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CELEBRATING MR. DICK VAN DYKE
« on: December 27, 2025, 12:23:06 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes celebrated Mr. Dick Van Dyke, and now it is time for you to post until the celebrating cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2025, 12:25:17 AM »

And the word of the day is: STALWART!
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2025, 12:31:16 AM »

Wordle 1,652 4/6

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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2025, 12:33:00 AM »

Notes vanned. Dyked.
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2025, 12:34:36 AM »

I can't believe I got Wordle in only four guesses!  As soon as I got the third word, I realized that there were at least four other words that had the same last four letters (with only three more  possible guesses), and literally just happened to guess the right one!
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2025, 12:34:38 AM »

TOD:
The Dick Van Dyke Show is probably my all-time favorite show.
Movies: The Comic, Divorce American Style, What a Way to Go!
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« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2025, 12:46:25 AM »

Topic of the Day (in alphabetical order):

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mary Poppins


And I remember seeing Divorce American Style on TV many years ago...but I barely remember it.
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« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2025, 03:52:23 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2025, 03:53:38 AM »

Bad batch of insomnia tonight. Very tired, but no sleep. Wish I could give up this decongestant. It always does this to me.
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« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2025, 03:54:07 AM »

It's not going to be fun when I go back to subbing.
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« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2025, 03:54:38 AM »

Some of those school days start at 7 am
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« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2025, 03:56:32 AM »

Dick Van Dyke has always had great charisma and charm. My favorites of his are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Poppins.
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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2025, 04:33:06 AM »

Such a fun movie clip in yesterday's notes, John G!
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2025, 04:33:57 AM »

And some really nice rhyming by which to turn a page!
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2025, 04:36:39 AM »

George, such lovely photos and story of your Christmas Day and the Day After.  Even more enjoyable told vixmom-style.

And so nice that your friend David comes from Seattle to be with your family!
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« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2025, 04:43:18 AM »

Good morning, all!
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« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2025, 04:49:43 AM »

It got really cold last night, and I slept very well. How cold was it? It was so colds that Annabelle was impatient to cuddle under all those blankets. I think Thatch and Stella are tag-teaming me. I'll wake up to find Stella next to me, then wake up later to find Thatch with me. Ar some point around 5:00, I could hear  the snow shovels scraping the sidewalks, and i remembered that we had snow last night. I had no reason to climb out of bed so I slept until 6:00, at which point I sat on the edge of the bed pondering my day, my life, mistakes I'd made in the past, failed romances, and death. Then I got chilly and dressed.
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« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2025, 04:51:10 AM »

I have no plans for today; I'm in no mood to sit in a cold basement for 2 hours, so I'm postponing laundry to tomorrow.
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« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2025, 04:58:08 AM »

BK, that Dick van Dyke production of The Music Man played at City Center, I think, in the second year I lived in NYC. I couldn't afford to see anything in those days, so I missed it. Ticket sales were so poor that it closed early, as I recall. I really wanted to see it. Since no one ever talks about it, and you did, please tell us about it.
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« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2025, 05:03:15 AM »

Good morning.
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« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2025, 05:27:58 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2025, 05:32:07 AM »

I am looking out at a winter wonderland. It's not that I feel full of wonder at the spectacle, but more like I wonder how I'm going to get through the cleanup work I have ahead of me. Our plowing neighbor just did the Lord's work, so at least we have a good early start on things. I do NOT look forward to going out in 20-degree (give or take) temperatures when I'm coming out of a lousy cold (I feel much better today, thank you), but much must still be done with the snowblower and all.
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« Reply #22 on: December 27, 2025, 05:33:11 AM »

Looking at the very neat pileup on the rail of the deck, I'll say we got a good seven to eight inches, and that probably means it's deeper out in some areas.
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« Reply #23 on: December 27, 2025, 05:43:48 AM »

at which point I sat on the edge of the bed pondering my day, my life, mistakes I'd made in the past, failed romances, and death. Then I got chilly and dressed.


Sounds like good promo copy for the much-hoped-for memoirs.
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« Reply #24 on: December 27, 2025, 05:49:03 AM »

BK, that Dick van Dyke production of The Music Man played at City Center, I think, in the second year I lived in NYC. I couldn't afford to see anything in those days, so I missed it. Ticket sales were so poor that it closed early, as I recall. I really wanted to see it. Since no one ever talks about it, and you did, please tell us about it.


I talk about it, mostly about Meg Bussert's performance, which all by itself made the production worthwhile viewing.. And fun knowing years later that Christian Slater was the Winthrop in that production.  (At the time, Christian Slater was growing up in Manhattan Plaza.)



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revival of Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man, where Dick Van Dyke starred as Professor Harold Hill, Meg Bussert played Marian Paroo, and a young Christian Slater played the shy Winthrop Paroo, a performance that marked Slater's Broadway debut and earned Bussert a Theatre World Award. "
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« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2025, 06:09:58 AM »

Good morning, friends.
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« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2025, 06:10:05 AM »

And others.
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« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2025, 06:10:58 AM »

DR John G. - I sent you an email and also a DM.
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« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2025, 06:19:40 AM »

I don't want a lot for Christmas...
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« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2025, 06:42:06 AM »

I don't want a lot for Christmas...


LOL! Love that!
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