September 25, 2007
The Mic Is On: We’re Talking About Parties . . .
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.
You know, social events! Hooray, let’s party!
Here’s a few ideas to get us started:
- online
- offline
- social events
- network events
- family events
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 parties to share!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Mike said
Hi Liz,
I just got back from your secret party. It was awesome!
Mike
ME Strauss said
Hi Mike!
You party, guy!
Mike said
I have a birthday coming up this week. I need to practice party beforehand!
Joe said
Hey Liz,
Hey Mike,
I didn’t make it first (thanks Mike) but I am here.
I am partying(?) about how many people have joined the Blogging Promise!
If it weren’t for Liz I don’t think anyone would have known.
ME Strauss said
Ah, a birthday. It’s not the 29th, is it?
Mike said
I’m in on that one, Joe! That was a truly great idea. I commented to Liz that if I don’t do one of those things within the first 24 hours, I feel bad.
ME Strauss said
Hi Joe!
Glad to make good deeds get their rightful punishment.
Joe said
I did #39 like Jack Benny, over and over and over. Well maybe not quite as many times as him.
Mike said
Yes, but I’m not divulging which version of my 29th birthday it is!
Mike said
I see Joe beat me to the punch line! Turnabout is fair play!
Joe said
Mike, at least one a day.
Liz, It’s not punishment, it’s a pleasure.
ME Strauss said
Successful Blogs @nd birthday party is coming up in October. Can you believe that?
Mike, when is that birthday?!!!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Hi everyone! Happy early birthday, Mike!
Joe said
Don’t forget WAHI in October too, Liz
Mike said
Thursday. I suppose I should put up a special theme and some (in)appropriate material!
Mike said
Thanks and hello, Glenda!
ME Strauss said
Maybe this year, Mike, you should go for appropriate material . . . oh wait you have to stay in your blog’s niche. . .. j/k,
Joe said
Hey Liz,
Do you want to host the B-day party this year? If I remember correctly, there were quite a few Blogs that have B-days in October for some reson.
Mike said
Where’d everybody go?
ME Strauss said
Hi Glenda!
I think this is pick on Mike night until someone else shows up.
Mike said
There y’all are! Liz, I went the same place you did; no hard feelings! LOL
Linda Martin said
I’m hosting a party for writers on my blog every Friday – it is called Writers Festival Friday. Each Wednesday I’ll choose one of the writers who participated to be interviewed and featured the following Friday.
Joe said
FYI, we’re keeping to one comment per minute, we had better speak up!!!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Hi Liz! How are you doing?
ME Strauss said
I hate parties really.
My brother and his wife on Christmas eve one year went to a part of friend of a friend on the other side of town. They sat around waiting for the friend for about an hour. Then they found out they were at the house next door!!
Joe said
Hey Glenda, where do we stand tonight?
ME Strauss said
I’m working on getting my Chicago business rolling, Glenda. It’s exciting. but time-consuming. I’m back fight browsers to get a web template to look right.
Mike said
Hi Liz,
Waiting around on Christmas Eve in Chicagoland is usually not too comfortable.
Mike
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
On our feet? Or, wasn’t that a trick question, Joe?
ME Strauss said
Oh Mike,
They were IN the house AT the wrong party.
Mike said
Hi Joe,
You can stand over by the garbage can filled with whatever booze and mixers everybody brought, or you check the snack table.
Mike
Joe said
No Glenda, that wasn’t a trick question. I really want to know!
Mike said
Um. THAT’S awkward…
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
What’s your Chicago business, Liz? Making a site the same across browsers is definitely a migraine in the making!
Joe said
Mike, I brought my own BEER! But I am willing to share…
Mike said
BEER works, Joe! What did you bring?
Joe said
This time of year, I like Coors Extra Gold Lager Mike. Hope you like… Catch!!!
ME Strauss said
I’m looking to work with Chicago businesses on their businesses.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Here’s an excerpt from I’ll Do It Myself about a memorable party at the World Jamboree ’83:
That evening we stayed for the Opening Ceremony. Moments before they began, the skies opened up and the heavens fell, soaking everyone. Several Scout troops found their tents in instant rivers and scrambled to grab their belongings before they floated away. A beautiful rainbow appeared, centered perfectly above the outside stage. The Irish Rovers started playing and troubles were forgotten. The Scouts from Britain and Northern Ireland crossed their flags in friendship – if only the youth ruled the world. The Dutch went by doing the Congo line, stopping briefly to pour the water from their wooden shoes. Wasn’t that a party!
Joe said
Lie, it sounds like you already have a great game plan in place. If anyone can do it, I know you can.
Best with it!.
ME Strauss said
I’ve been thinking about for a long time!
Joe said
Sorry, that last one was to LIZ!!!
Joe said
I already know that when I hit submit, that there will be bunches of comments, but it seems awful lonely in here right about now.
ME Strauss said
I’m here I had to go pay homage to nature!
ME Strauss said
So Joe,
Let’s plan the October Birthday Party!
Joe said
Oh, BTW did anyone realize that
if 25 years old!!!
Now I feel really old.
ME Strauss said
If 25 years old??!!
Joe said
Liz, I hosted last year, I think it might be your turn. Unless someone else wants to volunteer.
Becky McCray said
Hi, all!
Anybody remember that election-year commercial about parties? The Las Vegas spokesperson talked about the political parties, and said, “That doesn’t sound like much of a party!”
Joe said
You know Liz, you are NOT the only one who can mis-type!!!
ME Strauss said
HI Becky!
Oh yeah! That was a wonderful commercial!
ME Strauss said
Joe,
I was serious I didn’t know what you were saying. Honest!
Becky McCray said
Off topic, but I just love watching Made in America! It’s amazing what small manufacturers produce!
ME Strauss said
What’s on Made in America tonight? What are they making?
Becky McCray said
They made hot dog carts, and fire alarms, and bowling alley equipment. How’s that for a diverse set of manufacturers?
ME Strauss said
I’m about to bring in my new business cards.
Becky McCray said
What’s the story on the new business cards?
ME Strauss said
They are really cool. . . . I”m starting a new business. I’m bifurcating.
Becky McCray said
Bifurcation is fascinating! Anything you can tell about? Can we throw a party for you?
Joe said
Liz, that’s a new word, even for me… bifurcating!
I thought I had a bit of a vocabulary, you out do me by miles!
ME Strauss said
Bifutcating is breaking into two parts.
Becky McCray said
(Mule deer are noted for their *bifurcated* antlers, as opposed to white tail deer with brachiating antlers.)
Joe said
I know Liz, I just never used it in a sentence!
ME Strauss said
Successful blog is going to stay the same. Same everything. The same Liz.
Liz Straus [dot] com is going to be a whole new thing.
Joe said
Liz, I think ther are 2 ss’s in Strauss!
ME Strauss said
Joe,
Are you sure. . . . ?
Karen Putz said
Whoohoo, partying! Hi everyone! Can someone pass me a margarita, double-shot with salt?
Karen Putz said
Speaking of parties, I’m heading down to Missouri this weekend to host my parent’s 60th anniversary party.
ME Strauss said
yea for the Party girl!
I’m still laughing at your comment from last week!
Karen Putz said
Good gosh, what was last week’s comment? Did I have too much to drink last week?
Becky McCray said
Hey, did someone say margaritas? Here, have a nice tangy Cuervo Golden. mmmmmmm salty!
Joe said
Here Karen, Catch…
Don’t spill it!
Oops, I think some of the salt fell off the brim of the glass. :-\
Karen Putz said
Seriously, I could use a real margarita right now. The middle school daughter has hormones from down under again.
ME Strauss said
I;ll have th one with the salt, please!
Vernon Lun said
Hi Everyone, I’m late as usual. The proverbial rabbit at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
I’m late, I’m late
For a very important date
No time to say “Hello.” / “Goodbye.”
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late
Is Alice in SuccessfulBlogLand treating you all kindly?
Becky McCray said
Here, Liz. Enjoy!
ME Strauss said
Hi thankw,
My blog is so misbehaving!
ME Strauss said
I think I’m going to have to reboot. Be right back!
Becky McCray said
Hi, Vernon! The party is a bit subdued tonight, but here, have a margarita!
Karen Putz said
Ok has anyone got a memorable party memory to share?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Hi everyone, I’m back. Had to wear my web diva hat briefly.
Mike said
Is Joe still around? Man, that boy has an arm! I think that Coors Extra Gold he threw went a quarter mile! Then I had to sit there and wait for the foam to settle before I could open it. You can imagine how long THAT took after a quarter mile projectile flight.
But it WAS tasty. Thanks, Joe!
Have a Capital Brewery Wisconsin Amber. I’ve never seen a can break yet!
Mike
Mike said
Hi Glenda,
Web diva hats are the perfect thing to wear when drinking margaritas!
Mike
Joe said
Now that you asked, we used to have parties on Friday nights in the basement of a friends house (he had a cement floor) and hang colored lights from the rafters and posts. It almost looked like Christmas. The whole place was dark except for the blinking lights, but it was great for making out.
Ok, this is almost 40 years ago, but we were YOUNG!
ME Strauss said
Joe,
That sounds like such fun!!
We used to play with that plastic stuff that you could use straw to blow up plastic balloons with. We did that all through college.
ME Strauss said
I’m back and ready to party!!
I’ve got speed and a copy of that new business card.
Karen Putz said
Joe, we are in the process of finishing our basement and all I can think of is installing a video camera and electric shock system if the oldest kiddo attempts to bring a girl down there!
Mike said
Hi Karen,
I remember my great-grandfather’s 95th birthday party. It was a general hoot, and he outdanced and outlasted everyone there!
I should mention that this was a man who insisted that the bank give him a 20 year mortgage when he bought retirement property in Florida at age 72, and who had a heart attack while repairing the roof of said property, fell off into a lawn chair(!), and called for his wife to bring him a quart of brandy, which he chugged while prone in the lawn chair. The paramedics said it probably saved his life.
No, I’m not making that up.
Mike
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks Mike. You know, I’ve never had a margarita. This is my first!
Karen Putz said
LOL Mike, what a Great Grandpa! My grandma was a spry one too. She ran a worm farm up to the day she died. At her 90th birthday, she chugged down a huge draft of beer without stopping.
ME Strauss said
Mike,
You come from an unusual gene pool . . . mo doubt about that!
Joe said
Mike, I hope it didn’t take as long to drink as it did to get there!
I gotta try that Wisconsin Amber, never had it. Do you mid throwing me one?
One Canadian beer I like is Labat’s. Hey Ben, ever hear of it?
Ben, are you here?
Oh, well… I think I’ll just stick to what I’ve got. And try out Mikes offering.
ME Strauss said
Glenda!
Your first margarita! I sure hope you got one with a glass rimmed with salt!
Mike said
Hi Joe,
Sorry about my slow retrieval. I’m tossing you a Wisconsin Amber now. One of the best beers you can get in a can.
Labatt’s is pretty good, but those crafty Canadians usually hoard their best beers.
Mike
Mike said
Liz,
I thought that would have been abundantly obvious months ago!
Mike
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
For Joe…http://www.labatt.com/english/lbc_brands/lbc_main.htm#
ME Strauss said
It was, Mike. It was.
Now we’re finding out how unique you truly are to the matter of degrees.
Joe said
Got it Mike, uuummmm, that tastes fine…
You are right about those Canadians, they do like their beer (unlike those of German decent like me).
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks Liz. So what is actually in this thing?
Vernon Lun said
Ahh, thanks Becky, that went down well. Since this is a party, are we all in the kitchen?
Mike said
…and I’ve barely scratched the surface…
Did I mention he died at age 97 because they cancelled the $1.98 beauty show and he decided there wasn’t anything else he wanted to stick around for?
Again, you can’t make this stuff up.
Karen Putz said
Ah, Mike, sounds like he was best buddies with MY Grandpa. At 82, he died after they cancelled “Roller Derby.” The thought of not being able to see those girls in shorts going around and around, well…
Karen Putz said
Glenda, the most important ingredient in a margarita is tequila. Lots of it. One sip and it won’t matter who has Terrible Palsy.
ME Strauss said
You two guys — Mike and Joe — could be that pair in the gallery on the Muppet Show!!
ME Strauss said
Glenda,
this via Wikipedia:
The margarita cocktail was the “Drink of the Month” in Esquire magazine, December 1953, pg. 76: [4]
1 ounce tequila
Dash of Triple Sec
Juice of 1/2 lime or lemon
Pour over crushed ice, stir. Rub the rim of a stem glass with rind of lemon or lime, spin in salt—pour, and sip.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
lol Karen! I had tequila once at Pub Night. Disasterous through a straw!
Mike said
Exactly, Karen! Perhaps it’s a unwillingness to start over. My great grandfather outlived two wives, and when they cancelled the $1.98 Beauty Show, it probably just seemed like too much work to find a new [I'd better stop here].
Mike
P.S. Roller Derby! Gotta go with Grandpa on the excellence of that sport.
Joe said
Sorry guys, but I gotta go
With Margaritas and some Beer in tow
Colored lights in the darkness blink
Like stars at night above the sink
Where ever we party through the night
Whether basement or backyard into the light
Friends like you will forever be
The best thing that has ever happened to me.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
ME Strauss said
Oh Glenda!
Everyone gets drunk sooooo much faster drinking through straw. Was that your experience. Well, not faster, but fast?
April Groves said
Anybody still around?
gp said
greetings from the inn where a herd of white tail deer just did a glorious dance through the pasture (their la grande escape into the woods )
My fav party was always the annual passover seder at aunt and uncles on long island. Very familial and HUGE… a great family reunion it was.
Mikey, happy bday… you can say youre 29 all day long… that’s your story and your stickin’ to it.
a glass of champers for you
gp in montana
Mike said
Whoa, Joe, you have established a new standard in sendoffs!!!!!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Liz, it was awful! i was choking and coughing. My friend felt so bad for forcing it on me. Then he had his and said it was really bad tequila. Thanks Keith. Think I’ll stick with my mint chocolate bailey’s!
ME Strauss said
Hi April!
Jeff Brown wanted me to be sure that you saw Tim Johnson’s comment on this morning’s post. It’s the last one there.
Mike said
Hey Liz,
Here’s a recipe I learned on the shores of Lake Travis.
1 can Limeade
Dump contents into pitcher
Fill empty can with tequila. Pour into pitcher. Fill can halfway with tequila. Pour into pitcher.
Fill can halfway with Triple Sec. Pour into pitcher.
Stir. Add ice to taste.
Party on, dudes!
ME Strauss said
good night, Joe!
Sleepy swell!
ME Strauss said
Hey there, GP!
Great to see you!
Are the horses party girls?
Karen Putz said
Time for me to round up the crew and toss them in bed.
Happy partying! g’night!
April Groves said
I did…the outpouring has been amazing…a full time keeping up…I was going to take the night off…then decided it was good to be around friends talking about parties.
Timothy Johnson said
Hi all… is this what is called being “fashionably late”?
Mike said
Thanks GP, but I can say 39 and get the benefit of the doubt, so that’s what I’m going with.
Mike said
Hi April, glad you’re here!
ME Strauss said
Thanks Karen, you really got the party going!
Good night, thanks for the energy you brought!
April Groves said
Thanks Mike!
ME Strauss said
April,
I beet you’ve got a party story or two in your past!
Mike said
Glenda,
Never drink alcohol through a straw. And in case you do, remember that the smaller the straw the bigger the hangover.
No, I don’t know that through experience.
‘Treat amaretto milkshakes like open vials of nitro glycerine’, yeah, learned that one the hard way.
Mike
April Groves said
Liz – I was in the Navy…too many
Timothy Johnson said
In the navy, April? (Why am I hearing Village People all of a sudden?)
April Groves said
Hi there Tim…not that Navy
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Thanks for the advice, Mike! But without a straw, I’d wear it!
ME Strauss said
Hey April!
I bet you and Sheila Scarborough could go on for hours! She was the navy too.
April Groves said
Liz…Hmmm, that sounds like a coffee shop discussion to me. Fun!
Mike said
Did someone say IN the Navy?
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
for April http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjl2yJzsvVg
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
ahh, Mike beat me to it!
Mike said
Glenda,
Then get a really big one. Like cutting the end off of one of those giant Pixie Stix (do not mix Pixie Stix with alcohol) (again, apocryphal wisdom, not experience).
Mike
Mike said
Hi Tim!
Sorry about that Glenda. Great minds think alike, don’t they?
Mike
April Groves said
Thanks guys! The laughs are great
Timothy Johnson said
Have you ever noticed how pavlovian Mike and Glenda can be to references about pop culture?
(Nice links, you two)
ME Strauss said
Mike and Glenda are sympatico, especially when Margaritas are involved.
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
ok Tim, I’ve had too much tequila. Need a little help with #139, plz
Timothy Johnson said
I mention “In the navy” and village people, and the two of you have links up in no time flat. It’s not a criticism… in fact, it’s kind of endearing. I like people who are lovable geeks when it comes to pop culture stuff.
Mike said
Come on, Tim! Any VP reference has to draw an Amazing Christoper link!
This may be a little more obscure, and to Tim’s liking.
But THIS blows them all away! I have an original cassette tape of this soundtrack. And I’m not afraid to use it if threatened!!
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
oh, ok, I didn’t get how Palvo fit in. Now I do! just a little slow tonight. Still wiped after my first martial arts class.
Rose DesRochers said
tequila = To kill you. Don’t mind me I’m the strange lady in the corner.
Mike said
And Tim, it was a purely Skinnerean response.
HART (1-800-HART) said
~wave .. Hi everybody
I would have been here sooner, but I had to look up what “bifurcating” meant .. and accidentally typed “bifucating” and ended up reading some weird brain research article, that triggered an idea for one of my blogs and .. well, ya know how it goes …
Timothy Johnson said
Mike! ROFLMAO… now THOSE are priceless links… and I remove the pavlovian stigma from your spotless reputation.
ME Strauss said
HI HART, off studying brain research again. I should have known!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Liz
How are you tonight?
MIke! That second link of #143 is pretty funny!
Meikah Delid said
Hi Liz!
Hi everyone!
Are you planning a party for me already? My birthday is coming up! =D
Mike said
Hi Tim,
Thank you. That last link never fails to make me laugh, if for no other reason than the fact that someone thought up that concept and then executed it so beautifully. What a world!
Mike
Mike said
Hi Hart!
My favorite part is the plastic skeletons spelling out YMCA! Ray Harryhausen would indeed be proud!
Mike
Glenda Watson Hyatt said
Mike, those are hilarious!
ME Strauss said
Hi Meikah!
Welcome! Have a margarita!
Mike said
Hi Meikah,
Join the upcoming birthday club! What kind of frosting do you want on your cake?
Mike
Meikah Delid said
Hi, Mike! Frosting…. i want the confectioner, not butter hahaha
ME Strauss said
Oh by the way, everyone pass the word on this post, would you. The family who needs help is a friend of April’s.
Change the World: When Someone Hurts
Digg it, Stumble it, Sphinn it, Email it ot your friends.
Do what you can to help. Thanks!
Mike said
Well, naturally!
Timothy Johnson said
Birthday club? Does somebody else have a birthday coming up in the next week?
ME Strauss said
Mike,
You are generosity embodied!
Meikah Delid said
Sure, Liz! Frozen margarita pleasee…
So who are the librans here? Raise your hands! =D
Mike said
*blushes*
And Meikah can have her confectioner’s frosting, too, since I’m Mr. Generosity!
ME Strauss said
I don’t know. Am I a libran?
Mike said
Me. Thursday. #48.
Mike said
Ooh! Ooh! Meikah! Over here!
Mike said
Of course, given my buffoonery here tonight (and pretty much every week) I don’t exactly embody the Libra stereotype.
Meikah Delid said
Thanks Mike! hahaha…
Liz, if your birthday falls between Sept 22 and Oct 22, then you’re a Libran, smart and beautiful, and gorgeous for Libran men! =D
Tim, your birthday is coming up, too?
Timothy Johnson said
Me, next Monday (along with my daughter)
http://carpefactum.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/10/milestones_in_p.html
Timothy Johnson said
So happy birthday early, Mike… we libras rock (neurotic bunch that we are)
Meikah Delid said
Next Monday, Oct 1? My d-day is on Oct 3. hahaha
Liz, Mike, when’s your birthday?
So we should celebrate it online then, next week!
ME Strauss said
We alway said that men born in the sign of Libra have “bedroom eyes.”
Timothy Johnson said
Well, Meikah… happy birthday to you as well.
Mike said
Why Tim, I thought Libras were the perfect balance of rationality. Then again my youngest and I are both Libras, so that’s two data points against…
What a fun club I just discovered I’m in!
Happy Early Birthday to Tim and daughter (odds of both of us being part of multigenerational Libra groups? Astronomical) and Meikah!
Mike said
Why Liz, you Cosmo girl you! LOL
Timothy Johnson said
Wow… should we bring cake next week? Since I share with my daughter, my birthday cake will most likely be Curious George.
April Groves said
Tim…beautiful…
ME Strauss said
Cosmo — as in atmospheric. . . I KNOW that’s what you mean. Right Mike!
Meikah Delid said
Are bedroom eyes also sleepy eyes? hahaha
Mike said
Tim, do bring cake next week. What fun to have the original CG as your cake! I share my birthday with my mother-in-law. She can never lie about her age around me! We have a sort of detente about the subject of age…
ME Strauss said
Yep, Meikah. they are.
[ whipers]Should I tell Mike that we also said said they were “cow eyes’?
Timothy Johnson said
I have bedroom eyes… they crave sleep all the time.
Mike said
Ground control to Major Liz…where’s Marti when we need her?
Yes, that’s precisely what I meant!
Mike said
Hi Liz,
I’m from Wisconsin. That’s a high compliment few can appreciate. Thank you!
Mike
ME Strauss said
I know, Mike!
I think that cow eyes are soulful!
Meikah Delid said
hahaha…
now, am craving for some cake! =D
Mike said
Okay, I have to create mayhem here at home, so I bid you all a good night. Happy Birthday Librans!
April, you (and your friends) are in our prayers.
Night Liz, Glenda, and Hart!
Mike
ME Strauss said
I need to go too, I just nodded off before I realized that I misspelled that word!
Please forgive I’ve been up since 4 again!.
Timothy Johnson said
I think I’m gonna have to follow Mike on the lonely trail to “nighty-night land” – these bedroom eyes are closing quickly.
April Groves said
Good night everybody. Thanks Mike…
Timothy Johnson said
G’night April… best thoughts and prayers to your friends.
Meikah Delid said
Nightnight Mike!
Liz, any plans for the birthday?
April Groves said
Tim – I appreciate it…your story of your family made my heart smile. Thanks
Meikah Delid said
G’nyt too Tim!
Hi April!
April Groves said
Hi Meikah
Mike said
April, thank YOU.
Timothy Johnson said
April… glad to contribute…
Night Meikah… happy birthday early to you.
Night Liz… big ol’ e-bear-hug comin’ at ya.
Mike – those links made you my hero tonight… I’m still laughing
Meikah Delid said
April, your birthday is coming up, too?
Mike said
Tim,
Prepare for the end of the world. As I was walking upstairs I heard the opening riff of The Clash’s “Pressure Drop” come out of our television. I can understand the Stones selling out to Citibank, but the ghost of Joe Strummer will be exacting vengeance for this commercial (got downstairs to late to see who it was for)!
Mike
April Groves said
Not til June
April Groves said
Thanks Liz…Good night all
Mike said
Okay, tell the pledge class that it’s time to start cleaning up.
Night all!
Meikah Delid said
Good night!