Happy Birthday!
zoara
It's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
Happy Birthday, Andrew!
-z-
You share your birthday with:
1515 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (died 1578)
1676 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (died 1764)
1713 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (died 1793)
1715 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist
(died 1774)
1720 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister and patriot (died 1766)
1747 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (died 1807)
1765 - Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (died 1831)
1789 - John Ruggles, American politician (died 1874)
1818 - John Henninger Reagan, American and Confederate politician
(died 1905)
1834 - Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer (died 1905)
1850 - Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (died 1936)
1863 - Edythe Chapman, American actress (died 1948)
1864 - Ozias Leduc, Québécois painter (died 1955)
1870 - Louis Vierne, French organist (died 1937)
1877 - Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (died 1968)
1883 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel
Prize laureate (died 1970)
1887 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (died 1956)
1888 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (died 1964)
1889 - C. E. Woolman, American airline founder (died 1966)
1890 - Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (died 1973)
1890 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)
1895 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (died 1974)
1895 - Zog I, King of Albania (died 1961)
1896 - Julien Duvivier, French film director (died 1967)
1901 - Doris Allen, American psychologist (died 2002)
1901 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist
(died 1977)
1910 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (died 1999)
1910 - Gus Hall, American union organizer and Communist Party leader
(died 2000)
1910 - Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died 2003)
1917 - Billy Conn, American boxer (died 1993)
1917 - Walter Lord, American author (died 2002)
1917 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (died 1976)
1917 - Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1985)
1918 - Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 - Frank Herbert, American writer (died 1986)
1924 - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1927 - Jim Elliot, American missionary (died 1956)
1927 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine (died 2002)
1928 - Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
1928 - Bill Maynard, British actor
1932 - Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
1936 - Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist
1938 - Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
1938 - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
1939 - Paul Hogan, Australian actor
1940 - Fred Cash, American soul singer (The Impressions)
1941 - Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist
1943 - Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
1943 - R. L. Stine, American author
1944 - Susan Raye, American country singer
1946 - Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director
1946 - Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman and Presidential candidate
1948 - Sarah Purcell, American television host
1948 - Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (died 2004)
1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress
1950 - Robert Kool Bell, American musician (Kool & the Gang)
1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician
1955 - Bill Elliott, NASCAR driver, 1988 series champion
1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
1956 - Jeff Lahti, baseball player
1958 - Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist
1959 - Nick Bakay, American actor, voice actor, and comedian
1959 - Mike Morgan, baseball player
1960 - François Pérusse, Québécois humorist, sketch writer and musician
(2 minutes du peuple)
1964 - CeCe Winans, American singer
1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian
1965 - C-Jay Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones)
1966 - Art Barr, Professional wrestler
1968 - Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)
1969 - Julia Ann, American porn actress
1969 - Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese Video Games Director, Character Designer
and Concept Designer
1972 - DJ Q-Ball, American Musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1973 - Rhys Evans, Renowned Welsh born raconteur and street performer
1976 - Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
1977 - Anne-Caroline Chausson, French down hill mountain bike rider
1979 - Kristanna Loken, American actress and model
1980 - Mike Mizanin, American professional wrestler and host of
Smackdown!
1985 - Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer and singer
1987 - Dustin Breeding, of the boy band B5
On this day in history:
314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I
at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
451 - At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session
of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
1480 - Great standing on the Ugra river
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does
not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 - San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Perryville - Union forces under
General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of
Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at
Perryville, Kentucky.
1871 - Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in
Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee,
Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire is the most famous of these,
having left nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the Peshtigo
Fire killed as many as 2,500 people making it the deadliest fire
in United States history.
1888 - Melville Fuller is sworn in as the 8th Chief Justice of the
United States.
1895 - Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated.
1912 - First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
1918 - World War I - In the Argonne Forest in France, United States
Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German
soldiers and captures 132.
1927 - In Game 4 of the 1927 Stanley Cup, Boston Bruins defenseman Billy
Coutu starts a brawl, punching referee Jerry LaFlamme. As a
result, Billy Coutu is the first player to be suspended for life
from the NHL.
1927 - Murderers' Row New York Yankees sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates to
win the 1927 World Series in four games.
1932 - The Indian Air Force is established.
1939 - World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
1941 - World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany
reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1944 - The radio show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts
1952 - A three-train disaster in London kills 112 people.
1956 - New York Yankees baseball pitcher Don Larsen pitches first (and
only) perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956
World Series.
1957 - Baseball: Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to
move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California
1962 - Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt
abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO
manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of
the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from
the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason.
1967 - Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1968 - Vietnam War: Operation Sealords - United States and South
Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
1970 - Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US
President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver
to deceive world opinion."
1978 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record
of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 - Poland bans Solidarity.
1990 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill
17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock
mosque on the Temple Mount
1991 - The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia
1998 - Oslo Airport Gardermoen, Norway opens.
1999 - New Coligny Calendar, NCC, The beginning of a new era of the
Colignay Calendar, the oldest material Celtic calendar.
2001 - A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy
killing 118.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the
Office of Homeland Security, which will be headed by Tom Ridge.
2003 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark's engagement to Australian
lawyer Mary Donaldson is announced
2004 - Martha Stewart goes to jail.
2004 - Schapelle Corby is arrested for drug smuggling in Bali.
2005 - The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50
UTC.
Deaths on this day
976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (born 1217)
1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (born 1265)
1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist and economist
1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)
1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (born 1602)
1656 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (born 1585)
1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian
1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (born 1678)
1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (born 1707)
1772 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (born 1711)
1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary and businessman (born 1737)
1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer
(born 1725)
1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (born 1721)
1834 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (born 1775)
1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (born 1804)
1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer
(born 1809)
1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (born 1830)
1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (born 1889)
1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (born 1865)
1936 - William Henry Stark, Business leader (born 1851)
1936 - Red Ames, Baseball player (born 1882)
1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer
1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician and Presidential candidate
(born 1892)
1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (born 1869)
1952 - Joe Adams, Baseball player (born 1877)
1953 - Nigel Bruce, British actor (born 1895)
1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (born 1912)
1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (born 1886)
1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1883)
1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (born 1934)
1970 - Jean Giono, French author (born 1895)
1973 - Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (born 1889)
1982 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (born 1916)
1982 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace
activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1889)
1983 - Joan Hackett, American actress (born 1934)
1992 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace
Prize (born 1913)
1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (died 1913)
1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (born 1915)
2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (born 1930)
BBC: On This Day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8
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THONK BOKE
D.M. Procida
> 1910 - Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died 2003)
> 1917 - Billy Conn, American boxer (died 1993)
> 1917 - Walter Lord, American author (died 2002)
These lists are quite interesting, but don't you think it's a bit
ghoulish the way they just tell you when the person died?
I'd quite like to know when they were born as well.
Daniele
Gareth Slee
> t's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
> Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
Happy Birthday that man!
--
Gareth Slee
PeterD
> 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does
> not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Well Happy Birthday Andrew, but not Buon Compleanno, Wszystkiego
najlepszego z okazji urodzin, Feliz Aniversário or ĄFelíz Cumpleańos!
--
Pd
PeterD
A.Lee
I'd pretty much say that the year before their name may have something
to do with their birth year, and presumably today is their birth date.
Alan.
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Chris Ridd
>
> It's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
> Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
>
> Happy Birthday, Andrew!
>
> -z-
>
>
>
> You share your birthday with:
>
> 1972 - DJ Q-Ball, American Musician (Bloodhound Gang)
> 1987 - Dustin Breeding, of the boy band B5
:-)
Hope you had a good day!
Cheers,
Chris
zoara
I will add documentation to the next list, explaining how to use it.
-z-
--
THONK BOKE
David Kennedy
> It's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
> Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
>
> Happy Birthday, Andrew!
>
Indeed. Hope you had a good one.
--
David Kennedy
D.M. Procida
> > > 1910 - Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died 2003)
> > > 1917 - Billy Conn, American boxer (died 1993)
> > > 1917 - Walter Lord, American author (died 2002)
> >
> > These lists are quite interesting, but don't you think it's a bit
> > ghoulish the way they just tell you when the person died?
> >
> > I'd quite like to know when they were born as well.
>
> I'd pretty much say that the year before their name may have something
> to do with their birth year, and presumably today is their birth date.
All on the same day!? Wouldn't that a be a bit of a coincidence?
Daniele
Andrew Stephenson
as to those who planned to do it then found owls and/or wombats
had foiled them). And to that wondrously mysterious mechanism,
the Birthday-O-Matic, and its stalwart Duty Engineer.
It was a pretty good day, all in all. Nice weather. As per my
annual ritual, I picked the apples off my Spartan tree (24 came
to term this year). Spent the pm and early eve with friends in
town. Rec'd two phone calls, one from well-wishing friend, the
other from sister in NZ (also wishing well). Did a bit of non-
stressful computing. Yawned. Scratched. Wrote this...
--
Andrew Stephenson
Sara Kirk
<gax....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Indeedy, a little belated from me (as ever) but hope it was fun.
--
Sara
I've lost Lord Byron's pic somehow. When I find it linky will be resumed.
Bella Jones
> It's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
> Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
>
> Happy Birthday, Andrew!
A very late meny hapy returns between putting down my wombat and running
off to work.
60?? me though you were younger than moi!
PeterD
> 60?? me though you were younger than moi!
Egnilsh sometimes hard she is sense sentecen makell do.
--
Pd
Chris Ridd
> zoara <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> It's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
>> Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
>>
>> Happy Birthday, Andrew!
>
>
> A very late meny hapy returns between putting down my wombat and running
> off to work.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you going to get another wombat?
Cheers,
Chris
Flavio Matani
> In article <1hmwmms.1feribv8vnidcN%gax....@ntlworld.com>, Gareth Slee
> <gax....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> > zoara <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > t's a little late in the day, but hopefully not too late to say "Happy
> > > Birthday!" to Andrew Stephenson, who is the big six-oh today!
> >
> >
> > Happy Birthday that man!
>
> Indeedy, a little belated from me (as ever) but hope it was fun.
Wot she sed, hope you had a very good one.
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flavio matani
guitar tuition
homepage.mac.com/flavio_matani/guitar/
www.livejournal.com/users/flavius_m/
Bella Jones
Heh.
"I have two children to bring up. And yet I do not remember having
eaten them."
--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
Bella Jones
Fuck off.
PeterD
> PeterD <pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 60?? me though you were younger than moi!
> >
> > Egnilsh sometimes hard she is sense sentecen makell do.
>
> Fuck off.
Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
--
Pd
Sara Kirk
m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
> PeterD <pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 60?? me though you were younger than moi!
> >
> > Egnilsh sometimes hard she is sense sentecen makell do.
>
> Fuck off.
No mistaking that sentiment ;-)
How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
1. A friend[2] of mine used to do a job that meant popping over to
Northern Ireland for the odd day here and there. One day he was looking
through a local paper there and was very pleased to see that many of the
flat-share and lonely hearts ads. stated that the occupants/lonely
hearts were not involved in 'the troubles'. Until someone else pointed
out that 'ns' in an ad. meant the same in NI as it did in London.
2. You've met him in fact, the ambulance man who came to your birthday
dinner.
--
Sara
Not sure what happened to Byron, he'll be back as soon as I can find him.
zoara
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> PeterD <pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 60?? me though you were younger than moi!
>>>
>>> Egnilsh sometimes hard she is sense sentecen makell do.
>>
>> Fuck off.
>
> Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
In a white sheet and chains?
-z-
--
iPod killer, coming zune.
zoara
> It was a pretty good day, all in all. Nice weather. As per my
> annual ritual, I picked the apples off my Spartan tree (24 came
> to term this year). Spent the pm and early eve with friends in
> town. Rec'd two phone calls, one from well-wishing friend, the
> other from sister in NZ (also wishing well). Did a bit of non-
> stressful computing. Yawned. Scratched. Wrote this...
Sounds like a good day to me... :)
Andrew Stephenson
m...@privacy.net "Bella Jones" writes:
Er, o-kay, I'll play along with that impossible possibility. ;-)
--
Andrew Stephenson
Andrew Stephenson
net...@fastmail.fm "zoara" writes:
Yup. Doing okay so far. Hoping to make it through the remaining
364 'til the next Spartan crop. By then maybe I'll have an Apple
for my desktop: a megascreen, gigaRAM, Anthill-Inside job running
a full set of OSes courtesy of Parallels. And broadband. And...
One can dream.
BTW, my supplementary "ta"s to the supplementary well-wishers.
--
Andrew Stephenson
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmxwo5.14ntudf70vuzoN%m...@privacy.net>,
> m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
> > Fuck off.
>
> No mistaking that sentiment ;-)
>
> How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
twangs of craving but very briefly. I feel so much better. Ran round
the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
mid-life crisis though.
> 1. A friend[2] of mine used to do a job that meant popping over to
> Northern Ireland for the odd day here and there. One day he was looking
> through a local paper there and was very pleased to see that many of the
> flat-share and lonely hearts ads. stated that the occupants/lonely
> hearts were not involved in 'the troubles'. Until someone else pointed
> out that 'ns' in an ad. meant the same in NI as it did in London.
Um - non sectarian??
> 2. You've met him in fact, the ambulance man who came to your birthday
> dinner.
Oh yes...
Bella Jones
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > PeterD <pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 60?? me though you were younger than moi!
> > >
> > > Egnilsh sometimes hard she is sense sentecen makell do.
> >
> > Fuck off.
>
> Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
You are teh dweebtard.
Sara Kirk
m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
> Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hmxwo5.14ntudf70vuzoN%m...@privacy.net>,
> > m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
>
> > > Fuck off.
> >
> > No mistaking that sentiment ;-)
> >
> > How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
>
> I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> talking about. :-)
Oops - sorry - thought it was obvious.
> It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> twangs of craving but very briefly. I feel so much better. Ran round
> the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> mid-life crisis though.
>
> > 1. A friend[2] of mine used to do a job that meant popping over to
> > Northern Ireland for the odd day here and there. One day he was looking
> > through a local paper there and was very pleased to see that many of the
> > flat-share and lonely hearts ads. stated that the occupants/lonely
> > hearts were not involved in 'the troubles'. Until someone else pointed
> > out that 'ns' in an ad. meant the same in NI as it did in London.
>
> Um - non sectarian??
Yup, all these people were of course merely letting everyone know they
didn't smoke.
>
> > 2. You've met him in fact, the ambulance man who came to your birthday
> > dinner.
>
> Oh yes...
--
Sara Kirk
m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
> > How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
>
> I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> twangs of craving but very briefly. I feel so much better. Ran round
> the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> mid-life crisis though.
Yay and oooo. I've had a few of the latter, they do sort of pass. Honest.
PeterD
> > > Fuck off.
> >
> > Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
>
> You are teh dweebtard.
Okay, I'm wooed.
--
Pd
Woody
> Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hmxwo5.14ntudf70vuzoN%m...@privacy.net>,
> > m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
>
> > > Fuck off.
> >
> > No mistaking that sentiment ;-)
> >
> > How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
>
> I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> twangs of craving but very briefly.
There are times of those, but they pass quickly.
Now I look at smokers and it seems a really odd thing to do. It seems a
lifetime away!
> the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> mid-life crisis though.
Oh nothing wrong with mid-life crises.
--
Woody
Woody
> Thank you to everyone who proffered birthday greetings (as well
> as to those who planned to do it then found owls and/or wombats
> had foiled them).
Those bastards always get in the way. Bloody wombats.
--
Woody
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmxy4j.1pyftjq1h718wjN%m...@privacy.net>,
> m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
>
> > > How's it going with the ns[1], btw?
> >
> > I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> > talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> > twangs of craving but very briefly. I feel so much better. Ran round
> > the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> > mid-life crisis though.
>
> Yay and oooo. I've had a few of the latter, they do sort of pass. Honest.
I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
husk. Human detritus. Past it.
Sorry, wrong ng! I'll get my wombat.
Bella Jones
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
[no smoking]
> >
> > I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> > talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> > twangs of craving but very briefly.
>
> There are times of those, but they pass quickly.
>
> Now I look at smokers and it seems a really odd thing to do. It seems a
> lifetime away!
I am starting to feel that way too. Although now that I am so straight
edge, someone asked me the other day if I was going to reintroduce some
kind of intoxicant at some point.
> > the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> > mid-life crisis though.
>
> Oh nothing wrong with mid-life crises.
Bah. This one is orrible.
Bella Jones
IRTA 'got wood'.
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
{{{{Bella}}}}
> Sorry, wrong ng! I'll get my wombat.
Very much the right ng - where else would you go to be morose amongst
friends?
I have a wombat that I brought back from Down There a few years ago. I
could lend it to you if you'd like.
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> PeterD <pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Fuck off.
> > > >
> > > > Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
> > >
> > > You are teh dweebtard.
> >
> > Okay, I'm wooed.
>
> IRTA 'got wood'.
Lost interest in everything, eh?
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmybtq.1cn3lp1dza90xN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
[MLC angst]
> > > Yay and oooo. I've had a few of the latter, they do sort of pass. Honest.
> >
> > I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
> > Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
> > 90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
> > husk. Human detritus. Past it.
> >
> {{{{Bella}}}}
Aw, thanks. :-)
> > Sorry, wrong ng! I'll get my wombat.
>
> Very much the right ng - where else would you go to be morose amongst
> friends?
This is true. It seems somehow undignified to be morose at my age.
Perhaps I need testosterone patches.
> I have a wombat that I brought back from Down There a few years ago. I
> could lend it to you if you'd like.
*cackle* <points> Sara's got wombats in her growler!
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmyciz.1taih311eeltjxN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Fuck off.
> > > > >
> > > > > Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
> > > >
> > > > You are teh dweebtard.
> > >
> > > Okay, I'm wooed.
> >
> > IRTA 'got wood'.
>
> Lost interest in everything, eh?
I could now go into a *massive rant* about certain issues. But will
not, for fear of pity and ridicule.
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hmybtq.1cn3lp1dza90xN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> > <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> [MLC angst]
>
> > > > Yay and oooo. I've had a few of the latter, they do sort of pass.
> > > > Honest.
> > >
> > > I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
> > > Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
> > > 90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
> > > husk. Human detritus. Past it.
> > >
> > {{{{Bella}}}}
>
> Aw, thanks. :-)
>
> > > Sorry, wrong ng! I'll get my wombat.
> >
> > Very much the right ng - where else would you go to be morose amongst
> > friends?
>
> This is true. It seems somehow undignified to be morose at my age.
> Perhaps I need testosterone patches.
>
> > I have a wombat that I brought back from Down There a few years ago. I
> > could lend it to you if you'd like.
>
> *cackle* <points> Sara's got wombats in her growler!
Four-wheeled carriage used as a street cab? I think not!
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hmyciz.1taih311eeltjxN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> > <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > Fuck off.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Later sweetie. First you have to woo me.
> > > > >
> > > > > You are teh dweebtard.
> > > >
> > > > Okay, I'm wooed.
> > >
> > > IRTA 'got wood'.
> >
> > Lost interest in everything, eh?
>
> I could now go into a *massive rant* about certain issues. But will
> not, for fear of pity and ridicule.
Oh - gowarn!
Woody
heheh - how can you have a midlife crisis while you are still in your
childhood :-)
--
Woody
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmyhaj.17z6ynmqmk2uxN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > *cackle* <points> Sara's got wombats in her growler!
>
> Four-wheeled carriage used as a street cab? I think not!
Hon, you are *way* ahead of me tonight!
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmyhat.xl404rcflf3kN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > IRTA 'got wood'.
> > >
> > > Lost interest in everything, eh?
> >
> > I could now go into a *massive rant* about certain issues. But will
> > not, for fear of pity and ridicule.
>
> Oh - gowarn!
Just the very ordinary ravings of a 40 year old lady.
Bella Jones
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
[...]
> >
> > > I have a wombat that I brought back from Down There a few years ago. I
> > > could lend it to you if you'd like.
> >
> > *cackle* <points> Sara's got wombats in her growler!
>
> heheh - how can you have a midlife crisis while you are still in your
> childhood :-)
Yes, that is one thing that keeps me going. :-)
And nature, in all its wonderful permutations:
<http://www.wolfdenz.org/tapir.jpg>
Peter Ceresole
> Just the very ordinary ravings of a 40 year old lady.
Good age, 40. From what I remember. Even if slightly fraught; the
mid-life you know, But that really does pass. And it's a wonderful
vintage for women. But I reckon 50 was better, in every sense.
Lots to look forward to, honest.
--
Peter
PeterD
> I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
> Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
> 90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
> husk. Human detritus. Past it.
Awww. (((Hugs)))
--
Pd
zoara
Vewy, vewy wooed.
-z-
--
THONK BOKE
zoara
> I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
> Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
> 90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
> husk. Human detritus. Past it.
Yikes.
I know webfurtling isn't often the best way to get out of the doldrums
[1] but I've found 43folders to have useful tips on getting things
started when you aren't feeling motivated. Google for "work the dash"
and "10+2*5".
I'm sure you're aware that there's a negative feedback loop going on
here, but just that first little bit of stuff (whether it be manuscript
related or just doing something that makes you feel good but feels like
too much effort) can turn it into a positive loop.
That came out pretty damned cheesy Merkin-style self-help guru, didn't
it? Wasn't meant to. I just know the feeling of having mountains of
Stuff and not being able to sum up the motivation to even get out of
bed.
-zoara-
[1] That's not meant to be belittling; I can tell they are *big*
doldrums.
--
THONK BOKE
Woody
> Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hmyhaj.17z6ynmqmk2uxN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
> > <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > *cackle* <points> Sara's got wombats in her growler!
> >
> > Four-wheeled carriage used as a street cab? I think not!
>
> Hon, you are *way* ahead of me tonight!
Way ahead of everyone I would imagine!
--
Woody
Bella Jones
Thanks, mate. Really this has been a horrid horrid year.
At least I can comfort myself with the thought that someone out there is
more fecked and misguided than I am, and thought that a cuddly wolverine
was a good idea:
<http://www.jeannieshouse.com/forest_friends/wolverine/wolverine.html>
And they wonder why they went out of business??
Bella Jones
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I hope so. This one is shite. Lost interest in everything. Lonely.
> > Lost all creativity and ambition. Blocked. Looking with horror at
> > 90,000 word manuscript that needs total rewrite. On the skids. I am a
> > husk. Human detritus. Past it.
>
> Yikes.
Sorry for the theatricality, but it's all looking like a bad joke. ergh.
> I know webfurtling isn't often the best way to get out of the doldrums
> [1] but I've found 43folders to have useful tips on getting things
> started when you aren't feeling motivated. Google for "work the dash"
> and "10+2*5".
Haven't seen that. I actually tried doing the 'Morning Pages' in the
last two weeks, and it might have had some effect actually, but at the
same time, rambling about miserable childhood stuff and the grim past
just doesn't seem to be a great thing to do to yourself every day at
7am.
> I'm sure you're aware that there's a negative feedback loop going on
> here, but just that first little bit of stuff (whether it be manuscript
> related or just doing something that makes you feel good but feels like
> too much effort) can turn it into a positive loop.
Yes, this is true.
> That came out pretty damned cheesy Merkin-style self-help guru, didn't
> it? Wasn't meant to. I just know the feeling of having mountains of
> Stuff and not being able to sum up the motivation to even get out of
> bed.
The scary thing is that I am only half bothered about the mountains of
stuff. I am not prostrate with misery, just zombied out.
> [1] That's not meant to be belittling; I can tell they are *big*
> doldrums.
I was going to say 'don't be 40, ever, especially if you are a woman'
but I don't mean it actually.
Andrew Stephenson
m...@privacy.net "Bella Jones" writes:
> I could now go into a *massive rant* about certain issues. But
> will not, for fear of pity and ridicule.
Try playing Bach's softly relaxing "Air On A G-String" while also
not thinking of either cigars[*] or linguistic ambiguities[**].
[* : This could date at least one of us.]
[** : As a gentleman and devout coward, I refuse to elaborate.]
--
Andrew Stephenson
Sara Kirk
m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
>
> I was going to say 'don't be 40, ever, especially if you are a woman'
> but I don't mean it actually.
It's fine once you get over the initial shock of being there. I'll be
hitting 45 soonish, and I'm finding life pretty good right now.
PeterD
> Google for "work the dash"
> and "10+2*5".
You what? I googled for "10+2*5" and got:
- Distribution and impact of helminth diseases of livestock
and
- Aspects of the Breeding Biology of the Magellanic Penguin
as you would expect.
--
Pd
Sara Kirk
pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote:
To say nothing of "Non-contact mapping to guide catheter ablation of
untolerated ventricular tachycardia" which was irresistible. One of the
contributors is called Bella, too.
Roger Merriman
> Woody <use...@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> [no smoking]
> > >
> > > I had to read your post about three times before I got what you were
> > > talking about. :-) It's going well actually - no slip ups. Occasional
> > > twangs of craving but very briefly.
> >
> > There are times of those, but they pass quickly.
> >
> > Now I look at smokers and it seems a really odd thing to do. It seems a
> > lifetime away!
>
> I am starting to feel that way too. Although now that I am so straight
> edge, someone asked me the other day if I was going to reintroduce some
> kind of intoxicant at some point.
tell them you don't need the drugs life is just weired enought already
;-)
>
> > > the park and then walked five miles yesterday. Shame I'm having a
> > > mid-life crisis though.
> >
> > Oh nothing wrong with mid-life crises.
>
> Bah. This one is orrible.
meep
roger
Bella Jones
> In article <1hmynrf.1crk0rmnr4lvyN%m...@privacy.net>,
> m...@privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote:
> > I was going to say 'don't be 40, ever, especially if you are a woman'
> > but I don't mean it actually.
>
> It's fine once you get over the initial shock of being there. I'll be
> hitting 45 soonish, and I'm finding life pretty good right now.
I was looking forward to it a lot. But there have been rude shocks, I
can tell you. Anyway, feh - the joke is on the world. I have just done
two laps of the lake, so there! On Sunday I did one lap, and then a
five mile walk. So double there, world!
Bella Jones
Sigh. Such delightful vulgarity!
Anyway, sorry to drag down your birthday thread with my wombaty
whinings.
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
Yeah! You tell it.
zoara
Gosh.
I meant this:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:43folders.com+10%2B2*5
leading to
http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025/
-z-
--
THONK BOKE