sprawled out

just fyi, she could also put music on her ipod from CDs you get from the library. apple sells refurbished ipods (used and reconditioned--you'd never know they weren't new.) at greatly reduced prices. i think for a 12-year old, it might be a good way to start: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...ecialdeals/ipod

i get it, linda. i'm usually a stickler for these things, but when what's "right" is so awkward (i always trip over "he or she"), i'm happy to see an evolution in what's acceptable. but i'm an ADVERTISING copywriter--and you know how loosey-goosey we are! gee, i thought impact was always a verb. (just fyi, the American Heritage Dictionary says "Impact has been used as a verb since 1601, when it meant 'to fix or pack in,' and its modern, figurative use dates from 1935.") but when you talk about nouns turning into verbs, "task" has become my favorite hate: "I've been tasked with this responsibility." man, that one bothers me.

actually, george, both are accepted usage today. (i'm a copywriter, and have been 'round and 'round on these two--and many others! welcome to the 21st century.)

Happy Birthday, Oak!

Belated happy birthday to my ex-new yorker, ex-11th corps sister!

thanks for the invite. i'll take you up on it--next time i'm in texas!

the assumption is that "folks like me" are only interested in finding fault. so it's a bs assumption, especially since billy d doesn't know ME from a rock. the truth is, i had no particular bone to pick with ces until all this stuff happened--i wasn't involved with them, and didn't want to be, but i wasn't against them in any way (though i knew enough about them to know they aren't my cup of meat). if ces were to truly come clean and ask their people (not outsiders--i don't think they owe us anything) for forgiveness, i'd be the first to applaud them. the problem is, folks like me know that ain't about to happen. and that especially ticks off folks like me, because we know that the original bylaws of the group that became ces were specifically designed to make anyone in a leadership role accountable to the people they serve. and they have obviously subverted that original intent. folks like me hate that kind of thing.

sounds good! i'll take a slice!

"excuse" is the operative word, here, billy. if it ain't one excuse, it's another. and it's all bs to me. there's plenty that could be said without fear of legal repercussion. but they won't say it--not openly, publicly--because they still operate within a twi-like mindset, no matter what they say or think. and this behavior is proof. trust me, it is NOT what was intended when ces (or more precisely, its predecessor) started. you like making assumptions about "folks like [me]," don't you, bill? you don't even know me! but the truth is, we'll never have to worry about it, because they won't do any of the above. if they were gonna, they would've by now.

you know, i just took my kids to Famous Joe's on carmine st. what a disappointment! i get better pizza in sayville...though NOTHING compares to that slice i had at my father's cousin's pizza joint in brooklyn....sitting at the counter, the windows all steamed up...mmmmmmm.

yeah, like suing those who spoke out against them, and otherwise sweeping it under the carpet lest the rank-and-file get wind of it. the ces apple didn't fall far from the way tree!

i hate to tell you, dooj, but the fact that you refer to them as "toppings" means you've been in texas too long! pizza doesn't have "toppings." yes, you can put stuff on it, but they ain't toppings. (in good ol' new york, the question--if there IS any question at all, which there usually isn't--would be "do you want anything on it?" not "which toppings would you like?") i lived in texas and in washington state (gee, i wonder how i ended up there?!), so i know what you've been exposed to. i just wanted to point out that, as much as you may have tried to defend against it, you've been infected. :P

ba-dum-bum but seriously, i don't get no respect...

ah. well, my knowledge is pretty limited, but i don't know of any 11th who are still in. though i know a few who might as well be! out there--HIT BY A TREE BRANCH AND WOKE UP TWO DAYS LATER? are you all right? what is your doctor saying? (and how do you get hit by a tree branch?) hope you're feeling better!

do you know that for a fact? i mean, i hope you're right, but i'm wondering what that statement is based on.

belle, are you asking this question for yourself, or just because you're curious? because if you're asking for yourself, it seems to me that the real YOU is all over these threads. smart, sassy, funny, sweet...all i've ever seen in your posts is a very real--and fully realized--woman. take a look for yourself. i think you've gotten back more than you might think!

gee, johniam, you sure say a lot for someone who doesn't know what he's talking about. first of all, you can find "drug references" in beatle songs before pepper. revolver is loaded with them. ("tomorrow never knows," anyone?) sgt. pepper, on the other hand, has very few. it has a psychedelic feel, absolutely. but other than "i get high with a little help...," "lucy in the sky with diamonds" (which lennon swore wasn't about LSD) and "i'd love to turn you on," there ain't much else that would qualify as a "drug reference." and you're giving the "suits" way more credit than they deserve. especially as early as '66/'67--they had no clue what was going on.

have a great day!

it seems everyone i know thought she was the best--but apparently everyone i know isn't who votes! unless, because melinda was certainly not the perfect "american idol" type, it's fixed. or at least, manipulated in some way.

i wish it were a higher resolution pic! but what's funny to me is that if you showed me pics of individuals, i think i'd tell you i went to high school with them. some people just feel like i knew them my whole life.

where's the photo?

so you're saying the way is gay? (i remember back in the mid '80s, when every limb had to come up with a state slogan. massachusetts' was "making the bay state the way state," which always became, to me, anyway, "making the bay state the gay state.")

no, really, i think the 11th corps was a special group of folks. maybe everyone feels that way about the corps they were in. (of course, they'd be wrong, but...) ;)

vp hated poodles? gee, i guess he wasn't all bad! :P

yes, we're all entitled to our opinions, dmiller. (though i wonder if they'd agree with that at CES!) it's curious to me that you got answers--i tried checking in on an old friend who's a muckety-muck at CES, and got blown off completely. maybe that's a function of the fact that i've never supported them in any way. but i have been friends with this guy for like 30 years--you'd think that would count for something! and though my comment was informed by twi memories, those memories aren't the reason i made it. i've watched CES gradually close itself off--from a newsletter called "Dialogue" to closing their message boards--turning more and more into a near-clone of the thing they swore they'd never become. you may call that my opinion. but i thinks it's just the facts.