Friday the 13 could be a lucky day. Had a real funny note from Rondell; Hope she keeps contributing to my blog.
A friend of mine who has been in professional theatre, but is pretty much retired, will be coming to one of Abby's shows this weekend at my request. I think Abby would just like to know about pointers, advice, etc. My friend does still give acting lessons on a free lance basis so maybe that is something Abby will want to pursue. Barb and I are very proud of her as she put in an enormous amount of time and work on this show. I am very impressed by her work ethic . She really does the acting in a very real and convincing manner.
Enough already; a good weekend to all.
P.S. I've decided to pick something light for our book club's December reading; maybe something with a holiday theme.
daddio
I am seeing Abby's big performance tonight!
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ReplyDeletejohn, regarding book picks you commented that On Kindness had not been a good one. it was a fine pick. here we are the four of us decades since we have ever been so close. your initiative and On Kindness have brought us together at a point when further separation would have otherwise been inevitable.
ReplyDeletescrew up on the second one, though, and you are toast.
love,
/jc
Dear Joe,
ReplyDeleteI must take exception to your note. John did not say that "On Kindness" was not a good pick. He said it was a "disaster." I trust you appreciate the difference. I did.
Your remarks, while rather ad hominem in nature, had substance.
With kindest regards,
JCT
Boys,
ReplyDeleteThe last two pages or so of "On Kindness" were actually good. If they had started there, omitted the quotes of Freud, etc, and just wrote about their personal observations and thoughts, it would have been fine.
jt
I wanted to let our reader's know, that if you are having trouble getting a book from your local library, contact me; Beth says the branch library near her has few librarians and unshelved books because of the economy; she hasn't been able to get our November selection and we are about to embark on our December selection.
ReplyDeleteThe President, rather than giving massive amounts of aid to libraries, public schools, expanded food stamps, rent assistance, etc, has spent trillions on the big boy's banks etc and keeps pumping money into three overseas wars which are Vietmam redux.I really am angry about the bailout of the financial houses and the banks and think the President had a failure of nerve.He surrounded himself with the same idiots who got is in this mess.Geitner the tax evader-really, what an incredibly stupid selection.The man you appoint to fix the economy and the national financial system is a tax cheat. That sends a great message to the average joe who dutifully pays his taxes on his hourly pay. Too big to fail? no mortal being or institution is too big to fail-that is unbridled hubris speaking.If we didn't act it would have been worse? how do you know unless you let it? it is a self fulfilling prediction, i.e., we stepped in and didn't fail, so of course if we hadn't stepped in it would have failed. I believe that is what we call tautological reasoning.
Boy, a good rant really is cleansing(I'm sure it is not for this who read it..)
IF THE PRESIDENT GETS THE HEALTH CARE BILL RAMMED THROUGH HE WILL HAVE FULLY REDEEMED HIMSELF IN MY EYES.He is way too nice. He needs to come out swinging and keep it up till the congress and senate hit the floor( no pun intended) and cry uncle. He needs a combination of FDR and Cassius Clay. Now is time for the "rope a dope". He has taken the punches on the ropes, taken a huge beating, and now needs to come out swinging to the end. He has got to put it all on the line, win or lose, re-election or not. Let us see if he has the spine of FDR and Ali. Man-up time Barack.
Cranky dad
Something holiday-oriented? A few suggestions below.
ReplyDeleteTitle: A Christmas sampler: classic stories of the season, from Twain to Cheever
Short stories by Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Edna Ferber, John Cheever, Washington Irving, Grace Paley, and Sarah Orne Jewett.
Title: Pearl S. Buck's book of Christmas
Peral S. Buck
Summary: The many moods and faces of Christmas are portrayed in this collection of short fiction by nineteenth-and early-twentieth-century authors.
Title: A Christmas Blizzard
Garrison Keillor
Summary: A wealthy and depressed man bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt, arriving just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard.
Title: Tidings of comfort and joy
T. Davis Bunn.
Summary: As the questions begin, an extraordinary story unfolds. A story of love and loss and caring, of separation and reunion. Of small acts of heroism in a distant and war-weary English village, now half a century ago. As her grandmother shares this story with Marissa, the two discover that the most precious gift of Christmas is that of the present. And the season of giving is not limited to once a year.
Title: Star bright!: A Christmas story
Andrew Greeley
Summary: A Christmas love story involves an Irish-American everyman named Jack Flanigan and the object of his infatuation, a young Russian woman studying at Harvard, whom he invites home for Christmas, sending his family into a tizzy.
Title: Home for Christmas
Andrew Greeley
Summary: Years after abandoning his childhood sweetheart, Pete Kane becomes a distinguished army captain and experiences a transforming near-death experience after a bomb attack, a situation throughout which he is encouraged by an old friend to rekindle his past relationship.
Title: Skipping Christmas
John Grisham
Summary: John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season. A funny novel about the tyranny of December 25. Grisham's story revolves around a typical middle-aged American couple, Luther and Nora Krank who plan on skipping Christmas in favor of a Caribbean cruise and the humourous and somewhat at times terrifying response of their tight-knit community.
Dad,
ReplyDeleteHealth care is a-comin', don't worry. And we can have faith that he's not screwing around on Afghanistan, given that he sent all of his generals back to the drawing board, rejecting all of their plans because they weren't good enough. That is a sign of an engaged commander in chief, not going to get gamed like JFK in Bay of Pigs.
Mr. Taylor, I don't know if you saw my blog entry today or not, but from one friend to another, you need to get yourself down to the local A&P and stock up on them cans of punkins. Theys gonna be a shortage this year and I know how you loves some punkin pie on Gobble Day.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, can I make a recommendation on your Christmas bookworm list? My personal favorite is the audiobook "Hold On To Your Knickers, Because Christmas Is Coming!" read by the versatile Samuel L. Jackson with co-starring appearances by Angela Bassett, Dakota Fanning, Morgan Freeman, Monique and ginger kid Carrot
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Rondell, i love audiobooks but cannot find 'hold on to your kickers...'
ReplyDeleteif you keep calling my brother 'mr. taylor,' it will go to his head. and cause confusion. there are three of us (jeff, john and joe).
This is my second try, if it goes through I hope I can remember how I got here because I am thoroughly enjoying reading the comments. My last entry stated the computer does not know me. My sons would not have appreciated my mental answer. grandma barb
ReplyDeleteyou are getting there, mom.
ReplyDeletekeep trying.
your computer may actually decide it knows you.
of course, since it knows what your are thinking, it might take revenge on your 'mental answer.'
I think I have found you. After just speaking with son Joel on the telephone, and me giving up, I think I have made it. Thank You Joe. Mom
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ReplyDeleteYou note Dakota Fanning. My wife and I just watched her last night in "Houndgog". Good movie, great acting.
John T.
so, john, do you plan on picking another book?
ReplyDeleteHome from a wonderful Thanksgiving, thanks to John. Been working on computer to see if I can read latest comment entries. Love Mom
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