I don't think I've read the story... a Jewish friend of ours loved the movie so much he got the video of it and played it a lot... :)

Like Sound of Music, it seems to strike a chord with
more people than you'd expect it to. And being a
product of that tradition, he was probably even more
affected by the whole gestalt (sob).

True.... and probably.... ;)

So Letitia sang Climb Every Mountain as an encore for the
impresario, who teared up as he always does, which is sort
of weird; this time she did, too, though as she's done this
for him several times, she was afraid that she'd laugh in
the middle of it. Perhaps it's that Patrick had a serious
infection this spring and was in an induced coma for four
weeks, and people have the feeling that his concert series
may be coming to an end soon.

According to the script, it's symbolic of the precarious balance of life between tradition and modern forces...

That seems compatible with my idea. Not having had
the script, the nuances may have escaped me.

It may have been more obvious in the movie version...?

Could be. Were there woozly camera effects and stuff
like that?

Not that I remember... you do see the Yiddishe fiddler balancing
precariously on the peaked rooftop, with somewhat of a manic grin on his face.... ;)

That sounds hallucinatic enough!

See, the researchers and inventors who worked so hard to
make energy efficiency a reality didn't count on our
infinite capacity to create waste and annoyance.

You mean transistors instead of tubes, and so forth...? No doubt this sort of thing never entered their minds,,,,

Miniaturization leading to more energy efficiency, so
where people used to dream of a Cray on a chip, you
now get a bunch of Fenders on a chip.

Definitely boosting the annoyance factor.... ;>

In the last week I've only once heard a car go by
saying BOOMPA BOOMPA BOOMPA. The French, though they
may have their shortcomings, have a lot to teach us.

I figure if I survive past my money (a decade)
I'll have someone start a GoFundMe page for me.
In theory, I have a place at the Actors' Fund
retirement community, the catch being that they
think I'm already dead.

At some point, you might want to disabuse them of that notion... ;)

Possibly; I might get around to it before I die.

There's understatement, and there's understatement.

OK...

AND THERE'S OVERSTATEMENT. ALL THE TIME. EVERY TIME.

Yes, Michael... ;)

I've told you a hundred million times.

Possibily.... or I've had exceptionally good luck staying under the
radar when pushing the limits... :)

Knowing you, that's a possibility.

I do generally become thought of as one of the medical team... probably
helps in the being tolerated there... (G)

Subversive. Like Francois de Larochefoucauld the eighth
or ninth, who was Louis's bestie and warned him about
the Revolution; and the day after sending the king off
became president of the National Assembly.

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else, like FIDO's Cookbook, also mostly for fun.

Is that something actually published....?

Yeah. A fairly large Samizdat that was a giveaway
at I think the first Clam Crawl.

Someone gave me a bunch of E pills that they didn't
have use for, and after one of the ones I took, I
burped up the characteristic odor of oxidation and
rancidness. Either E is more prone to decomposition
than people claim or that batch was contaminated.

I suspect a little of each... my experience with the capsules has been
that it will oxidize, generally sooner than later... the little bottles
of the vitamin E oil seem to age better... at least the oil doesn't
smell rancid when applied... For many years I've only used the E as a
topical (mainly for sunburn and the like), and not internally...

I wonder if there's anything heinous about the
oxidized form. Like causes all the diseases that
the fresh stuff is supposed to prevent.

... Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out. - Phyllis Diller

Okay. But some of us actually like kitchen odors.

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Title: Hot Chocolate Souffles
Categories: Desserts
Servings: 6

9 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate *
4 Lg Egg yolks
2 tb Dark rum
1 tb Unsalted butter, melted
6 Lg Egg whites
1 pn Cream of tartar

* Semi-sweet chocolate should be chopped into pieces.

In the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, melt the
chocolate,
stirring, until it is smooth. Remove the pan from the heat, add the egg
yolks, one at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk in the
rum and butter. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. In a bowl with an
electric mixer, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and a pinch
of
salt until they hold stiff peaks. Stir a quarter of the egg whites into
the chocolate mixture then fold in the remaining egg whites gently but
thoroughly. Spoon the mixture into 6 buttered 2/3 cup souffle dishes and
bake them on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 400ÿF oven for
10-12 minutes, or until they are puffed and a tester comes out nearly
clean. A 1982 Gourmet Magazine favorite from Homewood Park, a small hotel
and restaurant in Bath, England.

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