Still Tickin'

Okay, so like the missus said, the concert wasn't as hideous as it could have been (neither was the root canal that I had a few years back, but I'm no longer allowed to make that analogy). Barry was in very good voice, the concert was only amplified slightly beyond tolerable limits, and there was a Sondheim song in the whole mix (actually, just a Sondheim lyric: The Peroxided One sang a reasonably credible "All I Need is the Girl" from Gypsy before introducing one of his his backup singers). In a blatant attempt to try to win me over, Manny-boy brought out the cast of Harmony, his "coming to Broadway any day now, really!" show, featuring Brian D'Arcy James (one of the highlights of Titanic). Unfortunately, even James couldn't make Bland Barry's lyrics into anything interesting (I really don't see how the show has much of a future, based on the songs that I heard, but what do I know?). Moments of interest: a fairly snazzy vocalise version of the "William Tell Overture," and "I Write the Songs," which gave me the opportunity to sing along with Elaine Brier's lyrics ("I slice salami for the whole west side/ I got the business from an uncle who died (uncle Shlomo)/I make potato salad, cole slaw too/ I am Deli, I'm a Jew"). Anyhoo, survived the show and the "three day yom tov" weekend, and am now recovering from laundry overload.

Ooh! 'Fore I forget... mazal tov to Shlomo & Sara on kid number three and boy number one... may you have much joy and bliss, etc. etc.

About to hit midnight, which means that it's time to wish TLW a happy birthday! Oops, check that... that don't happen 'till 4:00am (she's pushing off that extra year for as long as possible), and if you think I'm gonna stay up another four hours just to be able to share that moment with y'all, you're sadly mistaken.