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Callahan's September 2003 Bar Rag!

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

In this issue:

Opening Toast - Manager's Corner
Website News - Board News
Birthdays/Calliversaries
Joke - Pun - Poem - Pun
Closing Quote - Editor's Note


Opening Toast

Here's to having a place where I can name a pain,
even when the pain is minor and easily fixed...
and to,
all the denizens of Callahan's for creating the place where I can have a little cheese with my whine and wonderful company to enjoy....

*** Smash! ***

- bits LBT1 August 2003


Manager's Corner

Hi all..

We have big news for August..:)

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.

All three new Managers have been in Callahans for quite some time and always add magic to the Place. I'm afraid they're in for some scary surprises so I hope you'll thank them and urge them to be cheerfully persistent in dealing with me..:)

Lou                


Message Board News

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..:)

Also this month, Bob started a minor ruckus by resurrecting the Atkins Diet thread with a judgment that "it works." Not everyone agrees..:)

And Mandy continued stirring things up in her thread asking, what was The Worst Book You Ever Read? Sixty more posts were added in August alone. You might say we remember the books we read, if not always fondly..:)

When Sue posted one of her "Quotes" Talking To the Animals, she elicited a groundswell of comments from people who actually admitted that they do..

Mandy posted about The Rainbow Bridge to help someone who with the lost of a non-human loved one. We wonder if Mandy had any idea just how many people she was helping with this.. Thank, Mandy..:)

And finally, we offer a rare love poem from Cortland entitled "Remembering." May it bring back memories as bittersweet. And we mention this poem because Cortland has been unusually prolific in recent weeks. Check out all his poetry, including those poems on our Poetry About Callahans page. ..:)


Birthdays Last Month

Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:

Chris     CHRISMAILMAN     August 09
Dusty     DUSTY810     August 10
Jim     JIMTO81963     August 10
Shameaa     SHAMEAA     August 10
Laurie     LGANDY     August 13
Floozie     FLOOZIE1     August 14
Neil     NEILYT     August 15
Eter     ETERWAR     August 19
MaryEdna     MARYEDNA     August 20
Scooby     UNCLESCOOBY     August 23
Kat     KATSINABAG     August 26
Dick     ERUMELIA     August 27
Kris     TRAUMAMAMA     August 27
Jenn     3RDDAN     August 28
Mandy     INIONDIA     August 28
Shane     SHANE     August 28

Calliversaries Last Month

Sue     SWEETSUE     August 04, 2001
Sue     SUEMO     August 06, 1998
Dave     FLATBUSHSKP     August 08, 2001
Bob     BOOBOOBOB     August 11, 2000
Rob     ROBMAGUS     August 11, 2001
Raptor     CYBERAPTO2     August 12, 2000
Ken     DRANGD     August 12, 1998
Bee     LADYGEEZA     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


Editor's Note

We hope you find the Bar Rag entertaining and informative. We can always use good pieces and writers here. If you have something you would like to submit, or have a comment, good or bad, about the newsletter, simply send us a note.

If you wish to receive the Bar Rag each month via email, simply send us a note Your email address will not be made visible to others who receive the Bar Rag. The Bar rag will, of course, continue to be available on our Web site..:)

And a reminder: we urge everyone to use our website as a gateway into Callahans on Delphi Forums. You will find prominent links to our Message Board and Conference rooms there but also if we ever have technical trouble at Delphi, we can easily let you know and redirect you to a backup site if the trouble is truly serious. And besides - our website itself is special..:)

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