Topic: WHEN MUFFINS WERE DONUTS (Read 1452 times)

TOD: Plain croissant or pain au chocolat for me, please. I'm not as big a muffin fan, but a good blueberry or chocolate muffin can be nice on occasion.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #70 on:** November 02, 2024, 10:54:26 AM »

I love blueberries, and I love the IDEA of blueberry muffins. I just don't like the execution.

MichaelG · « **Reply #71 on:** November 02, 2024, 10:57:47 AM »

I say Tristan und Isolde at San Francisco Opera last night. Fabulous singing, playing, and conducting, but the direction wasn't very good. In the second act you have a half hour of some of the sexiest music ever written, yet there's no passion and minimal desire on the stage. They spend most of their duet in the friend zone. Which means there's not much at stake for our title characters, so the character I wound up caring the most about was King Marke.

MichaelG · « **Reply #72 on:** November 02, 2024, 10:59:30 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 02, 2024, 10:54:26 AM

I love blueberries, and I love the IDEA of blueberry muffins. I just don't like the execution.

That's why I specified good blueberry muffins! With really good blueberries and a really good muffin bake.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #73 on:** November 02, 2024, 10:59:51 AM »

I think the burning question of the day, unless I missed it, is:

(1) What kind of donuts did they deliver to BK, and (2) how many are left?

MichaelG · « **Reply #74 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:04:08 AM »

Since Act II's Tristan staging took me out of the story, the staging errors in Act III were even more noticeable. Like when one character killed another by plunging his sword into the set a very visible two feet away from the character. I guess it must have startled him to death.

MichaelG · « **Reply #75 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:06:11 AM »

Then in Act III when King Marke says, "They're all dead," his four soldiers all simultaneously realize, "Oh! There's nobody left to kill!" and synchronously put away their swords. I burst out laughing together with the guy sitting next to me, but that's not supposed to be a laugh line.

MichaelG · « **Reply #76 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:09:43 AM »

Sorry for venting, but it bugs me when big-budget opera companies do things that would never make it past rehearsal in our low-budget opera company.

Fortunately the music making was absolutely exquisite. We have a real gem of a music director in Eun Sun Kim and the orchestra played superbly. And singers like Simon O'Neill and Anja Kampe are treasures, but the whole cast was fabulous.

bk · « **Reply #77 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:36:48 AM »

Could have sworn I posted when I got up and that I got six hours of sleep - rough night.

bk · « **Reply #78 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:36:59 AM »

Maybe the gremlins removed it.

bk · « **Reply #79 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:37:11 AM »

Condolences to vixmom.

bk · « **Reply #80 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:37:45 AM »

Prayers for Jrand's friend.

George · « **Reply #81 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:40:24 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 02, 2024, 05:37:08 AM

Tonight, the fall-back… the eve of of Cat Owner Damnation Day.

And theater folks in a show!

George · « **Reply #82 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:41:29 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on November 02, 2024, 06:21:37 AM

I received some sad news yesterday , my cousins wife who was recovering nicely from some minor surgery had a sudden heart attack Halloween night and didn’t survive.

The whole family is in shock.

Oh, no! My condolences to your family, Vixmom.

George · « **Reply #83 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:55:04 AM »

Quote from: Jrand74 on November 02, 2024, 06:52:44 AM

A friend of mine has been missing since last Sunday.....it does not look good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkO93bJqycI

Oh, no. That's terrible!

George · « **Reply #84 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:55:43 AM »

Quote from: John G. on November 02, 2024, 06:54:57 AM

Today is my sister Annaliese's birthday.

A Very Happy Birthday to Annaliese!

George · « **Reply #85 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:03:40 PM »

Quote from: Freddie on November 02, 2024, 07:23:42 AM

John G, congratulations on passing your 95,000-post millstone!

Ditto!! I'm sorry I missed the actual moment! But at least there's this:

George · « **Reply #86 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:03:48 PM »

George · « **Reply #87 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:05:28 PM »

Quote from: Jane on November 02, 2024, 10:40:39 AM

Keith got Wordle in four.

Cool!

George · « **Reply #88 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:07:13 PM »

Quote from: MichaelG on November 02, 2024, 10:57:47 AM

I say Tristan und Isolde at San Francisco Opera last night. Fabulous singing, playing, and conducting, but the direction wasn't very good. In the second act you have a half hour of some of the sexiest music ever written, yet there's no passion and minimal desire on the stage. They spend most of their duet in the friend zone. Which means there's not much at stake for our title characters, so the character I wound up caring the most about was King Marke.

That's too bad.

George · « **Reply #89 on:** November 02, 2024, 12:07:40 PM »

Quote from: MichaelG on November 02, 2024, 11:06:11 AM

Then in Act III when King Marke says, "They're all dead," his four soldiers all simultaneously realize, "Oh! There's nobody left to kill!" and synchronously put away there swords. I burst out laughing together with the guy sitting next to me, but that's not supposed to be a laugh line.

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