I'm back... do I want to stay?
Wendy Chatley Green
Have I missed anything?
--
Wendy Chatley Green
Ray Haddad
<user...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
>Have I missed anything?
Welcome back, Wendy! You've been missed. Nothing's the same and
everything's the same.
--
Ray
boots
>I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
>Have I missed anything?
Everything and nothing. Welcome home.
--
Don't read this crap... oops, too late!
[superstitious heathen grade 8]
PJ
Welcome back!
~ ~ ~
PJ
Bill Penrose
wrote:
> Have I missed anything?
From my window, I can see that someone moved the Santa Catalina
Mountains seven feet to the left during the night. I've called the
cops.
So, welcome back!
Dangerous Bill
ing
wrote:
> I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
Not really. Got any fruit cake left?
ing
serenebabe
<user...@tampabay.rr.com> said:
> I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
> Have I missed anything?
Hey, you are the FAQ woman, right? I know your name so well. I have the
worst memory in the universe about who's who in m.w. Hope you don't get
offended by that. But, it's really fabulous seeing your name here again!
--
It's All About We! (the column)
http://www.serenebabe.net/ - new 12/27
Towse
> I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
> Have I missed anything?
I was thinking of you just a couple of days ago when an old face
reappeared and swore up and down that in years gone by, this was a place
where people were posting their stuff and the group was a-swirl with
creative juices and sharp critiques and discussions of posted work.
Great things were happening! he said. Claimed there was no prohibition
against posting work in the old days. Didn't seem to remember what the
posting guidelines said, but then he was just doing his usual, trying to
stir things up, so whether he remembered or not is moot.
Only 938 posts in December to date? Even with BA^H^H edrick stirring
things up? How pathetic is that?
Hope you're well.
--
Sal
Ye olde swarm of links: thousands of links for writers, researchers and
the terminally curious <http://writers.internet-resources.com>
Grand Mal
"Wendy Chatley Green" <user...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:d03el4lqdsml3dn7i...@4ax.com...
>I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>
> Have I missed anything?
Hard to say. What might you have done instead?
Sylvia
Heather Denkmire/ serenebabe <seren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wendy Chatley Green said:
>
> > I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
> >
> > Have I missed anything?
>
> Hey, you are the FAQ woman, right? I know your name so well. I have the
> worst memory in the universe about who's who in m.w. Hope you don't get
> offended by that. But, it's really fabulous seeing your name here again!
Surely you remember Wendy Chatley Green, Heather--you two had posted back and
forth in a thread where you preached to Wendy about the children she adopted.
You went after her for adopting healthy white babies from safe backgrounds.
When she informed you that none of her adopted children fit that description,
you then weasel-shifted by going after Wendy for *only* being able to adopt
FIVE unwanted children. FIVE.
Heather/
serenebabe: "While I think it's wonderful you adopted children,
how many of them were crack babies? [...] How many of
them have different skin color than you? How many of
them suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? How many of
them were tortured as infants [...] How many children
you adopted can you confirm came from mothers who
lived in extraordinary poverty and/or abusive
situations? How many more children are you willing
to adopt?
"I am glad you adopted, and I hope to adopt one day, too.
"I do think, though, the point isn't your children were
unwanted once -- your children had mothers who were
able to choose adoption. [...]"
Wendy: "Ha--all of them were taken from their families (two
families--we adopted a sibling group of four) for
abuse and neglect. All the parents chose to do was
to mistreat, molest, and/or abandon their kids."
* * * * * * * *
Heather/
serenebabe: "[..] I'm not sure why you wrote 'Ha' though, that strikes
me as inappropriate for such a serious conversation. [...]"
Wendy: "[...] The 'ha' was a comment on your assumption that I
had obtained healthy white babies from healthy white
mothers.
"What about me makes you believe that I'd do the
easy thing?"
* * * * * * * *
Heather/
serenebabe: "But, Wendy, are you able to adopt all the children
who are living lives made up of abuse and neglect? [...]"
Wendy: "No, I can't adopt them all--should we kill them? [...]
Truth is--the world is imperfect and we can't make it
perfect. We can only do as much as we can do. Should
you ever adopt (most people who talk about it don't
follow through), you will have made someone's life
better. [...]
"True shame lies not in being unable to do more,
but in doing nothing."
So Heather, after all your Tsk-Tsk preaching to Wendy and your telling her
your hopes to have adopted children, surely you didn't choose to DOING
NOTHING, right?
You've been married for years--how many unwanted children did *you* save so
far by adopting them?
Show us how you can sail through the same test you presumed you had the right
to put Wendy through: How many of the children you adopted can you "confirm
came from mothers who lived in extraordinary poverty and/or abusive
situations", Heather? I mean, after all, Wendy only rescued FIVE children
from such situations. Of those *you* adopted, "how many of them were crack
babies? [...] How many of them have different skin color than you?" "How many
more children are you willing to adopt", Heather?
--
Sylvia
serenebabe
I was counting on you, Sylvia, to refresh my memory.
And, I'm one of those who talked about it but won't follow through.
Wendy Chatley Green
:On Dec 28, 12:21 am, Wendy Chatley Green <usern...@tampabay.rr.com>
Stupid doctor put me on a sugar-free diet. No fruitcake. No eggnog.
No cookies.
--
Wendy Chatley Green
PJ
Well, the lack of sugar will undoubtedly make you grouchy, which I, for
one, welcome. It's just been too uber-sweet here lately with everyone
complimenting everyone else, no insults, no arguing, no bitching, all
joy and love and sweetness and virtual hugs.
Did I just write that??
~ ~ ~
PJ
Wendy Chatley Green
wrote:
:
:"Wendy Chatley Green" <user...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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--
Wendy Chatley Green
Stan (the Man)
I believe the rope traditionally has 13 loops above the noose. Be sure you
throw it over something sturdy and place the knot below your ear, else you'll
choke to death rather than quickly snapping your neck, which could be
somewhat unpleasant.
HTH
--
Stan
PJ
> On 2008-12-28 00:21:06 -0500, Wendy Chatley Green
> <user...@tampabay.rr.com> said:
>
>> I just skimmed through 938 posts (all of December 2008 to-date).
>>
>> Have I missed anything?
>
> Hey, you are the FAQ woman, right? I know your name so well. I have the
> worst memory in the universe about who's who in m.w. Hope you don't get
> offended by that. But, it's really fabulous seeing your name here again!
I'm sure Wendy won't get offended because she's not the getting-offended
sort. But as someone who has hung out in this newsgroup on and off since
1996, I can't imagine anyone not remembering *exactly* who Wendy is
because for many years, she was a fixture here, just as Sal has been, as
well as Stan and Hound and many other original MWers. Remember
Misc.Writingville? You should, you used to participate in it. Give that
"worst memory" of yours a not-so-gentle nudge and you'll remember that
Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop. Yes, MWV
seems to be a thing of the past, and yes, Wendy has been away for a
while, but the name Wendy Chatley Green has always been synonymous with
misc.writing, and Heather, even with the world's worst memory, I cannot
and do not for one minute believe you don't remember that.
Plus, from what I can see on Google Groups, Wendy last posted here just
about one year ago. You've forgotten that too?
Next question: Why do you play these "Oh, my memory is just the worst!"
games? And they are quite obviously games, Heather. Maybe everyone
doesn't see it, but I do.
~ ~ ~
PJ
boots
Plenty of sugar-free fruitcakes here in MW.
boots
boots
Not to spring to Heather's defense (oooh, bad idea!), but as you'll
find out in years to come when your knees bang your tits with every
step, details go away with time. I was here before Wendy left, and
although I remember Wendy with nearly-fond respect, I don't remember
any of the details you quoted. I don't even remember Heather from
those times.
And don't make wisecracks about old men having tits, those are
pectoral muscles and I can lift an 18-wheeler with just one of them.
(Never go looking for a fight when it's easy just to start one!)
Bill Penrose
>...you'll remember that
> Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop.
There's enough population in MWV to support a shop that just sells
yams?
DB
Wendy Chatley Green
wrote:
Would you like to borrow my reading glasses?
--
Wendy (Most writers rarely buy yarns)
Chatley Green -- wcgreen_at_lycos.com
boots
>For some inexplicable reasons, Bill Penrose <danger...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>:On Dec 30, 12:50 pm, PJ <authores...@gmail.com> wrote:
>:>...you'll remember that
>:> Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop.
>:
>:There's enough population in MWV to support a shop that just sells
>:yams?
>
>Would you like to borrow my reading glasses?
I think it's the font. Arial makes "rn" look a lot like "m". Hey,
it's just a couple pixels difference.
serenebabe
Pretty sure I didn't even follow misc.writingville.
boots
>Wendy Chatley Green <user...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>For some inexplicable reasons, Bill Penrose <danger...@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>:On Dec 30, 12:50 pm, PJ <authores...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>:>...you'll remember that
>>:> Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop.
>>:
>>:There's enough population in MWV to support a shop that just sells
>>:yams?
>>
>>Would you like to borrow my reading glasses?
>
>I think it's the font. Arial makes "rn" look a lot like "m". Hey,
>it's just a couple pixels difference.
Arial makes "Arial" look "Anal". Heh.
gekko
<seren...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:gje63l$pup$1...@news.albasani.net...
You participated a couple of times.
--
gekko
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
serenebabe
> Nine out of ten dentists agree that serenebabe
> <seren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2008-12-30 14:50:03 -0500, PJ <autho...@gmail.com> said:
>>
>>> serenebabe wrote:
<...>
>> Pretty sure I didn't even follow misc.writingville.
>
> You participated a couple of times.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups/search?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&scoring=&lr=&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1996&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2007&as_ugroup=misc.writing&as_usubject=MWV&as_uauthors=serenebabe&safe=off
Oh,
>
thanks! After I wrote that, I thought, well, DAMN, even the most
reasonable m.w person might find it annoying I didn't look it up before
replying. So, I was going to go look it up. I mostly just remember
thinking, wow, they're having a lot of fun with that (and didn't think
of myself as participating).
gekko
news:gje78h$rcm$1...@news.albasani.net...
> I mostly just remember
> thinking, wow, they're having a lot of fun with that (and didn't
> think of myself as participating).
>
Hey, at least you remember MWVille.
I tried participating, but never really got the hang of it. I felt
too outside of it, so gave it up.
--
gekko
Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child -- if you parboil them
first for seven hours, they always come out tender. -- W. C. Fields
Sylvia
> Wendy Chatley Green wrote:
<...>
> > Stupid doctor put me on a sugar-free diet. No fruitcake. No eggnog.
> > No cookies.
>
> Well, the lack of sugar will undoubtedly make you grouchy, which I, for
> one, welcome. It's just been too uber-sweet here lately with everyone
> complimenting everyone else, no insults, no arguing, no bitching, all
> joy and love and sweetness and virtual hugs.
>
> Did I just write that??
<bristling>
YEAH, you *did*! You wanna make sumpthin' of it?
Here! Virtually hug *this*!
<reaching into cupboard>
<turning and flinging a pink Peep (tm) at Miz PJ>
summabitch! Missed!
Ahem... Here! Virtually hug *this*!
<reaching into cupboard>
<blink!>
<peering into cupboard>
HEY! Who et all the Peeps?
<reaching into middle drawer>
Here! Virtually hug *this*!
<turning and flinging a green dish towel at Miz PJ>
<watching dish towel flop onto floor 15 feet short of target>
<face reddens>
Yeah, well, yer just *lucky* that I suddenly remembered A Very Important
Appointment.
<running out of room>
--
Sylvia <--- Supreme Ruler of MW & a Petite Peep
"All power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat though."
Sylvia
Heather Denkmire/serenebabe <seren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> gekko said:
> > serenebabe wrote:
> >> PJ said:
> >>> serenebabe wrote:
.
>> >>>I have the worst memory in the universe about who's who in m.w. Hope
>> >>>you don't get offended by that. But, it's really fabulous seeing your
>> >>>name here again!
.
>> >>I'm sure Wendy won't get offended because she's not the
>> >>getting-offended sort. But as someone who has hung out in this
>> >>newsgroup on and off since 1996, I can't imagine anyone not
>> >>remembering *exactly* who Wendy is because for many years, she
>> >>was a fixture here, just as Sal has been, as well as Stan and
>> >>Hound and many other original MWers. Remember Misc.Writingville?
>> >>You should, you used to participate in it. Give that "worst
>> >>memory" of yours a not-so-gentle nudge and you'll remember that
>> >>Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop.
>> >>Yes, MWV seems to be a thing of the past, and yes, Wendy has been
>> >>away for a while, but the name Wendy Chatley Green has always
>> >>been synonymous with misc.writing, and Heather, even with the
>> >>world's worst memory, I cannot and do not for one minute believe
>> >>you don't remember that.
>> >>
>> >>Plus, from what I can see on Google Groups, Wendy last posted
>> >>here just about one year ago. You've forgotten that too?
>> >>
>> >>Next question: Why do you play these "Oh, my memory is just the
>> >>worst!" games? And they are quite obviously games, Heather. Maybe
>> >>everyone doesn't see it, but I do.
OMG! Me, too! Must be our (Official) MW Harpy Super Powers [OMWHSP]!
<preening!>
<checking Heather/serenebabe Pattern>
Time for her denial:
> >> Pretty sure I didn't even follow misc.writingville.
LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!
> > You participated a couple of times.
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/groups/search?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq
> > =&as_eq=&num=10&scoring=&lr=&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_m
> > inm=1&as_miny=1996&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2007&as_ugroup=misc.writing&a
> > s_usubject=MWV&as_uauthors=serenebabe&safe=off
BUSTED! (again)
Yep, there are your responses to MWV. So, Heather, how did you manage to
participate in it when you claim that you " didn't even follow
misc.writingville"? Were you using the same magic as Zen when he claimed he
*never* read my posts, though he replied to them?
Oh, I forgot--you've also claimed that you don't know who Zen is, either.
Yeah, right. (c)
> Oh, thanks!
<amused>
I'm pretty sure that link wasn't for your sake, Heather, you were already
aware that you knew about MWV. gekko's link disproves your denial of Miz PJ's
claim about you.
<checking Heather/serenebabe Pattern>
Time for her Weasel Shifting (c):
> After I wrote that, I thought, well, DAMN, even the most reasonable m.w
> person might find it annoying I didn't look it up before replying.
No one as much as suggested that you had any reason to look up MWV to know
about it, Heather. They *know* you know about it--you *participated* in it.
> So, I was going to go look it up. I mostly just remember thinking, wow,
> they're having a lot of fun with that
Heather, how could you remember that the MIGS who played in MWV had "a lot of
fun" when you also claim that you "didn't even follow misc.writingville"?
> (and didn't think of myself as participating).
Weasel. gekko responded to your claim that you didn't "even follow" it.
Besides, the MIGS who participated in MWV wrote themselves into the narrative.
*You* wrote yourself into the narrative. See how that's "participating"?
And, back to Miz PJ's point, which, golly, you seem to have forgotten:
"I can't imagine anyone not remembering *exactly* who Wendy
is because for many years, she was a fixture here [...]
"Why do you play these 'Oh, my memory is just the worst!' games?
And they are quite obviously games, Heather."
So, Heather, I don't suppose you're willing to address what Miz PJ actually
wrote, are ya?
--
Sylvia
Sylvia
Heather Denkmire/serenebabe <seren...@gmail.com> wrote:
.
> I was counting on you, Sylvia, to refresh my memory.
<amused>
It's not *your* memory I'm aimin' to refresh, Heather. Like Miz PJ, I also
know that you don't need it.
"I can't imagine anyone not remembering *exactly* who Wendy
is because for many years, she was a fixture here [...]
"Why do you play these 'Oh, my memory is just the worst!' games?
And they are quite obviously games, Heather."
-- Miz PJ
> And, I'm one of those who talked about it but won't follow through.
Nothing new there. And, it's clear that here you didn't just
"talk"--incredible as it is, you tried to shame Wendy with your hypocritical
holier-than-thou preaching about her adoption of five children.
<chortle!>
Didn't go over too well, did it? Considering your arrogant attitude, I thought
she was amazingly restrained. Still, Wendy certainly put you in yer place.
And, Heather, while I am more than convinced that you are so shallow that such
an incident could have left you untouched, no one could have posted here for
over ten years to the extent you have and not know who Wendy Chatley Green is.
--
Sylvia
"(I asked when I first came back to the newsgroup, but have
since forgotten most answers and would lo-ho-hove to know,
again, if you'd be willing to tell, again, and wow, this is a
long sentence, again, and no, I don't think I'm cute for doing
this, but, in fact, I am amusing myself as I do it.)"
-- serenebabe/Heather Feb 6 2008
chris....@gmail.com
> Nine out of ten dentists agree that serenebabe
>
>
>
> > On 2008-12-30 14:50:03 -0500, PJ <authores...@gmail.com> said:
>
> >> serenebabe wrote:
> >>> On 2008-12-28 00:21:06 -0500, Wendy Chatley Green
>
> --
> gekko
>
> Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
Good lord. That WAS fun. . .
Chris.tine
Sylvia
> PJ wrote:
.
> >...you'll remember that
> > Wendy was the proprietor of Hanks-A-Lot, MWVille's Yarn Shop.
>
> There's enough population in MWV to support a shop that just sells
> yams?
<blink!>
<making note to stock the Emporium with yams>
--
Sylvia <---- Supreme Ruler of MW & A Respectable Person of Bidness
Visit the MW Alphabet & Hat Emporium, Inc.
Conveniently located in downtown MW, near the Bridge of <Sigh>s
Sylvia
> Wendy Chatley Green wrote:
>
> > Have I missed anything?
.
> From my window, I can see that someone moved the Santa Catalina
> Mountains seven feet to the left during the night.
<very quiet chortle!>
<setting the Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance
mass spectrometer to move the mountains 14 feet to the right>
[CLICK!]
<shaking with suppressed laughter>
> I've called the cops.
<...>
<blink!>
<running away>
--
Sylvia (don't tell, 'K?)
"Either I'm holding the fucking thing upside down, or
God's Plan for Us All is a Mass Ion Furrier Thingy..."
-- Mr. Hope
boots
$Zero
wrote:
[...]
> Good lord. That WAS fun. . .
>
> Chris.tine
Chris.tine!
how have you been?
what have you been doing?
what are your thoughts on the new direction of America?
and welcome back.
-$Zero...
and that's just for starters
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e4a0d5e0d2ecb1e1
chris....@gmail.com
Hi, Zero.
I've been at the avant garde of American culture--losing my job in
August, before everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon.
The new direction of America? What would that be? Things will get
worse for people like me before they get better. Maybe that will
finally force us to try something different. I'm glad we elected
Obama. I don't have great expectations but I have some hope that we
may finally come to our senses, and in times like these, that's
something.
Chris.tine
PJ
> I've been at the avant garde of American culture--losing my job in
> August, before everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon.
I'm so sorry, Chris.
~ ~ ~
PJ
chris....@gmail.com
Thanks, PJ. You know what's it's like in this part of the world.
.Tine
$Zero
wrote:
> On Jan 1, 5:36 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 1, 5:18 pm, "chris.edit...@gmail.com" <chris.edit...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > [...]
>
> > > Good lord. That WAS fun. . .
>
> > > Chris.tine
>
> > Chris.tine!
>
> > how have you been?
>
> > what have you been doing?
>
> > what are your thoughts on the new direction of America?
>
> > and welcome back.
>
> > -$Zero...
>
> > and that's just for starters
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e4a0d5e0d2ecb1e1
>
> > http://ZeroRants.com
>
> Hi, Zero.
>
> I've been at the avant garde of American culture--losing my job in
> August, before everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon.
amusingly put.
> The new direction of America?
yep.
> What would that be?
whatever we want it to be, of course.
> Things will get
> worse for people like me before they get better.
not necessarily.
> Maybe that will
> finally force us to try something different.
now there's a novel idea.
> I'm glad we elected Obama.
he was elected?
yikes.
i thought he was created in a think-tank somewhere.
> I don't have great expectations
flag on the play!
> but I have some hope that we
> may finally come to our senses,
you utterly silly person!
> and in times like these, that's something.
oh well.
so much for that hope, then.
-$Zero...
boring boring boring
boring boring boring
it needed to be said.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/c7b7ab9a8b4280fd
Imagine Captain Kirk Doing the Promo
http://mustbuytees.com
Sylvia
<...>
> Hi, Zero.
>
> I've been at the avant garde of American culture--losing my job in
> August, before everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon.
<...>
This truly sucks. Sorry, and hope you find a new job soon.
--
Sylvia
chris....@gmail.com
> boring boring boring
> boring boring boring
> it needed to be said.
We're all utterly predictable after all these years. Why state the
obvious?
Chris.tine
$Zero
because i'm utterly predictable?
-$Zero...
Wherever two or more people gather in
the spirit of love, it's a bickerfest!
http://bickerfest.com
i learned about my accountability
for eavesdropping in restaurants.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e5471d6a5c997c67
serenebabe
> On Jan 13, 12:25 am, "chris.edit...@gmail.com"
> <chris.edit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 4, 2:16 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> boring boring boring
>>> boring boring boring
>>> it needed to be said.
>>
>> We're all utterly predictable after all these years.
>> Why state the obvious?
>
> because i'm utterly predictable?
But here you both are, giving some of us some smiles. :-)
--
It's All About We! (the column)
http://www.serenebabe.net/ - new 1/2