Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on March 23, 2020, 12:26:57 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a blur, and now it is time for you to post until the blurry cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: WELKIN!
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Well, today I actually have (get?) to go to work! I need to pay some invoices, then prepare the monthly report for the finance department so that the checks can be printed and mailed to the vendors. That'll happen on Thursday, so I have plenty of time to get it all done. I started on it a bit last Friday, but now I really have to finish it all.
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I know of at least a couple of "Essential Employees" who worked last week and will continue working this week, as well. Because there are invoices that need to be paid, I'm an "Essential Employee." Tomorrow, the Admin and the union will have their Skype meeting to talk about if we all can actually come back to work next week, or when it will happen. Hopefully, it'll be sooner rather than later.
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So now, I'm off to bed so that I can wake up early enough to get to work at my regular time. It's been a whole week since I've done that.
Have a good day, all!
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Hmmm nearly 5 am maybe I should go to sleep
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Not that I have anywhere to go in the morning
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Well, already I changed my mind about tomorrow's food - was on Door Dash again and decided to give 'em a try to see if I'd have the success I did not have with Cheesecake Factory - there's a Mexican jernt not too far from here that I ate at once with Grant - really like it - a favorite of Muse Margaret, too, so I just ordered tacos and enchiladas from there for delivery today between two and two -thirty. We'll see how that goes but I'm looking forward to it and it's not too bad, calorie-wise. Better than a frozen dinner, and better than pasta, which I've been eating too much of. Those can wait.
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Good morning, all.
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Weird sleep night.
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Good morning, all!
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I slept rather well. I can go back to Advil now, and that helps the pain a good deal, much better than Tylenol.
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I gather, DR JohnG, that you are watching the Criterion set of Pasolini. I've got a German or French DVD of Canterbury Tales that's longer than the English-dubbed version, and I would swear that at one time I read the original print that showed at festivals was nearly twice as long as thje final print.
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My plans to watch Sanditon yesterday fell apart once the surgery was canceled. I was so tired that all I wanted to do was lie aropund with the cats.
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TOD 1:
Ingmar Bergman in the 1970s had an incredible run of movies with:
Cries and Whispers
Scenes from a Marriage
The Magic Flute
Face to Face
Of course, he also made The Serpent’s Egg, one of the worst movies ever.
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I gather, DR JohnG, that you are watching the Criterion set of Pasolini. I've got a German or French DVD of Canterbury Tales that's longer than the English-dubbed version, and I would swear that at one time I read the original print that showed at festivals was nearly twice as long as thje final print.
It is the Criterion set, but I didn’t watch the English dubbed version. That drives me even crazier that the Italian dubbed version. Somewhere in the brief amount of extras, it said he filmed much more footage than he used. Sometimes longer is better. What was there was almost too short and choppy.
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I saw so many movies in the 1970s, but these are the films I remember:
Nashville, which may still be my favorite film of all time
Young Frankenstein, still brilliant
Jaws
Halloween
A Star Is Born, awful remake
Lost Horizon, one of the worst things I've ever seen
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I dragged out the cat tunnel, and the cats are playing hide'n'seek. That Lysine has certainly perked up Annabelle. Why didn't I think of this two years ago?
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I can usually tell how Annabelle's feeling by how she reacts to my preparing breakfast for them. If she hangs around impatiently for her bowl, she's doing okay.
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I have two small tables overloaded with 4 or 5 piles of books. Today's project is to organize them.
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TOD 2:
The musicals
At Long Last Love
New York, New York
Cabaret
First Nudie Musical
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Wiz
Funny Lady
All That Jazz
The Slipper and the Rose
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My first laugh of the day!
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Monday morning greetings! There is actually something on my calendar for this evening. It’s an AAUW board meeting that we’re doing via something called UberConference. Film at 11.
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T.O.D.
THE GODFATHER
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
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Good morning, all.
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It is snowing.
Fortunately, it's once again sticking to the grass and trees and NOT to the roads and driveways -- although, if the sumbitch goes on through the day, there might indeed be some accumulation later.
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Just checked. My asphalt is still black, thankyouverymuch.
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BK, we saw the 4k CHINATOWN last summer at the Bedford Playhouse where the presentation and projection are as good as it gets. It was a revelation, and like all such events there, a supreme moviegoing night.
Mr. RAH was in attendance, and he said beforehand that the color of this one was "everything" -- "if they got that right, it'll be a win". Afterward, he was delighted with it. His one caveat was that he didn't think it was from the original camera negative. I asked later what he sees to make that determination. His response: "I’m seeing it in very slight movement of the image, perceptible at edges of screen in lock-down shots. Also grain structure."
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TOD
Way too many for me to be able to formulate a reasonable list.
A few as they pop into my head:
Chinatown
The French Connection
Wait Until Dark
All the President's Men
The Exorcist
The Devils
The Wicker Man
Dog Day Afternoon
The Conversation
Jaws
Duel
Klute
Godfather II
Cries and Whispers
Straw Dogs
All That Jazz
The Long Goodbye
The Marathon Man
The Day of the Jackal
The Last Picture Show
What's Up, Doc?
Annie Hall
Love and Death
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
And following a certain train of thought: The First Nudie Musical
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I'm probably leaving some big titles on the table. But what a decade.
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Page Two WELKIN Dance.
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(https://www.inforum.com/entertainment/article359899.ece/alternates/BASE_LANDSCAPE/Lawrence%20Welk)
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I like everyone's list for the TOD.....many favorites....and I see on the lists some things I had forgotten!
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On the second TOD:
Dueling Harlows by Tom Lisanti about both versions of HARLOW released in 1965.
Live Fast, Die Young about Rebel Without A Cause
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Our article is in the paper and the online edition.....
https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2677295.html
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I totally missed the second part of the TOD. Have to think about that one.
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Good morning!
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TOD, Part the Second:
I haven't actually read all that many books about the making of films or Hollywood itself. I do have quite a few others on my shelves, as yet unread, that are supposed to be among the best. But at least I've read these at some point and feel great affection for them, even if in some cases their authority has been superseded (superseded?) in recent years.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (Donald Spoto)
The Citizen Kane Book (Kael, Mankiewicz & Welles)
Lawrence of Arabia (Morris & Raskin)
A Star is Born (Ronald Haver)
A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrman (Steven C. Smith)
The Haunted Screen (re silent films, by Lotte H. Eisner)
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TOD Part 2
I've only read one book that I can think of about a film from that time:
Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece by Jan Stuart.
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
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TOD, Part the Second:
I haven't actually read all that many books about the making of films or Hollywood itself. I do have quite a few others on my shelves, as yet unread, that are supposed to be among the best. But at least I've read these at some point and feel great affection for them, even if in some cases their authority has been superseded (superseded?) in recent years.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (Donald Spoto)
A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrman (Steven C. Smith)
I've read those. Steven Smith is a fan of mine and a FB friend. He has a new book about Max Steiner coming out soon.
I'll add:
The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz
Memo from David O. Selznick : The Creation of "Gone with the Wind" and Other Motion Picture Classics by Rudy Behlmer
The world of entertainment!: Hollywood's greatest musicals by Hugh Fordin (I knew Fordin; not fond of him)
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
Ronee Blakely and Barbara Harris rule!
That ensemble cast is amazing.
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TOD, Part the Second:
I haven't actually read all that many books about the making of films or Hollywood itself. I do have quite a few others on my shelves, as yet unread, that are supposed to be among the best. But at least I've read these at some point and feel great affection for them, even if in some cases their authority has been superseded (superseded?) in recent years.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (Donald Spoto)
A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrman (Steven C. Smith)
I've read those. Steven Smith is a fan of mine and a FB friend. He has a new book about Max Steiner coming out soon.
I'll add:
The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz
Memo from David O. Selznick : The Creation of "Gone with the Wind" and Other Motion Picture Classics by Rudy Behlmer
The world of entertainment!: Hollywood's greatest musicals by Hugh Fordin (I knew Fordin; not fond of him)
That's good to hear, both about Steven Smith and his upcoming Max Steiner book.
I have two books on The Wizard of Oz, but not that one. I know one is called The Wizardry of Oz.
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Driveway check: Asphalt is black.
Carry on.
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that movie....in fact the more I think of it I’m sure I never saw it... I certainly don’t have a copy. I wonder if it’s on Netflix or Amazon Prime
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I don’t think we had any snow here
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I could ascertain that by looking out the window of course
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But that would require that I leave my recliner and I am, in the words of comic and cash cab driver Ben Bailey, “perfect comfy”
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
Ronee Blakely and Barbara Harris rule!
That ensemble cast is amazing.
That whole movie is just above and beyond. It shows an America in a way no other movie has captured. It is up there with Best Years of Our Lives in that.
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
Oh dear
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We’ve had several here but all people in their 80sand 90swith underlying health issues
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Apparently as of last night there are 1034 confirmed cases and 12 deaths in my county
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
Ronee Blakely and Barbara Harris rule!
That ensemble cast is amazing.
That whole movie is just above and beyond. It shows an America in a way no other movie has captured. It is up there with Best Years of Our Lives in that.
It's such a rich film with such interesting and eccentric characters: Keenan Wynn, Shelly Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Henry Gibson, and who is the actor playing Barbara Harris' husband? Gwen Welles has got to have one of the most awkward and humiliating scenes in film. Ronee Blakely reminds me so much of my mother's sister Lois that I have a hard time getting through the film.
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Good morning.
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I guess I'll go for a walk.
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Driveway check: What the HELL? It's accumulating!
Snowing heavily, and no sign of it moving into rain for at least a couple of hours.
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I almost watched NASHVILLE again last night.....maybe tonight....I will be interested in reading DR CHAS SMITH's review.
Of course I play the soundtrack often....
I will add all of DR ELMORE's books to my list....
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I also like Born To Be Hurt: The Story of Imitation of Life by Sam Staggs.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
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I slept rather well. I can go back to Advil now, and that helps the pain a good deal, much better than Tylenol.
Good.
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Hmmm nearly 5 am maybe I should go to sleep
I thought I was bad finally falling asleep around 2:30 after not sleeping much the night before.
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Well, already I changed my mind about tomorrow's food - was on Door Dash again and decided to give 'em a try to see if I'd have the success I did not have with Cheesecake Factory - there's a Mexican jernt not too far from here that I ate at once with Grant - really like it - a favorite of Muse Margaret, too, so I just ordered tacos and enchiladas from there for delivery today between two and two -thirty. We'll see how that goes but I'm looking forward to it and it's not too bad, calorie-wise. Better than a frozen dinner, and better than pasta, which I've been eating too much of. Those can wait.
Maybe the Cheesecake Factory is just very busy.
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I dragged out the cat tunnel, and the cats are playing hide'n'seek. That Lysine has certainly perked up Annabelle. Why didn't I think of this two years ago?
I love tunnels for cats & dogs to play in. I am very pleased & relieved the Lysine continues to work.
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Monday morning greetings! There is actually something on my calendar for this evening. It’s an AAUW board meeting that we’re doing via something called UberConference. Film at 11.
Interesting.
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
:(
Stop dancing unless you can do it at a safe distance from your partner.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Do you have everything you need?
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Our neighbors are doing a senior run tomorrow morning and asked if we need anything. It will be interesting what they find.
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Damn it to HELL, DR Elmore. That does it. That was the last straw.
I'm taking out my Criterion Blu-ray of Nashville, and I will finally ..... FINALLY ..... watch it! :)
Ronee Blakely and Barbara Harris rule!
That ensemble cast is amazing.
That whole movie is just above and beyond. It shows an America in a way no other movie has captured. It is up there with Best Years of Our Lives in that.
It's such a rich film with such interesting and eccentric characters: Keenan Wynn, Shelly Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Henry Gibson, and who is the actor playing Barbara Harris' husband? Gwen Welles has got to have one of the most awkward and humiliating scenes in film. Ronee Blakely reminds me so much of my mother's sister Lois that I have a hard time getting through the film.
And Lily Tomlin. Karen Black is a riot. Keith Carradine. Ned Beatty. Such rich characterizations.
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
:(
Stop dancing unless you can do it at a safe distance from your partner.
Yesterday was the last of the dancing for a while.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
Is he a Republican following his leader's tune?
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Driveway check: What the HELL? It's accumulating!
Snowing heavily, and no sign of it moving into rain for at least a couple of hours.
its raining here, not heavily but steadily
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I had to hobble to the corner postbox so I stopped into the bodega. All the employees were wearing masks, and the bread shelf was full, which really surprised me.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
Is he a Republican following his leader's tune?
He is.
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Shelter-in-place announcement coming soon for my city.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
Is he a Republican following his leader's tune?
He is.
We have gained enormous respect for our Republican governor, who began responding early, who defers to the experts around him, and who creates optics that are setting good examples for social distancing. We watch his daily briefings, during which he, our rock star state health director Dr. Amy Acton, and the lieutenant governor have separate lecterns and the reporters are not in the same room. Today the reporters were in the statehouse rotunda so that the seating could be spread out.
I do not agree with most of his political agenda, but I commend him at this time.
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
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Stop dancing unless you can do it at a safe distance from your partner.
Yesterday was the last of the dancing for a while.
But some music on, pretend you have a partner and dance.
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Back. That bit of snow left some slushy areas, but that's all.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
Is he a Republican following his leader's tune?
He is.
We have gained enormous respect for our Republican governor, who began responding early, who defers to the experts around him, and who creates optics that are setting good examples for social distancing. We watch his daily briefings, during which he, our rock star state health director Dr. Amy Acton, and the lieutenant governor have separate lecterns and the reporters are not in the same room. Today the reporters were in the statehouse rotunda so that the seating could be spread out.
I do not agree with most of his political agenda, but I commend him at this time.
It helps when you can respect someone even if you disagree on other issues. I think only our president and his team are doing press conferences huddled together ::)
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The Cheesecake Factory can't possibly be busy five days ahead. You simply cannot book a time for this restaurant via Door Dash.
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Back. That bit of snow left some slushy areas, but that's all.
I am glad you didn't have to deal with a major clean up.
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The Cheesecake Factory can't possibly be busy five days ahead. You simply cannot book a time for this restaurant via Door Dash.
Strange.
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I'm up, I'm up - didn't fall asleep until five thirty or thereabouts - so not quite eight hours of sleep when I arose an hour ago.
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Food delivery sometime between now and two-thirty - hope it's closer to the latter.
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We timed our walk in-between the rain. It worked out well and we arrived home just before a downpour.
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I didn't comment on the Chinatown grain - which is odd at times and too much at times, at least on the computer screen - he may be right and if he is someone should explain why they didn't go back to the original negative.
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DR JANE I do have what I need - unless we are tied down for more than two or three weeks.....my brother informs me that the STFH order doesn't begin until Wednesday, so we will be going to WalMart at 6 a.m. in the morning.
Not sure what I will find....but I will round out the cabinets....but leave lots for others that follow me.
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I just heard that our stores have been given an 8 pm shutdown time, and people have an 8 pm "advisory" but not yet mandatory STF Off The Roads time.
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DR VIXMOM I think you would like NASHVILLE, it does have a country music theme - but it's about people - if you know a bit about country music, it may have added interest for you.....in general I think Barbara Jean is a Loretta Lynn type singer and Karen Black is a Lynn Anderson type singer.....etc etc etc....
Geraldine Chaplin's character is so clueless that it is tiresome - as it should be.....but everyone is on the money! Keith Caradine is very.....seksy.....
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I took a walk around the neighborhood. The citrus trees are in bloom.
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DR JANE I do have what I need - unless we are tied down for more than two or three weeks.....my brother informs me that the STFH order doesn't begin until Wednesday, so we will be going to WalMart at 6 a.m. in the morning.
Not sure what I will find....but I will round out the cabinets....but leave lots for others that follow me.
I hope it isn't too crowded and you find what you want.
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I took a walk around the neighborhood. The citrus trees are in bloom.
Lovely.
Great conversation with your neighborhood child.
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I am really not understanding this outrageous and oversized panic and hysteria about staying off the roads. Sometimes a drive is necessary - just a drive - just getting the HELL out of the house, and sometimes the evening is a nice time to do that - you're not endangering anyone or anything. I'm so done with this.
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Food arrived at exactly two pm. It was very good - a bit tepid, but still warm and good. So, that worked.
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Congrats on another successful delivery.
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Listening to music and feeling extremely antsy right now.
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I may mosey on over to Gelson's around six-thirty to see if there's any tuna.
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There probably won't be as people are cleaning the shelves of any canned goods - their shelves are probably lined with stuff they'll never actually eat.
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Damnation! I was going to watch the extras on the Criterion Blu-Ray of Nashville, and I cannot find the damned DVD! I will need to tear the place apart tomorrow looking for it.
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There probably won't be as people are cleaning the shelves of any canned goods - their shelves are probably lined with stuff they'll never actually eat.
I saw some on our shelves yesterday. Good luck.
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Hello, everyone.
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I've spent the last several hours battling with a health care system that is beyond incompetent. The call that I KNEW was coming came: Cedars-Sinai cancelled my much-needed appointment with my osteopath for this Thursday. I understand that they want to minimize in-person visits as much as possible, but how do you do a blood draw over the phone? Or osteopathic manipulation? They are simply not thinking. No one knows anything. The nurse who called is the one I so dislike. I gave her a real earful. She was unable to answer any of my questions, such as when will the doctor return to his patients. I am in the high-risk group to start with, but without treatment and monitoring I am even more vulnerable. They are doing nothing to support us.
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I need to see the surgeon again. I spoke to his very nice receptionist and we booked an appointment for mid-April. There's no way to know what will happen between now and then, but I figured it's best to get on the books, as we can always adjust things later. That office is always helpful. She admitted that things change daily, but so far their normal business hasn't been disrupted.
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Like BK, I, too, needed a little drive. I drove to the mom-and-pop Mexican restaurant for some take-out tacos. Each time I see them I wonder if it'll be the last. I told them I'll support them as long as I can -- and I will.
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It was a lovely day. It's always so clear after the rain. I wish I could have taken more time for a walk. I need to make a point of doing so. This is one area where we are receiving conflicting guidance, but as long as I distance myself I see no problem.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
Our governor is fiddling while the state burns.
Is he a Republican following his leader's tune?
He is.
We have gained enormous respect for our Republican governor, who began responding early, who defers to the experts around him, and who creates optics that are setting good examples for social distancing. We watch his daily briefings, during which he, our rock star state health director Dr. Amy Acton, and the lieutenant governor have separate lecterns and the reporters are not in the same room. Today the reporters were in the statehouse rotunda so that the seating could be spread out.
I do not agree with most of his political agenda, but I commend him at this time.
It's nice to see some leadership after all the bungling. He's setting a good example.
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The shelter-at-home alert goes into effect at midnight. I don't know if my restaurant friends will be bale to stay open, even on a to-go-only basis.
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Today was a roller coaster ride at work again, sometimes with a free-fall feeling added for good effect.
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I, too, have the impression that there's a bit more on the shelves than a week ago. Encouraging, indeed.
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Hi, John G.
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I listened in on an executive credit card committee meeting discuss how we'll respond if we do end up with 20% unemployment. Very enlightening and even more depressing.
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Hi, Jeanne.
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I have been having problems with transferring my prescriptions from the CVS at work to the CVS in the neighborhood. I don't need that. I got one, but not the Allegra-D.
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All this disruption is identifying holes in our information systems. I'd like to think we'll be better off in the years ahead as a result, but only if we pay attention and fix the problems.
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I have been cleaning up my garage lately and have actually made some progress. Trouble is, my outside trash can is full and pickup isn't until Thursday. So I'll have to clean something else for the next few days.
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All this disruption is identifying holes in our information systems. I'd like to think we'll be better off in the years ahead as a result, but only if we pay attention and fix the problems.
I hope you're right. I doubt we will focus on anything but our own selfish interests.
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A correction: The shelter-at-home begins at midnight tomorrow night.
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I've spent the last several hours battling with a health care system that is beyond incompetent. The call that I KNEW was coming came: Cedars-Sinai cancelled my much-needed appointment with my osteopath for this Thursday. I understand that they want to minimize in-person visits as much as possible, but how do you do a blood draw over the phone? Or osteopathic manipulation? They are simply not thinking. No one knows anything. The nurse who called is the one I so dislike. I gave her a real earful. She was unable to answer any of my questions, such as when will the doctor return to his patients. I am in the high-risk group to start with, but without treatment and monitoring I am even more vulnerable. They are doing nothing to support us.
I am so sorry and understand your frustration. Is there anyway to communicate with your osteopath without going through the nurse?
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TOD 3:
So many wonderful movies already mentioned. To add to the list and hopefully not repeat anything:
Taxi Driver
The Conversation
Paper Moon
Brewster McCloud
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
A Wedding
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Many years ago when I was doing work at Cape Canaveral, just before the first shuttle launch, what amazed me the most was the amount of TEAMWORK that it took to get it all done. Really? People cooperated? To me, the biggest achievement was the teamwork. We can do the technology. We still have trouble with the teamwork.
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It was a lovely day. It's always so clear after the rain. I wish I could have taken more time for a walk. I need to make a point of doing so. This is one area where we are receiving conflicting guidance, but as long as I distance myself I see no problem.
Walks are too important not to do them as long as you can practice social distancing. The cooler weather today did reduce the number of people on our walking path back to the regular walkers.
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The shelter-at-home alert goes into effect at midnight. I don't know if my restaurant friends will be bale to stay open, even on a to-go-only basis.
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Many years ago when I was doing work at Cape Canaveral, just before the first shuttle launch, what amazed me the most was the amount of TEAMWORK that it took to get it all done. Really? People cooperated? To me, the biggest achievement was the teamwork. We can do the technology. We still have trouble with the teamwork.
Interesting and nice to know.
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Vibes for DR Jeanne!
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TOD 4:
A few foreign films I loved back then:
Cat and Mouse
The Marquise of O...
Amarcord
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
That Obscure Object of Desire
Nosferatu the Vampire
Dersu Uzala
Claire's Knee
The Tin Drum
A Special Day
La Cage aux folles
The Emigrants/A New Land
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Fata Morgana
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I've spent the last several hours battling with a health care system that is beyond incompetent. The call that I KNEW was coming came: Cedars-Sinai cancelled my much-needed appointment with my osteopath for this Thursday. I understand that they want to minimize in-person visits as much as possible, but how do you do a blood draw over the phone? Or osteopathic manipulation? They are simply not thinking. No one knows anything. The nurse who called is the one I so dislike. I gave her a real earful. She was unable to answer any of my questions, such as when will the doctor return to his patients. I am in the high-risk group to start with, but without treatment and monitoring I am even more vulnerable. They are doing nothing to support us.
I am so sorry and understand your frustration. Is there anyway to communicate with your osteopath without going through the nurse?
Yes, we exchanged personal email addresses several years ago. We share many of the same frustrations with how medicine is practiced. What particularly irks me is that the nurse intercepts my emails to the doctor--galling!--and then cannot provide an intelligent medical answer (maybe because she's not a doctor?). I don't use his personal email if I think I can get an answer through the Cedars system. But she called this morning so that's where the conversation started. I also let the doctor know if I see a major problem, just because I think he should be aware.
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Vibes for DR Jeanne!
Thank you.
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Just discovered that one of my favorite unknown Robert Altman films, HealtH, is on youtube. I'm going to have to watch this. Loved the cast: Carol Burnett, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, Dick Cavett, Paul Dooley and many more.
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Reading the new Woody Allen book, which, thankfully, came out today via another publisher. No one has the hardcover in stock, at least that I could find, so I got the Kindle version and am reading it on the computer. If that becomes tiring, I'll continue on the iPad. He writes long paragraphs, just as I tend too. I also got an e-mail reminder that I have some writing that's due by April 1, so I'll get to work on that tomorrow - contributing to a book on musicals that were game changers. I was offered a list - my first choice was taken already - Promises, Promises - would have loved to have done that one because I have a little history with it - so I chose Cabaret and got that. Just 1500 words on its history, why it was a game changer, etc.
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I gotta tell you.
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TTFN.
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Okay, I think I'll mosey on over to Gelson's and see what's what. IF I get tuna then I'll make some tuna pasta salad and that will last two days.
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Reading the new Woody Allen book, which, thankfully, came out today via another publisher. No one has the hardcover in stock, at least that I could find, so I got the Kindle version and am reading it on the computer. If that becomes tiring, I'll continue on the iPad. He writes long paragraphs, just as I tend too. I also got an e-mail reminder that I have some writing that's due by April 1, so I'll get to work on that tomorrow - contributing to a book on musicals that were game changers. I was offered a list - my first choice was taken already - Promises, Promises - would have loved to have done that one because I have a little history with it - so I chose Cabaret and got that. Just 1500 words on its history, why it was a game changer, etc.
Sounds like an interesting book.
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Back from Gelson's. Parking lot half empty, parking space right next to the entrance.
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VERY few people inside. Full stock of meat and chicken, although I didn't like the way the chicken looked so didn't get any. Fascinating what they're out of beside the obvious paper products and stuff like 409, which is rather an idiotic thing to hoard: Cottage Cheese, sour cream. Why? Plenty of milk products, cream cheese, various cheeses, some lunch meats.
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Got two cans of my favorite tuna - limit of two per customer, which is good. Got some paper plates, Wesson oil, two boxes of pasta, two packets of microwavable white rice, two Lean Cuisine frozen pizza breads, two onions, one more red onion, and one regular cream cheese (had a little whipped left, but don't really care for it). No waiting or line at the checkout counter - they were waiting for a customer. In and out in ten minutes. Perhaps the madness is over now - one can only hope that the hoarders now have so much food that they have no more room to keep it, which only leaves the mom and pop jernts to hoard and they can't with a limit of two per customer, which they should have been doing the minute they saw the panic.
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I also think that people are starting to at least understand that these war cries of "it could last up to six or eight months" are outrageous and based on nothing at all, since they cannot possibly know that and COULD does not help anything except fuel panic and hysteria.
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I've spent the last several hours battling with a health care system that is beyond incompetent. The call that I KNEW was coming came: Cedars-Sinai cancelled my much-needed appointment with my osteopath for this Thursday. I understand that they want to minimize in-person visits as much as possible, but how do you do a blood draw over the phone? Or osteopathic manipulation? They are simply not thinking. No one knows anything. The nurse who called is the one I so dislike. I gave her a real earful. She was unable to answer any of my questions, such as when will the doctor return to his patients. I am in the high-risk group to start with, but without treatment and monitoring I am even more vulnerable. They are doing nothing to support us.
I am so sorry and understand your frustration. Is there anyway to communicate with your osteopath without going through the nurse?
Yes, we exchanged personal email addresses several years ago. We share many of the same frustrations with how medicine is practiced. What particularly irks me is that the nurse intercepts my emails to the doctor--galling!--and then cannot provide an intelligent medical answer (maybe because she's not a doctor?). I don't use his personal email if I think I can get an answer through the Cedars system. But she called this morning so that's where the conversation started. I also let the doctor know if I see a major problem, just because I think he should be aware.
Yes, it should be aware. I hope you get the answers you need from him.
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I think I have only read one book about the making of a film, and that was about Casablanca. I can't tell you the name of the book.
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There are things in Woody Allen's book that are really eerily similar to things in the first Kritzer book, but I suspect all Jewish boys of a young age born in a certain time would have similar stories. But a couple of things are almost word for word. So far it's light and breezy and occasionally classic Woody in terms of turns of phrases.
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The Cheesecake Factory can't possibly be busy five days ahead. You simply cannot book a time for this restaurant via Door Dash.
Perhaps the Cheesecake Factory closed down for the duration ?
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Wow, was Miracle at St. Anna a tearjerker.
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Had to lighten things up with another W.C. Fields flick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man.
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I ended up taking a nap for several hours this afternoon
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Not sure it even can be classified as a nap
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How many hours can you sleep before a nap becomes a sleep?
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So we just finished dinner now
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Chicken and apple sausages with baked beans and eggs for vixdad
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I had mashed potatoes with my sausages
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Six!
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I'm going to take a break.
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I bought Woody’s book on Kindle, too. Not ready to sit down and read it yet, but I wanted my purchase in on day one.
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So now, I'm off to bed so that I can wake up early enough to get to work at my regular time. It's been a whole week since I've done that.
Have a good day, all!
I made it to work and got a little less than 7 hours. I didn't finish everything that I needed to, but I didn't expect to. I should be able to get the rest done tomorrow.
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And I will go in tomorrow.
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TOD 2:
The musicals
At Long Last Love
New York, New York
Cabaret
First Nudie Musical
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Wiz
Funny Lady
All That Jazz
The Slipper and the Rose
Ditto to all of these!
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My first laugh of the day!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6081.0;attach=9897)
:))
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First C-19 death reported in my home county.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
The governor of Washington also issued a stay at home order:
Inslee issues stay-at-home order for 2 weeks except for thousands of ‘essential’ workers (https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article241446561.html).
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Inslee said parties on the beach, pick-up games of basketball, and sleepovers are examples of activities that are not allowed for at least to weeks.
The governor said he expects residents to comply with his emergency proclamation, but added “make no mistake, this order is enforceable by law and can be enforced.”
Violating the emergency proclamation is a gross misdemeanor, which carries a sentence up to 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.
:o
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I dragged out the cat tunnel, and the cats are playing hide'n'seek. That Lysine has certainly perked up Annabelle. Why didn't I think of this two years ago?
I love tunnels for cats & dogs to play in. I am very pleased & relieved the Lysine continues to work.
I have a cat tunnel, but neither of my cats showed any interest in it.
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Vibes for DR Jeanne!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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Topic of the Day:
Blazing Saddles
La Cage aux Folles
Chinatown
The Exorcist
Jaws
Paper Moon
What's Up, Doc?
Young Frankenstein
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I think I have only read one book about the making of a film, and that was about Casablanca. I can't tell you the name of the book.
I don't think I've read any book about the making of a film. ::)
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There are things in Woody Allen's book that are really eerily similar to things in the first Kritzer book, but I suspect all Jewish boys of a young age born in a certain time would have similar stories. But a couple of things are almost word for word. So far it's light and breezy and occasionally classic Woody in terms of turns of phrases.
:o
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
The governor of Washington also issued a stay at home order:
Inslee issues stay-at-home order for 2 weeks except for thousands of ‘essential’ workers (https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article241446561.html).
Can you still go to work tomorrow since what you are doing is essential?
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I checked that we can still go for walks.
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Vixmom, nope, Cheesecake Factory in Sherman Oaks is open every day for take-out and supposedly Door Dash delivery. If I ordered take-out and did it as curbside pickup, that would work. There is something screwy with the delivery part and Door Dash.
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
The governor of Washington also issued a stay at home order:
Inslee issues stay-at-home order for 2 weeks except for thousands of ‘essential’ workers (https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article241446561.html).
Can you still go to work tomorrow since what you are doing is essential?
The s-a-h order doesn't take effect until Thursday, so it shouldn't be a problem....that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)
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Also, the Admin and Union are having a virtual meeting tomorrow to discuss it, and I'll already be at work.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone? haineshisway.com-distancing?
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Why I oughta...
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Went in the garage earlier and pulled out ten Blu-rays, half of which I've never seen.
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About an hour ago, I made a batch of tuna pasta salad for tomorrow and Wednesday's meals. I'm gonna go back to Gelson's tomorrow at six-fifteen and see if there's any kind of rolls or bread left. I really don't understand the rather stupid run on hamburger buns and hot dog buns - just odd.
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Why I oughta...
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I've been listening to some interesting music, watched all the Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly clips on the Tube of You, and read more Woody.
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I'll write some notes in a half hour.
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I've been listening to some interesting music, watched all the Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly clips on the Tube of You, and read more Woody.
I just listened to four different versions of "Back to Before" from Ragtime. Two different performances by the original Mother, the late Marin Mazzie, then Patti LuPone and Lea Salonga. All were very good. I love this song and the show and the three women!
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The governor of Indiana issued a STAY THE F HOME order.....so my brother and I will not be going to WalMart tomorrow.
The governor of Washington also issued a stay at home order:
Inslee issues stay-at-home order for 2 weeks except for thousands of ‘essential’ workers (https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article241446561.html).
Can you still go to work tomorrow since what you are doing is essential?
The s-a-h order doesn't take effect until Thursday, so it shouldn't be a problem....that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)
I didn't pay attention to the start date.
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I went back to the annoucement I read and don't see a starting date.
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George I read the link you put up and found the time and date.
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T.O.D.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
JAWS
HAROLD AND MAUDE
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I have never been able to get all the way through NASHVILLE.
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T.O.D.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
JAWS
HAROLD AND MAUDE
I love CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and HAROLD AND MAUDE, too!
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Hi, Jane and Tom.
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I went to Fred Meyer’s (Kroger’s) this afternoon. It was not crowded, at all. The were less people there than a normal Monday.
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I went to Fred Meyer’s (Kroger’s) this afternoon. It was not crowded, at all. The were less people there than a normal Monday.
Good. Were you able to get everything that you needed?
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I've been listening to some interesting music, watched all the Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly clips on the Tube of You, and read more Woody.
I just listened to four different versions of "Back to Before" from Ragtime. Two different performances by the original Mother, the late Marin Mazzie, then Patti LuPone and Lea Salonga. All were very good. I love this song and the show and the three women!
Well, two out of three ain’t bad.
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I went back to the annoucement I read and don't see a starting date.
The governor said in his speech that it would take effect in 48 hours.
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I went to Fred Meyer’s (Kroger’s) this afternoon. It was not crowded, at all. The were less people there than a normal Monday.
Good. Were you able to get everything that you needed?
Yes.
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I went to Fred Meyer’s (Kroger’s) this afternoon. It was not crowded, at all. The were less people there than a normal Monday.
Good. Were you able to get everything that you needed?
Yes.
Good! I don't think I'll need to go shopping anytime soon, but sometimes I just want to get out of the house. We'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks. ::)
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See today's notes re shopping.
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Re shopping, see today's notes.
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Eating some pretzels for a little snack and listening to music. I'll take a shower then perhaps read for another hour, then go to bed.
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Does anyone still go to bed?
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Does anyone still go to bed?
Of course...eventually. ;)
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Is anyone feeling stir crazy and, if so, do you get a spoon and take care of it? Or perhaps a whisk?
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Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Good night, George.
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Does anyone still get to page eight?
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I suppose I could change the topic if I felt like it.
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So many decision whilst listening to the two pianos of Ronnie Aldrich.
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Good night, George.
Good night, Tom.
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Does anyone still remember Ronnie Aldrich and his two pianos?