Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 31, 2023, 12:33:05 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written on the final day of May, and now it is time for you to post until the May Day cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ENTHRALL!
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Notes ransacked. Devoured.
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I'm enjoying Benjamin's A Tale of Two Cities opera.
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Good morning, friends.
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Thanks for the suggestion, DR Jrand72! I'm on it.
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Like white on rice, as they sometimes say.
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~~~ENVELOPE VIBES~~~ for the likes of BK!!!!!!!
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Where the deer and the
antelope envelope play...
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Good morning, all!
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I was up at 5:00 this morning, and, happily, my body is not yet reacting to the outrage.
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I have several things to accomplish before Access-a-Ride picks me up.
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This morning I see Dr Wong about the last cataract surgery, which was, I am sorry to say, a dud. My vision in that eye is about the same as it was before the surgery. I am not happy about it.
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Following that appointment, AAR will take me to Staples, where I will scan three more ballet numbers.
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Good morning, all.
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I'm up and not quite at 'em for a rehearsal at 9:50 in the morn'.
Coffee!
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I can't believe it's the end of May. I simply can't.
But wait. I guess I can, when I stop and think about my last three months.
This can mean only one thing:
Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day for Leslie Uggams.
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;D
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I am very sorry to hear that the second cataract surgery was unsuccessful, Elmore
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Envelope vibes for BK
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Pain free vibes for John
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Access A Ride goes smoothly vibes for Elmore
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Ack just remembered my “fuel light” came on just as I pulled into the driveway
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Must quickly Wordle then get petrol before work
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Good morning, all.
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Not enough sleep.
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Wordle and Phoodle 3
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I also need to go to the gasoline emporium.....maybe around 10 a.m. or so when it is not so crowded.
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I have a scratch off ticket worth $10 - that I paid $5 for - so I will use that for part of the purchase.
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Our Open House article has hit the local media....so hopefully we will have a few folks dropping by on Sunday.
Friday night is "FIRST FRIDAY" in Greencastle and the GREASE cast is going to perform a number on the town square....the purpose is to sell some tickets at the Sunday Open House.....I hope it doesn't cause folks to turn in their season tickets.
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Page Two.
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The evening's sleep was adequate but less than stellar. There are two reasons for that:
1. I used my CPAP last night for the first time in a week or so. Around 3:30 a.m., I removed said CPAP because I was congested on one side and was struggling with the bivalve. When I removed it, my sinuses made themselves known to be very congested and unhappy. So, a day before my allergist appointment, I get to doctor myself. Hopefully, things will clear up by the evening.
2. When I got up to deal with my CPAP removal, etc., I realized my stomach was not only gurgling, but it felt like something inside me was moving around. By the time I got back into bed, it was 34 minutes later and I was much lighter. It was a good thing but happened at an odd time.
All right, the bodily functions post is over.
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Happy last day of May.
I am still wondering where February went.
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I have no wispy memory of any kind of dreams overnight.
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Today is a low-key day for me.
I had intended to sleep in today but, since the fates had other plans for me, I may find myself napping off and on.
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it felt like something inside me was moving around
Wasn't there a movie about that?
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Let me know how it works for you DR singdaw.
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Vibes for DR RON PULLIAM.
You ain't got time for feeling bad.
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:)
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
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DR Ron Pulliam, did you ever see or have any involvement with this student film by Jim Whaley?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1TDyBN3jM&pp=ygUaamltIHdoYWxleSBjaW5lbWEgc2hvd2Nhc2U%3D
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Jrand72, congrats on your winning ticket!
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
Congratulations!
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Thank you DR IRIS and DR JOHN G....I feel like a millionaire!
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Thank you Singdaw.
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From DR Ron:
I had to get on my knees at the cemetery last year before Christmas. Big mistake. I waited for several folks to depart before putting on the getting up exhibition. It would have been quite memorable a sight.
Keith has an embarrassing video of me trying getting up. I had to yell at a friend to stop trying to help. People kindly want to pull me up by my bad shoulder. If my shoulder worked I could push myself up.
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Until I hurt my knee I didn't need my arms to get up and down on the floor as my legs did just fine without them.
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Congratulations, DR Jrand72!
I've never won more than $4 from a scratch-off.
Maybe my time... is coming! Hope springs eternal, say what?
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So, since the cable guy will be rooting around in corners of the house that are usually unseen, and therefore somewhat unseemly, today starts the cleanup of those areas. It's about time, anyway.
Not like every inch of the jernt shouldn't always be presentable, right? Even the hard to reach and usually ignored places?
Oy!
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This goes for the basement as well, since they always go down to test all of the connections. In that case, we mainly have to ensure there's a clear and safe path from the stairs to that corner.
Oy! Again.
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Let me know how it works for you DR singdaw.
QuickI took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
: Give me six numbers between 1 and 65.
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Until I hurt my knee I didn't need my arms to get up and down on the floor as my legs did just fine without them.
I discovered in early December of my 40th year (circa 1988) that I was having a bit of trouble getting up. I was packing Christmas presents for shipping home, as I had always done when in service, and the floor was the best place to have everything spread out.
It was my first clue that I was 40 and things would likely go down for me.
I had always had the ability to spring up without effort.
Now at 74, I likely wouldn't be able to get up unless I had something to pull myself up with. I managed at that cemetery, but I had to get myself into a pretty awkward stance to do it.
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DR Ron Pulliam, did you ever see or have any involvement with this student film by Jim Whaley?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1TDyBN3jM&pp=ygUaamltIHdoYWxleSBjaW5lbWEgc2hvd2Nhc2U%3D
I was not involved, but I have seen it and was regaled by Jim about it over a phone call. He was quite excited by it, but later decided filmmaking just wasn't his forte.
Dexter was played by Cliff Carson, only son of NFL defensive coach Bud Carson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Carson#:~:text=Leon%20H.%20%22%20Bud%20%22%20Carson%20%28April%2028%2C,Football%20League%20%28NFL%29%2C%20mostly%20as%20a%20defensive%20coordinator.
Cliff started acting as a kid, appearing as "Oliver!" on the Atlanta stage opposite Vincent Price playing Fagin.
I met Cliff once when he was a young man, but he had little to say to me. Years after Jim passed, I communicated with him and we began a telephone correspondence that deteriorated after too many calls with him ranting about people I didn't know who treated him ill. A bit of alcohol was behind those rants, which could go for a couple of hours. I finally asked him not to call when he was drinking. He never called again.
He has a web site where he features his art. https://cliffcarson.com/
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Bruce, congrats on selling out.
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Ron, we are really going to miss DR TCB when we see George.
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Thanks Jrand, it will just be George and me.
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Ron, we are really going to miss DR TCB when we see George.
Do a toast for all of us to his memory during your meal.
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This day keeps rolling on.
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And I am rolling with it...just keeping up.
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it felt like something inside me was moving around
Wasn't there a movie about that?
Was there? I wasn't eating spaghetti. So...
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I was thinking of some movie where an alien jumps out of someone's stomach or something.
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Congratulations to DR Jrand72 on #winning.
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Congratulations to BK on selling out. In the good way.
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I was thinking of some movie where an alien jumps out of someone's stomach or something.
The crew of the Nostromo was eating a spaghetti supper after successfully removing an alien that had attached itself to John Hurt's face. While eating said spaghetti, Hurt began having "gastric" issues which culminated in the baby alien bursting from his belly. The movie is "Alien".
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I'm up, i'm up - maybe three and a half hours of sleep.
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Everyone must be elsewhere, except for "1 guest" who remains mute and imperceptible.
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We had a brief shower of rain a few minutes ago.
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DR Jrand72, what great lottery news! I could sure use some of your luck today.
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First, the doctor.
My vision is this: the left eye operated on last October 20/30; the right eye 20/50.
I have a prescription for new glasses,
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Then Staples Copy & Print Dept. where I had three scores of about 44 pages to scan and email to my email address.
There are six copiers that copy/scan/whatever; one had a big "Out of Order" sign on it. I went to the first one; it refused to accept my debit card ad I got a "Technical difficulties" pop-up on the screen.
I went to the next; it accepted my debit card ad scanned one score; I then put the second score in the feeder. It scanned half of the score and stopped. "Technical Difficulties" popped up on the screen. I removed the score and went to another computer. I checked my email on my cell phone: the first scan came through.
The next copier accepted my debit card and the two scores to be scanned were successful. I even got a printed receipt.
I waited to be sure the emails arrived. They never did.
I went to Fatima, the manager, who went to another copier and scanned the two scores again. It is now two and a half hours later and the email has never arrived.
I was billed $19.60 for two scans I have not yet received.
Color me very pissed.
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
Congrats, Jrand!
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From Rodzinski:
Professionals began emptying it today. The house will likely be a tear-down.
I never thought of that, kind of sad.
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From George:
It feels really good. And it's been a long time since I've been on a stage with wings. A lot of us stay just offstage and watch instead of relaxing in our dressing rooms.
I will think of you back there enjoying the show while I watch from up front.
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Nice.
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
Congratulations!
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DR Ron Pulliam, did you ever see or have any involvement with this student film by Jim Whaley?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1TDyBN3jM&pp=ygUaamltIHdoYWxleSBjaW5lbWEgc2hvd2Nhc2U%3D
I was not involved, but I have seen it and was regaled by Jim about it over a phone call. He was quite excited by it, but later decided filmmaking just wasn't his forte.
Dexter was played by Cliff Carson, only son of NFL defensive coach Bud Carson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Carson#:~:text=Leon%20H.%20%22%20Bud%20%22%20Carson%20%28April%2028%2C,Football%20League%20%28NFL%29%2C%20mostly%20as%20a%20defensive%20coordinator.
Cliff started acting as a kid, appearing as "Oliver!" on the Atlanta stage opposite Vincent Price playing Fagin.
I met Cliff once when he was a young man, but he had little to say to me. Years after Jim passed, I communicated with him and we began a telephone correspondence that deteriorated after too many calls with him ranting about people I didn't know who treated him ill. A bit of alcohol was behind those rants, which could go for a couple of hours. I finally asked him not to call when he was drinking. He never called again.
He has a web site where he features his art. https://cliffcarson.com/
That's sad.
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Ron, we are really going to miss DR TCB when we see George.
Do a toast for all of us to his memory during your meal.
I like that idea.
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Good afternoon!
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Wordle: 3/6
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
Congrats!
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Sorry for the frustrations, DR elmore3003.
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DR John G., the NY Times has rated the Tommy Bahama backpack beach chair #1.
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Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam. As I have never seen any of those films, I didn't get your spaghetti reference. Color me informed.
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DR Ron Pulliam, did you ever see or have any involvement with this student film by Jim Whaley?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1TDyBN3jM&pp=ygUaamltIHdoYWxleSBjaW5lbWEgc2hvd2Nhc2U%3D
I was not involved, but I have seen it and was regaled by Jim about it over a phone call. He was quite excited by it, but later decided filmmaking just wasn't his forte.
Dexter was played by Cliff Carson, only son of NFL defensive coach Bud Carson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Carson#:~:text=Leon%20H.%20%22%20Bud%20%22%20Carson%20%28April%2028%2C,Football%20League%20%28NFL%29%2C%20mostly%20as%20a%20defensive%20coordinator.
Cliff started acting as a kid, appearing as "Oliver!" on the Atlanta stage opposite Vincent Price playing Fagin.
I met Cliff once when he was a young man, but he had little to say to me. Years after Jim passed, I communicated with him and we began a telephone correspondence that deteriorated after too many calls with him ranting about people I didn't know who treated him ill. A bit of alcohol was behind those rants, which could go for a couple of hours. I finally asked him not to call when he was drinking. He never called again.
He has a web site where he features his art. https://cliffcarson.com/
Something kinda disturbing about his art.
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We had a brief shower of rain a few minutes ago.
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I shall soon be on my way to rehearsal.
I had kind of a DR ELMORE technology day....the tech director sent me the MOV. file of the interview I did with the GREASE director.
I uploaded it to YOUTUBE and then converted it to MP4 - and it was upside down.
I have spent most of the afternoon figuring out a program that can rotate back to normal....and keep it MP4.....finally got it done.
I need an MP4 in order to use it in a slide show for the GREASE lobby show.
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From DR Ron:
I had to get on my knees at the cemetery last year before Christmas. Big mistake. I waited for several folks to depart before putting on the getting up exhibition. It would have been quite memorable a sight.
Keith has an embarrassing video of me trying getting up. I had to yell at a friend to stop trying to help. People kindly want to pull me up by my bad shoulder. If my shoulder worked I could push myself up.
I used to work with a woman who had lost her leg years ago to cancer, and the few times she fell at work, she'd tell people to let her get up by herself...she had her own way of doing it.
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I learned, and the couple of times that I was around her when she fell, I'd just get near her (but not too near) and tell her to let me know if she needed help. She never did. :)
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PAGE FOUR DANCE!!
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Ron, we are really going to miss DR TCB when we see George.
Definitely. :(
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Thanks Jrand, it will just be George and me.
What? No Keith??
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Ron, we are really going to miss DR TCB when we see George.
Do a toast for all of us to his memory during your meal.
Definitely!
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DR Jrand72:
I don't know if you've kept up with it, but we had just caught up with our DVR'ed episodes and found no new ones coming.
Here's why:
9-1-1 canceled at Fox but moving to ABC for season 7, while 9-1-1: Lone Star scores renewal
https://bit.ly/3OOkiwD
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Then Staples Copy & Print Dept. where I had three scores of about 44 pages to scan and email to my email address.
There are six copiers that copy/scan/whatever; one had a big "Out of Order" sign on it. I went to the first one; it refused to accept my debit card ad I got a "Technical difficulties" pop-up on the screen.
I went to the next; it accepted my debit card ad scanned one score; I then put the second score in the feeder. It scanned half of the score and stopped. "Technical Difficulties" popped up on the screen. I removed the score and went to another computer. I checked my email on my cell phone: the first scan came through.
The next copier accepted my debit card and the two scores to be scanned were successful. I even got a printed receipt.
I waited to be sure the emails arrived. They never did.
I went to Fatima, the manager, who went to another copier and scanned the two scores again. It is now two and a half hours later and the email has never arrived.
I was billed $19.60 for two scans I have not yet received.
Color me very pissed.
Yikes!! That's terrible! >:(
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From George:
It feels really good. And it's been a long time since I've been on a stage with wings. A lot of us stay just offstage and watch instead of relaxing in our dressing rooms.
I will think of you back there enjoying the show while I watch from up front.
Nice!
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Page four seems wrong.
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The page that goes wrong.
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We should already be on page fourteen.
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Two phone calls were fine - morning obnoxious text message wasn't and went without response.
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Picked up two important envelopes, so tomorrow will be some banking to do.
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Stopped at Pizza Wagon of Brooklyn and got three slices of pepperoni and they were very good - eaten at home, of course.
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Now, I am a pizza traditionalist - I don't understand designer pizzas but would have no issue with them if they weren't called pizza.
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Today, someone was eating a slice (couldn't tell what the toppings were but it looked bad) and DUNKING it in what looked to be like ranch dressing. I almost went up to this person to tell him he should turn in his pizza sauce. Do you suppose anyone anywhere ever did such a thing with pizza until recently - and why has it become a thing?
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Red flakes - that's another thing I don't get.
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Today, someone was eating a slice (couldn't tell what the toppings were but it looked bad) and DUNKING it in what looked to be like ranch dressing. I almost went up to this person to tell him he should turn in his pizza sauce. Do you suppose anyone anywhere ever did such a thing with pizza until recently - and why has it become a thing?
I've never seen this, and I hope I don't have to start now.
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I''m reading that the trend began in the 90s but I don't believe that at all. I think it began in the last decade and it's just sickening. But you cannot ever underestimate what people will do. I just can't even imagine the pairing but there it was. And he obviously thought he was a real pizza aficionado because he folded the pizza over, something else I've never done. I know that's a think in NYC forever, but I eat a slice the way it comes to me. Folded over and eaten is too much crust.
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One thing pizza with pepperoni does is make me super thirsty.
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Encores! has announced its next season: Once Upon a Mattress, Titanic,and Jelly's Last Jam, which I detested when I saw it years ago.
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DR John G., the NY Times has rated the Tommy Bahama backpack beach chair #1.
If I can ever sit up again, I will try it
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Encores! has announced its next season:
Yes?
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42nd Street?
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I don't know what I'd think of it now, but back in the '80s and '90s, maybe even a little beyond, a pizza treat for me was having a couple of slices at Sbarro's in a mall. That, in my view during those years, was good pizza. Aside from the taste, I thought it had a unique texture, a little different than other pizzas I'd had. I really do wonder what I'd think of it now.
Actually, I wonder that about the other two chains I frequented back then: Domino's, which I only used for delivery and sometimes getting it free because with where I was living at the time, it would take just over 30 minutes for them to get it to me. I'm probably the reason they had to nuke that program. The other one was Pizza Hut, before they cheaped out and ruined one of the best things they had going for them - the Pepperoni Lover's. I believe it had extra cheese, and an extra layering of pepperoni underneath the top layer. And I thought their pizza was pretty good, anyway. But when I discovered that the Pepperoni Lover's had become just like a regular pepperoni elsewhere, that was the end.
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Cats?
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Merlin?
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Marlowe?
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Into the Light?
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King of Hearts?
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Rachael Lily Rosenbloom?
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Five!
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DR Elmore, I used to live at the copy machines when we had an OfficeMax five minutes from the house. It wasn't uncommon to find one out of the four or five of them out of order, but in my experience it was never worse than that. But that was back when life was simple. They were just copy machines, the internet was young, and scanning and emailing such things wasn't yet a thing.
Your experience sounds like it's turned into a bloody nightmare. I'm glad that the little bit of scanning etc. that I have to do now can be done from my trusty (knock wood) CanoScan flatbed scanner right here on my desk.
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I could be totally wrong, but I've always thought eating pizza folded over might have originally been a NYC street thing. I have no basis for thinking that. It could just as easily be a dumb jock type of thing.
I know people who do it who fit neither description, so go figure. But I don't, and shan't.
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Power went out then came back sort of at half but none at all to all the outlets for the computer or microwave. Hopefully they’ll get it fixed soon
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DR John G., the NY Times has rated the Tommy Bahama backpack beach chair #1.
Cool.
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I learned, and the couple of times that I was around her when she fell, I'd just get near her (but not too near) and tell her to let me know if she needed help. She never did. :)
Wise.
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Thanks Jrand, it will just be George and me.
What? No Keith??
I was referring to HHW people ;D Yes, definitely Keith.
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DR John G., the NY Times has rated the Tommy Bahama backpack beach chair #1.
If I can ever sit up again, I will try it
Awww. vibes it won't be long before you can use it.
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I am on hold to speak to an agent at the Los Angeles international center to ask about my package.
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There was an option to press different numbers for the type of music I wanted. I kept waiting for classical, which never became an option. I was hoping for silence, nope.
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All I know is that what I am listening to is loud and giving me a headache.
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I''m reading that the trend began in the 90s but I don't believe that at all. I think it began in the last decade and it's just sickening. But you cannot ever underestimate what people will do. I just can't even imagine the pairing but there it was. And he obviously thought he was a real pizza aficionado because he folded the pizza over, something else I've never done. I know that's a think in NYC forever, but I eat a slice the way it comes to me. Folded over and eaten is too much crust.
When I was in high school back in the '80s, I used to put goop on my pizza when we had it at school.
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Goop has nothing to do with Gwyneth Paltrow...it's kind of like tartar sauce with a little mustard and (I was told) was invented in the 1940s by the original owners of Eagan's here in the Olympia area.
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It's really good. :)
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Thanks Jrand, it will just be George and me.
What? No Keith??
I was referring to HHW people ;D Yes, definitely Keith.
Whew!
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Guy on the phone is reaching the information.
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Thanks Jrand, it will just be George and me.
What? No Keith??
I was referring to HHW people ;D Yes, definitely Keith.
Whew!
:)
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All I know is that what I am listening to is loud and giving me a headache.
Yikes! That would annoy the heck out of me, too!
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My claim with the Post Office is still "under review."
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I blame Louis DeJoy.
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I would not eat a pizza slice folded.
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No, I would not.
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Nor dipped in ranch dressing.
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I would say the idea is anathema.
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Or, at the very least, from hunger.
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As a certain mother might say.
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I now have a case number. Someone should get back to me in a couple of days.
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I would not, could not, with a ranch.
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Fingers crossed.
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I would not, could not, in a branch.
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SIX
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Good luck, DR Jane.
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I was told my package should have arrived on the 18th.
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Thanks DR Singdaw.
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Damn it to HELL, I'm really feeling that loss of a day this week. Yesterday was totally a "Monday" and today has consistently felt like a "Tuesday". That's dangerous, because what with having a rehearsal today, another tomorrow, and a concert tomorrow night, I don't dare lose track. And then Friday morning I have my regular checkup at the dermatologist, and I can't help but feel there's supposed to be a free day before that. Damn it to HELL.
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Hello, everyone.
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Congrats to Iran’s on his big win!
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That’s what my stupid iPad typed!
I typed: Congrats to jrand on his big win !
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GAWD!
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First, the doctor.
My vision is this: the left eye operated on last October 20/30; the right eye 20/50.
I have a prescription for new glasses,
The cataract was successfully removed, right? But it didn’t’ improve your vision. Any explanation for this?
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DR Ron Pulliam, did you ever see or have any involvement with this student film by Jim Whaley?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1TDyBN3jM&pp=ygUaamltIHdoYWxleSBjaW5lbWEgc2hvd2Nhc2U%3D
I was not involved, but I have seen it and was regaled by Jim about it over a phone call. He was quite excited by it, but later decided filmmaking just wasn't his forte.
Dexter was played by Cliff Carson, only son of NFL defensive coach Bud Carson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Carson#:~:text=Leon%20H.%20%22%20Bud%20%22%20Carson%20%28April%2028%2C,Football%20League%20%28NFL%29%2C%20mostly%20as%20a%20defensive%20coordinator.
Cliff started acting as a kid, appearing as "Oliver!" on the Atlanta stage opposite Vincent Price playing Fagin.
I met Cliff once when he was a young man, but he had little to say to me. Years after Jim passed, I communicated with him and we began a telephone correspondence that deteriorated after too many calls with him ranting about people I didn't know who treated him ill. A bit of alcohol was behind those rants, which could go for a couple of hours. I finally asked him not to call when he was drinking. He never called again.
He has a web site where he features his art. https://cliffcarson.com/
Something kinda disturbing about his art.
Yes, there is. He’s very talented, but I wouldn't’ want his work on my walls.
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Yesterday was Podiatry day. I returned the custom orthotics which I was so unhappy with. I was nice about it, the doctor was nice about it. He will have them remade. But I cannot fathom why they were made with a “speed bump” near the toes. I do not fell confident they’ll do it right this time.
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I’ve been watching “ The Ambassador, “ starring Pauline Collins. I watched the series several years ago and loved it. It’s back on Amazon Prime. Great writing. So glad it’s back.
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Congrats to Iran’s on his big win!
^
^
That’s what my stupid iPad typed!
I typed: Congrats to jrand on his big win !
;D
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Yesterday was Podiatry day. I returned the custom orthotics which I was so unhappy with. I was nice about it, the doctor was nice about it. He will have them remade. But I cannot fathom why they were made with a “speed bump” near the toes. I do not fell confident they’ll do it right this time.
:o
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Jane, does Keith have any restrictions on his activities while he undergoes the procedures?
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TTFN.
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Jane, does Keith have any restrictions on his activities while he undergoes the procedures?
Not that we know of. Of course he will wear a hat when out in the sun.
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https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/folding-pizza-slices-the-case-against-folding-pizza
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Makes sense to me.
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It probably won't matter if you fold mediocre or bad pizza.
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Watching a crazy Nick Cage movie directed by crazy Werner Herzog. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans.
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https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/folding-pizza-slices-the-case-against-folding-pizza
I agree! ;D I don't fold my pizza.
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Encores! has announced its next season: Once Upon a Mattress, Titanic,and Jelly's Last Jam, which I detested when I saw it years ago.
Tom would have wanted to see Titanic.
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The only time I have folded pizza is when the slice is like 8 inches wide.
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Encores! has announced its next season: Once Upon a Mattress, Titanic,and Jelly's Last Jam, which I detested when I saw it years ago.
Tom would have wanted to see Titanic.
Absolutely.
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When I got on the treadmill today I discovered I had left my tablet at home. Oh no, nothing to read.
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I blame it on my new, lightweight, case. I noticed the bag I take to the gym felt light but thought it was due to the lighter case, not that the tablet was completely missing.
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I should have chosen a cover that was brighter. I didn't even notice it sitting on my end table.
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I would have noticed my old tablet.
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I miss the cushioning of the old case, but not the pieces shedding everywhere ;D
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This movie is hilarious. And Jennifer Coolidge just showed up. She’s one of the sane ones.
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Seven.
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Somebody doesn’t like seven.
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I don’t like pain.
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I don’t like cheesecake either.
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I don’t like yogurt.
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I find that you don't like cheesecake strange.
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
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I don’t like doing dishes.
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
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I don’t like doing dishes.
;D
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This is my favorite cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.
https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/menu/cheesecakes-specialty-desserts/30th-anniversary-chocolate-cake-cheesecake
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(https://olo-images-live.imgix.net/6b/6b26f7382f1b4cf0a98d68d4f7a7e14c.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=60&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&h=800&fit=fill&fm=png32&bg=transparent&s=f395ca1c81e467d78bb8837f505ecbf8)
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I don’t like sounding like a Tom T. Hall song in reverse.
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My favorite cheesecake is my Mother's recipe, a sour cream cheesecake.
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
Not entirely.
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Bourbon is naturally sweet. I like it better in a boulevardier.
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Only halfway through the page.
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Any more dislikes?
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
Not entirely.
You treated me to the best one I have ever had. It wasn't too sweet.
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I dislike thinking of dislikes.
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
Not entirely.
You treated me to the best one I have ever had. It wasn't too sweet.
That bar sadly has gone through a half-dozen owners since we were there.
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I need to feed the bird.
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This is my new tablet case.
(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ebf14414-a7a9-4719-bd4c-c42450c2b048.5d05382c8fade45f4d3d0ebd95edb8dd.jpeg?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF)
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It looks a little darker in person.
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Nice.
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What are you reading?
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207 was my old home address.
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Almost eight.
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Onward.
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Eight!
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
Not entirely.
You treated me to the best one I have ever had. It wasn't too sweet.
That bar sadly has gone through a half-dozen owners since we were there.
Wow, that is a lot of owners. Is it still special?
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Finally! Power back. Took ten minutes to get everything reset and up and running.
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So irritating. I took a little nap.
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What are you reading?
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
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207 was my old home address.
LOL, at first I wondered why you said that.
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I don’t like sweet cocktails.
I thought you like an Old Fashioned.
Not entirely.
You treated me to the best one I have ever had. It wasn't too sweet.
That bar sadly has gone through a half-dozen owners since we were there.
Wow, that is a lot of owners. Is it still special?
Haven’t been since before the pandemic.
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What are you reading?
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
I hope you’re enjoying it.
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I’m getting into Virginia Woolf’s first novel, The Voyage Out. I’m surprised that I actually like it.
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Gold derby interview is live: https://www.goldderby.com/feature/bruce-kimmel-sami-writer-director-composer-video-interview-1205442457/
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At least I got another ninety minutes of sleep.
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There was an electrical crew four blocks west of here working on whatever was wrong.
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What I found astonishing was there was not a single thing on Google about it.
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Another great pound cake recipe.
https://combinegoodflavors.com/coconut-pound-cake/
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There’s a water leak up by the street. Water company came by and it wasn’t their fault. I had to pay a plumber today who came by and said that, yes, it is on the city’s side. But are they going to fix it? Not soon.
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What are you reading?
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
I hope you’re enjoying it.
I am. It is clever and funny.
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Sorry you had to pay a plumber for nothing.
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Gold derby interview is live: https://www.goldderby.com/feature/bruce-kimmel-sami-writer-director-composer-video-interview-1205442457/
Very, very nice. I will have to finish watching it tomorrow.
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'night
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As soon as you say, “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that,” pretty soon your kid is up on the roof smoking a cigarette they stole out of your backpack. That’s just the way kids are. The more books that you ban, the more things you tell the child to sneak around looking for. Whereas if, for example, the book wasn’t banned, but it was assigned, that’s when the child might not read it. Children need to read a whole lot of different points of view to understand their own point of view. And as they read all those other points of view, their own ideas about things form themselves.
Jane Smiley
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I could list lots of things I don't like.
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But then would I be a negative Nelly?
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Nonsense!
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DR John G., you keep posting all these tempting recipes.
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You are a temptress.
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A temptress, I tell you.
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But don't stop.
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Temptress, eh? Grrrl, what you talkin’ about?
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Do fish have dreams?
Nick Cage question in this weird movie.
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Onward!
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Nine.
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I don’t think i need to watch a 30-minute extra on the making of this movie.
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Excellent interview!
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Yes. I think I’ll watch that instead.
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it felt like something inside me was moving around
Expecting the patter of little feet?
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Call me what you like DR JEANNE as long as you call me for dinner.
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That's a pretty case DR JANE.
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I'm out of my element.
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Perhaps I'll have to get some more.
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Nice interview from MR BK.....that boy's gonna be somebody someday.
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Thanks for the link, BK.
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I took my $20 bill and my $10 winning scratch off to the gasoline emporium.
I got $25 worth of gasoline - that filled up Dennis the Smart Car. And I bought another $5 scratch off ticket.
And I won $100. That will pay for most of gasoline in June.
Wow! Congratulations!
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We did Act Two twice and I got some new business and ad libs that have been director approved.
He gave me an ad lib and I made any even funnier one....so points for me.
We are using real handcuffs - and it's NO PICNIC.
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Water? Handcuffs? You should be getting combat pay.
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It sounds like the audience of Grease might be entitled, also.
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But there's still time for improvement.
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Just listened to the recording of Anthony Rapp's cabaret program, "Without You."
He tells the whole story of working on Rent from the inside, as well as his mother's health journey. It's quite moving.
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Good night, friends.
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This is my new tablet case.
(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ebf14414-a7a9-4719-bd4c-c42450c2b048.5d05382c8fade45f4d3d0ebd95edb8dd.jpeg?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF)
It could use a touch of purple...
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Today, someone was eating a slice (couldn't tell what the toppings were but it looked bad) and DUNKING it in what looked to be like ranch dressing. I almost went up to this person to tell him he should turn in his pizza sauce. Do you suppose anyone anywhere ever did such a thing with pizza until recently - and why has it become a thing?
That’s ridiculous, everyone knows you dunk in bleu cheese dressing
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Aww, slampaw has said Good Night.
I was going to tell him he inspired me to have spaghetti for supper.
It was indirect inspiration. He probably couldn't care less.
He probably had spaghetti two times last week.
My spaghetti was good, though. And I had two slices of garlic toast.
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We did Act Two twice and I got some new business and ad libs that have been director approved.
He gave me an ad lib and I made any even funnier one....so points for me.
We are using real handcuffs - and it's NO PICNIC.
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I''m reading that the trend began in the 90s but I don't believe that at all. I think it began in the last decade and it's just sickening. But you cannot ever underestimate what people will do. I just can't even imagine the pairing but there it was. And he obviously thought he was a real pizza aficionado because he folded the pizza over, something else I've never done. I know that's a think in NYC forever, but I eat a slice the way it comes to me. Folded over and eaten is too much crust.
Youse gotta fold! Whaddaya do, eat it wit a fork n knife?
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We did Act Two twice and I got some new business and ad libs that have been director approved.
He gave me an ad lib and I made any even funnier one....so points for me.
We are using real handcuffs - and it's NO PICNIC.
Golly, I don't remember them using handcuffs in PICNIC.
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As most of you know, the House overwhelmingly passed the debt ceiling bill.
Now the Senate must have a go at it. There are 100 of them, and they need 60 votes.
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LOL DR RON PULLIAM.
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Your part of the interview was great, BK.
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At your previous post not #264
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The "news prognosticators" think it's a sure thing and are now analyzing how both parties are claiming victory.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene has put out a list of everything Republicans will be doing if the bill passes.
She apparently thinks it's going to give them the powers to do all sorts of things, including cutting Medicare and other programs. Not a prayer in hell any of her "wants" will be entertained, though (says Lawrence O'Donnell).
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At your previous post not #264
I grokked that.
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Page 10
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We did Act Two twice and I got some new business and ad libs that have been director approved.
He gave me an ad lib and I made any even funnier one....so points for me.
We are using real handcuffs - and it's NO PICNIC.
Golly, I don't remember them using handcuffs in PICNIC.
This was Russ Meyer’s Picnic, not Inge’s.
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We did Act Two twice and I got some new business and ad libs that have been director approved.
He gave me an ad lib and I made any even funnier one....so points for me.
We are using real handcuffs - and it's NO PICNIC.
Golly, I don't remember them using handcuffs in PICNIC.
This was Russ Meyer’s Picnic, not Inge’s.
I see...I wish all this revisionism would stop.
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And now I'm thinking back to dialog from a few days ago.
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN....a traffic cop stops Clifton Webb's car....
Cop: Say, are all these your children, or this some kind of picnic?
Webb/Gilbreth: They're all mine, brother, and believe me - it's NO picnic!
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OK I need to see a video , I cannot , for the life of me, visualize how you people are eating your pizza slices
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I have lately been despairing over the possible sanity of some FB posters.
Tonight, I responded to a question on the TCM fan page. The idea was to name an actor who you always see as the same character he or she played in a film, not matter what other film her or she is in.
My response was Jack Nicholson.
One of the self-appointed thread police asked "But for what film?"
I replied: It is his Jack Torrance character in "The Shining" that I see in all his other film characters.
I thought that answered the question, but no...the same person came back and decided he needed to tell me what the question was and to explain to me that it was intended to identify an actor who, no matter what movie he is in, always seems to be playing the same character.
(!@#$%@#) You may imagine what went through my mind. I looked this person up to see if perhaps he might not have English as a first language. And I considered that Jack Nicholson might be his favorite actor and he was simply being argumentative that I had selected Jack. I sought out his response to the question. He had typed "Robert Preston as Harold Hill in 'The Music Man'." Okay, I thought. And what more should I say?
My reply was that I had stated exactly what was required, and that it could not be more clear. Please advise if I need to spell it out for you.
Crickets ensued.
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OK I need to see a video , I cannot , for the life of me, visualize how you people are eating your pizza slices
I have always felt people folded over large slices of pizza to make them more manageable to eat with one hand. I confess I've never seen one dipped.
In Italy, I discovered the joys of perfectly cooked "calzones". Prosciutto and mushrooms were my favorite filling. Even then, I used a knife and fork.
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I see there are five of us logged in plus one invisible/muted guest.
I will leave all of this to you lot...it's bedtime. Have to be up early tomorrow to get ready for my doctor's appointment.
Good night.
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DR RON PULLIAM do you have any photographs of your Italian la dolce vita?
I think you may have posted one or two - but I would like to be see more.
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It seems like Thursday.
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DR Ron, Jack N was the first person who came to my mind when you presented the question.
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On a PICNIC morning, without a warning, I looked at you, and somehow I knew.
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On a day for singing, my heart went winging. A PICNIC grove was our rendezvous.
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Lyric by Steve Allen
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But it was the instrumental version by Morris Stoloff that topped the charts in 1956. Music by George Duning.
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And that’s the way the teddy bears have their PICNIC.
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Also the way you turn 6 guests into 0 guests, apparently.
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Watching a really weird documentary, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. The entire first episode of what I already know will be a way too long six-episode thing, is like watching a real life Orphan movie. I won't finish this tonight.
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And?
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Really?
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I'm not sure.
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And yet.
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Why not?
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I think I'll write some damn notes and get that out of the way. I want to get to bed no later than one. That is a must.
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Meanwhile, where the HELL is page eleven?
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The Curious Case of Page Eleven's Face.
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Perhaps we can race.
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And get there with pace.
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And yet - here we still are.
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Is there gaslighting going on?
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Gaslighting 101.
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See?
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So, what, George is down some damn rabbit hole?
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Not gonna show up?
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Just me?
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I do see Rodzinski so maybe he'll come post and we can get off this damn page. We are poised to break many records here but not if we slow down and partake of damn rabbit holes.
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Not yet.
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Just li'l ol' me.
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Nobody here but us damn chickens.
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Welcome seventy-three GUESTS.
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No one is alone.
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And yet.
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Here I am, doing a damn monologue.
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Rodzinski left.
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So sad to be all alone in the world.
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And George? Missing in action once again.
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It is most unseemly.
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Well, he has thirty minutes to get his butt cheeks back here.
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(https://olo-images-live.imgix.net/6b/6b26f7382f1b4cf0a98d68d4f7a7e14c.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=60&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&h=800&fit=fill&fm=png32&bg=transparent&s=f395ca1c81e467d78bb8837f505ecbf8)
Oh, my! That looks absolutely scrumptious! :D
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And George? Missing in action once again.
But I always show up. :)
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This is my new tablet case.
(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ebf14414-a7a9-4719-bd4c-c42450c2b048.5d05382c8fade45f4d3d0ebd95edb8dd.jpeg?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF)
Very nice, Jane!
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Gold derby interview is live: https://www.goldderby.com/feature/bruce-kimmel-sami-writer-director-composer-video-interview-1205442457/
Great! Can't wait to watch it!
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Another great pound cake recipe.
https://combinegoodflavors.com/coconut-pound-cake/
That' looks good, too.
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Call me what you like DR JEANNE as long as you call me for dinner.
Okay, you're For Dinner.
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;)
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The prodigal George has returned.
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As have I.
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And?
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Let's just get off this damn page.
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Is there gaslighting going on?
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Gaslighting 101.
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See?
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Now, get me off this damn page before I stomp everyone like Godzilla on a rampage.
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I''m reading that the trend began in the 90s but I don't believe that at all. I think it began in the last decade and it's just sickening. But you cannot ever underestimate what people will do. I just can't even imagine the pairing but there it was. And he obviously thought he was a real pizza aficionado because he folded the pizza over, something else I've never done. I know that's a think in NYC forever, but I eat a slice the way it comes to me. Folded over and eaten is too much crust.
Youse gotta fold! Whaddaya do, eat it wit a fork n knife?
All my relatives from Germany who've visited have eaten pizza with knives and forks.
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I'm listening to the great re-recording of the original Godzilla score by Akira Ifukube.
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Sometimes one must eat pizza with a fork if it's simply too hot to handle.
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But dipping in ranch - get outta town.
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And some of the designer pizza stuff is so wacko.
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And?
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What?
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The "news prognosticators" think it's a sure thing and are now analyzing how both parties are claiming victory.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene has put out a list of everything Republicans will be doing if the bill passes.
She apparently thinks it's going to give them the powers to do all sorts of things, including cutting Medicare and other programs. Not a prayer in hell any of her "wants" will be entertained, though (says Lawrence O'Donnell).
I'd heard today that one of the "desserts" that she wants with this is impeachment...anyone, just to impeach someone. ::)
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Did someone say something?
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Was something said?
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And by whom?
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What a dolt! What a maroon!!
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Did whom say something?
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Frankly, whom is a moron.
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And?
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I'm dancing as fast as I can.
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And we'll get to 350 at least.
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Like now.
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But George has gone down a damn rabbit hole.
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Not gonna show up?
I have...I've been ketchuping on today's posts.
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And you will write your Preview Harvey review when exactly?
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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See?
See to shining sea??
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I wrote them.
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And now they can be read.
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Page thirteen.
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Not bad at all!
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Now, get me off this damn page before I stomp everyone like Godzilla on a rampage.
Maybe you can calm yourself down by reading some Godzilla Haiku (https://godzillahaiku.tumblr.com/). ;D
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(https://64.media.tumblr.com/783c6ffd0db8c148b93437df79038b69/tumblr_or6njhhsQW1qbot00o1_540.jpg)
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And some of the designer pizza stuff is so wacko.
Definitely! :o
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And you will write your Preview Harvey review when exactly?
I'll write it soon.