Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on July 14, 2005, 12:04:47 AM
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Well, you've read the ntoes, you've been shaken up by the ntoes, and now it is time for you to post until the shaken not stirred cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PODIATRY!
I, myself, am doing the Lambada (The Forbidden Dance).
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I am indeed shaken by the "ntoes". Very uncomfortable for one of my advanced years.
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Longest walk - about 10 miles. No public transport after midnight when I was a teenager. I may have walked further on beaches but it never seemed to be that far.
Drive - from Melbourne to Rockhampton. That's over 2000 kilometres by the shortest route - which I didn't take.
Cycling" I guess about 20 miles when I was a young teenager.
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I must say, the late night WUSSBURGERING by our usual denizens like Ann and Jed is quite quite. I have written a song about it:
WUSSBURGER, WUSSBURGER
WUSSING SO DEEP
YOU DISAPPEAR
YOU GO TO SLEEP
WUSSBURGER, WUSSBURGER
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
YOU ARE A WUSSY SIGHT
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I think DR Jed was sent to Leavenworth. Perhaps Ann is allowed visiting rights.
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The Word of the Day, "PODIATRY" is certainly a companion to the Topic of the Day.
My dad was in the Army and when I was six years old (the summer in between first and second grades) we moved from Germany to Colorado (we moved to Germany when I was four). We flew into New Jersey and were there for three days. My parents bought a new car (1973 blue Chevrolet Malibu station wagon) and we drove from New Jersey to Colorado Springs, Colorado. I don't remember how long it took, but it took a long time for a six-year-old. When we moved from Colorado in 1976 to Washington (to the house where my parents still live), we drove again.
The only long drive that I took (as a driver) was when my friend, Misi (that's how she spells her name...she had it legally changed) and I drove to Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Friends of ours were doing summer stock there and we wanted to visit. We switched off driving every once in a while. We stayed for five days and I was taking pictures all of the time. After we left Ogden, we went to Reno for a night and I was going to change the film in my camera. I opened it up and THERE WAS NO FILM!! I was taking pictures for FIVE DAYS WITHOUT ANY FILM IN THE CAMERA!! What a dope I was! Fortunately, I also had a disposable camera that took panoramic photos, so I had those 15 or so pictures. But still, it was quite stupid of me not to check to make sure that I had film in the camera at all. When we left Reno (with some new film...little good it would do then), we drove through Oregon and Washington (stopping somewhere in Oregon for the night) and then home to Olympia.
And those were my longest car rides/driving experiences. ;D
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My car for my long journey was a Mini (Italian Job reference) January 1972.
Of course DR Partner Colin and I drove over 4000k last year whilst touring France. (The driving duties were shared and it did take a month).
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As for walking long distances, when I was in high school, I foolishly volunteered with my best friend Andrew, to walk the CROP Walk ("Help CROP Stop Hunger"...I forget what CROP stands for) and it was 10 miles. With no preparation, we just begged for money from our friends and friends' parents and walked. I hurt for a couple of days afterwards.
Over the last six years, I have been involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, which is a 24-hour walking marathon. This year (last month, as a matter of fact), I walked about 3 hours on the track, but walking to and from the site from my car and walking around just looking at things and talking with people would add a couple more hours to that total. Three years ago (after I had lost a lot of weight...I've since gained it all back ::)), I walked more than nine hours over the course of the 24 hour event! I've never walked for the full 24 hours, but there have always been people who have.
And that's my longest walking story.
I haven't ridden a bike in a very long time, and I've never ridden for very long, so I don't have any bike riding stories.
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Someone (Jose?) asked where I live. I live in the Poconos. High up on a mountain (or the House On The Hill... ooh, a Hammerstein/Kern reference!). If the wind blows the right way, the power flickers and I have to reset my answering machine.
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a topic from yesterday;
LARAMIE, its theme still lives in my memory???my grandfather loved it and he had often hummed the tune to himself.
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???Three question marks were meant three clefs... :-\
Have you ever known that if you put three question marks in a message form, a Smilly with three question marks appears!
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DR MATTHEW; I, too, am a fan of the Disneyland. I’ve been to the Tokyo Disneyland, which practically is not located in Tokyo, but in a prefecture called Chiba right next to Tokyo, for 5/6 times before, even though it has passed over 5 years since I was there last. So unfortunately I’ve not been to the Disney Sea or to the Ikspiari yet, as these are comparatively new ones. In the year (may be1983) Disneyland has come into being in Tokyo, I, with my old classmates, stayed at a hotel adjoining the Tokyo Disneyland for 2 nights to frequent the Disneyland and to enjoy our fill of it like children. Good memories. My last ride was the Splash Mountain that we finally got after having a loooong queue and we acquired front row seats on a boat. My favorite is always the Electrical Parade after all. Unfortunately, I’ve never been to the US ones so I’m not able to compare both of them. Would love to be to the original Disneyland and also the Disney World in Florida someday!
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I have strong legs like a thoroughbred (hopefully) and like walking, but I have never walked so long as DR TOMOVOZ and GEORGE.
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DR JANE; I found some semi-dried prunes from Oregon, King of Prunes by Vanamount, at my favorite market. It’s so delicious! Prunes are well-known product of Oregon?
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My longest walk was an 11 mile hike last summer following the trail of Lewis and Clark from the Vermillion River to Spirit Mound in South Dakota. It's one of the few places that they can say for certain Lewis and Clark stood. (They have a general idea of other places, but the way the Missouri River changes course, they aren't sure of the exact location of other places) It was the 200th Anniversary of the Expedition going through our area. I did it in part just to see if I could do it.
Longest drive was from Iowa to Prince Rupert Canada - of course we stopped several nights along the way, in the Black Hills, Yellowstone, the Canadian Rockies etc. Then we took the ferry to Ketchikan, Alaska and took a week-long cruise throught the Inland Passage and drove back across Canada and South back to Iowa. It was a great trip with my parents and my Aunt after my first year in law school
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Longest walk was about 24 miles. WHich I did for charity. As for the drive from Montreal, Canada to Boca Raton, FL
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The mere fact that I am up this early should explain why I Wussburgered last night. In order to let a good friend of mine have a much-needed vacation, I've agreed to take her shift at work for today and tomorrow. Usually no one will take it for her. It's a split shift, 6:45 to 10:45, then 2:30 to 5:30, and I'll probably be working the between hours as well...it's gonna be a couple of very long days.
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Would love to be to the original Disneyland and also the Disney World in Florida someday!
Apropos of pretty much nothing, one day when visiting my mother in the county of Orange (California division), either the Dear Partner or I misspoke and called Disneyland Disney World. On the spot, my mother, who is wont to do these things, came up with a mnemonic to remember which is which:
DisneylANd is in ANaheim.
Disney WORLd is in ORLando.
We've never made that mistake again.
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Disney World I SIN Orlando.
Hmmm...your mother either doesn't think much of what goes on at Disney World or she once had a very interesting visit there.
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The longest walk(s) I used to take were between my junior and senior years at NYU. I lived on campus during the summer (why move all the way back to Brooklyn, when Uncle Charlie's was a just a few short blocks away?) I was living in a dorm on 10th Street and Fifth Avenue. At the time, I was working at the Museum of the City of New York's Theatre Collection, at 103rd and Fifth. Sometimes after work, I would walk home, the equivalent of about 4.5 miles. I think this beats some of the AIDS Walk NY's that I used to do. I can't recall how long those were.
Longest drive? Possibly NYC to Virginia Beach. It seemed long.
Longest bike ride? Probably East 35th Street between Kings Highway and Avenue L. (About 1 block) Like DR George, I have never been much of a bike rider.
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Hmmm...your mother either doesn't think much of what goes on at Disney World or she once had a very interesting visit there.
Duly noted, and corrected. ;)
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Longest drive was when I was a kid and we went from Medford to Anaheim.
Longest walk...hmmm...I walked a LOT as a teenager...but I don't havea clue what my longest walk would have been.
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Quick word on Emmy nominations this morning. I had to go to the website and download the entire list since they announce only the leading acting and series nominees live.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and (of all things) WILL & GRACE led with 15 nominations each.
Drama nominees: '24,' LOST, DEADWOOD, SIX FEET UNDER, and THE WEST WING.
Comedy nominees: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, SCRUBS, and WILL & GRACE.
3 of the five DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES were nominated. Left out were Eva Langoria (Gabrielle) and Nicolette Sheridan (Edie). None of the men were nominated in either leading or supporting categories!
The Quentin Tarentino-directed episode of CSI was nominated for Best Direction, but, sadly, George Eads was not nominated for his great performance in that 90 minute episode (or for the rest of his fine work this season).
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Oops. Meant to mention that Angela Lansbury did indeed get her 18th nomination this morning for her guest work on LAW & ORDER: SVU/TRIAL BY JURY. She has never won an Emmy.
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Great news. I'm not having to help my friend unload the pod until 1 p.m. this afternoon, so I'll be able to post here this morning as usual.
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Longest car ride -- 1993 - WORLD YOUTH DAY. I drove in a caravan of about 6 other cars from Arnold, CA to Denver, CO. (three days from one place to the other) with a bunch of teenagers, which was quite fun. In my car was my mom, my brother and my sister (who lasted until the 2nd pit stop then was replaced!).
On the aforementioned car trip, my 1985 Ford Bronco II began to make noises and do some rather strange things in the middle of NOWHERE - that would be Nevada! So, we stopped in this small town and had some guy take a look at it. He was pretty darned worthless, so the priest that was in our caravan threw some holy water on the car, blessed it and we where on our way. The first stay-over stop was in Ely, Nevada. They had a Ford dealership so in the morning I brought the car in. Evidently, the transfer case was out of fluid. They refilled it and we were on our way. The rest of the trip was great. When we got home, I had the car looked at more thoroughly, and when they took the cover off the transfer case, they found a pile of steel shavings which had been a good portion of the transfer case. I can't tell you how lucky we were that nothing happened.
Walking - we walked EVERYWHERE in Paris, hard to say how far that was.
I haven't biked in a long time, been meaning to invest in a new bike, soon, though.
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Longest walk would have been when I was in summer camp, I guess. We hiked about five miles to a mountain and then hiked to the top of it, slept there that night, and then hiked back down and home the next day. It was probably 10 miles each way, but it's been so long ago that I may have the distances exaggerated in my mind.
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As for a car trip, I guess that would be from SC to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. My aunt and uncle took us to New York every Christmas vacation and every summer, and we'd do different things on the way there each year. That year, we went up to Niagra Falls and then came back to NYC for a few days to see some shows. I think that was the summer we saw Alfred Drake in KISMET at Lincoln Center (NY State Theater), but I wouldn't swear it was that trip.
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I enjoying riding my bicycle when I was young, but I don't remember going on any extended distance trips. I remember riding across town to one of the local cemeteries, but that's about the extent of my memory of bike riding.
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And Ms. Lansbury has her knee replacement surgery today, so here's hoping everything goes OK for her!
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I am an inveterate walker. For a period in the nineties, I was walking four to six miles every day just as a matter of health regimen. The longest walk would probably be one that The Lovely Wife and I took from our house here in the Wood of Holly to the Gene Autry Museum in Griffith Park and back. It's about 3 miles or so from our house to the park and another 3 miles or so from the edge of the park to the museum. We figured it was a good twelve or thirteen miles. All in an afternoon. And when in London, we walk everywhere, thinking nothing of going from our flat in Upper St. Martin's Lane to the Tower, to Camden, to the Vickie and Al Museum. That does not include all the walking that's done once one arrives at those places or just how much walking we do in the City on any given day. Given the tragedy there last week, you can bet when we go again, we'll be walking still and not taking the tube anywhere (which we never realy did anyway).
The longest car trip would easily be from here in LA to Cincinnati, Ohio and vice versa. A trip I have made many times. The biggest feat, however, was returning from Lexington, Kentucky to LA and doing it in two days. The longest non-stop (except for gas and potty breaks) car trips were back in my acting days. I've done them from Odessas, Texas, to Kentucky. Odessa to Memphis. Dallas to Columbus, Ohio; Dallas to Atlanta; Dallas to Charlotte, North Carolina. I often had another driver with me, spelling me, but a couple of those were solo.
Now for the shocker. I've never taken a bike ride of any duration. I've never owned a bike. I don't know how to ride a bike.
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Good Morning!
Feeling a little out of sorts this morning... -I think I may have had an anxiety attack last night around 4:00am or so... Or it might have been the Bolivian food I had for dinner... Or both...
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In any case...
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I have a bicycle in my garage but the tires have gone flat for lack of use. There's no good reason I don't ride it. I live in a lovely neighborhood that would be fun to drive around in. I have both a manual air pump and one that runs off the car battery, either of which could pump up the tires in no time flat. (uh, no pun intended).
I just never think to do it.
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I've never walked as much as I have since I moved to New York. When my parents were here in February, I think we must have walked at least four miles a day. At least. My goal was to exhaust them. I did, but exhausted myself in the process, as well. :)
I honestly can't think of my longest bike ride - there've been so many. Probably the Tour de France... ::ahem:: Moving on...
I did the drive between Louisville and Oklahoma City at least 8 times round trip. I think that was a 13-hour drive each way, and I always did it in one day. (I couldn't afford to stay overnight anywhere, so I had to do it.) I also drove from Dallas to Louisville by way of Texarkana, Little Rock, Memphis and Nashville. That was a long drive, too, but an interesting one as I'd never driven that way before.
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Since I have to be at my friend's condo at 1 p.m., I must get off the internet now and start preparing some lunch so I can eat before I head out to help him. I'll be back in the late afternoon or early evening.
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As for the Topic of the Day:
Longest Walk - Well, when I was in NYC in March, I did walk up from Canal to 92nd Street. How far is that? However, I do know I've walked at least a good 12 miles in one fell swoop a couple of times. I like walking.
Longest bike ride - I believe when I was around 12-years old, I ended up biking 20 miles once along the bike trails in Arlington County. Very nice trails.
Longest car ride - Well, when I was younger and my parents moved from Washington, DC, to Seattle, WA, we drove - and we took the "low" road through Nevada in order to hit San Diego on the way so we could visit some relatives there. I think we did the cross-country part in five days. Then when we moved from Seattle to New London, CT, we did that in three days.
As for drives on my own... I've done the drive from DC to Chicago, round-trip, twice on my own, and in one day - 14-16 hours. Or was it more like 18? In any case, I've done that drive. I've also driven from Richmond to Evansville each time I've worked at New Harmony. But I have to say the longest feeling drive has to have to been from Richmond to Ft. Myers - there are some truly boring stretches along the I-95 corridor. And who knew Florida was so long?!?!?
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...And then there was that Bus & Truck Tour of Anything Goes I did. We started in Logan, UT, and ended up in Red Bank, NJ about 53 days later. In the meantime, we drove through all but seven of the contiguous United States; we drove through the Badlands; and we even drove across Texas (with overnight stops in Amarillo (ugly city)) THREE TIMES!!!
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I have a bicycle in my garage but the tires have gone flat for lack of use. There's no good reason I don't ride it. I live in a lovely neighborhood that would be fun to drive around in. I have both a manual air pump and one that runs off the car battery, either of which could pump up the tires in no time flat. (uh, no pun intended).
I just never think to do it.
Could you mount a portable DVD player to the handlebars?
;)
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I don't want to curse it and bring on massive amounts of work, but...I'm dying of boredom at MTI right now. Absolute boredom. I would update my blog, but I don't think anyone's reading it, anyway. I am happy to announce, however, that I now have an air conditioner in my room!! YAY!!!
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In case anyone else is bored...
http://jasonbratton.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
...some fun stories from my childhood involving the Dutch. And a fun game I play called, "Imaginary Community Theatre Bios." I like that one a lot.
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Jason - I'm MD'ing "Urinetown" next spring, MTI doesn't have the orchestration list up yet... any clue as to what the break down is? :)
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The gal and I went on a walk with some friends upstate in Watkins Glen. These guys are in one of those walking clubs where you are assigned various walks and you check them off your list as you finish them. Now TPunk's not exactly what one would call an outdoorsy person. At some point we were walking on an old railroad track and when a deer crossed our path, she was so excited she shouted with glee, "F***ing nature!!!" A phrase we have ribbed her about ever since.
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Jason - I'm MD'ing "Urinetown" next spring, MTI doesn't have the orchestration list up yet... any clue as to what the break down is? :)
PIANO, BASS, PERCUSSION, REED and TROMBONE.
Reed book is voiced for Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet and Soprano Sax.
T'bone book is voiced for Bass T'bone (cross cued for Tenor T'bone) and Euphonium
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AH... I just checked out that Mapquest map I had made for that Anything Goes Tour...
From: Logan To: Red Bank
Driving Distance: 14616.2 miles
42 venues in 66 days - or something close to that
And here's the map... my apologies for the semi-widescreen:
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Hmmm... Let me make that smaller... Hold on...
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I drove from Atlanta to Sacramento once by myself. It was funny because I drove all day the first day and got to Dallas, passing through Ga., Ala, Miss, La. and a bunch of Texas. I drove all day the next day and didn't make it out of Texas. That's when I realized how vast that state is.
I like long road trips. I have also gone from SF to Ohio, and NYC to Ohio...
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Much better.
:)
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...And now I must ready myself for this afternoon's round of auditions. This time, I'm at Arena Stage for Damn Yankees. I think. I hope.
;)
Laters...
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Walking: I walked across London one night....I know I walked about five hours non-stop, but have no clue as to the distance.
I've walked Rome for hours at a time (stopping only for water or a light snack). I wore out a pair of shoes walking Rome one visit. They weren't new shoes, but they weren't old shoes, either.
I have also walked through a good chunk of San Francisco, but "not lately," I can tell you. Some of those hills are killers.
Walking is the absolute BEST way of seeing things, appreciating things AND being kind to your body.
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I have also walked through a good chunk of San Francisco, but "not lately," I can tell you. Some of those hills are killers.
'Specially in heels! ;D
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And a fun game I play called, "Imaginary Community Theatre Bios." I like that one a lot.
Oh, you are too, too wicked, young man! Those are REALLY funny! ;D
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And the word of the day is: PODIATRY!
I, myself, am doing the Lambada (The Forbidden Dance).
I came across a book on podiatry at the library the other day. It was filled with footnotes.
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I'm supposed to be doing my homework, but I'm trapped in front of the computer underneath a furry brown meowing lump.
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I'm supposed to be doing my homework, but I'm trapped in front of the computer underneath a furry brown meowing lump.
You should have that checked out, Sandra.
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I remember the Cornell and Magnolia theaters in Burbank, esteemed BK. I remember them both as being rather run down, however. And I'm not that much younger than you. (Of course, since my mother was never fond of movie theaters in the first place, and since she prefered the family to go to movies together, and since Dad was, quite frankly, cheap, we usually went to drive-ins if we went at all.)
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TOD - The longest drive, all in one stretch, was in 1959 when my parents and I made our first trip back to Portland, OR, from Detroit. We drove through from Denver to Pendleton, OR, with Mom and Dad sharing the driving. It was about 1000 miles and the interstate highway system was just being built. I remember my mom was driving when we went through Cheyenne, WY, and we were listening to a rodeo on the radio (sounds like a title for a BK novel, doesn't it?) when we passed the arena where it was taking place.
While our DS Rob was growing up, our family took 3 long road trips. Our "See the USA" tour in 1996 took us 3 and a half weeks, about 6000 miles, with these major stops:
Black Hills, SD
Yellowstone National Park
Salt Lake City, UT
Zion National Park
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, AZ (where picked up my mom)
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM
Amarillo, TX (you're right, DR Jose - ugly)
Tulsa, OK
St. Louis, MO
"See the USA II" in 1999 took us east to many Civil War battlefields, Washington, DC, and the Jersey shore and NYC.
"Colorado, Rocky Mountain High," in 2001, took us to the western state we had skirted around in 1996. On the way out we stopped in Independence, MO, at the Truman presidential site and on the way back in Abilene, KS, for Eisenhower.
We loved these trips. I think everyone should drive cross-country at least once in their lifetime.
Long walks I remember were in Chicago (not this most recent trip).
I'm not much of a bicycler, but we have done pieces (maybe 10 miles or so at a stretch) of some the Little Miami Trail, which goes from Cincinnati to Dayton.
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Longest drive: from our old home in Long Beach, CA, to our current home in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Not that long ago, really, just a little over a year and a half.
I've never been much of a bike rider.
Longest walk, during college. I'd gotten stuck in downtown Fresno (which sounds redundant) and made my way back to the University, which was on the outskirts.
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Today is Cow Appreciation Day.
Eat a chicken.
(Alternatively, if you have a cow, make sure everyone around appreciates it.)
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Today is Cow Appreciation Day.
Eat a chicken.
(Alternatively, if you have a cow, make sure everyone around appreciates it.)
One of the signs I remember from our drive across Wyoming said:
"You're in Cattle Country - Eat More Beef"
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Soor again ( I keep apologizing lately) for all the E & T bu this is really the crazy season here at work which means its the worse possible time for me to be going on vacation. I shall have to leave wine and choclate for my dear co worker Paula to help her cope!
I am leaving for Grande Prairie, Alberta Canada on Saturday... which calls for a pretty long plane trip... LaGuardia to Toronto to Calgary to Grande Prairie... and on the way back Grande Praire to Edmonton to Ottawa to La Guardia
Longest Walk... 20 miles when I was 16 for the March of Dimes Walkathon
Longest Bike Ride 30 miles when I was 17 with my Church Youth Group
Longest car drive (with me doing all the driving, just my mom,
a 2 1/2 year old Vixter and me) from Long Island to Savannag , GA, to St John's Island, Fl to Kissemmee, FL to Gulfport, MS to New Orleans, LA and finally back to Long Island
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Well, the furry brown meowing lump is now on the floor chasing around a toy mouse, so I don't have an excuse to not do my homework any more.
Bye!
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Our "See the USA" tour...
in your Chevrolet? ;)
Mwah!
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in your Chevrolet? ;)
Mwah!
Nope, Buick Century, but Dinah was the inspiration for the title!
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I'm up, I'm up.
Very overcast right now - hopefully it will burn off.
I'm not much of a bike rider, but when my pal David Wechter lived in North Hollywood in the late eighties, he had an extra bike and one day we biked from his house (near Moorpark and Tujunga) all the way to Balboa Park in Encino (about ten to twelve miles) and then back again (about ten to twelve miles). All I remember is that I couldn't move for about three days.
Walking - I walk like crazy in NY - but, when I lived there in 1969, I once walked from somewhere in Brooklyn to the upper West Side and then back down to the Village. How many miles would that be?
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Happy Bastille Day, everyone.
Laissez les bons "tetes" rouler...or not.
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In case anyone else is bored...
http://jasonbratton.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
...some fun stories from my childhood involving the Dutch. And a fun game I play called, "Imaginary Community Theatre Bios." I like that one a lot.
My favorite was the entry about "The Color Purple: The Musical" and your imagined song titles.
Now I have to watch the movie this weekend 'cause of all the good memories you've brought back!
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DR Jason: Are the Geertein stories true, or just fun?
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Ron P: I'm afraid that every last word of the Geertein stories are true. In fact, with the exception of the Community Theatre Bios, everything in my blog is true.
Isn't that horrifying?
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Where I am spending my summer vacation
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DR Jason - thanks for the breakdown. Now to find a trombone player that also plays euphonium!!! Much appreciated!
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Ron P: I'm afraid that every last word of the Geertein stories are true. In fact, with the exception of the Community Theatre Bios, everything in my blog is true.
Isn't that horrifying?
WRITE A BOOK!
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OK, homework's done. That wasn't so bad. I'm now back at the computer and underneath my furry brown meowing lump.
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in your Chevrolet? ;)
Mwah!
Slobber much?
:D
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WRITE A BOOK!
Believe it or not, I've thought about it, but I'm not sure anyone would be interested. I haven't even gotten to the stories about Sally Ann or the time I threw up in front of my entire elementary school during the 5th grade choir concert.
I smell a best seller!
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Believe it or not, I've thought about it, but I'm not sure anyone would be interested. I haven't even gotten to the stories about Sally Ann or the time I threw up in front of my entire elementary school during the 5th grade choir concert.
I smell a best seller!
How about a musical version?
Got any song titles in mind????
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Haben sie Gesehn das Dutch Boy's Pants?
Mit a mach
Mit a boom!
Mit a mich mach macht micht poop!
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I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT is flying along. We injured our leading man last night, but he will be on tonight, hopefully not adding insult to injury.
Finished the choreography for Magic To Do - it is much easier since I got the set design! Well I didn't actually get the set design, since the director said something like, oh I am going to have a platform sort of there and a platform sort of there....kind of like that, I don't know. So I designed a set and we will put it up after we strike MIDNIGHT on Saturday and then he won't have to wonder what his set will be. That's the plan, anyway.
The ntoes were very interesting.
I am on my way ... today ... but soon I will be back in my regular form here on HHW...with more time for fun. I know I am NOT busy as many of our regulars here are BUSY...but time is short for a director.
SOON IT'S GONNA BE OVER!
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I've been listening to "Falsettos" and I was wondering - does anyone know what Michael Rupper is up to lately? I can't seem to find anything about him on the 'net.
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Good Morning!
Feeling a little out of sorts this morning... -I think I may have had an anxiety attack last night around 4:00am or so... Or it might have been the Bolivian food I had for dinner... Or both...
Anxiety attack? I don't Bolivia!
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Question for all you tv watchers. Have any of you seen a show on UPN called Veronica Mars? It is being run here for the last couple of months on CTV (they decided to run it during the summer instead of all season).
I must say I'm loving it. I tend to think it might appeal more to women (it's about a 16-17 yr old Nancy Drew type highschooler). I think it's one of my favorite shows. So hopefully CTV will continue to show it in the Fall.
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Anxiety attack? I don't Bolivia!
Yep, that's a .... one of those noises that we don't make around here!
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I've been listening to "Falsettos" and I was wondering - does anyone know what Michael Rupper is up to lately? I can't seem to find anything about him on the 'net.
He was just in something at Vassar, according to our DRJose.
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Interesting...I thought that there was going to be just the one sequel to BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE, but it appears that Rick McKay is working on two of them. As far as I'm concerned, this should be an ongoing series.
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Longest auto ride: From Phoenix to Ohio, by way of North Carolina and Washington DC, visiting relatives along the way.
Longest auto trip alone: Phoenix to Chicago, to help MIL get ready to move to The Home.
Longest auto trip with just DR Sandra: To Colorado Springs to pick up someone and bring her home.
Longest walk: I dunno. I used to hike and backpack a lot in high school.
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Believe it or not, I've thought about it, but I'm not sure anyone would be interested. I haven't even gotten to the stories about Sally Ann or the time I threw up in front of my entire elementary school during the 5th grade choir concert.
I smell a best seller!
I smell a Rogers and Hart tune
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Doggone but airfair is still spendy! I keep waiting for the price to go down before I book a ticket....but it looks like that won't be happening :-\
I hope they know I am not made of money....in fact I think I am made of 80% water or something like that.
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Haben sie Gesehn das Dutch Boy's Pants?
Mit a mach
Mit a boom!
Mit a mich mach macht micht poop!
You should give Mel Brooks a call.
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I'm sure Mr. Brooks would be happy to hear suggestions from me. I taught him a lot of what he knows.
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Anxiety attack? I don't Bolivia!
Another reason for loving DR Elmore.
I don't groan - I appreciate the mind that works that way.
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Another reason for loving DR Elmore.
I don't groan - I appreciate the mind that works that way.
Ah, yer just saying that. I don't Belize ya!
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Thank you Ron. Good to be amongst "fallow" minds.
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Another reason for loving DR Elmore.
I don't groan - I appreciate the mind that works that way.
Awww, words don't usually fail me, but you're being way too generous. I should have been on the stage when it left 10 minutes ago. Or under it.
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I'm not known for taste DR Elmore. My appreciation goes in stages.
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Absolutely hellish day. Worked about four hours in the broiling sun (with frequent water breaks) and must have sweated a gallon of salty sweat, most of it going into my eyes. But we got that d**n pod unloaded for the most part. There is still one heavy piece of furniture (it must go upstairs) that I told him I simply had no more strength to do and I was afraid I would drop it if I tried. So we called it an afternoon.
Ihave been swilling water since I got home.
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And that OTHER Broadway special - BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL garnered a bunch of Emmy nominations this morning.
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I must say I do love my friend Jeff's condo. Three bedrooms - two full baths - and the master bedroom is on the ground floor. There is also a loft space upstairs that he's going to use as his workroom when he costume designs and does other freelance design work. A really nice, liveable place and very reasonably priced for around here.
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It's so interesting having a label again. Every day brings interesting phone calls, in fact, I just had one. Lots in the ether right now, and I'm hoping some of the calls pan out.
The other good news I had today was that Vinnie found a place that can transfer the sixteen track multi-track tape for Stages - which means I can now remix the entire album from scratch, except for the four songs on the missing reel. Those we'll just have to make sound as good as we can from the album master. But the other eleven or so songs will hopefully be much improved - I'm going to add a couple of instruments to a handful of tracks, too, which will be lovely. So, we're doing the transfer on Monday morning, and Vinnie will be able to start prepping the mixes on Tuesday. Very exciting.
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Sad to say, no DVDs watched today, but I got to listen to the HAIRSPRAY OCR on my way to and from Jeff's place. Hadn't heard it in quite awhile, not since it was first released.
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Great news BK.
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DR Jose, LOL! a DVD player on my bicycle handlebars. It'd work, but without the surround sound from a multi-speaker set-up, it just wouldn't be all it could be.
I guess I'll just sit in my den and watch them in the conventional way.
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DRTomovoz, welcome to Toyland! I found some photos of the Houston Grand 1991 opera production of my adaptation. This is Contrary Mary's entrance.
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Here are Brad Little and Lee Merrill as Allen and Mary.
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Eddie Bracken as the Toymaker and Lee Merrill as Toyland reporter Beatrice Barefacts.
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Wonderful photos DR Elmore. Thank you for sharing.
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DR Elmore: Your research must be so rewarding. Ah! Boys and their toys.
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Some Walking Songs:
Walking My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray
I'm Walking - Fats Domino / Ricky Nelson
Wlaking Along - The Diamonds
Walking To New Orleans - Fat's Domino
I Wanna Walk You Home - Fats Domino
These Boots Were Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South
The Longest Walk - Jaye P Morgan
Walk On The Wild Side - Brook Benton
Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
Walk On By - LeRoy Van Dyke
Walk On - roy Orbison
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Walk Hand in Hand - Tony Martin
A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski
And there are lots more.
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The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures
Bicycles of Belsize - Engelbert Humperdink
Bicycle Race - Queen
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You'll Never Walk Alone, Tommy!
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If you take a trip to the Orient, and you fall ill, are you said to be suffering from Malaysia?
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DR Matt H: I'm guessing you're gonna be a tad sore tomorrow from today's exertions.
Make sure you replace your lost salts, as well.
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The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures
Bicycles of Belsize - Engelbert Humperdink
Bicycle Race - Queen
I Love to Walk in the Rain
Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk
I Want to Walk to San Francisco
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But where are the Bicycle songs? We could have written them in tandem. On tandem - whatever.
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But where are the Bicycle songs? We could have written them in tandem. On tandem - whatever.
"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - don't think the word "bicycle" is in that song, but the visual is there!
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On the LP - the reprise is listed as "A Bicycle built for Joy" I think. Thanks DR Ginny.
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DR elmore - great photos from Houston!
I read in the NY Times online about a building collapse not far from you today. Were you aware of it?
Speaking of being aware of things today, I spotted 2 (count 'em, 2) unattended backpacks under tables in the library this afternoon and the security guards were so indifferent. Guess something has to blow up before people begin to pay attention.
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...And then there was that Bus & Truck Tour of Anything Goes I did. We started in Logan, UT, and ended up in Red Bank, NJ about 53 days later. In the meantime, we drove through all but seven of the contiguous United States; we drove through the Badlands; and we even drove across Texas (with overnight stops in Amarillo (ugly city)) THREE TIMES!!!
I agree! Here is my story.
I caught a bus in Amarillo. It was going to San Antone. I had a brand new cardboard suitcase and a window seat alone. Oh I thought that I was something and dreamed I's travel far. Maybe be a radio DJ or be a movie star. The bus from Amirillo raced a train along the track, but I never looked behind me. Cause I wasn't coming back. I had a one way ticket to nowhere. I was finally traveling free.
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"Bike" - Pink Floyd
and of course "Daisy Belle" - Bicycle built for Two
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DR elmore - great photos from Houston!
I read in the NY Times online about a building collapse not far from you today. Were you aware of it?
I believe the building may have been near ex Hainsies Noel and Joy. Hope they too are OK.
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DR elmore - great photos from Houston!
I read in the NY Times online about a building collapse not far from you today. Were you aware of it?
Speaking of being aware of things today, I spotted 2 (count 'em, 2) unattended backpacks under tables in the library this afternoon and the security guards were so indifferent. Guess something has to blow up before people begin to pay attention.
100th Street and Broadway; I haven't heard of any deaths, just injuries including a baby who might have been saved by the stroller it was in.
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I agree! Here is my story.
I caught a bus in Amarillo. It was going to San Antone. I had a brand new cardboard suitcase and a window seat alone. Oh I thought that I was something and dreamed I's travel far. Maybe be a radio DJ or be a movie star. The bus from Amirillo raced a train along the track, but I never looked behind me. Cause I wasn't coming back. I had a one way ticket to nowhere. I was finally traveling free.
And that's why you'll always be a cheap whore with a hard candy Christmas! ;D
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Thank you for the photo of “Turtle” Cheesecake, DR CILLALIZ. It looks sooooo delicious!
Thank you for the photos of “Turtles” candies, DR GEORGE. Yours really look like the shape of real turtle and sooooo delicious,, too.
Thank you for the description about “Turtles” candy and the link, DR JOSE. I wonder why you are so familiar with many different things, especially DOLCE.
I’m sure to have Turtles on my next visit to the US!. :D
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DisneylANd is in ANaheim.
Disney WORLd is in ORLando.
Your mother's idea works well to me, too!
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DR Jason appears to be the only one awake on the East Coast.
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DR Jason appears to be the only one awake on the East Coast.
I'm still awake - been away watching Beauty and the Geek: The Aftermath with DS Rob ("It's the story of my life, Mom!")
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I believe you may be right, DR Ron. I can feel tightness in certain leg and shoulder muscles from today's lifting. And at my age, sore muscles don't heal in a day or two.
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I'm awake, but not for long. My exhaustion from this afternoon is now catching up to me in a major way now. A few more minutes and I'll head back down to bed.
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After CSI went off, I thought I might watch part of a DVD for an hour or so, but I couldn't last ten minutes before I turned it all off and jumped on the internet for my final surf of the day.
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And I have lunch plans for tomorrow if I can crawl out of bed tomorrow morning and be able to get ready in time.
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Oh, my! I'm the only one here, but I cannot stay. My eyes are closing as I'm typing. I'll try again tomorrow.
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We've been a-rescuing again today.
Lilah is a lovely black Lab/retriever mix, who was found as a stray and impounded by the SPCA. Because of a few pics that der B took a week ago, another rescue group to the north of us asked if they could have her as part of a pet fair to be held Saturday. They've also found a foster home for her. Today, der B and I drove her up to our regular hand-over point in Smyrna. I'm glad to say that she was a total doll during our ride. At one point she nuzzled my hand, tossing it up onto her head, hinting that she really wanted scritches and pets. She was so glad to leave the pound, and very glad to be with people who were interested in her wellfare.
On the other hand, earlier we went for a photo session, where the dog did nothing but growl at us. We left quickly, after just a couple of pictures. Not every story has to have a happy ending. :-\
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I tried to do Chinese-style food again tonight. The main course was sweet and sour chicken. The side was a spin on beef and broccoli, using bacon as the meat instead. I'll be hungry again by morning, which will roll around early because I'm scheduled for the 7:30 shift.
A Miss Clairol reference: Is it true Wussburgers have more fun?????
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Good Evening!
Greetings from Richmond!
I drove down after the Damn Yankees auditions... Which went well. Oh, one of the big dance mirrors in the hall broke... And the A/C was on the fritz for a while too... Ugh! But a decent turnout, and we were able to call back a good amount of "locals".
In any case... It's been a long day. I'll be driving back up to Fairfax in the morning... And then I shall catch up on the posts from today... I just wanted to check in before turning in...
Vibes to those who need them.
:)
Goodnight.
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And that's why you'll always be a cheap whore with a hard candy Christmas! ;D
ROFLLMAO
THANK YOU!!!!
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Went down to Footlight this evening. Got two Homer & Jethro LPs (A Christmas one and "Songs My Mother Never Sang"), and one Kirby Stone Four LP where they do all the songs from "My Fair Lady". 75% off is hard to beat. I got almost $50 of records for $12. That Kirby Stone LP would languish there for eternity at the price they had been asking. Also got one of those bootleg movie soundtracks for the movie PIN-UP GIRL.
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Why is CORVETTE SUMMER starring Annie Potts and Mark Hamill playing on TCM? Don't tell me the channel is going the way of "the new AMC".
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Why is CORVETTE SUMMER starring Annie Potts and Mark Hamill playing on TCM? Don't tell me the channel is going the way of "the new AMC".
THey have some kind of "Youth and Autos" theme going tonight. At 8:00 they played Love Finds Andy Rooney in which our hero is obsessed with buying his first car, then at 10:00 came American Graffitti. I forget what the 2:00 show is.
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Something with Dana Andrews being tormented by some hot roddin' kids.
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Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone today? Geez.
Run-through went very well indeed.
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Man, the WUSSBURGER BUTT CHEEKS are out in force. I'm the only one in the jernt. Someone 'splain it to me, 'cause I don't get it.
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I'm still up, I'm still up!
DR Matthew:
Just read your post about Michael Rupert. He is currently directing "Thrill Me" at the York Theater-a musical about Leopold and Loeb. He also took part in a workshop production of "The Man in the White Suit". a new musical by the creators of "Urinetown". I last saw him on stage at the Papermill Playhouse, April 2004, where he performed the role of Alan in their production of "Baby".
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Thanks, DRIris!!!
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My interent provider has not provided for the last few hours. At least it's reassuring when you know the problem is not your computer. (Recorded message at the tech help line).
DP Colin bought a copy of "1900" today, I don't think we will be watching that in one sitting.
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I simply don't have anything of interest to say today.
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I found that interesting DearReaderLaura. It's been a dull day.
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It's been rather slow here today.
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I think I'll avoid becoming my own frenzie and think about bed...
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New notes in a few moments.
But first - Dino at the piano.