Hi, I am feeling like watching movies today, so this will be ye old unhosted cafe as I have to be in another room now to watch Tv.
I’ll check by from time to time to see how it’s all going and to clean the tables and set out the buffet.
Since Diane started this off with some green photos, here are some green songs.
Song – Artist
Blue in Green – Miles Davis
Green (It’s Not Easy Being Green) – Shirley Horn
Green Book – Steely Dan
Green Earrings (Live) – Steely Dan
Green Flower Street – Donald Fagen
Green Flowers – Otis Spann
Green Gorilla – Spirit
Green Green Rocky Road – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Green Onions – Booker T And The MGs
Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
I’d like to have a dog trained to bark its head off every time it heard the word Bush. I’d take him to Republican political picnics and just smile and say he has his own political opinions.
Green Tambourine — The Lemon Pipers
Green, Green — The New Christy Minstrels
Greenfields — The Brothers Four
The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine — Simon & Garfunkel
Never put me in charge of anything (even having fun) if you don’t really mean for it to happen. My evil twin knows that and keeps volunteering me for things.
LOL Andi! Maybe we should contact Sue Johanson and ask her if she’d like MaryB to guest comment on her show? Get some midwestern perspective to go with her craggy Canadian wisdom … could be interesting! (and as for use of craggy, that was by no means a slam at Sue… we love her forthright, humorous common sense advice…)
My unhipness is showing because I don’t know anything about Sue Johanson. This is the second time someone has mentioned her — I’m going to have to go do some research.
Oops, I was afraid not all would know who Sue is… a few helpful notes (I hope). She does a show on the Oxygen network called “Talk Sex” on Sunday nights, 10 p.m. CST, where she takes live calls on all things sexual from people all over the place. She’s about 80 or so, a former nurse and currently sex educator. Kind of like grandma dispensing sex advice, but her humor grows on one quickly.
She also has an informative website at http://www.talksexwithsue.com and you can also find out info on the show on the Oxygen.com website. Not all cable companies carry Oxygen, but if you get DirecTV or Dish, you probably have it and just don’t know about it.
Hmm great resource. If I was put in charge of the F’s sex life I would immediately hire her. Because if you’re going to be succesful in an endeavor you have to know when to contract out to experts.
And I’m sure I’d have an unlimited budget for this project. Right Jim?
Well, the Delta guy was pretty hot. But he stood there at the door looking like he expected us to tip him for bringing Mr. Nature’s lost luggage. Could that be true?
Maybe. Depends on what you were wearing. Did you open the door wrapped in cellophane? In that case he might be forgiven for expecting a tip (of some sort).
A woman stopped by her son’s house unannounced, knocked and finding the door unlocked, walked in. She was shocked by the sight of her daughter-in-law lying provocatively on the sofa, naked. Soft music was playing and scented candles filled the room with the aroma of perfume.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m waiting for Jon to come home from work.”
“But you’re naked!”
“This is my love dress”, the daughter-in-law replied.
“Love dress? You’re naked!”
“Jon loves me to wear this dress,” she explained. “It excites him no end, every time he sees me in this dress he becomes instantly romantic and ravages me for hours…he can’t get enough of me.”
The mother-in law left. Returning home, she undressed, showered, put on her best perfume, dimmed the lights, put on a romantic CD, and lay on the sofa awaiting her husband.
Arriving soon after, he came in and saw her lying there so provocatively…
“What are you doing? he asked.
“This is my love dress,” she whispered. sensually.
What, you sound like a Gemini, at least by one of my friends defines me and them as extremely dedicated to whatever task they are on, but when they flip over to the party side, LOOK OUT!
When I lived in Arcata, CA there was a Gemini Cafe, with great breakfasts, and I ran into so many Geminis that we considered having Gemini parties, (of course friends, and SOs would be invited.)
Never got off the ground… mostly I think due to non-geminis eye’s glazing over and freezing up, like the proverbial deer in the headlights.
Gemini? You think I have a split personality? Well, I admit that sometimes I feel like I have one here at BT when one minute I’m arguing with someone in a diary and the next minute I’m dancing in the cafe. It’s a strange existence here.
But no.
Not Gemini.
I was born on the Ides of March. You figure out the sign.
Howdy NDD … expect it’s even colder up your way than down here, and we’ve been damn frigid the past few days! Just stopping in to say hi to all, as I’ve been laid up with a nasty bug I came down with on Thurs, so yes, have been napping inordinate amounts. I’m hoping it’s turned the corner at this point, but still feel pretty lousy, thus my short, lurking appearances around here the past few days.
BTW, love your idea about the command for the new dog… maybe “Cheney” would be a cue to an even more ferocious response? Especially if you teach him/her to use a shotgun! Just a thought there … 🙂
Hoping you and yours stay warm up there, we’re fleeced up to the max down here, and even the dogs don’t want to spend much time outdoors!
I’m still laughing about your LOL and LOL some more. But all of this frivolity will come to an end (for me) when the timer goes off to signal my dumplings are done. Have fun with that…but really, they’re just dumplings.
Hey, all — just floatin’ thru, hope everyone’s enjoying a warm, comfortable Sunday.
Amazingly enough, I realize today that I’ve spent over three entire years online, averaging about 5 hours daily, gathering/discussing/disseminating urgent, infuriating, horrifying, unbelievable, encouraging & outrageous news — that’s about 5000 hours or so, give or take a few all-nighters. No doubt, I’m in general need of a break, just as a matter of psychic balance.
Ergo, I’m not making many appearances in the other threads, worthy of attention & comment as they are.
I do, however, highly appreciate the company of a ‘good crowd’ — informed, concerned, intelligent & enjoyable folks — & so you’ll find me here at the cafe’ enjoying a warm mug or two on a winter’s day.
That said: in the midst of the living disaster we now find ourselves in as a national community, occasionally things occur that shine a blessed light in the darkness.
I’m pleased to report that your wilderness pond-mate’s finally had the nasty fuel leak in her bucket ‘o bolts repaired — by a neighborhood gentleman who asked so little for his services that I was compelled to pay him twice his requested rate. Turns out, as I was later told, that he’s deeply involved in our regional literacy program & has been cited in our newspapers for his selfless devotion to this community service.
So then: isn’t this just the way it should be? What goes around positively also comes around, either directly or indirectly.
(‘Course, the benefits of hanging around the local general store while one’s car is being repaired is that one can continue face-to-face political discussions with awakening community members & share a little info on this ‘blogging’ thing..)
Not since Friday, NDD — it’s too darn cold there! These days it’s the ‘blanket frankfurter’ game.
Yesterday I mentioned that I figured day temperatures had dropped about 30 degrees since Thursday. Lo & behold, I stepped outside & found they’d dropped 50.
Last night was another ‘frozen water bowl’ night here. I’m sure you know what I mean ..
That’s great news. It’s always nice when faith in members of your community can be affirmed. What a nice man.
Yes, sometimes a break is needed but I hope you are in the cafe often in the evenings. And I forgive you for making my life harder. Now I’m going to have to work harder in the other diaries and not rely so much on saying “What WW said”.
Maybe I’ll just keep saying it and confuse everyone.
I’m not very good at Terms of Endearment type moments and that just seemed like one.
Not to get all serious here, but I’m not sure I will. If you stop attending the meetings, the imbalance in the psychic aura of the place just gets worse. If you know what I mean. And, while I’m not one to throw in the towel, I might just need a medical leave of absence.
Actually she’s made an appointment for several days of rehab here in ND at the Bootribbers B&B, at the end of May… hopefully the snow will have melted by then.
I’m sure several days of total silence (no sound at all if no wind, and the refrigerator compressors not running)and daily walks through the shelterbelt communing with the migrating song birds will fix what ails the young woman.
A hotel stay should do more than just refresh the body. It should renew the senses, inspire the mind, revive the soul and connect a person with their surroundings.
He’s not a very good advertisement for them these days. Based on his descriptions of how he’s feeling, he should ask for his money back.
I think we’re very fortunate to know how to keep this balance, what sustains & how to access it. Many folks simply can’t seem to help themselves on that score — but they still feel a need to address the imbalance. Often, they — or we — are seriously hurt in the process.
I have a strict rule against being intelligent in the cafe but thank the cosmic muffin there are plenty of other smart folks here in the cafe to counterbalance me and keep you around.
Just thought I’d let you folks know that if you’re interested, Al Gore’s recent speech on Global Warming will air tonight on LINK.TV (ch 375 on DirecTV) at 7:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m., and 7:00 a.m. (CST, adjust for your own zones).
From all I’ve read about this speech, it sounds tremendous. Now I know what I’ll be watching tonight.
Hi, I am feeling like watching movies today, so this will be ye old unhosted cafe as I have to be in another room now to watch Tv.
I’ll check by from time to time to see how it’s all going and to clean the tables and set out the buffet.
Thanks for the green photos. It’s a color we are still months away from.
We’re watching Watership Down, as my daughter is using it as a cautionary tale in a paper on where the US is headed.
Since Diane started this off with some green photos, here are some green songs.
Song – Artist
Blue in Green – Miles Davis
Green (It’s Not Easy Being Green) – Shirley Horn
Green Book – Steely Dan
Green Earrings (Live) – Steely Dan
Green Flower Street – Donald Fagen
Green Flowers – Otis Spann
Green Gorilla – Spirit
Green Green Rocky Road – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Green Onions – Booker T And The MGs
Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Did Sniff wake up yet? I’ve been to the recycling center and my toes are frozen. That’s it for outdoor activity for me today.
I believe he’s sleeping now so he can go out later and bark at the creatures of the night.
Just doing his dog duty to protect you from the creatures of the night.
the command, “Nixon” which I intend to invoke if any Rs should be so foolish as to cross my doorstep.
LOL
I’d like to have a dog trained to bark its head off every time it heard the word Bush. I’d take him to Republican political picnics and just smile and say he has his own political opinions.
My two dogs growl every time shrub is on tv.
The command “Nixon” was used by Bill Murray as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
from my iTunes library:
Green Tambourine — The Lemon Pipers
Green, Green — The New Christy Minstrels
Greenfields — The Brothers Four
The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine — Simon & Garfunkel
I love all those songs – but I haven’t thought of the New Christy Minstrel Singers in years. I think I have them on vinyl somewhere.
Everybody must be still napping, guess all that action in maryb’s debut FBCs yesterday wore’m out.
Never put me in charge of anything (even having fun) if you don’t really mean for it to happen. My evil twin knows that and keeps volunteering me for things.
Sooo if Jim and I put you in charge of our sex life …
If thinking about that possibility is what the two of you need to get off, far be it from me to ruin the moment.
When you’ve been married as long as we have, thinking is definitely enough.
leave us young whipper snappers some hope for the future
that was actually supposed to say not enough but it’s probably true either way.
Ya had be concerned there for a few minutes!!!
LOL Andi! Maybe we should contact Sue Johanson and ask her if she’d like MaryB to guest comment on her show? Get some midwestern perspective to go with her craggy Canadian wisdom … could be interesting! (and as for use of craggy, that was by no means a slam at Sue… we love her forthright, humorous common sense advice…)
My unhipness is showing because I don’t know anything about Sue Johanson. This is the second time someone has mentioned her — I’m going to have to go do some research.
Oops, I was afraid not all would know who Sue is… a few helpful notes (I hope). She does a show on the Oxygen network called “Talk Sex” on Sunday nights, 10 p.m. CST, where she takes live calls on all things sexual from people all over the place. She’s about 80 or so, a former nurse and currently sex educator. Kind of like grandma dispensing sex advice, but her humor grows on one quickly.
She also has an informative website at http://www.talksexwithsue.com and you can also find out info on the show on the Oxygen.com website. Not all cable companies carry Oxygen, but if you get DirecTV or Dish, you probably have it and just don’t know about it.
Hope that saves you a bit of research time!
Hmm great resource. If I was put in charge of the F’s sex life I would immediately hire her. Because if you’re going to be succesful in an endeavor you have to know when to contract out to experts.
And I’m sure I’d have an unlimited budget for this project. Right Jim?
Wrong F.
I guess we’ll find out how MUCH you want me involved in your sex life.
I must say (because I must say everything that pops into my head) you are showing an unhealthy interest in the F’s sex life. 🙂
Wait a minute … did you read the beginning of this thread?
No, seriously, did you read it? (that was my Armando imitation)
Okay, okay. So Andi mentioned it first, whatever. 😉
why yes she did.
And if YOU are considering asking me to work on your sex life, it’s gonna cost more.
I think Diane owes me a a payoff for making this a much more interesting cafe.
yes, most definitely!!!
How about making an outrageous comment over on the left so I don’t have to do so much scrolling –carpal tunnel setting in on one of my fingers…
I don’t hold out any hope that I could afford all the help we need.
in this here cafe, this is strictly a family values friendly site
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
As it turns out, Jim — who stays up later than I do — has watched and has just finished explaining it all to me. 🙂
And as luck would have it, it’s Sunday night. Watch it together and think of it as foreplay, because it’s easier than actually doing it.
Although I should warn you, her show often has the opposite effect on me.
Already missing the UPS guy huh?
Well, the Delta guy was pretty hot. But he stood there at the door looking like he expected us to tip him for bringing Mr. Nature’s lost luggage. Could that be true?
Maybe. Depends on what you were wearing. Did you open the door wrapped in cellophane? In that case he might be forgiven for expecting a tip (of some sort).
Oh. My. God. The thought of me wrapped in cellophane, looking like a chicken cutlet…[[[[shudder]]]]
LOL
and
LOL some more.
The Love Dress
<ducks, runs for cover>
Peace
Cellophane would have helped, see?
In what locker room, did you see my love suit?
:{)
Peace
Does this mean that tomorrow morning, I’ll find Cary Grant in our shower?
If I can find Audrey Hepburn – circa 1963 – in mine.
Does that mean Andi is playing the Eve Marie Saint part?
I always like that train entering the tunnel part of the movie.
Oops, I conflated North by Northwest and Charade.
Andi can be EMS or AH, whichever she chooses, as long as I get to be Cary Grant.
Just practice saying “yes. but we’re divorced.” You’ll do fine.
Maybe we need to run the cable from the TiVo up to the be bedroom.
Peace
Warning!
Warning!
Danger Will Robinson!
This could quickly degenerate into discussions of bulges and sagging. Those reading this near the dinner hour may want to skip this part of the cafe.
What, you sound like a Gemini, at least by one of my friends defines me and them as extremely dedicated to whatever task they are on, but when they flip over to the party side, LOOK OUT!
When I lived in Arcata, CA there was a Gemini Cafe, with great breakfasts, and I ran into so many Geminis that we considered having Gemini parties, (of course friends, and SOs would be invited.)
Never got off the ground… mostly I think due to non-geminis eye’s glazing over and freezing up, like the proverbial deer in the headlights.
This will glaze their eyes…Zodiac Bodypainting.
CabinGirl gets credit for finding this site.
Enjoy
Peace
as we used to say in the good ol’ days, “That’s pretty trippy”
I like the painting for my sign, but my stomach just isn’t flat enough.
dang, now I’ve got to go do more research on the Ides of March sign
Gemini? You think I have a split personality? Well, I admit that sometimes I feel like I have one here at BT when one minute I’m arguing with someone in a diary and the next minute I’m dancing in the cafe. It’s a strange existence here.
But no.
Not Gemini.
I was born on the Ides of March. You figure out the sign.
Howdy NDD … expect it’s even colder up your way than down here, and we’ve been damn frigid the past few days! Just stopping in to say hi to all, as I’ve been laid up with a nasty bug I came down with on Thurs, so yes, have been napping inordinate amounts. I’m hoping it’s turned the corner at this point, but still feel pretty lousy, thus my short, lurking appearances around here the past few days.
BTW, love your idea about the command for the new dog… maybe “Cheney” would be a cue to an even more ferocious response? Especially if you teach him/her to use a shotgun! Just a thought there … 🙂
Hoping you and yours stay warm up there, we’re fleeced up to the max down here, and even the dogs don’t want to spend much time outdoors!
Actually I just returned from the out of doors and it’s fairly balmy,
Fair 18°F (-8°C) Wind Speed: SW 9 MPH
Wind Chill: 7°F (-14°C) anything above “aught” is balmy this time of year.
Heat Wave
Thanks, Looks like a good one, guess now I’ll have to download itunes. [NDD dragged kicking and screaming into the future…]
So is there much to it to download?
It ain’t like quicktime is it, that seems to spread all around my pc defaulting stuff in all directions.
I’m over here on the left.
the A of F so to speak
She’s making up an invoice for Diane so that she can turn around and pay it to me for consulting fees.
If you were earning that fee, I would be saying something right now other than Jim and I were just having dinner. 🙁
You didn’t ask me about dinner. I would have recommended something with whipped cream for dessert.
Maybe you haven’t had dessert yet and there’s still time?
I’ll keep that in mind fo next time though I’m not a fan of whipped cream — maybe I can substitute Coeur a la Creme instead.
Just get one of the honey bears or a bottle of hershey’s chocolate syrup. It works just as well.
I forgot. You don’t like sweets. So maybe mustard or A-1 Steak Sauce instead. LOL
even better — really good olive oil.
remember the rubber sheets. Olive oil stains. LOL
but you should put it in the Honey Bear bottle.
IMHO
But I have this really cool stainless steel olive oil sprayer.
more hygienic but the honey bear is so FUN.
I’m still laughing about your LOL and LOL some more. But all of this frivolity will come to an end (for me) when the timer goes off to signal my dumplings are done. Have fun with that…but really, they’re just dumplings.
Hey, all — just floatin’ thru, hope everyone’s enjoying a warm, comfortable Sunday.
Amazingly enough, I realize today that I’ve spent over three entire years online, averaging about 5 hours daily, gathering/discussing/disseminating urgent, infuriating, horrifying, unbelievable, encouraging & outrageous news — that’s about 5000 hours or so, give or take a few all-nighters. No doubt, I’m in general need of a break, just as a matter of psychic balance.
Ergo, I’m not making many appearances in the other threads, worthy of attention & comment as they are.
I do, however, highly appreciate the company of a ‘good crowd’ — informed, concerned, intelligent & enjoyable folks — & so you’ll find me here at the cafe’ enjoying a warm mug or two on a winter’s day.
That said: in the midst of the living disaster we now find ourselves in as a national community, occasionally things occur that shine a blessed light in the darkness.
I’m pleased to report that your wilderness pond-mate’s finally had the nasty fuel leak in her bucket ‘o bolts repaired — by a neighborhood gentleman who asked so little for his services that I was compelled to pay him twice his requested rate. Turns out, as I was later told, that he’s deeply involved in our regional literacy program & has been cited in our newspapers for his selfless devotion to this community service.
So then: isn’t this just the way it should be? What goes around positively also comes around, either directly or indirectly.
(‘Course, the benefits of hanging around the local general store while one’s car is being repaired is that one can continue face-to-face political discussions with awakening community members & share a little info on this ‘blogging’ thing..)
are the kittens still “boxing” in the window
Not since Friday, NDD — it’s too darn cold there! These days it’s the ‘blanket frankfurter’ game.
Yesterday I mentioned that I figured day temperatures had dropped about 30 degrees since Thursday. Lo & behold, I stepped outside & found they’d dropped 50.
Last night was another ‘frozen water bowl’ night here. I’m sure you know what I mean ..
is normally more of an late fall, and late spring phenomena. The rest of the winter it’d be one solid chunk.
We just got past several days of lows in the minus teens, and highs in the minus single digits.
The next several days predicted to be lows in the singles and highs in the teens and twenties, back to what we’ve had since Thanksgiving.
You’re one hearty individual, NDD!
Then again, down-staters say the same about me 😉
Our weather’s set to become a bit more ‘seasonable’ this week too –whatever that means nowadays.
Thanks, but not quite as hearty now as when I used to actually work outdoors in those temps, whilst engaged in construction… farming…
My opinion is re-affirmed! 😉
That’s great news. It’s always nice when faith in members of your community can be affirmed. What a nice man.
Yes, sometimes a break is needed but I hope you are in the cafe often in the evenings. And I forgive you for making my life harder. Now I’m going to have to work harder in the other diaries and not rely so much on saying “What WW said”.
Maybe I’ll just keep saying it and confuse everyone.
LOL
I haven’t the slightest doubt that you’ll do just fine without me, maryb 😉
<pensive silence>
I’m not very good at Terms of Endearment type moments and that just seemed like one.
Not to get all serious here, but I’m not sure I will. If you stop attending the meetings, the imbalance in the psychic aura of the place just gets worse. If you know what I mean. And, while I’m not one to throw in the towel, I might just need a medical leave of absence.
Medical leave? That definitely sounds serious ..
ok, ok it was hyperbole.
a break.
No, no. ::stomps feet::
calm, calm
I didn’t say i would do it.
Okay. I’m calming down which is good because I can throw one hell of a temper tantrum.
Now count to 10 and then wipe your face like a good little girl.
Can’t have temper tantrums in public just because everybody else is. If everybody else jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it? No.
There now.
come over to the new cafe and we can discuss whether there would be bungees involved.
Actually she’s made an appointment for several days of rehab here in ND at the Bootribbers B&B, at the end of May… hopefully the snow will have melted by then.
I’m sure several days of total silence (no sound at all if no wind, and the refrigerator compressors not running)and daily walks through the shelterbelt communing with the migrating song birds will fix what ails the young woman.
You keep dreaming babe! Whatever it takes to get you through the day.
is a challenge these days, for sure. And much of the time find myself ruminating on very similar thoughts.
The frogs in the FBCs do a great job of tipping the psychic scales back to balance.
And you’ve reminded me that I’m long overdue for a trip to the ND boonies. I always come back from there in whole different frame of mind.
ND boonies.
ND boonies.
isn’t that redundant?
LOL but we don’t have one of these in the boonies,
Boston Joe Slept here
Joe stayed here?
He’s not a very good advertisement for them these days. Based on his descriptions of how he’s feeling, he should ask for his money back.
well, I guess him being out and about talking politics some 48 hours per day didn’t leave him much time for the rooftop hot tub.
True.
Although I’m thinking of sending BooMan a gift certificate for a stay there.
Whatever it takes, I say.
I think we’re very fortunate to know how to keep this balance, what sustains & how to access it. Many folks simply can’t seem to help themselves on that score — but they still feel a need to address the imbalance. Often, they — or we — are seriously hurt in the process.
I have a strict rule against being intelligent in the cafe but thank the cosmic muffin there are plenty of other smart folks here in the cafe to counterbalance me and keep you around.
Andi, you’re a hoot 😉
(Yes, as a born Manhattanite I’m allowed to say ‘hoot’ — one of my great loves grew up in Missouri.)
And you’re a mensch.
(and yes I’m a born hoosier but I grew up with a yiddish speaking grandfather in the house).
Thank you. I’ve never actually been called a mensch before (though Ihave been called a nooj.)
Back at ya, bubele 😉
One of our dogs was named Nudgeli.
Andi will have to tell you about her sometime.
What a great name!
(OK, OK, I’m outta here .. )
FBC when a new one starts… sometimes it’s have done before the realization hit’s me that everyone’s gone down the street.
So grab your apron and come on over to the Lounge.
Just thought I’d let you folks know that if you’re interested, Al Gore’s recent speech on Global Warming will air tonight on LINK.TV (ch 375 on DirecTV) at 7:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m., and 7:00 a.m. (CST, adjust for your own zones).
From all I’ve read about this speech, it sounds tremendous. Now I know what I’ll be watching tonight.
Cheers all, and stay warm, wherever you are.
Wow, this place has been trashed. Come to the Lounge.