Today I will be working at the Minnesota State Fair. It's opening day, and I will be one of the people working the informational booth for the state health insurance exchange. The venue I am working in is inside, but no air conditioning. Thankfully, I don't think it is supposed to get above 80. And, of course, you can get almost any kind of food there is - on a stick. So there's that.You can get many deep-fried things on sticks. Oh boy!
Well, my personnel skills continue and I've just lost a very good friend of more than 25 years. What began last month as an inquiry into a show I worked on has turned into accusations of theft and demands for instant gratification. While I understand that his job may be putting tension on him, the hostility and accusations mean that I consider this friendship no longer one.
Well, my personnel skills continue and I've just lost a very good friend of more than 25 years. What began last month as an inquiry into a show I worked on has turned into accusations of theft and demands for instant gratification. While I understand that his job may be putting tension on him, the hostility and accusations mean that I consider this friendship no longer one.
What the HELL? Sorry to hear this.
Was a good boy and only ate half of the chocolate peanut butter thing.
I am sorry, DR elmore3003.
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I continue to work on my lines......tonight we do the entire show....so I am hoping to be in better shape than I was.
The world's worst actress continues to hold her title with no competition in sight.
Good morning!
Good morning!
We've danced the whole night through!
Good morning! Good morning, to you!
Larry:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<<<<Huggy Vibes>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Very sorry to read your news, Elmore. I hope the friendship can be repaired at some point in the future.
Very sorry to read your news, Elmore. I hope the friendship can be repaired at some point in the future.
I believe everything is okay now, and I got a very kind apology; I hopefully will not lose this longtime friendship.
Not any of those things yet DR CHAS SMITH.
And we didn't get the notes from last night because she lost her internet cable and can't post them.
Tonight is the WHOLE show, so we shall see what happens.
I'm afraid she started talking during the last scene and I finally stopped and told her what I thought....it got very quiet....and then we went on.....
DR Elmore, I'm glad to hear the situation has been resolved and hope the friendship survives...
Not any of those things yet DR CHAS SMITH.
And we didn't get the notes from last night because she lost her internet cable and can't post them.
Tonight is the WHOLE show, so we shall see what happens.
I'm afraid she started talking during the last scene and I finally stopped and told her what I thought....it got very quiet....and then we went on.....
TOD:
Back when Bette Midler had a big hit with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, there was an Andrews Sisters resurgence and a number compilation albums of their songs were released. I was still in 8th grade, if I recall correctly, and I flipped over a recording of "In the Mood" that they did with Glenn Miller that appeared on one of the albums. That song, that sound, that style really got to me. It led me to Miller's famous instrumental version, Artie Shaw's and eventually an appreciation of big band leaders in general.
TOD:
Back when Bette Midler had a big hit with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, there was an Andrews Sisters resurgence and a number compilation albums of their songs were released. I was still in 8th grade, if I recall correctly, and I flipped over a recording of "In the Mood" that they did with Glenn Miller that appeared on one of the albums. That song, that sound, that style really got to me. It led me to Miller's famous instrumental version, Artie Shaw's and eventually an appreciation of big band leaders in general.
I believe the Andrews Sister's resurgence included the Sherman's Broadway musical "Over Here".
Flowers for everyone. A photo taken in Augsburg, Germany, and posted by a friend on that other site.
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Here's another hope that this person has seen the light and done the necessary about-face in time to preserve the friendship.
It is unconscionable for a friendship to be compromised by any kind of misunderstanding, or from a sudden bizarre shit-fit (however legitimate) suffered by one of the parties. I've had to learn that myself, and I am only too happy to have regular reminders of it.
VIBES that this one continues, and with even stronger bonds.
She is the stage manager......
Flowers for everyone. A photo taken in Augsburg, Germany, and posted by a friend on that other site.
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That is quite beautiful!
Major congratulations to Skip and the Herringbone team!
Well, my personnel skills continue and I've just lost a very good friend of more than 25 years. What began last month as an inquiry into a show I worked on has turned into accusations of theft and demands for instant gratification. While I understand that his job may be putting tension on him, the hostility and accusations mean that I consider this friendship no longer one.
What the HELL? Sorry to hear this.
Besides putting me into an uncomfortable situation with too many others, it has completely screwed up my morning, and I am not happy about this mess.
Very sorry to read your news, Elmore. I hope the friendship can be repaired at some point in the future.
I believe everything is okay now, and I got a very kind apology; I hopefully will not lose this longtime friendship.
And, speaking of the MN State Fair, a friend and singing colleague of mine just learned that her Black Raspberry preserves just won Best in Show for all canned and preserved goods. And her "RazMulTaz" (a combination of Raspberry and Mulberry) won 3rd place in the Jelly category.
You just have to wander through the "crafts and fine arts" pavilion to think, "Gee, that's what such a severe winter hath wrought!"
Not any of those things yet DR CHAS SMITH.
And we didn't get the notes from last night because she lost her internet cable and can't post them.
Tonight is the WHOLE show, so we shall see what happens.
I'm afraid she started talking during the last scene and I finally stopped and told her what I thought....it got very quiet....and then we went on.....
She is the stage manager......
Congrats to friends and relatives who got nominations for the Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia, such as Tom, Ellen and Skip’s show “Herringbone” at the Flashpoint Theater (four nominations)
I am sorry, DR elmore3003.
I am still seething.
What a night, what a morning, what an afternoon, not necessarily in that order. I couldn't fall asleep and at three I got up and wrote two very strong e-mails. I went back to bed and finally fell asleep at five. At eight-thirty I was awakened by the sounds of machinery. I got up but couldn't find the source, even though it was in front of my way too groggy eyes. Yes, the source was what I had hoped it wouldn't be - Annette's house is gone as if it never existed at all - raised by some asshole developers or a buyer so they erect another monstrosity in this neighborhood, so their entitled, privileged children can got to Carpenter school. Once those children are out of there, they will move to the next neighborhood. This will undoubtedly be a two-million dollar house in a quaint neighborhood that, thanks to these morons, is no longer quaint.
TOD: I discovered the whole Big Band Era when, at a young age, I decided to share a record with my Dad to show him how cool my music was. The record was SHADRACH by Brook Benton. My dad listened to it, smiled, and said: "That's pretty good. Now I want you to listen to something." He went to an old record cabinet, pulled out a 78 record, and played it for me. It was the same song, SHADRACH, played by Larry Clinton and his orchestra...and as cool as Brook Benton's version was, Clinton's version was infinitely cooler. From that day on, I was raiding that record cabinet, discovering bands, singers, and songs from that era.
Very sorry to read your news, Elmore. I hope the friendship can be repaired at some point in the future.
I believe everything is okay now, and I got a very kind apology; I hopefully will not lose this longtime friendship.
The Argentinian or Brazilian equivalent of Florence Foster Jenkins posts on the Facebook musicals page; besides having English as a problem, she has a problem with common sense.
Sorry to hear about elmore's thing.
The Argentinian or Brazilian equivalent of Florence Foster Jenkins posts on the Facebook musicals page; besides having English as a problem, she has a problem with common sense.
The Argentinian or Brazilian equivalent of Florence Foster Jenkins posts on the Facebook musicals page; besides having English as a problem, she has a problem with common sense.
What is it about these topics that bring them out? There's always someone who has to comment on everything everyone says or who knows everthing about everything (and doesn't) or who makes no sense at all.
You mean the JE of Facebook - he's wacko.
A car full of Irish nuns is sitting at a traffic light in downtown Dublin, when a bunch of rowdy drunks pull up alongside of them.
"Hey, show us yer teets, ya bloody penguins!" shouts one of the drunks.
Quite shocked, Mother Superior turns to Sister Mary Immaculata and says, "I don't think they know who we are; show them your cross."
Sister Mary Immaculata rolls down her window and shouts, "Piss off, ya fookin' little wankers, before I come over there and rip yer balls off!"
Sister Mary Immaculata then rolls up her window, looks back at Mother Superior, quite innocently, and asks, "Did that sound cross enough?
Vixdad is busy packing tomorrow I drive hi to the airport so he can go see his folksin Canada
Fun photo, John G - possible new avatar?
All the lists people have been making of favorite songs about summer have gotten me re-hooked on this Linda Purl performance of "Blame it On the Summer Night" on BK's channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpKc9yGHVg
And then I had to deal with another piece of crap annoyance, but the result is that I'm giving back a CD so that I don't ever have to deal with the people again - I wish this had happened months ago, but in the end, as annoying as it's been, I just feel great relief about it. I only wish I hadn't JUST made it Grammy eligible.
Someone snapped this photo this afternoon. I was barely awake, thanks to having taken a full Benedryl, but I like the photo.
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And then I had to deal with another piece of crap annoyance, but the result is that I'm giving back a CD so that I don't ever have to deal with the people again - I wish this had happened months ago, but in the end, as annoying as it's been, I just feel great relief about it. I only wish I hadn't JUST made it Grammy eligible.
BK, does that mean if it's nominated and wins that you won't get the award, or does it mean that you would you have to share it?