Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 02, 2025, 12:05:44 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had no thrills, and now it is time for you to post until the non-thrilling cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: GUSTO!
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From yesterday:
Congrats for Keith's Wordle-in-three!
Congrats for Kevin's Wordle-in-two!
Welcome home, John!
Welcome home, Rodzinski!
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Good morning, all!
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I slept very well, which was nice. I will soon begin the laundry.
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DR Dakota Celt, thank you for the lovely Amazon review. I'm happy that you enjoyed the book.
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DR Rodzinski, welcome back!
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Last night I watched on Netflix The Thursday Murder Club, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a nice tonic, after my aches, pains, pissing and moaning about my health, to watch a wonderful group of actors in my age group, led by Helen Mirren and Ben Kingsley, solving a mystery. I'll be watching it again.
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So, today is laundry day, which should take up most of the morning. Then my friend Jim Vivyan is coming by. Now retired, he used to work for Random House, and he was one of the first friends to urge me to get a publisher for Anabelle & Thatch. I haven't seem him in years, so I'm looking forward to a nice visit.
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Good morning, all.
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Those "thrillers" sound dreadful.
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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I'm makin' with the posts.
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Like a good DR.
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Unlike the "thrillers", Truffaut's The Soft Skin certainly wasn't dreadful. I had no idea what this one was, and what a wonderful discovery. After seeing it, I watched the supplemental features (there's also a commentary which I'll listen to another time), which all relate to Hitchcock and his influence on Truffaut. I'd identified a couple of direct influences in the film, but there's more than I saw the first time, and of course he has a whole history relating to Hitchcock. What I really really wish is that they had filmed at least a few bits of their actual interviews for the Hitchcock/Truffaut book. Hearing excerpts of the tape recordings is wonderful, but a little bit of film there would have been icing on the cake.
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Thank you for the heads up on that, DR MichaelG.
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Tuesday.....but I think it's Monday.
My DVD of THE ACCUSED is out for delivery....this is the 1949 thriller starring Loretta Young and Douglas Dick.....not the Jodi Foster movie.
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TOD: NONE
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Totally a Monday. Even my trash takeout night which is usually Monday night, is tonight.
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TOD:
I couldn't name a single one of these writers, like 'em or not. I might recognize a name that someone else posts, but no guarantees.
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Hello!
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TOD: I rarely have the me time to read books, but when I do, they’re rarely modern.
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I rarely see movies but when I do, it’s on an airplane.
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I recently read The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. It was OK; not great.
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Mickey 17 was a disaster on the way out, so I watched a documentary on The Beach Boys on the way back. Starts off great with archival and modern interview footage from actual Beach Boys and their family members. I was admiring that fact when midway through we start getting the opinions of a few 30-something random people. Was downhill from there.
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Ron P, if you stop by here today: Sending birthday wishes!
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I'm makin' with the posts.
Do I feel a Dancin' in the Streets parody coming on?
Oh good, the feeling has passed.
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Good morning, all.
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Two!
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Tuesday morning greetings! My sister and niece arrived last Wednesday and we had a delightful time. We went on a craft shop hop in the Dayton area on Thursday and spent all day Friday playing together in my craft room. They headed back to Michigan after we joined them for breakfast Saturday morning.
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Had a good sleep. Dreamt I was running a rickshaw taxi for a woman and her daughter to a party. Once there I was assigned to her for the entire evening. It wasn’t fun.
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Happy birthday, Ron!
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Tuesday morning greetings! My sister and niece arrived last Wednesday and we had a delightful time. We went on a craft shop hop in the Dayton area on Thursday and spent all day Friday playing together in my craft room. They headed back to Michigan after we joined them for breakfast Saturday morning.
It sure sounds like a terrific time!
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Yesterday I was playing my CD copy of "Rare Tracks", and we weren't sure which event or which book it was for. I did a little searching in BK's notes, and I'm wondering if it was issued in conjunction with There's Mel... in 2010, which was a couple of years before I was here. It's the one that begins with:
We've got the shows, we've got the stars you want to see... NBC.
The notes also indicated that BK printed a booklet for it (?) - like, a track listing? That would be great to have if anyone has a copy.
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On the plane I also watched the first 4 episodes of Schitt’s Creek. And the first 2 episodes of season 3 of The Only Murders in the Building.
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Wait, that's it! I was just seeing track numbers on my screen, but the titles are there on what I was originally sent. And it is indeed identified as being from There's Mel...
I think it was DR George who sent me the tracks for 5 CDs, and I do have the book titles for the others. Excellent, and thank you again, George!
I would still love to know who's on all of these, if that information is out there.
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HAPPIEST OF HHW BIRTHDAYS to dear DR Ron Pulliam!!!
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I'm up, I'm up - four and a half hours of sleep.
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I'll add Ron to the notes - I forgot to look. But - where IS he?
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Regarding The Soft Skin - it remains one of my favorite Truffaut films, top five. I saw it the day it opened here. I was already loving Francoise Dorleac from That Man from Rio, and I just loved the whole feel of the film and a great performance by the leading man. Also, one of my favorite Delerue scores.
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Everything is in the dryers. While I was in the basement, I had a nice telephonic conversation with my brother Randy.
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Yes, I am loving these Delerue scores. I think I can say that in the films I've watched this week, they don't blanket the entire movie, they're just there when needed, and the music is wonderful.
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Happy Birthday DR Ron!
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIZZ4jpMXYQ4nCElHKnHS2v_tm0KBK1UOaeg&s)
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Done before getting too nervous :)
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From yesterday:
Congrats for Keith's Wordle-in-three!
Congrats for Kevin's Wordle-in-two!
Welcome home, John!
Welcome home, Rodzinski!
Thank you and ditto to the rest.
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I recently read The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. It was OK; not great.
For me it was barely ok.
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Tuesday morning greetings! My sister and niece arrived last Wednesday and we had a delightful time. We went on a craft shop hop in the Dayton area on Thursday and spent all day Friday playing together in my craft room. They headed back to Michigan after we joined them for breakfast Saturday morning.
It is nice how much fun you have together.
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On the plane I also watched the first 4 episodes of Schitt’s Creek. And the first 2 episodes of season 3 of The Only Murders in the Building.
Will you continue watching Schitt's Creek? We loved that show.
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I love it when Onna White was able to let loose with a great chorus of dancers and a lively song. From Mame. I’ve never seen this before with Angela Lansbury.
https://youtu.be/KmeQTYQkAbE?si=B-q2IKTTvfiaRF0t
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I disliked Gone Girl so much that I haven't read anything else by the author.
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Happy Birthday DR RLP
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My ORPHAN disk only arrived today.
I'll watch it in a couple of days....but not at night.
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A friend is taking me to lunch today for my birthday last Tuesday.
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A friend is taking me to lunch today for my birthday last Tuesday.
Have a great birthday lunch!
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A friend is taking me to lunch today for my birthday last Tuesday.
Enjoy!
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A friend is taking me to lunch today for my birthday last Tuesday.
Have a nice time.
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DR Rodzinski, I am glad you had a good time with your family.
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Bruce, yay for being done with the book thing.
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I love it when Onna White was able to let loose with a great chorus of dancers and a lively song. From Mame. I’ve never seen this before with Angela Lansbury.
https://youtu.be/KmeQTYQkAbE?si=B-q2IKTTvfiaRF0t
My God, the positive energy Broadway shows used to have. Well, I guess you have to say that by definition they still do. But it's different. Because you also need the wonderful music, real orchestras, and ... you know. It's just different.
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I am now listening to the A Boy Named Charlie Brown CD, and this has incredible music, too. And playing. Holy moly.
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Tried to upload a picture. Anyone else getting this? The attachment is 164 kb.
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I have gotten them in the past though I have no idea what the size was.
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My friend Jim just left. We had a nice lunch. I had for the first time in years a BLT on whole wheat toast and it was to die for. I want another!
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Those "thrillers" sound dreadful.
Agreed! :o
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Happy Birthday to DR Ron!
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Yesterday I was playing my CD copy of "Rare Tracks", and we weren't sure which event or which book it was for. I did a little searching in BK's notes, and I'm wondering if it was issued in conjunction with There's Mel... in 2010, which was a couple of years before I was here. It's the one that begins with:
We've got the shows, we've got the stars you want to see... NBC.
The notes also indicated that BK printed a booklet for it (?) - like, a track listing? That would be great to have if anyone has a copy.
I have scans of the booklet.
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I just tried to post one, but I got the message:
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The image was only 120kb.
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Wait, that's it! I was just seeing track numbers on my screen, but the titles are there on what I was originally sent. And it is indeed identified as being from There's Mel...
I think it was DR George who sent me the tracks for 5 CDs, and I do have the book titles for the others. Excellent, and thank you again, George!
I would still love to know who's on all of these, if that information is out there.
The booklet does include performer info, so if we're able to post pics again, I can upload those.
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I don't want to have to manually type out all that. ::)