A Quinn-Martin Production
8.5.2k
I ride my bike a lot. I ride to and from work almost every day. The streets of San Francisco, for those of you who don't know, tend to be quite dangerous. Lotsa drivers don't seem to see bikes. Or pedestrians. Or cars, trucks, vans or busses for that matter. It also seems, and this is just my observation, that they are hell-bent on gettin' to wherever it is they're goin' - and damn the guy that gets in my way. In other words, IF they see you, they are probably very irritated to see that you are in their way.
A lot of people say that they would never ride a bike on the streets of San Francisco. Just too damn dangerous. They're right. I, however, continue to ride. No ... no, I don't have a death wish. I'm just committed to it. I also strive to be careful. I stop at red lights. I stop at stop signs. I yield for pedestrians. The most important thing I do is I behave "predictably." I ride straight, I don't weave around wildly, I don't act like a jerk. Bikes have a right to the road and I ain't afraid of traffic. Respectful, but not afraid. Wait. Yeah, okay, I am afraid of a certain component of traffic: those cement mixers. One of them huge suckers even nicks you and yer ridin' the high lonesome from now on. No chance.
Makes me think. I'm little and cement mixers are big. I'm afraid of them. They're not afraid of me. That seems natural. Little being afraid of big. Fine. How is it, then, that elephants (big) are afraid of mice (little)? Doesn't make a lot of sense. Elephants can stomp the crap out of a whole colony of mice. I think tonight we should find out the reason. We'll go to the source and ask an expert. Here:
Sadie's Flying Elephant
491 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 551-7988
Tangs to Miss (nameless) Miller for suggesting the pachyderm. On to the business:
New to the list are the aforementioned Miss (nameless) Miller and Chef (he's really on the list this time). Soon to be off the list: Rosey (quitter) and "others."
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: The quarter-finals of the Hold-Your-Breath contest. Check the leader board and make your wagers. (See John Metsker for current odds.)
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The "invention" of Crepes Suzette.
Henry Charpentier was the personal chef of Edward, Prince of Wales. One night Charpentier was preparing a new dessert to honor his patron. They were to be crepes with an elaborate sauce of lemon rind, orange rind, sugar, butter and liqueur.
As the sauce was boiling, the liqueur accidentally ignited. Charpentier panicked. He couldn't serve this to the prince, nor could he start over. After a moment of anguish, he tried the sauce. It was delicious! He then boiled the crepes in the sauce, added even more liqueur and served the dessert to the prince - sauce aflame! The prince was delighted with both the presentation and the crepes. He asked his chef the name of the dish, to which Charpentier replied that he had just devised it and would call them Crepes Edward. The prince was honored, but asked Charpentier if he would name them Suzette - the prince's "companion" that evening. And thus - Crepes Suzette! Our players: Rosey plays Charpentier. Scott Harris plays Edward, Prince of Wales. Lori K. plays the beautiful but otherwise unknown woman named Suzette. Danielle plays a bunch of crepes. John Metsker takes on the difficult role of flaming lemon rind, orange rind, sugar, butter and liqueur.
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Rosey. This is the last time this quitter will be singled out, as it is his last week with us. Someone gave him a map to LA and he's going. Good luck to Rosey and we'll miss him. Happy Trails!
The lizard in the sour cream and onion potato chips was a hoax. They are safe to eat.
I don't know about you but I've always wanted to go to the Flying Elephant. Why not go and bring yer pals? Heck, bring yer softball team for all I care. See you there! Oh, and that stuff about "missing Rosey" was a bunch of doo-doo. What do you call a group of mice? bye-ee!
Thursday, August 31, 2000
Thursday, August 24, 2000
-untitled TNSC transmission-
8.4.2k
Attention lovely list members: This week's preamble has been designated "epilogue." See below. Now for the news. Tonight's destination is the choice of long-time list member Sue "Birthday Grrrl" Erokan.In her own words:
> > All right, here it is...Dalva. It is located on 16th between Valencia
> > and Guerrero. It's next door to the Roxie theatre. Yay!
So be it. Now for the business. Dora's name was butchered last week. Dora, not "Doval." Francesca is the mystery name of fhaliburton@xxx. I think I spelled something wrong somewhere else too. Nice turnout at Butter. Nice turnout at The El Bobo. You represented your social club well.
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The Origin of Greek Rembetika Music. In the early 1920's the Greek Army was in retreat from Turkish forces led by Kemal Attaturk (Formerly known as Mustafa Kemal (remember the nursery rhyme?). Greece had invaded Turkey (at the instigation of England, France, Italy and Russia) to claim the coast of Asia Minor where millions of ethnic Greeks had lived for generation upon generation. When the support countries pulled out, the Turks turned the tables. The Greeks retreated home and brought back with them the surviving Greek population of Asia Minor. These people had once been prominent citizens but were now reduced to refugees. This is the origin of Rembetika. The lyrics reflected their surroundings, poverty, pain, drug addiction, police oppression, prison, unrequited love, betrayal and hashish. It was the Greek urban blues. The players: A one-woman show! Sue Erokan plays the Greek Army, Kemal Attaturk, the Turkish Army, England, France, Italy and Russia, Asia Minor, Asia Minor's Ethnic Greeks, poverty, pain, drug addiction, police oppression, prison, unrequited love, betrayal, hashish and, most importantly, Rembetika!
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER(S): Tellegen(s) Karen and Mark. They had a wee baby girl. Congrats from TNSC!
Team Bjeldanes results from 20aug00: Tie. Undefeated we march (stagger?) into the playoffs. See you 10sep00.
See you tonight at Dalva. Bring yer pals - I'm going to! bye-ee! (Don't forget to click the link below ... it will open in your browser.)
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8.4.2k
Attention lovely list members: This week's preamble has been designated "epilogue." See below. Now for the news. Tonight's destination is the choice of long-time list member Sue "Birthday Grrrl" Erokan.In her own words:
> > All right, here it is...Dalva. It is located on 16th between Valencia
> > and Guerrero. It's next door to the Roxie theatre. Yay!
So be it. Now for the business. Dora's name was butchered last week. Dora, not "Doval." Francesca is the mystery name of fhaliburton@xxx. I think I spelled something wrong somewhere else too. Nice turnout at Butter. Nice turnout at The El Bobo. You represented your social club well.
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The Origin of Greek Rembetika Music. In the early 1920's the Greek Army was in retreat from Turkish forces led by Kemal Attaturk (Formerly known as Mustafa Kemal (remember the nursery rhyme?). Greece had invaded Turkey (at the instigation of England, France, Italy and Russia) to claim the coast of Asia Minor where millions of ethnic Greeks had lived for generation upon generation. When the support countries pulled out, the Turks turned the tables. The Greeks retreated home and brought back with them the surviving Greek population of Asia Minor. These people had once been prominent citizens but were now reduced to refugees. This is the origin of Rembetika. The lyrics reflected their surroundings, poverty, pain, drug addiction, police oppression, prison, unrequited love, betrayal and hashish. It was the Greek urban blues. The players: A one-woman show! Sue Erokan plays the Greek Army, Kemal Attaturk, the Turkish Army, England, France, Italy and Russia, Asia Minor, Asia Minor's Ethnic Greeks, poverty, pain, drug addiction, police oppression, prison, unrequited love, betrayal, hashish and, most importantly, Rembetika!
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER(S): Tellegen(s) Karen and Mark. They had a wee baby girl. Congrats from TNSC!
Team Bjeldanes results from 20aug00: Tie. Undefeated we march (stagger?) into the playoffs. See you 10sep00.
See you tonight at Dalva. Bring yer pals - I'm going to! bye-ee! (Don't forget to click the link below ... it will open in your browser.)
wordsearch!
Thursday, August 17, 2000
Sweet ... creamery ...
8.3.2k
I've always wanted to make a time capsule and I figure now's the time. I'm making a list of things to put in it:
Packa smokes. (Obvious choice. First thing ya do when you crack the thing open is find smokes. Light up and go through the rest of the capsule.)
Case of Coors Light. (Folks'll be thirsty for good beer in the future.)
Chicago Cubs cap. (My time capsule. I decide what goes in it.)
Metal keys. (When them "retina scanners" come out metal keys are dinosaurs.)
Ream of copy paper. (Paper = GOLD in future.)
Cell Phone (I'm putting mine in there to get rid of it.)
Pecan Pie recipe. (De-lish.)
Assorted Joe R. Lansdale novels. (Read some yourself and you'll know why future-boy gets these gems.)
A roll of latent 35mm neg. (Picture the fella who opens the capsule finding this. Curiosity will get the better of them and they'll find themselves compelled to develop the negative (Prob at no small cost. You know, "digaital photography" is the future. Fotomats are gonna be bulldozed (or LASER-DEMOLISHED (??)) faster than you can say "Bob's Big Boy." Anyhoo, Future Citizen will go through this ordeal to find on the neg very tasteful pictures of my cats. My gift to them.)
Brand-new leather wallet. (For holding fancy-ass credit chips or whatever.)
Last, but not least, the name of the location of tonight's TNSC meeting:
Butter 354 Eleventh Street San Francisco 94103 tel: (415) 431-6545
List member Kay Rough suggests this dairy product/bar. She says they have PBR on tap. yee-ha.
Business news: Want a list of new members? Okay!
Megan
April
Chef (Real name: Brian)
kurtl@xxx (Real name: Kurt, or something)
otherwhirled@xxx (Real name: unknown)
doval@xxx (Real name: don't know)
ams144@xxx (Real name: ??)
tommy@xxx (Real name: Tommy?)
keseidel@xxx (Real name: don't know)
fhaliburton@xxx (Real name: F-something)
arose@xxx (Real name: Amanda (alternate address))
NOTE: I need real names for future SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBERS. More business news: I'm going to clean up the list soon. If you haven't come for a while, you might want to renew your membership by having someone buy you a drink at a meeting.
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Firewalking
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The first time somebody stopped for a yellow light in San Francisco. The players: Well ... no one has actually ever stopped for a yellow light in SF, so we have to wait till someone does before we dramatically reenact it.
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Rosey. Still a quitter. Speaking of quitting, guess who quit smoking? I started for a good reason and quit for the same reason. Go figure.
Team Bjeldanes results from 12aug00: Win. 5-0 (yeah, I know. I said 5-0 last week. My typewriter is screwy. Sometimes it writes "5" instead of "4." Sometimes it writes "I like fancy-ass microbrews like Sierra Nevada" instead of "I hate fancy-ass microbrews like Sierra Nevada.")
Team Bjeldanes results from 13aug00: Win. Backwards "K" to end the game. Thanks Tobin Jones, pitcher-god. 6-0.
Does anyone want to go bowling?
See you all tonight or ELSE! Bring yer best pal or best gal to the Butter esta noche. bye-ee!
8.3.2k
I've always wanted to make a time capsule and I figure now's the time. I'm making a list of things to put in it:
Packa smokes. (Obvious choice. First thing ya do when you crack the thing open is find smokes. Light up and go through the rest of the capsule.)
Case of Coors Light. (Folks'll be thirsty for good beer in the future.)
Chicago Cubs cap. (My time capsule. I decide what goes in it.)
Metal keys. (When them "retina scanners" come out metal keys are dinosaurs.)
Ream of copy paper. (Paper = GOLD in future.)
Cell Phone (I'm putting mine in there to get rid of it.)
Pecan Pie recipe. (De-lish.)
Assorted Joe R. Lansdale novels. (Read some yourself and you'll know why future-boy gets these gems.)
A roll of latent 35mm neg. (Picture the fella who opens the capsule finding this. Curiosity will get the better of them and they'll find themselves compelled to develop the negative (Prob at no small cost. You know, "digaital photography" is the future. Fotomats are gonna be bulldozed (or LASER-DEMOLISHED (??)) faster than you can say "Bob's Big Boy." Anyhoo, Future Citizen will go through this ordeal to find on the neg very tasteful pictures of my cats. My gift to them.)
Brand-new leather wallet. (For holding fancy-ass credit chips or whatever.)
Last, but not least, the name of the location of tonight's TNSC meeting:
Butter 354 Eleventh Street San Francisco 94103 tel: (415) 431-6545
List member Kay Rough suggests this dairy product/bar. She says they have PBR on tap. yee-ha.
Business news: Want a list of new members? Okay!
Megan
April
Chef (Real name: Brian)
kurtl@xxx (Real name: Kurt, or something)
otherwhirled@xxx (Real name: unknown)
doval@xxx (Real name: don't know)
ams144@xxx (Real name: ??)
tommy@xxx (Real name: Tommy?)
keseidel@xxx (Real name: don't know)
fhaliburton@xxx (Real name: F-something)
arose@xxx (Real name: Amanda (alternate address))
NOTE: I need real names for future SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBERS. More business news: I'm going to clean up the list soon. If you haven't come for a while, you might want to renew your membership by having someone buy you a drink at a meeting.
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Firewalking
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The first time somebody stopped for a yellow light in San Francisco. The players: Well ... no one has actually ever stopped for a yellow light in SF, so we have to wait till someone does before we dramatically reenact it.
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Rosey. Still a quitter. Speaking of quitting, guess who quit smoking? I started for a good reason and quit for the same reason. Go figure.
Team Bjeldanes results from 12aug00: Win. 5-0 (yeah, I know. I said 5-0 last week. My typewriter is screwy. Sometimes it writes "5" instead of "4." Sometimes it writes "I like fancy-ass microbrews like Sierra Nevada" instead of "I hate fancy-ass microbrews like Sierra Nevada.")
Team Bjeldanes results from 13aug00: Win. Backwards "K" to end the game. Thanks Tobin Jones, pitcher-god. 6-0.
Does anyone want to go bowling?
See you all tonight or ELSE! Bring yer best pal or best gal to the Butter esta noche. bye-ee!
Thursday, August 10, 2000
Try this on, okay?
8.1.2k
Did you ever climb a tree only to find yourself unable to get down? I had a cat that we took camping and that little sucker climbed way up some ponderosa pine. Not a whole lot of horizontal limbs on this tree. Cricket could only go up. Couldn't turn around too easily. She just kinda hung there and squawked. I felt for her. I've been in situations where the way out wasn't too clear. Trees and other things. If you would like to talk to folks that get stuck up trees, the support group's meeting coincides with this week's TNSC meeting. Here:
Annies Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl San Francisco, CA 94103-4727
Phone: (415) 703-0865
You don't want to miss this. The keynote speaker has been stuck up in many a tree. New additions to the list: Brian and Kristin. Some folks call Kristin by her real name, Allison. Also new is a nice fella named Rob Williams. Returning to the list is our friend Colleen (She has a great story about the DMV and a lot of alcohol. Ask her to tell you.) Michael Weiss returns too. No one was purged from the list this week. Thanks to pinch hitter Mossy for last week's riveting TNSC announcement. Several of you wrote in to complain that I didn't give Rosey any guff a couple weeks back. Rosey hisownself noticed and mentioned it the next day. He also noticed that he got skipped on the ritual Friday morning slider run. I guess I'm responsible for Rosey's breakfast sandwich intake now, in addition to making sure his route to the TNSC meeting is mapped out. I wonder if he needs me to pay his rent next month for him or make some car repairs for him or shop for his mom's B-Day present or find a recipe for empanadas for him or pick out a Christmas tree for him or clean his carpets?
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Bishop wants a strawberry picking contest. Okay then.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The discovery of cesium. Mark Tellegen, in a dual role, will play both Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and the young Prussian physicist Gustav Kirchhoff, the discoverers of cesium. Heather Morra will play their spectroscope. Jeremy Johnson will play Bunsen's modifications to University of Heidelburg technician Peter Desaga's burner (Bunsen receives unfair credit for the invention of the classic piece of laboratory equipment, for he merely modified (and improved upon) an existing design). Spark Sorensen takes on the role of the burner itself. Kristin Nielson will play cesium's atomic number, 55. Amy Shuba will portray Desaga, who, in a little known bit of history, was so enraged with the license Bunsen took with his burner design, plotted with some of Heidelburg's most infamous and thoroughly discredited scientists and researchers in the biggest smear campaign against Bunsen that venerable institution, the U of Heidelburg, ever saw. (There were several smear campaigns. Desaga's was the biggest.)
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Todd Lindo is singled out tonight. People have been wondering where he's been.
Team Bjeldanes results from 23 July: Us - 28. Them - 9. We kinda ruled that one. They kinda cried about it. Three and oh. Team Bjeldanes results from 30 July: Us - 9. Them - 8. Got some lucky calls. Tough D in the last inning. Four and oh going into the bye week.
The Water-Pik has been repaired. It was under warranty so the repairs didn't cost anything. The sign-up sheet will be distributed first thing. Get there early for a good number.
Do yerself a favor and come to the meeting tonight. Marvel at Sue Erokan's beautifully rendered likeness. Bring yer pals. bye-ee
8.1.2k
Did you ever climb a tree only to find yourself unable to get down? I had a cat that we took camping and that little sucker climbed way up some ponderosa pine. Not a whole lot of horizontal limbs on this tree. Cricket could only go up. Couldn't turn around too easily. She just kinda hung there and squawked. I felt for her. I've been in situations where the way out wasn't too clear. Trees and other things. If you would like to talk to folks that get stuck up trees, the support group's meeting coincides with this week's TNSC meeting. Here:
Annies Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl San Francisco, CA 94103-4727
Phone: (415) 703-0865
You don't want to miss this. The keynote speaker has been stuck up in many a tree. New additions to the list: Brian and Kristin. Some folks call Kristin by her real name, Allison. Also new is a nice fella named Rob Williams. Returning to the list is our friend Colleen (She has a great story about the DMV and a lot of alcohol. Ask her to tell you.) Michael Weiss returns too. No one was purged from the list this week. Thanks to pinch hitter Mossy for last week's riveting TNSC announcement. Several of you wrote in to complain that I didn't give Rosey any guff a couple weeks back. Rosey hisownself noticed and mentioned it the next day. He also noticed that he got skipped on the ritual Friday morning slider run. I guess I'm responsible for Rosey's breakfast sandwich intake now, in addition to making sure his route to the TNSC meeting is mapped out. I wonder if he needs me to pay his rent next month for him or make some car repairs for him or shop for his mom's B-Day present or find a recipe for empanadas for him or pick out a Christmas tree for him or clean his carpets?
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Bishop wants a strawberry picking contest. Okay then.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The discovery of cesium. Mark Tellegen, in a dual role, will play both Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and the young Prussian physicist Gustav Kirchhoff, the discoverers of cesium. Heather Morra will play their spectroscope. Jeremy Johnson will play Bunsen's modifications to University of Heidelburg technician Peter Desaga's burner (Bunsen receives unfair credit for the invention of the classic piece of laboratory equipment, for he merely modified (and improved upon) an existing design). Spark Sorensen takes on the role of the burner itself. Kristin Nielson will play cesium's atomic number, 55. Amy Shuba will portray Desaga, who, in a little known bit of history, was so enraged with the license Bunsen took with his burner design, plotted with some of Heidelburg's most infamous and thoroughly discredited scientists and researchers in the biggest smear campaign against Bunsen that venerable institution, the U of Heidelburg, ever saw. (There were several smear campaigns. Desaga's was the biggest.)
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Todd Lindo is singled out tonight. People have been wondering where he's been.
Team Bjeldanes results from 23 July: Us - 28. Them - 9. We kinda ruled that one. They kinda cried about it. Three and oh. Team Bjeldanes results from 30 July: Us - 9. Them - 8. Got some lucky calls. Tough D in the last inning. Four and oh going into the bye week.
The Water-Pik has been repaired. It was under warranty so the repairs didn't cost anything. The sign-up sheet will be distributed first thing. Get there early for a good number.
Do yerself a favor and come to the meeting tonight. Marvel at Sue Erokan's beautifully rendered likeness. Bring yer pals. bye-ee
Thursday, August 03, 2000
Try this on, okay?
8.1.2k
Did you ever climb a tree only to find yourself unable to get down? I had a cat that we took camping and that little sucker climbed way up some ponderosa pine. Not a whole lot of horizontal limbs on this tree. Cricket could only go up. Couldn't turn around too easily. She just kinda hung there and squawked. I felt for her. I've been in situations where the way out wasn't too clear. Trees and other things. If you would like to talk to folks that get stuck up trees, the support group's meeting coincides with this week's TNSC meeting. Here:
Annies Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl San Francisco, CA 94103-4727
Phone: (415) 703-0865
You don't want to miss this. The keynote speaker has been stuck up in many a tree. New additions to the list: Brian and Kristin. Some folks call Kristin by her real name, Allison. Also new is a nice fella named Rob Williams. Returning to the list is our friend Colleen (She has a great story about the DMV and a lot of alcohol. Ask her to tell you.) Michael Weiss returns too. No one was purged from the list this week. Thanks to pinch hitter Mossy for last week's riveting TNSC announcement. Several of you wrote in to complain that I didn't give Rosey any guff a couple weeks back. Rosey hisownself noticed and mentioned it the next day. He also noticed that he got skipped on the ritual Friday morning slider run. I guess I'm responsible for Rosey's breakfast sandwich intake now, in addition to making sure his route to the TNSC meeting is mapped out. I wonder if he needs me to pay his rent next month for him or make some car repairs for him or shop for his mom's B-Day present or find a recipe for empanadas for him or pick out a Christmas tree for him or clean his carpets?
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Bishop wants a strawberry picking contest. Okay then.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The discovery of cesium. Mark Tellegen, in a dual role, will play both Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and the young Prussian physicist Gustav Kirchhoff, the discoverers of cesium. Heather Morra will play their spectroscope. Jeremy Johnson will play Bunsen's modifications to University of Heidelburg technician Peter Desaga's burner (Bunsen receives unfair credit for the invention of the classic piece of laboratory equipment, for he merely modified (and improved upon) an existing design). Spark Sorensen takes on the role of the burner itself. Kristin Nielson will play cesium's atomic number, 55. Amy Shuba will portray Desaga, who, in a little known bit of history, was so enraged with the license Bunsen took with his burner design, plotted with some of Heidelburg's most infamous and thoroughly discredited scientists and researchers in the biggest smear campaign against Bunsen that venerable institution, the U of Heidelburg, ever saw. (There were several smear campaigns. Desaga's was the biggest.)
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Todd Lindo is singled out tonight. People have been wondering where he's been.
Team Bjeldanes results from 23 July: Us - 28. Them - 9. We kinda ruled that one. They kinda cried about it. Three and oh. Team Bjeldanes results from 30 July: Us - 9. Them - 8. Got some lucky calls. Tough D in the last inning. Four and oh going into the bye week.
The Water-Pik has been repaired. It was under warranty so the repairs didn't cost anything. The sign-up sheet will be distributed first thing. Get there early for a good number.
Do yerself a favor and come to the meeting tonight. Marvel at Sue Erokan's beautifully rendered likeness. Bring yer pals. bye-ee
8.1.2k
Did you ever climb a tree only to find yourself unable to get down? I had a cat that we took camping and that little sucker climbed way up some ponderosa pine. Not a whole lot of horizontal limbs on this tree. Cricket could only go up. Couldn't turn around too easily. She just kinda hung there and squawked. I felt for her. I've been in situations where the way out wasn't too clear. Trees and other things. If you would like to talk to folks that get stuck up trees, the support group's meeting coincides with this week's TNSC meeting. Here:
Annies Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl San Francisco, CA 94103-4727
Phone: (415) 703-0865
You don't want to miss this. The keynote speaker has been stuck up in many a tree. New additions to the list: Brian and Kristin. Some folks call Kristin by her real name, Allison. Also new is a nice fella named Rob Williams. Returning to the list is our friend Colleen (She has a great story about the DMV and a lot of alcohol. Ask her to tell you.) Michael Weiss returns too. No one was purged from the list this week. Thanks to pinch hitter Mossy for last week's riveting TNSC announcement. Several of you wrote in to complain that I didn't give Rosey any guff a couple weeks back. Rosey hisownself noticed and mentioned it the next day. He also noticed that he got skipped on the ritual Friday morning slider run. I guess I'm responsible for Rosey's breakfast sandwich intake now, in addition to making sure his route to the TNSC meeting is mapped out. I wonder if he needs me to pay his rent next month for him or make some car repairs for him or shop for his mom's B-Day present or find a recipe for empanadas for him or pick out a Christmas tree for him or clean his carpets?
TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Bishop wants a strawberry picking contest. Okay then.
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The discovery of cesium. Mark Tellegen, in a dual role, will play both Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and the young Prussian physicist Gustav Kirchhoff, the discoverers of cesium. Heather Morra will play their spectroscope. Jeremy Johnson will play Bunsen's modifications to University of Heidelburg technician Peter Desaga's burner (Bunsen receives unfair credit for the invention of the classic piece of laboratory equipment, for he merely modified (and improved upon) an existing design). Spark Sorensen takes on the role of the burner itself. Kristin Nielson will play cesium's atomic number, 55. Amy Shuba will portray Desaga, who, in a little known bit of history, was so enraged with the license Bunsen took with his burner design, plotted with some of Heidelburg's most infamous and thoroughly discredited scientists and researchers in the biggest smear campaign against Bunsen that venerable institution, the U of Heidelburg, ever saw. (There were several smear campaigns. Desaga's was the biggest.)
TONIGHT'S SINGLED OUT LIST MEMBER: Todd Lindo is singled out tonight. People have been wondering where he's been.
Team Bjeldanes results from 23 July: Us - 28. Them - 9. We kinda ruled that one. They kinda cried about it. Three and oh. Team Bjeldanes results from 30 July: Us - 9. Them - 8. Got some lucky calls. Tough D in the last inning. Four and oh going into the bye week.
The Water-Pik has been repaired. It was under warranty so the repairs didn't cost anything. The sign-up sheet will be distributed first thing. Get there early for a good number.
Do yerself a favor and come to the meeting tonight. Marvel at Sue Erokan's beautifully rendered likeness. Bring yer pals. bye-ee
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