Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on December 09, 2021, 12:09:41 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were lovelier than lovely, and now it is time for you to post until the lovelier than lovely cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: INGENUITY!
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That Donny Osmond tribute to BK was the greatest thing since sliced bologna!!
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Good morning, all!
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The alarm rang and I did not want to get out of bed. Three cats insisted I did.
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I did have two dreams I remember. In the first I was at the Library of Congress, looking through theur American Musical Theatre collection. The reading room was packed, and I had to keep changing tables. I asked if there was a similar collection for opera and operetta. In my dream, the LoC looked more like the Miami University King Libnrary, where I was an assistant through undergrad and grad school/
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In the second, I was trying to write a short bio of Bertolt Brecht for a Threepenny Opera program. I was riding on a bus, and it was so crowded, I missed my stop.
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I am staying inside today. Tomorrow morning I will step out to see the barber. It's past due.
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During the Sweeney Todd Broadway run, 1980-82 or so, the rumor that Angela Lansbury had asked Steve to write Sunset Boulevard for her was rife. I remember asking him about that at the party after that June Men's Chorus concert in 1981. We had smoked several joints, and I remember little now. He told me that he had once ta;led to Billy Wilder about it, and Wilder's comment was something like, "Remember, it's about a dethroned queen."
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On behalf of Merriam Webster, I want to thank Ms Boebert for keeping the word "white trash" alive and well.
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Good morning, all.
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On behalf of Merriam Webster, I want to thank Ms Boebert for keeping the word "white trash" alive and well.
And don't forget Marjorie Taylor-Greene, who is only a bit more subdued than MS. Boebert.
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Good morning, all.
Good morning, to you.
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"THE MUSIC MAN" is here!
I am pleased to announce the publication of ROBERT PRESTON, the newest play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection. Copies are now available in both paperback and Kindle editions via Amazon....and elsewhere.
True, he may be best remembered as “Professor Howard Hill” in THE MUSIC MAN, but Robert Preston had both a successful stage and film career that began in the mid-1930s and continued for the remainder of his life.
Of course, his public persona changed over the years.
In his early films, like UNION PACIFIC, BEAU GESTE, REAP THE WILD WIND and THIS GUN FOR HIRE, he played a “tough guy”; often the “heavy”. But, in the 1950s, he moved to New York and began working in the theatre.
Once he’d starred in Meredith Wilson’s classic musical and repeated the role in the movie version, Preston found himself being cast in many other stage musical, including BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS, I DO! I DO! and MACK & MABEL, as well as major films like HOW THE WEST WAS WON, MAME, S.O.B. and VICTOR/VICTORIA.
My one-person play, ROBERT PRESTON, joins the actor at two different points in his life. First when he’s about to audition for THE MUSIC MAN, and also when he’s making one of his last films, THE LAST STARFIGHTER.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NB5CZ18/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+preston+druxman&qid=1639013026&s=books&sr=1-1
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Good morning, friends. And DR Ron Pulliam. :-*
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
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Good morning, friends. And DR Ron Pulliam. :-*
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I do hope your packages arrive, DR Ron Pulliam.
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Hope is the thing with feathers.
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And perhaps a leopard print.
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I do hope your packages arrive, DR Ron Pulliam.
Yes, anything that occupies my mind keeps me away from snark.
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But don't quote me on that.
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keeps me away from snark
A difficult task, indeed.
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But don't quote me on that.
You just aren't as quick as you used to be.
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
You’re not going to the trial?
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I did order the Fiddler release, upon your recommendation.
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You just aren't as quick as you used to be.
But are any of us, really? :)
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DR Ron Pulliam can have a new, late career. As a court reporter.
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Moving on.
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TWO!!
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Good morning, all.
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And - poof! - DR John G. has disappeared.
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Was it something I said?
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Was it something I didn't say?
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Was it my funny glance?
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I did shower.
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I'd better start getting my act together on this work-a-day work day.
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First thing I did upon arising this morning was look out the window because we were expecting a touch of SN*W.
And sure enough, there it was. Only a "dusting", thank the universe. It's sticking to grass and trees, but not much else. The sun is bright and should burn it off soon.
Looks like we're safe over the next several days. Dodged a bullet there.
I like dodging bullets. Don't you?
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
You’re not going to the trial?
No. I didn't do it. It happened about one mile from where I live in the spring of 2018. I was not a witness and don't know any of the participants, alive or departed.
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"THE MUSIC MAN" is here!
I am pleased to announce the publication of ROBERT PRESTON, the newest play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection. Copies are now available in both paperback and Kindle editions via Amazon....and elsewhere.
True, he may be best remembered as “Professor Howard Hill” in THE MUSIC MAN, but Robert Preston had both a successful stage and film career that began in the mid-1930s and continued for the remainder of his life.
Of course, his public persona changed over the years.
In his early films, like UNION PACIFIC, BEAU GESTE, REAP THE WILD WIND and THIS GUN FOR HIRE, he played a “tough guy”; often the “heavy”. But, in the 1950s, he moved to New York and began working in the theatre.
Once he’d starred in Meredith Wilson’s classic musical and repeated the role in the movie version, Preston found himself being cast in many other stage musical, including BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS, I DO! I DO! and MACK & MABEL, as well as major films like HOW THE WEST WAS WON, MAME, S.O.B. and VICTOR/VICTORIA.
My one-person play, ROBERT PRESTON, joins the actor at two different points in his life. First when he’s about to audition for THE MUSIC MAN, and also when he’s making one of his last films, THE LAST STARFIGHTER.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NB5CZ18/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+preston+druxman&qid=1639013026&s=books&sr=1-1
Who cares? All you do is show up here to pimp your latest bit of writing.
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keeps me away from snark
A difficult task, indeed.
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
Good wishes for a speedy shipment, DR Ron Pulliam!
I am very curious as well about the trial!
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I do hope your packages arrive, DR Ron Pulliam.
Yes, anything that occupies my mind keeps me away from snark.
LOL! Nothing stops me.
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Last night I watched The Big Lebowski -- for no reason at all, except wanting to give myself one last chance to like it. I like a lot of Coen Bros.' films, but not all of them, and I never quite get past second base with this one.
The first third is entertaining, as are moments in the rest, and the cast is promising. But I never get through the whole thing without feeling the effort, so I think it's time to call it on this one.
NEXT!
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I did shower.
I didn’t. At least not yet.
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I had weird dreams of building rooms out of peppermint bricks.
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I’m wondering what my blood sugar reading will be later. I had a late-night dessert. It was a weird panna cotta with all sorts of horrible crumble things on top. Too busy.
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I only check my blood glucose once a day; fasting, first thing in the morning. I sometimes think it would be interesting to try a FreeStyle Libre-type continuous monitor, to see how things affect it in real time.
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And now, I just have time to hard boil a batch of eggs before I have to log in for work.
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HA! That was indeed a fine birthday card to receive MR BK!
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Today we may need to deal with cashing in an annuity....there is one more that may be a bit more complicated.
It would be nice if we could wait until Monday. We shall see.
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I'm always behind in reading books but.....
I really enjoyed:
Forever Young by Hayley Mills
Some Days are Murder by MR BK
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Laundry has commenced.
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
Have a nice visit with your friend.
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I wish the book question waited until I was home again.
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"Project Hail Mary"
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"Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in
World War ll"
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"What Beauty There Is"
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"This Tender Land"
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"The Breaking Wave"
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"The Four Winds"
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Thank you, DR Jane.
For the book suggestions.
And for posting them in separate posts. :)
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Apparently the Elf on the Shelf isn't the only thing you have to watch out for.
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
Good wishes for a speedy shipment, DR Ron Pulliam!
I am very curious as well about the trial!
I have seen the video my friend was asked to analyse. It happened outside the Johnston Billiard Parlor (which is now closed). A man in a car was being verbally assailed by a man standing outside the car near the entrance to the parlor. It was a shouting match, apparently, between the owner (man outside) and man in car. I believe the contention is that the man in the car had been in the parlor and was told to leave. The owner was furious, evidently, It is not audible to know what was being said by either man. The owner would walk away and then come charging back. He was holding something black in his hand. He would pull up his shirt and point to something on his belt. Could not tell if it was a gun or not. Just when it appeared the confrontation was over and the owner was walking away, he suddenly turned around and charged at the car with his hand holding the unidentifiable object being pointed at the car. What was visible was two (or three) gun shots fired at the owner. He fell backward and reportedly died on the scene.
That's all I know. It has taken three years for this to go to trial. Nobody has said much about it. If the trial is open to the public I do not know.
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"The Breaking Wave"
"The Four Winds"
What? No "The Breaking Wind"?
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Umm...
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Jane, here are a couple of pix from last night
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Uno mas
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TOD 1:
Fiction
Some Days Are Murder, BK
The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis
L’Assommoir, by Emile Zola
Radish, Mo Yan
The Mother’s Recompense, by E. Wharton
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
A Man’s Head, by Georges Simenon
The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris
The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, by Nancy Mitford
Matrix, by Lauren Groff
Annabelle, Daddy and Thatch, by Larry Moore
Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney
The Finishing School, by Murial Spark
Hell of a Book, by Jason Mott
Zorrie, by Laird Hunt
The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
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TOD 2
Nonfiction
Breath, The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor
The Code Breaker, by Walter Isaacson
Featherhood, by Charlie Gilmore
The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters, by Laura Thompson
Forget the Alamo, by Brian Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford
The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
Year of the Kibg, by Antony Sher
A Carnival of Snackery, by David Sedaris
A Little Devil in America, by Hanif Abdurraqib
Dolly Parton, Storyteller
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Thank you, DR Jane.
For the book suggestions.
And for posting them in separate posts. :)
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You are welcome.
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DR Singdaw if you read any of them please let me know.
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
Good wishes for a speedy shipment, DR Ron Pulliam!
I am very curious as well about the trial!
I have seen the video my friend was asked to analyse. It happened outside the Johnston Billiard Parlor (which is now closed). A man in a car was being verbally assailed by a man standing outside the car near the entrance to the parlor. It was a shouting match, apparently, between the owner (man outside) and man in car. I believe the contention is that the man in the car had been in the parlor and was told to leave. The owner was furious, evidently, It is not audible to know what was being said by either man. The owner would walk away and then come charging back. He was holding something black in his hand. He would pull up his shirt and point to something on his belt. Could not tell if it was a gun or not. Just when it appeared the confrontation was over and the owner was walking away, he suddenly turned around and charged at the car with his hand holding the unidentifiable object being pointed at the car. What was visible was two (or three) gun shots fired at the owner. He fell backward and reportedly died on the scene.
That's all I know. It has taken three years for this to go to trial. Nobody has said much about it. If the trial is open to the public I do not know.
Sad :(
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DR John thank you for posting the beautiful photos.
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I also like The Code Breaker and The Library Book.
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So, the bar we were at is tres chichi. A friend ordered several Don Julio Anejo tequila shots without asking the price. Her bill was over $200. It was entered incorrectly, but not by much. She still owed $175 for her food and drinks.
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She’s not at work today.
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But part of her Christmas bonus will cover that.
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Good afternoon!
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My inner 13-year-old is active today. I was editing some content and came across the phrase “joint holders of the account.” All I could focus on was “joint holders.” I don’t think that’s the image we were going for.
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Tonight, tonight,
I see West Side Story tonight.
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TOD 1:
Fiction
Some Days Are Murder, BK
Annabelle, Daddy and Thatch, by Larry Moore
The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
Well, thank you! I am floored but very honored.
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Tonight, tonight,
I see West Side Story tonight.
I want to see it, but this walker is keeping me out of theatres. I look forward to your comments.
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DR JohnG's lists put me to shame. I used to read voraciously, and now I'm lucky to get through a book in six weeks.
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My inner 13-year-old is active today. I was editing some content and came across the phrase “joint holders of the account.” All I could focus on was “joint holders.” I don’t think that’s the image we were going for.
;D
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We left Palm Spring ahead of the rain which is good, except now we are driving in it.
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The main reason we chose Palm Springs as the warm weather location for my birthday is to spend the with Keith's aunt who is not doing well. It is the only reason we are going to LA.
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We will see our brothers and my nephews and nieces. I am sorry this isn't a social visit. Really, in the middle of covid we don't want to be social butterflies.
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TOD 1:
Fiction
Some Days Are Murder, BK
The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis
L’Assommoir, by Emile Zola
Radish, Mo Yan
The Mother’s Recompense, by E. Wharton
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
A Man’s Head, by Georges Simenon
The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris
The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, by Nancy Mitford
Matrix, by Lauren Groff
Annabelle, Daddy and Thatch, by Larry Moore
Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney
The Finishing School, by Murial Spark
Hell of a Book, by Jason Mott
Zorrie, by Laird Hunt
The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
I am waiting for The Sweetness of Water and Hell of a Book to become available at my library.
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Three books did become available at my Vancouver library.
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I was especially looking forward to reading the book that was released on my birthday, and I was first in line to read.
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For some reason I can't sign into my library account and retrieve the books.
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The overdrive site said I needed to go in person to fix the problem with our accounts.
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I just called and we are reconnected 😊
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Using my phone I checked out one of the books, before it timed out, and will download it later onto my tablet.
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DR JohnG's lists put me to shame. I used to read voraciously, and now I'm lucky to get through a book in six weeks.
Those were just the best books, my friend. I didn’t mention the ones that were mediocre or worse. And I didn’t mention some that were very good, like Stephen King’s Billy Dummers or Peter Mathiessen’s In Paradise.
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I left The Portable Dorothy Parker off my list.
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And Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.
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Gratuitous post No. 99!
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John do you know how many books you read in a year?
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I am grateful for DR Jennifer asking me that question or I might never have joined Goodreads to keep track of my books for me.
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I am grateful to Keith for taking my long list of books I had read and transferring them to Goodreads for me.
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John do you know how many books you read in a year?
I’m up to 123 this year.
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Trying to decide on the worst. These come to mind:
White Ivy
A Holly, Jolly Diwali
Hana Khan Carries On
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Back then, 2013, I read 156 books for the year. These days I read fewer books.
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Trying to decide on the worst. These come to mind:
White Ivy
A Holly, Jolly Diwali
Hana Khan Carries On
I don't finish my worst books unless they are for my discussion group.
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Trying to decide on the worst. These come to mind:
White Ivy
A Holly, Jolly Diwali
Hana Khan Carries On
I don't finish my worst books unless they are for my discussion group.
I didn’t finish a number of others, so bad I don’t remember the names
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John do you know how many books you read in a year?
I’m up to 123 this year.
I am at 124 though some of my books were very short. I am not reading as much while on the road.
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Trying to decide on the worst. These come to mind:
White Ivy
A Holly, Jolly Diwali
Hana Khan Carries On
I don't finish my worst books unless they are for my discussion group.
I didn’t finish a number of others, so bad I don’t remember the names
I am relieved you do stop sometimes ;)
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Compared to you readers, I must not even have a pulse.
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I know I read more than two books, but all I can think of are Lapine's book on the making of Sunday in the Park with George and Gwen Cooper's wonderful Love Saves the Day.
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I also loved Miriam Margolyes' frank autobiography This Much is True.
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Compared to you readers, I must not even have a pulse.
;D
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DR Laura did you get rain and how is your roof?
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And I read Hillary Clinton's thriller and enjoyed most of it!
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And I really enjoyed BK's mystery. That's five I remember.
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Tonight, tonight,
I see West Side Story tonight.
I want to see it, but this walker is keeping me out of theatres. I look forward to your comments.
We have the CD on order, but I just went to Amazon and listened to the 30-second clips of the mp3's for each song -- and I am loving the sound of the orchestra. They don't seem to have based the orchestration on the huge forces in the first film; rather, a number of moments sound to these ears like a really wonderful orchestra playing the originals. There's a doodad added or modified here and there, to be sure, with no harm done. (I did hear one "thing" -- an extension of a couple of bars -- that I will hate if there isn't an impeccable justification for it on the screen.)
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe five hours of sleep. Must stop doing that.
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Thanks for the Some Days Are Murder mentions, much appreciated. I think the only book I read this year, thus far, is the Lapine book.
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Compared to you readers, I must not even have a pulse.
But aren't we all Dear Readers, really? :)
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FIVE!!!!!
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DR John G. - thank you for the photos. And the lists.
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I want to read the Lapine book.
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK
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Thatch watches Judge Judy today.
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Well I think our one annuity will just get added to the estate account.
The other one we will call about.
An appraisal of the house goods will take place on Tuesday.
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
WHAT THE HECK??? :)
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THATCHY.... what a good boy!
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My Smart Tv started talking to me today. I knew I had pressed something on the remote.
Couldn't figure out how to shut it up!
Checked in the instruction booklet and it was on the last three lines of the last page.....silence!
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Nice pictures DR JOHN G.
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Safe driving vibes for DR JANE.
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DR John G. 25 Christmas Punch recipes:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/meals-menus/g34703383/christmas-punch-recipes/
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DR JRand71... be very careful! Your smart TV and your smart car may be up to no good together.
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Thee-der!
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK
Well, der.
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You can take the gal out of the thee-der, but you can't take the thee-der out of the gal.
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It opens up so many new rhyming possibilities....
That bottom-feeder
Was hanging 'round the thee-der.
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I, also, am looking forward to DR ChasSmith's assessment of West Side Story.
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Also hoping that DR Laura will let us know that her roof is now 100% leak-proof.
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And that DR Jrand71's smart appliances have not rebelled.
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Or gone on strike for better working conditions.
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And that DR elmore3003 has not gone missing amid the piles of trash in his basement.
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And that DR Jane and DH Keith have finally found summer.
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And that DR Ron Pulliam's meal with his friend was joyous.
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:)
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To me, it wasn't the Christmas season in Manhattan in the 1980s until I had seen the City Ballet's Nutcracker, which I consider the best of all. The PBS "Dance in America" broadcast is now on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXRMT_2F-WE
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My Smart Tv started talking to me today. I knew I had pressed something on the remote.
Couldn't figure out how to shut it up!
Checked in the instruction booklet and it was on the last three lines of the last page.....silence!
;D
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Safe driving vibes for DR JANE.
Thank you.
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And that DR Jane and DH Keith have finally found summer.
Only one day and now it is gone until June.
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:)
Awwww.
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Lovely - thanks for that link, DR elmore3003.
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Well, no one can say we didn't get to page SIX.
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And that DR elmore3003 has not gone missing amid the piles of trash in his basement.
It's been cleaned out, thank you, Jesus.
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Well, the Randy Vicar might.
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But he won't get away with it.
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NASA TV aired a live stream of the Dec 4 2021 total solar eclipse, only viewable from Antarctica. This is a real time video. To view the full eclipse portion, you can skip to approximately 1 hour, 7 minutes in..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04GFN2Pq1w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04GFN2Pq1w)
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Good evening.
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The rain should arrive sometime tonight. I'm hoping I don't hear any tapping on the tarp tonight.
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Rehearsal two went very well. Now eating Taco Bell and listening to music.
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In the hospital. Tiled over my scooter and broke my ankle. Surgery tomorrow morning.
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OMG, DR TCB!!!! I'm so sorry this happened to you.
~~SURGERY AND RECOVERY VIBES OF EVERY SORT~~~ to you!!!!!
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Is there someone to look in on the cats?
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:)
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Good night, friends.
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Oh no, TCB!
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The rain has begun. I can hear the rain hitting the roof (because there is no ceiling), but I don't hear rain dripping onto the tarp.
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK
I have absolutely no credentials in this area, BUT...
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Thee-der? No! Thee-a-der. Not thee-A-der, but THEE-a-der. Yes??
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My Smart Tv started talking to me today. I knew I had pressed something on the remote.
Couldn't figure out how to shut it up!
Checked in the instruction booklet and it was on the last three lines of the last page.....silence!
Did your smart TV have anything interesting to say?
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I, also, am looking forward to DR ChasSmith's assessment of West Side Story.
Ditto.
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And that DR elmore3003 has not gone missing amid the piles of trash in his basement.
It's been cleaned out, thank you, Jesus.
Well, that's good to hear. Do you think it was because you mentioned it on HHW? ;)
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In the hospital. Tiled over my scooter and broke my ankle. Surgery tomorrow morning.
Noooooooo!
What a drag! So sorry, Tom. Vibes all goes as smoothly as possible.
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TTFN.
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My Smart Tv started talking to me today. I knew I had pressed something on the remote.
Couldn't figure out how to shut it up!
Checked in the instruction booklet and it was on the last three lines of the last page.....silence!
I'll have to find my book, then. I have a Hisense TV...and it is Google-centric and it gets triggered by words someone speaks on Tv...and it silences the program I am watching to tell me how it can look things up for me. I scream at it to shut up...and it shuts everything off. Most intolerable.
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The rain should arrive sometime tonight. I'm hoping I don't hear any tapping on the tarp tonight.
Vibes you don't hear tapping on the tarp.
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The rain has begun. I can hear the rain hitting the roof (because there is no ceiling), but I don't hear rain dripping onto the tarp.
Excellent!
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My friend Doug, the forensics expert witness, texted me that he was finished at 3 p.m. He wanted us to get together for dinner, but nothing opens until 5 p.m. so he said he would sit in his car and catch up on e-mails and phone calls.
I drove over and met him by 3:30 p.m. We went into the open pool room (no pool tables any longer) and we sat at the war and drank boxed red wine out of plastic cups to kill time. This is very "NOW" for Edgefield's rabble.
We walked over to the restaurant (Christine's) just as it opened.
We shared an appetizer of fried squash/succotash with a remoulade. He also had a salad. Doug ordered shrimp and grits (I begged him to consider a steak, but he said his wife is allergic to shellfish and he never gets to eat any, so...). I ordered a filet mignon with sides of creamed spinach and roasted corn.
The meal was superb. Doug was happy, I was happy. We said goodbye until next Sunday when we have our Zoom chat.
He said he was on the stand for two hours as an expert witness for the defense. He thought the prosecution would be tougher on his findings (because they were in the pre-trial session), but he said they concentrated on the fee he charges. Doug said he was used to that question and had suggested the defense re-question him about standards. He gets $295 per hour, full government-level per diem plus hotel and car rental. Not bad, i guess.
The trial will continue tomorrow...and maybe beyond. If and when I hear the outcome, I will post it here.
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It's nearly my bedtime, and I have a few other surfing matters to take care of.
Anon....
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Ron your evening with Doug is interesting.
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SUPER MEGA VIBES FOR DR TCB!
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7 ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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For me, today was a day off from work, but not from working. ::)
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My niece and I went to my mom's to put up her (mostly plastic) Christmas tree.
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She's had it for years and it's really easy to put together.
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Here it is after it's been decorated:
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Yes, it really is that thin.
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Here's the wreath and angels and Father Christmases/St. Nicks on her mantle:
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After decorating (there really wasn't anything else that we put up), we played Phase 10.
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My mom won the first game, my niece won the second game, and we didn't play a third game. ::)
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We will play our usual Friday night game tomorrow.
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...so I'll have another chance!
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After we played cards, my mom wanted me to empty the drawers in my dad's nightstand.
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She needed help getting everything out so she can go through the stuff later.
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I found (and took, with my mom's permission) a couple of things...one was a ticket to Brigadoon that I was in when I was in college!
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Here's the ticket:
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Wow...that was 32 1/2 years ago!
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Who'da thunk it?
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The other thing I found was a genuine 1938 nickel!
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I just realized that that was the year that my dad was born!
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I'll definitely be keeping that!
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Gratuitous Post #200!!
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Mega-vibes for TCB. So sorry to read about your accident.
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Wow...that was 32 1/2 years ago!
That's only 8 hours in Brigadoon time.
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Had a lovely dinner with friends. We sat and talked for 3.5 hours over food and a couple bottles of wine.
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Here it is after it's been decorated:
Pretty.
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Mega-vibes for TCB. So sorry to read about your accident.
Oh, no! I need to ketchup on the posts and find out what happened! :-\
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I just realized that that was the year that my dad was born!
Extra nice.
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Is there someone to look in on the cats?
He has a cat sitter. I am guessing she, or friend, will be taking care of them.
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I only check my blood glucose once a day; fasting, first thing in the morning. I sometimes think it would be interesting to try a FreeStyle Libre-type continuous monitor, to see how things affect it in real time.
That's what I do, too...first thing in the morning.
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Now about 45 minutes into Eyes of Tammy Faye and not liking it. Way too much of a caricature to be taken seriously.
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So, I have to get to bed.
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Eight!
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Good night, all.
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I hope Tom is ok.
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'night
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In the hospital. Tiled over my scooter and broke my ankle. Surgery tomorrow morning.
Oh, no!! :o
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~~~SUPER SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AND RECOVERY VIBES FOR TOM!!~~~
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And now to ketchup on the rest of the posts.
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(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6707.0;attach=13336)
:)
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Good morning, friends. And DR Ron Pulliam. :-*
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6707.0;attach=13339)
What?? I have a Samsung Galaxy phone! I didn't know they exploded! :o
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"Project Hail Mary"
Ditto!
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I'll also add:
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
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And:
In the Heights: Finding Home
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And:
Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"
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And:
Some Days Are Murder
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AND I'm currently reading Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6). I'm thoroughly enjoying it...when I get/take the time to read.
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I'm also reading Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany
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Apparently the Elf on the Shelf isn't the only thing you have to watch out for.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6707.0;attach=13345)
:))
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It is Thursday here in Johnston SC.
Today promises to be enjoyable. A friend from Fredericksburg VA is in nearby Edgefield to give expert audio forensics testimony in a murder trial. He also happens to be the host of one of my weekly Zoom chats and just a heck of a nice guy. We met up a couple of months ago when he was here for pre-trial hearings, and we had lunch. If all goes well, he will be testifying today, and we shall meet up for dinner.
Other than that, I am hope-hope-hoping that some items I have ordered over the past week -- items that have been shipped -- will arrive in the mail today.
Good wishes for a speedy shipment, DR Ron Pulliam!
I am very curious as well about the trial!
I have seen the video my friend was asked to analyse. It happened outside the Johnston Billiard Parlor (which is now closed). A man in a car was being verbally assailed by a man standing outside the car near the entrance to the parlor. It was a shouting match, apparently, between the owner (man outside) and man in car. I believe the contention is that the man in the car had been in the parlor and was told to leave. The owner was furious, evidently, It is not audible to know what was being said by either man. The owner would walk away and then come charging back. He was holding something black in his hand. He would pull up his shirt and point to something on his belt. Could not tell if it was a gun or not. Just when it appeared the confrontation was over and the owner was walking away, he suddenly turned around and charged at the car with his hand holding the unidentifiable object being pointed at the car. What was visible was two (or three) gun shots fired at the owner. He fell backward and reportedly died on the scene.
That's all I know. It has taken three years for this to go to trial. Nobody has said much about it. If the trial is open to the public I do not know.
Oh, my goodness! :-\
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I am grateful for DR Jennifer asking me that question or I might never have joined Goodreads to keep track of my books for me.
I joined Goodreads a few years ago, too, so now I can know what books I've read. :)
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John do you know how many books you read in a year?
I’m up to 123 this year.
:o I can't imagine reading that many in one year!
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Back then, 2013, I read 156 books for the year. These days I read fewer books.
Wow!
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Tonight, tonight,
I see West Side Story tonight.
I want to see it, but this walker is keeping me out of theatres. I look forward to your comments.
We have the CD on order, but I just went to Amazon and listened to the 30-second clips of the mp3's for each song -- and I am loving the sound of the orchestra. They don't seem to have based the orchestration on the huge forces in the first film; rather, a number of moments sound to these ears like a really wonderful orchestra playing the originals. There's a doodad added or modified here and there, to be sure, with no harm done. (I did hear one "thing" -- an extension of a couple of bars -- that I will hate if there isn't an impeccable justification for it on the screen.)
I've ordered the CD, also. I'm really looking forward to it.
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However, it's not supposed to be delivered until December 27! WTH??
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK (https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK)
I've never heard it pronounced like that. ???
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NASA TV aired a live stream of the Dec 4 2021 total solar eclipse, only viewable from Antarctica. This is a real time video. To view the full eclipse portion, you can skip to approximately 1 hour, 7 minutes in..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04GFN2Pq1w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04GFN2Pq1w)
That was pretty darned cool. :)
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Here it is after it's been decorated:
Pretty.
Thanks, Jane.
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How to pronounce "theater" like, um... well, give it a listen:
https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK (https://bit.ly/3pGY1CK)
I've never heard it pronounced like that. ???
I looked it up on the...
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...on my Kindle, and this is what it shows as the pronunciation:
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THeətər...as you can see, three syllables: THe-ə-tər!
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>:(
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Oh, look! It's Page NINE!!
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(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ER4JgiOUL._SL1500_.jpg)
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;D
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Well, I hate to do it, but I need to go to sleep now. 8)
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I want to get to work a little early so that I can leave a little early, so I shall. Tonight is Phase 10 playing with mom and her friends and my niece.
Have a good day, all!
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Major vibes to our TCB!