May 31, 2006

436 Comments and a Review!

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 11:46 am

1 Guy Told the World About It

Last night at Open Comment Night, we had another great and rambling conversation. Mike Dunn of Nomadic Audio stopped by to see what was going on. He live blogged the Open Comments Night. Click the title to see what he said.

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Highlights

Many thoughts were shared between blogger friends. New blogger friendships formed. Art was defined. Plans were made. Marketing ideas were discussed. Stories were told. A good time was had.

Here are some highlights.

Tracy Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:26 pm e
Well I went and looked at the 1000 paintings and thought it was dumb yet genius. Dumb because they’re not art. Genius because people are actually buying them.

ann michael [who bought 150] Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:26 pm e
I’m going to hang it on my wall to remember that I never want to work in a company with more than 150 people!

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:28 pm e
I’m with you Tracy. I wish I had time to put one of those dumb, fabulous ideas into place.

Joe, whatcha singing?

Chris, I think Ann bought her IQ.

Tracy Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
Oh my. I suppose if I shut my eyes, it might be art.

Then again, when I first started reading I was thinking that you picked a number and underneath that number was a real painting. And you were just sorta gambling with what you’d get.

Then I realized, no, you’re actually bidding on that number as the painting.

*sigh*

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
I’ve been listening to the soundtrack to a Chicago Restaurant website all day.

Art = something I’m willing to look at for ten years and still find interesting. I don’t think those numbers are interesting for a second.

Chris Cree Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
But it’s soooo… blue.

Mark Wade Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:33 pm e
Hang on everyone - I’ll go get Art…

Hey Art! C’mere - they’re tawkin’

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:40 pm e
Whew, I just went back to read what i had been missing in the flurry. I had no idea that Easton dropped by. Once again. This is quite a party. Has Elvis been here yet?

Sheila Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:41 pm e
Naw, but Richard Petty’s appalled by all of the women not being ladies!

Claire Tompkins Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:42 pm e
I’m on California time, so happy hour has just started for me. So I’m here!
1000 paintings reminds me of that 1 million pixels website where you could buy ad space on a page for $1 per pixel. At the top it says “own a piece of Internet history!” Well, that wasn’t art.
On the other hand, there’s Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol who made art from ordinary stuff and advertising.

Mark Wade Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:42 pm e
Elvis was here but he was using I.E. so his comment didn’t get a number - then he got lost in Joe’s time warp… well, you get the idea… Laffin’!

Of course, Joe, AdLib, Hart, Steve, Ben, Thanos, and Martin were here too. Gosh I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Everyone is important to me. You know that.

Comments and Community

Thank you, Mike, for noticing. Thank you, everyone who came, even those who listened in.

If you missed it, skim the rest to read about the new comment plug-in, Brad and Angelina, the drunken moose and code-writing donkey, and the “Official Pick on Liz Day.” It was all in a night’s conversation . . .

All of those comments and it wasn’t about anyone misbehaving or doing something mean to somebody. Comments and community on a blog. Imagine that!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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90 Comments to “436 Comments and a Review!”

  1. May 31st, 2006 at 12:13 pm
    mike dunn said

    glad to liz, next time i’ll actually join in too ;)

  2. May 31st, 2006 at 12:15 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Mike,
    It would be fun to have you. We love new people around here. It makes us smarter and more knowledgeable. They also teach us new jokes. ;)

  3. May 31st, 2006 at 12:23 pm
    Ben Yoskovitz said

    Glad to be involved. It was my second time! I’m experienced…

    The code-writing donkey on the other hand, oy…

    I’m sure we’ll shatter the 436 comments next week, and I look forward to more people getting into the discussion. Just jump in and say something, we don’t bite unless you pay us.

  4. May 31st, 2006 at 12:27 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Ben!
    The donkey is doing great code right?
    It was great to have you last night. And thanks for your comment over at Mike’s that was C-o-o-l too!

    I like the last line of this comment. :)

  5. May 31st, 2006 at 12:27 pm
    chartreuse (BETA) » Blog Archive » The Day After Tuesday Bloggers Remix (or nine rules, ten feet, and four hundred thirty six comments but it’s the pictures that really change the world) said

    [...] 436 comments and a review [...]

  6. May 31st, 2006 at 12:50 pm
    Joe said

    Hey Liz,
    As a minion I would just like to say… ;-)
    I had a great time once again, next week we have to strive for a new record, say 750???

    Joe

  7. May 31st, 2006 at 12:53 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey, Joe,
    All equals on this blog. :) Minion only as endearment.

    With the new comment plug-in we could go as high as we could stay awake for. Don’t forget I already claimed ancient.

  8. May 31st, 2006 at 12:57 pm
    Joe said

    Age is a Concept…
    Besides, I know I’m older than you by a good bit. :-)
    J.

  9. May 31st, 2006 at 12:59 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Aw Joe,

    Besides, I know I’m older than you by a good bit.
    I’ll let you believe that. Only because you seem to want to . . .

  10. May 31st, 2006 at 1:14 pm
    Joe said

    Sorry sweety, but I was born during the Korean War, I think that makes me the ancient one… LOL
    J.

  11. May 31st, 2006 at 1:40 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I’ll let you believe that. Only because you seem to want to . . .

  12. May 31st, 2006 at 1:41 pm
    Steve Remington said

    I believe Milton has us all beat. He fought in the Battle of Hastings.

  13. May 31st, 2006 at 1:44 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I knew Milton looked familiar. He was in one of my history books wasn’t he?

  14. May 31st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
    Chris Cree said

    I’m just wondering who was left to clean up all the piles this morning…

  15. May 31st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
    Steve Remington said

    Yea he is the guy that looks a lot like a moose, big tall antlers. He used to carry a sword, then a musket, and now he is retired from the armed forces. He has a lot of great war stories.

  16. May 31st, 2006 at 2:02 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Chris,
    Everyone asks what’re the advantages of belong to a blog network . . . Well there you have it! :)

  17. May 31st, 2006 at 2:03 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I knew it, Steve!
    I knew that was Milton. He still looks the same!

  18. May 31st, 2006 at 2:08 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Hastings? Self-cleaning piles? *scrunchy brow of confusion*

  19. May 31st, 2006 at 2:09 pm
    Joe said

    la-la-la…do-do-do-do…la-la

  20. May 31st, 2006 at 2:12 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I’ve got extreme feelings of déjà vu.

  21. May 31st, 2006 at 2:15 pm
    Joe said

    OK, how do you do the French accents? I got the ‘ but how do you do the \ / abouve the letters???

  22. May 31st, 2006 at 2:17 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I learned to do them from a French guy in the Korean War. :)

    He said to type the word in WORD first and then paste it in.

  23. May 31st, 2006 at 2:18 pm
    Chris Cree said

    I usually just say, “Awhhh hawhh” alot. It’s not very convincing.

  24. May 31st, 2006 at 2:18 pm
    Joe said

    Ha Ha LOL et cetera…

  25. May 31st, 2006 at 2:19 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Actually, Chris,
    I found that VERY convincing!

  26. May 31st, 2006 at 2:20 pm
    Steve Remington said

    Just add a question mark to the end of each sentence.

  27. May 31st, 2006 at 2:21 pm
    Joe said

    ?

  28. May 31st, 2006 at 2:22 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Thees kould bee vewry conveening, no?

  29. May 31st, 2006 at 2:23 pm
    Joe said

    Sorry guys,
    I can’t stick around for the fun, I have to see if I can get my scanner to work…
    J.

  30. May 31st, 2006 at 2:23 pm
    Chris Cree said

    conveensing…

  31. May 31st, 2006 at 2:24 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I’ve never heard this blog sound so French before. I’m feeling very oui, oui.

    [Don't go for the easy ones. That makes you look childish.]

  32. May 31st, 2006 at 2:25 pm
    ME Strauss said

    tres chic!

  33. May 31st, 2006 at 2:25 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Steve, just figured out you meant this Battle of Hastings. I thought there was some goings-on in Mass. that I didn’t know about.

    Milton is old!

  34. May 31st, 2006 at 2:33 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Those fair-haired Moose never show their age.

  35. May 31st, 2006 at 2:50 pm
    Steve Remington said

    He is a lot older than that but he had to spend centuries learning the ways of the “moose”. It was finally in 1066 where he first fought. Milton was born in 66AD.

    Notice the 66 theme going?

    According to moose prophecy, the anti-moose will rise up against all other moose and a big war called armaggedamoose will decide the fate of good versus evil. Milton has been training for this time all his life. He believes the war will be in 2066.
    :)

  36. May 31st, 2006 at 2:56 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Wow, I had no idea. That’s fascinating stuff.

  37. May 31st, 2006 at 2:58 pm
    Chris Cree said

    I must have a bad translation. I thought the war was called armoosegeddon…

  38. May 31st, 2006 at 3:00 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah, Chris, that would be the New World Edition.

    Steve, Has the Traditional.

  39. May 31st, 2006 at 3:02 pm
    Steve Remington said

    Chris it depends on which translation you use. They are ued interchangeably. Armoosegeddon was written in the original aramoosaic script prior to Milton’s birth.

    Over time, when the 12 moosapostles translated the original text it was known in several lands as armageddamoose which means “final war of moose”

    From that point on it depended on which translation was being used and where you were from that determined how you pronounced that word.

    I see you have some knowledge of ancient moose!

  40. May 31st, 2006 at 3:04 pm
    Steve Remington said

    Liz, yes you are right. I’m sorry I had the two mixed up. Chris’s word is from the translated version.

  41. May 31st, 2006 at 3:05 pm
    Scot Herrick said

    I hit the open mike last night with little time and came in with about 300 comments.

    The only one that immediately caught my eye was an official “Pick on Liz Night.”

    I didn’t have time to Pick on Liz. I’ll live with that regret the rest of my life.

    Sigh…

    Nice going!

    Scot

  42. May 31st, 2006 at 3:08 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Scot,
    I think every day and night are Pick on Liz times. You guys don’t fool me.

    *gives him that knowing look*

    Thanks
    Liz

  43. May 31st, 2006 at 3:16 pm
    Steve Remington said

    POL Night. I like it! :)

  44. May 31st, 2006 at 3:19 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Oh.
    *she says looking down and to Scot Herrick in (false) gratitude*

    Did you miss that comment last night? Gee.

  45. May 31st, 2006 at 4:17 pm
    Ben Yoskovitz said

    I leave for a few hours and we’ve got 44 comments here…

    And if you want French, give me a call sometime. I am the Montrealer here. Granted, I’m not a Francophone and the donkey’s French is better than mine, but I can scrape by.

    Alors mes amis, il faut que je retourne aux mes travaux.

    (there’s at least 2-5 grammar/spelling errors in there, but French writing is dang near impossible.)

  46. May 31st, 2006 at 4:22 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Gosh, Ben. Now I can say the blog is bi-lingual!

  47. May 31st, 2006 at 4:26 pm
    Tom Vander Well said

    Awwwww, man! I’m sorry I had to miss it, Liz. I had rehearsal for the summer Shakespeare festival. I’m trying to make art that’s more genius and less dumb - but with “the Bard” you gotta figure it’s stood the test of time. Hopefully, I’ll have another chance soon!

  48. May 31st, 2006 at 4:30 pm
    ME Strauss said

    No need to apologize, Tom.
    I’m always glad to see ya!

    You come whenever you can. The mike’s here every Tuesday night.

    smiles,
    Liz

  49. May 31st, 2006 at 4:32 pm
    ME Strauss said

    PS Tom,
    I love Summer Theater.
    Shakespear and all.
    I was Alice in Woderland.

    Kind of fits, doesn’t it?

  50. May 31st, 2006 at 4:32 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Tom, are you rehearsing something you can convince bunches of people to spend money on via a web site? Becaue our art discussion last night was free ranging over that subject! Are the constumes blue? Hmmm…

  51. May 31st, 2006 at 4:34 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Chris,
    You need a blue word that begins with C.

  52. May 31st, 2006 at 4:39 pm
    Chris Cree said

    What color is Cayan?

  53. May 31st, 2006 at 4:41 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Or is it Cyan? I forget.

  54. May 31st, 2006 at 5:14 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Cyan.
    That’s perfect!

  55. May 31st, 2006 at 6:02 pm
    Joe said

    Ok, Miss know it all, what are the primary colors?
    (notice the American spelling of color not colour?)
    J.

  56. May 31st, 2006 at 6:03 pm
    Joe said

    Oh,
    So ya know, Black is not a color…

  57. May 31st, 2006 at 6:06 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I don’t know.

  58. May 31st, 2006 at 6:08 pm
    Joe said

    Cyan, Magenta and Yellow

  59. May 31st, 2006 at 6:10 pm
    Joe said

    I was a printer in another life…

  60. May 31st, 2006 at 6:25 pm
    ME Strauss said

    CMYK

    I know about 4-color printing. I’ve seen a few presses in my time. None in your neck of the woods though.

  61. May 31st, 2006 at 6:55 pm
    Joe said

    The only reason they use “K” black, is so they don’t use too much of the 3 primary colors.

    Baum Printing 101 Don’t waste ink.

  62. May 31st, 2006 at 6:57 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Gotcha. Of course sometimes I want my type to be black too. :)

  63. May 31st, 2006 at 7:04 pm
    Joe said

    I knew you were trying to catch me in something… ;-)

  64. May 31st, 2006 at 7:11 pm
    ME Strauss said

    No, Joe!
    That was gotcha! like I get what you’re saying.

  65. May 31st, 2006 at 7:19 pm
    Joe said

    Ohhhh… (embarrased look)

  66. May 31st, 2006 at 7:21 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Silly, no need to be embarassed.

    We all misread these bloggy things.

    I just put a new post up.

  67. May 31st, 2006 at 8:41 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    I still want to be a Minion though - but this time I’d like to work for an Overlord who’ve read The List from http://www.eviloverlord.com/ - your Overlording (Overladying?) will be so much more effective once you’ve implemented those rules :)

  68. May 31st, 2006 at 8:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Overloud is probably more like it, but say I go with this Overlady thing. Does that mean that I have to get a bunch of light bulbs for you guys to change for me?

  69. May 31st, 2006 at 9:06 pm
    mike dunn said

    hey - liz, if you’re considering the overlady role then instead of minions it could be “legions of terror”…

  70. May 31st, 2006 at 9:07 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Legions of carers would fit me better.

    I could see it now . . .

    OH no. Here come Liz again with her Legions of Carers. Hide quickly! Hide or get hugged.

  71. May 31st, 2006 at 9:16 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    Nah, but you might want to have a look at the Evil empress list - while the rest of us look at the “Henc(wo)man list - lots and lots of anti-cliche advice there.

    Teresa’s already written quite a bit about it, but I’m thinking I should put it up somewhere as a reminder to avoid cliches in writing…

  72. May 31st, 2006 at 9:20 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I think you have a point about the cliches.
    I’m also think you guys have decided I’m too Meg Ryan.

  73. May 31st, 2006 at 9:22 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    Meg Ryan? Nah - Charlize Theron, maybe.

  74. May 31st, 2006 at 9:23 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I meant the *nice* part. :)

  75. May 31st, 2006 at 9:51 pm
    Tom Vander Well said

    You know Chris, we COULD charge tons of money for people to come see our production of Shakespeare - but we’re more into this “art for art’s sake” thing, so we’re doing it for FREE. Call us fools - but merry fools we be.

  76. May 31st, 2006 at 9:53 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I refrained the first time, but now I MUST ask.

    Are there tights involved?

  77. May 31st, 2006 at 10:01 pm
    Tom Vander Well said

    Hmmmmm. You can tell a lot about a person by the questions they ask ;) No tights - but the costumes are being sewn from old curtains. It should be rather interesting. I’ll have to post pictures.

  78. May 31st, 2006 at 10:03 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Whew! What a relief!
    Now all I have to picture is Carol Burnett doing Gone with the Wind ;)

  79. May 31st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
    Mark Wade said

    Geesh - see what happens when you don’t come around for a couple of hours? All heck breaks loose!

    So - we’re important now eh? And Joe thinks he’s old? I was born b4 the Korean war also… but I’m only 25… go figure :-)

    Who’s “Alice in Woderland?” Or - where’s Woderland?

    Cayan is a pepper. Peppers are red, green and pepper is black.

    Talk about Old? Carol Burnett???

    CYA next Tues… hahaha

  80. May 31st, 2006 at 10:51 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Wonderland . . . Wonderland I was multitasking. You know they don’t pay me to entertain you guys all day.

    Though after that comment I think they should be paying you. :)

    CYA next Tuesday. BYA next Tuesday or CYA on Wed.

  81. June 1st, 2006 at 5:42 am
    Tom Vander Well said

    Fortunately, they left the curtain rod out of the costumes, but I had the same vision of Carol descending the stairs when they told me. We need to be careful, Liz. Mark is right - we’re showing our age.

  82. June 1st, 2006 at 6:52 am
    Advice Librarian said

    Uh, Carol who?

    :P

  83. June 1st, 2006 at 6:54 am
    Chris Cree said

    Ahhh, that mother of all marketing words - FREE.

    Now if your troup could figure out a way to mix some numbers in there, along with a whole bunch of blue (or Cyan) you guys could make a pile too just like 1000 pictures…

  84. June 1st, 2006 at 6:56 am
    ME Strauss said

    Tom,
    We can always claim that it’s not our age, but that we grew up watching syndicated TV on TVLand and Nicklelodeon. :)

  85. June 1st, 2006 at 6:57 am
    ME Strauss said

    AdLib
    She played the lead in a famous movie that was later made into a book . . . :) ;)

  86. June 1st, 2006 at 6:58 am
    ME Strauss said

    Chris,
    Now if your troup could figure out a way to mix some numbers in there, along with a whole bunch of blue (or Cyan) you guys could make a pile too just like 1000 pictures…

    You win the prize for making me laugh out loud over my first cup of coffee.

    Still laughing!!!

  87. June 1st, 2006 at 7:24 am
    Advice Librarian said

    Shakespeare in Blue?

    Hmm - suddenly I have this disturbing mental image of “The Smurfs do Shakespeare”.

    That’s your fault Chris!

  88. June 1st, 2006 at 7:27 am
    ME Strauss said

    AdLib
    The best ideas come from the strangest connections — no intended to call you strange Chris or AdLib — but what great idea!

    Smurf’s Shakepeare ON ICE AT DISNEY WORLD!!!

  89. June 1st, 2006 at 7:52 am
    Tom Vander Well said

    And to help Chris out, the music will be Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue.”

    Wasn’t open mic supposed to end Tuesday night?

  90. June 1st, 2006 at 7:54 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Tom,
    It appears you made it in time after all. :)

    I guess you just can’t kill a good idea!

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