Old Blatherings post from April 04-30, 1997
1997-04-14 14:40:16 – FKO
FilKONtario was hugely fun! More details in Allison’s upcoming con report (you ARE doing a report, aren’t you, Allison? 🙂 ). Gotta go out today, but more later. Site of the day: Steve Simmons’ home page.
1997-04-15 14:41:09 – Joke
Allison’s confirmed she’s doing a FKO report, yay! By the way, does anyone out there know Talis Kimberly’s snailmail address? Amazing lady (and I covet her flute holster! 🙂 ) Site of the day: Watchmen Studio’s Ookla The Mok page. Joke of the day (thanks to David Barker):
A panda bear walks into a bar, sits down and orders a sandwich. He eats the sandwich, pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, “Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn’t pay for your sandwich!” The panda yells back at the bartender, “Hey man, I’m a f–kin’ PANDA! Look it up!” The bartender opens his dictionary and sees the following definition for panda: “A tree dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats shoots and leaves”.
1997-04-16 14:42:10 – Forums
Thanks to Steve Simmons for pointing out that my blatherchat wasn’t working. Ran out of disk space, ick. Anyway, I’ve nuked some of my old blatherings because the links weren’t working (they referred to the old server and I can’t be bothered to update them). In case any of you didn’t know, my site is co-sponsoring a bunch of forums for writers. I tend to hang out in the Writer’s BBS Chat.
1997-04-17 14:42:57 – Milky way spread
Okay, I have a new food obsession…MILKY WAY SPREAD. This amazing concoction is a sort of swirly mixture of chocolate and hazelnut, and tastes deadly on toast. With no nutritional value whatsoever, I’m pleased to say. Diana and Shelby gave me a jar at OVFF, and I am hooked. In fact, the situation is so bad that I’ve actually asked them to give an extra jar to Rand at Marcon (um, hope this is okay, Rand) so he can pass it on to me next month. Hey, maybe if I plug his CD he’ll be more amenable…everyone! Buy Ookla The Mok’s new CD, Less Than Art! It’s great!!! (howzat?)
1997-04-18 14:43:37 – Sick
Yuk, I’m sick today. (no comments, Allison & Jodi :-)) Sympathetic vibes welcome! Thanks.
1997-04-20 14:44:21 – Milky Way sandwiches
Still sick. Doubleyuk. Had a Milky Way sandwich the other day for lunch, yum. (I said that purposely for Beckett’s benefit >:-) ) Updated some of the UT song links as well as adding one for the Evil Song my conspiring music partners surprised me with at FKO, It’s Always The Quiet Ones. Site of the day: Philosophical Phrase Generator.
1997-04-23 14:45:02 – Cowboy
Went out with friends Craig White & Luisa Perrella yesterday to buy the newly released Erasure album (Cowboy). We’re going to the concert next month! I’m also going to The Who concert with Allison & John…mainly for the experience than because of being a major Who fan. Allison has promised to properly educate me before the big event. 🙂 Sorry for the blatherchat problems…that’s what comes from trying to work on one’s site with a 101 deg. temperature. :\
1997-04-24 14:45:38 – Offline
Busybusybusy. Jeff and I both stayed off the computer yesterday evening…the first time in a long time (we’re both such geeks, aren’t we?). And we actually survived. Went to a sushi restaurant with floating boats (very cool, but it’s too easy to spend a lot of money that way), played guitar (it’s the first time I’ve seen Jeff with a 12 string in his hand in years), listened to some music. Perhaps I should make a habit of this (staying off the computer at night, that is, not all this parentheses stuff). Website of the day: Fox’s homepage! Check out the comic strip by Fox and Talis Kimberley.
1997-04-25 14:46:22 – Sushi
Went out for sushi last night with Allison & Jodi (yum). Allison’s finished her FKO report…I’ll post it on the web after I’ve had a chance to HTMLize it. Last night we did some prep for our concert at Keycon in Winnipeg. Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers called a couple nights ago to confirm flight arrangements, etc. We’re very excited about our Winnipeg visit! We also did some prep for the Performance Workshop we’re doing at The Second ConCerto.
1997-04-26 14:47:00 – Sugar Mountain
Went to an amaaaaaaaaaaaazing place called Sugar Mountain yesterday – tons of Pez and chocolate bars and candy I remember from when I was a kid. Candy necklaces! Popeye candy cigarettes! Fun dip! And they have SEA MONKEYS! I was in heaven. I bought two Curly Wurlys (Fox says these are available in Britain), Terry’s chocolate orange bar, two pkgs Maltesers (Rand’s never heard of these! I can’t believe it!!), Fun Dip, one box Cadbury Astros, three Penguin milk chocolate bars, one box Nerds (Allison would be horrified I only got one, I’m sure).
1997-04-26 14:47:00 – Sugar Mountain
Went to an amaaaaaaaaaaaazing place called Sugar Mountain yesterday – tons of Pez and chocolate bars and candy I remember from when I was a kid. Candy necklaces! Popeye candy cigarettes! Fun dip! And they have SEA MONKEYS! I was in heaven. I bought two Curly Wurlys (Fox says these are available in Britain), Terry’s chocolate orange bar, two pkgs Maltesers (Rand’s never heard of these! I can’t believe it!!), Fun Dip, one box Cadbury Astros, three Penguin milk chocolate bars, one box Nerds (Allison would be horrified I only got one, I’m sure).
1997-04-27 14:47:42 – Like the Dorsai
Added Allison’s Like The Dorsai song to the archives. I’ve been invited to a writer’s conference in West Virginia in October to be a sort of electronics publishing resource person for the weekend…should be lots of fun. 🙂 ( 4:39:59 PM ) I’ve finally assembled my Indoor Herb Kit, a Christmas gift from relatives. Up to now I’ve been a bit fearful since I have a very non-green thumb when it comes to indoor plants. Jeff won’t let me go near any of the household greenery. Anyway, I’m going to give it a last shot. I’ve planted chives, parsley, dill, and basil. Wish me luck!
1997-04-28 14:48:46 – SOTD
Site of the day: Common Problems In Web Design, and how to avoid them.
1997-04-29 14:49:54 – Tonsil joke
Visited Allison last night, spent most of the evening gabbing. 🙂
Forgot to water my seedlings yesterday; this does not bode well for their future survival. Rand and I are discussing an intriguing writing project for the UT site…stay tuned for details!
Site of the Day: Demon Possession Handbook (though this Chatbot page is also interesting and one I’m checking out today) The Joke of the Day is courtesy of my 7-year-old friend, Michael:
What did one tonsil say to the other tonsil?
Get dressed, the doctor's takin' us out!
( 5:41:09 PM ) Hey, found out part of the reason my Inklings subscriber rates have more than doubled recently…Internet Underground magazine did a review of it in their May issue.
Check it out here.
1997-04-30 14:50:36 – CILB form
Site of the day:
(be sure to read to the end of the license application form :-))