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Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on November 17, 2003, 12:04:55 AM
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Hello, you dear dear people. Now that you've read the notes, you can post all about what was written in them. I need lots and lots of posts for my mental delectation and I'll be checking in as much as possible as I get breaks from editing.
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A quiet thing but the view is excellent.
Barbara Cook without question.
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Good morning. I thought I had first post there for a moment. Just wanted to wish you all a happy and safe day before I zoom off to work. Is it possible to zoom on a bus? Depends on the driver, believe me, I could tell you some stories. It's not just a bus ride--it's an adventure some times.
Talk to ya'll tonight when I have time to read the posts I missed after I went to bed and have time to comment on the notes from this morning.
D
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Hmmm, divas. Barbara Cook is a great choice. I do love In Buddy's Eyes and My White Knight, two completely different songs from different eras of musical theatre but she nails both of them.
I'll come back later with more posts. I just wanted to check in and join the fun.
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Bus and metro strike today = Emily having to get up two hours earlier than normal, leave school three and a half hours late AND not be able to get to my work office on the other side of the city.
Excuse me while I go punch something. Preferably something wearing a Transportation Company Uniform. :(
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But Em, if you punch someone wearing your Santa hat, rumor will go around that Santa's elves are revolting and fomenting violence upon the Canadian provinces. Be careful what you wear when you punch.
When Liza is hitting all the cylinders, she can be amazing (and when she's bad, she's bad). I think one of her best diva numbers is But the World Goes Round from one of my favorite under-rated films, New York, New York.
Whenever I type that title, the muscle memory in my fingers takes over and I usually type it New York, NY and start to add the zip code.
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Thank you sweet Karma fairy. Wow, two posters have surpassed our BK in numbers and Maya has so much Karma, she'll come back as whatever she wants.
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from last night:
Karma, Maya?
Karma? Yah!
Karmaya!
Didn't we all use to sing this around the campfire?
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If we're talking divas, and dream casting, let's try this one: a total recasting of The Music Man, and I'm not talking about that travesty with Broderick, although I did like Chenowith.
Let's instead cast Eddie Murphy as Hill. He's got that way of talking/singing, in a way that is totally different from yet reminiscent of Preston. And, to complement him as his Marion, I'd go for Vanessa Willaims. The only catch would be a slight rewording, from "My White Knight" to "My BRIGHT Knight," which makes more sense regardless of the singer.
Yes, they would be loverly, to suggest another musical.
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But Em, if you punch someone wearing your Santa hat, rumor will go around that Santa's elves are revolting and fomenting violence upon the Canadian provinces. Be careful what you wear when you punch.
Ben - if I punch anyone it is definitely going to be a hit and run. They won't have time to recognise my Santa hat.
An hour and a bit later, I have made it to school. My class is in 90 minutes. Whatever will I do to pass the time away? (let's just say it starts with a "H" and ends with a "HW") :)
The bus/metro ride from hell was pretty darn bad. People were yelling and screaming and touching other in otherwise innapropriate ways. The bus driver this morning didn't/wouldn't (this is Quebec after all where politics are expressed in weird ways) speak English and so I and these other people near the front of the bus had to keep translating "move to the back" "I'm closing the doors now" "I am not moving until everyone is inside the bus" "stop sitting on me" "let the old woman sit down" "Stop touching the attractive young woman in the low rise jeans please". It went on and on and on. :(
I am SO going to need coffee right now. Right NOW. Shouldn't HHW have a virtual coffee house? I think we need that...
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Favorite Diva: Judy Garland
This year's Encores Bash was fantastic. The topic was musicals presented at City Center (they produced full scale revivals of classics from the 40s to the mid-60s) so of course the material was great... Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Hammerstein with Rodgers, Kern, Romberg and Bizet (and Rodgers with Hart), et. al. Performers included Marin Mazie, Betty Buckley (in full Diva mode), Marc Kudish and about a dozen more plus an unbilled surprise appearance by Faith Prince doing "Adelaide's Lament". Only problem - two hours and ten minutes was way too short.
I hope all those people waiting in line for THE PRODUCERS tickets realize that a lot of them will end up seeing either Nathan OR Matthew, not both Nathan AND Matthew.
I watched the DVD of JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. It was of course sung well, but it was very strangely staged. Half the numbers worked great and the other half you wondered what were they thinking. It's time for an off-Broadway revival of this classic revue.
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What a wonderful topic of the day. I shall have much to post at lunch, but I'm running late (surprise, surprise), so I must run now. Oh, yes...I must run. I'll post again later.
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...and tonight I shall be supping with another HHW "celebrity" who is also a celebrity... Now I wonder who THAT could be!
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I want a Swedish chef's hat.
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Emily you made my morning with your "trip into work" story about translating! LOL! I was grumpy and now I am not!!
Does Doris Day count as a diva? If so, then I first became enamored of her when I was just a twig of a sprig of a lad, oh probably in 2nd or 3rd grade...saw her in APRIL IN PARIS and just loved her. Can't recall the name of the song she sang that caught my imagination so but it is the one she sings and dances to when she is back in the ship's kitchen dancing with the kitchen help...loved that scene when I was a child! Still love that scene in fact!
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Divas? Hmmmmmmmmmmm......the term is VERY misused today, of course, and is thought of as something of a compliment.
Barbra of course, and I like her early stuff. My favorite song - after much consideration - is "The Way We Were".
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Divas---There are so many..
However, the one that touched my heart and personifies every quality I admire in a singer-was and is ...
Nancy LaMott!!
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Em, I like the idea of a virtual coffee house. That cup looks so inviting. Mmm, mmm, mmm. Maybe a cup of chocolate raspberry flavored coffee and a chat with friends at HHW.
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Mr. Brockman Senior has good taste. Miss LaMott is a grand choice.
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I keep imagining DR Emily singing "Step to the Rear" from HOW NOW DOW JONES!
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Dear Esteemed, lanky, swashbuckling, cosmopolitan, and guapo BK --
I survived the chilly shores of Erie, PA , and am now safely back in the warmth of family, hearth, home, and HHW.
I was computer-less for this trip, so I missed out on the thursday-to-Sunday doin's around here. And I have to stay current with the day's notes and posts, so sometimes I don't get to play catch-up.
As far as a genuine "one-of-a-kind performance" diva, I would certainly have to name Ethel Waters singing "Suppertime" (from As Thousands Cheer), and a performance from the CBS TV series of Judy Garland singing "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face."
As far as "personality divas" that just make such an impression..... Carol Channing, Anna Moffo, and BK's very own star, Dame Edna!
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Good morning. Well, we're not gonna be breakin' any records today if we don't get off our butt cheeks and get some postin' goin' on.
I was amused to see yet another B'way website start up their own radio show. We here at haineshisway.com are happy to lead the way so that others can know what to do.
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Good morning all.
Well, I overslept as usual, so this has to be a quick post before I head off to school.
TCB - Is your house still standing after that wind last night? Was it windy where you are? I thought the windows were gonna be blown out of my apartment. My friend Tiana and I walked down the street to our Safeway, and it reminded me of one of those old black and white movies, with the wind blowing people down the sidewalk. The two of us were walking bent over, and I half expected to see someone holding on to a lamp post to keep from being blown away. Didn't help that both of us have rather long hair, and it was taking on a rather wild life of it's own.
Anyway...I'm rambling, pay no attention.
Topic of the day - Babs has always been a personal favorite of mine. My mother raised me on her and Judy Garland. Tough to pick a favorite from either of them. I love Babs' early stuff a lot more than the recent, of course. Also the duet that the two of them did of Happy Days Are Here Again. The two of them together, doesn't get much better than that...
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Thanks for all the cheers guys and gals... I am so glad my transportation woes are amusing all of you. Isn't there a song from Avenue Q about situations like this? Schaden-something? :)
My day is getting much better - I got to sit through an hour long class where the prof. went on and on about a book she launched this weekend. We were treated not to our normal lecture but rather to a scintillating rant about what a wonderful researcher she is. Sigh.
I tried to get into the AUS lounge today but there was not one couch, table or computer free. I think we should start charging people for taking over my haunts. Isn't there a plot about this in Urinetown? :)
So instead of being all nice and comfortable in the AUS lounge I am now cold and uncomfortable upstairs in a ''common'' room in which there are only MACs. But not only are they MACs, they are MACs with a FRENCH keyboard. I keep forgetting where my punctuation marks are.
I will definitely be in chat tonight if I am able to make it home on my second attempt at the rush hour essential service bus and metro. Pray for me. :)
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Craig... who are you dining with tonight? Curiousity has been known to do worse stuff than just kill cats... ;)
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In my e-mail box this morning:
Newly appointed Senior Editor, Craig Brockman, says, "BroadwayWorld.com has always differed from other theater sites because of high levels of interactivity for our visitors. These launches continue that theme as just a small part of our planned expansion of Broadway, International and regional theater coverage."
CONGRATS TO BROCKMAN JR. ON THE NEW POSTING!
(and to BK for the flattery in YET ANOTHER Broadway Radio Show. Imitation is the sincerest form of...)
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Emily..
Well I will be supping with Ms. Juliana A Hansen I believe..
And thanks for the kudos.... That's all I will say on that subject at the moment
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Craig - just saw the post about your new gig. Congrats - may it last for a long time!
As for supping with Juliana - is she in town long? Perhaps it's time for an HHW gathering.
bk - any "new" news re your next CD?
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DR TCB wrote:
I wrote:Hey DR Ben, I'll race you to 500! You have one week!
If I cannot be a queen for a day, I at least deserve to be a goddess
Hmmm, I doubt that Ben can say the same.
Ha ha ha. Good one!
DR Andrea wrote in response to my asking her about the entertainment book:
We've had trouble at a few of the sushi places, double pizza, donni and subways (depends on location) Subway's is one thing, but at the other, they always try to give you something for less, even if it's at the specific location.
Weird. The ONLY time anyone I know has had trouble is at a card store. The coupon said "only at some participating stores", and this one said they did not participate.
I am really surprised that the pizza places give you trouble. I bet this is on the phone, right? If you went there I"m pretty sure they would honor it.
When you say you've had trouble at Subways (you mean the chain Subways, since I don't know any other subway type coupons in the book). I ate there yesterday! Grilled chicken. Yummy!
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Ken Mandelbaum has a very nice tribute to Dorothy Louden in his column today. It's not as personal as BK's tribute yesterday but it does mention the recordings she made for Bruce (and Ben Bagley - none of which were in the other obits I read).
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Enquiring minds want to know: Craig and Arnold Brockman?
Any relation?
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GOod morning, all. I first have to once again differ sharply with bk about something, this time THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS. You can't debate comedy with anyone. Everyone has different senses of humor and what strikes one as funny will find another stone-faced. That said, I absolutely adore THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS. As a black comedy, it and Scorsese's AFTER HOURS are my two favorite screen black comedies of all time. And I have no fond memories of PRETTY BABY from when I saw it in the theater when it first came out. However, I'd certainly be willing to give it another chance. Time and life experiences can often change one's perspective about movies. It certainly has with something like BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS which I loathed when I first saw it and now admire quite a bit.
Garland would have to be my favorite diva, too. Of course, "Over the Rainbow" was my childhood favorite, and my mom got so sick of me playing the soundtrack of the film that she took me to a record store in town and said, "Here. I want you to get this and listen to it. This is Judy after she grew up." It was the pink box LP release of A STAR IS BORN, and after I heard "The Man That Got Away," she had me forever.
Barbra is the only other singer who quite captured my imagination like Judy did. As I said on a previous thread some weeks ago, all of her 1960s recordings were gems, but I have a particular favorite, "Starting Here, Starting Now" from COLOR ME BARBRA. When that TV special was finally released on video, I was the first in line to buy it. I wish they'd get around to issuing them on DVD. I'm afraid MY NAME IS BARBRA, COLOR ME BARBRA, and A HAPPENING IN CENTRAL PARK are going to wear out or break before I can get them in more permanent form.
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Certainly, Miss Babs and Miss Garland are examples of fine performers with considerable bearing and presence that set them apart from most. But for real divas, I'll take the Misses Maria Callas, Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland.
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Dear Reader Ron-God--
Dear Readers like me who slog through each and every post know the answer to the question.
(How's that for coy?)
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SOmehow I just didn't inherit the opera gene. I've been to two or three in my life, but they just aren't my cup of tea. I have great respect for their craft, their talent, and their ability, but I'm just a musical theater baby, I guess.
BTW, to comment on something that was being mentioned yesterday, I've been doing theater for over 40 years, and I've only used a body mike twice in my life: for the revue AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND and as Sir Harry in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Every other show I've ever done has either been unmiked or stage or overhead mikes have to suffice. I can't imagine doing a show without projecting.
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Oh my gosh am I dumb or what? :)
I was quoting a bunch of posts from yesterday. So I do that in quick reply and then modify it. When I did that a couple of days ago, DR Ben saw my post before editing, and thought he'd missed something (i hadn't done the quoting or written my response). So today I put "please refresh i am in the process of editing this post" at the top of my post. Then proceeded to forget about it. Sorry!
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Enquiring minds want to know: Craig and Arnold Brockman?
Any relation?
RON... oh dear Boy... where have you been? This has been mentioned quite often....
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Make that two Misses and a Dame.
(Apologies to DR TfO. I know La Stupenda is something of a national treasure in your neck of the woods.)
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On further thought, make that one Miss, one Dame, and one Goddess, as Miss Callas is more properly known as La Divina.
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About Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in THE PRODUCERS. Let's not look on the dark side, WEL. It's been a couple of years since they've done it and perhaps their vocal chords will have rested up enough to be able to do the show consistently. Maybe I was lucky that the entire original cast was there when I saw it 2 or 3 Julys ago.
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DR Emily: Sorry about your metro/bus problems. But at least the buses and metros are running at rush hour. They could have just cancelled service all together. But I'm sure it still sucks.
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Only 174 more posts till I'm a goddess! Wow, I shouldn't have figured that out. That is a long way away :(
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Btw, BK, when is the smiley contest day? I propose each contestant gets to nominate one smiley. And someone can be the judge. Best smiley gets a prize?
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Ah, the life of a record producer :P
One of my quandaries is deciding which picture of the choir to use. To my mind, the burst of color when they came on in those robes was the most visually arresting moment of the show. Should I use this black and white picture of them in action?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Choir_Small.jpg)
It's going to take me some time to figure out how to post the color one, which is obviously posed.
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I have a question for any DRs. Has anyone ever ordered ffom amazon.fr? There are a bunch of the mega musical french shows that I really want to get on video. Since for some reason they are not coming out in Quebec, I am thinking about ordering from amazon.fr. But I am concerned about the shipping charges (I don't think customs hassles us here about things from overseas, Emily?).
The things I really want (which I realize I will have to transfer) are:
Petit prince:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000093I5G/qid=1069090988/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/171-5512754-5593861
Cindy:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AJGDN/qid=1069091406/br=1-6/ref=br_lf_v_5/171-5512754-5593861
Maybe: Les dix commandement (i've seen this)
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A7BG/qid=1069091406/br=1-7/ref=br_lf_v_6/171-5512754-5593861
Romeo et juliette:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RH65/qid=1069091406/br=1-13/ref=br_lf_v_12/171-5512754-5593861
If anyone has any ideas or advice, please let me know. Thanks.
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Craig and Arnold Brockman are a happily married couple living in
Queens. Say the secret word and you win a hundred dollars.
Phil - I'm not ready to talk about new projects yet - I have two I will choose from, both of which would be grand fun.
My editors are here and seem great so I think editing this show will be fun.
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Thanks, BK!
I will not make excuses for why I haven't picked up on this before.
Like hell I won't make excuses.
I'm over 50! My brain cells function on their own agenda and don't always hop-to when I come a-knocking.
I may have read it, but it never stuck because I never associated the last names before. Craig has always been Craig. ArnoldBrockman has always been ArnoldBrockman. Today is the first time I "remember" seeing Craig's last name at a time when I had just read something by ArnoldBrockman.
These senior moments will not decline. They will go on....sigh. :)
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Now that I've made a big old fool of myself over the Brockman and Brockman issue, let me go out on a limb and ask DR NOEL where JOY is hiding out. I havent' seen a post from her in days.....
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DR JAY:
I heard you....Joan Sutherland -- "In Questa Reggia"!!!
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Yes, we need some tidings of comfort and joy.
I'm trying to get them to put a computer in the edit bay today, which will make checking in a lot easier than having to run back to my office every two minutes.
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er... I think Mr. and Mr. Brockman may have some 'splaining to do to Ron later... :)
An hour and 15 minutes until I brave the metro again. In the meantime, I diagnose a grilled chicken sandwich from Subway for myself. 5.2 grams of fat. How DO they do it?
As Joy/Homer Simpson would say:
arghlalarghalaarghlalaargh :)
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WEL: Thanks for the reminder. I must go dig out my Bagley recordings and listen to the Miss Loudon tracks.
Congratulations Mr Brockman Jnr.
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Speaking of Subway...
JARED SPEAKS!
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/17/subway.guy.ap/index.html
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No apologies necessary Jay I only have La Sutherland singing some Noel Coward (on record) and I don't even like that). I always preferred the voice of June Bronhill. I hope a few DRs remember her and at least have "Robert And Elizabeth" in their collections. It is pre 6.00 am here so I am going back to bed. See you all later.
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"On an average weekday, 1,230,000 commuters use the Montreal transit system."
That is a lot of angry people... I didn't realise that it was that many!
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Tom - you're divine now!
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MattH: I concur -- Judy Garland -- "The Man That Got Away"
Plus: "(I'm) Nobody's Baby," "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," "Johnny One Note," "Get Happy"
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I think the same thing will happen with Matthew and Nathan that happened the last time. Although Matthew missed a few previews they basically did all shows for the beginning of the run. Then they started missing a few performances, then a few more, until by the end of their run it was averageing 1 show a week with both stars performing. It probably won't get that bad this time, but I really don't expect them each to play every performance for the fourteen weeks. I hope I am wrong.
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Mr. Lurie brings up something that has been discussed before, but I'm not really sure I've read any observations about "why" this is happening.
There used to be stars on Broadway who never missed a performance.
Of course, that kept some fine understudies from getting a shot. And Shirley MacLaine's story is a good reason why some stars missed performing only if they were near death.
What's the current thought on the "why" someone like Lane and Broderick would miss so many performances?
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I think we need a posting volley, a burst of posting, an explosion of posting, that's what I think we need.
I love la Garland singing The Man That Got Away, one of the great recordings ever.
I also love Peggy Lee's Is That All There Is.
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And now, an attempt to post the color photo of the choir, so obviously posed. Hoping you all can tell me if it's preferable to the previously posted black-and-white short of them "in action"
Hope this doesn't send us into widescreen (Oh, a Rupert Holmes reference)
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BK wrote:
Craig and Arnold Brockman are a happily married couple living in
Queens. Say the secret word and you win a hundred dollars.
Is the secret word HA HA HA HA?
For some reason I hope that someone told DR Ron their real relationship. Craig is the baby bear and DR ArnoldBrockman is the papa bear.
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The ache and poignancy that Garland infused "The Man That Got Away" with assures the listener than she's singing from experience, and it's devastating. Astonishingly, the song lost the Best Song Oscar to the fluffy "Three Coins in a Fountain." I mean, come on! I enjoyed singing "Three Coins" in FOREVER PLAID, but it's no "Man That Got Away."
Those Best Song Oscars certainly did NOT go often to the best song!
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Dear Reader Tom from Oz--You are a HHW God, not Morpheus.
It's just my opinion, but I'm thinking Dame Joan singing Coward probably does not show off her voice to greatest advantage.
And tell us more about June Bronhill. I've never heard of her.
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Merman, Martin, and Channing were famous for not missing shows, but were any other famous ladies (or gentlemen) famous for never missing. I know Dolores Grey missed shows and LuPone certainly doesn't have a spotless reputation. I guess Chita doesn't or didn't miss very often.
Even before the infamous problem with Bernadette Peters' health in GYPSY, she was famous for missing performances.
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Top Five Divas (in no particular order)
1. Betty Buckley--Meadowlark, Unexpected Song, Stars and Moon, Gaviola (from her first album) to name a few 2. Jennifer Holiday--And I'm Not Telling You
3. Karen Akers--I'll Waltz Alone from Grand Hotel
4. Audra McDonald--She could sing anything and I would be happy!
5. Liza--I grew up listening to my Mom's records from New York, New York and Cabaret (Have they released a DVD edition of Cabaret? My video is almost worn out!)
Others--Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Judy Kuhn, Chita, Ertha Kitt, Eliane Strich, Ethel Merman, Ute Lemper....the list goes on...
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My favorite (living) divas: :-* Bernadette :-* Betty Lynn :-* Patti :-* I fell in love with musicals in great part due to these three women, their voices and the roles that they played: Mabel Normand and Dot, Martha Jefferson and Grizabella, Evita and the Moll/Sister Mister ... and many others. I treasure their respective solo albums as well and look forward to their continued output!
My favorite (no-longer-living) divas: Ethel Merman and Judy Garland. 'nuff said.
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And thanks to the Karma fairy for the extra Karmage!
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Yes, DR HollyLynn, CABARET has been out on DVD in a number of different editions for quite some time. You should be able to find it on-line if not at a store.
And welcome!
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Dear MR BK - if you are still contemplating a rock and roll of Ronald Stein CD - there is a jukebox ditty I haven't heard in THE DEVIL'S PARTNER that is very fine. Of course my favorite is still from AOTFFW, but this one is very good as well!
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Is Karmage the antithesis of carnage? They sound SO similar. :)
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Is Karmage the antithesis of carnage? They sound SO similar. :)
Yes, they are polar opposites and I hope that there is no confusion between the two words. ::)
A little free-association tangent here: every time I hear the word "carnage" I think of the word "carnal," which makes me think of the movie "Carnal Knowledge," which reminds me of the "All In the Family" episode when Archie and Edith come home from the movies when they thought that they were seeing a movie called "Carnival Knowledge." :o Not the same thing!
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Tom - you're divine now!
I knew from the first that Tom (and Colin) were divine, heavenly creatures.
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Has there a mention of that wonderful Diva Judy Kaye yet? Underacknowledged and under-recorded IMHO.
June Bronhill (also a Dame I think) is Australian and had a very successful career in opera in Oz and Europe pre Sutherland. She has a deligthful personality andis much loved by the Oz public. She was our original Maria in "The Sound Of Music" back in 1961 and I had the pleasure od seeing and hearing her in "The Merry Widow" in about 1964. She has appearded in the Australian version of "Are You Being Served" but is IMHO best heard singing in the above mentioned "Robert & Elizabeth" (The Brownings) which is ceretaibly still availablbe and worthe the hunt. Proabblt considered more of an operatta but is indeed a musical gem. June's diction is suberb and she certainly has recorded a few operas in the early sixties. I am however not an opera fan - genes missing here too. I tried for a few seasons but found it all so hum hum and came away whistling the scenery. A BTW: June Bronhill took her stage name from the Oz town of Broken Hill best known to the world from "Priscilla".
Someone out there must know "Robert and Elizabeth". The show also had the wonderful Keith Michell.
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DR Noel I looked at both pictures and I'm not sure which I prefer. They are both nice, but different. This is for the cd booklet? Which will fit better with the other photos? The color one does include more people, right?
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Thanks for noticing Emily and td. Now to convince those whose photograph appears in post my post #500 of yesterday! Post #1 should be indicative of my approach to the new level. There won't be trumpets. DR Ron "has been there done that". I hope people are still prepared to "Believe" after the infamous Brockman affair.
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Merman, Martin, and Channing were famous for not missing shows, but were any other famous ladies (or gentlemen) famous for never missing. I know Dolores Grey missed shows and LuPone certainly doesn't have a spotless reputation. I guess Chita doesn't or didn't miss very often.
Keith Andes played 402 shows of MAN OF LA MANCHA without missing a show. He says he was exhausted afterwards!
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That's quite a succession: Marjorie Lawrence to June Bronhill to Joan Sutherland. With Dame Kiri warbling over in NZ. It must be something in the water.
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Hello, DRs!!
I tried to post earlier today, but for some reason the computer is being super slow today, and the pages wouldn't load. It does seem a little better now though.
Asking me to choose my favorite divas is like asking me to choose my favorite ice cream flavor...there are simply too many of them. After some thought though, here goes:
Favorite Living Divas
Bernadette Peters
Kristin Chenoweth
Audra McDonald
Barbra Streisand
Liza Minnelli
Ute Lemper (HollyLynn, it's good to see another fan)!
Favorite non-Living Divas
Ethel Merman
Judy Garland
Dolores Gray
Nancy LaMott
Tom, I agree that our very own Judy Kaye is underrated as a performer, but she certainly is one of the best out there. I think Kim Criswell is similarly underrated--few voices are as supple and rangy as hers.
Ben--If I have enough karma to come back as anything I want, can it be a HHW Goddess so I can sit alongside Dear God Ron? ;)
Craig--congrats Mr. Senior Editor! I think they certainly picked the right guy for the job!
Jennifer--I love the smiley contest idea! If BK likes it, I think we should totally do it!
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But Em, if you punch someone wearing your Santa hat, rumor will go around that Santa's elves are revolting and fomenting violence upon the Canadian provinces. Be careful what you wear when you punch.
LOL.
Emily, I feel very guilty laughing when you had such a bad time. Hope you find some faster transportaion and a way to work.
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(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:IN4PuZR7_fkC:www.musicals101.com/News/LaMott.JPG)Diva-wise, NANCY LAMOTT, bar none. (Anyone with enough computer savvy would be able to find a very interesting connection between my posts and my computer).
First heard her on the Painted Smiles album, pre-cd speak, MOSTLY MERCER charming her way through "Beautiful Baby." One listen and I was hooked - - and that album also contains sublime work from Jennifer Holliday, Rosemary Clooney, Eydie Gorme and one of those Jeffries - either Anne or Fran.
I only wish that I could have seen Nancy perform in the clubs in NYC.
Babs would be next, though, after "Stoney End," there's really not much that I'd run out of my way to hear, with rare film song exceptions: I think that one of Babs' finest moments is in FUNNY LADY, singing "If I Love Again" with only piano accompaniment.
The Divas I have met:
Betty Buckley and Barbara Cook. Word of warning, however, NEVER mention CARRIE around BC, with BB it is a cause for divine conversation, but a taboo subjest with Miss Cook.
And then there's Judy. Like most people I knew her from THE WIZARD OF OZ long before I knew that she had other talents. But, as great as "The Man that Got Away" is, my favorite Judy vocal has got to be "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
There are a few whom I would consider as demi-divas, like Miss Petula Clark.
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Nobody else wants a smiley contest? :(
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"Carnival Knowledge."
Actually, "Carnival Knowledge" is the name of the show that was playing in the same theatre Our Wedding - The Musical played. It meant that there was a gorilla on top of the theatre's awning, and a big clown head and all sorts of sideshowy stuff on stage when we rehearsed, but not, thankfully, on stage for the actual show.
I believe it's still playing. (Soho Plahouse)
http://www.weddingMusical.com (http://www.weddingMusical.com)
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Okay I wrote that before refreshing and seeing DR Maya's comments. Glad to see someone else shares me love for pathetically fun games! :)
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*Builds a shrine to new Dear God Tom*
Does this make me a pagan now??
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well plans are set and I am, indeed, going to have dinner with the lovely and talented Ms. Juliana A. Hansen (of Juliana's Journal fame). I shall regale you all in stories upon my return this evening. I *might* even have a picture or two...
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(http://www.niu.edu/cseas/outreach/SacredArchi_files/image024.jpg)
*helping Maya to build Tom's shrine*
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Now I have "Pagan Love Song" running around my head and I can't remember who sang it. I'm supposed to be infallible too. It was a song from 1929 after all. I would check with My fellow inhabitant of this "level" but the is organising some angels to paint he clouds with sunshine.
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I don't know if it makes you a pagan, Maya, but it may make TCB a Fagin
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And where is that superannuated pick-pocket this fine day?
Infallability does take some practice. I had to use the modify button again. Omnipresence too has its problems as I don't appear to be sitting at the breakfast table either. Back soon.
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BK wrote:
Craig and Arnold Brockman are a happily married couple living in
Queens. Say the secret word and you win a hundred dollars.
Is the secret word HA HA HA HA?
For some reason I hope that someone told DR Ron their real relationship. Craig is the baby bear and DR ArnoldBrockman is the papa bear.
Jennifer you get a Karma for telling the truth even though the jokes made for some fun reading.
Emily I tried giving you a Karma to keep you smiling on the metro but someone beat me to it.
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there's no such thing as too much Karma! I'm feeling especially Karmaliscious this moment
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Nobody else wants a smiley contest? :(
I'm game if I'm still in town when you have the contest. :-\
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Judy was my favorite Diva until Barbara came along.
Echo is outside barking away as if there is someone here. I hope not as I’m still in my pajamas. If I get dressed she will think we are going for a walk & I have too much work to do yet.
I’m getting ready to go to L.A. on Wednesday to clean out my father’s condo. I expect to be there five nights. I hope to know by tomorrow what nights I will have free. Who wants to meet for dinner?
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Would love to meet for dinner Jane but some of us, despite our exalted level, have problems with time zones, $ and arranging flights. Maybe your new governor in LA can sort things out.
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DR Jane wrote:
Jennifer you get a Karma for telling the truth even though the jokes made for some fun reading.
Well I wasn't sure if someone told Ron the truth or if he believed BK. It was funny. But I prefer funny when everyone knows the joke. So I just wanted to make sure.
Heck let's have an informal smiley contest right now!
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Thank you, Jennifer, for the truth. Close your eyes, dear. It's going to get ugly
(http://www.thanasis.com/zmadmb.jpg)
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Thanks to everyone who gave/tried to give me transportation karma!
Alas, the ride home was less funny and amusing then it was annoying and cold and frustrating and any other number of adjectives meaning "bad".
I got on the first metro to come through the downtown's orange line at 3pm (when they opened up again for the evening rush hours) and from then on everything went downhill.
1) A fist fight broke out among some awful awful AWFUL teenaged boys at Lionel-Groulx station over, I think, a bottle of rum that one group was passing around to one another. The drunken defenders took refuge, *sigh* of course, in my metro car as their assailants kept holding the doors to the car open in the hope of "getting them". Obscenities in many different languages were uttered until 5 minutes later we sane metro riders manually closed the doors ourselves (picture me taking down a 6 foot tall + 300 lb teenaged gangster as I pushed him out of a metro car against his will)
2) When I got to my bus terminal 20 minutes later I found about 100 people waiting in line before me. I figured I'd get in line and simply wait my turn. Time passed. The number of people behind ME grew and grew and grew until by the time the FIRST bus in over 30 minutes arrived there were at least 400 people (!!!) in line.
3) I get on a bus that was NOT MEANT TO HOLD 120 PEOPLE and another half hour later I get home. At least this time I didn't have to do any translating for the unilingual anglo West End Montrealers. The bus driver took care of that by speaking some of the funniest and most blatant Franglais I have ever heard in my entire life: "Clear-er the escalier" :)
I am going to go sleep off my woes and think of how poor I will be if this lasts more than a week or two from lost job revenue. :(
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Ron - Jennifer gave you the truth... not me...
(please don't hit me!) :)
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Vanity Post = this is #200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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From our point of view Emily vanity is no longer a sin. It it were so we wouldn't be here. Ron. Don't lower your left leg or things may become even uglier. I don't think they are ready for another 7 plagues or such.
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I'm thinking we might just make 100 posts today. But that is far far away from our past few days broken records. Am I a broken record?
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I am between stops on a family funeral day. Not sure if I will be in chat, but life goes on. Not a CLOSE family member. I am more of a supporting player in this particular drama.
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DearWife Joy is fine, but lacks the hours required to catch up on the roughly 1000 posts she's missed. She's now in her final weeks at her job, where she'll not be getting the Christmas bonus. But, they love her so much over there...
A) They'll be happy to hire her whenever she wants to work come the new year.
B) They threw her a huge shower
C) They gave many a wedding present
D) They tend to list things with letters in front of them.
OK, I don't know that this last thing has anything to do with their love of Joy.
But how about this? There was some sort of an office party there last week, and they put Joy in charge of getting the food. Now, most anyone would have called a caterer, but Joy actually went shopping, bought cheeses and vegetables (which she then chopped) and sundried foodstuffs and cooked her famous stuffed mushrooms. Then, she managed to bring all of these things to work. They paid for the food, but not Joy's cooking time, which was considerable.
I don't really understand what goes on over there, but this much seems clear: There's never been a more hard-working and committed employee in the memory of anyone who works there. (You know, I wouldn't be surprised if that Christmas bonus arrives, in spite of the broken agreement to stay until March.)
And yes, it looks like we'll Christmas in the home of the true author of some other DR's famously funny signature line...
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(picture me taking down a 6 foot tall + 300 lb teenaged gangster as I pushed him out of a metro car against his will)
I am picturing that, Emily. With your oddly thin but very straight arm and your yellow heart-shaped hand.
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DR Ron that pic cracked me up.
Did you originally thank DR Emily? :(
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Oh, my. Two gods on the same site. I'm not worthy. I'm simply not worthy to be in your two presences, but I hope you'll let me remain.
DR, Ron. Your above image made me burst out laughing. Thanks for such a good laugh.
DR Jed, I like your new picture.
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Poor DR Emily. Do you usually have such woes on public transport? Or was today much worse?
I took the bus and metro for my years at Concordia. It used to take at least 1 hour. I remember a horrible incident where some deranged guy was in my car.
It was so horrible. I get in and sit down. This deranged guy comes in, the doors open for people to get out and this guy (with all his might) wacks somebody and pushes them out. Then said deranged guy proceeds to sit RIGHT BESIDE ME. I was terrified.
I didn't know what to do. AT the cote vertu stop which is the last stop, everyone had to get off. And deranged guy started to follow me. I don't remember all the details. But some nice guy, saw what deranged guy had done. And he came and protected me. We then saw deranged guy go back down in the metro to take the line the other way. We tried to explain to the security what had happened. But that sure was scary!
DR Noel: please tell DR Joy that we miss her.
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I’m getting ready to go to L.A. on Wednesday to clean out my father’s condo. I expect to be there five nights. I hope to know by tomorrow what nights I will have free. Who wants to meet for dinner?
I'm fairly booked over the weekend, but could make other evenings work. Once your schedule is set, let me know. It would be nice!
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Since we seem to be playing "celebrity HHW" guessing games today, karma to the first person who can name who I just had a very pleasant hour long telephone conversation with. The person with whom I spoke cannot answer, of course.
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I think I'd have to go with the Babs Cook crowd, though Mandy Patinkin can get awfully diva-ish at times. Does Rosie Clooney count?
I saw Keith Andes do one of his 4,000-odd La Manchas. I think he was my first one one.
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CLARIFICATION from a person(not a GOD) who knows the answer.
Craig and Arnold Brockman do not live in Queens.
Never have and never will.
Craig Brockman is the illegitamate son of Arnold M. Brockman .
Craig's real name is SKIPPY but we changed that upon adoption.
All other inquiries should be fowarded to the proper authorities (whomever they are)
That is the KARMATIC TRUTH.
And if you don't believe it that's your problem.
JENNIFER-Who said that you will become a GODDESS-Maybe you will become a GOD. Only ONE knows for sure and that is The Holy of Holiests and we all know who that is!!!
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I think he was my first one one.
On should always remember one's first. . . :-X
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Jane, I will be at your service whenever you are available. We must go to a lovely restaurant.
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Jane, I will be at your service whenever you are available. We must go to a lovely restaurant.
Let's try someplace new, preferably a bit closer to Jay who lives in Pasadena.
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I am surprised no has mentioned the ultimate Diva
Sam Harris (http://www.queermusicheritage.com/HOMASSET/harris.jpg)
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Hmmmmmmmm.....Mark Bakalor was talking to DR Charles Pogue. Guess number one.
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Dear Reader Michael Shayne:
You slay me.
Thanks for the good laugh.
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Nope. Never spoken by phone with Charles Pogue.
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you spoke with BK of course Mark...
(who was probably haranging you about something related to this site :) )
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Yes, Jen, I originally put Em's name there. I knew as soon as I hit post that I was incorrect, immediately went into modify and changed it.
But by then, Emily-the-quick, had already seen it and posted a correction. It took me 55 seconds from the time of my first post to the time I posted the correction. And Emily still beat me by 10 seconds.
I'm sure glad I don't have to pay for her running shoes!
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Jennifer... oy... don't get me started about deranged guys on the metro.
Why is it that the only guys who come up and talk to me on a whim are always mentally ill/stalkers? WHY GOD WHY!?! (Ron - care to answer? :) )
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you spoke with BK of course Mark...
(who was probably haranging you about something related to this site :) )
Nope!
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Jennifer... oy... don't get me started about deranged guys on the metro.
Why is it that the only guys who come up and talk to me on a whim are always mentally ill/stalkers? WHY GOD WHY!?! (Ron - care to answer? :) )
Do you REALLY want to know?
I can tell you.
Truly.
Want to know?
It's B-E-C-A-U-S-E!
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Trust Godly Ron to start getting all philosophical on us once he gained divinity.
Mark... hmmmm.... Russell the tech guy? ;)
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All right, then. It's because you're s-p-e-c-i-a-l and they can sense that and are attracted to it.
They know you'd never hurt them or spit on them or curse them.
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I have not harangued. Not me, not I. Chat in a mere two and a half hours, and we'd better have a lot more posts than this by then or there will be hell toupee in the chat room. If we were in France a chat room would mean a cat room.
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A rainy cool monday...isn't there a song about rainy days and mondays? :)
Regretably, I will not be attending chat tonight unless there are still people lingering at 8:30 when I get out of rehearsal. Sad...I hate to miss all the lovely HHW gossip...
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Russell doesn't count. Though I was on the phone with him today, it was for far less than an hour. This DR has a karma score higher than mine. :(
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you were on the phone with Skippy himself!
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I feel Mr. Bakalor was on the phone with... with... Ron Pulliam
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We are a sleepy site today, but so are others, I've noticed. Since we are not like others, WAKE UP! Wake up and smell the posts! Chat in a mere two hours.
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The edit bays are having lots of problems today, which will hopefully be fixed in a trice.
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Not Skippy nor Ron.
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Good evening all.
First my "duh" for the day. I didn't know the Craig that is here was/is the same as the Craig from BWW.com until I saw the congrats on this board for what he is doing on that board. What can I say? Ok, all together now, "Duh!"
And now I suppose your going to tell me that the BK I’ve spoken to on the other board is the same one as this one, right? Ha! I’m not going to fall for that one.
Well, Emily, sounds like the mass transit systems are the same the world around. My two “favorite” stories are the time we stood around until 6 PM waiting for the bus to show up. I called to ask when we could expect it (our pick up time is 5:15 PM) and was told I missed the bus! Considering there were 13 of us standing there, I didn’t think so. I told that to the lady on the phone and she scrambled to find where the bus was.
It turned out it had been by but the driver forgot to change the marquee so it we didn’t KNOW it was our bus! Small details. It’s all in the small details.
The other was the fire on the bus. We smelled something burning the moment we go onboard and tried to tell the driver. He said the oil had just been changed and some must have dripped on the motor. Well down the interstate we go, until a tractor-trailer started honking at us. We were on fire and the smoke was so bad it was almost causing other drivers to wreck! We made it to the side of the road but the stupid driver wouldn’t let us OFF THE BUS. He didn’t want us to get “hurt” on the highway! Hello? Being on a burning bus is SAFE??
Like I said, it’s not just a bus ride, it’s an adventure!
I’ll try to be a the chat–at least for a little while.
D
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Rainy Days and Mondays
Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.
What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down
words and lyrics: Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
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Thanks Ron...a perfect song for today.
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Sorry I couldn't post today at lunch. Our CEO was hovering, so we couldn't get online.
My favorite divas and the songs that made me love them:
Patti LuPone: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Jennifer Holliday: And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
La Lansbury: Beautiful Briny Sea from BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
Julie Andrews: Supercalafragalisticexpialidocious
Stritch: The Ladies Who Lunch
Audra McDonald: Your Daddy's Son
Judy Kuhn: Nobody's Side
The Merm: Rose's Turn
La Garland: Over the Rainbow
Rosemary Clooney: White Christmas
Elaine Paige: Memory
Barbara Cook: My White Knight
Did I mention that I met Stephen Flaherty and Lyn Ahrens today? They had a meeting with our grouchy, hovering CEO. They both seemed very nice, though...
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I am eating popcorn and drinking Cherry Coke.
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Was Mark Bakalor talking to DR Jason?
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I was going to guess that DR Mark was talking to Guy Haines. But he has no karma. DR Maya has much karma. But DR Mark made it seem like he was talking to a he. Was he talking to DR Craig?
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DR Papa bear ArnoldBrockman wrote:
JENNIFER-Who said that you will become a GODDESS-Maybe you will become a GOD. Only ONE knows for sure and that is The Holy of Holiests and we all know who that is!!!
I'm pretty sure HHW women will also be gods. But wouldn't that be so cool if DR Mark could fix it so women could become goddesses. That would make me very happy (yes it takes very little :))
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I forgot to say that I can't really think of a diva that I like.
If this works, you might see a picture of my babies. Bear is the handsome fello sitting up and Brandi is the pretty girl laying down.
D
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Today at school, I was using a computer in the library and this lady came over and sat at the one next to mine. She picked up the mouse and tried to figure out what it was. Then she went to the Yahoo website and just stared at it for ten minutes. She kept saying, "Hmmmm. Interesting."
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Such “wonderful” public transportation stories today. I never had such things happen to me on the buses in L.A. I did have a fun experience riding the freeway bus from the valley to work at Wilshire and Western. Every morning a group of us rode together and declared the front of the bus as our own. The group was really established before I began riding the bus on a daily bases, I just joined in and nobody complained.
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Bark Makalor was not speaking to me on the phone... :-\
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Chat in one hour. At least we beat our low day. Now we must have a volley of posts, an explosion of posts. Why if everyone who was perusing the board would simply post, then who knows WHAT would happen.
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I know who Mark was talking to on the phone...and I figured it out like *that*...come ON guys, it's not THAT hard...if I hadn't been banned from all guessing, I'd shout it out.
I got a 92 on my algebra test...
Oh and I was harassed by the school officials today for skipping (my first pd. teacher never changed me from "absent" to "present" when my dumb bus finally arrived), so I got mad, yelled a lot, made a few comments about how my parents pay their salary, got yelled at, made a few more commments about how they were breaching the school codes by doing this, got apologized too, and sent on my merry way.
Don't you be arguin' with me.
Aaaand...yes. That's about it.
Sandra:...So am I...you know what they say about great minds...
Unfortunately, I've been raised in a generation where I hear "diva" and I think "Whitney, Mariah, Celine!"
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Hmmm... my random guess in the "Who Did Mr. Mark Bakalor Talk To On The Phone For Over An Hour Today?" contest will be...
Michael Shayne
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Nope! This person was one who has more karma than bk and guy haines put together!
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Oh and I spoke to DR WFO this morning...things are not looking up for him at all, and the poor man has been so busy that HHW has been lacking his presence. It's none of my business to relay his problems, that is for him to tell. But, it would be GREATLY appreciated if we could send some extra-necessary vibes (and I mean serious thoughts and prayers) to him. We want him back here soon!
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Was it Maya, Mark?
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DR Ron wrote:
Yes, Jen, I originally put Em's name there. I knew as soon as I hit post that I was incorrect, immediately went into modify and changed it.
But by then, Emily-the-quick, had already seen it and posted a correction. It took me 55 seconds from the time of my first post to the time I posted the correction. And Emily still beat me by 10 seconds.
Ah okay I get it. No problem. I hadn't seen your original post. But I read Emily's comments.
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*blush*
Yes, Ron.
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HAHAHAHAH!
This was so fun watching you guys guess! I kept wanting to blab but Mark forbid me, as you saw.
We had a very nice conversation....he is a very funny and bright young man. He needs to have his own TV show.
But if he hitches up my phone bill, I am holding him personally responsible.
I know WFO is probably unable to read this right now, but I am wishing him all the good vibes in the world. I miss his posts.
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A word of advice to all my dear Hainsie/Kimlet friends...
NEVER go errant and truant from this site for 4 days! It takes forever to get all caught up! :D But I have read the 1500 posts or so that I missed, and am now thoroughly modern post-wise.
Thursday night I attended a very nice little ceremony at which a theater at Central Washington University (my very own alma mater) was named for my very own grandfather. He was hired by the university to start a new "Drama and Speech" department, and for his first 9 years (he was there 34 years in all) he was a one-man department. This theater, a 300-seat-ish blackbox, was his pet project from early designing to fund allocation and all, and was built in 1981.
Following the dedication, I saw the university's production of West Side Story. All in all, a decent production, with some very nice aspects. The vocals were all quite good, which was a pleasant surprise given their past few musicals. Their Anita was a real standout in every department, and my good friend Rob was quite fine as Tony (improved greatly since I saw him do the role in 1999). Some orchestra issues kept the show from being all it could musically. The conductor they used is horribly wrong for WSS... her style just simply does not work for that score. Also, they used a rather abominable setting on the synthesizer that was tinny and just did not work at all with the other instruments. Really could have used one more trumpet and probably an additional trombone, too. Acting was fairly strong except for a few Shark guys, but I think they were cast for dancing. Pacing in Act I was another problem. You know a show is moving a bit slowly when a theatre professor leans over to you and asks, "Are they doing this without an intermission?" and the answer is "No."
Then, as DR Ann reported on last night, she and I saw a University of Washington production of She Loves Me on Saturday night. Her review summed things up pretty well. All in all, I'd call it a very good production. The cast was composed nearly entirely of Master and Doctoral students, all of whom were quite wonderful vocally. The staging was simple and fun, the scenic design was fantastic (and, again, simple), a very good orchestra, and fine performances. If I were to find any fault (as DR Ann will tell you is my way :) ), it would have been with the Arpad, who seemed to be very aware of his audience.
Spent a lovely lazy Sunday with Ann before heading back home to my side of the state. Heavy mountain snow made the drive that would usually be about 2 hours 45 minutes into a drive of 4 hours 20 minutes, but such is life in Washington state.
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I love "She Loves Me."
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Chat in ten minutes. Maya, be careful. Mark is a heartbreaker.
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LOL, BK!
It's not like that. He's just a friend.
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Chat is open. I do hope the lovebirds will be there. And we're simply going to have to do better, post-wise. We must post until the cows come home. Surprises for those who enter chat.
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That's what Justin and Alyssa kept saying about one another!
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Mark and Maya sitting in a tree... :-*
jk my dears (until you finally come out of denial at least! ;) )
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Jed that was a very nice story about your grandfather. You must have been very proud. How did you manage to read all of the back posts-my goodness!
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S. Woody White I still haven’t had time to read your travels. I will print them out to read on the plane. Don’t want you to think I was ignoring you.
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I'm just posting to say that I can't be at chat, which started 10 minutes ago. I've been home all day and am not feeling to well :P, but I'm sure I'll be fine by tomorrow. But now I have to go out into the rainy weather and run some errands. Why in the world can't the errands run themselves is beyond me. Anyway, I'll check back in later but hopefully I'll be able to get to bed early, since I do need to sleep...and how! 8) <-- consider this a mask for sleeping.
And I'm sorry that I'm going to miss the surprises about which BK mentioned just a few minutes ago. :'(
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-Oh and I spoke to DR WFO this morning...things are not looking up for him at all, and the poor man has been so busy that HHW has been lacking his presence. It's none of my business to relay his problems, that is for him to tell. But, it would be GREATLY appreciated if we could send some extra-necessary vibes (and I mean serious thoughts and prayers) to him. We want him back here soon!
Extra Vibes, Karma and good thoughts. WFO I hope to see you back by the time I return. We miss you. :(
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Where is my surprise, I was in chat?
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GEORGE -- Join us in chat
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Great chat going on join us!!
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You errant and truant wazoos are missing a lovely chat with surprises aplenty.
WFO - please come back soon, we will all do our best to make your world a better place.
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While in L.A. I’m free to get together Thursday through Sunday night.
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Bus and metro strike today = Emily having to get up two hours earlier than normal, leave school three and a half hours late AND not be able to get to my work office on the other side of the city.
Excuse me while I go punch something. Preferably something wearing a Transportation Company Uniform. :(
I may have to skip class tomorrow JUST to make it to my hair appointment... sigh.. the unjustice of it all.
The labour strike is making it hard to get to my History of Labour strikes class.
OH THE IRONY!
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I hope all those people waiting in line for THE PRODUCERS tickets realize that a lot of them will end up seeing either Nathan OR Matthew, not both Nathan AND Matthew.
CYGOPP claimes he can get me free tickets... we shall see, we shall see
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...and tonight I shall be supping with another HHW "celebrity" who is also a celebrity... Now I wonder who THAT could be!
Craig, when will you just admit that you're having an affair with Swishy Sarah and put the rest of the HHW girls ( and guys) out of our miserable guessing misery?
;D
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Andrea -- why aren't you in the chat room giving Maya a hard time about having a phone call with Mr. Mark Bakalor today?
Swishy Sarah is there, and so was Emily.
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I am really surprised that the pizza places give you trouble. I bet this is on the phone, right? If you went there I"m pretty sure they would honor it.
DR Jennifer: oh, what's great is that they gave us trouble on the phone and then we went there and they STILL gave us trouble!
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Thanks to everyone who gave/tried to give me transportation karma!
Alas, the ride home was less funny and amusing then it was annoying and cold and frustrating and any other number of adjectives meaning "bad".
I walked to the old brewery mission after class and then got a ride home from my dad... I love my daddy:)
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I decided to not run my errands and have stayed. I'm in chat right now, and have been for a while. Join in! The chatting's lively and sparkly!
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LOL, BK!
It's not like that. He's just a friend.
Should never tell us that... do you know how many matchmakers there are on this site!
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Andrea -- why aren't you in the chat room giving Maya a hard time about having a phone call with Mr. Mark Bakalor today?
Swishy Sarah is there, and so was Emily.
Because I just got home, and am reading the posts and posting as I go along?
Sending out my loving.
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i was in chat..no surprises...nice and slighty swishy talk.no bk--souped out i fear.
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I have a question???
How come I am Brockman SR but I am A JR Member??
I know..I know...
Posts are more important than real seniority?
What a world we live in!!
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Andrea I am upset you did not come to chat tonight.
Sigh.
What will be do with you?!?
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Chat was simply too-too! ! !
Can I count Bruce Springsteen as a DIVA?!?!?!
I got this tonight:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000E1WNV.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Man, that boy sure does sweat profusely!
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ooooh! somebody karma'd me! Thank you, karma fairy.
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Chat was enormously fun. As I will summarize now:
Mr. Brockman Senior offered me Craig's hand in marriage for a relatively economical dowry. I'll see how many hours of work I can get in this week and then we'll discuss a payment plan later. Jason turned down my initial proposal and must now die. A woman scorned... hmm....
Maya is a skank. There is no way about it.
Mark Bakalor has a webcam which made for miles of enjoyment.
BK has drowned in his soup.
Ron is God no matter what language you speak.
Swishy is Involuntary Jail-Bait.
LC has a weird roommate.
George is boring (his words not mine).
Jed wants Maya's skanky behind.
Too bad you all missed it! :)
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You forgot to mention, Dear Reader Emily, that you and I are engaged to be married. . . .
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Sorry I missed chat, but I could not tear myself away from FINDING NEMO. This has the most stunning animation I've ever seen, and the scenes in the fish tank, well, I've never seen such crispness and clarity and color (the three C's!) in my life. After it concluded, I went back and just stared at parts of it again, and then started on the documentaries. I still think A BUG'S LIFE is funnier, but the animation here has to be seen to be believed. Astonishing.
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And for tomorrow, I think I'll be settling in with THE HAUNTING with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, and Russ Tamblyn.
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The other day a Dear Reader was asking about Paris Hilton. (The person, not the hotel.) Here is an article about her from tomorrow's L.A. Times:
http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-moore18nov18,0,359023.story (http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-moore18nov18,0,359023.story)
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Thanks for another fine day of posts. Hope everyone has a good rest of the evening. I'll be back (sheesh! I've seen too many TERMINATOR movies) and looking forward to more great posting tomorrow.
Don't remember if I mentioned it, but congratulations, DR Tom, for ascending into the heavens to join your fellow god in triumph!
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My oh my, what a lively and sparkling chat! It was wild and wooly, merry and mirthful, fun and flirty (but absolutely NOT skanky!). George, Noel, and I just cleared out the room... 'twas a delightful evening. Thanks to one and all, all and one, for such a lovely chat.
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It was quite the delightful chat. I arrived late, just a moment before BK left. I'm now off to sleep so that I can be rested and coherent tomorrow for work. I took today off because I'm not feeling too well, but I'm getting better. It was one of those days...but no more. Tomorrow is another day!
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Ooo, and I've been double-dipped in karmalized goodness! Thank you, karma fairies! :D
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A half-hour and not a single post! Come, come now (before it's too late, late, late)... this simply will not do, even on a post-chat
Sunday Monday night!
Gotta love that "Modify" feature!
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Geez... now I'm the only person on the freakin' board! Where, oh where, has the late-night crew gone? TCB? Ann? Tom from Oz? Ron?
Echo...echo...echo...
Is anybody there? Does anybody care?
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Certainly, Miss Babs and Miss Garland are examples of fine performers with considerable bearing and presence that set them apart from most. But for real divas, I'll take the Misses Maria Callas, Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland.
Jay: Weren't they The Supremes?
Jed: I love your new picture.
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Jed: I love your new picture.
Why thank you, TCB, and to all the others who shared similar sentiments. And thanks to Ann for supplying the camera to provide said new picture.
Don't think I'd mentioned this, TCB, but in the pic you had up before this new and improved clear one, you resembled my uncle!
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Does anybody see...what I see?
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My sister stole the PC from me after chat! Grrrr!
Chat was very fun tonight. I could only expect that you guys would tease me after Mark's revelation! But really there is nothing to gossip about. :P
Emily--I am a flirt, not a skank. It's just my nature, I guess. And you are quite flirty yourself, my dear!
Goodnight everyone!
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Thank you, Karma Fairy!
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I had to take advantage of a clear cool night and do some grilling out on my balcony. Weekend rain kept me from getting my weekly N.Y. strip fix. ...and with more slated to begin tomorrow I had to cook now or freeze my steak.
The steak was buttery tender..........soooooooooooo good! I'm still in a near-swoon over the flavor.
And it's been a night of listening to a few CDs and watching a tad of TV.
I couldn't keep up in chat. There were 9 or 10 people and 11 or 12 conversations going on among them. It's mind-blowing sometimes.
And all the dishing our "dolls" were doing! I'll betcha Mark Bakalor's ears were burning for a while there!
Looks like I got outta there in the nick of time...seems like everybody got afianced in some way, shape or form!
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Hehehe... watching Waiting for Guffman (an all-time favorite of mine), and one of Corky's lines reminded me of the "skank vs flirt" debate in tonight's chat...
It's like in the olden days, in the days of France, when men would slap each other with their gloves and say, you know, "D'Artagnan... how dare you talk to me like that, you?" And smack them.
Just doing my part for 200...
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Oh! I'm sorry I missed chat! I would've loved to tease Maya and Mark. :) I was E&T all weekend, and I decided to catch up on posts while talking on AIM with some friends...Not a good combination. I get distracted easily, I guess. Ah well, I'm glad everyone had fun!
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And it turns out I didn't need to do my part, we hit 200 already!
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And I rushed home to make sure that the posts reached 200. I should have had more faith. Thought I had arrived at Jed's private site by mistake. It's OK Washington I'm home! now I have 100 posts to read.
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Tom - For awhile I thought this had become my own private site, too! So good to see all y'all of the late crew back here where we belong!
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Have you caught up with my #500 Jed. (last night) I wanted to introduce the family to Washington. A touch of viewing is in store. I have just borrowed Matthew Broderick's "Music Man". Will it be possible to banish Mr Preston from my mind and enjoy the show?
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I have just borrowed Matthew Broderick's "Music Man". Will it be possible to banish Mr Preston from my mind and enjoy the show?
Doubtful.
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Sorry about not returning to chat - I got hung up with some work-related and book-related things. I am happy to see we BARELY made two hundred posts. It's funny what days and nights people choose to do disappearing acts. Well, I feel we should make up for it tomorrow with a plethora of posts right out of the gate.
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I am happy to see we BARELY made two hundred posts. It's funny what days and nights people choose to do disappearing acts. Well, I feel we should make up for it tomorrow with a plethora of posts right out of the gate.
Still, 11 (count them, 11) straight days of 200+ posts is certainly nothing to be sneezed at! Especially when one considers what a cause for celebration 100 posts used to be. Heck, at the rate we're going lately, we'll hit post #10,000 the first week of December. With a real push, we could even get there this month!
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Good night Jed. Guess you will have to chat to yourself for a while.
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Sorry Maya. Did not noticed you had joined. Good night to you also.