Happy Birthday Arlene!!!!!

[rayboyce]

This note was contemplated for days, then budgeted, prepared, reviewed,
read, and ultimately approved by management and at the exectutive level.

After a few acoustic licks, bends, and tasteless solos were used to christen
it:

Then, finally, when everything was _just_ right, (hopefully as in 12:00 ET
<Florida> time November 23, 2009) it was POSTED.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARLENE, KOL_ISHA, FRIEND, SPECIAL ONE.

~ray

[hans]

On Nov 22, 11:00 pm, "rayboyce"

Happy Birthday Arlene. Have a great day.

hans

[Bill Chandler]

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:15 -0800, "rayboyce"
<nospamraymond...@verizon.net> brewed up the following, and
served it to the group:

Well spoken, Ray!

Happy Birthday, Arlene!
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the above e-mail address remains totally fictional.
the real one is bc9424 AT gmailspamTHIS! D0T com (if you remove spamTHIS!)
...please check out my music at http://www.soundclick.com/billchandler some time...

Bill Chandler
...bc...

[Deb Cowan]

I include my heartfelt Birthday greetings as well. I do hope
your day is the best it can be and know that I wish you many
happy returns.

Big hugs,
deb

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[Sain't]

Happy Birthday Arlene. Hope all is well.

Michael

[Dwight]

I think I've already said so somewhere in at least one of the places we
seem to frequent, but to be sure you get it

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :)

I hope it was and still is a good one.

Dwight

[Harmon Koeltz]

"rayboyce" <nospamraymond...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:hed4ss$m0s$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

Good wishes coming your way from Jawga

Harmon

[Madgamer]

my late birthday wish is for you to slow down a bit and have a good
birthday (mine is next month (GROAN)

Larry A

[kol_isha]

"rayboyce" <nospamraymond...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:hed4ss$m0s$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

:) Very cool, Ray. Made me smile. Thanks so much.

Hugs,

arlene

[kol_isha]

"hans" <anybu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

Happy Birthday Arlene. Have a great day.

hans

Thanks, Hans... :)

Arlene

[kol_isha]

"Bill Chandler" <dr...@yourown.risk.com> wrote in message news:

>
> Well spoken, Ray!
>
> Happy Birthday, Arlene!
> --------

Hmmm... didn't I just respond to one from you? But wait... there are two
separate birthday threads. Well, thanks a second time, Bill. :)

Arlene

[kol_isha]

"Deb Cowan" <dco...@DebraSPAMMENOT.com> >>

> I include my heartfelt Birthday greetings as well. I do hope your day is
> the best it can be and know that I wish you many happy returns.
>
> Big hugs,
> deb
>

Deb... thanks. And big hugs back.

I owe you a response to your email... will get to it soon. I'm glad you got
to meet Ellen at Folk Alliance. She is a pretty talented singer-songwriter,
and well known in these parts. If you ever come back down, I'll make sure
you get to see her again. (She's also the one with the huge property who
hosts song swaps and house concerts and has campfires and jams at her
house.)

Hugs,

Arlene

[kol_isha]

"Sain't" <mder...@verizon.net> wrote in message >
******************************

Happy Birthday Arlene. Hope all is well.

Michael

Hey, Michael... thanks. All is well here, say hi to Mia.

Arlene

[kol_isha]

"Dwight" <no...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >

> I think I've already said so somewhere in at least one of the places we
> seem to frequent, but to be sure you get it
>
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY :)
>
> I hope it was and still is a good one.
>
> Dwight

Yep, we seem to frequent a few places, and I got so many messages between
here and Facebook and such... thanks for your good wishes, Dwight.

Hugs,

Arlene

[kol_isha]

>>
> Good wishes coming your way from Jawga
>
> Harmon

Thanks, Harmon... and hope all is well.

Arlene

[kol_isha]

"Madgamer" <madg...@mchsi.com> wrote in message

>>
> my late birthday wish is for you to slow down a bit and have a good
> birthday (mine is next month (GROAN)
>
> Larry A

Larry, I hope YOU are feeling better. You have to stop coughing in time for
your own birthday.

Thanks for the good wishes. I figure I'll slow down when I'm dead. Til
then... :)

Arlene

[kol_isha]

I posted this on Facebook and thought I would post it here, too:

"When I was little, I would sit on a special chair, on my birthday, and
count and read and reread all my birthday cards... and it always made me
feel so loved. Now, I am reading and rereading all these messages from so
many friends, and I feel totally overwhelmed. I thought I'd try and answer
them individually, but by the time I am thru, it won't be my birthday
anymore. So... thank you all, from the bottom of my heart."

It's true. I am sure that it's somewhat the internet/Facebook/social
networking phenomenon... but it just amazed me how many friends wrote me
personal notes (both here, and on Facebook, and via email, and on the South
Florida Folk mailing lists)... and it just felt really nice.

I did have a terrible week leading up to my birthday, as many of you know (a
killer migraine that just wouldn't end... knocked me out for most of the
week), but by the time the weekend rolled around, I was able to enjoy it. I
decided to spend the ENTIRE weekend just enjoying the various music things
going on in the community. So Friday night was an open mic, followed by a
group jam. Saturday afternoon, I participated in a monthly acoustic
showcase held at a local library. Later that evening was our monthly song
swap, and it was a great turnout and a great night. I left that early to
attend the second half of a house concert (Roy Zimmerman), and then the
evening ended with jamming around the campfire (after the house concert).
So, my guitar got a ton of use all weekend. Okay... Sunday was supposed to
be another music day (Sing Out in the Park, another monthly event), but I
ended up with my head in the toilet all day, as the migraine came back with
a vengeance for one final stab at my head before leaving for good. So the
day was a waste.

For my birthday... yesterday... my husband surprised me with a gift that I
never expected but I can already tell I will love. No, not music related.
But my other big love is reading... and he got me a Kindle. I honestly
didn't expect it to be as cool as it is. But as much as I love reading, I
also love technology... so this is a marriage made in heaven. It is very
easy to use. I spent a good bit of the day yesterday playing with it and
learning its features. And then the evening browsing Amazon to see what
kinds of books and other reading materials were available. (Which is why I
never had time to swing by here and pick up all the messages you all left
for me.) I was amazed to find so many books available for free... many of
the classics are... and I sent 3 or 4 of them that I'd been wanting to read
to my Kindle, and they appeared within minutes. This thing can hold 1500
books. And no matter where you are in the world, you can get them
instantly, and pretty cheaply (less than half the price of buying a book,
and saves a lot of trees, too). The display is easy to read (and you can
change the font size, bookmark pages, make notes, etc.). All in all, as
cool gifts go, this is one of the coolest I've ever received.

So, I'll say goodbye now, and head off to crawl into bed with my Kindle and
"Pride and Prejudice."

--
Best,

Arlene
--------------------------------------
"Kol_Isha" - A Woman's Voice

[Bill Chandler]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:11:13 -0500, "kol_isha"
<kol_ishaR...@hotmail.com> brewed up the following, and served
it to the group:

>

Nothing if not thorough, me. (Not to mention forgetful.)

And redundant.

(Did I mention forgetful?)

Glad it was a good one, Arlene!

Direct from your Department of Redundancies Department,

Bill (redundant) Chandler
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"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer

[Tom from Texas]

To Bill Chandler:
Redundant? You play a redund, too? What's that look like?

--
Tom from Texas
(The Tom Risner Fund for Deserving North Texas Guitarplayers is not liable
for any slander, hurt feelings, pointless moaning, or achy-breaky heartache
any post under this name should cause. Yall want easy cash or sympathy...
ye can kiss my grits!!)

"Bill Chandler" <dr...@yourown.risk.com> wrote in message

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[Tom from Texas]

Arlene,
Whatcha wearin'?

--
Tom from Texas
(The Tom Risner Fund for Deserving North Texas Guitarplayers is not liable
for any slander, hurt feelings, pointless moaning, or achy-breaky heartache
any post under this name should cause. Yall want easy cash or sympathy...
ye can kiss my grits!!)

"kol_isha" <kol_ishaR...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:heie6l$rfg$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

[hank alrich]

Tom from Texas <tris...@aol.com> wrote:

> To Bill Chandler:
> Redundant? You play a redund, too? What's that look like?

looks a lot like itself

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
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