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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on January 15, 2026, 12:16:52 AM

Title: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 12:16:52 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes previewed preview one, and now it is time for you to post until the preview one cows come home.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 12:21:30 AM
And the word of the day is: BENEVOLENT!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 12:22:54 AM
Notes previewed. Postviewed.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 12:24:01 AM
I feel like one doesn’t see French dressing out in the world so much anymore.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 12:34:51 AM
Hello, R!  I didn't see your "Hi" to me until after BK closed the posts yesterday.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 12:35:08 AM
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Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 12:37:12 AM
So, some kind of animal is scraping on the outside (or maybe in the walls! :o ) of my condo!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 12:40:10 AM
Shelly told me that the local pest control company that services the complex has been notified.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 03:42:58 AM
So, some kind of animal is scraping on the outside (or maybe in the walls! :o ) of my condo!


Oh, no!  Vibes that gets resolved with no damage!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 03:44:01 AM
More modern major miracle vibes for BK!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 03:47:51 AM
TOD:  Salad with blue cheese dressing seems to be my favorite these days, and seems reliable from almost anywhere. 

I used to like a pear and arugula salad quite a lot, so maybe it's time to have another one soon.  Maybe a pear and arugula salad with blue cheese?


Caesar salad was another favorite.  I'm not sure why I haven't had one in a long while.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 04:14:47 AM
Preview vibes for MR BK & Co.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 04:15:10 AM
I got sidetracked yesterday. But here I am now.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 04:17:41 AM
A young blonde woman wanted to be a police detective. So she went to the Poice Department and spoke to the Chief.

He asked: What is the square root of 4?

She said: Two.

He asked: What is the square root of 100?

She replied: Ten.

He asked: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

She replied: I don't know.

He said: Come back when you find out.

She went to lunch with a friend who asked her how the interview had gone.

The young blonde woman said: Great. I was hired and I'm already working on a murder case!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:00 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:06 AM
And others.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:19 AM
I never said "Good night" last night.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:30 AM
And I never logged out.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:41 AM
I'll all out of whack.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:21:51 AM
Whack is in short supply.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:22:05 AM
I will be glad to return to a normal schedule.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 04:22:49 AM
Our current "feels like" is 2 degrees.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2026, 04:27:40 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 04:28:19 AM
A young blonde woman wanted to be a police detective. So she went to the Poice Department and spoke to the Chief.

He asked: What is the square root of 4?

She said: Two.

He asked: What is the square root of 100?

She replied: Ten.

He asked: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

She replied: I don't know.

He said: Come back when you find out.

She went to lunch with a friend who asked her how the interview had gone.

The young blonde woman said: Great. I was hired and I'm already working on a murder case!


ROTFLMAO!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2026, 04:29:12 AM
I slept well, and I suspect it had more to do with the arrival yesterday of Extra Strength Tylenol than anything else.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 04:30:21 AM
I'll all out of whack.


Sending more coping vibes.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2026, 04:33:14 AM
BK, I'm very happy to know about your direct deposit. What this means to me is that you are on the Social Securfity payment plan of the second Wednesday of the month, unlike me who is on the third Wednesday. That payment, whilch will land next Wednesday, the 21st, cannot come soon enough.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: elmore3003 on January 15, 2026, 04:45:28 AM
Also, I'm very pleased last night's preview went well. It's too bad the audience wasn't larger. When I was doing the cabaret act "Just Good Friends," 1981-83, it was impossible getting friends to come. I believe most of our meager crowds came from our appearances on Fred Goldhaber's WBAI FM program and benefits for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus. The interview in Blueboy magazine helped, but not much.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2026, 05:05:23 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2026, 05:22:30 AM
It's so strange about getting ASSES in seats, especially when it's free. FREE!!!

Do any of the small theeders in LA have a free "senior night" preview? I'm guessing no. A few of our local ones have been doing it for the 30 years I've been here. They nearly always have a full house, cast and crew are guaranteed an attentive audience, and I'm not aware of any sign that it's ever impacted regular attendance.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 05:34:00 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 05:34:08 AM
Two!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 05:36:44 AM
We have a theater group at the center where I usher. For their free preview,they usually invite the ushers. There are more than 300 of us. The first time, it was fairly packed. Now it's down to 30 or less.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 05:40:51 AM
I love Russian salad with beets. I should make some soon.

https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/russian-beet-salad-recipe/
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 05:41:29 AM
I would probably add a little potato.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 05:45:26 AM
And some lime jello?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2026, 05:50:03 AM
A uniquely delicious salad I'd love to find again is the chopped salad at La Scala Boutique on Little Santa Monica. I knew it in the late 1970s. I should actually be looking for a copycat recipe and start making it myself.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 06:03:42 AM
DR ELMORE -Le Publicite'!!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 06:04:13 AM
DR singdaw is this the LAST day?

Or did they extend it?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 06:04:59 AM
And I was wrong last month - your January SS payment will include your 2026 COL bump.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 06:06:09 AM
It is 15 degrees with a fells like of 4 degrees.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Laura on January 15, 2026, 06:09:49 AM
Good morning.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 06:13:40 AM
And some lime jello?


Some Lemon-gello, maybe?

"Do I Love You?" - Peter Lemongello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXA-AdGOUo

Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 07:15:40 AM
Well, God bless WBAI.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 07:16:58 AM
Immortalized for the world in Dean Friedman’s “Ariel”

Standing by the water fall in Paramus Park
She was working for the friends of BAI
She was collecting quarters in a paper cup
She was looking for change and so was I
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 07:39:07 AM
Wonder how DR Iris is doing lately.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 07:59:32 AM
This meme made me laugh: 

"I'm no expert, but has anyone tried throwing water on Kristi Noem?"
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 08:01:15 AM
Wonder how DR Iris is doing lately.


Wondering that, too.  Isn't her birthday around this time of year?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:03:03 AM
From DR Singdaw,

Quote
When the doctor said I wouldn't pass a driving test, she meant with uncorrected vision.

I knew exactly what you meant.  That happened to me in my early 20's and I didn't drive until I got my new glasses.

I'm glad you didn't have any diabetes damage.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:05:06 AM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:08:05 AM
George, thanks for the congrats to Keith last night.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:09:55 AM
I feel like one doesn’t see French dressing out in the world so much anymore.

LOL, that is just fine with me.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:10:10 AM
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Whew!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:10:26 AM
So, some kind of animal is scraping on the outside (or maybe in the walls! :o ) of my condo!

Oh no.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:11:14 AM
Are there more HHW-ers than I realize dealing with diabetes?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:11:43 AM
Is diabetes more common than I realize?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:11:45 AM
TOD:  Salad with blue cheese dressing seems to be my favorite these days, and seems reliable from almost anywhere. 


I would order wedge salads if they would give me Thousand Island dressing instead of blue cheese.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:11:56 AM
Blue cheese is a headache food.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:12:25 AM
A young blonde woman wanted to be a police detective. So she went to the Poice Department and spoke to the Chief.

He asked: What is the square root of 4?

She said: Two.

He asked: What is the square root of 100?

She replied: Ten.

He asked: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

She replied: I don't know.

He said: Come back when you find out.

She went to lunch with a friend who asked her how the interview had gone.

The young blonde woman said: Great. I was hired and I'm already working on a murder case!

;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:12:48 AM
And some lime jello?


Maybe.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:12:49 AM
Our current "feels like" is 2 degrees.

Too, too cold.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:13:09 AM
Three!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:13:51 AM
THREE,

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/82/fb/40/82fb409de0d72fd98cdeebfcd69a9e5e.jpg)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:13:52 AM
DR ELMORE -Le Publicite'!!

Yes, Countess.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:14:35 AM
Wonder how DR Iris is doing lately.

Me, too.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:15:01 AM
This meme made me laugh: 

"I'm no expert, but has anyone tried throwing water on Kristi Noem?"

Ha!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:15:48 AM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.

She was a woman in this one, not a girl.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:17:08 AM
Strange, I suddenly had to log back in.  I never logged myself out.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:17:42 AM
Blue cheese is a headache food.

Sadly, the same is true for me. My mold allergy makes it feel toxic when I eat even a little.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:17:42 AM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.

She was a woman in this one, not a girl.

I saw that.  I have seen her adult films, or most of them.  I liked her even better as an adult.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:19:21 AM
Blue cheese is a headache food.

Sadly, the same is true for me. My mold allergy makes it feel toxic when I eat even a little.

I've gotten better had can tolerate it when it is a creamy sauce or dressing but why tempt it.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:19:49 AM
This meme made me laugh: 

"I'm no expert, but has anyone tried throwing water on Kristi Noem?"

;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:20:29 AM
DR singdaw is this the LAST day?

Or did they extend it?

I was wondering the same thing.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:20:59 AM
A uniquely delicious salad I'd love to find again is the chopped salad at La Scala Boutique on Little Santa Monica. I knew it in the late 1970s. I should actually be looking for a copycat recipe and start making it myself.

People used to rave about that.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:22:31 AM
Is diabetes more common than I realize?

Last I checked I'm pre.  Being on long term prednisone can cause diabetes.  Fingers crossed I don't end up with it.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:24:15 AM
I attempted to open the calendar to see when DR Iris's birthday is.  The calendar won't open.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:27:24 AM
Is diabetes more common than I realize?

Last I checked I'm pre.  Being on long term prednisone can cause diabetes.  Fingers crossed I don't end up with it.


Yes, fingers crossed!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:30:52 AM
I attempted to open the calendar to see when DR Iris's birthday is.  The calendar won't open.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.




These notes from a couple of years ago say Iris's birthday is Feb. 2.

https://www.haineshisway.com/2024/02/the-mukbang-and-the-asmr/

Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:35:27 AM
Is diabetes more common than I realize?

Last I checked I'm pre.  Being on long term prednisone can cause diabetes.  Fingers crossed I don't end up with it.


Yes, fingers crossed!

Thank you.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 09:36:19 AM
I attempted to open the calendar to see when DR Iris's birthday is.  The calendar won't open.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.




These notes from a couple of years ago say Iris's birthday is Feb. 2.

https://www.haineshisway.com/2024/02/the-mukbang-and-the-asmr/



Thanks for finding that.  I hadn't searched yet.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:37:07 AM
Interesting that we actually have 14 Guests looking at the posts for this very day at the same time.  It's quite unusual to even have 4 or 5 Guests looking at the current day at the same time.

Maybe something to do with BK's preview performances?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 09:43:29 AM
THREE,

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/82/fb/40/82fb409de0d72fd98cdeebfcd69a9e5e.jpg)


Now that is gorgeous!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2026, 11:07:12 AM
There are not enough hours in the day
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2026, 11:10:02 AM
Nor enough gold in my purse
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: vixmom on January 15, 2026, 11:10:09 AM
Ah well
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 11:12:28 AM
Nor enough gold in my purse


Enough gold for what?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 11:29:39 AM
There are no 14 guests. If it’s more than a couple, it is bots.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 11:31:10 AM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.

She was a woman in this one, not a girl.

I saw that.  I have seen her adult films, or most of them.  I liked her even better as an adult.

I was like, Deanna Durbin did adult films?? But you just meant, ya know, films as a grownup.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:40:46 AM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep and non-stop e-mails since arising at ten-fifteen.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:40:56 AM
Time to futz and finesse.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:41:06 AM
Togo's pastrami on its way.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 11:42:49 AM
With news of "Hell's Kitchen" closing in February -  What will be next at the Shubert? 

Might it be "Purple Rain" sneaking in before the Tony nominations?

Tune of “When Doves Cry” (from Purple Rain)

Dig, if you will, a theater,
Empty just before season's end.
Could we take Best New Musical?
Ready for Broadway,
Timing could be our friend!

Dig, if you can, a lean year.
When nominations seem sure.
Gotta move, the Shubert is open -
No movie names, but Prince's name's a lure!

How can we get tourists spending?
Prospects are harsh and so cold.
Straight plays with stars will be trending
But get some Tony nods -  we could be sold!

Gossip is surely worth floating,
The publicist's making some tries.
Is Reddit what they'll be quoting.
That’s what shows sound like
When buzz flies.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 11:44:07 AM
There are no 14 guests. If it’s more than a couple, it is bots.


Ah!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 11:59:56 AM
Futz & Finesse were my favorite Vaudeville team.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 12:02:45 PM
Of neighborhoods I have lived in, Hells Kitchen and The (Washington) Heights had musicals named for them. Just need Park Slope and Upper East Side, the Musicals.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 12:13:59 PM
My favorite Deanna Durbin movie is FIRST LOVE.....but I enjoy them all. She sang some lovely classical tunes that with the exception of Jeannette MacDonald  none of those MGM lovelies could sing without screeching and burning the eardrums....especially Jane Powell and Kathryn Grayson whose voices hurt my ears than AND now.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 12:16:25 PM
Of neighborhoods I have lived in, Hells Kitchen and The (Washington) Heights had musicals named for them. Just need Park Slope and Upper East Side, the Musicals.

Wasn't West Side Story going to be East Side Story when it was still about Jews and Catholics?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 12:19:52 PM
Google's AI says:

"The title "East Side Story" was the original working title for the musical that became West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein was the composer, and he initially hoped that his friends Betty Comden and Adolph Green would write the lyrics.

However, Comden and Green were unavailable because they were committed to another project (the musical version of Peter Pan), so the job eventually went to the young Stephen Sondheim, marking his Broadway debut as a lyricist."
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 12:23:38 PM
DR FREDDIE that is what I read as well.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 12:27:47 PM
THREE,



Now that is gorgeous!

Thank you.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 12:28:22 PM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.

She was a woman in this one, not a girl.

I saw that.  I have seen her adult films, or most of them.  I liked her even better as an adult.

I was like, Deanna Durbin did adult films?? But you just meant, ya know, films as a grownup.

:))
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 01:09:52 PM
I still can't open the calendar.  Am I the only person having a problem with it?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: ChasSmith on January 15, 2026, 01:12:37 PM
Nope.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 01:16:57 PM
Thank you for checking.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 01:49:37 PM
Invalid Year!

The title of the first volume of my memoirs.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Freddie on January 15, 2026, 01:54:16 PM
Invalid Year!

The title of the first volume of my memoirs.


:)


Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Rodzinski on January 15, 2026, 02:12:22 PM
I’d like to declare this year and last invalid and ask for replacements.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 02:12:51 PM
I've not seen The Amazing Mrs. Holliday.  I thought I had seen all of Deanna Durban's films.

She was a woman in this one, not a girl.

I saw that.  I have seen her adult films, or most of them.  I liked her even better as an adult.

I was like, Deanna Durbin did adult films?? But you just meant, ya know, films as a grownup.

Ha!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 02:14:51 PM
Not surprised at the news about Hell’s Kitchen.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 02:32:49 PM
Invalid Year!

The title of the first volume of my memoirs.

;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 02:33:09 PM
I’d like to declare this year and last invalid and ask for replacements.

I approve this declaration.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 03:31:37 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 04:12:50 PM
Haven't had the energy to do much writing - just a couple of pages. In thirty minutes I'll shower, then head over to the theater around five-twenty.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 04:13:33 PM
I have to fix one bit of blocking before the show and add one verbal thing to help a lighting cue that's not quite working.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 04:30:01 PM
Kung pao beef and shrimp for dinner.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 04:37:54 PM
Time for dancing
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 04:43:32 PM
Have fun.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: KevinH on January 15, 2026, 06:02:06 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: KevinH on January 15, 2026, 06:02:57 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.


Great!   Me too!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jane on January 15, 2026, 06:23:36 PM
Congrats to you.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 06:48:07 PM
So, some kind of animal is scraping on the outside (or maybe in the walls! :o ) of my condo!


Oh, no!  Vibes that gets resolved with no damage!

Thanks, Freddie.  It also might affect the apartments on either side of me, so there's that. :-\
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 06:58:59 PM
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!

(https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Herjan2-596d5f0e3a31d__880.jpg)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 07:02:44 PM
A young blonde woman wanted to be a police detective. So she went to the Poice Department and spoke to the Chief.

He asked: What is the square root of 4?

She said: Two.

He asked: What is the square root of 100?

She replied: Ten.

He asked: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

She replied: I don't know.

He said: Come back when you find out.

She went to lunch with a friend who asked her how the interview had gone.

The young blonde woman said: Great. I was hired and I'm already working on a murder case!

;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 07:23:52 PM
Also, I'm very pleased last night's preview went well. It's too bad the audience wasn't larger. When I was doing the cabaret act "Just Good Friends," 1981-83, it was impossible getting friends to come. I believe most of our meager crowds came from our appearances on Fred Goldhaber's WBAI FM program and benefits for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus. The interview in Blueboy magazine helped, but not much.
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8208.0;attach=28375)

(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8208.0;attach=28379)

Very nice article, Larry...and cover, too. ;)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 07:25:39 PM
We have a theater group at the center where I usher. For their free preview,they usually invite the ushers. There are more than 300 of us. The first time, it was fairly packed. Now it's down to 30 or less.

Wow...that's a huge drop! :-\
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 07:35:27 PM
Circle K was having a promotion today. I got gas for 40 cents off, so I paid $1.99 a gallon. It cost $21 plus for almost 11 gallons of gas.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 07:35:51 PM
Home from dancing.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 07:37:33 PM
Starting Materialists. I loved Celine Song’s Past Lives. I’m undecided on this one, but I am only 15 minutes in.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 07:48:14 PM
I think it’s because I don’t like Dakota Johnson. I don’t find her interesting enough to be the foundation of a movie.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 07:49:12 PM
And to have Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal interested in her strains credulity.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:58:49 PM
Yes, today was the final day.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:58:55 PM
For now.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:59:04 PM
And I survived.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:59:34 PM
If, by some miracle, Washington extends the tax credits, there will probably be a new Open Enrollment period.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:59:46 PM
But that is to worry about another day.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 08:59:59 PM
And now, to bed.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 09:00:09 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 09:00:15 PM
And others.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: singdaw on January 15, 2026, 09:00:39 PM
LOVED that winter scene of the 3 birds.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:36:07 PM
Well, I finished Materialists. It’s a sweet, unsurprising romance that is nice. It’s definitely a movie for women. No on-screen villains. Not much drama. But there are moments when you can imagine fans of Chris Evans swooning. Celine Song has given him lines everyone would love to hear someone say to them sometime.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:44:27 PM
It’s getting late.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: John G. on January 15, 2026, 09:44:42 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 09:55:07 PM
Wonder how DR Iris is doing lately.

Ditto...now that you bring it up. :-\

Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:30:53 PM
So on Instagram (is anyone else on Instagram?), I follow theaidsmemorial (https://www.instagram.com/theaidsmemorial?igsh=MWZzMnVtNG52c2dnNA==) where people post stories and pictures of loved ones who have died of AIDS.  The stories are sad, inspiring, and everything in between. 
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:31:23 PM
Anyway, a few days ago, a story was posted about a man named Mark Milano who died very recently.  But what I thought was pretty cool is that in the second picture of this set of photos:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbt5bUAqCw/?img_index=1&igsh=Nnp2OHc2eGtobDh4 (https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbt5bUAqCw/?img_index=1&igsh=Nnp2OHc2eGtobDh4)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:32:02 PM
...Mark is wearing a shirt that I also own! ;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:32:20 PM
Here he is (on the right) in the shirt:
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:33:19 PM
And here's my shirt!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:33:50 PM
Pretty cool, huh?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 10:34:21 PM
Just had to share. :)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:12:39 PM
Page five?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:12:46 PM
Page six?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:13:04 PM
Back from preview two, about which more in the notes.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:13:38 PM
Having some Cheetos crunchy and a couple of small beef sticks. A fine snack.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 15, 2026, 11:13:50 PM
And I don't care who knows it.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:38:44 PM
Oh, if anyone is interested, I almost forgot that The AIDS Memorial is also on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/theaidsmemorial/ (https://www.facebook.com/theaidsmemorial/)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:39:04 PM
And Mark Milano's story with the same pictures is here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAtJrRUJe/ (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAtJrRUJe/)

:)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:39:49 PM
George, thanks for the congrats to Keith last night.

You're welcome, Jane.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:39:52 PM
Thanks DR GEORGE.

As a "child" of the 80's - those photos have a profound affect on me.

It is still so personal and devastating to me.

OF that time I personally think the movie that was most true and effective about the times was LONGTIME COMPANION.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:40:06 PM
Wordle 1,671 6/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Whew!

Yet again! ;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:40:13 PM
As they say - you had to be there.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:40:41 PM
Now it is Friday!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:41:12 PM
Thanks DR GEORGE.

As a "child" of the 80's - those photos have a profound affect on me.

It is still so personal and devastating to me.

OF that time I personally think the movie that was most true and effective about the times was LONGTIME COMPANION.

You're welcome, Jrand.  And I love LONGTIME COMPANION, too
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:41:12 PM
Friday is my second favorite day of the week.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:41:26 PM
Saturday is of course my favorite.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:42:15 PM
Wonderful to hear DR GEORGE.....makes me love you even more!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:42:43 PM
Overnight snow was predicted for here.....nothing so far.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:43:36 PM
I had a lovely visit with two of my sisters today.

Such fun.

Comparing our memories is most enlightening.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:43:50 PM
So, some kind of animal is scraping on the outside (or maybe in the walls! :o ) of my condo!

Oh no.

I haven't heard anything tonight, so who knows what's going on.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:43:56 PM
Too much ME on this page.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:44:51 PM
Are there more HHW-ers than I realize dealing with diabetes?

It's something that I'm dealing with...so far, so good.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:45:01 PM
Too much ME on this page.

Never! :D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:45:31 PM
DR GEORGE now and then I hear an animal scraping on the back enclosed porch.

When I look days later things are in disarray.  I am thinking they are looking for a specific LP since I have a couple of hundred out there.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:46:27 PM
THREE,

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/82/fb/40/82fb409de0d72fd98cdeebfcd69a9e5e.jpg)

Very nice!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:46:43 PM
Things are on the floor....including tubs of dance trophies and scripts of musicals I have appeared in and/or directed.

Perhaps they are starting an animal theeder group.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:47:01 PM
DR GEORGE now and then I hear an animal scraping on the back enclosed porch.

When I look days later things are in disarray.  I am thinking they are looking for a specific LP since I have a couple of hundred out there.

Oh, my!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: Jrand75 on January 15, 2026, 11:47:32 PM
I was quite the dancer in the past - although it may seem impossible at this time.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:48:19 PM
Is diabetes more common than I realize?

Last I checked I'm pre.  Being on long term prednisone can cause diabetes.  Fingers crossed I don't end up with it.

~~~Vibes of All Kinds!!~~~
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:49:09 PM
I attempted to open the calendar to see when DR Iris's birthday is.  The calendar won't open.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.


For me, too! :o WTH??
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:49:51 PM
I attempted to open the calendar to see when DR Iris's birthday is.  The calendar won't open.

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid year value.




These notes from a couple of years ago say Iris's birthday is Feb. 2.

https://www.haineshisway.com/2024/02/the-mukbang-and-the-asmr/



Thanks for the info, Freddie!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 15, 2026, 11:51:16 PM
With news of "Hell's Kitchen" closing in February -  What will be next at the Shubert? 

Might it be "Purple Rain" sneaking in before the Tony nominations?

Tune of “When Doves Cry” (from Purple Rain)

Dig, if you will, a theater,
Empty just before season's end.
Could we take Best New Musical?
Ready for Broadway,
Timing could be our friend!

Dig, if you can, a lean year.
When nominations seem sure.
Gotta move, the Shubert is open -
No movie names, but Prince's name's a lure!

How can we get tourists spending?
Prospects are harsh and so cold.
Straight plays with stars will be trending
But get some Tony nods -  we could be sold!

Gossip is surely worth floating,
The publicist's making some tries.
Is Reddit what they'll be quoting.
That’s what shows sound like
When buzz flies.

:))
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:00:40 AM
RUPERT'S PAGE SEVEN PRINCE'S PURPLE RAIN DANCE!!

(https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/379648.jpg)
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:02:22 AM
I still can't open the calendar.  Am I the only person having a problem with it?

Still no. :-\
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:02:36 AM
Invalid Year!

The title of the first volume of my memoirs.

;D
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:03:01 AM
Keith got Wordle in three.

Congrats to Keith!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:03:41 AM
Keith got Wordle in three.


Great!   Me too!

Congrats to you, too, Kevin!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:05:14 AM
Circle K was having a promotion today. I got gas for 40 cents off, so I paid $1.99 a gallon. It cost $21 plus for almost 11 gallons of gas.

That's amazing, John!  Congrats on timing your gas filing!
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: George on January 16, 2026, 12:08:42 AM
Wonderful to hear DR GEORGE.....makes me love you even more!

Aww.  :-*
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:35:42 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:35:49 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:35:56 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:02 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:08 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:30 AM
They are late.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:38 AM
But they are there.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:42 AM
Laid bare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:49 AM
Lighter than air.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:36:57 AM
Nary a care.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:05 AM
Not in a chair.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:13 AM
Not on a dare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:21 AM
Not the old gray mare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:30 AM
To remove hair - Nair.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:39 AM
To eat a pear.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:37:48 AM
To say a prayer.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:38:13 AM
Was Brendan Behan's fellow Quare?
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:38:22 AM
Let's have flair.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:38:31 AM
After the fair.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:38:40 AM
Out of the glare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:39:01 AM
Neither hide nor hare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:39:18 AM
Or the Heaviside Lair.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:39:33 AM
A steak too rare.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:39:52 AM
But enough to share.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:40:08 AM
Or Fred Astaire.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:40:17 AM
On a tear.
Title: Re: PREVIEW ONE
Post by: bk on January 16, 2026, 12:40:29 AM
When or where.