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Title: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 12:10:28 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes went neither left nor right, and now it is time for you to post until the not going left, not going right cows come home.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 12:11:28 AM
And the word of the day is: YEN!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 12:21:15 AM
Here's a time-lapse video of the Lick Observatory folks taking the shutter off the roof and putting it on the ground:

https://youtu.be/kYooaiylVEg?si=om74bi0v3-X8oycO
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 12:24:11 AM
DR George, this happened around 3 am so nobody was hurt.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:58:30 AM
Wordle 1,653 4/6

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Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:59:52 AM
Here's a time-lapse video of the Lick Observatory folks taking the shutter off the roof and putting it on the ground:

https://youtu.be/kYooaiylVEg?si=om74bi0v3-X8oycO

Cool video, Michael.  Thanks for the update.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:59:59 AM
DR George, this happened around 3 am so nobody was hurt.

Whew!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 02:00:26 AM
And a Very Happy Birthday to you, MichaelG!! :D
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 02:01:58 AM
A few replies for yesterday:

Thanks, Jrand, for hoping I had a good time.  I did!

Jane, in our school group, more of us are currently single than currently married, but only a few of us have never been married.

Congrats, Kevin, on your 3-fer Wordle score!

John, about Yeston's December Songs, I have Andrea Marcovicci's original recording, and I should have the corresponding songbook. :)

"...reaper cushions." :))
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Freddie on December 28, 2025, 03:13:15 AM
Happy happy birthday, MichaelG!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:28:27 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:31:02 AM
I slept late, and then I went down an iTunes rabbit hole trying to access all the Bach Advent, Christmas, and New Year cantatas. Now I'm back.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:33:00 AM
I had weird dreams about Kim Criswell and I working on a show recording. We seemed to be in New York, although the geography looked like Middletown, Ohio, and several Dublin friends like Annalene Beechey made appearances.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:34:11 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to our DR MichaelG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:38:14 AM
It's my mother's fault! I had a fortune in comic books when I left home in 1964 for college. Between September and Christmas break, my mother, who cleaned house every whim and didn't care that 20 years of old Middletown Journal newspapers littered most of the living area, tossed out my entire collection. "You are too old for comic books."
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 05:38:57 AM
I could have been independently wealthy by now.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Laura on December 28, 2025, 05:53:54 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Laura on December 28, 2025, 05:54:59 AM
Happy Birthday, Michael G! I'm so glad you found us.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 06:13:40 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 06:14:02 AM
Happy birthday, MichaelG!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: ChasSmith on December 28, 2025, 06:14:12 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: ChasSmith on December 28, 2025, 06:19:32 AM
Today has been proclaimed a day of rest and recovery for the likes of little ol' moi, so I will most definitely be not going left, not going right. In plain language, I shall be sitting on my ASS, grateful to not even be sticking my head outside.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: ChasSmith on December 28, 2025, 06:21:32 AM
A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, DR MichaelG!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Freddie on December 28, 2025, 06:59:40 AM
Today is former DR Julie Miller's birthday.   In her honor, commit some acts of fraud and deceit against some people who trusted you with their lives and careers - I'm thinking possibly Julie would be honored by your carrying on in her despicable, corrupt tradition.

Sincerely, and with parodic intent,
Freddie



Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: ChasSmith on December 28, 2025, 07:06:31 AM
A couple of RIPs of note:

Brigitte Bardot, 91
Gary Graffman, pianist, 97
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: elmore3003 on December 28, 2025, 08:00:32 AM
Joshie should be here any minute with more scores. Laundry must wait until tomorrow.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:08:49 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:08:54 AM
And others.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:09:11 AM
Current status:  SNOWING.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:10:57 AM
A VERY HAPPY HHW BIRTHDAY to our very own dear DR MichaelG!!!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:11:14 AM
PAGE TWO
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Post by: Donald on December 28, 2025, 08:12:31 AM
Happy Sunday and Happy New Year in a few days... On this week's Broadway Radio Show, as 2025 is coming to an end; so, it's time for me to pick my Top Ten Cast Recordings of 2025!  Starting with more than 50 recordings from Broadway, Off-Broadway, London and Regional theaters, I've whittled it down to 10 favorites (with 5 runners-up receiving honorable mention).  What made the list and which one did I pick as #1 of 2025? Tune in to find out!!!

https://www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/

Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 08:14:13 AM
Thanks for the reminder, DR Donald!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Rodzinski on December 28, 2025, 08:14:23 AM
Happy Birthday to the MichaelG we know and love!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jrand75 on December 28, 2025, 09:34:14 AM
Happy Birthday DR MICHAELG.

Thanks for the video!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jrand75 on December 28, 2025, 09:34:38 AM
I am still recovering from the shocks of MR BK paying over $21 for a turkey sandwich.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jrand75 on December 28, 2025, 09:36:13 AM
It is 66 degrees and overcast with a light warm breeze.

Very overcast - but doors and windows are open!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:13:23 AM
A couple of RIPs of note:

Brigitte Bardot, 91
Gary Graffman, pianist, 97

Oh, no. :( But wow...91 and 97.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:16:02 AM
I'm up, I'm up - seven to eight hours of sleep. Hard to know.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:16:27 AM
Oops, I thought we were done with birthdays for the year. I'll go add MichaelG to the notes.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:24:04 AM
Birthday cheer added.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:25:30 AM
From DR George,

Quote
The real problem is that even though there were only five people in our group, and the place was busy but certainly not packed, it took about 50, count 'em, FIFTY minutes to get our food! :o

Groan!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:25:49 AM
Having an English muffin, then pills.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:26:30 AM
George, thanks for the "very nice!" Wordle comments to Keith.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:26:31 AM
Then rest my voice until I leave at around noon.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:26:47 AM
Oh, let's get this done, shall we?
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:27:01 AM
Someone grab the number when it arriveth.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:27:14 AM
DR George, not sure when we will be back in the area but I will let you know.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:27:53 AM
Which will be sooneth.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:30:08 AM
(https://media.tenor.com/jpxqsAT55i8AAAAM/birthday.gif)
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:30:26 AM
Some nut job on Facebook swore he measured 23 1/2 inches of rain on his patio. From one day. I didn't exactly call him an idiot, but did tell him that if that were true it would break every record known in the Valley (he's in Newhall) since the mid-1800s and I think if THAT had happened we would have heard about it. I also asked him how he measured it - with a tape measure? He never responded, so I assume he was just another Facebook nitwit.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:31:23 AM
There are now so many trolls, bots, and AI pages on Facebook, that the usual cesspool that it is is five times worse now.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:32:24 AM
And the blatant lies from the AI pages, and the memes they post are beyond reprehensible, and yet, people believe them.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:33:19 AM
Here's a time-lapse video of the Lick Observatory folks taking the shutter off the roof and putting it on the ground:

https://youtu.be/kYooaiylVEg?si=om74bi0v3-X8oycO

This was interesting, thank you.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:33:32 AM
Wordle 1,653 4/6

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Very nice!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:33:33 AM
And that is Mr. Meta's legacy - filling the world with lies and bots and AI, all to get him more money.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:34:05 AM
All right, here we go.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:34:13 AM
Just two more.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:34:25 AM
Just one more.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:34:37 AM
And - drum roll - here we are.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:35:08 AM

Jane, in our school group, more of us are currently single than currently married, but only a few of us have never been married.


Thanks. 
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:37:34 AM
THREE!

(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cute-watercolor-baby-elephants-wild-meadow-charming-illustration-featuring-three-adorable-calves-standing-lush-greenery-396026069.jpg)
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:38:10 AM
Today has been proclaimed a day of rest and recovery for the likes of little ol' moi, so I will most definitely be not going left, not going right. In plain language, I shall be sitting on my ASS, grateful to not even be sticking my head outside.

Enjoy a relaxing day.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 10:56:09 AM
A couple of RIPs of note:

Brigitte Bardot, 91
Gary Graffman, pianist, 97

Both lived long lives.  I don't know Graffman.  I have great admiration for all the good Brigitte Bardot did on  behalf of animals. 
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 11:02:54 AM
I am still recovering from the shocks of MR BK paying over $21 for a turkey sandwich.

;D
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 11:07:17 AM
Some nut job on Facebook swore he measured 23 1/2 inches of rain on his patio. From one day. I didn't exactly call him an idiot, but did tell him that if that were true it would break every record known in the Valley (he's in Newhall) since the mid-1800s and I think if THAT had happened we would have heard about it. I also asked him how he measured it - with a tape measure? He never responded, so I assume he was just another Facebook nitwit.

;D

Highest snowfalls recorded: "9 inches in Newhall during a major 1931 storm and 6 inches in January 1949"
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 11:10:25 AM
And the blatant lies from the AI pages, and the memes they post are beyond reprehensible, and yet, people believe them.

When I mention it is fake news they still leave them up.  Oh, and those sweet tear jerker stories that seem to only be on Facebook. 
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:20:49 AM
And a Very Happy Birthday to you, MichaelG!! :D

Thanks DR George!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:21:15 AM
Happy happy birthday, MichaelG!

Thanks DR Freddie!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:21:52 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to our DR MichaelG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks DR elmore!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:22:21 AM
Happy Birthday, Michael G! I'm so glad you found us.

Thanks DR Laura!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:22:43 AM
Happy birthday, MichaelG!

Thanks DR John G!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:23:08 AM
A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, DR MichaelG!

Thanks DR ChasSmith!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:23:34 AM
A VERY HAPPY HHW BIRTHDAY to our very own dear DR MichaelG!!!

Thanks DR singdaw!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:24:07 AM
Happy Birthday to the MichaelG we know and love!

Thanks DR Rodzinski!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:24:25 AM
Happy Birthday DR MICHAELG.

Thanks for the video!

Thanks DR Jrand75!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 11:27:04 AM
Birthday cheer added.

Thanks bk! Best of luck with the session today.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Freddie on December 28, 2025, 11:46:00 AM
THREE!

(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cute-watercolor-baby-elephants-wild-meadow-charming-illustration-featuring-three-adorable-calves-standing-lush-greenery-396026069.jpg)



Awwwww!
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 12:12:50 PM
:)
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 12:47:36 PM
And - drum roll - here we are.

And here it is!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 12:48:34 PM
And slightly bigger:
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 12:49:12 PM
And - drum roll - here we are.

And here it is!

Congratulations!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 12:51:06 PM
Doing some laundry and some baking today.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 12:51:28 PM
It is still snowing.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 28, 2025, 01:09:34 PM
I didn't hear that!
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 28, 2025, 01:16:51 PM
Congrats to MR BK on his millstone.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 28, 2025, 01:17:06 PM
And just like that my county has a tornado watch.
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 01:23:51 PM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: Freddie on December 28, 2025, 01:27:12 PM
And - drum roll - here we are.

And here it is!


Congratulations, BK, on your brand new Millstone!
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 01:27:16 PM
Happy Birthday, MichaelG!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Freddie on December 28, 2025, 01:28:12 PM
And just like that my county has a tornado watch.


Yikes!  Sending safety vibes.
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 01:30:54 PM
Wordle 1,653 4/6

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Great, DR George!
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 01:32:07 PM
Congrats, BK, on your milestone!
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 01:37:18 PM
Wordle:  3/6
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:41:30 PM
George, thanks for the "very nice!" Wordle comments to Keith.

You're welcome, Jane!
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Post by: Laura on December 28, 2025, 01:41:42 PM
Good afternoon.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:42:31 PM
DR George, not sure when we will be back in the area but I will let you know.

I'll be waiting! ;D
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:43:20 PM
Wordle 1,653 4/6

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Very nice!

Thanks, Jane!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:44:02 PM
THREE!

(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cute-watercolor-baby-elephants-wild-meadow-charming-illustration-featuring-three-adorable-calves-standing-lush-greenery-396026069.jpg)

So cute!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:45:45 PM
And - drum roll - here we are.

And here it is!
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8190.0;attach=28277)

Congrats, BK!! :D
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:45:58 PM
Gratuitous Post #100!!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:47:09 PM
And just like that my county has a tornado watch.

~~~Vibes for No Actual Tornados!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:47:43 PM
Wordle 1,653 4/6

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Great, DR George!

Thanks, Kevin!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:47:58 PM
Wordle:  3/6

Congrats to you, Kevin!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 01:53:26 PM
And now, I'm at my sister's to play Monopoly.  We had nachos for lunch, too. :)
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Post by: MichaelG on December 28, 2025, 01:55:40 PM
Happy Birthday, MichaelG!

Thanks, DR KevinH!
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 02:16:33 PM
And just like that my county has a tornado watch.

Good luck and stay safe.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 02:16:55 PM
Wordle:  3/6

Congrats!
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 02:17:09 PM
DR George, not sure when we will be back in the area but I will let you know.

I'll be waiting! ;D

:)
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 02:17:26 PM
THREE!


So cute!

Thanks.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 02:56:21 PM
And - drum roll - here we are.

And here it is!
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8190.0;attach=28277)

Congrats, BK!! :D

And more congratulations.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 02:57:03 PM
I knew it: The Guilded Age is making me want to stay home to watch more.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 03:08:41 PM
After the latest comments regarding Greenland a bakery in Denmark is selling these.

(https://whatsthejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bakery-flogging-2.80-Donald-Trump-orange-moron-cakes-in-response-to-Presidents-Greenland-boast-3.jpg)
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 03:36:31 PM
Keith got Wordle in four.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 03:36:53 PM
DR Kevin, you are the only person I know who did better than four today.
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 04:36:17 PM
Thanks, DRs George and Jane!
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 04:37:00 PM
Keith got Wordle in four.



Good for Keith!
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Post by: KevinH on December 28, 2025, 04:39:52 PM
DR Kevin, you are the only person I know who did better than four today.



Maybe I got it because that’s the name of a street ( plus another “t” at the end) in Buffalo that my sister and I were talking about.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:42:33 PM
Back from finessing and vocalizing.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:42:51 PM
I was hoping it would take three hours, but took three-twenty.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:42:58 PM
Not bad, though.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:43:45 PM
First take of vocal was really warming up but I just don't have the control over the tone that I usually have. I think the engineer was worried.
Title: Re: NOT GOING LEFT, NOT GOING RIGHT
Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:44:06 PM
Did a second take that was certainly better if not optimal.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:45:13 PM
Then from those two takes I put together a seamless vocal and we played that, I noted the lines that I had to cover, about seven, and then I went back, at least warmed up now, and covered the seven lines and a couple of others just to try doing them better.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:46:11 PM
We comped that and I was as happy as I'm gonna be with it and the engineer was happy, too. I think when he finesses my vocal into the mix, which he'll do on his own, it will be fine. I also recorded a hidden track.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:46:33 PM
It's been many moons since we've had a hidden track on an album.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:47:19 PM
Then we finessed last week's vocals - most of it was fine, but I just subbed in a few other lines from other takes on each and that was done.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:48:42 PM
Then we finessed the other four mixes we hadn't finessed and that was that. He'll send me the hi-rez files tomorrow night and I'll make a brand new album sequence. Once I have that, he'll send it to the mastering guy and on we go.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:50:00 PM
Ordered some orange chicken and honey barbecue spare ribs with a 50% off coupon from my good jernt. I haven't really liked anything else there besides the orange chicken, but since I was saving 50% I thought I'd give the appetizer spare ribs a try.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:50:05 PM
Why not.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 04:50:16 PM
Should be here in twenty to thirty minutes.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 04:55:44 PM
Keith got Wordle in four.



Good for Keith!

Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 04:56:16 PM
DR Kevin, you are the only person I know who did better than four today.



Maybe I got it because that’s the name of a street ( plus another “t” at the end) in Buffalo that my sister and I were talking about.

Good timing to be discussing the street name :)
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 04:57:51 PM
We comped that and I was as happy as I'm gonna be with it and the engineer was happy, too. I think when he finesses my vocal into the mix, which he'll do on his own, it will be fine. I also recorded a hidden track.

That's a relief.
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Post by: Laura on December 28, 2025, 06:01:35 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Laura on December 28, 2025, 06:02:18 PM
And now, I'm at my sister's to play Monopoly.  We had nachos for lunch, too. :)

I want nachos. Maybe New Year's Eve.
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Post by: Jane on December 28, 2025, 06:28:59 PM
Quote
Me: "I know. I always am. About what?"

;D
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 06:52:49 PM
Food eaten - not a great batch, but the ribs were tasty.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 06:53:27 PM
Guess I'll watch the rest of Selling Superman and then I may try to watch the doc of The Queen of Versailles.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:13:03 PM
Glad the session went well, BK.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:13:26 PM
Congratulations on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:42:40 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:43:33 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:44:03 PM
Camouflage.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:45:52 PM
i think I can limp along to a page turn.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:46:12 PM
I cannot, however, guarantee high quality.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:46:24 PM
In fact, I can guarantee low quality.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:46:41 PM
When they go low, I go lower.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:46:57 PM
Git along, lil' doggie.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:47:03 PM
One more.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:47:09 PM
PAGE SIX
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:47:16 PM
Good night, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on December 28, 2025, 07:47:22 PM
And others.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 28, 2025, 08:12:30 PM
Apropos of nothing, Ronnie Schell is still alive.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 08:26:48 PM
Good afternoon.

Your quote is perfection.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 08:28:09 PM
After the latest comments regarding Greenland a bakery in Denmark is selling these.

(https://whatsthejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bakery-flogging-2.80-Donald-Trump-orange-moron-cakes-in-response-to-Presidents-Greenland-boast-3.jpg)

Do they taste as bad as they look?
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 08:30:32 PM
:)
Does that make the one fish an a sole?
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:35:58 PM
Finished Selling Superman. The final two episodes were much longer, the last one being an hour. For all it wants to move you about the family's relationships, the two most moving things, which are both in the final episode, have nothing to do with the family - just about superheroes and a well-known comic shop owner's positivity about his abusive father. I won't say more.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:36:11 PM
Don't think I'll watch anything else tonight.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:38:11 PM
I have to rummage through a couple of boxes in the garage now and pull out the comics that I have and see what they're going for - I do have two fairly early comics, one Superman and one Batman, but have no idea of their worth and wouldn't really know how to grade them. I have some very high grade Li'l Abner comics, including the first four or five issues. Those go for decent money. And a few other rarities. I do have all the MAD comic books save for three or four issues.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:39:04 PM
And boxes upon boxes of later MAD issues - probably from number 40 into the 200s.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:39:30 PM
I also have a complete set of Castle Rock, the Stephen King fanzine.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:39:52 PM
Really need to go through this stuff and get rid of what I don't really care about.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 09:41:09 PM
I also have a memory of buying several Superman TV show scripts - where those might be I have no idea, but I know I didn't sell them - wouldn't have know to whom they'd go. Don't know if they're in the garage or storage. One of these days...
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 09:50:44 PM
I’m now watching the last episode of Gilded Age. It’s too good to stop watching.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:04:11 PM
Listening to a new upcoming Kritzerland release, another foreign cast album of an American musical - several of those coming this year.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 10:08:56 PM
Audra just had a fun scene ripping Phylicia Rashad a new one.
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:34:15 PM
After the latest comments regarding Greenland a bakery in Denmark is selling these.

(https://whatsthejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bakery-flogging-2.80-Donald-Trump-orange-moron-cakes-in-response-to-Presidents-Greenland-boast-3.jpg)

:))
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:34:50 PM
Keith got Wordle in four.

Congrats to Keith!
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 10:36:15 PM
Time for bed.
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Post by: John G. on December 28, 2025, 10:36:28 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:42:26 PM
Still listening. While listening, I did a first pass at a brand new album sequence for what finally will be called The Sherman Brothers Album.
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:42:56 PM
Thanks, DRs George and Jane!

You're welcome, Kevin!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:43:29 PM
Still listening. While listening, I did a first pass at a brand new album sequence for what finally will be called The Sherman Brothers Album.

Yay!
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Post by: bk on December 28, 2025, 10:44:02 PM
Then I did the credits page and let me tell you what happiness it brought me to not list a single name from the original release, save for Vinnie, and our team who actually worked on the album. No mention of other labels, other "producers" or designers. Not a one.
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:54:37 PM
We comped that and I was as happy as I'm gonna be with it and the engineer was happy, too. I think when he finesses my vocal into the mix, which he'll do on his own, it will be fine. I also recorded a hidden track.

Very cool!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:55:41 PM
Then we finessed the other four mixes we hadn't finessed and that was that. He'll send me the hi-rez files tomorrow night and I'll make a brand new album sequence. Once I have that, he'll send it to the mastering guy and on we go.

BK, when do you expect it to be for sale on the Kritzerland website? :D
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:57:35 PM
And now, I'm at my sister's to play Monopoly.  We had nachos for lunch, too. :)

I want nachos. Maybe New Year's Eve.

I recommend nachos for New Year's Eve!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:58:42 PM
:)
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8190.0;attach=28281)

;D
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 10:59:40 PM
:)
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8190.0;attach=28282)

;D
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:00:43 PM
Camouflage.
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8190.0;attach=28283)

:))
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:01:30 PM
PAGE RUPERT'S DACHSHUND DANCE!!
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 28, 2025, 11:13:02 PM
I have an early G.I. Joe comic and Issue 1 of Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider Ham. Could fetch $50 on a good day.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 28, 2025, 11:13:34 PM
My Archie comics have not retained much value.
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:32:34 PM
I have to rummage through a couple of boxes in the garage now and pull out the comics that I have and see what they're going for - I do have two fairly early comics, one Superman and one Batman, but have no idea of their worth and wouldn't really know how to grade them. I have some very high grade Li'l Abner comics, including the first four or five issues. Those go for decent money. And a few other rarities. I do have all the MAD comic books save for three or four issues.

The only thing comparable to that that I have are all of the Futurama calendars, from 2000 to 2026.  All are opened, but in pristine condition. 
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:32:56 PM
I never wrote in any of them...I used Post-Its for any event reminders.
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:33:15 PM
And boxes upon boxes of later MAD issues - probably from number 40 into the 200s.

Wow!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:33:57 PM
Listening to a new upcoming Kritzerland release, another foreign cast album of an American musical - several of those coming this year.

Cool!  Can't wait!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:35:52 PM
Then I did the credits page and let me tell you what happiness it brought me to not list a single name from the original release, save for Vinnie, and our team who actually worked on the album. No mention of other labels, other "producers" or designers. Not a one.

Nice!
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Post by: George on December 28, 2025, 11:37:28 PM
I have an early G.I. Joe comic and Issue 1 of Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider Ham. Could fetch $50 on a good day.

That's great, Rodzinski!
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Post by: George on December 29, 2025, 12:52:53 AM
Well, this is an interesting history to the song, "Mah Na Mah Na":

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/fOvXeEgLe38 (https://m.youtube.com/shorts/fOvXeEgLe38)
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Post by: George on December 29, 2025, 12:53:02 AM
;)
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:53:34 AM
George, probably end of January. The packaging will have to be approved by Concord before we can announce.
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:53:49 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:53:55 AM
Up are new notes.
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:54:01 AM
I've seen them.
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:54:07 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on December 29, 2025, 12:54:12 AM
I wrote them.