Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Jane]

After I had an excellent swim, excellent meaning that my shoulder felt good & I had a single lane, we went to the pond store for fish food.  They had these fish I had never seen before called Red Cap Oranda.  They looked like cartoon fish swimming around.  This is the best photo I could find on the internet.

[ChasSmith]

In more pleasant news, I've been reacquainting myself with the beauty that is FINIAN'S RAINBOW, by way of the three Broadway cast albums.

I'm very upset with myself for not having seen the revival.  The album is pure magic, ranking with some of the greatest in terms of capturing Broadway musical magic.  Mr. Berman's conducting, as at Encores!, is to die for.  It doesn't hurt that the music and lyrics themselves don't exactly suck, either.

I don't know the extent of DR Elmore's contributions, but I can take an educated guess at a couple of things.  I took out the battered old vocal score that I probably hadn't looked at in three decades.  While it's woefully simplistic in its piano reduction and notation, it's still a pleasure to have. 

Any differences in the published vocal score and the recording are most likely my orchestrations: 6 bars here, 10 bars there.

I also haven't yet compared with the other two albums.

Edit:  Which is the kind of thing that would be nice to do with cast albums if you had, say, three players in the system to toggle between.

[John G.]

I really do need to get rid of more, but find that I can't work at it for hours on end like I used to.

Wow - we are in exactly the same boat.       

Just cleared away a huge chunk of books, many from classes that I'll never need again. I'll probably get 5 cents for the lot, even though some of the textbooks cost a great deal.

[John G.]

Beautiful fish, Jane.

[Jane]

Saturday morning greetings!  Back to work today.  We're putting back together the parts of our bedroom that we've finished painting and getting ready to do more.  Rob and Mary Linda will be here to begin their painting of the room directly above that will be their living/dining room.  We'll have our Independence Day cook-out today.

Except for a kitchen they will have their own private rooms.  I like that. 

[Jane]

Thanks John.  They were really cute swimming around.

[singdaw]

You aren't picking them up when it is over?

No - that task has fallen to a different friend. And just as well, because finding them amongst thousands of people will be more difficult than dropping them off was.

[singdaw]

I'll probably get 5 cents for the lot, even though some of the textbooks cost a great deal.

I hate how that works.


I think the textbook market is especially swindleous.  That's a made-up word, but it's apt.

[singdaw]

if you had, say, three players in the system to toggle between.

I would have that as part of my set-up, in the library/private study of my dreams.         

[singdaw]

So, DR John G. -


                                                                          ...is there any pie left over??                    

[singdaw]

in the library/private study of my dreams.     

And this is a photo of where it will be located, so no one will be bothering me...       

[Ginny]

Saturday morning greetings!  Back to work today.  We're putting back together the parts of our bedroom that we've finished painting and getting ready to do more.  Rob and Mary Linda will be here to begin their painting of the room directly above that will be their living/dining room.  We'll have our Independence Day cook-out today.

Except for a kitchen they will have their own private rooms.  I like that. 

Yes, they'll have the whole upstairs.  We are thinking seriously about putting a wet bar in the living/dining room - something along these lines:

[Jane]

Saturday morning greetings!  Back to work today.  We're putting back together the parts of our bedroom that we've finished painting and getting ready to do more.  Rob and Mary Linda will be here to begin their painting of the room directly above that will be their living/dining room.  We'll have our Independence Day cook-out today.

Except for a kitchen they will have their own private rooms.  I like that. 

Yes, they'll have the whole upstairs.  We are thinking seriously about putting a wet bar in the living/dining room - something along these lines:

That looks like an excellent idea.  If the plumbing is a pain they do have a sink in the bathroom.  You could just put a cutting board over the sink hole & skip the hook-up.  Are they coffee drinkers?  If so that looks like a good spot for a coffee maker.

[Ginny]

DR Jane, the plumbing for the shower & tub is right on the other side of the wall where we're envisioning this.  We'll talk to plumber when he (Dad Rick) or she (Daughter Lori) comes to do the bathroom work.

[John G.]

So, DR John G. -


                                                                          ...is there any pie left over??                    

Yes. There were about 10 desserts for 30 people, and plenty of leftovers. Sadly, I'll have to eat it.

[John G.]

Looks nice, Ginny.

[Ginny]

DR John G, the more I think about it and look at the photo, the more I want to do it!

[John G.]

I'll probably get 5 cents for the lot, even though some of the textbooks cost a great deal.

I hate how that works.


I think the textbook market is especially swindleous.  That's a made-up word, but it's apt.

I like swindleous. Wonder what it rhymes with? Kindle us?

[Jane]

DR Jane, the plumbing for the shower & tub is right on the other side of the wall where we're envisioning this.  We'll talk to plumber when he (Dad Rick) or she (Daughter Lori) comes to do the bathroom work.

Then it might be easy to install, and remove if you decide to down the road.

[Jane]

DR John G, the more I think about it and look at the photo, the more I want to do it!

I think it would be a nice convenience for them.  How long do you expect them to live with you?

[Jane]

I'll probably get 5 cents for the lot, even though some of the textbooks cost a great deal.

I hate how that works.


I think the textbook market is especially swindleous.  That's a made-up word, but it's apt.

I like swindleous. Wonder what it rhymes with? Kindle us?

How many of your books were written by your instructor?

[vixmom]

So, DR John G. -


                                                                          ...is there any pie left over??                    

worked your way through all those lemon bars already?

[Ginny]

DR John G, the more I think about it and look at the photo, the more I want to do it!

I think it would be a nice convenience for them.  How long do you expect them to live with you?

We're thinking it could be 3-5 years and Richard thinks the wet bar would enhance the value of the house.

[Jane]

I think for that amount of time it is worth the expense.  I'm not sure about enhancing the value of the house, depends on the buyer.  I doubt it would hurt.

[Jane]

I'm going into the bedroom to read and cool off.  With the air on it is only 78 degrees.

[John G.]

I'll probably get 5 cents for the lot, even though some of the textbooks cost a great deal.

I hate how that works.


I think the textbook market is especially swindleous.  That's a made-up word, but it's apt.

I like swindleous. Wonder what it rhymes with? Kindle us?

How many of your books were written by your instructor?

Zero, thankfully.

[John G.]

And so on the day after Independence Day, I listened to "Independence Day" from "The Brain from Planet X." (Actually I listened to the whole album.)

[John G.]

Just put on "The Monuments Men." The first word out of someone's mouth is a German saying, "Champagne!"

I'm gonna get bitchy here, but a real German would call for Sekt, their word for any sparkling wine and the word they used throughout the war, according to a book I read on how the French winemakers tried to subvert their best vintages in the 1940s from falling into Nazi hands.

They walled in full vintages to hide them, and they forgot about them. When the bottles were found in the 1990s, they were in excellent condition.

I hope the rest of the film is better.

[bk]

Stumble-through was a whole lot of fun - only a couple of tiny lyric fumfers, and fewer notes than I've ever given - two to be exact - and only one was an acting note - the other was cutting a verse out of a put-together that just went on too long.

[bk]

Then I went to Jerry's with the Staitmans and had a chili, cheese and onion omelet and an English muffin.  Now I'm home relaxing.