November 28, 2006
The Mic Is On: Will I Be Successful? Tell My Fortune!
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Tonight we’re telling the future!
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- experiences with fortune telling
- tarot cards, Ouija boards, crystal balls
- past lives, ESP, telekinesis
- paranormal experiences
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seanrox said
That’s an amazing crystal ball you have Liz
Trisha said
Will I be successful? I don’t know. I’m working on a group blog project - I sure hope it is successful!
ME Strauss said
Hi Sean!
Yes and I see your future. You’re going to be very, very rich!
Joe said
Am I here? Does anyone see me?
If so, HEY ALL… I’m BAaacckk
Trisha said
The only other experience I have had with future telling is from fortune cookies. And I’ve had three good ones recently:
Happier days are definitely ahead for you. Struggle has ended.
When winter comes heaven will rain success on you.
A pleasant surprise is waiting for you.
ME Strauss said
Hi Trisha!
Ooo, let me look. There will be content and it will be relevant. But the Wizard of Google hmmmmm. I see a Page Rank in your future,
Trisha said
Does your crystal ball say I will be rich too!
ME Strauss said
Hey Trisha,
It says happiness. Rich is coming out maybe . . .
Chris Cree said
Heyyyy Everyyybodyyy!!! (I thought Joe’d be here by now)
Just Kidding! I see you Joe. What’d ya do to get back out of Askimet Lockup?
Joe said
Hey Liz, seanrox, Trisha and anyone else I haven’t seen yet.
My horrible scope said I would communicate with friends today.
I think they finally got one right!!!
Renée said
Hah! Since when you turn into a Clairvoyance, Liz.
ME Strauss said
Hi Chris,
I predict you will be at Successful Blog tonight, meeting with friends who think the world of you
Joe said
Hey Chris,
I don’t know if it was the comment I left on ‘kismts blog (yes it did show up) or the post I wrote about the problem yesterday, but IT’S ALIVE… IT’S ALIVE…
Char said
Good evening everyone! Looking into my crystal ball, I see an evening filled with fun!
Trisha said
”It says happiness. Rich is coming out maybe”
I guess if getting rich will make me happy - I’ll be rich too!
ME Strauss said
Hi Joe,
I paid your horoscope to be nice to you.
Trisha said
Anyone here with an 8 ball? I have one somewhere, but don’t know where I put it.
Chris Cree said
I bet it feels good, doesn’t it Joe. Yup. Like a dip in hot tub on a wintry afternoon.
ME Strauss said
Hi Char!
I’m liking your crystal ball quite a lot!
seanrox said
Hey everyone.
So Liz, you see me being rich? Cool… I see money in my future too if paypal plays nice…
ME Strauss said
Sean that other thing was an upgrade in progress that I didn’t know about.
Carolyn Manning said
Hi everyone,
Does your crystal ball see me uploading the template I want to wordpress tonight?
Marti said
I’ll take health and energy - no amount of money can buy that, but you can make yourself rich if you have them!
Evenin’ everyone!
Joe said
*looking into crystal ball*
I see…
Liz starting a new adventure.
Chris becoming the Success guru to emulate.
Trisha gaining riches beyond belief.
Char having fun with crystal balls, maybe marbles.
seanrox just being more successful than he ever thought possible.
Joe realizing that Tuesdays can be the best day of the week.
seanrox said
You need to dust off your crystal ball Liz so you’ll know the next time upgrades are going to happen
Carolyn Manning said
Nice to see you out and about, Joe
Joe said
I have to get a crystal ball the shows people coming into the room…
I still see
Carolyn uploading the template that fits her personality and presence.
Marti being healthy, whealthy and wise.
I hope I didn’t miss anyone else.
ME Strauss said
Hi Carolyn,
I think my crystal ball see you having so much fun that you don’t get around to the template tonight!
Joe said
AND it shows, Joe learning how to use Spell Check…
Trisha said
I like Joe’s crystal ball!
ME Strauss said
Renée,
I got incredibly clairvoyant when I was trying to think of an idea to have for a theme for tonight’s open comments.
Marti said
I see great success in your future….
ME Strauss said
Marti has an award winning book in her future. Maybe if we ask her nice she’ll tell us about it. It’s all paranormal.
Rick Cockrum said
Yay! Joe’s a real boy again!
And how can Liz not be clairvoyant? She lives in our computers. As long as she doesn’t turn into Lawnmower Man, life is good.
Marti said
Anyone here actually believe in ghosts? (besides me - lol)
ME Strauss said
Rick! You’re back! I thought the flying monkeys had you for sure!
Marti said
Thank you for your kind words, Liz.
My house is haunted…as is my mind at times (and my ‘puter - often - lol)
Joe said
Hey Rick,
Yeah, I seem to be all in one piece again. I felt like the scare crow in the Wizard of Oz.
Char said
My sister-in-law has some great ghost stories. She is convinced that her old house had a ghost. One day she found the light fixture globe perfectly perched on the toilet lid and she knows she didn’t put it there.
Renée said
So Ms Clairvoyant, what can you see my future beholds
Carolyn Manning said
But it’s such a good design
Yeah Marti, I believe in ghosts
Marti said
I’m a real sucker for consipracy theories, too - lol
Marti said
Awesome, Char and Carolyn!
ME Strauss said
Renée,
I see you growing old gracefully and with elegance and poise at the side of Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome in a car that you can’t drive because it’s WAY too big for you.
Joe said
Ok, someone has to say something about a “weegee” board.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Greetings and Salutions .. from the HART-Oscope
If anybody is interested in seeing their daily horoscope in their RSS Feeds .. just click on my name and grab it the feed. For the last 19 months I was using a paid subscription, but *cough,cough* suddenly they decided that I should be reposting it on the web. So, now I’m using a different one that is based on Yahoo Astrology .. so far so good! *knocks on wood*
Carolyn Manning said
Joe, you said that with an accent, ya know
Char said
Has anyone ever had their fortune told by a “real” clairvoyant? How about having your palm read?
ME Strauss said
Carolyn,
Thte new template design will still be beautiful tomorrow — in the future, but your life is here now!!
Carolyn Manning said
Ok Liz. Social networking is our friend.
Rick Cockrum said
Between Thanksgiving and getting the theatre site up, last week was hectic. Things are getting back to normal now, so I can have some fun and enjoy a vacation.
Sasha Manuel said
I can tell *read* people’s fortunes on an ordinary deck of cards! Heehee.
Hi, Liz!
Marti said
Hello Hart!
I is a-sceered of ouija boards, Joe.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Char .. I remember in the early ’80’s .. I once paid to get those daily BioRhythm booklets for a year in advance. I think I renewed it 3-times for 3 years. There you go.
Trisha said
I was at the Lemp Mansion a while back (http://www.prairieghosts.com/lemp.html) but I didn’t see any ghosts or even feel anything creepy there.
seanrox said
I believe in ghosts…
Carolyn Manning said
I went to a fortune teller once. She made me depressed and charged me for it
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Marti .. how’s it going, eh?
If you are sceered of ouija boards .. try nonja boards
ME Strauss said
Hi Sasha, Hi HART!
Rick Cockrum said
There are lots of online sites for horoscopes, tarot readings, and I Ching. Llewellyn has Tarot at Llewellyn’s Web Tarot .
Joe said
Carolyn, only someone from Philly could tell.
I had my handwriting read by a reader once down the shore (ask Carolyn) and she was more than accurate. She told me things that no one would know unless the grew up with me.
Anyone else have their handwriting read by a sayer?
Marti said
I had three Tarot card readings done - in the interest of research for the aforementioned novel *snicker*
Honestly, I was very impressed. Not everything was spot on, but quite a bit was!
Carolyn Manning said
Maybe I should see Llewellyn to see if I can go to Savannah in Jan to see Chris
Rick Cockrum said
A good Tarot reader can be very good, as can a good astrologer. Many, unfortunately, are more into fortune-telling or their own hangups than doing their client good.
Renée said
Liz, you are so funny.
Except one fact, that handsome is a fair bloke.
Marti said
Trisha - are you near St. Louis? (the Lemp)
Oh Hart, you clever frog you - lol
Carolyn Manning said
Joe, it’s downashore
Rick Cockrum said
That’s Llewellyn Books,Carolyn - purveyor’s of fine and trashy occult books worldwide.
Sasha Manuel said
Can they really tell your future? Most of the time it’s like generalised *observation* but not them actually *seeing* your future, right? Call me a skeptic. LOL.
Marti said
Rick, have you had a Tarot reading? Do you read the cards yourself? Upthread someone mentioned that even regular playing cards can be used for divination - I’d heard of that but never known anyone who’d done it.
ME Strauss said
Renée. I forgot the part where you and handsome are going to move to a climate that has more sun than Singapore and hel’s going to get a perpetual tan.
Carolyn Manning said
I’ll make a note of that, Rick, and look it up after I get the template up.
I agree Sasha, a lot of them have a flair for the obvious and for taking money
Sasha Manuel said
Marti, yea, it’s been used alright. I do it but only for fun. I find it funny when my friends actually agree with what I tell them because I’m just reading the cards!
Marti said
Sasha, I was given pretty specific info. One said my daughter would have a brief relationship with a friend which would end badly - happened exactly (I never told daughter of the reading)
Joe said
Carolyn, I didn’t think they would understand if I used my Philly accent, so I translated into “generic american”
Trisha said
Marti - yes I am in the St. Louis area.
Rick Cockrum said
Marti, I’ve met one person who used regular playing cards. Most use Tarot, though. It’s not the deck that’s important, it’s the reader.
I don’t read, but my wife does. I spent a lot of years with astrology. Fortunetelling-wise, it was less than desirable. For character analysis it was fantastic. It was also a lot of work. Most people who frequent astrologer’s and tarot readers want their fortunes told. They don’t want to hear about how to grow based on where they’re at now.
Sasha Manuel said
Carolyn, I also wonder if they’d be more credible if they quit charging but the question then is will they continue to do it?
Carolyn Manning said
You’re right, Joe. Philly is definitely not generic American.
Renée said
Gosh, Liz you made me laugh so hard that I’m having a stomach cramp now.
You certainly are a funny clairvoyant!
Carolyn Manning said
I don’t think so, Sasha. But they could charge a little less.
Rick Cockrum said
Do I have a future, Liz?
Carolyn Manning said
Rick. I didn’t realize they had any seriously socially redeeming value.
Chris Cree said
Personally I’m glad I can’t figure out what my future holds. If I knew some of the junk I had to get through to get to where I am now, I’m not sure I’d have had the heart to get through it the way I did.
It’s sorta like Frodo & Sam. If they knew all the suffering they’d have to go through would they have set out in the first place? But they were always able to hold onto hope because surely it couldn’t get any worse, right?
And even though it did time and time again, in the end all the suffering was more than worth it.
seanrox said
Rick, i see your future… Liz will have a future comment for you soon
Sasha Manuel said
Marti, that’s pretty impressive. I’d be more impressed if he/she told you how exactly the relationship would end. But that’s just me. Heehee.
Carolyn, yea. I guess that could work. =)
Marti said
Rick, I think astrological character traits are quite accurate
Carolyn Manning said
Chris, dear, Frodo & Sam aren’t real people.
Sasha Manuel said
Me, too! Me, too! I want a Liz reading! Heehee. =D
Joe said
FYI, we are averaging 79 comments per hour. Let’s pick it up guys…
ME Strauss said
Rick,
You have a future filled with words and grandchildren. You as the gentleman publisher, drinking ice tea and telling them stories of when books were something that every little boy had.
Carolyn Manning said
Hey, Liz? Are you still here?
Marti said
Trisha! I am 25 miles east of Kansas City! Two Mazoorah girls - woot! lol
Sasha Manuel said
I agree Chris. You learn a lot when you take the time to look back. =)
Rick Cockrum said
What fun would your future be if you already knew it? The fun’s in creating it.
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Carolyn,
I’m here. Thinking about the future. Wondering what mine might be like.
Sasha Manuel said
Gah. 79 comments per hour?! dear me. lol
seanrox said
Liz, I see your future being filled with good friends, good food, good blog posts and a lot of money too
Speaking of food… what is everyone in the mood for tonight?
Carolyn Manning said
You’ll still have us, Liz
Marti said
I’m a big believer in mind/body connection. Think positive, positive things come…
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Evening. Liz, how is it being in the Business Channel?
Carolyn Manning said
I’m having some ice cream, seanrox. Want some?
Chris Cree said
Sure Carolyn. But how much more do you suppose the principle holds for us real people?
Do most folks really want to know what their future holds? Or do they want to hear that something good will happen?
And if we really knew how painful the tough times were going to be, would we truly be willing to go through them, or would we be more likely to give up and never get to the good times on the other side?
Rick Cockrum said
I like that, Liz, except the books as past. They have to have books - real, live, paper books. Of course, right now my granddaughter thinks any item made of paper just must have a crayon applied to it.
Joe said
Hey Liz,
Do you still have the link for that Card Trick I sent you a while back? I just deleted it the other day because I haven’t use it in a while.
That was cool for a night like tonight…
ME Strauss said
Hi Doug!
I’m surviving it just fine, my blog is limping along!
Rick Cockrum said
Chili, seanrox, lots of chili.
Carolyn Manning said
Well, Chris, we already know how painful it was and still we choose to keep on keepin’ on. We’re a hearty lot.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Evening everyone! Just catching up on some things…hope everyone is doing well!
Rick Cockrum said
I have a tenant who swears his apartment is haunted. It doesn’t help that several years ago there was a murder there, though the tenant didn’t know that when he first started talking about it.
Marti said
Joe has his trusty abacus out
seanrox said
Ok Rick, one big bowl of chili coming your way…
Rick Cockrum said
Hi Ben. See any good ghosts lately?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
That’s good, Liz. You are a great addition to the Channel.
Marti said
smiles
ME Strauss said
Hey Ben!
How’s the new blog and what’’s in your future?
Char said
seanrox - I have a great butternut squash soup recipe for you! I made it for Thanksgiving and it was yummy.
I could go for some Cherry Garcia ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s tonight. Who has some in the freezer?
Chris Cree said
And that’s my point, Carolyn. By not really knowing the future, I think, it’s easier to keep hopeful. Most folks who go to fortune tellers aren’t looking to find out what their future holds. They mostly want someone to tell them good things are going to happen.
Who would pay money to listen to a mis-fortune teller?
Renée said
Rick, that’s is scary! Did the tenant try getting a ghost buster?
Carolyn Manning said
I have some Edy’s double chocolate fudge and espresso coffee chip. C’mon over
Ben Yoskovitz said
No ghosts far as I can tell. I’ve hallucinated a few times though - but mostly because of fevers.
The new blog is coming along Liz. Still a few things to iron out that I hassle Doug endlessly about. *grin*
My future? Hhhm…lots and lots and lots of stuff…
Marti said
have to cut out for a bit
so sorry
great conversation!
Hugs to all
Chris Cree said
Ben, Two new businesses in 30 days. I’m impressed. Sounds ambitious to me!
Ben Yoskovitz said
Hey Chris,
It’s ambitious but not totally insane because both are in the planning stages. One is further along than the other.
The second will probably be a very, very soft launch to potential partners, early clients. The second will get launched, but also will be a fairly low-key affair.
I’m all about ambition anyway! And thanks for reading!
Chris Cree said
Ambition and low key. Now there’s an interesting combination. I Like it!
Rick Cockrum said
No ghostbuster, Renee. I figure there are three main options.
1. He imagineered it, in which case, there’s nothing to do.
2. There really is a ghost and it’s not dangerous, in which case there’s nothing to do except enjoy the thrill.
3. There really is a ghost and it is dangerous, in which case consider the ghostbusting option as long as you can find someone who isn’t a flake.
Carolyn Manning said
Well, Chris, I’m already convinced my future will be good, so I’ll keep my hope and my money.
Joe said
Ben, I thought you didn’t tell anybody else… That is ambitious, but I know you can do it.
Oh, by the way, did you notice I’m back?
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Marti. Take care.
Ben Yoskovitz said
Heh. It is an interesting combination. But if the 2nd business happens it won’t be low key come mid-January/early-February. I’ll be e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e (here’s hoping anyway! *laugh*)
Ben Yoskovitz said
Joe - where did you go? I’m clearly missing something…
I’ve gotta take off for a bit, but I should be back soon.
I hope everyone will participate in my Post-Thanksgiving Goal Writing Project though!
See you soon!
Chris Cree said
Personally I think you are right, Carolyn. Hang onto your cash.
Ben, your adding confidence to the mix. Gets better all the time.
And I won’t lie to y’all. A big part of me is incredibly curious how my new endeavors will work out. But like Rick said, the fun is in the working it out, creating our future minute by minute.
Carolyn Manning said
I gotta follow Ben to see about this writing project
Sasha Manuel said
Like Marti, I have to go too! I’m supposedly resting since I’m feeling a bit under the weather. Heehee.
Thanks for having me, Liz! Your future WILL be filled with success online and off, I believe. I can see it in the stars. =)
Bye, everyone! =)
Service Untitled - Douglas said
I’m also heading out for a bit. Be back a bit later.
Ben - speaking of hassles
- I just replied to your emails. Everything should be OK now.
Rick Cockrum said
Bye, Sasha. Rest well.
seanrox said
Hey Char,
Send me over your recipe via my site.
Also, I just happen to have some Cherry Garcia ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s, so here you go… have a couple scoops on me
Chris Cree said
And speaking of futures, mine has some work down on a container ship in a couple hours. I need to go get a z or two before I get up and go to work.
(Geeze-Luise! I feel like I’m part of a mass Exodus here.)
And Joe, welcome back to comment land! I actually missed you.
‘Night all.
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Chris. Don’t get lost in there.
Renée said
True! Not all ghosts are out to shed blood. I saw a documentary on ghostbusters, and half of them don’t come close to napping the ghosts.
Joe said
Nite to everyone leaving, and Chris, it is really nice to be back in comment land… I missed everyone for a whole week.
ME Strauss said
Bye Marti! Bye Sasha!
See you two in my future!!
When we’ll all be rich!!
Joe said
Liz, now I wish I didn’t delete that cute little card trick. I thought it was pretty cool for being nothing but a novelty.
Char said
Seanrox - I sent you the recipe - I hope you like it. Thanks for the ice cream too.
seanrox said
You’re welcome Char and I just replied to your email
Rick Cockrum said
Is this your trick, Joe?
Andy’s Amazing Card Trick
ME Strauss said
That’ card trick was cool, Joe.
I’m sorry I don’t have it anymore.
Carolyn Manning said
Just came back to say goodnight. It’s been lottsa fun.
ME Strauss said
Good night, Carolyn,
Thank you for coming by. See you in the very near future. I hope.
Rick Cockrum said
Good night, Carolyn. Sleep well.
Sheila Scarborough said
Hello, I had to unpack some boxes before I could justify some goofing off. We can now drive both vehicles into the garage AND get out on the driver’s side.
Speaking of souls and stuff, I talked to my daughter’s class today about a visit to Auschwitz that I took a few years back. I’m not into any “hoodoo-voodoo” but I felt surrounded by spirits there.
ME Strauss said
Hey Sheila!
Great that you have a garage now!
Yeah, I would think anyone at Auschwitz would feel the presence of people gone before.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Evening everyone.
Joe said
Nite Carolyn, TT you soon.
Rick, no, it’s cool but not the “one”.
The one I had was a Gopher in a Turban in an Egyptian setting with “da-da-da-daaaa” music in the background.
You had to pick a 2 digit number and add and subtract and it came up with the card you picked.
It came out of an edu place in the UK, I wish I remembered or didn’t just delete it.
ME Strauss said
Doug,
Is that a “I’m leaving Good evening” or an
“I’m back Good evening,” ?? Someitmes you’re so quiet it’s hard to sort them out.
Rick Cockrum said
Hi, Sheila! Hi again, Douglas!
I don’t know that I would want to go to Auschwitz. Even if nothing is there, the pressure of knowing what happened would be intense.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
An evening as if I’m back.
ME Strauss said
YEA, Doug! I was hoping it was an “I’m back”
Char said
For those with the crystal ball, do you see corporate blogging catching on or no?
ME Strauss said
Char,
What are your goals?
Joe said
Char, if not they will become the telegraph after the telephone was invented, or the radio after the TV. Useful, but not cutting edge, they will fall behind future sited businesses.
Char said
Liz,
What do you mean by what are my goals? Personal, professional or more specific?
Sheila Scarborough said
If you ever get a chance to go to Auschwitz, do it. Yeah, not a lot of yucks, to be sure, but the chance to “bear witness” and to see that it really can happen is important to acknowledge.
It is nice to have a decent garage, but we still have shelves to get up to properly contain stuff. Every time I get one room decent I have to walk into the next one.
But I DID get an article finished up this week and sent in, so am feeling perky.
Renée said
It’s about time I get some cooking done now, so see you guys sometime soon.
Take care.
And Liz, here’s your tip($ 500, I suppose this is your going rate) for telling me about my fortune. I’m going to show handsome what you wrote about him and our future. I know he’s going to love it! And don’t stop being funny!
Rick Cockrum said
Bye, Renee!
Bye all! Thank you Liz. I’m off to dream up some ghosts.
ME Strauss said
Char,
I was thinking about your goals for the corporate blogging you were talking about.
Service Untitled - Douglas said
It’s pretty quiet tonight. It was awfully busy earlier?
ME Strauss said
Thank you, Renee. I will keep an eye on your future and handsome’s too, while you’re away.
ME Strauss said
Rick,
Let me know if you have paranormal dreams . . . sleep well. I hope.
ME Strauss said
Doug,
Did you check out the link I send you from Chicago?
seanrox said
Well everyone, it was fun as always but this rock star needs some food and a little R & R, so I’ll catch you all a little later.
Have a good evening everyone.
Char said
Well, ten or so years ago it was not commonplace for companies of all sizes to have web sites and now, it is almost required like a business card.
Will it be ten more years before it becomes commonplace for companies to use blogs to communicate with customers?
As for goals - I would think that the goals would be increased information distribution (announcing new products, concepts, basic info, etc); getting feedback from customers, and public relations.
I would like to see more companies moving their newsletters to a blog format.
ME Strauss said
So how many clients do you want to pick up a month?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
Liz: I think that link got deleted in my emails. Could you resend it?
ME Strauss said
Sure Doug . . . Right now!
Char said
Liz - I was referring to the concept as a whole. I am web designer, not a writer. My “keystrokes” blogs are outlets for me - Essential Keystrokes is my corporate blog and I use it to educate and share what I have learned over the years. Casual Keystrokes is my personal blog. I am having a lot of fun blogging.
I have a few clients who I think would benefit by blogging. I have to keep working on them.
I don’t want anymore clients right now - I maintain about 25 web sites for a variety of companies and I am swamped. I have 3 sites that are in the queue to be designed still.
Is this what you were looking for Liz?
Service Untitled - Douglas said
OK guys, I need to head out! Liz, I’ll check the link out tomorrow. I’m curious to see what it is.
Night!
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Char.
I’m wondering what you were asking about. Maybe we should take the conversation to email. I’m wondering how I might help.
ME Strauss said
Good Night Doug!
Char said
Liz - maybe we need to schedule a Skype session…
ME Strauss said
Char that would be so cool.
What cha doing in 10 minutes.
Joe said
Liz,
I found that card trick View this Gopher Mind-reading Magic Trick flash eCard.
Looks like someone got a hold of it to sell, but it is still good.
Don’t pay for it, just enjoy it.
Sheila Scarborough said
Gotta go, folks. I’m wasted from deciding where to put my zillion record albums (which used to be dumb to keep and now are somehow hip and cool to have.)
ME Strauss said
Joe, I’m not seeing the link . . .
Becky McCray said
Hi, Liz and crew!
Liz, how are your predictions holding up so far?
ME Strauss said
Sheila,
I have those very same zillion records that are hip and cool, but mine are also warped and moldy from a foundation leak. . .:)
Sleep well and rest up. You’ve got a whole future ahead of you!
Char said
Liz - I emailed you…
It’s 11 my time which means time to call it a night.
Good night all.
ME Strauss said
Good night Char!
Sleep well. Hope to talk to you very soon in the future.
Becky McCray said
What a sleepy group! I predict lots of zzzzz’s!
ME Strauss said
Joe, it appears we’re alone now. . . .
Joe said
I have just returned from Akismet Hell
to be able to comment is really swell.
There were future and past stories to tell
that went over like we were ringing a bell.
I missed the conversations so much you see
That I must recoupe and go jump with glee
Since now again my voice with me
I can speak once more very clear-e-ly.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
HART (1-800-HART) said
You’re never alone
// Geeez .. I read that we were averaging something like 79 posts an hour .. and thought I could sneak away without email and get a bit of work done. I guessed wrong!
Who’s still here? ~waving
Joe said
Sorry, this should do it… http://www.samtsai.com/pix/coolvideomovie/magicgopher.swf, 480, 373
Nite again.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Actually, I didn’t mean that I guessed wrong and I was unable to get some work done .. I meant thinking that I could sneak away and the comments would last indefinitely at a rate of 79 per hour, and be over 300 by now.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Joe & G’nite Joe.
ME Strauss said
No Joe,
That’s NOT the page. I’m pretty sure that’s not the card trick you’re after.
ME Strauss said
Hi HART!
You can work. We’re still here. Joe’s looking for the card trick he used to have that I used to have that we don’t have anymore.
HART (1-800-HART) said
what was the card trick about .. the 5 face cards that gets you a different suit later on?
ME Strauss said
Joe,
Your poem and your poetry record is safe with us. You can move into the future all in a piece.
Sleepy swell. See you tomorrow and then after that tomorrow too.
Joe said
Sorry, you’re right it’s not. Akismet ate my last two comments, including my Good Night Poem.
Time for bed, I’ll worry about all this S*** tomorrow.
Nite Liz
Nite All
(notice I had to resort to the old EM and Blogger addresses?)
ME Strauss said
Hey Becky,
We were asleep. Hopefully you didn’t fall asleep waiting for us to wake up.
ME Strauss said
HART,
To tell the truth it was so long ago I can’t remember what the card trick was about only that there was one.
Becky McCray said
YAAAAWWWWWNNNNNN!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Well, maybe it was this trick - posted earlier in here ..
http://members.tripod.com/~andybauch/magic.html
I didn’t know everybody was sleeping .. I’ve turned down my speakers while I’m typing this ..
Becky McCray said
Is it late enough for me to dig out my tarot cards and palmistry books from my college days?
ME Strauss said
*Liz shakes herself awake*
Where am I?
Is this 1998?
Have I landed in the future?
ME Strauss said
Cool! Becky, go for it!
Becky McCray said
Let me have a scan of your palms and I’ll read them!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Becky .. // and speaking of Tarot cards .. // I just picked the Death Card on this site… http://horoscope.com/tarot_oracle/tarot_oracle.html
The Death card is probably one of the most famous and misunderstood cards in the Tarot deck. The Death card rarely means physical death. In fact most often it is symbolic of a powerful reversal or change in the seeker’s life, which cannot be controlled or curbed – a transformation. It is symbolic of death followed by rebirth, an ending to something in the seeker’s life that will initiate great change. Often meaning the clearing away of negative conditions to make way for new and better situations.
ummm ..okay then.
ME Strauss said
Here you go. You want my hands at the screen. Good thing I have a flat screen — at least that’s what I’m thinking.
Becky McCray said
Wow! Look at that head line! Smart!
Joe said
Liz,
Did you resurrect those comments? If so, please delete that last snide comment I made.
I’ll know in a minute if this one took.
Nite Liz
Becky McCray said
And a lovely, strong heart line!
Becky McCray said
Your fate line branches a bit, so I predict many changes of direction throughout your life!
ME Strauss said
Thanks, Becky, Wow! I didn’t even know I had one of them . . . smart heh heh!
Joe, your remark didn’t sound snide. No worries I’ll find it in a few and make it disappear.
ME Strauss said
Many changes of directions huh? Maybe that’s why my friend, Peg, says I never walk in a straight line. Do you think?
HART (1-800-HART) said
I think I know how Joe feels ..
Becky McCray said
But, oh my, look at those tired lines!
ME Strauss said
Sorry HART,
It was behaving and then it stopped. I feel so helpless about it.
Becky, I earned those tired lines one at at time.
Becky McCray said
Hart, your comment just came through! That is the classic definition for the death card: change, renewal, and endings.
I haven’t read cards in years, but I remember a bit!
Becky McCray said
So, now I draw my last card for tonight…
Ahhhhh…. the 10 of cups.. the wish card … draw it and you get your wish, good fortune, and bounty. And that is what I wish for Liz and the whole crew!
Good night!
ME Strauss said
Becky,
You are wonderful. I tried to call you last week to wish Happy T-day and to let you know that I hadn’t died and where my head was at with the other stuff. I’m still think of how to configure thing so that you don’t end up with two of stuff. I’ll be calling soon to talk to you about it.
Meanwhile sleep well into the future!
And my wish is the same for you.
Ah Pek said
Over here, we don’t have crystal balls, so when we need to know our fortunes, we go see a medium who will then go into a trance, communicate with the gods, who will then tell us our fortunes. So if our fortunes are no good, we blame the gods!! Oh my God!
ME Strauss said
Ah Pek,
It wouldn’t be a complete Tuesday without your comment.
cat said
Apologies for coming in so late. I’ve been in meetings all day and just now got free enough to post.
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ME Strauss said
Cat, dear friend of ours, you get to do things other than provide us with links.
We miss you when you’re not here to tell us stories. But we save a stool for you so it’s ready when you can be.
cat said
Liz,
As you know, I rarely miss our community sharing.
Today I had to.
And although I have regrets, it was SO nice to come home to your warm message.
I’ll gladly sit here, waiting on my stool. Waiting for other friends to join in.
ME Strauss said
I’m here!
What’ll you be having, ma’am.
Kind words and smile?
cat said
Ah, (deep sigh of relief), yes please. I’ll have a double helping of both.
After a long, hard day of work, it’s nice to come home.
(I’d say ’so very nice’ but my lessons tell me it’s not so… and I’d say ‘just not so’ but my lessons … well … my lessons are … ?)
All in all, I’m a-go-ing-ta be better …
(this is painful … awk!)
ME Strauss said
Genuine Big Smile
Here you go, put your feet up and relax.
cat said
Ahhhhhhhh. Thanks. This is sweet. So nice to be home
ME Strauss said
I predict a few hours of relaxation in your future. The crystal ball never lies.
cat said
Neither does the fact that it’s past 10pm at night
Ok,how would you know that I’ve been up and working since 4.30 for the past 3 days?
Ok, you know, you know … I can deal with that …
ME Strauss said
That’s why you have the super relaxation chair here at Successful Blog. Sleeping is totally acceptable, as is talking, dancing, and being yourself without having to explain a thing.
cat said
sleep is good
just let me shove this cat over and I’ll snuggle on back
nite all
ME Strauss said
Sweet Dreams!
Mike said
You will receive a message from a stranger. Or a strange message from a friend. It’s hard to see those leaves at the bottom of my can of tea through that little hole in the top.
Sorry I missed out on last night’s festivities. I spent the night with Murphy and some video editing hardware and software to help my son with a school project.
Cheers,
Mike
ME Strauss said
HI Mike,
I wouldn’t love a man who didn’t put his son’s school project first.
Mike said
The same applies at home!
BTW, your post on consistency has me re-rethinking a bunch of things. Thanks and curses!
Mike
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Nancy said
What will be my future like. I am confused aout career. when will i be sucessful. Will I be a entreprenuer ever, a great speaker, a power rich person. How about my husband?
Dinesh Bhatia said
Will I be successful to open my own new shop