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Eyes were too low.

As for the Amish Clay, Harrison Ford looked pretty good as one, too. I always liked the "Don't Know Much About History" scene in "Witness". Permaswooned, glad to read that your heart is behaving and ready to go out and have fun!

Glad you got your mom to the ER, couchie. It is always best to err on the side of caution and get someone there to be evaluated. :F_05BL17blowkiss: Wow. I clicked here to see if anything was new and find that my last post here was strangely prophetic. Exactly one week after writing the above I erred on the side of caution and took my mom to the ER on the slightest of suspicions that she may have had pneumonia. I was on guard as I had witnessed what I thought could be an aspiration incident 48 hours earlier. Mom did not have any of the traditional symptoms: no major coughing and no fever (just slightly noticeable shortness of breath). Some type of intuition told me to google "pneumonia symptoms in the elderly" and I found out that there may be none and after some vacillating decided that I needed to put my mind at rest and get her in for an evaluation. It was good I did; her oxygen level was 88 at the triage desk. It has been over a month. The elderly are at high risk to not survive pneumonia. I was extremely fortunate to get mom to the hospital when I did as the pulmonologist said she had a horrible case of pneumonia. This time both mom and I were lucky. Lucky to survive the pneumonia and lucky to survive the hospital. One morning when I visited her, I found the oxygen cannula in mom's nose, but not connected to any source! I also later found it connected but not turned on, or turned on at the wrong level. If anyone goes to a hospital or has a relative there, be observant!

KAndre, have you considered a career in soap opera writing? I think you have a natural gift! The fact that some people still believe this soap opera is proof that they will believe whatever they want to believe.

Start cornering the turkey baster market! Couchie, I think all families are dysfunctional. It is just a question of the degree to which they are dysfunctional. Too bad we don't have M&G clack. *g* As note-taking was admonished, absent an ex cathedra report (are blogs ex cathedra?), I hope some legitimate reports of whatever happened at the M&G surface, so this episode doesn't become another "Clurban" (hee!) legend.

Prayers coming your way. I think any father who raised a daughter who calls herself Claygasm must be quite the guy! I hope the surgery goes as well as can be expected and please keep us posted with any news. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Congratulations on passing the first hurdle! Reality Bites! Interesting juxtaposition between: and You forgot about Clay fans. The "enthusiastic" ones who consider Clay their job.

Your gut and my gut agree. I think you have a "Sixth Sense"! What about the reformed hooker with the heart of gold? We are all "Pretty Women" - hee! Just curious, what are panties called in Australia? Bloomers? Drawers? How about continuing the movie theme and calling it a "When Harry Met Sally" moment?

Ah, a return to innocence. Born-again virgins who eschew any Spamalot-tinged clack. A virtual Spamalot chastity belt where a thousand words must take the place of one picture? Can brazen hussies :17f71c4d: return to a life of purity? :25: Regarding Spamalot, Clay said exactly what needed to be said and the only thing he could say.

I recommend slowandeasy's Kalamazoo AIW because its panoramic view of the stage captures the "light show" at the end.

Glad you got your mom to the ER, couchie. It is always best to err on the side of caution and get someone there to be evaluated. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

jmh... I'll second that!!! So, great DIVA. Any chance we could get the words. I couldn't understand everything and want to. I will third that! I would love the words; is the right term for that "the libretto"? I also remember you writing in your Christmas story that you are the granddaughter of an opera singer. I think you have grandma's genes! That was wonderfully funny! :F_05BL17blowkiss: I believe Clay was referring to South Bend, but I am puzzled because I don't remember anything remarkable about that show. YES. I often think the same thing when I read various posts; that people are projecting their personal feelings upon Clay. I am sure I do the same (but it's not as easy to discern as when I see others do it!).

Glad to read that you are safe Jamar!

I *think* you are going to Minnesota. At least, that's my guess as the OFC doesn't list any more Michigan dates, or do you have a secret? ETA: slowandeasy's Kalamazoo AIW gives a panoramic view of the stage with a great light show at the end!

Diva, just think of how many people read your story via the CH and this board, even perhaps worldwide lurkers, many, many more than would have just heard it in DC. You, your dad, and the sound of that bell are now occupying space in a lot of people's minds. IMO, and evidently in Clay's opinion, his intentions regarding this project exceeded his grasp. By repeating stories, he already has an idea how they work and how the audience responded to them, so he has a known product. I do agree that his first priority is putting on a good show and I don't think he thought through all the implications the selection process would have for those fans who weren't selected. It will be interesting how many stories in total he uses; my guess is quite a bit less than he originally planned.

I think she liked it! *g*

I was waiting for someone to have that reaction. The only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead! Nothing is as tantalizing as the forbidden and this secret spread at close to the speed of light. I do wonder if Clay let this slip by design or if he had a rare instance of loose lips (at least since he became a public figure). IIRC, the guy was voted biggest gossip in high school. IMO, the info wasn't a monumental secret, but it will be interesting if any more M&G "secrets" are given, or if this puts the lid on them. From all the supposed "secrecy", I was rather disappointed to find out how "that's all there is?" about the real info.

There is clack and there is PRIMO CLACK, and that is PRIMO! IMO, that is Frank and Ella caliber (I like oldies!) My dad used the same expression. Thank you for reminding me of it as I had forgotten!

I would vote for "not my imagination". Subtle is your middle name. Keeping my fingers crossed we get some great clack of the AIW six beams of light. The description of that effect sounds incredible. I think Clay could do a fantastic network Christmas special now, if asked, much better than ACAC, which was good but, IMO, missed that special spark that Clay has in concert. If not network, maybe cable can come through with an offer. Clay has shown so much artistic growth in three years that should be captured. Still hoping for some upcoming TV, either Xmas or Spamalot related.

Just a few comments: Oh, I like that! I've heard of "hat hair", but never "car seat butt". Very astute observation about the "buzoms" part of the dress reflecting Clay's taste! I'm entirely in favor of people who have their one square inch of principle that they are standing on and will defend it to their last breath. It makes for lively conversation! The reason many people succeed is because they have so much experience with the opposite outcome! Learn and move forward. I think the first Clay concerts of any tour create some angst, most of it blows over in a few days.

I LOVE this! I'm at this kind of crossroads right now and this just fits so well. Thanks liney23 - the saying meant a lot to me when I was at a career crossroads about 1 1/2 years ago - it continues to mean a lot to me today - reminds me that sometimes you need to listen to your heart instead of your head. I'm really glad I did. Interesting, I immediately thought the saying referred to the afterlife. We'll just have to ask anonymous what he or she meant *g*.

Great minds think alike on that one! Unseen forces of the universe must be operating. "Houston, we have a connection" and I don't even live there. One of my "Black Friday" purchases was the Hershey Extra Dark Assortment which includes mini dark chocolate bars with cranberries, blueberries and almonds dispersed throughout the chocolate. Yum! I had the serving size of 4 mini bars yesterday and I've already had 4 today and I'm trying very hard to not go past my limit. I also discovered that Ghirardelli dark chocolate is quite good too. In fact, dark chocolate is so good, it made me think of the phrase "a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou" (from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam), which caused me to google it and I found this very funny and snarky revisionist poem (the poem needs an iPod update for the Sony Walkman): Diva, I loved your story. Your father was a survivor and how touching how that sound reminded him of his childhood.

Interesting. No, I didn't latch on to the concept of similar feel and style to ATDW songs. What I latched onto was signature songs, but it's possible that could mean feel and style. The meaning I infer is "classics", just as in the ATDW songs were classics, that Clay is striving to have his own songs that aren't disposable, bubblegum pop. I like the confident way he said "signature" and am keeping my fingers crossed that he gets what he wants.

Happy Thanksgiving to all and happy birthday to Cotton (who seems unusually excited about a freezer)! :F_05BL17blowkiss: I thought I was reading a new revised version of the "I Hate to Cook" cookbook here today. I'm a minimalist cook myself, so you all are my kind of people. and I would say that you are both gifted interpreters of "Clayspeak"!

That is so sweet! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Welcome back! Hope you feel better Couchie!