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Title: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 12:07:20 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had meat AND veggies, and now it is time for you to post until the vegetarian cows come home.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 12:08:36 AM
And the word of the day is: EVOKE!
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 12:22:58 AM
Topic of the Day:  the first pianist that came to my mind was Fred Hersch.  He recorded an album with Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer back in the 1989, but he has his own solo CDs.  I actually just got a couple of his latest from the library.  He's still very good.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 12:32:20 AM
Janis and Fred's first CD from 1989 was called Short Stories (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000DP10/), and I absolutely love it.  Their follow-up duet album from 1995 is called Slow Hot Wind (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000008PAM/), and our very own BK was the executive producer!
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Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 12:52:24 AM
You do know I produced a CD with Fred Hersch - nominated for a Grammy, it was. A CD of Johnny Mandel tunes. Very good.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 01:24:19 AM
You do know I produced a CD with Fred Hersch - nominated for a Grammy, it was. A CD of Johnny Mandel tunes. Very good.

That's right...I do remember that now!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 01:36:29 AM
Here's the front:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Gh4lpccXL._SL1500_.jpg)

Or this color:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71MSy2K2uXL._SL1500_.jpg)
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 01:39:14 AM
And here's the back showing BK's credit:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91w+kxpx47L._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 01:39:38 AM
:D
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 01:40:01 AM
And now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:00:13 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:04:15 AM
I am determined to finish this Interlude this weekend, the cats perm,itting. They've been quite rowdy the past two days, and I have no idea what to expect from them before Nov. 1.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:20:06 AM
DR JohnG, I wish Frank Capra had toned Cary Grant down a bit for at least the first half of Arsenic and Old Lace. He's working way too hard.  I really do like the rest of the cast enormously. While I wish Boris Karloff had recreated Jonathan Brewater, Raymond Massey, another actor I love, is really frightening. He and Peter Lorre play well off each other. The three Broadway stars of the play, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and John Alexander, are relegated to second-class in the billing, but they're so wonderful in their insane gentility. Some of the Epstein brothers' screenplay seems a bit condescending and arch, but some additions, like Edward Everett Horton's director of the Happy Dasle sanatorium, are very funny. The movie, unlike the play, makes an effort to remove the premise a bit from reality, while the play just accepts an eccentric family, like the one in You Can't Take It With You, as demented serial killers everyone in the neighborhood accepts a sweet but eccentric. Thus, it's set on Halloween night - great opening credits with jack-o-lanterens and cats - and Capra really gets much out of the scarier moments. The blasck and white transfer is really beautiful. The real problem is Cary Grant, an actor who rarely does wrong.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:20:59 AM
I would love to spend the wekend with the cats watching scary movies, but I have to finish that interlude.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:45:03 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:45:25 AM
Boo!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:47:18 AM
Tonight, I must attend a dinner event that I absolutely do NOT want to attend. I have to for the DH for political reasons. I fear it is going to be a super spreader. Pray for Rosemary's baby.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:48:21 AM
And just WHERE has October flown? I ask you.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:48:44 AM
DR elmore3003 - when do you start on the ballet?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:50:40 AM
My neighbor Ann just stopped by. She's off to Bston to see er parents, and she's taking cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery to her mother. She brought me a couple as well. I'll have one after klitty cleanup with my second cuppa coffee.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:51:06 AM
TOD:

Bill Evans (jazz)
Daniil Trifonov (classical)
Victor Borge (comedy)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 04:51:48 AM
Everything is improved by a cupcake.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:52:21 AM
DR elmore3003 - when do you start on the ballet?

When I sign my contract. Indiana has sent me two so far: the first one had wrong informastion that the gentlemen behind the ballet wanted changed. The second contract had the changeds, only they were wrong!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 04:53:58 AM
Also, when my eyes are finished and I can really see again.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 05:33:31 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 05:37:07 AM
A crazy night. I seemed to be waking up almost every hour for one thing or another, even though I was basically comfortable. But the sleep, when I got it, was okay.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 05:39:35 AM
DR Elmore  -  Are both eyes being corrected for distance, and you'll use reading glasses for close work? Or maybe you're one of those lucky people who don't even need reading glasses?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 05:58:59 AM
TOD

Jazz - Previn, Evans, Monk, Peterson, Brubeck

Classical - Gould, Cliburn, Brendel, Fleisher, Graffman

Pop - no constant favorites, I'd have to think upon this one
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 06:09:51 AM
DR Elmore  -  Are both eyes being corrected for distance, and you'll use reading glasses for close work? Or maybe you're one of those lucky people who don't even need reading glasses?

I think that's the general outcome. Im seeing an optometrist next week, the one who discovered the cataracs.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 06:10:59 AM
My goodness, how could I have forgotten Glenn Gould?
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 06:11:07 AM
Two!
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Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:16:49 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:19:00 AM
Slept eight hours. How did that happen?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:19:37 AM
Long day of volunteering for a food and wine festival, followed by some dancing.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 06:28:16 AM
 :)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 06:31:00 AM
DR John G.  -  there's something wrong with that schedule. Like, no time for a nap.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:31:35 AM
Right, Singdaw.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:35:54 AM
Pop: Elton John, Billy Joel, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Lee Lewis

Jazz: Bobby Short, Dinah Washington, Hazel Scott, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie

Classical: Lang Lang, Glenn Gould

Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:37:49 AM
DR JohnG, I wish Frank Capra had toned Cary Grant down a bit for at least the first half of Arsenic and Old Lace. He's working way too hard.  I really do like the rest of the cast enormously. While I wish Boris Karloff had recreated Jonathan Brewater, Raymond Massey, another actor I love, is really frightening. He and Peter Lorre play well off each other. The three Broadway stars of the play, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and John Alexander, are relegated to second-class in the billing, but they're so wonderful in their insane gentility. Some of the Epstein brothers' screenplay seems a bit condescending and arch, but some additions, like Edward Everett Horton's director of the Happy Dasle sanatorium, are very funny. The movie, unlike the play, makes an effort to remove the premise a bit from reality, while the play just accepts an eccentric family, like the one in You Can't Take It With You, as demented serial killers everyone in the neighborhood accepts a sweet but eccentric. Thus, it's set on Halloween night - great opening credits with jack-o-lanterens and cats - and Capra really gets much out of the scarier moments. The blasck and white transfer is really beautiful. The real problem is Cary Grant, an actor who rarely does wrong.

Thanks. I remember now that it was Cary Grant on full throttle that I didn’t care for.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 06:39:44 AM
Reading some excellent reviews of Elton John’s new Tammy Faye musical.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 06:50:01 AM
CONGRATULATIONS, BK, on a successful wrap on Season One of Sami!

That must be a relief.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: KevinH on October 29, 2022, 07:07:12 AM
Good morning!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: KevinH on October 29, 2022, 07:07:20 AM
Wordle:  5/6
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:11:42 AM
CONGRATULATIONS, BK, on a successful wrap on Season One of Sami!

That must be a relief.

True. Congratulations.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 07:11:57 AM
DR Elmore  -  Are both eyes being corrected for distance, and you'll use reading glasses for close work? Or maybe you're one of those lucky people who don't even need reading glasses?

I think that's the general outcome. Im seeing an optometrist next week, the one who discovered the cataracs.

In my brief conversation with the optometrist the other day, I said that's the way I'd probably go. Which, in fact, is what most people do. You can get pretty fancy with customizing the lenses they put in, such as going with monovision (one eye distance, the other reading) which is how I've worn contacts for the past 15 years or more (and it totally works for me), but the costs are enormous in comparison with what Medicare etc. will pay for. And I'm willing to just keep cheap cheaters around in return for having great distance vision again.

Cheap Cheaters is the title of my upcoming soap opera about workers in the eye care industry.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 07:11:59 AM
Congrats to MR BK & co!

No you didn't make a mistake - I read it wrong.  I don't know my Amazon from my elbow.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 07:12:36 AM
Loved reading about the production yesterday - makeup, half an hour late......
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Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:15:01 AM
Wordle in 4, Phoodle in 3
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 07:15:02 AM
TOD:

Van Cliburn Van Cliburn Van Cliburn

Bill Evans

Billy Joel, Horst Jankowski
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:16:40 AM
Forgot Little Richard from my list. I’m sure there are many more.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Laura on October 29, 2022, 07:25:40 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on October 29, 2022, 07:26:05 AM
Lots to do today! Many cookies to be baked. Maybe a photo later.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:19:33 AM
DR Laura - I do hope so!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 09:38:40 AM
From DR Vixmom:

Quote
I believe I tested negative the 6th day, I’ve forgotten if you said he’s on a course of paxlovid or not.  I started taking that the day I tested positive.

Thank you for responding.  He took two doses of it and stopped as I was concerned he would rebound while we were visiting the kids.  Studies say it doesn't reduce the time you have covid, just the symptoms and he felt fine.  A few people I know felt it reduced the number of days. 
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 09:41:11 AM
According to the CDC, since he hasn't had any symptoms, it is now ok to go out in public wearing a mask.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 09:44:47 AM
Tonight, I must attend a dinner event that I absolutely do NOT want to attend. I have to for the DH for political reasons. I fear it is going to be a super spreader. Pray for Rosemary's baby.

Stay healthy vibes.  Do I remember correctly that you got the new booster?
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 09:46:44 AM
Lots to do today! Many cookies to be baked. Maybe a photo later.

Please share a photo later.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 10:04:35 AM
Busy morning. Created a staging area and put together 35 chef bags and 70 VIP bags in the wind. It’s a blustery day.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 10:05:26 AM
The aromas from the various foods is tremendous.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 10:09:51 AM
Thanks, DR Jane. Yes, we are both fully boosted, etc.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 10:09:59 AM
Three!
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Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 10:31:03 AM
Saturday afternoon greetings!  We were out and about early (for us) this morning.  We delivered some donations the AAUW Holiday Bazaar site, had breakfast at Wendy’s, and took an old tire to a recycling event at the county fairgrounds.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 10:32:23 AM
Now we’re settled in for a college football triple-header:

Go, Nittany Lions!
Go, Bearcats!
Go, Blue!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 10:41:47 AM
DR Elmore  -  Are both eyes being corrected for distance, and you'll use reading glasses for close work? Or maybe you're one of those lucky people who don't even need reading glasses?

I think that's the general outcome. Im seeing an optometrist next week, the one who discovered the cataracs.

In my brief conversation with the optometrist the other day, I said that's the way I'd probably go. Which, in fact, is what most people do. You can get pretty fancy with customizing the lenses they put in, such as going with monovision (one eye distance, the other reading) which is how I've worn contacts for the past 15 years or more (and it totally works for me), but the costs are enormous in comparison with what Medicare etc. will pay for. And I'm willing to just keep cheap cheaters around in return for having great distance vision again.

Cheap Cheaters is the title of my upcoming soap opera about workers in the eye care industry.

That’s the route I took.  I do have 2 pairs of bifocals (clear and sunglasses) with some very mild distance correction and my reading magnification for driving, shopping, and in theatres and lecture halls.  I passed the vision test when renewing my driver’s license, but I like the extra sharpness my glasses provide.

I don’t wear them all the time because I don’t want to become dependent on them.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 11:14:05 AM
I'm up, I'm up - about six hours of sleep.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 12:05:24 PM
TOD - Lorin Hollander, classical pianist who is also an educator.  He spent a lot of time in residency at Miami-Middletown.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 12:27:56 PM
 :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 12:33:07 PM
Former DR JoseSPiano was also pretty good on the ivories.
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Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 12:51:29 PM
Adjustments to orchestration made. Now we do a play-through of the Elmer Bernstein show.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 12:54:33 PM
Today is National Cat Day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 29, 2022, 01:14:25 PM
Dear Readers, I posted that Chewy commercial; with the adorable cat. It's one of hte few TV commercials I like at the moment. I think the ones I detest the most are those for Liberty Mutual which try to be funny but to me are only relentlessly moronic and insipid. Are there any current commercials you find particularly repellent?
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Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 01:51:35 PM
Dear Readers, I posted that Chewy commercial; with the adorable cat. It's one of hte few TV commercials I like at the moment. I think the ones I detest the most are those for Liberty Mutual which try to be funny but to me areonly relentlesslymoronic and insipid. Are there any current commercials you find particularly repellent?

All political ads.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 02:08:12 PM
I get pretty tired of the rich Viking Cruise guy telling me that the only thing I don't have enough of is time. I beg to differ.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 02:08:31 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 02:27:00 PM
Today is National Cat Day.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 02:27:30 PM
I don't think we shall ever get to page four.
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Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 02:27:44 PM
But it's not for lack of trying.
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 02:33:05 PM
:)

Cute.
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 02:33:37 PM
But it's not for lack of trying.

This will help.
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Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 02:39:18 PM
From BK's notes:
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....the character of grandpa made the first of his appearances – we never see him, just hear him from the other room.


Will Guy Haines be playing Grandpa?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 02:41:31 PM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had meat AND veggies, and now it is time for you to post until the vegetarian cows come home.


Be careful, some might squash the notes!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 02:49:27 PM
DR JohnG, I wish Frank Capra had toned Cary Grant down a bit for at least the first half of Arsenic and Old Lace. He's working way too hard.  I really do like the rest of the cast enormously. While I wish Boris Karloff had recreated Jonathan Brewater, Raymond Massey, another actor I love, is really frightening. He and Peter Lorre play well off each other. The three Broadway stars of the play, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and John Alexander, are relegated to second-class in the billing, but they're so wonderful in their insane gentility. Some of the Epstein brothers' screenplay seems a bit condescending and arch, but some additions, like Edward Everett Horton's director of the Happy Dasle sanatorium, are very funny. The movie, unlike the play, makes an effort to remove the premise a bit from reality, while the play just accepts an eccentric family, like the one in You Can't Take It With You, as demented serial killers everyone in the neighborhood accepts a sweet but eccentric. Thus, it's set on Halloween night - great opening credits with jack-o-lanterens and cats - and Capra really gets much out of the scarier moments. The blasck and white transfer is really beautiful. The real problem is Cary Grant, an actor who rarely does wrong.


I enjoy the play more than the movie.  I played Jonathan Brewster (not Brewater) a few times.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 02:53:00 PM
Boo!


I wish that Carrie was edible!

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Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 03:03:45 PM
TOD

Im very fond of DR Chas
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Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 03:07:01 PM
Vixdad and I just returned from voting
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Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 03:07:11 PM
His first time !!
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Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 03:07:23 PM
(In the US)
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Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 03:09:26 PM
Poured wine much of the afternoon. I had good stuff, too.
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Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 03:09:52 PM
Wines I can’t afford.
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Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 03:32:22 PM
T.O.D.

Pop:  Roger Williams (boy, did that man sweat)

Jazz:  Oscar Peterson (naturally)

Classical:  Andre Watts, Van Cliburn
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 03:36:36 PM
:)


Which one are you, singdaw?
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Post by: Ginny on October 29, 2022, 03:38:43 PM
DR JohnG, I wish Frank Capra had toned Cary Grant down a bit for at least the first half of Arsenic and Old Lace. He's working way too hard.  I really do like the rest of the cast enormously. While I wish Boris Karloff had recreated Jonathan Brewater, Raymond Massey, another actor I love, is really frightening. He and Peter Lorre play well off each other. The three Broadway stars of the play, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and John Alexander, are relegated to second-class in the billing, but they're so wonderful in their insane gentility. Some of the Epstein brothers' screenplay seems a bit condescending and arch, but some additions, like Edward Everett Horton's director of the Happy Dasle sanatorium, are very funny. The movie, unlike the play, makes an effort to remove the premise a bit from reality, while the play just accepts an eccentric family, like the one in You Can't Take It With You, as demented serial killers everyone in the neighborhood accepts a sweet but eccentric. Thus, it's set on Halloween night - great opening credits with jack-o-lanterens and cats - and Capra really gets much out of the scarier moments. The blasck and white transfer is really beautiful. The real problem is Cary Grant, an actor who rarely does wrong.


I enjoy the play more than the movie.  I played Jonathan Brewster (not Brewater) a few times.

And I played Aunt Martha in high school.
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 03:40:56 PM
His first time !!

Congratulations to Vixdad!
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 04:00:43 PM
I have also played Jonathon Brewster - lots of fun.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 04:01:17 PM
I am thinking that's the casting as well DR TCB.
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Post by: Jrand74 on October 29, 2022, 04:01:49 PM
Yes of course DR CHAS SMITH is most in demand for his skills.
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 04:13:03 PM
(In the US)

Of course.
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Post by: ChasSmith on October 29, 2022, 04:16:32 PM
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I think I can agree with everyone that the exaggerated Cary Grant persona is the main problem with the Arsenic and Old Lace movie.

Actually, now I'm kind of in the mood to watch it. I'll just have to allow for that.
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 06:18:40 PM
Yay, the rain took a break this afternoon and I managed a couple of walks.
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 06:39:26 PM
:)

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7034.0;attach=15621)

Sweet!
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 06:39:38 PM
Gratuitous Post #100!!
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 06:40:17 PM
I'm at the theater, in (most of) my costume, just waiting for everything to start!
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 06:41:00 PM
And then once the show starts, I don't actually enter until more than a half hour later!
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 06:45:29 PM
Have a good evening.
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Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 06:46:37 PM
Thanks, Jane!
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Post by: Jane on October 29, 2022, 06:55:58 PM
'night
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 29, 2022, 07:25:42 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 07:41:30 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I haven't...for either show.  And I've only seen a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  I've never seen Our Town.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:47:28 PM
Finally home. It’s been a long day.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:49:39 PM
I’ll be honest: Not everything I had at the food festival tasted great. Shrimp snd pork belly were big ingredients, but not necessarily good. Several places did poke, and those were pretty good. A butter pecan French toast was wonderful.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:51:53 PM
Best was a just grilled beef tenderloin served over Texas quail. The local supermarket giant, H-E-B, served that. Sadly, they paired it with a cold slab of butternut squash and some sort of biscuit covered in a sweet sauce.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 29, 2022, 07:52:36 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I haven't...for either show.  And I've only seen a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  I've never seen Our Town.

Here on the east coast, it seems everyone I ever talk to about amateur theater has done "Our Town".
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Laura on October 29, 2022, 07:53:29 PM
Good evening.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Laura on October 29, 2022, 07:54:11 PM
Everyone had a good time at Trunk or Treat tonight. Lots of people I didn't know, which is the point of the whole thing.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:54:53 PM
The people I poured wine for really liked the way I handled the wines and gave me two, a chardonnay and a pinot noir.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:55:14 PM
Everyone had a good time at Trunk or Treat tonight. Lots of people I didn't know, which is the point of the whole thing.

Sounds great.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:55:32 PM
Can we get off this page?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:55:50 PM
Five is all the rage.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:56:06 PM
Four is a bore.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:56:17 PM
Onward!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:56:25 PM
Five!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 29, 2022, 07:56:40 PM
Today has been rather low-key for me.

I slept late.  I had a nice trip to post office where I got some mail I had been waiting for (and didn't get mail I have been expecting).

I had some shepherd's pie for lunch.

I loaded a week's worth of recyclables in the back of my car (will take them to recycle center either tomorrow or Monday).

Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 07:57:48 PM
Can we get off this page?

No.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 07:58:20 PM
I am thrilled about vixdad voting.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:58:24 PM
J.B. just became a guard dog and alerted me to a presence in the backyard. Turned out to be a skunk.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 07:58:47 PM
Home from two social events. Had I had my druthers, I would have stayed home.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:59:09 PM
Never have seen a skunk on the property before.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 07:59:11 PM
They were relatively painless, as these things go.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 07:59:33 PM
Home from two social events. Had I had my druthers, I would have stayed home.

I heard ya.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 07:59:37 PM
Play through of the Bernstein show was fine. I made two arrangement adjustments.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 07:59:46 PM
I guess I'll find out over the next few days if I have developed Covid or not.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 08:00:08 PM
Then Yacko and I went to Art's Deli - he had an omelet and I had a patty melt and fries - very good!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:00:39 PM
Does that make me cynical?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:00:49 PM
AITA?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:01:10 PM
Oh - a patty melt and fries sounds really good.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:01:42 PM
The event food described by DR John G. sounds too highbrow for me at the moment.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:01:55 PM
I am glad he got some good wine, though.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 08:02:02 PM
Then I went to CVS for Claritin-D - the machine wouldn't allow me to be the large pack of twenty-four hour pills - I don't think it's been less than two weeks since buying the Mucinex-D - then again, they were having a lot of issues with their machines. It certainly allowed me to be the 12-hour version but I didn't notice she gave me the smallest pack - ten tablets - if I have to take two a day, that's only five days. Ridic.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:02:49 PM
Does J.B. do that alarm thing at any incursion into the yard?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:04:59 PM
The DH was looking for some new reading material. I just loaded a couple of BK's older books onto his Kindle. He's read all the newer stuff and all the Adriana books.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: singdaw on October 29, 2022, 08:05:43 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 08:17:39 PM
AITA?

Not in this case.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 08:18:05 PM
Does J.B. do that alarm thing at any incursion into the yard?

Yes.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: John G. on October 29, 2022, 08:18:52 PM
He screamed at the hawk, the mastiff, the possum, the various cats.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:34:53 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I played Aunt Martha in junior high
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:35:13 PM
Never in Our Town
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:37:06 PM
I am thrilled about vixdad voting.

So are we! He told everyone it was his first time and the guy working the machine shook his hand everyone else congratulated him and there were a few who clapped when he was done
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:37:20 PM
We went for ice cream to celebrate
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:38:47 PM
Our new sleep number bed arrived today
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:39:16 PM
So I guess I’ll go test it out
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: vixmom on October 29, 2022, 08:39:23 PM
Good night!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 10:18:56 PM
Well, we're done for tonight...only one more to go.

Be back later.  Gotta go home first.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:19:39 PM
I want to remind you that in days of old a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:19:50 PM
Now? Heaven knows - anything goes.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:20:18 PM
Finished with my viewing. More stalking episodes - the style of these just kills them.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:51:57 PM
I want to be very clear that the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain. I hope we have that straight.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:52:04 PM
Or crooked.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:52:52 PM
Did you know, for example, that when I fall in love, it will be forever or I'll never fall in love?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:53:12 PM
I'm here all by myself. Eric Carman told me that.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:53:25 PM
Listening to music.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:53:33 PM
And I don't care who knows it.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 29, 2022, 10:54:02 PM
Hopefully, our late night denizens will be joining us sooner than later.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:10:46 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?


Yes, I played the Stage Manager.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:22:12 PM
I tried to find something fun to watch tonight.  The Disney Channel kept pushing some weird thing called THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:25:16 PM
Then I tried BLACKBEARD’s GHOST WITH Dean Jones.  I am sure I saw it when it was a kid, but it was HORRIBLE.  I made it about 30 minutes.  Yuck!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:27:46 PM
Break A Leg to George for his final mysterious performance.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:28:18 PM
That didn’t sound right.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:30:14 PM
I was going to watch THE UNINVITED, but I changed my mind.  Maybe Monday.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:31:59 PM
Has anyone ever seen THE CRYSTAL BALL with Ray Milland?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:32:40 PM
Congratulations to Vixdad.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:34:54 PM
Wind and rain storm for us tomorrow.  I am glad I am not going to the Seahawks game.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:37:58 PM
Maybe I should play some scary music?
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:41:49 PM
Did Rita Moreno not sing “America?  This album ( Essential Sondheim) only lists Suzte Kaye, Betty Wand, and George Chakiris. Weird.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:41:59 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I haven't...for either show.  And I've only seen a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  I've never seen Our Town.

Here on the east coast, it seems everyone I ever talk to about amateur theater has done "Our Town".


I don't remember hearing of any local theater doing it since I started doing theater in the '90s. :-\
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:42:24 PM
Oh, and I'm home and fed. :)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:44:08 PM
Did Rita Moreno not sing “America?  This album ( Essential Sondheim) only lists Suzte Kaye, Betty Wand, and George Chakiris. Weird.

Rita Moreno sang it in the new movie, but I don't think she sang it before that.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:44:19 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I haven't...for either show.  And I've only seen a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  I've never seen Our Town.

Here on the east coast, it seems everyone I ever talk to about amateur theater has done "Our Town".


I don't remember hearing of any local theater doing it since I started doing theater in the '90s. :-\
.


I did it in 1996 or 1997.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:44:30 PM
Hi, Tom.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:45:09 PM
Hello, George.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:45:55 PM
Has everyone here been in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"?

How about "Our Town"?

I haven't...for either show.  And I've only seen a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  I've never seen Our Town.

Here on the east coast, it seems everyone I ever talk to about amateur theater has done "Our Town".


I don't remember hearing of any local theater doing it since I started doing theater in the '90s. :-\
.


I did it in 1996 or 1997.

Nice.  If I would've known you back then, I probably would've gone to see it!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:48:27 PM
I am thrilled about vixdad voting.

So are we! He told everyone it was his first time and the guy working the machine shook his hand everyone else congratulated him and there were a few who clapped when he was done

That's so cool!  More Congrats to Vixdad! ;D
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:49:31 PM
And with that, we have arrived at Page Seven!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:51:09 PM
Break A Leg to George for his final mysterious performance.

Thanks, Tom!  I'm gonna need it! ::)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:51:26 PM
That didn’t sound right.

Good enough for me. ;)
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:51:57 PM
We had a professional company come in to film the show.  Unfortunately, they could only film it at a dress rehearsal.  Beautiful film work and a totally empty theater with no audience reaction.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 29, 2022, 11:53:01 PM
I think someone filmed tonight...one camera in the back, but it's something. 
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 29, 2022, 11:58:26 PM
I played the title role in an outdoor production of MACBETH.  Unfortunately when they filmed it, they forgot to switch on the sound.  It is kind of like Mack Sennett presents MACBETH.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 30, 2022, 12:00:27 AM
Break A Leg to George for his final mysterious performance.

Thanks, Tom!  I'm gonna need it! ::)


Why should you need it?  You are an old pro in it now.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 30, 2022, 12:03:19 AM
Break A Leg to George for his final mysterious performance.

Thanks, Tom!  I'm gonna need it! ::)


Why should you need it?  You are an old pro in it now.

Well, tonight's performance was (again) not without a mistake from me.  I don't know why, but everybody every night this entire run except for last night, I've had some little goober (some more noticeable than others), but a different goober each night.  WTF??
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 30, 2022, 12:04:52 AM
I know my lines...ALL of them, but out of nowhere, I just have a brain fart. :-\
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:00 AM
Of course, I'm in The Apple Dumpling Gang.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:15 AM
I really am.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:20 AM
I've seen it.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:27 AM
And me.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:34 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:42 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 30, 2022, 12:05:42 AM
So, tomorrow you go out in style.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:48 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:05:56 AM
And they've seen me.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: TCB on October 30, 2022, 12:07:39 AM
Of course, I'm in The Apple Dumpling Gang.


Oh, really!!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:07:55 AM
We've all seen each other.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 30, 2022, 12:08:11 AM
But on a happier note (D-natural)...New Compound Discovered That Destroys the MRSA Superbug (https://scitechdaily.com/new-compound-discovered-that-destroys-the-mrsa-superbug/amp/).

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics in lab experiments has been discovered by researchers at the University of Bath in the UK.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: George on October 30, 2022, 12:08:47 AM
Gratuitous Post #202!!
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:08:47 AM
It was fun hanging with Don Knotts, Tim Conway, and John McGiver - it was supposed to be one day - was on the film for seven days.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:09:08 AM
Gratuitous is a very gratuitous word.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:09:34 AM
You know...
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:09:41 AM
We're pretty close.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:09:50 AM
Very close.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:09:56 AM
Couldn't be closer.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:10:04 AM
I'm feeling it.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:10:10 AM
It is feeling me.
Title: Re: THE MEAT OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on October 30, 2022, 12:10:17 AM
Yes!