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Title: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:15:43 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were surreal, and now it is time for you to post until the surreal cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:16:43 AM
And the word of the day is: MOXIE!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 12:49:48 AM
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Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 12:52:08 AM
From yesterday:

Thanks, Jane and Kevin, for the Wordle compliments!

Congrats on your Wordle scores, Kevin and Vixmom and Keith and Laura!

And a Happy Birthday to William F. Orr!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:31:31 AM
Happy birthday, William F. Orr!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:32:33 AM
George, it was fun to hear about the sing-along you went to!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:33:20 AM
And what a relief that nothing bad happened with that tilting tree!  Hoping a good tree stand can be doubt.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:34:30 AM
vixmom, how lovely to read about your day in Manhattan! 
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:34:57 AM
And that it was posted vixmom-style, too, was delightful!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:41:27 AM
TOD: One set I really enjoyed was not opulent at all, the set for the play SOME AMERICANS ABROAD, where (at least on Broadway at Lincoln Center) at the top of the show all the settings for the scenes within the play were suspended from the ceiling, and as the play progressed, the setting for that scene came down from the ceiling.  The scenic design even got a Tony nomination without being opulent.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:36:42 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:44:12 AM
I was in bed by 7:45 last night, and the alarm rang at 5:00 this morning. I'm mentally and physically good for about four hours of work these days, and I'm mentally better in the morning, so my current work schedule is. hopefully 8:00am to 12:30pm. On Christmas day, I will work longer,mainly because I need to spend 3 hours or so sometime between the 26th and 28th doing much needed laundry.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:45:26 AM
DR vixmom, your Sunday in Manhattan sounds wonderful. What was the event at Town Hall you attended?
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:48:16 AM
DR George, I think the sing-along Messiah sounds like such fun, but I have some logistic questions:
    Is there an orchestra?
    Are there soloists?
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:49:57 AM
BK, I love the painting! It reminded me of some of the prep artwork for Disney animated films from the 1940s and 50s.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 03:50:23 AM
I must get on with my day.
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Post by: Laura on December 23, 2025, 04:04:03 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:04:08 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:04:54 AM
I've been awake since 5:00 am and finally got up at 6:30.

Coffee!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:05:49 AM
The sN*wF*ll has already begun, so there's a dusting on everything. We're to get one to two inches between now and early afternoon.
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Post by: Laura on December 23, 2025, 04:06:05 AM
Today I'm taking my DIL and Grandson shopping. Should be a madhouse.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:06:44 AM
That is indeed a wonderful painting, and I hope BK is successful in finding out who the recipients were.
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Post by: Laura on December 23, 2025, 04:07:37 AM
Tomorrow's rain has been rescheduled to tonight, which is ok with me.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:08:03 AM
Irving and Vanessa are perfect character names. What do you think? Play or musical? Oh, let's go all the way.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 04:43:50 AM
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Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 04:44:19 AM
Elmore we went to see a Prairie Home Companion Christmas
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 04:47:16 AM
That sounded like a perfect day, vixmom.

I wonder what went wrong.    :D
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 06:06:57 AM
Elmore we went to see a Prairie Home Companion Christmas

I remember your mentioning that now! I'm so happy you had a good time
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 06:16:34 AM
Today is the fifth anniversary of Rebecca Luker's death. This is my favorite live recording of her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yd5ga0G6Fs&list=RD9yd5ga0G6Fs&start_radio=1
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:16:40 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:16:50 AM
I am not caught up yet.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:16:57 AM
PAGE TWO
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:17:09 AM
But the dinner party was a great success.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:17:49 AM
The only "mishap" was that afterward, I realized I forgot to put the cheese in when I was assembling the potato dish.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 06:17:58 AM
But it still came out OK.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 06:36:48 AM
But the dinner party was a great success.


Fabulous!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 06:43:57 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 06:44:39 AM
Happy Noche de los Rabanos! May all your radishes be bright!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 06:45:22 AM
Vixmom, you do sound as if you had the perfect day yesterday. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 07:30:57 AM
The cheese stands alone.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 07:31:10 AM
Great painting in the notes!
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 07:31:59 AM
Sign of the Pagan was of course the first film of Ms. Allison Hayes under her U-I contract.....although Francis Joins The Wacs made later was released first.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 07:32:39 AM
I enjoyed reading about DR VIXMOM's day and DR GEORGE's day.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 07:33:54 AM
Most excellent painting in the notes!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:04:48 AM
DR William F. Orr,

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815AkVCDQ6L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:05:01 AM
Wordle 1,648 4/6

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Very good.
Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:05:28 AM
From yesterday:

Thanks, Jane and Kevin, for the Wordle compliments!

You are welcome.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:05:53 AM
From yesterday:

Congrats on your Wordle scores, Kevin and Vixmom and Keith and Laura!


Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:06:25 AM
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Congratulations.
Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:09:43 AM
DR Vixmom the holiday train sounds like great fun.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:10:31 AM
In fact, your day in the city before the show sounds delightful.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:12:26 AM
Vixmom, I have very happy for you and your much needed perfect day.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:18:16 AM
Today I'm taking my DIL and Grandson shopping. Should be a madhouse.

I would not want to shop today.  Good luck.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:18:45 AM
Tomorrow's rain has been rescheduled to tonight, which is ok with me.

Definately. Enjoy clear weather while you shop.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:19:14 AM
But the dinner party was a great success.

Excellent.
Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:19:33 AM
The only "mishap" was that afterward, I realized I forgot to put the cheese in when I was assembling the potato dish.

 :o
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:19:46 AM
But it still came out OK.

I'm not surprised.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 09:21:49 AM
Happy Noche de los Rabanos! May all your radishes be bright!

We were originally going to go to Oaxaca for Noche de los Rabanos. I wanted to go in December, plus we couldn't get a hotel room for Day of the Dead, and then the hotel wrote to say they had a couple of rooms available so we switched our plans. 
Title: Re: THE SURREAL PAINTING
Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:23:05 AM
Happy Orr-Day!
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:23:31 AM
Known also as Christmas Eve Eve.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:24:45 AM
TOD: For some reason I really loved the set for Proof. Was just a very realistic house. I could stare at it all day.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:25:00 AM
Page Thrice.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 10:25:50 AM
Congratulations, Rodzinski, on your marvelous millstone, passing post #14,000!
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:28:43 AM
I did it! I couldn’t do it without all of you fine people though.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 10:30:04 AM
Don't forget to thank the little people, Billy Barty, Mickey Rooney
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2025, 10:36:24 AM
Don't forget to thank the little people, Billy Barty, Mickey Rooney

Clark Griswold...
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 10:43:23 AM
I spent many years at Actors Theater of Louisville as both patron and usher. Their sets were a wonderful mix of realistic and representational. For Morning’s at Seven, the kitchens had running water, plus realistic trees. For The Play’s the Thing, it was art deco sleekness, a chaise longue bathed in warm light. A Christmas Carol changed every year, my favorite incorporating a giant book through which the characters came to life.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 11:16:30 AM
I think the first set that really impressed me was Oliver Smith's set for Hello Dolly! The show was a wonderful musical, to begin with, but that set moved, danced, folded, unfolded; it was truly amazing.

Smith's work was always amazing: I saw the original productions of The Sound of Music, Camelot, and Hello, Dolly, all designed by Smith. The Sound of Music didn't impress me, Camelot was really gorgeous, but Hello Dolly was the first show I saw with a set that was more than painted drops.

Boris Aronson's sets for Follies were also amazing. If anyone ever needs a designer for this show, the first question for any designer in interview for the job should be how to get from a ruined theater to Loveland and back again.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2025, 11:18:51 AM
That last, pathetic revival of Follieswith Bernadette Peters had a set by a nincompoop.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 11:39:11 AM
Known also as Christmas Eve Eve.

Also the day I finally gave birth to a baby boy after four and a half days of labor pains.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 11:40:24 AM
OK, so they said much of that was false labor, sorry hard pains 20 minutes apart didn't feel false to me ;D
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:13:56 PM
I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:14:20 PM
A lovely bouquet of flowers arrived from the Pogues.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 12:14:25 PM
Ten hours, lovely.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 12:14:45 PM
We have a high winds warning for tomorrow.  I hope it doesn't happen.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:19:37 PM
I agree about the sets for Hello, Dolly! Amazing. Others from that era that I really liked were Sean Kenney's Stop the World set - only because of its simplicity, no front curtain, and the way it functioned. Also, from 1965 and Mr. Oliver Smith, the set for Time of the Baraccudas, the out of town tryout here at the Huntington Hartford - absolutely brilliant and I don't know how they did it, really. Act one went from an apartment, to a graveyard funeral, to a two-floor Swiss chalet rigged with all kinds of special effects and breakaways. Genius.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:22:35 PM
Other sets I loved: The Odd Couple - just a great old-fashioned unit set. Oh Dad, Poor Dad and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. And of course, Boris Aronson's amazing sets for Cabaret, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:23:00 PM
Tony Walton's perfect set for Grand Hotel.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:23:36 PM
I was never impressed by the biggies like Les Miz or Sunset Blvd. - but Phantom was an amazing set.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:24:44 PM
I think one of the failures, one of several, of Smile were the awful sets.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 12:25:52 PM
Also, Tony Walton's Will Rogers Follies functioned perfectly for that show, but Tony was a genius in all things.
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Post by: MichaelG on December 23, 2025, 01:16:57 PM
TOD: I'll go with the set for Sunday in the Park with George. Though I just saw the Broadway production on TV, that's the first time I really remember a set from a show.
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Post by: MichaelG on December 23, 2025, 01:18:57 PM
Currently at Denver airport en route to Baltimore. They recently opened a branch of one of my favorite Boulder restaurants here and it was very good.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 01:41:13 PM
Currently at Denver airport en route to Baltimore. They recently opened a branch of one of my favorite Boulder restaurants here and it was very good.


Safe and smooth travels, MichaelG!
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 01:57:48 PM
Travel vibes for DR MICHAELG
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 01:58:24 PM
Congrats to DR RODZINSKI on his millstone.

Ancient Chinese secret eh?
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:00:09 PM
Page 4 before 5 p.m. sounds like a worthy goal

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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:00:25 PM
What's the point of a goal you can't meet?

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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:00:41 PM
It could happen

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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:00:55 PM
One more


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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 02:01:22 PM
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 02:25:13 PM
Currently at Denver airport en route to Baltimore. They recently opened a branch of one of my favorite Boulder restaurants here and it was very good.

In the airport, that was lucky for you.  Have a safe and fun trip.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 02:26:44 PM
Congratulations, Rodzinski, on your marvelous millstone, passing post #14,000!

I missed that.  Congratulations!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 03:21:01 PM
Keith got Wordle in two :)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 03:40:31 PM
I actually slept last night making that the third night of sleep in a row.  As a result my energy returned today and my eyes are functioning fairly well.  Thus I am finishing all of the work I have left on my desk to complete.  It feels good to be functioning :)
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 03:44:52 PM
I actually slept last night making that the third night of sleep in a row.  As a result my energy returned today and my eyes are functioning fairly well.  Thus I am finishing all of the work I have left on my desk to complete.  It feels good to be functioning :)


Wonderful news, Jane!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 03:55:22 PM
Thanks.  I just accomplished more ;D
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:40:59 PM
~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~ for DR MichaelG!!!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:41:31 PM
Congratulations, DR Rodzinski, on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:41:53 PM
Thanks for letting us live through you vicariously, DR vixmom!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:42:37 PM
I have six sleeps until I have to go back to work!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:42:54 PM
I will be singing in the DH's church choir for services tomorrow night.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:43:37 PM
I'll be listening to the Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols tomorrow morning from King's College, Cambridge.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:44:12 PM
My DH's birthday is the 26th, and we've been invited to a dinner party to celebrate him.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 04:44:33 PM
Overall, looking forward to a nice string of pleasant and relaxing days.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:12:09 PM
I will be singing in the DH's church choir for services tomorrow night.

Enjoy your evening.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:12:51 PM
My DH's birthday is the 26th, and we've been invited to a dinner party to celebrate him.

This is nice.  Have a good evening celebrating him.
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Post by: Laura on December 23, 2025, 05:17:25 PM
Good evening.
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 05:19:24 PM
I will be singing in the DH's church choir for services tomorrow night.

That sounds wonderful, singdaw!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 05:20:15 PM
My DH's birthday is the 26th, and we've been invited to a dinner party to celebrate him.


Happy birthday week to your DH!
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Post by: Laura on December 23, 2025, 05:20:28 PM
Shopping done. Grandson played with.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:36:27 PM
Awww :)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:37:24 PM
I'm smiling from DR Laura's post, just as I am about to watch the 60 Minutes episode that CBS pulled.  I doubt I will be smiling after watching that.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:45:49 PM
Good news DR JANE.....continued health vibes for you.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:46:08 PM
DR singdaw you are becoming quite the social animal.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:47:11 PM
Just talked to an old longtime theeder friend.....or maybe I should say I listened to him....but it's always interesting to hear the stories.....AGAIN.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:48:37 PM
Did I say I bought two Powerball tickets today?

I think I did.

So in about 28 hours I could be a billionaire.....so nobody else needs to buy a ticket.
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:49:00 PM
Why is it so quiet?
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Post by: Jrand75 on December 23, 2025, 05:49:27 PM
Meet Me In St. Louis is on TCM right now......
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:54:27 PM
Good news DR JANE.....continued health vibes for you.

Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:54:45 PM
Just talked to an old longtime theeder friend.....or maybe I should say I listened to him....but it's always interesting to hear the stories.....AGAIN.

;D :)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:55:49 PM
FIVE!

(https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.828808532.2978/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u2.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 05:56:22 PM
Did I say I bought two Powerball tickets today?

I think I did.

So in about 28 hours I could be a billionaire.....so nobody else needs to buy a ticket.

Good luck!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 06:00:54 PM
FIVE!

(https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.828808532.2978/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u2.jpg)

That's a great one!
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Post by: Freddie on December 23, 2025, 06:01:51 PM
Just talked to an old longtime theeder friend.....or maybe I should say I listened to him....but it's always interesting to hear the stories.....AGAIN.



:)


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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2025, 06:13:01 PM
FIVE!


That's a great one!

Thank you.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 06:34:38 PM
TOD

The set for Redwood was very clever. It gave the feeling that you were actually in the forest
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 06:36:53 PM
That sounded like a perfect day, vixmom.

I wonder what went wrong.    :D

I lost my senior citizen reduced fare metrocard that had $24.75 left on it.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 06:46:28 PM
The set for 'Brooklyn Laundry' off Briadway last year was amazing. It revolved and moved between a Brooklyn laundromat,  a small NY apartment and a double wide trailer in Pennsylvania,  all of which looked authentic.

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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 06:46:43 PM
I have photos somewhere
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:13:39 PM
My - there's quite a lot going on in that page turn photo.        :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:14:25 PM
 :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:15:03 PM
What's the difference between Iron Man and Aluminum Man?
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:15:15 PM
Iron Man stops the bad guys.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:15:28 PM
Aluminum Man just foils their plans.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:17:54 PM
George, it was fun to hear about the sing-along you went to!

Thanks, Freddie!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:18:37 PM
And what a relief that nothing bad happened with that tilting tree!  Hoping a good tree stand can be doubt.

Ditto and Ditto!!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:28:04 PM
Good night, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:28:10 PM
And others.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2025, 07:28:39 PM
Good luck with the lottery, DR Jrand75!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:29:48 PM
DR George, I think the sing-along Messiah sounds like such fun, but I have some logistic questions:
    Is there an orchestra?
    Are there soloists?

Yes, and yes!  The orchestras were the combined Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (https://studentorchestras.org/).  Here's a link with info for the specific performance:

https://studentorchestras.org/event/messiah-sing-along/ (https://studentorchestras.org/event/messiah-sing-along/)
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:36:29 PM
I posted this picture last night

(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8184.0;attach=28190)

This was while they were warming up before the performance. :)

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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:37:02 PM
Here is one of the soloists:
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:37:19 PM
I think she was the soprano.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:37:44 PM
And here's the curtain call:
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:38:31 PM
The guy on the left (stage right) in the maroon jacket is the conductor.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:44:21 PM
The sN*wF*ll has already begun, so there's a dusting on everything. We're to get one to two inches between now and early afternoon.


I love that song... especially The Manhattan Transfer's version (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1vBmfWw2SKw).

;)
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:45:07 PM
That is indeed a wonderful painting, and I hope BK is successful in finding out who the recipients were.

Ditto and Ditto!! :D
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2025, 07:45:43 PM
Did I say I bought two Powerball tickets today?

I think I did.

So in about 28 hours I could be a billionaire.....so nobody else needs to buy a ticket.

I hope we picked the same numbers…you don’t mind sharing, d’ya?
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:45:59 PM
Wordle 1,648 2/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That's fantastic, Vixmom! ;D
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:48:40 PM
Today is the fifth anniversary of Rebecca Luker's death. This is my favorite live recording of her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yd5ga0G6Fs&list=RD9yd5ga0G6Fs&start_radio=1

That was lovely, Larry.  Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:50:03 PM
PAGE SIX REBECCA LUKER DANCE!!

(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/12/24/obituaries/00luker01/00luker01-superJumbo-v2.jpg)
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:50:48 PM
But the dinner party was a great success.

Very good news, Singdaw!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:51:29 PM
I enjoyed reading about DR VIXMOM's day and DR GEORGE's day.

Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:51:47 PM
Wordle 1,648 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Very good.

Thanks, Jane!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 07:52:12 PM
From yesterday:

Congrats on your Wordle scores, Kevin and Vixmom and Keith and Laura!


Thank you.

You're welcome!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:10:28 PM
Johnson City

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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:10:48 PM
Obviously that didn’t load right.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:11:13 PM
More lights
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:11:39 PM
A third view
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:12:36 PM
Today I'm taking my DIL and Grandson shopping. Should be a madhouse.

I would not want to shop today.  Good luck.

Today, Shelly and I went to Costco and had a hot dog (for her) and a calzone (for me).  Shelly wanted to get a 2-pack of flannel pajama bottoms that my sister wanted, but Costco was totally out of them.  Shelly picked out a pajama set instead.  Hopefully, my sister will like that. 
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:13:01 PM
Then we went to Fred Meyer for things that still we needed, then I dropped Shelly at home and went back to Fred Meyer for a couple of things that my sister needed and brought those to her. 
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:13:02 PM
Supposedly the lights are so dense, you can see them from outer space.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:13:34 PM
While there, I installed a new light fixture over her kitchen sink, but I forgot to take a picture. ::) Then, I finally came home and Shelly is baking chocolate chip cookies with walnuts!  One of my most favorites (but they're for Christmas day)! :D
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:14:09 PM
Supposedly the lights are so dense, you can see them from outer space.

Wow!  These are amazing, John!

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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:17:22 PM
Tony Walton's perfect set for Grand Hotel.
TOD: I'll go with the set for Sunday in the Park with George. Though I just saw the Broadway production on TV, that's the first time I really remember a set from a show.

I agree with both of these.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:17:48 PM
Happy Orr-Day!
Known also as Christmas Eve Eve.

Tomorrow is the birthday of my friend, Holly Eve!  And Christmas Day is my friend Noel's birthday! ;D
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:18:17 PM
Supposedly the lights are so dense, you can see them from outer space.

Wow!  This are amazing, John!

George, do you know how I can rotate that photo?
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:20:41 PM
My friend Steve and me

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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:21:30 PM
In a park in another part of the city
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:21:45 PM
Again, sorry.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:22:12 PM
And this says it all.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:28:18 PM
Congratulations, Rodzinski, on your marvelous millstone, passing post #14,000!

Super Ditto!!  And here's the preserved proof (just a few posts late ::) ):
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:31:22 PM
Congratulations, Rodzinski.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:31:29 PM
I spent many years at Actors Theater of Louisville as both patron and usher. Their sets were a wonderful mix of realistic and representational. For Morning’s at Seven, the kitchens had running water, plus realistic trees. For The Play’s the Thing, it was art deco sleekness, a chaise longue bathed in warm light. A Christmas Carol changed every year, my favorite incorporating a giant book through which the characters came to life.

Very cool!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:32:26 PM
Known also as Christmas Eve Eve.

Also the day I finally gave birth to a baby boy after four and a half days of labor pains.

Yikes!! :o
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:36:01 PM
Keith got Wordle in two :)

That's fantastic!  Congrats to Keith!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:38:59 PM
I actually slept last night making that the third night of sleep in a row.  As a result my energy returned today and my eyes are functioning fairly well.  Thus I am finishing all of the work I have left on my desk to complete.  It feels good to be functioning :)

That's great, Jane!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:39:57 PM
Let’s ditch this page
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:40:01 PM
My DH's birthday is the 26th, and we've been invited to a dinner party to celebrate him.

A Very Happy (early) Birthday to your DH!!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:40:08 PM
Uno mas!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:40:17 PM
Seven!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2025, 08:40:32 PM
Howdy, Rupert!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:41:03 PM
Did I say I bought two Powerball tickets today?

I think I did.

So in about 28 hours I could be a billionaire.....so nobody else needs to buy a ticket.

Good Luck, Jrand!!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:43:12 PM
FIVE!

(https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.828808532.2978/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u2.jpg)

Very cute!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:43:50 PM
That sounded like a perfect day, vixmom.

I wonder what went wrong.    :D

I lost my senior citizen reduced fare metrocard that had $24.75 left on it.

Oh, no! :(
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:53:32 PM
Supposedly the lights are so dense, you can see them from outer space.

Wow!  This are amazing, John!

George, do you know how I can rotate that photo?

I don't know why this happens. :-\
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:57:16 PM
I cropped it just a tiny bit.  Let me see it that makes a difference:
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 08:58:26 PM
That worked...weird
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:00:12 PM
My friend Steve and me

(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8185.0;attach=28203)

Great picture, John!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:03:08 PM
In a park in another part of the city

Cropping this worked, too.
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Post by: MichaelG on December 23, 2025, 09:04:08 PM
We’ve arrived in Baltimore. I saw Jay Kelly on this flight and enjoyed it much more than bk did.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:06:35 PM
Again, sorry.

It's all good.  When you click it tap on it, it orients correctly.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:07:15 PM
And this says it all.
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8185.0;attach=28207)

Very cool!
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Post by: MichaelG on December 23, 2025, 09:07:25 PM
I do agree with his hate for Netflix’s ridiculously limited theatrical releases. I would have loved to see this in a theater. But nowadays you blink and it’s gone, if it even plays nearby at all.
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Post by: MichaelG on December 23, 2025, 09:08:07 PM
Has anyone else here seen it yet?
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:27:33 PM
Well, I'd say I did half the cleanup but nothing got taken to the garage because I didn't feel like getting dressed to do so. I think it may have drizzled at some point.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:28:08 PM
I had a turkey sandwich for lunch, plus two small latkes.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:28:18 PM
That was a nice meal.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:29:01 PM
I couldn't take any more of The Long Walk, which should have been called The Long Walk and Endless Talk. That is all it is.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:30:18 PM
Gratuitous Post #200!!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:30:26 PM
Has anyone else here seen it yet?

Not I.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:31:01 PM
Instead I watched some satisfying pit maneuver videos - LA cops rarely get into it with speeding drivers, they're told to back off, to which I say NEVER EVER back off. Other drivers need the lights and sirens as a warning. But other states? They do not mess around and they will pit people going over 100 miles an hour if they think those people are endangering others.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:32:23 PM
Also watched more best of Graham Norton clips. I do wonder if he's ever had a guest on who was not having a great time and how he handled it. I read that Timothee Chalemet was on and completely embarrassing. I'll see if I can find that clip.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:32:46 PM
I'm truly sick of not feeling well.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:33:01 PM
You know, that lingering feeling.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:33:10 PM
My sister sent me a couple of pictures of her new light fixture.  Here it is with the light on:
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:33:13 PM
I want that happy feeling.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:34:11 PM
At around seven I began doing the tuna pasta salad. I don't know why it took until nine to finish but it did. Well, the pasta, once done, did have to cool down for thirty minutes.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:34:55 PM
Anyway, the two batches are done and in the refrigerator.  I had to throw out a bunch of stuff from the fridge that's been in there since the year One.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:35:14 PM
And here it is with the light off...and you can see a matching tabletop light in the bottom left corner:
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:35:32 PM
PAGE EIGHT NEW LIGHT FIXTURE DANCE!! ;D
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:37:04 PM
Listening to the marvelous Robert Russell Bennett violin concerto. We released the old mono radio broadcast performance, but I think this is its first actual recording and it's just great and comes paired with a Vernon Duke violin concerto. It's on Chandos.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:37:11 PM
Also watched more best of Graham Norton clips. I do wonder if he's ever had a guest on who was not having a great time and how he handled it. I read that Timothee Chalemet was on and completely embarrassing. I'll see if I can find that clip.

I haven't seen a lot of his interviews, but I've known about him for years, and I've never seen him with a bad interviewee.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:37:36 PM
Why am I sweating, for God's sake?
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 09:37:59 PM
I mean, I have the heat on but not that much.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2025, 09:38:26 PM
I'm truly sick of not feeling well.

~~~Continued Feel Better Vibes for BK!!~~~
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:09:05 PM
Evening and thank you all for your kind words on my new posting #!
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:10:42 PM
BK I’ve been enjoying “It Won’t Hurt to Try It.” Particularly the Georgie Fame version, which has my favorite vocal and arrangement of the ones I heard.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:17:22 PM
There used to be a chap in LA who ran tours of infamous spots around the city called the Find a Death Tours. I interviewed him once for a freelance thing, then TPunk and I went on one of his tours. Except nobody else signed up that day, so he just drive us around LA in his jeep. We tried to get into Paramount studios, and it worked. We just wandered around in there. Was kinda crazy. That was also the day we drive by Charo’s house as she was pulling out of her garage.


I’m only reminded of this because the guy had been Graham Norton’s significant other for a few years.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 10:18:55 PM
Congrats on giving birth today, Jane! (In the past)
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:48:25 PM
Slicing, dicing, and mincing done.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:48:36 PM
Listening to music all night.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:48:52 PM
The two violin concertos were wonderfully done.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:49:17 PM
Mincing the ten garlic cloves was the easiest and fastest it's ever been. Why?
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:50:20 PM
Because I've been watching a lot of YouTube food preparation videos and watched how they did it. And it worked splendidly. I never used to smash the cloves before dicing and mincing. Smashing is the secret.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2025, 10:50:29 PM
Who knew?
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 11:02:55 PM
I did not know.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 23, 2025, 11:59:09 PM
An hour has passed.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:00:57 AM
In a few minutes it will be the very Eve of Christmas.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:01:54 AM
Not to be confused with the very Eve of Arden.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:02:50 AM
Arden being one of three towns in Delaware founded on the principles of economist Henry George.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:04:38 AM
Henry George, buried in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. It is said his funeral procession had millions lining the streets from Grand Central Station to Park Slope Brooklyn.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:05:29 AM
Now virtually unknown by all except progressive land tax advocates.
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:08:58 AM
Will our posts be thus forgotten?
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:09:55 AM
As we bide our time in the quest for another page?
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:11:45 AM
Are these writings but tracings on the surface of the sea?
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:12:15 AM
It is now Christmas Eve.
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Post by: George on December 24, 2025, 12:14:32 AM
Because I've been watching a lot of YouTube food preparation videos and watched how they did it. And it worked splendidly. I never used to smash the cloves before dicing and mincing. Smashing is the secret.

Very cool!
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Post by: George on December 24, 2025, 12:15:44 AM
It is now Christmas Eve.

Merry Eve of Christmas to you, Rodzinski!
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:15:49 AM
That day of ritual. From the age of 8 onward, we would attend midnight mass on Christmas Eve, freezing in the Indiana cold. My four sisters and I, and my parents, in our wood-paneled station wagon, we’d go the mile or so to St. Mary’s church. Its steeple one of the tallest structures in Lake County.
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Post by: George on December 24, 2025, 12:15:55 AM
;D
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:16:44 AM
On the 8th page of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
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Post by: Rodzinski on December 24, 2025, 12:17:04 AM
Happy Christmas Eve, G!
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:29:51 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:00 AM
Up are new notes.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:07 AM
I've seen them.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:16 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:25 AM
I wrote them.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:46 AM
And it's Christmas Eve.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:30:59 AM
I believe.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:31:13 AM
I cleave.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:32:15 AM
Never grieve.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:32:48 AM
Tales we weave.
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Post by: bk on December 24, 2025, 12:33:07 AM
We achieve.