Callahanicon...some notes from the field...
The Curmudgeon
>
>JanetM
Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a few
of my own observations:
- Best straight line: When upon recieving a phone call, Sam Diamond PI came
out and announced, fully seriously, "Rose can't find her corset. Does
anyone here remember where she left it last night?"
- Bean Bags instead of peanuts
- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
- Collecting all those birthday kisses! (And anyone who got the picture of
me surrounded by all those wondrous women....please please please send me
one? I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven...or Lady Sally's).
- Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being COMPLETELY
LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
- More food than you can shake a staff at...
- Hearing music that sounded like it was floating from a cloud...and
realising it was the product of a living breathing instrument.
Thank you Beki, Rose, and everyone else for making my intro to this world a
wondrous one...and on to next year ;-)
Don Speirs
AKA Curmudgeon
Posted/Mailed.
Lee S. Billings
says...
>Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a
>few of my own observations:
>
>- Best straight line: When upon recieving a phone call, Sam Diamond PI
came
>out and announced, fully seriously, "Rose can't find her corset. Does
>anyone here remember where she left it last night?"
ROTFL!! I can just hear this...
>- Bean Bags instead of peanuts
>
>- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
>
>- Collecting all those birthday kisses! (And anyone who got the
picture of
>me surrounded by all those wondrous women....please please please send
>me one? I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven...or Lady Sally's).
<sly chuckle> I see it worked, then...
>- Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being
COMPLETELY
>LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
>screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
It used to be a lot more fun, before the point of the game became to
see how much more profanity you could use than the next person. :-(
>- More food than you can shake a staff at...
>
>- Hearing music that sounded like it was floating from a cloud...and
>realising it was the product of a living breathing instrument.
Ooh, somebody got his first exposure to hammered dulcimer! Oh, drat --
I left Xzerrion and Crow off my list of patrons I'd really like to meet
someday (XthreadX). If you want suggestions for CDs that show off this
instrument, e-mail me...
>Thank you Beki, Rose, and everyone else for making my intro to this
>world a wondrous one...and on to next year ;-)
Glad you had such a good time!
Celine
--
"It is perhaps one of life's more interesting ironies that, of the many
who beseech the Goddess to send them love, so few will accept it when
it comes, because it has come in what they consider the wrong shape, or
the wrong size, or at the wrong time. Against our prejudices, even the
Goddess strives in vain." -- Diane Duane, _The Door Into Fire_
Sxcc
was:
>- More food than you can shake a staff at...
The grizzly ambles over to the corner and picks up Catchild's walking stick,
almost unused since the SCA's 30-Year celebration. He opens an X-Window,
displaying the food of which the Curmudgeon spoke. Grinning hugely, he starts
to wave the stick near the window -- and then looks shocked as he realizes that
the stick is not moving, although he is shaking *himself* back and forth.
"Well, I'll be. First time that's ever happened."
Warin (no, I'm not staff -- just a member of it)
Warin the grizzly bear and Catchild the smallish black panther
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> - Best straight line: ... "Rose can't find her corset. Does
> anyone here remember where she left it last night?"
Whoowee! The few seconds of total silence following that remark told it
all.
> - The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
Or singing a homonymy of Row, row, row your boat with itself
backwards...
"Dream a but is Life..."
> - More food than you can shake a staff at...
> - Hearing music that sounded like it was floating from a cloud...and
> realising it was the product of a living breathing instrument.
Whew! What a realspace adventure in Seattle. I left a cold, cloudy and
humid San Jose and went to a hot and sunny Seattle??? Strange weather.
Thanks Rose, Beki and everyone else for a wonderful time at
Callahanicon98, Seattle. That Saturday BBQ was stupendous: great food
(oooo the salmon, yummm), the salads and ultradecadent desserts. Imagine
(well, no, I ate bits of all of them) Gran Marnier, Khalua, and Ginger
liquors held in a sense chocolate matrix. Song, dance and merriment,
wow!
I had a great time there. It's always fun to meet the RL behind the VR.
I still haven't attached names to all the faces, but a few vidshots can
be seen at:
http://www.well.com/user/selene/Callahanicon98/
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HGEllison
>dp1don says...
<I think that's Curmudgeon...>
>>Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a
>>few of my own observations:
>>
>>- Best straight line: When upon recieving a phone call, Sam Diamond PI
>came
>>out and announced, fully seriously, "Rose can't find her corset. Does
>>anyone here remember where she left it last night?"
One I'd nominate is from Beki: "I'm a *mom*, don't *mess* with me."
>
>ROTFL!! I can just hear this...
>
>>- Bean Bags instead of peanuts
>>
>>- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
A fishous reply to bad puns (besides a deluge of beanbags): a smack
from the tail of Thwap the Trout. The Wysard was a favorite victim -
and rightly so.
>>
>>- Collecting all those birthday kisses! (And anyone who got the
>picture of
>>me surrounded by all those wondrous women....please please please send
>>me one? I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven...or Lady Sally's).
>
><sly chuckle> I see it worked, then...
<snip>
>>- More food than you can shake a staff at...
>>
>>- Hearing music that sounded like it was floating from a cloud...and
>>realising it was the product of a living breathing instrument.
>
>Ooh, somebody got his first exposure to hammered dulcimer! Oh, drat --
>I left Xzerrion and Crow off my list of patrons I'd really like to meet
>someday (XthreadX). If you want suggestions for CDs that show off this
>instrument, e-mail me...
I didn't witness any 'cutest couple' competition, but they'd have been
in the running. Draco has a picture up showing Xzerrion in his
natural state - playing, of course! ;-)
I don't want you to have to search through for Draco's announcement,
so before you ask here's the url:
http://www.well.com/user/selene/Callahanicon98/
>
>>Thank you Beki, Rose, and everyone else for making my intro to this
>>world a wondrous one...and on to next year ;-)
>
And Elephant Child, and Mike Disher, and Confucious, et al for making
it the success it was this year.
HGEllison<of>hotmail...
Eleri
>- Best straight line: When upon recieving a phone call, Sam Diamond PI came
>out and announced, fully seriously, "Rose can't find her corset. Does
>anyone here remember where she left it last night?"
Gesi wrote down a whole ton of memorable quotes from the weekend
(includidng "I get to work over the dead body" and "Maybe you should
fake and orgasm") for Pixel to drool over...
>- Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being COMPLETELY
>LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
>screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
You did look a bit like you'd been thwaped by a 2x4, luv :)
Don't worry, you wren't missing much. Some of our dialouge was *much*
funnier. If you really want to know, go rent it from yer local vidieo
huckster :)
Eleri
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John Vinson
<dp1...@oakharbor.net> wrote:
>>So -- how was the Con?
>>
>>JanetM
>
>
>Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a few
>of my own observations:
>...
John the Wysard, head still spinning (maybe all those Thwacks has
something to do with it), is grinning. "Great experience; it was so
*neat* meeting all these friends in real life. Too many highlights to
type them all but..."
- Walking out of the hotel to meet Jez (Confucious had pointed her
out) and hearing her say, "You must be John, right?"
- John Barnstead looking just like I expected, and just as charming
and funny in real life as on the net
- The circle dance to _Oh How Lovely is the Evening_ in the middle of
the street
- A dozen filkers sharing songs under the tent, not competing or
one-upsing but 'Oh, that reminds me of this one...!'
- TOO much food....! (but at least we didn't have to stop for lunch on
the drive home to Idaho) (Beki, be sure to do something with that
fourth salmon...)
"Thanks to Rose, and Beki and Mike for their great hospitality, and to
Confucious for jumping to help whenever anybody needed anything, and
to everyone for making it one of the best weekends I can remember!"
Christopher Jahn
>
> Lee S. Billings wrote:
>
> >>- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
>
> A fishous reply to bad puns (besides a deluge of beanbags): a smack
> from the tail of Thwap the Trout. The Wysard was a favorite victim -
> and rightly so.
Do you sing this in different scales?
Xjahn
Yeah, it's another ichthy pun
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Donpaul has a question which he must phrase rather delicately:
"Are Americans healthy eaters?"
Looking at all of you, I had the distinct feeling that I am cut from the
3rd World stock-shot starving African child mould.
I also recollect that The English Patrons (soon to be a movie) are also of a
somewhat gaunter silhouette.
I was immediately reminded of the book I am currently chewing my way through
"The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" where the writer postulates that the world
is made up of three groups of people.
Those nations who would like to eat less; those nations who eat: those nations
who would like to eat.
You're a healthy looking bunch!
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BEKI DISHER
>
> Fab piccies - Pity about the cat, but I guess...
>
> Donpaul has a question which he must phrase rather delicately:
>
> "Are Americans healthy eaters?"
>
Nah, I am just their Buddist Italian mother. Ya know, the you look
skinny eat eat thing :)
Beki
Jim Pierce
[]Looking at all of you, I had the distinct feeling that I am cut from the
[]3rd World stock-shot starving African child mould.
I'm fairly skinny... Most of my adult life I looked like a strong
wind would toss me down the street. I can reach with one hand,
completely around the wrist of my other arm. Well, thumb and middle
finger. My other fingers cannot touch my thumb that way, but could a
few years ago. These days I weigh 230 pounds [ about 104 Kgs], but I
do still look slim. For a long number of years, I weighed 180 pounds
[ about 81 Kgs]. Its the sort of basketball stomach that makes me
look bad. Hmmm. The large stomach isn't readily apparent though,
unless I just left an all-you-can-eat place. I'm 51 and no double
chin yet. I look at photos of my greatgrand parents and grand
parents and they all looked skinny and shriveled in their 60s-80s.
But then, most of us have lived where water wasn't always available
in large quantities, and the air was dry.
My family also tends to overeat in times of plenty, so as to store
up food for hard times.
DJ.
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David Harden
: Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a few
: of my own observations:
<snip>
: - The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
"This, I'd like to see, if anyone remembers enough of them to post."
<snip>
: - Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being COMPLETELY
: LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
: screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
David nods, remembering his firstandlast time at that movie. "Don't
regret having gone once, but have no desire to do it again - purely
because of the noise level."
HGEllison
<xj...@bellsouth.nett> wrote:
>HGEllison wrote:
>>
>> Lee S. Billings wrote:
>>
>
>> >>- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
>>
>> A fishous reply to bad puns (besides a deluge of beanbags): a smack
>> from the tail of Thwap the Trout. The Wysard was a favorite victim -
>> and rightly so.
>
>Do you sing this in different scales?
>
>
>Xjahn
>Yeah, it's another ichthy pun
We sing it to the tuna something more obvious. You oughta be
scalloped. And, I suspect you eel be.
HGEllison<of>hotmail...
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Don...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Donpaul has a question which he must phrase rather delicately:
> "Are Americans healthy eaters?"
Americans (USA and Canada) are high-carbohydrate eaters, sugar and starch more
than fiber. *Lots* of sugar and quite a bit of refined-flour pasta and bread;
potatoes; concentrated juices; refined rice.
If you're in Europe, check out an author named Montignac. This is *not* how
most Americans eat, although his ideas are starting to catch on over here.
Pat Kight
>
> Donpaul has a question which he must phrase rather delicately:
>
> "Are Americans healthy eaters?"
>
> Looking at all of you, I had the distinct feeling that I am cut from the
Jezebel, who definitely fits into the "healthy eater" mold, chuckles.
"Early in the weekend, someone who shall remain nameless suggested that
the *real* reason we needed our 'Con identification badges was that (and
I quote): `There are basically four Callahanian body types, and if you
aren't careful, you could wind up hugging the wrong person.'
"The types, as I recall, were described as `short thin female, short
round female, tall round male, tall thin male.' And with a few
exceptions (some of the ladies being taller than otherwise, and a few of
the gents shorter), I found the perception to be correct.
"Not -- " the Spinster hastens to add, " -- that I would have mistaken
anyone for anyone else after about, oh, the first hour or so. We may
share certain physical resemblances, but I guarantee the
*peersonalities* are distinct!"
> You're a healthy looking bunch!
Jez snorts. "DonPaul -- the master of understatement."
(-:
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
Sanford E. Walke IV
> "The types, as I recall, were described as `short thin female, short
> round female, tall round male, tall thin male.' And with a few
> exceptions (some of the ladies being taller than otherwise, and a few of
> the gents shorter), I found the perception to be correct.
Errrr, I don't think I fit any of those....
--
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Be a trend-setter, take responsibility for the results of your actions.
I don't speak for anyone but myself, and sometimes not even that.
Kirsten M. Berry
}In article <6sd529$dug$1...@news-2.news.gte.net>, dp1...@oakharbor.net
}says...
}
}>Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a
}>few of my own observations:
<snippety>
}>- Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being
}COMPLETELY
}>LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
}>screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
}
}It used to be a lot more fun, before the point of the game became to
}see how much more profanity you could use than the next person. :-(
You make it sound as though there's a point to Rocky Horror....
*snicker*
And, for the record, most of the audience participation these days is
NOT centered around profanity - at least not in the George Carlin
seven dirty words context. Yes, a good deal of it is damned RUDE.
But it's an exceedingly cathartic sort of rude.
Kiri
who had a blast trading off West Coast lines with Rose's New York
litany....
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Don...@my-dejanews.com
dji...@no.spam.bellsouth.net wrote:
> DonPaul wrote:
> []Looking at all of you, I had the distinct feeling that I am cut from the
> []3rd World stock-shot starving African child mould.
To which Jim Pierce added:
> I'm fairly skinny... SNIP These days I weigh 230 pounds [ about 104 Kgs],
but I do still look slim. SNIP I'm 51 and no double
> chin yet
Ummmm..Jim. I'm 45...and for the past 20 years have remained at 165lbs
despite my 6'3" frame and the vagaries of exercise/couch
potatoness/parenthood. I'm not considered skinny in these parts ("athletic"
might be more appropriate despite an inability to run the length of a
football pitch without coughing up the old 30 a day Camel habit).
When 230lbs represents "fairly skinny", when does "well upholstered" kick in?
DonPaul feels the urge to nip out for a Big Mac!
Allan Friedman
Christopher Jahn wrote:
> HGEllison wrote:
> >
> > Lee S. Billings wrote:
> >
>
> > >>- The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
> >
> > A fishous reply to bad puns (besides a deluge of beanbags): a smack
> > from the tail of Thwap the Trout. The Wysard was a favorite victim -
> > and rightly so.
>
> Do you sing this in different scales?
>
> Xjahn
> Yeah, it's another ichthy pun
C'mon, man, everyone has learned already that you can't tuna fish!
-Keez
Lee S. Billings
>
>If memory serves, Celine said, just before the Gong of Fate sounded:
>
>}In article <6sd529$dug$1...@news-2.news.gte.net>, dp1...@oakharbor.net
>}says...
>}
>}>Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but
a
>}>few of my own observations:
>
><snippety>
>
>}>- Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being
>}COMPLETELY
>}>LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone
is
>}>screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
>}
>}It used to be a lot more fun, before the point of the game became to
>}see how much more profanity you could use than the next person. :-(
>
>You make it sound as though there's a point to Rocky Horror....
>*snicker*
>
>And, for the record, most of the audience participation these days is
>NOT centered around profanity - at least not in the George Carlin
>seven dirty words context. Yes, a good deal of it is damned RUDE.
>But it's an exceedingly cathartic sort of rude.
Don't know where you normally see it, but I was sitting just outside
the video room at InConjunction when they started showing it. Did not
hear a clever line for the first 15 minutes, after which I got up and
moved away. At that point I'd have been *grateful* for lines out of
Carlin's routine!
Celine (glad she saw it 20 years ago, when the repartee was funny)
Pat Kight
>
> Pat Kight <kig...@ucs.orst.edu> wrote:
>
> > "The types, as I recall, were described as `short thin female, short
> > round female, tall round male, tall thin male.' And with a few
> > exceptions (some of the ladies being taller than otherwise, and a few of
> > the gents shorter), I found the perception to be correct.
>
> Errrr, I don't think I fit any of those....
"OK, how 'bout `tall *imposing* male'?" Having met Sandy, Jez would have
to say that he fits more into `solid' than `round', and could certainly
do `imposing' if he had a mind to ...
Recalling that it was a toss-off line in the first place, Jez kind of
interpreted it to mean that we seemed to have lots of XS and XL body
types, but not many in between ... with the caveat that, like all
generalizations, this one is subject to exceptions.
Figuring she has probably inadvertently insulted *someone*, somewhere,
Jez decides to have another drink and shut up...
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
Matthew T. Russotto
}
}
}"Are Americans healthy eaters?"
If you mean "healthy" in the sense of a proper balance and quantity of
nutrients, then no. If you mean it in the sense of "lots", then yes.
In general, of course.
--
Matthew T. Russotto russ...@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."
Eric & Lissa McCollum
> Recalling that it was a toss-off line in the first place, Jez kind of
> interpreted it to mean that we seemed to have lots of XS and XL body
> types, but not many in between ... with the caveat that, like all
> generalizations, this one is subject to exceptions.
>
> Figuring she has probably inadvertently insulted *someone*, somewhere,
> Jez decides to have another drink and shut up...
>
Lissa laughs, willing to be the token exception to the rule.
Lissa
(5'8", 122 lbs)
John Vinson
John the Wysard, 5'11" 180 lbs, gives Lissa a(nother) hug and sends a
mock-glare in Jez' direction...
Eric & Lissa McCollum
Lissa settles into the hug. "Pssst...quit glaring and get
back to the important stuff!" With that, she ups the hug
intensity a notch.
Lissa
(making up for not being at the RS)
Jim Pierce
[]Ummmm..Jim. I'm 45...and for the past 20 years have remained at 165lbs
[]despite my 6'3" frame and the vagaries of exercise/couch
[]potatoness/parenthood. I'm not considered skinny in these parts ("athletic"
[]might be more appropriate despite an inability to run the length of a
[]football pitch without coughing up the old 30 a day Camel habit).
[]
[]When 230lbs represents "fairly skinny", when does "well upholstered" kick in?
[]
[]DonPaul feels the urge to nip out for a Big Mac!
Well, I guess its the way I look. I'm 6 feet 2 inches tall. My
arms are skinny, so that might have some affect on folk's perception
of how much I weigh.
At 180 pounds I was called skinny by many people.
I now look 'like I finally have some weight on me', but they don't
see the bulging stomach until I take off my shirt.
According to the last weight chart I saw, I'm about 45 pounds over
weight. And appear skinny to many people. I would rather loose the
extra weight.
Russel Osborne
Harden) wrote:
>In <6sd529$dug$1...@news-2.news.gte.net>, The Curmudgeon wrote:
>
>: Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a few
>: of my own observations:
>
><snip>
>
>: - The instant lyrics to "Thwap the Magic Salmon"
>
>"This, I'd like to see, if anyone remembers enough of them to post."
>
><snip>
>
>: - Being...taken into Rocky Horror for the first time...and being COMPLETELY
>: LOST! I mean, how do you people even know what's going on? Everyone is
>: screaming at everyone else across the movie house...
>
>David nods, remembering his firstandlast time at that movie. "Don't
>regret having gone once, but have no desire to do it again - purely
>because of the noise level."
>
Used to go almost every weekend, both friday and saturday, (different
crowds) when I was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. It was a
lot more fun back then, around 1980, then the last time I saw it here
in Phoenix,(god, about 15 years ago!). We used to bring a 25 pound bag
of rice in with us to throw at others. Usually started throwing before
the lips appeared, and never stopped, even though we always ran out
and had to scrape more off of the floor. The theatre management would
sweep the floors after the show, bag the rice, and then sell it the
next time. They also sometimes would break out the water fire
extinguishers and hose us down during the rain scene. And of course
there was the usuall toast throwing and lighter/match lightings and
all that. Even had a wedding one time in the theatre where they came
in on motorcycles. We did say all the usuall stuff, like asshole
whenever brad spoke, and all that, but it never got much worse then
that.
Better stop, starting to feel old again
russ
Christopher Jahn
>
> On Wed, 02 Sep 1998 02:09:47 GMT, Christopher Jahn
>
> >HGEllison wrote:
> >>
> >> Lee S. Billings wrote:
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> from the tail of Thwap the Trout. The Wysard was a favorite victim -
> >> and rightly so.
> >
> >Do you sing this in different scales?
>
> We sing it to the tuna something more obvious. You oughta be
> scalloped. And, I suspect you eel be.
>
OK, I'll seal my lips. I walrus follow the path to a higher
porpoise.
Xjahn
Bill Gawne
>Lissa laughs, willing to be the token exception to the rule.
>
>Lissa
>(5'8", 122 lbs)
And a most deliciously delightful armful of sweet womanhood.
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Bill (no, that other one) Bradley
>
> >Lissa laughs, willing to be the token exception to the rule.
>
"Y'know, Bill, when it comes to RealSpaces and whatnot, for once I'm
actually in a position to most heartily agree with you?"
Bill (no, that other one) grins widely at Lissa and her purse full of milk
(long story) then looks around in shock. "Waitaminit! *This* isn't
#callahans!! I must be in the OtherPlace!"
Cheers,
Bill (no, that other one)
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> > > Recalling that it was a toss-off line in the first place, Jez kind of
> interpreted it to mean that we seemed to have lots of XS and XL body
> types, but not many in between ... with the caveat that, like all
> generalizations, this one is subject to exceptions.
>
> Figuring she has probably inadvertently insulted *someone*, somewhere,
> Jez decides to have another drink and shut up...
Now Jez, I've said this to you before - but let me repeat it...
"If you don't have anything nice to say about someone...
...come sit at my table!!!!"
DonPaul loves to dish the dirt with the rest of the girls...that's why the
Honorary GoodWench is a tramp. (Thank you Ella)
Don...@my-dejanews.com
"Bill (no, that other one) Bradley" <wbra...@sedona.intel.com> wrote:
> Bill (no, that other one)
> who wasn't really here, honest
My boyfriend's back...gonna save my reputation. ooh ahh ...ooh ah!
Where you been?
We were down to one and a half Bills for a while there!
Stick around. Here I'm buying.
Macavity
>Gesi wrote down a whole ton of memorable quotes from the weekend
>(includidng "I get to work over the dead body" and "Maybe you should
>fake and orgasm") for Pixel to drool over...
Macavity would think it'd be rather hard to fake anything in the middle of
an orgasm
/Macavity
"Obscurity is Often the Refuge of the Incompetent."
Jubal, in "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein
To reply, remove the dot before at.
merl...@my-dejanews.com
> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.980903001939.29825A-100000@kestrel>,
> "Bill (no, that other one) Bradley" <wbra...@sedona.intel.com> wrote:
> > Bill (no, that other one)
> > who wasn't really here, honest
> My boyfriend's back...gonna save my reputation. ooh ahh ...ooh ah!
> Where you been?
> We were down to one and a half Bills for a while there!
"Hopefully, whatever it was wasn't too deBillitating..." comments Merlinvin.
--
Edmund Schweppe aka merl...@my-dejanews.com
Blissfully free of official positions
Pat Kight
>
> I now look 'like I finally have some weight on me', but they don't
> see the bulging stomach until I take off my shirt.
Jezebel grins wickedly and belabors the obvious, leading a chorus of
GoodWenches in:
"So take off the shiiiiiiiiirt, DJ!"
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
Eric & Lissa McCollum
>
> On 3 Sep 1998, Bill Gawne wrote:
> >
> > >Lissa laughs, willing to be the token exception to the rule.
> >
> > And a most deliciously delightful armful of sweet womanhood.
>
> "Y'know, Bill, when it comes to RealSpaces and whatnot, for once I'm
> actually in a position to most heartily agree with you?"
Lissa looks at the two regulars who have actually seen her in
Real Life, and blushes a deep red. "I..um...er..." Giving up
on trying to speak, she gives each of the Bills a very *special*
hug.
When she regains enough of her composure, she says, "I don't
think I've ever had the pleasure of that compliment before.
Bill Gawne, you are quite the smooth talker! Whew!"
>
> Bill (no, that other one) grins widely at Lissa and her purse full of milk
> (long story) then looks around in shock. "Waitaminit! *This* isn't
> #callahans!! I must be in the OtherPlace!"
Then she pauses, and with a twinkle in her eye yells, "OH
NO--OtherBill! Run away!!!"
Lissa
(who has been known to give good hug)
Bill Longley
> "Bill (no, that other one) Bradley" <wbra...@sedona.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Bill (no, that other one)
>
>My boyfriend's back...gonna save my reputation. ooh ahh ...ooh ah!
>
>Where you been?
>
>We were down to one and a half Bills for a while there!
It seemed less than that: I can't see Bill Gawne's posts even when he is
here! (Has USENET split the way the undernet did?) I even found myself
eagerly examining an unsolicited commercial email because the 100+
addresses were all "Bill Something-or-other" (I did see a "Bill Bradley"
but it looks like you escaped that mailing.)
Anyway, stick around and be Billish for a while (in your own unique way,
of course!): I can't carry this end of the USENET discontinuity on my
own!
--
Bill (Bill_L...@callahans.demon.co.uk)
"Be yourself. Nobody else would take the job."
Jim Pierce
[ background music: 'The Stripper' ]
Sadistic DJ says, "No."
Janet D. Miles
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:24:29 -0700, in alt.callahans The Curmudgeon
wrote:
> >So -- how was the Con?
> >
> >JanetM
>
> Many highlights, and I'm sure more official remarks will be had, but a few
> of my own observations:
(and good observations they were, too).
Having asked and been answered, I'll contribute my own observations,
in no particular order, exactly, sorta kinda.
BarbaraFox and her family were outstanding hosts. Weather did a hell
of a fine job coordinating information and herding cats (so did
BarbaraFox). Sylvia the waitress at Shoney's is probably one of us,
even if she doesn't realize it yet <g>.
The Annex was tons of fun. Met lots of neat people. Got to see other
neat people again. Being omitted from the list is not meant as an
insult; these are brief top-of-the-head memories. Rivka and Misha are
still an incredibly cute couple. Pixel and Carol are also still an
incredibly cute couple. Kitten, TC, and StarKnight would be in the
running for "cutest couple", except they're a trio (listening to TC
check in to the hotel was fun -- "Three adults? We must have made a
mistake, we have you down for a king room, rather than two doubles."
"No, that's correct." "Are you *sure*?" "Yes.") BarbaraFox and
Mikhail and Joel are a right-looking trio. Bill and Skye Gawne
obviously belong together. Dusty and his LovelyBride (now going by
the moniker of WareWife <g>) are perfect together, too -- and Dusty is
even more of a smartass in person than in print. Note that as
promised, I did not attempt to discuss guns or gun control with him.
Banshee is a lovely, lovely woman; graceful and gracious. I was
pleased and stunned beyond measure at getting the chance to meet John
Palmer. (Quote: "Janet? I'm John. Might I have a hug?" "Forgive
me; John *who*?" "John Palmer." <Leap pounce hug grin>!) Catchild
is adorable, and matches her description (a smallish black panther)
perfectly. Warin is rather less burly than I'd expected (being as he
identifies as a grizzly, you know). Dr2b is much quieter and
softer-spoken than I'd imagined.
Everyone thought I looked *wonderful* in the RenFaire outfit I got at
Bristol. <preen> John paid me outrageous (in this context, that's a
superlative, not a denigration) compliments all weekend, and I was
incredibly flattered (and blushed and smiled and said "Thank you,"
rather than trying to convince him that he must be mistaken). I
started at first to backslide a bit into apologizing for this, that,
and the other thing, AND I CAUGHT MYSELF AND STOPPED DOING IT! I did
apologize to Celine for snarling at her; she startled me with a camera
in her hand and got a trained-reflex "NO!" barked at her, before I
stopped, blinked, and said, "Um, wait a minute. I'm not photophobic
anymore. Um, give me a minute, then you can take the picture."
There is nothing quite like driving an unfamiliar car in a not-very
familiar city, late at night, with a Friendly Native Guide who is not
entirely sober, for making one feel that one can accomplish
*anything*. Friday night, someone needed to go back to the hotel from
BarbaraFox's, he wasn't feeling well, so the question went out, "Who
hasn't been drinking?" I hadn't, but didn't have my car and wasn't
entirely certain where the hotel was -- I'd ridden over with others.
So Tirion was delegated as Native Guide and vehicle owner. We made
the round trip successfully, and had a pleasant conversation.
Kitten Trumpinski-Roberts's senior husband TC is perfectly delightful.
(So's Kitten, but I had more of a chance to talk with TC this trip.)
A bunch of us went out for sushi for lunch on Saturday. Quite good,
much fun. Not quite as wacky as last year; this place didn't have
Little Baby Cthulus. And since I don't seem to be able to eat sweets
any more, I couldn't have wasabi ice cream. Instead, I just nibbled
on wasabi after I finished my sushi. On the trip over, Bill had
suggested that we should get some of those "Funeral" signs and all
drive with our lights on, as it would be easier to stick together. I
came up with a slightly different idea, which I'm not going to
mention, because I'm going to try to do it for next year's Con or
Annexe and I want it to be a surprise.
Many people dressed up for Saturday night in various fancy clothes or
garb. Rivka was in her new velvet dress, Carol in a velvet dress /
bodice borrowed from Gracious Hostess, Banshee in a velvet miniskirt
and thigh-high patent leather high heeled boots (and later in chain
mail, albeit briefly ((no pun intended)) ), and Dr2b in a black
miniskirt and spiderweb stockings. I wore RenFaire clothes, as did
Celine, Bill Gawne (tunic and tights, oh my), and Skye Gawne, among
others. Mikhail started out in black leather pants, then added a
frilly shirt and tailcoat, then went back to shirtless at some point.
I still don't know which was prettier, but I'm not complaining (for
reference, he looks amazingly like the actor who played Captain Love
in _Zorro_). Then there was the Werehatrack, who went through several
costume changes, each more outrageous than the last. All sort of
feminine anthropomorph feline looking, an effect he manages quite
well despite being about 7 feet tall or thereabouts (or maybe that's
only with the spike heeled boots).
Lots of music, both Friday and Saturday night. Bill Gawne not only
has a lovely singing voice, he also plays guitar. Misha has a lovely
singing voice (hell, Misha has a lovely voice period end of sentence).
Many other folks have lovely singing voices. I don't, but what the
hell, there were enough folks singing that I could, too, and did, and
enjoyed it. Zeke Hoskins's (Sorrowsbane) song "Chocolate" is truly
funny; I managed to memorize the chorus, but not the verses. Next
year, maybe. Turns out that BarbaraFox already knew the last verse to
"Brian the King", darn it (she sang the first two verses last year,
and I was hoping to surprise her), but I sang it anyway! And on
Sunday I chimed in on "Fairy Story" when Warin started it (Bill had
done "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and half the house was in tears
((because the party was breaking up, because they're in long-distance
relationships, or both)), and I suggested that it was time to do a
*cheerful* song, now, please).
Wonder of wonders, I never hit "overload -- too much peoples". Part
of it was that I made a point of getting some time to myself, just a
few minutes every couple of hours. Part of it, I think, was that I
wasn't expending a lot of energy on keeping myself separate, while at
the same time wishing I were part of the group.
Note that despite the several references to alcohol, and the fact that
a few folks got well and truly plastered, everyone seemed to be of the
happy or quietly mellow types; no one got angry, no one who'd been
drinking tried to drive, and I don't think anyone was sick the next
day. And folks who didn't drink alcohol (like me) weren't pressured
in the least. Banshee commented how nice it was to be at such a large
gathering where, when she said, "No, thanks, I don't drink," the
response was, "Can I get you some water, or tea, or soda, then?"
rather than, "Come on, you'll like it, you won't taste the alcohol,
don't be a priss."
I *like* being able to hug people, and scritch and be scritched, and
have my hair brushed, without tensing up and wanting to pull away.
Next to work on: being able to reach *out* comfortably, not just
accept comfortably.
Next year in Jerusalem! (Oh, wait, wrong holiday. Um, next year in
Denver, Portland, or Nashville!)
JanetM (who's *still* coming down!)
--
Posted by Janet Miles <jmi...@usit.net> <http://www.public.usit.net/jmiles>
"This is Callahan's Place, and it's Callahan's Place because of everyone
who comes in and ensures it stays that way." -- Robert Farquhar, July 15, 1998
Lee S. Billings
>Having asked and been answered, I'll contribute my own observations,
>in no particular order, exactly, sorta kinda.
<snippage throughout>
>The Annex was tons of fun. Met lots of neat people. Got to see other
>neat people again. Being omitted from the list is not meant as an
>insult; these are brief top-of-the-head memories. Rivka and Misha are
>still an incredibly cute couple. Pixel and Carol are also still an
>incredibly cute couple.
And then, of course, there were Lensman and Pink... and Caragh? Not
quite sure of the status there, but they certainly *looked* like a
triad. If it's any of our business, I guess they'll tell us... <g>
>Kitten, TC, and StarKnight would be in the
>running for "cutest couple", except they're a trio (listening to TC
>check in to the hotel was fun -- "Three adults? We must have made a
>mistake, we have you down for a king room, rather than two doubles."
>"No, that's correct." "Are you *sure*?" "Yes.")
ROTFL! I can just see that...
>BarbaraFox and
>Mikhail and Joel are a right-looking trio. Bill and Skye Gawne
>obviously belong together. Dusty and his LovelyBride (now going by
>the moniker of WareWife <g>) are perfect together, too -- and Dusty is
>even more of a smartass in person than in print. Note that as
>promised, I did not attempt to discuss guns or gun control with him.
Not to mention that the man *can* be the soul of tact when he wants to
be. Discussing mental images of people you only know online, I told him
that my image of him had been "little and feisty" (well, half-right
isn't half-bad!) and then put him on the spot by asking what he'd
thought *I* was going to look like. "Ummm... I thought your hair would
be darker, that's really about the only difference." That's our Wolf...
>Banshee is a lovely, lovely woman; graceful and gracious. I was
>pleased and stunned beyond measure at getting the chance to meet John
>Palmer. (Quote: "Janet? I'm John. Might I have a hug?" "Forgive
>me; John *who*?" "John Palmer." <Leap pounce hug grin>!) Catchild
>is adorable, and matches her description (a smallish black panther)
>perfectly. Warin is rather less burly than I'd expected (being as he
>identifies as a grizzly, you know). Dr2b is much quieter and
>softer-spoken than I'd imagined.
>
>Everyone thought I looked *wonderful* in the RenFaire outfit I got at
>Bristol. <preen> John paid me outrageous (in this context, that's a
>superlative, not a denigration) compliments all weekend, and I was
>incredibly flattered (and blushed and smiled and said "Thank you,"
>rather than trying to convince him that he must be mistaken).
You *did* look wonderful; those colors complement you perfectly, and so
does the style. This is something I've noticed in the SCA also -- since
standards of beauty in times past were considerably, shall we say, more
well-rounded than those of today, many women of stature look far better
in clothing styles of the past, which by and large were *designed* for
their kind of build.
>I started at first to backslide a bit into apologizing for this, that,
>and the other thing, AND I CAUGHT MYSELF AND STOPPED DOING IT! I did
>apologize to Celine for snarling at her; she startled me with a camera
>in her hand and got a trained-reflex "NO!" barked at her, before I
>stopped, blinked, and said, "Um, wait a minute. I'm not photophobic
>anymore. Um, give me a minute, then you can take the picture."
BTW, the first shot looks remarkably as if someone had put something
unpalatable in your drink <g>, but the second one came out fine. After
Russ gets them scanned in, I'll send the latter to somebody with a web
page...
>Kitten Trumpinski-Roberts's senior husband TC is perfectly delightful.
>(So's Kitten, but I had more of a chance to talk with TC this trip.)
I enjoyed having the chance to meet Starknight, who I previously knew
only from kitten's references here. And I *like* TC's new longer-hair
look!
>Many people dressed up for Saturday night in various fancy clothes or
>garb. Rivka was in her new velvet dress, Carol in a velvet dress /
>bodice borrowed from Gracious Hostess, Banshee in a velvet miniskirt
>and thigh-high patent leather high heeled boots (and later in chain
>mail, albeit briefly ((no pun intended)) ), and Dr2b in a black
>miniskirt and spiderweb stockings.
I got to play dress-up using Banshee as a live doll! After she found
that dress (and it was absolutely stunning!), I kidnaped her back to my
place and found the perfect necklace, earrings, and hairsticks to go
with it. You should have seen the stunned looks on Werehatrack and
David's faces when she came down the stairs -- and that was *before*
she got the makeup and boots on!
>I wore RenFaire clothes, as did
>Celine, Bill Gawne (tunic and tights, oh my), and Skye Gawne, among
>others. Mikhail started out in black leather pants, then added a
>frilly shirt and tailcoat, then went back to shirtless at some point.
>I still don't know which was prettier, but I'm not complaining (for
>reference, he looks amazingly like the actor who played Captain Love
>in _Zorro_). Then there was the Werehatrack, who went through several
>costume changes, each more outrageous than the last. All sort of
>feminine anthropomorph feline looking, an effect he manages quite
>well despite being about 7 feet tall or thereabouts (or maybe that's
>only with the spike heeled boots).
Well, he starts out at 6'3" or so... so with the heels, depending on
which pair, he's around 6'7" or 6'8". I think that actually helps the
anthropomorphic effect...
>Wonder of wonders, I never hit "overload -- too much peoples". Part
>of it was that I made a point of getting some time to myself, just a
>few minutes every couple of hours. Part of it, I think, was that I
>wasn't expending a lot of energy on keeping myself separate, while at
>the same time wishing I were part of the group.
Good... I think I did overload a bit on Saturday, but a few minutes
zoning out on the couch took care of it. And Phaed got a priceless shot
of the two of us...
Celine
Brice D. Fleckenstein
> in the running.
Well, I'll simply state that having met Pixel/Carol, Rivka/UncleMisha,
Sorrowsbane/Flip, Draco/Selene, and Crow/Xerrion, (I hope I'm not
forgetting about any of the major contenders) it's a REAL tough choice
to make...
...and no WAY am I gonna make public MY pick out of those couples,
though it might amaze some some folks.
Since I haven't met Lensman, I can't judge the "couple" part of
Lensman/Pink against the rest....
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Brice D. Fleckenstein
> have my hair brushed, without tensing up and wanting to pull away.
I think I can safely say "you're welcome" for my contributions to that
state.
8-)
Edit2047
>Next year in Jerusalem! (Oh, wait, wrong holiday. Um, next year in
>Denver, Portland, or Nashville!)
The Editor falls off her chair. "Portland? _Oregon_?" she squeaks....then
proceeds to do the Snoopy dance of joy...
V.
"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among
those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." (W.H. Auden)
Bill Gawne
>Lissa looks at the two regulars who have actually seen her in
>Real Life, and blushes a deep red. "I..um...er..." Giving up
>on trying to speak, she gives each of the Bills a very *special*
>hug.
The Marine, with memories of a hug received last October in Lissa's
kitchen, delights in the thought she could manage something even more
special than that.
>When she regains enough of her composure, she says, "I don't
>think I've ever had the pleasure of that compliment before.
>Bill Gawne, you are quite the smooth talker! Whew!"
"Thank you ma'am. It's all truth too."
>Lissa
>(who has been known to give good hug)
Indeed.
Eleri
>JanetM wrote:
>>Next year in Jerusalem! (Oh, wait, wrong holiday. Um, next year in
>>Denver, Portland, or Nashville!)
>
>The Editor falls off her chair. "Portland? _Oregon_?" she squeaks....then
>proceeds to do the Snoopy dance of joy...
>
Annex plans for the Rose City are already underway!
Eleri
"Mom, it's not the basement, it's my Cyber-Lair!"
Eric & Lissa McCollum
>
> [p&e]
>
> >Lissa looks at the two regulars who have actually seen her in
> >Real Life, and blushes a deep red. "I..um...er..." Giving up
> >on trying to speak, she gives each of the Bills a very *special*
> >hug.
>
> The Marine, with memories of a hug received last October in Lissa's
> kitchen, delights in the thought she could manage something even more
> special than that.
Lissa's eyes glint wickedly. "That was about a level 5. Out of 10."
After a suitable length of time for recovery, Lissa turns to address
the room. "I'm ABEND for the weekend, and will also be doing the
Mark All Read thing when I get back. If I need to see something
(doubtful, but possible) please email me with it. See you all later!"
Lissa
Leonard Erickson
> JanetM wrote:
>>Next year in Jerusalem! (Oh, wait, wrong holiday. Um, next year in
>>Denver, Portland, or Nashville!)
>
> The Editor falls off her chair. "Portland? _Oregon_?" she squeaks....then
> proceeds to do the Snoopy dance of joy...
And Nemo does his best impression of a certain cartoon dog post dog
biscuit.
--
Leonard Erickson (aka Nemo) kal...@krypton.rain.com
"Mommy! The ascended Masters are teasing me again!"
Slywlf
writes:
>There is nothing quite like driving an unfamiliar car in a not-very
>familiar city, late at night, with a Friendly Native Guide who is not
>entirely sober, for making one feel that one can accomplish
>*anything*.
ROTFLMAOAGU (just add giggling uncontrolabbly to the usual) Sorry,
that just tickled me too much _not_ to respond. Dang, but I wish I
could have been there....either where!!!!
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