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[John G.]

Five!

[George]

I'm back.  This morning, I got up and auditioned for Olympia Family Theater's new production of Cinder Edna.  I ran the sound board for their first production five years ago.  That was the first time that I had run a sound board with microphones and there were problems that I couldn't fix, so it'll be nice to not have to worry about that...if I get cast.

[George]

The show, however, doesn't actually go up until next April or May.  It turns out that the music director will be in Hawaii for several months, so they wanted to get the auditions out of the way.

[George]

After the audition, I got a check co-signed.  It's a reimbursement check for someone in the supervisor's union at work.  I'm the treasurer, but we have to have two signatures on the reimbursement checks.  I was able to get it signed then deliver it to the library branch where the recipient works, but she wasn't working today and has jury duty next week, so hopefully she'll be able to get it sooner rather than later.

[George]

After that, I came home and hosted (for the very first time ever) our family's weeky family dinner.  I made spaghetti and meatballs, and even had vegan nut balls (made from various kinds of nuts) for my sister and niece.  I tried to fry them (that was the recommended method), but they had ice crystals on them and the oil REALLY splattered all over the place!  Fortunately, I was able to get far enough away from it, so no one got hurt.  I was able to just wipe up the splattered oil after it cooled off enough.  Otherwise, dinner was pretty good and my mom made cream puffs for dessert, which were real good.  We played Phase 10 after eating.

[John G.]

After that, I came home and hosted (for the very first time ever) our family's weeky family dinner.  I made spaghetti and meatballs, and even had vegan nut balls (made from various kinds of nuts) for my sister and niece.  I tried to fry them (that was the recommended method), but they had ice crystals on them and the oil REALLY splattered all over the place!  Fortunately, I was able to get far enough away from it, so no one got hurt.  I was able to just wipe up the splattered oil after it cooled off enough.  Otherwise, dinner was pretty good and my mom made cream puffs for dessert, which were real good.  We played Phase 10 after eating.

Sounds like a nice evening.

[John G.]

Beer cake has about 10 more minutes to cook. And the house smells heavenly.

[George]

Yesterday, Jane wrote:

DR George how was the movie?  At that length I may wait to watch it from the comfort of home.

It was really good.  I didn't watch the original movie before watching this, so I don't know if there were any references.  It all made sense and really didn't seem like it was almost 3 hours long.  I also really liked the IMAX format.  Highly recommended.

[George]

After that, I came home and hosted (for the very first time ever) our family's weeky family dinner.  I made spaghetti and meatballs, and even had vegan nut balls (made from various kinds of nuts) for my sister and niece.  I tried to fry them (that was the recommended method), but they had ice crystals on them and the oil REALLY splattered all over the place!  Fortunately, I was able to get far enough away from it, so no one got hurt.  I was able to just wipe up the splattered oil after it cooled off enough.  Otherwise, dinner was pretty good and my mom made cream puffs for dessert, which were real good.  We played Phase 10 after eating.

Sounds like a nice evening.

It was.  Now, I'm just watching TV.

[George]

Well, the show itself had a couple of very odd bumps in the road, but Tom Jones was wonderful.  Beyond wonderful.  He got up there and talked a very appreciative audience's ear off.  If it hadn't been so late at night with him and Dan having an hour's drive ahead of them, I think he'd still be talking.  An incredible guy.

That's really great!

[George]

When The Fantastiks came back to New York probably about 12 years ago or so I was able to snag front row center seats for a Sunday matinees.  When we arrived at the theatre I was surprised to find that we were essentially on the stage...if we had stretched out our feet we would have tripped up the actors. 

Tom Jones was playing the old actor  and he kept playing to The Vixter who was about 11 or 12 at the time, at one point scooping up handfuls of confetti from the stage floor and dumping them on her lap (much to her delight)

During intermission we ran into Elmore who happened to be at the same performance and who mentioned that he was personal friends with Mr Jones.

After the show Elmore kindly brought us back and introduced us to the great man himself.


A cherished memory.

That's so cool, too!

[George]

DR George, I love the Neve photos!

Thanks, Larry!

[George]

New Orleans!!!!!!

How cool is that?!!!

Very!  Hope you have a great time, Vixmom and Vixdad!!

[George]

91%!  We've gone up 3% today, and only 9% to our goal or about 1200 bucks.

Hoo and Ray!

[George]

I LOVE this picture!

So do I!

[George]

And now, I have caught up on all of today's posts (so far).

[John G.]

Beer cake is out of the oven and out of the tube pan. It looks beautiful. I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

This is a fall favorite of mine. It includes dried fruit, chopped nuts and a couple of cups of beer in the batter along with the brown sugar, butter, flour and spices (allspice and cinnamon). It doesn't taste of beer. But the beer helps keep it moist. 

[John G.]

And with that, good night, all.

[vixmom]

Beer cake is out of the oven and out of the tube pan. It looks beautiful. I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

This is a fall favorite of mine. It includes dried fruit, chopped nuts and a couple of cups of beer in the batter along with the brown sugar, butter, flour and spices (allspice and cinnamon). It doesn't taste of beer. But the beer helps keep it moist. 

That sounds yummy

[George]

Beer cake is out of the oven and out of the tube pan. It looks beautiful. I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

This is a fall favorite of mine. It includes dried fruit, chopped nuts and a couple of cups of beer in the batter along with the brown sugar, butter, flour and spices (allspice and cinnamon). It doesn't taste of beer. But the beer helps keep it moist. 

Do you have a special recipe, or would an Internet search bring up many similar recipies?

[Jane]

One beer cake is now in the oven.

It sounds good.  While I intensely dislike beer I very much enjoy beer bread.  I expect I would also like the cake.

[Jane]

Yesterday, Jane wrote:

DR George how was the movie?  At that length I may wait to watch it from the comfort of home.

It was really good.  I didn't watch the original movie before watching this, so I don't know if there were any references.  It all made sense and really didn't seem like it was almost 3 hours long.  I also really liked the IMAX format.  Highly recommended.

Thanks for the report.  Will you watch the original since you have never seen it?

[Jane]

Beer cake is out of the oven and out of the tube pan. It looks beautiful. I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

This is a fall favorite of mine. It includes dried fruit, chopped nuts and a couple of cups of beer in the batter along with the brown sugar, butter, flour and spices (allspice and cinnamon). It doesn't taste of beer. But the beer helps keep it moist. 

Oh, it does sound yummy.

[George]

Yesterday, Jane wrote:

DR George how was the movie?  At that length I may wait to watch it from the comfort of home.

It was really good.  I didn't watch the original movie before watching this, so I don't know if there were any references.  It all made sense and really didn't seem like it was almost 3 hours long.  I also really liked the IMAX format.  Highly recommended.

Thanks for the report.  Will you watch the original since you have never seen it?

Actually, I have seen the original.  It's just been many, many years, so I pretty much don't remember much of anything about it.  I should've said that I didn't recently re-watch the movie to re-familiarize myself with it.

[TCB]

Good evening.

[TCB]

Another chilly night in Tacoma.

[TCB]

Today's memorial service was very nice.

[TCB]

Hi, George.

[TCB]

Both of Washington's Top Ten football teams were defeated this weekend.

[TCB]

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