I was very pleased to announce that Carol has become
our new Message Board Manager, Walt has replaced Carol
as our Conference Manager and bits has filled the long
vacant position of Promotions Manager. This is big
news to me because it means there are three people
trying to keep me out of trouble whereas before there
was only one.
We usually have a slowdown of sorts when it's summer
on the North American continent but our message
board remained very lively this month.
In R.I.P., Bob Hall began a discussion pertaining to
"civility" with his
Spitting On Veterans thread
and Mandy's discussion about
Gender Pronouns grew legs. We have a
lot of interest in Callahans about how we express
ourselves..:)
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August 24, 2000 |
Joke of The Month
Steven Spielberg was discussing his new project
- an action docu-drama about famous composers
starring top movie stars. Sylvester Stallone,
Steven Segal, Bruce Willis, and Arnold
Schwarzenegger were all present.
Spielberg strongly desired the box office 'oomph'
of these superstars, so he was prepared to allow
them to select whichever composer each wished to
portray, as long as they were famous.
"Well," started Stallone, "I've
always admired Mozart. I would love to play him."
"Chopin has always been my favorite, and my
image would improve if people saw me playing the
piano," replied Willis. "I'll play him."
"I've always been partial to Strauss and his
waltzes," said Segal. "I'd like to play
him."
Spielberg was very pleased with these choices.
"Sounds splendid." Then, turning to
Schwarzenegger, he asked, "Who do you want to
be, Arnold?" Arnold in a slow deliberate
voice replied, "I'll be Bach."
- Sylph (LIBRARYLION) August 1, 2003
Pun of the Month
You WHAT?? You cloned my.... You cloned my VORTEX???
Do you have any IDEA how many laws you're breaking??
Only about 5 Temp Corps laws and two Newtonian laws!!!
You hand that back this INSTANT, before I put you
over my knee and... um...
What the hell am I thinking?? Dave, stop that laughing!
You'll bust a blood vessel! And bits.. You're just too
darned eager! Oh, hell, just promise me you'll stay
outta the future, and KEEP the $#@$%@$ thing! Call it
a gift. Best gift you'll ever get. After all...
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There's no present like the time!
- August 24, 2003
Poem of the Month -
"The Long Fade"
We know when we take them in that they will
go before us. We do it anyway.
One Christmas there appeared at home, a cat,
A stranger clothed in fur to wonder at,
Who through the years became so much a part
Of life as my own beating heart,
Which little cared, though my mind looked ahead,
That some day I would live, and he'd be dead.
Now my heart knows and moves me, sad, to cry,
As in the warm and gentle sun, I say goodbye.
- Cortland (KA5S) August 28, 2003
In response to a post from Sylph about the expected
passing of her feline friend and companion, Phineas.
Closing Quote - courtesy Sue (SUEMO)
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're
gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
– Mel Brooks posted August 23, 2003
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