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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #60 on: December 27, 2004, 11:20:44 AM »
And now Page Three!

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« Reply #61 on: December 27, 2004, 11:29:22 AM »
Guess the daughter's imminent arrival wasn't that imminent, as she's still not here.  

The other thing about the Mac, is that I can get one of those music programs where I can play songs on a keyboard and it creates at least a rough version of the music - that would be most helpful.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #62 on: December 27, 2004, 11:44:46 AM »
BK, you most definitely do NOT need a MAC for notation software.  I have always used a PC for all my charting.  All of the most common programs (Sibelius, Finale, Encore) are made for Windows.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #63 on: December 27, 2004, 11:46:29 AM »
I will say that I have experienced a rather strange latency problem (no jokes, please) with my MIDI setup and notation software since upgrading to Windows XP.  This is especially weird since I'm now using a USB port for my MIDI keyboards, which are supposedly much faster than serial or parallel ports.  Who knew?
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #64 on: December 27, 2004, 11:48:13 AM »
Quote from: bk on December 27, 2004, 11:29:22 AM
The other thing about the Mac, is that I can get one of those music programs where I can play songs on a keyboard and it creates at least a rough version of the music - that would be most helpful.

... DR JMK beat me to the punch...

However - and this may no longer be true - the MIDI interface is built into Macs - at least the higher end models.  No need to buy a separate piece of hardware.  *Oh, and the cool little router box that comes with ProTools is well... Cool!

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« Reply #65 on: December 27, 2004, 11:55:38 AM »
Quote from: JMK on December 27, 2004, 11:46:29 AM
I will say that I have experienced a rather strange latency problem (no jokes, please) with my MIDI setup and notation software since upgrading to Windows XP.  This is especially weird since I'm now using a USB port for my MIDI keyboards, which are supposedly much faster than serial or parallel ports.  Who knew?

I've heard of people having the same problem.  Apparently it has to do with the fact that USB can be used to connect all sorts of peripherals, but MIDI is just for music so there's no "translation" time involved.  Additionally, depending upon how you have your USB connections set up, sometimes it's not a true direct connection from your keyboard to your computer since the USB signal has to be decoded and routed once it reaches your computer.  Yes, we're talking nanoseconds here, but on some sysems the difference is noticable.

And then there are all the issues with Windows XP...
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #66 on: December 27, 2004, 12:32:43 PM »
OK.. I'm gonna head out for a walk... I also need to buy some almonds...

Laters...
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #67 on: December 27, 2004, 12:50:08 PM »
I'm back

Good news from the doctor.  I will have to have some surgery, but it doesn't seem to be anything more than a rather big cyst, so on the 21st of January I'll be going under the knife, and should be back to normal in a week or so.  
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #68 on: December 27, 2004, 12:50:58 PM »
Quote from: Ben on December 27, 2004, 08:46:15 AM
...We returned to NYC with a most wonderful Christmas gift, a DVD/VCR in one deck....Now we can watch movies on the television (where you're supposed to watch them :-) and I can continue to watch a backlog of tapes....
Yes, watching movies on the television is much better than watching them on the refrigerator.  With the exception of Sonia Henie flicks, of course.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #69 on: December 27, 2004, 12:54:12 PM »
Quote from: Ann on December 27, 2004, 12:50:08 PM
I'm back

Good news from the doctor.  I will have to have some surgery, but it doesn't seem to be anything more than a rather big cyst, so on the 21st of January I'll be going under the knife, and should be back to normal in a week or so.  

All sorts of positive healing vibes are being sent your way, DR Ann.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #70 on: December 27, 2004, 12:56:03 PM »
Quote from: Ann on December 27, 2004, 12:50:08 PM
I'm back

Good news from the doctor.  I will have to have some surgery, but it doesn't seem to be anything more than a rather big cyst, so on the 21st of January I'll be going under the knife, and should be back to normal in a week or so.  

DR Ann, Excellent News!!!!
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #71 on: December 27, 2004, 12:56:44 PM »
Good news, DR Ann!!
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #72 on: December 27, 2004, 01:05:31 PM »
It is an absolutely beautiful winter day here today. Temperatures in the mid 40s, gorgeous blue cloudless sky. I took my walk mid afternoon today and just breathed in that clean, crisp air and felt alive. The best I've felt in weeks. I happened to pass a condo that had fresh evergreen wreaths on the doors, and when I took a deep breath, I got that fabulous cedar smell that brought back so many holiday memories to me.

Sometimes (most times), it's great to be alive!
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #73 on: December 27, 2004, 01:06:09 PM »
DR Ann, great news.  And more healing vibes for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #74 on: December 27, 2004, 01:07:26 PM »
We'll all be thinking about you and wishing you well, DR Ann, in the coming weeks. Glad your news was good.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #75 on: December 27, 2004, 01:07:46 PM »
Great News, Ann!

All I know about Macs is that when the minister emails me an attachment, I cannot open it -- which makes a problem when he does work on his computer at home and sends me things I need for the newsletter or bulletin.

TOD: I haven't seen a movie this year.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #76 on: December 27, 2004, 01:08:43 PM »
Great news, Ann!  But a few more vibes would not hurt!

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It has turned out to be a very lovely day, weather wise.  They say that we will be back up into the 70s by the end of the week.  Yay!  We have finely seen the sun again after three days of nothing but gray, rain filled, cold, nasty days

If I had known it was going to be this nice, I would have ventured out and went to see POTO.  Oh well.  Next Sunday will have to do.

I've just come back from taking the dogs for a walk.  I think we all enjoyed the exercise.  Someone had one of the truck bed covers on the ground at a house we passed.  It was all shiny and bright.  It scared the heck out of both dogs.  They didn't know what to make of the distorted "dogs" that were looking back at them.  I got quite a laugh out of it.

I'm going to make chicken and yellow rice with black beans for dinner tonight. We haven't had it for a long time and I've been longing for it.
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #77 on: December 27, 2004, 01:11:21 PM »
Happy vibes for DR Ann:

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« Reply #78 on: December 27, 2004, 01:27:24 PM »
Quote from: JMK on December 27, 2004, 08:41:40 AM
Yesterday it was smoling and today it is comething.  BK is a veritable mint for coining new and exciting words.  :)
Comething is not a new word at all.  It is a very old word, dating back to the Middle Ages in Jolly Olde Englande.  It looks strange to our eyes now, because we don't divide the word properly.

It is properly "cometh-ing."  As in the title The Iceman Cometh, but made more emphatic with the additional "ing" at the end.  It is, of course, a verb, and our esteemed BK used it quite correctly in his notes.

"Comething" is best remembered as part of the catchphrase on an olde Medieval radioe programme, when a woman would call out "Henrye Aldriche!" and the lad would reply "Comething, Mother!"
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Re:THE NEW YEAR COMETH
« Reply #79 on: December 27, 2004, 01:36:07 PM »
Quote from: S. Woody White on December 27, 2004, 01:27:24 PM
Comething is not a new word at all.  It is a very old word, dating back to the Middle Ages in Jolly Olde Englande.  It looks strange to our eyes now, because we don't divide the word properly.

It is properly "cometh-ing."  As in the title The Iceman Cometh, but made more emphatic with the additional "ing" at the end.  It is, of course, a verb, and our esteemed BK used it quite correctly in his notes.

"Comething" is best remembered as part of the catchphrase on an olde Medieval radioe programme, when a woman would call out "Henrye Aldriche!" and the lad would reply "Comething, Mother!"

Wow, Woody, even for me that was pretty obscure.
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DCD Ann, that is most encouraging news.



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« Reply #80 on: December 27, 2004, 02:16:22 PM »
Great news Ann.
Back to "normal" with some surgery. I shall send your surgeon a list of names.
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« Reply #81 on: December 27, 2004, 02:18:06 PM »
It's a rather coolish grey day in the City of Studio. I'm sitting in front of the computer quite cold (me, not the computer).  I'm wearing grey (to match the day) sweat pants, a black T-shirt, a dark grey (to match the day) hodded jacket and comfy bright blue (not to match the sky) Curious George slippers. Have I mentioned I'm cold? I've been sipping on COLD Diet Cherry Coke - that might explain it. That and the fact that it's cold.
DD has gone to see SPANGLISH, which I'm not particularly eager to see. Tonight we might see SIDEWAYS.
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« Reply #82 on: December 27, 2004, 02:25:52 PM »
happy one-hundredth birthday to PETER PAN!

(and, no, i'm not talking about dr tcb!)
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« Reply #83 on: December 27, 2004, 02:26:47 PM »
Hooray for Ann! Glad things turned out well!!
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« Reply #84 on: December 27, 2004, 02:28:12 PM »
I haven't seen many movies this year, so my list is short:

Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary)
The Manchurian Candidate
The Phantom of the Opera (I didn't love it, but it could have been a lot worse)
Spiderman 2
Tiger Cruise
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« Reply #85 on: December 27, 2004, 02:28:46 PM »
~~~And continued Good Health Vibes to DR Ann!!~~~
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« Reply #86 on: December 27, 2004, 02:32:13 PM »
Did you enjoy "The Blonde Bomb Shells" TCB?

TOTD: LOTR ROTK
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban
Shrek 2

Way down the list

Van Helsing
Big Fish

Somewhere in the middle of the list:

Mona Lisa Smile
Peter Pan.


I can't think of any more. That mean VH makes my top 10!!!
At #7 Good Grief.
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« Reply #87 on: December 27, 2004, 02:32:44 PM »
Okay, so far, DRs Ann, Jennifer and Ben have indicated that they would like to borrow my copy of the "What If?" DVD.  So, if Jennifer would send me her address, I'll send it out and it can make the rounds!
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« Reply #88 on: December 27, 2004, 02:35:03 PM »
Daughter has left the home environment.  She and her hubs bought me a faboo gift - a neck massager.  I cannot wait to use it.

We ate at Art's Delicatessan.

It's very chilly and gray here in the City of Studio.  

Can someone answer this question: On a Mac, which I know is just about virus-free, if you install Windows for Mac, does that enable the Mac user to be prone to all those stupid and endless Windows viruses - do you need the same protection?
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« Reply #89 on: December 27, 2004, 02:41:44 PM »
Quote from: George on December 27, 2004, 02:32:44 PM
Okay, so far, DRs Ann, Jennifer and Ben have indicated that they would like to borrow my copy of the "What If?" DVD.  So, if Jennifer would send me her address, I'll send it out and it can make the rounds!

DR George, now that DRBen has a DVD player, he can borrow mine.  I hope to se him and Baxter this week.
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