John Baxindine
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Later in the story:
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Later in the story:
Sorry, but that isn't the original quotation. This is:
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sorry, but that isn't the original quotation. This is:
Please look again. It's directly below the photo.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Please look again. It's directly below the photo.
I don't know about the parts, but Suskin indicates that many of the full scores are at Tams-Witmark. There's also a piano-conductor score, much of it in Don Walker's handwriting (even the overture, which is a Bennett chart).
September 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I don't know about the parts, but Suskin indicates that many of the full scores are at Tams-Witmark. There's also a piano-conductor score, much of it in Don Walker's handwriting (even the overture, which is a Bennett chart).
Here's one. It certainly seems like there should be more.
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here's one. It certainly seems like there should be more.
Here is the complete passage in the original Dutch (again from the critical edition):
June 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Here is the complete passage in the original Dutch (again from the critical edition):
It's a remarkable passage, worth quoting in full.
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
June 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's a remarkable passage, worth quoting in full.
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
(This is from the critical edition, which retains Anne's paragraphing and punctuation. The published version fixed her punctuation but also moved the paragraph break—and I don't think it needed moving.)
Regarding the title of the first song, I know you'll want to know:
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Regarding the title of the first song, I know you'll want to know:
The reiterated open- and close-quotes for every couplet are annoying, and the rental script shares them. Note the inconsistency as the passage continues.
Note also the misspelling of "Jawohl."
Note also the misspelling of "Jawohl."
June 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The reiterated open- and close-quotes for every couplet are annoying, and the rental script shares them. Note the inconsistency as the passage continues.
Note also the misspelling of "Jawohl."
Note also the misspelling of "Jawohl."
I had the same feeling walking around castles in Ireland (Kilkenny, Donegal) and turning corners only to stumble across this little guy.
No offense, Henry, but your period attire needs some work.
No offense, Henry, but your period attire needs some work.
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I had the same feeling walking around castles in Ireland (Kilkenny, Donegal) and turning corners only to stumble across this little guy.
No offense, Henry, but your period attire needs some work.
No offense, Henry, but your period attire needs some work.
From Terry Pratchett's novel Thud! (the conversation is about a stolen painting):
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
From Terry Pratchett's novel Thud! (the conversation is about a stolen painting):
Spiegel had the photo at the top of its webpage earlier today, uncensored. The initial headline was "Das Römische Reich ist zurück"; the article was on the coy side but ended well. Now the photo is lower on the page, attached to a different piece with a more aggressive headline:
January 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Spiegel had the photo at the top of its webpage earlier today, uncensored. The initial headline was "Das Römische Reich ist zurück"; the article was on the coy side but ended well. Now the photo is lower on the page, attached to a different piece with a more aggressive headline:
November 16, 2024 at 11:25 PM
that canceled TV series you'll never stop thinking about
November 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
that canceled TV series you'll never stop thinking about
According to the vocal score, that is correct.
July 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
According to the vocal score, that is correct.
We had a proper emesis basin (though we didn't call it that). It looked more or less like this photo. It never, ever did double duty in the kitchen. Its kidney-like shape was less than comforting when I felt like I might disgorge my actual kidneys into the thing.
July 8, 2024 at 12:22 AM
We had a proper emesis basin (though we didn't call it that). It looked more or less like this photo. It never, ever did double duty in the kitchen. Its kidney-like shape was less than comforting when I felt like I might disgorge my actual kidneys into the thing.
It also turns up in Mary Poppins. The vocal selections include both the version used in the film and the passage as the Shermans originally wrote it:
July 7, 2024 at 7:31 PM
It also turns up in Mary Poppins. The vocal selections include both the version used in the film and the passage as the Shermans originally wrote it: