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[John G.]

Well, it wasn't, but through no fault of the ushers. First someone dropped a glass of red wine that splattered everywhere, both glass and wine.

[John G.]

Six!

[John G.]

The mess was cleaned up quickly. Then another patron spilled a glass of red wine. No glass broke thankfully.

[John G.]

The director of house companies came up and said, "You know, someone just spilled a glass of wine."

My friend and fellow usher, Clarence: "Well, what do you want us to do about it?"

(We don't handle cleanups. There's paid staff for that. And seriously, no one in 10 years has come up to us to handle the issue.)

[John G.]

We were told to get a manager to get the cleaning staff to handle it. Strange. He was closer to the managers than we were and he could have called cleaning on his walkie talkie.

[John G.]

Anyway, we got everyone in the theater and did everything else perfectly. So, it was an enjoyable evening.

[Freddie]

Anyway, we got everyone in the theater and did everything else perfectly. So, it was an enjoyable evening.

That's a relief!

[John G.]

At the end, there was a great surprise for everyone: We got to watch them flip the floor. It went from a flat floor for the reception to the raked seats that are most often used. It takes about a half hour, and it's like a mechanical ballet. Very impressive. It also gave me a slight sea sick feeling, but it was still really cool.

[John G.]

We're supposedly the only theater with a floor like this, and they change it several times a week.

[John G.]

I'm now home and unwinding before bed.

[John G.]

Has anyone read Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes by Henry Van Dyke? Interesting gay novel that never really addresses the gayness of the characters. Two aging lesbians have been raising the nephew of one. A seance is planned to conjure the spirit of a family member who committed suicide. It's fairly broad and often humorous.

[John G.]

There was a gay joke in it:

What do gay spiders do to each other?

[John G.]

They play with each other's flies.

[John G.]

No groaning at HHW.

[George]

Keith has been wonderful, spending hours and hours researching wound care and finding different bandages that won't cause red welts to form on my skin.

That's great, Jane!  Can we assume that he actually found some?

[George]

They play with each other's flies.

[George]

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Nix to page six.

[bk]

Had a little bitty cube steak at five. I really want to try this Shake Shack avocado and bacon cheeseburger - 600 calories. I REALLY want it but I should not be having it, oh, no, I should not be having it.

[bk]

That would put me at 1600 calories for the day - not terrible.

[bk]

Not as good as 1000.

[bk]

This is the current dilemma.

[George]

This is our dock on the lake where we spent our summers growing up. The painting was painted by my grandmother.

That's really cool, Singdaw!

[George]

On the train on the way home from seeing a conversation between George Takei and BD Wong.

I'm jealous!

[bk]

I'm zealous.

[bk]

Almost gave in to the burger but thankfully - they're closed.

[bk]

So, I got some tiny things from the nearby Pollo Loco and none will add up to the 600 the burger would have been.

[George]

Well, I got my income taxes filed earlier today, so that's taken care of.

[George]

I had to fix a couple of things before I was able to finally submit it online, but things were fixed and my filing wasn't rejected.

[George]

Of course, it was accepted by the filing service that I used...it still can be rejected by the actual IRS.