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Callahan's February 1998 Bar Rag!In this issue: Opening Toast - Manager's Corner - Conference News - Message Board News - Birthdays - Pun of the Month - Closing Quote - Editor's Note - Joining Callahan's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Free speech does not mean free reign. Welcome to our February, or Saint Valentine's Day, edition. We had a great outpouring of love poetry for the month, and an interesting array of drink recipes to share with you on our site this month.. I'd like to introduce you to Callahan's two newest tenders. Nanc (NANC) is a longtime patron here and has taken the plunge, moderating a "Sunday Shenanigans" conference at 9:00 p.m. eastern every Sunday night. Ken (CRSCOMP), who has had his way with the Blarney stone, can be found in conference almost any night of the week but especially on weekends. We have a great many new friends visiting us these days. In fact, the trickle of new friends has grown into a steady stream. At times it has become difficult to hold a normal conversation in our chat rooms so I thought I'd remind all our friends and patrons about what Callahan's is and what it is not. Callahan's is a place where a spirit of acceptance and friendship is extended to all who visit. We do have posted community standards, however, and there are certain things that we find unacceptable. We will not, for example, tolerate bigotry, hatred or personal attacks on our message boards or in our chat rooms. Predators of all stripes will be restrained and retrained. Great friendships have been established and strengthened over the years in Callahan's chat rooms and I hope that this tradition continues. We offer a place to unwind, to enjoy both adult conversation and silliness as the moment requires. We offer peace, acceptance and safety to all who enter... and we offer all of you membership into our community of friends... In return, we ask our friends and patrons to accept our traditions of friendliness, respect and acceptance for all.. When you encounter new people in our chat rooms, please make them welcome... Doris, BECKETT, explained one night that "naked means you're wearing no clothes, and nekkid means you're up to something." What we could not determine from Doris is where or how she obtained this knowledge. We were honored by Marf, KROESEN, as we became the first browser "favorite" she saved! Nanc's presidential plans received a boost! In a scandalous development, Nanc announced a guarantee that if elected, her administration will be rocked with scandal! Her poll numbers have skyrocketed. Japers' Chicken Soup was spiked! In a fowl development, Japer's chicken soup was spiked with Rum one recent Tuesday night. Management, incredibly, received NO complaints. We welcomed lots of new posters this month and hope they continue to post. New posters were: Alikat, Sevencees, Montecarlo, Jaspanther, Mia (Miamaria2), McSteel, Rudbeck, Ccharlie, Bynumran and Nate (Rivdude.) We rewelcomed Maggierose (Maggie), Bionic and Jym. We started the year off with a great party. We brought in the New Year in at least three time zones. Some say the champagne from the flowing statue of David tasted better after Patty (PIIRISH) took a dip in instead of from the fountain. :) Humor this month was provided by Ginger, Mitzi, Sevencees, Lou, Ken and Hi (Hi413.) Poetry was shared by Jeanne, Kathy, Joliee, Jaspanther, Lou, Cortland, Peter (phdesmond) and Jym. Many of the poems had a love theme and have been included in our Valentine's Day poetry feature. We were quite the political forum this month. Oky posted about a monument in Germany dedicated to a WWII draft dodger. This led to a discussion of draft dodgers, protesters, the Viet Nam War, the history of war, and the war in Bosnia. We are still in the midst of a heated discussion of the Clinton affair. Is he innocent, do we care or do we respect the office? We also discussed panhandling, do women panhandle?, Norm McDonald's being fired as Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live, and the Ice Storm of '98 and how it affected Mitzi and Canada. Janice shared with us some details of an upcoming surgery and we all wished her well. On the lighter side, we discussed men leaving the toilet seat up and Ken's sex life. We learned what a Cheeseburger in Paradise is and that Ken is a self proclaimed Redneck GeekWeenie (g). Lou asked the name of Jake Stonebender's guitar. It is Lady McBeth. Jake is a character in the Callahan's Saloon series written by Spider Robinson.
Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
Two atoms are walking down the street and they run into each other. One says to the other, "Are you all right?" "No, I lost an electron!" "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'm positive!" "We offered him only our presence, and our concern.." -Jake Stonebender (About a patron in tears) Joining Delphi is easy and FREE. The easiest way is to visit our web page. Just click on the "Forum" or "Chat" link and you'll automatically be sent to the registration area... Then you can post on our message boards and join in our conferences. It's FREE!!! Come visit us! 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, please send us an email. If you wish to be added to or removed from our Bar Rag mailing list, please send a note to Lou. |