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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written whilst earting, and now it is time for you to post until the earting cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: BAKSHEESH!
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Welcome six GUESTS.
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I wonder if I'll hear from Michael John LaChiusa - he's written when I didn't have something good to say - so, I hope he sees today's notes :)
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Welcome twelve GUESTS.
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Up early for work again. Too early.
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Let's kick-start the head.
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TOD: I would have to say that Flaherty and Ahrens are my favorites writing for today's theater, though I have noticed them using some of the same framing techniques in several of their shows. The "we tell this story" from "Once on This Island" comes up in "Dessa Rose" and "The Glorious Ones." It may work on each show, but not when you listen to them back to back. "Once on This Island" is probably my favorite of their works, though "Ragtime" has some powerful moments. I have a soft spot for "Ragtime," too, beccause I read the book three or four times in high school.
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To respond to a comment from DR Edisaurus last night: Are you using "Sitting Watching Jason (Play Baseball)" from "Falsettos"? It was one of the first references I can remember to Jews and Baseball. And certainly hilarious.
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TOD: I would have to say that Flaherty and Ahrens are my favorites writing for today's theater, though I have noticed them using some of the same framing techniques in several of their shows. The "we tell this story" from "Once on This Island" comes up in "Dessa Rose" and "The Glorious Ones." It may work on each show, but not when you listen to them back to back. "Once on This Island" is probably my favorite of their works, though "Ragtime" has some powerful moments. I have a soft spot for "Ragtime," too, beccause I read the book three or four times in high school.
My favorite is Lucky Stiff. No framing there
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To respond to a comment from DR Edisaurus last night: Are you using "Sitting Watching Jason (Play Baseball)" from "Falsettos"? It was one of the first references I can remember to Jews and Baseball. And certainly hilarious.
If you have and if you don't get William Finn's Infinite Joy. A cabaret of his songs. Stephen DeRose does a hilarious take on the baseball game. He sings all the parts from the Falsettos Production at the East Milford Community Center Benefit Reading.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Hmmmmmm - I shall have to hear some other choices for TOD.....I certainly like AVENUE Q....
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It is a work day today.....we are also having a free Aura Cleansing- Chakra Balancing Demonstration at 2 p.m. which means the store will be crowded with people looking for FREE stuff.....
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Well, I guess I'm up early thanks to an allergy attack - first one in a long, long time. I've taken a pill.
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Welcome nine GUESTS.
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I shall now be off to work. Oh well.
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Good morning all!
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Have a good day at work, DR JRand!
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Looking forward to the last LOST but I'm going to miss it. I also miss UGLY BETTY. Sigh.
I have to go out and find a nice pair of heel shoes today. Toby ate the only comfortable pair I had. He's a good boy for the most part but he is a puppy and has made a few "mistakes". I'm also learning to put the things out of his little mouths way.
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And I'm off to the hunt!
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I am merrily sneezing away waiting for the allergy pill to kick in.
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Good morning, all! I slept in and now I am bathed and dressed and ready for whatever fresh hell comes down the pike.
Today I have to finish a big portion of THE ROSE OF ALGIERS so I can send the edits back to the conductor, and at 3:45 I will meet Bruce Pomahac at this new Dowling Music store on West 57th. We will browse, then go for dinner, and spend the evening watching DVDs and dishing. I bought earlier in the year his Christmas gift, but it's so good I think I will give it to him today.
DR vixmom, to answer your qustion from last night about my collection going to Miami U, there were two reasons: the first is that all the recording work I did for BK, the NY State Theatre Institute, other recordings, pretty much all my work from 1982-1999 has gone to the Library of Congress, but I stopped sending them things because of various disappointments, the last being the big disaster of LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40.
So, in 2008, because of the bed bug madness in the building I live in, I needed to clean out the apartment for extermination and further prevention; I inherited my mother's packrat gene, and this apartment was interesting, like a 19th Centry curio shop, but impossible to move around much. After my dad's death, I had decided to redo my will to eliminate the Macbeths, and I decided then to leave the theatre collection and work to the Miami University Theatre Dept, since I am an alumnus, along with some royalty payments.
I threw out tons of old magazines, like the complete runs of AFTER DARK, and SHOW MUSIC, 10 years of GRAMOPHONE and FANFARE, and the Kurt Weill Foundation Newsletter, carted a ton of books to a dealer who offered me very little but it was take it or tote the books elsewhere. I threw out tons of videocassettes as well, and whatever didn't end up in the Manhattan Mini-Storage space I rented needed to be tossed or go somewhere, Every trash collection day, I dragged down two or three huge trashbags with things for the garbage men, but I still had a ton of books and personal things that needed to be sorted. My first thought was the Miami University Theatre Dept. I called the director of theatre, Liz Mullenix, and asked if they would like all of the theatre-related books, plus a lot of librettos and scripts, like all of Noel Coward, Brecht, Ibsen, Chekhov, a ton of English versions of authors I like like Feydeau, Anoulh, Giraudoux, etc. Liz said yes, so I started packing up everything for the theatre.
Then, she decided there was really not enough space in the theatre dept for what I was threatening to send but she did offer from the dept's petty cash to pay for half the shipment to Oxford and she told me she would look into Special Collections at the Miami U Library. And that's how I met the wonderful Janet Stuckey, who's in charge of the Special Collections, and her staff. The initial shipment was huge, around 64 cartons as I recall, and there was a lot of tsuris about the cartons sitting in my buidlings 3rd floor hallway while I was waiting for the authorization to send them. They were finally shipped to Ohio around the end of February 2008 and later in the year I sent Janet another 20 or so. I sent more last year, and I'm up to 17 cartons to ship now.
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I really wanted to watch the season finales of GHOST WHISPERER and MEDIUM last night. But I got home too late. I will definitely try to watch them today. Although my niece (the 1 year old) is being dropped off in a few minutes. Her mom (my sister) and sister (my niece) are going to Megan's best friend's 5th birthday party!
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And the word of the day is: BAKSHEESH!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BIG SPENDER
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Saturday morning greetings! DH Richard is off to the post office to pick up a week's worth of main - hope I gave him a big-enough tote bag.
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thank you for sharing all that Elmore! I am sure that generations of college students will benefit from your generosity. I hope that you are able to gain some sort of tax benefit - but of course that is FJL's area!!
I developed a packrat gene myself - in strict opposition to my mother's toss everything out gene - I still think that the fact that i save everything dates back to the day when I was 12 and went to the library to research and write a paper for school - I was away for about 4 or 5 hours --
when I arrived home I found that my mother had ,in my absence, taken to the GoodWill every single one of my dolls, stuffed animals,doll crib, all my childhood books, etc - she decided I had "grown out" of them and therefore they were no longer needed - never considering that I might have had a sentimental attachment to at least some of them
The difference between my stuff and yours however is that no one else will probably ever want it! (Except of course that ever present Good Will!)
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On the other hand whenever the Vixter or her friends need costumesor props for plays, schoolpresentations, Halloween etc they know to come here!!
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well I really slept in this morning - did not get up until 10 AM! I need to get moving so I can go visi WFO so laters!!!
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It must be a sleep late day.
Anthony slept almost 12 hours. That's unheard of for him. He went to bed at 8:30pm and got up just after 8am. I, too, went to bed at 8:30 (we were both falling asleep in front of the television) but I got up at my usual 6am.
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And now, Page 2
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And now, goodbye for a while.
Hi, William F. Orr
Bye, William F. Orr
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And the word of the day is: BAKSHEESH!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BIG SPENDER
But... but... if the Word is BAKSHEESH, shouldn't the song be "Rhymes Have I"?
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I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. So, I shaved - that way all I have to do is shower when I come back after she of the Evil Eye has left. I may go for a little jog when she gets here. It's a pretty day out.
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Hi, Ben.
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Bye, Ben.
I remember when love was a matter of...
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I've chosen three little things to read today - IF there's enough people there.
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Nice to have William F. Orr here.
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TOD: I would have to say that Flaherty and Ahrens are my favorites writing for today's theater, though I have noticed them using some of the same framing techniques in several of their shows. The "we tell this story" from "Once on This Island" comes up in "Dessa Rose" and "The Glorious Ones." It may work on each show, but not when you listen to them back to back. "Once on This Island" is probably my favorite of their works, though "Ragtime" has some powerful moments. I have a soft spot for "Ragtime," too, beccause I read the book three or four times in high school.
Oh, I very much agree on Ahrens & Flaherty, my Numero Uno being Ragtime, and second probably A Man of No Importance &/or Lucky Stiff.
I was briefly in Lehman Engel's BMI Workshop with them and remember Lynn commenting after seeing Barnum: "How could they miss the perfect opportunity? 'There's a Sucker Born Every Minute' was the perfect song for his wife--'and the biggest sucker is me.' "
An example of Lynn's lyrical instinct.
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And now I must run get ready to receive vixmom and other guests on my physical therapy holiday.
Laters, gators.
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"Nightmare Alley- the Musical" Why does this not surprise me?
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Hi, DR WFO - give DR Vixmom a hug for me!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... Oh, and I guess, technically speaking - at least for the DRs on the East Coast - it's already, "Good Afternoon!'.
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bk - When you mentioned that you were going to see Jason in a show, I kept trying to remember what show he was doing, and then...
I'm glad you liked See What I Wanna See. I saw it here in NYC at The Public, and was blown away by it. I still remember asking myself, "Am I really crying in the middle of an MJL musical?", during the second act.
With the first act based on the structure of "Rashomon" - in fact, when the show was initially presented up at Williamstown, it was titled as R SHOMON - I thought that might be a good "hook" for you.
*And it's nice to know that Perry Ojeda is alive and well and working in LA. He was my "Prince Charming" in Cinderella a couple of years ago.
*Did they use the full band? Bruce Coughlin's percussion writing - rhythm and mallets - is very effective.
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They had five pieces - two keyboards (with keyboard two player playing real percussion as well), drums, and two reeds, so I suppose one of the keyboards was also playing bass since there was definitely bass. It sounded terrific. The first act is still titled R SHOMON (a movie house is showing the film and is missing a letter on the marquee - a plot point).
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I developed a packrat gene myself - in strict opposition to my mother's toss everything out gene - I still think that the fact that i save everything dates back to the day when I was 12 and went to the library to research and write a paper for school - I was away for about 4 or 5 hours --
when I arrived home I found that my mother had ,in my absence, taken to the GoodWill every single one of my dolls, stuffed animals,doll crib, all my childhood books, etc - she decided I had "grown out" of them and therefore they were no longer needed - never considering that I might have had a sentimental attachment to at least some of them
This is sooo sad.
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From Edi:
No, but she is really spinning the plot, so that's good!
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Oh...
Last night, I attended a concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (http://www.poamericas.org/) at Alice Tully Hall (the recently renovated Alice Tully Hall). The concert was presented as part of a series of events commemorating the Bicentennial of Mexico, so, consequently, the music of Mexican composers was featured on the program - with a brief detour to Argentina via Piazzolla. My friend, Eric, was playing piano, and since he had some comps, well...
It was a very nice program, and even though a good portion of the works reflected more of the European training and influence of/on the composers, there were some moments of pure "Mexicanisms" throughout. The true highlight of the concert was Ponce's "Concierto del Sur" with Pablo Sainz-Villegas (http://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/) as the guitar soloist. WOW! Truly some of the most expressive and cleanest(!) guitar playing I've ever heard. I used to play for a lot of guitar majors in school, so I know my good gee-tar playin'! ;) In any case... I was truly impressed. And his encore of "La Boda de Luis Alonso" was simply stunning!
-And here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxmxf45QNIU) of him playing that piece from an earlier appearance in NYC.
(http://www.palosverdes.com/chamberorchestra/images/PabloSainzVillegas.jpg)
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DR Laura I think it is time for new kitten photos.
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*Oh, it appears that Pablo Saínz-Villegas (http://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/) works best in Firefox. -At least not Safari.
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They had five pieces - two keyboards (with keyboard two player playing real percussion as well), drums, and two reeds, so I suppose one of the keyboards was also playing bass since there was definitely bass. It sounded terrific. The first act is still titled R SHOMON (a movie house is showing the film and is missing a letter on the marquee - a plot point).
Oh, that's right... When it was presented up at Williamstown, only the first act existed at the time, so...
*Are the Japanese "interludes" still included?
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No COPS tonight.....baseball on FOX.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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I guess that is the People's Choice.
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Another funny from Jimmy Kimmel:
This Week in Unnecessary Censorship - LOST Edition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di3w1yV4Ehg)
:D
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And one more:
Hanso Training Video for the LOST Finale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHT84Dn2gFg)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Count me in as a another fan, admirer of Ahrens & Flaherty. They really know how to write a good "sigh".
There are slew of "new musical theatre" writers out there right now - who have their slew of admirers and "fan boys and girls". Alas, since they're all trying to be "original" and not sound like Sondheim, JRB, MJL, etc., they all end up sounding the same to me. It all sounds "constructed" and "calculated" to me, rather than "inspired" and "honest".
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And now...
AVENUE Q... WITHOUT THE PUPPETS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5J4Bsl09Rs)
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And now...
Laters...
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DH Richard is off to the post office to pick up a week's worth of main - hope I gave him a big-enough tote bag.
And does the good Father have canonical approval to sashay about traipse around town lug a Vera Bradley tote?
der Brucer
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DH Richard is off to the post office to pick up a week's worth of main - hope I gave him a big-enough tote bag.
And does the good Father have canonical approval to sashay about traipse around town lug a Vera Bradley tote?
der Brucer
LOL, DR der Brucer! No Vera for Richard - I sent him to the PO with the bag with his seminary seal on it.
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PAGE THREE SINGLE LADIES DANCE... COURTESY OF LIZA MINELLI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCRisDDjxI)!
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I had a lovelier than lovely phone conversation with our BK which was a lot of fun and filled with fascinating topics, a wonderful lunch of leftover Chinese food, and I finished two more ROSE OF ALGERIa edits. I've got about an hour before I begin my walk to the new music store, and I think I'll vacuum the apartment now.
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Big Apple leads the way!
GADLING (http://www.gadling.com/2010/05/21/streetvendors/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl6|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gadling.com%2F2010%2F05%2F21%2Fstreetvendors%2F)
New York City street vendors to accept credit cards
by Mike Barish
Starting in June, if you've got a hankering for some street meat in New York City, you'll be able to use a credit card to purchase your kebab. As part of a trial program in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, select street vendors will begin accepting credit card payments for food.
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And the whole truth of the matter:
Here in New York, however, we've always been hip to street meat.
der Brucer
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Good day! it's very windy warm and humid here. Feels like we could have a storm
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
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Jose - yes, the Japanese bits begin each act. And I agree with you about the current crop - someone on one of those boards posted about some team that's very popular with the teenies - they haven't really had a show play anywhere other than colleges and stuff - so I went to their site and listened and if you didn't know it could be JRB or any one of those guys - it all sounds the same.
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Back from some poached eggs and toast and some errands and whatnot. I'll head over to the bookshop in about an hour and fifteen minutes.
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Bk, hopeyou have a brilliant book-signing. Please Give my best to Malcolm and Christine. My favourite young talented composer working today is a wee pup named Bruce kimmel.
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Back from some poached eggs and toast and some errands and whatnot. I'll head over to the bookshop in about an hour and fifteen minutes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most Excellent Reading Vibes to Our BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
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Book signing vibes for MR BK.
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The didgeridoo music is vibrating my cerebral cortex.
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I just had a nice chat with Mr Ron Raines, who's in St Louis rehearsing A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with Sian Phillips and Amy Irving, directed by Isaac Mizrahi. I am now off to meet Bruce Pomahac and have a great aftwernoon and evening. Walter Willison sent a lot of his friends an email about the opening of this new music shop, so I'm suspecting he will be there holding court.
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
There was also a flop about Jackie Robinson and BK recorded two numbers from it on UNSUNG MUSiCALS, and there was a revue, DIAMONDS, that had the great song "Hundredas of Hats."
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From two responses on Facebook, I think I've been phished. Is that the term?
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Walter Willison holds court with the best of them.
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I'm all showered and fresh as a daisy and in about thirty minutes I'll head over to the bookstore and hope for the best :)
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Book signing vibes to BK Hope there's a great turnout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It's been an insane couple of weeks. I'm still reading your book and still enjoying it
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Just Viewed JANE EYRE(TV Adaptation) with George C. Scott and Susannah York- Wonderful Score by JOHN WILLIAMS(CD has been out of print for a long time) Would You Consider releasing this score? One Of Williams Best,Methinks!
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Sanity vibes for DR CILLA LIZ.
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Thanks JRand. Not insane as in I'm going crazy, just busy insane. I do appreciate the vibes though.
Today i have a billion things to do and I just feel like sitting....so i'm sitting, lol.
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HWHC and I are becoming friends. He still makes cat jokes, but has admitted that he is just bugging me about it.
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Yesterday we went through a really old house - late 1800s early 1900s that is likely going to be torn down by the city to put in a community garden. I'm pretty disgusted about it. The house is HUGE and has some really cool door knobs, hinges, woodwork etc. but the idea that they are going to spend $45,000 in taxpayer money to tear down the house and put in a garden when there is empty space available for a garden bugs me a lot. I was hoping that one of the guys with us may decide to buy it before the deal is done with the city, but I don't think it's going to happen.
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Tomorrow there will be a newspaper article about me and the woman who grew up in my house published in the Greenville Tx newspaper. Hopefully it will be in the online edition so I can post a link. It was a really nice article.
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Monday we're going to go through a William Steele designed church that has been rescued, because the church members who bought it want advice on how to restore portions of it. I'm going along for the tour while the experts help. HWHC would be good at this but he's going to be out of town all next week. Not sure he told the other board members about that
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Monday I also have a full day of work in my office and I have my interview with the city council for a position on the Historic Preservation Commission. I never would have dreamed that I'd be doing all this, but I'm loving it.
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In August I'm going to an NACDL meeting in Toronto...think I already mentioned that. I made my hotel reservations and signed up for the conference, but am hoping for better air fares before buying my ticket
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I'm also still working on the design review standards and guidelines for an historic district here in town. I have until the middle of June to get the whole thing together and to the neighborhood coalition. I met with them earlier in the week.
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Wow,. looks like I chased everyone away.....perhaps I'll go make a late lunch/early dinner with the fresh greens I bought at the farmer's market today
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I'm still here, DR Cillaliz! Actually, I was away at the grocery store and talking to my mom on the phone. Your historic preservation work sounds very worthwhile.
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Here's my cousin Perry and his wife Jessica, proudly showing off their "Oil Spill Beach Clean-Up" certification cards. They received a 4-hour volunteer orientation this morning in Florida.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs534.ash1/31312_610531483318_46700875_34664934_1117922_n.jpg)
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Cilla, I'm exhausted reading about your life ;) I hope someone buys the house and saves it.
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Nice photo Ginny. Will there be stories of their work?
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DR Jane, I don't know much about this volunteer venture of Jess & Perry's. She said, "We're in the database now," which indicates to me some kind of on-call situation. I'll keep you posted.
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Good morning, all! I slept in and now I am bathed and dressed and ready for whatever fresh hell comes down the pike.
Today I have to finish a big portion of THE ROSE OF ALGIERS so I can send the edits back to the conductor, and at 3:45 I will meet Bruce Pomahac at this new Dowling Music store on West 57th. We will browse, then go for dinner, and spend the evening watching DVDs and dishing. I bought earlier in the year his Christmas gift, but it's so good I think I will give it to him today.
DR vixmom, to answer your qustion from last night about my collection going to Miami U, there were two reasons: the first is that all the recording work I did for BK, the NY State Theatre Institute, other recordings, pretty much all my work from 1982-1999 has gone to the Library of Congress, but I stopped sending them things because of various disappointments, the last being the big disaster of LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40.
So, in 2008, because of the bed bug madness in the building I live in, I needed to clean out the apartment for extermination and further prevention; I inherited my mother's packrat gene, and this apartment was interesting, like a 19th Centry curio shop, but impossible to move around much. After my dad's death, I had decided to redo my will to eliminate the Macbeths, and I decided then to leave the theatre collection and work to the Miami University Theatre Dept, since I am an alumnus, along with some royalty payments.
I threw out tons of old magazines, like the complete runs of AFTER DARK, and SHOW MUSIC, 10 years of GRAMOPHONE and FANFARE, and the Kurt Weill Foundation Newsletter, carted a ton of books to a dealer who offered me very little but it was take it or tote the books elsewhere. I threw out tons of videocassettes as well, and whatever didn't end up in the Manhattan Mini-Storage space I rented needed to be tossed or go somewhere, Every trash collection day, I dragged down two or three huge trashbags with things for the garbage men, but I still had a ton of books and personal things that needed to be sorted. My first thought was the Miami University Theatre Dept. I called the director of theatre, Liz Mullenix, and asked if they would like all of the theatre-related books, plus a lot of librettos and scripts, like all of Noel Coward, Brecht, Ibsen, Chekhov, a ton of English versions of authors I like like Feydeau, Anoulh, Giraudoux, etc. Liz said yes, so I started packing up everything for the theatre.
Then, she decided there was really not enough space in the theatre dept for what I was threatening to send but she did offer from the dept's petty cash to pay for half the shipment to Oxford and she told me she would look into Special Collections at the Miami U Library. And that's how I met the wonderful Janet Stuckey, who's in charge of the Special Collections, and her staff. The initial shipment was huge, around 64 cartons as I recall, and there was a lot of tsuris about the cartons sitting in my buidlings 3rd floor hallway while I was waiting for the authorization to send them. They were finally shipped to Ohio around the end of February 2008 and later in the year I sent Janet another 20 or so. I sent more last year, and I'm up to 17 cartons to ship now.
I would have loved to have the After Dark collection.
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
There was also a flop about Jackie Robinson and BK recorded two numbers from it on UNSUNG MUSiCALS, and there was a revue, DIAMONDS, that had the great song "Hundredas of Hats."
And there is also IN THE CARDS a song sung by Roger Bart on Jamie DeRoy and Friends Vol. 2. It's about collecting Baseball Cards
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I just had a nice long conversation with DR Penny O. We chatted while she was stuck in traffic & hung up when she finally reached her destination, Mystery and Imagination Books in Glendale.
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I look forward to the link DR CILLA LIZ
Interesting info DR GINNY - did they also get a t-shirt that says:
BP MESSED UP THE GULF AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT!
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It's the last half hour at World of Wisdom today - and I am hoping it stays QUIET.
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Vibes for the book signing! HOpe it went well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The temperatures are going to be really hot here this week. With humidity it supposed to be like 90 every day.
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I just watched the funniest thing. The guys from LOST were on Jimmy Kimmel last night. I haven't watched much of it yet. But they started with jimmy kimmel going through their original pitch to the network.
I was killing myself laughing. I don't know if the interview is on abc.com or youtube yet. But basically they promised that each episode would be self-contained and that you wouldn't need to watch the episode before to be able to follow each episode.
But the way Jimmy Kimmel explained it was hilariouis.
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Now I finally go and watch MEDIUM. I hope it was a good finale!
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Jennifer, I did enjoy Mentalist. I also had trouble with the ending. We didn't see the promised previews for next week & I'm wondering if it will be explained next week.
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DR Laura I think it is time for new kitten photos.
I tried to do a video the other day but ran out of space on the memory card.
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HWHC and I are becoming friends. He still makes cat jokes, but has admitted that he is just bugging me about it.
I was just thinking last night that he hasn't been mentioned lately and wondered what happened to him. Has he met Boo and Callie? And how is Callie?
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...Interesting info DR GINNY - did they also get a t-shirt that says:
BP MESSED UP THE GULF AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT!
I don't think so, DR JRand, but Jessica did get a 32 oz. pina colada after the orientation.
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In the small world category...
Keith is part of a genealogy DNA group. Almost every day he receives email from someone with a DNA "match" of some sort. This morning he received an email from someone who also included his facebook link. When I checked him out I found we had 17 FB friends in common, all with Bernese Mountain Dogs. Of course I wrote him & yes, he does have a Bernese Mountain Dog. He comes from DR Laura's neck of the woods, maybe the world will get smaller & she will meet them (the guy & his dog named Stella. ;)
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Oh my gosh! You know the guy with Stella!!???!!!???
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ROTFLOL! :)
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
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On baseball songs: There's also the part of "One Hundred Easy Ways" from "Wonderful Town," but the I think the point of yesterday's conversation was about Jews and Baseball. Still, are there any more baseball songs out there. Obviously something from "Babe," but I haven't heard the whole score, only the song Emily Skinner recorded, "A Growing Boy."
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Just Viewed JANE EYRE(TV Adaptation) with George C. Scott and Susannah York- Wonderful Score by JOHN WILLIAMS(CD has been out of print for a long time) Would You Consider releasing this score? One Of Williams Best,Methinks!
I loved that version of the story.
When I worked in Florida, we had some great times at the office. One day, I organized a musical writing seminar for all the folks who loved "Jane Eyre." (A really bad version was playing at the Asolo that year and it was not the one that played Broadway a year or so later.) We got some great songs, including the grand finale: "Love Is Blind -- And So Are You," in which Jane sings to blind Mr. Rochester about how beautiful she's become but he can't appreciate it. I did a choral piece while the estate burned.
We had a new publisher at the time, and he didn't know what was going on, but he was sure shocked when he looked over one woman's shooulder and read the first line of her song, "There's a Dead Girl in My Bed."
I think I still have those lyrics someplace. I'm sure I do. I fit in with the packrat club that has shared a few stories here today. I even have the stock of a now-defunct mystery bookstore. Ugh.
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Back from the signing, which was surprisingly well attended, about twenty-something people in all. We sold quite a few books, I read, I answered questions and it was, for me, the best signing I've ever done. In attendance, Cason Murphy, his girlfriend and the girlfriend's sister, my helper Ashely, PennyO, Sam Bobrick and his ever-lovin' Julie, several folks from the film music community, David Wechter, pianist/composer Rob Bowers, James McCloskey (he used to run the LACC theater department), a nightclub singer friend of Rob's, our very own Mark Wyckoff, my pal Lee Doebler and her two beautiful kids, Barbara Deutsch, Harrison White (he's going to Broadway with the Ray Charles musical, and played Dick Davis in the Nudie reading), Rebecca Johnson from The Roxy reading, Adryan Russ and her ever-lovin' Dale, and several others. So, now that I think about it, at least twenty-five people, a terrific turnout.
No shows included dear reader Sam who, for the second year in a row, missed the signing - of course, she said she'd be there, but alas, she wasn't and no call either. And a few others had cancelled this morning. But I had a blast and it was great. Cake was eaten, too.
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Jennifer, I did enjoy Mentalist. I also had trouble with the ending. We didn't see the promised previews for next week & I'm wondering if it will be explained next week.
I thought you knew it was the season finale. Hence no previews for next week. You'll have to wait for next year!
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Great news about the signing. Glad to hear it was fun.
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
And there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES last summer. ;)
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And yes last night was MEDIUM's season finale. Interesting, because there were rumors that they were going to be cancelled (the show is not cancelled). But you could see that the writers wrote last night's show as if it could be the series finale.
It was sort of odd. And it could have worked for a series finale. But i'm glad it's not the end.
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
There was also a flop about Jackie Robinson and BK recorded two numbers from it on UNSUNG MUSiCALS, and there was a revue, DIAMONDS, that had the great song "Hundredas of Hats."
And there was a little show about Jackie Robinson called NATIONAL PASTIME that starred a handsome actor by the name of Tom Birkeland as Branch Rickey.
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I think I was the most relaxed I've ever been - although reading from this book is not that easy at times, especially when there are references to my darling daughter and to people going out of their way to help me. I get a little emotional.
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Cilla, I'm exhausted reading about your life ;) I hope someone buys the house and saves it.
No, I don't think it's going to happen on that one. Too bad, but there are others we can save and I did my best to hook up $$ with the owner. There really isn't much more I can do.
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HWHC and I are becoming friends. He still makes cat jokes, but has admitted that he is just bugging me about it.
I was just thinking last night that he hasn't been mentioned lately and wondered what happened to him. Has he met Boo and Callie? And how is Callie?
He met Boo and Callie a while back. He hasn't been here since the first time he stopped by. He's going through a messy divorce and has other things going on right now so we're just being friends. If it goes somewhere it does, if it doesn't we're still friends
Callie is good. She's sitting on the desk behind the screen purring as I type. I've learned if I just give her a few days when I get back, she gets back on track
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
That's why I posted the warning.
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
That's why I posted the warning.
I couldn't look at either one. I get choked up reading the postings at the Humane Society.
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Jennifer, I did enjoy Mentalist. I also had trouble with the ending. We didn't see the promised previews for next week & I'm wondering if it will be explained next week.
I thought you knew it was the season finale. Hence no previews for next week. You'll have to wait for next year!
I did think so until it mentioned previews, which of course there weren't any.
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Jennifer, thanks for the info on MEDIUM & MENTALIST.
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And speaking of baseball, has anyone here read Stephen King's BLOCKADE BILLY?
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
That's why I posted the warning.
Appreciated, not that it would have been a big deal, stomach wise.
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Today the winds are really bad here 40-50 mph. Paul called around 4:00 and said "My tree just blew over!!" So I rushed over with my camera and took a bunch of photos. It was amazing that it didn't hit the cars in the street or anyone on the sidewalk or really do too much damage. The big green stuff on the ground used to be on the tree at the right
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
That's why I posted the warning.
I couldn't look at either one. I get choked up reading the postings at the Humane Society.
You don't want to see the stories or photos out of Romania, though I admit to putting some of them on my FB wall, not the worst of the worst. I truly admire the people who expose themselves over & over again to these horrible situations & do what they can to help the abused.
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This is an amazing story - well the cat surviving is the amazing part but WARNING - the first link is to the original article and shows the cat with a nail in it's head. It's not bloody but could be disturbing. The second link is to the story about the cat surviving surgery and has no photos. I really hope they find out who is responsible for this
Cat with nail in head to have surgery
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_4a878125-e5f3-5d8b-85c7-7f251149c9e0.html)
Cat survives surgery to take nail from its head
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_30f38a1e-03c9-5cc3-bb07-ba36ea064c5f.html)
I opted to only read the second story even though I'm sure the photo isn't nearly as bad as some I see on Facebook. I have a number of friends who are involved in animal rescue.
That's why I posted the warning.
I couldn't look at either one. I get choked up reading the postings at the Humane Society.
It makes me upset too, but the story says the cat was up and around, recovering well, purring and at leat 5 people have offered to adopt her.
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HWHC lives across the street from Paul, so I did see him today. He was looking pretty dorky in some long plaid shorts, unlike the tree guy....I could look at him all day
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BK Glad the reading went so well
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I like to read the stories knowing there is a happy outcome. With my facebook friends I read the stories as they happen.
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OK, time to find the charger for my cell phone and get some dinner....later
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Back from the signing, which was surprisingly well attended, about twenty-something people in all. We sold quite a few books, I read, I answered questions and it was, for me, the best signing I've ever done. In attendance, Cason Murphy, his girlfriend and the girlfriend's sister, my helper Ashely, PennyO, Sam Bobrick and his ever-lovin' Julie, several folks from the film music community, David Wechter, pianist/composer Rob Bowers, James McCloskey (he used to run the LACC theater department), a nightclub singer friend of Rob's, our very own Mark Wyckoff, my pal Lee Doebler and her two beautiful kids, Barbara Deutsch, Harrison White (he's going to Broadway with the Ray Charles musical, and played Dick Davis in the Nudie reading), Rebecca Johnson from The Roxy reading, Adryan Russ and her ever-lovin' Dale, and several others. So, now that I think about it, at least twenty-five people, a terrific turnout.
No shows included dear reader Sam who, for the second year in a row, missed the signing - of course, she said she'd be there, but alas, she wasn't and no call either. And a few others had cancelled this morning. But I had a blast and it was great. Cake was eaten, too.
Damn!
Does that mean you won't be sending me any cake?
:(
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I'm happy the reading went so well, BK! I'm sure those who bought your book will enjoy it as much as we all have!
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Jennifer:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/4630725886_67c039d2d6.jpg)
Jose:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/4630724690_8cb8e7e958.jpg)
Dan (the cat):
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4630123325_50f8c04e32.jpg)
Tommy:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4630725342_7a558583fd.jpg)
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Thank you DR Laura :D
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You're welcome, Jane.
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Watching a motion picture and making track titles for our next release.
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And speaking of baseball, has anyone here read Stephen King's BLOCKADE BILLY?
is it out yet? I haven't been able to go shopping yet. Liked the baseball book he wrote with Stewart O'Nan and "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon."
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What great kitty photos, DR Laura.
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BK - congratulations on a successful book event today!
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Oh...
Last night, I attended a concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (http://www.poamericas.org/) at Alice Tully Hall (the recently renovated Alice Tully Hall). The concert was presented as part of a series of events commemorating the Bicentennial of Mexico, so, consequently, the music of Mexican composers was featured on the program - with a brief detour to Argentina via Piazzolla. My friend, Eric, was playing piano, and since he had some comps, well...
It was a very nice program, and even though a good portion of the works reflected more of the European training and influence of/on the composers, there were some moments of pure "Mexicanisms" throughout. The true highlight of the concert was Ponce's "Concierto del Sur" with Pablo Sainz-Villegas (http://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/) as the guitar soloist. WOW! Truly some of the most expressive and cleanest(!) guitar playing I've ever heard. I used to play for a lot of guitar majors in school, so I know my good gee-tar playin'! ;) In any case... I was truly impressed. And his encore of "La Boda de Luis Alonso" was simply stunning!
-And here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxmxf45QNIU) of him playing that piece from an earlier appearance in NYC.
(http://www.palosverdes.com/chamberorchestra/images/PabloSainzVillegas.jpg)
I am impressed by Pablo also!
...oh, I guess I should have say that after I watch the video ;)
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What great kitty photos, DR Laura.
Thank you. They move fast.
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Find of the day: A copy of Ella Fitzgerald's "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" on CD for $4. Bought it because she sings "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," and I feel that way about any and all of the songs from "The Nervous Set," one of the many financial flopsicals that I listen to way too much.
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Thanks for the new kitty portraits, DR Laura. You could snap portraits like that for a living, you know.
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Perhaps there will be some kitty videos soon?
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Page 6 kitty in a bag dance.
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/lolcats-funny-pictures-halp-not-for-sale.jpg)
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Thanks. I like to send a baby photo with the kittens when I take them to adoptions. I sure wish I had a baby picture of Joshie.
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I'll try to get a video soon.
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BK, I am glad that you reading went well. Wish I could have been there, but would have been a rather long drive.
Am almost finished with your book, and hate to have it come to an end. I am so enjoying it, and I honestly mean that!
Just finished another BK episode of PARTRIDGE FAMILY (You're Only Young Twice)...Bruce, you looked really quite cute in this episode.
And watched BK's The Good time Girls episode of LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY.
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BK - congratulations on a successful book event today!
DITTO!!
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RE: PARTRIDGE FAMILY and LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY...you know how some shows from your childhood still are funny even when you watch them today...I mean, GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, THE MUNSTERS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, I LOVE LUCY, they all seem to hold up, and I laugh heartily at them...but PARTRIDGE FAMILY...well, I am kind of surprised it lasted as long as it did...and why was David Cassidy considered such hot stuff?
LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY gave me a few chuckles, but I don't plan on watching any of the other episodes on the disk...even though that Eddie Mekka is quite the hunk! I had forgotten about him. The show was one of my favorites as a kid...maybe there was just not enough competition on the other channels at the time.
Mekka is also quite a singer, from what I understand, but why are there no CDs of him around? I would buy them.
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I forgot to mention that Cindy Williams was in one of the ROOM 222 episodes that I watched the other night. Gosh, she seemed so young!
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Eddie Mekka still tours in shows every once in a while, but why no CDs? You got me. I always enjoyed him, too. Very easy-going presence.
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Eddie has a cd on the way, according to his website: http://www.eddiemekka.com/default2.html
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The very last line of Mekka's site, though, promises an upcoming concert in 2004. Guess it isn't updated much.
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On baseball songs: There's also the part of "One Hundred Easy Ways" from "Wonderful Town," but the I think the point of yesterday's conversation was about Jews and Baseball. Still, are there any more baseball songs out there. Obviously something from "Babe," but I haven't heard the whole score, only the song Emily Skinner recorded, "A Growing Boy."
The great song from "Babe" was recorded by Debbie Gravitte, on UNSUNG MUSICALS III; it's called "Hero" and breaks my heart.
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On baseball songs: There's also the part of "One Hundred Easy Ways" from "Wonderful Town," but the I think the point of yesterday's conversation was about Jews and Baseball. Still, are there any more baseball songs out there. Obviously something from "Babe," but I haven't heard the whole score, only the song Emily Skinner recorded, "A Growing Boy."
I remember the song. Forgot it was from "Babe." And you're right, it's a stunner.
The great song from "Babe" was recorded by Debbie Gravitte, on UNSUNG MUSICALS III; it's called "Hero" and breaks my heart.
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Night all. Gotta get to work at too dark early in the morning.
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I am back from a great day. My departure time was totally screwed up by discovering my Facebook accoutn was tampered with and that sent me into security anxiety. As a result, I left late andarrived late. The first person I rasn into was our DR Jose, to whom I was rather rude, quite unintentionally. I had to find Bruce Pomahac and let hm know I was there. It's a new store, I didn't know the territory and I think it's rather peculiarly laid out. After I found him, got introduced to the owner to whom he was speaking, I went looking for Jose and could not find him. I am feeling rather unhappy at the whole turn of events, because it really was nice to see Jose. It's been some time since I last saw him.
After that, we went to dinner, and then we went back to Bruce's where we watched the 1930 film of THE VAGABOND KING, with a great performance by Jeanette macDonald and a stagebound, bravura matinee-idol one from Dennis King. After that we watched the 1958 tv broadcast of ALADDIN with Sal Mineo, Dennis King, Cyril Ritchard, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Basil Rathbone, Howard Morris, and Una Merkel.
Now i'm home.
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...and why was David Cassidy considered such hot stuff?
A nice guy, I'm sure. But no Donny Osmond.
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The most frightening Eddie Mekka news of all time is that he's about to star in a production of Fiddler On The Roof - probably dinner theater or stock or something.
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BK Glad the reading went so well
Ditto!!
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Good Evening!
Alas...
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R.I.P. Michael Kuchwara (http://nyti.ms/9eJTjE)
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I am back from a great day. My departure time was totally screwed up by discovering my Facebook accoutn was tampered with and that sent me into security anxiety. As a result, I left late andarrived late. The first person I rasn into was our DR Jose, to whom I was rather rude, quite unintentionally. I had to find Bruce Pomahac and let hm know I was there. It's a new store, I didn't know the territory and I think it's rather peculiarly laid out. After I found him, got introduced to the owner to whom he was speaking, I went looking for Jose and could not find him. I am feeling rather unhappy at the whole turn of events, because it really was nice to see Jose. It's been some time since I last saw him.
DR elmore - No worries. I could sense you were "on a mission", so... And I was actually on my way out since I, too, was running late. I got a bit nostalgic and carried away while I was browsing. I really do hope that they get the word out, and start pulling some customers from Colony.
And I'm sure our paths will cross again sooner or later, and for more than just a few seconds.
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There were a couple of "see-lebrities" who stopped by the store while I was there: Peter Filichia, Michael Feinstein, a couple members of the Steinway family, and two very attractive gentlemen whom everyone else seemed to know except for me. ???
*And I sense that DR MBarnum would have spent a lot of time at the champagne table since the catering staff looked quite fetching in their tight black t-shirts. ;)
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I just had a nice chat with Mr Ron Raines, who's in St Louis rehearsing A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with Sian Phillips and Amy Irving, directed by Isaac Mizrahi. I am now off to meet Bruce Pomahac and have a great aftwernoon and evening. Walter Willison sent a lot of his friends an email about the opening of this new music shop, so I'm suspecting he will be there holding court.
The recording of A Little Night Music with Siân Phillips as Desiree is one of my favorites.
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The most frightening Eddie Mekka news of all time is that he's about to star in a production of Fiddler On The Roof - probably dinner theater or stock or something.
Well...
He's currently playing Tevye at The Engeman Theater on Long Island. Here's a LINK (http://www.exploreli.com/going-out/theater/laverne-shirley-s-eddie-mekka-in-fiddler-1.1912157). It's an Equity house, but I'm not sure if it would be classified as Regional, Stock, or Summer Stock (they're a year-round theatre).
However, this is the second time he's played Tevye. A couple of years ago, he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler at the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKAtLD1J00). -Consider yourself warned. :-\
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DR Laura - :) :) :) :) :) KITTIES!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)
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I am impressed by Pablo also!
...oh, I guess I should have say that after I watch the video ;)
DR MBarnum - HA! Actually, my friend, Brendan - a.k.a. The Busking Violinist - literally gasped out loud, "Whoa, Baby!" when Señor Saínz-Villegas made his entrance last night too. I gasped to myself. ;)
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bk - Nice to read that your reading went well. Are you thinking of having one here in NYC? Maybe you should see if you could book Joe Allen during their slow afternoon period?
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Bk, of course,you packed the house! What segments did you read?
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And just because...
"If I Were A Rich Man" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-M-eCCGWk0) from Fiddler On the Roof... In Dutch!
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I read the introduction, the first few pages of the prologue (up to moving to NY), and then being seen by Shelley Morrison in Jimmy Shine and then her having me meet her agent (who becomes my agent) and right up through getting my first guest shot on the Young Lawyers. I was actually surprised by the number of very big laughs it got. But every time I mention my daughter I get choked up - don't know why.
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BK, did you send a copy of the book to Shelly Morrison? I loved the sections about her.
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...and since I am just about to sit down and watch one of his movies, how about a page 7 Rajesh Khanna dance!
And likely he will dance in this movie tonight.
(http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/media/1966_rajesh_khanna.jpg)
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Hmm....that reminds me that I have had a craving for Indian...food.
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What good news about the reading!
About Eddie as Tevye.....not such good news.....at least in that clip.
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Very early this morning on TCM is VALLEY OF THE SUN and western with comic overtones from 1942 starring James Craig and Lucille Ball....it is most entertaining.....if you haven't seen it....
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I am so glad that BK's reading went well - I would have been there if ony I lived 3000 miles closer
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Nice kitty photos.
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I finally got to see WFO & Joe today - they are heakling - slowly - kep those vibes and prayers acoming
WFO will be using a wheelchair as the fractured pelvis and knee heal - they are trying to build up his upper body strength so that he will be able to support himself using a walker at some point - he has a wonderful upbeat attitude
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I know three people who had broken pelvises. They all healed up ok. So hopefully WFO will do ok, too.
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Kittens Dan (the cat) and Jose just had a game of "Bite My Brother's Ear." Jose won.
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Love the kitties photos
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The most frightening Eddie Mekka news of all time is that he's about to star in a production of Fiddler On The Roof - probably dinner theater or stock or something.
Well...
He's currently playing Tevye at The Engeman Theater on Long Island. Here's a LINK (http://www.exploreli.com/going-out/theater/laverne-shirley-s-eddie-mekka-in-fiddler-1.1912157). It's an Equity house, but I'm not sure if it would be classified as Regional, Stock, or Summer Stock (they're a year-round theatre).
However, this is the second time he's played Tevye. A couple of years ago, he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler at the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKAtLD1J00). -Consider yourself warned. :-\
the John Engeman theatere is in my neck of the woods- I was considering going to see Fiddler there but now having seen that You Tube clip.....
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Weren't people joking about a baseball musical yesterday? I mean, there was a little show called DAMN YANKEES about 50 years or so ago. ;)
There was also a flop about Jackie Robinson and BK recorded two numbers from it on UNSUNG MUSiCALS, and there was a revue, DIAMONDS, that had the great song "Hundredas of Hats."
And there was a little show about Jackie Robinson called NATIONAL PASTIME that starred a handsome actor by the name of Tom Birkeland as Branch Rickey.
I hear that as well as being terribly handsome he is also immensely talented
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Jennifer:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/4630725886_67c039d2d6.jpg)
Jose:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/4630724690_8cb8e7e958.jpg)
Dan (the cat):
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4630123325_50f8c04e32.jpg)
Tommy:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4630725342_7a558583fd.jpg)
I love the 2nd picture down of Dan (the cat)
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The second one down is Jose; Dan (the cat) is the one licking his whiskers.
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I know three people who had broken pelvises. They all healed up ok. So hopefully WFO will do ok, too.
I will pass that news on- he his hopeful of being moved put of the hospital and into a rehab closer to home -
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The most frightening Eddie Mekka news of all time is that he's about to star in a production of Fiddler On The Roof - probably dinner theater or stock or something.
Well...
He's currently playing Tevye at The Engeman Theater on Long Island. Here's a LINK (http://www.exploreli.com/going-out/theater/laverne-shirley-s-eddie-mekka-in-fiddler-1.1912157). It's an Equity house, but I'm not sure if it would be classified as Regional, Stock, or Summer Stock (they're a year-round theatre).
However, this is the second time he's played Tevye. A couple of years ago, he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler at the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKAtLD1J00). -Consider yourself warned. :-\
the John Engeman theatere is in my neck of the woods- I was considering going to see Fiddler there but now having seen that You Tube clip.....
Well... In all fairness to Mr. Mekka - as well as to The John Engeman Theater - that clip from Bucks County wouldn't do anyone any favors: the quality (or lack thereof) of the video and the totally canned/synthed "orchestra". I've seen a few shows at the Engeman, and they do pretty good work.
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DR vixmom - Thanks for the update on WFO and Joe.
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well then Ilove that picture of Jose with i his little paw up inthe air
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The most frightening Eddie Mekka news of all time is that he's about to star in a production of Fiddler On The Roof - probably dinner theater or stock or something.
I have heatd good things about it - I have't made it to any shows there yet
He's currently playing Tevye at The Engeman Theater on Long Island. Here's a LINK (http://www.exploreli.com/going-out/theater/laverne-shirley-s-eddie-mekka-in-fiddler-1.1912157). It's an Equity house, but I'm not sure if it would be classified as Regional, Stock, or Summer Stock (they're a year-round theatre).
However, this is the second time he's played Tevye. A couple of years ago, he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler at the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Here's a YouTube Clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKAtLD1J00). -Consider yourself warned. :-\
the John Engeman theatere is in my neck of the woods- I was considering going to see Fiddler there but now having seen that You Tube clip.....
Well... In all fairness to Mr. Mekka - as well as to The John Engeman Theater - that clip from Bucks County wouldn't do anyone any favors: the quality (or lack thereof) of the video and the totally canned/synthed "orchestra". I've seen a few shows at the Engeman, and they do pretty good work.
rI have heard good things about it - I have't made it to any shows there yet
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BTW BK WFO was quite pleased to receive the book - and to read the inscription!
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Finished with my viewing for the evening.
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I'm glad, Vixmom. It was very sweet of you to get it for him.
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I'm glad, Vixmom. It was very sweet of you to get it for him.
well I knew he would love it as much as I did - and he would want his own copy - thanks for getting it to me so fast - now I have to find a portable cd player for him (Likea walkman) so he can hear the cd
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oh gosh nearly 2 am that's what happens when you sleep in = now I have to reset my internal clock
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And speaking of baseball, has anyone here read Stephen King's BLOCKADE BILLY?
is it out yet? I haven't been able to go shopping yet. Liked the baseball book he wrote with Stewart O'Nan and "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon."
I have the pop-up edition of "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Loved-Tom-Gordon/dp/0689862725/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274593818&sr=1-1)."
Just had to share. :)
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I finally got to see WFO & Joe today - they are heakling - slowly - kep those vibes and prayers acoming
WFO will be using a wheelchair as the fractured pelvis and knee heal - they are trying to build up his upper body strength so that he will be able to support himself using a walker at some point - he has a wonderful upbeat attitude
Thanks for the updates, Vixmom!
~~~Continued Vibes for WFO and Joe!!~~~