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by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

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A math guy's random thoughts.

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Raven

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:16am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Happy birthday!! We watched Reacher...last year sometime I think? It's ok if you just don't think too hard about the economics of any of the things the criminals do. Or about circulatory systems.

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JACE

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:09am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Thanks, Max.

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Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:00am
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JACE

--BTW, Regarding Henry is available to rent on Amazon.

Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:58am
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JACE

, I do remember Regarding Henry. You're right--the thematic material is similar. There's a scene where he's amazed to see his daughter tying her shoes and asks "Who taught you that?" She says, "You did."

I remember seeing that scene with my daughter, and I asked her who taught her to tie her shoes. She said, "you did." I have no memory of teaching her, but she did!

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JACE

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:47am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Your list sounds just like our TV playlist, although my wife doesn't care for Reacher. We love Irrational.

Did you ever see an old movie, Regarding Henry? Harrison Ford stars in this 1991 movie. Very similar to the plot of Doc. Loved that movie. I believe it's time to see if it's streaming anywhere.

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BIG BAD WOLF is Merry

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:40am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Been watching playthroughs of a game called Rimworld. Looks interesting.

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Seabreeze

Feb 26, 2025 at 10:15am
In response to "Soundtrack, Feb 26, Melancholy Baby"

Nice. I love just about anything played on a piano.

Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Feb 7, 2025 at 12:39pm
In response to "Soundtrack, Day 4, Hallelujah"

Allan, that's a nice rendition. Here's another by a group I like.

Allan Charles 🐾

Feb 7, 2025 at 11:33am
In response to "Soundtrack, Day 4, Hallelujah"

I absolutely love this song. It gives me goosebumps every time. This is personally my favorite cover of the song:

🐕GeminiGem🎁

Feb 6, 2025 at 3:36pm
In response to "Soundtrack, Feb 6, Come Sail Away"

I became a rabid Styx fan in the early 80's. At one point I had all the vinyl they had released, but those are long gone. I rely on greatest hits CD's or a Styx mix on Spotify. This song comes up often. I always wondered about the line about climbing aboard the starship, but not enough to research it or anything like that, LOL

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February 26, 2025 at 9:22am

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Soundtrack, Feb 26, Melancholy Baby

Originally, "Melancholy Baby" was a honky-tonk song. It was published in 1912, with music by Ernie Burnett and lyrics by George A. Norton. The first public performance of the song was at the Mozart Cafe in 1912 by William Frawley. Fans of the old TV sitcom I Love Lucy will remember Frawley for his role as the Ricardo's landlord, Fred Mertz. He actually reprised his performanc in a 1959 episode, "Lucy Goes to Sun Valley."

For me, the most memorable version is the one by Judy Garland, in A Star is Born. The song is completely recast from its honky-tonk origins to a melancholy dirge, and is one of Garland's most unforgettable performances.

The last half of "Alby's Tale"

is set in a piano bar. At current count, it's got seven different song references. The first half of the story happens in a crowded discotheque where the ABBA hit "Dancing Queen" sets the scene. I wanted a song to set a different, more introspective mood for the piano bar, so of course Garland's rendition of "Melancholy Baby" came to mind. But, it's a piano bar, so I wanted to find a version for piano, preferably a smooth jazz version.

This is what Alby hears as he enters the piano bar:

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