Topic: EN POINTE (Read 7065 times)

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** August 21, 2014, 06:45:39 AM »

Strange relationship with Joyce's Ulysses. Read it for the first time in high school. Didn't understand much of it, but loved the humor amid the sadness that I got from it. Read it again in my 20s and my 40s. Still don't know that I got it -- I can get too impatient with writing that dense -- but I enjoyed it a lot more both times. Brutal wit and dazzling writing, some of it too self-congratulatory, but fascinating. Will likely read it again in 10 years or so.

Never tried Finnigan's Wake.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 21, 2014, 07:13:32 AM »

Quote from: John G. on August 21, 2014, 06:45:39 AM

Strange relationship with Joyce's Ulysses. Read it for the first time in high school. Didn't understand much of it, but loved the humor amid the sadness that I got from it. Read it again in my 20s and my 40s. Still don't know that I got it -- I can get too impatient with writing that dense -- but I enjoyed it a lot more both times. Brutal wit and dazzling writing, some of it too self-congratulatory, but fascinating. Will likely read it again in 10 years or so.

Never tried Finnigan's Wake.

My close personal friend Stephen Rea played Leopold Bloom in an adaptation of ULYSSES.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 21, 2014, 07:16:35 AM »

Greetings from Toyland!

I have a score to assemble and bind and some things to cart home.

Today, because the last mayor and his regime decided to screw up traffic and turn Broadway from 57th Street to 34th Street into a pedestrian mall, traffic was impossible. It took me 75 minutes to get here from the Upper West Side. My arrival is later than I desired but i must get to work

Ginny · « **Reply #34 on:** August 21, 2014, 07:46:49 AM »

Thursday morning greetings! Just made deviled eggs to take to my book group potluck tonight. We read The Book Thief and will watch the movie together this evening. This is an annual August event to celebrate the groups anniversary - 23 this year!

Ginny · « **Reply #35 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:09:43 AM »

Here's my Throwback Thursday photo for today. Dad took this picture of Mom and me on a 747, Rose Bowl bound in late December 1971. After he took the photo and we ate dinner, he disappeared to the bar upstairs where he played the piano and people bought him drinks all the way to LAX.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:15:35 AM »

DR GINNY I bet your Mom had the best hairstyle on the plane!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:15:57 AM »

Opening night vibes for DR GEORGE & Co.

Morning meeting vibes for DR CILLA LIZ.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:19:21 AM »

TOD:

Many - several already mentioned....so I will add:

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo, a very funny episode of I Love Lucy

Steve McQueen in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock - a man bets him a large sum of money against Steve's THUMB that his lighter will not light ten times in a row.

Viva Las Vegas....although it's more about car racing

James Caan in The Gambler

Ginny · « **Reply #39 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:25:28 AM »

Quote from: Jrand63 on August 21, 2014, 08:15:35 AM

DR GINNY I bet your Mom had the best hairstyle on the plane!

Well, DR JRand, it was certainly the biggest!

And can you believe how dressed up we are for the flight?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:30:50 AM »

I've collated and bound my full orchestra score of Porgy and Bess into the volumes, one for each act, pulled a number of CDs and I am ready to head for the bus. I can put JUBILEE on hold till Saturday.

Jane · « **Reply #41 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:53:01 AM »

Ginny, great story about your dad. Who won the game?

Ginny · « **Reply #42 on:** August 21, 2014, 08:53:25 AM »

Thunderstorms rolling through. I think I'll disconnect my computer - bye for now!

John G. · « **Reply #43 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:02:47 AM »

Great photo, Ginny. And hope the thunderstorm isn't too bad.

Elmore, I didn't know of that version of Ulysses. I had seen the Milo O'Shea movie, which was wonderful in its way. And I love the Bloomsday events at Symphony Space and the like. I tried to organize one once, but couldn't get enough readers.

John G. · « **Reply #44 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:04:27 AM »

TOD2:

Strike It Rich with Robert Linsday and Molly Ringwald, based on Graham Greene's Loser Takes All. A very sweet little movie. Not great by any means, but I really enjoy watching it.

John G. · « **Reply #45 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:04:41 AM »

Opening night vibes for George and company.

singdaw · « **Reply #46 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:17:23 AM »

TOD:
I am still waiting for DR Laura's documentary to hit Netflix: LAS VEGAS CASINO CARPET PATTERNS I HAVE KNOWN

singdaw · « **Reply #47 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:17:58 AM »

Quote from: John G. on August 21, 2014, 09:04:41 AM

Opening night vibes for George and company.

DITTO!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #48 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:26:27 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on August 21, 2014, 08:25:28 AM

Quote from: Jrand63 on August 21, 2014, 08:15:35 AM
DR GINNY I bet your Mom had the best hairstyle on the plane!

Well, DR JRand, it was certainly the biggest!

And can you believe how dressed up we are for the flight?

Oh, man. Those were the days, in all those respects. Great picture!

Actually, I did a double-take because, at least in that photograph, the daughter bears a very slight resemblance to ... (wait for it) ... The Vixter!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #49 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:52:32 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 21, 2014, 08:30:50 AM

I've collated and bound my full orchestra score of Porgy and Bess into the volumes, one for each act...

Wow, that was fast!!

(The world has me to thank for that, I'll have you all know.)

singdaw · « **Reply #50 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:55:10 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 21, 2014, 09:52:32 AM

(The world has me to thank for that, I'll have you all know.)

Wow - I didn't know that you composed Porgy and Bess!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:56:43 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 21, 2014, 09:52:32 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 21, 2014, 08:30:50 AM
I've collated and bound my full orchestra score of Porgy and Bess into the volumes, one for each act...

Wow, that was fast!!

(The world has me to thank for that, I'll have you all know.)

Yes, that's true.

And I am home! Took abut 40 minutes, which seems to be the average time for the uptown ride.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:59:37 AM »

Judy. our 3-time Grammy winning producer formidable, usually gets to some event at the James Joyce Center every time we've recorded.
http://jamesjoyce.ie/other-bloomsday-events-in-dublin/

Ginny · « **Reply #53 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:00:48 AM »

Quote from: Jane on August 21, 2014, 08:53:01 AM

Ginny, great story about your dad. Who won the game?

Stanford beat Michigan by 1 point in an upset

Ginny · « **Reply #54 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:02:58 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 21, 2014, 09:26:27 AM

Quote from: Ginny on August 21, 2014, 08:25:28 AM
Quote from: Jrand63 on August 21, 2014, 08:15:35 AM
DR GINNY I bet your Mom had the best hairstyle on the plane!

Well, DR JRand, it was certainly the biggest!

And can you believe how dressed up we are for the flight?

Oh, man. Those were the days, in all those respects. Great picture!

Actually, I did a double-take because, at least in that photograph, the daughter bears a very slight resemblance to ... (wait for it) ... The Vixter!

The Vixter is much cuter than I ever was, DR ChasSmith, but thanks, anyway!

Ginny · « **Reply #55 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:06:26 AM »

Quote from: John G. on August 21, 2014, 09:02:47 AM

Great photo, Ginny. And hope the thunderstorm isn't too bad.
...

Thanks, DR John G! It's still raining, but the thunder and lightening have stopped.

Does anyone still ~~wear a hat~~ fly a 747?

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:15:10 AM »

I'm up after nine hours of glorious sleep.

George · « **Reply #57 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:21:43 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on August 21, 2014, 01:37:34 AM

Belat happy birthday to George,s dad

Thanks, Vixmom!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #58 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:28:08 AM »

Last night's rehearsal was a lot of fun.....I am following MR BK's advice and pulling out all of the Marx Bros. madness I am allowed.....but it certainly makes me feel every one of my nearly 64 years.

George · « **Reply #59 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:32:50 AM »

Quote from: Ben on August 21, 2014, 03:14:07 AM

Back to oatmeal for breakfast instead of those yummy free Holiday Inn Express breakfasts of sticky buns and omelets and and pancakes, etc. They did have oatmeal but since I'm on vacation I decided not to eat it and go for the fun stuff.

Good for you, Ben!

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