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Callahan's September 1998 Bar Rag!"Olga Garba Kapotky!"In this issue: Opening Toast - Manager's Corner - Website News - Message Board News - Birthdays - Joke - Riddlers - Poem - Pun - Closing Quote - Editor's Note - Joining Callahan's | |||||
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To Callahan's, for showering our paths with the light of friendship and the joy of acceptance. *****SMASH***** -- Debra Grace/SCIAF August 6, 1998 Hi all.. Summer has traditionally been a slow period at Callahan's, indeed all across Delphi Internet. I'm very pleased to report that this year was an exception. Our message board traffic doubled over the summer. Not only did our conferences remain well attended but several new scheduled conferences were added over the summer. Our website is very large and growing. We're beginning to receive compliments about its professional look. Further, we have a close to a record number of tenders (with more to come) and are finally back up to four staff members. All this tells us that we're doing something right. I hope you agree. You need no reminder that Callahan's is much more than the nuts and bolts of our corner of cyberspace. Callahan's is its patrons, and those of us dealing with the nuts and bolts need your active help in maintaining the traditions, the accepting and tolerant nature of the place. Write to me with your comments and suggestions! Lou We added a new section to the Website this month. Callahan's Art is a collection of images created for Callahan's Saloon on Delphi Internet over the years. Two or three new riddles were added to our Riddle Page this month.. and more and more patrons are solving them..:) August was a busy month for Callahan's message board. We seemed to get a new slogan for the Bar Rag, courtesy of Dave Aronson & his SCAdian armored combat unit: "Olga garba kapotky!" (Too many head shots!) And we learned about Kirwand's many nicknames in "What's in a name?" Just call him "dude"... <G> Then Sammie asked us "Is your computer male or female?", and the consensus seemed to be 'male'. Of course, that may have just been because mostly females answered... :) Many of us wondered if we were watching a live-action remake of "Wag the Dog" this month. And with "Clinton's testimony" and "Starr Wars", the debate over lying, morality, politicians and sex is still simmering... The tragedy in Omagh and the bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan shocked and dismayed us. Terrorism, religion and war were discussed. Dan Culberson, in addition to creative middle naming, was also a shameless plugger... for "IT'S: The Novella." Have you read it yet? You can find it in the "Off the Wall" section of the forum. There's also new Callahan's art designed by Kathy. We enjoyed new poems from Bardone, Conniann, Cortland, Heidi, Kathy, Kirwand, Nan, Peter and Tara. Some favorites seemed to be: "Tsunami", "An Old Car", "The Fool", "The Night Seems Quiet", "The Recruiter Speaks", "The Meaning of Life", "Upsy Daisy", "Beneath the Rosebush", and "The Navigator". Several people came up with some delicious ways to keep rissatoo out of the kitchen, for which she is truly grateful! The topic of "Eternity" sparked a friendly debate about atheism, ethics, agnostics, spirituality, karma and the Golden Rule, and elicited this toast from Debbie: "To Callahan's, for showering our paths with the light of friendship and the joy of acceptance." ****SMASH**** Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:
The first three correct solvers of rissatoo's July 1998 Riddle were Jim Crowley, Nick Mucci and Anne Ballard. Congratulations to all. The first three solvers of our August 1998 Riddle were rissatoo, Rissa and Sue Smith. Jim and rissatoo's book prizes have been sent. It's a lot easier to create a riddle than to solve one. We're always on the lookout for help with content here so send us your riddle creations today! And see our September 1998 Riddle for your chance to win a Spider Robinson book from our bookstore! A minister, a priest and a rabbi were discussing how they divide up the day's contributions from the collection plate between the church and the poor. The minister said I take half for God and give half to the poor. The Priest said I draw a circle around myself on the ground, throw the money in the air and whatever falls outside the circle goes to the poor and what falls inside the circle belongs to God. The Rabbi says I throw all the money up in the air and what God wants, he keeps. -- Ken, via Debra/SCIAF Poem of the Month - Summer Wine
Give us Summer wine -- Cortland Richmond, 1998 This one's about a man (who shall remain nameless) who happens to be the wealthiest man in the world (and doesn't want his name spread around). One day, he decides he wants to have some pets. Not just any pets, mind you, but something unique. He'd quickly considered and discarded hundreds of ideas in just the first day. He put out word in his world-wide networks of contacts, and in about one month, he got an answer. Investigating his information, he visited another man (who also wants to remain unknown) that had dolphins for sale as pets. These weren't any ordinary dolphins...These dolphins were immortal! That's right, their owner had documented evidence that this one small family of dolphins had been alive for over 2500 years. The only reason that their present owner wanted to sell them was that the dolphins' peculiar diet was leading him into bankruptcy. It seemed that the only reason that the dolphins remained immortal was because they maintained a diet of fresh seagulls, no more than a year old. Well, the rich man was thrilled to have the chance to own such unique pets, and surely he was wealthy enough to keep them fed. So he bought them that day and made arrangements to have his outdoor swimming pool altered for them. Well, the rich guy had a lot of fun with his friends, showing off his dolphins (and, of course, the documented proof of their longevity.) This went on for a couple of months, until one day the rich man heard some strange news on the TV. According to eyewitness reports, the lion cage at the State Zoo was found open...and the lions escaped. Well, the rich guy wasn't bothered much by the news until it came time to feed the dolphins. As he was taking the yearling seagulls out to the dolphins pool, he saw that four lions were lounging lazily, right between his house and the pool! He knew that the dolphins had to be fed each day, or they would begin to rapidly age until they turned to dust (or in this case, dirty pool-water.) So the guy quickly scrounged around his mansion and came up with an idea to built a make-shift catapult to throw the seagulls out to the pool. Well, his cockamamie idea worked! However, a patroling police car was just cruising by his house, just as he pulled the release lever of his catapult. Doing his duty, the police officer promptly arrested the rich guy. When asked what the charges were, the policeman answered, "You're charged with catapulting young gulls over state lions for immortal porpoises." -- Midnight 8/26/98 There is a harmony in autumn and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley Joining Delphi is easy and FREE. The easiest way is to click on My Delphi and you'll automatically be sent to the registration screen. Then you can post on our message boards and join in our conferences. Membership is absolutely FREE!!! No gimmicks!!! 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 your email to me. If you wish to be added to or removed from our Bar Rag mailing list, please send a note to Lou. |