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Title: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 12:20:30 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a little Sondheim music, and now it is time for you to post until the Sondheim cows come home.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 12:22:55 AM
And the word of the day is: QUALITY!
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Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 12:36:55 AM
Wordle 1,306 4/6

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Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 12:37:36 AM
Love Sondheim's contributions in the notes, BK!
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Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 12:38:59 AM
My computer is still restarting! :o What's taking it so long??
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:23:56 AM
Finished the fifteen pages.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:24:08 AM
Showered and almost ready for bed.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:24:29 AM
Have to rinse with warm saltwater then brush them teeth.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:24:42 AM
Page one?
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:24:48 AM
Really?
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 02:24:54 AM
Just kidding.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:55:23 AM
1 degree with -6 feels like.....headed for 18 degrees.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:57:23 AM
DR FREDDIE yes MR BK explained the peplum movies.  So called because of the costumes most of the leading men wore were similar to the peplums on women's jackets.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41a+IaS6YHL._AC_.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 03:01:12 AM
I watched Mark Forest - my favorite - in The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules and Alan Steel in Hercules Against the Moon Men.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 03:02:10 AM
My sister Molly told me about a new free streaming channel called Classico.

I downloaded it to my tv......she says good movies.....no commercials....but I haven't watched anything on it yet....I may check it out later this afternoon.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 03:02:29 AM
I do have a home health visit scheduled for today.....we shall see what happens.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 03:58:31 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 04:01:20 AM
I spent the late afternoon and evening dreading another round of bad health, and fortunately nothing bad occurred. Then I surprisingly slept well. Stella slept at my feet, Annabelle had her princess pillow, and Thatch cuddled next to me. DR Laura was so right in 21017 when she predicted that he would end up being Daddy's boy.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 04:03:22 AM
The much-needed laundry will have to wait till tomorrow. The trash/tote bag on my walker needs to be emptied, so that's today's taks. Laundry must wait till tomorrow when the bag can hold the laundry and supplies.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 04:04:01 AM
The iTunes mess continues, but I am almost through the B's now.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 04:06:48 AM
Yesterday my lab results from Monday came in. My glucose levels are high, which I'm blaming on Christmas goodies, but my A1C, which I suspected would be off the chart, was not.
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Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 04:21:19 AM
 :D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 04:26:11 AM
DR FREDDIE yes MR BK explained the peplum movies.  So called because of the costumes most of the leading men wore were similar to the peplums on women's jackets.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41a+IaS6YHL._AC_.jpg)


That's so interesting!  Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 04:26:59 AM
I do have a home health visit scheduled for today.....we shall see what happens.


Vibes for your home health visit!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 04:28:49 AM
Yesterday my lab results from Monday came in. My glucose levels are high, which I'm blaming on Christmas goodies, but my A1C, which I suspected would be high, was not.


Good news about your A1C!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:06:25 AM
Love Sondheim's contributions in the notes, BK!


Yes, really terrific and funny!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:33:37 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:33:44 AM
And others.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:34:00 AM
I want one of these!
https://youtube.com/shorts/draHrEkeMXI?si=9l_FM1HB9xacxMXS
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:37:20 AM
I want one of these!
https://youtube.com/shorts/draHrEkeMXI?si=9l_FM1HB9xacxMXS


Wow!  That's beautiful!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:40:43 AM
.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:41:05 AM
PAGE TWO!!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:41:24 AM
I'll eat a bagel and I'll eat strawberry ice cream.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:41:32 AM
But I won't eat my hat.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:41:49 AM
Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:41:59 AM
I'll eat humble pie.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:42:11 AM
Good news from DR elmore3003.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:42:39 AM
~~~VIBES~~~ for your home visit today, DR Jrand74.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:43:11 AM
Really enjoyed hearing (and seeing) about your night, DR John G.  Yum!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 05:43:33 AM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:43:55 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:47:15 AM
Let the record show that I just paid some ugly bills.

There are even uglier ones coming later, but that's it for today.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:47:39 AM
These bills are definitely unattractive.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:48:03 AM
They're quite homely.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:48:21 AM
And I've seen better legs on grand pianos.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:48:58 AM
You could put lipstick on these bills, and it wouldn't help.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:49:45 AM
These bills could stop a train.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:51:25 AM
I'd heard a few days ago that yesterday was to be National Hot Pastrami Day, and I'd intended to honor it but it got completely away from me.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 05:52:00 AM
I do, at least, have a couple of bagels here, with which I shall honor National Bagel Day.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 05:58:50 AM
Thanks DR FREDDIE and DR singdaw....we shall see after 3 p.m.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 05:59:03 AM
Glad you are doing better DR ELMORE.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 06:01:30 AM
It is 2 degrees here.....TWO DEGREES!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:01:45 AM
In vino veritas
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 06:01:49 AM
I am sad for folks who HAVE to get out in this weather.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 06:02:03 AM
For many decades I was one of them.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:02:16 AM
It is 2 degrees here.....TWO DEGREES!

How most appropriate for page two!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:02:54 AM
Soon to be page three.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:03:06 AM
With just a few more posts.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:03:17 AM
All it takes is words.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:03:24 AM
One more.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:03:31 AM
PAGE THREE!!!
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 06:06:41 AM
Loved the Sondheim parodies in today's Notes.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:27:45 AM
Really enjoyed hearing (and seeing) about your night, DR John G.  Yum!


Those were such great food photos, John G!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:29:09 AM
I do, at least, have a couple of bagels here, with which I shall honor National Bagel Day.


You're fast approaching 37,000 posts, so today could also be a Millstone Day (maybe).
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 06:37:02 AM
Page Three and now it is Three Degrees Here with NO Separation.
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:12:45 AM
The Many Moods of Cat
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Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:21:51 AM
~~~SET MEETING VIBES~~~ for BK!!!
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 07:41:59 AM
Iris, do you have a screen name in the New York Times reader comments?
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:49:25 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:50:05 AM
Wonderful resurrection of Mr. Sondheim in today's notes.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:50:33 AM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:51:39 AM
I generally have a gag reflex as soon as a spoon of it goes into my mouth
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Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:11:01 AM
Iris, do you have a screen name in the New York Times reader comments?

Yes, I do.
Sondheimgirl
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:11:37 AM
I posted there frequently at one point, but not lately.
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Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:12:55 AM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊
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Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:13:38 AM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.
Ah, so it’s Nogurt for you.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:14:05 AM
Loved the Sondheim parodies in today's Notes.

So did I!
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Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:18:24 AM
“Taco shells made from the crust underneath paella filled with hominy and avocado.”

John G., I love the way this was plated.

Are those resting on a bed of coffee beans?
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Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 08:19:16 AM
DR Elmore, glad you’re feeling better this morning.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 08:40:44 AM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 08:43:39 AM
LOL, now I'm probably going to spend lunch time trying to find any old Times comments to sondheimgirl!

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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:00:48 AM
“Taco shells made from the crust underneath paella filled with hominy and avocado.”

John G., I love the way this was plated.

Are those resting on a bed of coffee beans?

Uncooked black beans. Yes, I think that is one of my best food photos. Thank you.
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 09:14:47 AM
Iris, did we already know each other on HHW back when you were posting in the Times comments?
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 09:18:33 AM
My search of my Times comments isn't coming up with anything for sondheimgirl, but it's fun seeing some of the old posts over the years!

Well, if we ever did disagree in the Times comments, just remember I didn't realize that you were Iris from HHW!  :)




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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 09:19:24 AM
So I still have time for lunch:  I'm getting a McDonald's burger and a Filet-o-Fish, and calling it surf 'n' turf.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:22:44 AM
For what it's worth, the crunchy layer at the bottom of paella is call socarrat. It can't be burnt and it can't be too loose. It's an important part of judging a paella competition.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 10:00:35 AM
Decided to go out this afternoon for the Covid booster. I'd intended to do it back in the late fall, then my schedule went crazy and then Nathan had Covid a few weeks ago so I had to let that pass. But it's ketchup time around here, and I'm getting that this afternoon.

I still need to get the shingles vax and I'll probably get the RSV, too. But I'm doing them one at a time. I know you can stack 'em, and DR Elmore just did two of them successfully, but if I'm to have any reaction at all (usually a day of mild fatigue), I just want to know which one was responsible.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 10:19:43 AM
Decided to go out this afternoon for the Covid booster. I'd intended to do it back in the late fall, then my schedule went crazy and then Nathan had Covid a few weeks ago so I had to let that pass. But it's ketchup time around here, and I'm getting that this afternoon.

I still need to get the shingles vax and I'll probably get the RSV, too. But I'm doing them one at a time. I know you can stack 'em, and DR Elmore just did two of them successfully, but if I'm to have any reaction at all (usually a day of mild fatigue), I just want to know which one was responsible.

Smart. I had RSV, covid and flu at the same time last year, and one definitely knocked me out.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 10:20:07 AM
Or maybe it was the cocktail of all three.
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Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 10:29:54 AM
I'm up, I'm up - six and a half hours of sleep.
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Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2025, 10:30:40 AM
Or maybe it was the cocktail of all three.

I should think it could easily be that, even if each one taken individually wouldn't have had any effect on you.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 10:34:13 AM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?

Always friendly!

I know that there was a comment that I made that was published on the date that Sondheim passed away, where you and another reader responded.

I stopped submitting comments after several unpleasant altercations regarding the October 7 massacre in Israel. I am the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and many of my surviving relatives live in Israel.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 10:37:36 AM
Iris, did we already know each other on HHW back when you were posting in the Times comments?

I think so! 😊
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 10:38:22 AM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?

Always friendly!

I know that there was a comment that I made that was published on the date that Sondheim passed away, where you and another reader responded.

I guess it didn't come up in my search because I didn't refer directly to your screen name in my comment.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 10:39:41 AM
Should I tempt fate and ask if we ever chatted on All That Chat (Talkin' Broadway)? (which is where I was all gaga about actually conversing with Bruce Kimmel!  I didn't realize then that he'd met Skip years earlier)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 10:42:15 AM
Should I tempt fate and ask if we ever chatted on All That Chat (Talkin' Broadway)? (which is where I was all gaga about actually conversing with Bruce Kimmel!  I didn't realize then that he'd met Skip years earlier)


I read All That Chat, but I’ve never posted there. Way too much drama for me!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 10:44:42 AM
“Taco shells made from the crust underneath paella filled with hominy and avocado.”

John G., I love the way this was plated.

Are those resting on a bed of coffee beans?

Uncooked black beans. Yes, I think that is one of my best food photos. Thank you.

Oh, those are beans! Wonderful photo!
Maybe they’re really magic, who knows? 😉
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 10:45:20 AM
As DR Jeanne says, TTFN.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 11:23:00 AM
“Taco shells made from the crust underneath paella filled with hominy and avocado.”

John G., I love the way this was plated.

Are those resting on a bed of coffee beans?

Uncooked black beans. Yes, I think that is one of my best food photos. Thank you.

Oh, those are beans! Wonderful photo!
Maybe they’re really magic, who knows? 😉

now I wish I had taken a few to toss out and see what would grow!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 11:23:20 AM
It's not cold today, but it's cold.
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 11:23:30 AM
gratuitous post 100!
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Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 11:26:40 AM
Listening to a biography of physicist Roger Penrose, who revolutionized the theory of relativity. It's called The Impossible Man. I don't know that I understand everything it's about, but it's a fascinating story of a genius who doesn't quite fit in. He's British, but taught at UT Austin at the time of the Kennedy assassination. San Antonio is even mentioned once or twice.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2025, 11:43:09 AM
Good to see the regular posts of Iris around here. Livens up the joint!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2025, 11:45:27 AM
Note to George, my cc company informed me they judged in my favor regarding the fraud “Tower Records-Big Lots” purchase. So I was refunded. I assume you did not receive any of what you ordered. Let your cc company know, and I’d suggest replacing that card.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 12:12:44 PM
Decided to go out this afternoon for the Covid booster. I'd intended to do it back in the late fall, then my schedule went crazy and then Nathan had Covid a few weeks ago so I had to let that pass. But it's ketchup time around here, and I'm getting that this afternoon.

I still need to get the shingles vax and I'll probably get the RSV, too. But I'm doing them one at a time. I know you can stack 'em, and DR Elmore just did two of them successfully, but if I'm to have any reaction at all (usually a day of mild fatigue), I just want to know which one was responsible.

I don't know how successful since I definitely had a reaction to shingles or Covid. I may hold off on the hepatitus until March when I get shinglews #2.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 12:19:10 PM
My neighbor Mark, the jazz pianist, is a nice guy but a pain in the ass. Judy sent him over for a request and he stupidly let Stella out. Now I have to go find her. God damn it.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2025, 12:24:54 PM
Well, I opened the door to step out and Stella walked right in. The least Mark could have done is retrieve her. He and Judy have three cats.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:53:13 PM
Thank you DR Freddie I am relieved the appointment went well.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:53:28 PM
Thank you DR George.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:53:42 PM
Thanks Bruce.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:55:33 PM
I had an appointment with a new ENT doctor Keith had raved about.  He was right and she was excellent.
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:56:23 PM
I was concerned my issue might be cancer but all was good :)
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Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:57:10 PM
Yesterday I forgot to report that Keith got Wordle in three.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:58:21 PM
From DR John:

Quote
I’m feeling fat and happy.

I am glad you enjoyed your dinner.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 12:59:02 PM
John what was your least favorite food on the planet that you ate? I see DR George already asked ;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:00:38 PM
I do have a home health visit scheduled for today.....we shall see what happens.

Good luck!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:01:29 PM
Does anyone still wear a hat?

Almost every day ;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:02:15 PM
I am sad for folks who HAVE to get out in this weather.

Like your home care person ;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:04:51 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

What dish had yogurt?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:05:04 PM
I generally have a gag reflex as soon as a spoon of it goes into my mouth

Wow!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:06:09 PM
“Taco shells made from the crust underneath paella filled with hominy and avocado.”

John G., I love the way this was plated.

Are those resting on a bed of coffee beans?

Uncooked black beans. Yes, I think that is one of my best food photos. Thank you.

I thought it was black beans.  Uncooked as in hard?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:07:03 PM
FIVE!

(https://media.istockphoto.com/id/172241821/photo/isolated-kittens-in-basket.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=f_Qzf8nuAH7u8HgsrWpSTPksGn9kYGskDsIDBssvhgc=)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:08:19 PM
For what it's worth, the crunchy layer at the bottom of paella is call socarrat. It can't be burnt and it can't be too loose. It's an important part of judging a paella competition.

Thank you for the interesting details.  It sounds tasty.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:08:53 PM
Decided to go out this afternoon for the Covid booster. I'd intended to do it back in the late fall, then my schedule went crazy and then Nathan had Covid a few weeks ago so I had to let that pass. But it's ketchup time around here, and I'm getting that this afternoon.

I still need to get the shingles vax and I'll probably get the RSV, too. But I'm doing them one at a time. I know you can stack 'em, and DR Elmore just did two of them successfully, but if I'm to have any reaction at all (usually a day of mild fatigue), I just want to know which one was responsible.

That is how we do our vaccinations.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 01:18:48 PM
Thank you DR Freddie I am relieved the appointment went well.

Great news!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:19:22 PM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?

Always friendly!

I know that there was a comment that I made that was published on the date that Sondheim passed away, where you and another reader responded.

I stopped submitting comments after several unpleasant altercations regarding the October 7 massacre in Israel. I am the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and many of my surviving relatives live in Israel.

It is very hard.  And the hate just keeps getting worse :(
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:21:50 PM
Good afternoon.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:22:32 PM
I have been out camping in the desert. Leonard is glad I am home.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:23:22 PM
Elmore, I'm glad I was right about Thatch. Joshie took a long time before he decided I was the best thing in the world. A couple of years. He was the best cat I ever had.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:23:48 PM
Leonard loves me. He loves me when he wants to love me. But Joshie was in my lap any time I sat down.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:24:55 PM
Decided to go out this afternoon for the Covid booster. I'd intended to do it back in the late fall, then my schedule went crazy and then Nathan had Covid a few weeks ago so I had to let that pass. But it's ketchup time around here, and I'm getting that this afternoon.

I still need to get the shingles vax and I'll probably get the RSV, too. But I'm doing them one at a time. I know you can stack 'em, and DR Elmore just did two of them successfully, but if I'm to have any reaction at all (usually a day of mild fatigue), I just want to know which one was responsible.

Smart. I had RSV, covid and flu at the same time last year, and one definitely knocked me out.

It was the RSV.  I took a nap.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:24:56 PM
I have been out camping in the desert. Leonard is glad I am home.

Nice.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:25:12 PM
Leonard loves me. He loves me when he wants to love me. But Joshie was in my lap any time I sat down.

Joshie was a very special cat.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2025, 01:25:57 PM
He was a terror at the vet, though.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:27:51 PM
I spent the late afternoon and evening dreading another round of bad health, and fortunately nothing bad occurred. Then I surprisingly slept well. Stella slept at my feet, Annabelle had her princess pillow, and Thatch cuddled next to me. DR Laura was so right in 21017 when she predicted that he would end up being Daddy's boy.

Very good news, Larry!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:28:18 PM
Yesterday my lab results from Monday came in. My glucose levels are high, which I'm blaming on Christmas goodies, but my A1C, which I suspected would be off the chart, was not.

That's also very good news!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:29:10 PM
:D
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7843.0;attach=25017)

:o

;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 01:31:59 PM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?

Always friendly!

I know that there was a comment that I made that was published on the date that Sondheim passed away, where you and another reader responded.

I stopped submitting comments after several unpleasant altercations regarding the October 7 massacre in Israel. I am the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and many of my surviving relatives live in Israel.

:( My dad is also a Holocaust survivor, and my Mom is a Holocaust refugee (got out of Germany on a boat at age 8 but lost her family in Germany).  That's why I feel it's even more treacherous  that my brother and his wife (the Macbeths of Cranford NJ) destroyed our family over control of our parents' estate.  Their lawyers destroyed a Holocaust family Hitler couldn't destroy; I sincerely hope their lawyers are proud of being Hitler's clean-up squad.

Iris, I am pretty surprised the Times comment moderators let the back and forth get to such a level, to the level of an altercation.  The Times comment moderators are usually more careful than that, aren't they?
But why let it stop you from posting comments in Theater or Metro about other topics?


 


Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:32:02 PM
I want one of these!
https://youtube.com/shorts/draHrEkeMXI?si=9l_FM1HB9xacxMXS

That was amazing!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:33:45 PM
In vino veritas
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7843.0;attach=25021)

;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:34:14 PM
Freddie, there were a few times that you and I replied to each other. 😊


:) Hope it was always friendly!  Did we ever chat about Sondheim in the Times comments?

Always friendly!

I know that there was a comment that I made that was published on the date that Sondheim passed away, where you and another reader responded.

I stopped submitting comments after several unpleasant altercations regarding the October 7 massacre in Israel. I am the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and many of my surviving relatives live in Israel.

:( My dad is also a Holocaust survivor, and my Mom is a Holocaust refugee (got out of Germany on a boat at age 8 but lost her family in Germany).  That's why I feel it's even more treacherous  that my brother and his wife (the Macbeths of Cranford NJ) destroyed our family over control of our parents' estate.  Their lawyers destroyed a Holocaust family Hitler couldn't destroy; I sincerely hope their lawyers are proud of being Hitler's clean-up squad.

Iris, I am pretty surprised the Times comment moderators let the back and forth get to such a level, to the level of an altercation.  The Times comment moderators are usually more careful than that, aren't they?
But why let it stop you from posting comments in Theater or Metro about other topics?

:(
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:35:43 PM
The Many Moods of Cat
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7843.0;attach=25023)

:))
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:35:57 PM
DR Iris does your family in Israel live near where the attacks are and the people have to get in their shelters?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:36:42 PM
My family is fine, however, I have a friend that deals with this.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:38:03 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

I like yogurt. 

Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:39:31 PM
I generally have a gag reflex as soon as a spoon of it goes into my mouth

Do you have the same issue with similar foodstuffs like sour cream?  Or is that different enough to not produce the same result?

Not that most people eat sour cream like they eat yogurt. ::)

;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:40:40 PM
So I still have time for lunch:  I'm getting a McDonald's burger and a Filet-o-Fish, and calling it surf 'n' turf.

As well you should! ;D Enjoy!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:43:50 PM
Note to George, my cc company informed me they judged in my favor regarding the fraud “Tower Records-Big Lots” purchase. So I was refunded. I assume you did not receive any of what you ordered. Let your cc company know, and I’d suggest replacing that card.

Thanks for the info, Rodzinski.  Nothing else untoward has appeared on my card, but I guess I really should deal with this. ::)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:44:33 PM
Fortunately Israel is good at intercepting ballistic missiles. This is what remained after a recent interception. This is not my friend's house.

(https://yeshivaworld.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG-20250114-WA0008-640x400-1-768x480.jpg)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:45:17 PM
I was concerned my issue might be cancer but all was good :)

Whew!! :D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:45:17 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

I like yogurt. 



I only like goat yogurt but I will eat regular if it is my only food option.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:46:15 PM
Yesterday I forgot to report that Keith got Wordle in three.

Nice!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:46:26 PM
SIX!

(https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/08/13/38/56/360_F_813385603_Wubh6cNr32gezjdr1l31tKlRaqkTYfGB.jpg)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 01:46:32 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page Six! 

Of course, you cats are cuter, Jane. ;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 01:47:51 PM
So I still have time for lunch:  I'm getting a McDonald's burger and a Filet-o-Fish, and calling it surf 'n' turf.

As well you should! ;D Enjoy!


I did! 

 It used to be good food at low prices.  These days it's just good food.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:48:28 PM
I was concerned my issue might be cancer but all was good :)

Whew!! :D

Yes, big time.  Thank you.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:48:50 PM
Yesterday I forgot to report that Keith got Wordle in three.

Nice!

Thanks.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 01:49:07 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page Six! 

Of course, you cats are cuter, Jane. ;)

;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 02:20:37 PM
Not a day goes by

Not a single day

When the posts here aren’t witty and wise*

We have so much to say

Here at Haines His Way
😊

*Meaning they are always witty and wise!
Credit to Sondheim. 🎶
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 02:21:25 PM
Good to see the regular posts of Iris around here. Livens up the joint!

Why, thank you, Rodzinski! ❤️
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 02:22:16 PM
I had an appointment with a new ENT doctor Keith had raved about.  He was right and she was excellent.

Great news.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 02:24:08 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:31:50 PM
Nice poem DR IRIS.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:32:10 PM
DT singdaw is posting some excellent cat related photos today.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 02:32:24 PM
I had an appointment with a new ENT doctor Keith had raved about.  He was right and she was excellent.

Great news.

Thanks.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:32:32 PM
My home health visit has been postponed until Friday at 11:30 a.m.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 02:32:48 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.

Fingers crossed it is before then.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on January 15, 2025, 02:33:57 PM
The new governor of Indiana has ordered that all flags be flown at full staff for the inauguration.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 02:35:34 PM
Nice poem DR IRIS.

Credit Sondheim!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 02:58:37 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

What dish had yogurt?

One of the desserts. You’d have loved the other dessert, Jane: a tiny square of intensely dark chocolate rolled in hazelnuts and salt.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 03:04:13 PM
I generally have a gag reflex as soon as a spoon of it goes into my mouth

Do you have the same issue with similar foodstuffs like sour cream?  Or is that different enough to not produce the same result?

Not that most people eat sour cream like they eat yogurt. ::)

;)

No. I eat sour cream regularly.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:11:07 PM
The new governor of Indiana has ordered that all flags be flown at full staff for the inauguration.

Texas will also fly them full staff for the inauguration.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:11:48 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

What dish had yogurt?

One of the desserts. You’d have loved the other dessert, Jane: a tiny square of intensely dark chocolate rolled in hazelnuts and salt.

LOL.  I must have missed the posts and photos of the desserts.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:12:29 PM
Please describe the yogurt dessert.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 03:12:55 PM
The new governor of Indiana has ordered that all flags be flown at full staff for the inauguration.
Looks like they will be flown at full staff everywhere.
From NPR:

Flags will be flown at full-staff on Jan. 20 for Donald Trump's inauguration as president, despite an order from President Biden to lower the flags to half-staff in remembrance of the late President Jimmy Carter.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican, announced the decision to raise the flags to full staff in a message on X, writing: "On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump."

The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter."
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:14:07 PM
While I personally would prefer to see them at half-staff during the inaguaration I get it.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 03:14:25 PM
I am also curious about your least favorite food on the planet

Yogurt.

What dish had yogurt?

One of the desserts. You’d have loved the other dessert, Jane: a tiny square of intensely dark chocolate rolled in hazelnuts and salt.

That sounds delicious.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:15:28 PM
Before I forget to mention it, Keith got Wordle in three today.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:16:31 PM
Not a day goes by
Not a single day
When the posts here aren’t witty and wise*
We have so much to say
Here at Haines His Way
😊

*Meaning they are always witty and wise!

Love that!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:17:03 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.


It's encouraging news, though.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:17:47 PM
My home health visit has been postponed until Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Hoping that postponement works for you, Jrand.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 03:18:27 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.

Fingers crossed it is before then.

There will only be 33 hostages released, according to reports, and only 23 confirmed to be alive. 😢
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:20:27 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.

Fingers crossed it is before then.

There will only be 33 hostages released, according to reports, and only 23 confirmed to be alive. 😢


:( Let's hope.  We need all the hope we can get.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:21:03 PM
The page with no name.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 03:24:19 PM
News update:

Among other provisions in the ceasefire, the Hamas delegation agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, dead and alive, in exchange for the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

The agreement will begin on Sunday, Jan. 19 and roll out in phases. The first phase of the deal, which would take place over six weeks, would include the release of the 33 Israeli hostages, as well as an undetermined number of the 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:28:16 PM
Futzed and finessed.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:28:29 PM
Sent pages to Muse Margaret.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:28:44 PM
Wrote a whole new page.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:29:18 PM
Met with a set designer - a young gal - liked her very much and we've hired her.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:29:34 PM
Picked up a small package at the mail place.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:29:47 PM
Got Popeye's for food - two mild breasts.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:29:57 PM
Home and eating.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 03:30:44 PM
Will resume writing in twenty minutes and will go to at least six or six-thirty. I must get seven pages done by then.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:45:49 PM
My home health visit has been postponed until Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Hoping that postponement works for you, Jrand.

Yes, hoping that postponing is fine with you.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:46:07 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.

Fingers crossed it is before then.

There will only be 33 hostages released, according to reports, and only 23 confirmed to be alive. 😢

:(
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 03:46:38 PM
Met with a set designer - a young gal - liked her very much and we've hired her.

That great, BK!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 03:48:34 PM
News update:

Among other provisions in the ceasefire, the Hamas delegation agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, dead and alive, in exchange for the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

The agreement will begin on Sunday, Jan. 19 and roll out in phases. The first phase of the deal, which would take place over six weeks, would include the release of the 33 Israeli hostages, as well as an undetermined number of the 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

:(
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 04:24:37 PM
Ah, the page that shall not be named.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 04:25:19 PM
Still haven't started writing - keep getting diverted and must now stop all that.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 04:25:44 PM
But the good news is I've cast our leading lady.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 04:27:09 PM
Congrats!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 04:32:13 PM
Before I forget to mention it, Keith got Wordle in three today.

Good for Keith!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 04:33:23 PM
Apparently, there is a ceasefire and hostage deal on the table.

I’ve been saying for some time that the hostages will be released on the day that Trump is inaugurated, as was the case with the Iranian hostages when Reagan was sworn in.

We shall see.

Fingers crossed it is before then.

There will only be 33 hostages released, according to reports, and only 23 confirmed to be alive. 😢

Oh, my. :(
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 04:33:44 PM
Met with a set designer - a young gal - liked her very much and we've hired her.

Nice!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 04:34:19 PM
But the good news is I've cast our leading lady.

Congrats, BK!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 05:06:23 PM
Before I forget to mention it, Keith got Wordle in three today.

Good for Keith!

Thank you.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2025, 05:06:57 PM
Met with a set designer - a young gal - liked her very much and we've hired her.

Nice!

I missed this post, nice indeed.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:18:35 PM
But the good news is I've cast our leading lady.


Yay!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:20:01 PM
Can Page Seven be named
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:20:11 PM
if we're really close to Page Eight?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 05:20:26 PM
Page Eight!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 06:29:19 PM
Can Page Seven be named

Yes.  I think we should name page seven Rupert...because why not? ;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 06:29:20 PM
A dollop of Greek yogurt topped with something called blood orange sashimi and nestled in a lemon sauce.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 06:29:53 PM
Can Page Seven be named

Yes.  I think we should name page seven Rupert...because why not? ;D

I like Rupert.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 06:35:35 PM
Reminds me of Robert DeNiro's character in King of Comedy.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:44:28 PM
Can Page Seven be named

Yes.  I think we should name page seven Rupert...because why not? ;D

You mean, as in His Royal Highness Christopher Rupert
Windemere Vladimir Karl Alexander François Reginald Lancelot Herman
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:45:20 PM
Reminds me of Robert DeNiro's character in King of Comedy.

That's possible, too.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:45:41 PM
Or Rupert Holmes.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:47:42 PM
who wrote and sang:  If you like bean enchiladas and getting caught in the rain

or something like that
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Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 06:52:43 PM
This feels like a theater world shocker.  Had anyone ever heard anything but good things about Casey Nicholaw?

https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/josh-gad-recalls-book-of-mormon-director-s-inexplicable-behavior-on-set-in-his-latest-memoir-in-gad-we-trust/ar-BB1rsenm?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:04:06 PM
Today was a day.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:04:24 PM
Open Enrollment is over. But it was hell getting there.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:04:32 PM
Watching the rest of Marriage Story. But I still have 26 minutes to go. And it's hard.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:04:35 PM
I wash my hands of it.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:04:59 PM
Open Enrollment is over. But it was hell getting there.

Glad you survived it.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:09:08 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2025, 07:09:16 PM
And others.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 07:10:41 PM
Open Enrollment is over. But it was hell getting there.


Congratulations on getting through it, singdaw!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:36:14 PM
Starting an early Billy Wilder, Five Graves to Cairo. I think I have seen this, but it’s been years.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 07:45:02 PM
In the beginning, Franchot Tone is delirious. He doesn’t make sense, but he does mention the Lambeth Walk.

Lambeth, you’ve never seen.
Your skies aren’t blue.
Your grass ain’t green.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 07:55:24 PM
In the beginning, Franchot Tone is delirious. He doesn’t make sense, but he does mention the Lambeth Walk.

Lambeth, you’ve never seen.
Your skies aren’t blue.
Your grass ain’t green.


A sure crowd pleaser!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2025, 07:55:35 PM
Oy!

(a Lambeth Walk reference)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 08:15:47 PM
Can Page Seven be named

Yes.  I think we should name page seven Rupert...because why not? ;D

You mean, as in His Royal Highness Christopher Rupert
Windemere Vladimir Karl Alexander François Reginald Lancelot Herman


There you go!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 08:16:10 PM
Or Rupy for short. ;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 08:16:35 PM
who wrote and sang:  If you like bean enchiladas and getting caught in the rain

or something like that

:))
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:36:46 PM
I dozed off for an hour, which I did NOT want to do.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:37:35 PM
But I've done seven pages so far and am probably in the last thirty-five to forty pages of the book.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:38:38 PM
Muse Margaret called and once again had zero notes and loved all the new pages. The one little sequence I mentioned the other day as a gift from above, was her favorite thing in this batch of pages.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:38:58 PM
I need a short break and I'll resume writing at nine.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:39:47 PM
I do feel that page nine is waiting in the wings.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 08:39:53 PM
See?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 08:40:58 PM
I can't find any of the German comedies and musicals that Billy Wilder wrote in the 1930s before immigrating to Paris, then the U.S. I figure if YouTube doesn't have them, they probably aren't available.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 08:41:57 PM
Muse Margaret called and once again had zero notes and loved all the new pages. The one little sequence I mentioned the other day as a gift from above, was her favorite thing in this batch of pages.

Happy news indeed.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:19:58 PM
Starting a Boris Karloff zombie flick called The Walking Dead. Edmund Gwenn co-stars. Michael Curtiz directs. It has a fun premise. But I can't stay awake for it all tonight.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 09:32:39 PM
who wrote and sang:  If you like bean enchiladas and getting caught in the rain

or something like that
😄

Or:

If you like La Traviata

And eating tapas in Spain
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 09:34:14 PM
I have been out camping in the desert. Leonard is glad I am home.

How nice, Laura!

Where did you camp?

What kinds of wildlife and birds did you see?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 09:37:36 PM
I am very fond of hummingbirds, quail, cardinals, roadrunners, woodpeckers, warblers,  and every color finch.

I raised families of quail in my yard when we lived in Phoenix.

The babies running after their mom are really adorable.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: DR Iris on January 15, 2025, 09:42:45 PM
But the good news is I've cast our leading lady.

That is very good news!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:46:52 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:47:08 PM
But first ...
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:47:14 PM
Ten!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:47:31 PM
I can't count obviously.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:47:48 PM
I guess it's because I am sleeping.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2025, 09:47:57 PM
Toodles.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 10:35:08 PM
Ten pages so far, so I can definitely do five more after I post the notes.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 10:36:30 PM
I have another eye doctor appointment on Monday morning. The eye surgeon wants a few tests that he's not equipped to do - he's thinking depending on the results, we might not have to go the MRI route, and I'm all for THAT.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 15, 2025, 10:37:42 PM
I'll write some damn notes soon enough.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 11:34:56 PM
Muse Margaret called and once again had zero notes and loved all the new pages. The one little sequence I mentioned the other day as a gift from above, was her favorite thing in this batch of pages.

Very nice!
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 11:36:04 PM
who wrote and sang:  If you like bean enchiladas and getting caught in the rain

or something like that
😄

Or:

If you like La Traviata

And eating tapas in Spain

;D
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 15, 2025, 11:36:33 PM
Maybe there needs to be a HHW Parody Contest! ;)
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:31:15 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:31:24 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:31:30 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:31:36 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:31:42 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:32:09 AM
I wanted some soup, but there are no jernts serving soup this late.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:32:28 AM
Damn them, damn them all to HELL.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:33:28 AM
I has spoken.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:33:37 AM
I really has.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:33:49 AM
I do feel that page ten is waiting in the wings.
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: bk on January 16, 2025, 12:33:56 AM
See?
Title: Re: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S NOTES
Post by: George on January 16, 2025, 12:36:03 AM
 
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