Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 15, 2018, 12:40:00 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know what the title of the notes means, and now it is time for you to post until the Cinnamonscope cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: BRIO!
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BK, congrats on the 107%!!
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In the morning I'm going to the garage and see what I can unearth for a few more perks. I have some great Playbills out there and a few more souvenir programs - pretty sure I have one signed by Katharine Hepburn.
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BK, when can I (or anyone else who selected the 10-disc perk) get the CDs? Do you want us to wait until after the campaign is officially over?
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Today, there's going going to be an Out of the Darkness Walk (https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=5530) for suicide prevention here in Olympia. My sister and a couple of other people will be at a table representing PFLAG Olympia (http://pflag-olympia.org) and she wants me to help, so I have be at her place by 8:30 a.m. I hate getting up early on weekends. :P But I will...it's for a very good cause. A couple of years ago, a PFLAG board member killed himself, so it's important for them to be there.
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So, now I'm finally off to bed.
Have a good day, all!
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Yes, we'll begin to fill the perks right after we close.
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Good morning, all!
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I must make a post office trip today, and the question is, do I travel to my favorite post office and then go to the farmers market or go to my local post office and hit the supermarket.
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At some point this weekend I may visit with our E&T DR edisaurus, and this afternoon, the pet medicine company will deliver Thatch's prescription of Atenolol. Whatever post office trip I make will be sooner than later.
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Good morning, all.
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I lost a weekday somewhere. This can’t possibly be Saturday!
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I think it was DR George who asked, and I forgot to respond...
The reason was not enough qualified people coming out to audition. They couldn’t cast it with just the couple of good ones who showed up.
Three theaters had auditions at the same time, for December shows. I don’t know about the play, but the two musicals had sucky turnout. I think the other musical got enough to build on, but Frog & Toad didn’t, and our director was sticking to the original cast of only five.
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I’ve grown to love those Gerhardt recordings more than I did in the 70s. In addition to the fine conducting and playing, RCA’s sound is magnificent. And surprise, surprise, so are the original vinyl pressings. Those flexy things got a bad rap back then, but with today’s cleaning methods and when played on decent equipment, they are room-fillingly stunning — which I’m sure the better remasterings are, but being equipped to enjoy these, I’m a happy camper.
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Annabelle and I made our patrol. The friendly USPS truck driver arrived with packages and Annabelle didn't run off. She stayed to play with him, and then, when he left, she let me know it was time to head back upstairs. She was very happy; she chirped and purred all the way home.
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Kitten on patrol...
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article218445160.html
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Hold the Ham!
That's the title of the second volume of my memoirs.
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Last night we had a two thirds of a house....the average age of which was probably about 75.....
Laughter....but not as much as Friday night. I am hoping we have a larger and more VOCAL audience tonight.... For some reason our First Friday audience is always.....quiet....and very SOBER....
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Oh and DR LAURA informed me that Neil Simon is indeed Neely Simon....a lovely female Monarch....
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Good morning, all.
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Last night's ushering was a challenge. It lasted seven hours.
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It was supposed to be a film premiere as part of an arts festival, except they screened it in L.A. the night before, so it wasn't a premiere. And it was also the night that the film, The Angel, premiered on Netflix, so it was something that people on a rainy night could stay home and watch.
And they did.
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We had maybe 300 show up, and the organizers decided that since the event was free, they would treat the audience like dirt. They opened the doors 45 minutes later than they said because they were filming interviews inside the theater.
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We were also told the movie was 90 minutes. It was two hours. Then they followed it with an interview with the director. I got to my car by midnight.
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But I would recommend The Angel. It's about a man who was a double agent for Egypt and Israel, working for both Sadat and the Massad. It was based on a true story.
What I think I appreciated most was seeing a cast in which whites and blacks were largely kept to the sidelines while those from the Middle East (not actors in Light Egyptian makeup) played out their story. This wasn't the story of a white journalist doing a story on the man who did this. And the violence and suspense were not prettied up.
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Oh and DR LAURA informed me that Neil Simon is indeed Neely Simon....a lovely female Monarch....
Cisgendering for the butterfly? Who knows? As John Cleese asked in the birth scene of Meaning of Life: Isn't it a little early to be assigning gender roles?
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Good morning.
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Today, there's going going to be an Out of the Darkness Walk (https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=5530) for suicide prevention here in Olympia. My sister and a couple of other people will be at a table representing PFLAG Olympia (http://pflag-olympia.org) and she wants me to help, so I have be at her place by 8:30 a.m. I hate getting up early on weekends. :P But I will...it's for a very good cause. A couple of years ago, a PFLAG board member killed himself, so it's important for them to be there.
A very good caused indeed.
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Annabelle and I made our patrol. The friendly USPS truck driver arrived with packages and Annabelle didn't run off. She stayed to play with him, and then, when he left, she let me know it was time to head back upstairs. She was very happy; she chirped and purred all the way home.
😊
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Oh and DR LAURA informed me that Neil Simon is indeed Neely Simon....a lovely female Monarch....
Funny.
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I don't believe I coughed once last night. Maybe I can skip the cough medicine tonight.
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Kitten on patrol...
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article218445160.html
That little Survivor is adorable, and I love her owner for keeping her safe.
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I went to my favorite post office at 68th and Columbus, then to the farmers market at Lincoln Center. I was an hour too late. The place was packed and treacherous for a man with little balance and a cane. Tomorrow I will go to Petco for some kitty treats ad then stop at Broadway Farms on my way back for some broccoli, cauliflower, and who knows what.
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You may find something exciting DR ELMORE.
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Kitten on patrol...
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article218445160.html
That little Survivor is adorable, and I love her owner for keeping her safe.
Yep, and those pictures are perfection.
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Site has slowed to a crawl this past hour or so.
Took a few minutes to get logged in, and it's taking nearly a minute for each page to load.
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I'm up, I'm up - about seven hours of sleep, I guess.
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The site was completely down, but it's up now. Trying to find out why, but the last post isn't so long ago.
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They had to reboot the server, which is also the title of my next novel.
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Kitten on patrol...
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article218445160.html
That little Survivor is adorable, and I love her owner for keeping her safe.
Awww. Sweet and very moving.
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I went to my favorite post office at 68th and Columbus, then to the farmers market at Lincoln Center. I was an hour too late. The place was packed and treacherous for a man with little balance and a cane. Tomorrow I will go to Petco for some kitty treats ad then stop at Broadway Farms on my way back for some broccoli, cauliflower, and who knows what.
I understand how you feel. Sometimes I wear my sling when I am out for protection and not necessarily that I need it for that particular activity.
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Saturday afternoon greetings! I was outta here early to meet Rebecca at Miami University’s Hamilton Campus (where she worked for 30 years) for their 50th anniversary bash. We attended a program about campus history and then wandered around the outdoor displays until it got too hot for me. Home now, cooling off and waiting for Michigan to kick off in about half an hour against Southern Methodist University - Go, Blue!
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Hold the Ham!
That's the title of the second volume of my memoirs.
I think "I Wanna Hold Your Ham" was a special interest film on the old 42nd Street.
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It may have played on a bill with "The Nun's Bad Habit."
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I don't believe I coughed once last night.
That's great that it's getting better.
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LOL DR FJL....I think you're right.
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I woke up so stupid early this morning that I was in a bad mood. So I made pizza. I don't know how those are related, but somehow they are.
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I am also making cinnamon rolls.
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Please pass the pizza.
And some cinnamon rolls. Thank you.
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Wacky Noodles are being eaten as I type this.
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Do any of you sell on eBay anymore? Or buy?
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I buy now and then.....but only if it's BUY IT NOW.....I don't bid on stuff.....sometimes I also look on Amazon Marketplace and get it there.....
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And now I shall be on my way to the third performance of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK.
The audience had better by god laugh if they know what's good for them....if they don't behave during Act One....I just won't let the cast do Act Two.....
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You couldn't make yourself clearer if you were a button hook in the well water.
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I used to buy quite a bit on eBay, starting around March 1998 and probably tapering off some seven or eight years later.
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Mostly smaller "collectible" or just special interest things, very few large items except for a couple of tape decks and maybe some other stereo gear of some sort.
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I tried selling a few things around ten years ago. Did fine on a couple, okay on a couple, and totally disappointing on a couple. I've got stuff that needs to go, but I've become rather intimidated by the stance eBay takes these days in favor of buyers and against sellers.
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I'm more inclined to try listing a few items on Craigslist. I'd willingly drive to deliver things, or meet people in a public place halfway, something like that. Just a person-to-person cash transaction.
Inclined, but haven't made a move on it yet.
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Let's move on.
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Three!
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Up from a nap.
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The rain came down here in waves earlier.
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It has stopped for a little while. I hope that some of the standing water in the back yard will get to disappear.
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Otherwise, it's going to be a huge mosquito zone.
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Right now at 6pm it is mid 80Fs. I cannot believe this weather for mid September. But I am loving it!
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And now I shall be on my way to the third performance of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK.
The audience had better by god laugh if they know what's good for them....if they don't behave during Act One....I just won't let the cast do Act Two.....
Just tell them it's an abridged version, that Neil Simon said in his will that act 2 shouldn't be done any more. Call the actors out for a quick Q&A, then the curtain call. They'll all be thrilled to get home early and think they're part of theater history.
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Like the night at "Tommy Tune Tonight" where he took a brief Q&A, and it happened that one of the randomly chosen questioners was one of his high school teachers was in the audience. She got onstage and clumsily did a few unrehearsed steps with him. We were all agog. (until it turned out when anyone told a friend that it happened every performance)
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I don't believe I coughed once last night.
That's great that it's getting better.
Thanks. While I feel much better I am coughing and blowing more today than yesterday. This is a sneaky cold as it begins to leave and then returns ;D
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I woke up so stupid early this morning that I was in a bad mood. So I made pizza. I don't know how those are related, but somehow they are.
;D
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Right now at 6pm it is mid 80Fs. I cannot believe this weather for mid September. But I am loving it!
I bet you are, kind of makes up for your long winter.
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Right now at 6pm it is mid 80Fs. I cannot believe this weather for mid September. But I am loving it!
It is 109F here today. I can't believe that, either.
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I don't think Jennifer would like that.
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I woke up so stupid early this morning that I was in a bad mood. So I made pizza. I don't know how those are related, but somehow they are.
When I'm in a bad mood I make trouble
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I woke up feeling fine, went to church and collected the food for the soup kitchen lunch
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Decided to stop at the 7-11 to get a cup of coffee
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The creamer wasn't in the cold box, but on the counter, but there were a couple of guys ahead of me and I thought they just didn't put it away properly
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Apparently that was not the case
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Got to the soup kitchen and started to cook, finished the coffee and suddenly got the feeling I was about to prep for everyone's favorite exam
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Locked myself in the nearest convenience where I resided for the next hour
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Had to text the kitchen coordinator to take over cooking duties
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When I finally could exit I was drenched with perspiration.
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i made my quick apologies and ran for my car
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Fortunately I live only a couple of miles away
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I wasn't feeling well enough to go out until nearly 4
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Of course today was a perfect sunny lovely day
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Just added two new perks - you guys have a head start as I won't mention these until tomorrow:
THE CHORUS LINE MEMORABILIA PERK
A grouping of five Playbills – Broadway, Los Angeles, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Actor’s Fund program from the original LA run, and a souvenir program from that same run. And an early draft of the script, beautifully bound, that came from the CMA agency (now ICM). Many differences from the show that finally evolved.
AMAZING PROGRAMS AND PLAYBILLS PERK
Fun, eclectic batch of theatre memorabilia. First up is an elaborate press kit for the LA run of Dreamgirls – includes photos, cast list, booklet about the show, and a poster. Souvenir program from the Rex Harrison revival of My Fair Lady along with the regular program, LA programs for The Rothschilds, Side by Side by Sondheim, Peter Allen Up in One, Of Mice and Men (starring Wallace Ford & Lon Chaney, Jr.) Deathtrap – B’way, A Funny Thing/Forum, Pippin (original), Sweeney Todd (original), Follies (original), Pippin (Chicago).
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Vixmom, darn you needed a feel good day. I am glad you are better now, stay that way.
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But vixmom, also, you inspire awe with the way you can stretch a story to 15 or 16 posts! Brava!
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I don't think Jennifer would like that.
No I definitely would not like it so hot. Although it has been super humid.
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From the Crime Desk: Was this discussed in our Ham talk?
Grocery worker facing felony theft charges for eating $9,200 worth of deli ham
BOLIVAR, Ohio — Authorities in eastern Ohio say a grocery store employee has been charged with felony theft for helping herself to deli ham for years.
Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hale tells The Columbus Dispatch that an eight-year employee of regional grocery chain Giant Eagle was charged Friday with stealing food estimated by the store to be worth $9,200.
The store’s loss prevention manager received a tip that an employee had been eating three to five slices of ham nearly every day over eight years. Authorities say she also sometimes ate salami.
Other details including her name weren’t available immediately.
The store is in Bolivar, some 70 miles south of Cleveland.
https://nypost.com/2018/09/11/grocery-worker-facing-felony-theft-charges-for-eating-9200-worth-of-deli-ham/
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Has that story been discussed here before?
Why did it take them 8 years to stop her?
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Good evening.
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Laura, laughing at your quote
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That deli ham story sounds a bit ridiculous.
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Laura, laughing at your quote
It is funny 😊
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Laura, laughing at your quote
It is wonderful.
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'night
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I watched half a movie. Now I'm listening to half a soundtrack. I ate a whole ice cream sandwich and then another whole ice cream sandwich. Bad boy. I went to Trader Joe's. If that's not the single most annoying store I don't know what. Not the store itself but the clientele, at least in the Oaks of Sherman. The denizens there fancy themselves health nuts, yet they look emaciated and dead.
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I shan't eat a third ice cream sandwich because that would be gauche.
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Going through stuff in the garage I found the notes I wrote to Stephen Schwartz after seeing the very first full reading of Wicked. Fascinating.
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Back from ushering La Traviata. The Alfredo was from San Antonio and was quite good. He had been in The Exterminating Angel at the Met. Needless to say, he got a big hometown welcome. Much deserved. Can’t remember his name.
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I need to get to bed.
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Good evening.
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Post #104? Seriously?
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It is Saturday folks!
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BK is going to start crackin’ the whip.
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If not, I will be crackin’ the whip on BK.
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Or, I will skip the middle
man person, and go after all of you myself.
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But why it is BK’s ite, so why should i deny hi the pleasure.....
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Or, everyone could surprise BK, and post six pages tomorrow.
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So what do you say gang, “Let’s put on a show!”
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Judy’s father has a barn and Mickey has written a really swell score!
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Wait a minute. What am I talking about?
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Posts! That is what I am talking about!
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We need everybody to post an extra 10 times a day.
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Tell us what you had for dinner.
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Tell us about the driver who cut you off.
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Tell us about the candy bar or ice cream sundae that you weren’t suppose to eat, but that you did anyway.
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One more post.
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Page 5
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Tell us all about TCB’s spelling errors.
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Ignore his grammatical errors, because he is hopeless.
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We had a good rehearsal today.
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For the very first time, I will be using my scooter on stage instead of a wheelchair.
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The fact that is play is set in the 80’s, rather than the 40’s, makes a big difference.
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And the play is slightly screwy anyway, so the scooter fits right in.
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For instance, I die in the first scene.
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But that doesn’t stop me from appearing throughout the rest of the play.
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So, I guess you could say that my scooter is kind of ethereal.
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Oh, and the play marks the stage debut of Sharry and Micheal’s St. Bernard.
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We shall see at Tuesday’s rehearsal how well that is going to work.
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And I have decided not to get too nervous about this whole thing.
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It is, after all, a play reading and one performance only.
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Well, I am now worn it.
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So, good night, one and all.
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Yes, we'll begin to fill the perks right after we close.
Thanks for the info!
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Hi, Tom.
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So, good night, one and all.
Good night, Tom.
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Today, I helped my sister at a PFLAG table for the Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention.
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We were there for about three hours or so and many people came up and my sister talked with a lot of them.
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After it was all over, we went to the New Traditions Café for an early lunch.
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My sister had a salad with lemon-tahini dressing and some pea soup.
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I had a veggie burger on focaccia bread.
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We both liked what we got.
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After lunch, I went home and finished making a DVD for TCB (I'll mail it on Monday or Tuesday).
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Then, I went to my parents' house for our weeky family dinner.
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I had a mini frozen pizza. ::)
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My mom made a shrimp stir-fry thing.
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I don't like shrimp. :P
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PAGE SIX DANCE!!
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After dinner, we played Phase 10 and I won!
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First time in quite a while...and it's about time, I say!
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After dinner and cards, I was going to go home, but on whim, I decided to go see Ruthless again! Tonight was their closing night and I didn't know if it was sold out, but it wasn't!
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It was still very good and the actress who played Miss Thorn (the teacher in act one) and the reporter (in act two) was still the funniest performer in the show!
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My friend Margo saw it earlier in the run and didn't like the actor who played Sylvia. He was good, but he was VERY definitely a man in drag. ::)
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Now, I'm home and will ketchup on all of today's posts.
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I think it was DR George who asked, and I forgot to respond...
The reason was not enough qualified people coming out to audition. They couldn’t cast it with just the couple of good ones who showed up.
Three theaters had auditions at the same time, for December shows. I don’t know about the play, but the two musicals had sucky turnout. I think the other musical got enough to build on, but Frog & Toad didn’t, and our director was sticking to the original cast of only five.
That's too bad, but not having the right actors is definitely a good reason not to do a show. :-\
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Last night's ushering was a challenge. It lasted seven hours.
Oh, my goodness! That's a long time! I've only ushered for that long when a tour came through and had two performances and I chose to usher for both.
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We had maybe 300 show up, and the organizers decided that since the event was free, they would treat the audience like dirt. They opened the doors 45 minutes later than they said because they were filming interviews inside the theater.
That's a crappy way to do things!
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We were also told the movie was 90 minutes. It was two hours. Then they followed it with an interview with the director. I got to my car by midnight.
Since it was a movie, you'd think that they'd know the correct length.
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I don't believe I coughed once last night. Maybe I can skip the cough medicine tonight.
~~~Continued Recovery and No Coughing Vibes for Jane!!~~~
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I woke up so stupid early this morning that I was in a bad mood. So I made pizza. I don't know how those are related, but somehow they are.
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.
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Do any of you sell on eBay anymore? Or buy?
I buy now and then.....but only if it's BUY IT NOW.....I don't bid on stuff.....sometimes I also look on Amazon Marketplace and get it there.....
Me, too. I rarely bid, either.
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And now I shall be on my way to the third performance of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK.
The audience had better by god laugh if they know what's good for them....if they don't behave during Act One....I just won't let the cast do Act Two.....
Just tell them it's an abridged version, that Neil Simon said in his will that act 2 shouldn't be done any more. Call the actors out for a quick Q&A, then the curtain call. They'll all be thrilled to get home early and think they're part of theater history.
:))