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Callahan's December 2000 Bar Rag!

"To Callahan's Warmth
Wherever You May Be!"

In this issue:

Opening Toast - Manager's Corner
Website News - Conference News - Message Board News
Birthdays - Joke - Poem
Closing Quote - Editor's Note -


Opening Toast

"To All Those Who Never Found Hope!"

***************SMASH*****************

-- LADY_DANCER Fire up the lantern again


Manager's Corner

Hi all.. Operation Butterball continues.. but we appear to be off the pace a bit from last year's effort. Won't you help your local food bank, or any local charity of your choice with more... They certainly need your help in trying to bring some joy (or maybe simply dinner) to those in need this holiday season.

As Vickie as often said, "Don't give till it hurts, give till it helps!"

And the beat goes on...!
Lou


Website News


Conference News

Walt gave us a report on his first Saturday conference! What a great time.

Saturday, Nov. 18th saw Walt's move to the Saturday Matinee at Callahan's. This premier Saturday session was enlivened by the presence of the Irish Twins - Patti (Mist) and Mike Irish - and of two patrons from Oz - Vickie (Midustouch) and Robert (Jedi Goodnight). Of course, it was Sunday afternoon for Vickie and Rob. The redheads were also present in the form of Vickie, Cstar, and SuzyQ. Fortunately the Delphi Demons kept their distance.

As many as 22 patrons were in the bar during the evening. Rona6 ordered a beaujolais nouveau - the brand new vintage of beaujolais from France. Fortunately, Cal's had just received a case earlier that day. We learned the multi-talented Antinomy not only plays the cello, but also plays Irish fiddle music on the cello.

The hot tub got filled with wine - half the tub white wine and half red wine. No one is sure how it works, but it's just like filling it with half hot water and half cold.

Newcomers included JNNBNN, who learned how to fly; Rainbow8 , who had a football question to which Walt actually knew the answer; and Country Girl. Other activities included foot rubs, tickling the bartender (and posting of a "No Tickling the 'Tender" sign), zapping the sliding monkey, craps, and kisses for Lou and Cstar.


Silky shared Sunday brunch with us. Sounds like the place to go if you ask me.

Sunday Brunch chat opened at 11 am. The first visitor in the door was Carol . During the day, Lou, Tamilyn, Hombre Verde, Joe G, a new visitor Amy , Sandra and MA among others arrived and stayed to chat for longer or shorter times, depending on the time they had available.

The conversation ranged from.... Carol feeling silly (hmm...I don’t recall a patron by that name...must be a pet nickname!)...to laundry. We discovered that JP has a backyard on his boat...complete with orange and grapefruit trees and a forest habitat on the stern.

Several of the patrons seem to have dinghies in their backyards...though I don’t believe that all of them were talking about boat type dinghies....

The pros and cons of shopping online were discussed, with most people seeming to be in favor of it, providing one can trust the security of the "shop" in question. No one had any horror stories to share and most seemed to think that it was as easy as shopping by catalog...without finding someplace to store that bound pile of paper.

JP (again!) kept trying to flash Silky, but broke his flasher! This caused an awful lot of uproar, while everyone helped him try to fix it. The good news is, that JP managed to fix his flasher and merrily began flashing everyone again.

We discovered that Walt and Sancho are the ones with all the mistletoe...Sancho almost buried poor Walt in it when they prepared to leave...


Helen shared with us a Sunday evening Chat. I promise a good time was had by all.

In Chat one Sunday, was quite a rousing evening, I'll tell you that. Scooping out sundaes for the crowd and watching the old and newcomers come in the door. I was very happy to see some old timers Patti and Ace walk in the door. Patti treated us with a wine hot tub and enough gold coins to cover the tab for the night. Thanks Patti. We had a couple of new comers who joined into the spirit jovially, PrettyDark and Chantel310, and Dbruh, a merry meet girls.

A number of topics were discussed, but we couldn't quite keep the hot topics of Chad's and Football out of our midst. We cheered on with glee when PrettyDark announced her birthday and Smashed glasses to a number of toasts. One of which, given by Ace I'd like to share.

"May all the people who love life; love all the people who are life"

***************Smash***********************

Enjoying the revelry with my old, new and close friends, a food fight broke out in the crowd (well, it's Cal's isn't it) Until a horse drawn Stage Coach apparated in the bar and carried Lou and Carol out of sight. What an exit <g>..


JP shared with us the new conference schedule. Thanks JP, now no one has an excuse to miss a conference.

Starting out on Sunday Helen (Mrs.South) has taken over the Sunday night chat.

Brigitte is still tending the chat for Monday night and of course Tuesday is still Punday Night!

Wednesday's chat is now hosted by Pegasus and of course alternate Thursdays is poetry night with Peter Desmond. the other Thursday is presently being tended by other tenders on a rotating basis

Friday night is the night for craziness with Carol (Ladylaughing) and Walt has moves to the Saturday night chat, so if you are looking for your favorite tender you now know where to find them.

Coming up in December is the decorating of the bar, and of course new years eve and the bringing in of a new millennium.

For myself I will be running between chats and filling in occasionally and so will Cstar. You never know where we might pop up.

Looking forward for another fun and interesting month ahead


Join us in our conferences! We have saved you a seat, and your favorite beverage is waiting.

If you had a great time in one of our conferences, tell us about it! We want to hear your thoughts!


Message Board News

Starting off message board news, WEREDRAGON had this to share from the Politics and Religion folder:

So!
You know, "Politics and Religion" were two of the subjects my Grandma said were "Nawt Discussed" at a ~civilized~ dinner table. The other two were Sex, and Economics (not "money"), as I recall.

She would ^snif^ with a disdain belonging to only the very bluest of blood before she said it, too. (Then she would refill her sherry, light a fresh cigarette, despite the one or two already burning, and lean one elbow on the fine linen tablecloth, grinning around at us with a devilish insouciance, and say "Well? What should we talk about? The affair the mayor's boy is having with the minister's wife, or the sorry state of Bethlehem Steel?")

So, this is why I’m not surprised to find myself in that folder a lot, and I’m in good company.

If you, too, wish to visit where angels fear to tread...
If you feel a certain kinship to Mad Dogs and Englishpersons...
Then take a gander at the following threads...

We’ve got:

Where Claimsman has a paternity question for us all, it’s been subject to honest-to-CStar "thread drift", but it remains within at least ONE subject parameter.

And:

Where Bits (I know you don’t capitalize it, but I’m gonna) wishes health to a man who deserves our good wishes.

Then there’s:

Where El Hombre Verde finds another instance of bureaucracy encountering language problems- speaking of which, that’s an interesting thread title there, Hombre!

Here’s a good one:

KathyC started it ‘way back at the beginning of the month, and it went strong all through! Not only that, she’s bloody well right!

Our Very Own Cstar (may her throne of cloud be restful) brought from afar this one for which a few new verses could get writ, y’know.

We have some interesting and entertaining Canadian political material (Thanks, Griddle!) There’s some Knowledge to be had.

Oh, heck, people! I’m not caught up entirely with the board myself right now- Go Explore! Post!

(Strong>Star? I’m not fired ‘cuz o’ that "not caught up" thingie, am I?)


Peter updated us on the latest happening in the Poetry folder.

Machinery seemed to be on the minds of many of our poets in November. Colonist compared making poetry to popping popcorn.

Vickie told a tale about the installation of an air conditioner.

And Mal (Murray) examined different metaphors for the slow working of the mind.

The Demons in the Delphi machines managed to scuttle our November 9th poetry chat, but the chat on Thanksgiving night (November 23rd) went off without a hitch and with plenty of turkeys to gorge on.


CSTAR always has something interesting for us. This month is no exception.

We're at three weeks and counting, and still not a presidential winner in sight. The aftermath of this year's Presidential election seems to have gotten far more press and conversation than the entire year of campaigning before the fact. Our Politics and Religion folder has been busier than in a long time. We had serious discussions about the voting and the constitution in Get Out and Vote, Electoral College silly ones about tiny pieces of punched out paper in Chad - Apologies to Kestrel.

Polls were fun to start this month, and got lots of participation. We started with US Presidential Election - Cal's style (by the way, GWB won, 13 votes to 11 for Al Gore, and 9 for Ralph Nader), continued with Will Florida be able to certify their ballots, and Are you satisfied with your county's ballot or voting machine?

Don't forget there were Canadian elections too - Griddlebone, Catfantastic, Crystal, JenM12, Paul McCulloch, Helen, Pegasus, Cortland and Larry discussed some of the issues confronting our Canadian members in Info for Canadian Voters and The Canadian Election.

Robert (Jedi Goodknight) met some folks that wanted to talk about religion, which he shared with us in Proselytising. His subsequent examination of his personal beliefs transcended the Politics and Religion folder, and became also a work of fiction and a conversation with a deity over in Creative Writing, "After..." and parts I & II. A fascinating dialog with himself, and the other folks in Callahan's.

Vickie and Sandra kicked off Operation Butterball in November, and have been cheerleading us through all month. Each gift to your local charity, food bank, shelter, etc., counts towards our giving total. As of November 29th, we stood at 286.4 gifts. We (actually, your local charities!) could really use your help in reaching our goal of 1000 gifts. "To participate in the drive we ask that people pledge a turkey or some other gift to their local food bank, shelter, or other charitable organization. Points or "Gifts" are awarded on the following scale: 1 turkey = 2 gifts, $5 = 1 gift, 4 canned goods = 1 gift 3 dinner donations = 1 gift. Volunteering time also merits gifts. You don't have to produce a receipt. You don't have to send us anything except your intended pledge. " We have a long way to go to hit the 1000 gift goal - won't you donate to your local charity today, and let us know how much it was so we can add it to our total?

Ok, ladies.... wanna see a picture? Check out SirWill99's photo ! Not only gallant, but the countenance of a prince, as well. We've got some pretty good looking guys around here, don't we? (grin)

Do you want to read a heart-wrenching essay? She's living in snowier climes these days, and her "Gonna be needing some snow money" recounts her scary trip to the airport for Thanksgiving with her folks down south. "I don't think I make enough now to keep my car in the airport parking garage, pay cab fare back and forth to work every day until April, *and* eat regularly.". Poor Lizkat.... you can let go of the steering wheel now!


Have something you would like to say about our message board? Drop me a line and let us know. Staff


Birthdays this Month

Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:

Selena   SILLIEST   November 4
Ron   SOUTHRON2   November 5
Richard   SEAMUSTHEDOG   November 9
Bee   RAWLINSON1   November 9
Tami   TAMILYN11643   November 10
Ariadne   ARIADNE   November 12
Jim   CROWLEY47   November 16
Marthann   MARTHANN   November 23
Linda   SIGNLER   November 24
MME   MIKEMACE1   November 27
GreyLensman   PHOTO11   November 30

Joke of The Month

A local Pastor joined a community Service Club, and the members thought they would have some fun with him.

Beneath his name on his tag, they carefully printed, "Hog Caller" as his occupation. Everyone made a big fanfare as he was presented his badge.

The Pastor responded quietly, saying, "I'm usually called 'The Shepherd of the Sheep,' but you know your people better than I..."

-- Larry Adams (LATENIGHTLAR)


Poem of the Month - "Last Rights"

You can choose to go to dust or ashes, if you want,
Let yourself be blown away by any passing breeze
Or crumble like used passion.
But I,
I will slip into the sun warmed shallows
Dive past the light laced glare
Drift away through cool, muffled depths
And fill my shell with liquid anonymity
Until, in fluid darkness, I come home.

--E.K. 11/16/00


Closing Quote

"Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. ---Unknown "

--Unknown


Editor's Note

Wow! Did you see all the conference tenders who submitted this month? I might have to keep that hot tub filled with wine, if I keep getting this type of response! Thank you all from the bottom of my little heart.

The snow has started to fall here. As with a lot of people, I felt the rush of winter calming... only to be faced with the depression that it makes travel less then pleasant. I wish you all safe travels as you visit family and friends! Remember, you don't have to go out in the cold to visit us here.

Have a warm and wonderful Holiday Season.

Until next month, walk in beauty.


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