Good afternoon. I've done a lot of nothing today.“He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn’t work out too well, but that doesn’t work out too well, I must tell you. A lot of trophy wives, it doesn’t work out. But it made him happy for a little while at least. But he found a new wife.”
I like the A & T publisher very much, but we had a telephonic discussion yesterday morning that led to a day of angst and anguish. I had been keeping notes on discrepancies between text and audio, which was fine. In some cases, he changed a word and I liked his choice better. In other cases, I had found spots where the narrator had begun a phrase, stopped and then began again, and these need fixing. Anyway, it turns out that the publisher would like a marked up printout of the text wutg everything noted. I wish I'd been told this a week ago, because I am now back to square one. That's neither here nor there; I just needed to print out a copy of the book.
So, I began the printing, and around page 80, due to my carelessness about finishing the printing and getting the cats and myself dinner, I ended up with a paper jam. The printer stopped and the next three hours of hell began.
INTERLUDEWhile I was looking through my address book for possible computer / printer-savvy friends, I ran across the name of our DR vixmom! I had meant toearlier to check on her, so I did. She says she's been knocked flat by the pneumonia but she will return.INTERLUDE OVER!
I went tro Amazon and looked at HP toner cartridges: $61.00. I ordered one, hoping I was buying the correct one. I pulled the dying toner cartridge, shook it, beat it againt the table, and got enough toner to finish my printing. And that was my shitty day.
While checking out at Fred Meyer today the guy behind us had a great cake he purchased for his son's 11th birthday. It kind of looked like this.
How my work colleagues see me when I tell them a story from my remote youth:
Quote from: Rodzinski on May 24, 2025, 07:35:21 AMQuote from: Freddie on May 24, 2025, 07:30:55 AMIn non-Chayefsky work:When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected: It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."Do not recall hearing that ever. A stealth remake.That could be a genre: stealth remakes.
Quote from: Freddie on May 24, 2025, 07:30:55 AMIn non-Chayefsky work:When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected: It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."Do not recall hearing that ever. A stealth remake.
In non-Chayefsky work:When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected: It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."
Quote from: Jane on May 24, 2025, 03:51:00 PMWhile checking out at Fred Meyer today the guy behind us had a great cake he purchased for his son's 11th birthday. It kind of looked like this.That's really cool, Jane!
George, sorry about how well the package was wrapped
Quote from: George on May 24, 2025, 03:35:13 AMWordle 1,435 3/6⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Congrats!
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Quote from: Freddie on May 24, 2025, 07:38:32 AMQuote from: Rodzinski on May 24, 2025, 07:35:21 AMQuote from: Freddie on May 24, 2025, 07:30:55 AMIn non-Chayefsky work:When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected: It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."Do not recall hearing that ever. A stealth remake.That could be a genre: stealth remakes.Why can't those in the business remake bad movies and make them better? Why are good movies remade that turn out to be crap??
Quote from: Jane on May 24, 2025, 09:53:30 AMGeorge, sorry about how well the package was wrapped No problem! Better too well wrapped than not well enough!
Quote from: Jane on May 24, 2025, 09:55:33 AMQuote from: George on May 24, 2025, 03:35:13 AMWordle 1,435 3/6⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Congrats!Thanks, Jane!
Happy birthday, dear Jeanne!
Quote from: George on May 24, 2025, 04:00:37 PMQuote from: Jane on May 24, 2025, 09:55:33 AMQuote from: George on May 24, 2025, 03:35:13 AMWordle 1,435 3/6⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Congrats!Thanks, Jane!I just found out that Keith also got it in three
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happiest of Birthday Wishes for our DR Jeanne !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
