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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:08:43 AM

Title: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:08:43 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes pondered the question of sink or swim, and now it is time for you to post until the sink or swim cows come home.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:09:19 AM
And the word of the day is: SWIM!
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:19:52 AM
~~~Some Lovely and Most Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for BK!!~~~
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:40:23 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 02:42:40 AM
Hello, Singdaw.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 02:43:31 AM
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Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:45:52 AM
Hello, DR George!
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:46:26 AM
~~~CONTINUED MODERN MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for the likes of BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:46:52 AM
And also ~~~WRITING VIBES~~~
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:47:50 AM
I like Falsettos a lot. I couldn't even count the number of times I've listened to that score.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:48:13 AM
And I've seen several productiuns.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:48:40 AM
I know William Finn isn't to everyone's taste, but I love his stuff.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 03:11:41 AM
Notes realized. Feel-ized.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:03:37 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:09:14 AM
I slept well.
I like Falsettos a lot. I couldn't even count the number of times I've listened to that score.

I'm in the minority. I call this show AIDS for Dummies, and I detest its "something bad is happening" approach to a detestable plague that kliled off a large number of friends and colleagues. I hated it when I first saw it and I hated it when I had to sit through it again when my goddaughter Charlotte was in a production about ten years ago.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:29:08 AM
The weekend was a Sweeney Todd festival. On Saturday afternoon I listened to the broadcast of the Theatre du Chatelet production with my friends Rodney Gilfry and Caroline O'Connor as Sweeney and Mrs Lovett. Yesterday I listened to the BBC broadcast of the 1993 National Theatre of Great Britain production, which was broadcast at the end of its run. Curiously, my friend Denis Quilley, who played Sweeney in the original 1980 London production, played the role again in the broadcast, although during the run at the National Theatre he played Judge Turpin.

It was very interesting to hear Jonathan Tunick's fantastic original orchestration played by 46 musicians in Paris one day and then to hear the small (9 musicians) orchestration he wrote for the 1993 production.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:30:35 AM
Denis Quilley also has the distinction of playing Candide in the original 1958 London production of Bernstein's comic operetta.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:31:58 AM
Today my helper Mario returns, and I'm hoping we can finish putting away the books still sitting on the floor and add a few more titles to those Connecticut library cartons.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 04:46:33 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 04:46:56 AM
I somehow got logged out of my account.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 04:48:18 AM
Rodzinski, isn’t the removal of blackberry bushes a plot device in Where Did You Go, Bernadette?
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 04:48:56 AM
I’m so not interested in going to work today.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 06:09:11 AM
On the news this morning: an apartment building not a mile from where I live burned to the ground overnight. Fatalities unknown.

Fireworks were noted in the area just before the fire started.

Also, youths have been arrested for shooting fireworks directly at police cruisers.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 06:31:54 AM
I got rear ended on my way to work. It did nothing to the car. Except for a small scratch.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 06:32:08 AM
But I am shaken.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 06:32:45 AM
Given my propensity for whiplash, I should probably seek out a massage.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:39:23 AM
A gracious good Monday morning.

Here it is, the 10th of July 2023.

And here I am still mentally back in March.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:41:22 AM
I began watching the series "Rome" on Max yesterday.

I have, of course, seen the entire series.

It is quite wonderful to watch it again and rediscover all the wonderful things that are literally crammed into it, physically, visually and intellectually. 

It was very ambitious and much of that ambition was well realized.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:43:41 AM
The house is quiet, the skies are gray and a bit dark at the moment.

Forecast is for showers and thunderstorms.  High is expected to be 78 degrees (of temperature) and the low should be around 67 degrees (of temperature).

Brrrr!

Haven't stuck my head out the door yet, so I am imagining it is a bit humid despite the coolness.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:47:21 AM
Excellent night of sleep.

Dreamed many dreams, one of which remains.

A co-worker has a friend who is in hospital and may die momentarily.  He was on the phone with the friend and the friend was grouchy and hung up before my co-worker could learn more.

So...he asked me to find the man's home phone number so that he could call there.  He said that his former secretary had the number and I could get it from her book.

The only problem I had was that his former secretary hadn't been in the office for more than 30 years, and there was no book I could find.

To make matters worse (as it were), my desk was very well-organized but I couldn't find a phone directory anywhere. 

I was glad to awaken.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:48:32 AM
But I am shaken.

At least you weren't stirred.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 10, 2023, 06:48:44 AM
Oh, Joy!

Page 2.
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Post by: KevinH on July 10, 2023, 06:58:59 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on July 10, 2023, 06:59:16 AM
Wordle:  2/6   Was I surprised!
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Post by: KevinH on July 10, 2023, 06:59:46 AM
BK:  I have also started reading the book and am enjoying it!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 07:31:37 AM
It is Monday.....we are re-recording an interview hoping to improve the audio before it is posted.

Then a dress rehearsal.

Yes DR IRIS - it is supposed to be hysterical - we are working on it.  Hard to tell until we get an audience.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:41:07 AM
On the news this morning: an apartment building not a mile from where I live burned to the ground overnight. Fatalities unknown.

Fireworks were noted in the area just before the fire started.

Also, youths have been arrested for shooting fireworks directly at police cruisers.

This is sad.  So much stupidity.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:41:44 AM
I got rear ended on my way to work. It did nothing to the car. Except for a small scratch.

That's good.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:42:58 AM
Given my propensity for whiplash, I should probably seek out a massage.

I hope you are ok.  I have the same sensitivity and my body can quickly begin to hurt.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:43:26 AM
But I am shaken.

It is upsetting.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:45:11 AM
DR John do you have anything with you to take, even Tylenol, to help relax your muscles?
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:47:25 AM
Bruce, vibes for a Major modern miracle.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 07:48:35 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:53:28 AM
Today is our last full day.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:53:52 AM
We are looking forward to going home tomorrow.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 07:57:11 AM
I really like Catch Me If You Can. After first seeing it, I read the original book by Abagnale and loved getting more into the actual details.

Now, why was I thinking he had died a couple of years ago? I just googled, and he's apparently still alive and well and still consulting on security matters. What an amazing life and career.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 07:58:32 AM
I've never seen, or listened to, the musical. Has anyone here done so?

I've been told that the music is quite good, and probably quite challenging.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 08:01:55 AM
I got rear ended on my way to work. It did nothing to the car. Except for a small scratch.

OMG. 

Can you say "Monday", DR John G.?
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 08:03:17 AM
And it doesn't matter how minor the damage, or if there's no damage, or whatever the case may be...

It is definitely something to shake you up.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 08:06:38 AM
DR Elmore went down a Sweeney Todd rabbit hole!

Isn't it great, just purely indulging in something like that?
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:37:20 AM
Wordle:  2/6   Was I surprised!

You Sondheim fan, you.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 08:55:17 AM
I really like Catch Me If You Can. After first seeing it, I read the original book by Abagnale and loved getting more into the actual details.

Now, why was I thinking he had died a couple of years ago? I just googled, and he's apparently still alive and well and still consulting on security matters. What an amazing life and career.

Thanks for the update on him.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:25:53 AM
I'm up, I'm up - four and a half hours of sleep. Just could not fall back asleep so here I am.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 09:28:54 AM
I've never seen, or listened to, the musical. Has anyone here done so?

I've been told that the music is quite good, and probably quite challenging.

Yes! I liked the CD.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:28:57 AM
ChasSmith, the musical of Catch Me if You Can was one of the worst shows I've ever seen on a B'way stage. The music is exactly what you'd think it would be - big band kind of stuff, cliched. The framing device they used killed any chance of the show working. Kerry Butler had this beyond belief kind of gospel number which made no sense and was ludicrous - I assume she was the Amy Adams character. Loud and obnoxious from start to finish. Aaron Tveitt, who people seem to love, was, I thought charmless in diCaprio's role and Norbert Leo Butz worked hard but Tom Hanks he wasn't.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 09:33:22 AM
Well, I enjoyed the CD.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:34:02 AM
What? Did someone say something?
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:35:58 AM
I've never heard the CD - I only know what I heard and saw in the theater. I found the score to be typical Shaiman - derivative, just like Some Like it Hot sounds. Maybe it's better as a listen, although that Kerry Butler number was from hunger, I thought. I did really like John Williams score in the film. The main title is so quirky and perfect and no one else would have written it like he did.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:50:20 AM
Second to the last treatment done.
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:50:35 AM
Now we are off to the gym.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 10:02:14 AM
Ha!  Two different opinions.  Love it.  I'll give the CD a listen sometime.

And yes, I think John Williams' film score is tops, and absolutely helped to make the movie what it was. In my li'l library of downloaded scores I have a PDF of the main title theme arranged for alto sax and piano, which looks to be tricky and challenging and should maybe be tackled someday.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 10:16:57 AM
I've never seen, or listened to, the musical. Has anyone here done so?

I've been told that the music is quite good, and probably quite challenging.

I like some things about the musical. But the book is odd. Saw it once in a community production that just about bankrupted the company.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:24:30 AM
Feel better vibes for DR JOHN G.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:25:01 AM
Rodzinski, isn’t the removal of blackberry bushes a plot device in Where Did You Go, Bernadette?

I didn’t know of it, but apparently so!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:26:03 AM
I think I watched a couple of videos of numbers from the CMIYC musical.....but I don't remember that they inspired me to buy the CD or see the show.

However that was the movie that first made me realize how TALL Leonardo di Caprio is......there were scenes where he towered over all the other guys....and usually he is pretty even with the other guys in the scenes.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:26:39 AM
Google tells me he is an even 6' tall
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:30:13 AM
I remember seeing Catch Me If You Can on Broadway. Only thing I recall is Tom Wopat. Forgettable show, not the worst I ever saw, which was probably one of the vampire ones or something called BKLYN.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:31:19 AM
Weren’t a great deal of Abagnale’s claims debunked?
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 10:54:40 AM
I’m tired. May I be excused?
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:58:16 AM
Yes. I grant you freedom to nap.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:00:14 AM
You must raise your hand, DR JOHN G.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:00:25 AM
And have a pass from your teacher.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:02:33 AM
I read a very good book last night.

I have posted a review at AMAZON we will see how long it takes for it to show up.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:03:43 AM
I wonder what book you read, JRand. The Randy Vicar and the Bookworm?
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:04:54 AM
The New York Times is eliminating its sports desk.

Wait, wrong audience.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:05:02 AM
Carry on.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:13:19 AM
I think only one television station in this market has a sports department anymore.....and there are no newspapers mostly written/published locally.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:13:43 AM
The New York Times is eliminating its sports desk.

Wait, wrong audience.

No, this is sad.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:14:13 AM
I just received a proof for the newspaper ad for The Play That Goes Wrong.

It had the wrong ticket price and a logo for The Miracle Worker.  But the dates were right.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 11:17:31 AM
What could go wrong?

(https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/358615354_10231526040439319_7888129363379673298_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=e3i3fVuiRdwAX_adg2f&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=00_AfAEeCWvV4WQlFA5ZB6veZLwMkTAkX-Aigr0DL5GmGAROg&oe=64B10865)
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:17:57 AM
How on-brand is that marketing, JRand?
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:19:22 AM
Good afternoon
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:20:20 AM
I had to follow Vixdad to the mechanic to bring him.home after he dropped off his car
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:21:04 AM
Apparently it needs struts, which from.the price, appear to be made of pure plutonium
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:21:29 AM
The i drove him.home and headed to work.
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:22:05 AM
Stopping on tge way to have some keys made for the office.
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:22:27 AM
I just finished lunch
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 11:22:34 AM
Before Abagnale there was the original guy who did this sort of thing, Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr. - the subject of the movie The Great Imposter, a movie I absolutely love.
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:23:06 AM
But i think.ill try to wordle before i go back to work
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 11:23:15 AM
Jrand read the book? That quickly? Wowser.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 11:27:19 AM
I am sorry to read of your mishap this morning, DR John G. I pray that you continue to be OK and that there are no complications.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 11:27:26 AM
FOUR.
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:33:48 AM
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Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:34:03 AM
By the skin of my teeth
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:34:18 AM
I just caught up
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Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 11:34:46 AM
JohnG sending you back vibes! How upsetting.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:44:36 AM
I just received a proof for the newspaper ad for The Play That Goes Wrong.

It had the wrong ticket price and a logo for The Miracle Worker.  But the dates were right.


Best laugh today!
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:46:17 AM
Thank y’all for the vibes. I have a call in to my acupuncturist/massage therapist to see if I can get a tuneup.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 11:46:55 AM
I just received a proof for the newspaper ad for The Play That Goes Wrong.

It had the wrong ticket price and a logo for The Miracle Worker.  But the dates were right.


Best laugh today!

The ad that goes wrong.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 12:05:16 PM
Now that I  think about you are right DR JOHN G - I should have let them keep the M/W logo....but a lot of people wouldn't get it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 12:05:46 PM
Yes.  I knew once I started the book I wouldn't be able to stop.

When my lines go awry this evening I shall blame MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 12:06:11 PM
Demara appeared in the movie The Hypnotic Eye.

He wasn't very good at impersonating an actor.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 12:06:44 PM
Busy day for DR VIXMOM.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 12:07:02 PM
I hope DR JANE & KEITH have a pleasant journey home.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 12:08:16 PM
This is Informa, the little animated character that guides us through our annual battery of required courses for data privacy handling.

How I hate that bit@h.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 12:08:28 PM
Yes.  I knew once I started the book I wouldn't be able to stop.

When my lines go awry this evening I shall blame MR BK.

Blame BK. I like it.

No peace in Ukraine? Blame BK.

No ice cream in my freezer? Blame BK.

No new volumes of The Randy Vicar? Blame Singdaw. Oops, I mean blame BK.
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Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 12:08:47 PM
This is Informa, the little animated character that guides us through our annual battery of required courses for data privacy handling.

How I hate that bit@h.

I hear ya.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 12:09:55 PM
  No new volumes of The Randy Vicar? Blame Singdaw.

Hey!      ;D
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 12:22:03 PM
I read a very good book last night.

I have posted a review at AMAZON we will see how long it takes for it to show up.

:)
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:22:37 PM
I know William Finn isn't to everyone's taste, but I love his stuff.

Ditto!
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Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 12:23:14 PM
I hope DR JANE & KEITH have a pleasant journey home.

Thank you.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:23:55 PM
On the news this morning: an apartment building not a mile from where I live burned to the ground overnight. Fatalities unknown.

Fireworks were noted in the area just before the fire started.

Also, youths have been arrested for shooting fireworks directly at police cruisers.

Oh, my goodness! :(
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:24:38 PM
I got rear ended on my way to work. It did nothing to the car. Except for a small scratch.

Yikes!  At least, there wasn't much damage to your car.  I would pay close attention to how it actually drives over the next few days, though...just in case.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:26:43 PM
Wordle:  2/6   Was I surprised!

Congrats, Kevin!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:29:07 PM
This is Informa, the little animated character that guides us through our annual battery of required courses for data privacy handling.

How I hate that bit@h.

Maybe about as much as I hate that little b*ast*rd Bob.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 12:30:50 PM
Coming Sept. 15, 80 years after its premiere. I was just emailing John Wilson about this and the complete CAROUSEL. Nate Hackmann, who plays Curly, sang "They Call the Wind Maria" on the Encores! recording of Paint Your Wagon.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:32:21 PM
I've never seen, or listened to, the musical. Has anyone here done so?

I've been told that the music is quite good, and probably quite challenging.

I saw the show in Seattle during its pre-Broadway run.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The sad distinction is that Norbert Leo Butz's sister, who lived in Seattle at the time, died during that run. :(

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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:32:32 PM
Now that I  think about you are right DR JOHN G - I should have let them keep the M/W logo....but a lot of people wouldn't get it.

Sadly, most wouldn't. But I love it, and I wish there were some way to incorporate that into...something.

Could you show projections at the top of the show? Like, in The Great Race main titles, with the slides going through wrong?

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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:33:21 PM
Coming Sept. 15, 80 years after its premiere. I was just emailing John Wilson about this and the complete CAROUSEL. Nate Hackmann, who plays Curly, sang "They Call the Wind Maria" on the Encores! recording of Paint Your Wagon.

Fantastic!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 12:33:29 PM
I know William Finn isn't to everyone's taste, but I love his stuff.

Ditto!

Bill Finn is a hoot. I like him very much. I loved the Spelling Bee show.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:33:39 PM
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:34:16 PM
Catch Me If You Can Previews Cancelled Through July 26 [2009] (https://www.playbill.com/article/catch-me-if-you-can-previews-cancelled-through-july-26-com-162971)

The 5th Avenue Theatre has cancelled the first week of previews for the world premiere musical Catch Me If You Can following a death in the family of Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz.

:(
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:36:52 PM
I saw the show early in that run.  He gave a great performance.
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 12:39:12 PM
Has anyone ever watched Senior Trip (1981), the film that much of the cast of Merrily played in while they were waiting for Merrily to go into production?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmehCNHQOfk&t=45s
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:39:14 PM
Aaron Tveit was the lead and Kerry Butler played his girlfriend/wife.  They were both really good, too.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:40:17 PM
DR Elmore - I picked up a copy of the McGlinn Show Boat CD set the other day when I saw it languishing, unloved, for $1 dollah. It's not the first time i've done this. I can't stand to let certain things go wasted, or get scarfed up by a dealer. This time I don't have someone immediate to hand it to, so if you keep a stash for giveaways or whatever, let me know and I'll bring it. If you don't need it, say the word and I'll find someone who will fully appreciate it.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 12:40:31 PM
Thanks for the heads up, DR elmore3003. Really looking forward to those Wilson releases.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:42:00 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:42:37 PM
I just received a proof for the newspaper ad for The Play That Goes Wrong.

It had the wrong ticket price and a logo for The Miracle Worker.  But the dates were right.

Oops!! ;D

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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:42:57 PM
What could go wrong?

(https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/358615354_10231526040439319_7888129363379673298_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=e3i3fVuiRdwAX_adg2f&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=00_AfAEeCWvV4WQlFA5ZB6veZLwMkTAkX-Aigr0DL5GmGAROg&oe=64B10865)

Nice!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:46:33 PM
Coming Sept. 15, 80 years after its premiere. I was just emailing John Wilson about this and the complete CAROUSEL. Nate Hackmann, who plays Curly, sang "They Call the Wind Maria" on the Encores! recording of Paint Your Wagon.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7288.0;attach=18068)

That's so cool!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 12:50:16 PM
Has anyone ever watched Senior Trip (1981), the film that much of the cast of Merrily played in while they were waiting for Merrily to go into production?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmehCNHQOfk&t=45s

Never did. Thanks for the link, DR singdaw.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:52:49 PM
Had some tuna pasta salad - will have one more helping later in the day.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 12:53:02 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.

I'm pretty sure that I have that CD buried in a box somewhere.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:53:22 PM
I've finished futzing and finessing and wrote some new stuff. Waiting for a call back from Muse Margaret.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 12:53:42 PM
Praying for a modern major miracle.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 01:01:24 PM
DR Elmore - I picked up a copy of the McGlinn Show Boat CD set the other day when I saw it languishing, unloved, for $1 dollah. It's not the first time i've done this. I can't stand to let certain things go wasted, or get scarfed up by a dealer. This time I don't have someone immediate to hand it to, so if you keep a stash for giveaways or whatever, let me know and I'll bring it. If you don't need it, say the word and I'll find someone who will fully appreciate it.

I've done that, too.  I bought the McGill Show Boat when it was first released, but I just looked and saw that I bought it again in 2019 for the princely sum of $3.23 + shipping and tax! 
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 01:01:43 PM
And then, I got it again when I bought this boxed set for only $53.94 + shipping and tax:

Broadway Musicals: John McGlinn on Broadway (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002NZOLFA)
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 01:02:47 PM
Has anyone ever watched Senior Trip (1981), the film that much of the cast of Merrily played in while they were waiting for Merrily to go into production?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmehCNHQOfk&t=45s

Never did. Thanks for the link, DR singdaw.

Ditto and ditto!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 01:48:08 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.

There's a number in Act Two of Sitting Pretty, "Shadow of the Moon," that was orchestrated by Max Steiner; it's one of the most beautiful and impressionistic pieces of music, absolutely glorious. The overture with its unresolved ending is also a stunner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZKnp0e4i0
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 01:56:39 PM
DR Elmore - I picked up a copy of the McGlinn Show Boat CD set the other day when I saw it languishing, unloved, for $1 dollah. It's not the first time i've done this. I can't stand to let certain things go wasted, or get scarfed up by a dealer. This time I don't have someone immediate to hand it to, so if you keep a stash for giveaways or whatever, let me know and I'll bring it. If you don't need it, say the word and I'll find someone who will fully appreciate it.

Thanks, but I will pass. I don't have much reason these days to pass out demos or give copies away to deserving kids. You'll work with someone who could use the set.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 02:42:20 PM
DR John G. and/or DR Jrand72, do your birds do this?

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/CgXqahHUOj8JO/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47q32d547oj4f01lkie7cbgmkifdbnkgnxy1xd5mf5&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 03:14:38 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.

There's a number in Act Two of Sitting Pretty, "Shadow of the Moon," that was orchestrated by Max Steiner; it's one of the most beautiful and impressionistic pieces of music, absolutely glorious. The overture with its unresolved ending is also a stunner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZKnp0e4i0

That's lovely. :)
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 03:52:14 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.

What a beautiful score.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 03:52:56 PM
DR John G. and/or DR Jrand72, do your birds do this?

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/CgXqahHUOj8JO/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47q32d547oj4f01lkie7cbgmkifdbnkgnxy1xd5mf5&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

Nope.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 03:54:23 PM
Catch Me If You Can Previews Cancelled Through July 26 [2009] (https://www.playbill.com/article/catch-me-if-you-can-previews-cancelled-through-july-26-com-162971)

The 5th Avenue Theatre has cancelled the first week of previews for the world premiere musical Catch Me If You Can following a death in the family of Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz.

:(
A particularly horrifying murder.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 03:55:21 PM
I love the jaunty Mr. and Mrs. Rorer in Sitting Pretty.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 03:55:39 PM
I saw Catch Me If You Can on May 12, 2011.

I enjoyed it, especially Norbert Leo Butz’s performance.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 03:56:14 PM
https://playbill.com/article/frank-abagnale-jr-will-host-catch-me-if-you-can-talkback-may-12-com-178380

This is why I remembered the date that I saw it.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: elmore3003 on July 10, 2023, 04:13:55 PM
I also got me a copy of John McGlinn's recording of Sitting Pretty, which I never had and haven't heard.

What a beautiful score.

One of my all-time favorite Kern scores (Robert Russell Bennett's, too!).
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 04:44:22 PM
Slept for an hour.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 04:44:37 PM
Had a nice phone call with the Muse.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 04:44:51 PM
Sent her thirty-two pages of something.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 05:42:55 PM
Catch Me If You Can Previews Cancelled Through July 26 [2009] (https://www.playbill.com/article/catch-me-if-you-can-previews-cancelled-through-july-26-com-162971)

The 5th Avenue Theatre has cancelled the first week of previews for the world premiere musical Catch Me If You Can following a death in the family of Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz.

:(

:(
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 05:50:59 PM
We saw Indian Jones this afternoon.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 05:51:15 PM
It was about what we expected.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 05:51:37 PM
We weren't too keen on the female lead.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 05:53:03 PM
Starting to watch Seconds. Alice Reid from Days of Our Lives is John Randolph’s wife.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 06:02:56 PM
Pulitzer.org)

Eli Sanders of 11th Ave-headquartered The Stranger has been awarded a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his work documenting the story of South Park attack victim Jennifer Hopper.

His June 2011 report — The Bravest Woman in Seattle — came as the trial of Isaiah Kalebu for his 2009 attack played out. Hopper and her partner, Teresa Butz, were brutally assaulted. Butz was murdered. Kalebu, eventually, was sentenced to life in prison. Hopper survived and Sanders documented her testimony and pain.
*********************************


I remember when Norbert’s sister was murdered. The excellent journalist who covered the case won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 06:03:44 PM
Swim vibes for BK!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 06:14:10 PM
Weren’t a great deal of Abagnale’s claims debunked?

***********
Yes…there is a book about this.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 06:14:19 PM
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews/The-Greatest-Hoax-on-Earth-by-Alan-C-Logan.html
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 06:17:42 PM
John G., am sorry to hear that someone hit your car.
Vibes that there will be no physical consequences, and that your neck is not injured.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: ChasSmith on July 10, 2023, 06:26:41 PM
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews/The-Greatest-Hoax-on-Earth-by-Alan-C-Logan.html

It's downloading to my Kindle as we speak. Thank you, DR DR Iris.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 06:35:00 PM
This is the other book DR DR Iris mentioned:
https://www.amazon.com/While-City-Slept-Violence-Wake-Up-ebook/dp/B00XIYG4ZK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MDI2LJQH6ZGT&keywords=eli+sanders&qid=1689039259&sprefix=eli+sanders%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1
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Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 06:36:45 PM
Lovely track from Sitting Pretty, DR elmore3003. Thanks for sharing. Going to go listen to the Overture next.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: singdaw on July 10, 2023, 06:56:16 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 06:59:40 PM
Loving Seconds. Very creepy.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 07:06:53 PM
Our TCM movie tonight is Harvey  :)
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 07:31:36 PM
Starting to watch Seconds. Alice Reid from Days of Our Lives is John Randolph’s wife.

Oops. Francis Reid. She played Alice.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 07:31:48 PM
Pulitzer.org)

Eli Sanders of 11th Ave-headquartered The Stranger has been awarded a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his work documenting the story of South Park attack victim Jennifer Hopper.

His June 2011 report — The Bravest Woman in Seattle — came as the trial of Isaiah Kalebu for his 2009 attack played out. Hopper and her partner, Teresa Butz, were brutally assaulted. Butz was murdered. Kalebu, eventually, was sentenced to life in prison. Hopper survived and Sanders documented her testimony and pain.
*********************************


I remember when Norbert’s sister was murdered. The excellent journalist who covered the case won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.

I didn't know about this.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 07:41:00 PM
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews/The-Greatest-Hoax-on-Earth-by-Alan-C-Logan.html

It's downloading to my Kindle as we speak. Thank you, DR DR Iris.

I downloaded both books, but from two different libraries. :)
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:03:09 PM
Great extras on the Seconds disc. An interview with Salome Jens and Frankenheimer’s widow is wonderful. Leonard Nimoy was in a deleted scene. He’s only seen in a still.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 08:03:28 PM
Oh my such interesting and entertaining and informative links today.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:15:30 PM
Sent her thirty-two pages of something.

Something is better than nothing.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:17:12 PM
Are we afraid of page seven?
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:17:29 PM
It’s lurking nearby.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:17:59 PM
But we’re still posts away.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:18:41 PM
2
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:18:47 PM
1
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:18:56 PM
Seven!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:19:12 PM
Did I just hear a scream?
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:19:31 PM
Oh, that was J.B.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:23:51 PM
I love Paris in the springtime
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:24:07 PM
I love Paris in the fall
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:24:30 PM
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:24:52 PM
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:25:06 PM
I love Paris every moment
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:25:20 PM
Every moment of the year
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:25:51 PM
I love Paris. Why, oh why do I love Paris?
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:26:09 PM
Because my love is near.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:26:52 PM
In case you hadn’t guessed, that was I Love Paris.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:27:49 PM
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:27:59 PM
Without music.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:29:22 PM
It’s better than this new lyric
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:29:35 PM
And so, my love
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:29:58 PM
For all that we’ve been through
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:30:12 PM
I’ve had enough
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:30:27 PM
Maybe you have too?
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:30:36 PM
Just walk away
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:30:50 PM
Don’t ask what’s wrong
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:31:23 PM
Nothin’ is left of all the love that went on
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:31:57 PM
Nothin’ left to say
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:32:13 PM
Just walk away.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:32:36 PM
Steven Sater, Just Walk Away
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:33:05 PM
This made me think of George
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:33:43 PM
Well I didn’t have to go to the courthouse for jury duty today
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:33:44 PM
Music by that Bacharach fellow.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:33:59 PM
And I don’t have to go tomorrow 
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:34:10 PM
But I have to keep calling
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:35:17 PM
Eight!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:35:17 PM
And Wednesday evening I have the annual church trip to watch our local minor team ( The LI Ducks) play.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: vixmom on July 10, 2023, 08:35:50 PM
No doubt I will be ordered out to the furthest reaches of the county and will miss my outing
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 08:35:54 PM
***Warning***

I didn’t mention the book about the Butz murder because the details are VERY gruesome.

Nightmare level gruesome.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:37:11 PM
Sounds like fun.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:37:43 PM
Hi, Vixmom! Hi, Iris!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: John G. on July 10, 2023, 08:38:01 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:01:53 PM
Well I didn’t have to go to the courthouse for jury duty today

Excellent.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:02:14 PM
And I don’t have to go tomorrow 

Congrats.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:02:31 PM
But I have to keep calling

Good luck.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:03:21 PM
No doubt I will be ordered out to the furthest reaches of the county and will miss my outing

Vibes you don't miss your outing.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:03:58 PM
***Warning***

I didn’t mention the book about the Butz murder because the details are VERY gruesome.

Nightmare level gruesome.

:(
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:04:22 PM
There is a baby next door.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:05:07 PM
Keith can hear it even with the sound up on the TV.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:05:38 PM
I can only hear the baby when the TV is muted.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:06:04 PM
We hope the baby sleeps through the night.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jeanne on July 10, 2023, 09:11:23 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jeanne on July 10, 2023, 09:13:22 PM
Sorry to hear about your car accident, John G. Glad you’re getting treatment. Best to treat it right away. Vibes you get through it quickly and easily.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jeanne on July 10, 2023, 09:14:39 PM
Calming vibes to Singdaw. That fire was too close!
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jeanne on July 10, 2023, 09:15:37 PM
Vibes to Jane and Keith for an easy treatment and trip home tomorrow.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jeanne on July 10, 2023, 09:17:26 PM
Nothing new here.

(And I’m reading Harvey as well.)

TTFN.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 09:33:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYtKR24LQs

Highly entertaining interview with Frank Abagnale and Johnny Carson.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 09:34:24 PM
Oh, how I miss Johnny Carson.

Truly irreplaceable.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:43:20 PM
Vibes to Jane and Keith for an easy treatment and trip home tomorrow.

Thank you.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2023, 09:43:45 PM
'night
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 09:49:43 PM
Safe travels, Jane and Keith.

Welcome home.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 09:52:15 PM
https://abc7ny.com/new-york-flooding-hudson-valley-west-point-orange-county/13482914/

These reports of floods and damage in New York, Vermont, and large portions of the Northeast are
alarming and upsetting.

I hope this isn’t the new normal.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:55:03 PM
I slept for another hour. Was watching a bad movie I keep hoping will be good, but fell asleep ten minutes before the end and was out for an hour.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:55:24 PM
Then a long telephonic conversation with Doug Haverty.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:55:34 PM
Seconds is a masterpiece.
Title: Re: SINK OR SWIM
Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 09:55:43 PM
This made me think of George

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7288.0;attach=18070)

I have said the EXACT same thing when playing Phase 10!
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 09:56:00 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page NINE!!
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:56:03 PM
I do hope the prompt for watching seconds was Preview Harvey. All the films mentioned in the book are worth watching.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 09:56:08 PM
;D
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 09:56:56 PM
***Warning***

I didn’t mention the book about the Butz murder because the details are VERY gruesome.

Nightmare level gruesome.

Oh, no. :-\
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 09:56:59 PM
Oh, and if Jrand has finished the book, he can now peruse the PDF goodie. By the way, one page is out of order on the PDF, but it will be obvious. I was so careful when rearranging the pages but one got away from me.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:19:58 PM
That Sitting Pretty track is gorgeous.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:21:26 PM
But we must also honor BK’s theme to the mythical TV show “Sittin’ Pretty.”

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/-1mB0v1H6Ro
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:28:44 PM
I think Barnum would have loved a skateboard - Elvis & Priscilla would just cover it up with cranberries.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:29:03 PM
I finished the Play That Goes Wrong slideshow.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:29:19 PM
Tomorrow I will work on the lobby display.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 10, 2023, 10:30:53 PM
Ah yes - MR BK's Sitting Pretty.
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 10:31:28 PM
How do you clip for the shorts? I don't understand any of it, but I'd like to do it for some of the Outside the Box episodes and for Tonight's the Night. Anyone know?
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Post by: bk on July 10, 2023, 10:31:56 PM
What a weird day this has been, which is what happens with four hours of sleep.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 10:40:11 PM
And who can’t enjoy this mini-Creature Wasn’t Nice reunion of sorts with BK and Gerrit “Rodzinski” Graham in the directorial debut of Danny DeVito? The MBC affiliates meeting scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx0oRnqBIo&pp=ygUXdGhlIHJhdGluZ3MgZ2FtZSBkZXZpdG8%3D
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:16:33 PM
Why have I never seen this??  😂
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:18:26 PM
Rodzinski, are you in that skit, and how would I recognize you?

BK, of course, was immediately recognizable, and hilarious, as always.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:22:37 PM
Iris! I do want to thank you again for jumpstarting me to meet with Sharon, Charles and Emily the other day! Much fun was had.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:25:29 PM
I was but a lad when the Ratings Game came out. BK did the songs and appears in that cameo. Gerrit Graham, the network head there, was the OG Rodzinski in The Creature Wasn’t Nice.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:25:49 PM
So glad that worked out!

They so enjoyed spending time with you, as you rotated around Vancouver.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:26:40 PM
A great, funny satire made by Showtime that should’ve come out in theaters.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:28:04 PM
I was but a lad when the Ratings Game came out. BK did the songs and appears in that cameo. Gerrit Graham, the network head there, was the OG Rodzinski in The Creature Wasn’t Nice.
******
Got it.
Very much enjoyed BK’s cameo…so funny.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:28:37 PM
BK wrote all these fake TV show themes that pop up in my head to this day.
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 10, 2023, 11:30:04 PM
The shame is you and I never got together during my Delaware years.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:31:02 PM
I was surprised that the temperatures were so high the week they spent in Vancouver.

They were thrilled.

I don’t do well when it hits 80 degrees. Prefer temps in the 50’s and 60’s.
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:31:33 PM
I know, I know, what can I say?

I also love fog.

California beach living was foggy a great deal of the time…everyone complained about it.
Except me.😊
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:32:44 PM
I think I was living in California when you were living in Delaware, Rodzinski.

What years were those?
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:35:45 PM
I moved to Maryland in 2018.

Planning my escape as we speak.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 11:44:05 PM
Oh, and if Jrand has finished the book, he can now peruse the PDF goodie. By the way, one page is out of order on the PDF, but it will be obvious. I was so careful when rearranging the pages but one got away from me.

I didn't notice that. :-\
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:44:25 PM
I like Falsettos a lot. I couldn't even count the number of times I've listened to that score.
******
Me, too. Loved the entire trilogy. Saw a cast reunion, actually, just the male leads, in L.A. many years later…May, 2003, at the Skirball. . I cried. So did Elyse, my DD.
So did Michael Rupert, Chip Zien, and Stephen Bogardus.
It was an emotional evening.
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 11:44:54 PM
PAGE TEN DANCE!!
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Post by: George on July 10, 2023, 11:45:32 PM
However, I recently purchased a PDF editor, and was able to move the page. :)
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Post by: DR Iris on July 10, 2023, 11:51:19 PM
Good night, all.
😴
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:01:43 AM
And who can’t enjoy this mini-Creature Wasn’t Nice reunion of sorts with BK and Gerrit “Rodzinski” Graham in the directorial debut of Danny DeVito? The MBC affiliates meeting scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx0oRnqBIo&pp=ygUXdGhlIHJhdGluZ3MgZ2FtZSBkZXZpdG8%3D

Funny!
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:03:58 AM
Why have I never seen this?? 

It's available on Blu-ray (and DVD) from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F57SR0W/ (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F57SR0W/)
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:06:55 AM
I like Falsettos a lot. I couldn't even count the number of times I've listened to that score.
******
Me, too. Loved the entire trilogy. Saw a cast reunion, actually, just the male leads, in L.A. many years later…May, 2003, at the Skirball. . I cried. So did Elyse, my DD.
So did Michael Rupert, Chip Zien, and Stephen Bogardus.
It was an emotional evening.

That sounds like a wonderful evening.  Wish I could've been there (or they could've recorded it). 

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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:09:26 AM
I also have the cast recording to the first installment of the trilogy, In Trousers (https://castalbums.org/recordings/In-Trousers-1979-Original-Off-Broadway-Cast/2248/).
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Post by: Rodzinski on July 11, 2023, 12:11:58 AM
I think I was living in California when you were living in Delaware, Rodzinski.

What years were those?

Moved here only last summer from the D.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:21:10 AM
I'm pretty hot in that dress.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:22:15 AM
I had so much fun writing the TV themes. My favorite was The Goombas, because originally they just wanted music only, but I got the idea for the lyric and just wrote it and they loved it and decided to animate the entire song.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:22:53 AM
The fun part was that all those themes and network IDs were really accurate. Someone should have hired me to write theme music, but...
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:24:08 AM
I had so much fun writing the TV themes. My favorite was The Goombas, because originally they just wanted music only, but I got the idea for the lyric and just wrote it and they loved it and decided to animate the entire song.

Cool!
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:24:30 AM
Part of the problem is that the composer of the score is in the main credits and I'm stuck in the end credits so many have no idea that the composer didn't write everything - I should never have allowed it. I should have been in the main titles because the TV themes are just as important as the score and, in fact, he uses them in his score occasionally.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:06 AM
When I was told the CD soundtrack was finally coming out, I asked to see the packaging. They had me listed only on like three tracks on the inlay card. I called the people issuing the CD and I said no, you are NOT doing that. I then put together a list of what I wrote and they fixed that and seeing how much it was, they ultimately put me on the front cover along with the composer.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:17 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:23 AM
Up are new notes.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:29 AM
I've seen them.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:36 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:26:42 AM
I wrote them.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:27:09 AM
What?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:27:19 AM
Did someone say something?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:27:30 AM
Did something say someone?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:27:41 AM
Did someone sing Somewhere?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:28:22 AM
Oh come now, surely we can get to 300 postings.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:28:28 AM
Can't we?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:28:36 AM
We're not that far away.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:28:55 AM
Truth be told, I want to eat the rest of the tuna pasta salad right now.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:29:05 AM
But I'll be strong, like lion.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:29:31 AM
I don't know.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:29:39 AM
Is there gaslighting going on?
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:29:47 AM
Gaslighting 101.
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Post by: bk on July 11, 2023, 12:29:53 AM
See?
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:31:21 AM
Whew!
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:31:37 AM
Tonight, I went to Panda Express for dinner.
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:32:04 AM
I always get the chow mein, but I usually bring it home and eat it later so that I don't eat so much at one time.
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:32:20 AM
Tonight, however, I ate it all...I just wanted to.
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:32:27 AM
So, I did. :)
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:32:47 AM
And now, I have no Panda Express leftovers. ::)
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Post by: George on July 11, 2023, 12:32:56 AM
Oh, well.