Haines His Way

A Skater's Wattz for Page Four!  (Even though it hasn't snowed here yet!)

Wattz a "Wattz"?

 

For what it's worth, DR Dan, how things taste to us changes over the years, from childhood to adulthood.  Our taste buds grow up, just as we do.  This is one of the reasons I've been avoiding pumpkin pie ever since my mother passed on; I know that no matter what, it won't taste "the same" as what I remember.  On the other hand, I now actually like Brussels sprouts, something I never could have imagined when I was young.

But I'm glad you have such good memories of your father.  And dang, I do miss pumpkin pie.

I think what you say is true.  Something along the order of "Taste Nostalgia".  My taste buds are probably no longer as excited by dill weed as they used to be.

As for Christmas foods...

My parents never really made any special main dishes and sides for the Christmas meal.  Rather, it was more a matter of the setting in which we ate the meals - the nice tablecloth, the dishes, the silverware, etc.

However, my Mom usually makes those Italian waffle-iron cookies, pizzelle.  And usually in a couple of different flavors.  The traditional flavor is anise which my Mom doesn't make that often if at all nowadays.  Otherwise, it's chocolate, orange, lemon and vanilla.

There were also a few years when all of us boys were still boys, and she would make a Bouche de Noel, or buy a nice one from a neighborhood bakery.

OH - And then there was always that Chocolate Wafer Roll/Cake made with those Nabisco Chocolate Wafer Cookies and vats of Whipped Cream or Cool Whip.  Hmmm...  I always liked eating it frozen.

DR TCB - I hope your aches and pains from your fall last night will be non-existent by tonight's performance.  And I hope your dentist's appointment doesn't bring on any more aches and pains.

Clearly the most equitable way to distribute the DVD's is alphabetically by last name.  And the most equitable alphabetic method is to begin a bit off-center, with the O's and work outward.

In lieu of that, please, please, please no an-actor-whose-wife-had-a-hit-sitcom-ten-years-later-and-who-later-starred-in-a-film-version-of-a-play-that-flopped-off-broadway trivia questions!

(I can never figure out those questions, either.   )

Me three!

I'd like the DVDs to go to those who loyally log in here every day, in fact numerous times a day to comment on the TOTD, comment or question others' posts, give opinions on shows, films, and TV, and who generally keep the home fries burning during the day, every day.

Again, this is not meant as a criticism of anyone (and bk has already mentioned that he's only considering active h/k's) but only as a my suggestion for narrowing the field of potential receivers.

Yes, I feel that the only equitable way to distribute the DVDs would be to send them to the top 10 posters!  (I would feel that way of course, because, not including yourself BK, I would be #9. )

Would your duplicating of the DVDs cost too much for us to buy them?  Or do you just not want that many copies floating around out there?

Dan-in-Toronto,  Your friend's remark about everything being "uphill from now" is actualy an interesting bit of semantics.  Because we usually say things like "it's an up hill battle" to imply a certain degree of difficulty.  But alternatively, "downhill" doesn't usually mean an easy journey either, but rather a descent into the chasm.  

DR CP,

I sent my friend a short note, and she wrote back saying that she should have written "duck soup." So I take it that things are well.

The word that throws me is "nonplussed." To me, it sounds as though its meaning should really be the opposite of what it is.

RE: Sandy Patti - or Sandi Patti as some of her early albums used to spell her name...  Or was that Sandy Patty?



I used to play in a CCM band for about two years.  -Actually, we were a house band for a venue here in Richmond, and we would moonlight every now and then doing CCM concerts.  Our lead singer was a woman with a great voice, and we would do a lot of covers of Sandy Patti and Amy Grant songs.  -Yes, this singer had a very wide vocal range.  There is "big" SP and "small" SP in regards to the song and arrangements.  The more quiet songs do have their appeal, and the pull-out-all-the-stops arrangements of some of the traditional hymns and anthems are fun in their own right.  SP is not a singer prone to melismas and such.  She had some classical training and has quite the upper range.  -Some of her songbooks come in "Original" and "Low" key versions.  When she sings high, she sings high!  A couple of years ago, a bunch of programs were using her version of the "Star Spangled Banner" for various events.

It's nice to know her career has made a comeback after her personal life affected her professional career.  She and her husband parted ways, and the divorce caused some issues among her fan base.  -Amy Grant went through a similar thing.

I haven't heard any of her recent work, but I'm sure I would still enjoy the casual listen every now and then.

But, DR TCB, since our esteemed BK is numero uno (in more ways than one) being number eleven puts you in the top ten!

Well, I'm sure that this comes as a complete shock, but I have no particuar favorite christmas foods... actually, check that! I forgot about pfeffernusse (sp?), the sugar-coated German pepper cookies which only come out this time of year and get snapped up in seconds in my nabe (heavily German Jewish area).

I actually am familiar with Sandi Patty through her album "Together," where she and fellow Christian singer Kathy Troccoli perform a bunch of standards. I haven't listened to it in a long while, but I remember enjoying the album, if not being blown away by it.

<--checking his profile status... dangnabit, am I *still* a newbie?

LOL...

WFO's Lowdown Christmas!

DRTCB - glad you did no permanent damage to yourself!  Yowz!!

Good vibes to JOSE'S dad, Sandra for her test, and.....hmmmmm....I forget....

Thanks for party update DRCHARLESPOGUE - not that I am obsessed with June or anything....  She needs to be on television more often so we can see her!

Sandi Patty lives in Indianapolis - and she isn't the typical "Christian" singer.   I will see if I can find a nice photo.  She sings very well, does a LOT of charity work for kids in the area, and yes as DRJOSE said, when she and her husband/manager divorced some years ago, it was a shock to her fans - but she was very upfront about the whole situation.  Not a voice for everyone, I think I only have one of her CD's - but she does have a lot of fans of all ages and persuasions.

Have to go now - have to get to A/F!

Oh got my new Scarlet Street today with excellent articles by MBARNUM and td!  But not by me....and no I won't stop mentioning it.

...And yet another sign that it's time for me to move from Richmond...

About an hour ago, there was a knock of the front door from the guy who's been remodeling the unit next door.  He asked if we were ever getting the broken front window fixed.  I said we've been working on it, but that I've also been out of town a lot, and that my roommate has been meaning to follow up on it.  Yes, it's been broken for about a year now - the former next door neighbor's boy broke it with his baseball, and his father was supposed to repair it, but then they moved, so...  So, the guy then sort of threatens to call the City on my landlord, asks for my landlord's name, yada-yada-yada...

Yes, it upset me a little bit - just the whole confrontational vibe of the whole "visit"...  But, frankly, my dear... I don't give a damn!

OH!!  I didn't realize Abercrombie & Fitch was running that promotion again!!!

Actually, it's a fundraising promotion - get your pic taken with an A&F model, and the proceeds go to charity.

*Although, I think the "models" are just the best looking and built store clerks and/or local models from a local agency rather than real A&F models, but one never knows..

DRTCB, how are you feeling now?  I hope the aches and pains are lessening.

DRCharlesPogue, I just spoke to Ron Raines, my goddaughter's father, and I told him you bought his CD in London.  He sends his thanks.

Sandy Patti - winner of five Grammy Awards.