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Callahan's February 1999 Bar Rag!"To Callahan's Warmth
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May all your dreams be in the waking world. -- Jo (LUCY42) - discussing our sleeping darknesses.. Hi all.. Our most cherished tradition here at Callahan's on Delphi Internet is that of sharing joy and pain. We've had an interesting internal discussion this month concerning how much help we, as patrons and staff, can offer patrons who need our help. That is to say we've been trying to define what we can do for troubled friends and newcomers beyond pointing them toward organized help or by simply listening carefully to what is bothering them. This can become a serious problem when you consider that few of us are trained in the various disciplines needed to truly help - and many visit Callahan's to simply enjoy the company of friends. So I ask you: How much can we help? How much should we help? How do we recognize when we are not helping someone? Our most cherished tradition here at Callahan's on Delphi Internet is that of sharing joy and pain. Should we place any limits on such sharing..? Lou Lots of news this month.. starting with the fabulous announcement from Brigitte and Chris (LARDARON) that their young daughter, Catlin, is being taken off of a powerful drug that she's needed for the past few years. Catlin will soon be drug-free and many a toast was raised the night we all learned of this. Congratulations to the (LARDARON) family.. It was reported that bogues (BOGUES) brought out his 12 string one recent night and gave a great rendition of "Danny Boy." Our reporter noted: "too cool."..:) Japers, a past Callahan's tender, dropped by one night to tell us that he celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary on January 12th. Way to go, Japers! Lou held three Spider Night conferences during January and had several interesting nights with it, despite the fact that many of our patrons are unacquainted with Spider's works. We hope they will read our Welcome Page which introduces Spider a bit, and perhaps visit our book store. We instituted something new this month.. a birthday party for everyone who had a birthday in January. It was a busy night as the following patrons were honored:
Dee the 12th Poetry continued to be our high hitter this month, especially since our Second Annual St. Valentines's Day Poetry Contest is underway. And haikus continue to fly..:) Second up are puns.. We are getting many, many puns these days, probably in response to Punday Night being re-established..:) Our message board manager, rissatoo, has been a bit scarce lately but she assures us that this temporary condition will end soon..:) Aside from those at the party, birthday greetings were also heartily (if sometimes belatedly) extended (on the board) to:
The first three correct solvers of our November 1998 Riddle were Rissabrianne, Jarrett and Jay Wilson Congratulations to all. 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 February 1999 Riddle for your chance to win a Spider Robinson book from our bookstore! "My governor can beat up your governor!" -- T-Shirt slogan selling like hotcakes in Minnesota after a former professional wrestler was elected governor.
It tastes of caresses and milky sighs. -- A Callahan's Collaborative Poem One day a couple of girls were smoking weed in the bathroom of a Catholic school, in mid-toke a nun walks in a inhales mightily. After punishing the girls she begins to feel the effects of the pot. In fact she gets sooo high that everybody around her falls down laughing. The Principal of the school walks into her class and watches for a while, and also starts laughing hysterically. His secretary asked him why he couldn't stop laughing. All he could say was... "That nun was pot funny." -- Will SIRWILL99 January 8,1999 "Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things." -- Anne Swetchine 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, or if you wish to be added to or removed from our Bar Rag mailing list, simply send us a note. |