October 30, 2007
The Mic Is On: It’s About Halloween, of Course!
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:00 pm
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
Here’s how it works.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.
There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.
Boo!
Here’s a few ideas to get us started:
- Your favorite costume
- Treats you give out
- Traditions in your family and community
And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey . . . and flamenco dancing (because we always get off topic, anyway.)
Oh, and bring links about Halloween to share!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Mike said
Boo!
Derek Anderson said
my Halloween link for tonight
http://www.ff0000.com/
flash site
ME Strauss said
You scared me!
Mike said
Okay,
So that wasn’t much of a comment, but it seemed appropriate as a first one. Hi, Liz!
Mike
Derek Anderson said
have you guys seen this?
Derek Anderson said
oh yes…Hi Liz
ME Strauss said
My brother was a jump out from behind a corner and say “boo” sort of kid. I hated that.
Mike said
Apparently I DID scare everyone else off!
ME Strauss said
He liked thrills. I liked peace and quiet.
DaveOlson said
Hey Mike, Liz… you’ll have to do better than that to scare us away
Mike said
Your brother sounds like a fun type….
Derek Anderson said
I am being moderated
ME Strauss said
Hi Dave!
How is that new cafe. Do you have it decorated for Halloween?
Mike said
Hi Dave,
I’m scared that the Copyblogger grammermentors will be coming to haunt me for using accidentally typing four dots in my last comment!
Mike
ME Strauss said
My brother liked to pick on his baby sister.
DaveOlson said
don’t take possession of the new cafe until thursday, so we get a halloween break.
DaveOlson said
What brother doesn’t like to pick on his kid sister? I have two kid sisters.
ME Strauss said
What will be on the menu and when are you inviting us up?
Mike said
What kind of cafe, Dave?
Marti said
Happy Halloween! I love autumn, I love Halloween, I even loved working at a graveyard – LOL
Derek Anderson said
Hello…
Mike said
What are the odds that Marti would be the former graveyard worker in the bunch? 50-50?
ME Strauss said
Marti!
You must have been a hoot . . . in a graveyard.
DaveOlson said
The cafe will be soup, wraps… gourmet coffees, smoothies, fresh juices, and…. (wait for it..) fresh from scratch baking such as cinnamon buns to die for and muffins
Mike said
Well, I’ve got to go carve jack-o-lanterns (and bake some pumpkin seeds), so I’ll check back in later!
Char said
Stopping in really quick to leave you some diversionary links – I had a virtual Halloween party today so I have links ready to go…
Virtual Halloween Party
I’ll be back in a bit to join in the festivities.
ME Strauss said
Um er, I forgot to check the moderation queue.
Hi Derek. [blush]
Mike said
I can smell that place from here, Dave. Wow!
And hello Derek!
Derek Anderson said
am I working now?
ME Strauss said
Hi Char
Thanks for coming . . . and thanks for what you said earlier.
ME Strauss said
peace and quiet
Marti, it was a graveyard. too funny!
DaveOlson said
Hi Derek
Derek Anderson said
Thank you Liz…and I was second in line with my cool Halloween link.
http://www.ff0000.com/
Derek Anderson said
Hi Dave
Marti said
Seriously, I sold cemetery plots. It was a very nice graveyard, I loved it. Only creepy at dusk…bwa ha ha
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
“Hello, my pretties,” Glenda cackles.
ME Strauss said
Bye you guys, Marti and I are going to work with the ghosts in Santa Monica.
mwa ha ha ha
Marti said
Good evening to Liz (Happy happy to you again *grin*), Mike, Derek, Dave and Char!
April Groves said
Boo!!!
ME Strauss said
Hi April!
Everybody, who’s what for Halloween?
Josh said
Hi Liz. do you like the site i showed Derek (http://www.ff0000.com/)?
happy Halloween!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
I am me for Hallowe’en!
Marti said
And Glenda who slipped in like a little ghost – LOL
Derek Anderson said
Liz, My stepson just tried to post a comment…you wanted Halloween links but the comments with links are still being moderated
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
hmm, guess my cackle in #36 wasn’t scary enough, Marti.
ME Strauss said
Hi Josh!
He’s up there at 41!
Sorry to keep you waiting. I’m having a bad spam day!
April Groves said
I have a Hermione Grainger, Tinker Bell, Super Girl, and a pumpkin
Derek Anderson said
understandable
spam happens
ME Strauss said
I bet I know which one is the pumpkin!
Marti said
I wrote a ghost story novel that included that very cemetery I worked at.
http://lulu.com/martilawrence
“River of Possibilities”
Derek Anderson said
how about Halloween Hangman
Flash game
http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman/
Derek Anderson said
http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman/
Halloween Hangman
ME Strauss said
Thank you, for that hangman game.
April Groves said
Go ahead and guess the pumpkin
ME Strauss said
Squishy
Marti said
Oh lordie, I am so hungry, I thought April said she had a Taco Bell, not Tinker Bell LOL
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks Derek, that game is hilarious. Haven’t played hangman in years
ME Strauss said
Marti,
I have a chocolate bell! Here you go!
Derek Anderson said
You are welcome.
Marti said
Cool pumpkin carvings
http://flickr.com/photos/cyberpumpkin/sets/72157594325102444/
ME Strauss said
Everyone should buy Marti’s book. I know it’s wonderful. I’ve read it. Twice!!!
April Groves said
YES!!! The pumpkin is my squishy!! How did you know – besides the fact that I put them in order?
ME Strauss said
Oh April,
A pumpkin is a Squishy sort of costume . . . isn’t it?
April Groves said
Marti,
Taco Bell! What a great idea!
Marti said
MMMmmmm, thanks Liz!
ME Strauss said
Taffy apples and popcorn balls for everyone!!
April Groves said
Well, Squishy is still…squishy…so a lot of the costumes didn’t fit so good
Marti said
Awww, thanks for the book plug, Liz – you’re a doll!
Char said
Okay – I’m back – all the little goblins are tucked in now. Tomorrow we will have a hockey player (my 11 year old is taking the easy way out), a witch, and a Grecian princess.
Rodney Rumford said
holy cow already at 68 comments… i made it here under the 100 mark… that is rare.
Favorite part of holloween is carving pumpkins with my daughter and then baking the seeds. We bake 4 pumpkins worth of seeds every year.mmmm
Marti said
My house is genuinely haunted so writing a ghost story just came natural – LOL
ME Strauss said
Hey Rodney!
How’s the house. How are you??
Marti said
Pumpkins are fun to grow – they have gorgeous flowers. Everyone should try it!
Susan Reynolds said
Oh man, I forgot the taco bell thing today. Alas – so BOO guys. Were you scared?
ME Strauss said
Hi Susan,
I was just looking through the spam seeing whether there were any good SL names for me.
Susan Reynolds said
And I brought Barmbrack to share.
Barmbrack is the center of an Irish Halloween custom. The Halloween Brack traditionally contained various objects baked into the bread and was used as a sort of fortune-telling game.
Be careful when you take a bite. You might break a tooth!
In the barmbrack were: a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence) and a ring.
Each item, when received in the slice, was supposed to carry a meaning to the person concerned: the pea, the person would not marry that year; the stick, “to beat one’s wife with”, would have an unhappy marriage or continually be in disputes; the cloth or rag, would have bad luck or be poor; the coin, would enjoy good fortune or be rich; and the ring, would be wed within the year.
Commercially produced barmbracks for the Halloween market still include a toy ring.
Marti said
The collapse of the bee colonies is a r-e-a-l-l-y scary thing though. No bees, no pumpkins.
I actually bought pumpkin honey from the neighboring beekeeper whose bees pollinate our crop. It was delicious!
Eric said
Marti,
Did you know you can eat the blooms? My in-laws bread and fry pumpkin blooms – mmm good!
Rodney Rumford said
we are fine and the house is fine… there was just a ton of smoke and ash and we were evacuated for 3 days…
pics and videos here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13036915532
Susan Reynolds said
Oh yes – we have to have the right name Liz – but looking though Spam? LOL I cant wait to see what names you’re thinking about.
Rodney your fb photos were really intense. Such a hard time to be there!
Marti said
Hi Susan! That’s a fascinating story – I’d never heard of Barmbrack…mmm…oh! I think I broke a tooth! LOL
Susan Reynolds said
And don’t be too shocked if we get some halloween party revelers from twitter thanks to my uncensored tweeting about coming here to escape my blog design glitch.
Marti said
Oh my goodness Rodney! So terribly sorry about your house!
ME Strauss said
I thought you’d get a kick out of that — the looking at spam stuff.
Becky McCray said
Hi, Liz and friends! Just to be safe, has anybody seen that Dread Arachnid that terrorized last year’s Halloween party?
ME Strauss said
No the Arachnid hasn’t shown up yet.
mkh said
Hmm, seems like a friendly crowd, so perhaps I’ll sit for a spell. Although perhaps that’s a poor choice of words, when I live in a neighborhood where I routinely find mysterious black-wrapped objects in mailboxes and on porches.
bj said
Just stopped by to say BOO before the debate. Can’t stay, wanna hear what they all have to say for themselves. Edwards and Dodd looking better and better, C & O looking like same ol’ same ol’ business as usual.
Marti said
Thanks for the tip Eric! We’ll have to try that next year!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Halloween cake recipe, if you dare! http://www.kidskuisine.com/?page_id=8
Becky McCray said
Good! I was worried!
I thought I heard a witch cackle earlier, though!
Susan Reynolds said
Wait – something bit me.
But Liz – you could always ask for suggestions from the group. Oh and I met Marti’s SL cousin today – I cant remember what his first name was but he was in that thing I invited you to Marti.
ME Strauss said
Marti
You have a message at comment 78!
Marti said
Hi Becky!
Becky McCray said
Hi, BJ! I still use your KickAss Brag Basket graphic!
Susan Reynolds said
A lot of Timeless people around, Marti.
Which is perfect for . . . .halloween!
Becky McCray said
Howdy, Marti! Love your graveyard stories.
Marti said
Thanks Liz! I will have to make a note about Eric’s fried pumpkin blossoms for next year!
mkh said
A question for this knowledgeable audience: Am I the last person spelling Hallowe’en with the apostrophe?
Susan Reynolds said
Breaded blooms is a new one on me. I need to get a wider view of the world apparently
Marti said
Oh Susan that is so cool that you met a member of my “Timeless” family! Sorry I couldn’t stay today.
ME Strauss said
Hi mkh,
I think you might be the last one who spells it that way.
Susan Reynolds said
mkh you’re a traditionalist eh?
Becky McCray said
MKH, you may not be the LAST person using the apostrophe in Halloween, but you are close!
mkh said
I’ve been a Hallowe’en traditionalist for two hundred years now, Susan. {insert sinister laughter}
Becky McCray said
Susan, hi! I haven’t forgotten about signs and logos, but just have been pulled away temporarily.
ME Strauss said
Hey mkh,
What do your initials stand for?
Marti said
Hello mkh,
I think you ARE the only person I know who uses that spelling – but that’s cool! Makes you unique!
mkh said
Anyone for old Hallowe’en postcards? http://preview.tinyurl.com/333s4x
Rodney Rumford said
marti,
Our house is fine… luckily. we just a lot of smoke and ash… all part of that cali living…
mkh said
ME: Marc Kevin Hall. Nothing special, I’m just lazy.
Eric said
Hi all,
I must ask – Do other areas across the nation do the “beggars night” thing (some may call it the Trick-or-Treat thing?
2nd question:
Do you make the kids tell jokes before giving them candy? Or, is that just a crazy thing we picked up here in Iowa?
Susan Reynolds said
Becky I didn’t know who was doing what next – besides – we’re still waiting to hear from your very busy sign guy abut what exactly he needs right?
ME Strauss said
Oh Marc,
I’m Liz !!
ME Strauss said
Oh Marc,
I’m Liz !!
ME Strauss said
Look at that! I beat the duplicate comment ghost!
mkh said
Hello, Liz! Nice place you have here!
Becky McCray said
Susan, he is at least *trying* to work with me, so that is good.
Susan Reynolds said
Marc Kevin Hall I KNEW it was you, cheating on the twitterers with us
Let me introduce you to our hostess, Liz.
I dragged him along, Liz.
ME Strauss said
Hey Becky,
Some folks are really *trying* and then they’re *sorry* too.
Wicked Witch of the West said
[flies in low on her broom]
Hokkus, pokkus
Toil n trouble
I cast a spell
Across the blogosphere
Far and wide
Tremble, my sweets, Tremble!
[flies off across the full moon, cackling, "I'm a witch, not a poet!" hehehe]
mkh said
Hello, Eric!
The trick-or-treat/beggar’s night tradition is almost as old as the holiday, dating back to the mid-1800s. However, it has tremendous amount of regional variation, or rather, did until mass media started homogenizing it a bit.
ME Strauss said
Hi Marc,
Any friend of theirs is a SPECIAL friend of this blog. Drinks and snacks are in the sidebar.
Susan Reynolds said
My dad used to make the kids do a trick to get a treat. I just throw some candy at them and hope for the best!
Marti said
Rodney I am so glad your house is only a little ashy.
—-
Dear Mark Kevin Hall I am a twitter goddess (snicker) My user ID = Marti_L
mkh said
I’ve been told I have a rather distinctive voice, Susan, even in Courier. There’s no point in my trying to hide.
ME Strauss said
Did anyone else happen to notice a witch fly by?
ME Strauss said
Marc,
So how much have you written since 1999?
ME Strauss said
Susan,
Any new movies this week?
mkh said
Ah, the infamous and oft-referenced Marti_L! It is a pleasure to meet you.
Susan Reynolds said
who was that nut case on the broom? Ohhhh – I recognize her – must have been @AnnOhio
Marti said
Extends a warm handshake to mkh – yes I am legend
*grin*
Becky McCray said
Liz, I thought I heard some cackling in rhyme just a second ago! Wicked!
mkh said
How much have I written? I haven’t any idea, really. Not as much as I ought to have done, by some counts, and far more than is justified, by others.
Eric said
Well that shows what I know! Thank you for that information though!
How about telling jokes? Do other regions do the joke telling?
ME Strauss said
No, Susan,
I had a good look it wasn’t our Ann.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Yes Liz, I saw her and her black cat fly by. Was that a ‘fly by spell’ she casted?
Susan Reynolds said
No new movies Liz, I felt lousy and then I broke my blog with an open tag somewhere apparently. Oy.
Marti said
Even I bow to the great and powerful Ann
Becky McCray said
I think I shall get up and run to the freezer for a Klondike. (Really!)
Marti said
Susan, I have several old casts and crutches I can loan your broken blog
mkh said
Ann of the Cornfields? Here?
Susan Reynolds said
Do they put out special Halloween klondikes? I admit I am not an ice cream bar person – gasp
Marti said
mkh, what do you write? (asked the fellow author who is shamelessly plugging herself tonight)
Becky McCray said
This one is Heath flavored.
Susan Reynolds said
I need more than a cast. And I though I knew typepad, Marti.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
oh Marti, from one author to another, a bit of my dream came true today. Black Bond Books, where I bought books as a child, took ten copies of I’ll Do It Myself on consignment!
mkh said
Marti, I’ve been trying to determine exactly what I write for quite a few years now. I could say I write professionally, but it would be a bit of a stretch; I primarily translate technical matters into language senior executives can act upon. But the writing that matters to be is a mixture of stories and essays I give away.
Marti said
Around here it;’s just “Trick or treat” which is kid code for “Give me candy or I’ll TP your house”. No joke telling but that sounds like a great tradition.
Speaking of which, (assuming the statue of limitations on such actions has long since expired) I have participated in Halloween TPing…has anyone else?
Susan Reynolds said
Glenda! YAY for you.
mkh said
I’m hoping that various personal matters will resolve themselves this year and allow me to consider doing more with the latter in 2008.
I’m really quite envious of real authors.
mkh said
Hallowe’en TPing? Guilty of that, and worse…
Ann said
Trick or Treat?
Marti said
@Glenda – that’s awesome! I am thrilled for you!
@mkh – that;’s OK, I like writers who can’t pigeonhole a specific genre for their work. I’ve done humor essays, a paranormal mystery novel and a self-help book
Ann said
I followed the candy corn trail…
Marti said
{{runs to hug Ann}} Hello!!
ME Strauss said
I just wrote a bunch of comments on the wrong post.
too funny
Char said
What is everyone’s favorite Halloween candy? And if you have kids do you “snitch” from their candy stash when they aren’t looking?
Becky McCray said
Hurray, Glenda! I have finally printed out my copy of your e-book, so I can read it as I go to sleep. Loving it so far!
ME Strauss said
Susan!
How about . . .
Liz Discount Valium?
Susan Reynolds said
and #149 is exactly why I dislike halloween. grubbing, grabbing, unpleasant – oh it brings out the worst in people.
Ann said
I love Twizzlers..no kids here to steal from, I buy the sugar free variety…but I have a lot of chocolate left over tonight.
That spells trouble..
ME Strauss said
Liz Xanax Tablets
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks Susan, I’m REALLY excited. Funny how there are little bits to a dream; one part was seeing my book on that store’s bookshelf one day.
Eric said
Oh yes! The Halloween TPing. I had a good time with that when I was younger!
Of course, now that I have kids, I deny all participation in that event
ME Strauss said
Liz Pill21
Liz Legal Advice
Ann said
Hello Marti… MKH
)
ME Strauss said
Never tp’ed a house or tree, only saw one once.
I wore brown knee socks . . . remember.
mkh said
Favorite candy? Clearly those black- and orange-wrapped peanut butter taffy kisses. My stomach’s rumbling just at the memory.
Becky McCray said
Liz, I feel so sympathetic to you all of a sudden. Like perhaps we make similar mistakes.
Susan Reynolds said
never TP’d. I was a lot like Liz. Only with white bobby socks.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Becky, hope it doesn’t PUT you to sleep!
ME Strauss said
It’s sad the things I do, Becky. I hope you’re not right about being as clueless as I am.
[grin]
Marti said
Hi Char. Yes I admit to stealing candy from babies (and teenagers – LOL) My favorites are mini Snickers and Russell Stover peanut butter pumpkins
Eric said
Unfortunately, almost anything chocolate goes for me (unfortunate because I eat a lot of it!)
Nothing beats a Kit Kat – Twix – one, two punch!
Marti said
Glenda I am thrilled for your dream piece becoming a reality
Susan Reynolds said
You have to chose from one of THEIR surnames Liz. Like Timeless or Tomorrow but not LegalAdvice
Ann said
Halloween costumes? I can’t remember dressing up that much….
mkh said
Anyone have any embarrassing Hallowe’en costume photos from their youth? And I mean real youth, not a drunken fraternity party.
mkh said
No, I wasn’t looking at Ann when I added the caveat, either.
Wicked Witch of the West said
[swooshes by on her broom, sprinkling fairy dust. "ha, let them THINK its fairy dust," she snickers]
Susan Reynolds said
Poor Marc. The places I lure you – and with this disjointed conversation. . . but such nice people.
Ann said
MKH…I was going to college in my 40′s no frat boys…
mkh said
All my conversations are disjointed, Susan — this is natural to me. I wear so many hats at once you’d think I was a hydra.
mkh said
You were in college in the 1940s, Ann?! (raises eyebrow) You’re even better preserved than I thought!
Ann said
ohhhhhhhh such a smartass…MKH
mkh said
Oh, my mistake. “My” 40s, not “the” 40s.
Char said
I have a real weakness for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Bottlecaps, and Candy Corn.
No TP’ing for me either – I followed the rules too much and was afraid of my own shadow – I wore bobby socks, too.
Ann said
Giggling…thank you dear
Susan Reynolds said
It’s really one of my favorite places to come. And shocking how these people encourage me… encourage all of us actually.
ME Strauss said
Susan,
If I choose one THEIR names, I’ll have relatives I don’t know.
ME Strauss said
It’s one of my favorite places to come to. I never know who’s going to show up here. Sometimes I even run into me!
ME Strauss said
Liz sell race car part
Marti said
We (Liz’s commenters) are the Disjointed Dysfunctional Family, the DDF (in honor of mkh – lol)
Marti said
We’re like a cult, without the goat blood or animal sacrifices
mkh said
I’m in Miami — goat’s blood and animal sacrifices are just part of the local color!
Eric said
Speaking of Reeses PB cups, Char, I think I’ll sink my teeth into one now! Would you like one? Here it comes!
Marti said
@Wicked Witch of the West – I’ve inhaled many substances purported to be magic fairy dust – LOL
Wicked Witch of the West said
Only the occasional blog sacrifice, Marti hehehe
mkh said
Magic fairy dust is part of Miami, too. Or was that in the ’80s… I cannot recall.
Marti said
Liz, I would prefer relatives I didn’t know – LOL
Susan Reynolds said
Exactly, Liz – you lose all control of your relatives. Oh – just like real life – eep.
mkh said
Well, I am certainly delighted to have wandered by. The treats are excellent, and the tricks… (glances toward the midwest)
Ann said
MKH are you hitting on Marti?
mkh said
Pshaw! I am just enough of a gentleman to ignore your insinuation. (But only just. Something I should know, Ann? DM me.)
ME Strauss said
Susan,
I like being an orphan.
Josh Hinds said
Howdy Liz and all
ME Strauss said
Hi Josh!
ME Strauss said
Liz Jeep Wires Heat Up
mkh said
I’m assuming all the last name talk is SL-related? Anyone know any Cabarets?
ME Strauss said
MKH,
You’re in one.
What good is sitting alone in a room?
Come hear the music play.
Life is a cabaret, old chum,
Come to the cabaret.
Josh Hinds said
btw. Kudos to susan reynolds for mentioning on twitter about tues. mic night. It was just the reminder I needed to get my tail in here and visit.
Ann said
Wow..this truly is open mic…serenades?
Susan Reynolds said
You could always pay linden labs for your own name Liz. I think the going rate is a hundred bucks.
Or we could wait until Strauss comes up . . . . eventually.
ME Strauss said
Josh,
So glad you came!
ME Strauss said
Ann,
Tunes for you if you like.
Eric said
A couple tricks I heard tonight:
1) “What did one dish say to the other dish?”
2) “Why did the rooster cross the road TWICE?”
mkh said
You know, I can no longer hear that song without thinking of the comic book “Howard the Duck,” in which the cynical and ill-tempered star remarked “Yeah, sure, life’s a cabaret — long, dull, and fulla nazis.”
I still like the movie, though.
Josh Hinds said
Thanks Liz, I knew I’d be in good company here
Susan Reynolds said
Exactly – Second Life related – and I don’t know any Cabarets.
ME Strauss said
AUSTRIA got HUNGARY and ate TURKEY in GREECE.
Marti said
The song lyrics reminded me of our resident poet, Joe, who is sadly missing this evening. How shall we fare without our Burma Shave finale?
Speaking of cabaret, one of my many incarnations was as a bar singer (during college). Wow, bar songstress, cemetery dweller, blogger, author eBay seller, Twitter goddess – I will have one helluva biography to write when I’m old (and as previously mentioned, all of the statures of limitations have expired)
ME Strauss said
You’re in a brick cube no windows or doors. You have a wooden table and a mirror. How do you get out?
mkh said
Surely I’m not the only one? (Not that I ever visit, anyway…)
Eric said
Howard the Duck! I haven’t seen that movie in ages! I loved that movie when I was younger!
Can it be found in a rental store?
cat said
Happy Halloween Liz and all!
It’s the 31st here, so it’s Halloween indeed. I haven’t seen the Thais celebrating it. Yet. But then, I’m not much on going out late at night.
I mostly skipped Halloween as a kid. New Zealanders and the Japanese (at that time) didn’t celebrate.
And Alaska was too cold. Bundling parkas over a costume to sludge through 12 foot of snow didn’t feel right. Cold is cold.
When I arrived in the US at 14, although too old, I went trick or treating just for larks.
I felt foolish but it was my last chance.
I just didn’t know it at the time.
By the time my son was born, trick or treating was done in malls and ‘safe’ places.
Boring.
Marti said
I rather like “Liz Cabaret” as a Second Life name for our beloved Ms. Strauss
ME Strauss said
Not the only what?
mkh said
How odd. My first Twitter posts were Burma Shave poems, back when I was trying to figure out what to do with it.
Josh Hinds said
Marti, there’s a saying about… how one lived their “dash” (time between their birth and death) … No one’s going to be able say you didn’t live yours to the fullest
mkh said
Cabaret. My SL name is Malcolm Cabaret.
ME Strauss said
Cat!
D A R K chocolate!!!
Wicked Witch of the West said
To protect your blog
From an unspeakable fate
Visit for the next 63 days
And tell everyone you meet
http://tinyurl.com/2t6ero
Susan Reynolds said
Well, new that is a revelation! Amazing what we’ll find out here about alternate identities.
Ann said
Susan is still trying to get me into SL..I fear I might become addicted and never return from Oz.
mkh said
Good question, Eric. I know Lucas pretty much disowned it, as did everyone else associated with the project.
ME Strauss said
Malcolm? Malcolm?!!
Why in the world, Malcolm?
Malcontent, Maladjusted, but Malcolm?
Marti said
My SL name is Marti Timeless
Hi cat (and all other participants I was woefully remiss in greeting)
mkh said
The trick to alternate identities is keeping track of the original. I lost track years ago.
Ann said
I missed the entrance of the Wicked West? Hmmm…I see myself as Dorothy…totally lost on the path…
MKH..dm sent
Marti said
Josh, I plan to have a very long and exciting “dash” filled with adventure and love…like tonight!
*grin*
ME Strauss said
Though, MKH, I hear that you are indeed an original. That must be why you fit in so well here.
mkh said
I was a fictional author named Malcolm Rose before there was a meatspace author named Malcolm Rose. There are still some digital friends who call me Malcolm, as a matter of fact.
But perhaps I’ve said too much.
Susan Reynolds said
Oh I like Malcolm Cabaret – it flows.
Becky McCray said
Is it just because I’m so sleepy, or did I miss the answer to the “tricks” and the “how do you get out of the brick cube”?
mkh said
You “hear” this, Liz? Oh my stars and garters, who is telling tales about me now?
Josh Hinds said
Marti, I’m doing my best to make sure my “dash” is chock full of good times myself
Eric said
Here are the trick answers:
1) “What did one dish say to the other dish?”
THE FOOD’S ON ME!
2) “Why did the rooster cross the road twice?”
TO PROVE HE WASN’T A CHICKEN!
ME Strauss said
Marc/Malcolm,
You didn’t know?
I live inside your computer.
mkh said
In that case, Liz, my apologies for all the cat hair.
Marti said
I’m lost on the riddle too Becky……..
(deliberately using excessive ellipses in hopes of dragging the grammar police out of the shadows – LOL)
Eric said
I’ve been thinking on the brick cube thing – I’m not coming up with much yet
Josh Hinds said
Liz, if you live inside my computer too — watch out for the dust in there. It’s not for lack of cleaning — I just collect it is all…
Marti said
OK, “Oh my stars and garters” has me ROTF!
Ann said
Shuddering..I never take the cover off of my computer..so you can all be living in there and I will never know.
Marti said
I feed Liz bread crumbs and spilled coffee in my computer – LOL
Josh Hinds said
LOL @Marti. I thought I was the only one doing that?
mkh said
Friends, new and old(er), I must trundle along and do a bit of writing before the witching hour comes. But before I go, allow me to offer up these Hallowe’en haiku.
Candle-lit pumpkin,
crudely carved in human guise,
illuminates fear.
Old abandoned house,
filled with spiderwebs and dust—
memories are ghosts.
Black October cat,
dwell in shadows on this night!
Children are monsters.
Thanks for the invitation, Susan, and for the hospitality, Liz!
Ann said
I may have a few errant skittles under the desk…
Becky McCray said
I’m thinking of retaliating with the kid jokes I just learned …
Ann said
Great to see you MKH…
ME Strauss said
Josh,
It’s a fabulous dust collection!
Marti said
Wonderful to meet you mkh. I added you as a Twitter friend
Josh Hinds said
Ann, skittles wouldn’t be so bad — in my case — it tends to be bits of food that can’t be recycled (i.e. no hard candy coating that’d make it safe to eat upon finding it at a later date)…lol
Josh Hinds said
Thanks for saying so Liz. I work hard at it. Honest I do..lol
Susan Reynolds said
ok – what did I miss – life keeps getting in the way of open mic!
ME Strauss said
Becky,
I’m guessing you’ll remember this answer.
Inside the cube . . .
you
1. Look in the mirror.
2. See what you saw.
3. Take the saw.
4. Saw the table in 1/2
5. Two halves make whole.
6. Climb out the hole.
Ann said
Josh..you make an excellent point. I guess that is why Skittles is my drug of choice.
)
ME Strauss said
Bye mkh!
Hope you’ll come again and bring your alterego!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
wow, has anyone seen that witch lately? Scary. What was that dust she threw at us?
Eric said
I must be going. I’ve got a honeydo list to fulfill. Thank you for letting me join you all tonight. I appreciate the hospitality, and fine discussion!
Liz,
Thank you again. What you do here is amazing!
All,
Reminder for next year: Take the blooms of your pumpkins, bread them, fry them, then eat them! It is quite an excellent treat (tastes similar to a tenderloin)!
Josh Hinds said
me, I’m partial to peanut m&m’s — the outside may not “melt in your hands” — the innards sure don’t hold up well…
ME Strauss said
Eric,
Come back any Tuesday!
Thanks for being here!
ME Strauss said
Josh!
Dark chocolate peanut M&Ms!!!
Josh Hinds said
Take care Eric. Catch you later.
Ann said
Thanks for the nudge to open mic Susan I forget this is happening on Tuesdays.
Marti said
Wonderful chatting with you Eric. Peace and joy to you
Josh Hinds said
Liz, thanks for having me
I’ve enjoyed it and look forward to catching up with everyone here again soon.
Goodni… err… Happy “early” (by a few hours my time) Halloween
ME Strauss said
Good night, Josh!
Thanks for coming!
Marti said
I should be hopping on my broom and whooshing away as well.
It was an absolute delite being with all of you this evening. I hope you have a frighteningly good Halloween!
and with a final wave, she was gone…..
ME Strauss said
See you later, Marti!
Thanks for being here!
Ann said
Waving as I fly out the door behind Marti. I do enjoy this time in here just to be silly and to enjoy the talent in the room on Tuesdays.
Night all…see you on Twitter!
--Deb said
Okay, a Halloween cartoon that perfectly sum up the way Halloween works in our house.
Pooch Cafe.
Really, none of us are big Halloween fans . . . all that barking drives us slowly crazy, like Quasimodo and the bells!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Off to have pizza and watch NCIS with hubby.
Have a happy and safe Hallowe’en.
--Deb said
Drat, that link didn’t work.
http://www.sitstay.com/cgi-bin/poochshow.cgi?d=1&sh=20071028
And if that STILL doesn’t work, go to http://www.sitstay.com/comics/ and check out the cartoon from Sunday, 10/28.
ME Strauss said
Hi Deb!
Thanks for coming by with a laugh!
We’re not for Halloween around here either.
ME Strauss said
Good night, Glenda!
Enjoy your evening!
cat said
Liz,
“D A R K chocolate!!!”
Absolutely! But, for breakfast?
Well, why not … yum …
ME Strauss said
Dark, Dark chocolate,
hot chocolate drink the European way. Oh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Susan Reynolds said
sorry Liz – I keep getting called away by these pesky people. I better admit defeat and say goodnight.
ME Strauss said
No worries, Susan,
I think it’s time to pack in it anyway.
Sweet Dreams!