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Every time I see another actor switch to real estate, I mourn a little. This profession is rapidly becoming only something wealthy young people can try (or, nepo babies who have doors opened for them without effort).

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You have conspir’d against our royal person, Join’d with an enemy proclaim’d, and from his coffers Receiv’d the golden earnest of our death

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Among the many felicities of rewatching THE PRINCESS BRIDE is this profound moral lesson, spoken by Peter Falk as “Grandpa”: “Who said life was fair? Where is that written?” Knocks me over the head every time. So simple, but echoes like a thunderclap. Nobody kills Humperdinck. He lives.

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Standby for Guardians coaster is forty minutes, even with Lightning Lane bourgeois skipping the line. Under the virtual queue system, I would join the queue, wait six hours, and then wait forty minutes in line with my “boarding group.” This is the way.

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Jeff Bezos is a dick.

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My condolences go out to all the atmosphere actors on the streets of Epic Universe, who will be IGNORED for months, because ticketholders are restricted to ONE DAY in the park, which has at least ten marquee rides and stage shows. Actors, rehearse waving to guests as they SPRINT by you.

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Current view. Topolino’s Terrace, Disney’s Riviera resort. Had a very good meal here. No cast member discount, though, which stung.

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I will participate in the economic boycott on Feb. 28th. The goal: No purchases of any kind, in any form, for those twenty-four hours. I bet we can do it. Just to unnerve the oligarchs, and demonstrate our anger, will make it worthwhile. There are more of us, than them.

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Apparently, getting an espresso is an impossibility at Disney restaurants this week. First, no coffee AT ALL at Mama Melrose’s. Tonight, no espresso available at Topolino’s Terrace at Disney’s Riviera Resort. At least Topolino’s has regular coffee. Annoyed am I.

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Fun fact: The music playing in the Mama Melrose dining room is the same as the BGM in Epcot’s Italy Pavilion.

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Dinner at Mama Melrose’s is very satisfactory. Shrimp pasta here. Yummerz.

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give me your hand, We must needs dine together.

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Since Mama Melrose’s restaurant will be closing in a few months, I’m enjoying a farewell dinner tonight. On rainy days, I would perform Citizen of Hollywood sets here, acting as the doorman. The gag was that I was a relative of Mama Melrose, and the restaurant was a money-laundering operation.

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On a whim, I just saw “MuppetVision 3D” for the last time (probably). It was never my favorite thing, but its demented satire of Small World’s doll parade makes me grin every time. RIP to the last thing Henson worked on.

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Not having booze when dining out, cuts the bill by fifty percent (at least in my case, which I admit is perhaps atypical).

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Dulce de leche choux (pronounced shoo, French for cabbage, which the pastry resembles), and a doppio espresso. Adorably Salvador Dalí. Restaurant Toledo.

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Lamb loin at Toledo.

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Gazpacho at Toledo. Pretty!

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Folks, NEVER click a link on an email or text. Just got a very convincing email claiming a problem with an order and links pointing to emailinfo2 dot bestbuy dot com. It's sophisticated phishing, using multiple redirects and a spoofed domain.

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If Stephen Colbert ever wants to leave show business, he can easily become a dentist: his interview with De Niro was like pulling teeth.

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I’ll never be famous, and that’s probably for the best. Recently, a man walked up to me, and said, “I’ve seen so much of you on YouTube.“ Super-duper awkward, and creepy. I simply would not be able to handle that kind of interaction on a daily basis.

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@gillyfoosh.bsky.social Gilly!

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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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"Convincing your girlfriend she's crazy or paranoid is called gaslighting, and it's a dick move. Convincing her she's a robot with artificially implanted human emotions is called bladerunning, and it's a Phillip K. Dick move."

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CABARET at Orlando Shakes. Sitting here grieving for my country. Germany came back - why can’t we?

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A glittering evening at Orlando Shakes for CABARET!!

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It's so weird, isn't it, to see the president in the oval office, while someone else sits at his desk and looks lost and confused?

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I don't want to witness the downfall of an empire I want to make art and enjoy little treats

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I'm so old, I remember when Republicans used to pretend to give a shit about the Constitution

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An evening of Rich White Bastard’s entertainment, starting with: dinner at the quintessentially bourgeois Kres Chophouse. (The dress code forbids MAGA ball caps, Zeus be praised.)

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The main obstacle to gym workouts is the short-term hopelessness; I haven’t the patience. However, I did just walk three miles, round-trip, to buy a dish drying rack and a Pyrex bowl. I could exercise daily, and enjoy it, if it were a fetch-quest.

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Venice, Italy, looks like a fairytale kingdom that fought a war, and lost.

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4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to Theresienstadt. She survived. Today she turns 100.

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Indefensible for any news organization to still be on Twitter. "We think it's important for us to reach people who aren't necessarily" blah blah blah forget it. Do you routinely post on Nazi or white supremacist chat boards? Then don't post on Twitter, because the only difference is, it's bigger.

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The Founders built a system with one flaw: They assumed all those in government would act on principle, and quash those who did not. We’ll see.

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I see more criticism here of Democrats in Congress than I do condemnation of Republicans. And yet it is the GOP who are enabling Trump. It tells me a lot when I see you regularly bash our side but say nothing, ever, about the other. Reflect on your choices. You may be helping the fascists.

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GUYS! You can make your own cocktail sauce! You don’t even have to measure anything - just eyeball it! Ketchup Horseradish (about 1/3 the ketchup amount - eyeball it!) Worcestershire sauce (a little bit) Lemon juice (a little bit) Hot sauce (a little bit) Taste and adjust. WE ARE FOREVER FREE.

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Performing atmosphere sets as Emil Bleehall, 1937’s Adventurer of the Year, for Walt Disney World Service Celebration. The Adventureland setting is fun for photos, and most WDW cast members wearing badges of 25 years or more remember Pleasure Island days.

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