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[George]

PAGE FIVE DANCE!!

[Jane]

Keith is home.  The sun is out and the ice would be melting if the roads had been salted-very annoying.  Oddly it is even worse on the busy road than the smaller road off of our street.

[George]

Good morning, all! I have physical therapy first thing this morning. It's no longer at 11:00, and it's now at 10:15, so I'll leave here around 9:30.  Following that, I will come back here, change and get ready to head into midtown to see my friend Craig, whom i've not seen since 1972. At that point, he was a senior. longer a theatre major and applying to med schools. We'd been friends since he was a freshman and I a graduate assistant. The big joke between us was, if there were really vilified, pathetically inept horror film anywhere, we had to see it.

Since then, he married, had a son, separated, remarried, had several more children, became the head of the pediatrics dept. in a hospital in Fargo, and now he lives in Dallas. For 30 years, since I moved to NYC,  we've talked and joked about his coming to visit. I'm so happy he's here, I can hardly walk!

At least it's not a death bed reunion.

Congrats and have a great time, Larry!

[Jane]

It is official, I will be directing GUYS & DOLLS in June.

That should be fun.  Congratulations!

[Jane]

DR Ginny, so sorry about Rob's bad news. I hope all those losing jobs, especially your son, will find new and better employment right away!!

Thanks, DR MBarnum.  This week he has to concentrate on the final exam for his anatomy & physiology class (pre-req for physician assistant school).

I didn't realize he was taking courses.  Has he been accepted to a school or does he need to finish the pre-requesit courses first?

He's taking some of the prerequisite courses that weren't required of a philosophy major.

If he isn't working can he take additional courses to finish the prerequisite ones faster?

[Jrand74]

DR Jrand63, what are the nine orchestral tracks?  Sound of Music material, or something else?

TSOM....and it's the orchestra tracks they set down for the broadcast.

My Favorite Things
Do Re Mi
16 Going on 70....I mean....17
Lonely Goatherd
The Sound of Music
So Long Farewell
Climb Every Mountain
Something Good
Edelweiss

All good tracks to have for one reason or another....only available at WalMart....the 2-CD set....not the single CD set....same price.   $11.88

[ChasSmith]

DR Jrand63, what are the nine orchestral tracks?  Sound of Music material, or something else?

TSOM....and it's the orchestra tracks they set down for the broadcast.

My Favorite Things
Do Re Mi
16 Going on 70....I mean....17
Lonely Goatherd
The Sound of Music
So Long Farewell
Climb Every Mountain
Something Good
Edelweiss

All good tracks to have for one reason or another....only available at WalMart....the 2-CD set....not the single CD set....same price.   $11.88

I'll pick that one up.  Thankee!!!

[George]

DR TCB a good keyboard is important.  Can you exchange it?

I didn't keep the recipt or the box.  I will try it for a while, andi f it doesn't get better, I will buy a new one and donate this one to the Salvation Army.

Tom, if you otherwise like this particular model, do what I do (and have even done for my work)...buy another of the same model, make sure that the new one works, then return the bad one in the box (and from the order) of the new one.  You should be able to return it for credit.

[Jennifer]

DR John G, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

Me too

[Jennifer]

I have a problem. Some type of turpentine (or something like it) spilled in the room where my computer is.  I am extremely sensitive to smells. And my eyes burn so bad when i am near the smell.  It has been removed. But i don't know if there is some type of clean up i need to do. I can't really tell if there is any on the carpet. And i can't go near it to check it out. I hope the smell is much less by tomorrow.

[Jennifer]

Bad family news: my dad's company is doing poorly, so Jo and Randy have told me not to expect anything from them for Christmas. That's fine with me, but i responded that he and Macbeth need to drop their greedy dreams on that property, list it with a realtor at a salable price and then invest the money in a bank account rather than wait for some idiot to purchase the land at the ridiculously high price they're asking.

Goneril and Regan need their butts kicked.

Sorry about this news. But hopefully this will get them to do what you want.

[Jennifer]

From DR TCB:

Feel better vibes to DR Vixmom and DR Jane!

Thanks.  I will once I can get these glasses fixed.

Are you still snow and iced in today?

Kind of.  Keith walked the driveway this morning to test it was ok and then we both walked down it.  I was a bit nervous and kept walking on the snow instead of the driveway.

We then walked down the road which was ok though for parts I stayed in the snow vs walking on areas that were a bit slippery.

We then got to the main road, which regularly isn't a busy one, and it was very icy.  Keith crossed it today and there was mail in the box.  Walking back up the road was easy.

You should get those things that you put on the bottom of your boots that stop you from slipping on ice.

[ChasSmith]

VIBES the Macbeths come around and do "something good"!

[Jane]

I have a problem. Some type of turpentine (or something like it) spilled in the room where my computer is.  I am extremely sensitive to smells. And my eyes burn so bad when i am near the smell.  It has been removed. But i don't know if there is some type of clean up i need to do. I can't really tell if there is any on the carpet. And i can't go near it to check it out. I hope the smell is much less by tomorrow.

I'm guessing you aren't the one who spilled the turpentine.  Can you leave a window open to air out the room?  I know how toxic that stuff can be.

VIBES THE SMELL IS GONE, OR AT LEAST TOLERABLE BY TOMORROW!!!

[KevinH]

DR Ginny- I'm sorry to hear about Rob's job.

[Jane]

From DR TCB:

Feel better vibes to DR Vixmom and DR Jane!

Thanks.  I will once I can get these glasses fixed.

Are you still snow and iced in today?

Kind of.  Keith walked the driveway this morning to test it was ok and then we both walked down it.  I was a bit nervous and kept walking on the snow instead of the driveway.

We then walked down the road which was ok though for parts I stayed in the snow vs walking on areas that were a bit slippery.

We then got to the main road, which regularly isn't a busy one, and it was very icy.  Keith crossed it today and there was mail in the box.  Walking back up the road was easy.

You should get those things that you put on the bottom of your boots that stop you from slipping on ice.

They hurt my shoulder to put on and off, and they are not easy to walk in off of the ice. 

[KevinH]

Lots of icy roads in the area.  Tomorrow we are supposed to get up to 5 inches of snow, which is a major event for the DC area.

[Jane]

VIBES the Macbeths come around and do "something good"!

You are truly taxing our Vibe abilities with this one

MEGA DITTO ON THE VIBES!!!

[Jane]

Lots of icy roads in the area.  Tomorrow we are supposed to get up to 5 inches of snow, which is a major event for the DC area.

Do you mean in December or all winter?

I was there once February when it was extremely cold and there had been a big snow storm.

The last time Craig lived in Maryland there were several major snow storms.

[George]

Here's another cloud over our heads today:

Ohio's Largest EMS Providers Close...

Our son Rob worked for one of these companies in Cincinnati.  He received the news via phone at 10pm Friday evening.

Ginny, this is terrible. 
 
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for DS Rob!!~~~

[TCB]

DR TCB a good keyboard is important.  Can you exchange it?

I didn't keep the recipt or the box.  I will try it for a while, andi f it doesn't get better, I will buy a new one and donate this one to the Salvation Army.

Tom, if you otherwise like this particular model, do what I do (and have even done for my work)...buy another of the same model, make sure that the new one works, then return the bad one in the box (and from the order) of the new one.  You should be able to return it for credit.

Good idea, George!  Thanks.

[George]

DR Ginny, I hope this helps to cheer you up!
http://seriouslyforreal.com/funny/walmart-called-your-christmas-photos-are-ready-24-pics/

These are hysterical!!

[George]

TAPS arrived at my house today.

I also purchased the television cast recording of THE SOUND OF MUSIC that includes a second disk of nine orchestral tracks.

I received TAPS, too!  I also bought THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but from Amazon, so it's only the one disc with no bonus tracks.  If only I'd known.

[George]

DR TCB a good keyboard is important.  Can you exchange it?

I didn't keep the recipt or the box.  I will try it for a while, andi f it doesn't get better, I will buy a new one and donate this one to the Salvation Army.

Tom, if you otherwise like this particular model, do what I do (and have even done for my work)...buy another of the same model, make sure that the new one works, then return the bad one in the box (and from the order) of the new one.  You should be able to return it for credit.

Good idea, George!  Thanks.

You're welcome!  It works every time.

[George]

Just found out that one of the nicest people I've met in San Antonio's restaurant scene died this morning from cancer. It's come as a big shock. We'd been praying for her husband, who has been in need of a kidney transplant for several years. Never knew that she had health issues, too.

John, I'm so sorry.

[George]

TOD:  I hate mics on actors.  It is may be the single thing I hate most about today's theatre. If you can't hit the back wall of the theatre through natural vocal projection, then you either shouldn't be in the business or the venue is too damned big for theatre.  I'm in theatres all the time where I've either performed or seen others perform and they never required mics, but do these days.  The worst part is the mics make actors very lazy.  Yes, you can hear them but you can't understand them, because with their crutch...the mic...their diction and enunciation gets sloppy.  And the visible head mic is the worst thing for the willing suspension of disbelief since bad acting.

I've been in and seen shows without microphones and couldn't understand certain people because they couldn't enunciate...or they just spoke too quickly.  You'd think that they would want to be understood.

[George]

Bad family news: my dad's company is doing poorly, so Jo and Randy have told me not to expect anything from them for Christmas. That's fine with me, but i responded that he and Macbeth need to drop their greedy dreams on that property, list it with a realtor at a salable price and then invest the money in a bank account rather than wait for some idiot to purchase the land at the ridiculously high price they're asking.

Goneril and Regan need their butts kicked.

That's too back about your dad's company, but good for you for letting them know how you feel!!  Hopefully, it'll do some good.

[George]

And the Citibank crisis is over. The funds, which should have been deposited last thursday have finally landed in my checking account.

Halle-freakin'-looyah!!

[George]

It is official, I will be directing GUYS & DOLLS in June.

Congrats, Jack!

[bk]

Had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich, picked up one little package, and have been relaxing otherwise, but also catching up on benefit details.