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November 1, 2006

It Was Halloween and Links Were Leaking!

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 12:20 pm

Look Out Behind You!

Disguises and mystery were part of a Halloween Open Comment Night as people showed up as their alterego or even the alterego or their alterego. We had our own version of the Bloggy Horror Picture Show. The Dread Arachnid terrorized us and may have eaten Boxcar Willy and we know that Darth Varder ate Jar Jar as B-B-Q even before the show. So it was no real surprise when the links started leaking as they always do.

The Link Leak Virus seeped into every thing we saw. — The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes at Open Comment Night they become a link free-for-all.

Welcome to all of the new folks who came. It was great fun having you!

You should see the links that everyone was treated to..

And now for the Ghastly, Ghostly Plot of Horrors

Thanks to Rick Cockrum who did the honors of gathering the dirt on the despicable deeds done there.

Another Halloween has gone
Ghosts and Goblins wandered on
The crowd was rowdy with their pranks
At Open Mic we shared their ranks

Boxcar Willie sang a song
But as he left the lights went down
Dread Arachnid crept behind
Coldly thinking “he is mine!”

Dawn her maw the hobo went
Another young life bravely spent
While Darth Vader picked his teeth
With the ribs of Jar Jar Binks

Spirits Spirit watched and played
Her ghostly light a lovely shade
While brave Sir Wyngvar cowered and prayed
To keep his wings for one more day

But as the spirits of evil fled
The lights came out and reality led
To talk of blogging tools and tricks
Another other handy writing tips

Roger found the blogging tool
Wordpress seems to be the rule
He also had an icon to see
Where baby feeding can safely be

Chris was in his birthday suit
He though Vader was brute
And found his breath a haunting fear
Softly whispering in his ear

Renee was here with her brand new dress
Her blog has found its happiness
With Katiebirds’s they both impress
New clean lines they do express

bj came, a gypsy dream
Reading palms, dreaming dreams
While warning of the Wordpress greed
For memory it has a need

Delaney came as a little mouse,
With colors and crayons for every house
Char decided she was ‘char’ treuse
Dressed in black, it was no ruse.

Later as the party slowed
cat arrived, tip in tow
Of photography for Halloween
How to watch the pumpkins preen

She found books at Sandra’s house
Of focus and writing - Can we all be Proust?
We all saw the bathroom blogs
Where women’s rooms are judged by all

And don’t forget the microloans
We can all finance an investment boom
Finally Michael stopped right in
To tip his hat, we were all done in

Others came to spread their cheer,
Christine, Starbucker, Ah Pek, and Carl
Couldn’t stay but to give a smile

And so another mic did end
Thank you Liz for inviting us in.

Thanks to Rick for writing this. And thank you everyone for coming! I need a nap now. I think. In the meantime. Please don’t go down into the basement, if you think the killer’s there.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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32 Comments to “It Was Halloween and Links Were Leaking!”

  1. November 1st, 2006 at 1:18 pm
    The Dread Arachnid said

    Oh, but Liz….I’m waiting for you there….

  2. November 1st, 2006 at 1:22 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Ahhhh. Thhh-at’s okay. D.A. I’m not a basement kind of girl. I don’t even watch those movies. :)

  3. November 1st, 2006 at 1:41 pm
    Char said

    Liz - I was in and out of the party last night - considered it a trial run for upcoming Tuesdays. I hope to be back next Tuesday - ah, election night - it could be interesting, you think?

  4. November 1st, 2006 at 1:55 pm
    katiebird said

    The second-best part of Open Comment Night is the Leaky Leaks….

  5. November 1st, 2006 at 3:07 pm
    TechZ said

    Good stuff Rick! :D

    Link Leaks are just the best.

  6. November 1st, 2006 at 3:18 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Wow! Good job Rick. I really admire that level of word smithing.

  7. November 1st, 2006 at 3:29 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Ah, Char,
    You’re right, We’ll have to come up with a theme –the absurd or something!

  8. November 1st, 2006 at 3:30 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Katie,
    I often wonder whether anyone reads these. Thanks for letting me know that they’re worth doing. Rick was a champion to come through with his great summary!

  9. November 1st, 2006 at 3:31 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah, Chris! Didn’t Rick do the best job ever?

  10. November 1st, 2006 at 3:33 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thanks TechZ,
    You’re a great one to watch with such positive energy!

  11. November 1st, 2006 at 4:07 pm
    Rick Cockrum said

    Halloween parties are so much fun. I had a good time. :)

    In case you haven’t seen, Joe has news on K.

  12. November 1st, 2006 at 4:12 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Rick,
    You were part of what made it fun.
    Thanks for spreading the news. I’ve been so busy working, I’ve not made it over there.

  13. November 1st, 2006 at 4:36 pm
    MamaDuck said

    Oh my! I’m sorry I missed it now - the carrot cake was good though! ;)

  14. November 1st, 2006 at 5:41 pm
    HART (1-800-HART) said

    Aww .. it sounded like fun and I did scan the comments! Rick’s poem helped :)

    But, alas .. it was month-end for me (besides Halloween) and had obligations and had things to do, places to go, people to see .. *YouKnow* ..

    FYI - I just posted another Halloween post on my pet blog .. Unwilling Halloween Pets .. There’s some cuties in there!

  15. November 1st, 2006 at 6:42 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Mama!
    I bet that carrot cake was wonderful. There is always another Tuesday! We’ll keep a seat open for you!

  16. November 1st, 2006 at 6:43 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Great HART!
    Thanks for the link. It sounds like fun! You know you’re always welcome whenever you can be here!

  17. November 1st, 2006 at 9:03 pm
    Joe said

    Hey all,

    Rick, thanks for spreading the good news about K.

    And Thank you all for your support in a trying time. We both appreciate it more than can be expressed in a few words.

    Thanks,
    Joe & K.

  18. November 1st, 2006 at 9:04 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Joe,
    We’re happy when the whole family is doing well. That includes you and K especially.

  19. November 1st, 2006 at 9:09 pm
    Joe said

    ;-)

  20. November 1st, 2006 at 9:11 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Always great to see you smile. :)

  21. November 1st, 2006 at 10:18 pm
    cat said

    These poems are so nice I’ve started tagging them for memory lane and rainy days.

    Thanks all and thanks Liz for having us each week!

  22. November 1st, 2006 at 10:20 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Cat,
    I just got this amazing image of that poster with all of the DWB banners next to all of these poems quite a mental sight!!

    Thank you for being part of all of this! :)

  23. November 2nd, 2006 at 7:27 am
    shirazi said

    One of these also go in my personal Best of the Web. Thanks. (Me Busy?)

  24. November 2nd, 2006 at 7:30 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi there, Shirazi!
    Thank you for coming by. I’m delighted you found something useful here!

    I’m also glad that life is keeping you busy. :)

  25. November 2nd, 2006 at 1:15 pm
    Easton Ellsworth said

    Oh, the things I miss by not attending these shin-digs … glad everyone had fun and hopefully I’ll make it to a future Open Mic night.

  26. November 2nd, 2006 at 1:16 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Easton,
    It’s always fun to see you whenever you do stop by. :)

  27. November 2nd, 2006 at 4:23 pm
    seanrox said

    Hi Liz, sorry I missed the event but you’ll be hearing from me again and I’ll be on the next open mic night.

    I was suppose to have internet going yesterday but it was delayed until today, so yeah… I have a ton of emails to catch up on… 3 days worth.

    I’ll follow up with you in the next day or so on everything else.

  28. November 2nd, 2006 at 5:07 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Howdy SeanRox!
    As you see, I made sure you were there anyway! Hope your blog made it through the crowd I sent over. :)

  29. November 2nd, 2006 at 7:22 pm
    seanrox said

    Hi Liz. I did see you made a small mention of me ;)

    and yes my site made it through the crowd you sent over. Thanks again!

  30. November 2nd, 2006 at 7:41 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey SeanRox,
    Have to take care you. You’re important!

  31. November 3rd, 2006 at 3:02 am
    Sandra Renshaw said

    Liz,
    Great post - fun to read a synopsis of the evening. Love the Links Leak Virus!
    Sandy

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