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[Jeanne]

Translation: I think I need to start looking for better housing--again.

[Jeanne]

Cilla, I like your new coat. It looks very warm and practical! Did you buy the black, as was pictured?

Yes, I did.  I've had coats that length before, but this one is roomy enough that it's very comfortable when I sit down to drive etc.  I'm all about practical

I like that length, too. My best winter coat is very long, which is good for 10 degrees, but not the best for driving. I went up a size, too, to allow room for layers.

[Jeanne]

Hope Larry hears from his eye doctor very soon.

[Jeanne]

Vibes to all for a good week.

TTFN.

[singdaw]

And for you, too, DR Jeanne!!!!

[Jane]

We woke up at 5:45 Sat morning and have not gone to sleep yet, except for my short nap this morning on the drive to the hotel.

Were you driving?

Yup.  Our flight was out of LA

YOU were sleeping and driving??? OH MY!!

I am tired.  I was not driving, someone else drove us here from the airport.  We drove yesterday morning from a hotel to the airport.

[Cillaliz]

We woke up at 5:45 Sat morning and have not gone to sleep yet, except for my short nap this morning on the drive to the hotel.

Were you driving?

Yup.  Our flight was out of LA

YOU were sleeping and driving??? OH MY!!

I am tired.  I was not driving, someone else drove us here from the airport.  We drove yesterday morning from a hotel to the airport.

I was teasing

[singdaw]

Places, please, for the second show!

[singdaw]

Is the world running out of chocolate?
http://goo.gl/s2UeNr

[Jane]

I have read that about chocolate.

[George]

Today, I get to sleep in!  And now, to sleep.

Well, I didn't get to sleep in as late as I wanted.  My sister called me and asked me if I was still coming over to her place to help put together an IKEA chest of drawers.  I said, sure.  So I put together an IKEA  chest of drawers for her, and here's what it looks like (this is from IKEA's website):

[George]

Happy Birthday to Skip!

Ditto!!  A Very Happy Birthday to Skip!!

[George]

I thought you all might enjoy seeing this e-mail I received this morning, and my response to it.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I recently purchased this soundtrack from MovieMusic.com. However I was thoroughly disappointed by the contents of this CD. Why wasn't the jazz music provided by Gerry Mulligan and Sam Butera included in this CD. That music was an integral part of the soundtrack, in fact, it is the most important part. The whole point of the movie is that Tony Curtis is playing the part of a saxophone player, yet none of his music is included in the soundtrack???

Who are the idiots who decided to create this CD yet not bother to include the main feature of the soundtrack? Was it Bernstein? Kritzerland? Both? Or someone else?

In any event, this CD is nothing but an empty piece of crap.

Sincerely disappointed,

Name of Sender deleted

And the response:

Dear Sir or Madam

We are pleased to inform you that you win the prize for the single most obnoxious e-mail we have ever received.  Congratulations are in order. 

We are a record label in the business of licensing soundtracks from various studios.  In the case of The Rat Race we licensed from Paramount the soundtrack to a film called The Rat Race, which was composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein.  Now, when we license a soundtrack we can only issue what the studio actually can license - in the case of this particular film it was the score by Bernstein, including some of his original source cues.  They did not have nor could they have licensed the Butera and Mulligan source material.  There was an album released at the time of the film with Sam Butera and the Witnesses.  I can't remember how much of what's on that were the source cues from the film, but it really doesn't matter because the bottom line is that the idiots who actually own the Bernstein score licensed it to the idiots at Kritzerland and the idiots at Kritzerland put it out and sold it to an awful lot of grateful soundtrack idiots all over the world.  It's a superb soundtrack and has some of the best musicians in history playing on it, both Hollywood players AND jazz players. 

While under the best of circumstances idiotic Paramount would have owned it all, they did not, nor did they even have tapes on any of it.  The lack of tapes makes things REALLY difficult to issue as you might imagine, you not being an idiot and all. 

We are, of course, sorry that the great score by Mr. Bernstein is not to your liking and that you consider the CD an empty piece of crap.  We have two suggestions as to what you might do with it, but we'll just give you one of them: Donate it to a library or a friend who may appreciate its contents.

Sincerely,
The Idiots at Kritzerland

Love it!!

[George]

Today a macab surprised me by nipping my arm without leaving a mark.  While she doesn't like strangers touching her, not that I did, Carlottaoes like having her photo taken.  DR George, or anyone, will you please share the fb photo Keith put up of us with Carlotta.

Jane, I just realized that we're not FB friends, so I can't see what Keith posted.

I just sent a friend request, so after you accept, I should be able to, unless Keith posted it on his page and I need to be friends with him.

[George]

Nice picture!

[TCB]

Cilla, I like your new coat. It looks very warm and practical! Did you buy the black, as was pictured?

Yes, I did.  I've had coats that length before, but this one is roomy enough that it's very comfortable when I sit down to drive etc.  I'm all about practical

I hope you won't fall asleep driving.

[Ginny]

We are home from another wonderful Kritzerland show.  This one included some of BK's brilliant What Ifs, which I think are way better than Forbidden Broadway.  Everyone seemed so relaxed and there seemed to be a decent crowd gathering for the second show.

[TCB]

Is this where M.Barnum sleeps?

[TCB]

We woke up at 5:45 Sat morning and have not gone to sleep yet, except for my short nap this morning on the drive to the hotel.

Were you driving?

Yup.  Our flight was out of LA

YOU were sleeping and driving??? OH MY!!

I am tired.  I was not driving, someone else drove us here from the airport.  We drove yesterday morning from a hotel to the airport.

I was teasing

So was I.

[TCB]

How was Skip's song, Ginny?

[elmore3003]

I am home. I stopped to talk to Sarah Uriarte Berry, Chris Denny, and Maddie Claire Parks, and when I left the building, Richard, and DRs Ginny and vixmom had vanished.  So I headed to the bus stop and i am now home.

The show was quite wonderful. I really loved Liz Larsen's "Ragtime Romeo" and Jenna Lea Rosen's "Disneyland," but Dan Callaway's "Finishing the Hat" broke my heart, and little Hadley Miller's duet with BK was a delight. Jenna Lea and Sami's duet from "Pals" was a lot of fun, as was the L'IL ABNER duet with costumes, but I found the show jampacked with wonderful moments. I liked Skip's songs from TIME AFTER TIME, but i will never warm up to the score for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. I admire it, it was a stunning production at Lincoln Center and it leaves me cold. Still, Sarah Uriarte Berry gave a delightful performance of her number, and then she sang a song co-authored by BK's friend Adryan and knocked it out of the park!

So, BK, come back with more!

[elmore3003]

How was Skip's song, Ginny?

Songs. Dan Callaway sang a medley of two songs. They were quite lovely.

[Ginny]

How was Skip's song, Ginny?

Songs. Dan Callaway sang a medley of two songs. They were quite lovely.

Indeed they were!

[Ginny]

DR Elmore, we'll see you Wednesday for lunch, remember, hmmmm?

[Ginny]

We stopped at Fine & Shapiro, a Kosher deli just east of the Triad, for sandwiches for our supper - yum!

[elmore3003]

We stopped at Fine & Shapiro, a Kosher deli just east of the Triad, for sandwiches for our supper - yum!

E&T DR PennyO and i have been there several times.

[TCB]

We stopped at Fine & Shapiro, a Kosher deli just east of the Triad, for sandwiches for our supper - yum!

E&T DR PennyO and i have been there several times.

And Penny is coming to Off-Broadway when?  Is it March?

[Ginny]

We stopped at Fine & Shapiro, a Kosher deli just east of the Triad, for sandwiches for our supper - yum!

E&T DR PennyO and i have been there several times.

It was just what we wanted for a post-show supper.  We got an egg salad sandwich and a hard salami sandwich and each had half of each.

[John G.]

J.B. likes the birdy.

[John G.]

BK, I loved your response to the irate customer.