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    Anyone here into watching soaps?

    One night as I was coming down the stairs from my cheap seat at the ballet at the Met I spotted Helen Wagner, glamorous as could be in a stunning dress and mink coat and dripping jewelry, coming out of the orchestra. Wagner played middle class wife and mother, Nancy Hughes, on As the World Turns...
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    Anyone here into watching soaps?

    I used to be an avid soap watcher back in the day and by back in the day I mean I started in the late 50s. I rushed home from school at lunchtime so I could watch Love of Life and I rushed home after school to make sure I didn’t miss The Secret Storm or Edge of Night, Young Doctor Malone, Our...
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    2024 4CC Women's SP--We're Not in Kaunas Any More

    I asked Google what time it is in Shanghai and I was given 11:44AM Friday; this was at 10:44PM Thursday in NYC.
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    2024 4CC Women's SP--We're Not in Kaunas Any More

    Actually, it’s Friday am there - time difference, you know.
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    Last Taste of Food on Earth (Not a Meal!)

    A russet, a/k/a Idaho, potato baked at 450F for 1 hour so that you get a good crunchy skin, served with plenty of butter and salt and fresh-ground pepper.
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    2024 US Nats Womens SP - Qs Will Roll

    No one except for, if I remember correctly, Brian Boitano, who was quoted as saying he heard that Wylie was winning the practices.
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    Russian figure skating news in 2023

    You got all high and mighty about no drugs in ballet; this book makes it clear there are. Sorry, not sorry.
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    Russian figure skating news in 2023

    Read Swan Dive by Georgina Pazcoguin, a former soloist at NYCB; she talks about her drug use and that of others at the company.
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    Strange Food Combo/Cravings

    Even better if it’s banana, peanut butter, and bacon.
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    Count those CROSSOVERS!!!!!

    I remember Tiffany and Johnnie Steigler at a late 90s competition (Philadelphia Nats 98?) where I was mesmerized by their crossovers; perfectly in sync and absolutely beautiful. I didn’t care about anything else in the program; I just wanted to see those crossovers. Word on the street was that...
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    Unpopular Opinions

    I am so sick of twizzles; can we please have a year off with some other required element in Ice Dance. Down with twizzles (at least for a year)!
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    2023 NHK Trophy Free Dance - Hello Rocky

    Well, we all have different perspectives. I’ve had a series of health issues lately; I’ve been in the hospital 3 times since Labor Day and at this point I just want to be entertained. The Italians were wonderful but the Brits brought the entertainment with a capital E. Sorry, Italians, but I’m...
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    U.S. Men 2023-24 news & updates

    I don’t think it’s cheaper on the senior level, but if, perhaps, he has limited training funds, he might prefer to go senior and use his funds there. I don’t know his personal situation; I’m just speculating on a possible reason.
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    U.S. Men 2023-24 news & updates

    Is it possible that it’s partially a financial motive? Skating is expensive and perhaps Broussard can’t afford to stay at the junior level.
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    U.S. Women [#5]: Remain on the Dance Floor

    I agree about Sasha Cohen; watching her in Washington at 2003 Worlds was like watching someone check off a grocery list: OK, I just put my footwork in my basket, now let me find the aisle where axels are for sale. It was so mechanical and the performance never went beyond her face.
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