It seems that the addition one of our newest tangenteers (I see a newer addition… but it has been years since I have taken a French class) I am quickly falling behind in my posts (although she does have a few hundred to catch me 😀 ). Yesterday, I noticed real progress in the continuing dissolving […]
Yes, I very fondly remember my first time seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. It was on a Saturday afternoon in October 1990 at the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University (ok… so I had to check the Stagebill for the official venue name) in Chicago the day after our marching band performed
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Last week, our primary nighttime closer turned in her two-week notice. I was called into the cubby to discuss the issue. “You have another opportunity coming your way.” An opportunity that I DO NOT WANT! I came out and told me employer that once my leg is fully healed, I am going to look for
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I was planning to do this yesterday amid all the fanfare of Opening Day but in all the excitement, I totally forgot! Excitement that built itself up until 1:05PM: The Tigers and the Bombers were standing on their respective baselines. The young lady sang the National Anthem. And then suddenly and without warning there was
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Last night, I FINALLY was up to attending a great game night with marvelous friends and one newcomer (a newcomer to me although, he had been to at least the Super Bowl extravaganza, I believe. My first game night in three months was full of laughs and great times. I got to see dear friends
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My adventures for the week have been very rewarding and gratifying. Monday, I went to a board meeting of which I have not been since January 🙁 Everyone was happy to see me and inquired about my well-being and progress. Slow but sure and gimping along but progressing however little. After the meeting, C,L, and
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Seriously, how many different groups must we listen to in order to determine what is the best film of all time? We already have the periodic AFI specials. Tonight we had another group telling us which was supposed (I believe) to take the popular vote into account. One of several genres I caught was “Best
I’m not sure if it was the 60º+ weather of the past weekend (sure felt good) or just the idea of a little return to normalcy (whatever that is) but I have decided that this week I am going to set out on a few of the things I have been missing out on. Last
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As I was reading the newspaper this morning, I found that some universal changes will be made in the Catholic church (which will be fully integrated by November at the beginning of Advent, the season when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ). As an area priest noted, these changes will not be as
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Last week saw yet another delay in the Spider-Man musical opening. Not only another delay but a new creative team was brought in to take control of the astronomical catastrophy (ok… I had to leave that… I honestly thought it was a -y and not catastrophe… this coming from someone who misspelled p-a-j-a-m-a-s in the
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