May 15, 2007
The Mic Is On: We’re Happy to be Home . . .
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:07 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.
Let’s Talk About the Joys of Being Home!
What do we miss when we’re away . . . and how do we feel when we “get back home.” What makes it “home”?
Here’s a few ideas to get us started:
- our own house, apt, condo
- our own bed, alarm clock
- our own chair
- our own kitchen, cooking
- our own bathroom, bathtub, shower, hot tub
- our own family, friends, pets
- our own back yard, deck
- our own computer, telephone, TV
- our own car, transportation
- our own routine
And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.
Oh, and bring a link, if you have one to share.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Mike said
What took you so long? LOL
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Liz
Mike said
On a more serious note, I’ve always said that home is wherever my wife happens to be.
It’s the smiles of the people we love that most define home, I think.
That and a fridge where everything is just where I put it!
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Mike. Nice family photo.
Joe said
Hey Liz,
I see Mike found his way to the right post, I think Marti is still lost in never never land. ;-)
Mike said
Uh oh. Lost another comment. Not a good start.
Char said
Hi Mike and Tariq! How are you?
Tariq Khan said
Greetings, Joe.
Mike Rohde said
I think I miss the sound and smell and feel of home. When I think about this house and I look back to past places I’ve lived, it’s a combination of these low-level details that seemed to come together in a matrix of “home” in my mind.
Tariq Khan said
Char,
It’s good to “see” you! Doing fine. How are you?
Mike said
Thanks, Tariq! For me, home is wherever my wife is. I think it’s the smiles of those we care for that define ‘home’, so I have lots of home (as you can see). ;-)
Mike
Marti said
{{wrong-post poster group straggles in}}
Rick Cockrum said
Hello Mike, Tariq, Joe, Char, Liz!
Char said
Mike - I love the 5 faces post!! So creative.
Mike said
Hey Char and Marti,
Glad we’re all together! I’ve got to run; check back in a bit.
Mike
Ellen said
Hi everyone, feels like home already.
Mike said
Char,
Thanks! I tried to do two things: 1) come up with something none of the other hundreds of participants would do (check!), and 2) try visual productive irreverence (check!).
Mike
Marti said
hi!
Becky McCray said
Welcome home, all. Glad to have a chance to drop in again!
Char said
Hi Rick!
Tariq - I’m doing fine. Did you know you can “see” me at my face behind the blog post?
I have loved seeing all the faces from SOBcon. I really wish I could have been there in person.
Marti said
I’ve been gone so much of late, I’ve nearly forgotten what my own home is like - lol
Ellen said
I’ve written a post to introduce you all to my home where Home is Where I am Lord and Master…Over My Cat Drop on in when you have a chance.
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Rick.
Mike, I agree. Lovely One makes me feel at home as well, and you certainly are surrounded by smiles!
Our first Christmas was just after we had come back from our honeymoon, and we ate Chrismas dinner using cloth napkins over moving boxes — but she was there. I felt right at home.
Now, a you say, there is more to feel at home about because we have added two more smiles.
Char said
Hi Becky and Marti!
How many of us work from home (as our primary office)?
Ellen said
It’ great to see you Char around your family.
Rick Cockrum said
Fortunately your home isn’t washed away, Marti. :-)
I’m a self-confessed (professed?) homebody.
ME Strauss said
Hi Everyone,
It looke me so long to get everything running the way that it should be. I don’t know what was wrong with me to day.
Marti said
Clicked on you, Char - what a cutie pie you are!
ann michael said
Hello everyone!
After the “in person” open comment night, I thought I’d drop in real fast on the “virtual” one.
I’m home finally (after a week of traveling).
Home is where my puppies are!
Ann
Ellen said
@Char, I work a lot from home. I’ve barely been away from my computer today except for lunch with dad.
ME Strauss said
Hi Ann!
Welcoeme, haven’t seen you in these parts for a while! :)
Thanks for coming!
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Marti and Becky.
Char, thanks for letting me get to know you better.
Marti said
Here “I” am:
http://www.squidoo.com/marti/
ann michael said
oh - and my husband, three kids, and favorite pillow!
Joe said
Hey Tariq,Char, Mike, Marti, Rick, Becky,
Hope I didn’t miss anyone. ;-)
I was just over at my “home” (Blog) commenting on some comments. :-)
Like Mike said, to para-phrase, Home is Where the Heart Is…
Marti said
I’ve been taking care of mom-in-law, have barely been “home”. I miss it!
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Ann. How was SOBCon07 for those of us who did not go?
Ellen said
Hey Joe, what about me :(
ME Strauss said
Hi Joe, Welcome. How is that alien?
Char said
Marti - you are too kind! The picture with my son is the most recent.
Tariq - it is always fun to know what the person you are talking with looks like.
Ann - puppies are good!
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Joe.
Marti said
I miss blogging - I think I’m addicted - lol
ann michael said
It was AWESOME. Not only did we learn a lot, but the company was the best. It was so much fun to meet people that have only lived in my computer until now. I have never gotten and given so many hug in my life!!!!!
Marti said
Char, I think any picture of a mom and her child is beautiful…the love glows thru
Tariq Khan said
Ann,
Sounds like my kind of place. Perhaps next year.
ann michael said
Marti - what an amazing story! My mother’s mother was 28 when she was born and her dad was 69 - another May/December relationship!!! My grandmother died of cancer when my mother was 9. It’s a little odd how her early life is so similar to yours - although her 78 year old dad did end up raising her (and her younger, that’s right, younger - sister).
Char said
Marti - what a fun way to use a Squidoo page! Love it - the wedding photo is great.
Joe said
Hey Liz,
The Alien made it home safe and sound, just like me.
You DO always throw a GREAT Party. :-)
I Loved meeting you and everyone else.
ann michael said
Tariq - we’d love to see you!!! Right lizzie?!
Marti said
Wish I coulda been there - I was with y’all in spirit
ann michael said
Hi Joe!
Vernon Lun said
Finally made it to open mike night! Has something to do with the fact the kids are away on school trips!
Marti said
Thank you, ann and char!
Ellen said
I was suppose to be there but I was sick :( Next year though. Also, I’m looking at going to Blogher since I have a free ticket to Chicago to use.
Joe said
Hey Ann,
Good to see you again, ;-)
Boy, these comments are going by almost as fast as the weekend with all my old friends I just met. :-)
Marti said
Ann, I love that comment “meet people who’ve only lived in my computer before”
Great phrase - sums it up beautifully!
Tariq Khan said
Ann, thanks for the kind words.
Enjoyed having a little time with you all tonight. Goodnight, and may your homes be filled with joy, love and laughter.
ME Strauss said
You Betcha Ann, Tariq would be more than welcome. Everyone is welcome. One rule — be nice.
ann michael said
Liz - how are you feeling? I heard you were sick.
Ellen said
Hello, is there anyone there?
Rick Cockrum said
Good bye, Tariq. Take care.
Marti said
Bye Tariq! Welcome Vernon!
ann michael said
Marti - I stole that from Liz - she’s always saying she lives in our computers!!!!
Becky McCray said
Goodnight, Tariq
Ellen said
I showed up. I’ve been posting but no one responding. I thought people were ignoring me :( It’s says my comments are in moderation so I changed my email address and here I am, home at last.
Hi all!
Joe said
Hey Ellen,
Heck of a time to ask, comment 53. :-)
How are ya doin’?
Ellen said
Hi Joe. I’v been seen :)
Ellen said
Come on over and see where Home is Where I am Lord and Master…Over My Cat. Although I feel at home here…
Rick Cockrum said
Hi Ellen! You’re not invisible anymore. :-)
Joe said
Ellen, at least you didn’t do like I did, keep on commenting on the “other” introductory post. ;-)
ann michael said
Well everyone - I was just popping in to say hi before I signed off for the evening. It’s my new thing - trying to shut off my computer before 9 (EST)! Good night - have fun!!!
Ellen said
Thanks Rick, I was getting a complex. I didn’t make it to SOBCon like I planned on and I thought it was being held against me, yikes!
Char said
Ellen - I love the face your cat is making in that picture!
Speaking animals - I have to let the dog in - back in a few.
Ellen said
nite ann.
I saw you over there too Joe, talking to yourself :)
Marti said
‘night ann, nice to get get to chat, briefly
Joe said
Ann, we wouldn’t do anything like that. You know Liz is the NICE one. :-
)
Ellen said
Thanks Char. He’s a character. Mad at me when I spend so much time on the computer.
Vernon Lun said
What’s your favorite song about home?
Marti said
What is everyone’s home town?
I’m in Grain Valley, Missouri (actually a few miles out in the country, not in town) It’s about 25 miles east of Kansas City
Marti said
I like “Take Me Home, Country Road”
Phil said
Wow, this is the first open mic night I’ve been awake for… you know, in my home (yes! On topic!) it is 1:40am!
But I’m not working tomorrow, which means more time at home.
Anyway, hi!
Marti said
(duh, I’m an old hippie hick - lol)
Ellen said
I’m about 20 miles west of Boston in suburbia
Becky McCray said
I’ve just recently moved to a town of about 40 people - Hopeton, Oklahoma!
Marti said
What’s your closest “big” town, Becky?
ME Strauss said
Hi Phil!
Hi Becky!
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Ann!
I’m in Monaca, Pennsylvania, though originally from Loves Park, Illinois.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is my favorite song about home.
Marti said
Hi Phil! What’s your hometown?
Char said
Hey Phil!! Glad to see you here. Welcome.
Phil said
Wow Becky, what do you do in a town that small?
I’m living in London at the moment, there are probably 40 people within spitting distance right now!
Phil said
Hi Liz! Marti! Char!
Becky McCray said
Let’s see, the closest town is Alva, Oklahoma, with 5000 people. An hour+ away is Enid, Oklahoma, with 100,000, people. Two hours away is Wichita, Kansas. We’re about 2.5 hours from Oklahoma City.
Ellen said
Hi Liz, sorry I missed you this weekend. I’m looking to come out to Chicago in the heat of July though for Blogher. Maybe really meet you then.
Becky McCray said
What do you do in a town of 40? Well, internet helps. Right now I’m still moving in, and that keeps me pretty busy!
Rick Cockrum said
If you ever get bored, Becky, you could open a theatre in Alva. Full houses every week! You may want to stay away from drive-ins, though.
Monaca has about 7000 people, but Pittsburgh is only a half hour away.
Marti said
Gosh Becky,Wichita is about three hours from me! I’ve been in several parts of Oklahoma, it is more diverse than some might imagine.
ME Strauss said
Hi Ellen!
It would be major fun to see you this summer too!
Becky McCray said
We have a bank branch, and a grain elevator, and 20 inhabited houses. It’s the opposite of “urban.” And it’s wonderful to us!
Ellen said
Liz, I have the airline ticket to use so why not, right? It would be fun!
Marti said
AH… the drive-in movies. I love those. We used to go a lot when the kids were littler.
Becky McCray said
Alva had a drive in until the 80’s.
Phil said
Ha! Once you get to know the 40 people you live with, you can start on the rest of the internet!
I must say, though it is strange to do so in the comments of a post, it’s nice to chat to you guys!
Marti said
Becky, you, weren’t anywhere in the path of those terrible storms, were you?
Rick, I envy you running a theatre!
Ellen, I envy you getting to go to BlogHer.
(Oh dear, I’m being awfully envious tonight - lol)
Phil, London seems like an exciting place to live!
David Dalka said
I wanted to thank everyone for such a wonderful experience on Saturday! I will never forget it, especially meeting some people for the first time and the Iowa contingent!
My blog is one year old today, we might start another Techmeme event with all of you congradulating yourselves for being so helpful to me!
http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/05/15/happy-first-blog-birthday/
Char said
I’m on the fringe of suburbia just about an hour south of Washington DC. Our neighborhood is zoned agricultural and my neighbors have horses, but it really is suburbia.
Marti said
Happy blogiversary, David!
Ellen said
I have 4 lane highway that runs in front of my apartment and a field with deer and geese and fox out back. Weird..
Becky McCray said
We’ve missed out on bad storms, so far! But, yes, were are right in tornado alley.
Marti said
Thee are a lot of horse owners around me too, Char. They’re so beautiful! (the horses, the owners, meh, not so much - lol)
Do you have horses yourself?
Phil said
London is really exciting! I’ve only lived here for 6 months now but I already know that I could never know all of it!
I’m originally from Maidstone, but once I got a job here in the capital and couldn’t stand the endless commuting I had to move. It’s an amazing experience so far!
Marti said
Glad you were spared, Becky.
Ellen - that is funny!
Rick Cockrum said
Happy blog-birthday, David!
The green goes good with your hair, Marti. :-) Now, the little horns, I’m not so sure about.
Are you in an apartment, Phil?
Becky McCray said
Hey, where’s the Klondike bars?? I’m going to go get a bowl of ice cream!
Phil said
Wow, a year of blogging, a year ago I was only just considering a blog, two years ago I said I would never blog! Congratulations David!
I’m in an annexe really, Rick. It’s just a little house stuck on the back of a much bigger one! It’s big enough for me and my girlfriend though.
Char said
No horses for us. Just a nice big backyard and a dog, two cats and a rabbit.
A Klondike bar would taste good right now.
Marti said
????
ME Strauss said
Hey, I’ve just found case loads of Klondike bars in the freezers undr the sidbars!!!
Phil said
Klondike bar?
Someone’s gonna have to help the culturally challenged me I’m afraid!
Marti said
Dang, my Internet connection is going wonky, I am going to have to go….
Hugs and joyous wishes to all
Becky McCray said
Tell ‘em about the Klondike bar tradition, Liz! :)
Ellen said
Phil, what would you do for a Klondike Bar? Then we’ll tell you what it is.
Char said
Phil - Klondike bars are squares of ice cream about the size of a deck of cards (but more square) that dipped in chocolate. Very yummy.
Phil said
Bye Marti, nice to chat!
Rick Cockrum said
A Klondike Bar is basically vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate, but with many other luscious flavors. My favorites are the peanut butter and the crunchy.
ME Strauss said
Phil,
Klondike bars are ice cream bars tjat ome in many flavors. Here try one [tosses a chocolate]
Samuel John Klein said
What makes it home:
Kitties. Yes, it’s teh kitties…nine of them at present. We’ve had as many as thirteen. My net de plume (ZehnKatzen) is a kind-of-a-portmanteau of the German words for ten (zehn) and the plural of cats (katzen). But we don’t collect the kitties…we’re not cat lovers that way. You wont see us on any local news program anytime soon about pet hoarding.
While it is true that, in many cases, as the underrated sage Tom Weller has said, “Home is where the house is”, it’s not home unless it’s somewhere in the northern Willamette Valley of Oregon. I was born in Silverton, a sleepy little place near Salem, which is a sleepy big place (during my lifetime it’s added about 70,000 people but it still feels like it did when I was but a neat thing). I left Oregon for a while once. Depression resulted.
I am a native Oregonian and I lurves me my hills and my valley and my volcanoes on the horizon.
And being in Portland, in particular, nourishes me. “Stadt Luft macht frei”, a German might say-city air liberates, in other words. I say the worst day in Portland is, most likely, better than the best day just about anywhere else.
Here’s a link for you:
http://portlandmaps.com
This is a database of map information and aerial photeaux compiled by the city and maintained year in, year out. You can find everything about Portland on the ground…property lines and values, transit, roads, sewers, power…it’s all there.
Also, a good way to get the lay of the land is our much-lauded transit syste, TriMet, acessable at http://trimet.org
Gotta rush off…Kitties ate the Klondikes. Those little greedy guts B-)
Phil said
There’s a tradition?
For choc ices?
:D
I don’t know what I’d do for one, it is gone 2am here, I think I need a glass of water and bed soon! :D
Char said
You got it Phil.
Hello Samuel! Glad you could join us.
Rick Cockrum said
A fine tradition instituted of old by our good friend Chris Cree to accompany the many beverages Liz keeps on the sidebar. Quite habit forming, actually.
Good night, Marti.
ME Strauss said
Good Night Marti!
Rick Cockrum said
And I have to go, too. Thank you, Liz. I hope you’re feeling better. Good bye everyone!
Joe said
All’s I did was go to my Blog to fix an oversight of not including Christine Kane in my post.
Naughty, naughty me. :-{
It’s fixed now, and Christine, if you show up tonight, I’m sorry… sooo sorry (how’s that song go?)
Anyway, I’ve spent more time reading comments than making them.
SOMEONE please toss me a Klondike Bar!!! :-)
Mike said
I missed Marti leaving? Rats! Marti, if you check back, I have the ultimate car that hates me story!
I’m glad I could instigate people putting their pictures out for us to see. It’s wonderful to know all you brilliant folks in a new way!
For a Klondike bar, I’d make a complete fool of myself in front of a camera. Pay up!
Char said
All, I have to call it a night too! Have fun and I’ll see you next week.
Mike said
Night, Char! Pleasant dreams of Klondike bars.
Meikah Delid said
Hi, Liz! It has been a while… *hugz* How are you?
Good evening everyone, too!
I like the topic: home! Has anyone sung the song, Home, yet? :D
Phil said
Bye Rick!
It seems that with all this chat of chocolate and ice cream that I should probably retire to bed.
It’s been nice and, while I’d like to say I’ll be here again, I only made it as I’m not at work tomorrow.
Please drop by my blog though and say hi! Nice to chat with you all!
Good night.
ME Strauss said
good Night Char and Rick,
I’m still a bit of a swollen chipmunh,
Vernon Lun said
Hi Joe, maybe the song you’re looking for is “where did the love go?” :)
Becky McCray said
Here, Joe. All I’ve got is vanilla Klondikes, but I’ll share. Catch!
ME Strauss said
Vernon,
You were sure a hit at SOBCon. That’s all I hear from the guys is “Vernon, Vernono, Vernon.” :)
Joe said
Hey guys,
I didn’t have any business cards for SOBCon, so I spent a little time creating this… http://www.workingathomeinternet.com/card2.PNG
Wadda ya think?
Not the best, but maybe it’s a start… ;-)
ME Strauss said
It’s getting there, Joe!
Becky McCray said
Folks, I’m going to drop out and write up a blog post I’ve been contemplating (a business idea for hyper-local products).
Hope everyone enjoys being HOME tonight!
Good night, Liz, and get well soon. :)
Meikah Delid said
Oh congratulations Liz on SOBCon! :)
Joe said
Hey Vernon,
I think any song with the term “Love” in it works around here. ;-)
Thanks Becky,
Vanilla is always good, as long as it’s covered in Chocolate. :-)
Vernon Lun said
Blush, blush. Thanks Liz, I think its because everyone there thought I had the klondike bars!
Joe said
Uh, Ooohhh, Is Betsons open again??? ;-)
Where’d everybody go?
ME Strauss said
There are plenty of Klondike bars Vernun. I just speced out there. It’s the pills I’m on for this infection. [tosses another]
Meikah Delid said
Oh Liz, you’re not feeling well? Why so? I hope you feel better soon.
Can anyone pass me those Klondike bars please??? hahaha
ME Strauss said
The Klondike bars are helping. I seem to have this throat infection. that has my face all swollen. :)
My husband has been calling me me “Popeye” since yesterday. :)
Ellen said
That’s sounds painful Liz. Ice cream should help though, right?
Joe said
Uh Oh, Liz, Does that mean that everyone you hugged is going to get sick?
That would be well over a hunnerd peepl… *sniff* *bloooowww* *sniff*
ME Strauss said
No joe, I think that it really measn that my reistance was down and I have an abscess tooth. ouch!
Ellen said
I had an abscess tooth once when I was scuba diving down in Mexico and all I wanted was to be home and comfortable!
Mike said
Liz,
Prayers for your swift recovery!
Mike
Joe said
Oooowww, I know what that’s like Liz.
NO fun… :-(
Hope you feel better. (get that taken care of) ;-)
Mike said
Vernon, Vernon , Vernon
ME Strauss said
Hey Mike!
I just want to be normal for my son’s gratudation!
Mike said
Liz,
When is graduation? I’ll reach out to BeadNettm!
Mike
Meikah Delid said
“When I think of home, I think of a place where there’s love overflowing.
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there, with the things I’ve been knowin’
Will that make the tall trees bend into leaning?
Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
Sprinkling the sea… makes it all clear…”
:D
Mike said
Meikah,
My memory is short, but isn’t that Simon and Garfield the Cat?
But I don’t recognize “sprinkling the sea”…
Please inform me.
Mike
Meikah Delid said
Congratulations, Liz, how old is your son? :)
GP said
Hi all.. names omitted for the sake of brevity :)
Sounds like SOBCon was quite the extravaganza. Home is where the heart is tho if I “click the proverbial heels ” together .. there really is no place like home… my animals, my guests, my kitchen and my friends
http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/2007/05/rules-for-being-human-or-equine.html
GP in Montana
Jeremy David said
Hey everyone! How are you all doing?
Jeremy David said
Oh by the by, congrats on the conference Liz!
ME Strauss said
We’re all doing well and we’re happy, Jeremy.
I’m glad to hear that you’re around and doing well too. :)
Vernon Lun said
Yeah! Liz was the star of the Sobcon show except her humility won’t let her show it! So I’ll go and shout it on the mountain. Liz! Liz! Liz!
We’ve only just begun…
So when are we going to start the SOB merchandising? SOB Soap! SOB beer!
Jeremy David said
Oh yes ha ha, staying super busy with school. It’s really fun though. I seem to enjoy being busy.
Meikah Delid said
Hey, Mike…sorry maybe my memory has failed me in that area too. :D
Jeremy David said
Ha ha hand made SOB soap.
ME Strauss said
Good for you to take care of school first. YEA!!
Jason Alba said
(caveat: I’m not live-blogging this event :p)
Howdy folks! Please join me in celebrating my 1 year JibberJobber anniversary - almost to this very hour is when we launched a year ago!
And they said it wouldn’t last! Phewy to them!
jason Alba
http://www.JibberJobber.com/blog
Meikah Delid said
Mike, mea culpa…hehehe here’s the entire song by Diana Ross. ;)
HOME (Think of Home)
When I think of home
I think of a place where there’s love overflowing
I wish I was home
I wish I was back there with the
Things I´ve been knowing
Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning
Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
Sprinklin’ the scene, makes it all clean
Maybe there’s a chance for me to go back
Now that I have some direction
It sure would be nice to be back home
Where there’s love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time, be my friend
Let me start again
Suddenly my world´s gone and changed it’s face
But I still know where I’m going
I have had my mind spun around in space
Yet I’ve watched it growing
Oh If you’re list’ning God
Please don’t make it hard to know
If we should believe in things that we see
Tell us, should we try and stay or
Should we run away
Or would it be better just to let things be?
Living here, in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it taught me to love
So it’s real, real to me
And I’ve learned
That we must look inside our hearts
To find a world full of love
Like yours
Like mine
Like home…
ME Strauss said
Jason,
I wasn’t sure about life bloggers at the events. But I have to admit that i’ve never seen anyone do as wonderful a job on that as you truly did on the SOBCon. Congratuations.
Vernon Lun said
Heading out from digital home to physical home. G’nite all.
May the Blog be with You!
Joe said
Tonight I had a fun time I say
As always on Tuesday night, not day
I also had the time of my life
At SOBCon because there was no strife
I met old friends for the first time there
Not any or all at the famous o’Hare
But I learned more than I ever knew
About my friends, both old and new.
So, when we do it again Next Year
If you can’t show up, I’ll shed a tear
For friendship and fun you’ll surely miss
But from the Conference we’ll throw you a kiss.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
(Feel Better Liz) ;-)
ME Strauss said
Good Night, Joe,
Sleepy Swell.
Meikah Delid said
G’nyt Vernon! Hasta la vista! :D
troy said
Hola.
Jason! Awesome job on the blow by blow.
Jason Alba said
Thanks Liz, I heard that you were concerned about people blogging and not listening or participating… I was worried about that… but I’m glad i did it, I’ll be refering to it for a while. Can’t wait til SOB08!
Mike Rohde said
Hey everyone, stopping in to say hello now that things are rolling here. Got to clean the office tonight, but I’ll pop in now and then. :-)
troy said
Rohde!
ME Strauss said
Troy!
Vernon Lun said
One more thing…. isn’t there always. Liz said, bring a link…
We’re celebrating the Moms tonight at TheGoodBlogs. Go and read some terrific posts. They made me laugh and cry.
http://www.thegoodblogs.com/2007-best-mom-awards
ME Strauss said
Vernun,
What a lovely mother’s Day gift. Stories for mom! YEA!!
troy said
[walking dog]
Jeremy David said
Have a good night everyone! It’s time for some McDonalds with my roommates, ha ha.
ME Strauss said
Jeremy,
Are you going to wash that down with some of Vernuns SOB Beer?
HART (1-800-HART) said
~waves .. Greetings!
Late again .. let me catchup!
ME Strauss said
Welcome HART, great you’re here again!
Mike Rohde said
Yo Troymesiter! How’s things in FLA? :-)
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Liz .. better late than never! And, I’m all catch up.
I guess I’ll start with: For Mother’s Day .. I finally managed to take all the digital pictures taken at my Folks 50th Wedding Anniversary last October 2006 .. and got them printed up (at Wal-Mart no less), made a couple of albums, and even paid for them! haha.. oh ya, and a homemade Card too with one of the pics on the front cover.
You see, I gathered all the pictures and put them online http://HBSMC.com/50th/ (if you click on Page 8 .. the top pic is my folks) .. and my mom kept saying everytime I visited her .. “C’mon! I’ll even pay to get those pictures developed!” .. or “C’mon! I’ll even pick them up from your house and take them to get developed even!!!” … She’s soooooo needy
PS: it was also my older brother’s 50th birthday too .. I took him to get a haircut (4th one down on page 9). He’s one of those goons who’s hair is down to his belt. He believes if it ever gets cut - he will lose his “power”
Mike Rohde said
Veron — hope you had a good trip home. Phil and I talked all the way home. I signed up for TheGoodBlogs yesterday! Say hello to Tony for me.
Meikah Delid said
All this talk of home and Mother’s Day, inspired me to write this post on CustServ. Check it out here: http://custserv.gbwatch.com/customer-relations/297.html :)
ME Strauss said
HART!
Those pix sound wonderful and perfect. I think you are a kind and generous man. The people are are great to see. Thank you for sharking them with you tonight. :)
ME Strauss said
Mike,
Good to hear that you made it into the Good Blogs. Vernun and Tony’s product is fabulous and they are customer service mavens. Throught and through — you won’t be disappointed . . . no way!
ME Strauss said
Yea! Meikah David!
Can’t wait to take a look. OH! Those are wondeerful too!
ME Strauss said
Now I must go to bed and put my face to rest to let the swelling go down further — so that my son has a normal looking mother at this college grautation later this week.
Sweet dreams
Sleepy Swell.
HART (1-800-HART) said
PPSS: Hey everybody here - it’s slow, I’m looking over your blogs .. so I’m also giving a shout out to you:
Becky (~wave!), David (happy 1st year), Mike (I don’t want an audit face .. I just want a shark with a laser!), Meikah (~hi!), The Idea Dude (I’ve left you some examples), G.P. (I’ve added you to my bloglines), Jeremy (nice wedding pics), Jason (happy blogday 2u2), Ellen (don’t believe a word about it - that cat is the real master - just stop cleaning its litter or giving him/her food!), TheGoodBlogs? (I tried it, didn’t like it- too limiting), Rohdes! Troy! Joe! Nice SOBcon reviews (and joe.. wut is that logo on your card??), Tariq (~waves), Char! (I’ve got lots of plugin suggestions :D), Marti (18, eh? Sorry), Rick! (huh? I wasn’t a member of your MBL community yet??), Ann Michael (~wave), Phil.uk (Greetings from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada).. and most of all LIZ .. Sharking? I like that!
HART (1-800-HART) said
You know Liz .. Crown Royal is good for swelling faces … if you drink enough of it. Then, you won’t worry about how you look, feel much better (and fall asleep) and swelling will go down!
And, if that’s not true well, then I probably believe it just for the enjoyment factor.
Meikah Delid said
Hi, Hart! :) Yeah Liz you should get some rest now. I’ll be going my way too and work is waiting for me. :) Nice evening again here. Hasta la vista! *wave*
ME Strauss said
Here it is a shole night later and I’m still swollen up. I’ve been sleeping as much as I can today too. Go Figure.
I don’t think Crown Royal is the answer for the graduation, for some reasons — I don’t seem to remember why though. :)
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Marti said
Oh you poor thing! I hope you recover soon! {{gentle hugs to you}}
I had a wonderful time last night until my computer started acting up - thanks to you and everyone for a delightful evening.
Peace and joy to all!