"To all the Callahan's Places there ever were or ever will be,
whatever they may be called --
and to all the merry maniacs and happy fools who are fortunate
enough to stumble into one:
May none of them arrive too late!"
*** Smash! ***
- Spider Robinson Posted March 26, 1996 at alt.Callahans
Copyright 1996. Spider Robinson.
Manager's Corner
"WreckinSILLYation"
Hi all..
Okay - who comes up with these monthly themes, anyway? And
are they still working here?
Shall we do a Spring is here Toga Party and invite the Fall
is here crowd? Can Spring and Fall ever be reconciled?
Shall we lament the lack of reconciliation happening
around the globe, or join together with a party - or two?
What does it mean to be cloud-hidden, anyway?
All I know is I plan to post and chat often, hard and a bit
silly this month as we explore the pithy ramifications of
WreckinSillyAction!
Come join me - even if you already think my posts are silly..:)
Lou
Conference News
A Conference/Chat report from Sandra:
Andrea was our guest hostess for the
"Sled Dogs and Silliness" chat on March 10th. She
did an great job with her first official themed conference.
I peeked into the room earlier in the day to find her
cutting holes in the roof and letting snow pile into the room
(hope you don't mind, Lou...she did patch them up
at the end of the night.)
It sure was cold in that room too but Andrea was a very gracious
hostess and provided us all with snowshoes, parkas, hot toddies &
hot chocolate upon arrival.
The sled races started out slow. It seemed like the dogs were more
interested in the snacks then the race. TermiteTim
stopped in and teased my poodle racing team. Rdsb
toasted all the teams and wished us luck. Fireman
was there too but we had to disqualify him for using a Nascar racing
car instead of a sled. We were concerned for his reputation if he
lost to the dogs.
KaptnKate, and her team of mutts, led by
"Might Mutt the Wonder Dog" were the most menacing in
the race. Kate must have spent hours training with those guys,
they were amazing. I tried to blindfold "Mighty Mutt"
but Kate caught on and slowed my team down by leaving a trail of
milk bones for the poodles. Somehow my team ended up in Albuquerque.
Carol's team of Pugs really seemed to enjoy being
dragged by her. She dragged and dragged those guys until they
finally decided she was a bit slow for them. Then they suddenly
whipped into action and ran neck and neck with Kate's Wondermutts.
Nghnam arrived late and the only team left were the
ChiChi Chihuahuas. Standing tall upon his sled and proclaiming,
"Yo quiero, Brittany!", Nam led his chi-chis from fire
hydrant to fire hydrant. We think maybe they were hitting the tequila
earlier in the night with the Taco Bell Dog, who had made a celebrity
appearance earlier on.
My dogs made another detour and somehow found their way through Texas.
It was a bit slow through the dirt. Carol and Kate's teams were
also neck and neck near the finish line. It looked like Carol's
team would take the win when suddenly one of her precious pugs
decided it was break time and joined Nam's ChiChis at the hydrants.
Kate's team, smelling victory, swung around and flew over the finish
line just a mutt's nose ahead of Carol's Pugs.
Nghnam, still proclaiming, "Yo quiero, Brittany" slid in
just behind Carol and me, well, my team was last seen riding the
roller coaster in Disney World.
Several other friends stopped in to view the races. Bits,
unaware of the use or need for snowshoes, sat cozily by
the fire sipping a benediction. Fuzzy and JayJ
were in but escaped just before the races began. Fuzzy mentioned
something about the stinky wet dog smell and we think JayJ went to
look up the word "denizens"
Andrea kept everyone up to pace with her colorful play by play
announcements and also presented the winner with a lovely dog-shaped
trophy. Nam presented Carol with plastic dog doodles and Sandy sent
a telegram from Bermuda directing Andrea to put the whole thing on
Fuzzy's tab.
And a report from Sandra for Legends and Limericks Night:
What better night than March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, than to have a
Legends and Limericks night! Fuzzy, our able-bodied
'tender and his cohost, ROBMAGUS were all decked out
in green and ready to roll.
The night started our when our friend NGHNAM stopped
by and immediately jumped in with a limerick. Nam chose a traditional
limerick and was rewarded with the sounds of crickets chirping in the
bar. Unfortunately, that didn’t deter him, though JAYJ
did eventually have to douse him with ice water...eek! IPRILEY,
who was the most prolific limericker of the night, jumped in
with an interesting perspective on limericks:
"A limerick packs a laugh astronomical.
Into space that is quite economical.
But the good ones I’ve seen...
So seldom are clean.
And the clean ones so seldom are comical."
Hee! Good one Ipriley and so true! As Fuzzy passed out the green beer and
shamrocks, Robmagus dipped his toe into the limerick pool. Nice dippages,
Rob! Rob and IPRILEY continued to trade limericks all night.
STUBUM was in and shared a limerick about "a gal name
Claire who possessed a fine pair"... unfortunately they found out later
that they were all full of air, lol Cute one STUBUM! MIKE IRISH
also surprised us with a visit. After all, what would St. Patricks Day be
without a little MIRISH. We’re so happy that you’ve been able to stop in
again, Mike! Carol (ladylaughing) stopped by for a while too.
Carol is so enamored with punning now that she just couldn’t help herself.
Good thing we stocked up on the peanuts. Jennie stopped in
just in time to hear JAYJ professing that her star was a symbol of her
innocence and goodness. Unfortunately, FUZZY had dropped a bucket on her
head and Jennie was unable to comment. As the evening wore on, there were visits
from Fast Eddie, Tesla, and Lucky Duck too. Thank you Fuzzy
and Rob for making our Callahans St. Paddy’s Day celebration such an eventful one!
Message Board News
From Carol:
JayJ made a journey though the park in her new tennis shoes
and was attacked by the horrible Gob… Read Jayj’s adventures in
All Gummed up.
The Classic book
Flowers for Algernon was assigned to Carol’s
son as a school reading assignment. Almost everyone agrees this is a timeless
classic.
As we age do we begin to view the world differently? This was the underlying
question in
Was Animal House, the movie, a classic ?
Illegal Immigration was a hot topic in March. After a
spirited discussion we found Pros and Cons but no decisive answers - but we
are still talking about it..:)
Birthdays Last Month
Congratulations to Jennie and Wes, whose wedding anniversary was on March 21st!
Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
| Wolf |
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BORDERWOLF |
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March 1 |
| Eddie |
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FASTEDDIE |
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March 4 |
| Ken |
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DRANGD |
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March 8 |
| Professor |
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PROFESSOR108 |
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March 8 |
| TarAelliot |
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TARAELLIOT |
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March 10 |
| Noone |
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NOONE13 |
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March 13 |
| Anti |
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ANTIMONY |
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March 15 |
| Mous |
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GREYMAUS1 |
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March 16 |
| Kethryn |
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WULFCUB |
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March 16 |
| Peter |
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TAXHOMBRE |
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March 17 |
| Dave |
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53CLASSICS |
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March 19 |
| TP |
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TPHWKR1 |
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March 21 |
| Bones |
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Bones |
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March 23 |
| Lou |
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ROSE8364 |
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March 26 |
| Tracy |
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DOVE1 |
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March 27 |
| AngelCat |
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ANGELCAT96 |
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March 28 |
Calliversaries Last Month
| Chris |
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EMMETTMAN |
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March 3, 2002 |
| Hendo |
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HENDO |
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March 6, 2000 |
| HD |
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HOOPTIEDOO |
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March 7, 2001 |
| Gylith |
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GYLITH |
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March 20, 2002 |
| CatF |
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CATFANTASTIC |
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March 21, 2002 |
| Rekyl |
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REKYL |
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March 23, 2002 |
| KayLee |
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KAYLEEKELLY |
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March 25, 2000 |
| Marci |
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MARCI2001 |
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March 21, 2002 |
Pun of the Month
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should
brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should
do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to
wait as long to get our coffee."
The husband said, "You are in charge of cooking around
here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I
can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is
in the Bible that the man should do the coffee"
The astonished husband replied, "I can't believe that,
show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and
showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says..
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"Hebrews"
- Chai (LM04) March 15, 2005
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Poem of the Month -
"Butterfly Melodies"
So long ago, sweet laughter’s melody,
Like butterflies on breezes soft and warm,
Floated through the air quite naturally
And bore no artifice or hint of scorn.
There was no riddle, nothing circumspect,
No strings to pull and nothing to contrive,
The blight crept in with withering neglect,
There was no death, just a failure to thrive.
That youthful season drew to close too soon,
And like the butterflies of yonder glen,
The melody retired to dark cocoon,
Resounding silence swiftly marked the end.
In keeping fresh the mem’ry of the song
A too-short season lasts a whole life long
-- caesura2 March 17, 2005
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Closing Quote
""Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for
tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning."
- Albert Einstein
- courtesy Sue (SUEMO) March 10, 2005
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