Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on July 20, 2024, 12:07:22 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were nicely nice, and now it is time for you to post until the nicely nice cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: AMIABLE!
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Welcome, 150 GUESTS.
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Topic of the Day: if you don't trust the material, write your own show! >:( Don't rest on the laurels of someone else's coattails!
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Or something like that. ::)
;)
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Topic of the Day: if you don't trust the material, write your own show! >:( Don't rest on the laurels of someone else's coattails!
You took the words out of my fingers. And yet...
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Great writers have rewritten books and songs many times. Merrily certainly wasn't right in its first go-around. How many times did Sondheim rewrite Road Show? But I guess the TOD is about other people than the original writers getting involved.
I'm more tolerant of trying to help flop shows with great songs than other situations, but the extra author / songwriter voice can be really tricky, unless you're just talking cuts.
Heck, it bothered me when Once the musical tried to pass of "Gold" as Guy's song. In the movie (and real life) it's a song written and sung by another character. It's a whole different style than Guy's songs. I know why they did it dramatically but musically it just irritated me.
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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Today, we drive to Chicago.
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Perhaps we'll see a man who danced with his wife.
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Who decides these things?
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Good morning, all!
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After too many of good sleep, last night was really pathetic. The cats behaved, but my body - especially the joints in my knees and hips - did not.
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DR Ginny, I'm so sorry to hear of your BIL's passing. I send my sympathy and good wishes to you and your family.
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I have a meeting with my arranging student this afternoon. I ask for scores a day in advance but he didn't send this one until around 9:00p.m. last night, so once I've finished tidying up, I have to look over a score and take notes.
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Saturday morning greetings!
DR Ginny, I'm so sorry to hear of your BIL's passing. I send my sympathy and good wishes to you and your family.
Thank you, dear DR Elmore. And thank you to DRs JRand, Rodzinski, and George for the thoughtful messages left here while I was away.
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Good morning, all.
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I just sneezed a couple of times, but I’m hoping it’s not going to be a repeat of yesterday’s horrible allergy day. I don’t think so, but I’m keeping my eye on it.
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Having just gone through a revamped Once Upon a Mattress, I have several thoughts on both sides of the issue. I don't like this current attitude in revivals of "let's fix what's broken," as if the original - and usually dead - authors were too stupid and untalented to repair as best they could while their show was either out of town or in previews. I also dislike the idea of "let's replace the original score with the movie songs, as if the audience will feel safer watching a poor version of a film they liked. I've always preferred the stage version of The Sound of Music to the film: "My Favorite Things" in the show is used to point out the commonality of Maria and the Mother Abbess. Giving it to the film scene where "The Lonely Goatherd" was originally performed turned htat song on film into a Bill Baird puppet moment; those Trapp children didn't just sing, they were virtuoso puppeteers! Speaking of theis show, the Broadway revival with Rebecca Lukewr was really misguided; Jan Maxwell may have been a funny, bitchy Elsa but she sure couldn't sing the high B in "No way to stop it"; did no one care what voice Rodgers wanted? Also, in that misguided revival, the orchestrator added Austrian folk instruments like recorders and zithers, which the original vocal arranger Trude Rittmann disliked; she explained that the Trapps were upper class and would have looked down on "folk" music.
In the last Hello, Dolly!, adding "Penny in my pocket" was poor because it no longer had its setup, so Vandergelder just appeared and sang the number, which was ridiculous.
On the other hand, a lot of older shows, particularly ones written by Herb Fields, tend toward politically incorrect raunch, bawdy material, and ethnic caricatures; given that Fields was a Jew, his script for Fifty Million Frenchmen contained a rather anti-semitic portarait of the one Jewish charactere in the script. I think such things should be cleaned up. but the approach should always be to not throw out what's good.
When I was working on Babes in Toyland for the Houston Grand Opera in 1990, Gerald Gutierrez, who had directed the HGO's fantastic production of Carousel - a problematic show now because of Billy's abuse - said he thought the correct approach to a period show was to adjust only enough so the asudience, if they went home asnd looked up the plot somewhere, thought they had seen exactly that. Now, as to Carousel, which I think is one of the all-time greatest musicals ever written, if you approach the show carefully - as the last ugly revival did - and try to clean up or slide over Billy's uglier side, then the whole theme of his redemption at the end is completely screwed.
I haven't even got to the numerous attempts to save Cabaret or Camelot, but I've gone on enough.
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Good morning.
Ginny I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your dear brother in law
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
Sending condolences to your family, vixmom.
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Oh no. Sorry to hear this Vixmom. Sending love to your whole family.
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Good morning, all.
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Vibes of comfort for the Vixfamily.
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I had a recurring dream last night. It's a dystopian future and there are no more short stories. Many people are involved, and I am an editor working with several. This time I receive a short story from Eleanor Coppola shortly before her death. I publish it quickly and start to distribute it.
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In other versions of the dream, we never get to the publishing stage.
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Onward!
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Two!
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I dislike all of the songs added to Mary Poppins that were not by the Sherman Brothers.
If a song is cut from a movie musical, show me that as an outtake. Don't shoehorn it back in with different coloring, sound, etc.
Francis Coppola did improve Cotton Club in the Encore version because a lot of what he restored was Gregory Hines's dancing. It all looked of a piece. It's still not a great picture, but it's a better one.
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I don't dislike old shoes that are entirely rewritten, if they work. I don't know the original Girl Crazy (the movie is not faithful to its source), but I loved Crazy for You. I loved My One and Only and Cole Porter's The New Yorkers too.
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Condolences to the Vixfamily.
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Warm today and hot tamale.
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Residual vibes for MR BK.
I shall inspect the book when it arrives.
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Saturday housecleaning is done....so I shall laze around until time to leave for the FINAL FINAL FINAL PP show.
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TOD:
I can't think of any "improved" show that I really think benefited from the improvements.....but I haven't listened to everything.....
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Good morning, ye merry folk!
Is it Saturday where all of ye abide?
Tis Saturday here in the CSRA.
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Condolences to the Vixes and the family of Vixhubby.
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I slept exceedingly well.
Dreamed a bit, including one rather farcical dream: I was attending a conference I wasn't interested in, and when a break happened, I decided to sneak out. I thought I was going into the parking lot, but had mistaken my route out of the building. Rather than re-enter and risk being spotted and dragged back into the conference, I decided to simply walk around the building to get to parking. Alas, alack and all that jazz: I found myself facing a large plot of grassy land that looked a bit like a golf course. Still, I began a fast clip to cross it and get around the building. At one point, I walked past a coiled snake! But as I was approaching the corner of the building, a steep mound of sand was blocking me. I began to go up this mound of sand but, as I approached the top, it became apparent it was steeper than I had thought. I reached to grab the top of the mound so i could pull myself over it. The top gave way and I slid all the way back down the mound. I then awakened and wondered where I had parked the car.
I hate my dreams lately.
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My sincere condolences, DR vixmom, for the loss of your daughter's mother-in-law.
We are, most of us, at an age when death knocks on the door of our loved ones -- friends and family.
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BK - I love the Li'l Abner clips. If there are any more you care to share sometime, PLEASE do.
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Good morning.
Ginny I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your dear brother in law
Thank you so much, DR Vixmom.
And I’m sorry to hear about The Vixter’s mother-in-law.
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
I am so sorry. I send my condolences to Steve and his family. Are you heading for Canada?
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
I am so sorry. I send my condolences to Steve and his family. Are you heading for Canada?
Thank you, Elmore, It’s my daughter’s MIL who passed, in Florida.
Vixdads folks have been gone for about six years now
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DR Ginny, the message from your niece is beautiful and very moving.
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DR Jrand I am pleased to learn that the director actually says no to her daughter.
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Jrand, I believe the very rude, thoughtless wanted revenge against you for insisting she run her idea by the director.
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DR Rodzinski, I am pleased your mother is enjoying her visit and that you were home when the computer glitch closed your border.
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DR George nice photos from last night.
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
When I read Ginny's sad news I feared you would soon be sharing the same :(
My condolences to Vixhubby and the family. How is he doing?
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I had a recurring dream last night. It's a dystopian future and there are no more short stories. Many people are involved, and I am an editor working with several. This time I receive a short story from Eleanor Coppola shortly before her death. I publish it quickly and start to distribute it.
Wow, what a dream.
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In other versions of the dream, we never get to the publishing stage.
Maybe now that you got the book published and distributed you won't have the dream again.
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Watching the rest of Civil War, which is about journalists crossing the country during the days of a Trump-like president’s third term. Carnage everywhere. It’s not an enjoyable film, but it’s well made. I like the use of music and some of the visuals are great. But … it’s just too close to the truth.
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Stephen McKinley Henderson is great. Jesse Plemons has a memorable cameo.
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Pie!
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It’s lemon blueberry icebox pie.
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It’s in the freezer for later.
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Onward!
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Three!
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In a way, Civil War is The Wizard of Oz. With bloodshed. Lots of bloodshed.
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Pie!
That looks great!
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Vixhubby’s mom passed this morning .
Oh, no. :( My condolences to the family.
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DR George nice photos from last night.
Thanks, Jane.
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Pie!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7664.0;attach=22736)
That looks good...kinda weird, but good! ;D
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It's just blended blueberries with lemon juice and sweetened condensed milk.
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I gather you've never had a blueberry smoothie, George.
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And you never followed the girl in Willy Wonka and became a blueberry.
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I never became a blueberry either.
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I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of excellent sleep.
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I have to figure out if there's a way to take a twelve-minute clip, upload to YouTube, but tell it to only include whatever portion I like.
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I gather you've never had a blueberry smoothie, George.
Funny, I didn't think smoothie when I read the description. Now that you mention it, I suppose it is similar.
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And you never followed the girl in Willy Wonka and became a blueberry.
;D
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I have to figure out if there's a way to take a twelve-minute clip, upload to YouTube, but tell it to only include whatever portion I like.
Are you able to copy it, then edit the copy on iMovie?
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Loved the two clips I saw from Li’l Abner.
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Starting a Western from John Huston with Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster called The Unforgiven. She’s luminous.
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Yesterday I complained to a friend that my pride of Barbados was planted in the wrong place, too much shade to ever bloom. And now today:
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Wow! Great photo, John!
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Yesterday I complained to a friend that my pride of Barbados was planted in the wrong place, too much shade to ever bloom. And now today:
Pretty.
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Good evening!
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Condolences to DR Ginny and family.
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Condolences to DR vixmom and family.
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Wordle: 3/6
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We have arrived safely in Chicago after a 1+ hour traffic jam approaching downtown.
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We can see Lake Michigan from our hotel room.
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I love Chicago. Is that a corner of Grant Park there?
(EDIT): Hmm, no, not quite... I'm still working on it...
(AND AGAIN): Okay, you'll just have to tell us. :)
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We have arrived safely in Chicago after a 1+ hour traffic jam approaching downtown.
Great that you've arrived safely, but sorry to hear about the traffic!
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We can see Lake Michigan from our hotel room.
Nice!
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Since page 4 is so close ...
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Page Four!
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Wordle: 3/6
Nice.
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We have arrived safely in Chicago after a 1+ hour traffic jam approaching downtown.
Groan.
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We can see Lake Michigan from our hotel room.
Nice view. Enjoy your time in Chicago and have an easier drive home.
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DR Singdaw there are Stan's Donuts in Chicago though I don't think they are as good as the original which doesn't make sense as they are the same recipes.
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The first time I had them they were as good, not the second time. Then Bryan moved and we haven't been back to Chicago except to the airport.
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It's announcement time, boys and girls!
Here's what we're doing for the holiday season in place of Once Upon a Mattress.
I couldn't interest them in a Dickens adaptation this time around, and we went through a bunch of titles. I don't think this piece will set the world on fire, but we'll have some fun with it and it should put asses in seats.
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:)
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DR ChasSmith - The Drake is at the corner of N Michigan Dr and E Lake Shore Dr. And that is Lakeshore Park.
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It's announcement time, boys and girls!
Here's what we're doing for the holiday season in place of Once Upon a Mattress.
I couldn't interest them in a Dickens adaptation this time around, and we went through a bunch of titles. I don't think this piece will set the world on fire, but we'll have some fun with it and it should put asses in seats.
That does sound like lots of fun!
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Thanks, DR Jane. We are here until Monday morning, then it is a short,easy drive to Valparaiso, IN.
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Hello, everyone.
Sorry to have missed all of your tales.
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Hello, DR Jeanne. Wishing all good things for you.
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Hi, Jeanne. Hope you're doing well!
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DR ChasSmith - is that the show with the score by Larry Grossman?
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Condolences to DR Ginny, DH Richard, and the rest of the family.
Vibes of comfort to you.
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DR ChasSmith - The Drake is at the corner of N Michigan Dr and E Lake Shore Dr. And that is Lakeshore Park.
Oh! Got it! I was picturing that shot facing east, not north. Great location!
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Ah, yes. Inspecting the poster more carefully, I see that it is. I love those songs!
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Condolences, too, to the Vixfamily.
Vibes of comfort to all of you, too.
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Thank you, Singdaw and Freddie. I have been very busy. My plate was overly full before
I decided to buy a condo, and now it’s rather insane. A steady diet of condo listings, as well as a few viewings. It’s a matter of trade-offs. The complex I like so much doesn’t offer units in the size I prefer—they’re either a bit small or too big. Sigh. There are units I like in other neighborhoods, but they’re not walkable. I really want walkable.
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Yesterday I looked at two units (such a sterile and unwelcoming term), one a 1-bedroom, very nice but a bit small. The other was my friend Rebecca’s 2-bedroom. The agent told me it hadn’t been cleaned yet. I said it didn’t matter. But what got to me were the bags and bags and bags of clothes and other items waiting to be donated or tossed. So sad! It’s always sad after a death to see someone’s life reduced to a Goodwill pick-up, but in this case she was a friend as well. I didn’t expect it to hit me.
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That's hard, DR Jeanne. Hugs...
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I think you need this epoxy flooring in your new kitchen.
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Not.
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So the ruminations continue. I will have to downsize in any case. My house in Alexandria, VA was three stories, plus a basement. Small rooms, but quite comfortable for me. And very walkable, both to the river (2 blocks) and the main drag full of small shops and restaurants (3 blocks). It was heaven! But California prices are unreal.
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I think you need this epoxy flooring in your new kitchen.
Well, I haven’t seen one like this, but I’ve seen some cockamamie remodels. Honestly!
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DR John G., that pie looks luscious.
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Really appreciated your comments this morning on revivals, DR elmore3003.
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Bruce didn’t say a lot about his conference call in the Notes, but I’d say it was very positive indeed. I think he knows all too well how these projects can tank in an instant. He and David Wechter should feel quite proud of their work, IMHO.
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Ah, yes. Inspecting the poster more carefully, I see that it is. I love those songs!
I'm going to have to get to know some more of his stuff. He's written a LOT based on works I already find interesting, and I don't think I've heard any of it.
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I’ve been busy all day with cleaning and laundry and such and haven’t gotten to the tossing. Sigh.
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My cleaning guy, Brian, came by last week and the two of us started packing some of the books. My inner librarian wanted books sorted and packed by author. We did quite a bit, then I pooped out and Brian did some cleaning for me. He’s a tremendous help. I wish he was available more often.
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DR Jeanne, the whole affordability thing is just disheartening. It's everywhere now, but L.A. is hideous.
As I think back, as much as I really liked a couple of the places I lived in, I ALWAYS wished I could be at just the next level - in size or quality or location or what have you. And that was in a whole different world! Plus, I was a renter right up till the last place when a good friend offered to help me get into an actual condo, for which of course she could cash out when we sold it. And that was wonderful. But you would cry if I told you what I paid at each place. Hell, *I'll* cry.
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Yes, we live in a different universe now price wise.
I do wonder where the buyers come from for all the multimillion-dollar homes.
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For me, it’s largely an exercise in how much I can get rid of. Do any of us need all the stuff we keep? I was so impressed with how organized DR Ginny as with their downsizing. A good example!
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Good rest of the weekend to you all.
TTFN.
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Thanks, DR Jane. We are here until Monday morning, then it is a short,easy drive to Valparaiso, IN.
Short drives are nice. Valparaiso looks like a cute town.
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Thank you, Singdaw and Freddie. I have been very busy. My plate was overly full before
I decided to buy a condo, and now it’s rather insane. A steady diet of condo listings, as well as a few viewings. It’s a matter of trade-offs. The complex I like so much doesn’t offer units in the size I prefer—they’re either a bit small or too big. Sigh. There are units I like in other neighborhoods, but they’re not walkable. I really want walkable.
I understand about wanting walkable.
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Yesterday I looked at two units (such a sterile and unwelcoming term),
We do not like living in something called a unit.
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Yesterday I looked at two units (such a sterile and unwelcoming term), one a 1-bedroom, very nice but a bit small. The other was my friend Rebecca’s 2-bedroom. The agent told me it hadn’t been cleaned yet. I said it didn’t matter. But what got to me were the bags and bags and bags of clothes and other items waiting to be donated or tossed. So sad! It’s always sad after a death to see someone’s life reduced to a Goodwill pick-up, but in this case she was a friend as well. I didn’t expect it to hit me.
I wondered if you would be looking at her place. I think she would like it if you were to live there. Sending hugs.
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I think you need this epoxy flooring in your new kitchen.
Oh my that is horrible ;D
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I think you need this epoxy flooring in your new kitchen.
Well, I haven’t seen one like this, but I’ve seen some cockamamie remodels. Honestly!
I believe it and can easily imagine things I have seen.
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My cleaning guy, Brian, came by last week and the two of us started packing some of the books. My inner librarian wanted books sorted and packed by author. We did quite a bit, then I pooped out and Brian did some cleaning for me. He’s a tremendous help. I wish he was available more often.
It would be wonderful if he could help you out more, still I am glad he shows up occasionally.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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ChasSmith, what does Adam Cates have to do with Snoopy??? He choreographed the NYMF Brain from Planet X, you know.
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He's credited along with Kaitlin Hopkins and Larry Grossman for revised book (revised from "Snoopy" to "World According To...").
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Look what just happened in Amazon Kindle:
Benjamin Kritzer Kindle Edition
by Bruce Kimmel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
#1 New Release in Biographical Literary Fiction
Not bad for a book that originally came out in 2002.
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Good evening
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I am in charge of the coffee hour foodstuffs tomorrow. Also, we are having a potluck. So I've been busy in my kitchen today.
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So far Kerry's mixer has made meringue kisses and biscotti. Those both need to dry out overnight. Tomorrow the mixer shall whirl again.
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TOD: Well, I saw the recently rewritten Peter Pan. The songs were the same, but the book was rewritten.
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So sorry to hear the sad news from Ginny and Vixmom. Hugs to both families.
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Look what just happened in Amazon Kindle:
Benjamin Kritzer Kindle Edition
by Bruce Kimmel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
#1 New Release in Biographical Literary Fiction
Not bad for a book that originally came out in 2002.
Congratulations!
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The pie was good as long aa it was frozen. When it thawed, it also melted.
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Good night, all.
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Condolences to vixmom.
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Dear me, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Certainly not here.
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Everyone must be there rather than here.
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But wouldn't it be nicer if they were here rather than there?
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Congrats to MR BK on being number one with BK
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Great to hear from DR JEANNE...but certainly a sobering experience.
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DR singdaw enjoy CHICAGO!
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Nice announcement DR CHAS SMITH.....I like that show a lot, too.
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PP est mort......hurray.
We had a nice closing night audience and performances.....and strike and then pizza....and now I am ready for auditions tomorrow.......well later today.
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I guess George is sticking with his ridic "jam" and not showing up until one minute before midnight, if then.
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Once again, he has left us in the lurch.
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We are lurching.
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We're not even halfway on page six.
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And George WILL be held accountable.
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I cannot imagine what is soooo important that compels him to cause a lurch.
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Could it be church?
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Or is he buying merch?
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Is he watching from a perch?
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Is he doing a Google search?
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The one thing we know is - he ain't here.
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Not in attendance.
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I gather you've never had a blueberry smoothie, George.
I will confess that I never had.
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And you never followed the girl in Willy Wonka and became a blueberry.
True, very true.
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Probably having a burrito.
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I never became a blueberry either.
Whew!! ;D
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And true to his "jam" - he literally shows up at one minute to midnight. Someone brain this boy.
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Probably having a burrito.
Nope. I drove through Jack in the Box and got their mini tacos.
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Well, perhaps he can provide a flurry of postings as penance.
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And true to his "jam" - he literally shows up at one minute to midnight. Someone brain this boy.
Well, at least I showed up! Doesn't that count for something??
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Well, perhaps he can provide a flurry of postings as penance.
I'll try.
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And?
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I have to figure out if there's a way to take a twelve-minute clip, upload to YouTube, but tell it to only include whatever portion I like.
Can you edit the clip so that only the edited part is uploaded? I am able to cut down video clips.
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Boy oh boy, this month is really flying by.
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And?
I'm going to ketchup on the posts. :)
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Maybe I'll send you a couple of clips and what I need from them and you can edit for me?
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I do not care for page seven.
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Not one whit.
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Maybe I'll send you a couple of clips and what I need from them and you can edit for me?
I can try. How large are the original file sizes?
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The air conditioning is blowing tepid air again - working fine two hours ago. I don't get it. Hopefully, it will blow colder soon.
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Because it's hot in here.
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Not sure how big the files are.
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I think my e-mail limits files to 25 MB total.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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I can't send an e-mail that has more than 25MB, so I probably can't receive more than that, either. :-\
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Do you have anything like a sendspace.com account where you can upload it and send someone a link?
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I would send it via We Transfer.
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Not via e-mail.
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I would send it via We Transfer.
That would work.
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Never via e-mail.
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Nyet to e-mail.