Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on December 30, 2024, 12:13:45 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were officially official, and now it is time for you to post until the official cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: IMPLEMENT!
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I suppose it's time to shower and go to bed.
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So, perhaps I shall.
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Perhaps.
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One never knows.
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Two sometimes knows.
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But one NEVER knows.
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The Shadow knows.
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Good morning.
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Good morning, Laura!
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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Weird, right?
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Well. Bacon isn't weird.
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Good morning, all!
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DR singdaw - I think you were the original poster - that cat tree is amazing. Princess Annabelle wants it.
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RIP, Jimmy Carter, who is everything the Fat Orange Baboon is not: a Christian, not a Bible thumping con artist; a humanitarian, not a selfish predator; and a humble caregiver, not a flashy fraud.
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Good morning, all.
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Woke up to the dulcet tones of the cat puking on the other side of the room.
Haven't examined it yet, hopefully just a hairball.
Yep, it's a Monday.
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I'm sorry to learn about Linda Lavin's passing. Around 1999, Symphony Space's Wall to Wall composer was Frank Loesser, and Jo Loesser asked me to work with Margaret Whiting and Linda to help them decide what they wanted to perform at the evening closing concert with orchestra conducted by Eliot Lawrence. This led to two interesting sessions with each lady. Margaret was indecisive and decided she would let her husband, porn star Jack Wrangler, decide, and Linda decided on "I Wish I Didn't Love You So," and we spent a good hour or two working up the arrangement I would orchestrate.
The concert was in late May, I think. and after it was over, Luinda called and invited me to her Tony Awards party in June. After that, she called me from her Florida home to tell me that she was sending me something.The something never arrived, and I never heard from her again.
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My only plan today is to continue the iTunes mess.
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The concert was in late May, I think. and after it was over, Luinda called and invited me to her Tony Awards party in June. After that, she called me from her Florida home to tell me that she was sending me something.The something never arrived, and I never heard from her again.
Like in the movies about lost letters, I wonder about how relationships, even lives, were changed by the post office's failure to properly deliver things that are sent.
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I've had that happen. I know the feeling of being pleased, or even excited, to hear that I'm going to be receiving something that would be special in some way, or something from a person who's special... and it never happening. MAYBE it was lost, but more likely they simply didn't get around to it, they've got more important things to think about... or whatever... and you can never go back and ask about it...
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I've had that happen. I know the feeling of being pleased, or even excited, to hear that I'm going to be receiving something that would be special in some way, or something from a person who's special... and it never happening. MAYBE it was lost, but more likely they simply didn't get around to it, they've got more important things to think about... or whatever... and you can never go back and ask about it...
These days, though, isn't it easier with email communication being so common?
Is it maybe relatively non-intrusive to send a very brief (hopefully charming) email saying you mentioned you were sending me something, just checking in case it got lost - or that if it slipped the person's mind, it might have been inadvertent.
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Good morning, all.
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I will be singing I Wish I Didn’t Love You So this mirning. Thank you, Elmore. I love that song.
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Here’s k.d. lang’s lovely version:
https://youtu.be/fSEAEpKa9Vk?si=47k0-MsnayzhzdjZ
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I still had sleep problems last night, so I watched Witness for the Prosecution. Fun stuff. Great Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster. I just wish I liked Tyrone Power more.
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Two!
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DR Iris, I do not mean to be pedantic, but "The Boy From" is a Mary Rodgers song with a lyric by Steve. Mary gives him a lot of credit in her biography.
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A world without Linda Lavin is a bummer of a world for me.
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Wherever she is, there’s a new girl in town and she’s looking good.
Thera a fresh, freckled face in the neighborhood.
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She was just passing through but if things work out she’s gonna stay awhile.
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Bum bum bum bum. Ba da dum.
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Ok, here’s my issue with Wicked and it’s probably lame and fuddy duddy, but I had several decades and probably 15 views of The Wizard of Oz to affix in my mind its place in the culture at large. How many things from the 1930s can you still show little kids, and they will watch and enjoy? Not a ton. We watched it a couple weeks ago. Kids enjoyed. And granted that’s just MGM’s adaptation of the Baum source material. It isn’t sacrosanct. But it has stood as a cultural landmark for good reason.
Now, we’ve seen Wicked, and my kids see it as a direct canonical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Despite me saying, well this is a modern take, unrelated really. Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
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Bum bum bum bum. Ba da dum.
For those who want to sing along with Linda Lavin
"Alice" theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYhdXmza7M
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Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
Oh no!
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Ok, here’s my issue with Wicked and it’s probably lame and fuddy duddy, but I had several decades and probably 15 views of The Wizard of Oz to affix in my mind its place in the culture at large. How many things from the 1930s can you still show little kids, and they will watch and enjoy? Not a ton. We watched it a couple weeks ago. Kids enjoyed. And granted that’s just MGM’s adaptation of the Baum source material. It isn’t sacrosanct. But it has stood as a cultural landmark for good reason.
Now, we’ve seen Wicked, and my kids see it as a direct canonical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Despite me saying, well this is a modern take, unrelated really. Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
I loved the book Wicked, and I think it's a book aimed as a prequel to Baum's book, not the MGM film. The musical Wicked is revised as a prequel to the musical. Dorothy in Maguire's novel is a sympathetic character who kills the Wicked Witch by accident when she comes to apologize for killing her sister. I'm very happy tpo learn that much of the politics of the novel is restored to the screenplay, but I suspect I will hate the endiong of Part 2 if it follows the musical's endinmg rather than Maguire's novel.
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To former DR DakotaCelt,
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Ok, here’s my issue with Wicked and it’s probably lame and fuddy duddy, but I had several decades and probably 15 views of The Wizard of Oz to affix in my mind its place in the culture at large. How many things from the 1930s can you still show little kids, and they will watch and enjoy? Not a ton. We watched it a couple weeks ago. Kids enjoyed. And granted that’s just MGM’s adaptation of the Baum source material. It isn’t sacrosanct. But it has stood as a cultural landmark for good reason.
Now, we’ve seen Wicked, and my kids see it as a direct canonical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Despite me saying, well this is a modern take, unrelated really. Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
Sorry.
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Ok, here’s my issue with Wicked and it’s probably lame and fuddy duddy, but I had several decades and probably 15 views of The Wizard of Oz to affix in my mind its place in the culture at large. How many things from the 1930s can you still show little kids, and they will watch and enjoy? Not a ton. We watched it a couple weeks ago. Kids enjoyed. And granted that’s just MGM’s adaptation of the Baum source material. It isn’t sacrosanct. But it has stood as a cultural landmark for good reason.
Now, we’ve seen Wicked, and my kids see it as a direct canonical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Despite me saying, well this is a modern take, unrelated really. Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
If this helps teach critical thinking and not blindly accepting what somone says, this could be good. But if they're just accepting whatever the last someone says, that's not so good. Maybe it's a learning opportunity that's especially important in this day and age. (Said by someone who isn't a parent, so I could be completely wrong!)
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TOD: All time, Annie Hall. I know, mister predictable. Recent, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
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I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.
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453 Guests on a Monday afternoon!
That could get those page-views going.
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What is it - Monday?
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Lighter posting day?
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Not very sporting.
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No lighter posting days.
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DR ELMORE - Mr. Carter is also NOT a convicted felon.
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We're on our way to a record December.
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Let's not deflate, let's inflate.
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Helper should be here soon, then I'll eat something, then go shopping and see if there's anything at the mail place.
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Ok, here’s my issue with Wicked and it’s probably lame and fuddy duddy, but I had several decades and probably 15 views of The Wizard of Oz to affix in my mind its place in the culture at large. How many things from the 1930s can you still show little kids, and they will watch and enjoy? Not a ton. We watched it a couple weeks ago. Kids enjoyed. And granted that’s just MGM’s adaptation of the Baum source material. It isn’t sacrosanct. But it has stood as a cultural landmark for good reason.
Now, we’ve seen Wicked, and my kids see it as a direct canonical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Despite me saying, well this is a modern take, unrelated really. Now my kids hate Dorothy and feel duped by the MGM movie. Devoid of context, the Wicked story ends up supplanting the MGM Oz and that’s really how they will see it evermore and there’s nothing I can really do about it.
I loved the book Wicked, and I think it's a book aimed as a prequel to Baum's book, not the MGM film. The musical Wicked is revised as a prequel to the musical. Dorothy in Maguire's novel is a sympathetic character who kills the Wicked Witch by accident when she comes to apologize for killing her sister. I'm very happy tpo learn that much of the politics of the novel is restored to the screenplay, but I suspect I will hate the endiong of Part 2 if it follows the musical's endinmg rather than Maguire's novel.
Well, sorta sympathetic. We’re told Uncle Henry didn’t like her infernal singing. It seemed to give all his cows diarrhea.
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I'm at work because " never call in sick on a Friday or Monday or before a holiday"
But I've decided against attending the Gail Ann Dorsey show tonight on Brooklyn
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Which i had been quite looking forward to seeing
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But I'm just not up to it
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Plus it means driving in and out of Brooklyn, not my favorite place to drive
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Guess I'll wordle
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TOD:
Love and Death
Shadows and Fog
Radio Days
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Annie Hall
Hannah and Her Sisters
I haven’t really liked a Woody Allen movie since Sweet and Lowdown
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Three!
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No helper yet. Soon, I hope.
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Just ordered a chicken Caesar salad from Stanley's.
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I'm at work because " never call in sick on a Friday or Monday or before a holiday"
Is that because it looks like a vacation?
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Should arrive around 12:10
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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My favorite Woody movies:
Take the Money and Run
Sleeper
Love and Death
Manhattan
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Broadway Danny Rose
I like parts of others a lot but the above I can watch anytime.
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Even now.
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No lighter posting days.
You're right. I went back and fixed that post.
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If I could find them.
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Always a problem.
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But what isn't?
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Where in tarnation IS everyone?
It's New Year's Eve Eve. And here in Manhattan, it's spring weather.
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All About Eve.
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All or Nothing at All.
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Nothing Can Stop Me Now.
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Stop in the Name of Love.
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The Thrill of It All.
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Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me.
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Me and My Shadow.
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My One and Only.
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The Only Game in Town.
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We're waiting for the arrival of Maureen and Bill on New Year's Eve Eve.
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The Faraway Part of Town.
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They're supposed to arrive when page 4 gets here.
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Part of Your World.
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I've Got the World on a String.
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Page Four snuck in!
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String of Pearls.
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Is there any less subtle a double entendre than the lyric "If you want to see me do my thing, pull my string"
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A single entendre
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Or maybe not even a full entendre
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Diamonds and Pearls.
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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.
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Friend Like Me.
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I Think I Like You.
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You and the Night and the Music.
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Carry on.
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I Think I Like You.
Is that the more noncommittal Partridge Family?
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Bill and Maureen called from Starbuck's. Almost here.
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I'm at work because " never call in sick on a Friday or Monday or before a holiday"
But I've decided against attending the Gail Ann Dorsey show tonight on Brooklyn
I'm sorry you need to miss the show.
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I made a pimento cheese log for tomorrow night.
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It tastes pretty good, based on the little I saved for myself.
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It’s also low carb.
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I’ll take celery and carrots as well as crackers.
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Dr Singdaw I love the cat tree from last night.
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Stirring from a too-short nap
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I am ushering for Shen Yun tonight.
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Not interested in seeing the show again, which I have ushered for for about 15 performances over the years.
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I doubt anyone will mention the lawsuits they’re facing from former members.
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Cher's mother was lovely.
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It’s a cult.
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Knowing his reputation, it is not surprising that Desi went after Cher's mother.
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From DR George:
Well, halle-freakin'-looya!! :D
Kari Lake says she won’t seek office again
;)
So far I have missed this exciting news. Thank you for sharing it.
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Of course he blames her loss on the corupt "machine" vs the fact that people hate her.
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Onward!
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Five!
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Ran across an article telling me to study the films of Billy Wilder.
https://nofilmschool.com/billy-wilder-lessons
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I'm sorry to learn about Linda Lavin's passing. Around 1999, Symphony Space's Wall to Wall composer was Frank Loesser, and Jo Loesser asked me to work with Margaret Whiting and Linda to help them decide what they wanted to perform at the evening closing concert with orchestra conducted by Eliot Lawrence. This led to two interesting sessions with each lady. Margaret was indecisive and decided she would let her husband, porn star Jack Wrangler, decide, and Linda decided on "I Wish I Didn't Love You So," and we spent a good hour or two working up the arrangement I would orchestrate.
The concert was in late May, I think. and after it was over, Luinda called and invited me to her Tony Awards party in June. After that, she called me from her Florida home to tell me that she was sending me something.The something never arrived, and I never heard from her again.
Darn. Hopefully, it was lost in the mail and not that she didn't send it. :-\
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But Larry, what song did Margaret Whiting end up singing??
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DR Elmore, thank you for mentioning Mary Rodgers as the composer of “The Boy From…”.
I meant to give her credit.
Spoo.
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Always found this pretty funny:
Sondheim wrote the song's lyrics under the pseudonym of "Esteban Ria Nido", which Sondheim described as "a part-translation and part-transliteration of my name."[4] In The Mad Show's playbill, the lyrics were credited to "Nom de Plume".
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How are things in Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz?
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TOD:
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Crimes and Misdemeanors
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My friend Carol worked with "the lovely Linda Lavin," as she was known, on a production of Milk and Honey that also featured original star Molly Picon. Everyone loved Linda, Carol said.
There was also a live goat in the cast that apparently needed to be milked regularly.
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Hello, Iris.
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How are things in Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz?
A little sunnier than in Glocca Mora.
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Hi, John G.!
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve, everyone!
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Be back later.
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Good afternoon!
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Wordle: 2/6. The right opening word helps a lot!
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Guess I'll mosey on over to the mail place. Thinking about saving shopping for tomorrow. In fact, I could save everything for tomorrow and just stay home today. One of the important envelopes is there - the other one may arrive tomorrow and I may as well get both at the same time. Permanent crown is at noon, so I could go right after that and then right to Gelson's and/or Ralph's.
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I'm thinking maybe that's a good plan.
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I doubt anyone will mention the lawsuits they’re facing from former members.
OMG!
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I'm thinking maybe that's a good plan.
Certainly. Why shlep twice when you can do it all at once?
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DR JOHN G that's a fun link.
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I'm about an hour into Joker Folie a Deux. I can't decide if the filmmaker hates musicals or not. Certainly he seems to think they're the domain of madmen.
And no, I don't like Phoenix.
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The first Woody Allen film I saw was a third bill at a drive in.....What's Up, Tiger Lily?
It really made me laugh. I had seen him a couple of times on Ed Sullivan and was not a particular fan of his stand up.
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I did not see the first movie.
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Favorites:
Take The Money And Run (is that the one where his parents disguise themselves by wearing nose glasses/moustaches?)
Radio Days
Hannah And Her Sisters
Sleeper
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve, everyone!
Happy New Year's Eve Eve, DR DR Iris! :)
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Wordle: 2/6. The right opening word helps a lot!
Congrats!
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I had to turn off Joker. I’ll finish it, but it hasn’t won me over.
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Let’s move on.
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Uno mas.
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Six!
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve, everyone!
Wishing you the very best, Iris!
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Wordle: 2/6. The right opening word helps a lot!
Congrats!
Thanks, DR Jane!
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Your score is the best I've seen today.
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Here’s k.d. lang’s lovely version:
https://youtu.be/fSEAEpKa9Vk?si=47k0-MsnayzhzdjZ
She definitely has a voice!
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But Larry, what song did Margaret Whiting end up singing??
I no longer remember. I want to say "Slow Boat to China," but I'm not sure.
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DR Elmore, thank you for mentioning Mary Rodgers as the composer of “The Boy From…”.
I meant to give her credit.
Spoo.
I loved Mary Rodgers; she was a wonderful lady.
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But Larry, what song did Margaret Whiting end up singing??
I no longer remember. I want to say "Slow Boat to Chin," but I'm not sure.
Is that the sequel to Fast Train to Nose?
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We're waiting for the arrival of Maureen and Bill on New Year's Eve Eve.
Have a great time, Freddie!
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Diamonds and Pearls.
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.
Maybe, but Pearl's a Singer. ;D
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Not interested in seeing the show again, which I have ushered for for about 15 performances over the years.
It's never come to the WCPA, so I've never seen it. ::)
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I doubt anyone will mention the lawsuits they’re facing from former members.
What?? :o
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When I restored "Dearest Enemy" in 2001-2002 for the Richard Rodgers Centenary, I had to write a 5-minute Intermezzo to cover the scene change at the end of Act Two before the Epilogue. Around 1997 or so, I went with Mary, Bruce Pomahac, and Ted Chapin to the YMHA on East 14th Street to see a rather poor staging of the musical. The young actors were fine, but the character actors were poor and not very good. Before the show, Mary kept raving about the show and how much she loved the Act Two song "Bye and Bye," a great Rodgers and Hart tearjerker.
At intermission, Mary looked so bewildered, Ted clearly didn't care for it, Bruce was curious about what materials existed (very few, actually), and I kept saying the show was better thjan what we were seeing. Mary kept saying, rather hopefully, that she looked forward to "Bye and Bye."
So . . . In 2001, I decided that I would write the Intermezzo - which did not exist - as my love letter to Mary Rodgers, and I would base it on "Bye and Bye," which is also my favorite song in the score. When The Village Light Opera Group premiered my reconstruction in June 2002, Mary and her sister Linda came to the final performance, I saw them after the show. Mary grabbed my hand and said, "This is marvelous! You have to come tell me how you did this." Then she and Linda talked about the need to record it. Well, ten yearts later we did, and here's my love letter to Mary Rodgers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOfqZANYR4&list=PLfibsLLQzU02gGkWaGES6SI8eTiZcaADe&index=23
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It’s a cult.
Yikes!!
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From DR George:
Well, halle-freakin'-looya!! :D
Kari Lake says she won’t seek office again
;)
So far I have missed this exciting news. Thank you for sharing it.
You're very welcome, Jane! It was my pleasure! :D
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Of course he blames her loss on the corupt "machine" vs the fact that people hate her.
T.R....tough rockoes!
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My friend Carol worked with "the lovely Linda Lavin," as she was known, on a production of Milk and Honey that also featured original star Molly Picon. Everyone loved Linda, Carol said.
There was also a live goat in the cast that apparently needed to be milked regularly.
Oh, my!
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve, everyone!
And to you, Iris!
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Wordle: 2/6. The right opening word helps a lot!
Amazing! Congrats, Kevin!
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But Larry, what song did Margaret Whiting end up singing??
I no longer remember. I want to say "Slow Boat to Chin," but I'm not sure.
Is that the sequel to Fast Train to Nose?
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When I restored "Dearest Enemy" in 2001-2002 for the Richard Rodgers Centenary, I had to write a 5-minute Intermezzo to cover the scene change at the end of Act Two before the Epilogue. Around 1997 or so, I went with Mary, Bruce Pomahac, and Ted Chapin to the YMHA on East 14th Street to see a rather poor staging of the musical. The young actors were fine, but the characters were poor and not very good. Before the show, Maryt kept raving about the show and how much she loved the Act Two song "Bye and Bye," a great Rodgers and Hart tearjerker.
At intermission, Mary looked so bewildered, Ted clearly didn't care for it, Bruce was curious about what materials existed (very few, actually), and I kept saying the show was better thjan what we were seeing. Mary kept saying, rather hopefully, that she looked forward to "Bye and Bye."
So . . . In 2001, I decided that I would write the Intermezzo as my love letter to Mary Rodgers, and I wouold base it on "Bye and Bye," which is also my favorite song in the score. When The Village Light Opera Group premiered my reconstruction in June 2002, Mary and her sister Linda came to the final performance, I saw them after the show. Mary grabbed my hand and said, "This is marvelous! You have to come tell me how you did this. Then she and Linda talked about the need to record it. Well, ten yearts later we did, and here's my love letter to Mary Rodgers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOfqZANYR4&list=PLfibsLLQzU02gGkWaGES6SI8eTiZcaADe&index=23
It's still wonderful, Larry!
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Topic of the Day (these are the only Woody Allen movies that I've seen...well, that I can remember seeing):
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
Midnight in Paris
Sleeper
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
*But Were Afraid to Ask
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I was the biggest Woody Allen fan from my teens into my 20s. But his style stopped working for me somewhere after Broadway Danny Rose. And the early comedies I so loved aren’t as sharp as I once thought. Parts of Sleeper still make me laugh, when he’s a robot.
The thing that holds up for me are his short stories, the three volumes of which had a great effect on my. Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects. I borrowed my dad’s copies and never gave ‘em back!
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Of course he blames her loss on the corupt "machine" vs the fact that people hate her.
T.R....tough rockoes!
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DR Kevin, Keith also got Wordle in two :)
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DakotaCelt! There’s a name I haven’t heard in many a year.
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DR Kevin, Keith also got Wordle in two :)
Congrats to Keith!
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DR Kevin, Keith also got Wordle in two :)
Congrats to Keith!
Thank you.
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Waiting for house doors to open.
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And to change the page.
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Seven!
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Silly seven!
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Sappy seven!
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Sentimental seven!
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The Page That Shall Not Be Named has been named four times!
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;D
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'night
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Why Schlep Twice? should be the title of something-or-other.
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Lovely story and lovely track, DR elmore3003.
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Tonight I did laundry and grocery shopping.
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But they don't make very exciting posts.
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But they don't make very exciting posts.
Our posts are supposed to be exciting?
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Include me out, please.
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;D
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Samuel Goldwyn is supposed to have said that.
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According to Cole Porter.
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Sometimes at the end of the work day I forget to remove my headphones.
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It makes it interesting when I try to get up and walk away from my desk.
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Like DR Rodzinski, I like the Woody Allen books the best.
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Post #200!
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Less than ten more to get off the page that shall not be named.
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We have the option to leave at 2:00pm tomorrow, but if we want to get paid for a full week, we'd have to take vacation time.
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I am choosing to work the full day. The phones will be off, so I will actually be able to get something done.
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I am choosing to work the full day. The phones will be off, so I will actually be able to get something done.
Good luck!
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Wasn’t that an exciting post?!
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We gots excitement.
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;D
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Shen Yun is not exciting me tonight.
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I am choosing to work the full day. The phones will be off, so I will actually be able to get something done.
Good.
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Onward!
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Eight!
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It's progress.
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As opposed to Progresso.
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Progresso is the root of all evil.
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As is coffee in a cardboard cup.
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Sometimes at the end of the work day I forget to remove my headphones.
LOL!
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We could stay all night and sing 'em all!
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THAT would up the post count.
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OK. I think that's it for me.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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John G., I just read today’s New York Times article about Shen Yun.
Rather disturbing.
A Times investigation in August found that performers in Shen Yun — many of whom were minors — were often discouraged from seeking medical care for injuries. They also worked grueling hours for low pay.
Shen Yun promoted an atmosphere of fear, stoking distrust of the outside world and discouraging dissent. Performers were prohibited from reading articles from unapproved news outlets. Managers told them that any mistakes they made onstage could doom their audience to hell.
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Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, a religious group that has been banned in China and persecuted by the Chinese government for nearly three decades. The two-hour performance includes dance pieces that are intended to spread the message of Falun Gong and its living founder, Li Hongzhi, to a mass audience.
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The lawsuit, or one them.
In addition to the Labor Department’s inquiry, a former Shen Yun dancer filed a federal lawsuit in November that accused the group of forced labor and human trafficking.
The former dancer was recruited at age 13 from Taiwan and stayed with Shen Yun for 11 years. After arriving at Shen Yun’s headquarters, performers are plunged into “a system of coercion and control that extends to nearly every aspect of the dancers’ lives,” the lawsuit said.
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One *of* them, that is.
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There is a good PBS production of ‘Collected Stories’ by Donald Margulies on YouTube, starring Linda Lavin and Samantha Mathis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7NzvzpQvo
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Good night, all.
Hope to join everyone tomorrow night for the always excellent HHW New Year’s Eve partay!
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Thanks, Iris. I believe it.
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Good night, Iris.
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I just tried a new recipe for pie crust.
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It says it only takes five minutes.
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It took me about 8.
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But then it has to rest an hour or overnight.
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I’m opting for the latter.
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Tomorrow it becomes a chocolate chess pie.
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Here’s the recipe:
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chocolate-pie/
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It’s not really a chess pie as there is no corn meal. But it sounds darn snacky.
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Onward!
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Nine!
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Watching a movie. A long movie, which I will not finish this evening due to its three hour and twenty minute length.
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Enter page nine.
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John G., that recipe looks delicious!
Do you have a favorite brand of chocolate to use in baking?
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The chocolate i have on hand is my favorite. Trader Joe’s has an excellent chocolate that is just chocolate but has a pronounced vanilla flavor that I love. But tomorrow it’ll be Nestle’s dark chocolate chips because they were on sale today.
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Good night, all.
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John G., I just read today’s New York Times article about Shen Yun.
Rather disturbing.
A Times investigation in August found that performers in Shen Yun — many of whom were minors — were often discouraged from seeking medical care for injuries. They also worked grueling hours for low pay.
Shen Yun promoted an atmosphere of fear, stoking distrust of the outside world and discouraging dissent. Performers were prohibited from reading articles from unapproved news outlets. Managers told them that any mistakes they made onstage could doom their audience to hell.
Oh, my goodness! :o I had no idea!
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Well, they'll get no money from me! >:(
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AND I'll never usher for them...if they ever come to Olympia.
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Thanks for the info, Iris!
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Notes are written.
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But in the immediate, I think we should get to page ten.
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I think it strongly.
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I'm using the think system.
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You watch your phraseology.
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Ya wild kid, ya.
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One Grecian urn.
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What am I, Meredith Willson all of a sudden?
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George hit and ran.
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I'm still here.
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I'm staying, I'm staying, I'm staying.
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If ever I would leave you - it wouldn't be now.
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I'll definitely finish the movie tonight. I have about thirty minutes to go, so that's doable.
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Doable is good.
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Anything you can doable, I can doable better.
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Soon, I promise.
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Closer than ever.
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Starting here, starting now.
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But George??? Noooo.
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I do feel page ten is ready to make its entrance.
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See?
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I felt it in my bones.
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What it was doing in my bones is anyone's guess. My bones have never been in it, that's for sure.
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Welcome, 499 GUESTS!
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That's a boatload of GUESTS.
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A gaggle of GUESTS.
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A veritable plethora of GUESTS.
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GUESTS to beat the band.
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Why, if each of those GUESTS make one post we'd be breaking all sorts of records.
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How come people break records and never break CDs?
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When in Rome, do as the French do. That will confuse them.
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George isn't even in the room.
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Not very sporting.
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Oh well, nothing to be done about it.
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You can lead a horse to water...
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.