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Title: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 12:25:39 AM
Well, you've read the notes,, the notes spoke of Muse Margaret and the last batch of pages, and now it is time for you to post until the last batch of cows come home.
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Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 12:27:01 AM
And the word of the day is: ADEPT!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 12:49:37 AM
Wordle 1,692 6/6

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🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
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Damn rhymes! >:(
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 12:50:03 AM
But I got it!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 01:03:06 AM
Topic of the Day:  I do not know from El Pollo Loco.  The nearest one is in Kent, Washington, and I've never been to one. :-\
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:34:26 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:37:17 AM
I slept well. Whatever mental derangement that made me believe 6:00 to 8:00 PM was a morning tgimespanm clearly hit again last night. This morning, instead of ringing at 5:30AM, the alarm was set for 4:30. The cats and I were not amused. So, I reset the alatm and cuddled with Annabelle for an hour. It was a very cold night, and she was very happy to be buried in a pile of blankets.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:39:21 AM
Amazon Fresh arrives between 8:00 and 10:00 AM today. At 11:00 I have a session with Ben, my secnd British student. We will discuss his orchestration of the adagio from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 for string orchestra.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:40:53 AM
Topic of the Day:  I do not know from El Pollo Loco.  The nearest one is in Kent, Washington, and I've never been to one. :-\

Ditto!

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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:53:53 AM
DR George, thanks for the Follies link. Joshie assisted Jonathan Tunick on the orchestrations for that. Janie Dee plays Phyllis. In 2022, when I thought we had the money to record Jubilee, I cast her as the Queen. The cast at that time was as follows:
The King . . . . Nickolas Grace
The Queen . .  Janie Dee
The Prince  .  .  Nadim Maaman
The Princess . . . Annalene Beechey
Lord Wyndham  .  . John Molloy
Mowgli (Johnny Weissmuller) . . Jason Graae
Eva Standing (Elsa Maxwell) . . Kim Criswell
Karen O'Kane (Ginger Rogers)   Scarlett Strallen
Eric Dare (Noël Coward( . . Bryce Pinkham

I'd make a few changes if we were casting it now.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 03:56:26 AM
DR Rodzinski, I never knew Ricky Nelson recorded "Violets of Dawn"! That's by Eric Anderson, whose "Thirsty Boots" is one of my all-time favorite songs. I just listened to Nelson's recording. It's really good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgPqkf7LDI&list=RDMGgPqkf7LDI&start_radio=1
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Post by: Laura on February 05, 2026, 04:01:12 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on February 05, 2026, 04:02:12 AM
TOD: El Pollo Loco is delicious.
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 05:21:15 AM
I slept well. Whatever mental derangement that made me believe 6:00 to 8:00 PM was a morning tgimespanm clearly hit again last night. This morning, instead of ringing at 5:30AM, the alarm was set for 4:30. The cats and I were not amused. So, I reset the alatm and cuddled with Annabelle for an hour. It was a very cold night, and she was very happy to be buried in a pile of blankets.


As mistakes go, though, that's not a really bad one.  That's got to happen for many people (I hope).  I know I've accidentally scheduled 7 to 9 A.M. the next day deliveries thinking they were for 7 to 9 P.M. while placing the order - and only noticed when I got the confirmation email.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 05:35:16 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 05:36:09 AM
The site wasn't functioning for the five minutes or so I was just trying to log in. Seems okay now.

EDIT:  Seems it's not working for me only on Chrome, and only suddenly this morning. It's fine on Safari. I have to go back and forth with browsers quite often. Absolutely maddening.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 05:49:17 AM
TOD

Following years of ignoring it, I tried El Pollo Loco in 1987, liked it, and did takeout now and then over the next couple of years. I had moved to West Hollywood and went to the one in the then-rebuilt block at Sunset and La Brea, right on the corner. (Hard to believe, then and now, that that was the classic Tiny Naylor's spot. On Google Maps, their building is now standing vacant.) To my knowledge there are none around here, but I haven't looked it up.

Like DR Laura, I thought it was delicious. I don't remember a lot about it now, except for being especially crazy about their salsa which I dumped on everything.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 05:51:44 AM
I slept well. Whatever mental derangement that made me believe 6:00 to 8:00 PM was a morning tgimespanm clearly hit again last night. This morning, instead of ringing at 5:30AM, the alarm was set for 4:30. The cats and I were not amused. So, I reset the alatm and cuddled with Annabelle for an hour. It was a very cold night, and she was very happy to be buried in a pile of blankets.


As mistakes go, though, that's not a really bad one.  That's got to happen for many people (I hope).  I know I've accidentally scheduled 7 to 9 A.M. the next day deliveries thinking they were for 7 to 9 P.M. while placing the order - and only noticed when I got the confirmation email.

Yes, I'm frequently bad about remembering to make sure the AM and PM are correct when setting something. It's a thing.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 05:55:41 AM
Back to El Pollo Loco, I wonder why Sunset and La Brea would have stopped working for them as a location, and how long ago that happened. The Google street view of it being vacant is dated Sept 2025.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 06:06:34 AM
Today is Kristi's birthday* and I got stuff to do, so that's it for me for now. Later!

*The Andromeda Strain film starts with an opening caption of February 5, 1971, her birth year and everything, a thing she's always gotten a kick out of.
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:29:29 AM
Happy Birthday to Kristi!
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:29:43 AM
Great notes on many subjects.
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:30:29 AM
I enjoyed CC on SNL and in a couple of movies....but he's not much fun to watch anymore.....for me.

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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:31:52 AM
It's like ABC that keeps trying to make Joel McHale happen.

He was the perfect host for Talk Soup all those years ago.

Since then....not so much....for me. And his toupee couldn't be more obvious - or maybe it's a transplant.
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:32:24 AM
I enjoyed reading about Muse Margaret's comments on the new FINISHED book.
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 06:32:30 AM
Today is Kristi's birthday* and I got stuff to do, so that's it for me for now. Later!

*The Andromeda Strain film starts with an opening caption of February 5, 1971, her birth year and everything, a thing she's always gotten a kick out of.


Happy birthday, Kristi!
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 06:33:32 AM
It is 20 degrees here with a feels like of 24 degrees.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:02:47 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:03:06 AM
Job vibes for the Rodzes.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:03:22 AM
Happy birthday, Kristi.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:03:38 AM
Two!
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:03:58 AM
Hello, 0 guests!
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:06:36 AM
I tried El Pollo Loco once or twice and really liked it. Like ChasSmith, the salsa had definite appeal. The price was also reasonable. But … none of the locations are along one of my paths, so out of sight really is out of mind.
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:10:20 AM
Thanks for the kind thoughts, kind folks.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 07:12:01 AM
Thanks for the kind thoughts, kind folks.

AND ANOTHER.

Kind thought, that is.

Not a pleasant situation to be dealing with, some of us know well.
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 07:13:44 AM
Thanks for the kind thoughts, kind folks.


Adding job vibes from us, too.
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:15:53 AM
Right Elmore. Ricky gives a nice little shout out to Eric in that live clip.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 07:16:38 AM
I have no knowledge of Koo Koo Roo that BK also mentioned.

I see it was started in the year before I left L.A., so I would probably have seen the one near Beverly Center if it was there at that time, but I really don't remember knowing about it at all.

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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:17:20 AM
I’m just looking for the evenin’, the morning in your eyes.
–Thirsty Boots
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:20:21 AM
Thank you fellas. There’s a local paper down in Bellingham looking for someone. I wrote a note to the owner to see how remote the gig could be. I live in the same county, but obviously, separated by another country. Be a lateral move, but just keeping options open.
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:23:58 AM
My publisher thinks the COO’s departure was just a personality clash between him and the CEO. So maybe not a dire signal overall. Still… nobody really in charge at the moment.
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 07:24:44 AM
I’ve never knowingly tried El Pollo Loco.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 07:41:29 AM
Today is Kristi's birthday* and I got stuff to do, so that's it for me for now. Later!

*The Andromeda Strain film starts with an opening caption of February 5, 1971, her birth year and everything, a thing she's always gotten a kick out of.


Happy birthday, Kristi!

Ditto!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 07:43:13 AM
And now DR Rodzinski's avatar has vanished along with DR Laura's.
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 07:44:16 AM
I enjoyed the Rick Nelson song and info from DR RODZINSKI and DR ELMORE.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 07:48:26 AM
Amazon Fresh arrived around 8:45. Most of the bread items were crushed from beiing jammed into bags with heavy items like cans and a bag of onions while other bags were half empty. The packagers are idiots. I detest Jeff Bezos and wish I could avoid ordering from Amazon, but Amazon's my only source for grocery deliveries.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 05, 2026, 07:56:27 AM
That song is indeed nice!

I haven't kept up with the Nelsons much in recent years, but it's always great to be reminded of them.

My one time to see any of them was when I was eating lunch one day at the Magic Pan in Beverly Hills, late 1970s, and Harriet and David were at the next table, going over some papers while eating. And no one was bothering them. I miss those days.

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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 08:53:13 AM
From DR Rodzinski,

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My fave Ricky Nelson lately is from his Live at the Troubadour album from 1969.
Violets of Dawn.

Thank you for the link.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 08:58:07 AM
from DR John,

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I’m listening to The Heart’s Invisible Furies for the second time. I’m really loving it. It’s like a gay Dickens in a more recent past.

I read this in 2020.  I do not recall thinking it was like a gay Dickens ;D
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:01:10 AM
Wordle 1,692 6/6

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Damn rhymes! >:(

Whew!
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:01:20 AM
But I got it!

Yay!
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:04:00 AM
Today is Kristi's birthday* and I got stuff to do, so that's it for me for now. Later!

*The Andromeda Strain film starts with an opening caption of February 5, 1971, her birth year and everything, a thing she's always gotten a kick out of.

Fun regarding Andromeda Strain.

Happy Birthday Kristi!
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:04:24 AM
I don't believe I have ever eaten at El Pollo Loco .
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:05:41 AM
Thanks for the kind thoughts, kind folks.

You are in a scary situation which we hope works out well for you.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:08:38 AM
That song is indeed nice!

I haven't kept up with the Nelsons much in recent years, but it's always great to be reminded of them.

My one time to see any of them was when I was eating lunch one day at the Magic Pan in Beverly Hills, late 1970s, and Harriet and Dave were at the next table, going over some papers while eating. And no one was bothering them. I miss those days.


So many stars to see growing up in LA.  I never saw the Nelson's.
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 09:18:44 AM
DR George, thanks for the Follies link. Joshie assisted Jonathan Tunick on the orchestrations for that. Janie Dee plays Phyllis. In 2022, when I thought we had the money to record Jubilee, I cast her as the Queen. The cast at that time was as follows:
The King . . . . Nickolas Grace
The Queen . .  Janie Dee
The Prince  .  .  Nadim Maaman
The Princess . . . Annalene Beechey
Lord Wyndham  .  . John Molloy
Mowgli (Johnny Weissmuller) . . Jason Graae
Eva Standing (Elsa Maxwell) . . Kim Criswell
Karen O'Kane (Ginger Rogers)
Eric Dare (Noël Coward( . . Bryce Pinkham

I'd make a few changes if we were casting it now.

That's really cool, Larry!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 09:20:38 AM
Today is Kristi's birthday* and I got stuff to do, so that's it for me for now. Later!

*The Andromeda Strain film starts with an opening caption of February 5, 1971, her birth year and everything, a thing she's always gotten a kick out of.

A Very Happy Birthday to Kristi!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 09:25:59 AM
Wordle 1,692 6/6

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🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Damn rhymes! >:(

Whew!

Yet again! :)
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 09:26:27 AM
But I got it!

Yay!

Thanks, Jane!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 09:28:53 AM
DR George, thanks for the Follies link. Joshie assisted Jonathan Tunick on the orchestrations for that. Janie Dee plays Phyllis. In 2022, when I thought we had the money to record Jubilee, I cast her as the Queen. The cast at that time was as follows:
The King . . . . Nickolas Grace
The Queen . .  Janie Dee
The Prince  .  .  Nadim Maaman
The Princess . . . Annalene Beechey
Lord Wyndham  .  . John Molloy
Mowgli (Johnny Weissmuller) . . Jason Graae
Eva Standing (Elsa Maxwell) . . Kim Criswell
Karen O'Kane (Ginger Rogers)
Eric Dare (Noël Coward( . . Bryce Pinkham

I'd make a few changes if we were casting it now.

That's really cool, Larry!

I left Scarlett Strallen off as Karen O'Kane!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 09:29:00 AM
And now that we're so close...PAGE THREE OZZIE AND HARRIET DANCE!!

(https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/film/199564/image-w1504_overlaid.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:34:28 AM
But I got it!

Yay!

Thanks, Jane!

You are welcome.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:34:51 AM
And now that we're so close...PAGE THREE OZZIE AND HARRIET DANCE!!


:)
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:35:37 AM
We watched the series a few years ago and enjoyed it as much as we did way back when.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 09:36:03 AM
The second time around I didn't have a major crush on Ricky ;D
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 09:37:42 AM
The second time around I didn't have a major crush on Ricky ;D

:)


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Post by: Michael on February 05, 2026, 10:13:39 AM
Good afternoon to all
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Post by: Michael on February 05, 2026, 10:14:58 AM
DR George, thanks for the Follies link. Joshie assisted Jonathan Tunick on the orchestrations for that. Janie Dee plays Phyllis. In 2022, when I thought we had the money to record Jubilee, I cast her as the Queen. The cast at that time was as follows:
The King . . . . Nickolas Grace
The Queen . .  Janie Dee
The Prince  .  .  Nadim Maaman
The Princess . . . Annalene Beechey
Lord Wyndham  .  . John Molloy
Mowgli (Johnny Weissmuller) . . Jason Graae
Eva Standing (Elsa Maxwell) . . Kim Criswell
Karen O'Kane (Ginger Rogers)   Scarlett Strallen
Eric Dare (Noël Coward( . . Bryce Pinkham

I'd make a few changes if we were casting it now.

Jason was a great choice. He looks so much like Johnny Weissmuller 😁
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2026, 10:49:21 AM
DR George, thanks for the Follies link. Joshie assisted Jonathan Tunick on the orchestrations for that. Janie Dee plays Phyllis. In 2022, when I thought we had the money to record Jubilee, I cast her as the Queen. The cast at that time was as follows:
The King . . . . Nickolas Grace
The Queen . .  Janie Dee
The Prince  .  .  Nadim Maaman
The Princess . . . Annalene Beechey
Lord Wyndham  .  . John Molloy
Mowgli (Johnny Weissmuller) . . Jason Graae
Eva Standing (Elsa Maxwell) . . Kim Criswell
Karen O'Kane (Ginger Rogers)   Scarlett Strallen
Eric Dare (Noël Coward( . . Bryce Pinkham

I'd make a few changes if we were casting it now.

Jason was a great choice. He looks so much like Johnny Weissmuller 😁

It was for a recording, for God's sake! Jesus!
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 12:01:34 PM
I've never cooked an artichoke in the microwave before.  I'm going to do so today and hope it is fine.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 12:02:53 PM
When we moved here we left the pot I used for artichoke behind not realizing the pots we had weren't good for artichokes. 
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 12:38:20 PM
Harriett wasn’t very kind to Rick’s girlfriend who perished in the plane crash with him, in life or after her death, apparently, but who knows the deal.
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Post by: Rodzinski on February 05, 2026, 12:42:24 PM
I won’t comment on avatars till BK says all that needs to be done is done, except to say that people’s avatars have been coming and going for me, like Avatar Grand Hotel.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 01:05:33 PM
Harriett wasn’t very kind to Rick’s girlfriend who perished in the plane crash with him, in life or after her death, apparently, but who knows the deal.

If she was also using drugs I can understand that. 
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 01:05:46 PM
I won’t comment on avatars till BK says all that needs to be done is done, except to say that people’s avatars have been coming and going for me, like Avatar Grand Hotel.

;D
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 01:06:03 PM
I am only missing DR Laura's avatar.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 01:06:51 PM
I'm reading about Helen Blair now.  She was very cute.  She looked very young.
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 01:13:16 PM
I am only missing DR Laura's avatar.


If we're reporting on avatars: So far in today's posts, I'm missing the avatars for Michael, John G, ChasSmith and Laura.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 01:16:03 PM
It is interesting how we are missing, or not missing, different avatars. 
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 01:22:08 PM
Also, mentioning our avatar lists adds to the posts, which is a worthy goal. :)
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Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 01:57:49 PM
I'm up, I'm up - probably six or seven hours of sleep - hard to know. Was up at seven again, went back to bed at nine and got up at 12;45 just as food arrived and was a completely wrong order. They put the wrong thing in my bag - got a refund, which with Postmates is way too hard, I ordered again and called the restaurant to make sure they did it right, then it wouldn't apply the refund to use for the order because they're app based and I do this on my computer, so I had to use the app and that's not easy either. I think despite the 40% off coupons, I shall not use them again.
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Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 01:58:26 PM
Obviously I have not begun proofing. I will now, although I need new readers - these are NOT doing the job anymore.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 02:12:39 PM
Up from a nap.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 02:17:03 PM
from DR John,

Quote
I’m listening to The Heart’s Invisible Furies for the second time. I’m really loving it. It’s like a gay Dickens in a more recent past.

I read this in 2020.  I do not recall thinking it was like a gay Dickens ;D

John Irving, Galsworthy and Forster are other obvious connections.

Dickens is the whole illegitimate/parentless child who has a picaresque life and encounters with fantastic characters.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 02:27:58 PM
Also, mentioning our avatar lists adds to the posts, which is a worthy goal. :)

True ;)
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 02:28:53 PM
I'm up, I'm up - probably six or seven hours of sleep - hard to know. Was up at seven again, went back to bed at nine and got up at 12;45 just as food arrived and was a completely wrong order. They put the wrong thing in my bag - got a refund, which with Postmates is way too hard, I ordered again and called the restaurant to make sure they did it right, then it wouldn't apply the refund to use for the order because they're app based and I do this on my computer, so I had to use the app and that's not easy either. I think despite the 40% off coupons, I shall not use them again.

It does not sound worth the discount, unless the food is amazing.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 02:34:37 PM
from DR John,

Quote
I’m listening to The Heart’s Invisible Furies for the second time. I’m really loving it. It’s like a gay Dickens in a more recent past.

I read this in 2020.  I do not recall thinking it was like a gay Dickens ;D

Dickens is the whole illegitimate/parentless child who has a picaresque life and encounters with fantastic characters.

I do see it, I just didn't think it at the time.  I'm tempted to read it again.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 02:35:40 PM
from DR John,

Quote
I’m listening to The Heart’s Invisible Furies for the second time. I’m really loving it. It’s like a gay Dickens in a more recent past.

I read this in 2020.  I do not recall thinking it was like a gay Dickens ;D

John Irving, Galsworthy and Forster are other obvious connections.


I've not read Galsworthy or Forster and don't know any of these connections.  It is interesting to know that you made them.
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 03:13:56 PM
Harriett wasn’t very kind to Rick’s girlfriend who perished in the plane crash with him, in life or after her death, apparently, but who knows the deal.

Oh, my. :-\
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 03:18:13 PM
I'm up, I'm up - probably six or seven hours of sleep - hard to know. Was up at seven again, went back to bed at nine and got up at 12;45 just as food arrived and was a completely wrong order. They put the wrong thing in my bag - got a refund, which with Postmates is way too hard, I ordered again and called the restaurant to make sure they did it right, then it wouldn't apply the refund to use for the order because they're app based and I do this on my computer, so I had to use the app and that's not easy either. I think despite the 40% off coupons, I shall not use them again.

That's too bad. :P
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 03:27:53 PM
I remember in my wild youth reading a collection of film columns by a particular writer - Cruising The Movies - in one particular article the writer was obsessed by David Nelson's appearance in THE BI CIRCUS.

It is very amusing.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 03:28:07 PM
Page Four.
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 03:28:23 PM
I do not know from El Pollo Loco.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 03:29:52 PM
I think I have written about the David Nelson interview in which he was asked "What is the difference between your life at home and your life on television?"

And David replied: "On television my mother knows where the kitchen is."
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Post by: Jrand75 on February 05, 2026, 03:30:08 PM
I have decided to work on my taxes.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 03:44:55 PM
I remember in my wild youth reading a collection of film columns by a particular writer - Cruising The Movies - in one particular article the writer was obsessed by David Nelson's appearance in THE BI CIRCUS.

It is very amusing.

Funny, it really was something at the time to see him in the role.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 03:46:55 PM
I think I have written about the David Nelson interview in which he was asked "What is the difference between your life at home and your life on television?"

And David replied: "On television my mother knows where the kitchen is."

I remember reading that.  Watching the series as an adult I appreciated David, and his humor, more.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 03:47:09 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 04:09:26 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.

Congrats to Keith!
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 04:31:02 PM
Thanks.
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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 04:35:38 PM
Amazon has pulled all screenings of  ‘Melania’ at a Portland cinema because they didn’t like the marquee.

(https://scontent.fhio2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/627689432_1294183979405739_2891903322063905207_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=bUgshbEtni4Q7kNvwGEpX9o&_nc_oc=AdnINS3gckI8zgnem5M-upIogGdOs2uNcS1SLwY-DFaL8zBPg0qxq8jXvgwG5d2ffyzfI8MGLHHAe3rlGZRnU7zZ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio2-2.fna&_nc_gid=cHxD-7e6x2R2qkEtNxJ8Wg&oh=00_AfvpXD5yOCuo9u7QENgjZU_iQIToeZYdbjnLR267a-4fpA&oe=698AF173)

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Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 04:37:40 PM
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Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:22:39 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:23:04 PM
Thanks for yesterday's comments, DRs Jane and George!
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Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:23:29 PM
Wordle 1,692 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Damn rhymes! >:(


Yep.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:24:01 PM
My Wordle:  5/6
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:26:32 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.



Great!
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Post by: KevinH on February 05, 2026, 05:27:40 PM
Happy Birthday to Kristi!
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 05:44:24 PM
Thanks for yesterday's comments, DRs Jane and George!

You are welcome.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2026, 05:44:40 PM
My Wordle:  5/6

Good.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 05:50:49 PM
Correct food arrived and was good.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 05:52:00 PM
Managed to proof almost fifty pages - going slow, catching typos, cutting extra words that don't need to be there, that sort of thing. Nothing really egregious so far - and excising on sentence because I changed my mind about something later in the book.
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Post by: Freddie on February 05, 2026, 06:21:51 PM
We watched the first episode of the new season of THE LINCOLN LAWYER.  We'll stop at one episode tonight, even though they've released all ten episodes at once. 

Tomorrow we'll watch THE PITT, then maybe episode 2 of LINCOLN LAWYER - to spread LINCOLN LAWYER out a bit.  But we've seen that we never know when the urge to binge could happen.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 07:38:47 PM
from DR John,

Quote
I’m listening to The Heart’s Invisible Furies for the second time. I’m really loving it. It’s like a gay Dickens in a more recent past.

I read this in 2020.  I do not recall thinking it was like a gay Dickens ;D

John Irving, Galsworthy and Forster are other obvious connections.

Dickens is the whole illegitimate/parentless child who has a picaresque life and encounters with fantastic characters.

Think Oliver Twist, Hard Times, Nicholas Nickleby and David Copperfield.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:21:45 PM
I started a book called Code Name: Pale Horse about an undercover FBI agent who investigates Nazi groups.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:22:14 PM
Enjoying it so far.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:22:42 PM
He just mentioned San Antonio.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:23:09 PM
But Morpheus is calling.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:23:36 PM
Let's ditch this page first.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:23:46 PM
In one.
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:23:56 PM
Five!
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Post by: John G. on February 05, 2026, 08:24:06 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 05, 2026, 09:15:22 PM
Very sleepy - dozing mostly since seven. Will do more proofing but boy do I need something sweet right now.
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Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:21:58 PM
TOD: There's an El Pollo Loco near me, but I only went once because it was just alright and we have better options in the neighborhood.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:23:14 PM
I'm now scanning in the programs where I performed, starting from my trumpet days and just now starting with my vocal performances. First up were the student recitals that my teachers put on at Longy back in pre-Bard days where there was a great community program.
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Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:24:52 PM
In one of the recitals I saw that my rendition of Lonely House was then followed by She Touched Me from Drat! The Cat! I hadn't realized I had heard anything from that score before bk directed it.
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Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:26:41 PM
My very first recital song after taking about a year of lessons was Severin's revenge aria from Der Silbersee. Clearly my teacher was in the mode of "let them sing what they want to sing, it'll motivate them," though at least it's not ridiculously rangy or anything. I expect I did it in English; my German wouldn't have been very good then.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:27:34 PM
Der Silbersee was my introduction to performing Weill when we did the suite in my college orchestra.
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Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:28:09 PM
So I'm thrilled to be finally seeing it on stage next month when Chicago Opera Theater does it.
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Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:28:30 PM
Hope all is well with folks this evening. Vibes to those who need it.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:30:04 PM
Every so often I get a message when accessing the forums that it can't make a secure connection. When that happens I don't try to get it, I just wait a couple hours and it usually goes away, like it did now. I imagine this is part of the still-to-be-done updates for the forum that will then let them secure the site, but I wanted to mention it just in case.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: MichaelG on February 05, 2026, 09:32:24 PM
Back to scanning. What did I do on those programs 30 years ago? Oh look, one number I still audition on, and another that I might audition on next year if they want songs from the show (which that company sometimes does).
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 10:19:33 PM
Amazon has pulled all screenings of  ‘Melania’ at a Portland cinema because they didn’t like the marquee.

(https://scontent.fhio2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/627689432_1294183979405739_2891903322063905207_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=bUgshbEtni4Q7kNvwGEpX9o&_nc_oc=AdnINS3gckI8zgnem5M-upIogGdOs2uNcS1SLwY-DFaL8zBPg0qxq8jXvgwG5d2ffyzfI8MGLHHAe3rlGZRnU7zZ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio2-2.fna&_nc_gid=cHxD-7e6x2R2qkEtNxJ8Wg&oh=00_AfvpXD5yOCuo9u7QENgjZU_iQIToeZYdbjnLR267a-4fpA&oe=698AF173)



:))
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Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 10:19:56 PM
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;D
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 10:22:53 PM
Thanks for yesterday's comments, DRs Jane and George!

You're welcome, Kevin!
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: George on February 05, 2026, 10:23:10 PM
My Wordle:  5/6

Good for you!
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:13:54 AM
Again with the page five.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:14:17 AM
Where has everyone disappeared to that we cannot get past page five these days?
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:14:30 AM
We need clarity.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:14:38 AM
Not disparity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:14:46 AM
Not sweet charity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:14:54 AM
We need parity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:15:03 AM
And hilarity.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:15:40 AM
And verity.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:15:49 AM
The word verity is a rarity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:16:14 AM
Some austerity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:16:23 AM
No barbarity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:16:47 AM
Some celerity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:17:12 AM
And angularity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:17:38 AM
Some dexterity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:18:17 AM
Some vulgarity.
Title: Re: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES
Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:19:15 AM
Don't have the temerity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:19:35 AM
Solidarity.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:01 AM
That was semi-fun.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:10 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:21 AM
Up are new notes.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:28 AM
I've seen them.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:34 AM
I've read them.
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Post by: bk on February 06, 2026, 12:20:42 AM
I wrote them.