don't have to deal with it tomorrow.
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No bread today.
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None.
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Wow, about to cross 121,000 postings.
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Going to try this one-handed later.
https://dinnerthendessert.com/cranberry-bread/
Looks good.
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Who knew.
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And there it is.
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My New Year's resolution is to reduce the foods I eat that raise my glucose levels. I want to get my A1c lower than it is.
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That means no cranberry bread from DR John :(
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BK -
Finding that song was my attempt to help a friend - not someone terribly close, but a good guy - who is playing in a production of Oh, Kay! sometime next year. I don't know when or where, but it would be in Connecticut, and I have to wonder if they're attempting to re-insert the song since they can't get it through Concord. Which of course brings up the question of permission.
He doesn't know I went looking for it, so I don't have to share if you don't want it shared. If I did, I'd never say where it came from, but it's up to you. I appreciate having it, myself.
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Proof, which is NOT in the pudding.
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No bread today.
I did have a couple of crackers, but no bread.
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Congrats Bruce.
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Proof, which is NOT in the pudding.
What the...?
Didn't we just do this??? :D
(Must have been a different thousand.)
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ChasSmith, of course share it.
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Will do, and thanks!
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Can't wait for our partay.
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I'll dress festively.
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I am wearing the fez.
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Is the fez hi-rez?
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Can page eight be close?
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Is it raining here?
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Yes. And page eight has made its entrance.
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I don't think it's been announced here yet, but Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-benedict-xvi-has-died-at-the-age-of-95/ar-AA15PRXO?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=aeef9cf619da4b359724a44353d2179c).
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Proof, which is NOT in the pudding.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16029)
Congrats, BK!
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The hi-rez fez is worn to all birthdays and New Year's celebrations. The ones in this house, that is.
Just because... why not?
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Why not indeed?
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Heartwarming story about the cops wanting to find a man to thank him for breaking into a school and saving lives during the NY storm.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cops-man-broke-n-y-192406958.html
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He made tea and went out for egg sandwiches
That's dedication! It's quite a trek from your place to DR ChasSmith's.
He said I deserved the best and no one makes an egg sandwich like DR Chas
He also got me a really nice cane, not sure where he found that
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Hello, 74 guests!
Proof, which is NOT in the pudding.
WOW!! Congratulations BK!!
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DR Vixmom is the cane helping? You are lucky you didn't hit your head.
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Food was very good. In a bit, I'll make the tuna pasta salad, I suppose.
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I suppose I will.
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Congrats to MR BK on the new millstone.
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I am not yet in the public domain.....but I guess I will be in 2045.
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I would not enjoy beets even with alacrity & paprika.
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Feeling better vibes for DR VIXMOM.
Congrats on the new tires.....now if only DR GEORGE could get his window fixed....
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Good evening.
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It's supposed to rain here tonight or tomorrow.
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I am not looking forward to the fireworks tonight.
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I am not looking forward to the fireworks tonight.
I hope you get rain.
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Last night I finished reading my last book for the year, Anton Chekhov's "The Duel". I marked on Goodreads that I read it.
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Goodreads responded with their typical email with suggestions of other books I might want to read......
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Along with a link to get updates on the author.
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I read that as FROM the author ;D
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I am not looking forward to the fireworks tonight.
Are they organized at all or just local idiots shooting them off?
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Feeling better vibes for DR VIXMOM.
Congrats on the new tires.....now if only DR GEORGE could get his window fixed....
THURSDAY! It's GOING to be fixed on Thursday!! :D
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Paprika - let us never forget.
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Making the tuna pasta salad, then I may take the free seven-day trial for HBO-Max and watch as much as I can and then cancel.
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And now, I'm off to my sister's. We're going to order food from a local joint, then watch a documentary on Nancy Pelosi...and definitely be home by midnight!
Until later!
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I believe page nine should be somewhere close.
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I believe it but I also believe gaslighting is going on.
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See?
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Page nine has made its flashy entrance.
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It was flashy and trashy.
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Another painful post-season game for Michigan.
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Almost forgot
Wordle 560 3/6
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Local idiots are setting off fireworks. And they have already started.
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Another painful post-season game for Michigan.
I saw. My brother was complaining, then a friend texted that they might catch up and win.
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Local idiots are setting off fireworks. And they have already started.
Sigh.
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DR Laura I hope you don't also have people shooting guns.
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In Ashland, in the country, we could hear guns as well as fireworks the first few years.
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I nicely asked the older couple that backed up to us, that did own guns, if they were shooting them. Nope, it was the idiots a bit of a distance away from them, and yes they called them idiots. I smiled and said I didn't think it was you.
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It was surprising how far the sound carried.
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I never know if they are fireworks or gunshots.
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Yes, expecting fireworks here, too.
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All right, let's start this here Bash in about an hour - let's have a full house for the East Coast countdown and then for the West Coast count down.
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Tuna pasta salad is made and chilling in the refrigerator.
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I have not decided on a motion picture.
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Have you?
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I haven't.
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Put on your festive clothing.
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Take photographs and post them.
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Post photos of boxes of cereal.
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And sausage links.
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But whatever you do, do NOT sit there like so much fish, twiddling your thumbs or other body parts.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Hopefully getting into their festive clothing.
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And while we're on the subject...
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I feel page ten is just around the river bend.
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I feel page ten is standing on the corner watching all the posts go by.
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I feel page ten is a page turner.
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Page ten has made its festive entrance.
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And now, we'll wait for the arrival of the partygoers.
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Welcome, 168 GUESTS.
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It's going to be a Hap Hap Happy New Year's Bash around these here parts.
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All right, let's start this here Bash in about an hour - let's have a full house for the East Coast countdown and then for the West Coast count down.
Have fun.
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I will be gone before the bash begins.
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Keith is popping corn for our celebration.
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My deepest sympathies, Ginny!
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Every year
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We are, in fact, overflowing with bonhomie.
Isn't that toilet cleaner?
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My deepest sympathies, Ginny!
:)
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Every year
;D
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'night
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Madness on Broadway!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disruptive-Audience-Member-is-Escorted-Out-of-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-20221228?fbclid=IwAR0Y4nEIsCSq3urJy3ERJPE2Cl6iGrH9CIklJJFYClFonVDosxGR_clZNlc
I heard it was Patti LuPone.
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My deepest sympathies, Ginny!
There’s always next year, DR TCB…
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I just saw a recipe for an avocado cilantro crema that makes me want to run to the grocery store immediately.
Leave out the cilantro. It tastes like soap.
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Here's another:
Is Waldorf salad still a thing? It was a common thing when I was a young kid, we'd even have it at home, but I don't know when I last saw or heard of it anywhere.
My mom used to make it.
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I haven't seen Waldorf salad on menus in a long while. It used to be ubiquitous.
No, I believe it was fruit.
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Congratulations, BK, on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!
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Congratulations on your soon-to-be-fixed car, DR George!
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Did DR elmore3003 share where the errant and truant cane was finally found?
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Probably in the last place he looked.
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I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go.
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I've got festive fish sticks strung around my body with twine.
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Have you ever seen a festive fish stick?
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It's all the rage.
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EVERYONE'S doing it.
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I am au courant.
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I am with it.
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I am on page ELEVEN.
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And this party's just getting started.
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Alas, I will be asleep when the balls drop.
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I would not enjoy beets even with alacrity & paprika.
I love beets! Pickled and regular beets.
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I don't think it's been announced here yet, but Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-benedict-xvi-has-died-at-the-age-of-95/ar-AA15PRXO?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=aeef9cf619da4b359724a44353d2179c).
Rather sad. Pope Benedict XVI death has kind of kicked Barbara Walters death off the front page.
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I like things with alacrity.
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I am not always alacritricious, myself.
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To coin a phrase.
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You may throw pennies.
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When is your surgery, DR TCB - January, right?
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It can't come soon enough.
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And they're no longer requiring the Covid test, right?
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Wow. How can it be only an hour and a half before our balls drop?
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"The New Year" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1910)
What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of the year.
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That kind of captures everything.
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Has anyone ever attempted creme brulee at home?
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I kind of like the idea of sporting a blowtorch.
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Albeit a small one.
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The only thing that’s keeping me awake until midnight is the second college football championship semifinal. I don’t like either team.
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I would not enjoy beets even with alacrity & paprika.
I love beets! Pickled and regular beets.
I like pickled beets with cottage cheese.
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Hello, everyone.
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I'm joining the partay a bit early because I didn't sleep well and am not sure how long I'll last.
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Gone before the Bash begins, says dear reader Jane. Why I oughta...
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I would have been here by seven, but I fell asleep.
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Glad to hear from Vixmom and know that she's home, albeit miserable. Vibes the misery dissipates quickly.
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Indeed!
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I just took the HBO Max subscription - I may keep it and get rid of Netflix, because it includes TCM.
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I just might.
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vibes to all who are aching oe coughing or whatever.
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I've chosen a movie - Old.
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I have HBO Max, and didn't realize that it includes TCM!
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From this year.
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Twelve.
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Indeed, wishing EVERYONE a much, much, much, much BETTER 2023 than 2022!
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Page 12 has made its lovely entrance.
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It is pouring rain here.
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Page thirteen is waiting in the wings.
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As am I.
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I thought it never rained in California.
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One hour and fifteen minutes until the East Coast drops their balls.
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It's POURING.
-
But it pours.
-
I love the sound of it.
-
And the sound of it loves me.
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Man, it pours.
-
Perhaps that will put the kibosh on some of the illegal fireworks.
-
I wonder if I'll eat a snack or not.
-
I was quite impressed with the list of accomplishments that several DRs posted. Truly remarkable.
-
I just wonder.
-
The suspense is killing me.
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Yes, hopefully the rain, should it continue, will stop those idiots with fireworks.
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Jeanne is here.
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I don't think there's any question about THAT.
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I am festively dressed in sleeping shorts and shirt.
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Which is probably why I fell asleep.
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I thought Old was a good choice given my new age.
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I just took the HBO Max subscription - I may keep it and get rid of Netflix, because it includes TCM.
I didn't know that. I've been looking for a streaming source for old movies and was planning to sign up for HBO anyway in order to watch s2 of HACKS.
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Why should we keep page thirteen waiting.
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We shouldn't.
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"The New Year" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1910)
What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of the year.
Very nice.
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Sign up for HBO Max, which includes regular HBO and quite a few other things and get the week free trial.
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Page thirteen has made its ritzy entrance.
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Having re-watched White Christmas last week, tonight we re-watched Holiday Inn. Neither of which I had watched in many many years.
-
Page fourteen is waiting in the wings.
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As am I.
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I much preferred White Christmas.
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Back in a few momentous moments.
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While Holiday Inn has some great dancing, the blackface is problematic, obviously, and there is just an underlying meanness to the story line which I found off-putting.
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One more hour here.
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One more hour
That's almost a song from Les Miz.
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Thanks to BK, I just discovered a whole HOST of "hubs" on HBO Max that I didn't even realize existed there.
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Perhaps that will put the kibosh on some of the illegal fireworks.
Let us hope.
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We watched a funny program on PBS (Passport) called "How to Talk Minnesotan."
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clothing report:
old, baggy jeans
black t-shirt
black Berber fleece pullover
black socks
warm slippers
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Well, funny if you live there, I guess.
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Now isn't that exciting?
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That sounds comfortable, DR Jeanne.
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And warm.
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Our apartment is always warm, so I've got on just a t-shirt and gym shorts.
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I am a veritable fashion plate.
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We watched a funny program on PBS (Passport) called "How to Talk Minnesotan."
Do we need to watch it in order to understand your posts? Or for you to understand ours?
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And speaking of plates - where's the smorgasbord?
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I hope not, DR Jeanne. :)
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Although sometimes I wish reality came with close-captioning.
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Our apartment is always warm, so I've got on just a t-shirt and gym shorts.
My apartment is quite drafty. No insulation and a large picture window. Which looks out to the building next door.
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Or caps-closioning.
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Although sometimes I wish reality came with close-captioning.
;D ;D
That would be convenient.
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My apartment is quite drafty.
Understandable why a mal- or non-functioning heating system would be distressing.
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Good thing you have that portable space heater.
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One more.
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Rain has stopped for the time being.
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Fourteen.
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Page fourteen has made its spiffy entrance.
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Listen to the rain on the roof.
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I don't do New Year's resolutions myself, but I'd be interested to hear if others have any.
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I think I'll shave now so I don't have to deal with it tomorrow.
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Why not?
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I contemplate - don't do actual resolutions, just think about what I can do to be better.
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I don't either, DR Jeanne.
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I'm not sure I succeed at being better, but I do occasionally give it the old college try.
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I hate shaving, and I put it off far too long, and then it is a big ordeal.
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I'm hoping the rain comes back to put a damper on the fireworks.
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It's been four days since I last shaved.
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But since I don't really go out, there is not much incentive to do so.
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Back in a momentous moment.
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Just heard today about another family who went to Hawaii for vacation and all returned home with Covid. I'm sure they'd all been vacinated, but don't know if they are mask-wearers.
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Apparently Dorothy Parker wrote to Robert Benchley on December 31, 1929:
Come right over here and explain why they are having another year.
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It's been four days since I last shaved.
Really??
I have never seen BK with facial hair and can't even picture it.
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Apparently Dorothy Parker wrote to Robert Benchley on December 31, 1929:
Come right over here and explain why they are having another year.
;D
I've always enjoyed Dorothy Parker.
1929 was a pretty horrid year.
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Yes. We have it good by comparison, I think.
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Fifteen?
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Nope. Still bad at counting.
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Math is hard.
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And I haven't even been drinking.
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The barrage of emails trying to sell me stuff and seeking year-end donations seems to have abated in the past half hour.
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But I am sure it is only a temporary reprieve.
-
Nevertheless, I approve reprieves.
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Probationally.
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I've been watching s5 of THE GOOD FIGHT. I do enjoy that show. This season has a lot of black humor, very clever black humor.
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I am sure that I'll find some great things to watch on TCM in 2023.
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I've been meaning to return to that one, DR Jeanne. But I can't remember where I left off. Some years back, now.
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Finally fifteen.
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The barrage of emails trying to sell me stuff and seeking year-end donations seems to have abated in the past half hour.
It's quite sickening. Many good causes and many people working hard to support their causes, but the barrage of emails! I used to find daily emails excessive, but now I often receive multiple emails from the same source in one day. Enough, already!
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For sure.
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I should use "unsubscribe" more than I do.
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If that even works.
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I've been meaning to return to that one, DR Jeanne. But I can't remember where I left off. Some years back, now.
You could read the episode summaries on Amazon. But that show is worth rewatching, IMO.
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Local idiots are setting off fireworks. And they have already started.
I'm still at my sister's and so far, we've heard one loud boom...so far.
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If that even works.
It doesn't always.
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I'm still at my sister's and so far, we've heard one loud boom...so far.
And what about the fireworks? 8)
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We just finished the Nancy Pelosi documentary on HBO Max and it was really good.
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I feel for all the poor animals that are traumatized by the sound of fireworks.
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Hi, George.
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It was filmed by her daughter over many years.
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We started the Groucho Marx documentary on PBS, thanks to BK's recommendation.
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I'm still at my sister's and so far, we've heard one loud boom...so far.
And what about the fireworks? 8)
Haven't heard anything else. Fireworks are illegal within Tumwater city limits...but they do happen. :P
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I don't think I've ever really seen any of the classic Marx Brothers films.
-
I feel for all the poor animals that are traumatized by the sound of fireworks.
Yes. Some humans I know jump out of their seats.
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Hi, George.
Hello, Jeanne.
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I know, I know.
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And hello, Singdaw.
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But I have acquired a box set recently, so I can do something about it.
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Hello, DR George.
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And DR TCB.
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I don't think I've ever really seen any of the classic Marx Brothers films.
Sing, you must correct your cinematic literacy.
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Congratulations on your soon-to-be-fixed car, DR George!
Thanks, Singdaw!
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I have many pop culture gaps. I know I have missed a lot.
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Not sure what I was doing all those years.
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Hi, TCB.
How are you doing.
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One more.
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Sixteen.
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Not sure what I was doing all those years.
My guess would be earning a living and doing laundry.
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Goodreads responded with their typical email with suggestions of other books I might want to read......
Notes from beyond the grave? I liked the beginning of The Duel, but it went on far too long.
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I think I've gone about as fer as I can go.
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I've never been a night owl.
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Hello, John G.
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I've never been a night owl.
You did well then.
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Has anyone ever attempted creme brulee at home?
I had some store bought pre-made ones where you add the sugar from the packet, and then you could use a regular lighter to melt the sugar. It actually was pretty good.
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Here's another:
Is Waldorf salad still a thing? It was a common thing when I was a young kid, we'd even have it at home, but I don't know when I last saw or heard of it anywhere.
My mom used to make it.
I’ve seen all kinds of variations lately, and they sound dreadful. With additions like curry powder and cauliflower.
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A regular lighter - as in a cigarette lighter?
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Hello, John G.
Hello right back at you. I’m finally home.
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I just want to end 2022 on a high note and then give it a rest.
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A regular lighter - as in a cigarette lighter?
We had a hand-sized propane torch. Worked well. But who wants all that sugar?
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I just took the HBO Max subscription - I may keep it and get rid of Netflix, because it includes TCM.
Before you do, here's one of many articles about changes to HBO Max:
What’s Going On With HBO Max? Why ‘And Just Like That’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ Could Be in Danger (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/hbo-max-undergoing-changes-after-merger-what-to-know/amp/)
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I've never been a night owl.
Are you a day owl?
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Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
-
Rain has returned and so have i.
-
Shaved.
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I'm going to open the front door and look at the rain.
-
I won't complain.
-
Are you a day owl?
Whoooooooo? Me?
-
Yep, it's coming down pretty good.
-
I'm going to open the front door and look at the rain.
And invite Elijah in?
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This is a fun Bash.
-
That's a different holiday, I think.
-
I hear it's a real nice day for a clam bake.
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Welcome 210 GUESTS!
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My, the pages are flying by.
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Like a gazelle peeling carrots.
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One more.
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Seventeen, going on eighteen.
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Hi, TCB.
How are you doing.
I have been better, but……. Niece to see you Jeanne!
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13 minutes until next year
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Oops I mean 12
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Then I am going to bed
-
Balls ready to drop?
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Twelve minutes to East Coast New Years.
-
Steve has adjusted it to its firmest setting for me
-
Yesterday I slept in the chair
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Eleven minutes to East Coast New Years.
-
I have HBO Max, and didn't realize that it includes TCM!
I didn't know that!
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Well, sorta
-
While Holiday Inn has some great dancing, the blackface is problematic, obviously, and there is just an underlying meanness to the story line which I found off-putting.
And I’m the exact opposite. I find the color of White Christmas too garish, especially the minstrel number. And the finale is a monument of bad taste. I love Vera Ellen. Rosemary Clooney is very good. The rest feels tired and third rate.
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It was not a very restful sleep
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Ten minutes to East Coast New Year.
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Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
They’re fairly similar.
-
We’ve been watching the Columbo marathon all night
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Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
They’re fairly similar.
-
DR vixmom is ready to play The
Man Woman in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone.
-
Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
They’re fairly similar.
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
-
DR vixmom is ready to play The Man Woman in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone.
I have been planted here for most of the last 30 hours or so
-
I've got the "drowsy" part down.
-
That, I can do.
-
Doin' what comes naturally.
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I don't think I've ever really seen any of the classic Marx Brothers films.
!!!!!!!!
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Since I'm up, I guess I could switch on CNN and see the ball drop.
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A regular lighter - as in a cigarette lighter?
Yes. I had one of those long ones, so I didn't have to get my hand too close, but it's otherwise just a regular lighter...not a high temp torch.
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Six minutes to East Coast New Years.
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Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
They’re fairly similar.
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
They’re fairly similar.
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
No oil in hot pot, just water, which makes a broth.
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All the years I lived so close to Times Square, I was never brave enough to see it in person.
-
I just want to end 2022 on a high note and then give it a rest.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16033)
;D
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Five minutes to East Coast New Years.
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Is there a distinction between hotpot and fondue?
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
They’re fairly similar.
I thought hotpot was oil and fondue cheese or chocolate
Fondue can be oil, too. For cooking the meat.
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Don’t know what I did there.
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PAGE EIGHTEEN DANCE!!
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Page eighteen has made its dressy entrance.
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Four minutes to East Coast New Years.
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This is exciting as all get out.
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And I think we all know just how exciting all get out is.
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Festive, that's what this jernt is.
-
I danced a little earlier. My splints were not conducive to much, especially under arm turns.
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Three minutes to East Coast New Years.
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Don’t know what I did there.
Welcome to my life.
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I Danced in My Splints - that's the title of my next novel.
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The Randy Vicar and the Shin Splints.
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Two minutes to East Coast New Years.
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Ring dem bells.
-
I haven't had any snacks. Yet.
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I haven't.
-
One minute to East Coast New Years.
-
Here we go.
-
Balls be dropping, baby.
-
What, did everyone take a hike suddenly?
-
HAPPY EAST COAST NEW YEARS!!!
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Hsppy New Year!
-
And now we wait for the midnight hour for the West Coast New Year.
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May 2023 be everything good.
-
We all could use a year like that.
-
May we all be here, healthy and happy, one year from now.
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Happy New Year, East Coasters!
-
I wonder if we'll achieve 500 postings - haven't done THAT in quite some time.
-
Happy New Year!
-
Page nineteen has made its shiny entrance.
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Oh, look. A new page.
-
I wholeheartedly concur with BK's positive vibes wishes.
-
What am I talking about? We're well over 500 postings. We're probably going to reach six hundred postings.
-
Cranberry bread is in the oven. I added walnuts.
-
What's 600 among friends?
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I Danced in My Splints - that's the title of my next novel.
Well, it could be. ;D
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I'll check out your recipe, DR John G.
-
When I baked that with my mother, it felt like it had about 30 ingredients.
-
Back in a momentous moment.
-
Heathcliff has just joined Catherine in death. Happily after ever after?
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Let's keep going - up, up, and away in our beautiful balloon.
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Welcome 193 GUESTS!
-
Guess a few of our East Coasters couldn't stay up until midnight.
-
Got some more Buster Keaton shorts playing. Still watching the early ones with Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.
-
Heathcliff has just joined Catherine in death. Happily after ever after?
The cat?
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;D
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I want to laugh out the old year.
-
Lots of fireworks here now, but they sound like professional ones.
-
The crowds in Times Square - at least, the ones they are showing on CNN - seem pretty sedate.
-
Heathcliff has just joined Catherine in death. Happily after ever after?
The cat?
Yes. Exactly.
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Happy New Year, everyone,
And may it be truly happy.
-
I want to laugh out the old year.
HA! in its face, I say. HA!
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HA! backward is AH!
-
The crowds in Times Square - at least, the ones they are showing on CNN - seem pretty sedate.
I imagine it's a smaller crowd, but what do I know?
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HA! backward is AH!
Ah ha!
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In case you were wondering.
-
This page still?
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
🎉 🎆. 🍾. 💃 🕺 🥂 🎶
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Welcome to DR Chaz.
-
Ah ha!
;D
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Twenty!
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And DR Iris.
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Happy New Year, DR DR Iris
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
G
🎉 🎆. 🍾. 💃 🕺 🥂 🎶
Love the irises.
-
Is there an echo in here?
-
<tap tap tap> Is this thing on?
-
<tap tap tap> Is this thing on?
;D
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I was hoping to last at least until 600, but I think I may soon be down for the count.
-
But there are lots of DRs here.
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And many hands make light work.
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Even if DR John G. has one hand tied behind his back.
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Thank you, all.
Wishing everyone here at HHW a wonderful 2023. ❤️
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I was hoping to last at least until 600, but I think I may soon be down for the count.
Me, too.
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And DR TCB's hands are problematic.
-
Nevertheless (that's one word), we soldier on.
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Same to you, DR Iris -- and all of you
Good night.
-
Walking into the headwinds.
-
Staving off adversity.
-
Spitting in the face of fate.
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"See" you all in 2023!
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Just realized that I had a bottle of chilled sparkling apple juice that I neglected to open.
-
Well, tomorrow will do.
-
Closing in on 600.
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We can do it.
-
Yes, we can.
-
They won't stop us.
-
As we climb, inexhorably.
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600!
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PAGE TWENTY-ONE!
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Remember when it was a big deal that you had to get used to writing the new year instead of the old? I guess that was in school and for maybe a few years after that, because... who writes anything now?
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Good friends, I bid you all good night.
-
And have a pleasant tomorrow.
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Good night, Singdaw. Happy New Year!
-
What, did everyone take a hike suddenly?
A drive. I'm now home...and for the duration.
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600!
Amazing!!
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And a Very Happy New Year to the east coasters!!
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Thank you, all.
Wishing everyone here at HHW a wonderful 2023. ❤️
And to you, too, Iris!!
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Remember when it was a big deal that you had to get used to writing the new year instead of the old? I guess that was in school and for maybe a few years after that, because... who writes anything now?
I know! But I still have to type the year, and that always take some adjusting.
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First look.
-
The crowds in Times Square - at least, the ones they are showing on CNN - seem pretty sedate.
I imagine it's a smaller crowd, but what do I know?
They were expecting a million people in Times Square.
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We're twenty-one.
-
Still raining pretty good.
-
I think I'll write the notes now or the bulk of them and get that out of the way. I'll do my usual contemplation thing in about an hour or so.
-
I’ve got my 12 grapes ready for midnight.
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14 minutes to go.
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Wrote the opening of the notes, but can't really write more until we're closer to midnight.
-
I shall return in a momentous moment.
-
I do believe I've been informed that page twenty-two is waiting in the wings.
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As am I.
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We are close, I think.
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Within spitting distance.
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Not that we're spitting because that would be unseemly.
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And we mustn't be unseemly.
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I do believe we're even closer.
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Closer than close.
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How close are we?
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This close, baby.
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Um, Gaslighting 101 in all its glory.
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Page twenty-two has made its fashionable entrance.
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Nouveau Riche moonshiners have captured Fatty and are forcing him to live in luxury.
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First look.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7097.0;attach=16035)
Very nice, John!
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Nouveau Riche moonshiners have captured Fatty and are forcing him to live in luxury.
Don't you hate it when that happens?
;)
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One minute!
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Happy New Year!
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I have eaten my grapes.
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In Good Night, Nurse, Fatty pays a visit to the No Hope Sanitarium.
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The fireworks are truly outrageous this year. I went out for 10 minutes and they going off in every direction around the house. Some very beautiful. They’re still going on.
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If the air weren’t so full of deadly to me cedar pollen, I’d still be out there.
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A lull.
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Fatty just had his drag pulled off him and now he’s entered in a race for men weighing more than 200 pounds.
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I will now shower 2022 off me and do my contemplation, then return for the big balls dropping. Still raining and raining pretty hard.
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A lull is correct!
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We need more west coasters. Plus, John, of course.
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John is ready to close up shop.
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I will have to catch up tomorrow.
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Good night, all.
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John is ready to close up shop.
But the night is young, and so are you!
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And Happy New Year!
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John is ready to close up shop.
But the night is young, and so are you!
Ha!
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Shower is done.
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Contemplation is done.
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Has George fallen down a rabbit hole?
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What a Bash this has been, but in fifty-five minutes we all must drop our West Coast balls and truly welcome in 2023.
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Has George fallen down a rabbit hole?
No...I've been chatting with friends.
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WE'RE the friends you should be chatting with.
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The haineshisway.com family of friends.
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But what an incredible Bash we've had.
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Seventeen minutes to the West Coast Happy New Year!
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Page 23 has made its entrance, which is appropriate and fun - page 23 in 2023.
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Welcome 260 GUESTS. They're havin' a HELL of a Bash here at haineshisway.com
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Page 23 has made its entrance, which is appropriate and fun - page 23 in 2023.
Cool!
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Six minutes to the West Coast New Year!
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Champagne sip is at the ready.
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New notes are at the ready.
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Ready is at the ready.
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One minute to the West Coast New Year!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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The rain stopped so naturally morons are setting off fireworks.
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George missed Happy New Year???
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Why I oughta...
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've read them. They were so 2023.
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Welcome 271 GUESTS!
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George missed Happy New Year???
No, I didn't!! I captured this:
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:D