Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 27, 2025, 12:19:17 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of the closing show, and now it is time for you to post until the closing cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: EXCEPTIONAL!
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Notes waxed, waned.
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Franz Waxman is great but he’s no Al Waxman from Cagney & Lacey.
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Thanks DR Freddie for letting us know the Gypsy revival cast recording was released on Friday. I've been listening to it and it really sounds authentic to what I heard in the theater. If you want the songs individually the YouTube playlist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqcwJaWH1wZz6NyJL8PA2PWT1ZtGXFMV
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Franz Waxman is great but he’s no Al Waxman from Cagney & Lacey.
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Last night, Jane wrote:
I'm excited for you**. Will you get to stay in Seattle or commute?
Thanks, Jane! But as far as I know, we only have access to the room (a 600-seat banquet hall) that one day. I assume that we'll go in early in the morning, set up everything, do a test run and mic check, then give the one and only performance, strike everything and leave.
**I had posted about performing The HEAD!!! That Wouldn't DIE! in Seattle at the Worldcon.
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Also from last night:
~~~Stay Well Vibes for Laura and Sandra!!~~~
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Good morning, all!
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It was a restless night. I don't know how the cats put up with my flailing about.
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Yesterday wasn't a bad day until around 3:30 in the afternoon when I was suddenly very sick. The messy trail ran from the computer table to the bathroom because I am simply incapable of moving any faster than a slow crawl. If I could move at the pace I pnce had, all would have been fine. I spent the next two hours getting out of my clothes and into a bath, followed by cleaning up the trail. The cats were completely grossed out: not once of them came to talk to me while I bathed.
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So . . . this morning I have some laundry to attend to.
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Last night, Jane wrote:
I'm excited for you**. Will you get to stay in Seattle or commute?
Thanks, Jane! But as far as I know, we only have access to the room (a 600-seat banquet hall) that one day. I assume that we'll go in early in the morning, set up everything, do a test run and mic check, then give the one and only performance, strike everything and leave.
**I had posted about performing The HEAD!!! That Wouldn't DIE! in Seattle at the Worldcon.
George, hoping a video recording at Worldcon happens!
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More stay well vibes for Laura and Sandra!
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It was a restless night. I don't know how the cats put up with my flailing about.
We humans put up with a lot when someone is responsible for us being fed. Why should cats be different? :)
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Yesterday wasn't a bad day until around 3:30 in the afternoon when I was suddenly very sick. The messy trail ran from the computer table to the bathroom because I am simply incapable of moving any faster than a slow crawl. If I could move at the pace I pnce had, all would have been fine. I spent the next two hours getting out of my clothes and into a bath, followed by cleaning up the trail. The cats were completely grossed out: not once of them came to talk to me while I bathed.
More prayers for your home help from the Medicare people to start soon. That could alleviate at least some of the strain on you.
Maybe there's something your doctor can do to accelerate that process.
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Good morning, all.
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Nine hours of sleep.
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I don’t have to work until 11:30, so I can be lazy.
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Good morning, all.
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Dead tired, but it's a day to recover and get myself ready for the coming week.
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Two hours of sleep so far - will try for more.
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Here’s Shirley Jones. The tempo is way too slow.
https://youtu.be/eHjyObV-v6Y?si=RAr7RNSrcYRYERV4
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I tried to listen to the new Gypsy album but it's just like every other cast album they do these days - completely DEAD sounding, no air, makes a big orchestra sound like ten, and the actors sound like they're doing a radio show. Cast albums should sound LIVE, you know, like the Goddard Lieberson original album. I just don't get it, frankly. And the changes to the score are HORRIBLE. The overture is mixed so poorly I couldn't believe it. As to the beloved Audra, she is not and has never been my cuppa. I don't care for her voice, it's that simple, and her acting has so much sauce it's like being hit over the head repeatedly with a shovel. I had to stop, finally. It's just awful.
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The reviews are all over the place for Just in Time.
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The reviews are all over the place for Just in Time.
Here's my parody lyric. I don't know if Jonathan Groff's sweating and spitting has been parodied in song anywhere yet, but it sounds like Mr. Groff has a sense of humor about it. (Is the sweating and spitting the "Groff sauce" that gets referred to?)
On the reviews of the new Bobby Darin Broadway musical - praising Jonathan Groff's performance as sensational, and the critics AND the show pointedly warning that Mr. Groff spits and perspires a lot, so be aware if you're in the front rows.
Tune of "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin rendition
Oh, the shark bites / are mis-named, dear,
So the experts / seem to say.
No, the sharks should / not be blamed, dear,
People just get / in their way.
Just like Groff who / seems to sweat, babe
Water sprays from / all his pores.
Sit too close and / you'll get wet, babe
It's not Groff's fault / no, it's yours.
Like sharks looking / for some food, hon.
All they want is / lots of fish.
Groff does not mean / to be rude, hon.
To delight you / is his wish.
Oh, the critics / have such smarts, dear,
And you count on / what you read.
So you trust them / for fine arts, dear,
Hope they give you / what you need!
So you're on notice / when you go there,
Choosing how you / spend your cash.
Groff, he puts on / quite a show there.
His performance / makes a splash!
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This was from Jesse Green's New York Times review:
"When Jonathan Groff says “I’m a wet man,” he means it.
The admission comes near the start of “Just in Time,” the Bobby Darin bio-musical that opened on Saturday at Circle in the Square. It’s a warning to the 22 audience members seated at cabaret tables in the middle of the action that they may want to don raincoats as he sings and dances, sweating and spitting, a-splishin’ and a-splashin’.
But Groff is wet in another sense too: He’s a rushing pipeline, a body and voice that seem to have evolved with the specific goal of transporting feelings from the inside to the outside. A rarity among male musical theater stars, he is thrilling not just sonically but also emotionally, all in one breath... "
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LOL DR FREDDIE.
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It's weird that the strippers' song in the new GYPSY recording is titled Ya Gotta GET A GIMMICK.
OI remember it being YOU GOTTA HAVE A GIMMICK in the 1962 movie. I looked it up and I am right HOWEVER on the OBC with Miss Ethel Merman is it indeed YOU GOTTA GET A GIMMICK....
Strange.
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Page Two getta hava gimmick turn.
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I remember the alliterative gotta get gimmick.
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Fun lyrics, Freddie.
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LOL DR FREDDIE.
Thank you, Jrand!
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Fun lyrics, Freddie.
Thank you, John G!
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The laundry is finished, but gettign there was sheer hell. When I headed out, I saw someone had left a package for me, so I thought, I'll open it now leave the contents and throw the packing material out when I'm in the basement. As I stood there like or fall down and die - Annabelle ran out and, unlike Stella who dawdled in front of the door, ran down the hall while I thought, I'm goiong mad! Two cats are trying to kill me.
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As I stood there indecisively, Stella casually walked baartment while from somewhere in the building I could hear Annabelle bellowing at the top of her lungs. So, I pushed the walker to the elevator and had to decide, which floor? 5? 4? 2?
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I decided to try 4, and sure enough, Annabelle stood in front of apt. 4C bellowing to get in. As soon as she she ran into the elevator and I pressed the button for 3. She ran out of the elevator andf back to 4C while I tried to hold open the closing doors while calling for her, She ran back into the elevator, but just as the doors closed, she ran out again.
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Thanks Freddie. We don't really need the audio hookup until next week when we are beginning a bit of remodeling in our bathroom and have to live in our guest room while the work is being done.
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DR Laura, while your trip to Disneyland sounds exhausting it also sounds like great fun.
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From DR Laura:
It was a most flattering photo, I tell you.
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I've never been on Star Tours.
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It sounds like something I would like.
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Thanks Freddie. We don't really need the audio hookup until next week when we are beginning a bit of remodeling in our bathroom and have to live in our guest room while the work is being done.
Oh, that's good!
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While I wrestled with the walker and elevator doors, Annabelle sat in frotn of 4C telling at the top of her lungs. As I managed to get myself and the walker out of two crushing doors, Jacquie, my lovely neighbor stepped out of 4C and picked Annabelle up. I told her to put Annabelle on my shoulders, and she did. She then held the elevator for me, and Annabelle rode home on my shoulders, As soon as I set her down in front of the door to 3C and opened it, she couldn't decide if she wanted to go in or not. After all this, the laundry was a breeze.
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DR Vixmom what is a temple talk?
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From DR MichaelG:
He said he had to stop trusting himself to a point. If he saw a movie at 23 and really liked it, he probably would now. But at 15 or 16, isn't everyone an idiot? Why is a 65-year-old guy taking advice from a 15-year-old idiot?
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Last night, Jane wrote:
I'm excited for you**. Will you get to stay in Seattle or commute?
Thanks, Jane! But as far as I know, we only have access to the room (a 600-seat banquet hall) that one day. I assume that we'll go in early in the morning, set up everything, do a test run and mic check, then give the one and only performance, strike everything and leave.
**I had posted about performing The HEAD!!! That Wouldn't DIE! in Seattle at the Worldcon.
I don't remember if you posted it. I just looked up the location for this year.
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We've been on the original Star Tours at Disney World MGM Studios, which was very much like the Body Wars at Epcot, but I needed to take a dramamine before riding either of those.
We haven't been to DisneyWorld since 2000.
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From DR George:
I'll have to send this to my sister's boyfriend. He takes care of my niece's iPhone. :-\
I'm guessing his reaction will be the same as Keith's as DR Rodzinski's.
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I never knew about the new version, which I guess is Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, which seems to be 3-D.
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I doubt I will feel up to attending my bood group discussion tomorrow. At least I should have finished reading the book, Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten, by then. It finally became available from the library and I began reading it yesterday.
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I'm enjoying reading the book which I never would have read since I wasn't familiar with Ina Garten.
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Those of you who have eaten any of her dessert recipes. What are your favorites?
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We have a Zoom chat at 11:00 with Keith's cousin then we need to make a special trip to the produce market that sells my goat yogurt. Fred Meyer used to sell it and stopped awhile ago.
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I wish I liked regular yogurt and that it liked me.
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I'm up - again. Four hours of not enough sleep.
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Good, Freddie!
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Good, Freddie!
Thanks, BK!
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DR Elmore:
Forget the book. This is a madcap chase movie waiting to be made.
And yes, our cats try their damnedest to kill us. Mikey stops short of holding a leg out to trip someone, but he'll probably figure that out one day.
But I shouldn't even post that. For all I know, he can read.
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I tried to listen to the new Gypsy album but it's just like every other cast album they do these days - completely DEAD sounding, no air, makes a big orchestra sound like ten, and the actors sound like they're doing a radio show. Cast albums should sound LIVE, you know, like the Goddard Lieberson original album. I just don't get it, frankly. And the changes to the score are HORRIBLE. The overture is mixed so poorly I couldn't believe it. As to the beloved Audra, she is not and has never been my cuppa. I don't care for her voice, it's that simple, and her acting has so much sauce it's like being hit over the head repeatedly with a shovel. I had to stop, finally. It's just awful.
I've thought Audra was miscast from Day One and her singing on the TV ad only convinces me I'm right. I've have no urge to see this - even if I could - and care very little about hearing this recording, much as I love Danny Burstein.
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DR Elmore:
Forget the book. This is a madcap chase movie waiting to be made.
And yes, our cats try their damnedest to kill us. Mikey stops short of holding a leg out to trip someone, but he'll probably figure that out one day.
But I shouldn't even post that. For all I know, he can read.
Well, I'd love a movie Annabelle, Stella & Thatch: The Chase Is On! if BK directed it.
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Maybe other DRs have a better movie title? Chasing Stella perhaps?
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I have to make a bed. I need to lie down.
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Did DR Laura post about Star Tours? I missed it! It's an amazingly effective ride. Or "attraction", since it doesn't actually go anywhere.
BUT...
My first time (way back in '98), it was early in the day and the lines hadn't formed yet, so we went on it twice. That wasn't too bad, but I wouldn't have asked for a third. Then that evening at Epcot, many hours later, we went on Body Wars, which as you know was the same contraption. Holy moly. After that, I wasn't going on anything but the bus back to the hotel. No, I didn't get sick, but that finished me off but good. Great "rides", though. And I still hate that they closed Body Wars.
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And I booked my Access-a-Ride trip for this week!
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I tried to listen to the new Gypsy album but it's just like every other cast album they do these days - completely DEAD sounding, no air, makes a big orchestra sound like ten, and the actors sound like they're doing a radio show. Cast albums should sound LIVE, you know, like the Goddard Lieberson original album. I just don't get it, frankly. And the changes to the score are HORRIBLE. The overture is mixed so poorly I couldn't believe it. As to the beloved Audra, she is not and has never been my cuppa. I don't care for her voice, it's that simple, and her acting has so much sauce it's like being hit over the head repeatedly with a shovel. I had to stop, finally. It's just awful.
I've thought Audra was miscast from Day One and her singing on the TV ad only convinces me I'm right. I've have no urge to see this - even if I could - and care very little about hearing this recording, much as I love Danny Burstein.
Agree on all counts.
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I'm thinking... (I know, I shouldn't do that, but)...
If they changed the name of DR Elmore's elevator to "Star Tours" in respect to the cat chases, and the name of Access-a-Ride to "Body Wars"...
Nah. Never mind. I'll show myself out.
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DR ELMORE what an adventure!
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It is a brisk 53 degrees here right now.
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Closing show vibes for MR BK & Co.
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More closing show vibes for BK and company!
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Hello. I am still alive.
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Mostly lazing about.
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Yesterday we drive up to Idyllwild. It's at an elevation of 6,000 feet, and about 40 degrees cooler than Palm Springs. Glad we brought jackets!
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Star Tours is a civilian flight. Before we got on our ship, the pilot had to step out so C3PO could make a repair to the binary motivator. The ship takes off before the pilot gets back on, so C3PO is flying. (The old version had Captain Rex.)
As we are ready to take off, we are stopped by the Star Wars Bad Guys, who are looking for a Rebel Spy on board. (While everyone is getting settled in their seats, a photo of someone is taken which is shown as the Rebel Spy.)
C3PO doesn't know how to fly the ship, so wild adventures ensue.
It's a 3D flight simulator, and it really does feel real.
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Hello. I am still alive.
Wonderful to hear :)
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Annabelle is in a mood today. Just now I was washing a pan. Something threw itself at me, sharp claws dug through my pants to my butt, and then a cat climbed up my back. done that in several years.
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The reviews are all over the place for Just in Time.
Here's my parody lyric. I don't know if Jonathan Groff's sweating and spitting has been parodied in song anywhere yet, but it sounds like Mr. Groff has a sense of humor about it. (Is the sweating and spitting the "Groff sauce" that gets referred to?)
On the reviews of the new Bobby Darin Broadway musical - praising Jonathan Groff's performance as sensational, and the critics AND the show pointedly warning that Mr. Groff spits and perspires a lot, so be aware if you're in the front rows.
Tune of "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin rendition
Oh, the shark bites / are mis-named, dear,
So the experts / seem to say.
No, the sharks should / not be blamed, dear,
People just get / in their way.
Just like Groff who / seems to sweat, babe
Water sprays from / all his pores.
Sit too close and / you'll get wet, babe
It's not Groff's fault / no, it's yours.
Like sharks looking / for some food, hon.
All they want is / lots of fish.
Groff does not mean / to be rude, hon.
To delight you / is his wish.
Oh, the critics / have such smarts, dear,
And you count on / what you read.
So you trust them / for fine arts, dear,
Hope they give you / what you need!
So you're on notice / when you go there,
Choosing how you / spend your cash.
Groff, he puts on / quite a show there.
His performance / makes a splash!
Having seen him from the front row when Merrily was running at the New York Theatre Workshop I can confirm a strategic holding up of the playbill became necessary several times
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DR Vixmom what is a temple talk?
It’s when you talk to the congregation about something
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I woke up feeling like death warmed over but was scheduled for the temple talk, so I put on make up and a dress, fixed my hair and then stayed well away from everyone.
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The talk seemed to be well received, but I failed in my objective which was to get more volunteers for the altar guild .
Not a one
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Then I went home.
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I’m running a slight fever, my chest is heavy and I’ve got a slight cough
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And I’m still exhausted
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I sent Skip an email but I do not know if he saw it yet, explaining why I didn’t make the concert
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I had a few hours of sleep once I got home
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I am very disappointed I was looking forward to this afternoon
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Yesterday we drive up to Idyllwild. It's at an elevation of 6,000 feet, and about 40 degrees cooler than Palm Springs. Glad we brought jackets!
I wish I had taken a jacket on our trip. Was it pretty up there?
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Star Tours is a civilian flight. Before we got on our ship, the pilot had to step out so C3PO could make a repair to the binary motivator. The ship takes off before the pilot gets back on, so C3PO is flying. (The old version had Captain Rex.)
As we are ready to take off, we are stopped by the Star Wars Bad Guys, who are looking for a Rebel Spy on board. (While everyone is getting settled in their seats, a photo of someone is taken which is shown as the Rebel Spy.)
C3PO doesn't know how to fly the ship, so wild adventures ensue.
It's a 3D flight simulator, and it really does feel real.
I love it. And you were the spy ;D
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DR Vixmom what is a temple talk?
It’s when you talk to the congregation about something
Thanks.
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FOUR!
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The talk seemed to be well received, but I failed in my objective which was to get more volunteers for the altar guild .
Not a one
Sorry.
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I am very disappointed I was looking forward to this afternoon
Doubly sorry. I hope you feel better quickly.
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DR Vixmom I suppose this is why you were exceptionally tired.
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Star Tours and Body Wars both gave me motion sickness back in the day, which isn’t a problem for me on rides that actually go places.
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Annabelle being a rascal today!
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Mrs R off for work trip to Germany, so I’m solo till Friday.
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Solo parent. The kids are here.
… I think.
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Feel better Vixmom.
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Solo parent. The kids are here.
… I think.
;D
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I sent Skip an email but I do not know if he saw it yet, explaining why I didn’t make the concert
Skip got the email before the concert.
Vibes you feel better soon.
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FOUR!
(https://craigfordfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/four-cats1.jpg)
That's beautiful!
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The talk seemed to be well received, but I failed in my objective which was to get more volunteers for the altar guild .
Not a one
:(
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Star Tours and Body Wars both gave me motion sickness back in the day, which isn’t a problem for me on rides that actually go places.
How about on Back to the Future at Universal? It was individual cars and a big screen, but I'd opted for dramamine before that, too, just in case.
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Mrs R off for work trip to Germany, so I’m solo till Friday.
Tell her there are HHW travel vibes being sent her way.
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LOL DR RODZINSKI.
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Feel better vibes for DR VIXMOM.
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DR LAURA is a Rebel Spy.....
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DR LAURA is a Rebel Spy.....
Is that a rebel spy as in "Your skin is Dixie satin. There's rebel in your manner and your speech."
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Or Rebel Davis as played by Edie Adams in LOVER COME BACK?
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I sent Skip an email but I do not know if he saw it yet, explaining why I didn’t make the concert
Skip got the email before the concert.
Good.
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Mrs R off for work trip to Germany, so I’m solo till Friday.
Tell her there are HHW travel vibes being sent her way.
Absolutely, and that her trip is successful.
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Mrs R off for work trip to Germany, so I’m solo till Friday.
I always think of Cole Porter when you call her Mrs. R;
When the Mrs R in all her trimmin’s
Can broadcast a set from Simmons
Then Franklin knows
Anything Goes
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
Aw.
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
Awww.
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
That's so sweet.
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Keith often traveled for work more days than we was home, at least it seemed that way. I love that we are almost always together now.
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
Aw.
Yeah, what he said.
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
Awww.
And what she said.
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Page Five!
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She makes me think of Cole too. Because ev’ry time we say goodbye I cry a little.
Awww.
And what she said.
;D
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I wish I had taken a jacket on our trip. Was it pretty up there?
It really was!
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Last night, Jane wrote:
I'm excited for you**. Will you get to stay in Seattle or commute?
Thanks, Jane! But as far as I know, we only have access to the room (a 600-seat banquet hall) that one day. I assume that we'll go in early in the morning, set up everything, do a test run and mic check, then give the one and only performance, strike everything and leave.
**I had posted about performing The HEAD!!! That Wouldn't DIE! in Seattle at the Worldcon.
George, hoping a video recording at Worldcon happens!
Thanks, Freddie! So do I!
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I was glad not to be the one driving. I just supplied the audible gasps. :)
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Today we had brunch with four friends from other parts of the country who have all retired here.
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The good thing about this show is that TAO wrote and owns it, so we don't have to worry about paying for recording rights. ;D
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I wish I had taken a jacket on our trip. Was it pretty up there?
It really was!
:)
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I was glad not to be the one driving. I just supplied the audible gasps. :)
;D
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Today we had brunch with four friends from other parts of the country who have all retired here.
That is very nice.
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The good thing about this show is that TAO wrote and owns it, so we don't have to worry about paying for recording rights. ;D
Excellent!
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Here’s Shirley Jones. The tempo is way too slow.
https://youtu.be/eHjyObV-v6Y?si=RAr7RNSrcYRYERV4
True, but it was pretty cute.
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The reviews are all over the place for Just in Time.
Here's my parody lyric. I don't know if Jonathan Groff's sweating and spitting has been parodied in song anywhere yet, but it sounds like Mr. Groff has a sense of humor about it. (Is the sweating and spitting the "Groff sauce" that gets referred to?)
On the reviews of the new Bobby Darin Broadway musical - praising Jonathan Groff's performance as sensational, and the critics AND the show pointedly warning that Mr. Groff spits and perspires a lot, so be aware if you're in the front rows.
Tune of "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin rendition
Oh, the shark bites / are mis-named, dear,
So the experts / seem to say.
No, the sharks should / not be blamed, dear,
People just get / in their way.
Just like Groff who / seems to sweat, babe
Water sprays from / all his pores.
Sit too close and / you'll get wet, babe
It's not Groff's fault / no, it's yours.
Like sharks looking / for some food, hon.
All they want is / lots of fish.
Groff does not mean / to be rude, hon.
To delight you / is his wish.
Oh, the critics / have such smarts, dear,
And you count on / what you read.
So you trust them / for fine arts, dear,
Hope they give you / what you need!
So you're on notice / when you go there,
Choosing how you / spend your cash.
Groff, he puts on / quite a show there.
His performance / makes a splash!
Very funny, Freddie! :))
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Here’s Shirley Jones. The tempo is way too slow.
https://youtu.be/eHjyObV-v6Y?si=RAr7RNSrcYRYERV4
True, but it was pretty cute.
I just watched it, and yes it is cute.
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It's weird that the strippers' song in the new GYPSY recording is titled Ya Gotta GET A GIMMICK.
OI remember it being YOU GOTTA HAVE A GIMMICK in the 1962 movie. I looked it up and I am right HOWEVER on the OBC with Miss Ethel Merman is it indeed YOU GOTTA GET A GIMMICK....
Strange.
The Tyne Daly recording also lists it as, "You Gotta Have a Gimmick."
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From DR George:
I'll have to send this to my sister's boyfriend. He takes care of my niece's iPhone. :-\
I'm guessing his reaction will be the same as Keith's as DR Rodzinski's.
Pretty much.
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The talk seemed to be well received, but I failed in my objective which was to get more volunteers for the altar guild .
Not a one
How rude! >:(
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I sent Skip an email but I do not know if he saw it yet, explaining why I didn’t make the concert
Darn. :-\
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FOUR!
(https://craigfordfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/four-cats1.jpg)
Sweet!
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It's weird that the strippers' song in the new GYPSY recording is titled Ya Gotta GET A GIMMICK.
OI remember it being YOU GOTTA HAVE A GIMMICK in the 1962 movie. I looked it up and I am right HOWEVER on the OBC with Miss Ethel Merman is it indeed YOU GOTTA GET A GIMMICK....
Strange.
Sondheim's lyric book lists the title as "You Gotta Get a Gimmick". There's one line in the song with "have" a gimmick but the other seven references are "get" or "got" a gimmick.
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Mrs R off for work trip to Germany, so I’m solo till Friday.
Tell her there are HHW travel vibes being sent her way.
~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Here’s Shirley Jones. The tempo is way too slow.
https://youtu.be/eHjyObV-v6Y?si=RAr7RNSrcYRYERV4
The tempo is too slow for which song - Anything Goes or Thoroughly Modern Millie?
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The reviews are all over the place for Just in Time.
Here's my parody lyric. I don't know if Jonathan Groff's sweating and spitting has been parodied in song anywhere yet, but it sounds like Mr. Groff has a sense of humor about it. (Is the sweating and spitting the "Groff sauce" that gets referred to?)
On the reviews of the new Bobby Darin Broadway musical - praising Jonathan Groff's performance as sensational, and the critics AND the show pointedly warning that Mr. Groff spits and perspires a lot, so be aware if you're in the front rows.
Tune of "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin rendition
Oh, the shark bites / are mis-named, dear,
So the experts / seem to say.
No, the sharks should / not be blamed, dear,
People just get / in their way.
Just like Groff who / seems to sweat, babe
Water sprays from / all his pores.
Sit too close and / you'll get wet, babe
It's not Groff's fault / no, it's yours.
Like sharks looking / for some food, hon.
All they want is / lots of fish.
Groff does not mean / to be rude, hon.
To delight you / is his wish.
Oh, the critics / have such smarts, dear,
And you count on / what you read.
So you trust them / for fine arts, dear,
Hope they give you / what you need!
So you're on notice / when you go there,
Choosing how you / spend your cash.
Groff, he puts on / quite a show there.
His performance / makes a splash!
Very funny, Freddie! :))
Thank you, George!
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I decided at 6 p.m. to mow the lawn.
I got a bit tired.....but I rested a bit after doing the backyard.....and most of the front yard.
Then took a break. I refilled the gas tank in the mower to finish the side yard and the man across the street said - I'll come to help you finish when I get done here.
I said thanks. He came over and helped cut about 20 minutes off of my total mowing time. Very kind.
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I decided at 6 p.m. to mow the lawn.
I got a bit tired.....but I rested a bit after doing the backyard.....and most of the front yard.
Then took a break. I refilled the gas tank in the mower to finish the side yard and the man across the street said - I'll come to help you finish when I get done here.
I said thanks. He came over and helped cut about 20 minutes off of my total mowing time. Very kind.
How wonderful!
Is this the new neighbor in the just-sold house?
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The new neighbor?
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The new neighbor?
I thought the house across from Jrand was sold not that long ago.
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Here’s Shirley Jones. The tempo is way too slow.
https://youtu.be/eHjyObV-v6Y?si=RAr7RNSrcYRYERV4
The tempo is too slow for which song - Anything Goes or Thoroughly Modern Millie?
Yes.
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The fiesta fireworks show at the country club was spectacular.
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But I found the laser light show kinda distracting.
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Six!
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Fun evening, though. I especially enjoyed the deep fried Oreos.
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Back from our final performance. Totally dead audience for act one due to an "incident" in the theater, which I'll talk about in the audience. Act two they perked up and then were cheering at the end. Cast was wonderful in terms of not letting the negative energy get to them. Almost no laughs in act one, which is actually astonishing. There were about eight people laughing pretty regularly, but it didn't influence others. It was a very good show, though.
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Sydney gave me the most beautiful note I've ever received from an actor. Very moving.
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Set strike was done in an hour.
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Then we convened at the Coral Cafe for our cast partay.
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I was given a signed poster for the show and we all got awards from a cast member - that was fun.
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Had a chicken salad sandwich on white toast, and a few fries. Full, and I'm not sure why.
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I will need some sort of treat.
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A sweet treat.
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The fiesta fireworks show at the country club was spectacular.
That's great, John!
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Yet another day wasted being unconscious.
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I woke up to use the necessary but I'm still exhausted so back to bed
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Had a piece of cheesecake for sweet treat - couldn't finish - something is wrong here and I'm not sure what.
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Back from our final performance. Totally dead audience for act one due to an "incident" in the theater, which I'll talk about in the audience. Act two they perked up and then were cheering at the end. Cast was wonderful in terms of not letting the negative energy get to them. Almost no laughs in act one, which is actually astonishing. There were about eight people laughing pretty regularly, but it didn't influence others. It was a very good show, though.
There's not much worse than a dead audience at a funny show. :-\ Good news about act two, though!
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Had a piece of cheesecake for sweet treat - couldn't finish - something is wrong here and I'm not sure what.
Oh, no! :o
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Where'd George get to?
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Here at eleven, gone at 11:05 with no deposit, no return.
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Not very sporting.
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Ridic.
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And yet, it seems to be the way of things.
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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.
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They are sitting there like so much fish, waiting to be read.
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Although...
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I do have the feeling that we're about to turn a page.
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See?