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Yup. kansas will put up a diary for the book discussion.
(yawn)
(looking around dazedly)
Good morning?
Good morning, maryb. How was the symphony?
That was weird. I’m sure I’ve never been in the cafe this early and no one was here AND nobody had been here (except Froggybottom).
The symphony was excellent. So good, in fact, that we decided to all go out after to talk about it. Which is unusual. We just go home.
We just go home USUALLY I meant to say — so you didn’t think I meant I just GOT home.
That’s funny I WAS thinking that you meant you just got home and I was thinking it must have been some symphony that you talked about it all night.
I don’t usually fix typos but when I looked at that, I realized it could be taken two ways. Maybe I should have left it and let you think I was some kind of wild woman.
No chance of that. Symphony=wild woman?
I thought it was groceries = wild woman?
LOL
I actually got home about 11:30 but everything looked dark at the cafe. So I just read comments and went to bed.
It sounds like you had a wonderful time. That’s good.
I opened up the cafe and hung around for awhile but nobody showed up 🙁 It was very boring, even for someone as excitement-impaired as me.
How were the two pieces you weren’t familiar with?
The first was a short a cappella choral piece written during the rennaissance as an homage to the composer’s close friend and teacher who had died. The second was a twentieth century Hungarian (I think) work written as a meditation on the death of a close friend. Robertson asked for no applause between the works to that they could be taken as a whole. Then after intermission was Mozart’s Requiem with full chorus (the a cappella piece was a small group). So it all fit together perfectly.
And I now officially have a HUGE crush on Robertson (along with the rest of the city). He was magnificent.
Good Morning Everyone
It’s cold down here, 28 degrees, which I think would be cold enough for anybody.
How has everybody been doing?
Good morning. It’s cold up here today, but I’m not sure the temperature. In the 20’s.
How’s the coffee weaning thing going?
It’s cold here too, and soggy after yesterday’s rain, but the sun is out now and it looks very pretty and fresh.
OK sor far. A few headaches, but nothing major. Thanks for asking.
BTW how was the symphony?
I’m sorry I just read up thread where you said it was excellent.
Good morning all,
It finally stopped raining here and the wind is calm.
Today is tax day for me. Have an appointment at 12:00 to get them done. I used to do them myself for years but finally gave in and let someone else do it.
So today is Superbowl day and I can’t give a flying you know what either way. I told Susanhu I’d root for her team, what was I thinking? When you don’t have a team in the game you have to go down the secondary list of reasons to root for one or the other. Pretty juvenile actually ;o) So I realized that my super arrogant ex father in law is a Seahawks fan and for this reason alone I should root for Pittsburgh but then there’s the Susanhu problem. Too many complicated ;o) questions for Sunday.
I will be putting together a monster pot of Chili today though and that is always reason to be happy. Real chili, not that weird stuff you find that has everything but eggplant in it. Reminds me of when I went to Michigan to a race boat factory to paint a local customer’s new boat. My helper and I were there for two weeks and the whole time we were dying for real food. We ordered chili one day and they brought us this stuff that had corn and celery and all kinds of wierd shit in it. The other thing was it was impossible to find a real cup of coffe anywhere with real milk or cream. We were so happy when we got back to Chicago for our flight home to NY just for the simple pleasure of a decent cup of coffee.
Strange
You mean you don’t put egg plant in your chili?
Here’s your answer–just root for SusanHu. I’ll join you. We won’t watch the game, but we’ll watch her watching it, and when she looks happy, we’ll cheer, and when she looks downcast, we’ll boo the refs.
Go, Susan!!!
Ditto.
Well that could work if there were a way to actually get a look at her ;o)
Not to worry. I feel pretty sure that all we’ll have to do is read her diaries and comments today. 🙂
I hate to cut and run, but I’ve gotten my two cups of coffee now, and I’ve got to get started while the energy is there.
Everybody have a good day in the pond.
You too and hey…..
be careful out there.
Cue the Hill Street Blues theme music.
I’m a terrible sports fan. Strictly fair weather and celebrity-driven. I’ll follow my own winning team, but the hell with it if it’s losing. I’ll watch golf play-offs if Tiger Woods is in them. Sometimes I check the pro basketball stats to see how my favorite former college players are doing. (Go, Paul Pierce!) I loved soccer, but really only when my son was playing it.
So, except for cheering for SusanHu, I’m free today! It makes this a great day to go anywhere there might usually be crowds.
I’ve pretty well stopped watching pro sports. But I still like watching most college sports (especially volleyball) and the Olympics (though I’d like them a lot more if we could just get rid of the jingoism and all the “up close and personal” stories).
I agree. I miss the days when the Olympics was just hours and hours of sports and there was time to show the atheletes who never had a chance of winning but were just excited to be there.
Although… some coverage is OK. NYTimes Magazine this weekend has a scrumptious picture of Bode Miller.
I slept in — until almost 9am!!
Did I miss the coffee?
Don’t forget to Eat 4 Today — Even on a Super Day!
Share tips whether you’ve made The Commitment, or Just 4 Today.
Hey, all — good morning! Lovely to see you, as always. Yet another incredibly damp, dismal, morose Catskills day. I swear to you, the next time I see the sun it’ll seem like the day of Rapture.
This is an ‘absolutely MUST’ chores day for me, so I’m sure I won’t be here for long.
Superbowl? Whatever 😉
Hi WW. It’s been kind of quiet in the cafe this morning. Super Bowl preparations probably.
If the rapture does come I will be justified in my suspicion that W is the anti-christ.
No doubt! (Though for my money we’ve already got plenty of justification.)
Seems like you had an enjoyable time last night.
It was great. I don’t know why I forget how much I like the symphony between the times I go. I think because our last conductor was a big fan of Bruckner — and I just find all that german music to be tedious. Wagner, Bruckner. I like Beethoven, but really, how much Beethoven can you listen to in one season. And I grew up musically in the Leonard Slatkin era — so I was used to hearing 20th century symphonic music. I didn’t realize how much I had missed it until last night.
I will now quit babbling.
Babble on dear. It’s hard for me to think in the echoing quiet.
LURKER!
You’re certainly not babbling, dear. Me, I’m always interested to hear about experiences that aren’t common to me. I’d definitely spend more time at the symphony if I were you. I’d also avoid the Germanic (even if I were me).
Endless repetition of Republican talking points by well-coifed media puppet-heads? Now that’s babbling 😉
I’m getting paranoid that both you and Katiebird are calling me dear — like I’m a psychiatric patient who must be humored at all costs — or I will inflict classical music criticism on the world unless I am restrained!!!!!!
I wouldn’t worry too much till they start calling you “deer” (think ‘headlights’).
LOL
Btw, mb, may have to come back at you to pick your brain on classical music vocab (have a big music section coming up here in this translation project….). It’s ‘deer meet headlights’ for me on that score!
Happy to help if I can. And if I don’t know the answer I’ll just make it up.
No, no, no …… no “yes dear”s.
o dear.
and on that note….I better get back to work here.
i’ll pass out a round of 4s here (and will logout, yes, l.o.g.o.u.t. without hitting ‘recent comments’ again, yaknow, one more time for the road….)
[she saunters upthread….mumbling, nomorerecentcomments, nomorerecentcomments,nomorerecentcomments,uhavework2do, uhavework2do,uhavework2do, l.o.g.o.u.t.., l.o.g.o.u.t. , l.o.g.o.u.t. ]
My name is Stark, and I am an Internet Addict.
God grant me the temerity to change the things I cannot accept. –Stark
I copied the idea from someone, I don’t remember who. I just thought it sounded soothing.
uh huh
Not that I’d mind your music criticism, maryb — but I’ll certainly avoid calling you ‘dear’ if it’s annoying. It’s a habit I have with folks I feel akin to (plus, I’ve recently become an honorary gay male).
No, its not annoying. It was just the two “dears” in a row, especially from Katiebird who has never “deared” me before, that freaked me out.
If you ask me, bubbeleh, such freaking out is a direct result of staying out late, getting up early and not taking an afternoon nap.
11:30 is late only in the universe of the Geriatric Bloggers. 7:30 isn’t particularly early. But I will concede you the nap.
(anxiously) It was KANSAS who first said the whole Geriatric Bloggers thing.
I didn’t mean you particularly.
Some people are just morning people.
Please come back?
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Perhaps a cold shower is in order. :{)
Peace
and MS NDD is asking me, “Are you OK in there?”
cold shower, ha ha ha
Hijacked her computer did you?
you should have seen the wrestling match that settled the question of who got the last remaining computer in the hacienda.
In case you missed it. The definitive ROFLMAO moment.
Peace
Isn’t it AMAZING how the spycam caught me in FULL makeup. Just like Paris Hilton, I’m telling you.
link?
Peace
Of course I thought you were talking about me because 1) I thought kansas was talking about me when she brought up though the geriatric bloggers and 2) I always think everybody is talking about me.
Please come back
Shit, I must be more geriatric than I realized — I didn’t even know I’d gone anywhere to come back from.
🙂
I’m always struck how much difference the conductor makes. Jim and I had season tickets for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for many years and even though it was over a hour drive each way, we always felt it was worth it — until they changed conductors. We went from one who was all verve and energy and joy (there was a concert where they did Carmina Burana and Symphonie Fantastique that was one exciting concerts of any kind I have ever been to) to one who was all techinical excellence and precision. Critics kept saying how much better the ISO was but we found it boring and realized we treated each concert as a chore.
That’s what happened here. Under Slatkin the symphony was exciting. Then he left. I can honestly say that under the new conductor the orchestra sounded technically better than it ever had. But they played like automatons. No real feeling. It became a chore to go so I stopped. Then he got sick and left and we’ve been leaderless for a year. Now we’ve got Robertson and he IS exciting. When they announced his selection the NYTimes ran a story that said “lucky St. Louis” and now I understand why. I may have to rethink subscriptions again.
Goodday all, sounds like you are all busy thinking about the game or thinking about not thinking about the game.
My daughter who is not a football watcher or a fan was upset her husband was going camping this weekend and missing the game…go figure!!!!
All I want to do today is shopping, like Target maybe, so here’s hoping daughter will find time to take me today.
It’s a little chilly and gloomy here in Socal…
Hey super, how you doin…..are you still coming to Cal.
Seems to me like your daughter should do a little more camping! 😉
Naturally, though, she should take you shopping first. (Here’s hoping as well.)
Well it seems the camping is a guys only thing with my son, (her brother) and motorcycles plus she is pregnant. lol
I think it’s the best thing for this cloned couple to have their apart time, in earlier times you couldn’t pry them apart.
Absolutely agreed on ‘apart time’, diane — or we tend to lose sight of where we end & our partners begin.
Afternoon/morning Diane,
I’m well thanks. I’m making a good American attempt at a family Superbowl get together, pathetic as that sounds when I read it.
I decided to make Tacos, blackbeans and spanish rice. I’m a nut in the kitchen when I can get into it. I have a question about the difference between male and female cooks. Do all women trash the kitchen when they cook a meal? In my house it looks like a tornado hit the kitchen after my wife is through with it. Me, I clean as I go and try to keep things orderly. Unless I’m making brownies with my little Allie then watch out! Chocolate everywhere ;o)
And yes, I’m still coming to SD in March. You think I’d miss a threesome hug with you and Shirl?
Aww hell no ;o)
Hey there, supersoling! Sounds to me like you’re getting set for a wonderful day: home, food, family. What could be better?
Btw, I can only speak for myself, but I manage to trash the kitchen whether I’m cooking or not 😉
Afternoon Ms. Wench ;o)
As with most things, it sounds better than it might actually be but that’s cool too.
What could be better? Hmmm…….Sailing in the Wednesday night race around Robin’s Island in New Suffolk on a balmy summer evening ;o)
Yeah…that’s it.
I can certainly understand that feeling very well! Bear in mind, though, that you’re dealing with a lunar crab here (aka The Universal Homebody) — to get us away from home you’ve gotta pry us out! 😉
Hmmm… I thought all MEN trashed the kitchen when they cooked. Seth loves to cook, but every single kitchen surface would be covered with something, be it dirty dishes, spices, ingredients used but not put away… Used to drive me crazy!
Never mind the fact that he thought that if one person cooked, the other would clean. Let me tell you, I cleaned up a hell of a lot more of his cooking messes than he did of mine. Because yes, I too, clean as I go. The sink may have some dishes in it for a day or two, but my kitchen HAS to be clean and in order. The one area of my life that I require to be that way, I suppose. Tee-hee. 🙂
I think the trashing kitchen is neither male nor female, it is a people thing…I have seen it in both sexes and most kids for that matter.
I am a pretty neat cook, but have my moments when my dreams outweigh reality and I have reached too far.
Good to know you are still coming in mar…can’t wait for that…
I laugh so often at your comments like the one above and another one I read about you and the superbowl….you have quite a droll sense of humor or is it me.lol….Anyway, I like to see a man cooking and I think some are great cooks when they choose to be, I bet you are one.
Big hugs to you Super dooper, which is what I always call you.
Droll sounds like Troll ;o)
My late Grandfather Sylvio from Milan was a chef from Manhattan who cooked at all the famous Palm Beach hotels like the Biltmore back (way back) in the day.
I flatter myself to think I captured some of those Italian genes.
Do you like the food network, I watch it all the time….there is a very good chef from Napa region of Cal. who cooks Italian, and wow. the things he makes are so mouth watering looking…then there is mario Molto, in New York…also on Food Network.
What are your best Italian dishes to prepare.
Ok, one last post for you Diane :o)
I don’t really watch TV and when I do it’s something about science, history, or Showtime 2 sex stories! Kidding of course.
Favorite Italian meal to prepare?
Chicken Cutlet Parmagiana, but I’d much rather devour it than to cook it ;o)
Take good care.
My internet connection went out as of 9:00 am-ish yesterday morning, until just a few hours ago. ACK!! I really might just go insane if I am ever beyond a few hours’ reach of a computer and the internets…
For now, my house is an absolute mess! I started putting together a microwave stand, and the packaging was horrible! There are lil styrofoam bits all throughout my kitchen and living room now. Which means I must go clean, which means I must finish assembling said stand, which means I must pull myself away from this damn computer… Maybe I’ll go take a bath and motivate myself that way first. 🙂
A bath is good — but watch out for those secret NSA spycams in your bathroom.
OK I can’t wait for Sherm’s reply to that ;o)
Meaning what exactly good sir? 😉
Fuck ’em. That’s what I say to that. I’ll put on a show for them if they’d like and leave them with their jaws on the ground. Come and take me away then… HA!
….and there it is.
The reply I expected :o)
Priorities dear, priorities ;o)
Yes, thank you, a bath and a book is a very good priority, you are most correct! 🙂
I am SO glad that “dear” was aimed at her and not me.
Despite my chromosome set, I DO pat attention…..Madame ;o)
Oh realllllly, Mr. Pat? 😉
Time to get some stuff done now…
….flawed as I might yet be ;o)
Time for me to go too.
Have fun kids.
WLC! *
* wench-like chuckle
The power’s on and Gooserock & Puget4 are warm, online, & cabled up for the Stupor Bowl.
We’re having lunch just now and then we’ll make up a set of storm photos for your Bowltime diversion. Given that a 3-4 hour football game program features only around 11 minutes of actual ball handling, how could a little extra diversion hurt?
Glad you’re both well, warm & safe.
Hey, welcome back to the land of wired and powered.
This cafe is closed but it’s time for the Super Sunday Cafe.