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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were together, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're just getting their collective heads together.
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And the word of the day is: HABILIMENT!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to planogirl and Diane, whomever they may be.
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TOTD:
A Quiet Thing
I Don't Remember You
The Happy Time
Sometimes A Day Goes By
The Butterfly
The Elephant Song
Wet
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In 5 more hours my Father shall be 100 years old.
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Good morning DRs Elmore and Ben.
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Good morning, all! A happy birthday to your father, DR Tomovoz! My father's grandmother lived to 104. I wish he would.
In 2001, when the Packard Humanities Institute began the Kern-Herbert project with a certain maestro who deserves no mention, the recording manager was the wonderrful Alison Fox, a retired Angel-EMI manager, and she was the angel on the project, getting us car service to and from Abbey Road, our hotel, and Heathrow; trying to keep the maestro's continuous whims on schedule; soothing ruffled feathers; and being a continuous source of sanity. She's in Manhattan this week for a holiday, and we will have lunch. I look forward to her account of what she's been up to since I last saw her in 2002. I'm hoping that we can throw her some sort of PHI gathering before she leaves.
My best frioend Ron Raines met his lovely wife Dona D Vaughn when they worked on a complete recording of Friml's operetta ROSE MARIE for the Smithsonian in the early 1980s. The soprano Deborah Vanderlinde, who sang Rose Marie, sang at Ron and Dona's wedding. This recording was never released.
For years I had cassettes in rather poor sound, which had been given me by the assistant MD on the project. Recently, through the Cast Recording List, I found information on purchasing bootleg CDs. The set arrived yesterday. and the sound is great. I'm burning a set for Ron and Dona as I type this.
TOD: Sometimes a Day Goes By
I Don't Remember You
Class
The Elephant Song
Home
Like Rodgers & Hart, my Kander & Ebb faves change every whim!
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Good morning DRs Elmore and Ben.
Hello, DR Tomovoz!
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And the word of the day is: HABILIMENT!
Maurice thought that, in donning the HABILIMENT of a mime for the costume party, he was sure to be A NIMBLE HIT, but it turned out four others had arrived with the same idea. They spent the entire time staring at each other silently.
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TOD
A Quiet Thing (my favorite and I think L. Minnelli's version is the worst)
I Don't Remember You
Sometimes A Day Goes By
Marry Me
Yes
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What a yesterday we had.
After I got off work, der B and I headed up to Dover for some supplies shopping, and then picked up the grandlads. Der Grampa and had given them both gift cards from Borders, and since der G also had a birthday bonus from same he decided it was time to cash in.
Alex, nine, decided he wanted a DVD set of Pokemon movies. Der B called Magic Mommy about this, and she flatly refused, because she "hates" Pokemon, no further reason needed as far as she is concerned. Alex had a meltdown, fortunatley not too loud of one. William, also fortunately, was meltdown-free. They both eventually found books, and we headed on to a restaurant, where they were both fairly well behaved... but the service was incredibly slow.
Then we headed on back to their home, where Alex told Magic Mommy that he hates her, and she replied nonchalantly "Well, I hate you too."
Magic Mommy, Alex, William, and der Grampa are all heading off today for Cub Scout Camp, William officially for the first time as he is now old enough to be a cub. I shall be all alone in the house for one night.
And that is the end of my report.
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Time for me to get ready for my appointment with my shrink, for my quarterly shrinkage. It's a nice way to keep up my perscription for the antidepressants, and Doctor and I have a nice chat every time. I'm probably one of his easiest patients to deal with. Maybe he should pay me? 8)
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I'll catch up on all the everything when I get back.
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Whew! What a day DR SWW.
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Betty White was there? Betty White?
Betty "wrote" a great biographical book about her early days in television, her marriage to Allen Ludden, and her later career called HERE WE GO AGAIN. If you are a TV fan and haven't read it, I recommend it highly.
She is a pioneer....and can be pretty damn funny!
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SUESSICAL opens tonight and I am selling tickets and then cleaning up....but then I don't have to do ANYTHING about it again until NEXT Thursday, when I will be doing the same thing.
Hopefully there won't be too many crazy people at the box office tonight.
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I love all the Kander and Ebb songs mentioned.....but just for singing fun I have to add:
They Both Reached for the Gun
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Happy birthday to Tomovoz's father!
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I keep falling behind on the postings. Sorry for my errancy and truancy. Yesterday, in addition to being a chock-full day workwise, I spent a few hours with my friend who is improving tremendously after a stroke a month ago.
I also had to go to Great Neck last night. The train ride home was a shock. The train was basically empty and the ride very pleasant, and I was thinking boy, this LIRR is great. Then, at Shea Stadium, what must have been a thousand people got on the train and it went from paradise to the crowded train ride from hell the rest of the way. Bad timing on my part, I guess.
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Call me crazy, but the Kander & Ebb song that I keep humming is "So What Else Is New?" from WOMAN OF THE YEAR. Love that song!
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GOod morning!
It was very overcast when I got up this morning, and I thought we might be in for a day of rain, but the clouds have cleared away, and it's now blue skies and hot temperatures, another typical August day.
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I forgot to mention that I finished ON EDGE yesterday and began Tab Hunter's autobiography. I must say, I only read the prologue and about half the first chapter, but I was particularly impressed with the prologue. Very direct and compelling. Definitely made me want to continue readng.
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Good morning everyone. Sorry to have been so E&T these last few days. It's been a very busy time for me but hopefully I will soon have good news to report.
Later this afternoon, Rodzinski and I will be flying out to the midwest to hang with his family and attend our friends' wedding. Our initial plan of conveniently carrying on our bags has been dashed in light of the recent London airport terror alert. Nobody is allowed to carry on any liquids: water, soda, shampoo, lotion, hair gel... it's suggested that people check their bags.
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SO many favorite Kander and Ebb songs:
"Maybe This Time"
"I Don't Remember You"
"A Quiet Thing"
"My Own Best Friend"
"Everybody Dance"
"Think Happy"
are the ones that come immediately to mind.
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Today I'll get to complete my Jane Powell education by watching HOLIDAY IN MEXICO, her only MGM musical that I have now not seen. Looking forward to that.
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There are two GREY'S ANATOMY episodes from this season on tonight (they had been showing season one repeats on Thursdays for the past month or so), so I guess if I want to see all of season 1, I'm going to have to rent/buy used the boxed set of the show.
Also, tonight, a funny OFFICE repeat (Dwight in his neo-Nazi mode delivering a speech), and the CSI episode that featured the underground bunker and eleven corpses.
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So happy to read about the potential there for CURTAINS. I'd love for Kander and Ebb to have one last hit. STEEL PIER was such a disaster for them, and I'd love them to have something new go over big.
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TPunk -- I saw that on the news this morning. Several days from now I have to fly to Pasadena for a meeting. Everything I need is in a medium-sized purse and my computer case. I hope it is all resolved by then, because I really don't want to have to check my purse.
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On short trips, I would really rather drive.
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TOD: WALKING AMONG MY YESTERDAYS
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Got to jump i the shower now to get ready for lunch today with friends.
WBBL.
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Thursday morning greetings! My morning started an hour earlier than usual, with a lovely breakfast meeting on the 29th floor of Dayton's tallest building. That means that my workday will end an hour earlier than usual, too :D
TOD: A Quiet Thing is not only my favorite Kander and Ebb song, it might just be my favorite all-time song. That's because it expresses my life philosophy almost perfectly, along with the Jones and Schmidt They Were You, a Calvin and Hobbes strip that I keep on the refrigerator, and a poster that used to hang in my apartment that said, "Happiness is like a butterfly - if you chase it, it will elude you; but if you sit quietly, it will alight upon your shoulder."
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On short trips, I would really rather drive.
So would I, DR DearReaderLaura, so would I. In fact, in putting together our October trip to NYC, DH Richard and I have wished there were someplace driveable where we could safely leave our car and take the train into the city. Alas, that would make a 1/2 day trip into 2 days, so we're flying.
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But I must say -- Bravo to those who foiled this terrible plot!
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TPunk -- I saw that on the news this morning. Several days from now I have to fly to Pasadena for a meeting. Everything I need is in a medium-sized purse and my computer case. I hope it is all resolved by then, because I really don't want to have to check my purse.
I'm carrying on my purse/bag but we're checking our bigger bags. In London folks aren't being allowed to take on anything other than a wallet- no electronic devices, nada. I did do a sweep of my bag with my co-workers and we had a debate about whether or not my lip gloss constituted a liquid. We decided that it belonged in my bigger suitcase since I didn't want to chance having to throw it out. Because if I threw out my lipgloss, that would be letting the terrorists win. ::)
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On short trips, I would really rather drive.
Another sweet irony- until early last week, our plan was to drive.
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But I must say -- Bravo to those who foiled this terrible plot!
Yes, I am pleased that this was caught before rather than after.
I can however, picture us flying naked stripped of all our possessions in about a year or two's time.
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Did anyone watch SYTYCD last night? My thoughts and musings below:
I think this is Travis's competition to win. I enjoy all of the other finalists, but Travis stepped up to the plate this week. Not only is he as Nigel said, the best technical dancer on the show, but this week he really amped up his performance and charisma.
Also Rodzinski and I thought the broadway number for the girls sucked big time. They were given a dud, totally unfair for it to be a number in the finals. The choreography and the costumes got a thumbs down from us.
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Flying naked could be fun. Just watch those table trays.
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New York City area Hainsies and Kimlets:
I must announce that my band, THE BAND THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE, will be playing on Tuesday, August 15 in Hell's Kitchen. Yes, we have not played in well over a year, but we have dusted off our routine of some of the more forgotten mellow tunes of the 70s, some you'd just like to forget, and a few other oddities for public consumption.
I am the lead singer, and 'Funky Garrison Keillor' of this outfit, so I will do my part to create a good time for all.
The time: 8pm
The place: Rufus, located at 640 10th Ave. between 45th and 46th Streets.
This is in support of The Milk Can Theater Company, and they will have drink specials and a 50/50 raffle and other such folderol. So there will be a cover fee, but it is for a genuine cause.
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Traveling vibes for DRs TPunk and Rodzinski - how much earlier do you have to leave for the airport than usual? The way I first heard about the foiled plot was hearing the radio traffic reporter telling people to allow extra time if they were going to the Cincinnati airport this morning.
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I'm leaving pretty soon, about 3 hours before my flight time.
Flying into Detroit.
We're just going to check our bags and hope for the best!
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And thanks for the vibes!
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I'm up, I'm up. We're back to HEAT here.
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Yes of course i watched SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
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I really think that benji will win.
Personally i would like benji, heidi or travis to win. I would be happy with any of them. But my choices would be heidi first, then benji then travis.
I find donyelle has been a huge letdown. She was so good in the first few weeks. But as i watched the show last night I was wishing that allison was the second girl.
My favorite performances were:
1.benji/heidi salsa
2.benji/travis nerd hiphop
3.Heidi/travis disco.
I really think that benji is the most popular, probably followed by travis and then heidi. But for some reason i really think benji is going to win. He seems to have so many fans.
I wish the show could go on for another week. I am wondering if they will eliminate one (or two) people in the first hour of next week's show. Or will all 4 make it to the end?
I really loved heidi and travis' chemistry. Same with heidi and benji (but they have been dancing longer).
Anyhow i think this year's version is much better than last year. And i actually would consider going to see the tour if it came here (which i know it won't).
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New York City area Hainsies and Kimlets:
I must announce that my band, THE BAND THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE, will be playing on Tuesday, August 15 in Hell's Kitchen. Yes, we have not played in well over a year, but we have dusted off our routine of some of the more forgotten mellow tunes of the 70s, some you'd just like to forget, and a few other oddities for public consumption.
I am the lead singer, and 'Funky Garrison Keillor' of this outfit, so I will do my part to create a good time for all.
The time: 8pm
The place: Rufus, located at 640 10th Ave. between 45th and 46th Streets.
This is in support of The Milk Can Theater Company, and they will have drink specials and a 50/50 raffle and other such folderol. So there will be a cover fee, but it is for a genuine cause.
As a big fan and supportor of THE BAND THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE (even though I have never seen nor heard them) I am disappointed that I will not get to see them perform! :(
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In 5 more hours my Father shall be 100 years old.
Great Willard Scott! Congratulations and Happy Birthday to your father!! ;D
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Flying naked could be fun. Just watch those table trays.
Rodzinski, if we were on the same flight, I'm sure that I would enjoy it much, much, much (that's three muches) more than you would! :o
;)
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Flying naked could be fun. Just watch those table trays.
That depends on who you're sitting next to, doesn't it?
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And what about having all those seats in their upright position?
:o
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I should see about catching my daily nap. Lacking der Grampa, who left a few hours ago for Cub Camp, the dogs are starting to pest for some quality cuddle time.
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Snakes on a Nudist Plane!
That's the title of my next... oh, drat, I'd probably get sued for copyright infringement.
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Back from the jog. It's actually fairly nice out - not as hot as it's been.
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Slow news day....much traveling amongst the flock I see.
Happy 100th birthday to DR TOMovOZ's father. Wow!
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Good traveling vibes to DRs TPUNK and RODZINSKI.
And great news from DR GINNY about jumping through the hoop! Congratulations on being allowed to continue doing thejob you have been doing for a long time already....and that nobody's cousin's college friend's second oldest boy didn't want the job!
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Off to sell tickets.....to SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL....and suffer through the show myself.....maybe it will take a long time for me to fill the Pepsi machine and make the popcorn.
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Hot today.....but overcast here....
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Here is a big list of just some of my favorite Kander & Ebb songs:
- All That Jazz
- The Apple Doesn't Fall
- Arthur In the Afternoon (Karen Ziemba's version)
- Bobo's (especially Dorothy Loudon's version)
- Boom Ditty Boom
- Cabaret
- Cell Block Tango
- Class
- Don't "Ah Ma" Me
- Don't Tell Mama
- Dressing Them Up
- Everybody Dance
- Everybody's Girl
- The Grass Is Always Greener
- Hit It, Lorraine
- I Don't Remember You/Sometimes A Day Goes By (the duet arrangement from "And the World Goes 'Round")
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Life Is
- Maybe This Time
- Mr. Cellophane
- A Quiet Thing
- Roxie (Gwen Verdon's version)
- Sara Lee
- Wet (especially the version recorded by the WSMA Brent Barrett and Jane Krakowski)
- You Could Never Shame Me
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I will say that my favorite Kander and Ebb songs would have to include the absolutely brilliant So What from Cabaret, one of the greatest character songs ever written.
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I have no favorite Kander and Ebb songs.
That is all.
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From Penny:
Can't wait to see the new puppy, Jane and Keith. When do you think it will be ready for adoption? Glad it's another Mountain Dawg - saves having to change all those signs...
LOL, you didn’t really thinks we would change the signs no matter what dog we got.
Currently the adoption date is Sept. 23rd.
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Tomovoz-Happy 100th to your father! Will the local paper make a fuss over him?
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MBarnum, for starters we don’t want dog food with either corn or wheat in it. Email us what you are feeding Bosco & I’ll write more.
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I'm back from a wonderful luncheon with Alison Fox. She reminds me a great deal of Edna Mae Oliver, and that alone should endear her to several of the DRs. We had a long discussion of megalomaniac conductors, would-be scholars, and other pompous frauds, sometimes all combined in the same person, in the music business, not to mention catching up on the past four years since we last saw each other.
I am now doing laundry and working on a chart for Ms Klea Blackhurst.
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Dear Esteemed, opulent, glamorous, willowy & sensual BK --
Glad your jog went joggingly, and that the Curtains opening last night turned out to be an enjoyable evening. A lot of people aren't aware that aside from being a very good actor, David Pierce is also a very accomplished musician on the same instrument that I play. Small World ! (cue Herbie).....
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Wonderful Birthday Wishes to you father, DR Tomovoz !! Take him up to the Dandenongs for a genuine Devonshire Tea !
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The day is getting away from me. Quick, Watson, the day! Shortly I shall toddle over to Jerry's Deli to meet with Miss Joan Ryan, and then I have to write at least a page or two. Then I have to decide whether to go to this play tonight - I'm really on the fence about it.
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Dear BK -- perched on a fence.....caught in a conundrum.....waffling in a cul-de-sac ; all very troubling places to be. It is enough to make one reticent....oh yes, I am reticent at this time.
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TOD :
I think my 2 favorites K&E songs are A Quiet Thing, and Maybe This Time. I do also love "When You're Good To Mama"....especially the line "...pepper my ragout...." .
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I can't believe I left of "You Could Never Shame Me." I had it the last time we did a Kander and Ebb topic, but it slipped my mind this morning. Argh!
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Lunch ran long, so I only had time for two video ventures this afternoon:
First up was another WILD WILD WEST episode, this one involving a Chinese princess under threat of abduction. Not one of the better episodes from the first season.
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And then HOLIDAY IN MEXICO. Talk about a top-heavy movie! They've got Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Xavier Cugat, AND Ilona Massey: two musicians, two sopranos, and two parallel love stories. I'm surprised Carmen Miranda didn't pop over from Fox! But she wouldn't arrive until the next year for A DATE WITH JUDY.
Ilona Massey may have been a plum for MGM executives to try to pick (allegedly several chased her before her marriage), but she didn't have much screen presence or charisma that I can see.
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Two of my favourite Kander/Ebb songs:
The Butterfly
and Happy Birthday, in the "Zorba!" version I saw, many years ago, danced and sung by Taina Elg. It was so moving that one could not help but cry!
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SUESSICAL opens tonight and I am selling tickets and then cleaning up....but then I don't have to do ANYTHING about it again until NEXT Thursday, when I will be doing the same thing.
Hopefully there won't be too many crazy people at the box office tonight.
DR JRand, are you spelling "Seussical" wrong on purpose? Sorry to be bitchy!
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Wonderful Birthday Wishes to you father, DR Tomovoz !! Take him up to the Dandenongs for a genuine Devonshire Tea !
My goodness!! MusicGuy's back to posting!
WELCOME BACK, maestro! :D
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Dear Esteemed, opulent, glamorous, willowy & sensual BK --
Glad your jog went joggingly, and that the Curtains opening last night turned out to be an enjoyable evening. A lot of people aren't aware that aside from being a very good actor, David Pierce is also a very accomplished musician on the same instrument that I play. Small World ! (cue Herbie).....
Willowy?! BK? :D
Willow, Weep For Me!
Somewhere, Over The ... Willow?!
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DR JRand, are you spelling "Seussical" wrong on purpose? Sorry to be bitchy!
Go ahead! Sue-ssical him! ;)
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TOD :
I do also love "When You're Good To Mama"....especially the line "...pepper my ragout...." .
Mine is
So boost me up my ladder, Kid
And I'll boost you up yours
... with the special "musical sound effect"! :D
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Favorite Kander and Ebb songs:
Someday a Day Goes By
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Ah Ma!
Colored Lights
Maybe This Time
It Couldn't Please Me More
Yes
Liza With A "Z"
also, I love the trio from "And the World Goes 'Round" that includes, "Maybe This Time", "Isn't It Better" and "We Can Make It"
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Wow it must be a slow news day here at HHW.
Nothing much for me to report either. The guys with the machine guns were out and about again.
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Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to your Dear Dad, DR TomovOz! May it be the best one yet but not the best one ever--let that be yet to come!
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I also can't wait for puppy pictures, DR Jane!
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Safe travel vibes to DR T-Punk and Rodzinski. I also wish I could be there to hear your band. I am very green with envy of those who will be there in October.
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Gotta run!
Laters all!
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Anyone know where I can get the Danish and Japanese cast recordings of "Miss Saigon" - I've tried all the normal suspects.
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Guess I'll head down to clean the bedroom areas, read some more about Tab Hunter's life and times, and then on for a night of TV episodes. I still have some of HOLIDAY IN MEXICO to finish, too.
WBBL.
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Anyone know where I can get the Danish and Japanese cast recordings of "Miss Saigon" - I've tried all the normal suspects.
Try this for the Japanese version:
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/product.asp?StockID=28989
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Try this for the Japanese version:
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/product.asp?StockID=28989
Thanks Dr Francois, I need to check the euro-usd exchange as The Sound of Music shop in Germany has it for 53,00 euro. Not sure which is the best rate.
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Thanks Dr Francois, I need to check the euro-usd exchange as The Sound of Music shop in Germany has it for 53,00 euro. Not sure which is the best rate.
The evaluation is 65.24 euros!
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My goodness!! MusicGuy's back to posting!
WELCOME BACK, maestro! :D
And with such delightful witty posts. :D
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Yes, $10 cheaper than the GPS conversion. Thanks!! Now it's on to find the Danish recording. I'm turing into a "Miss Saigon" whore (can I say that here??)
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Thanks Dr Francois, I need to check the euro-usd exchange as The Sound of Music shop in Germany has it for 53,00 euro. Not sure which is the best rate.
You can click HERE (http://www.xe.com/ucc/) for The Universal Currency Converter®. It changes often, so it accurately reflects the current exchange rate. I always check it before I order something from overseas. :)
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The day is getting away from me. Quick, Watson, the day! Shortly I shall toddle over to Jerry's Deli to meet with Miss Joan Ryan, and then I have to write at least a page or two. Then I have to decide whether to go to this play tonight - I'm really on the fence about it.
Not a picket fence, I should hope! Most unseemly!
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Yes, $10 cheaper than the GPS conversion. Thanks!! Now it's on to find the Danish recording. I'm turing into a "Miss Saigon" whore (can I say that here??)
It certainly fits the plot!
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I will say that my favorite Kander and Ebb songs would have to include the absolutely brilliant So What from Cabaret, one of the greatest character songs ever written.
How could I forget this one?? I especially love Lotte Lenya's version...she was the originator, after all. ;D
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Happy Birthday to DR TomovOz's dad.
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Greetings and a big hello to DR Francois.....thank you for your nice welcome greeting.
I'm afraid I'm a little behind.....is there a new puppy about to appear at the house of DR Jane ? If so, I too look forward to pictures soon!
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Thank you DRs for the congratulations etc for my Dad.
I shall be leaving in afew minuites to visit him. He lives on Phillip island. For those that don't know this area - it is the home of a colony of Fairy penguins. No I was not born there.
Thank you for the Dandenongs suggestion DR MusicGuy. As I live in the foothills of the Dandenongs, I would be preparing said "Devonshire" tea myself.
I wonder if TCB has tried my recipe yet!
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Dear Esteemed, lauded, and (hopefully) sated BK --
OK...I don't care about the machinations of Washington D.C., or crazy people & airplanes in the U.K. -- I want to hear about important things. What did you eat at Jerry's?? After a number of very scientific taste-tests, I think I really do prefer Art's on Ventura. I can't say exactly why.....
Happy Latkes !
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Late additions to TOTD - some of the songs from "Spiderwoman" and "The Rink". No time to check them at the moment.
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I'm afraid I'm a little behind.....is there a new puppy about to appear at the house of DR Jane ? If so, I too look forward to pictures soon!
I finally caved in and said we should get another dog. We looked at multiple shelters, visited Labrador Retriever breeders and finally realized our hearts need another Bernese Mountain Dog.
The current update on the puppies, which were born on July 29th, is that their eyes are beginning to open. :)
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I also had to go to Great Neck last night. The train ride home was a shock. The train was basically empty and the ride very pleasant, and I was thinking boy, this LIRR is great. Then, at Shea Stadium, what must have been a thousand people got on the train and it went from paradise to the crowded train ride from hell the rest of the way. Bad timing on my part, I guess.
How horrible for you! Having to ride on a train full of NY Mets fans.
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Flying naked could be fun. Just watch those table trays.
Especially in the upright position!
:o :o :o
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Centenarian birthday wishes to the father of DR Tomovoz!
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Hello everyone! What a long day. I really like my NOAA weather radio, but when it went off at 2:00 AM, 2:12 AM, 2:51 AM, 3:05 AM.....4:15 AM...I was ready to throw it out the window!! But all the storms were nearby, so I couldn't turn it off. Anyway, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night
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DR Jane, We may be back at the CI after all. I had an email today cutting it down to the 4 nights and keeping the same low rate I originally booked. So, I'm thinking the air bed will be the way to go. Did you tell them you were planning to use the airbed? I'm waiting to hear what Jon thinks, but now it will save us a chunk of change
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Dear Esteemed, opulent, glamorous, willowy & sensual BK --
Glad your jog went joggingly, and that the Curtains opening last night turned out to be an enjoyable evening. A lot of people aren't aware that aside from being a very good actor, David Pierce is also a very accomplished musician on the same instrument that I play. Small World ! (cue Herbie).....
Oh the contrary, I have often heard that Mr. Hyde Pierce plays the organ.
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TOD, I like But the World Goes Round. I liked a couple songs in CURTAINS, including Tough Act To Follow, which is supposedly one of the last songs Kander and Ebb wrote together - at least that's what I read somewhere. It's one of those songs that would fit as a tribute to each other.
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Thank you DRs for the congratulations etc for my Dad.
I shall be leaving in afew minuites to visit him. He lives on Phillip island. For those that don't know this area - it is the home of a colony of Fairy penguins. No I was not born there.
Congratulations to your father, Tomovoz, on his 100th birthday.
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Happy B'day to DR Tomovoz' Father
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Back from a nice lunch meeting with Miss Joan Ryan. Lots of ideas tossed back and forth like a salad. I had bacon and eggs, with tomotoes on the side, and we split some yummilicious french fries.
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We are about to taste-test the ice cream pie. Film at 11 - no, earlier, because I plan to be fast asleep long before 11!
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Where is everyone?????
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Oy! The radar looks like we'll get those middle of the night thunderstorms again. So who needs sleep
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Ginny, what did you think of the pie?
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Ginny, what did you think of the pie?
It tasted good, but not what I expected. The crust was more like a brownie than pie crust. Not sure how it will handle at a potluck, but I'll give it a try. DH & DS liked it a lot, probably because they hadn't been playing in it for the last 24 hours!
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...So who needs sleep
I do, because I got up at 5:30am. Tomorrow I get to "sleep in" until 6!
'night.
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I shall now be on my way to the Hudson Theatre. We'd best have had a few frenzies by the time of my returning for which you'll be yearning.
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I'm off now. I'm also taking tomorrow off from work so that I can start moving some boxes from my extra bedroom into storage. My sister wants me to start cleaning my house...and I'd better. :) She wants to sell it for as much as she can get for it and if I don't move out, she can't sell it, and since I don't want to buy it, I'd better get moving! ;)
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Okay, who wants to start the frenzy?
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TCB - Not only Mets fans, but Mets fans in Mets T-shirts. I think it was T-shirt night at Shea.
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SHEA DARLING - that's the title of something, isn't it?
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Oh Shea can you see?
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Looks like I'm the only one here....
I'll go my way by myself...
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And when there is no one to talk to.....
I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me....
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Happy 100th Birthday to Tomovoz's Dad!!
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DR Cillaliz, how are the gals tonight? Behaving themselves?
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They are doing great. They are laying as close to each other as I've seen them without the occasional hissing and batting with paws. It's really helping that I've been home every night this week and will be home over the weekend. We are settling into a routine, and as I'm sure you know, cats love routine
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I've been reading the Curtains reviews. They are actually pretty much what I expected. The show has really good stuff, but it still has things to work out. Qualified positive reviews.
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Boo has more energy than any cat I've ever seen. She just gets hyperactive every once in awhile. I know she's young, but she never ceases to amaze me
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That's good news, Cillaliz. I'm glad you stuck it out.
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Cillaliz, did you hear that a couple days ago, one of the alleged Serial Shooters held a press conference. He talked to the press for about ten minutes, until his just-appointed public defender came in and stopped it.
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We had a horrific series of thunderstorms one after another tonight starting around 8. There is still some lightning in the area, and there may be another line of storms on the way tomorrow.
Yep, after all this rain, I'll definitely be mowing Sunday, if it's not raining!
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Oh the contrary, I have often heard that Mr. Hyde Pierce plays the organ.
And you know what they say.
What better than having orchids on the piano? Why tulips on your organ.
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Watched the last hour or so of HOLIDAY IN MEXICO. I did not know it was 127 minutes long, about thirty minutes longer than it should have been. It was a nice introduction to Jane Powell as an MGM Technicolor star (she had two two loan-outs to UA in black and white), but it just went on and on with its silly plots of teenaged girls falling for older men (Jose Iturbi? whose sister and grandchildren are part of the cast).
Even though Jane got to sing "The Italian Street Song" and other operetta gems, I decided not to burn a copy of this musical for myself.
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Cillaliz, did you hear that a couple days ago, one of the alleged Serial Shooters held a press conference. He talked to the press for about ten minutes, until his just-appointed public defender came in and stopped it.
No, what an idiot.
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The two GREY'S ANATOMY episodes were riveting. The first dealt with lies going on between many members of the cast and their patients.
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As the sign over my Grandfather's desk read "Even a fish wouldn't get in trouble if he kept his mouth shut"
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The second dealt with a strike of nurses at the hospital with adorable George honoring their strike.
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And then I watched the CSI episode I had recorded at 9. (This is probably what I'll be doing during the new season: watching GREY'S ANATOMY live and recording CSI and then watching it at 10. The new James Woods lawyer show doesn't interest me much.)
The CSI episode came back to me pretty thoroughly, but I watched it to the end just in case I hadn't remembered everything about it.
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I am glad that they found the threat with the liquids on airlines now instead of finding it closer to my vacation time.
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That's good news, Cillaliz. I'm glad you stuck it out.
Yeah, I am too. I don't think I really could have parted with Boo, but it wasn't pleasant. They are fighting a little tonight, but that's normal and Boo keeps clawing my new furniture, I've been clipping her claws, but she still seems to dig in....it's always something ;D
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I am glad that they found the threat with the liquids on airlines now instead of finding it closer to my vacation time.
I was glad they found it after I got home and a while before I travel again
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Time for me to try to get some sleep. I have a feeling I'll be waking up in a couple hours courtesy of NOAA weather radio
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As the sign over my Grandfather's desk read "Even a fish wouldn't get in trouble if he kept his mouth shut"
I thought he presented quite well, and if I were on a jury I might well believe what he said. Which is why I should never be on a jury.
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And I have jury duty later this month, by the way. Scary thought, huh?
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I thought he presented quite well, and if I were on a jury I might well believe what he said. Which is why I should never be on a jury.
Hmm sounds interesting. Is this the one that said it wasn't him it was his buddy?
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The Radio has already started going off. great. Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 4:00 AM and the radar shows it looming in Nebraska and South Dakota heading our way.
Looming in Nebraska...that's the title of my next book
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And I have jury duty later this month, by the way. Scary thought, huh?
Nah, it will never get to trial that quickly. You won't be on this case. I think it would be extremely interesting to be on a jury, but I'll never be picked for one
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Hmm sounds interesting. Is this the one that said it wasn't him it was his buddy?
Yes. And they think there may be a third one.
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Nah, it will never get to trial that quickly. You won't be on this case. I think it would be extremely interesting to be on a jury, but I'll never be picked for one
Oh, I know that case won't be the one. I just think it's scary I'd be on any jury.
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I did have a case once, a child molest case, and it was a hung jury. After the trial the jurors wanted to speak to both lawyers, so we were allowed to go in the jury room and they told us a lot about thier thought process. It was fascinating and helped with prep for the retrial which instead of hung was 3 counts not guilty and 2 counts guilty. Since it was impossibe for the truth to shake out that way, it was clearly a compromise verdict.
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Yes. And they think there may be a third one.
I did hear that. Do you know who is representing any of them? I guess I could look online
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Oh wow, Garrett Simpson is Hausner's lawyer. I worked with him at the Maricopa County PDs office. He actually won a bunch of money on Jeopardy! years ago.
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You own't believe this, but I have to appear at the Superior Court complex in Surprise, AZ.
Remember Surprise? It was a farming town when you were here.
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Did you ever have to go out to the Peoria Justice Court when you were here?
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No. When I started I was in Northeast and South. Then I switched "groups" in the office and was in Tempe, East Mesa, West Mesa, Chandler and Scottsdale
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I don't know Garrett's co-counsel, but I know both lawyers representing the other defendant and both prosecutors
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Off to bed now.
Good night.
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You own't believe this, but I have to appear at the Superior Court complex in Surprise, AZ.
Remember Surprise? It was a farming town when you were here.
It was a tiny place when I lived there. People from Surprise always seemed to be late for jury duty :) That's really true. We used to laugh about it
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I used to go to Surprise -- or maybe it was El Mirage. Nice people, but they had no interpreter. They'd get Al, the custodian, to interpret. It was funny -- the defendant would talk for two or three minutes before the judge would interupt and say, "What did he say, Al?" and Al would say, "He said he didn't do it."
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No. When I started I was in Northeast and South. Then I switched "groups" in the office and was in Tempe, East Mesa, West Mesa, Chandler and Scottsdale
But I only had Justice Court one day a week or so. The rest of the time it was Superior Court.
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I used to go to Surprise -- or maybe it was El Mirage. Nice people, but they had no interpreter. They'd get Al, the custodian, to interpret. It was funny -- the defendant would talk for two or three minutes before the judge would interupt and say, "What did he say, Al?" and Al would say, "He said he didn't do it."
Too funny. I used to have that happen when I was in private practice in small town Iowa.
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Alas, I chose to have a family, and my working days in the court ended. I never got to Superior Court. I only got to Peoria.
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Well if it plays in Peoria....
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Welcome to Phoenix legal talk with Laura and Cillaliz
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Hey we are racking up the posts and I haven't thought of this in years....I've been gone almost 15 years now...YIKES
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Welcome to Phoenix legal talk with Laura and Cillaliz
Well, at least they count as posts.
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Hello people!! I have missed you .
Life has been frantic... Mom's been in and out of the hospital twice in the past two and half weeks, she was originally diagnosed with shingles but since then has been having, what for lack of a better word, I will call seizures... all her limbs flail uncontrollably, her head lolls, her mouth droops and her eyes roll and she cannot speak... this will last for 15 minutes or so then she slowly regains control of her body over the next several hours until she is back to normal....
She spent the past two days in the hopsital for observation, they gave her several MRI's and a Cat scan and have declared her "normal" except of course for the two brain tumors they discovered two years ago... but they don't think they could possibly be affecting her.......
They sent her home today saying that there was "nothing" wrong with her other than the shingles....
%(%&ing doctors
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If I ever write a novel and use stuff from my cases, (which I have often been told to do, but never really wanted to) I would mostly use the Arizona days. In general, the cases I had out there were a lot stranger and would be a lot more interesting to read about
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Well, at least they count as posts.
I've really been enjoying it :)
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Hi Viixmom!! Good to see you, but so sorry to hear about your mother
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Here are DRs MusicGuy and Kerry (and DR Sandra) in front of the site of BK's father's restaurant.
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VIBES TO VIXMOM'S MOTHER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Cool Pic DR Laura
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And here is a lovely house that DR MusicGuy included in his tour of LA.
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The natives are getting restless here. I better sign off, get them their night time treats and try to get some sleep.
Thanks for the fun conversation, Laura
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DR Vixmom, I'm so sorry to hear about the problems your mom is having. I hope she recovers quickly!
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The natives are getting restless here. I better sign off, get them their night time treats and try to get some sleep.
Thanks for the fun conversation, Laura
I enjoyed it too. Good night.
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And here is a close-up of the David statues that adorn said house in the LA tour.
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And here is a close-up of some of the golden lions and the busts that also adorned said house.
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Meanwhile our house has been the victim of a plumbing disaster... the failure of $10 part has caused thousands of dollars of damage....
A week ago Tuesday I was awoken at 3 AM to the sound of Vixdad screaming something about water. I jumped out of bed and the carpet felt damp...
The tube that coonects the hot water tap to the supply had split and gallons of water poured through... it basically disintergrated the sink cabinet , which was made of pressboard and laminate...lifted all the tiles form the underlying plywood , the plywood buckled and the seal tot he toilet came apart, then the water poured thorugh the floor into the bathroom below, on the main floor of the house, destroying the ceiling, soaking the wall board and also taking out parts of the kitchen and hallway ceiling, then the water continued through that floor to the laundry room in the basement, whic had an unfinished ceiling. It also had a wire shelf reaching from one end to the other on top of which were stacked all the cleans towels and linens (since we lack linen closets) and under which onthe rack were hung Vixdad's work shirts and all my work skirts, dresses and blouses since we also lack adequate closet space. Sevceral laundry baskets of clean folded laundry wer ealso stores there as well as all of the out of season clothing....all soaked through with the now filthy water and rending the clothes so heavy as to pull the shelf off the wall and destroy the wall board there.
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Oh my gosh, DR Vixmom!
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The next day after we set up dehumidifiers and fans the local power authorithy helpfully cut our power... just our block.....
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.... waiting for more of the story.....
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OH, my golly Vixmom! Your poor house! And your poor mom!
I send the most vibes I can to you!!!!
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Finally after tryong to deal with the disaster we realized that we definitely couldn't fix this on our own so called in the insurance co.. the lady came the same day arranged for a "drying crew" to come the next morning. They brought in four dehumidifiers the size of a three drawer steel filing cabinect, four feet high, a foot square and put two in the basement one on the main floor and one upstairs
each dehumidifier was paired with a hurricane force fan and we were instructed to keep all windows and doors closed.
These machines throw off a lot of heat and it was the hottest eek we've had recently with outside temps of up to 100 degrees... indoors about 104.....
the ceramic floors were like walking on hot beach sand...the top of the new ceramic stove was warm to the touch
It was also impossible to hear anything- it was like living inside of a white noise machine
Fotunately today they took the machines away and declared everything dry.
The main room bathroom has no ceiling, the wallpaper was stripped from the walls and most of the border tiles have fallen off the wall, the upstairs bathroom is unusable
Now we await word from the insurance co....
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House vibes (and insurance vibes) to the Vixmom family!
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The nightly news is on. The more I hear about this terror thing, the more frightening it all is. I don't like to fly.
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On the bright side, today the Vixter had her opening night for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
She only had a chorus part... but she had a couple of lines and she sang and danced her heart out.
The show a was a lot of fun and a small but appreciative audience cheered them on. Saturday night is the closing show
Tomorrow is her last day of camp and then she has a few more days of rewhearsal and then her musical revue show goes on next Thursday and Friday ... then Saturday she has her annual Battle of the Books and then she will be done with all her summer activities and two weeks or so of summer break left
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DR Vixmom, always looking for the bright side.
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The new job is crazy busy and I have been working very long hours...
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So that's my excuse for being E & T and I think I deserve to be excused from any bitchslapping.
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I hope the NYC HHW fest at FJL's is still on... DR WFO has agreed to join the Vixter and myself on our jaunt to The Fantastiks on the 20th and to the HHW party afterwards.
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We've missed you, DR Vixmom.
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And so... since it is now a mere five hours to my scheduled time of awaking I shall to bed...
VIBES to all... I have of course NOT caught up....I hope everyone is doing well
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Back from a Lesbian Play. Eating some red licorice and will write the notes shortly.