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Tonight we watched the first two episodes of a new Tv show, "Mister Sterling". It has real potential! I enjoyed both episodes, and the style is reminiscent of "West Wing" -- fast-paced, crisp dialogue, strong characters, and a sense that things are going to be done a little differently with these folks. I didn't pay attention to the credits, so I don't know if there are any familiar names there. (For the most part, I probably wouldn't notice.) I'm looking forward to seeing more. I wonder how it's been doing in the ratings.
(Next up: "Sports Night".)
I came home today to find that our contractor has finished in one attic room and moved everything into there so he can paint the floor in the other room. Part of "everything" is about 15 bookcases that started out in that room; he moved them with a dolly, books and all. I hope he put them back in the same order; I forgot to check. The floors look good, and he was able to patch the holes and wobbly spots before painting.
Today I pinged half.com, because their rep said (on Saturday) that he was going to poke the seller for me. I actually got a quick reply this time (one person at half.com understands customer service, at least), and he said that after discussing it with their abuse department they had decided to just refund my money and deal with the seller in some appropriate way. Yay! (Apparently the seller hasn't answered their email, either. Unwise move.) So I ordered the DVD from Amazon and had it shipped directly to my father. I tried to leave feedback for the half.com seller, now that the transaction is "complete", and couldn't because he is not a registered user. Good. Pity that I didn't leave feedback while I could affect his score (I assume the suspension is temporary), but oh well. Now what I want to know is: is there some way that I can get this same rep if I ever have to deal with half.com support again? (Derek good, Tracy bad...)
Last night's choir practice had low turnout. We've got to get some altos. (I am looking forward to Jenn's return!) In an odd twist, we're actually strong in tenors, which is a real change from a year ago. The new Rossi piece we're going to start soon is SATTB, because we can. :-) (I gave my transcription and transliteration to Gail to proofread last night. She's got the best Hebrew in the choir.)
Sunday dinner was pleasant. Ralph makes good brownies! (The rest of the food was good too.) Ralph and Lori have the cats confined to a few rooms while they paint upstairs, so we hung out in the family room after dinner and evaluated the effects of kitty drugs (catnip). Their cats are much more entertaining drunks than mine are. (Well, I've never given catnip to Embla; my catnip experiments ended before I got her, when I concluded that Baldur gets mean.)
And now, it is time for me to go take another stab at sorting out who said what about when to say the evening Sh'ma, because my next Talmud session with my rabbi is Thursday.
(Next up: "Sports Night".)
I came home today to find that our contractor has finished in one attic room and moved everything into there so he can paint the floor in the other room. Part of "everything" is about 15 bookcases that started out in that room; he moved them with a dolly, books and all. I hope he put them back in the same order; I forgot to check. The floors look good, and he was able to patch the holes and wobbly spots before painting.
Today I pinged half.com, because their rep said (on Saturday) that he was going to poke the seller for me. I actually got a quick reply this time (one person at half.com understands customer service, at least), and he said that after discussing it with their abuse department they had decided to just refund my money and deal with the seller in some appropriate way. Yay! (Apparently the seller hasn't answered their email, either. Unwise move.) So I ordered the DVD from Amazon and had it shipped directly to my father. I tried to leave feedback for the half.com seller, now that the transaction is "complete", and couldn't because he is not a registered user. Good. Pity that I didn't leave feedback while I could affect his score (I assume the suspension is temporary), but oh well. Now what I want to know is: is there some way that I can get this same rep if I ever have to deal with half.com support again? (Derek good, Tracy bad...)
Last night's choir practice had low turnout. We've got to get some altos. (I am looking forward to Jenn's return!) In an odd twist, we're actually strong in tenors, which is a real change from a year ago. The new Rossi piece we're going to start soon is SATTB, because we can. :-) (I gave my transcription and transliteration to Gail to proofread last night. She's got the best Hebrew in the choir.)
Sunday dinner was pleasant. Ralph makes good brownies! (The rest of the food was good too.) Ralph and Lori have the cats confined to a few rooms while they paint upstairs, so we hung out in the family room after dinner and evaluated the effects of kitty drugs (catnip). Their cats are much more entertaining drunks than mine are. (Well, I've never given catnip to Embla; my catnip experiments ended before I got her, when I concluded that Baldur gets mean.)
And now, it is time for me to go take another stab at sorting out who said what about when to say the evening Sh'ma, because my next Talmud session with my rabbi is Thursday.
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Do you remember the early local-SCA choir that Laurie Lazar tried putting together back in '83 or so? I was supposed to be in that, but it all fell apart.
Anyway. I really do want to sing again. But I have issues: no transportation, and I cannot stand for any length of time. Likely I'm more trouble than worth. :-P
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The fighters are actually a minority -- just a visible minority. Fighting is what sucked me in way back; arts and the community are what kept me long after I stopped fighting.
I don't remember Laurie's choir attempt, though I was around back then. Presumably neither of us thought I could sing back then, so either she never asked me or I declined. I don't remember a thing about it.
As for issues -- our choir practices on Monday nights in Squirrel Hill. We had a past member who also couldn't stand for long periods; she sat between songs and stood up when actually singing. Your biggest challenge would probably be performances, where there's no down time. Usual performances are 15-20 minutes; Pennsic is a little longer (30 minutes or so) because it can be. Are those durations you can stand through?
The real hitch is that you'd have to dress up in doofy clothes and go to events where we're performing. :-)
By the way, there's a choir at the JCC (I think that's where they're based). I don't know anything about it, like how often they practice/perform and whether it's open or by audition, but I can find out for you if you like.
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