Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on January 05, 2026, 12:30:59 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had the sound of sound, and now it is time for you to post until the sound of cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: NOTABILIA!
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For the Alison Hayes fans, something I bet you've never seen before: https://youtu.be/lbMN4X44whw?si=pB3W0Bt9BG1Xno2I
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For the Alison Hayes fans, something I bet you've never seen before: https://youtu.be/lbMN4X44whw?si=pB3W0Bt9BG1Xno2I
Very cool!
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Good morning.
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For the Alison Hayes fans, something I bet you've never seen before: https://youtu.be/lbMN4X44whw?si=pB3W0Bt9BG1Xno2I
And Benay Venuta! Ethel Merman's best friend.
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Good morning, all!
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I slept well. The temperatures have gone up so I need to turn down the radiator; it's way too warm.
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I saw Benay Venuta as Mrs Mullins in the 1966 Lincoln Center production of Carousel with John Raitt, Jerry Orbach, Susan Watson, and Edward Everett Horton. I was thinking she had the same role in the 1956 film, but that was Audrey Christie, another Rodgers & Hart alumna.
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I finished my current Encores! work, so I expect Joshie today with a bit more.
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DR John G, Thanks for the update. I found the answer to my email of yesterday, so thank you for that as well.
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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It looks like Fackam Hall is now available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime, relatively inexpensively.
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Good morning, all.
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For the Alison Hayes fans, something I bet you've never seen before: https://youtu.be/lbMN4X44whw?si=pB3W0Bt9BG1Xno2I
And Benay Venuta! Ethel Merman's best friend.
DR Elmore, in my morning fog I kept reading that as Benita Valente. Remember her? I looked her up and I see that she just died in October, which I didn't remember hearing about. Or maybe I'm losing it, what with us losing so many people these days, which is certainly possible.
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I saw Benay Venuta as Mrs Mullins in the 1966 Lincoln Center production of Carousel with John Raitt, Jerry Orbach, Susan Watson, and Edward Everett Horton. I was thinking she had the same role in the 1956 film, but that was Audrey Christie, another Rodgers & Hart alumna.
According to my copy of the program book, I, too, saw her in that touring production, in Miami. I don't really remember anyone from that except John Raitt, whose signature I got on (I think) my old Carousel vocal score that I schlepped with me to the show. BUT -- I also have somebody else's program with every single bio autographed - and a few others in a few of the photos. It's a wonderful artifact. (I'm thinking I got it from one of BK's kickstarters?)
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Today is a Monday that, well, kind of actually feels like a Monday.
I say that because the weekend was absolutely bizarre, with yesterday (Sunday) feeling like a Saturday all day and into the night. It's like the two days melded into one and I still needed a separate Sunday. Just bizarre.
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I don't remember if I ever saw Benita Valente at the Met, but I'm thinking she sang Pamina in our Magic Flute in Cleveland in 1972 and that's what I always knew her from thereafter. I need to dig out those programs.
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Good morning, all.
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I got some sleep. Not enough, but I guess it’ll do.
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Just heard on CNN regarding NewYear's resolutions:
"Always set the bar low. It's easier to reach."
I'm not sure whether CNN endorses that concept, but it was actually just heard on CNN.
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Just heard on CNN regarding NewYear's resolutions:
"Always set the bar low. It's easier to reach."
I'm not sure whether CNN endorses that concept, but it was actually just heard on CNN.
High or low, does CNN have a bar?
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I haven’t watched it in years.
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Still lounging around.
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Just heard on CNN regarding NewYear's resolutions:
"Always set the bar low. It's easier to reach."
I'm not sure whether CNN endorses that concept, but it was actually just heard on CNN.
High or low, does CNN have a bar?
:)
Their show "NewsNight" does their Friday night show at 10 (Eastern) every week from a restaurant in the building the CNN studio is in. The restaurant must have a bar. :)
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I don't remember if I ever saw Benita Valente at the Met, but I'm thinking she sang Pamina in our Magic Flute in Cleveland in 1972 and that's what I always knew her from thereafter. I need to dig out those programs.
I saw her sing Händel's Messiah at Tanglewood with Sir Colin Davis conducting. I have her wonderful Christmas album.
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Notes sounded. Heard.
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TOD: The Hot Rock
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A second page has appeared.
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I have Deadly Affair on vinyl.
I have a copy of The Hot Rock still unopened in shrinkwrap.
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And that’s my exciting info for today.
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TOD:
The Wiz (the soundtrack is better than the movie)
In the Heat of the Night
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I remember when Mad Magazine did The Cute Rook and in the next issue they had to explain what movie they were spoofing.
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Cool & Lam. I bought a VHS of this a couple of decades ago!
Thanks to MR BK for posting it for all.
DR CHAS SMITH yes Ben M talked before and after Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. He was quite nonplussed at the special effects but gave the cast credit for playing it "straight". He did make a mistake when he said that to 50 Foot Woman dropped a car and when it hit the ground it was a different car.
That happened - but it was the giant from the satellite that dropped the car.
His closing comments were about director Nathan (Juran) Hertz and DOP and Executive Producer Jacques Marquette.
Marquette later spent many seasons as DOP on Little House On The pPrairie - which BM didn't mention.
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TOD:
The Color Purple
Lesley Gore's Mercury recordings. If you listen to Lesley singing especially "Maybe I Know" you can hear a lot of what he later did with Michael Jackson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXExTweFV4&list=RDpkXExTweFV4&start_radio=1
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The last time I watched Our Mother's House by Georges Delerue - I was startled to hear how much the main title sounded like The Color Purple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Y9s51XxQs
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Very good.
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From George:
Now, we want to go back.
That's great! I hope your next meal there is equally as good.
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From DR Kevin,
I took Metro into DC this afternoon and had a nice lunch with former DR Ben and his DH Anthony. They were in town for a wedding. We went to a restaurant near their hotel in Dupont Circle and had a nice time.
Somehow I missed this post last night. I hope they are both doing well. I miss DR Ben here.
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Last night I watched A Rage to Live with Suzanne Pleshette and a very nice theme song written/played by Ferrante & Teicher.....and The Last Mile with Mickey Rooney.....
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I remember when Mad Magazine did The Cute Rook and in the next issue they had to explain what movie they were spoofing.
Oh, my!
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe six hours of sleep - first rough night I've had in ages in terms of falling asleep.
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Looks like two hours ago the power went out for about ten seconds - unlike two weeks ago, this one not only shut off the computer, it screwed up the clocks. I just don't get it - no rain, no wind, no nothing. I believe that it has something to do with the monstrosity across the street.
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Save regularly.
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Had some leftover ham, so I made a vat of soup. I discovered I had no lentils to add, so I used a tiny shell pasta I had. Turned out very well.
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Turkey sandwich eaten, a couple of new pages written, more to come, and that's the news so far.
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Quincy Jones’s theme from Ironside is also top drawer.
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Happy Twelfth Night!
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It was crazy busy at work today.
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I have to go out tonight, and we are expected to have treacherous ice later on.
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I have to go out tonight, and we are expected to have treacherous ice later on.
Sending safety vibes!
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I have to go out tonight, and we are expected to have treacherous ice later on.
Be safe.
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I hope DR singdaw is surviving his Sonya Henie phase this evening.
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Driving vibes for Singdaw.
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Watching the rest of The Flame of New Orleans.
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What a cast: Marlene, Roland Young, Melville Cooper, Franklin Pangborn, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine. Only leading man Bruce Cabot is a bit of a stiff. But the script lets them all down. It’s sorta sodden.
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Let’s ditch this page.
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In one …
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Three!
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In profile, Cabot sorta resembles a scraggy wolfman.
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I listened to the Kiss of the Spider Woman soundtrack today. Stripped of the movie, it sounds really good. Lopez is in great voice when she needs to be and Tonatiuh is wonderful. I just wish my favorite song, Dear One, hadn’t been mangled and, well, the direction still sucks.
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But like The Wiz (and Hello, Dolly!), I think the soundtrack is better than the movie itself.
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DR John awhile back did you mention you were reading a book and one of the characters was named John Griffin? Of so, was the book Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
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Yes, that was the book, Jane. Are you enjoying it?
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I did not pay much attention to the last cut on the soundtrack, Come Out, which isn’t in the movie and doesn’t sound like Kander and Ebb at their finest.
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I’m starting to watch a potentially intense movie called Familiar Touch.
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The great Kathleen Chalfant plays a woman who is slipping into dementia or memory loss.
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Yes, that was the book, Jane. Are you enjoying it?
I am so far. Did you? I can't remember.
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I just started the book this morning.
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I’ve liked all of her books, some more than others. This one was upper middle for me.
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I was also coming off an amazing read, The Tale of Genji, the first novel ever written.
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Good evening!
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Thanks for the Wordle congrats yesterday, DRs Jane and George!
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Great, DR George!
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My Wordle score today is also 4/6
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Congrats on your milestone, DR JohnG!
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Congrats on your milestone, DR JohnG!
Thank you, sir.
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This movie is wonderful and very sad. It’s sad to watch someone you love devolve.
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It used to be that the Academy would remember excellent performances in independent movies. If that were true, Chalfant would be up for best actress this go-round and Liz Larsen would be nominated for The Baltimorons. But both will be forgotten.
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I have sub jobs for the rest of the week.
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Tomorrow’s starts at 6:45!?!?!?!? Why does school start that early?
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We need to along.
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Or sing a song.
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Or resurrect Donkey Kong.
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Or lift us up where we belong.
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Is that so wrong?
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I’m not so strong.
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This is taking too long.
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Four!
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Four?
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Where is everyone?
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Out there, like Eliza and Singdaw on the ice?
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What am I, Sondheim all of a sudden?
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Certainly working on my monologue skills here.
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I got such a touching note from a former Times reporter, under whose articles I'd written a lot of my comments in the form of lyrics for several years. The former Times reporter is recalling part of the time of the late Tatiana Schlossberg as a Times reporter (taken from the world so young). I redacted some parts that identified the reporter by name.
"Dear Freddie,
[ ... ] here — we were in touch when I used to write the New York Today column at NYT. It’s been a long time and I hope you are doing well.
As I’m sure you remember, Tatiana wrote the column just before I did — teaching me everything I needed to know to thrive — and revisiting her wonderful work has brought a smile these last few days. Though it was a decade ago, I so fondly remember the songs you used to write us in the comments section, and how much we looked forward to reading them each day as we finished our very early morning shifts.
Are there any particular favorites you wrote about Tatiana or her columns that you can send to me? (They’re all on her author page from 2015-16, comments still intact.) I’m writing to her family and would love to try to include.
Wishing you all my best for 2026 and would love to hear how you’re doing. [ ... ] "
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That’s very nice, Freddie.
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Has anyone seen The Last Showgirl? Any thoughts?
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That’s very nice, Freddie.
Thanks, John G.
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Gratuitous post 100!
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At two-thirty, I sat on the couch for a few minutes before returning to writing.
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Next thing I know it's six-thirty.
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I really must spend the rest of the evening writing.
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I was hoping to watch something but that's a no-go.
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I did wake up to an unexpected e-mail and a very nice one at that - more in the notes about that.
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Good night, all.
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Good night, DR John G.
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That's very touching, DR Freddie. How nice to think that your work can help lift a hurting family's spirits.
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I managed to make it home before the roads got bad.
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So I am thankful for that.
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And everyone's good wishes.
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It's funny; I hardly go out anymore.
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I am happy being at home.
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Just a polite reminder that if you do not put your wind instruments away after use, they will attract flute flies.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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What is this page four malarkey?
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I'd like to write another four pages myself, frankly. And that will be my goal.
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Had a small Togo's pastrami for the evening sandwich.
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A two sandwich day with the day sandwiched in between the two sandwiches.
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Finally, a new page.
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About damn time.
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Glad to hear that MR BK received a nice email...Looking forward to the notes.
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Good news DR singdaw.....escaping the treacherous roads is always great.
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DR FREDDIE what a nice email.
Thanks for sharing.
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And hear we are after midnight on January 5....so January 6, 2026.....amazine.
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DR JOHN G I do not remember school EVER starting at 6:45 a.m.
But I have never been a teacher......perhaps it is a punishment.
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I am horrified and tired of our current president.
Can someone please take care of that?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Years ago I made a collection of music for my 50th High School Reunion.
It won't fit on one CD.....so I edited it down to 80 minutes and burned a CD. I shall now listen to it as I fall asleep.
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Just heard on CNN regarding NewYear's resolutions:
"Always set the bar low. It's easier to reach."
I'm not sure whether CNN endorses that concept, but it was actually just heard on CNN.
:))
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So last week, my niece returned to me my original vintage Game Boy Color that I got at the very end of the 1990s.
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She borrowed it several years ago (probably not more than five or so), but here it is with the games that I've had since the late '90s/early 2000s:
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Tonight, I started playing one of the Legend of Zelda games that I have and lost all track of time. ::)
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Anyway, here's a picture of where I am in the game now:
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Page FIVE???
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Not very sporting.
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Ridic.
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Could be a trick.
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It's sick.
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And here's the game cartridge:
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And thick as a brick.
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One little click.
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One little flick.
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One Sammy Glick.
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Or maybe a hick.
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That would be a kick.
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And slick.
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Let's pick.
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And do it quick.
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Tick tock tick.
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I also have a couple of other L.o.Z. games that can actually be played by two people at the same time on different Game Boy Color units.
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Calling John Wick.
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Took a hot shower - got several really good book ideas and just wrote them all down - if I didn't have to get up at eight, I'd just incorporate them right now.
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I've never been able to play the 2-player sections because I didn't/don't know anyone else with a Game Boy color unit.
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Here come da notes.
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We'll see how far I go in this L.o.Z. game.
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Here come da notes.
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Then Melatonin and Flonase and bed.
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I'm actually continuing from where I left off the last time I played it, which could be from the mid-2000s!
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I wrote them.
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I bought some new batteries today and am kind of surprised that it all still works...but not really. :)
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I wrote them.
Can't wait to read them!
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Very good.
Thanks, Jane!
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From George:
Now, we want to go back.
That's great! I hope your next meal there is equally as good.
Thanks, so do I!