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Re: CONTEMPLATING MY NOVEL
« Reply #120 on: September 18, 2013, 05:24:23 PM »

Thank you, DR Ron Pulliam!      :)
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« Reply #121 on: September 18, 2013, 05:25:47 PM »

bk, congratulations on securing a wonderful guest star!
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« Reply #122 on: September 18, 2013, 05:26:31 PM »

Oh - FIVE, by the way.      :)
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« Reply #123 on: September 18, 2013, 06:17:33 PM »

bk, congratulations on securing a wonderful guest star!

Oh, yes!  I love Terri She was a lot of fun on FINIAN'S RAINBOW, and she was so wonderful in BARNUM.

So, it's time for me to attempt some sleep. I've got physical therapy in the morning.
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« Reply #124 on: September 18, 2013, 06:27:55 PM »

The Kritzerland show is Maltby and Shire.
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« Reply #125 on: September 18, 2013, 06:28:05 PM »

Back from a three-mile jog.
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« Reply #126 on: September 18, 2013, 06:28:25 PM »

Had a really fun and nice telephonic conversation with John Kander today.
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« Reply #127 on: September 18, 2013, 07:15:14 PM »

T.O.D.


Ask BK Day

Has the release been annouced that you got the autographed notes a few weeks ago?

(Hmm, first question should be "what the Hell is your question?")
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« Reply #128 on: September 18, 2013, 07:18:29 PM »

You really must take a look at this house in Des Moines-- the Madonna inn meets Fu Manchu.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1228-17th-St-West-Des-Moines-IA-50265/863208_zpid/


 Click through to see each unbelievable pic.   :o


But it looks like the place I am in now!
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« Reply #129 on: September 18, 2013, 07:20:19 PM »

Another ASK BK

Do you prefer "Ketchup" or "Catsup"?


Tartar Sauce
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« Reply #130 on: September 18, 2013, 07:24:20 PM »

I've been thinking of writing a novel for the past 50 years but haven't got round to it yet  ;D

I'm in your camp, Doug R.


I wish I knew how to write a screenplay.  All my ideas for books peter out  very quickly.  I am not much for writing backstory; so with screenplays, having shallow characters would be pretty current.
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« Reply #131 on: September 18, 2013, 07:37:04 PM »

T.O.D.


Ask BK Day

Has the release been annouced that you got the autographed notes a few weeks ago?

(Hmm, first question should be "what the Hell is your question?")

No, that title won't announce until early October.
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« Reply #132 on: September 18, 2013, 07:38:01 PM »

Thinking about some snacks for the evening repast.  This has been a day of telephonic calls, one after another.
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« Reply #133 on: September 18, 2013, 07:53:25 PM »

Woo hoo! First one of the season!

http://www.andthisiswhatisaw.net/2013/09/first-yard-monarch-of-season.html


Nice photo, DR Laura!

Perfect. I'm headed south to South Padre next week. Hope to see plenty down there.
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« Reply #134 on: September 18, 2013, 07:55:04 PM »

Some big news from my former employer:

Dayton Metro Library Plans to Buy Hauer Music Building

Of course, they'd probably rather not use the name we peons gave to the parking lot they're buying - The Dead Body Lot.


I love it!
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« Reply #135 on: September 18, 2013, 08:01:57 PM »

Just tried my hand at making sriracha. It's supposed to ferment over 5 days. I hope it does. I cut the sugar content way back, which might keep it from starting. 
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« Reply #136 on: September 18, 2013, 08:03:46 PM »

You really must take a look at this house in Des Moines-- the Madonna inn meets Fu Manchu.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1228-17th-St-West-Des-Moines-IA-50265/863208_zpid/


 Click through to see each unbelievable pic.   :o


I must have this house


and I will open a Chinese restaurant in it
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« Reply #137 on: September 18, 2013, 08:08:13 PM »

I could swear there was a spell check feature just a few days ago. I think when you previewed on quick reply you had the option.


And I thought there was one at the bottom of the full reply, next to Post and Preview.
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« Reply #138 on: September 18, 2013, 08:10:11 PM »

I know a number of you have read some of my December missives posted from my mom's computer in Johnston SC over the past years.

Among the colorful (at least, to me) people I've named in my posts is my Uncle Rock Bledsoe...a true character.  He was born in (or near) Johnston SC some 80 years ago and there he remains.

Recently a TV crew from Augusta GA caught up with him at a Strom Thurmond High School (!) football game (this high school is "it" for Edgefield County SC, and Thurmond was born and raised and is the favorite son of Edgefield County).

My uncle's cachet for TV news (and they were there covering the game, I believe) is that he has been working the sidelines of the Thurmond football officiating crew for almost 46 years.  As he indicates, he started in 1967 when his son (my cousin Butch) was quarterback of the team.

WJBF TV New Feature on my Uncle Rock


P.S.  Any resemblance my uncle has to Frank Sinatra is purely imaginary.
Very cool!!
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« Reply #139 on: September 18, 2013, 08:11:31 PM »

hoo tuk  teh spelchek  butin???!!
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« Reply #140 on: September 18, 2013, 08:17:07 PM »

My great grandparents lived in an suburb of Detroit where it was fashionable to have servants.


My mother always said that she wanted another house with a "magical" laundry chute; where you dropped your dirty clothes down the chute, and soon thereafter they arrived back in your room: laundered and pressed!         :)


I used to have one of those --- then I moved out of my parent's house
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« Reply #141 on: September 18, 2013, 08:18:27 PM »

I assume the P.A. to which Sing is referring is a "Prince Albert". That's a term for a certain piercing which is beyond unpleasant, in my humble opinion.

I don't know what this means and I am afraid to google it in case I find out
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« Reply #142 on: September 18, 2013, 08:19:05 PM »

I know a number of you have read some of my December missives posted from my mom's computer in Johnston SC over the past years.

Among the colorful (at least, to me) people I've named in my posts is my Uncle Rock Bledsoe...a true character.  He was born in (or near) Johnston SC some 80 years ago and there he remains.

Recently a TV crew from Augusta GA caught up with him at a Strom Thurmond High School (!) football game (this high school is "it" for Edgefield County SC, and Thurmond was born and raised and is the favorite son of Edgefield County).

My uncle's cachet for TV news (and they were there covering the game, I believe) is that he has been working the sidelines of the Thurmond football officiating crew for almost 46 years.  As he indicates, he started in 1967 when his son (my cousin Butch) was quarterback of the team.

WJBF TV New Feature on my Uncle Rock


P.S.  Any resemblance my uncle has to Frank Sinatra is purely imaginary.

He is amazing Ron, I am glad I finally got to see him and hear him.
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« Reply #143 on: September 18, 2013, 08:24:36 PM »

Thank you DRs elmore3003, Jrand62, and Ginny! I am disappointed, but not dispirited. Onward and upward!

I am very sorry, Snoop Dog.  How would the job have affected your move?
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« Reply #144 on: September 18, 2013, 08:25:26 PM »

No Prince Alberts for me.

I remember reading an interview with the lead singer of a rock group called Everclear. He was shocked that so many fans had tattooed the name of his group on their chests, arms, etc. "What if we're a one-hit wonder," he asked (and they were).

He also got after them for announcing that they had gotten a Prince Albert. There's nothing cool about having to sit down to urinate for the rest of your life, was his response. He was a lot wiser than you'd expect from a rock star.

gosh -- that's the way I've always done it.....
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« Reply #145 on: September 18, 2013, 08:27:25 PM »

I don't see any differences in "options" between "Reply" and "Quick Reply".


With Quick Reply you don't get the bells and whistles.
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« Reply #147 on: September 18, 2013, 08:31:24 PM »

I don't see any differences in "options" between "Reply" and "Quick Reply".


With Quick Reply you don't get the bells and whistles.

wait!  There are bells?
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« Reply #148 on: September 18, 2013, 08:32:40 PM »

Today, at the old actors lunch, I mentioned something about Audra McDonald would probably demand that she get "My Favorite Things" in the December SOM.  They all looked at me as if I had three heads.  None of them had heard about the TV production.
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« Reply #149 on: September 18, 2013, 08:32:39 PM »

I don't see any differences in "options" between "Reply" and "Quick Reply".


With Quick Reply you don't get the bells and whistles.

wait!  There are bells?

I haven't gotten whistles for years
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