Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 17, 2019, 12:07:53 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both logy and gross, and now it is time for you to post until the logy and gross cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: FLORILEGIUM!
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I don't know why that image is so big in the notes. Must go see if I can make it a bit smaller.
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Resized it - much better, and if you click on it you get it at a bigger size.
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That's a great picture, BK! Congrats!
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Second post after BK.
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First post after TCB.
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jan, in answer to your question; yes they have those companies and yes they are very expensive.
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Great picture, BK.
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Might be worth it, Tom.
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Hey, Kimmel, ever feel like doing some acting again?
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Everyone seems to have left the building.
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So, good night and good morning!
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Good night, Tom.
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I've been reading about the latest episode of The Orville. Jane (and anyone else who watches it), this article talkes about the episode. It's meant to be read after watching the episode, so don't read it you don't want to know every little detail about what happens. :)
Review: ‘The Orville’ Dreams About A Better Life In “Sanctuary” (https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/16/review-the-orville-dreams-about-a-better-life-in-sanctuary/).
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Sleep well, George.
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Thanks, jan, and you, too!
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Off to bed.
Have a good day, all!
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jan, FJL coerced me to do a staged reading of The Last Starfighter a decade ago - I had fun, but I find it a bit nervewracking. Thankfully I didn't have to learn anything, we held scripts. I will say that since 2010 and doing Kritzerland and learning songs and patter for that, I don't think I would be so petrified these days.
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I ended up with a season pass on Amazon for Fosse/Verdon. So, I watched episode two - I wasn't that crazy about episode one, but this one really irritated me. The writing is so lousy and I really don't like the structure of it - going back and forth and back and forth, and then this director everyone thinks is the greatest thing since who knows what starts with the awful cross-cutting ala All That Jazz to Fosse tapping on a stage to underscore the scene that's unfolding - it's cheap, off-putting, and adds zilch - in fact, I almost shut it off. It's fun when they get the details right and it's also painfully obvious the way they have to shoot the numbers that neither Ms. Williams nor Mr. Rockwell are dancers - which is kind of an issue when the show is called Fosse/Verdon - two of the greatest dancers ever. But Ms. Williams acts it very well and Mr. Rockwell certainly has the voice down but his bald cap is horrendous and even when Mr. Fosse was laconic and laid back there was an energy in the room - whereas Mr. Rockewll is merely laconic and laid back with absolutely no energy at all. In the end, for me, it's the writing and the direction that are not cutting it. Just one man's opinion. Let's hear some others.
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Good morning, all!
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My Social Security landed in my account this morning and I will shortly make the trek to Radio City to visit my barber.
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This morning, for the first time in weeks, Annabelle ate chicken! I may not have to throw out 40 cans of Fancy Feast after all.
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DR TCB, perhaps there is a local gay moving service you could hire for your move?
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Good morning
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The waste pipe from my kitchen sink becam uncoupled at some point last nigt
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So that was fun
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Good morning, all.
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I do hope there’s a satisfactory ending to vixmom’s little story.
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That’s a beautiful image in the notes, but I haven’t watched the movie in years. I need to take that murky looking DVD off the shelf and have a go at it.
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Good morning!
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Good morning, all.
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Plumbing vibes for Vixmom.
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Last night I watched my DVR'd episode one of FOSSE/VERDON, then watched episode two "live", but by the second half of that one I was falling asleep so I'll have to rewatch at some point. I agree that it's ludicrous that real dancers weren't cast, but Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon is such a winner otherwise that you could just call the series VERDON or switch it around to VERDON/FOSSE and it would make sense thus far.
For me, the time jumps in these things often result in an irritating moment of "hmm, now where the F are we?" before I've settled in to the scene taking place. At those times it's a distracting gimmick. But a purely linear presentation wouldn't be so compelling either. How about the writers try meeting us halfway on this kind of thing? Agree about the little ALL THAT JAZZ imitations being excessive, and so amusingly pedestrian in comparison. BK and others have already pointed out the anachronisms, a couple of which are so glaring you have to shake your head. But I'll be sticking with it, just as I did with FEUD. Oy!
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Great painting of IFM.....one of my favorites from my childhood....even though I saw it first in b/w with lots of commercials....
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I liked Part Two of F/V more than I liked Part One....and Michelle Williams is growing on me....but I can't take Rockwell as Fosse....
I am trying to find my FOSSE biography....but it seems to have gone missing....it's somewhere. Perhaps I will look again this afternoon.
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Home from Radio City and having a little breakfast.
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I've been reading about the latest episode of The Orville. Jane (and anyone else who watches it), this article talkes about the episode. It's meant to be read after watching the episode, so don't read it you don't want to know every little detail about what happens. :)
Review: ‘The Orville’ Dreams About A Better Life In “Sanctuary” (https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/16/review-the-orville-dreams-about-a-better-life-in-sanctuary/).
Thanks for the link. Before I comment, did you watch the episode yet?
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Wednesday morning greetings! Yesterday I had a long breakfast visit with my friend Rebecca. Our great nephew J was here for a while in the early evening. I watched episode 2 of Fosse/Verdon and had to look up some details on line during the commercial breaks.
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Congratulations to DR TCB on his new home!
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I enjoyed last week's THE ORVILLE.....it's a preachy show....but it's done well.
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I am making a chicken pasta salad and after the last disaster of the burning pan, I am watching the boiling breasts more closely.
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Congrats to DR TCB on his new abode!
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I enjoyed last week's THE ORVILLE.....it's a preachy show....but it's done well.
And done with humor :)
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This morning, for the first time in weeks, Annabelle ate chicken! I may not have to throw out 40 cans of Fancy Feast after all.
Whew!
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The waste pipe from my kitchen sink becam uncoupled at some point last nigt
Oh, no!! :o
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~~~Clean Up Vibes for Vixmom and Vixdad!!~~~
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I've been reading about the latest episode of The Orville. Jane (and anyone else who watches it), this article talkes about the episode. It's meant to be read after watching the episode, so don't read it you don't want to know every little detail about what happens. :)
Review: ‘The Orville’ Dreams About A Better Life In “Sanctuary” (https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/16/review-the-orville-dreams-about-a-better-life-in-sanctuary/).
Thanks for the link. Before I comment, did you watch the episode yet?
Yes, I did. I don't usually have a problem with spoilers, but the article is all about what happened, so it just wouldn't have made sense if I'd read it before watching. And since I didn't even come across it until after I'd watched the episode, it was all good.
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe six hours of sleep and a VERY rough night. I'm convinced that the matzoh is rancid and that the two bites i had of it did me in, stomach-wise. I'm a bit better now, but I had to lie very still and take several Pepcids.
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~~~Clean Up Vibes for Vixmom and Vixdad!!~~~
Ditto!
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I've been reading about the latest episode of The Orville. Jane (and anyone else who watches it), this article talkes about the episode. It's meant to be read after watching the episode, so don't read it you don't want to know every little detail about what happens. :)
Review: ‘The Orville’ Dreams About A Better Life In “Sanctuary” (https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/16/review-the-orville-dreams-about-a-better-life-in-sanctuary/).
Thanks for the link. Before I comment, did you watch the episode yet?
Yes, I did. I don't usually have a problem with spoilers, but the article is all about what happened, so it just wouldn't have made sense if I'd read it before watching. And since I didn't even come across it until after I'd watched the episode, it was all good.
Potential spoiler:
The article completely missed the humor, especially the part with Dolly Parton. Otherwise it was good.
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Bruce, are you feeling better?
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When my stomach is upset I often find plain matzoh helps. I don't think it would help you right now.
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe six hours of sleep and a VERY rough night. I'm convinced that the matzoh is rancid and that the two bites i had of it did me in, stomach-wise. I'm a bit better now, but I had to lie very still and take several Pepcids.
Do you still have the receipt? Sometimes, even if you threw away the bad food, you might be able to get a refund from the store (small consolation to all the crap you've been through). I've actually been able to do that. Just a thought.
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I've been reading about the latest episode of The Orville. Jane (and anyone else who watches it), this article talkes about the episode. It's meant to be read after watching the episode, so don't read it you don't want to know every little detail about what happens. :)
Review: ‘The Orville’ Dreams About A Better Life In “Sanctuary” (https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/16/review-the-orville-dreams-about-a-better-life-in-sanctuary/).
Thanks for the link. Before I comment, did you watch the episode yet?
Yes, I did. I don't usually have a problem with spoilers, but the article is all about what happened, so it just wouldn't have made sense if I'd read it before watching. And since I didn't even come across it until after I'd watched the episode, it was all good.
Potential spoiler:
The article completely missed the humor, especially the part with Dolly Parton. Otherwise it was good.
True. The author did talk about how much the show in general references contemporary (to us) pop culture, but I also found more humor in the episode than the author or the commenters did.
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My bank called. The €200 check from Ireland, which I deposited a month ago was returned with this note "We can no longer accept checks drawn on a bank in Ireland less than €500.00." I betcha the effen bastards running my bank have spent the past weeks suing all the interest they can get out out of it before returning it.
I've sent an email to the RTE asking them how to proceed. If they'd simply wired the money, there would have been no problem.
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My bank called. The €200 check from Ireland, which I deposited a month ago was returned with this note "We can no longer accept checks drawn on a bank in Ireland less than €500.00." I betcha the effen bastards running my bank have spent the past weeks suing all the interest they can get out out of it before returning it.
I've sent an email to the RTE asking them how to proceed. If they'd simply wired the money, there would have been no problem.
That's terrible! >:(
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And why couldn't they have told you this sooner?? :-\
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I have the box of matzohs and I'm definitely taking them back there so they can smell them.
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I'm feeling okay now - not ready to eat anything - maybe in an hour or so.
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I found my Fosse books.....
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I liked Part Two of F/V more than I liked Part One....and Michelle Williams is growing on me....but I can't take Rockwell as Fosse....
I am trying to find my FOSSE biography....but it seems to have gone missing....it's somewhere. Perhaps I will look again this afternoon.
Which bio do you have?
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This for Jane and anyone else who has finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It definitely has spoiler alerts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/now-that-weve-all-read-where-the-crawdads-sing-can-we-talk-about-the-ending/2019/04/17/9ef35184-6074-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-arts%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
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Odd day at work. After running around and around for the last few weeks, there was little to get done today. Then the meetings started.
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Wacky day. I took the matzoh back to Gelson's and made him smell it - VERY stale, he said, apologized and gave me a credit and told me he was removing all the stock of that kind of matzoh (egg and onion). The expiry date was 12/19 which means the box is probably months old.
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Then I thought about food but couldn't decide on anything, so I may just make some simple spaghetti with butter, or I may go out somewhere and just sit - but I don't want to drive to Jerry's, there's no mail.
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Wacky day. I took the matzoh back to Gelson's and made him smell it - VERY stale, he said, apologized and gave me a credit and told me he was removing all the stock of that kind of matzoh (egg and onion). The expiry date was 12/19 which means the box is probably months old.
Smell the Matzoh. Title of my next novel.
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The frustrating bits are - I'm trying to finally get my Social Security benefits - I went to create an online account but kept getting error messages until it locked me out. I called them and we tried inputting other addresses, none of which worked. I asked why and he said because they verify addresses through Equifax. So, I called Equifax and got some moron after having to listen and respond to ten minutes of voice prompts. We ascertained that none of my addresses are what they have all the way back to 1998 and then he said he couldn't tell me what it was even though I gave him the pre 1998 address, which I probably gave him wrong anyway because I forgot about living at L'Estancia for a year, although I suspect they have the address of the Shores, but who knows. So, in order for them to update, I now have to fax them a bunch of stupid documents. I don't have my social card anymore because my wallet was stolen 16 years ago or more. So, I have to do a birth certificate and a few documents that have my current address, which is easy. And I have to write a cover letter and then it takes ten days to get in their system and THEN I can create an account. It shouldn't be this hard.
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Listening to Mimi Bessette's Lullabies of Broadway. Charming. The highlight is an Irish-flavored song I didn't know called My Broth of a Boy, which was written by Cole Porter for Mississippi Belle.
It's always a good day that brings a new Cole Porter tune.
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My bank called. The €200 check from Ireland, which I deposited a month ago was returned with this note "We can no longer accept checks drawn on a bank in Ireland less than €500.00." I betcha the effen bastards running my bank have spent the past weeks suing all the interest they can get out out of it before returning it.
I've sent an email to the RTE asking them how to proceed. If they'd simply wired the money, there would have been no problem.
That's terrible! >:(
It sure it >:(
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I'm feeling okay now - not ready to eat anything - maybe in an hour or so.
Good.
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I have the box of matzohs and I'm definitely taking them back there so they can smell them.
Have you purchased them before?
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Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPW5agUcmuM
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This for Jane and anyone else who has finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It definitely has spoiler alerts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/now-that-weve-all-read-where-the-crawdads-sing-can-we-talk-about-the-ending/2019/04/17/9ef35184-6074-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-arts%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
Thanks. Unfortunately I can't read anything from the Washington Post as I have not paid to do so.
Do you agree with the comments?
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Wacky day. I took the matzoh back to Gelson's and made him smell it - VERY stale, he said, apologized and gave me a credit and told me he was removing all the stock of that kind of matzoh (egg and onion). The expiry date was 12/19 which means the box is probably months old.
That is a long time & should be ok. What brand is it? I personally wouldn't want to eat egg & onion and have never purchased it.
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Jane, the expiry date was December 2019, and yes, I've purchased them a lot - never had an issue.
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There's also a lovely version of New Words, but it can't hold a candle to Liz Callaway's.
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The frustrating bits are - I'm trying to finally get my Social Security benefits - I went to create an online account but kept getting error messages until it locked me out. I called them and we tried inputting other addresses, none of which worked. I asked why and he said because they verify addresses through Equifax. So, I called Equifax and got some moron after having to listen and respond to ten minutes of voice prompts. We ascertained that none of my addresses are what they have all the way back to 1998 and then he said he couldn't tell me what it was even though I gave him the pre 1998 address, which I probably gave him wrong anyway because I forgot about living at L'Estancia for a year, although I suspect they have the address of the Shores, but who knows. So, in order for them to update, I now have to fax them a bunch of stupid documents. I don't have my social card anymore because my wallet was stolen 16 years ago or more. So, I have to do a birth certificate and a few documents that have my current address, which is easy. And I have to write a cover letter and then it takes ten days to get in their system and THEN I can create an account. It shouldn't be this hard.
Wow, on so many counts. First, you carried your SS card in your wallet :o And then didn't replace it when it was stolen!
I had no idea about Equifax. The address issue sounds very complicated. I expect there are many, many people who don't recall every address they have lived at.
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Jane, the expiry date was December 2019, and yes, I've purchased them a lot - never had an issue.
I wasn't fast enough removing the expiration date question from my post-lol
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Bruce, with all these issues to get SS I am guessing you also don't have Medicare yet or you would have done some of this paperwork already.
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SOCIAL SECURITY VIBES FOR BRUCE!
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SOCIAL SECURITY VIBES FOR BRUCE!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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Back from a lovely Cuban dinner off oxtail stew with boiled yuca with garlic.
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Probably too many carbs and I will suffer later from them.
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Finished a fun book over dinner called Last Go Round by Ken Kesey about a historical rodeo in Oregon in which a black and Indian and a white were tied in a rodeo competition.
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This is a sweet story about Jenny, a horse in Frankfurt who takes a daily walk by herself. (https://www.dw.com/cda/en/horse-takes-daily-stroll-through-frankfurt-without-owner/a-47833431)
(https://www.ccdiscovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Mare-Jenny-since-the-age-of-14-alone-for-a-walk-now-she-is-an-Internet-Hit.jpg)
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Page three? Really???
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Listening to music. Had about four ounces of spaghetti with butter and cheese - very good - and a little soup - also reasonably good.
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I'll go out shortly to get something sweet, which is the only thing that will help me not taste that matzoh.
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Matzoh with Pesticide - that's the title of my next novel.
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Listening to Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra - this is him firmly planted in twelve-tone mode, but it's not unappealing, this particular piece. The other selections on this CD coming up are Webern, Five Pieces for Orchestra, and Berg, Three Pieces for Orchestra and Lulu Suite. I've heard this CD before and never wanted to hear it again, but now that I've grown accustomed to the music, I'm kind of enjoying the textures and colors. This is a Mercury Living Prsence CD originally recorded on 35mm. Sound is breathaking. Dorati conducting - I like him very much.
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Page four? Really?
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Only 900 posts to go until my HUGE milestone. Can I do it by the end of this evening?
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Maybe not.
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Watching a bit of melodramatic claptrap called Interrupted Melody with Eleanor Parker as an opera singer and Glenn Ford as an old stick in the mud. A very young Roger Moore is in a supporting role.
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Probably too many carbs and I will suffer later from them.
I hear ya. Today is my niece's birthday and we had pizza. I celebrated too much with too much pizza. ::)
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At least, it all tasted good! ;)
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This is a sweet story about Jenny, a horse in Frankfurt who takes a daily walk by herself. (https://www.dw.com/cda/en/horse-takes-daily-stroll-through-frankfurt-without-owner/a-47833431)
(https://www.ccdiscovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Mare-Jenny-since-the-age-of-14-alone-for-a-walk-now-she-is-an-Internet-Hit.jpg)
Cute story, Jane.
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Sweets are here and doing the trick.
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I am here and doing the trick.
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Mr. Schoenberg is here and doing the trick and soon Mr. Webern will be doing the trick.
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The only one not doing the trick is the trick.
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I feel this page is doing the trick.
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In a little while I'll go finish watching a motion picture on Blu-ray.
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Of course there were all sorts of things in cardboard boxes under the sink
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So now I have a plastic tub of boxless things
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And a little fan blowing in the spot trying to help it dry out
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At least I caught it before it got really bad and leaked through the floor into the laundry room in the basement
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At least I caught it before it got really bad and leaked through the floor into the laundry room in the basement
Great! That would not be a good thing.
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And now, time to head home...finally. I've been here at work too long.
Be back later.
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I am so tired of salad and vegetables
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I think I'll go bite a cow
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Good evening.
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If the expiration date is 12/19, that is still months away. It is not expired.
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I have a question:
How on earth did Leonard get to be fourteen pounds???
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From the ridiculous ending of Interrupted Melody, in which the polio-ridden opera-singing heroine gets on her feet due to the power of Wagner, to the silliness of Because You're Mine with Mario Lanza and Doretta Morrow. Long before Elvis got drafted, Mario played an opera singer who gets drafted. I can't watch all of this in one sitting.
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I have a question:
How on earth did Leonard get to be fourteen pounds???
Nice fat kitty.
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Rex is six pounds. So I guess I have a clue.
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Vixmom, be careful the cow doesn't bite you back.
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14 pounds! that's one big ass cat.
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And he's still a kitten! He showed up here in October at about three months of age.
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Maybe he's really a tiny panther
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Only 900 posts to go until my HUGE milestone. Can I do it by the end of this evening?
;D
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Probably too many carbs and I will suffer later from them.
I hear ya. Today is my niece's birthday and we had pizza. I celebrated too much with too much pizza. ::)
Happy birthday to your niece.
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At least I caught it before it got really bad and leaked through the floor into the laundry room in the basement
Thank goodness for that!
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If the expiration date is 12/19, that is still months away. It is not expired.
I know, it shouldn't have been bad.
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From the ridiculous ending of Interrupted Melody, in which the polio-ridden opera-singing heroine gets on her feet due to the power of Wagner, to the silliness of Because You're Mine with Mario Lanza and Doretta Morrow. Long before Elvis got drafted, Mario played an opera singer who gets drafted. I can't watch all of this in one sitting.
Yet you plan on watching to the end ;)
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Good evening.
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Thank you, to one and all, for the good wishes about my new home.
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Today I shelled out the big bucks for the inspection of the condo.
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If i was looking for a way out of the deal, I certainly didn’t get it from the inspection.
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The inspector was extremely impressed by the condo.
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He found a couple of very minor things that should be corrected, but that was it.
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He thought that the entire condo was in excellent condition and that it had been very carefully cared for by the previous owners.
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I found out that the condo was built in 2006.
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Then I went and dropped off the earnest money at the title company.
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The frustrating bits are - I'm trying to finally get my Social Security benefits - I went to create an online account but kept getting error messages until it locked me out. I called them and we tried inputting other addresses, none of which worked. I asked why and he said because they verify addresses through Equifax. So, I called Equifax and got some moron after having to listen and respond to ten minutes of voice prompts. We ascertained that none of my addresses are what they have all the way back to 1998 and then he said he couldn't tell me what it was even though I gave him the pre 1998 address, which I probably gave him wrong anyway because I forgot about living at L'Estancia for a year, although I suspect they have the address of the Shores, but who knows. So, in order for them to update, I now have to fax them a bunch of stupid documents. I don't have my social card anymore because my wallet was stolen 16 years ago or more. So, I have to do a birth certificate and a few documents that have my current address, which is easy. And I have to write a cover letter and then it takes ten days to get in their system and THEN I can create an account. It shouldn't be this hard.
Wow, on so many counts. First, you carried your SS card in your wallet :o And then didn't replace it when it was stolen!
I always carried by SS card in my wallet, until I had my wallet stolen thirty years ago. And I have never gotten my card replaced.
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I've already finished all the spring cleaning I wanted to do.
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Which was none.
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Sounds like ya done good, Tom.
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14 pounds! that's one big ass cat.
My sister's boyfriend's former cat (Joxer the cat died last year) was 22 pounds!
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Probably too many carbs and I will suffer later from them.
I hear ya. Today is my niece's birthday and we had pizza. I celebrated too much with too much pizza. ::)
Happy birthday to your niece.
Thanks, Jane.
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Nicky was 20 pounds, but he is now down to 18.
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If i was looking for a way out of the deal, I certainly didn’t get it from the inspection.
Darn. ;)
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I found out that the condo was built in 2006.
I've been in mine since 2006! My building was actually built in 1987. The first buildings in this complex were built in 1984.
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Nicky was 20 pounds, but he is now down to 18.
Neve was eight pounds the last time she was weighed.
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Nicky was 20 pounds, but he is now down to 18.
Neve was eight pounds the last time she was weighed.
Aww, she is just a little thing.
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Nicky was 20 pounds, but he is now down to 18.
Neve was eight pounds the last time she was weighed.
Aww, she is just a little thing.
Yup...but she's old.
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She's turning 18 (sometime) this year!
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And now...
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PAGE SIX DANCE!!
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What are you feeding those fur babies?
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Nicky is, at least, 18 years old and possibly as old as 22 years old.
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Is Nicky an old curmudgeon.
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Nicky is, at least, 18 years old and possibly as old as 22 years old.
Wow!
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Steroids!
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Is Nicky an old curmudgeon.
Not really. I am more of a curmudgeon than he is.
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Do they have little kitty barbells to bulk up with?
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And with that confession, I am off to bed.
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Good night, jan.
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Good night, George.
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Sleep well, Sweetie.
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Good night, Tom.
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Anything happening in Tumwater, George?