Annabelle's health is improving: she's back to her old self, climbing all over the computer table, leaping from here to there, knocking things onto the floor. Last night there was a huge crash; she managed to drag a heavy cup containing pencils, pens, scissors, and a magnifying glass over the edge of the filing cabinet t6o the computer table. Nothing broke, but she ran and hid.
Ten dollars.
Am I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.
Quote from: Jeanne on January 12, 2019, 03:59:06 PMQuote from: Jrand68 on January 12, 2019, 12:55:26 PMAn enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.I used to be very glad to see someone who would shovel for me, but one never knew when or IF anyone would come by. One day after a heavy snow a young boy of 9 or 10 came by. Not only did he do my sidewalk, but I knew my neighbor needed help as well. The screen door to her kitchen opened out and she couldn't open it. Too much snow piled in front of the screen door. I took the boy down my little alleyway and asked if if he could climb the fence. "Sure." He scrambled over, I handed him the shovel, and he dug out my neighbor's door. Sometimes one has to be a bit creative.Glad you took him up on it, Jack.That's a nice story.My mother used to arrange for me to shovel snow. I hated it. I might not have minded so much if the snow fell when it's 75 degrees out. But 70 degrees Fahrenheit is my freezing point.
Quote from: Jrand68 on January 12, 2019, 12:55:26 PMAn enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.I used to be very glad to see someone who would shovel for me, but one never knew when or IF anyone would come by. One day after a heavy snow a young boy of 9 or 10 came by. Not only did he do my sidewalk, but I knew my neighbor needed help as well. The screen door to her kitchen opened out and she couldn't open it. Too much snow piled in front of the screen door. I took the boy down my little alleyway and asked if if he could climb the fence. "Sure." He scrambled over, I handed him the shovel, and he dug out my neighbor's door. Sometimes one has to be a bit creative.Glad you took him up on it, Jack.
An enterprising young man with a snow shovel was walking down the street offering driveway and sidewalk clearing for $10.We may get another inch of snow overnight, but I figured that would get me ahead of the game.....So I have a cleared driveway and sidewalk and he has my $10.
Had a really good stumble-through - but our sole male young person unfortunately never made it - he was stuck on the 101 near Thousand Oaks - some kind of shooting with both sides of the freeway shut down. So, he and the MD have to get together tomorrow prior to sound check because there's no way he's going on without his final rehearsal, an even then it's not optimal as he won't have performed his number in front of everyone.
I made a scene in the driveway tonight.
Quote from: FJL on January 12, 2019, 03:27:56 PMAm I the last to hear that Marlon Brando had romantic relationships with both James Dean and Richard Pryor.It seems anyone I've mentioned this to already knew.I knew about Richard Pryor and Wally Cox, but not Dean.
Guys, get ready for a tearjerker. I hope you have tissues nearby because I’m about to tell you about Marlon Brando and Wally Cox…Marlon Brando and Wally Cox met when they were nine years old and grew up together in Evanston, Illinois. As to their first meeting, according to the blog “Gay Influence” the story goes that “He [Brando] once came to the rescue of a skinny kid being taunted and beaten by schoolyard thugs, helped him up, threw his arm around him and said, ‘I’m your new best friend.’” Evidently, that skinny kid was Wally Cox, and thus began the unlikely relationship between what would appear to be two opposites. Marlon Brando went on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous and sought after actors, while Wally Cox was mainly known for his comedic television roles throughout the years. Brando and Cox lived together in the 1950s. Wally Cox married three times, but he still remained just as close to Marlon Brando as he had always been. In 1973, at the age of 48, Wally Cox unexpectedly died of a heart attack. Marlon Brando was heartbroken by Wally’s death. Many of the guests at Cox’s wake were not even aware that Brando attended, and Brando did not wish to be seen by or to converse with anyone. He snuck in through a back window, went to the room where Cox had died, and remained there for the duration of the evening. When Cox’s longtime friend and makeup artist, Philip Rhodes, asked Brando about his absence from the wake, Brando replied “Wally was my friend. Nobody else’s.” Against Cox’s widow’s wishes, Brando took Cox’s ashes home with him and kept him close for the rest of his life. Marlon Brando is quoted saying “If Wally had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after.” When Marlon Brando died in 2004 at the age of 80, his and Wally Cox’s ashes were scattered together in Death Valley, a place where they spent a lot of time together. It is common knowledge today that Marlon Brando was bisexual and had many relationships throughout his life with both men and women; but no matter what, Wally Cox was always there for him. Beauregard Houston-Montgomery has stated that one time, while high on marijuana, Marlon Brando confessed to him that Wally Cox had been the love of his life. There is no way to tell whether this story is true, but Marlon Brando’s everlasting love for Wally Cox is clear whether it is or not.
Quote from: Laura on January 12, 2019, 06:33:08 PMToday we saw the tour of "Hello Dolly."One of the Facebook musicals groups posted a review of the tour from your local paper, Laura. It was not a positive review. The writer seems to dislike both the show and Ms. Buckley.
Today we saw the tour of "Hello Dolly."
