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[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Two!

[John G.]

Great photos, BK. Every photo of Richard Sherman has a deep emotional effect on me, I guess because he’s the same age as my parents.

[John G.]

Horrible story, TCB.

I once went with a large group of theater folks to see a production of Peer Gynt with Richard Thomas in the title role. Thomas was nice enough to come out after the end of part one (three hours or so) and talk with us. An academic in the group proceeded to bloviate about how much he didn’t like Thomas’s performance, which immediately left the rest of us stunned and the actor demurely apologizing for his bperformance. None of the rest of us found it bad, but the meet-and-greet was effectively over at that point. The man was ostracized by most everyone, including his wife, on the bus ride home. Needless to say, he was not invited on a return trip to see part two.

[John G.]

TOD:

I’ve had three excellent meals in the past week.

—An Italian dinner of monkfish with mushrooms, burrata with truffle oil and gnocchi on Thanksgiving Eve
—Thanksgiving dinner
—A Sichuan dinner of whole fish in a spicy sauce with ham, tree ear mushrooms, peanuts and plenty of chile peppers served in a heated tray. Bright tastes of coriander infused each bite.

[Laura]

Good morning.

[Laura]

One of the neighbors complained to The City about some of the yards on the street. Six of us -- all at one end of the block -- got cited. Kind of narrows down who the compainer is.

So I have been busy tearing out plants from my front yard. If The Yard Police mark me again, I'll just take out all the plants and leave a dirt yard.

[Amy]

As Bruce mentioned, Mark and I saw "Carol Christmas" on Saturday night and it was absolutely delightful. The script updates making the story more timely were very clever. The performances were all terrific and I didn't notice any lighting cue flub or any reverb issue. Many of the songs were very catchy and I look forward to getting the CD.

[elmore3003]

My eyes are in better shape than I thought.  My doctor was happy and I am home.  Annabelle and Thatch ate their treats, so that's a good sign/

[elmore3003]

 Cute little Nanouk has been rescued from death row.  I do not have to worry about him today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL9fVsQJ04

[John G.]

I need an eye exam.

[John G.]

Bernardo Bertolucci has died. I liked 1900 when I was a kid of 16 or so. Not so much a fan now. The dubbing is bad, and the weird sound of dubbing really irritates me.

I wasn’t the right age for Last Tango. Now it seems like macho BS, especially with the stories from Maria Schneider about how she was treated on the set.

[John G.]

The Guardian’s obituary says Bertolucci was the equal of Antonioni and Fellini. I can only say, ha!

[Jane]

Horrible story, TCB.

I once went with a large group of theater folks to see a production of Peer Gynt with Richard Thomas in the title role. Thomas was nice enough to come out after the end of part one (three hours or so) and talk with us. An academic in the group proceeded to bloviate about how much he didn’t like Thomas’s performance, which immediately left the rest of us stunned and the actor demurely apologizing for his bperformance. None of the rest of us found it bad, but the meet-and-greet was effectively over at that point. The man was ostracized by most everyone, including his wife, on the bus ride home. Needless to say, he was not invited on a return trip to see part two.

I don't understand the need for people to be rude and hurtful. 

[Jane]

One of the neighbors complained to The City about some of the yards on the street. Six of us -- all at one end of the block -- got cited. Kind of narrows down who the compainer is.

So I have been busy tearing out plants from my front yard. If The Yard Police mark me again, I'll just take out all the plants and leave a dirt yard.

I am sorry.  I suppose there is nothing to report the complainer for?

[Jane]

As Bruce mentioned, Mark and I saw "Carol Christmas" on Saturday night and it was absolutely delightful. The script updates making the story more timely were very clever. The performances were all terrific and I didn't notice any lighting cue flub or any reverb issue. Many of the songs were very catchy and I look forward to getting the CD.

As always I enjoy your show reports-thanks.

[Jane]

My eyes are in better shape than I thought.  My doctor was happy and I am home.  Annabelle and Thatch ate their treats, so that's a good sign/

Excellent news.

[Jane]

Cute little Nanouk has been rescued from death row.  I do not have to worry about him today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL9fVsQJ04

More good news.

[Jane]

DR TCB do you have any rehearsals during the week?

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.

[Laura]

The Yard Police just drove by. He didn't leave anything at the door, so I guess that's good.

[George]

Wheeze-B-Gone vibes for Annabelle!

~~~Ditto!!~~~

[George]

DR George did you solve the WiFi problem on your new Kindle?  I like the purple case.

Thanks, Jane, and yes, I did solve the Wi-Fi problem.  It turns out that I just needed to update the Kindle software from version 4.0 to 4.1.3.  However, I couldn't just do it in one update.  I had to download the first update file through the USB cable to my Kindle, then go through the whole (3-4 minute) update process to get it to version 4.1.  Then, I had to update it from 4.1 to 4.1.1, and go through that whole process.  Then, I had to update it from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2, and go through that whole process.  And then FINALLY, I was able to update it from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3, and that solved the Wi-Fi problem!  I was able to download several books that I had previously purchased, and I even checked out a few from my library! 

[George]

WHEW!!

[ChasSmith]

Holy moley, DR Laura. Obviously I don't know your neighborhood and its "look", but knowing you, I can't even imagine what this idiot could have been complaining about.

If we had yard police here, half of the denizens of my 'hood would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

And that's not because we're slobs. But it's a whole different thing in these here parts. These kinds of neighborhoods are ... "rustic". Yes, that's it. "Rustic". Individualistic. Whole different thing.

[George]

My eyes are in better shape than I thought.  My doctor was happy and I am home.  Annabelle and Thatch ate their treats, so that's a good sign/

That's great, Larry!

[George]

Cute little Nanouk has been rescued from death row.  I do not have to worry about him today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL9fVsQJ04

That's wonderful!

[ChasSmith]

In other exciting news, I just agreed to sub for a few nights in, um, The Bikinis (“a new musical beach party”) (“a non-stop celebration in song”) in March. 

Oy!

[Jane]

The Yard Police just drove by. He didn't leave anything at the door, so I guess that's good.

Was there anything left for him to complain about?

[Jane]

DR George did you solve the WiFi problem on your new Kindle?  I like the purple case.

Thanks, Jane, and yes, I did solve the Wi-Fi problem.  It turns out that I just needed to update the Kindle software from version 4.0 to 4.1.3.  However, I couldn't just do it in one update.  I had to download the first update file through the USB cable to my Kindle, then go through the whole (3-4 minute) update process to get it to version 4.1.  Then, I had to update it from 4.1 to 4.1.1, and go through that whole process.  Then, I had to update it from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2, and go through that whole process.  And then FINALLY, I was able to update it from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3, and that solved the Wi-Fi problem!  I was able to download several books that I had previously purchased, and I even checked out a few from my library! 

That's great.