Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 23 => Topic started by: bk on September 01, 2012, 12:53:54 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes welcomed September with a song, and now it is time for you to post until the September cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DEMULCENT!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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We are on Long Island and I'm in the kitchen, not on the patio. They now have real high speed internet so I don't have to go outside to glom onto a signal that isn't their signal.
I set up HBO Go for Ant's mother and updated both computers so all is right with the world.
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We're meeting a friend for lunch this afternoon and we're having a Labor Day cookout tomorrow. We head back to NYC on Monday. I have to go out to the driveway and pick up the two papers. Ant's parents still receive printed copies of Daily News and Newsday. Phil will never read a newspaper on line so they still get the papers.
I stopped reading a hard copy of the Times a LONG time ago. For a while I still bought the Sunday paper but not anymore. It's all on line for me.
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Oatmeal, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon and coffee.
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And on that note, bye for now.
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Good morning, all! I have more things to tote to Toyland this morning, and I will shortly leave here to accomplish that. Once I'm there, I'll spend most of the day working on the Moross score I need to finish.
Tomorrow and Monday are entirely open, and I may spend the days catching up on DVDs. I may get together with Bruce Pomahac on Monday, but it depends on how our weekends go. His is really busy. I am not and that's fine with me!
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It is September!!!
And it is a work day for me. Oh well.
The RAINS are expected to begin this afternoon....we shall see what we get....hopefully NO FLOODING!!!
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Sounds like the show was great and the Cicada Club sounds fantastic.
Yes swing dancing is something that is very popular with the young folks in these parts, too. It is a LOT of fun....but it takes a LOT of energy for sure.
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Here is Reverend Lionel Toop - Vicar at Merton-Cum-Middlewick.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/revtoop.jpg)
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And here we are at the end of the play.....with several Vicars - real and otherwise - trying to figure everything out....
As you can see, I have recovered my trousers by this time....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/news2.jpg)
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About 60 office chairs were delivered to one of my neighbours early this morning. It's a smallish house so I have no idea what they want with all those chairs. I know they haven't got a room big enough to put them all in.
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Good morning, all.
Dead tired in spite of a pretty good night's sleep, but it shall be a relaxing and hopefully somewhat productive day around the house, and energy shall be recovered.
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About 60 office chairs were delivered to one of my neighbours early this morning. It's a smallish house so I have no idea what they want with all those chairs. I know they haven't got a room big enough to put them all in.
I love mysteries!
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And now I am off to work. OH WELL>................
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Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89.
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DR Jose wrote:
DR Jennifer - There are lots of bike racks around NYC. Alas, there are lots of thieves out there with industrial lock snips and hacksaws. Or when they can't break the lock, they break the bike. There are lots of wheel-less bike frames chained to various posts throughout the city. If you look up the price of my bike, you'll understand my "caution".
Oh I didn't even think about people stealing the bikes. Here you could probably leave your bike in a bike rack without a lock and it would probably still be there (although i wouldn't do that).
Wow i didn't even know they sold bikes for $$$. I would definitely carry mine around too. Although even if it was a regular bike at $150. If someone was going to steal it I would fold it up for sure.
The good thing is that you seem to be getting a lot of use out of it. I haven't biked as much this summer since I've gone to the pool almost every day. And at least half the times I did go biking it was with my niece. And since i can only go at half speed it doesn't really make me exert much energy.
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Nicephotos, DR Jrand62!
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Greetings from Washington National Airport. I'm "shuffling" off to Buffalo this morning.
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They're asking for volunteers on the Albany flight - offering a $300 voucher to give up your seat for a later flight. I wonder if they'll do the same for Buffalo...
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Did I miss this having been posted here?
Leslie Uggams addresses the JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER thing with Seth Rudetsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkHsFA2LS60
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She's a little late. Or early. This is September, not June.
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I always thought she handled that like a real pro. Her expression never changed. She just kept going.
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Only 55 more days of summer!
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And here we are at the end of the play.....with several Vicars - real and otherwise - trying to figure everything out....
As you can see, I have recovered my trousers by this time....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/news2.jpg)
:)
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TOD:
I'd always felt that I was born 20-30 years too late. It would have been fun to work in Hollywood during its "Golden Era".
On the other hand, after seeing Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, one has to wonder if living in an earlier time would be that great. The faces might have been different, but every era has its own issues.
Perhaps we are better where we are.
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It's Saturday! Time to roll out of bed and greet the morning!
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Or something.
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Here is Reverend Lionel Toop - Vicar at Merton-Cum-Middlewick.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/revtoop.jpg)
Jack, you look fantastic! Is anyone videotaping this production? Hopefully, after the cast has reached funny.
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About 60 office chairs were delivered to one of my neighbours early this morning. It's a smallish house so I have no idea what they want with all those chairs. I know they haven't got a room big enough to put them all in.
Perhaps it's a college prank.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I've already taken a nice walk over to 1st Avenue.
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...And whilst I was over on 1st Avenue:
-A Whole Wheat Everything Bagel with Olive Cream Cheese from The Bagel Mill.
-A Sticky Bun, a slice of Blueberry Crumb Cake and Coconut-Chocolate-Chip Danish from Glaser's.
-A Grande Willow Road (Blonde Roast) from Starbucks.
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...And a load of laundry is in the dryer, and I finally figured out how to tune the radio system here to NPR just in time for "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me".
In other words... It's been a good Saturday morning so far.
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Oh!
And I've even answered emails concerning the two days of Tokyo Disney auditions I'll be playing next week, some vocal assignments for My Fair Lady, and an adjust to my hotel reservation in Atlanta next weekend.
Whew!
::)
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And the word of the day is: DEMULCENT!
I believe DR Ron Pulliam is familiar with those.
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DR Ben - Have a great time out on the Isle of Long!
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Here is Reverend Lionel Toop - Vicar at Merton-Cum-Middlewick.
You watch your phraseology!
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And the word of the day is: DEMULCENT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
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Greetings from Washington National Airport. I'm "shuffling" off to Buffalo this morning.
~~~~~SAFE SHUFFLING VIBES TO DR KEVINH~~~~~
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And as the clock is about to strike Noon, it's time for me to fold some laundry and tidy up a bit. And then I think I'll take a spin around the Park.
Laters...
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Annoyingly my stand alone scanner seems to have stopped recognising documents. Until I can sort it out I'll have to use the printer scanner.
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Good morning! I'm up. Actually I have been up for about three hours now; but after two cups of coffee, my brain has now engaged.
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About 60 office chairs were delivered to one of my neighbours early this morning. It's a smallish house so I have no idea what they want with all those chairs. I know they haven't got a room big enough to put them all in.
I love mysteries!
It looks as if there's going to be a party at the house. They must be having a game of musical chairs. Obviously I haven't been invited and I probably won't get any sleep with all the noise.
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Saturday morning greetings! Our household was stirring by 10am and I went for a haircut at 11:30. Mary Linda and I are now watching Miami v. Ohio State - Go, Redhawks!
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Saturday morning greetings! Our household was stirring by 10am and I went for a haircut at 11:30. Mary Linda and I are now watching Miami v. Ohio State - Go, Redhawks!
I am watching Ohio vs. Penn State, only because it is one of the only football games I can find on my TV starting at 9:00 a.m. Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
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Last night, I saw an amazing production of Ragtime. When I first saw the production, I was not impressed. Too much going on, and it was very difficult to watch. I saw it locally 7 years ago, which was a bit better, but not much because it wasn't cast well. Well, last night, I saw this show in a rather small space (199 seats) with a cast of 55 and a band of 14. Finally, I'm able to enjoy the story without the hindrance of an overly designed set or not-so-great leads. Maybe one of the best things I've seen locally in a long time.
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Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
Maybe it's taking a stand to recognize that not a single one of the current Penn State students on the team had anything to do with the scandal nor should any of the students who are playing on the team today have to be held responsible or be penalized for the actions of those three or four people who did the disgraceful acts.
Or,as some cynics have said, maybe it was a ratings decision justified by the above rationale - who knows?
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I'm up and only got up once the entire night - very good! I got nine hours and am starting to feel better. I think I may hold the jog until after I eat, or maybe I'll just gird my loins and go now.
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Last night, I saw an amazing production of Ragtime. When I first saw the production, I was not impressed. Too much going on, and it was very difficult to watch. I saw it locally 7 years ago, which was a bit better, but not much because it wasn't cast well. Well, last night, I saw this show in a rather small space (199 seats) with a cast of 55 and a band of 14. Finally, I'm able to enjoy the story without the hindrance of an overly designed set or not-so-great leads. Maybe one of the best things I've seen locally in a long time.
Wow, 199 seats as a maximum audience potential if they even sell out - and with 69 performers, I assume 25 personnel working the show - how does one begin to make the economics work on such a situation? More power to them if they can budget for that! Wow!
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One treat from last night - in attendance was dancer Jean Veloz and she and a dance partner did a dance routine to the delight of everyone. And let me tell you, at eighty-eight she was pretty damn amazing.
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Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
Maybe it's taking a stand to recognize that not a single one of the current Penn State students on the team had anything to do with the scandal nor should any of the students who are playing on the team today have to be held responsible or be penalized for the actions of those three or four people who did the disgraceful acts.
Or,as some cynics have said, maybe it was a ratings decision justified by the above rationale - who knows?
Fred, I totally agree with you. However, all of the current students and staff are being punished for past mistakes; so I am surprised that they would allow Penn State to receive the big bucks for appearing in a nationally televised game.
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Saturday morning greetings! Our household was stirring by 10am and I went for a haircut at 11:30. Mary Linda and I are now watching Miami v. Ohio State - Go, Redhawks!
I am watching Ohio vs. Penn State, only because it is one of the only football games I can find on my TV starting at 9:00 a.m. Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
DR TCB, Mary Linda and I were wondering if anything was said about this being the first Penn State game since the death of Joe Paterno?
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Saturday morning greetings! Our household was stirring by 10am and I went for a haircut at 11:30. Mary Linda and I are now watching Miami v. Ohio State - Go, Redhawks!
I am watching Ohio vs. Penn State, only because it is one of the only football games I can find on my TV starting at 9:00 a.m. Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
DR TCB, Mary Linda and I were wondering if anything was said about this being the first Penn State game since the death of Joe Paterno?
Unfortunately, I didn't turn on the game until after it was under way. They may have said something at the beginning, but nothing since I tuned in.
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Wow, I just got an e-mail promising to cut twenty years off of my wrinkles in one week! If I buy two bottles, can I cut forty years?
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So, how are the Bobcats doing?
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Good afternoon to all.
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Last night, I saw an amazing production of Ragtime. When I first saw the production, I was not impressed. Too much going on, and it was very difficult to watch. I saw it locally 7 years ago, which was a bit better, but not much because it wasn't cast well. Well, last night, I saw this show in a rather small space (199 seats) with a cast of 55 and a band of 14. Finally, I'm able to enjoy the story without the hindrance of an overly designed set or not-so-great leads. Maybe one of the best things I've seen locally in a long time.
Wow, 199 seats as a maximum audience potential if they even sell out - and with 69 performers, I assume 25 personnel working the show - how does one begin to make the economics work on such a situation? More power to them if they can budget for that! Wow!
This was a community theatre production, with one AEA actor.
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Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89.
In case our North American readers are not familiar with Max Bygraves he was in the musical Do Re Mi in London playing the role that Phil Silvers did on Broadway.
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TOD
I presume BK meant chose a decade from the last century and not any decade from any century.
I would chose the 1920's. It seemed to be a lot of fun. However I would return to present day on October 23, 1929. I wouldn't want to stick around to see what happened afterwards
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As Druxy said, each decade is going to have its upside and downside. Personally, I think we're all born when we're supposed to be - I don't know that I would have been able to have whatever existence I have now in any other decade. While certain things appeal to me, styles of clothing and music and film and stage, etc. other things do not appeal to me in any way, shape, or form.
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So, how are the Bobcats doing?
Penn State 14
Ohio 3
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So, how are the Bobcats doing?
Penn State 14
Ohio 3
Souunds kind of like Miami/OSU, but the Buckeyes have scored 3 touchdowns.
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Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
Maybe it's taking a stand to recognize that not a single one of the current Penn State students on the team had anything to do with the scandal nor should any of the students who are playing on the team today have to be held responsible or be penalized for the actions of those three or four people who did the disgraceful acts.
Or,as some cynics have said, maybe it was a ratings decision justified by the above rationale - who knows?
Fred, I totally agree with you. However, all of the current students and staff are being punished for past mistakes; so I am surprised that they would allow Penn State to receive the big bucks for appearing in a nationally televised game.
In what way do you mean all of the current students and staff being punished? if you mean by the governing powers of college sports, then that would be the point - CAVEAT: IF THE ARGUMENT FOLLOWS AT ALL AND IT'S NOT ABOUT RATINGS OF COURSE - that THOSE people are punishing the current students, but different people disagree with what THOSE people are doing and won't p[erpetuate it by doing the same thing.
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Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89.
In case our North American readers are not familiar with Max Bygraves he was in the musical Do Re Mi in London playing the role that Phil Silvers did on Broadway.
I always thought of him as an international star but maybe not.
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Matthew - thanks for that info. Great when people do things for love of doing it!
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Make that 4 Buckeye touchdowns...
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Matthew - thanks for that info. Great when people do things for love of doing it!
Let's just say that the first production of the show I saw was the pre-Broadway LA engagement, and then other one was a semi-professional production with 2 AEA actors. One was Coalhouse who had severe pitch issues and the other was Mother who was a legit soprano.
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So, how are the Bobcats doing?
Penn State 14
Ohio 3
Souunds kind of like Miami/OSU, but the Buckeyes have scored 3 touchdowns.
Ohio has now scored a touchdown, so it is 14 - 10 now.
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Frankly, I am a bit surprised that ESPN is showing a Penn State game, especially kicking off the college season.
Maybe it's taking a stand to recognize that not a single one of the current Penn State students on the team had anything to do with the scandal nor should any of the students who are playing on the team today have to be held responsible or be penalized for the actions of those three or four people who did the disgraceful acts.
Or,as some cynics have said, maybe it was a ratings decision justified by the above rationale - who knows?
Fred, I totally agree with you. However, all of the current students and staff are being punished for past mistakes; so I am surprised that they would allow Penn State to receive the big bucks for appearing in a nationally televised game.
In what way do you mean all of the current students and staff being punished? if you mean by the governing powers of college sports, then that would be the point - CAVEAT: IF THE ARGUMENT FOLLOWS AT ALL AND IT'S NOT ABOUT RATINGS OF COURSE - that THOSE people are punishing the current students, but different people disagree with what THOSE people are doing and won't p[erpetuate it by doing the same thing.
I mean the scholarship reductions and the four year ban on post-season bowls games that may well hurt the chances of some Penn State athletes to be properly judged for professional carreers in football.
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Who imposed those? were they imposed by the school, or by external people?
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Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89.
In case our North American readers are not familiar with Max Bygraves he was in the musical Do Re Mi in London playing the role that Phil Silvers did on Broadway.
I always thought of him as an international star but maybe not.
Well, Doug, we consider you an international star!
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Who imposed those? were they imposed by the school, or by external people?
External people.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
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Ohio has moved ahead 17 to 14.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
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Moross' "Willie The weeper" is one chromatic nightmare and the original piano score makes no sense. It's time to break, go home, find the published vocal score, and resume tomorrow. One of the BALLET BALLADS is proofed. One is begun, and the third waits. Oy!
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
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Moross' "Willie The weeper" is one chromatic nightmare and the original piano score makes no sense. It's time to break, go home, find the published vocal score, and resume tomorrow. One of the BALLET BALLADS is proofed. One is begun, and the third waits. Oy!
WILLIE THE WEEPER is the name of the show?
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Final: Ohio State 56, Miami 10 :P
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
Not that many people know that the famous Stevie Wonder song was originally called YOU CAN FEEL IT ALL DOVER (SIR FLUKE)
but was changed to You can feel it all over (Sir Duke) because some were afraid of the fish references
there is a reason not that many people know that.
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I wonder if Social Security sells lists of e-mail addresses of people on Disability. I must get four or five e-mails a day offering to sell me life insurance. Somebody thinks I am going to croak.
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Final: Ohio State 56, Miami 10 :P
Ohio 24, Penn State 14
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
Someone on All That Chat is reporting that Elaine Stritch is moving to Michigan soon.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
Not that many people know that the famous Stevie Wonder song was originally called YOU CAN FEEL IT ALL DOVER (SIR FLUKE)
but was changed to You can feel it all over (Sir Duke) because some were afraid of the fish references
there is a reason not that many people know that.
Unfortunately, a lot more people know it now.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
Someone on All That Chat is reporting that Elaine Stritch is moving to Michigan soon.
Yes??
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Final: Ohio State 56, Miami 10 :P
Ohio 24, Penn State 14
;D
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T.O.D.
I think I would opt for the 1950's; not as the very, very, very young child that I was during the actual era, but as an adult, probably in my late twenties. I realize that the Fifties were not quite the sepia-tinged era that we like to remember, but there was, indeed, a sense of innocence, or naiveté, that was almost golden. I suppose because we were on the threshold of so many massive changes in the world that would alter our life and our life-style forever.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
Dover would move ahead if it would move its bloomin arse (a My fair Lady reference)
Stevie Wonder wanted to move to Dover, because he heard they had sole.
Not that many people know that the famous Stevie Wonder song was originally called YOU CAN FEEL IT ALL DOVER (SIR FLUKE)
but was changed to You can feel it all over (Sir Duke) because some were afraid of the fish references
there is a reason not that many people know that.
Ummm, really? LOL
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I wonder if Social Security sells lists of e-mail addresses of people on Disability. I must get four or five e-mails a day offering to sell me life insurance. Somebody thinks I am going to croak.
Very strangely, ever since I contacted someone's at GMHC legal [with a question about someone in their office, not about a medical issue, so nothing like that] for the first time, that specific email address has been steadily getting sex-related spam about escorts (like "local sluts near you") where it literally absolutely never had before, and I'd had the email address for over ten years.
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Here is the actual posting about Stritch. wasn't she "living" at the Carlyle Hotel in a hotel room actually in New York, not really in an apartment?
jtong43 02:10 pm EDT 09/01/12
Local paper reports she is leaving New York and is moving back to Birmingham MI where she grew up. She had bought a condo in downtown Birminhham (a ritzy suburb of Detroit). Her family is still in the area.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
I think it's about 60 miles.
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Boy, am I having a laid-back day. (Read: getting nothing done.)
Yesterday started off, appropriately, as a Friday but at some point when I wasn't looking it turned into a Saturday, because that's what it felt like from mid-afternoon till I gave up the ghost late last night. Today, naturally, feels like a Sunday.
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Watched TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS and I have to admit to a some disappointment in the overall quality of the tales. It's still enjoyable; it has a fine cast and the creators who knew this stuff; but I guess the format was running out of steam in 1973, as it's clearly not up to the level of ASYLUM (which the framing plot blatantly copies), THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, etc. Nevertheless, I'm happy to finally have it on the shelf with those others.
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Moross' "Willie The weeper" is one chromatic nightmare and the original piano score makes no sense. It's time to break, go home, find the published vocal score, and resume tomorrow. One of the BALLET BALLADS is proofed. One is begun, and the third waits. Oy!
WILLIE THE WEEPER is the name of the show?
BALLET BALLADS is three one-acts for soloists, chrus, dancers and two pianos::
1. SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS
2. WILLIE THE WEEPER
3. DAVY CROCKETT
I love Moross' music. He wasa fantastic composer.
And I am home.
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Doug, how far from London is Dover?
I think it's about 60 miles.
Thanks.
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TOD
My ideal decade is not a calendar one, but a span like 1958-1967. Or maybe 1957-1966. In other words, the late 50s / early 60s. And like TCB, as long as we're making demands of the haineshisway.com time machine, I insist upon being there as my current self, but at an age more like late twenties. (I was going to say 20s-30s-ish, but why not go for broke.)
Yes, we always look back through our rose-colored glasses, but I nevertheless subscribe to the notion that civilization in general, and the arts and entertainment worlds specifically, were at a peak during the core of those years that I would like to relive with full awareness and appreciation.
But I'll tell you what. If the haineshisway time machine cannot grant me that, then I will very happily settle for the 1970s. See what a generous and flexible person I am?
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Back from lunch at Mo's - had a chinese chicken salad. No packages, so I'm home now, relaxing and listening to the new soundtrack release of Body Heat. What a great score, and nice to finally have it complete.
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Moross' "Willie The weeper" is one chromatic nightmare and the original piano score makes no sense. It's time to break, go home, find the published vocal score, and resume tomorrow. One of the BALLET BALLADS is proofed. One is begun, and the third waits. Oy!
WILLIE THE WEEPER is the name of the show?
BALLET BALLADS is three one-acts for soloists, chrus, dancers and two pianos::
1. SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS
2. WILLIE THE WEEPER
3. DAVY CROCKETT
I love Moross' music. He wasa fantastic composer.
And I am home.
Speaking of dancers. Last night I was watching a PBS concert of the Vienna Philharmonic. At one point they perfromed La mar by Debussy. During the second movement they had some young females dancing, and in the third movement they added two shirtless males as the wind who were dancing with the waves (young females). At one point during the dance one of the men did a lift of the other male dancer. It occurred to me, that I don't remember ever seeing a male dancer do a lift of another male dancer. I have not attended a lot of ballet, but I was still surpised to see it.
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Here is the actual posting about Stritch. wasn't she "living" at the Carlyle Hotel in a hotel room actually in New York, not really in an apartment?
jtong43 02:10 pm EDT 09/01/12
Local paper reports she is leaving New York and is moving back to Birmingham MI where she grew up. She had bought a condo in downtown Birminhham (a ritzy suburb of Detroit). Her family is still in the area.
Oh, I thought you were going for a joke.
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Here is the actual posting about Stritch. wasn't she "living" at the Carlyle Hotel in a hotel room actually in New York, not really in an apartment?
jtong43 02:10 pm EDT 09/01/12
Local paper reports she is leaving New York and is moving back to Birmingham MI where she grew up. She had bought a condo in downtown Birminhham (a ritzy suburb of Detroit). Her family is still in the area.
Oh, I thought you were going for a joke.
Downtown Birmingham, MI, is charming. We used to go there to shop at Jacobson's, a now-defunct upscale department store. We also shopped at their stores in Dearborn, near where I grew up, and in Ann Arbor, where I went to college. That Ann Arbor store became Border's when Jake's closed and you know what happened next...
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TOD
My ideal decade is not a calendar one, but a span like 1958-1967. Or maybe 1957-1966. In other words, the late 50s / early 60s. And like TCB, as long as we're making demands of the haineshisway.com time machine, I insist upon being there as my current self, but at an age more like late twenties. (I was going to say 20s-30s-ish, but why not go for broke.)
Yes, we always look back through our rose-colored glasses, but I nevertheless subscribe to the notion that civilization in general, and the arts and entertainment worlds specifically, were at a peak during the core of those years that I would like to relive with full awareness and appreciation.
But I'll tell you what. If the haineshisway time machine cannot grant me that, then I will very happily settle for the 1970s. See what a generous and flexible person I am?
My 1950's trip in the time machine actually stretched up to November of 1963. I have always thought of the Kennedy assasination as the end of innocence.
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Today being the opening day of college football, it is also the opennng game for the University of Washington Huskies team. Unfortunately, the Pac 12 teams have a new cable network for all of their games, ironically called the Pac 12 Network. This new network has not gotten around to making a deal with Direct TV, so I can't watch tonight's first game.
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Today being the opening day of college football, it is also the opennng game for the University of Washington Huskies team. Unfortunately, the Pac 12 teams have a new cable network for all of their games, ironically called the Pac 12 Network. This new network has not gotten around to making a deal with Direct TV, so I can't watch tonight's first game.
So, for tonight, I will be a Michigan fan.
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I do not like football, college or otherwise. I will, instead, watch a motion picture of some sort.
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About 60 office chairs were delivered to one of my neighbours early this morning. It's a smallish house so I have no idea what they want with all those chairs. I know they haven't got a room big enough to put them all in.
Do they have a large enough yard for them?
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I am surprised that no one has commented on Mr. Eastwood's speech the other night at the convention!
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Oh...
R.I.P. Hal David (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPOD5mI047AWjHqpp9mEkHHm2cKA?docId=a9272dd04ea54795ace6e95bf308f0fc)
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I do not like football, college or otherwise. I will, instead, watch a motion picture of some sort.
BK, is there any sport that you would sit down and watch on television?
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Nice photos DR Jrand.
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Oh...
R.I.P. Hal David (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPOD5mI047AWjHqpp9mEkHHm2cKA?docId=a9272dd04ea54795ace6e95bf308f0fc)
Oh, that is very sad.
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Last night, I saw an amazing production of Ragtime. When I first saw the production, I was not impressed. Too much going on, and it was very difficult to watch. I saw it locally 7 years ago, which was a bit better, but not much because it wasn't cast well. Well, last night, I saw this show in a rather small space (199 seats) with a cast of 55 and a band of 14. Finally, I'm able to enjoy the story without the hindrance of an overly designed set or not-so-great leads. Maybe one of the best things I've seen locally in a long time.
RAGTIME is a favorite of mine. I saw it at the Shubert in Los Angeles before it went to Broadway, and loved it.
In fact, the ZACH is doing it here in Austin next month, but I'm (unfortunately) going to miss it because I'm going to be in Los Angeles that week.
Hopefully, one of these days, they'll turn it into a movie.
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Today being the opening day of college football, it is also the opennng game for the University of Washington Huskies team. Unfortunately, the Pac 12 teams have a new cable network for all of their games, ironically called the Pac 12 Network. This new network has not gotten around to making a deal with Direct TV, so I can't watch tonight's first game.
So, for tonight, I will be a Michigan fan.
Welcome, DR TCB!
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Here is the actual posting about Stritch. wasn't she "living" at the Carlyle Hotel in a hotel room actually in New York, not really in an apartment?
jtong43 02:10 pm EDT 09/01/12
Local paper reports she is leaving New York and is moving back to Birmingham MI where she grew up. She had bought a condo in downtown Birminhham (a ritzy suburb of Detroit). Her family is still in the area.
Oh, I thought you were going for a joke.
Downtown Birmingham, MI, is charming. We used to go there to shop at Jacobson's, a now-defunct upscale department store. We also shopped at their stores in Dearborn, near where I grew up, and in Ann Arbor, where I went to college. That Ann Arbor store became Border's when Jake's closed and you know what happened next...
We lived about 10 minutes from downtown Birmingham. My first adventure out of our neighborhood, once the kids were settled in school, was to Birmingham. Moves are always difficult & I was simply thrilled to find such a charming town so close to us.
I remember Jacobson's well. It was the first time I saw a department store with different departments in completely different buildings.
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I am surprised that no one has commented on Mr. Eastwood's speech the other night at the convention!
It reminded me of one of my favorite nights in Vegas, the thrill when the announcer said.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, Ceasar's Palace is thrilled to present -
CHAIR!
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I am surprised that no one has commented on Mr. Eastwood's speech the other night at the convention!
It reminded me of one of my favorite nights in Vegas, the thrill when the announcer said.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, Ceasar's Palace is thrilled to present -
CHAIR!
;D LOL! ;D
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Today is grand dog Yogi's birthday. I remember the day in Bucharest Craig found him on his doorstep. Yogi was so young it is probably why he suffer's from separation anxiety.
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I like Ragtime too. Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - the one moment that gets to me every time is "Our Children". When I went to the closing performance of the recent revival, my eyes started to well up with tears as soon as the intro started. By the end of the first verse, I was a blubbering fool. Just such a beautiful and simple and hopeful(!) moment and song. -Damn, I'm starting to cry now just thinking of it.
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I like Ragtime too. Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - the one moment that gets to me every time is "Our Children". When I went to the closing performance of the recent revival, my eyes started to well up with tears as soon as the intro started. By the end of the first verse, I was a blubbering fool. Just such a beautiful and simple and hopeful(!) moment and song. -Damn, I'm starting to cry now just thinking of it.
That is how I feel about "Back to Before." It gets me every time.
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Page five!
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I wonder why the Hawaii @ USC game is not on the Pac 12 Network?
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I like Ragtime too. Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - the one moment that gets to me every time is "Our Children". When I went to the closing performance of the recent revival, my eyes started to well up with tears as soon as the intro started. By the end of the first verse, I was a blubbering fool. Just such a beautiful and simple and hopeful(!) moment and song. -Damn, I'm starting to cry now just thinking of it.
That is how I feel about "Back to Before." It gets me every time.
I love "Back to Before." And the OBC of Rags is one of my all-time favorites.
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Did I miss this having been posted here?
Leslie Uggams addresses the JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER thing with Seth Rudetsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkHsFA2LS60
That's great! As Patti LuPone once said, that's "...the joy and terror of live theater." :D
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Good morning! I'm up. Actually I have been up for about three hours now; but after two cups of coffee, my brain has now engaged.
Congratulations, Tom! When's the wedding??
;)
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A few hours ago, my friend, Yosh, returned from his trip to Taiwan. He was there almost a full month to spend time with his family. We had talked about possible dinner options... However, right now, he's fallen asleep, so... Hmmm...
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I do not like football, college or otherwise. I will, instead, watch a motion picture of some sort.
I'm just getting ready to go to the movies with my friend Margo. We're going to see two, count 'em, TWO movies tonight. First, we're going to see "Brave" and then an hour after that ends, "Hope Springs." It'll be a late, but fun, evening.
Have a good day, all!
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Good morning! I'm up. Actually I have been up for about three hours now; but after two cups of coffee, my brain has now engaged.
Congratulations, Tom! When's the wedding??
;)
Sorry, George, my brain is not allowed to marry another male brain in Washington State - yet!
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Well, I've stretched and I've cooled down after my bike ride. Time for a shower and then dinner somewhere with someone... I guess... I hope.
Laters...
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Good morning! I'm up. Actually I have been up for about three hours now; but after two cups of coffee, my brain has now engaged.
Congratulations, Tom! When's the wedding??
;)
Sorry, George, my brain is not allowed to marry another male brain in Washington State - yet!
Well, you can still at least have a ceremony.
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Good morning! I'm up. Actually I have been up for about three hours now; but after two cups of coffee, my brain has now engaged.
Congratulations, Tom! When's the wedding??
;)
Sorry, George, my brain is not allowed to marry another male brain in Washington State - yet!
Well, you can still at least have a ceremony.
Hell no. I will fly to New York instead.
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I like Ragtime too. Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - the one moment that gets to me every time is "Our Children". When I went to the closing performance of the recent revival, my eyes started to well up with tears as soon as the intro started. By the end of the first verse, I was a blubbering fool. Just such a beautiful and simple and hopeful(!) moment and song. -Damn, I'm starting to cry now just thinking of it.
That is how I feel about "Back to Before." It gets me every time.
I love "Back to Before." And the OBC of Rags is one of my all-time favorites.
Are you talking RAGS OR RAGTIME?
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Oh...
R.I.P. Hal David (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPOD5mI047AWjHqpp9mEkHHm2cKA?docId=a9272dd04ea54795ace6e95bf308f0fc)
He was all set to attend the Kritzerland Bacharach show, but at the last minute he felt he was not up to it - I so wish he had.
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I do not like football, college or otherwise. I will, instead, watch a motion picture of some sort.
BK, is there any sport that you would sit down and watch on television?
I can't think of any. If wrestling had not devolved from the fun thing it was when I was a kid, into whatever this amped up overhyped crap it is today, I'd watch that.
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I do not like football, college or otherwise. I will, instead, watch a motion picture of some sort.
BK, is there any sport that you would sit down and watch on television?
I can't think of any. If wrestling had not devolved from the fun thing it was when I was a kid, into whatever this amped up overhyped crap it is today, I'd watch that.
How about Women's Mud Wrestling? Or maybe Women's Jello Wrestling?
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Sorry to hear about Hal David.
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G'afternoon G'night!
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Ugh, 3 more quarters of this game...
On the upside, it's finally raining in SW Ohio.
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Good day one and all...
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Hi DR Dakota.
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Today I saw a remnant of the Cold War. State Historical Society of North DAkota is preserving a deactivated launch control center and missile pad from a minuteman missile. It was eerie, interesting, and surreal. There is one also in South Dakota that is being preserved. The docent relayed a tale of one visitor who asked what a certain time was on a one of the panels. She replied it was to dail the phone...
Due to North Dakota's location it had over 300 missiles. AT one time, North DAkota was the third largest nuclear power.
http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/minutemanmissile/
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Been busy gleaning some lovely genealogy data a new found cousin sent me.. Fleshed out another line... This is a good thing...
Also, enjoying the nice weather while we have. The trees are starting to change color as a form of self-preservation from the drought. It is terribly dry here.
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The 1980s movie, War Games, with Matthew Broderick makes reference to Grand Forks. The site i visited was connected to the Bomber and missile wing located at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
I grew up knowing about the missiles and stuff but was never able to see them or anything. There were always a lot of military peeps around. INterestingly, the weather could set off the security sensors as well as farm machinery.
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I can only imagine that some had a sense of fear. They were highly trained for a job they hoped they never had to do: launch a missile.
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I suggested to the Docent that they should see if they can locate a poster from the movie. There were some posters that made a reference to Grand Forks.
When they promoted the movie, they used Grand Forks as a marketing point in North Dakota.
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Here is a blog that details Oscar-Zero a bit more...
http://oscarzero.wordpress.com/
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DR Dakota it sounds like you had an interesting day.
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It was and I am still reflecting on it. I grew up a mere 60 miles from this particular one and there were some further east.
I suspect that missileers each day they took their shift prayed they were not the ones who had to turn the key on the president's order
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Where in tarnation IS everyone? You'd think it was Saturday night and a holiday weekend. I am restless but resting.
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I knew that Phantom in Vegas was closing tomorrow. What I didn't know was THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169629-After-Six-Years-Phantoms-Las-Vegas-Lair-Shuts-Down-to-Make-Way-for-Tim-McGraw-and-Faith-Hill) and it saddens me greatly.
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Just watched FORT APACHE. Fantastic!
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I like Ragtime too. Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely - the one moment that gets to me every time is "Our Children". When I went to the closing performance of the recent revival, my eyes started to well up with tears as soon as the intro started. By the end of the first verse, I was a blubbering fool. Just such a beautiful and simple and hopeful(!) moment and song. -Damn, I'm starting to cry now just thinking of it.
That is how I feel about "Back to Before." It gets me every time.
I love "Back to Before." And the OBC of Rags is one of my all-time favorites.
Are you talking RAGS OR RAGTIME?
AARRGGHH!! I'm a goon...Ragtime.
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I almost forgot...the new season of Doctor Who started today! I'm going to watch it right now!! :D