Topic: A FERVENT WISH (Read 26146 times)

bk · « **Reply #180 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:08:47 PM »

Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about barbecue!

bk · « **Reply #181 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:09:10 PM »

Maybe we should talk about Barbie Benton instead of Barbecue.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #182 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:16:00 PM »

I had forgotten that Jimmy Webb wrote "Do What You Gotta Do". It's on the Winter Light" CD. I always associate with Al Wilson from around 1968.
Thanks for the memories Jose.
I have been away from the house for 7 hours and we are still on the same page!!!

DR François must make the difference - he is on holidays and will be sans computer for the next few weeks.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #183 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:17:11 PM »

We were on the same page when I started typing!

Panni · « **Reply #184 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:17:16 PM »

I'm cooking oatmeal. Isn't that exciting? Maybe I should try barbecuing it. Why am I cooking oatmeal so late at night? Good question. I always cook several days worth, store it in the fridge, then just nuke it for breakfast. The end.

Jay · « **Reply #185 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:17:19 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on July 01, 2004, 07:11:50 PM

...and whatever those damn things are that look like a xylophone only they're smaller and girls carry them in marching bands and they make a tinkley sound.

You refer, of course, to the glockenspiel, Dear Reader S. Woody White.

Jay · « **Reply #186 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:19:45 PM »

Quote from: Panni on July 01, 2004, 11:17:16 PM

I'm cooking oatmeal. Isn't that exciting? Maybe I should try barbecuing it. Why am I cooking oatmeal so late at night? Good question. I always cook several days' worth, store it in the fridge, then just nuke it for breakfast. The end.

You should meet the step-mother of Dear Reader Stuart and myself, Dear Reader Panni. She brews coffee, stores it in the fridge in mayonnaise jars, and then nukes it in the microwave when it is time to be consumed.

This is a process I cannot recommend to others. I hope your stored and aged oatmeal does better than that coffee.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #187 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:19:50 PM »

Quote from: Jay on July 01, 2004, 11:17:19 PM

You refer, of course, to the glockenspiel, Dear Reader S. Woody White.

"Glockenspiel" having nearly as many letters as I used in my discription of the instrument!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #188 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:20:43 PM »

You're very welcome, DR Tomovoz.

Well, I've had a tiring day...

Goodnight.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #189 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:21:38 PM »

Quote from: Jay on July 01, 2004, 11:19:45 PM

You should meet the step-mother of Dear Reader Stuart and myself, Dear Reader Panni. She brews coffee, stores it in the fridge in mayonnaise jars, and then nukes it in the microwave when it is time to be consumed.

This is a process I cannot recommend to others. I hope your stored and aged oatmeal does better than that coffee.

She does wash out the jars before storing the coffee in them, I hope! It could make the difference.

Panni · « **Reply #190 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:24:52 PM »

Oh no! I've been quoted! I'm trying to figure out what is correct grammatically. What I wrote was wrong - "several day's worth" - that's incorrect. But is it "several days worth"...? Or is it "several days' worth"...?

Ann · « **Reply #191 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:25:05 PM »

Good evening all
I don't know from scary movies, so I can't add anything to the conversation.
As far as BBQ is concerned, I'm a big fan of grilled stuff, but BBQ sauce is not my cup of tea. I have had grilled corn on the cob...very yummy. Grilled salmon is my favorite, hands down.

I have my left wrist all wrapped up in an ace bandage...yesterday while playing with the kids, the 5 year old was hanging on to my hand and yanked me in a direction my arm didn't want to go. It hurts...but oh well. I think it's just a mild sprain.

I'm watching M*A*S*H. I was watching the Scarlet Letter, but it got too depressing.

Panni · « **Reply #192 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:28:09 PM »

Nuked oatmeal is fine. I don't like instant oatmeal, but who wants to cook real oatmeal every morning? Cooking it once every three or four days and nuking is the perfect solution
...Nuked coffee, no thanks.

Panni · « **Reply #193 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:29:09 PM »

How did you like 110 in the Shade, Jay?

Jay · « **Reply #194 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:30:35 PM »

I obviously have returned from 110 in the Shade, Dear Readers.

First off, I have several very curious things to report about tonight's performance:

Miss Marin Mazzie did not appear in tonight's performance.

Mr. Jason Danieley did not appear in tonight's performance.

Miss Jessica Burrows and Mr. Stuart Ambrose, who are listed in the program as Miss Mazzie's and Mr. Danieley's understudies, appeared in their place.

No credit (neither in the program insert nor over the P.A. system) was given to the individuals who took the parts usually played by Miss Burrows and Mr. Ambrose, and no swings are listed in the program either.

Both Miss Burrows (whom I have seen before as Musetta in Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme) and Mr. Ambrose gave fine, polished performances. They both have excellent voices and handled their roles with aplomb.

The quality of the talent in the other small background roles like the ones that Miss Burrows and Mr. Ambrose usually play was nowhere near that of these two.

Do you think Miss Mazzie and Mr. Danieley took this gig as a part time job?

Jay · « **Reply #195 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:31:54 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on July 01, 2004, 11:21:38 PM

She does wash out the jars before storing the coffee in them, I hope! It could make the difference.

She does. Thankfully.

Jay · « **Reply #196 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:34:10 PM »

Quote from: Panni on July 01, 2004, 11:24:52 PM

Oh no! I've been quoted! I'm trying to figure out what is correct grammatically. What I wrote was wrong - "several day's worth" - that's incorrect. But is it "several days worth"...? Or is it "several days' worth"...?

The quote function on my computer automatically corrects such little quibbles of punctuation.

Panni · « **Reply #197 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:44:16 PM »

Great full moon tonight. I just noticed it shining through the skylight. I might go sit outside for a bit and howl, then to bed to read.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #198 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:44:46 PM »

Quote from: Jay on July 01, 2004, 11:19:45 PM

You should meet the step-mother of Dear Reader Stuart and myself, Dear Reader Panni. She brews coffee, stores it in the fridge in mayonnaise jars, and then nukes it in the microwave when it is time to be consumed.

This is a process I cannot recommend to others. I hope your stored and aged oatmeal does better than that coffee.

I guess the topic of the day was indeed horror stories DR Jay. Of course DR Panni - some of us think that oatmeal is a horror story too.

Jay · « **Reply #199 on:** July 01, 2004, 11:49:44 PM »

Quote from: Panni on July 01, 2004, 11:29:09 PM

How did you like 110 in the Shade, Jay?

I was getting there. First I must confess that I have never seen The Rainmaker on stage or screen, and this evening was my very first exposure to 110 in the Shade.

I liked it! I liked the story, and the manner in which it was told by way of book and score. The sets, and lighting in particular, were evocative and the ensemble was generally strong.

My favorite moment in the piece is the big scene between Lizzie and Starbuck early in the second act. The sequence of "Evenin' Star" to "Melisande" to "Simple Little Things" is just breathtaking. I would put it on a par with the similarly structured "If I Loved You" scene in Carousel.

Perhaps because I was a 110 in the Shade virgin and/or because I don't necessarily look at productions with the keen technical eye that Dear BK does, I do not share with him the quibbles he had about this show.

My only real complaint is with regard to the orchestra and its amplification. The music sounded tinny and muffled and as if it were produced by artificial sound making appliances rather than real musical instruments.

Beyond that, I believe this show is one of the strongest productions that the Pasadena Playhouse has put on in the years that I have subscribed.

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