Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Random Thoughts
Still typing, so random thoughts:
It must be getting closer to fall. The first walnut just fell on my roof. It's going to sound like the house is under bombardment for a while now. May be time to call in Louis the Tree Guy.
Monty Python: I think the first time I ever saw Bob smile was at Spamalot when Arthur proposed to the Lady of the Lake and she said, "Let me think. Yes," and ripped off her dress. But we also do our fair share of "Not dead yet" and "Always look on the bright side of life." Which come to think of it were also in Spamalot. That was kind of the Greatest Hits, wasn't it?
Crispin: I have all his mysteries but my fave is probably Glimpses of the Moon (the last book which he wrote fifteen years after the rest) if only for this:
"Here he paused by the mirror, from which, not unexpectedly his own face looked out at him. In the fifteen years since his last appearance, he appear to have changed very little. Peering at his image now, he saw the same tall lean body, the same ruddy, scrubbed-looking, clean-shaved face, the same blue eyes, the same brown hair ineffectually plastered down with water, so that it stood up in a spike at the crown of his head. Somewhere or other he still had his extraordinary hat. Good. At this rate, he felt, he might even live to see the day when novelists described their characters by some other device that that of manoeuvering them into examining themselves in mirrors."
Every time I see a writer describe a character by having her look at herself in a mirror, I want to send her Glimpses of the Moon. You really just can't after you read that.
Oh, and I now have both Acts One and Two since Bob sent One stumbling back across the bridge to me last night. I've fed them both hearty meals, wrapped them in wool blankets, and diagrammed them on graph paper, looking for Agnes's arc. I am, as Bob screams, circling the plot, going around and around in larger circles as I look for patterns. Actually, Bob's not screaming at all, he's being very patient and I should give him all kinds of credit for that.
And now I have to go finish my notes to him so that he knows what the hell Agnes is doing in Act Two so he can move forward. Or maybe he should just sit on his dock for awhile. He was sounding fried yesterday. Do not harass the GAM today, grasshoppers. He needs what peace there may be in silence.
So he can shoot at the pleasure boats that bespoil his nice intercoastal.
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Theresa in Pgh
Jenny it sounds like you both need some peace. Once the two Acxts get over the shock of being rudely awakened in the middle of the night, blindfolded and sent stumbling across a bridge, they may be able to help you find teh arcs.
Happy wriitn - whether it' sby putting words to paper, thinking about words for paper, or circling the words that are already there.
Last night I dreamt about flamingos taking over the world, mating with all sorts of species. I particularly liked hte flamingo cockatiel. It was the first one I met. Cerise has been tres busy
Bob: Poor baby. You want peace? Jenny thinks you need silence? From the CB's? It's early, maybe she's not really awake yet.
Ok, here's a little secret that we sometimes use in emergencies: Turn off the laptop. Yeah, there IS a little button somewhere that does that. No one is forcing you to read this stuff.
Really.
bw
Bob: No worries okay? Goals for today: Beer. Dock. Relax.
The challenge will have to wait. No harassing the GAM today. Cher-ee's orders.
So, who do we harass? Jen-T, you're pretty skilled at taking harassment. (Note: LeFarve) Ready to take one more for the team today? Or maybe we should spread it around more.
fwogy: The atmosphere around GG when she gets up in the morning for bootcamp. (BTW: crazy or not ~ very impressed with your commitment there.)
Jenny - Great random thoughts! But if you really wanted us to give Bob some peace and stop harrasing him, well, then you should've let us keep going on his last post since he says he can't "see" us after 100 and now, well, he can see us and we can go on harrassing him since it's so much fun to do so.
Off to make the manics pancakes for breakfast!
BCB - I'm coming down there to chop off your fingers! How could you tell them about the off button. They just might do that! Geez, have I tought you nothing!
Lori - Ha, your funny. Okay, so DH is out of town now, I suppose I could take one for the team. Send LaFavre back, but warn him, the hockey team is here today. Why is that I'm the only mom that can handle a half a dozen boys at once? Oh, yeah, that's because I don't have a job and all the other mother's do. maybe i should get me one of those? Thinking, thinking - okay, not. I like my duckie lake life!
Go ahead CB's bring on the harrassement. I get it all day from my kids. I think I can handle you.
Do not harass the GAM today, grasshoppers. He needs what peace there may be in silence.
Bob embracing the Desiderata on his dock.
Nice image.
So he can shoot at the pleasure boats that bespoil his nice intercoastal.
I can relate. I live on a harbor so any boats that go by follow the 'no wake' restriction and their slow chugging doesn't disturb the peaceful atmosphere. Occasionally, kids on waverunners zoom by and disrupt the harbor zen.
Perhaps some of the moored sailboats could string trip wires between their bows. *g*
txsiu: The existential scene is utopia.
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sshhhh... maybe if we do 100 of these?
bw
I'll be as quiet as possible since you all don't want to disturb the GAM. But this cracked me up. I read my horoscope every morning, just for kicks. Anyway, this is today's horoscrope according to the Rochester Democrate and Chronicle.
"Gemini (May 21 - June 21) While it may be noble to take one for the team, taking two, three and four for the team is just pathetic. If you feel like you've been beaten up on the playground of life, it's an excellent day to stand up to the bully."
Okay, CB's be very, very quiet. Princess Jen is demanding that you all stop picking on her. it's her day to stand up and say "i'm not taking one for the team!"
tip..........................toe
tip..........................toe
tip..........................toe
Yes, I can do it!
ncbisyys - some secret system to keep North Carolina quiet for Bob
pssst.. CG... Bob is in South Carolina.
I am in NC.
Oh. That's what you meant?
sshhhh......
bw
Hee hee -- I am a redhead and I harass whomever and whenever I want. Its in the rules.
Jenny, Goddess that she is, may hate the mirror manuever (not thrilled with it myself) but I hate the phrase 'every fiber of my being' with ... my entire central nervous system. I also hate movies where the damsel in distress just STANDS THERE while her man fights. I love Princess Bride but I always scream "Hit the GD RUS with something you twit" at the screen whenever their in the fireswamp. If my Sweet Babou was being attacked by a Bigass Rat I would distract it by jamming the dropped sword right up its butt. Sheesh.
How come Jen-T gets to take one for team? If LaFavre is giving one I want to take one for the team (whine).
BTW Jen-T: You DO have a job. I am a stay at home Mom too and this is the toughest job I ever loved. I am on call 24/7, haven't eaten hot food since March 2005, and have read Goodnight Moon about 5000 times. Plus, since I am home anyway, I cook and clean. And that's before I hit the sports mom stage where I become uber-chaffeur (sp?). NEVER imply you don't have a job again. Casey and I swapped places for one day last year (long story) and his first comment was 'I don't know how you do this every day love'. I've never seen him so tired. Every mom is a working mom, even if she does loll around by a shark-infested lake writing books adn waiting for LaFavre to show up :0)
And now for my, ahem ... 'cherry' attempt at this word game:
ebmrfa: eventually bob made redheaded fan alerts.
Bob - after you take out some pleasure boats you can fly up to my lake and take out the (*&*^-ing jet skiers who disturbe me when I'm fishing. Yes, my boat has a motor but I know what a no wake zone is and I know how to cut the motor and anchor.
Sheesh, guys. All this tip-toeing around with such ostentation is going to get on the GAM's nerves, surely.
Another Crispinite stands up! It's great to find others. I love Crispin's sense of fun and Fen's occasional tendency to step out of the frame of the book, Pirandello-like, and make comments about Crispin and his writing style. It's hard to do that without going over into parody, but Fen manages.
On a completely different topic, I would like to complain to someone. Went to a bookstore the other day and saw several Crusie paperbacks all designed in a light, bright style with light, bright colors. Well and good, except that right next to Strange Bedfellows was a paperback by Janet Dailey with a cover that was almost an exact duplicate of the Crusie. I mean pretty much everything but the title and the author's name looked EXACTly alike. Same colors, almost same design on the cover. That seems a cheesy attempt to ride in on another author's coattails, and it seems especially bad that it's a Janet Dailey book, since she really didn't even bother to think up a convincing excuse, let alone a decent apology, for stealing wholesale from Nora Roberts' books. I am peeved.
SSSSSHHHHHHH. No picking on Bob. Seriously folks. We don't want to push him too far and then no more collabs. And I think that means we have to leave LaFavre alone too. The GAM needs some peace. You know it must be bad if even Jenny isn't picking on him.
Mary, as soon as you said it was a Janet Daily book I had the same thought. Except I guess the authors don't get a lot of say about there covers, right? So maybe that one's not on her.
Mary: I don't read Daily anymore either. I hate that she pretty much felt free to steal Roberts' work. Trashy move. But it was undoubtedly some marketing genius in publishing that's doing the book cover crap. Then again, maybe Daily's sunk lower. Does she go to confrences? Do the other writers hide their manuscripts?
MCB: If we don't pick on Bob we are enabling him to sulk. He can handle it. Its one of the manly things he does with other men in manly ways.
ANNON - geez, you'd hate me and my family. We've got a jetski and a ski boat. With three kids that love to ski and two parents who love it just as much, well, fisherman don't like us much. But we've seem to come to a compromise, they get from 6-about 9:30 in the morning, then we waterskiing til about one when there are too many boats on the lake to ski. Then the kids go out on the jetski - but they stay away from the fishermen.
I grew up with a Dad who loved fishing. If we wanted to waterski, we had to get up at like 4:30, sit next to two poles and pretend we were having fun, then he'd take us for a pull, then we'd get donuts at Glen Island, then do a little more fishing, then one more run. My mother loved it, she had the house to herself till like two.
But there is one way to annoy waterskiers - make really big wakes, we hate that.
Kara the red - yes, I know I have a "job" as wife and mother, but back when I was you with little ones, it was easy. I just stayed at home, found mothers to swap kids with and had a really clean house. I miss those days. Today it's dealing with teenagers and one 9 year old, who all have lives and what this and that and this morning my day started at 6:30 when I drove middle child to golf course for a golf tournament - then I took youngest child to swim lessons and now we have a half a dozen boys at the house, which I have to make lunch for and then drop my daughter off at the mall/movies with friends, pick up middle child, drive other kids home, cook dinner (I hate cooking), do laundry, someone has hockey practice tonight and write my big breakout novel. I need a nap.
Me not being quiet, don't know how.
That's what silencers are for. Ya get peace AND quiet in one neat little package.
Some of us are just grateful that our laptops haven't burst into flames.
inkgrrl - I love that! I think Jenny and Bob should give that line to one of the mob characters ... "Ya get peace AND quiet in one neat little package."
McB and Kyra,
I don't blame Janet Dailey for the cover, it just was icing on the cake that she was the author of the book with the questionable cover. I can see some smart-alec marketing type figuring out that in most bookstores* Da comes shortly after Cr and wouldn't it be cute to design the book covers alike.
*Of course, not all bookstores display the books in alphabetical order. Indeed, one bookstore in Gresham has the books sorted by these criteria: first by gender (books by male authors on the left, by female authors on the right... I guess DLD would be smack in the middle), then for the romance novels they were further sorted by publishing imprint, e.g., the Harlequins were subdivided into Harlequin Romance, Harlequin Presents, etc. THEN, after all that, the books were in alphabetical order by author's last name.
Ah, Monty Python.
Large Man with Dead Body: Who's that then?
The Dead Collector: I dunno, must be a king.
Large Man with Dead Body: Why?
The Dead Collector: He hasn't got shit all over him.
Gotta love 'em.
mary wrote: All this tip-toeing around with such ostentation is going to get on the GAM's nerves, surely.
No. Really? A man his age doesn't know how to find a little peace and quiet, sheesh, too damn bad buddy. We don't get any, neither do you.
Geez, it's not like we're standing at the end of his walkway with a bullhorn. Or asking him to drive us somewhere. Or asking him for money to get a haircut. Or demanding that he feed us. Or asking for help with homework. Or demanding that he write payroll checks A DAY EARLY so someone can take the day off tomorrow.
No, those were not suggestions, CB's.
I love inkgrrl's suggestion. Very appropriate. Very useful. Can I use it?
MCB: I'll be happy to leave LaFavre alone. Unless he shows up at my door, then all bets are off. I will agree to not tell y'all about it, however. I never French and tell.
Jen: Stop complaining. Think how much worse it would be if all those kids hung out at someone else's house. Our house was ALWAYS the place to be, and I loved it. Once they get a bit older, buy a pool table. I am serious. Best investment ever in managing teen angst. In the meantime, take some pictures. Film all the activity. Hide a tape recorder and document their stupid conversations. A couple years from now you will be so sad when they're gone. Trust me.
bw
lori sez: fwogy: The atmosphere around GG when she gets up in the morning for bootcamp. (BTW: crazy or not ~ very impressed with your commitment there.)
That pretty much covers it. And the weather as well. We are back to our typical pattern: foggy til mid-day, then clear til the fog rolls in again in the evening, highs in the 60s. A bit chill for my taste. And bootcamp at 6:30 is MUCH colder than at 9. Brrrr.
Thank you, though. I am pretty impressed with myself as well. But BOTH my parents have been diagnosed with osteoporosis (though I'm happy to say meds are actually reversing bone loss for my mother...and making my father ill with side effects. Sigh), and the more bone density I can build/retain at this stage, the better it will be for my long-term health. My father's also diabetic and a lot of my inspiration is due to the fact that I hate needles the way Jen-T hates sharks. My father's been injecting insulin for over 20 years now...I'm trying to avoid that fate, since his was primarily caused by being overweight all his life.
And my back problems and headaches are seriously diminished when my muscles are strong.
Pain avoidance is a marvelous motivator.
inkgrrl: "Peace and quiet in one neat package." Love it!
I recently got instant messaging and found that the number one thing I use for it is to trade insults with my youngest sister (and blackmail photos from our childhood). Invariably, we get on a Monty Python kick and someone writes, "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
Um, yes that would be the other person's parents too.
bpglc: But Python get laughs certainly!
Kyrathered said... I also hate movies where the damsel in distress just STANDS THERE while her man fights. I love Princess Bride but I always scream "Hit the GD RUS with something you twit" at the screen whenever their in the fireswamp.
Me too!!!! I love that movie...hate that scene. He's practically being eaten alive and she stands there and watches him!! I mean, come on.
ofmkey: Oh! (I) forgot my keg
BCB - have you been to my house? Oh my gosh. Let's see here. We have a program on both kid computers that downloads every key stroke, poor kids, can't get away with nothing. Just asked DD if she'd talk with her friend that is a boy and if he made the football team or not. She got all flushed and said, "Yeah, think so," then darted back to her room where she IM'd her friend saying, my mom has evil powers and knows everything. it's not fair. My office is right over the "kids" room in the basement, and everything echos up to my room, I hear everything. So when middle boy said so and so is really hot and he was goint to ask her out, I asked him how she was. But he doesn't embarrass so easily. He just smiled and pointed to himself and said "I'm the man." he's too cute.
Oh, and I have a pool table and well, the sticks become weapons. Just the other day my boys were dueling with them and middle child got smacked in the face. We also have a ping pong table, but I won't tell you what they do with the balls. Geez, my kids have issues.
But, yeah, I know, I'm the Kool-aide mom. Speaking of which, I need to go make some for the screaming tigers running around downstairs. I thought I sent those suckers outside.
Oh, and I will be quiet tomorrow - playing golf all day. Oh leave me alone. I know, I'm spoiled.
GG - you go! I'm impressed with your drive and determination.
Ok, I admit it...I've done the mirror thing. I'm sorry! I'll never do it again!! But, but, but she had amnesia at the time and the mirror fogging from the shower was a metaphor for how her mind was working and...sigh. I suck.
Thanks for slapping some common sense into me, Jenny. Apparently I need all the help I can get.
Re: Dailey cover. In my bookstore Jenny is shelved in the fiction section and janet in the romance section. So never the twain would meet in that store.
urrzlhw - You're ze lovely house wife.
Seems to me that a couple of wandering "lost" ladies drop...Left Le Favre in one of those big square states....which means that Le Favre is probable near California...
Which means the West coast contingent of CB's should be on guard...
Which means that OH and the others on the list better lock the doors, guard the bastions, etc.
And watch each others back...
hpnjsg blue
how poisonous, now Jenny saves GAM
I dunno, me, Jenny may think the mirror thing is cheap, but it's better than introducing appearance things in labored dialogue. As AgTigress has occasionally said - it's not that there are hard-and-fast rules, more that these are some guidelines or things to look out for (only she said it better).
Jen-T (and Kyra and other moms w/o structured outside employment, since stay-at-home is manifestly false in most cases): you do, indeed, have a difficult and satisfying job. As with most jobs, it has pluses and minuses, tough times and great times. Just out of curiosity, Jen-T (so Kyra can know what to look forward to), how many miles do you drive per year? With all the camps and competitions, etc?
While I approve of the sentiment of Ms. Heroine helpfully stepping in to aid in dispatching the RUS or other villain, as a not-very-coordinated, unaccustomed-to-violence type, I'd probably either dither too long to be of any use or hit the hero instead by mistake. So, I sympathize with wimpy heroines, too.
Has anyone bought Into the Storm yet? I hope to remember to pick one up after work - if the store has it out on its release date!
rjtlvgpt: Rodents jeer the lovely virgin's game protection try
Bob: Poor Baby. we can make some eggs for your breakfast? (yeah, like i know how to leave someone alone. i'm a teenager. that's like being a redhead but more obnoxious)
good job kyra. being a mom AND a housewife means you need a random variety of skills and work your ass off. working moms have to do that too, but being a good mother (and a good father) takes time and effort. plus, anytime you have to wake up via alarm clock for something you don't really want to do (JJ driving her kids around at 6:30 in the morning) is a job. it's just an unpaid job.
and what's this thing with Janet Daily stealing from Nora Roberts? someone tell me the gossip.
Kyra, re: Princess Bride: i put those damasels in distress that just stand there TATL (too annoying to live) or they subconciously don't like the hero all that much. or, as diane pointed out, maybe they just don't want to get in the way. Like in Gone Too Far (brockmann), Alyssa steps back because she knows a) Sam can handle the dogs and b)she'll just get in the way if she tries to help....but sometimes they are just wimpy females TATL.
mary: that bookstore sounds kind of cool but also, if you don't know the publisher that could take awhile. or if your author is male or female. but for repeat authors that can be nice to be seperated so carefully.
WEST COAST CBs, STAND AT LIPS. LE FAVRE IS HEADING OUR WAY. well, you guys stand at lips. i personally don't want him coming anywhere near me. i'll send him back to JJ if there's no takers.
diane: i am bought it throught the virtual signing so i have to wait TWO days. ahhh, the horrors. i may not be able to last and will just download the booklet. esp since i have been following the countdown and 15th was very disappointing. (i wanted to hear more about Jules book or something, not that it's out in stores. i know it's out in stores. the countdown is keeping be calm until i get the book)
GG: Those predawn workouts will give you a chance to look at the unique alignment of the planets next week! Jack Horneimer (sp??), the Star Gazer on PBS, says that Jupiter, Mercury and Venus will be VERY close to each other about 1/2 hour before dawn (near the little sliver of moon). Won't that be worth it?
OH: When I was on the way to watch the tango performance a couple of weeks ago (after which GG tangoed the afternoon away), I was explaining to my sister and niece about all of GG's many activities (bootcamp, tango, rock climbing, other dancing). My niece looked at me and said - wow, you have nothing in common!
Had to explain about the blog, and DLD, and ... well, you know.
My van is now 18 months old - basically a year and a half and it has 43,200 miles on it as of right now. But I still have to pick up daughter and friend at the movies, pick up middle child at the golf club and take home a few more bruised hockey players, and that is just today. Oh, goodie, tomorrow is mommy day. I'm playing golf, children will be left home alone to fend for themselves all day. I'm sure I'll pay for it somehow.
Right now I'm watching the boys play in the front yard. Not sure what they are playing, but no on is bleeding, that is a good day.
OH: Roberts/Dailey thing is old news, not gossip, from I think the late 90s. You would have been but a wee nipper. But you can still locate the odd article by googling either of their names.
diane:
for the record I didn't totally rely on the mirror trick, she was described before that, but she was merely having a reflective moment...(no pun intended, at least I think not.)
And i don't like helpless heroines either. Mine always at least help, if not do for themselves. My current one helps almost to the point of hinderance. She's gonna get in trouble one of these days if she keeps that up...
G-G: While I appreciate that you see your hard work as a practical and necessary way to deal with your pain, I feel compelled to say that even viewing it as such speaks to the strength of your character and my ever-increasing respect. One of the things I have greatly appreciated about both you and SDCB is that you LIVE through your pain. You do not pretend it doesn’t exist, nor do you dwell in it constantly. Not even when it is constantly dwelling in you. You acknowledge it then fight. You live with style.
I have seen what happens when you don’t choose to fight and live. I just wanted you and SDCB to know you’re appreciated. (In more ways than one.)
Lori - to SDCB and GG - Well said, and I ditto everyword.
batmxfy - batman x-ray fry
Jen-T: You had a clean house? How?! Crack habit?? My living room looks like the toybox monster threw up in it. Plus I reload her bookshelves six times a day. She pulls all the books on the floor 7 times a day. She's winning. But, at least she loves to read. She turns the pages and babbles to herself ... very cute.
My child has not the DNA for sports. It's more likely that she will do virtual Linux groups from home :0)
me: As for the mirror thing ... as long as the heroine was not trying to remember with every fiber of her being ... it'll probably be okay. Besides, valid reasons to look in the mirror pass.
hpumi: A word to describe LaFavre.
GG: Way to work with and thru your pain. You rock.
See, this is why people admire you, Glamour-geek: not only are you dedicated, but you have a sensible reason for exercise. I don't care about my health (well, maybe a little) - I exercise to a) fit in my clothes and b) compete with my skinny little/ older sister (or at least not be totally outclassed, since her life is in many other ways also better than mine). Not an admirable motive in the lot, unless you count reduced consumption of fabric as a social good.
bdkokaqi: why do the 8-letter ones look SOOO long? Boisterous, dirty kids offer kind adults quotable insults
lori: that was beautifully said. and very true.
MCB: gossip, news, almost the same thing except for those little pesky things called facts. fine. i will go look it up.
Kayr the red - um well, we used to call our family room the "little tykes" house. What I should say was that while it was full of little tyke toys and books and whatnot, the house itself got cleaned. Because I was home, I could vacume, push a mop and whatever. I didn't say it was neat. Now it's neat, but the bigger the kid, the bigger the messes. They do nasty things to the bathroom and don't think it's necessary to pick up their dirty clothes. Oh, and the laundry, geez. They go through at least two outfits a day. I litteraly get lost in laundry. And the kitchen floor, geez, I mean they eat better when they were babies. I guess the compaint is they just don't clean up after themselves all that well. Funny, my middle boy likes to cook, so he does family dinners like hamburgers, pancakes, french toast and whatever. Then he tries to clean up because he's a sweet boy, but as he whipes the counter down, he dumps all the stuff on the floor, then walks in it. See what I mean. Also, the go to bed much later. When my kids were little, they were in bed by like 7 - had plenty of time to myself - now it's like 9 for the little guy and 11 for the other two.
Although, when school starts, I'll be doing the happy dance. I'll get some normalacy back in my life.
ok, read some stuff on the Dailey vs Roberts thing. if she stole passages why is she still being published?
diane whined: since her life is in many other ways also better than mine
Ok, I see today is my turn to tell everyone who is whining to knock it off.
Diane, knock it off. You are sooo wrong, dear. I don't see your sister over here chatting with us, do I?
The rest of you: Jen, Bob, KTR, MCB (she hasn't yet but she was about to) -- unless you have some VALID reason to complain, like Scope Dope and G-G who have actual pain (and do you notice them complaining? no.), then just stop it.
See, this is what I do with my sisters. I have three of them. First figure out if there really is a problem (believe me, there isn't). Second say something along the lines of: Oh yeah, you think that's bad? Well listen to this. Then list all the things in your life that are dragging you down, so they immediately feel better about whatever minor thing was bothering them. We're just skipping over most of step 2 (you're welcome) so I don't have to tell myself to knock it off, too.
Geez.
CMS: How is your mom doing today? Give her some love from me.
KTR: Go buy three large plastic tubs. Put 1/3 of all toys and books in each one. Put two in a concealed location -- ask CC whether she's bricked up that hole in her wall yet. When DD is tired of Tub 1 (give it at least 2-3 weeks if not more), pack it up while she's napping and take out Tub 2. You can figure out step 3, I know you can. It will be like getting all new toys each time you do this. And there is less for you to pick up. And yes, this will fool them for WAY longer than you might expect. Linux genius or not.
Had the brief 20 minute consultation this afternoon with DD's oral surgeon. It lasted more than an hour. But that was ok, because what a cutie. Whew. So unfair. My wisdom teeth were removed years ago.
bw
BCB: geez, nice, messing with your kids heads like that. really smart though.
diane: i have no will power. read half of Brockmann's downloaded guide thing. will restrain myself till at least tomorrow for the other half. (if you don't have dial-up, it takes less than three minutes to download)
jen-t: We had a ping-pong table growing up. It filled up half the basement and left just enough room around it to walk by. Which means, our version of ping-pong meant off the wall, off the ceiling, off my sisters and off the dog. Don't even get me started on the mouse-trap booby traps behind it.
Even better was the burnt orange, Moroccan print, indoor/outdoor carpeting in the basement (if you stared at it long enough, you got dizzy -- a good plan against visiting opponents). It was only slightly more hideous than the burnt orange shag carpeting in my bedroom. Nothing goes with orange shag carpeting, so I basically had to ignore it.
Lots of good times had in the basement (the other half was a living room), but the colors still give me an eye twitch.
ucumael: University (of) California, um, mail.
Figures.
xlqqzqw: Xeroxing llamas quit quizing zebras going west.
BCB: I don't whine ... I grouse. Grousing is what redheads do so we won't beat people with sticks. Be grateful i'm just complaining :0) I will try the tub thing.
Jen-T: I must already have a teenager or something. She is a night owl and wakes at 3:30AM ready to rock and roll if i get her asleep before 11:00 PM. Her pediatrician says its fine, as long as she gets her 13-15 hrs, which she does. But it is a wee bit hard on her Mommy. But you are right ... it's gonna get harder. And come to think of it I do keep my Kitchen clean and stay on top of the laundry. Why does that take all day? Oh yeah, because I keep sneaking on here to read ya'll comments!
Orangehands: I don't know WTH Daily is still published either.
sbhll: Shhhhh; Bob hunts little ladies
Bryan: Orange shag carpeting is child abuse. Sue your parents and call Jerry Springer.
pmqginwe: Possesive men quickly get irritating, never will enlighten.
Kyra,
1. It's y'all's comments not ya'll. Where'd ya lern yer Southern?
2. btuda had the orange shag carpeting. I had an eight foot orange flower print sofa.
3. I like grousing redheads ;-)
cgobck -- Can't go out because CBs're knocking.
KTR: You grouse? Stay out of the northern woods come fall. They shoot those.
Jen: Make that child mop the floor a time or two, he'll stop dumping stuff on it. I've been staying up till at least 1:00 every night all summer, waiting for DD18 to come home from wherever. Except for that one week in July. And no, I can NOT go to bed until she gets home. My boss does not care to hear that I am tired the next day.
What is that annoying sound?
Oh. I'll stop now.
bw
axlgoe: newly discovered life form, a step up from algae
and
xlpwr: what I use to get through most days
BCB: I never complain. Not even when you were going the wrong way down that one way street that was an on-ramp to a weigh-station for big rigs. Not even then did I complain. Of course I was unconscious for a lot of it. That helped.
OH: Beats me.
CMS: Tell Scope Dope we are thinking of her.
Diane: BCB is right ... if your sister is so perfect, why isn't she here? Because we only let the very best people in. We're extremely exclusive.
And .. hey, I just got notification from Borders that the new Margaret Maron is being held for me. It doesn't go on sale for a week though. Me thinks someone messed up. Better hurry and get my book before they discover their error.
MCB: Are you talking about that time you grabbed the wheel while we were doing 65, stomped on the brake (again) and did a u-turn into that truck stop so you could flirt with that guy with the big rig? That time?
You were unconscious after that.
bw
vwdyl: very well, delay your laughter
Kyra the red - oh boy, don't get me started on sleep schedules. First child was a dream, once she started sleeping through the night at about a year. She slept from 7pm to 7am every night with a three hour nap during the day. Now she sleeps from midnight to noon and the occasional veg infront of the TV. youngest child, the same way, except it was 9pm to 9am and that was more out of necessity on my part, it's that dang misunderstood middle child that did me in. First, it was ear infections and the only thing that calmed him down at 2 in the morning, was HOCKEY!, go figure. We actually started DVDing every flipping hockey game and the kid would get in bed with us and be calm, sort of as he twitched, kicked, yelled and giggled. But he wasn't crying. After tubes were put in his ears we started with night terrors. That was pleasent. I actually had to take every peice of furniture out of his room but a matress because there was no calming him down during those. Then it was nightmares, BTW, we are up to about age 7 now. And he thought the boogie man lived in his room, so he wouldn't sleep there. We found him in the bathtub one morning with all his blankets and pillows. Then a couple of years of peace, okay, well, with the kids. My husband walks and talks in his sleep, so you can imagine. Now, middle child (12) and daughter walk and talk in their sleep. And they never do it on the same night. And they always manage to wake me up. I don't think I know what it's like to sleep more than 4 hours at a time. Add 9 year old's nightmares, well, I've got dark bags under my eyes.
And BCB - thanks for the reminder that some day I will be waiting up for my children. Sigh, It never ends.
Once they start driving, every siren is cause for concern. And a cell phone call. At one point my DD started answering her phone: "I'm FINE, mom."
I'm getting better. I think.
bw
ctpuf: clean these up regularly
OH sez: (yeah, like i know how to leave someone alone. i'm a teenager. that's like being a redhead but more obnoxious)
Oh, that was just brilliant! Thank you!!!
Kay T: if we have nothing in common, how come we have so much to talk about at dinner and have so much fun doing it? Hmph. But it was lovely to meet your sister and niece and baby-niecelet. (did I get the relations right? something like that).
To set the record straight, I'm not in pain anymore, and certainly not like our dearest SDCB. That's in the past for me. I'm trying to prevent it from coming back. I've been doing pretty well for 4 or 5 years now. Whew. Thank goodness! And I'm seeing my chiropractor on Thursday, which my lower back will thank me for.
Well, I'm not in serious pain. I admit that my glutes and quads are not too happy with me right now. Unclear if this is a result of bootcamp or of hiking in the hills yesterday. I did find a nice little park with a playground as I strolled around, adjacent to a little dog park that runs through a tiny fold in the hills and is filled with eucalyptus and redwoods. I have lived here 6+ years and am only now finding my little neighborhood parks? How sad.
I will say that going randomly on foot lets you find things you would never see driving around on your way directly from X to Y. I really should do this more often and in more places. After I amble, I try to remember street names and look on a map to figure out where I was.
Nice of you all to give me credit, though. I never saw it that way. I see a lazy slug hauling herself out the door on good days and looking at herself lolling in the comfy chair, berating herself for not hauling herself out the door, on bad days.
I guess we all do that.
Diane: no being hard on yourself. You're wonderful the way you are, sister or not. How could your life possibly be better if you're already a cherrybomb? ;)
SDCB: how are you, honey? I hope you're feeling a bit better. I worry about you and I want you to be well enough to visit with when I'm in Toronto at xmas. *smooches* Love to Sheryl, too, who was SO MUCH FUN to meet.
BCB: I knew my mother had decided I was an adult when:
Once when I was visiting on xmas break, my mother loaned me her car to go to a friend's party. On every previous occasion when I was out after my parents went to bed (which is usually 9 or 10, it seems), my mother was half awake til she heard my key in the lock and me come in. This time she woke to the key in the lock and said, "We're being robbed!" to my father, who mumbled back, "It's your DAUGHTER!"
She'd forgotten I was out and was out like a light. She'd stopped worrying.
It will happen, someday.
Then they'll start worrying about you and you can seek your revenge.
G-G: Fine then. Be that way.
My comment above was just for SDCB.
Except, I still appreciate you in many ways.
tdfqmt: Too darn forceful. Quit my teasing.
Just something odd. So we got a puppy this morning, a little black and white cocker spaniel girl and the kids and I are sitting down trying to decide on a name. The DD says ooh we should name her Agnes and then my other daughter says nooo, we should name her Lucy or Trudy and the oldest chimes in again saying nope, we should name her Princess.
I was waiting for them to rattle off Min, Mae,Sophie, Amy, Daisy, Tilda, Bonnie or Liza.
We ended up naming her Gerty.
liz
BCB: Disregard email. I found the blog. Think I slipped into the Twilight Zone momentarily. Freaked me out.
RSS - I had the same problem - blog disappeared for a few minutes. I was half expecting to go back in time again.
lori: I happen to think you're amazing, too. :)
But I'm worried about SDCB. Can we throw her a party or something to make her feel better? Send her as much of that chocolate mint stuff as she wants? Send her LaFavre? Send her a different eye patch for each day of the year?
Sheryl: what can we do for your beloved Mama?
Homeland Security was making one of their periodic checks. We try to hide MCB when they do that. She usually has all the evidence and it's just easier than all those tedious explanations they always want.
Hi liz! Cute puppy. Guess who's going to be up all night tonight?
bw
yooel: liz's cute puppy at 3:30 am
Puppies are worse than kids.
Ah! You people talk too much. It has taken me forever to catch up on the last few days' posts. At this point, I am never going to finish that book on procrastination.
Anyone else love the irony in that?
;)
Oh, Christina, I do. Is this a book you are reading or writing:)
I'm worried about SDCB too. Sheryl are y'all ok up there.
JenT- glad to know it wasn't just me. The back in time episode crossed my mind too.
BCB: Homeland Security, of course
Another conspiracy.
Liz have fun with the puppy.
Plfft. phfffft. bblppp. ple.
BCB, when I said a while back that I wanted a dust bunny, the things under your sofa weren't what I was talking about.
Hi Liz! I vote for Sophie.
AND, I grabbed the wheel and stomped on the brake because YOU had decided to go looking for your hat in the back seat... while we were doing 65 on the interstate!
No, same conspiracy from last month, when we went back in time. And HS confiscated the blog and sent it to Guantanamo for a while. Set new occupancy records, too. It's very hush-hush, but I think a covert SF team (is there any other kind?) came to the rescue. Otherwise we'd all still be there.
I hear their next mission is to rescue The GAM from his blue funk. Unfortunately, it matches Hannah's blue ball and he's grown kind of attached to it. Poor baby. Well, if that doesn't work I'll have to send my sisters down there to pester him. They haven't grown fond of him, so they won't feel compelled to be all nice about it or anything. Of course, they might not feel compelled to bother, either. They can be a bit difficult.
Like MCB, who keeps throwing that Old Hat into the back seat where I can't reach it. I'm not getting younger here, girl.
bw
BTW, Jenny, that was NOT "harassing" The GAM. Just talking about him. A little friendly discussion among friends. Believe me, not harassment. Not even close.
You told us not to, so of course, we're being very obedient over here. Nice even.
bw
ohutnpg: did Jenny just make that noise?
BCB: his blue funk matches Hannah's blue ball. LOL snort.
love these stories about the road trip you and mcb keep tossing back and forth. Better to read them than hear the two of you tell it I think because it would be like watching a ping pong match
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
I forgot. We're supposed to be wewwy,wewwy qwiet aren't we. It's not over 100 yet.
Why does Jenny think we're noisy?
We're typing. Even with JenT's nails it just goes tic, tic, tik.
I should be writing. Having trouble with a porch scene. Probably because there are no men there so no excitement. But it's an important scene.
Anyone want to play ping pong?
isxibgxa identical sisters xcavate islands Bob graciously xamined already
Fiddle Blogger. I had those pings and pongs nicely spaced over the page and you had to line them up.
bon cheri bomb said...
No, same conspiracy from last month, when we went back in time. And HS confiscated the blog and sent it to Guantanamo for a while.
That was scary. We didn't know when we were. And we kept typing, but ... the number of comments never got any higher. It was like we existed only in this other realm ... another zone ... THE TWILIGHT ZONE (cue music)
RSS - try getting away from the computer and going outside. Put yourself on that porch as close as possible so you can in the mood. Like Bob watching that movie to put him in the mood for writing Shane's scene.
Dangerous enough to put us in the same car together. In the same room? Where one of us didn't have to occasionally watch the road? We'd kill each other. Accidentally of course, but still.
Besides, words do not come out of my mouth. They go through my fingers. I think it's a genetic disorder.
And really, we TOLD The GAM to just not read this stuff. We can't help it if he refuses to follow directions. We could send him a blindfold, but that might constitute harassment.
Men. They're so sensitive.
bw
bpndmf: the noise a blindfold wearer makes when it slips down over the mouth. and the hands are tied.
RSS: Advice from a pubbed author in my chapter: If they can think it, they can say it. If they can say it, better they say it to each other. If it starts a fight or causes a misunderstanding, better still.
Unless you're writing the ending, a little torture is in order. Invite your men over for a nightcap out on the porch.
Suffering is very interesting. Ask MCB.
bw
liz: congrats on puppy. (do your DDs read over your shoulder because that's kind of scary. i wonder if hotel caper's heroine will be called Gerty)
umm, puppy advice: (in case you didn't know)
1) ticking sound in clocks sound like "mom" (well, mom's heart) and helps them go to sleep
2) you let it sleep once in your bed and you probably always will. but they're so cute cuddled up near your feet or chest
3)make sure the DDs help walk and feed her or you'll always have to do it
4) get Gerty a friend soon. really helps with the loneliness. and you may want to bring Gerty as you try to find her that friend.
scope dope: hope your doing ok and CMS we need you to say, "oh, she's ok, not to worry, just had too much whiskey last night and is sleeping off the hangover"
If my guy ends up in this scene, she'll probably call the cops and that doesn't happen until the end of the book
And her girlfriend's husband is watching the kids so they can have a girl's night. I originally wrote the scene in 11 pages. Way too rambling. Trying to make it move faster but still convey all the emotion.
It's still excellent advice. Thanks MCB and BCB
mdwjs Title of novel Midwife Julia Sweeney
RSS - can you combine some stuff? I seem to recall Jenny and/or Bob talking about this, it makes a scene less cluttered and accomplishes the same thing.
LOL! RSS, you just THINK the cops are coming at the end. Apparently they're on the way as we speak. Could be a false alarm. Go with it, you can always delete it later if it doesn't work, or save it for the end.
And what definition of "girl's night" are you using? Not the single mom definition, I bet. Trust me on this. She gets a night off without the kids and she's going to sit on the porch with her girlfriends? This girl needs to find her inner snark, methinks. At least let them GO somewhere, where something can "ensue."
bw
MCB: Speaking of going somewhere... have you heard that Sugarland song "Down In Mississippi (and Up To No Good)?"
For some odd reason, I think of you every time I hear it. Ever been there?
Want to go? Or at least try?
I think we might have time before we need to head to the west coast. Maybe on the way?
bw
MCB: That's what I'm trying to do. I think I'm going to stop for the night because in the past 4 hours I've written a grand total of 1000 words. I'm at the point where I'm writing a sentence and then deleting it over and over. Maybe if I let it percolate overnight, it will flow in the morning.
My kids are driving me bonkers. Yelling, arguing, stomping around. So then I yell, argue and stomp around. They need to go back to school.
No I've never been to Mississippi. And we can get up to no good anywhere. Except we're not. We're being good so that Jenny doesn't have to call Bob to bail us out of jail.
Jen: Leave them alone. They're learning survival skills. Seriously. Conflict resolution, group management, negotiation, compromise, leadership. They will head great corporations someday. Or become mothers.
Come play with us instead. We promise we won't give you a black eye.
MCB: Oh God. Thank you SO very much for that mental image. I think I'd stay in jail.
bw
tozdrpex: Rx for mothers of future world leaders
That happens tomorrow. (the book tomorrow) Going out and having something ensue.
Okay, the route on this trip is what? You're in NC, where's MCB. And you're going through Mississippi on the way to CA. I think there is a reason you guys get lost. Besides the fact that it gives MCB a chance to check out various police forces.
She's in MD. But we need to swing through NYC with our can of mace (though I doubt we'll need it, really, unless MCB gets completely out of control. hmmm, I'll pack two) to pick up OH's grandma. We need a secret weapon. Do you want us to pick you up on the way up or the way back? Just remember, you promised to leave your glasses at home.
bw
Okay - left the house around 7:15 to take some monkey's home, then to pick up middle child from the golf course, but I took youngest boy with me because mommy had a plan. We went to the bank, then to Wendy's to get one Chocolate Frosty and one new Vanilla frosty and while they were not looking, we drove to SPORT CUTS and well, they got hair cuts! Oh, my, boys do have such nice eyes, now that I can see them!
Of course, mom is in the dog house because it was so uncool of me to bribe them with frosty's, then force them to have like horrible haircuts. Actually, they look very stylish, better then when Dad takes them and they look like they had a bowl cut. Middle boy's is still a little on the long side so it flips up under his baseball cap, but doesn't cover his eyes and youngest child's is just different enough so that middle boy can't call him a copy cat.
Okay, go ahead and go back to your convo's. I know I kind of jumped in here with random thoughts, but that is the topic, right, random thoughts. I have many.
Grasshopper going back to being very, very quiet. The GAM is resting. He's sitting on his dock, with a beer, naked. Sorry, couldn't resist that one. Jenny started it. Besides, it's a guy thing.
Well, BCB, if you are swinging through NYC, might as well stop in Rochester and pick up three secret weapons. Just got two of them cleaned up so they have great vision now that stringy stuff isn't in the way. The ohter one, well, it's a little broken, but give it a long wooden thing and a black puck and it's deadly. I'll gladly give them up for a few days.
Jen, this is not a PG-13 type of activity. How about we pick YOU up, drive out to the lake for a little midnight swim followed by a bonfire, and then we head south? We can swing though Ohio and visit anyone we might know there on the way.
(well hell, we have to be allowed to harass someone)
Speaking of driving, DS21 just called and is on the way home from elsewhere and wanted me to look at the radar and tell him "when the f**k this GD f**king rain is going to stop, becasue I can't see a GD F**KING THING."
Sigh. Listening for sirens here. Hoping to see my son's eyes soon.
bw
BCB - okay, but I think I'll pass on the midnight swim. too many ducks, if you get my drift. I get the bonfire all ready, then if you make it back, we can roast something, or someone, whatever. You know, we could then head to Orlando, and borrow my brother's plane (really, he does have his own plane) and then fly over some barrier islands off of SC - we could even land in the intercoastal because my brother's plane can land in water or on land, but he prefers the water, much softer landing.
Although I hear there's some guy, on a dock, drinking a beer, possibly naked, with a bee bee gun of some kind and he likes to shot things that make noise and disrupts his silence, or whatever. We might want to fly low under the radar.
Then where did we need to go? West coast, via the Mississippi - well then, this is good. DH has a dear friend, who is wealthier than all get out who has is own jet, really he does. He lives in St. Louis. And accourding to DD15, he's not bad for a 50 year old fart. I've seen him, he's hot. Anyway, maybe we can take the jet after we run out of gas with brother's plane, then head off to where was it? The west coast? Or did we want to double back to ohio? Geez, I keep forgetting.
Okay, enough. I have a scene to finish and a golf game to prepare for. I have not played since I injured my shoulder. So this should be interesting.
Mississippi: BEST FRIED CATFISH I HAVE EVER HAD in Oxford and fantastic barbecue just outside of town. But be cautious. They will batter and deep fry anything there. A few corn kernels wrapped in a hush puppy ("corn nuggets"), frog legs, catfish, pickles, rubber tires, old string, shoelaces...
Well, if you have a jet you could FLY to San Francisco, gas up, then FLY to Maui. Save the trouble of strapping the kayak to the plane.
Yooo Hooo!!! MCB and BCB- I thought y'all were coming to my housewarming on your way to kayak to Hawaii. It really does make sense to come through Colorado on your way to West Coast from East Coast.
Liz- New dogs seem to be a trend- Chinook, a 5.5 year old red husky moved into my spare bedroom last night.
Scope Dope!!!! Where are you goofisaurus?
pdzzuyv- sorry haven't had supper, can't even attempt it
Ok. Cleaned up the kitchen, even though it was already clean. Realized I hadn't eaten dinner, made a sandwich. Paced a bit. Watched the radar. Wrapped up sandwich, put it in the fridge. Paced some more. Called DS cell phone, which he told me was about to go dead. He was right. Radar again. He should have driven out of it by now. Unless he didn't. I have two more hours of this.
So. For those of you who might be wondering, yes DS gets a pass on the bad language. Until I know he's safe. Because here is the same phone call if DD had been driving:
"Hi mom, we're ok, but it's raining really hard and I can't see and we've pulled over and I'm kind of scared and feel like I might run off the road and could you look at the radar and tell me how long it's going to rain and when it might be ok to start driving again. Love you."
And my ears would have heard the exact same thing each time. Just in case anyone was wondering about male POV vs. female POV. If you're going to try to write it, better pay attention here. Might as well benefit from my suffering. As I said earlier, it's interesting.
Then of course there is Jen POV, which involves not bothering to tell her friends that she knows a wealthy, hot man who owns a plane and who could make traveling so much more interesting. Of course, she didn't bother to tell us whether he's single. What a tease.
So, MCB, change of plans. Nothing new. First we head to St. Louis. It's somewhere in the middle, can't miss it.
Right after DS gets home.
bw
BCB: Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. We're with you, holding your hand, in spirit. Let us know when DS gets home safely. We worry. ((hugs))
St. Louis: look for the big arch. There's a river nearby the arch. A kind of big one.
BCB - hope DS gets home soon. I dread the driving days. And um, hot airplane guy, yep married.
Off to bed - have a good night. i'll try and get up early to pop in and say goodmorning to you all before I head off to play golf. Sigh, and did you football has started? Geez.
On, I have my own POV, love it. And i've been in that archy thingy in St. Louis. That was scary. Did you know that the sucker sways in the wind?
Ok. So we can stand down from red alert to orange. Maybe yellow. DS called from his friend's cell phone just now. They did indeed drive through the worst of it. "WTF, mom, what did you think?" He has no idea.
So they're about an hour away. Yes, I'll be tired at work tomorrow, what else is new? And no, you do not want to hear about how they did NOT pull out in front of that GD truck, well ok maybe a little, but more in a "rude" way, not in a "dangerous" way. And there was no reason at all for the #*&^$#* to flash his brights like that and ride his a** for like five f**king minutes. And you do NOT need to know that 15 minutes later when they passed that sucker they, well, gave him a friendly wave and laid on the horn.
Let's just step up that alert level to red again, shall we?
Meantime, DD called a bit ago and said she'll be home once she's done eating ice cream with friends. Innocuous, you say? I told her to watch out for any stray GDF rain.
You know, I really don't drink anymore, but tonight might be an exception.
bw
BCB and MCB - feel free to stop by Pittsburgh on the way to Mississippi. Or St. Louis. I'll make you quesadillas for lunch.
Scope Dope - hope you're feeling better soon!
Theresa in Pgh
Gee whiz. I drop in to find out what I missed ... turns out a lot.
BCB: I didn't tell my mom when I was taking a road trip. She drove me crazy with her 'paranoia'. Now I am a mom. Mom was 'rational'. Funny how your perspective changes.
And now for something completely different. I found the web site Jenny was talking about with the funny astrology tee-shirts. Bob is a Libra. Who knew? His new tee-shirt -- Libras; they take one for the team.
BCB: i was going to write something snarky about you thinking Bob would actually bail you out of jail (he may go and laugh at you and MCB, but bail?), but your in worried mother mood. well, that's normally the mood, but really worried. DS will be home soon. and then you'll go back to wanting to hit him. (or is that just my mom's attitude?)
my mom has two basic driving rules:
1) drink and drive and she'll kill you
2) don't drive during 1:30 am - 3:30 am (when the bars let out), so either be home by 1:30 or stay out all night/wee hours of morning.
oh, and call her.
mothers. you are all irrational. :)
my phone call would be "there's some beep beep on my beep, he won't beep beep cause he's a beep beep beep. and the beep rain won't stop. i'll be home in a few. and my cell phones about to die because my beep beep brother unplugged it again." you know, but meaner. (i am a Bob-like driver)
KTR: Nonono. You don't understand how this works. You have to copy and paste the web link. Bless your heart.
So Jen says she is a Gemini, sign of the twins. Does her t-shirt read: we each take one for the team?
And the road trip was kind of hard to conceal, what with him stopping here for dinner Sunday, going to visit his dad for two days (under duress and with encouragement from me, fool that I am) and then (supposedly) back here for desert tonight.
And it occurs to me that I haven't mentioned any of the road trips with MCB to my mom. Of course, she worries way too much. How did she survive four daughters going through puberty, one right after the other? Guess I need to call her tomorrow and apologize yet again.
OH: Your mom and I were separated at birth. Same rules. Someday you will call her and apologize.
And yes, I do realize Bob would NOT have bailed us out. I doubt there would have been laughter involved though. That is a very rare occurance, according to Jenny.
Gee, I hear male voices downstairs. Am I worried? No, because I hear the fridge door opening. "Mom, can I eat this sandwich? Where's the pie?" Well, hello DS, and how the f**k are you? No. I am calm.
bw
BCB: Did you just bless my heart? I'm southern. I KNOW that means 'you dumb f**k' Hmmmppphh. (the sound of a redhead in a snit). Well, I will forgive you because DS was on the road. It was the stress. I just now a fragile blossom like yourself would never be snarky on purpose. Heavens forfend.
My tee-shirt says flakey but sexy. Thank you very much.
I'm off to bed now. DH and DD are in the land of Nod and I shall join them. See ya'll tomorrow!
usnkp: unusally snarky now Kyra protests
Psst--Jenny! It's the INTRAcoastal Waterway. You've got to stop taking spelling lessons from Jen-T!
It still amazes me that Janet Dailey plagiarized from Nora Roberts. How did she ever expect not to get caught? At least when Colleen McCullough plagiarized from L.M. Montgomery, she picked an out-of-print book! (FYI: The McCullough is THE LADIES OF MISSALONGHI; the Montgomery is the now-reprinted THE BLUE CASTLE--still a better book. The Montgomery heirs sued McCullough, but the verdict was sealed.)
Another fascinating story: When Roberts wrote her first romance novel, she submitted it to Harlequin, which rejected it with the comment that it was a good book, but they already HAD an American author. So she went to Silhouette, and basically MADE that publisher. Harlequin's one-is-enough American author: Janet Dailey.
orangehands said... Bob: Poor Baby. we can make some eggs for your breakfast?
Sheesh! Bob's our EGG! Now you're advocating cannibalism? And you say I scare YOU?
Ah, astronomy! Or do I mean astrology?
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revalation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Or, in the Flanders and Swann mode:
Jupiter's gone into Orion, and come into conjunction with Mars
Saturn is wheeling across infinite space to its pre-ordained place in the stars
And I gaze at the planets in wonder
At the trouble and time they spend
All to warn me to be careful
In dealings involving a friend.
The All About Romance links to discussions of the Roberts/Dailey plagiarism issue are here:
http://www.likesbooks.com/noraataar.html
Taking a vote here: How many of you think Jen-T married a guy from another planet and is raising alien spawn?
I think the reason that Bob likes his blue funk is that it goes so well with his yellow wagnalls.
Robin S said... We're typing. Even with JenT's nails it just goes tic, tic, tik.
That's not Jen-T typing, you fool--IT'S A BOMB!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
Now, remember, people. Bob is resting. You don't want to wake him, do you?
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fiazczq -- Figure in Arizona, CherryBombs zither* quietly.
*A verb meaning "to play the zither."
LeFavre came. He saw a little old lady with a cane, unable to stand alone, in a great deal of pain+++, zoned out on drugs, with a face swollen like the Pillsbury Doughboy and just as sweet,with her DH standing there ready to catch her, looking very worried +++, she had no snark but true Canadian niceness...and he couldn't do it. Sorry Jenny. Better luck next time.
Love you guys. DH told a friend I no longer have bad days and good days just bad days and worse days. These last two were WORST days. Pretty scary but I'm okay. There isn't anything the doctor can do so I just have to grin and bear it but I am a cherry bomb and I can do anything. Besides I have a great bunch of cherry bombs who help me every day and give me laughter every day. What more can a girl ask for. Laughter really is the best medicine. /,0
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Dear Xavier, Crusie acquired queer vegetables.
Scope Dope! You've posted! Now I know everything's all right in Blog Land :)
You know that no matter how bad things get, there's a horde of Cherry Bombs (all with shovels) ready to help!
HUG
Mary, what are you suggesting? That we beat Scope Dope over the head with our shovels because it will feel so good when we stop?
NAH!
I suggest we make her our new egg, and start knitting her matching eyepatches and egg cozies.
ulunga -- LaFavre's battle cry as he leaps into action against Tal's private militia, the Raging Kaibab Squirrels (a match for a ragin' Cajun any day!)
bon cheri bomb said...
She's in MD.
I drove from Baltimore to San Francisco once. Can I come, too? If the car is small enough, I can drive on pedestrian bridges. Really. Done that. Fortunately, the Bobby (is that right, AG?) standing at the other end was too stunned to stop us or give us a ticket. That was shortly after I backed down a hill and onto someone's front porch. I was fortunate enough not to leave any evidence. /;+)
jen-t said...
DH has a dear friend, who is wealthier than all get out who has is own jet, really he does. He lives in St. Louis. And accourding to DD15, he's not bad for a 50 year old fart. I've seen him, he's hot.
Ooh. Sounds like a guy for the Cherry. He could fly her around for book signings. That way the rest of us can see her, too. And if she doesn't want him, send him my way. ;+)
And then she tells us...
Jen-t said...
hot airplane guy, yep married.
glamour-geek said...
Mississippi: BEST FRIED CATFISH I HAVE EVER HAD in Oxford and fantastic barbecue just outside of town. But be cautious. They will batter and deep fry anything there.
Hattiesburg same thing. My friend who lives there took us to a place out in the woods where they served buffet dinners - a true Mississippi dining experience. They had one area, maybe 20 feet long, that was nothing but fried foods. They really will fry anything. Then there were the sauced foods, maybe 12 feet of that, and about the same of stinkin' rich desserts. The salad table? About the size of a standard card table, and what with all the whipped cream and jello, macaroni and potato salads, there was only room for one bowl of wilted lettuce. I may love fried chicken, but I'm California born and bred, and I like my crispy greens.
You know, if Jenny's a Gemini and Bob's a Libra, it's a wonder they ever get anything done. Jenny's two people, and Bob can't decide between two options. Or, well, Geminis...and Libras...lest i find myself being sniped by a naked SF guy while being beaten about the head and shoulders by an irate Cherry.
SDCB - glad to hear from you, very sorry you're in so much pain. Those tooth things are awful. Wish I could send some pixie dust your way to make the pain disappear. (((hugs)))
grvgf (blue)
Groove goof, a new hip hop trend
kjvtyjhp (red)
Kyra just voted to yodel Jen-t home peacefully.
kyra: flakey but sexy. LMAO.
BCB: DS is home. you can tell us what limbs you broke tomorrow. and i do appreciate my mom...the irrational woman that she is. :) (can't help it. half of the CBs are moms)
scope dope: love and hugs and everything else a CB can throw your way. very glad you posted- we were very worried.
off to bed. did almost nothing today but very tired.
BTW tal, that's a beautiful white tiger. when i was six i did a picture of a face of one in pastels. it's amazing. (and that's not me being modest). had no help with it too; i did it ALL on my own.
Talpianna - Taking a vote here: How many of you think Jen-T married a guy from another planet and is raising alien spawn?
I think it's the other way around. SHE is the extraterrestrian, still working on earthly spelling and averse to water (the shark story is just a cover-up). The fingernails are the antennae she needs to communicate with her folks while the bed vibrates. Isn't it obvious?
SDCB - Hey there! So glad to hear from you and so sorry you are having a "worst" day. Stay strong. Talk soon.
ZaZa - Not sure what sign Jenny C is. I'm the Gemini and at this point, I'm sure the fab Jenny famous author gal doesn't want to be mixed up with some extrateresterial who can't spell to save her life. And, just so you know, I'm in the vibrating bed now, clicking away on the comptuer with extra long fingernails, so watch out.
Geez, Bob is resting and you all get told to leave him alone, so you pick on me? What's up with that?
I'm now going to ignore you all and go play golf. Won't be back until oh, I don't know, one or two. I've told my people to keep a close eye on all of you. I may have to reprogram LaFarve to stop toying with you and take you to my planet for reconfiguration. My planet it's kind of like Jupiter, but it's spelled differntly. And everyone walks around in a daze and does exactly what I tell them. It's really a nice place, you'll like it.
SDCB: So glad to see you're feeling well enough to comment; sorry you had one of those worst days. But that means today will just be bad, right? And that's good?
OH: Didn't break anything, but might have bruised a couple of his ribs hugging him. "Mom, you said to call. I called. Geez, if you're going to freak out I just won't call."
When I went to bed at 1:45 DS and DD were still up. And this morning, when I walked into that kitchen that was so clean last night? Well, now, not so much. They do this on purpose so I won't miss them as much when they leave.
ZAZA: So, you drove from Baltimore to SF by way of London? Makes sense to me. Sure you can come with us. You can give us pointers on how to navigate that ocean I've been hearing about. So if you're in Oregon, I should pick you up first, right?
SCOPE DOPE: Fire up that old radar scope, we're going to need your help, I believe.
bw
krccpd: KRCC police department, somewhere in Nebraska -- we won't be going there
ZAZA: Sorry, didn't mean to relocate you without permission. Mary is in OR, you are in N CA? Yep, you're the first stop.
And JenT: Umm, you said we could pick on you. Pay attention.
bw
Scope! Don't scare us like that again. Make Sheryl or DH post something.
Hey, I said Jenny would call Bob to bail us out. I didn't say Bob would actually do it.
Okay, here's the plan: I drive down to NC and pick up BCB (yes, I'm driving this time) and we swing by MO and get the plane. Then we zip by OH (the state, I mean) on our way to CO. From CO its just a hop to OR and then we can follow the coast road south (I've always wanted to do that) and head west (that's the SETTING sun, BCB, not the rising one) for Maui. Or whatever land mass comes first.
dcpjod: Darling cherries purchase Jenny object dearly.
Talpianna - the shovel reference has to do with Jen's friendship pledge, the last line of which says that friends will help you move, but a real friend will help you move the body. (very Dempsey-ish, actually) Whereupon we all swear to bring shovels if necessary.
gnarph: that noise you make when you've had gnough to eat.
Oh gosh, they're planning a road trip that takes three different modes of transportation? Why does this sound like the makings of a Steve Martin movie?
I need your help, guys. As you know, we were doing a Werewolf story contest over on our book blog. It closed out yesterday, and I'd like some help judging. Well, really, I don't want to judge. I want to be impartial. Plus, I want everyone to win, because we are a very small and largely unread blog, and we got FOUR entries. So I think they all deserve something. Obviously, I will NOT be in charge of promotions in the future, right?
SO PLEASE be the awesome CBs that you are and cruise on over to the book blog and leave a comment for your favorite werewolf story/comment/thingie.
http://deeceeonbooks.blogspot.com/
Thanks guys!!
Oh yeah, and I got all my hair chopped off yesterday. A friend of mine starts chemo for breast cancer tomorrow, and she had to get her hair cut, so I did it too. I posted some pics over on my regular blog. Go check them out. But be kind, ok? I'm still getting used to having BANGS!!
http://deeceetalks.blogspot.com/
Dee, I think the new 'do' looks great! If I tried that it would look so butch on me. I cannot do really short hair. But on you its very sassy and chick. Love it.
Have printed entries and will give them the once over and get back.
Oh, and Scope, I've look over your stuff and need to get back to you on that today.
OH: Roberts/Dailey thing is old news, not gossip, from I think the late 90s. You would have been but a wee nipper. But you can still locate the odd article by googling either of their names.
It was 1997. Even though the news was spreading through RWA, it hit in the media on the first day of the RWA Conference in Orlando. I picked up the US Today outside the hotel door and saw the story below the fold.
I could launch into a diatribe about how awful I think the whole thing was, but I think you catch the drift. I think Nora handled everything with class. I believe she donated her settlement from the court case to Literacy.
nxienjw: Nora's exalted influence enthuses New Jersey writers.
Scope Dope - SOOOO glad you gave us an update. I'm thinking of you and sending big (((HUGS))).
BCB - your DS reminds me of SB's Sam Starrett - must be all that creative use of language.
Travel safe all. If you need to stop for gas on your trip - prices are coming down some in OK. We were at $2.72 this AM. We've also got some good food here - Our BBQ is awesome, and the Indian Tacos are the BEST.
jwsxzu - Just wait! said Xavier. Zebras up.
I notice that we are past 100 comments....does that mean that y'all are able to snark a few at Bob, the egg.
And who was going to scramble eggs???
"Scramble" in the milatary means ...Full Alert and get going...
Maybe you don't want to do that to the eggs.
oldal red
Old Al ( hadn't a clue)
Marcia, I could really go for some Indian Tacos today. Or some fry bread. Either one will do just fine. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to October with such enthusiasm. #1) I get to go to NJ and meet so many wonderful CBs IN PERSON! #2) Right after i get home from NJ, I head out to OK to visit my Grams while my DH is elk hunting in CO. #3) Right after I get back from OK, we go to VA Beach for a week of fun in the sand.
Really, could my life get better? CherryBombs, Indian Tacos, Grams and the beach...all in the same month!!
Plus, I get to spend time with Charity while I'm out in OK. How cool is that?
Hwy gang! Sorry I didnt post yesterday with a scope dope update. I was at a funeral during the day then took Mom to see World Trade Center. I didn't think she should go out but she said the pain wasn't going to be any different at home then out. The movie was brutal, as expected, but well done. Very tasteful and respectful. At the end of the day, I was emotionally drained.
In other news, Scope Dope and Dad are going to move into my house in the Fall so none of you will ever have to worry again. We can put a ramp to the front porch for her scooter, expand the pond for Moot and plant Cerise on the front lawn. It's a great neighbourhood, no hitmen in sight.
Can I go on the road trip too? Maybe the single CB's should cruise the continent scaring, I mean appreciating all the single men out there. Think of the capers Jenny could write then. She might be too busy having fun with us to check in with Bob and exchange information. We could call it research, yeah that's it, research. Who ele is in? I went to a NASCAR race ont he weekend so I can drive like MCB now.
Cherrybomb love is explosive laughter, very sweet. Thanks everyone.
green iawobi
Star Wars Character, known for his amazing corn growing power
sorry about the typos, I've been growing my nails so I can be like Jen
Scope Dope was actually in disguise as a decrepit old woman(her words, not mine, so don't thorow s**t at me)She seriously kicked his a**. And he was happy to take it. Then I flashed him my very real and "bodacious set of ta-tas"(Heard that in a movie and always wanted to use it)His brain fell out of his head. We scooped him into an envelope and sent him west.
He is going to beg Jenny to reassign him any day now.
CMS, I want in on that road trip action. I am SO a road trip junkie. I mean, I headed down to NC last night, after my haircut, to see Kel and grab her kids. Or that's what I said. Really though, it was for the (short) road trip. I just love being out on the road!!
And that is just awesome that your folks will be living with you. I know the rest of us will rest much easier now, knowing she's in good hands. We just love your mom so much, and it's good to know that you guys are so close. You know we've all pretty much adopted her, right? So that makes us SISTERS!!
MCB - thanks about the new 'do. It's taking some getting used to, especially this crap that keeps hanging in my eyes. I've either had a bun (while in the Navy) or a ponytail since 1990, so stuff in my face is kinda weird. But then again, I'll only have it for another month, right? Which reminds me - when I meet all of you guys, I will be BALD! Just promise that you won't laugh at my funny shaped head, ok?
Oh yeah, this is for JENNY -
I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but...
We got the most amazing package in the mail a few weeks back. Gretchen is totally in LOVE, and thinks you are an absolute GODDESS now.
to the CBs- If Jenny is a Goddess, does that make her a GAW? I'm not sure I like the sound of that. And GAC (among chicks/cherries) sounds icky. Any suggestions?
That's a thought, CMS. I mean, if there are a few unappreciated GAMs out there, then clearly it's our duty to help J & B with their research. We couldn't let ole Jenny and Bob down.
I'll be outside, warming up the car. In view of your weekend training, I think we should take the MG. And a couple of helmets too.
(Dee, I kinda like the sound of referring to her as The Cher-ee)
Cher-ee? As in using the French pronunciation, or the rock star's pronunciation? Or what?
I mean, yeah, she's obviously THE Cherry, and that is more than enough, right? It's just that now she has my 14yoDD thinking she's also a Goddess. And since the 14yo knows that we call Bob the GAM, she asked if now Jenny would be the GAW. I gurgled some java on that one, not liking the sound of "gaw" at all. Too much like something the GAM would use to kill people with, or something.
Then again, Jenny as a weaopon of death? Hmmmm.... Well, maybe if she has her keyboard in hand, and is giving "the look".
Jenny C is a Virgo. Jen-T's shirt says scattered but playful. Here's the link, so bcb can find it ... bless her heart :0)
http://www.cafepress.com/tomorrowsedge/834881
I expect everyone to post their shirts.
Tweety was up from 2:45 AM until 7:00 AM ... growing. I am fresh out of vim, vigor and wit.
BTW ... I am a palm reader and tarot card person as well as an astrology flake. Remember! I am flakey BUT SEXY.
Hugs ya'll. I'm too tired to type. LMAO at 90% of the posts tho.
Hugs SDCB ... hope you feel better!!!
marcia in OK wrote: your DS reminds me of SB's Sam Starrett
LOL! I love her guys, but not sure I want to think of DS that way. He's 6'3" and has a mop of dark blonde hair that only sees a comb when he gets it cut and dk green eyes. Girls fall all over themselves trying to get his attention. Doubt he'd make it through basic training -- too much GDF attitude. Give him 5-10 years, he's still just a baby.
DD is even worse at 5'9" with long straight very blonde hair and dk blue eyes. She is clueless about why waiters always give her appetizers for free or fruit slushie drinks for half price. She just thinks they're being nice.
Really, they're so gorgeous it is almost embarrassing to go out in public with the two of them. Of course, I'm their mom, I'm supposed to say that.
MCB: Glad you're so organized, but you left a few things out, bless your heart. What about the midnight swim and bonfire up at the NY lake? And what about picking up JenT and RSS? And remember we have to swing by KTR's place and pick up a couple of tubs to take to CO. No, not coleslaw.
BTW, KTR, we've been "practicing" our bless your hearts, just in case we really need to use it one day. I would NEVER bless your heart. Really.
bw
Well you people certainly know how to make someone weep. In a good way. Thanks for all the love and affection. It makes me feel better. And yes bon cheri bomb today is just a bad day so that is good. I can see better than yesterday and the pain is manageable and I can walk with my cane and not fall over. That's a good day. /,)
mcb and bon cheri bomb you still need to find Canada. You go to Minnesota head straight north and you will run into a line that goes straight across the United States. That is the finish line for the US and the start line for Canada. Head north about oh say 200 miles then turn right and keep going until you hit Ontario. Then turn South that is straight down and then turn left to Niagara Falls and call me. I have left the sign up for Scope Dope's house. Too bad the mailman can't read or that card from jen-t et al would have reached me sooner. I will make you coffee or tea and you can pick up cherry magic sheryl here.
green nrkryav
Not really killed (by) Rene. Yexy (Jenny) arranged (the) visit.
Ooookay. So, Scoop, what you are saying is that we need to go west, then north, then east and then south? Are these directions or instruction for doing the box-step? I have a better idea:
You folks from up north, The eh's and the lady from NY can caravan down the Atlantic coast and join me in MD. From there we will head to the Carolinas and BCB, picking up Dee and RSS in VA along the way. We can cut through SC on our way to MS and MO and if anyone wants to see what a barrier island looks like sing out and we'll do a quick day trip thataway.
Just stopping in to say "Howdy Hello" and catch up. I'm going to be a bit rare the next few weeks. I'm going to be in Baltimore & DC From the 20th to the 2nd... I'm not sure how much I'll be able to get online (no wireless laptop). This week is already looking nasty with trying to get everything done before I leave.
Try not to get into too much trouble while I'm gone, or if you do, be sure to give me the scoop when I get back.
And by the way, just for you CBs, I did a self-portrait session last night so I'd have a picture to show you. I only shot part of the roll of film so I won't get it processed until I get back from DC.
Scope Dope -- I'm so glad your feeling better than awful now. Give your DH a good smack on the lips for me. He sounds like such a good doobee. And Sheryl too. There's nothing better than caring family when you need it, except maybe caring CBs, and you're lucky enough to have CMS who is both.
mjebx - Many jolly elves believe, Xena.
Blogger's not a Xena fan, eh?
bttksn - between two tequilas killing some neurons
MCB: and then on your way to Maui smile and wave back at me. i will be the one, away from the shoreline, waiting for a crashing sound.
dee: i'll check out the contest. anything to help a fellow (bald) CB. you are a very good friend. i actually wrote a story about best friends and when one got cancer and had to lose her hair during chemo (i know, not everybody loses it) her friend shaved her own hair off first. i was actually debating if the girl with cancer should lose her hair. but the gesture was wonderful. that sounds likea friend you would go out and BUY the shovel with. and share a jail cell with.
marcia in ok said "We were at $2.72 this AM"
isn't it annoying how happy you get when gas goes below three dollars? we're at $3.20 two days ago.
CMS: (((hugs))) yourself. sorry to hear about the funeral. i hope you give yourself a relaxing time today. and you are a wonderful DD.
dee said to CMS "So that makes us SISTERS!!"
what are you trying to do, scare the woman half to death? :)
kyra: aries. "arrogant, but exciting"
BCB said "She is clueless about why waiters always give her appetizers for free or fruit slushie drinks for half price"
i have a friend like that. love going out with her when money is involved. and she's just like "oh, how sweet, they must have heard about ___" and i'm "no, your hot. they want your number". she really has no clue how gorgeous she is, and she's really really nice. and she's madly in love with her boyfriend, who is just as sweet and hot and has no clue about it either.
dee: like the hair. i donated about 15 inches to Locks of Love over winter break and then i got back and my friends went "wow". and then, just like what happened in middle school, a whole bunch of people cut their hair short. (i'm arrogant aries, remember? eh, half of them looked better than me anyways). but good job. always donate the hair if possible.
p.s. i meant no clue about how good looking he is and how nice he is. he thinks the sun rises and set with her. kind of annoying watching them together sometimes.
Kyra: I'm a Gemini, so I'm "Scattered, but playful".
Geez, you guys have been busy.
bryan: I think I've seen your orange couch. Thankfully it wasn't with my shag carpet or my eye twitch would be more noticeable (oh, the humanity!).
RE puppies: congrats to everyone who's recently adopted. About the clock ticking/mom't heartbeat thing, just remember to TURN THE ALARM OFF. There is nothing quite like peeling your puppy off the ceiling.
My current dog is the best ever. I got him when he was 1 1/2 years old -- no teething, no housebreaking and very little crying. I guess he's my GAD. If you can find a good one who needs a home, I strongly recommend adopting an older dog!
Strangely, I first met my now step-son at age three too (him at age three, not me. The other would be ... eeewww). Anyone else notice a pattern here? I have the sinking feeling I am going to be the world's oldest first time mom -- or I'll adopt. I'll still want the drugs though. Maybe save them for the menopause and teenagers thing.
vlngyk: Verity laughed, "Not going, you killjoy?"
BCB: sorry 'bout the whining. My sister is great, despite not being a CB, and, I suppose, if she serves the useful purpose of motivating me to exercise, so much the better.
OH - you think YOU have no discipline? Guess who was up 'til 2 a.m. (besides BCB), in my case, reading Into the Storm? It was very good, and included a Sam/ Alyssa/ Jules story at the end. Sam has had to modify his language, due to having Haley in his life, so BCB's son's language now should more properly be compared to Izzy Zanella's. We get to know him much better, as well as Jenk, of course, and, while he's definitely a lout, Suz is already setting him up to have some redeeming characteristics (presumably to heroify him in the future).
SDCB - I'm so sorry you're still feeling poorly. If you're going to go to films (I applaud your attitude), isn't there something more, you know, cheerful you could watch? I've heard about that catharsis thing, but I find something funny and non-stupid rather more likely to perk me up. Speaking of which, She's the Man is a cute teen adaptation of Twelfth Night that I watched with my sis on video last week. À la shifting Emma to LA for Clueless.
Jen-T, why do you taunt us with hot rich guys who are married? Most unkind.
It doesn't matter what it is, if it's battered and fried. Catfish, okra, it's all the same. Tasty, though. No, folks in MS haven't really grasped the fresh or "just cooked" vegetable concept. My MS friend told me I didn't cook my vegetables, I just rinsed them in hot water.
Zaza: my brother in law is from Hattiesburg; he and my sister & the kids were down there last month, the damage from Katrina was still pretty sobering. I hope your friend came through with only small traumas to home and hearth!
CMS: Hmm. A bunch of single CBs on a road trip. Sounds like a fine plan, and a very useful tactic for editing out any wimpy guys! Oh, and I hope having your parents live with you goes as well as you all deserve!
Oh, and I was highly bummed by Blogger going out yesterday afternoon, but it did facilitate getting me to the store to buy Into the Storm!
yzofva: questions asked of European beans
see, I knew I'd have to do another, so that's why I was lazy on that one.
deiihe: asthmatic laughter
or maybe I'm just lazy
Scope Dope: I’m really glad you’re having a bad day. (hmm, doesn’t quite sound right.)
McB: I don’t know. I kinda liked SD's directions. It puts me in your path. I would love the chance to thumb a lift onto this trip. I’ll hang out with CMS. Ogling men happens to be a specialty of mine. If y’all decided to do the box step I’d watch out for those big (one might even call them great) lakes.
KTR: I’m “fickle, but brilliant!” However, I have doubts about both those descriptors. Perhaps I was born under an unusual moon. (That happens right?) A bit of tweaking to take into consideration unusual moon and “indecisive, but smart.” works for me. I did like the other descriptors of: friendly, unique, and independent though.
btuda: There are DRUGS for this? Geez. Now you tell me.
bryan: Just stopping in to say "Howdy Hello" Ok, that was scary for a minute. You sounded disutrbingly like a South Park episode DS made me watch once. [shudder]
OH: Yes, she will be insufferable if she ever figures it out. Of course, when your mom is so drop dead gorgeous, you just think it's run of the mill. [snort] I've managed to convince her it's important to be smart, so she just wants to take math and physics classes. And Spanish.
MCB: Don't forget we need to make a quick stop in OH. Though we're gonna need the hazmat suits if we plan to get close to that river. You sure you want to drive? [like I'm going to let her] We need you to navigate, probably.
Scope Dope: Sorry it took so long for the card to get there. JenT barely gave me time to sign it before she dashed off. Should have known the name and address would be illegible though. Sorry about that. Really not your mailman's fault that JenT can't spell.
(I just love it when my boss takes the afternoon off)
bw
We're borrowing the plane Jen's husband's friend owns - that's why we're hitting Missouri. And then yeah after a quick peek at a barrier island off the coast of SC we're going to go sort of north and west. The plan is to follow the river the whole way thru Ohio so, in theory, we will be flying over Jenny's house. Someone keep an eye out for vultures, then we'll know we're there.
All these people who want to come along, that's fine but we've only got a month to make it to SF. To paraphrase James Garner "we're basically on our way to Maui."
MCB: "a quick peek" LMAO. Are you sure that's going to, ah, cover it, um, be enough time, er, geez-- who is going to be flying this plane again? And is this a daytime run or do we need NVG's? A magnifying glass? Does this count as harassment? I hope so. Jenny only gave him a one day reprieve, right? Isn't it wirtten somewhere that GAM's only get one day of rest?
My t-shirt claims: optimistic, adventurous, freedom-loving. Well, all that sure is going to come in handy in the next few weeks, isn't it. They left a few things out, though.
bw
MCB: "a quick peek" LMAO. Are you sure that's going to, ah, cover it, um, be enough time, er, geez-- who is going to be flying this plane again? And is this a daytime run or do we need NVG's? A magnifying glass? Does this count as harassment? I hope so. Jenny only gave him a one day reprieve, right? Isn't it wirtten somewhere that GAM's only get one day of rest?
My t-shirt claims: optimistic, adventurous, freedom-loving. Well, all that sure is going to come in handy in the next few weeks, isn't it. They left a few things out, though.
bw
Oh cool. A double comment.
Twice the harassment, half the work.
bw
Crap. I just wrote stuff and tweety bird came by and sent it away. I don't know how. she's 'arrogent but exciting' like orangehands and I don't know what OH is doing half the time either.
BCB: You did so bless my heart! I caught you in blatant heart blessing! I called Sweet Babou at work and told him you had blessed my heart. He said (deadpan, of course) "The fiend. Have her bring you a shrubbery." So, I'll meet ya'll in Cinci during the road trip and I expect a nice rhodendron.
Okay, so Bryan adn Jen-T are Gemini's and OH is an Aries. Lori is an Aquarius and in denial that she is fickle but brilliant. The rest of ya'll need to ante up!
The best friend pickles I have ever eaten were in Jackson Mississippi. The food groups there are fried, salty, cheesy and breaded. Great place to visit.
My cultural heritage thinks mayonaise is a spice and gravy is a beverage.
BCB: my middle bother is god. he doesn't get it either. Th youngest isn't as beatiful, but he could charm little birdies from the trees.
Lori: moon and rsing signs do play a big factor in astrology. if you are a loon like me and believe that :0)
hcwfpy: happy crusie when posts find you
Oh and to answer the earlier question, Jenny is a GAL, goddess among ladies. And also The Cherry. All those titles, she's like royalty.
bcb: "And the GAM blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which the GAM created and made."
So help me, Bob.
kyra,
Are you making a spreadsheet? Somebody needs to do it.
Bryan Are you leaving town because there are a wild bunch of single CBs on the way? Chicken! We need to stop and visit Louis so that we can recognize a true GAM, besides Bob and my dad, SDCB's DH. Then to Maui with GG, who is stunning in her own right. I say we take this continent by storm. Let's see LaFavre keep up. He may be SF trained but I'm not sure he's CB material. It'll be fun breaking... taunting... taming,yeah that's it, taming him
Dee I've never had a sister. Well,except for the girls my parents' adopted over the years,and I have a s-i-l(Hi Nicki!) but now I have 20 CB sisters, and a couple of CB brothers? That's a classy move there Dee, losing the hair. I can bring some turbans and scarves to NJ. Hard to believe it's still 6 weeks away
bryan: Yeah, but since it's a collaboration I think he's really only entitled to a half-day. Unless he's accrued some sick leave?
KTR: SNORT! You want to define "best friend pickles" for us? And then tell us why exactly you were eating them?
And yes, I would be delighted to bring you a shrubbery, but I get to pick what kind. I'm thinking those aromatic green boxy things outside the living room windows would be a good choice. Eau de cat box. Perfect.
Oooh, and bryan just volunteered to graph us. [ok, that was the nice word]
I really have to get some work done now.
bw
Oh, yeah, Kyra - I'm addictive but passionate; Scorpio in my Sun, Moon and Rising. I'm pretty sure the "addictive" refers to my blog activity and other reading behaviors. And the chocolate.
vofdby: violent oscillations force down-beat yodeling
For Jenny...
T C G
The Cher-ee Goddess
exsir green
every Xcess, send it (to) Robert
blogger hits again
saikt again green
save any ill kinks today
Dear Bob I wish I had any artistic talent whatsoever. I've got this image in my brain, a charicature of North America being transversed by groups of people crossing the continent in various vehicles. It starts with some Canadians going over a barrell at Niagara ...
I can see this so clearly, as they hang out windows sporting books, laptops and eyepatches. Oh how I wish I could draw!
And I'm a Sag.
Blogger had a conniption and ate my post... here it is again only not as interesting.
cms: My roadtrip has been planned since May. That predates my introduction to and adoption by the CBs.
Now, if said single CBs wanted to breeze through Baltimore or DC while I'm there, I'm sure we could find something entertaining to do.
bcb: when you say "graph" you, are you talking photographs? or was that a spreadsheet reference?
bryan: Oh dear. MCB lives and works in that area. She is very singular. Only her idea of entertaining-- well, let's just say that often she is the only one who defines it as such. Do you own a uniform of any kind? She likes that.
And really, haven't you learned yet to expect double entendre from me?
MCB: So we're both Sags. That explains it. The rest of you may want to take a separate vehicle. And a different route entirely.
bw
bcb - The only uniforms I have are my cabana boy outfit (which I'm savig for Lori's G-ma) and my photographers uniform which will be seeing much use the next couple weeks.
And yes, I like all your entendres, the doubles and the triples...
What fun you all had while I was gone. Enjoyed the posts.
SDCB - glad to days is better than yesterday.
BCB - i have your number! Watch out.
Dee - love the hair. And you are so sweet!
Sheryl - um, nails are fake. Twice a month at 30$ a pop (shhhh, don't tell DH, he thinks it's a waiste, except for when I scratch his back).
Bryan - You get playful since we all know I'm scattered.
CG: you beat me to it. I think Jen's the alien, too. :)
BCB (I think) sez: From CO its just a hop to OR and then we can follow the coast road south (I've always wanted to do that) and head west (that's the SETTING sun, BCB, not the rising one) for Maui. Or whatever land mass comes first.
The Big Island comes first. Maui's kind of behind it and up a bit. Do I need to put tiki torches on the shore so you can guide yourselves in? Oh, wait. That was if you were taking the kayak. Now that you're taking a plane, I should line a road with tiki torches so you can use it as a runway.
Watch out for the cars when you land, please.
Dee: it is so sweet of you to cut your hair in solidarity with your friend. Give her a hug from me, too!
wicfzowm: the sound of the CB plane as it swoops overhead in its first attempt to land in Maui.
Dee: and the hair cut is adorable, too! Just looked at your pix!
Golf and writers do not mix because the people in my head talk through my backswing! How rude is that.
Seriously, I played like an alein today. Worse game of the season and it's all because the people living inside my head were speaking to me. They even had the nerve to argue when I was trying to make a five foot putt for birdie, yep, missed the stupid putt. Geez, it was awful - does anyone know a way to make them shut up!
jen-t: your wish is my command. I just changed into my cabana boy uniform and turned on the webcam.
Oh, crap. I think the cam just had a heart attack. Oh, well. You'll just have to use your imagination.
(And to ease your mind a bit, in the self-portraits last night I was wearing my photographers uniform)
Oh, wait, that was for your previous post asking me to be playful... nothing to do with making the voices shut up... though, if the webcam thing was still working they might indeed be rendered speachless... but I still doubt that would help your golf game as you'd still be in a state of shock yourself.
I don't think that state is on our map.
MCB, check the index, would you?
No? As I suspected, JenT is off-planet again. Trying to track down more hot married men for us to drool over.
bw
mmm let me see ...
* State of Grace ... on our 'someday' list but not holding our breath.
* State of Denial - yeah we've hit that one a number of times
* State of Confusion ... ditto
No, no State of Shock.
Hey Bryan, I work in DC.
raocpn: I don't know what it is but somebody better feed it.
Bryan - thanks, you made my planet! I now have this picture of you (I don't know what you look like, but I've got a wild imagination) in your cabana boy outfit posing for the self-portrait being playful telling my people to shut up. Priceless - thanks!
BCB - I'll start looking for hot single guys. Might upset the DH, but for you, anything.
Ah so, both BCB and MCB are archers! Rude but cheerful. Nope couldn't be them. That would mean they would bless your heart and then laugh adn laugh and laugh ... wait a minute! And Bryan is definatly a flirtatious twin. Lori, wow a scorp cubed huh? Those who don't love you will be anialated (sp). I went to school with Jen-T to learn to spell it seems. Hmmmm ... Tweety is on Daddy's computer. Must Dash. HUGS!!!!!!!!
BTW: there us no way to dig myself out of the 'best friend pickles' debacle. paging dr freud ...
diane: you read it? oh geez your lucky. if i don't get it tomorrow i'm going to scream. i seriously spent five minutes babbling about it to my friend (thank god she understands this kind of book love). in the guide thing Izzy is talked about getting a book soon. and i want Jules book!
kyra said "she's 'arrogent but exciting' like orangehands and I don't know what OH is doing half the time either."
your DD Bird sounds like a blast. and your DH is hilarious.
JJ asked "Geez, it was awful - does anyone know a way to make them shut up!"
alcohol? write down what they say? warn them you'll break their hearts for seven books if they keep bothering you?
KTR: I don't believe anyone has ever before called me "cheerful." You sure you're reading that right? Because I'm of Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. Our dictionary lists a definition of that word as: "those dour Scots, after a wee dram or two"
And I gave up on rude and all other "not nice" behaviour about mid-July. On orders from The GAM and The Cherry. Why they thought THAT was necessary is beyond me. Must be one of those internet text comprehension things that Theresa is working on.
If you look a little bit further down on your list of faults, you might see "always hit their target" on there somewhere. Which is why MCB and I never take our guns on road trips. Too GDF dangerous.
bw
mcb,
e-mail me at bryanjweitzel AT bjwcreations DOT com if you want to meet for lunch or a drink after work one day. But you can't tell jen-t what I really look like. We have to leave her with her delus... um, fantasies.
I leave Indiana on the 20th and return on the 2nd... I could make myself available late next week or early the week after that... say the 23rd through the 31st.
SDCB--Glad to hear you are feeling better. If the world has a cosmic balance, I think your tooth will feel better soon. I just learned today that I will be having all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled on Sept 6. I'm trying to look at the positive side of this, but it's not really working yet.
I too am a Sag. I think, MCB, that this does indeed prove we are one and the same person. Scary. ;)
I am sad that I can't be part of this road trip. :( If you are starting it soon, you can stop by NH for a visit. If not, maybe you all can make a wee bit of a side trip and come on over to England. No?
Ok, off to make spanikopita.
Bryan - that's not fair!
jen-t,
::snickering::
What? I tried to use the web cam for you.
Christina We have JenT's Dh's friend's plane. We can swing by England for you. Then over to Germany for Cologne Girl whether you girls are single or not. Sounds like we're back to Taking Over the World. The headline will blame Crusie and Mayer.
I am very single and would love to join the hunt, uh... I mean the 'road trip'.
:)
haikujmh (green) -- poems for japanese manly husbands.
Or something like that.
First blogger eats my post and then IE blows up on me. Grrrrrr.
Let's see if I can remember everything.
Dee - Your new 'do looks great! And it's awesome of you to get your hair cut with and in support of your friend. That's got to be right up there with bringing a shovel.
Brian - Photographers have uniforms?
Kyra - Well I'm a Cancer, which just always sounds bad, and I'm apparently moody but loving.
Road Trippers - If you're planning to follow the Ohio to Cincinatti, well, it starts here in Pittsburgh. One of the three rivers. I'm tied up with that dissertation thing, so I can't come with you, but I'd be happy to make you lunch.
Scope Dope - Glad that today you're only feeling bad! (Which just feels wrong to say.) How about - May all your days be only bad! (Sigh, even worse.) Ok, stopping now. *hug*
Took my cat Charlie to the vet today to get microchipped and this time...success!! The first time we tried this it was just aweful, aweful, aweful. Charlie is a horrible patient. And I always feel like a mean, mean cat-mom.
Theresa in Pgh
Theresa,
Invariably, when I shoot I'm wearing jeans, a black t-shirt, and hiking boots.
It's actually a running joke in the photographer community that most of us where black t's when we shoot. Don't know why.
Why the hiking boots? Do you have to hold your subjects down?
Theresa: i have to know, what does "microchipping" have to do with your cat? unless cat is some Pgh term for computer or something. or are you giving him a tracker, injected into his skin in case some evil doer puts butter on his feet (i heard when you put butter on a cat's paws they can't find their way home, even from ten feet away. don't know why, maybe something to do with feeling the texture to figure out where they are, but...)
hiking boots. well, i was going to say for wild life but don't you shoot inside people, bryan?
Bryan shoots inside people? Wow, I saw pictures of internal organs once. My hat's off to Bryan for his talent in making those pics glamourous. Not sure how he gets the lingerie on the esophogas(sp)but hey that's where the talent comes in.
You're supposed to put butter on a cat's paws so they don't wander. I'm not sure how that works, never tried it. Mine tends to get out one door, run around to the other door and fling himself against it until I let him in.
We're taking this random thoughts title very seriously. Everything serves a purpose, Bob
Gonna go think about my next scene. It involves YEX so I can't do it at Scope Dope's house. In the car on the way there - maybe. Just thinking people. Not doing. Sheesh, why do you think we're taking this epic road trip?
Yep, he (my cat) got a microchip for tracking injected between his shoulder blades. Big ass needle, especially for a cat. He was not a happy camper.
As for why I was putting my cat through this ordeal. Sigh. I'm hoping to eventually bring Charlie over to Scotland. (I'm really going to miss him, but trying not to think of that too much.) Pets no longer have to be quaranteened to bring them over to Great Britain, but they do have to be microchipped, then get the rabbies vaccine, then about three weeks later get blood drawn, which gets sent off to the one lab in the US which is allowed to test for the presence of the vaccine, than after six months and much paperwork, you can bring your beloved pet in to the UK.
Still not sure if it's worth it to put him through all that, but I'm going to miss him so much. Sniff.
Theresa in Pgh
CMS - if you can't think about YEX scenes when you're in the house with your mom, what are you going to do when your parents move in with you this fall?
Theresa in Pgh
ufyxtz - what UFOs are called on Jen's planet
Theresa, when do you leave? I missed the orginal post about the job, big time congratulations, so I'm fuzzy on the details. Big changes are in order from the sounds of things. Keep us posted on the GAMs in kilts. We'll have to extend the road trip to cover you in your new home. Which reminds me, CC how are the renovations going? Do you still want us to stop by and stuff the bodies, I mean time capsule, in the hole in the wall?
Really, I'm going offline now. Have to go let Scooped up on the computer.
Holy Crap! I hadn't thought of that. the move is off. No way I can give up a promising career as a millionaire novelist(see Literary chicks dot com)Nah, it'll be okay. We're going to have separate apartments at my place. It'll be okay. YEX will happen upstairs and down :shudder:
Sags are always very cheerful when they're rude. The living embodiment of "f**k 'em if they can't take a joke". Even dour Northern European Sags :0) And its not that they're rude ... it's that the zero tolerance for bullshite in any form makes them 'straight shooters'. Which offends people dispensing the bullshite. Bless their hearts.
My DH is watching Tweety Bird so I can check the blog. He is a GAM. Which he insists is Geek Among Men. He has a tee-shirt that says 'got root' and other nerds laugh themselves silly when they see it. I thought it was dirty but nope, computer humor.
Where in IN are you now Bryan?
And just for some happy news ... I am expecting another cute human around the end of April. The stick had an extra stripe :0) Everyone send good thoughts. I'm in the stage of pregancy refered to as 'still breathing hard' and I am so counting my chickens early. But I am soooooooooo happy. If its a girl I will name it Jennifer Cherry. (hee hee)
For the spreadsheet purposes: Dianne is the annihilating scorp cubed and I'm the aqua in da Nile.
Bryan: So much for saving it for G-ma. Geez
hgiflm:He gave it flair. Lotsa moxy.
cms asks: "Why the hiking boots?"
I don't know... I'm just more comfortable wearing them when I shoot as opposed to loafers or running shoes. Maybe it's because I don't want to have to worry about what I step in or on when I'm working outdoors.
orangehands asks: "but don't you shoot inside people, bryan?"
Not if I can help it. I do shoot people inside though, as well as outside. It really is the outdoor shooting though... even when I shoot in studio we usually still wind up doing some location work as well.
I remember doing a bikini shoot in a waterfall and we checked everywhere for glass and sharp rocks and damn if she didn't sit on the one piece of glass we didn't find. Put a damper on everybody's mood. Too bad nobody got a shot of me doing first aid on her tush.
Congrats Kyra TR!!!
kyra,
I'm in Columbus, IN. And Congratulations on being PG.
Lori,
Jen-t didn't get to see the outfit so it'll still be a special day when G-ma gets an eye full
MCB: I know the origin of Mary's shovel reference (as a burrowing mammal, I don't need one myself). I was questioning why so MANY people with shovels were showing up.
Mary Stella: Nora's original proposal for settlement was that the books be withdrawn, that JD apologize, and that all profits from the books be donated to the Literacy Project. JD agreed, but failed to follow through on the terms; so there was a lawsuit. Nora won and donated the proceeds as originally proposed.
Dee: Could Jenny be the GAB? The Goddess Among 'Bombs? It might remind her to blog more often. Or the GOBB? The Goddess Obeyed By Blogger?
BCB: You are going to have to go to CA to pick up Orangehands before going to Conscripted Cherry's place; she's holding that hole in the wall open....
And I notice a distinct lack of plans to visit Arizona.
mcb said...We're borrowing the plane Jen's husband's friend owns - that's why we're hitting Missouri.
Not TOO hard, I hope! Are you sure you should let BCB pilot?
KyraTheRed wrote: The best friend pickles I have ever eaten
Cannibalism is certainly becoming rife on this board.
BCB: Do you have Norwegian charisma--as defined by Mark Russell, halfway between that of a Presbyterian minister and a tree?
The buttering the cat's paws deal--When you take a cat to a new house, you are supposed to butter her paws before letting her loose. The idea is that instead of dashing straight out the door and off into the middle distance, she'll sit down and lick the butter off her paws. By the time she's finished, she'll be curious enough to stick around and investigate the new locale.
Breaking news--they've just arrested some guy in Thailand who's confessed to the murder of JonBenet Ramsay.
xiqyh -- Xeroxing iced quinces--yes! hurrah!
KTR gave it away: He is a GAM. Which he insists is Geek Among Men.
Geez, girl, can't trust you to keep a secret can we? Now we'll never get Bob out of his blue funk.
Congrats on the new test subject! They say learning takes place in the womb -- are you sure you want to be associating with us in your condition?
And if by "rude" you mean lacking in all that damn overrated tact everyone is always going on about, you might have a point.
bw
Tal: JD agreed, but failed to follow through on the terms
Ok, I have to know -- which came first the lawsuit or JD Robb?
And I can NOT believe you missed that one!
Got to go put the finishing touches on yet another perfect dinner for DD, who is having wisdom teeth removed tomorrow, so I guess this is her last meal.
MCB: Add AZ to that list. Some part of it that is not a) on fire or b) flooded.
bw
Kyra! Congratulations, even if it is early days. We expect regular updates, esp. when you have ultrasound.
Now see what you've gotten yourself into? You're beholden to all your babies' cherrybaunts and cherrybuncles to keep us updated, the way BCB and Jen-T do, only one of yours has not yet even made his/her debut. Tweety sounds very sweet, though.
I'm already a crazy spinster aunt to 3 humans, a large number of cats and an alpha male toy poodle (who I've seen intimidate German Shepherds, so funny considering he weighs under 6 lbs.), so happy to add more humans to the list.
Christina and MCB: I'm in the Sag camp also. Whatever that means beyond that I was born in late November.
Christina: I'll take some of that spanikopita, too. How do you cope with puff pastry? I'm an accomplished cook, but the one time I ventured into the land of attempted spanikopita I failed miserably. Sigh. That and bisques. I can make beautiful soups, but I flunked out on bisques twice and decided to abandon hope.
SDCB: glad you are feeling less awful, darling. I was quite concerned for your well-being. I would like to send you some of my current health so you can have a good day instead of settling for bad, worse, and worst.
Sheryl: you're a kind, generous and brave woman. If I had to live with my parents, someone would die. It would either be me or my father first, I'm sure. One of us would kill the other or my mother would get fed up and shoot us both to get some quiet. :)
Talpianna sez: I was questioning why so MANY people with shovels were showing up.
We're friendly and we like to be of help to one another?
kygnkk: the sound of a bunch of shovels being thrown into a pile.
BCB sez -- And if by "rude" you mean lacking in all that damn overrated tact everyone is always going on about, you might have a point.
ROFLMAO. That is sooooooo sagittarius of you :0)
Bryan -- Bloomington is very very near Columbus! The DH and I are driving thru on Friday evening. Will you have absconded to DC by then?
Lori -- my bad. You are indeed the Cleopatra Aquarius ... Queen of De Nile.
ugh ... i've got nausea. Hollar at cha later sweeties.
If Jenny will make me a cameo character in one of her books ... by name ... I will really and for true name the baby Jennifer Cherry if its a wee girl.
GG: my poor baby doesn't have any spinster aunts (sniff)
vngvki: Vikings never give very kinky invitations
Kyra,
I don't leave until Sunday. So I will be around. I do work until 6pm that evening though.
kyra the red - first, congrats! I'm kind of partial to the name Jennifer myself. As a kid, I was Jenni (with an i) for clarification to the million other jennifer's out there. Or, Jenni H (for the madien name), but it's a good name. Just don't give her the middle name Sue, yuck. I hated when I'd go out on dates my brother would stand at the door signing "jenni sue's going out tonight." Of course he'd then either scare the livin crap out of my date, or follow us. Once, he answered the door while I was getting ready, when I came out my date was gone. I asked my brother where he went and dear brother said "he mumbled something about saving the family jewels." Older brothers, what a pain. When dear brother frist my my husband he said to him "That's my sister, lay a hand on her and i'll have you kill you. Remember, I'm in the Navy and I know people." My dear husband said, and this is no lie, "I'm the father to her future children, so if you do that, you'll leave you neice or nephew without a father." My brother said to me. "you can keep him." When I got married a few years later, my brother gave me away (my father passed away when I was 17), anyway, I asked my brother why he never gave DH a hard time like the other guys I dated. brother said, "Because he didn't take my shit and that's cool. Besides, I liked him."
Where was I? Oh yeah, so happy for you Kyra, that's cool. I've got three kids, love them, but they need to go back to school. And DH is very much a GAM, even if he's been MIA these last few weeks, traveling a lot and it's just gets worse through September. Of course, there is the golf thing. he plays a lot, but he doesn't have people yapping between his ears.
mandjok - man da jok
Kyra,
Even though jen-t is being nice and all, you still can't tell her what I look like if I see you on Friday.
I might try to see how many CBs I can meet face to face before somebody spills the beans to jen-t.
::snickering again::
OK, folks! Back from WA and BC, CA. Pooped - us old folks don't do time zones very well. Just missed the airline mess going out, but found it coming back. LOTS OF OVERHEAD BINS EMPTY! A nice message in my checked backpack from the Transportation Security Administration saying they'd searched!
Hi to Kyra the Red who said...
BCB: Did you just bless my heart? I'm southern. I KNOW that means 'you dumb f**k' Hmmmppphh. (the sound of a redhead in a snit). Oh, yeah, us southerners are sooo good at passive aggressive!
Also hi to Kyrathered. How do you pronounce that?
AgTigress, loved your dissertation on linear vs non-linear (my words, not yours) writing back a day or so.
I had a bunch of other comments to people, but they've flitted out of my zoned-out head. Oh, yeah, Tal... People started dancing to Aquarius waiting in line to the Space Needle. Says to myself, I wish I could understand the words. Now with your help, I STILL WISH I COULD UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
Nitey nite, you all.
Theresa: they test humans that well too, right? i mean, if their worried about animals they should at least give a thought to the owners...
kyra: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so, do we get to vote on names? what about Lindsay? (me? you want to name her after me? oh, that's so sweet. notice the a not the e).
since you call your first kid after a bird i can see you naming the second one after a GAW author. (yeah, GAW doesn't work. sounds almost like gaw-dammit, which is not something we say to the Cherry)
tal said "You are going to have to go to CA to pick up Orangehands before going to Conscripted Cherry's place; she's holding that hole in the wall open...."
you see? you see?! she's going to take all those shovels you guys keep offering and hit me with one.
JJ: love that dialogue between annoying older brother (that's redundant, right?) and DH. your bro sounds fun.
ok, have to drive my dad to the airport. (he's visiting his family...*snort* mom and i are still laughing that he's going to be alone with ALL of them over for almost three weeks.) then maybe to friend's house.
hey gp.
later.
KTR--Congrats on the baby news! My sister and I are really close in age and it seemed to work out well for both our mother and us.
GG--Just took the spanikopita out of the oven and still have to wait for it to cool before I can have a piece. *sigh* I use phylo dough. I have never tried puff pastry, but I think I will give it a try when I am back at school as it seems to be very difficult for me to find regular phylo dough there.
For the phylo dough, I only open the package when I am ready to use them, otherwise I risk the dough drying out. If I need to, I dampen a papertowel and ring it out and then place it over the sheets of dough to prevent them from drying out, but the papertowel can't be too damp or it make several sheets stick together.
Tricky, but well worth it in the end.
To all Sags--what day is your birthday? Mine's Nov 30 and I have an aunt who was born on Nov 29.
Kyra, I do believe I forgot to congratulate you. Just let me find that flitch of bacon...
Seriously, I hope all goes well. If it's a boy, will you name it "Robert GAM"? You can say it's short for "Gamaliel," Warren G. Harding's middle name...
---The Mole, planning on being a Furry Godmother
P.S. The Tigress is off in Wales again. Back tomorrow, with luck.
ubmdyzrw -- Ugly blond medical doctors yell, "Zaza! Run westward!"
kyra sez:
GG: my poor baby doesn't have any spinster aunts (sniff)
Well, it does now! :)
But for the love of god don't name a daughter emily. I knew only 3 others til I was through grad school, now they're everywhere. It is quite unfair, having acclimated to an uncommon name, to now hear "emily, stop that" in the grocery store or something and flinch and wonder what you did when it's some mother talking to an under 6.
Christina: phyllo/puff pastry: effectively the same thing. I tried frozen phyllo. Failed miserably. Sigh. I'll just come to your place.
I'm Nov. 28.
Thank you all very very much! Bryan, We'd be coming thru fairly late ... like 7:30 PM. Would a late dinner at a kid friendly resturaunt work? Tweety eats at only two places, chikfila and fazolis. We don't go out much but when we do those are our exciting choices. Of course I would deny Jen-T all info. It's the least I could do. Although her older brother sounds cool :0)
Gatorperson: Nice to meet you! It's pronouced K'eye-rah the red. Not like Kyra (K'ere-rah) Sedwick.
I will certianly give Lindsay a great deal of consideration and thanks Christina for letting me know someone's mother survived kids close together. Although Tweety Bird's motto is "don't thwart me".
Talpianna -- I would just eat the bacon. All of it. At once. Then throw up and eat another filch of bacon. mmmmmm ... bacon.
Gotto go. I need to see a man about a pig :0)
Kyra - Congratulations! Definitely keep us posted.
CMS - I'm moving to Edinburgh to start a job in a couple months, contingent on me getting my dissertation written and defended. (Haven't made too much progress today. Sigh.) About a week ago I was trying to decide between the job in Scotland and a job in the DC area, and, well, Scotland won. :)
I'm out there - watching - waiting - with my other alien friends. I see and hear all
Kyra--Congratulations! How are you feeling?
SDCB--May your days continue to go from worse to bad, to not so bad, to kinda bad, to okay, to good....Good luck.
Road trip? Do you HAVE to be single to go on this?
You know, I was talking to JenniSue-T via planet-to-planet satellite link a little while ago and she was telling me the most interesting story about a conversation she had with The GAM in Atlanta. Fascinating. To think he actually talks. In person.
Anyway. Her kids were running around like little hockey manics in the background and occasionally she'd yell at them to stop hitting each other and breaking stuff, or was it breaking each other and hitting stuff?
Anyway, she was telling the story and said: "And then I said to Bob ARE YOU READY FOR BED YET?!"
Well, let me tell you, apparently there was a lot going on behind the scenes in Atlanta that we knew nothing about. Of course, I had fallen off the couch and was laughing so hard by this time that I completely forgot to have her tell me the rest of the conversation. So Jen, inquiring minds want to know: did Bob ever wash his face and brush his teeth before he went to bed?
That'll teach her to DOUBLE DOG DARE me.
bw
nwbqhim: never wake bob (to) question him
ROTFL!
You know, it's very strange, but lately I feel my day is just not complete until I've made at least one person do that whole ROTFL thing.
And yes, AMC, you may come along on our road trip. You don't have to be single, but you do have to sign a waiver that no one with a shotgun and a bad attitude is going to track you down while you're in our company. We have enough trouble with MCB in that regard. Live and learn.
bw
MCB: You know, I've been thinking. I know, dangerous, but someone has to do it. I'll bet Scope Dope's tracking equipment is a bit out-dated and we really need to get her all new stuff before the trip. Bob only knows we're going to need her help.
So, since you work in DC with all those government types, bless your heart, you need to track down some state of the art equipment. Which department is in charge of that these days? Oh yeah, now that we've streamlined everything, there's only one. Well damn. Ok then, we'll just have to deal with that bunch again. Only the best for Scope Dope.
So you're in charge of stea-- um, appropriating some stuff from HS to send to SDCB. Think of it as a friendly gesture of detante between nations.
Another random thought, as long as we're at it: I'll just bet there is a whole room full of guys in suits in a bunker somewhere over at HS whose sole job it is to google themselves all day (not like that, geez) and add words to the search like "bomb" and "appropriate" (or in our case "inappropriate") and "conspiracy" and "law enforcement" and "high speed chase" and "tango" (G-G you are in BIG trouble girl). And I'll bet there is an entire team and a big budget assigned to figuring out whether this blog is a threat to national security. Ah, there's another google term.
So, do you all suppose that is what Bob is really trying to tell us when he is all the time telling us (ok, me mostly) to be nice?
Geez, Bob. I know you have trouble expressing yourself in writing darlin', but maybe you could have been just a little more specific? Sigh. Too late now.
So who's in charge of bail money? And what kind of car are we driving? A fast one, right?
MCB: Send me an email in care of JenT and she'll give you my email address so we can discuss this in a more clandestine manner. Really. I'm thinking we need a backup plan.
bw
BCB, I believe the word you were searching for is "leveraging" that stuff from HS to send to SDCB.
Always eager to help you opportunistically synergize leveraging... oh Lord I've been amongst the heathen too long...
uxicomtw - a little-known, verily unbeknownst government department in charge of opportunistic synergies and leveraging thereof
Oooh, I've heard of leveraged buyouts. That's like a clearance sale, right?
MCB: Levitate two of everything. We're going to need it. Get some spare parts while you're at it.
Good opportunistic plan, Mary, thanks!
Need to get some sleep now. Every day brings a new conspiracy. Well, one can hope.
bw
BCB and mary: LMAO.
kyra said "I will certianly give Lindsay a great deal of consideration"
"yes!" *accompanying arm movements of scoring* (not that kind of scoring, geez you guys, little kids look over their mothers' shoulders sometimes, i meant for getting her to think about it).
dee: don't forget to give us a heads-up on who won the contest. (i'm both curious and forgetful)
green: mashcbfn: i wonder if it's trying to tell the Sacrificer (aka me, as in me OH not "me") something.
Dee, I've thought about Locks of Love, but my hair is so thin. I've been in a holding pattern for a couple years now, not knowing what I want to do with it, so it's almost at my waist. The last time I did this, it was about six inches below my waist for several years. When I finally made up my mind, it was nearly 18" of hair chopped off. Pitiful little bundle it was, too. It's too bad they didn't have that when I was a kid and had enough hair for three people.
On the t-shirts, I'm Sagittarius, "rude but cheerful," which pretty much says it, at least a lot of the time. Just ask Bob. ;+)
bon cheri bomb said...
My t-shirt claims: optimistic, adventurous, freedom-loving.
Another Sag. Click on the t-shirt for the more pithy version.
AND...
I'm of Norwegian and Swedish ancestry.
That explains the Minnesota. BTW, you never answered my question about whether you've ever heard of Sabin, MN. My dad is from around there. Of course he left when he was about twelve, but still.
mcb said...
And I'm a Sag.
I knew Sagittarians made the best drivers.
And GG, too! Look out world! BTW, I'm at the far end, mid-December.
Roving bands of Cherry Bombs, a wagon train for the new millenium. I hope the planes we're going to be borrowing hold lots of passengers. We'll have to remember to take home movies.
hkocqspc (green)
Hide Kyra! Offensive cads quite seriously pursue cherrybombs.
And congrats on the new HIP (human in progress, a little writer humor). I heard that, "very little," from you over there behind the potted palm...or is that the tree on Bob's head again? You really do take your hobbies seriously.
fglafmav (green)
I think that's an amphibious ATV-type thingee that La Favre is going to appropriate for us to use on our "road" trip, should be able to get all the way to Maui in that baby.
*gasp! gasp!* [Mole staggers in on bloody paws.] Just found out...must tell you before it's too late...she KNOWS! She's following me...Jen-T...it's all a lie...made the whole thing up...no kids, no book, no lake, no vibrating bed...she's not even female, let alone human. Yes, she's an alien...omigawd, she's at the door...nooo....she's not just any alien, she's Regis Philbinnnnnnnnnn..........
uxkcwb --Uxorious Kentucky chickens, welcome back!
KYRA...congratulations on the PG...
Number three son's middle name is Lindsey....slight spelling difference.
The singles marathon journey is starting to sound interesting....I would like to be a little bird flitting along overhead...the things I would learn....
iwzjgkss red
I would zest, Jenny giggles kinda seriously silly
Okay, the Philological/Forensic Unit, Investigational (also known as Pfui) has been called and even as I type is busy cataloging and putting Significant Artefacts into plastic baggies. The said mole as been bloodtyped and has also had a silicon chip put on her shoulder. In the words of the Humane Society, "it's not because she doesn't already have a chip on her shoulder, but we need to be able to track her if she shows up on our doorstep needing a Good Home."
I'm told that CSI units are busily speeding their way toward the said aliens home to verify allegations. Also Sculder and Mully have been called, though what use they might be I can't say. Good PR value, anyway.
Forget about THE X-FILES! Call out the X-MEN!!!
uhzmiez -- last gasp of the Mole, still unwilling to admit the whole thing is a trick to get hold of Hugh Jackman
louis said "Number three son's middle name is Lindsey....slight spelling difference."
how old is your DS? little name history: Lindsey started as a male name until the 1930's, and by the 1950's was shared equally among the sexes. by the early 80's it had become a top British girl's name (i think in the top 20)and had faded from boys names. Lindsey (with an e) is frequently used for female and only occasionaly for males.
anyways, just name your DD after me and Louis's middle son, not your DS. (my spelling though. there aren't enough Lindsays with an a out there)
(ok, tal or tigress, waiting for one of you to give off statistics on my name. oh, tal's been beaten to death by Regis/JJ the alien)
*OH rejoices: "the witch is dead, the witch is- what? like she didn't try to kill me every chance she got?"*
dang it, tal posted. guess JJ didn't fight the mole well enough.
*sigh* i guess she moles another day
aren't i helpful, kyra? it all comes in the BF description. that and shovels.
Please don't come and get me, CBs... the way you plan to travel makes me worry you're already infiltrated by Jen-T and you'll end up in outer space or on some dang golf course.
No, not for me. However, I wasted my good time and looked up that t-shirt site even if I'm absolutely allergic to horoscopes and it said that since I'm an Aquarius I'm pickled but resilient or something like that. So beware before taking me out of the jar.
cpcpfz - (don't really feel up to it but this is too good to pass on): cherry pickle, cherry pickle f**k-up zoo (seems to be an x-rated children's song)
My friends are insane. That way they don't notice I'm different.
DO NOT send the X-men after Jennisue! Do you have any idea the things she would do to Wolverine?? There would be none left for ME!
Zaza: Locks of Love take hair of any color and thickness. I donated 8 pounds of hair (I have really thick hair thanks to a G-ma of Native American descent) a few years ago. But Sweet Babou confessed he likes it longer so it's grown out a bit. He's got a redhead fetish. How nice for Kyra.
Okay, now I have to explain the 'how nice for Kyra' so you will all be in on the joke. The first time I brought Sweet Babou back to meet my parents my mom was asking him (i.e. interrogating him with bright lights) what he wanted for dinner. She's so southern that if he had said Alligator she'd have killed moot. We really need to feed people. Really. But SB finally go fed up saying 'anything is fine' and exasperatedly tells mamma "Look Wanda, I will eat anything". My mom pops her snarky wee head back out of the fridge and smirks "How nice for Kyra." I don't think Sweet Babou ever recovered from that ... but he's one of those husbands that loves to visit the in-laws. He knows he's going to be amused.
OH: as my new BBF you are indeed helpful. Once a name crosses into nutral it frequently goes to only a girls name in few years (like Brooke and Carrol) and often stays there for a while. I wa teaching a gender class and was trying to get the students to understand this is a sign that feminine attributes are still considered inferior by the general populace. I used small words but it was still hard on them, bless their hearts.
Speaking of. Take the heart blessing away from BCB. She used it on MCB and is just slinging that all over the place. I can see her in full Western regalia, a bless your heart gun in a low slung holster on her hip, squinty eyed against a cruel son (score!) ready to beat anyone to a bless your heart draw.
CG: Hee hee. Aquarius never believes their horoscope. tee hee. But I am certian you are brilliant, and have friend pickles.
We call the zygote our little Bun in the Oven, or Bun for short. Isn't that sickly sweet?
Sweet Babou is morning sick too. He did this last time also. But I had the contractions all by my GDF self, wouldn't ya know.
I'm going to go take a ginger pill and lie on the couch and watch Tweety destroy my house. See ya'll later!
BCB - Oh my god! You are killing me. Lets put this whole thing in the proper perspective - you and I were having a convo about Atlanta, we, you, me mentioned Bob (and Jenny and the blog) and because I multi-task, I just happened to ask middle child "Are you ready for bed yet?" Which had nothing to do with Bob, geez. I didn't even get it until I realize you were laughing so hard that you were gasping and choking. Didn't you know that Alien's can have at least three conversations at once - and did we even finish the first conversation in the first place? I don't think so because between your DD, your mother and my children we had like five conversations going on between us. Geez.
But I have to tell ya, when DH came home at the tail end of our lauhing hystericaly conversation, he asked me what the heck was so funny, I started cracking up and DH shook his head and said to middle child (who still wasn't ready for bed) "Is mommy always like this when I'm out of town?" Middle child says, "Oh, dad, you don't know the half of it. Her golf partner said she was talking to her "people" on the course and they interfered with her golf game which is why they came in dead last." DH said to son, "She's using that excuse again for her pathetic golf game. Geez, she's worse than you guys, blaming others for her problems."
And Tal - I'm Regis? Holy crap, I spit my cocoa at the computer at that one. For the record - I might have been born on the planet JupitOr, but we are still somewhat human, at least we take on all human traits and I am female (thank the freaking stars above). Geez, people.
Oh Lord. I'll be back after I've fetched caffeine from Starbucks. I can't face you guys without caffeine.
Bail money? Well, I'm pretty much out of money after having to put a new floor in the bathroom and a few other home imprpovement projects, but if y'all need bail I can work with Guido and get y'all taken care of (geez, not like that, I meant bailed out of jail not "Taken care of") However, I don't think Guido does intersteller bail, so you will have to be on this planet if you want my help.
Tal- the hole in the wall is still there just waiting for OH to be inserted- and if she's too big for the wall I have a fire pit in the back that's needing to be filled in with something. I think OH would qualify as something.
OH- when do you leave for college precious girl (see, if I'm kind and supportive maybe it will distract her from the hole in the wall)
off to the city recreation department for a shower- I still need to recaulk the tub and work in the bathroom a bit more before I can shower in my own shower- at least the armory is free for me so I'm not paying to shower
secretly raucus unicorns make innuendos
Kyra: Congrats on the Bun. My first two are 19 months apart and we all survived tho I remember little of #2 son's first year. Love the SB/mom story LOL.
OH:One of my characters to be introduced in my next book is named Lindsay and now I will be sure to spell it the correct (your) way.
So enjoying the road trip plans. BCB, if I leave my glasses I know I'll be a better lookout but I'll miss so much. Like seeing the GAM when we do the flyover.
Jen-T an alien? That explains why a woman with her body (excellent) thinks she's carrying 10 extra pounds. She learned to be an American woman by reading the rag mags
I'm a Libra Don't know the t-shirt yet because if I go look I'll lose this post.
CMS You are so wonderful. Glad you will still be able to do YEX since the 'rents will be downstairs
SDCB So happy you are better. Wishing you good days.
I have shovels already packed for the trip
OH will stand between you and Tal and not allow the insertion of you into hole 'cause it would be hard for you to post from said hole and I love reading yours
Dee you are a sweetheart cutting your hair in support of your friend. You are a better person than I Will check out your picture later b/c don't want to lose post
I have to run. Spent more than 6 hours driving yesterday and will have at least four today. But no CB's in the car so it was a drag.
Love the post saying a southern friend said you just rinse your veggies in hot water. LOL That's what my mom thinks I do tho she's never put it quite that way. Had mushy southern green beans and squash at her house yesterday. Delicious. I can't do it that way but love hers
BCB glad DS made it to your house safely. Kids behind the wheel:the cause of gray hair and stress ulcers.
Kyra said her DH has a tee-shirt that says 'got root' and other nerds laugh themselves silly when they see it.
Ok, I laughed. But I prefer to think of myself as a geek rather than a nerd.
OH: Well, they haven't yet told me what I'm going to have to do to get a work visa, so I suppose that a microchip is not outside of the realms of possibility. I'd really prefer to forgo the rabbies vaccine, if at all possible.
Tal, I think Hugh (okay, Mr. Jackman) has moved on from X-Men to musicals. You'll have to put on a stage version of Molklahoma if you want him to drop by :)
Thanks robin s. BTW -- I'd love to read some of your stuff. Just a peak. Jen-T is going to make me buy hers because she is already published. I hope your stuff makes it to market soon. Don't let Janet Daily see it. Your tee-shirt says shallow but intelligent. If you are a true Libra you just said "I'm not shallow ... well, maybe I am. On the other hand ..." Viggo (take me Aragorn, take me now) and Bob are Libras. You are in good company. I saw Jen-T picture on her blog. She is perfect. Obvious giveaway that she is an alien. No one has three kids and keeps a small waist unless they are from a galaxy far far away.
Why is someone putting poor OH in Tal's hole? (now that I have written that it looks bad ... but I shall not delete!) Anyway, OH is MCBF (my current best friend) and I will use my shovel to defend her. I lie. I'll use it to dig her out later so I can avoid conflict.
Since OH is Augusts CBF you may all now start submitting your applications to be Septembers CBF.
My zygote will be an embryo tomorrow. I'm very happy. I'll let ya'll know when we get limb buds.
Hugs!
sbcfhi: Sadly Bob can't finish his ice-cream.
Okay I've had my caffeine fix ... and I still can't keep up with you.
Tal, can you make your way to NV? We'll pick you up when we swing through Vegas. And I do mean swing.
BCB - and how do I get a message to Jen to get a message to you to get a message ... OJH. I give up.
Kyra - many congrats on your ticking cherrybomb. Makes me think of the Murphy Brown episode when Murphy's in labor and Jim sees that she about to have a contraction an hollers "she's gonna blow!"
AMC: No you don't have to be single to join us. What happens on the roadtrip, stays on the roadtrip. But geez, is there anyone out there who is artistic because I really can't get that picture out of my head.
Scope - wishing you only the lesser of evil days.
And speaking of holes, Tal and shovels ... does this just cry out for a rousing game of 'whack a mole'?
MCB - e-mail is jtalty@talty.com.
Robin S - you are too kind and I'm not PERFECT! I'm a princess, but not flipping perfect.
Kyra the red - Just so you know - I weighed 192 when first child was born, 205 when second child was born and 220 when thrid child was born. I have pictures to prove it. With thrid child I really had a hard time loosing the weight. When he was four I was still pushing 200, so I joined weight watchers and lost 60 pounds in 6 months. And I'm far from perfect. I have stretch marks above the navel and well, a pouch of skin as a constant reminder of three kids and extra weight, a butt the size of Texas (for my size), no chest, and what is there sags. Yes, I can say something nice about myself. I have pretty blue eyes and great hair. People hate me just because of my hair, but you have to come from my planet to have hair like mine. Oh, and I like my smile and I do it often, life is too short not to be happy. And yes, I'm flipping happy all the damn time. Just ask my sister. Not only does she think I'm too happy, she thinks I take happy pills on a daily basis. I tell her that ingnorence is bliss!
I can't keep up with y'all either.
Oh, and for those interested, and there appear to be several, Hugh has FOUR more movies coming out before the end of the year.
Geez. Now we've driven MCB to drink.
And is it possible? Did I make JenT and Bob both blush at the same time? After being told I probably couldn't do either? [well, I would have if Bob ever read this stuff] Hmmm. People just continue to underestimate me. Must be all that niceness.
Speaking of niceness, how many Sags are there now? Me, MCB, Christina (the other one), Zaza and G-G? Holy crap, as JenT would say. That's an awful lot of cheerfully rude behaviour.
I'm at home this morning, supervising DD as she looks pale and lifeless and moans occasionally from her prone position on the couch, holding an ice pack on each side of her face. Just wait until the numbness wears off and she can speak again. I'm sure it's my fault that she has teeth at all. That will be my signal to go to work for a couple hours.
Zaza: Sabin sounded familiar but I had to Google it. Driven by that exit many times on the way to Fargo/Morehead, but never been there. Probably have some relative or other who lives/lived there though. There are approximately 3,956 cousins and their progeny up north and I can't keep track of them all. Much to my mother's chagrin.
bw
Ok, here's the thing you all don't understand about JenniSue-T: She has more energy and adrenaline than any other five people I know. Put that together with her pretty blue smile and she is just adorable. Irresistable. Sort of like the pull of a tractor beam, really. And a lot of fun to hang out with. Which, for a stoic old Minnesotan like me, is very alien. We had a blast in Atlanta. After we tucked Bob into bed. He's really not much for socializing.
bw
BCB - Hope DD is feeling better soon. And FYI - you didn't make me blush. You made me wet my pants becasue I was laughing so damn hard, but blush, it would take a lot more than that. Okay, off to the HS for locker decorating, classroom location and lets check out the hot boys afternoon. Yikes.
Wow. Another challenge. I'll have to try harder.
She'll learn eventually. Or she'll run out of clean underwear.
bw
BCB - you are like the only one who can get away with the JenniSue thing. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, DH was in Minnesota Monday - Wednesday this week. That's were he was when he showed up two hours early (love stand by) when we were talking last night. He actually lived there for two years when he was 15, right before I met him at the rip old age of 18.
Energy? That's the caffine. Like at least three to four diet cokes a day. And BCB - you are the best, really. We did have some fun in Atlanta, didn't we. Not sure that city will ever be the same. BCB is really one wild woman, really she is. Puts me to shame.
addvmbp - ADD vampires move Bob, please
BCB - underwear is the one think I enjoy shoping for. I think I spend more money on my undergarments than I do on anything else, but really, this is not a challenge, really, I'm can barely contain myself as it is. Seriously, went to bed last night laughing so hard my husband wasn't quiet sure what to do with me (don't go there BCB). I tried to explain to him what was so funny and it came out all backwards, so I laughed some more and DH just sat there, looking at me with a blank look on his face. Even after the lights were out, the TV turned off I was still chuckling. My stomach hurts more from laughing last night than from going to yoga class.
Thanks BCB - that was classic.
Jen, you could have 3-4 diet cokes an HOUR and it wouldn't account for it.
I lived in Atlanta for 10 years -- they're still trying to recover.
I knew there was some reason I liked your DH. All that "MN nice" rubbed off on him. Bet he did't tell you about that, did he?
Have fun decorating the locker room with the hot boys. Is that what they're calling it these days?
bw
Kyra,
No Chik-Fil-a here in Columbus but we do have a Fazolis... I'm supposed to meet someone for adult beverages Friday evening but I can see if she wants to meet later or have dinner with us. I'll get back to you on that.
mcb,
If you want to show me your favorite Starbuck's in DC, I'd be more than happy to partake of caffeinated beverages with you one day while I'm there. I live for coffee.
Wow CBs!!! Took half my morning (and lots of giggling) but I'm now officially up to date. Almost.
Congrats Kyra!
JenT/Regis Philbin....I too have coffee on my keyboard.
BCB said "So who's in charge of bail money?"
We are CBs. We don't bail you out of jail. We'll be right there with you.
I'm interested in the road trip too and I hid my DHs shotgun (besides, he's still hunting potential DD13 boyfriends). So. Do I qualify?
lbooth
Oh. What does the virgo tshirt say?
Kyra - CONGRATS!! I have six wee ones, and love it almost every minute of most days. *grin* Get yourself a doula for the birth, even though this isn't your first. Every woman deserves to have another woman that is totally devoted to making her birth WONDERFUL. Check out www.dona.org for a list of women in your area. Or just call me when you go into labor and I'll drive up (doen? where ARE you??) there to help out, since I doula a lot around here.
GG said....But for the love of god don't name a daughter emily.
I named my baby (#6) Emile. She is named after her grandpa, Paul Emil. I didn't want her to be a Paula or Paulette, so we used his middle name instead. We pronounce it Emilee. Half the time, I use her "Southern" name, which is her first and middle names smushed together, so it is Emalin (Emile Lynne). She actually likes that a LOT. When we named her Emile, we knew NO OTHER kids by that name. Now they are everywhere. She's the only girl with such a common name. We also have a Gretchen, a Jordan, and a Maggie (NOT Margaret, it's actually Maggie). Our boys are rather common though, Michael and Mathew.
mcb and Bryan, if you meetup for dinner, I WANT TO BE THERE TOO!! I'm not that far away, and you know I like the idea of a road trip. I drove all the way up to Baltimore in May to meet The GAB and the GAM.
I want some spanikopita! I think we had this conversation over on JCF a few months back, didn't we? Love the stuff!!
GG, you are my very favorite spinster aunt ever, even though you're not MY aunt. You are just the coolest!
BCB, I know what you mean about kids and their gorgeous parents. My mom was a knockout. All of my boyfriends thought so. It was rather disturbing, actually. I think the term MILF was originally invented for her. Yuck!!
Tal, please don't shove OH into a hole. I'd have to sneak in with Kyra in the middle of the night to help dig her out, and I just got moved to working nights so I can write when I get home. You'll be messing with my WIP if you try to off OH.
I always suspected JennieSue was an alien.
And thanks to all that checked out my new 'do. It's sweet of you guys to think it was a good thing. Really, I felt like a beast when I did it, but that's all on my blog. I saw Renee last night, we had a HUGE feast for her, since today is her first chemo treatment. I stand in awe of that woman. She'd make a great CB. Maybe I'll try to sneak her in on the road trip.
Man, I can't tell you how much i LOVELOVELOVE working nights now. I can actually catch up with you guys again!!
dee wrote: BCB, I know what you mean about kids and their gorgeous parents. My mom was a knockout. All of my boyfriends thought so.
LOL! I was kidding about being the drop dead gorgeous mom. LOTS of sarcasm there. My kids' friends think of me as someone who keeps the kitchen pretty well stocked, doesn't mind loud music or inappropriate noises and isn't shocked by swearing. They have their priorities. They all think I'm very cool but, believe me, I am not a MILF.
bw
Oh yeah, just got an e-mail from RWA. I signed up to be a judge for the prelims for the GoldenHeart. I don't even want to know if any of you submitted, but I'm really looking forward to reading the entries.
Anyone else already sign up to judge?
buibda
"Better undress inside", Bryan diligently advises. <----this is AFTER the model slashed her ass on glass, ok?
BCB, you are GORGEOUS to us. Trust me on that. Now I'm just waiting on JennieSue (she's totally gonna alien-laser-eye-beam me for calling her that, isn't she?) to chime in and tell us how amazing you are IRL.
twfyzmtz
The wild fantastic yelling merrymakers travel zanily.
And I keep forgetting to add that I am a Moon Child (aka Cancer, but I HATE that word right now!!!). My b-day is July 8.
krgwvzif
Kyra Red gets wonderfully voluptuosly zany Jenny fans (to be CherryBaunts for her new wee one!)
Kyra,
I just got an autoresponse from Jamie's e-mail. She's out of the office all week. I'll call her tonight to see if she wants to join us but you can count on me being at Fazoli's Friday if you still plan on stopping. Let me know.
Dee,
My Dad's birthday is July 8th.
fpmut -- self-editing here as I was too hung up on the MILF discussion and couldn't get it outta my head. Just know that I had it, and the M=MILF.
OH...
Steven Lindsey is much too old for you....He's 52 but still single.
This trip is more and more interesting with all the zig-zags around the country.
rdxzhuit blue
an alien sneeze
Dee,
Still waiting to hear back from MCB but if we do meet you are more than welcome to join us. The same restrictions apply however. Jen-t must get no descriptions.
cixtby -- Crusie is x-rated (compared) to Bob's YEX.
bryan: I guess this just proves I am NOT one, since for once I have no idea what you're (not) talking about. Nonono, don't explain. Really. But I think I'm glad you're not one of my DS's friends. [grin]
Ahem, Louis, Stephen Lindsey is not too old for ME. Um, he doesn't still live at home, does he?
bw
phtmfdss: yeah. what blogger said.
Hey Dee, I was wondering if there were any other late-June/early-July birthday folks out there! My b-day is July 7. I figure when I turn 77 I'll go to Vegas and strike it rich. All those 7s have got to be good for something.
Where does Moon Child come from? Much nicer than either of the other two choices for our zodiac sign.
Sorry to be so AWOL today folks. People are seriously taxing my Charm and Joy. And yes I fit in with the other Sags ... a need to smack stupid people and an intolerance for those who go thru life self-deluded. But in a very charming way.
Dee and Bryan - that would be so much fun! Since I'm already here in DC you guys work out the date and time (I think dinner would be fun) and I'll pick the where (unless, Dee, you have a preference?). Anywhere in the vicinity of Connecticut and K Street, which actually gives us a lot to choose from.
And now I must leave you to smack someone. Bob save me from the kids who temp around here. This one thinks not shaving makes him look macho. I can tell by the way he's trying to strut. Note I said 'trying'. Look more like a hairy Pillsbury Dough Boy. But that just between us.
and oh Bob, Blogger just gave me one of those red things that are all squished together. Looks like the subway at rush hour. Here goes ...
MCB: "Whack a mole" LOL which is embarrassing b/c am sitting in Panera
Don't let me drive on the roadtrip or be in charge of making sure we have everything we need for the day.
This am left house to travel 2 hours to doc (routine visit) got 15 min away, realized I forgot phone, turned back, picked up phone got 30 min up the road, DS 16 called. "Mom, you took the wrong car." aggrieved and disgusted tone. He's helping his gf move to college this weekend. So since I was already cutting it close, I said I'll meet you in town and we'll trade. Oh, and I almost hit a sailboat. Don't worry it was in the driveway not on the water.
BCB Hope your DD is doing well and not taking pain out on you.
fvgugyr :forgot verificaion going up graded yellow road
*wipes tear from eye* the CBs, the ones trying to help me (kyra, dee. MCB), y'all are just sweet and wonderful human beings. the rest of you suck. esp you CC. i expect it from tal, but you?
kyra: your family sounds like a blast, your names for kids are great, and that class sounded awesome.
the reason they try to stuff me into holes is because they are mean. and i was once going to help tal TOTW, back when we were split in teams. and this is how the mole repays me!
CC: yeah, not leaving till mid-Sept, so plenty of time to annoy you. (yes i caught that!)
robin s: wow, very cool. you'll be one of the few authors who has a Lindsay heroine, and with her name spelled right (Brockmann's is Lindsey with an e). when's the book coming out?
MCB said "And speaking of holes, Tal and shovels ... does this just cry out for a rousing game of 'whack a mole'?"
LMAO.
uh, louis, i just meant when did you name him, not that i want him. i figured he'd be a little out of my age range. if i was going to attack someone related to CB's it would be BCB's DS. though apprently i should wait five to ten years.
robin s: glad to hear you made it alive
mcb,
What time does the Metro quit running? I'll be coming down from Baltimore to shoot in DC during the day, so I need to decide whether to do the park and ride or just come all the way in.
Dee,
Pick a weekday between the 23rd and the 31st.
OH,
Just so you know, I would never try to shove you in a hole, nor would I condone such behavior.
If you ever need a shovel, let me know.
Louis said...
Number three son's middle name is Lindsey....slight spelling difference.
This GAM has been holding out on us. How many sons do you have? Are they single? Have they had their proper GAM training?
bon cheri bomb said...
Speaking of niceness, how many Sags are there now? Me, MCB, Christina (the other one), Zaza and G-G? Holy crap, as JenT would say. That's an awful lot of cheerfully rude behaviour.
Explains a lot about this list, doesn't it? ;+)
lbooth
Oh. What does the virgo tshirt say?
I was going to look up the missing signs, but CafePress is down for maintenance. The nerve! Don't they know we have cherrybombs who need information???
iwrpzn (red)
I will remember pulling zippers needlessly.
ehrnsmw (green)
Elves hate red noses so much, Winston.
bryan and kyra: if you drive a bit more north, there is both a Fazoli's and Chick-fil-a within eye sight of each other in Lafayette :). I have to advise against it this weekend though - Purdue students are coming back into town and the traffic will be INSANE. Of course, it would be a good time for me to get ornery and flash my IU alumni decal (nothing like a little in-state rivalry!), but lately us locals either stay in or go out of town this weekend and avoid the carnage on the roads.
And kyra - congrats!
hzitkd - slang for adolescent acne
qhvbn: Quit having verification breakdowns now!
Bcb sez: "tango" (G-G you are in BIG trouble girl).
*snort* What harm's a little close embrace with a man whose name you don't know? (though last night only danced with men whose names I did know. Sorry about that. I'll try to dance with some strangers next week).
And then Mary expressed her exquisite knowledge of marketing rhetoric with this: Always eager to help you opportunistically synergize leveraging...
which made me LMAO.
cg sez: and you'll end up in outer space or on some dang golf course.
I would venture a guess that, to some of us, they are equally alien. To this geek, at least.
And now, though there are many many comments still for me to catch up on, I must go to my chiropractor appointment so my lower back can be suitably stretched out.
Bryan and Dee (and anyone else interested), Metrorail closing hours ...
midnight Sunday-Thursday,
3 a.m. Friday-Saturday nights
plnaiik: The sound of many shovels hitting a hard object.
OH: LOL!!! I'm not sure he's ever going to be -- god, this just sounds bad no matter how I say it. It would be interesting. If you didn't kill each other within 10 minutes it might just work. It makes me happy to think of you as a DIL. Not sure you'd like me as a MIL.
And I figure if Louis' son is anything like his father, well, I just can't understand why he is still walking around unsupervised by some lovely charming NICE woman.
I think I've convinced DD to stay put on the couch while I rush over to the office and do a full day's work in one hour. See? Now there you all go, underestimating me again. I can do this. Will you keep an eye on DD for me for just a bit? Send up the Moot signal if you need me. Especially if she starts to cry again. I hate it when my kids are in pain.
Um, G-G, tango? Means something else entirely to those HS guys. But we don't need to give them any more google fodder.
bw
mcb said...
Anywhere in the vicinity of Connecticut and K Street, which actually gives us a lot to choose from.
Why don't you try the old P.O.? Y'all could take the Metro, and the others wouldn't have to fight the parking or pay a fortune to stable their vehicles. That used to be good anyway.
Robin S said...
I almost hit a sailboat. Don't worry it was in the driveway not on the water.
You can definitely take a turn behind the wheel on the Cherrybomb roadtrip. It would have been betterm, though, if the boat were in the water. There's that thing about getting to Maui, remmeber.
Don't worry OH. You've got the CA CBs watching your back. They'll have to get you away from us before they can even try stuffing you in a hole. Have shovel, will whack-a-mole. Heh.
gslvapg (green)
Nope. Got nothing.
obqrgs (green)
Oh, big questions raised Google's scores. (that's truly sad)
OH: The book has to come out of my head before it can come out anywhere else. Plan finish rewrite of WIP by Sept 1 then start the one with Lindsey. She's just eleven when introduced, the middle one of three sisters. Her mom is the heroine of this one. Lindsey's book comes later tho she'll be bouncing a basketball in and out of several before then.
Must leave to search out DS16 and gf so can do the car switch.
tvqujul green ten vague quiet uncles, Jenny understands ladies
Oh, on the Northern/Southern thing
A woman just took the chair across from me and I said "Hello, how are you." She looked at me strangely for a few minutes, shook her head and smiled. "I've been in the North for 8 weeks and I'm not used to people being friendly. Threw me for a moment."
I love it.
Kyra, did I mention that I luvluvluv the Got Root slogan? What does your husband do? Mine works up in DC as a 'consultant' at one of those alphabet soup agencies. He's a hacker...well, ahem, I mean, he's a network security specialist. He tests networks, breaks into them, then tells their owners how to secure them. That man would be dangerous if he ever switched his white/red hat for black, and I know your husband will know what that means. Currently, he;s into switching all of our friends from EvilEmpire (MicroSoft) products to some form of Linux, most usually some variation of Ubuntu.
To mcb and Bryan, my husband works at 9th and F. I can ride his motorcycle to the VRE train with him, and be in DC in under 2 hours. That would be an awesome day for me. A Wednesday works best, since I work nights the other 4 weekdays. Just tell me the date and what corner to be on (geez, you! Over there with the weird socks, get your mind out of the gutter already!!), and I'll meet you there. And don't worry Bry, no matter how much the alien JennieSue begs, I will NOT tell her what you look like, I pinkie promise!!
GG, I want to hear all about your strangers next week. We have a place called Tickers here, and they have Salsa lessons on Fridays. It's free, and fun, but OMG it is hard work!!
And OH, I remember when we were split into teams, preparing to TOTW (or Tierra del Fuego, whichever came first!). I was a cook. I had another cook friend, but I can't remember who it was. I'm hoping it was Christina, so I can steal that spanikopita recipie. That's all I've been thinking about all morning long...well, that and every other Greek food I've ever tried. Thanks a LOT for that, now I have to go to the JOB and see biscuits and gravy all damn night!!
ffwmn
Fast fierce women make nice.
BCB: LMAO. that would be really cool if i had a CB for an MIL. *laughing* i mostly just wanted to see your reaction, which i loved! besides, living on the West Coast or Canada i think, so....but thanks. *laughing some more*
bryan & zaza (and other CA CBs she offered up): thank you.
robin s: cool. does that mean this WIP is further back so the DD's one will be present day, or will mother's be present day and then the actual year of DD's is kind of not specifed, or will DD's be in the future, or...details. and Lindsay with an a :) geez i'm demanding. (good thoughts going your way).
sorry dee. why don't you go out for Greek tonight? or get some take-out or something?
ok, off to buy clogs, look at books, devour chocolate, give up blood, and hopefully have Brockmann's book waiting for me when i get home. pretty good day. maybe i can get my friend to join me.
Kyra,
Jamie just e-mailed me back. She will just be getting back to town and needs to pick up her dog at the kennel, so I will meet up with her after dinner.
Let me know when your plans are definite and I'll be there.
My cell is 812.371.0467 if you need to get hold of me after 6pm Friday. Otherwise, the best way to reach me is either here or by e-mail.
Dee & mcb,
After Friday my internet access is going to be very unpredictable. Do you want to meet on the 23rd? If so, I'll come into DC midmorning to shoot then I could meet up with you when and where you like. Dee, if you decide to come in early, let me know and we can wander around together until mcb gets through working.
Everybody who wants it -- my email is bryanjweitzel AT bjwcreations DOT com
I'll be checking e-mails Saturday but I don't know what time... I'm going to be running ragged trying to get everything done. I will have my cell with me, but I know I'm going fishing with my Dad and Uncle a few times and I don't know how reception is in the middle of the bay... and my uncle might throw me overboard if I took the phone with me. Leave a voicemail if I don't answer.
I'll ride the VRE up on the 23rd and hang out. I will e-mail you both with my cell phone number. Usually, he gets to work between 7 and 10, depending on if he actually gets up with the alarm or not. I will grab breakfast at the Spy Cafe, then just wander the streets until I get a call from either of you. He's pretty close to ChinaTown, so it'll be fun.
Bryan, whenever you get to town that morning, just call me. I'll tell you where I am and we can meet up.
MCB, are we doing lunch, or dinner, or drinks, or what?
ZaZa, I LOVE the Old PO. It's one of my fave places to hang out. I'm not sure how far it is from MCB though.
Really, we should meet at/near a BOOKSTORE, shouldn't we? I know there is a B&N at Union Station...
Have four sons, one daughter.
No.1 Son...divorced ...two Sons...has own place.
No. 2 Son...married...one Son...lives in northern CA
No. 3 Son Steven Lindsey..not married...frequently comes in the evening for food and TV.
Daughter...divorced...two Sons ..lives in her own place about ten minutes away.
No.4 Son...Single...lives in trailer on property.
All in all, a good bunch...well trained by their mother...as I was.
vbpgl green
very big pages give lessons
Lois said: "Well trained by there mother as I was." Lois - you are a good man! My father had this plaque on our boat growing up that I have handed down to my husband that says "I am the captain of this ship and I have my wife's permission to say so."
BCB is amazing, wonderful and adorable, but she better stop with the JenniSue Crap.
Dee,
I will have to do some photography work that day. It'll be architectural in nature for the most part. I wouldn't mind company but it might be boring to watch. If I get in around 10am, I will run out to DuPont Circle briefly, then most of my time will be around the elipse. I should finish by 2pm at the latest, but I could be quite content just wandering, shooting, and talking until MCB is available.
Is Union Station near the J W Marriott? It sounds familiar but I haven't been to DC in years. I remember there was a station like a block away from my hotel.
And I think MCB had mentioned dinner. At a restaurant of her choosing.
jen-t,
Are you jealous yet? There will be three (3, drei, tres, san, and some other languages I don't know) CBs who know what I look like and keeping it secret from you.
I can probably get out a bit early for dinner on the 23rd so nobody has to be out in the big city too late. And Bryan there's a Metro not too far from most of the hotels actually.
I'll give the restaurant some thought and get with you guys. And Dee speak up if there's someplace you like.
mcb,
Dee at mentioned a B&N at Union Station... I know I've been to that station I just don't remember where it was. The last time I was in DC I was at the J W Marriott on Pennsylvania Ave at 14th??? St. I was thinking that was Union Station nearby but it might have been Metro Center.
Bryan - me jealous? never. I have my ways of finding out what you look like. I already know how old you are.
jen-t,
I already told you how old I am. I dropped out of college at 97, and that was 20 years ago, remember?
But it's probably not nice to keep just you in the dark, so I may lift the gag order. We'll see.
I don't. How old is Bryan?
kyra sez: My zygote will be an embryo tomorrow. I'm very happy. I'll let ya'll know when we get limb buds.
Kyra forgot to mention that her full name is Dr. Kyra Frankenstein.
Dee, thank you for your sweet comment. *smooches!* And I want you to email me about what Bryan looks like so you don't have to say here and let Jen-T know.
There are other comments I meant to make, but it's 1:30, I haven't had lunch because I've been trying to catch up with you lot (bless your hearts) and this is insane! Craziness, I tell you! Reading instead of eating. And you're giving me ideas about going out for Greek lunch when I really should just eat at home. Shame on you! :)
Need to injest calories. Yum.
Bryan,
Hmmm, shall I give you up? If my source is good, and I think it is, you my friend graduated from HS in 1982, making you two years older than I. I'm sure I can find out what you look like too. Us aliens have our ways, you know.
Louis--I think your son and my mother need to meet. My mom turns 52 in October. She smart, well-read, has two wonderful daughters (modest, you betcha), and lives in the woods in NH.
Sorry, BCB, don't mean to poach, but I gotta do what I gotta do.
BCB--How's your DD doing? Keep me updated as I get to go through the same hell in a couple of weeks and I need to know how bad it's going to suck beforehand to prepare.
Dee--My cousin named her daughter Emylee. Emy is now about 5, I think. Cute kid. Very popular name nowadays.
Yes, I was one of the one talking about spanikopita on JCF. Sorry to make you crave it. If I can ever make the instructions intelligle, I will post it here for you.
Okay, there's a B&N at 12th & E which is very near Metro Center. And, Dee, if DH is at 9th & F, that would also be convenient for you.
Old enough to have worked his way up to manager at McD's? Old enough that his unacknowledged children are taller than he is? Old enough to have served that 10-20 years with room to spare? Older than Jen-T but younger than MCB and I?
Somewhere in there is the truth. As JenniSue said, we have our ways.
I got home just in time to hold back DD's hair in the bathroom. Feeling a little testy here.
Christina: The medicine for pain apparently makes one feel alternately "silly" and nauseated. Her Dr said the less she moves around for the first two days, and the more she can ice it, the less swollen she will be. She is doing a damn good imitation of The GAM at the moment. With ice packs substituting for the tree.
Jenny? Bob? Isn't this post getting just a little unwieldy?
bw
BCB - I do feel for DD. Its been years now, but after one major oral surgery I was on pain stuff that made me terribly sick AND gave me horrific nightmares.
Oh gee, thanks, now we have that to look forward to. Ah well, forewarned is forearmed. Or something.
Might go take a nap now while I can.
bw
All this talk about DC is making me miss that city. I went to college there. I lived on I St between 23rd and 22nd and my internship was a couple of blocks south of Dupont Circle. My friends and I went to Kramerbooks & Afterwords (bookstore and restaurant combined--so you could browse while you were waiting to be seated) in Dupont all the time. They had a great ice cream sundae with rasperry topping. Yum.
I've only been through DC via a bus on my 18th birthday. Mom wouldn't let me and my friends drive down, so we took a bus to Myrtel Beach. I think it was like 11 or so at night when we blew through DC in a dunken stupor. We drank JD and warm beer in the back of the bus, geez, what a way to spend your birthday. When we got to Myrtle beach it was too early to check into our rooms, so we hung out on the beach with a bunch of Jarheads. Marines, interesting group. We partied for two straight weeks. Have no idea what happened 98% of the time, but according to the pictures my children will never see, I had one hell of a time. So did the marines. The bus ride home really sucked. Sicker than a dog, way too much drinking. Nope, my children will not be allowed to go on spring break, ever, not unless mom is invited.
BCB - give your darling daughter a hug and a kiss from me. It sucks when our kids are sick, or injured.
jen-t,
Well, hell. I think I just figured out where you got your information. But now you just have to ask "Is Bryan a trust-worthy source for information about himself?"
As to the picture, unless you know somebody I went to High School with, or with whom I went to High School, I think you'll be a bit harder pressed.
Good work pegging my age though. Bob-damned internet! What's worse is that I linked you all the way there.
Bryan - Yes, you led me to the information. Now, since it's business, I'd suspect you'd be giving us proper information regarding what you do. Also, did you know that a HS year book is pretty easy to get a hold of?
Besides, it's just not fair - you know what I look like.
Yeah right. Provided you trust what she tells you on her web page. Had the damnedest time finding her in Atlanta based on that picture, I tell you.
Wasn't going to say anything, Jen, and I know you swore me to secrecy, but geez, if you're going to insist on total honesty here, you really have to let everyone know about those tentacles. And, well, you know, that other thing is a little odd.
Just saying.
bw
jen-t,
Yeah, if you live near that town... I doubt many libraries in NY have Memphis High School yearbooks though. If you come up with a picture of me before I post one myself, you will be the Bomb of all Investigative Cherries. I'd buy you dinner in DC for that.
BUT I WONT BE IN DC SO HOW THE HECK WILL I GET MY DINER!
BCB - geez, I guess I'll have to tell everyone about your horns growing from your head!
a rant which you may ignore: those bloody beeping fools, how hard is it to put up some beeping beep signs so that someone can find them? what the beep beep is wrong with people? oh, paper and tape, i wonder how those work. beeping beeps.
uh, the above was because they had absolutely no signs so i couldn't find the blood drive, even after my fifteen minute search. (those beeping beeps).
and how are you all?
louis: that is a lot of sons. male dominated.
bryan's only six years older than me? ha, "older than dirt" my cute (though slightly big) butt. dee or MCB or whoever, e-mail me a picture please of him. i want to know what he looks like. (and not for that reason, geez, CBs, i'm just curious).
when i had my wisdom teeth pulled (all four), it didn't really hurt, the vicodin didn't work, and the inflammation medicine put me to sleep. except for the fact i lost my spring break, i didn't have any problems.
send your DD love and good wishes and hope it's over soon.
and my book hasn't come yet.
SDCB - Hi there girlfriend. Just thinking about you so I thought I just pop on the randam thought blog that is close to 300 freaking comments and say hello and let you know that someone in NY is wishing you well.
Bryan: That was the same path I followed investigating for G-ma a while back. If you recall, I didn't rat you out. This Cherrybomb can keep a secret.
KTR: I just found out I'm going to be a auntie (third time) and a cherrybauntie (first time) both next April! I'm going to go pick out a quilt pattern to make for Bean. (brother's version of Bun)
OH: might want to read that again. That'd be 6 + 18. Unless he graduated early/late.
JJ: bryan issued you a challenge. you have to find a picture of him- and then post the link so we all can see it. :) (or pay off one of the CBs meeting him to bring their camera)
scope dope: and someone in CA, well, a couple someones, and then there's all those mid-westners, not to mention outside the US-ers, and...see, you are missed. greatly.
and you too CMS. how are you?
lori: didn't someone say he was 24? or
maybe i'm just losing my mind. he's 34? is there a four? huh? what's happening?
i have heat stroke.
Okay Bryan. I have spent the last flipping hour looking for a picture and i can't find one. Well, not true, I found one or two, but I honestly doubt that guy is you. Age thing, unless you are lying and well in that case, well, watch out. I have powers.
So, just post the stupid picture. Everyone has one of themselves. Even my DH has one and he's a photographer of sorts. It's a hobby of his, a very expensive hobby I might add, but he does take great pictures of our kids. The house is filled with blow-ups of the kids playing all their sports, but I'm rambling again.
Anyway, just post the flipping picture. If I lived anywhere near the DC area, I'd be meeting everyone too, so it's not fair to just pick on me. Stop laughing BCB and don't even think it or say it. I've got some nasty hockey equipment that I can shove under your nose.
anyone know where Bob and Jenny are? Mom? Dad? The other kids are picking on me again. Where are you? The lost CB needs you to start a new post so they evil step-siblings will leave me alone.
Bryan is somewhere in the ball park of 42! he graduated from HS two years before me! I'm 40, so there! Post the picture. I'm going to work on my manuscript now.
Mom? Dad? Bob? Jenny? The other kids arn't playing nice anymore.
Bryan - have any relatives with the first name of Dave?
BCB: I'm so sorry your DD is still feeling so poorly. I hope she recovers quickly.
Christina: isn't there any way you can space out your extractions as I did, so you don't need that kind of anaesthesia/ pain med? I assure you, I was NOWHERE near as miserable as BCB's DD. I may have taken a painreliever of some sort, but nothing prescription, and I had no nausea, and was even able to eat. Clearly, we are all different, and there was nothing particularly wrong with my teeth, I just didn't want them messing up my expensive orthodontia!
Kyra: many congratulations on the embryo! I hope that your unpleasant symptoms are brief and not too severe. My sister and I are 13 months apart; my mom (who is not big on small children, mostly) was a little nuts for a while, but our ability to be companions for each other was often convenient, and the crazy-ness let up when I started school and she was able to GET OUT of the HOUSE (to go to school herself for an MLS). Best of luck!
Theresa: so, next year will be a cosmic birthday for you! I met a couple on Sunday who are planning to be married 7/7/07; speculation is that it will be a popular date. For all I know, it already is.
Glamour-geek: I had bad luck with phyllo the first time I tried it; subsequently, however, I have learned several things. #1: let it defrost in the fridge for longer than the minimum time; over night works, and I've gone up to several days; #2: do cover the remainder,as Christina said, while you're working with the other sheet(s), with a damp towel - I use a floursack tea towel, well-wrung out, but also put the plastic it comes wrapped in between towel and dough for just-in-cases; #3: use lots of butter or olive oil (which can be spiced for flavor variety) with a soft, paintbrush-style pastry brush; #4: lots of folding takes lots of time, but unbaked whatevers can be put in the freezer on sheets, then placed in sealed containers 'til your event, so they can be made MONTHS before, if you're that organized.
But the most important things I learned is that they bake VERY nicely from the freezer and that a little tearing of phyllo is not a problem. Usually, one ends up with several layers, so, really, the filling will stay (mostly) contained. And it's no big deal if a little oozes out. I find phyllo to be such a useful wrapper that I use it with my favorite wonton filling (a bastardized American version with curried ground beef and water chestnuts), brushing the dough with curried olive oil. I am SO not going to deep fry right before a party, and, in my experience, wontons don't reheat well (though they still taste good).
OH: you're a little confused, there, sweetie, by your extreme youth. Bryan graduated HS in 1982, as I did (but this is not an infallible indicator of age; I'm 40, though probably several months older than Jen-T), he was NOT born then. And it depends on the dirt.
miyed: where I store me brain
bxczwnfv: Bilious xenophobes calamitously zapped world-nascent favorite vegetables
diane: as i was washing the grapes a lgihtbulb went off and i went "oh, graduated, not born, never mind".
that's what i call a "duh" moment.
these grapes are really good.
Lori: Now you're just going to confuse the girl. OH, it's 18 (your age) + 6 (you're good at math, you say?) + 18 (to get his true age). 42-ish.
And Bryan, I seem to remember you saying you are "from" the Bay area and while you moved around a lot due to dad being in some branch of the military you spent a bunch of time on some Island out there. No, not Alcatraz. G-G or Zaza were talking to you about it, I believe. Mare Island? Is that a real place? And how you never forgave the A's when they moved.
I really do sit quietly in the back row and pay attention.
Just post the damn picture already. We're tired of that whining sound coming from NY.
bw
I live in the DC area and can be persuaded to investigate.
For a price. Hhhmmmm.
All I have to do is travel Dupont Circle, Chinatown, Union Station, Old PO, and look for beady eyes riddled with cherry paraphenalia. Right?
lbooth
lbooth said "All I have to do is travel Dupont Circle, Chinatown, Union Station, Old PO, and look for beady eyes riddled with cherry paraphenalia. Right?"
I didn't say he was a rat. I said I didn't rat him out.
BCB: Sorry, but you know how I get when I'm trying to be helpful.
lori. LMAO.
lbooth
MY BOOK CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and i'm feeling a little nauseous from grapes)
BCB: what in the world makes you think i'm good at math?
OH: Have a wonderful time. I have now read ItS twice. Because I liked it.
ndkohcqi: nostalgic dieters know only holy chocolate quiets impulses
Diane - My birthday is May 25th - what's yours?
And what's the price tag for a picture from DC?
I'm thinking. Any ideas?
Pictures of your shark?
Advanced copies of your book?
I would ask for your first born but they seem to keep you real busy.
Anybody want to join the stake out? I was planning on putting margaritas in my thermos and bringing donuts. Oh. And an extra cup to pee in because PIs don't potty break.
lbooth
OH
DW wanted a daughter.....we kept trying until success...
No. 4 Son is a "PS...I Love You"....seven years after our daughter.
DW ovulated twice...
This sure got past 300 really fast...where's Mom and Pop???
They need to take a spere moment.
ctccee blue
Crusie takes Crusie counterclockwise evertime
well dear blogger
wngacjv green
what never got away, Crusie, Jenny, victorious
Jen-T: I was thinking that I should be able to make an estimate, going from your birth sign, but since a) I don't have the b-day spreadsheet and b) I'm too lazy to look it up, I didn't.
My birthday is 21-November, which makes me 6 months and 4 days older than you. I think.
vnivdwzl: vivacious nuns initiate vertigignous driving with zebra Lotuses
OH: Um, I think you said so. Until at some point you started getting between A's and C's, but I figured that was due to hormones or something. [grin] Cute guy in that math class? I've told you before, your refusal to spell things correctly does not have me fooled.
BTW: The grapes made you nauseated, they were nauseous. Watching my DD throw up was a nauseous experience, and made me feel nauseated. Sorry. Pet peeve. One of many.
Lori: I know. I can't help it either.
Bryan: First of all, once you post a picture of yourself, half of us aren't even going to go look at it. Since you're a guy, I figure you look 5-10 years younger than you are and I don't need any reinforcement of injustice just now. Second, let's just get the whole reaction thing over with right now. We will all agree to say: Oh. My. God. And we'll leave the interpretation up to you and Gabby, depending on your mood of the moment.
Besides, coyness is just too hard to pull off once you get past, oh, OH's age. And even she is pushing it. [love you, dear]
Ok? I've just seen the pic.
"Oh. My. God."
Who's next?
bw
Diane--No luck and no time. All four of my wisdom teeth come out at the same time. I hope I am heavily sedated. I have only ever had one cavity so not used to the dentist or hygenist doing much more than normal cleaning. My sister will be here to take care of me though. Mom has to go to work but will be chauffeur to and from the dentist. So not looking forward to this.
BCB--Who is Gabby? I leave for a month and everyone gets all chummy with the new people and I am left out of the loop. I know I could rectify this situation by going back through all the old comments, but I'm not up for that. Maybe when I am drugged up after my teeth extraction. That will make the already bizarre comments just that much more out there. :)
Christina: Poor Baby! Tooth extraction and torture from your sister all at the same time? And you thought the flies in London were bad. What were you thinking?! All that Italian sunshine fried your common sense. You can come stay with me if you'd prefer. I'm good at holding hair back.
Gabby is Bryan's muse. I don't suppose we get a picture of her either, though I could muster up a heartfelt Oh. My. God. if he could pull that one off. They keep his evil twin locked in the basement. Hmm. So he says. Unless he got out and they have switched places. That would explain it.
And really, the tooth thing, she'll get over it. She'll never let me forget it, but she'll get over it soon. She must already be feeling better, as she has just announced that she's hungry and that I should get off the #*&$^ blog and feed her. Have I mentioned that, under the right circumstances, her language can be every bit as bad as her brother's? We'll just blame it on the pain medication.
bw
Christina: well, best of luck, and I'm glad you have a good sister. We'll hope you're more fortunate than BCB's DD (who we hope gets better SOON!).
Geez, at the present pace, it's hard enough to keep up with current comments, without going back to while you were gone! Get started on that spreadsheet of CB info and see what you can infer. While you're on drugs. Then share!
rlbojhmn: religious life brings out joyful, harmonious, mystical nuttiness
Diane said...
so, next year will be a cosmic birthday for you!
Cool! I've always wanted a cosmic birthday.
7/7 is also holiday in Japan called Tanabata. http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/60.html. It celebrates a legend of of two star-crossed lovers, kinda sorta. Telling someone Japanese when my birthday is always elicits an "Ohhh" reaction.
I had all my wisdom teeth out in one go. Didn't have any trouble that I remember besides some pain. I do remember waking up from the anestetic (sp) and thinking I was doing a pretty good job of walking rather normally down the hallway to where my mom was waiting. My mom, however, remembers this a bit differently.
Geez, I wish I could go to DC next week. It's not really that far, only about 4 hours if the traffic doesn't suck.
Oh all right. I'll work on my thesis instead. :p
lbooth ... lurking not necessary, just come on down! Follow the yellow brick road and once we figure out what we're doing, then you'll know too.
Christina - Gabby is Bryan's muse. She's really strict too. Only lets him do Starbucks on Sundays.
KyraTheRed: Read this aloud to your Sweet Babou:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvade
Jen-T/Regis is no doubt a native of Io, the fiercely hot satellite of Jupiter, hence her fascination with hockey rinks and golf courses, neither of which she can get at home. She is able to pass as human because she had an excellent education at the most expensive university in the galaxy, Io U. Pay no attention to her claims of femininity--she has no idea what it is; the inhabitants of Io have only one gender, referred to as "whink." It is not known how they reproduce (or why, for that matter), but a common indication of incipient gestation is loss of the ability to spell words correctly in whatever alien language they are using at the time.
MCB wrote: And speaking of holes, Tal and shovels ... does this just cry out for a rousing game of 'whack a mole'?
In a word, NO.
Orangehands simply fails to understand that I am merely trying to ensure her undying literary fame by helping her to emulate a Poe archetype. She doesn't seem to understand that we are going to wall her up ALIVE--what's the harm in that?
Jen-t said...Lois said: "Well trained by there mother as I was." Lois - you are a good man!
See? I told you she had no comprehension of human gender!
lvfhx -- Las Vegas fling--Holy yeX!
mzljj -- Make Zaza laugh, joshing Jenny
BCB: It was the Raiders who moved from Oakland to LA and back. The A's are where we left them (Oakland).
zooozhzn: I'm not kidding, this was the verification. Blooger's having a little joke, no? On someone named Susan.
From today's news:
Britney Spears is ruining all of K-Fed’s fun.
The pop star is making her aspiring rap star hubby, Kevin Federline, get rid of his pet sharks, according to Life & Style.
Spears, who is expecting her second child with Federline, apparently fears that the six Australian gray nurse sharks are a bit of a bit risky when there are two kiddies around the house.
“Kevin loves those sharks,” a family friend told the mag. “He even named them. But Brit said there’s no way he’d be keeping them.”
I know a good lake....
BTW, when I had my wisdom teeth out (two sessions, one for each side, a year apart), I lived for a week on eggnog, instant ramen, and macaroni and cheese. (This was before the invention of cholesterol, of course.)
oraqyy -- Orangehands, relax and quit your yelling! (as we stuff her into the hole)
Dee - When we were first planning the TOTW stuff, you and g-g were the cooks. However, you can always add an assistant or two any time you want.
SDCB - Hang in there sweetie, we are all pulling for you (hummm... perhaps we should pull that tooth!)! Take care.
Kyra - My teeshirt says fickle but brilliant (Aquarius... aquarius) - it also says that I'm friendly, unique, and intelligent. I must say I like that part.
Been gone for a couple of days and it took me almost all day to catch up. I had people checking up on me I was laughing so hard. Thanks.
vmbak - very many bombs are krazy (in a good way)
dbtzr - dibs on the tazer
Jenny posted!!
Hey Gang - I need a margarita or two!! I've been reading comments to Scope Dope for the last 2 hours, 2 hours people! Thanks, you made us both laugh. She can't see at all so we're going to go eat some Mayan Chocolate ice cream(that would be me) and watch/listen to Mars Attacks. It seems like an appropriate choice given our alien friends
She wants me to tell you about the time I was mistaken for a hooker in DC. Yeah, that's sounds like a story I should share on the Internet!
We were in DC for a youth group conference and my group split from hers (teenagers never want to be chaparoned)We all wanted dresses for the dinner on the last night(Okay, okay, Scope Dope keeps yelling at me to tell you that I was 15 y.o.)so we wandered around looking for a cool store. No one was paying attention to their surroundings, except for Andy who was maybe 18 and the only guy in the group of 7 or 8. Anyway, we found a store that had dresses for $10. Bright blue, dark red, long, short, and all low cut. We were thrilled with the choices. Excited with our dress purchases, we left the store only to be confronted by a punk who wanted to make us his girls. He complimented our choices and young "fresh" ages. He was very insistent that we come work for him and reassured us that he would take good care of us. We took a good look around. Not a good neighbourhood, lots of working girls. Andy stepped forward from the back and claimed us as his women. The two of them had quite the staredown and we were starting to get scared but in the end, the other guy decided we weren't worth the trouble. Or he was just messing with us. Either way, over 25 years later (I'm 43, to save OH the math)I'm still hearing about it. For the record, my hooker dress was very popular, and looked great on me. Or so I always thought.
tdhqe blue
the dress had quite and effect (from SDCB)
bcb said: "And Bryan, I seem to remember you saying you are "from" the Bay area"
True.
"and while you moved around a lot due to dad being in some branch of the military you spent a bunch of time on some Island out there. No, not Alcatraz. G-G or Zaza were talking to you about it, I believe. Mare Island? Is that a real place?"
True. Across the river from Vallejo.
"And how you never forgave the A's when they moved."
Oops... the Raiders moved. I'm an A's fan and a 49ers fan. Never forgave the Raiders.
Thanks to everyone for helping OH with her math, though it could have been interesting to see her reaction after meeting in person... "Are you sure you're only 24?" Maybe that's what happened... OH is dislexic. 42... 24... same thing.
And Jeez guys... I was only teaching for two hours... how many comments is this now?
One last post here before I move up to the fresh one. The picture will have to wait until after I get back. I still shoot film so I need to get it processed and I want to have a full roll shot before I do that. And jen-t, I only pick on you because it's fun. Well that and you started it. Mom? Jen-t's touching me.
Bryan wrote: Mom? Jen-t's touching me.
Was it a bad touch?
;)
Well hell. I knew someone moved. And that it had to do with some second rate minor league teams. Geez. I'm a Vikings fan -- we don't pay much attention to any of those other teams.
Well, unless it involves Howie Long, then we pay attention. Very close attention. We even move up and sit in the front row.
CMS: When you get back, I have important questions for Scope Dope on the next blog. We need to get this show on the road if we have any hope of meeting up with G-G in time for the whole Maui thing. I tell you what, we're going to need a GDF vacation by the time we get there.
I just realized -- we have to figure out a way to get back.
bw
Lou wrote: vmbak - very many bombs are krazy (in a good way)
I'm sorry, but you got that wrong. A vmbak is a species of wombat native to the Ukraine.
pkccqqnx --Jen-T/Regis's real name in her native language. Pronounced "Susie."
BCB: The collective police forces in the Hawaiian Islands will pay for us to fly back, just to get rid of us.
Cool. Now we just have to figure out who will pay to send us there in the first place.
Let me give this some thought.
bw
BCB said...Well, unless it involves Howie Long
Yeah, he is the only person that I would suffer through Terry Bradshaw just to look at. Howie can advertise those Hanes underwear AaaannnyyyyTime!
diane: loved the book and am now very disappointed it's over and she hasn't started on the next one.
BCB: that was spelling, not a grammar mistake. all those state tests i would get 90-100%, and then spelling was 49%. so, those grapes...i want more.
tal: Poe was the writer about it, not the beating heart! for god's sake, i'll find you a maid, ok?
ha, ha, CMS. so i'm horrible at math and i misread ONE thing. you know, you guys keep telling me not to hate old people, but it's really hard when all they do is throw the ONE mistake i made in my face. here, JJ, i'll save you from the alien-hunters. we persecuted few need to stick together.
and that story: scary and funny. glad guy backed down/stopped messing with you.
christina said "Was it a bad touch?"
LMAO. and good luck with the teeth
dee said...
ChinaTown...the Old PO...there is a B&N at Union Station...
Oh, I am so missing all this stuff. I've been back in CA for years, but this is bringing it all back. I commuted to the Pentagon for the better part of two years, and switched from train to Metro at Union Station. I loved Union Station. It was the one convenient place I could buy the foreign language newspapers and magazines. And Chinatown, great dim sum. The old P.O. has so many things that are fun to kill time and so many places to eat. I think this is the first time I've actually missed the place.
BCB, a couple wisdom tooth stories. When I had my two out (left the other two alone), the dentist gave me nothing for pain, told me nothing about how to take care of it. Sooo, on the way home I insisted my roommate stop at the drive thru for a double chili cheeseburger and fries. Then the novocaine wore off. Oh, man. I guess I should say that mine weren't impacted, so it was just pulling them, no stitches.
BCB said...
And really, the tooth thing, she'll get over it.
I worked with a woman who was having her wisdom teeth out for the third time. All four of them. Based on her x-rays, her dentist figured she still had one more set waiting to grow through. Sometimes it's not over when it's over.
ibert (blue)
like an ipod but only plays Bert and Ernie (is that right?)
I once had seven root canals on the same tooth.
hzsrd -- the risk of having too many root canals
BCB: You were starting to worry me with all that hair holding. I don’t remember it being anything like that.
Wisdom Teeth stories and why I said it’s not that bad:
I got all four of my wisdom teeth out a few years back. Getting the needle in to put me under was the worst part. I had two or three needle marks in each arm and on the back of each hand. Each mark had the accompanying weirdly large and deep colored bruise. After they FINALLY found a vein, I was fine.
I was also unconscious, but that’s not the point. Came out of anesthesia just fine. Vague recollections of my (wonderful) mom checking the packing and pouring Mountain Dew down my throat. I don’t know why, but I know the doctor recommended it. I hate Mountain Dew. I sleep the rest of the time. No pain, no nausea, just tired. Watched movies at home that night and lived on pudding, jello, and applesauce for a couple days. Was more loopy than usual until I went off the pain meds a few days later. That’s it.
My friend got his wisdom teeth out at the beginning of summer. I made plans to bring him movies and soft food for that night. He called me a couple hours before I planned to go over and said, “I feel great. Do you want to go see a movie in the theatre instead?” I thought WTH? I got there; he looked really good, so we went out.
nfgtdp: No fooling, got to dance polka!
I only had two wisdom teeth. Lower. Impacted below the gum line. The pain meds made me REALLY ill, so I went off them and the oral surgeon packed the sutures with strips soaked in clove oil to numb it all and gave me more so I could replace the dressings as needed. I healed exceptionally slowly.
To this day, I hate the smell and taste of cloves.
What a way to spend xmas break after your first term of your master's degree...
BCB: you probably won't read this, having moved on, but Howie Long WAS with the Raiders. Unlike Teri Hatcher (also HS class of 1982), who was an SF 49ers cheerleader.
Sympathy to all those with horrible tooth stories! I have been relatively lucky, but recently had some fillings, during which the dentist missed the nerve TWICE with the anaesthetic, so we just went ahead. There was probably SOME numbing, but it was still MOST unpleasant.
bjkkf: blue jello knows kultural failure (sorry, but I couldn't think of anything)
Tal - thanks for the heads-up. And oh, BTW, I meant bombs as in Cherrybombs - that's why I added "in a good way". Didn't mean real bombs - way too many of those in the world!
puqbcoc - a pug crossed with a bcoc
yeah, my teeth have treated me well. a little discolored because of all the tea i drank as a child and still do, but other than that...hey, i've never even had a cavity.
that's a good thing, Teeth God. i am not complaining.
orangehands said...
yeah, my teeth have treated me well. a little discolored because of all the tea i drank as a child ...
Back in your younger, wilder days? Because you're so decrepit now? Somebody over there on the west coast please reach out and smack her.
MCB: i am allowed to have younger days. esp since by the time i get older i'll have forgotten most of my younger days.
good times, and apprently the best are when you're in your 20's so i have a good deal to go.
but LMAO, MCB. and i'll be waiting for one of you to bless my heart.
lori wrote: I had two or three needle marks in each arm and on the back of each hand. Each mark had the accompanying weirdly large and deep colored bruise.
I had the good luck to have a guy who was an army medic once put an IV into my hand -- I think it was a point of pride (his) or a measure of valor (mine) to see how big a bruise he could inflict. I just laid there and smiled at him. The big SOB.
diane wrote: BCB: you probably won't read this, having moved on, but Howie Long WAS with the Raiders.
Sure I will. And, yeah, I know. Don't you just want to, oh I don't know, discuss literature with the man?
OH: Again? All right. Bless your heart.
bw
BCB said "Again? All right. Bless your heart."
i was expecting it, not asking for it. but thanks. thanks a lot. and bless your heart too, you-
Just out of curiosity. Are you all trying for 400 comments? I am sure this blog consistently has the most comments of any of the blogs on the internet. it would be interesting to find out. talpianna you are the internet wizard can you find out if that is the case? I believe we are the reason blogger keeps going down.
Bless all your hearts from blogger.
red xjqrjo
Xavier, Jenny quit reading Jenny's own.
geez, scope dope, your channeling blogger now? and blessing our hearts?
oh, where did we go wrong? oh where?
Wrong? I don't know that it is wrong. Just a little crazy.
Remember I am a Cherry bomb too so blogger is also blessing my heart. That should keep it in great shape. /,D
blue tekjajp
Tell every killer Jenny avenges Jenny's people.
ScopeDope, assuming you check back here, I used to read the Dilbert blog, and he would get over a thousand comments in just a few hours. Not sure if that was blogger or some other blog service, though. So, although we have respectable numbers, we're mere pikers in the blog commenting sweepstakes.
ifxezki (red)
In fright Xavier edges Zoe's knee. Idiot!
ScopeDopeCherryBomb wrote: talpianna you are the internet wizard
As Terry Pratchett wrote of his character Rincewind, I am a natural wizard in the same way that fish are natural mountaineers. I have no idea how to find out, except maybe by googling the Guinness Book of World Records site.
I am thinking of giving up commenting altogether, anyway, as I have been told my comments are offending people on one of my favorite discussion boards and another of my favorite blogs. Perhaps I am not meant for this. And think of the time I'd save....
qqujf -- "Quit! quit!" urges Jenny frantically.
talpianna, don't quit, don't quit, Penny urges frantically. We love you and you are our internet wizard. I don't think anyone here has taken offense at what you have said. We just assume you are teasing. Did you really mean that Orangehands should sacrifice us? Oh dear. /,D
blue syrcped
Some youths read Crusie preparing 4 ernest dating.
No, it was a different blog. Oddly enough, one where people are mostly more sophisticated and "literary" than around here, so should be less inclined to misread humor. Maybe they don't have your good hearts and great sense of humor, even if they do spell better as a rule...
mlokla -- Moles love OKLAHOMA!
Tal: WTH? The other blogs must me in dire need of the results of Theresa’s dissertation.
I can see my “Why I appreciate Tal” speech is WAY overdue. My apologies for its tardiness.
Ahem: Why I appreciate Talpiana.
Talpiana is brilliant, and she willingly illuminates those around her with her humor and wit. Tal has an amazing way with words that never fails to make me think. When I find my way through her incredible thought process, a hard laugh is my consistent reward. She has linked me all over the Internet to places I would have never thought existed. Making the journey is always worth it because it never fails to result in an education or a laugh. As a member of REM, Tal has thoughtfully educated us about proper grammar and spelling throughout the course of this blog. This is something I have especially appreciated. I’m at the beginning of my graduate experience, and I need all the help in that area that I can get.
If you are sensing a pattern in what I appreciate most about Talipianna, you’re right. She makes me think. She makes me laugh. All the frickin’ time. There are times when Tal’s sense of humor borders on wicked, but in the best possible way. It’s like the kind of good anxious feeling you get when reading the best thrillers. Some of my favorite wicked Tal moments include: secret death santas, fluffy sniper kittens, and her campaign to bury OrangeHands alive in Conscripted Cherry’s wall. Tal also brought us the Word Verification game, without which the Cherrybombs would look entirely too much like all those other commenters out there. Cherrybombs pride themselves on their snark and their individuality. Tal has both in spades, and this is my sincere but inadequate attempt at trying to explain why I appreciate her willingness to share them with me.
Tal: I’m expecting you to continue my education and keep me laughing with your comments here in the future.
ygvcv: You give vigor, courage, variety.
Tal: What Lori said.
Ok, I commented on the next post before I read this, but let's get a few things straight here:
1) You're ALMOST as smart as am I and I'm not done trying to figure out how THAT happened.
2) You make me LMAO -- that's a damned hard thing to do with a stoic Minnesotan and, geez, I appreciate the weight loss tactic.
3) You stop being an active CB and I will have to hunt you down and flush your burrow. I will have help.
4) If none of those are enough incentive, then I'll have to admit that I'd miss you like hell. I just sent my youngest child off to college today and damned if I'll lose my favorite furry critter on the same day.
And did I hear you say: one where people are mostly more sophisticated and "literary" than around here, so should be less inclined to misread humor
WTF?! I do believe I resemble that remark. Tal, those are the bunch that are most likely to not get it, IMNSHO. What were you thinking?
bw
Amen to that Lori I couldn't have said that better. You learn quickly.
She's right, talpianna we need you. You are our mentor and our teacher. All those good things Lori said so beautifully. Don't leave us.
green hjddxt
How Jenny's darling daughter Xpertly treats (her mom).
Oh dearest Tal! Please don't leave us!! Who will further out education into Latin declensions??? We'll be bereft. We'll be forlorn. We'll be ignorant. Okay we'll STILL be ignorant. But don't go. And just to make Bob happy ...
TAL, TAL. COME BACK TAL.
But I know what you mean. I stumbled onto a site a long while back that involved writers and readers and they were having quite an interesting discussion. But after a bit I realized they just liked listening to themselves because they weren't listening to each other. And they really did take themselves and their opinions waaaay to seriously. So as BCB pointed out they are the last ones to understand humor, because one first has to have a sense of humor.
And as Lori has already said so eloquently, you are willing to join in our madness while at the same time raising our standards. And Bob knows they need raising.
Dagnabit.
Tal: If you could go with sentiment and ignore that I misspelled your name numerous times, I would greatly appreciate that.
Practice: Talpianna...Talpianna...Talpianna.
Okay I think I have it now.
khrce: "Kindness has reason," Cherrybomb explained.
Thank you for all your kind words !
*Mole blushes a delicate mauve.*
The first board I got really involved in was the old Elizabeth Lowell board, which unlike most author boards was a lively community in the real sense of the word--we not only shared our enjoyment of her books; we also shared our joys and sorrows, asked advice; arranged to get together, and in general were lined up along one long metaphorical back fence.
When she shut the board down, we were devastated. We tried to revive it with a mailing list and a Yahoo!Group, but it just wasn't the same and faded.
This group is everything the EL board was, and more. I really appreciate having people who are supportive, since I have grown up with a hell of a lot of rejection (here OH will cast doubt on whether I've grown up at all); and lead a pretty isolated life.
Incidentally, by a curious coincidence, it was only after my arrival on the EL board that people began taking on such identities as Platypus, Bi-Colored Python Rock Snake, Royal Canadian Mounted Duck, and the like...
Love you all. Even Regis.
nzwwv -- New Zealand's wonky wombats vindicate.
Tal--those kind words? I roundly agree with and echo them. Please stay with us!
I read the EL board every once in a while--why did she shut it down?
TAL...Stay, Please
I've enjoyed your comments very much.
And learned lots!!
kzmyeoib green
kindly zip my YEC easily over its back
tal: already told you on other posts, i offer one of many daggers for use and a back hoe to bury those jerks. your not getting an essay out of me, but i agree with the sentiments expressed: you make me think and laugh.
even if you are trying to bury me alive so you can hear my thumping heart.
amc--As far as I know, she got tired of maintaining the board and decided to go with blogging instead.
bysimb -- bidding farewell to a lion
Tal--that's really too bad about the EL board. Love the verification. Just don't bid farewell to us, okay? We want to keep you.
Tal - what BCB and Lori said...
STAY, PLEASE STAY!
hwyoe
how we yell over errors
bisgzwpb - brain just shut down
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