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[Freddie]

I can't tell whether the estates of the other three writers just don't care for the revisions, or if those estates feel the plot just just be allowed to be of the bygone era, or if they're more for letting the property just go away.

[Freddie]

Ooh, page 4 before 4 p.m. Eastern time!

[Freddie]

David Landay is no connection to my nephew David Landau...

[Freddie]

or to any other Landau, to my knowledge.

[John G.]

I have made a red velvet cake. It looks more chocolate than red, but it smells wonderful.

[John G.]

I have also finished Riverdale. I enjoyed that show.

[Freddie]

Page 4 Barn Dance from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbzJtP75NqM

[Freddie]

I have made a red velvet cake. It looks more chocolate than red, but it smells wonderful.

That sounds great!  And I bet it smells as good as it sounds!

[bk]

More pandering to "today's audiences" - just what we need.

[bk]

Dog peed and pooped in the yard here, which is what I prefer, we had a little walk, she ate her early meal, and she just had a treat. She's abandoned the couch after the treat and is on her blankie.

[bk]

Today was the last of the treats she loves - there were only five left. So, I found the one store within fifty miles that has that brand and that specific treat and I was able to do Instacart and get it.

[Ginny]

Friday afternoon greetings!

More heating vibes to Ginny!

Thank you, DR Freddie!  Santa Justin arrived this morning with a new furnace air handler that he and an associate installed without putting another hole in our ceiling.  They will be back Monday to install the heat pump, but we do have heat for the weekend.

[Ginny]

Happiest of birthdays to DR ChasSmith!

[ChasSmith]

Thank you, DR Ginny, and I am so glad to hear you have HEAT! 

[Ron Pulliam]

For Dear Reader ChasSmith:

[Ron Pulliam]

The encapsulation project is finished.

I now have a dehumidifier working underneath the house and a tracking monitor for humidity readings.
I am keeping that in my kitchen.

And, today is the day that a local repair guy stopped by to assess, and give me an estimate for, the repair of a gutter recently dislodged during a storm.

Based on data I've gotten from townsfolk who have had similar work done, I got a fair estimate. and the work will be done one day next week.

Still, this month has been the most expensive month of my life.  Thank goodness I am not having to shell out for the MRI and the Colonscopy.

And, I have property tax due next month.

Golly.

[Ron Pulliam]

And why am I just now putting together that DR Freddie is the artist formerly known as FJL?

Hey, dude!!

[Ron Pulliam]

I saw this and thought of JRand:

[Freddie]

And why am I just now putting together that DR Freddie is the artist formerly known as FJL?

Hey, dude!!

Hey, Ron!!

[Jane]

If you have access to The NY Times site, this is an interesting article about one of the authors of the stage musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (the only one of the four who is still living) fighting the estates of the other three writers for the right to have the stage musical performed with revisions to implement with a less-controversial update to the kidnapping aspect of the story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/theater/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-lawsuit.html

From the Times article:

"“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” features a central plot twist that makes the story problematic for contemporary audiences: A group of ill-mannered brothers kidnaps the women they have been eyeing"

"Now, an effort to modernize the story to make it palatable for today’s theatergoers has landed in court."

So an attempted kidnapping is an improvement-lol

This is the line in the article that describes the nature of the changes you mentioned:

"For that staging, David Landay, the only one of the 1982 show’s four writers who is alive, added a prologue and revised the plot so that the women foil the kidnapping attempt but, bored with life in their small town, opt to flee voluntarily with their would-be abductors."

I get that, an attempted kidnapping vs actually kidnapping them.

[Jane]

AHA!  I remember a television movie that scared me and scarred me for life.....and I was in my 20's.

Trilogy of Terror - three stories each starring Karen Black.  The last story called The Zumi Doll is the one that did it.  If you saw it, you know.

It's probably on YouTube.   

It was Karen Black who scared you. She was one scary creature.

[Jane]

I have made a red velvet cake. It looks more chocolate than red, but it smells wonderful.

Yum.  Are you putting a cream cheese frosting on it?

[Jane]

Dog peed and pooped in the yard here, which is what I prefer, we had a little walk, she ate her early meal, and she just had a treat. She's abandoned the couch after the treat and is on her blankie.

The yard is much better than out on a neighbor's lawn

[Jane]

Today was the last of the treats she loves - there were only five left. So, I found the one store within fifty miles that has that brand and that specific treat and I was able to do Instacart and get it.

You were lucky to find them.  What are the treats that she likes?

[Jane]

Friday afternoon greetings!

More heating vibes to Ginny!

Thank you, DR Freddie!  Santa Justin arrived this morning with a new furnace air handler that he and an associate installed without putting another hole in our ceiling.  They will be back Monday to install the heat pump, but we do have heat for the weekend.

YAY!

[Jane]

The encapsulation project is finished.

I now have a dehumidifier working underneath the house and a tracking monitor for humidity readings.
I am keeping that in my kitchen.

And, today is the day that a local repair guy stopped by to assess, and give me an estimate for, the repair of a gutter recently dislodged during a storm.

Based on data I've gotten from townsfolk who have had similar work done, I got a fair estimate. and the work will be done one day next week.

Still, this month has been the most expensive month of my life.  Thank goodness I am not having to shell out for the MRI and the Colonscopy.

And, I have property tax due next month.

Golly.

Congrats on your new humidifier.

[ChasSmith]

For Dear Reader ChasSmith:

Thank you, DR Ron Pulliam!

[singdaw]

Very good and welcome news from DR Ginny.

[singdaw]

Thanks, DR Freddie. Monday is the day of infamy.

[singdaw]

I made it through my deadline day shift without too much trauma. The phone lines are still open until 10PM.