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[John G.]

Four!

[elmore3003]

I wish I were in Dublin! Annalene, Kim, and John Wilson!
https://www.nch.ie/online/RTECO-Hello-Jerry-Aug14

Why do I think I know Josh Prince?  Did I recommend him to City Opera? Did i talk to him last year about recording the lead in ROBERTA? What's run away with my mind?

[elmore3003]

 I'm sure she was a terror with people who deserved it and sadly, those are the ones who start the diva rumors.

I think that's a bit ridiculous.

[Jane]

Against my better judgment, but with a bit of curiosity, I sent an email to a person with a foundation for which I once was employed.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  Good luck!

[Jennifer]

It has been raining very hard all day.

[Jennifer]

Lovely story about Lauren Bacall in the notes.

[elmore3003]

So, thee have been several interesting messages passed between myself and the foundation no longer employing me, I had to track down the photographer's name for last year's Dublin sessions, and I was asked to write the promo piece for New World Records' Roberta release. Changed all my plans for today.

And here's Kim for DR George!

[Ron Pulliam]

This one seems to have been ignored by the media, but musician Les Paul passed away yesterday at age 94.

He died August 12th, all right...but in 2009.

[Ron Pulliam]

Lovely story about Lauren Bacall in the notes.

Yes, it was.   She was an amazing creature!  I love the "Woman of the Year" and "Applause" cast albums.

[elmore3003]

DR Ginny, do you remember this T-shirt? I do not!

[MBarnum]

This one seems to have been ignored by the media, but musician Les Paul passed away yesterday at age 94.

He died August 12th, all right...but in 2009.

This one seems to have been ignored by the media, but musician Les Paul passed away yesterday at age 94.

He died August 12th, all right...but in 2009.

Well, why in the world did today's newspaper have something about it. I will have to go back and read it and see what the deal was.

[MBarnum]

Wow, double Les Paul and Mary Ford!

[MBarnum]

Well, anyway...I hope people stop dying.

[George]

This one seems to have been ignored by the media, but musician Les Paul passed away yesterday at age 94.

He died August 12th, all right...but in 2009.

Well, why in the world did today's newspaper have something about it. I will have to go back and read it and see what the deal was.

[MBarnum's duplicate post deleted]

I've seen things like this where you come across a link to an article, but you don't realize that it's an older article unless you really pay attention to the date that it was originally posted to the web.

[elmore3003]

Well, anyway...I hope people stop dying.

I hope not. i've got a list.

[George]

Well, I need to go to sleep now.  At work, a driving simulator is "parked in the parking lot and available to staff to test their driving skills."  I don't know why they did this, but even we non-courier staff can have a go at it.  I'm signed up for the 1:00 pm time slot.  A couple of co-workers yesterday said that they did fairly well.  They both "killed" someone...but don't worry, it's all computer generated visuals and the "car" is set up in a very large van.  No actual people were harmed during the testing of said co-workers' driving tests.  We'll see what happens when I do it.  Wish me luck!

That is very interesting, DR George - should be fun! Can't wait to hear about it.

It was quite interesting.  The set-up was a car steering when with brake and gas pedals and a dashboard, and a very wide three-screen panel that had a basic computer-generated town view through the "windows."  Even though nothing actually moved other than the steering wheel, you got the sensation of moving just from watching the video.  The guy doing the training just had us "drive" down a "road" and avoid people and cars that got in our way.  I did hit and kill a skateboarder, but most people who took the training, did too.  Otherwise, I did pretty well.

[George]

The most useful moment was when we had to drive on the freeway and the front right tire blew out.  The steering wheel did actually pull to the right like it really would.  I, naturally, took my foot off the gas, carefully applied the brakes and slowly tried to get to the right side of the road, but the guy said that the best thing is to actually either accelerate a bit or at least not take your foot off the gas so quickly.  That way the car can stabilize, even with the blown tire, which will give you more control to be able stop.  I really would've liked to have gone through that scenario several more times, just to really be able to remember the experience.

[George]

Topic of the Day:  I think I've only seen "How to Marry a Millionaire."

Then you must rent from your library all the films she did with Bogart. Some DVD of the The Big Sleep (I think) have an alternate version. Highly recommend them.

I did look!  But one of the titles that came up when searching her name was "Barbie in a Mermaid Tale."  According to the bibliographic record in the library catalog, it features the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lauren Bacall and Jason Alexander.  Here's a description of the movie itself:

Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfing champion from Malibu. One minute she's a normal teenager and the next she learns a shocking family secret: she's a mermaid. Merliah and her dolphin friend Zuma set off on an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana. With help from her new mermaid friends, Merliah saves the ocean kingdom. In the end, she discovers what makes you different can also be your greatest strength.

HOWEVER, Christopher Plummer, Lauren Bacall and Jason Alexander have NOTHING to do with this movie.  Somehow, their names accidentally got added, so the record needs to be updated.  And since I can do it myself, I will.

[George]

Tooth vibes for both DRs Singdaw and Ben!!!!

~~~DITTO!!~~~

[George]

Against my better judgment, but with a bit of curiosity, I sent an email to a person with a foundation for which I once was employed.

I certainly couldn't hurt.  Good luck!!

[George]

So, thee have been several interesting messages passed between myself and the foundation no longer employing me, I had to track down the photographer's name for last year's Dublin sessions, and I was asked to write the promo piece for New World Records' Roberta release. Changed all my plans for today.

And here's Kim for DR George!

Thanks, Larry!!   

[elmore3003]

How did that photo become so large, DR George?

[George]

How did that photo become so large, DR George?

I think because it's quoted, and I'm linking to the original HHW link, it's not automatically resized by the board.  But it's just a theory.

[George]

I could manually make it smaller:



And if you click on it, it'll make it bigger...or at least, it should.

[bk]

Back from lunch and picking up no packages.

[Jane]

Well, anyway...I hope people stop dying.

Ditto!

[Jane]

The most useful moment was when we had to drive on the freeway and the front right tire blew out.  The steering wheel did actually pull to the right like it really would.  I, naturally, took my foot off the gas, carefully applied the brakes and slowly tried to get to the right side of the road, but the guy said that the best thing is to actually either accelerate a bit or at least not take your foot off the gas so quickly.  That way the car can stabilize, even with the blown tire, which will give you more control to be able stop.  I really would've liked to have gone through that scenario several more times, just to really be able to remember the experience.

I think when I blew a tire going 50 miles an hour all I did was slow down some.  I never stopped.

[Jane]

To Have and Have Not
Key Largo
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Shootist

[Ginny]

DR Ginny, do you remember this T-shirt? I do not!

I don't remember it, either, DR Elmore.

[John G.]

DR Ginny, do you remember this T-shirt? I do not!

I don't remember it, either, DR Elmore.

It made me chuckle.