> > Ab-ka-defghe-jickle-manop-kwers-tuwixiz, 
> > Rumpelstiltskin, the notion of "he who must not be 
> > named" has been in the literature for a long time - 
> > even BCE, if you're into that kind of thing.
> Except back when, She was the good guy.(LOL) 

The good guy?

> > > > the intangible side - editing, teaching, and making
> > > > music.
> > > Somebody's got to do it.  
> > Yep, dirty work it is, too.
> Very, especially when you're dealing with conductors, producers, and 
> record execs.

Mostly the first of these. I've been hired to do some
work on recordings but was never a leader or anyone 
entrusted with negotiating with that kind of people.
Nor, aside from getting some residuals for a while,
was I ever invested in that, particularly.

> > There is the Jean Valjean issue, but beyond that,
> > I mostly agree. Causing strife unnecessarily is not 
> > good. Unnecessarily being a key word.
> Dire emergency is one thing.  Greed and stupidity are another matter. 

Yeah, that being the point.

> > > orange in a bag gets moldy the whole thing goes out.  The frozen 
> food 
> > > tends to indicate she swiped it.
> > That was my thought. One oddity was that her offerings
> > were off-brands - either she had bad taste or perhaps had
> > the Valjean mentality ... steal no more than is necessary
> > (in the novel, the guy did grow worse for a while, though).
> In the musical he's almost saintly. Somehow I doubted that was 

You don't get nuanced characters in musicals.

> accurate.  Maybe she swiped it all from a food bank instead of a 
> grocery.  That would explain the off brands.

I'm not too attuned to the thought patterns of thugs
so could hardly speculate.

> > > > Old statesmen never die, they just misstate things.
> > > Old legislators never die, they just go on recess.
> > As do children.
> Except children come back and go back to work.

You seem to think that politicians are overgrown
truants. Thee may be sonething to that.

> > So I'm going to Europe for Bonnie and Letitia's concert 
> > tour (this is true), and we'll be seeing a lot of the
> > stomping grounds of the great artists (this is true), and 
> > there will be Manet more opportunities to make bad puns
> > (this is largely up to you).
> I'm Seurat will be educational. 

I was going to Giotto some names in anticipation of a
prolonged exchange, but what's the point o' listing all 
the painters in history?

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2 oz lemonade
1 oz pomegranate juice
garnish - lemon wheel

Mix ingredients and serve over ice in a double
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