Thursday 05/22/2025
Didn’t leave the building today, I realize now at the end. Neighbor Jeb dropped by. He wants to scan some 35mm slides. Yesterday I dug out my old Canon scanner from my storage cage downstairs, which is very good for that job, and tested it. So I showed him how, and talked about the process, and then he said he would need to reorganize his office space to make room, but he’d come back to borrow it later. So now I have the scanner in a box cluttering up my bedroom. Oh well.
At 1 I attended a lecture on how to approach and live with dementia patients. I left early; it was going too slow. Actually all the good advice was on a single-page handout.
At 3pm the Good Times committee met to start planning our September event, which will be a celebration of the best Broadway show tunes. We came up with an initial list of 25 or so. I helped Lou set up a Google Sheet so we could avoid the method used previously, Lou maintaining an Excel sheet and sending out revised copies by email. Everybody can view it and see updates instantly.
Then I spent an hour looking at websites with names like “best 100 broadway tunes” and so forth, auditioning songs on YouTube. There’s some crappy songs that are celebrated now. Like “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King. It’s a comedy routine, not a song. Or “Memory” from Cats — boooring. “Defying Gravity” from Wicked, SUPER boring. Meanwhile, “Let It Go” from Frozen is as good a female anthem as anything Broadway produced.
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