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Kudos to all above
Mrs. DA tested negative again for cancer a few weeks ago after having a lymph node removed for a test last January. Her sister flew out for that, and she's here today on a related business trip. Glad to have her company.
The wife and I went to NYC to see 'Gutenburg: The Musical'. Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (from 'The Book of Mormon') were just as funny and talented as when we saw them on Broadway years ago in that show. ‘Gutenberg’… a silly, smart, stupid, sarcastic ridiculous play that had me in such stitches so much that I was laughing aloud at times (others were audibly guffawing at other times when I was silently laughing myself silly). At the end, when the 'guest producer' showed up (for our show, it was Katie Couric), I was in tears, and I simply could not stop laughing. I would wipe the tears from my eyes...and then I'd start uncontrollably laughing again.
That happened once during the summer when my best friend visited, we were out in the garage, and somebody said something, and, well.....
Moving on......
The tradition of me and the missus on long trips is to play the end of my best of DT III disc with the Score version of 'The Razor's Edge' as we near our exit on I 695. ('we move in circles.....the story ends where it began...'). On that disc, I placed what James says after 'Metropolis'...
"Thank you, New York! This is definitely a memorable evening for us all. Thanks for making the magic...and keeping the dream alive!!! Good night!!!"
Crowd noise, and then there's Portnoy:
"There's no place like home. Thank you so much, New York. This is one of the best nights of our career. Thank you so much."It kinda hit me like a two ton heavy thing hearing it yesterday. The first time in thirteen years that.....well.....instead of feeling some pangs, well....you know......