February 26, 2008
The Mic is On: We’re Talking About Aliens!
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.
Have we seen one lately?
We might talk about:
- UFOs
- Area 51
- Twilight Zone
- Dr. Who
- Star Trek
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 aliens to share!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Char said
Those little green men are great!
Happy Tuesday everyone. Chris won’t be here tonight so he put me in charge of the Klondike bars. Let me know which ones you’d like.
Joe said
Hey Liz,
Happy Alien Day,
I left a link on the other post to see if you could remember which of us (me or Al) are the Alien.
Joe via Liz said
Hey Liz,
Just to scare you a little, I thought I would give you this link…
Alien and me
to see if you remember which of us is the Alien.
Brooke said
Hello Char, Joe and Liz! Aliens huh? Innnteresssting….
Joe said
Hey Char, strawberry!!! Please
ME Liz Strauss said
Hi Char! Hi Joe! Hi Brooke!
Hi to the Alien!
Brooke said
Ooh ooh, I know I know!!! Joe’s the alien!!!
ME Liz Strauss said
Brooke!
You win! Check out the picture!
homemom3 said
Hi ya’ll! I haven’t ever made it, first time. Happy Alien Day!
Brooke said
Hey Char - I reeeeaaaallly need a klondike bar - or 2 or 3. Is that possiible tto get one early?
Char said
Strawberry it is Joe.
Hi Brooke! Thanks for the nice comment today - you too, Liz.
Char said
Brooke - you can have as many as you want. They have virtual calories.
SunnySchlenger said
Hi everybody! Unlike the discussion on MACs, this time I can actually contribute something I know about.
Paranormal Places in Sedona
Karen Putz said
Aliens?? My husband believes there’s alien life out there. Me–nahhh.
ME Liz Strauss said
Do you think Klondike bars were gift of the alien gods?
Brooke said
Oh Liz - I saw the picture before I raised mmy hand — had to be sure. I always thought Joe was an alien!
You are welcome Char - I am just really impressed. One of my first areas of business when I get back from my 2 WEEK vacattion is to pick your brain!!
homemom3 said
I’m still undecided. Ya know it was in the news recently that they think they discovered some type of life on Mars. I’d love to find out what they really have in area whatever number it is. lol
Joe said
I have more pics of Al…
I’ll only give you one more, unless you ask for more.
http://www.workingathomeinternet.com/images/alienpics/Picture%205.jpg
I tried to get the REAL Al in his cloned form!
Char said
Brooke - that sounds like fun! Just drop me a note when you get back and we can arrange a time to talk.
Liz Williams said
What if Klondike bars are aliens and the gods their gift to us? May I have a strawberry one please? Klondike bar, not god.
ME Liz Strauss said
Well, Brooke,
The alien talks far less than Joe and doesn’t count comments.
Karen Putz said
Now ghosts on the other hand, I believe in.
Liz Williams said
#3 About the picture, Joe…I can’t tell. I’m kinda new here, so maybe that’s the problem?
ME Liz Strauss said
Hi Karen! Hi Liz!
Oooooweeeee!!!
Al Leon said
Who sayes I tallkkk leeesssss?
I Speeeekksss bettttt3er eenglllesh thannnn that joooooeeeee ggguuuuuyyyyy
Angela Maiers said
Hello All! Just saw a commercial for new Wifeswap-alien families! How is everyone tonight?
Brooke said
Sunnny - I have been to Sedona quite a few times and diidn’t know it was suuch a hotspot for alien watchng etc.
Joe said
C’mon Liz, I just hear Al say something, but it must have been a whisper, it doesn’t seem anyone else heard it.
Karen Putz said
I loved Sedona when we went a few years ago– absolutely beautiful out there!
Brooke said
Char - you are SOOOOO nice!! Thank you for being willing to talk to me. I will contact you when I return!!
homemom3 said
Liz- what’s your favorite alien movie?
J. Erik Potter said
Hi everyone.
Check out some of my dream home theaters here - alien examples included:
http://tinyurl.com/yqsyk7
Karen Putz said
Joe wrote: C’mon Liz, I just hear Al say something, but it must have been a whisper, it doesn’t seem anyone else heard it.
Umm, I didn’t hear it. LOL
Liz Williams said
My only alien story is the time I was on a delayed flight that flew just north of the Area 51 airspace. Because we were delayed the pilot decided to narrate the entire flight. Although this is often a nightmare, this guy knew all kinds of fascinating stories about characters of the southern sierra nevada. He’d flown near Area 51 countless times and confessed to seeing many, many “aircraft” flying without their lights on at night so he couldn’t make out their shape. They wouldn’t answer his hails and air traffic control didn’t seem to know about them….BOO!
Brooke said
J Erik - I like the Bat Cave!!!
J. Erik Potter said
Brooke - that’s my personal fav as well.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hi Homemom3!
Welcome! Sorry you had to wait! I’m not sure I have a favorite alien movie! They kind of creep me out.
Joe said
Karen,
I just heard Al in the background in #25, Liz must have opened the back door to let him in.
Brooke said
Liz W - that’s crazy!!!
Liz Williams said
J Erik and Brooke - I liked the bat cave too!
Hi Liz, Hi everybody!
Al Leon said
Seez, Leez dozzz listeeen to aalll commmmmenttts, nottt jjuustt tthat jooooeeeee guuuuyyy
homemom3 said
not a problem, dropped ya a message at twitter just in case you had others (besides myself)
I liked the movie Alien.
Char said
Brooke, no problem! I am sure there is plenty I can learn from you too.
My daughter wants me to go play wii with her. I’ll be back in a while. Can’t say no to a 6 year old cutie who can kick my rear at wii bowling.
ME Liz Strauss said
Karen,
I’m not sure that I let him in . . . Al’s an Alien after all!
Liz Williams said
It was crazy, Brooke. We just held on and hoped the guy was a very good pilot. Did I mention night was falling?
Rick Cockrum said
Hi all. We even have an alien guest! Hi Al Leon.
The wii is sci-fi to me. Who would have thunk it forty years ago?
Liz Williams said
I’ll check back in later - gotta go home and make dinner. bye for now.
Al Leon said
OOkkeeeeyyy,
Dddoooosszzz annnybboooodddyyy haaavvvvv aaa huuumun storryyy thaaattt izzz sskkaaaarrrryyyyy?
Brooke said
Liz W - spoooooky!
Char - seriously, my 4 year old cn beat me at Wii bowling.
Brooke said
Al Leeon is freakin me out. I don’tt have a scary story - does anyone?
SunnySchlenger said
Sorry - phone.
Sedona is a big alien hot spot. I live right near Bell Rock and in the 80’s, thousands of people stood around on the day of the harmonic convergence, waiting for an alien spaceship to blast out of there.
ME Liz Strauss said
Homemom3!
I do like Winona Ryder in Aliens 3!
Joe said
We seem to be a little slow tonight folks, we are only averaging 1.6 comments per minute.
I know we can do better than that!
Karen Putz said
Aww rats, I gotta run. The kids need homework help. Catch ya all next week. Watch out for aliens when you shut your eyes tonight!
ME Liz Strauss said
Alright let’s get this alien thing rolling. Do think there’s life on other planets?
ME Liz Strauss said
I’m doing that REFRESH thing again.
This blog has too many pages.
Joe said
Nite Karen. Hope you get all the answers right!
Brooke said
You are right Joe - But it will pick up it always does!
ME Liz Strauss said
My brothers swear I come from an alien planet. Mqybe it’s the one Joe was born on.
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Karen.
Of course there’s life on other planets. And since it looks like rocky planets are common, earth type life is probably common, too.
I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
ME Liz Strauss said
Wait! Homemommy3!
I just remembered . . . I liked Contact, But there hardly was an alien in that movie.
Al Leon said
I knottt sore, but whhhyy doz pplee haaavv prublm wit Wii? I cccaaannnn ooouuuuttt wwwiii mi keeeds aaallll ddaaaa ttimmmeee
SunnySchlenger said
I know several people in Sedona who swear they come from somewhere out there. I believe them.
ME Liz Strauss said
Al,
You’re an alien. Wii was made for you!
ME Liz Strauss said
Sunny,
What are the traits that you use to identify the aliens in Sedona?
Brooke said
Alieens on other planets? “I don’t know ‘Sparks’, but It would be an awful waste of space. “
Al Leon said
I ffuuugggootttt Leeeezz, daaattt yyy IIII ddaattt gooodd meee guuuusss
ME Liz Strauss said
Brooke!
“Sparks?”
Brooke said
Gotta give a 2 yr old a bath…I’ll be riiiight baaaaack…
ME Liz Strauss said
What was the movie that Kevin . . . was in? K-Pax
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. He reminds me of you, Joe.
Rick Cockrum said
Kevin Spacey. Appropriate name.
SunnySchlenger said
There’s a guy named Tom Dongo who’s written several books about identifying the aliens here-abouts.
ME Liz Strauss said
Thank you, Rick!
I kept coming up with Kevin Pollack and I knew that wasn’t right!
Al Leon said
Meee no Bonnnes, me no spok me eveeenn no catin kurrock, but meeee no no no sparks!
ME Liz Strauss said
hey Sunny, What does Tom Dongo say gives the aliens away?
Joe said
Gee, thanks Liz, I always knew I was a bit “spacey” but now you came up with a name.
But I don’t think I look like a Kevin, do you?
Brooke said
Sparks = Jody Foster’s nickname when she was a little girl iin thee movie Contact.
Rodney Rumford said
i swore i saw a UFO when i was a kid. beam me up scotty!
ME Liz Strauss said
No Joe,
I don’t think you look anything like Kevin Spacey. I only think that his character in K-Pax reminds me of you!
ME Liz Strauss said
That’s right, Brooke! I forgot about that!
Rick Cockrum said
Maybe the aliens are confused walk-ins.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey Rodney!
Tell the story. Details, man, I want details!!
SunnySchlenger said
Liz, I knew you were going to call me on that.
I can’t remember what he said about identifying factors. Most of the activity happens at night, apparently.
Rodney Rumford said
hi all. jut an fyi to all here. tabbed facebook profiles are coming this spring.
Brooke said
This might start a fight - buut I hate Jody Foster buut LOVE Contact.
ME Liz Strauss said
Oh Rodney,
How you use me.
Rodney Rumford said
well it was 1976… and we could see these light pulsating on an object in the sky. hundreds of people reported seeing a ufo.
it turns out it was a plane with lighted ads scrolling under its wings. from some perspective it looked like a ufo. it was spooky when you were a kid.
ME Liz Strauss said
Brooke,
I’ve had every opinion of Jodie Foster through the years. But I tend to like her movies. And I’ll always love her voice.
SunnySchlenger said
There are vents in the ground around here where cold air comes up from spaces below. They say that those are the “portals” to other dimensions/worlds/
ME Liz Strauss said
Oh Cool,
The Rodney Alien Story!
So did you tell it to other kids for years, pretending that it was the real thing?
Joe said
I understand Liz, I am just weird. No problem.
ME Liz Strauss said
Sunny,
That makes me glad I didn’t grow up there. My imagination would have had me in deep, deep trouble over vents to another world.
I could invent enough to cause issues in this one.
ME Liz Strauss said
Joe,
You’re equally as weird as I am.
Rodney Rumford said
of course. it was a great campfire story for years. But there has to be more intelligent life beyond what we know. Of this i am certain.
ME Liz Strauss said
Did anyone read the Philip Pullman novels or see the moview “The Golden Compass”?
ME Liz Strauss said
Gosh, Rodney!
But there has to be more intelligent life beyond what we know.
I sure hope so. Some days I hope more than others.
SunnySchlenger said
Liz, nobody grows up in Sedona. We’re all from someplace else, so you’d feel right at home.
Angela Maiers said
Picked up my son-did I miss any UFO sitings?
Hey Rodney and Sunny-nice to meet you!
ME Liz Strauss said
I missed saying it, Rick,
But #81 if someone “walks in” on me. I hope I’m well unconscious through the entire experience.
Rick Cockrum said
I read “The Golden Compass”. Excellent work. I have to get the rest of the books from my daughter.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey, Sunny!
In the context of this conversation, that sentence
We’re all from someplace else, so you’d feel right at home.
works even better.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hi Angela,
Joe brought his personal Alien with him . . . you’ll find a pix around comment #3.
Angela Maiers said
Rick-have you seen the movie yet?
Joe said
With all this Alien talk, does anyone realize the distance to even our closest star?
It would take more than one lifetime to get here, EVEN at light speed. 186,000 mps
Rick Cockrum said
It’s supposed to be more like trading places, not possession, Liz.
Think Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd, not the Exorcist.
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
I read all three of the Pullman novels. The Golden Compass was the best, but I was taken by how visual they are and the daemons.
Char said
Okay. We played wii Olympics. I got 2nd on trampoline, 1st on javelin and dead last in the dream race and swimming. Wii is fun and can be a good little workout too.
Our screen characters were from the Mario game - looked a lot like aliens.
Joe said
Why do you think they call them LIGHT YEARS?
Mike DeWitt said
Hey y’all. Haven’t made the party in a while. Glad to spend a few minutes.
SunnySchlenger said
Nice to meet you, too, Angela!
Well, Liz, it’s been said that all time is happening at once but we can only perceive it in a linear fashion. So we could be other people at the same time we’re being Liz and Sunny. Think about that one!
Rick Cockrum said
I wanted the movie for the theatre, but the production company handling it thinks we’re a third-run venue and wouldn’t give it to us. Now I’m just waiting for the DVD.
Angela Maiers said
Joe-nice to meet your friend! Great pic!
Mike DeWitt said
Hey Joe,
I hate to say it, but we’re it for corporeal beings. Not a popular viewpoint around Roswell, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Mike
Rick Cockrum said
Hey Mike!
ME Liz Strauss said
Char you are on a roll today!
That blog post project was amazing! Now you’re a gold medal Olympian!
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey Mike!
Wonderful to have you here even for a minute!
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
You mean you can’t get some movies EVER!?!!
ME Liz Strauss said
Mike,
you don’t think the universe could have made animals or plants or people anywhere else?
Al Leon said
Wazzz diss talkkk bbboouuut timmme? der is no timmme onny spaaase. Beeeg spaaase heer ta ddaaarr.
eeff timmme maak diffrnc nevvr gat ddaaarr
Brooke said
Well - it was great as usual! I gotta go. I’ll talk at ya all in 3 weeks when vaca iis over! I’ll miss ya all in Meccico!!!
Rick Cockrum said
If we don’t have a contract with the company, no, we can’t ever get a movie from them.
We have a contract with the company handling “Golden Compass”, but since we can’t convince them other companies give us films anywhere from opening day on, they won’t let us have a film until it’s 3 - 4 months old. By then, it’s a waste of screen space to get it. We were bummed.
ME Liz Strauss said
Brooke
Have a wonderful (and romantic) trip!
Rodney Rumford said
hi sunny. welcome to the group. glad to have another author here. ;0
sorry i jumped out for a while.i was yelling at facebook…lol
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Brooke. Enjoy the sun!
Joe said
Mike, you think so? Have you met Al Leon yet?
If he isn’t an alien, then who is? Me?
ME Liz Strauss said
Rodney!
Does facebook yell back?
I’m thinking a few aliens hang out there.
SunnySchlenger said
Hi Rodney!
Rick - there’s so much about film rights I don’t understand. Sedona is having their international film festival starting this week and the town is going crazy over the level of participation they have.
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
What’s their thinking about keeping the movie from smaller venues?
Mike DeWitt said
Hey Rick!
Angela Maiers said
Brooke-enjoy Mexico. I just got back and it was INCREDIBLE!
Brooke said
Romantic - with another ccouple — maybe we could swing??? (kidding…)
SunnySchlenger said
Have a lovely vacation, Brooke!
Mike DeWitt said
Hi Liz,
Yep. It may be possible there’s someone or something out there, but we’re all we got for now. It’s more likely than we’re being watched invisibly by a myriad of superior beings…
Mike
Mike DeWitt said
I think Al Leon correctly interprets my view of things (I probably should feel uncomfortable about that…)
Joe said
Liz, have you noticed the Google ads at the bottom of the post? They are all about UFO’s and stuff.
Funny!
ME Liz Strauss said
What do you think those superior beings might be like?
I’ve been thinking about them since I was a kid.
Rodney Rumford said
bye all. time for a late dinner here. got to roll. been short and sweet and fun.
be kind to the aliens. nanoo nanoo
ME Liz Strauss said
Nanoo, Nanooo Rodney!
You’re needed in Chicago in May!
Mike DeWitt said
Shazbot, Rodney! And good night!!
ME Liz Strauss said
Angela,
Did I hear you hint that you saw “The Golden Compass?”
Char said
Thanks Liz! That means so much. Thought you might be interested - I was checking on flight prices from DC to Chicago today.
Mike DeWitt said
So Liz,
I figure the superior beings will be the attendees at SOBCon ‘08.
Mike
Mike DeWitt said
Actually, I think that the superior beings are inside all of us, waiting for us to realize they’re there.
Rick Cockrum said
Shows what I know, Sunny. I didn’t Sedona had a film festival. My wife keeps up with most of that end of things.
There’s a lot I don’t know about film rights, either. I can tell what I know from the exhibitor’s point of view, but that’s it.
Liz - I don’t think it’s all about keeping films from smaller venues per se. Companies like Disney have given us films on opening week. I think it’s more corporate-think. We haven’t given you a film early on before. Why should we now? We just keep plugging away to get them to change their mind, showing that we do show films at the same time as major theatres.
Al Leon said
wooo, sombudy speeek meee tunnnnggg aannnddd nou heee gonnneee
Nanoo Nanoo Rodddny
Angela Maiers said
No-I wanted to. I have heard mixed reviews. Several people said that it was not great for young kids.
Looked for tickets to Chicago today, too Char! May will be here before we know it!
ME Liz Strauss said
How are the flights looking, Ms. Char! Wendy and I are both so looking forward to seeing you!
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Rodney. Don’t sit on your head.
All the superior being won’t be at SOBCon, Mike.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey Angela!
Are you in Iowa?!
SunnySchlenger said
I agree with you, Mike, but I think part of the difference in our alien beliefs is that I live in Sedona and you live in Scottsdale?
Mike DeWitt said
Borrowing a line from Bob Hruzkek:
“blah blah blah blah Al Leon blah blah blah Rodney Rumsford blah blah blah blah blah”
Char said
Prices were less than I thought. Not sure how long to wait - will prices go down or go up?
Joe said
Rick, own up to it, your a Pittsburgh kinda guy. Be proud to be from Pennsylvania. I am.
Mike DeWitt said
Hi Sunny,
I think “they’re out there” is good for a certain amount of business, but the “they’re in us” is really the message people need to admit openly.
Mike
Angela Maiers said
Yes-I am smack in the middle of the USA and the state. I am just West of Des Moines. Checked
prices today and they are almost $500-thinking about driving to Omaha.
Mike DeWitt said
Char,
Prices generally increase the closer to flight time that you book, but you never know in this economy. It’s all about how full the specific flight you’re looking at has become.
Mike
ME Liz Strauss said
Yeah, Char!
The airlines make us crazy that way, don’t they?
Mike DeWitt said
Angela,
Seems like there are all sorts of Iowans going to SOBCon. You should be able to carpool or hitch a ride.
Mike
Rick Cockrum said
I love Pennsylvania, Joe.
Char said
Wow Angela! Those are much higher than I saw, but then again I think flying from a major hub like DC to another major hub has to be cheaper.
Angela Maiers said
I have a conference right after in Atlanta. If I were an alien, I could be in both places at the same time. It is the pits being human sometimes!
There is a good crew here in Iowa. I have only been blogging a few months, and they have been rock solid support!
ME Liz Strauss said
Mike,
I do think that the superior wisdom is in all of us. But I don’t believe that all of the superior beings are.
Al Leon said
Sumwon elsse speeek meeee tungggg
Blah blah blah, Mike DeWitt blah blah Rudny blah Al Leon blah and blah.
ME Liz Strauss said
Ah Angela
THAT’s when IRA is. I’ve done a few of those . . . 3 in Atlanta. 3 of each I think.
ME Liz Strauss said
We’ve got some fabulous sponsor stuff lined up . . . Wiley is giving copies of the new book . . . Ejunkie is giving everyone a pro-account. . .
Char said
Liz - those sound good - and I have been meaning to get an e-junkie account. Now I’ll wait.
Mike DeWitt said
Liz,
Deeper discussion than I want to have now. All I can say for sure is that we are all part of one superior being (green or Al Leon or not).
Mike
ME Liz Strauss said
More where that came from.
Angela Maiers said
I so want to go to SOB-IRA is a must do for me.
It is always the last week in April, so I thought I was OK. They changed things up this year! Did you teach?
ME Liz Strauss said
Mike,
I can live with that concept. Mystical, universal connection. It would explain a lot of things. Like the Law of Attraction.
Joe said
I keep looking at my bank account before I can even consider the prices of a flight to Chicago.
Pay the bills first before I can enjoy the luxury of a conference this year.
ME Liz Strauss said
Good choice, Joe!
Now get to working!
SunnySchlenger said
We’re definitely all linked.
Nothing else really makes sense.
Rick Cockrum said
I was just outside. We had slushy snow today. Now we have the pretty sparkly kind.
ME Liz Strauss said
My new title:
Link to Irresistible Zeitgeist
LIZ Liz
Angela Maiers said
Liz-loved your post on seeing life through a child’s eyes! Stumbled it, but it had already been done! Looking forward to sharing that with my teachers.
Putting the kids to bed. Crossing my fingers that I will get to say hello and bring you a Klondike in person!
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
The “aliens” from book 3 of the Golden Compass series came to visit you.
Timothy Johnson said
Hey everybody, am I too late to join the party? The after-theatre crowd on Broadway can’t hold a candle to you all.
Timothy Johnson said
Which, by the way, explains where many of the aliens are hanging out these days.
Joe said
Rick, just don’t send it East, I want Spring, not more Winter.
It’s a shame Phil was right this year.
ME Liz Strauss said
Why, Mr. Tim, you are too elegant tonight!
Angela Maiers said
Hey Tim! Sorry to say hello and goodbye in the same breath, but putting the kiddos to bed. Hope you are staying warm in this lovely Iowa weather.
Rick Cockrum said
Now I really have to get the books from my daughter.
Rick Cockrum said
Hi Tim.
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey,
Is anyone checking out the Google ads in the footer tonight? They kind of fun to watch.
Timothy Johnson said
Angela - staying warmer in New York weather.
SunnySchlenger said
G’nite Angela.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Hi everyone, just finished the homework for Oprah’s class and thought I’d pop in before making supper.
Here’s a thought: the first creatures on land ventured into the alien environment and underwent an evolutionary transformation because they were compelled to do so by a crisis situation.
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Angela. May your kiddos sleep well.
Angela Maiers said
Night all-have a great week! Tim, New York-I am jealous!
Timothy Johnson said
Ms Glenda - you’re in luck tonight… I’m in a dancing mood after watching my first broadway musical… (actually on Broadway, that is)
ME Liz Strauss said
Good Night Angela!
Thank you for coming!
Great to see you!
Rick Cockrum said
Hi Glenda.
I always thought dolphins and whales showed they are smarter than us because they went back in the water.
SunnySchlenger said
Looks like the ads are pitching alien blogs, huh?
ME Liz Strauss said
Timothy,
What took you to New York?
Rick Cockrum said
What show did you see, Tim?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Awesome Mr T! Which musical will we be dancing to?
ME Liz Strauss said
Hey Glenda!
Anyone notice that Tim and Glenda curiously show up at about the same time? hmmmm
ME Liz Strauss said
Yeah, Sunny,
Alien everything. They change. Some of the ads are hilarious.
Char said
I thought the same thing…
Rick Cockrum said
I can’t believe the History channel is buying ads.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
No doubt, Rick. No gravity to fight. How smart is that? Cuts down on personal grooming time too.
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
Even worse, I was going to write a blog post about it. I still might.
I got spammed by Hallmark. “When you care enough to send the very best.”
Timothy Johnson said
Liz - I have two speaking engagements tomorrow - one here in Manhattan and the other up in the Hudson Valley.
Rick - saw Curtains starring David Hyde Pierce (Niles of Frazier fame). Incredible show. And getting to see one of my favorite actors perform live was surreal.
Glenda - up for some high stepping show tunes?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Liz, well choreographed, don’t you think?
Al Leon said
goooddd nitttteey tooo uu alll
mbee seeee ageeen soooonnn
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
most definitely Mr T.
ME Liz Strauss said
Glenda and Tim,
I think you two practice on the sly.
Timothy Johnson said
And-a-one… and-a-two…
(oops, Glenda, she’s onto us)
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
; ) we ain’t telling!
SunnySchlenger said
I have to go, too.
This has been so nice! I’m glad I was finally able to get back here.
Thanks for the warm hospitality and hope to chat again soon.
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Sunny.
Good night, Al.
Amie Gillingham said
yup, the Google ads are a hoot!
ME Liz Strauss said
Good night, Sunny,
Watch out for those airvents.
Timothy Johnson said
Getting back to the subject of aliens, somebody in the O’Hare restroom was talking about Barack actually being the love child of Elvis and an ambassador from the Abell 1835 IR1916 galaxy who was delivered mysteriously to the Obama family via Amelia Earhart’s plane (via a jump by Jimmy Hoffa).
Liz, you’re from Illinois… did this come up during any of his early campaigns?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks for the spin around the dance floor, Mr T! I’d better go start dinner for my other man now. G’night all. {exits stage left}
ME Liz Strauss said
Yeah, Tim,
It did, but it was considered a value-added.
Timothy Johnson said
Sigh… make one political alien comment and clear the dance floor
Rick Cockrum said
Did this person in the restroom appear to be talking to anyone else, Tim?
Visible, that is.
Rick Cockrum said
Have a good night, Glenda.
Timothy Johnson said
Well, Rick, now that you mention it, there didn’t appear to be another party to the conversation (unless, of course, one counts the automatic hand-dryer as a participant).
ME Liz Strauss said
We’re all BOZOs on this bus.
ME Liz Strauss said
You two should be doing stand-up.
I’m so laughing.
Rick Cockrum said
You never know about those hand-dryer’s.
Timothy Johnson said
True… the hand dryer could have been an alien… like Britney Spears in disguise or something
ME Liz Strauss said
Maybe Britney is related.
Joe said
Liz, you think getting spammed by Hallmark is bad, how about LifeLink?
Aren’t they the one who Guarantee! to stop unwanted junk mail?
I guess e-mail doesn’t count!
ME Liz Strauss said
That’s pretty stinky, Joe.
But I think Hallmark had more to lose.
Rick Cockrum said
I didn’t know the Abellians had female ambassadors.
Mike said
Hey Tim, Hey Glenda! Long time no razz!
ME Liz Strauss said
Rick,
I think they’ll throw anyone from a “plane.”
Mike said
4. Wipe hands on pants (it’s a guy thing)
Mike said
Now that I think about it, the World Dryer Corporation could only have been created by handless aliens. D’oh!!!!
Timothy Johnson said
Mike!!!! Where have you been????
I figured you’d been abducted by aliens.
And, yes, Rick, Abellians allowed female ambassadors after the first inter-universal congress required diversity training for all BLOGs (Balanced Legislature for Outward Galaxies).
ME Liz Strauss said
Mike,
What happened to
1.
2.
3.
??
Mike said
blah blah blah Joe blah blah Al blah blah
Timothy Johnson said
Mike, did you receive my “package” in the mail? Was it still ticking?
Mike said
Hey Tim,
Tuesday evenings with absolute love of my life (and American Idol).
Mike
ME Liz Strauss said
Timothy “John Cameron Swazey” Johnson
Joe said
Mike, I think Al left for the night, but I’ll pass the message along.
Timothy Johnson said
Ya lost me, Liz… who on Saturn’s rings is John Cameron Swazey?
Amie Gillingham said
Hey–looks like you can get UFOs on eBay. Just what I always wanted
Joe said
Tim, he is the TIMEX WATCH guy from when we were kids.
“Takes a likin and keeps on tickin”
You must be much younger than you look!
Mike said
Hi Liz,
That’s why I said it’s a guy thing. I always wondered if ladies’ rooms had those accursed hot air <a href=”http://fawny.org/blog/images/ChromeHandDryer.jpg”hand dryers.
I can’t remember the official instructions, but they go something like this:
1) Shake excess water from hands
2) Push button and release
3) Rub hands briskly under nozzle
But all guys knew that there was inevitable:
4) Wipe hands on pants
ME Liz Strauss said
Sorry, my typo,
I put the “y” in the wrong place.
John Cameron Swayze?
http://www.timexpo.com/timeline7.html
“takes a licking and keeps on ticking”
Timothy Johnson said
would be more interesting transposed, don’t you think?
takes a ticking and keeps on licking…
which brings us full circle to Britney Spears again.
ME Liz Strauss said
Tim,
You’re on the Internet, your grandkids can read this.
Besides that was the 50s.
Rick Cockrum said
He has quite a filmography, too.
Joe said
Late 50’s Liz, lets not get too old too quick. It comes fast enough.
Timothy Johnson said
Sorry, didn’t think the “be nice” thing applied to media-publicity-seeking aliens.
ME Liz Strauss said
I’m just looking out for your reputation, when your grandkids Google you in 20 or so years.
Timothy Johnson said
If I have grandkids old enough to google in 20 years, something is wrong.
Rick Cockrum said
On a side note, I just took a trip to the way back machine. It doesn’t look like blog comments are archived there.
Whups. I was wrong. Yes they are.
Rick Cockrum said
No I was right the first time. I confused an actual link to a site with an internal link at archive.org
ME Liz Strauss said
Hi,
If you have kids now, Tim, why couldn’t you have grandkids in 20 years or so?
Rick Cockrum said
I’m so confused. Some of the archived posts show the comments, some don’t.
Amie Gillingham said
@Rick, it’s pretty relevant to sci-fi. The Way Back Machine is like a TARDIS for the internet so you can go visit previous incarnations of your website in most cases best left forgotten, lol.
/geekery
Joe said
Once again it’s time to say good night
Al and I had a great time of delight
When the Aliens do land upon our earth
The Bloggers worldwide will give new birth
To the wonders that are yet to be found
And win the day with great words that abound
In our everyday wonders of things we do say
That will win once again on that glorious day
Through that once great void that we face
There is only vast and clear open space
Alien and Earthling have one thing in common
We are all just of one heart and only human.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
Timothy Johnson said
having grandkids is one thing, Liz… having grandkids old enough to google in 20 years means that my kids will start procreating way too early
ME Liz Strauss said
Do you think they all had comments. Maybe some lost them in the archiving?
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Joe.
Rick Cockrum said
Liz - I just looked at ones that said they had comments, so they got lost along the way.
Amie - Best forgotten is right. I looked at my site from a year ago. Even worse was an old site I had from many years ago.
ME Liz Strauss said
Good night, Joe!
Sleepy swell.
ME Liz Strauss said
Amie,
Perfect analogy! We haven’t mentioned the TARDIS all night. It’s a great note to throw in here!
Rick Cockrum said
It’s my time to say good night, too. Bye Tim, Aimie, Mike.
Thank you, Liz for a wonderful evening.
I’ll never look at hand dryers the same again.
Rick Cockrum said
I’m sorry. Amie.
ME Liz Strauss said
Good night, Rick!
I sent you an email earlier.
Have a great rest of the evening!
Timothy Johnson said
I need to call it a night as well… I’ll be presenting at a breakfast meeting so I need to be all nice and perky
ME Liz Strauss said
Perky Tim!
Good night.
Sleep well and have a good meeting in the morning.
Timothy Johnson said
Thanks Liz
Keep watching the skies.
(Barack and Britney would want that)
ME Liz Strauss said
I’ll do it for you, Tim.
I’ll do it for you.
(and John Cameron Swayze.)