November 7, 2006
The Mic is On! It’s Song Lyrics and Quotes!
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.
Tonight it’s short song lyrics and quotes!
We might also talk about
- famous words
- lines from a song we’ll never forget
- great one liners from our friends
- what we used to say as childhood
AND THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey, and Milton the Moose.
On Tuesday nights, the WHOLE show is in the comments. Go figure.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Delaney Kirk said
“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things…
Ellen Weber said
My quote - “We can learn from experts - and we seek them for mentors as well as partners. Yet, when these pros grow stagnant and compacent - we call them on their relapse, and encourage their evolution forward.â€
Thanks for the chance to say what’s been on my mind at the MITA International Brain Based center lately. What a great discussion group - you folks refresh us all after a busy day!
seanrox said
My quote - “It’s yet another in a long series of diversions at an attempt to avoid responsibility.†- Chris Knight (Real Genius)
ME Strauss said
Hi Delany!
Welcome. Great quote . That walrus made sense even when he didn’t.
ME Strauss said
I’m betting Delaney has few students who know that one.
Delaney meet SeanRox, Sean meet Dr. Delaney!
Ah Pek said
Weeeeeee……..i’m among the early birds today!!!
“Imagine all the people..living life in Peace….â€
Imagine by
John Lennon..
Don’t know why, but this small piece has been embedded in my mind from the day I first heard that song.
Joe said
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away…
ME Strauss said
Hey Joe,
Today you’re here and we’re packing troubles for you!
seanrox said
Once upon a time… we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.
- Ellen Goodman, “The Human Factor,†The Washington Post, January 1987
Scorpia said
Only you, Liz, only you.
That’s ’cause you got Personality
Joe said
Hey Liz, why are you quoting quotes by the other quoters from the previous quotes?
seanrox said
Hey Liz, are you sure that I should be apart of the quotes open mic night? I have a full category dedicated to quotes
to pull from.
Scorpia said
“The president of today is merely the postage stamp of tomorrow” - Gracie Allen
seanrox said
Hi Delany. Welcome to the madness
“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.â€
- Albert Einstein
ME Strauss said
Scorpia,
What only me, only me?
Scorpia said
Liz, surely you’re old enough to remember that great song “Only You” by the Platters?
ME Strauss said
Cool, Sean!
Hey Everyone did you read the sign?
That’s real quote from the Successful Blog Saloon in November of 2004.
It’s traditional statment to say Half the show is in the comments . . . except tonight all of the show is.
seanrox said
Don’t you just love The Wisdom Of Eight Year Olds?
Question: Imagine you are in a metal box. How do you get out?
Answer: Stop imagining it.
ME Strauss said
Scorpia,
I started singiing it when I was typing the question Only you, I just didn’t think that ways what you were talking about .
Your name would well to GLORIA!!
seanrox said
Since today is voting day in America, this quote I find perfect:
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.â€
- Thomas Jefferson
Delaney Kirk said
Hi SeanRox,
Got distracted–just went to your website and watched for a few minutes. Will have to return and see the entire documentary later. Thanks for posting this for us. More scary than that big spider on Halloween night…
Mermaid Renée said
Favorite quotes, I have plenty but I shall start with this…
“To be successful at anything you have to have the guts to be hated” - Bette Davis
Scorpia said
Sean, I like Gracie Allen’s quote better.
Liz, well this is song night, isn’t it? And far as I know, only you hold open mic night.
Dunno about the “Gloria” though. Gotta meditate on a more appropriate song.
seanrox said
Hi Delaney… yeah, my site can be very distracting or addicting at times. It’s done by design… hehe… I like to keep people on my site for a while. Feel free to stay a while and check it out.
Delaney Kirk said
Liz–this one’s for you.
She thought she could…so she did.
Sheila said
OK, I just wandered in off the street, as usual.
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.”
I just saw the Stones live in concert here in Austin, and their performance was mind-boggling. Hell, I can’t even move my hips the way Jagger still can (or maybe I could with belly dancing lessons.)
And I voted, by golly!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Everybody … I was listening to this song today, and the lyrics are stuck in my head (link to song attached!)
~~~~~~~
Sudden-savage-shining-solid-soiled-solid-sanded
Steel-shuddering-shattering-shovelling until the
Sabre toothed rooter roots the earth
The eater eats his fill and is not satisfied and
Roars and reves his mathematical rage
on the footprints of Vikings
trapped on a sonic tape recorder
ten million years old, ten million years old, ten million years old.
- The Tale of the Giant Stone Eater
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
ME Strauss said
Hi Mermaid Renée!
So glad you came! Always fun to have someone new here. Free beverages and snack in the sidebar. What would you like?
Chris Cree said
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the Joker to the Thief
There’s too much confusion
I can’t get no relief
seanrox said
“It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and I’m wearing Milk Bone underwear.â€
- Norm Peterson (from the TV series Cheers)
Chris Cree said
Hey Mermaid Renée, I like the Bette Davis quote!
Mermaid Renée said
Liz, You know who I am. Another blog, same old person.
Thanks for the invite! It’s always a pleasure to be part of the open mic night conversation.
Sheila said
Hi, Chris, you Jimi guy, you!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Oh! Just noticed that graphic on the post Liz .. has it been that long ago already?
I sure called it, eh? *patting shoulder*
Mermaid Renée said
Hey Chris…
Yep, but I don’t have the guts to be “successful” … least to be hated!
seanrox said
“We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.â€
cat said
“The time has come,†the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things…
… of shoes and ships and sealing wax and whether pigs have wings …
I guess this ole brain does work first thing in the morning …
seanrox said
and now to quote the man, myth and legend, SeanRox… hey! That’s me!
“I may not be perfect… but my dog likes me.”
Chris Cree said
I don’t know of any great folks that didn’t inspire tremendous passion - both those who loved them and those who hated them.
ME Strauss said
Hey Chris and HART
Welcome Sheila, I had a dream about you!
Mermaid Renée, I thought that could be you when you were here before, but then we have so many Roys, I thought why not two Renées? Thanks for letting me know.
Mermaid Renée said
Seanrox, that quote….how true!!!
Marti said
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
ME Strauss said
Hi Cat!
See the poster up there!!!
I’ve been trying to get people to notice what it says. It’s a traditonal statement here. Part of our history.
Yeah Hart! It’s a year this week since you said that!
HART (1-800-HART) said
seanrox … 38rox
Marti said
I’m feeling Wilde
lol
Rick Cockrum said
Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
(I’m like seanrox. I get to abuse the privilege :-))
Jessica Doyle said
How about some idioms!
IDIOMS
Chris Cree said
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin’
And the wind began to howl
Marti said
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
Rick Cockrum said
Go HART! The quote that will live forever!
Mermaid Renée said
Liz, I thought you would have figured that out by my email address or similar blog theme…
Sorry for taking that for granted… hope you don’t mind ;p
ME Strauss said
Hey Marti!!
Welcome! Glad you’re seeing the stars. Great quote to bring!
seanrox said
Hi Hart. Glad you like 38. Dogs are so cool. Unconditional love for sure.
Sheila said
Hi Liz, how ’bout Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams?”
And Scorpia, if you like The Platters you must like “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
Jessica Doyle said
I didn’t even say hi - Hi everyone
ME Strauss said
Renee,
I just never stopped to look. We were all just so busy talking that day. I didn’t mind.
seanrox said
“I asked for a Car, I got a Computer. How’s that for being born under a bad sign?” - Ferris Bueller
Marti said
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.
Mermaid Renée said
Hi Rick,
This one is for the comments that we shared…
“There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” — Oscar Wilde
Delaney Kirk said
WOODY: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson? NORM: All right, but stop me at one. Make that one-thirty.
cat said
Liz, this conversation is good timing because I’ve been trying to figure out a quote that suits me for you-know-what project.
Because I’m a spicy crusader (and blunt in the bargain), I came up with …
“No offense intended, I’m also fiery passionate about the brand of nuts I eatâ€
hhmmmm …. (?)
ME Strauss said
Hi Jessica!
Welcome. Oh no! My first thought was
“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!”
That’s a quote for you.
I was thinking of the sausage pictures.
Sheila said
My fave Wilde, on his deathbed supposedly:
“Either this wallpaper goes, or I do.”
ME Strauss said
Cat,
I think you should keep that one forever and make it a condition that it’s put on your gravestone. What a wonderful statement!
Scorpia said
Mamma Mia, that’sa some spice meatball!
Mermaid Renée said
Hi Sheila, glad that we share someone in common. Got to love Wilde!
Rick Cockrum said
Mermaid Renée - Oscar Wilde isn’t one of my favorite people, but he knew how to turn a phrase and make a point.
Marti said
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
(Stunning how many of these are still apropos)
lol
Jessica Doyle said
Liz! LMAO! and it’s suppertime here again. Tonight we are having curry something or other stir-fry.
seanrox said
Microsoft: “You’ve got questions. We’ve got dancing paperclips.”
Chris Cree said
OK, Instead of Bette Davis, how about a quote from Betty White?
HART (1-800-HART) said
Liz (re;43) .. okay .. had to look at the calendar - it’s 2006 you know .. thus, the quote is either 2 years old or possibly from THIS POST last year .. // it still was a good quote though
~waves to all the new people here coming by in groups.. or cackles .. or droves .. or hordes or whatever you call it these days!
Scorpia said
More like:
You’ve got questions. We’ve got security flaws.
Rick Cockrum said
Hey, I want to be a covey, HART.
a person who has come to understand that labels are not identical with the things they are attached to, that words can be the most dangerous narcotics and intoxicants will probably be cautious in speech and on his guard against the wiles of preachers, advertising men, and demagogues.
Aldous Huxley
Chris Cree said
Oops! Gorgeous just turned on NCIS on the TIVO. Gotta run!
cat said
Thanks Liz. I was wondering about the way it flowed … or crunched
(( It’s another hazy day in Bangkok … thanks Indonesia … ))
Mermaid Renée said
Chris, I loooooooooove Betty White. That quote is hilarious!
Rick Cockrum said
Have a good night, Chris.
Marti said
rotf sheila!
Biography lends to death a new terror.
Delaney Kirk said
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.”
C.S. Lewis
Marti said
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
ME Strauss said
You’re right HART, It should be 2005.
Rick what about a gaggle?
Jessica Doyle said
Delaney - What a wonderful way to explain friendship
nice one
Rick Cockrum said
Or maybe a pod? The kids look at me like I came out of a pod sometimes. Would that make us iPods?
Jessica Doyle said
“I fear what i do not know.” from my boyfriend eric.
Marti said
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
cat said
For the past … six years or so, I’ve had this quote in my profile at my fav design forum
“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.”
W. Somerset Maugham
I had to learn that choice lesson the hard way when coming into the business.
seanrox said
“I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.”
HART (1-800-HART) said
covey (had to look that up) …
The noun covey has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. covey — (a small collection of people)
2. covey — (a small flock of grouse or partridge)
That works Rick!
~~~~~~~
“Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.”
- Woody Allen
Marti said
*snorts* lol jessica
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Heya.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
This isn’t my favorite quote, but it is a new one I read about the other day:
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. “
ME Strauss said
Hey Doug!
Steve Sherlock said
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest… Simon and Garfunkel
seanrox said
Hey Douglas. I have that quote on my quote of the day page
Service Untitled - Douglas said
It is a good one.
Jessica Doyle said
It’s suppertime…
Evenin’ all
HART (1-800-HART) said
Ok. I have to go watch Battlestar Galactica now .. keep the quotes coming!
~~~
I’ll Be Back
- Terminator
ME Strauss said
Steve Sherlock!!
Everyone say HI! to the Hitchhiker’s Guide man!
seanrox said
I’m also going to run for a while… I’m getting hungry. Be back a little later….
ME Strauss said
Oh Jessica is singing in foregin languages again.
Rick Cockrum said
Hey Steve! Bye Jessica and HART.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller
ME Strauss said
Have you said hello to Steve Sherlock yet?
Delaney Kirk said
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
Charlotte, “Charlotte’s Web”
ME Strauss said
Some choices tie us down,
Some chances set us free.
–Christine Kane
Delaney Kirk said
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the dos cents.
Mermaid Renée said
Hi Steve…
Rick Cockrum said
My daughter liked Charlotte’s web. The granddaughter may be old enough to begin enjoying it now.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
All good quotes.
Marti said
Computer Lie #1: You’ll never use all that disk space.
Rick Cockrum said
To go along with Doug’s quote:
the greatest American superstition was belief in facts
Count Hermann Keyserling
Joe said
Glo…ri…a
Glo…ri…a
G-L-O-R-I-A
Glo…ri…a
Some song I heard somewhere long long ago
ME Strauss said
Because you wore blue yesterday,
today I’m in love with everything blue.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Liz: I guess that could be web hosting industry lie too. However, very few people use all of their diskspace on their web hosting accounts, especially when they have a provider that offers like 900 GB or whatever.
Rick, I like that one - fits well with mine.
ME Strauss said
I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
Marti said
“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Marti said
The best thing to come out of Kansas is I-70
(said the Mazoorah girl lol)
ME Strauss said
True, Doug,
Imagine if we could put together all of the unused hosting space in the world. We could be powerful and mighty!!
Rick Cockrum said
Lest we forget -
No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer.
We will never make a 32-bit operating system, but I’ll always love IBM.
Bill Gates
Sheila said
Hey, guys, I can’t keep up with Open Mic when I’m also writing a NASCAR post, listening to the election results on CNN and screaming with laughter at Wonkette and In the Pink Texas. We’re not even talking the laundry that needs doing or dinner dishes to put away….
Gotta go, but glad I stopped by!
Rick Cockrum said
Take care, Sheila!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
- Charles Duell, Director of U,S, Patent Office, 1899
Chris Cree said
I once had dinner with Betty White. Well actually, it was more heavy hors d’oeuvres than dinner. But she did sit at our table for about an hour. Funny lady. Classy too.
Marti said
There are two rules for ultimate success in life.
1. Never tell everything you know.
Rick Cockrum said
Think how much further ahead we would be if they had shut down the patent office, or at least prevented its abuse with software and business process patents.
ME Strauss said
That’s so cool Chris.What was the occasion?
Marti said
You’ll see it
when
you believe it
Rick Cockrum said
Yeah, Marti!
I’m curious too, Chris. Betty White is one of the most admirable people in Hollywood.
Chris Cree said
Long story of weird connections but Gorgeous used to work as a veterinary technician and knew some folks at the Morris Animal Foundation, which Betty White is a board member of. They had some sort of a shindig when we lived in Charleston and Gorgeous scored us invites.
It was a bunch of folks sitting around telling funny animal stories with me just laughing and taking it all in.
ME Strauss said
yeah, Chris, Details, we want details.
Tony "BloggersTalks" Hung said
Evenin’ folks!
Chris Cree said
I was impressed with how considerate and down to earth she was. I don’t know why. Pretty much every real celebrity encounter I’ve ever had, the folks I’ve run into have been real nice to me.
Marti said
(shameless self promotion - I have that one on stuff at cafe press, rick lol)
Rick Cockrum said
That a neat story, Chris. Betty White has always struck me as one of the good ones.
I think you just gave Liz an out-of-context quote for tomorrow:
“It was a bunch of folks sitting around telling funny animal stories with me just laughing and taking it all in. ”
Hi Tony!
Chris Cree said
Anybody else ever have a celebrity encounter?
And how did I earn the out-of-context-quote again tonight? Sheesh!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Hi Tony.
Everyone: Tony thinks I need more traffic to Service Untitled. I agree.
I just don’t know how to get it.
Mermaid Renée said
Liz, somehow I cannot load up your blog.
Anyhow…
Chris, you were so lucky to meet Betty White. How I wish I could have just 5 minutes with her.
Marti said
To go nowhere, follow the crowd.
Tony "BloggersTalks" Hung said
Hey Rick!
Speaking of shameless self-promotion …
(points dramatically to name)
Chris Cree said
Mermaid Renée, Gorgeous thought it was a big deal. Me, I just thought it was kinda fun.
Rick Cockrum said
I think it’s practice, Chris.
The only celebrity encounters I have are here.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
Chris Cree said
Here’s one for you, Marti, from Mark Twain.
(And no, I never me him.)
Marti said
I love Betty White. Meeting her must have been grand.
Mermaid Renée said
I got one… I met Bridget Nelson when I was serving her table while in college. And she called me cute (which I hate when someone does) after I accidentally bumped my head onto her bosoms.
After her generous tip, I forgot all about “cute”. At that time, she was with Sly. And to quote what he said about his ex…
“She never leave fingerprints on the dollar notes.”
ME Strauss said
Tony,
What’s the link to bloggers talk?
Chris Cree said
Rick, I’m so blond that I was hovering my mouse over your “here” looking for a link! DOH!
Maybe it is lack of sleep. I should probably turn in. 0400 will be here way too soon.
‘Night all!
Sandra Renshaw said
Hi Everybody,
Just stopping in for a minute.
Sandra
Rick Cockrum said
Sleep well, Chris. 4:00AM and I never got along.
Marti said
RUN! We’ve opened the shameless self promotion floodgates!!
*snicker*
ME Strauss said
Hi Sandra!
Good night Chris!
Mermaid Renée said
Good nite Chris, sleep tight!
Marti said
‘night, chris
Char said
Hi all! Just got back from the evening’s activities and got the crew settled in for the night.
Here are my version of som famous lyrics “It’s raining, it’s pouring, I wish I was snoring…”
Seriously, I am so sick of this rain
Marti said
“Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.” – George Burns
Rick Cockrum said
Hi Sandra!
One last quote, then I’m off, too. Have a good night/day everyone!
Insist on yourself, never imitate…Every great man is unique.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Mermaid Renée said
Good Night, Rick!
Sandra Renshaw said
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
- David Brinkley
Good night.
Char said
And I bring a quote, too….
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
ME Strauss said
Good night, Rick
Thanks for so many find words!
Sleep well!
Delaney Kirk said
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it’s time to go,
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it’s time to go,
I hate to leave you, but I really must say,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.
“See” you all later…
Marti said
‘night, rick
Tony "BloggerTalks" Hung said
Funny you should mention that Liz —
[SHAMELESS PROMOTION ALERT!]
Here’s the URL: http://www.bloggertalks.com/
ME Strauss said
See you, Delaney.
Thanks for coming.
It was nice that you would sing to us!
Marti said
parting is such sweet sorrow
Tony "BloggerTalks" Hung said
Why is that I keep on coming into Mic Nite at the end?
Marti said
Someday we’ll look back on all this and plow into a parked car.
Mermaid Renée said
Good Nite, Delaney
I think it’s about time for me to hit my fave cafe for blogging muse.
Take care y’all and it was nice to read those wonderful quotes.
Super thanks, Liz!
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Guys, I am heading out as well. Have a nice night - see everyone next week!
Marti said
‘night renee
Marti said
If at first you don’t succeed,…so much for skydiving. Henny Youngman
Char said
I’m going to have to get here earlier next week…
ME Strauss said
Hey Tony,
The interview is wonderful. Check your email for a word from me . . . Thanks!
Tony "BloggerTalks" Hung said
Hey, me too Char!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Evening folks! What’s going on?
cat said
“Anybody else ever have a celebrity encounter?”
When I moved to the US I was at a party in CA, at a ritzy place called Ruby’s Dunes.
At another table Kurt Douglas and Frank Sinatra were entertaining friends.
A waitress came over and said that since I was British (long story), then I’d want their autographs.
She left me with a warning …
“Whatever you do, ask them both at the same time”
… it had something to do with professional jealousy.
I was only 14 and more than a bit nervous. Walking over to their table I held myself steady by clinging to the back of the first chair in my way.
“Could I please get an autograph of Frank Sinatra and, um, um, um, … the bloke who’s with him?”
The ‘bloke’ was sitting in the chair I had hard ahold of.
Kurt turned around and glared at me.
Frank laughed and winked.
The blond next to Frank did all the talking but I was so embarrassed I don’t remember all of what she said. Just a lot of questions I stuttered through.
Others I’ve met … when I worked for the Brunei Royal Family I ran into a range of public figures. Ministers, Heads of State, Royals from other countries, etc. The same went for my stint with the British Embassy.
Marti said
If you can’t see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.
ME Strauss said
Good night Doug!
Hey Ben!!!
Make me your friend on Stumble Upon!
ME Strauss said
Marti,
I like that one — polish the dull side.
Ellen Weber said
I just saw Liz Strauss over at http://www.bloggertalks.com/. Bloggertalks featured “Successful Blog,” and Syntagma - two of the best sites out there. Way to go Liz!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Just finished watching the Habs beat the Oilers in a shootout. Lots of fun.
Liz - how do I add you as a friend?!?
ME Strauss said
Thanks Ellen,
That was all Tony’s doing over at Blogger Talks!
seanrox said
Song Lyrics: Alphaville “Forever Young” complete with a video
Let’s dance in style, lets dance for a while. Heaven can wait we’re only watching the skies. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst - are you going to drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever. We don’t have the power but we never say never. Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip. The music’s for the sad men.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Liz - just added you as a friend. I don’t use StumbleUpon as much as I should.
I’ve enjoyed it when I have used it though…
Marti said
{{Marti’s ears perk up at the mention of yet another social network}} lol
ME Strauss said
Well, Ben,
I see we already are friends. I guess you figured it out! Thanks!
Char said
Oh, I love “Forever Young”!! It takes me back to a point in my life that I was too young to fully appreciate (no bills, no responsibilities, great figure).
Ben Yoskovitz said
So I go to Marti’s website for the first time, scan quickly and see an image about a vibrator getting stuck somewhere in a person’s intestines. I’ll subscribe to that! *laugh*
Tony "BloggerTalks" Hung said
Is anyone else watching CNN?
Their “Blog Party” looks like a hella fun!
Joe said
Sorry for being such a jerk
All I did tonight was lurk.
But when all is said and done
Liz’s Open Mic Night is Number One.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
“Don’t be the One that Copies Others… Be the One that Others Copy…”
Joe (it’s in the footer of my blog)
Marti said
Thank you, Ben. I live to laugh
ME Strauss said
Good night Joe,
Sleepy swell
Sandra Renshaw said
Stumble Upon? Sounds interesting.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Marti - sounds like the type of person I’d like to know. I’ll be checking out more of your site soon!
seanrox said
Hey Char, glad to bring back a fond memory for you. The song does the same for me.
seanrox said
“a vibrator getting stuck somewhere in a person’s intestines” - yeah, that sounds like a good time… not.
seanrox said
First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D
M.C. Escher, that’s my favorite M.C.
Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You’ll find that they’re quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Stephen Hawking’s in my library
Weird Al Yankovic White & Nerdy
Now that’s some fun lyrics!
Marti said
Don’t tell my mother I work in an advertising agency. She thinks I play piano in a whorehouse.
Jacques Sequela
Ben Yoskovitz said
Marti - you might enjoy http://www.whereisbasil.com.
I’ve fallen off the rails on updating the site and what Basil’s doing in Montreal but he’s headed to Belarus soon!
Char said
Nice to meet you seanrox. I just visited your blog - left you a note on your election day post.
Marti said
Everything is funny if it ain’t you
lol
seanrox said
Hi again Char. I just approved your comment
Thanks for stopping by my neck of the internet.
Marti said
Thanks, Ben, I’ll check it out
seanrox said
Blue Oyster Cult’s “Dont Fear the Reaper” needs more cowbell.
Char said
I have nightmares about that song… Will Farrell and Christopher Walken did give it a new life though.
seanrox said
Will Farrell is such a funny guy. I love all his characters.
Marti said
omg - that was a great SNL skit!
Ben Yoskovitz said
I haven’t contributed anything yet to the theme of tonight’s open mic…song lyrics eh? Hhhmm…
“Money…it’s a gas…”
“Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s hockey night tonight…”
“All in all we’re just a ‘nother brick in the wall.”
Sandra Renshaw said
I’ve been visiting blogs and reading comments. Catch you all next week. I’ll leave with a quote:
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Nite all,
Sandra
candice said
Speaking of Christopher Walken and songs…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs
(I’m a drive-by tonight. Got hours to bill.)
Char said
Gotta call it a night - I’ll try to get here earlier next week. Thanks again Liz - you gave me the opportunity to meet some new bloggers tonight!
ME Strauss said
Candice,
Is that the one he dances to? Please say it is . . .
Marti said
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
candice said
Yes, it is. So great.
seanrox said
Marti, you’ll be happy to know that most of my comments come with a free link to either a video or something else special relating to the comment
Marti said
sweet
Ben Yoskovitz said
Ok, time to call it a night. Short but sweet on my part (hopefully!) … next week I’m traveling so I’ll miss out again … don’t forget me! *smile*
ME Strauss said
Ben,
We do miss you, when you’re gone!
Safe travels!
Marti said
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let’s do the Time Warp again
Let’s do the Time Warp again
ME Strauss said
Candice,
I forgot HOW MUCH I really like that Christopher Walken dancing video.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Marti - great song. Love it. May I dream Rocky Horror Picture Show dreams…we should all be so lucky!
Bye!
Marti said
‘night ben - glad I could make you smile…
ME Strauss said
Good night, Sandra,
Good night, Char!
Marti said
On that high note, I shall take my leave as well.
Magnificent gathering, Liz. Thank you.
ME Strauss said
Marti,
Thank you, for being here with us. You add so much lightness and laughter. I appreciate that.
seanrox said
Night Marti. Thanks for popping in…
Marti said
Troy Worman said
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Sir Winston Churchill
seanrox said
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ME Strauss said
Troy!
How great to see you!
I love that quote. I’ve never bumped into that one before! Thank you for bringing it and thanks to it for bringing you!
seanrox said
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
seanrox said
Ok everyone… I’m going to call it a night… I have a bunch of work to get done, so I can’t stay longer.
Until next time… same bat time, same bat channel
ME Strauss said
So long mr batman, bond.
cat said
I’m featuring FastCompany tomorrow and … they have a quotes section.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/quotes/
I don’t have a favourite (supposed to be working so cannot go through all of them) but I do like …
“I look for bright people with strong personalities who will argue with me.”
HART (1-800-HART) said
Well .. never saw Christopher Walken in that dancing video, but I enjoyed it!
Anybody still here?
~~~~~~~~~
Quotes from my FAVORITE SONG .. (I’ve probably mentioned that before…
You are NOT as fat as you imagine….
Floss….
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults…
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them….
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85….
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth…
- Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen)
- Mary Schmich (Chicago Tribune)
- ’song’ by Baz Luhrmann
ME Strauss said
I love Fast Company. Great Choice Cat.
Meanwhile, HART, Isn’t that video a gas?
HART (1-800-HART) said
cat - that was an interesting celebrity story you have! I never had that, but I remember in my impressionable youth my piano teacher .. who was friends with all the symphony musicians, was a backup for one symphony on tour in Vancouver (he never ended up playing though). Afterwards .. he was telling me that he went to some Scooby Doo lounge for coffee and cocktails and then met up with the ‘Boys from that Zeppelin Group’ as he called it. And apparently partied all night.
Would NOT have believed it, had I not seen the autographs, but for a week there at school .. I was the coolest kid taking piano lessons from a guy who knew Led Zeppelin (at least the way I was describing it to all my friends)
HART (1-800-HART) said
Liz .. I practically GASPED as he danced off the 2nd floor balcony.
ME Strauss said
It’s wonderful isn’t it!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Yep .. so is the SNL skit (more cowbell) which, I’ve seen a gazillion times but is always hillarious!
So .. do you have snow yet? Is anybody getting any of that flooding?
ME Strauss said
Nope, no snow, nothing messy. Cold, but in the 50s cold.
candice said
Liz, there’s about twenty more copies on youtube if you ever lose it. (I have a copy on my fileserver somewhere, too.)
ME Strauss said
HART,
I have to pack it in. I’m falling asleep at the wheel. Sweet dreams tonight. Thanks for coming. Remember
Half the show is in the comments.
HART (1-800-HART) said
We have a litle snow, but it melted today with +9c temps and drizzle rain all day.
Well .. I’ll let you get some rest now - and/or to other things as it is really quiet in here and a good time to go … I’m here - if anybody is looking .. just multi-tasking and watching the CNN results .. or Family Guy/Futurama or something like that.
G’nite
ME Strauss said
Good night, HART!
John Richardson said
It was 90 degrees here in Sunny California today…
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk
On a winters day
Id be safe and warm
If I was in l.a.
California dreamin
On such a winters day
Liz… What is that white cold stuff on the ground?
Remember… Half the comments are in the show!
J.R.
candice said
It was a beautiful 65 with crisp blue sky and sun today.
Looks like everyone skipped out for the election returns.
Good Night!
Marti said
Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Everything’s going my way.
ME Strauss said
“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make”
The Beatles
HART (1-800-HART) said
Yup. That was supposed to be the last line of the last song on the last album they ever recorded… but then the CD (and DVD) ruined that, eh?
ME Strauss said
Americans. We just can’t leave a great thing along.
Just like the Candadian who had to write that comment 249.
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