Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on February 03, 2025, 12:16:00 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were in fine fettle, and now it is time for you to post until the fine fettle cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PRESAGE!
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Happy birthday to wherever she is Edisaurus.
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People come, people go - like Grand Hotel.
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Shaved.
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Will shower in five minutes and then bed.
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Wordle 1,325 5/6
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A Very Happy Birthday to (former) DR Edisaurus!!
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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CONGRATULATIONS to DR George on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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And ~~~CONTINUED VIBES~~~ for the best possible outcome for your dear Mother!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to former DR Edisaurus!!!
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Good morning.
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George, I hope your mom's treatment brings her some much-needed relief.
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Just got a call from my dentist's office. My hygienist called in sick today, so my appointment is cancelled. I was offered the next available date - in late March.
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Good morning, all!
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I slept very poorly last night, and when the alarm rang at 5:30 I decided to sleep in. Thatch and Annabelle liked the idea, so we all cuddled together but I couldn't fall asleep. I dozed and nodded until 6:30, when I decided Genug ist genug.
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I did have a strange dream that makes no sense at all: I was in a new cemetary plot, and I and several others were stealing gravestones from other parts of the cemetary so the new plot would not be empty. There was clearly more to the dream but God alone knows what it was.
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Just got a call from my dentist's office. My hygienist called in sick today, so my appointment is cancelled. I was offered the next available date - in late March.
That is so frustrating and ridiculous. I've run into this several times. You'd think the doctor's office would keep maybe one appointment time open each day for emergencies or situations like this, but no . . .
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This weekend on Amazon Prime I tried to watch a BBC sitcom from 1975, Two's Company, starring Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden. I gave it two episodes and then gave up.
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George, sending more vibes for your Mom's treatment!
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In last night's posts, I also enjoyed your discovering the 1938 nickel!
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Happy birthday to dear Edisaurus!
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RE the TOD,
A favorite Kim Novak moment -
Trading insults with Elizabeth Taylor in THE MIRROR CRACK'D -
starts at 1:10 into this YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHHjQBR4S0
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Good morning, all.
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Today's Monday (as opposed to some generic Monday) started off as expected, with me rising but not exactly shining at six in the a.m. to coffee up, get into the armor, and go outside to start the snowblowing. I was done and inside at eight. The rest of the day is errands, paying an extremely ugly bill (aka the property taxes), and working on music.
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Happy Birthday to our E&T DR Edisaurus!
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That doctor's appointment thing happened to me with my ophthalmologist. She was sick or had family business or something. As I recall, the cancelled appointment was in March and the first available date they gave me was August. But that office is always that busy, as I was to discover later when *I* needed to reschedule one. If these postponements hadn't happened, I probably would have had the surgeries several months earlier than I did.
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Good morning, all.
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Two!
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I slept well. I had a dream about making pie dough. I am planning on making a roasted mushroom pot pie today. In the dream, I divided the lattice crust dough in two and dyed the halves red and black, so it would look like a checkerboard. Even in the dream, I said no, but I did it anyway. And no, I’m not gonna do it.
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Happy birthday, Edisaurus!
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TOD:
Novak:
Vertigo
The Notorious Landlady
Balsam:
Psycho
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
March:
A Star Is Born
Best Years of Our Lives
Design for Living
Nothing Sacred
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Pelham, and Nothing Sacred, wow, hadn’t thought of the latter in a long time! Also Death Takes a Holiday for Frederic.
Kim Novak nothing comes to mind. Just someone I haven’t seen much.
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on his new millstone.
A vibes for his Mom.
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DR FREDDIE so what show were you seeing - and did you ever connect with Dr. Brothers?
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Monday.
My computer froze because CHROME needed to do updates, so I am late.
I also went to the getting place to get what needed to get got....which it was.
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To John G's list, I would add:
NOVAK
Bell Book and Candle
Moll Flanders
BALSAM
All the President's Men
Murder on the Orient Express
MARCH
I Married a Witch
Inherit the Wind
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Fredric March:
Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Executive Suite
Seven Days In May
Sign of the Cross
Martin Balsam:
Psycho
The Carpetbaggers
A Thousand Clowns
The Goodbye People
Kim Novak:
Bell, Book, and Candle
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I forgot who the 4th person was.
I remember most from MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - the scene when March was changing his shirt and the widow lady friend was sitting on his bed making a case for herself being his next wife.
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It is 53 degrees headed for 65 degrees!
In February.
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I slept well. I had a dream about making pie dough. I am planning on making a roasted mushroom pot pie today. In the dream, I divided the lattice crust dough in two and dyed the halves red and black, so it would look like a checkerboard. Even in the dream, I said no, but I did it anyway. And no, I’m not gonna do it.
That sounds like such a fun dream.
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I don't think I've ever been let down by any of those three actors.
I believe I haven't seen as many Kim Novak movies as some of you, but Balsam for one is ALWAYS an asset. I can't think of any single time that I thought he was wasted or miscast.
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DR FREDDIE so what show were you seeing - and did you ever connect with Dr. Brothers?
I did speak with her that night. She was in L.A. then, so part of the message once I got home to Brooklyn was that it was OK to call her as late as 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. New York time (which was of course three hours earlier in L.A.)
The play was "The Dance and the Railroad" by David Henry Hwang.
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How is earache girl doing? I was fairly prone to ear infections as a kid. It seems like whenever I had a bad cold, I was likely to get one requiring either over-the-counter drops or something from our family doctor who made a lot of house calls during the late 1950s in up-and-coming (ha) Whitehall, Ohio.
Fortunately, I somehow grew out of that, but I did have one bad ear infection revisiting me around 1996. I went to a doctor and got strong antibiotics. He took one look in there and said, "yeah, that's a REAL ear infection". I remember having a really bad cold then, and one evening I woke from a nap, laying on my side, and feeling that old familiar pressure in the ear. Absolutely horrible. Nothing since then, knock wood.
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Me, too, Mango Strawberry Blueberry Parfait. Me, too.
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Your story is near identical to mine, Chas. As for DD, few doses of antibiotics so far have helped. And did not make her sick! Her appetite returned by end of yesterday. Still said there was some pain, but slept through the night (with me beside her). Keeping her home from school today.
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A Thousand Clowns, good call. Probably the least mannered performance in the film.
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I don't think I've ever been let down by any of those three actors.
I believe I haven't seen as many Kim Novak movies as some of you, but Balsam for one is ALWAYS an asset. I can't think of any single time that I thought he was wasted or miscast.
I was never a big Novak fan, but I thought her acting improved as she aged. In her early movies, she tends to emphasize the lines that should be thrown away and vice versa. I also liked her in Boys Night Out.
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I'm up, I'm up - six and a half hours of sleep.
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I did check out Kiss Me, Stupid from the library last week, so I do have some Kim Novak in the near future. I didn't care for the movie the first time I saw it.
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I shall return around eleven-thirty.
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CONGRATULATIONS to DR George on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
Thanks, Singdaw!
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And ~~~CONTINUED VIBES~~~ for the best possible outcome for your dear Mother!!!
Thanks, again!
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George, I hope your mom's treatment brings her some much-needed relief.
Thanks, Laura!
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Just got a call from my dentist's office. My hygienist called in sick today, so my appointment is cancelled. I was offered the next available date - in late March.
MARCH?? :o Hopefully, you can be put on a wait list for cancelations!
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George, sending more vibes for your Mom's treatment!
Thanks, Freddie!
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In last night's posts, I also enjoyed your discovering the 1938 nickel!
Thanks, too!
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on his new millstone.
A vibes for his Mom.
Thanks and Thanks, Jrand!
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Me, too, Mango Strawberry Blueberry Parfait. Me, too.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25273)
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PAGE THREE SAD MANGO-STRAWBERRY-BLUEBERRY PARFAIT DANCE!!
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DR Edi,
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From DR John:
Jane, I'm listening to an interesting food memoir called How to Share an Egg, by Bonny Reichert. A chef-writer is trying to find her way in the world and in her family. Her father is a concentration camp survivor. They have a strong relationship that is great at times, tested at others.
This sounds interesting because of the connection with her father, and I gather about the difficulties of being a child of a camp survivor.
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DR Freddie I laughed out loud at the end of your Joyce Brothers story.
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Congratulations to DR George.
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DR George, very cool change you got yesterday.
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DR Freddie I laughed out loud at the end of your Joyce Brothers story.
:)
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
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I got my important envelope today.....so tax work can be started.
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George, it might be worth a try to facetime with Henry & your mother.
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MAJOR VIBES THAT THE STEROID INJECTION WORKS!
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Just got a call from my dentist's office. My hygienist called in sick today, so my appointment is cancelled. I was offered the next available date - in late March.
Groan. I have had longer delays when something happened.
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That doctor's appointment thing happened to me with my ophthalmologist. She was sick or had family business or something. As I recall, the cancelled appointment was in March and the first available date they gave me was August. But that office is always that busy, as I was to discover later when *I* needed to reschedule one. If these postponements hadn't happened, I probably would have had the surgeries several months earlier than I did.
I was extremely lucky that my ophthalmologist had covid inbetween my pre-op appointment and my surgery.
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It is 53 degrees headed for 65 degrees!
In February.
Wow. It sounds heavenly to me.
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Your story is near identical to mine, Chas. As for DD, few doses of antibiotics so far have helped. And did not make her sick! Her appetite returned by end of yesterday. Still said there was some pain, but slept through the night (with me beside her). Keeping her home from school today.
I'm glad she is improving.
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
:o
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Congratulations to DR George.
Thanks, Jane!
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DR George, very cool change you got yesterday.
I know, right?? :D
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
Wow! I just need to find someone who'll pay the higher price! ;)
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George, it might be worth a try to facetime with Henry & your mother.
I half-jokingly suggested that to my sister. We'd have to coordinate everything, if we do it.
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MAJOR VIBES THAT THE STEROID INJECTION WORKS!
Thanks, Jane!
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
Wow! I just need to find someone who'll pay the higher price! ;)
Even halfway in between could be enjoyable.
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Good afternoon!
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Congrats, DR George, on your new milestone!
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Continued vibes for your Mom, DR George
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Wordle: 5/6
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I listened to Drat! The Cat! straight through yesterday. It had been several years since I'd heard it, and it was a pleasure.
I was following the score I've had here from some long-ago capture on the internet, from way back when I first started finding scores online. What an interesting hodge-podge it is, both in style of manuscript and in how much musical information is given (or not) in each style. I'd be fascinated to know who did the various sections, and how that all came about, if BK or DR Elmore happens to know.
I (note to self: third consecutive paragraph starting with 'I'?) am also taken with the liner note by Ira Levin, as to that notebook he couldn't find, which was practically a diary of the show's conception and birthing pains. Did that notebook ever see the light of day in the intervening years? What a goldmine. Hell, I still agonize over my high school senior year diary that was lost decades ago. And who in the world cares about that? Only I. But Ira Levin's show diary???
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
Wow! I just need to find someone who'll pay the higher price! ;)
Even halfway in between could be enjoyable.
Definitely!
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Congrats, DR George, on your new milestone!
Thanks, Kevin!
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Continued vibes for your Mom, DR George
Thanks, again, Kevin.
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Oh, look! It's Page Four! :D
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Back from breakfast, during which I made script notes - as with 70, Girls, 70 and Boom Diddy Boom, there are no specific notes about what's really going on during the overture other than one soprano and some locations. I think there's more information somewhere and I need to find it.
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Most confusing.
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I survived the hazards of the bathtub and I will be sparkling clean for tomorrow's appointment.
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I do have a really fun way to start that section, however, that I think will get a nice laugh right away.
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The Hazards of the Bathtub - that's the title of my next novel.
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After breakfast, I did some banking - the fast bank had two customers who took more time than usual, so I didn't get out of there as quickly as I usually do - but my branch was very fast.
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After that, I had two telephonic conversations in the car.
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Then I did the Macy's return.
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And now, I'm home.
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And I don't care who knows it.
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Oh, I did stop at the Mercedes service place two minutes from here. There was some piece that was lying on the floor and I had no idea where it came from or what to do with it. The nice man reattached it somewhere under the front seat. I showed him the two other minor issues, but to fix those they need to remove the center console so I'll bring it in next Monday morning and will have it back in the afternoon. Everything else seems to be working just fine.
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I listened to Drat! The Cat! straight through yesterday. It had been several years since I'd heard it, and it was a pleasure.
I was following the score I've had here from some long-ago capture on the internet, from way back when I first started finding scores online. What an interesting hodge-podge it is, both in style of manuscript and in how much musical information is given (or not) in each style. I'd be fascinated to know who did the various sections, and how that all came about, if BK or DR Elmore happens to know.
I (note to self: third consecutive paragraph starting with 'I'?) am also taken with the liner note by Ira Levin, as to that notebook he couldn't find, which was practically a diary of the show's conception and birthing pains. Did that notebook ever see the light of day in the intervening years? What a goldmine. Hell, I still agonize over my high school senior year diary that was lost decades ago. And who in the world cares about that? Only I. But Ira Levin's show diary???
The orchestrations were by the great Hershy Kay and Clare Grundman, who both did Once Upon a Mattress, and I would not be surprised if the scene changes and short cues were by assistants Hershy used when he was in a crunch, although I know not who they might be. The dance arrangements were by the wonderful Genevieve Pitot, best known for her Quadrille in Cole Porter's Can-Can. She also did the dance charts for Kiss Me, Kate and Li'l Abner. In 1973 I worked with her nephew at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival.
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Oh, and he'll put a new battery in the fob, which either works quickly or takes three or four tries. And I have a second fob that doesn't work at all, so he'll put a new battery in that one, too.
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Interestingly, for the Kabuki ballet, I have all the original orchestra parts - that was all that survived - and I'm not going to do it in the Kabuki-style because right now is probably not the right time to have a bunch of white people in kabuki outfits. I am going a completely different way that I think will be fun. So, our MD and I will create that musically based on two of the songs in the show.
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Love Hershey Kay.
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
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Love Eddie Sauter.
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Love Phil Lang.
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Don't always love Don Walker, but he's done amazing stuff.
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Love Jonathan Tunick.
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Don't love most of the newbies.
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Love elmore.
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Love Lanny Meyers.
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Love David Siegel.
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I used to love Robert Russell Bennett more than I do now. But still, pretty great.
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Who have I left out?
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Oh yeah, these lightweights - love Ralph Burns.
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Love Robert Ginster, Sid Ramin, and Irwin Kostal.
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I'm sure there are others. Did George Bassman do Guys and Dolls? That's pretty terrific.
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Enter page five.
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I listened to Drat! The Cat! straight through yesterday. It had been several years since I'd heard it, and it was a pleasure.
I was following the score I've had here from some long-ago capture on the internet, from way back when I first started finding scores online. What an interesting hodge-podge it is, both in style of manuscript and in how much musical information is given (or not) in each style. I'd be fascinated to know who did the various sections, and how that all came about, if BK or DR Elmore happens to know.
I (note to self: third consecutive paragraph starting with 'I'?) am also taken with the liner note by Ira Levin, as to that notebook he couldn't find, which was practically a diary of the show's conception and birthing pains. Did that notebook ever see the light of day in the intervening years? What a goldmine. Hell, I still agonize over my high school senior year diary that was lost decades ago. And who in the world cares about that? Only I. But Ira Levin's show diary???
The orchestrations were by the great Hershy Kay and Clare Grundman, who both did Once Upon a Mattress, and I would not be surprised if the scene changes and short cues were by assistants Hershy used when he was in a crunch, although I know not who they might be. The dance arrangements were by the wonderful Genevieve Pitot, best known for her Quadrille in Cole Porter's Can-Can. She also did the dance charts for Kiss Me, Kate and Li'l Abner. In 1973 I worked with her nephew at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival.
That's one HELL of a roster.
Any idea who copied it all? A couple of the hands look very familiar, but I think certain ones tend to look somewhat alike to me. I suspected your friend Dale Kugel in at least one spot - could that be? - it wasn't as insanely complex as some I've seen, but nevertheless neat in that way.
EDIT: I wonder if the orchestra parts for the various songs correspond to the hands that copied the piano-vocal. Or was that necessarily the same people?
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I watched SUBSTANCE and have more questions than answers....but I shall wait until more folks have seen the movie.
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I will do some more work on my taxes.....it seems a bit high in the "owe" department for what I "earned."
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I think I have just about everything I need to begin the taxes. I always view it with trepidation, but there should be a little coming back. And there's nothing any more complicated about 2024 than the previous couple of years were. I think. I hope. Fingers crossed. Knocking wood. etc.
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
Wow! I just need to find someone who'll pay the higher price! ;)
It would be wonderful if you could do that.
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DR GEORGE the value of your 5 cent piece is all over the place on the internet.
From $9.50 to $14,500.
Wow! I just need to find someone who'll pay the higher price! ;)
Even halfway in between could be enjoyable.
Up. At $9.50 I would simply save it.
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Oh, and he'll put a new battery in the fob, which either works quickly or takes three or four tries. And I have a second fob that doesn't work at all, so he'll put a new battery in that one, too.
Are they charging much for this? We now watch videos and change our own batteries.
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Jeanne, if you see this -
You're at 28,996 posts. Just 4 away from a new millstone!
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Wow, I just read this headline:
The Canadian province of Ontario on Monday announced it was cancelling a C$100 million ($68.12 million) contract with Elon Musk's Starlink, the latest retaliatory move against tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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I'm sure there are others. Did George Bassman do Guys and Dolls? That's pretty terrific.
He did much of Guys and Dolls with Ted Royal.
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I listened to Drat! The Cat! straight through yesterday. It had been several years since I'd heard it, and it was a pleasure.
I was following the score I've had here from some long-ago capture on the internet, from way back when I first started finding scores online. What an interesting hodge-podge it is, both in style of manuscript and in how much musical information is given (or not) in each style. I'd be fascinated to know who did the various sections, and how that all came about, if BK or DR Elmore happens to know.
I (note to self: third consecutive paragraph starting with 'I'?) am also taken with the liner note by Ira Levin, as to that notebook he couldn't find, which was practically a diary of the show's conception and birthing pains. Did that notebook ever see the light of day in the intervening years? What a goldmine. Hell, I still agonize over my high school senior year diary that was lost decades ago. And who in the world cares about that? Only I. But Ira Levin's show diary???
The orchestrations were by the great Hershy Kay and Clare Grundman, who both did Once Upon a Mattress, and I would not be surprised if the scene changes and short cues were by assistants Hershy used when he was in a crunch, although I know not who they might be. The dance arrangements were by the wonderful Genevieve Pitot, best known for her Quadrille in Cole Porter's Can-Can. She also did the dance charts for Kiss Me, Kate and Li'l Abner. In 1973 I worked with her nephew at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival.
That's one HELL of a roster.
Any idea who copied it all? A couple of the hands look very familiar, but I think certain ones tend to look somewhat alike to me. I suspected your friend Dale Kugel in at least one spot - could that be? - it wasn't as insanely complex as some I've seen, but nevertheless neat in that way.
EDIT: I wonder if the orchestra parts for the various songs correspond to the hands that copied the piano-vocal. Or was that necessarily the same people?
No Dale Kugel - the show never went to Tams-Witmark. We'd need an original Playbill to see who copied the show.
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There's one Playbill on eBay for Drat! The Cat!, signed by Eliot Gould. The seller is charging $99.99 for it.
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Thatch wanted a new portrait. He did not want to wait for our DR ChasSmith.
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EDIT: I wonder if the orchestra parts for the various songs correspond to the hands that copied the piano-vocal. Or was that necessarily the same people?
Depending on how large the copy staff was, it's been my experience, in the old hand-copy days, that one person copied the strings, one the reeds, one the brass, etc. At Chelsea Music, which could have as many as 6-10 copyists working on a show, I believe the person who copied the piano-celesta part did the P/C for the number. Christine Ambrose did beautiful P/C art.
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Roasted mushroom pot pie is in the oven. It took way too much time. But it smells good.
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Diet Coke seems to be at an all-time hight - 11.99 at Ralph's. 9.99 at Gelson's. But I always check Walmart and Walmart is 6.98 during a special - ALL their sodas are for twelve-packs. So, I really made a nice order and stocked up. Got Diet Coke (regular and caffeine free), Diet Sprite, Diet Dad's Root Beer, Diet Canada Dry ginger ale, Diet Cranberry-Grape juice, Diet Cranberry-cherry juice and a few other little items. Quite the savings.
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I have some chicken left from the faux chicken stroganoff, so will probably make that into a chicken sandwich.
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Now, what box has the damn Drat string charts.
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Or did they get lost, although I doubt they did.
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The Substance - as I said after seeing it, if I want to see a David Cronenberg body horror movie, I'll watch The Fly.
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Thatch wanted a new portrait. He did not want to wait for our DR ChasSmith.
He's looking magnificent!
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Robert Haring, who copied Camelot and On a Clear Day for Russell Bennett, may have copied Drat! The Cat! He copied Coco and 110 in the Shade for Hershey. Bo was dead before I got to New York, but I was a good friend of his widow Judy, who ran Associated Music and worked as lot on bindibng, printing, and shipping materials for John McGlinn. Associated Music copied the parts for McGlinn's recordings of "Kiri Sings Gershwin" and "Gershwin Overtures."
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Cat! is in three or four different hands. Would that be from different stages of development, rewriting, etc.?
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EDIT: I wonder if the orchestra parts for the various songs correspond to the hands that copied the piano-vocal. Or was that necessarily the same people?
Depending on how large the copy staff was, it's been my experience, in the old hand-copy days, that one person copied the strings, one the reeds, one the brass, etc. At Chelsea Music, which could have as many as 6-10 copyists working on a show, I believe the person who copied the piano-celesta part did the P/C for the number. Christine Ambrose did beautiful P/C art.
Please name any titles you can think of that Christine Ambrose did. I'd love to see some, and hopefully I have something of hers.
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Cat! is in three or four different hands. Would that be from different stages of development, rewriting, etc.?
No, there may have been 3 or more copyists working on the show while it was in NYC rehearsals. Also, while the show was out of town in previews, there would have been a staff of copyists keeping up on changes and new material. I remembered that my beloved Mathilde Pincus and Chelsea Music copied Hershy's scores for On the Twentieth Century and Candide. They may have copied Drast! The Cat!
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Robert Haring, who copied Camelot and On a Clear Day for Russell Bennett, may have copied Drat! The Cat! He copied Coco and 110 in the Shade for Hershey. Bo was dead before I got to New York, but I was a good friend of his widow Judy, who ran Associated Music and worked as lot on bindibng, printing, and shipping materials for John McGlinn. Associated Music copied the parts for McGlinn's recordings of "Kiri Sings Gershwin" and "Gershwin Overtures."
Several years ago we were thinking about doing Clear Day, and they sent the handwritten PC score as perusal. That was quite the surprise in this day and age. I carefully compared it with the published score in several places, and as I recall, I found no differences.
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I found Judy Haring's obituary from 2019 in the AFM magazine online. She was a wonderful lady. I adored her.
Judy Haring, 99, a member of Local 802 for over 25 years, died on Sept. 21. The daughter of an opera singer, Ms. Haring sang in clubs as a singer and a pianist at the beginning of her career. She married Bob Haring Jr., a musician and arranger, whose father (Bob Haring Sr.) was a leading recording artist, broadcaster and arranger in the 1920s through the 1940s. Ms. Haring performed for many years live on radio and television and was known equally for the quality of her voice and her arrangements. She will be remembered for her contribution to the music industry as the co-owner and manager of Associated Music Copy Service, which she formed with her husband and a number of copyist colleagues in the 1950s. They provided copying, printing and archiving services to composers, arrangers, musicians and producers around the world, including Harry Belafonte, Philip Glass, Stephen Sondheim, Hershey Kay, Leonard Bernstein, David Merrick, the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Gershwin Foundation. They produced their own music manuscript paper (Aztec) and also ran a music copying course, which produced a new generation of copyists. Ms. Haring was a valuable mentor to many composers, both young and old. She retired at 80 and spent the last years of her life at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. Ms. Haring is survived by her children Eileen, Peter and Gene, and grandchildren Samantha, Amanda, Merideth, Thomas, Kristen and Jennifer.
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Saw an intriguing movie called End of the Century. It plays with time telling the story of two men who meet. They've met before, but the story plays out differently. In the supposed present day, they have sex first and then get to know each other. Twenty years in the past, the two looking n different, meet first and it leads to sex. Really enjoyed it.
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Six!
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Good afternoon.
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Love elmore.
Same.
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Hello, Thatch!
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MR BK I bought the SUBSTANCE dvd after reading what you wrote about it.
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Good luck with the taxes DR CHAS SMITH, I'm going to try again tomorrow.
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Anything our President does is LEGAL. Signed, The Supreme Court of Injustices.
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I have never seen the show Psych, but there was a musical episode that I am watching. Not knowing the characters is a drawback. So are the original songs. But I did like a joke about Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.
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Well, those Harings sound like remarkable people.
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Interestingly, for the Kabuki ballet, I have all the original orchestra parts - that was all that survived - and I'm not going to do it in the Kabuki-style because right now is probably not the right time to have a bunch of white people in kabuki outfits. I am going a completely different way that I think will be fun. So, our MD and I will create that musically based on two of the songs in the show.
That sounds like fun.
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
I do. :)
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Love elmore.
Same.
Well, shucks! Thank you, both! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
I do. :)
I'm with you, DR George!
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
I do. :)
I don't, and Hersey's is not GERD friendly for me.
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Keith got Wordle in three today.
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Pie!
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Did you bake that pretty pie?
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LOL Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.
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LOL Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.
When I was doing a parody video every week, I'd covered just about every New York subject :) - so I even did a parody about Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
Back when New York Speaker Christine Quinn had taken up their press-friendly (but low-dollar amount) cause -
Free parking spaces for performing Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
"Speak Up for Shakespeare"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lriKy_Coo5g
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Did you bake that pretty pie?
I did. Roasted mushroom pot pie.
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Wow, I just read this headline:
The Canadian province of Ontario on Monday announced it was cancelling a C$100 million ($68.12 million) contract with Elon Musk's Starlink, the latest retaliatory move against tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Good. ;)
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There's one Playbill on eBay for Drat! The Cat!, signed by Eliot Gould. The seller is charging $99.99 for it.
Wow! I wonder if it'll sell. :-\
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Thatch wanted a new portrait. He did not want to wait for our DR ChasSmith.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25275)
Sweet!
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Here's the link to the Times obituary for Merle Louise, who passed away Jan. 11 at 90.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/theater/merle-louise-simon-dead.html
"Merle Louise Simon, a Sondheim Mainstay, Is Dead at 90
She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in “Sweeney Todd.”"
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Diet Coke seems to be at an all-time hight - 11.99 at Ralph's. 9.99 at Gelson's. But I always check Walmart and Walmart is 6.98 during a special - ALL their sodas are for twelve-packs. So, I really made a nice order and stocked up. Got Diet Coke (regular and caffeine free), Diet Sprite, Diet Dad's Root Beer, Diet Canada Dry ginger ale, Diet Cranberry-Grape juice, Diet Cranberry-cherry juice and a few other little items. Quite the savings.
I just got some new (limited edition) Orange Cream Coke Zero Sugar. I really like it.
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And I also got some new (limited edition) Cherry and Cream (flavored, not real cream) Diet Pepsi. Also very good. :)
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Did you bake that pretty pie?
I did. Roasted mushroom pot pie.
YUM!
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Saw an intriguing movie called End of the Century. It plays with time telling the story of two men who meet. They've met before, but the story plays out differently. In the supposed present day, they have sex first and then get to know each other. Twenty years in the past, the two looking n different, meet first and it leads to sex. Really enjoyed it.
Very interesting. I may need to check this one out. ;)
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Anything our President does is LEGAL. Signed, The Supreme Court of Injustices.
What did he do now?? >:(
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
I do. :)
I'm with you, DR George!
:-*
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Don't love Hershey's Kisses.
I do. :)
I don't, and Hersey's is not GERD friendly for me.
Oh, no. :(
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Keith got Wordle in three today.
Keith seems to be making a habit out of that!
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Pie!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25279)
RUPERT'S PAGE PIE DANCE!! ;D
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Keith got Wordle in three today.
Keith seems to be making a habit out of that!
He has gotten a good number of threes lately, but higher numbers as well.
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About to run out of Pepcid. Looked at my previous order with Amazon Fresh and they still have the 50 count size for $9.18. That is more than twenty bucks less than anywhere else - I bought four and that should keep me for some time.
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Haven't watched anything yet. Just been relaxing.
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And why shouldn't I?
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About to run out of Pepcid. Looked at my previous order with Amazon Fresh and they still have the 50 count size for $9.18. That is more than twenty bucks less than anywhere else - I bought four and that should keep me for some time.
Wow! Congrats on the excellent price.
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I had a nice long phone chat with my niece and grandniece. It is Girl Scout cookie time. Of course we purchased a bunch of boxes, not to be delivered here ;D
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Saw an intriguing movie called End of the Century. It plays with time telling the story of two men who meet. They've met before, but the story plays out differently. In the supposed present day, they have sex first and then get to know each other. Twenty years in the past, the two looking n different, meet first and it leads to sex. Really enjoyed it.
Very interesting. I may need to check this one out. ;)
I think you'd enjoy it.
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Back to Psych the Musical. Ally Sheedy is a hoot and a half as one of the guest stars.
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And I've never really cared for Ally Sheedy before.
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Maybe she should have played insane killers her whole career.
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Roasted mushroom pot pie is in the oven. It took way too much time. But it smells good.
But does it have a checkerboard crust?
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Asking for a friend.
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Thatch is such a handsome fellow.
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Here is someone who is not. Handsome.
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Here is Josephine. She lives with my friend Paul in Wilmington, DE.
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But does it have a checkerboard crust?
Now that I have caught up, I have my answer.
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The Victorian where we used to live, when we first moved to Saint Paul, before it was sold and we were booted out.
Every July 4, the owner pulled out these props from the set of Field of Dreams. They used these cutouts in the stands to avoid having to pay so many extras. [click to embiggen a smidge]
A fun memory.
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Thanks for the heads up, DR ChasSmith. I just snagged a copy of the piano/vocal for Drat! the Cat! and I will recreate your experience.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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Here's the link to the Times obituary for Merle Louise, who passed away Jan. 11 at 90.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/theater/merle-louise-simon-dead.html
"Merle Louise Simon, a Sondheim Mainstay, Is Dead at 90
She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in “Sweeney Todd.”"
Thanks for the link, Freddie.
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She was also in (among others) Kiss of the Spider Woman and Charlotte Sweet. :)
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About to run out of Pepcid. Looked at my previous order with Amazon Fresh and they still have the 50 count size for $9.18. That is more than twenty bucks less than anywhere else - I bought four and that should keep me for some time.
Wow! That's great, BK!
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Saw an intriguing movie called End of the Century. It plays with time telling the story of two men who meet. They've met before, but the story plays out differently. In the supposed present day, they have sex first and then get to know each other. Twenty years in the past, the two looking n different, meet first and it leads to sex. Really enjoyed it.
Very interesting. I may need to check this one out. ;)
I think you'd enjoy it.
Thanks for the recommendation, John.
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Back to Psych the Musical. Ally Sheedy is a hoot and a half as one of the guest stars.
I really liked that show! ;D
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I don't specifically remember the musical episode, but I think I have the entire series on DVD...or at least most of it. I'll have to check.
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And now, we are at the end of today's Rupert.
Until tomorrow, Rupert!!
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
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Here is someone who is not. Handsome.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25281)
:o
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:))
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Here is Josephine. She lives with my friend Paul in Wilmington, DE.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25283)
So cute!
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The Victorian where we used to live, when we first moved to Saint Paul, before it was sold and we were booted out.
Every July 4, the owner pulled out these props from the set of Field of Dreams. They used these cutouts in the stands to avoid having to pay so many extras. [click to embiggen a smidge]
A fun memory.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25285)
That's pretty cool, Singdaw!
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Here is someone who is not. Handsome.
Hilarious
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Roasted mushroom pot pie is in the oven. It took way too much time. But it smells good.
But does it have a checkerboard crust?
It didn’t need a lattice crust, as the picture shows.
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Watching a favorite from my childhood: Start the Revolution Without Me. Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder are a stitch. I still laugh at some of the same jokes I did as a kid.
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Anyone tried to buy eggs lately?
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Still later that night 1789
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Finished with my viewing.
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Courtroom thing.
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Then I dozed off for about thirty minutes.
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Had some clam chowder earlier - nice snack.
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All the diet drinks and Pecids arrived earlier.
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Also, the Pepcids arrived. I keep the Pecids for show.
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And what a show it is.
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Here is Josephine. She lives with my friend Paul in Wilmington, DE.
I had a ca name Josephine when I was a boy.
I also lived in Wilmington, DE. Twice!
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The Pecid Show.
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For the peckish.
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What ever happened to that other company that was hinting at doing Drat! The Cat! ?
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Anyone tried to buy eggs lately?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7862.0;attach=25287)
Oh, my! :o
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Good night, all.
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Good night, John.
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New notes are written.
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Irving Berlin may have been involved.
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How can we still be on page eight?
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Not very sporting.
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I do feel that page nine is waiting in the wings.
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See?
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SEE?
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At long last nine.
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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.