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Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
BuddyThomas said:
SO, there;s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that my play Wonderland Wives won a couple of awards over the past week:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/best.../best-performance-as-a-talking-mirror-8689374

If you don;t feel like clicking on the link, it says:

"Buddy Thomas's raucous raspberry to childhood's best-known bedtime stories was neatly directed in its world premiere by Nearly Naked founder Damon Dering. If Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann had written fairy tales instead of potboilers, they might have resembled these second-act stories, whose heroines were all slatternly, marvelously grouchy, and mostly played by men."

That's the good news. The bad news is that just as we were about to start a Go Fund Me to bring it in to the NYC Fringe Festival next year, this was announced:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/t...onal-fringe-festival-will-skip-2017.html?_r=0


AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am so happy for you with the awards. I remember you saying a while back that you were not counting on awards as they tended to go to the more locals. Hooray for you! :inlove:
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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fox_198 said:
I had a lovely Rosh Hashana dinner tonight at my aunt's home in Brooklyn. My cousins were there as well. Happy New Year 5777!

For anyone who plays video games, I recently discovered the Klonoa series. It's fairly obscure and VERY underrated. I have been having a lot of fun with the Gameboy Advance games.

Tomorrow is my first college exam (in math), and I probably won't have lunch as a result of my schedule! :/
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Good luck! As for video games I wish I had some tome but my DVR is full of shows I need to get watched
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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BuddyThomas said:
SO, there;s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that my play Wonderland Wives won a couple of awards over the past week:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/best.../best-performance-as-a-talking-mirror-8689374

If you don;t feel like clicking on the link, it says:

"Buddy Thomas's raucous raspberry to childhood's best-known bedtime stories was neatly directed in its world premiere by Nearly Naked founder Damon Dering. If Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann had written fairy tales instead of potboilers, they might have resembled these second-act stories, whose heroines were all slatternly, marvelously grouchy, and mostly played by men."

That's the good news. The bad news is that just as we were about to start a Go Fund Me to bring it in to the NYC Fringe Festival next year, this was announced:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/t...onal-fringe-festival-will-skip-2017.html?_r=0


AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats on the well deserved awards!
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Gabe1 said:
Yep. That picture would keep me in the puppy dog category. :joyfull:

Less scary.

TiredLuna.jpg
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Awww . . . :inlove:
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
BuddyThomas said:
So I mentioned over on the Muppets thread that two of my clients wrote the song being featured in the new show. In case you like that song, I wanted to introduce you to Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn, a couple of absolute musical geniuses, as well as some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Here are some clips from their hit off-Broadway musical STRIKING 12, which is a modern riff on The Little Match Girl, just in time for the holidays (Gene Lewin on drums) - the second song is a heartbreaker:



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That woman has a beautiful singing voice.

By the way, congratulations on the wonderful recognition you received for your play!! Way to go!!! :happy: :happy:
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Gabe1 said:
I listened to the news last night and it looked like it was going to miss the US but with some bad weather farther up the coast. Then I heard some of the press conference on the radio today from I think the Governor to be prepared for similar to Andrew!!! :eek: He was ramping it up and was tense.

Made me wondered what had changed from last night since Florida wasn't even a target area last night. :jawdrop: My DD and I just looked at each other as he stated charge your cell phone because it won't work if the battery dies. :cyclops:
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I was watching the news around 4:15 this morning, and that report was showing winds of 145 mph heading for the west coast of Cuba. Oh brother . . . :jawdrop: :eek:
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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donaldtoo said:
Sounds to me like it could also be looked at as free real world "college" that neither your parents, or you, would have to pay for? Way less expensive than what "real" college goes for. ;)
I would never have done it, BTW, but, others may feel it's a good option for them. :)
I don't have a problem with options for anybody. :)
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No, that included a degree. I had one! The day after I had one I was in the Air Force. We had that pesky little police action in Southeast Asia. After 4 years I was job hunting. Other then knowing how to salute, I had no real outside world useful experience. (I could field strip and clean an M-16, but, there wasn't much call for that.) No matter what I looked at, I didn't have the experience to do it. I always felt that I had the ability if given the chance. But, no chances were forthcoming, especially in an area that would allow me to support (yea, we did that back then) myself and my new wife and get my life started. By that I mean financially. How would I have been able to support even myself with an unpaid internship? Fortunately, they really didn't exist. My degree was in Business Administration. That, as you know, is a very broad field and doesn't really specifically cover any known "career field".

I eventually took a job as a store manager for a class 'A' loser that happened to hold a Ben Franklin Store franchise. It was broke, in deep debt and was no longer even extended credit from Ben Franklin headquarters. The BF people didn't want me there, for very good reasons, and the only reason why the owner wanted me there was because I was willing to work cheap to get experience. He had better things to do like chase women, get drunk, gamble and get more drunk. I managed to hold it together meeting payroll, covering utilities and rent for two years. The store was never a success and eventually was sold, but, not before I used my title and experience to move upward into another career field.

It wasn't the best of experiences and I worked close to 70 hours a week even during non-holidays. But, that is what we did in the dark ages. I didn't make very much money, but, it helped pay my bills (my wife worked also), get me experience that I could spin into a more lucrative career and I never had to submit to absolute slave labor to do it.

BTW, except for a very brief time shortly after my divorce in an effort to keep myself busy and not just stare at a wall, I never worked in retail again. Then it was just part time in a kiosk at the mall.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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BAChicagoGal said:
My husband always buys way too much Halloween candy. He is afraid he won't have enough. We always get a lot of kids trick or treating at our door. Sugar is my weakness. I can live without milk chocolate, but dark chocolate not so much. So when there is lots of leftover candy, I nibble too much.
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THNX for the reminder to get to the bank. We give out coins and pencils.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
fox_198 said:
Luckily, yes
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College hack: unless there's a specific reason not to, most professors allow eating in class. The exceptions would be science classes where you're doing an experiment or computer labs, but as long as you're being discrete, bring food to class, even if it's just a sandwich from a cafe on campus. Because you will have days where you don't have time for lunch, but eating is still important. I have an evening class Tuesday nights, and a lot of times, I'll eat dinner in that class, along with other students. Not ideal, but it gets us fed.
 

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