...and, following up:

The Exterminating Angel
A guide to the film that inspired Act II of Sondheim's Here We Are

I celebrated Sondheimas by seeing a production of Guys and Dolls, (I need to look up what SJS had to say about Frank Loesser; I seem to remember it being fairly complimentary) then coming home and listening to Here We Are and Color and Light: Jazz Sketches on Sondheim.

Right now I am cleaning several rooms of my house so I can vacuum them, which is in preparation for the carpet cleaners coming tomorrow afternoon.

From 2014, I found this nice rendition of "Me And My Town" from the annual 54 Below birthday revue:


(A playlist of that year's 54B tribute, Three Wishes For Sondheimas, can be found here — 16 videos totalling about an hour overall).

All the curses have been ended,
The reverses wiped away.
All is tenderness and laughter
For forever
After!

I was hoping to be able to say whether I owed or whether I was getting a refund, but when I went to my scheduled appointment at my accountant's office today, he was having computer issues and was on the phone with Geek Squad. So I left all my tax documents with him, to be picked up later. I have a buttload of medical expenses for 2024, so many that I might be able to itemize. I paid for a lot of occupational therapy sessions out of pocket because insurance stopped covering after a certain number or amount. (They only covered 50% anyway.)

And somebody got sick from the food that she wasn't supposed to eat, which I didn't put away. She got sick in multiple places mostly over the carpeted stairs, but also in the bedroom and in the living room right in front of her crate. The carpet would definitely benefit from a cleaning. There are a number of carpet cleaners having specials like "three rooms for $xxx," but stairs are extra.

So that has been my Thursday. Frustrating and it will most likely end up being expensive.

Quote from: DiveMilw on Mar 16, 2025, 10:01 AMIs there a Mac version of "toggling" between screens?  In Windows this is Alt+Tab. 

I don't know if this does exactly what you want, but I use it all the time. It will toggle between open applications. Command+Tab.

Quote from: KathyB on Mar 16, 2025, 07:16 AMOr you can leave it the way it is and get used to it.


P.S. Refurbs are great!

Thank you Kathy!!!!!  
I figured there was a way to reset the scroll wheel but I do not know how long it would have been until I figured it out.  I was thinking of trying to get used to it but it might have been confusing as I switched back and forth.  

Is there a Mac version of "toggling" between screens?  In Windows this is Alt+Tab.  

Quote from: DiveMilw on Mar 15, 2025, 10:33 PMSo far my only complaint is that the scroll wheel is "backwards" from what I'm used to.

You can set up the scrolling so that it works the same way that you're used to.  Go to System Settings and search there for "Natural Scrolling."

Or you can leave it the way it is and get used to it.


P.S. Refurbs are great!

I ended up buying a refurb Mac Mini.  That was not the mistake.  The mistake was not realizing that none of my existing keyboards or mice will work with it.  Fortunately, taking Kathy's advice, I went to the MicroCenter in Dallas to get a usb hub.  While I was there I figured out that I needed a new keyboard and mouse.  I also got a surge protector as long as I was there.  I spent a little more money than I wanted but I could have spent a LOT more.  I had no idea keyboards could get so expensive no matter what type of computer you own.   

I set my new mini this evening and am using it right now!  So far my only complaint is that the scroll wheel is "backwards" from what I'm used to.  At some point I will transfer files from my lenovo PC to the mini but I am not in much of a hurry to do that.  

I might have to get a Marie Callender's chocolate satin pie at Safeway when I go grocery shopping today.

After a couple of days in the mid-60s, it looks as if it's going to start snowing any minute. 

Only three more days before the current PBS pledge drive is over!