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The Mic Is On: The Pirates are Here . . . Again!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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.
There’s only one rule — 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.

The Pirates Have Taken Over Again!

We had so much fun talking about pirates last year that we thought it was time to continue the discussion. Pirates are everywhere these days. Here’s a few ideas to get us started:

  • Pirates in movies and books
  • Pirates in sports
  • Famous pirates
Pirate Flag

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring a link about pirates, if you have one to share.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: It’s Pirates!

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight

We’re Talking about Pirates Again!

It was We’re playing so much fun last year we thought, like Director Tom says, “Let’s do it again!” Let’s talk about pirates in the movies, in books, in sports. And there’s always famous pirates, and anything else that comes up.

Oh, and bring a link about pirates to share, if you have one.

There’s only one rule — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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We Talked about Stupid Stuff

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Like a Runaway Circus Train.

Hi Everyone! Last night at Open Comment Night, things started slow like a circus train moving out of town, letting all of the folks get one more glimpse before the circus was gone for a whole year. Then a couple of more people came and slowly the train started pickup speed. We were getting our old Open Comment silly attitude again.

The pace went up and up, and up again, until we were well on our way with the animals making noises as the train got just so much out of control. Klondike bars were being tossed as we stopped talking about stupid stuff and went to just acting clueless and stupid ourselves. Okay so we know that with me, it’s not an act.

In fact, a few seconds after the last comment, I got an email saying, “That was incredibly fun. Period.”

You can read all about it in the comments.

Here are some cool links we shared.

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

WANT TO GUEST HOST AN OPEN COMMENT NIGHT WITH ME? PICK A THEME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. C’MON IT’LL BE FUN!

The Mic Is On: We’re Talking About Stupid . . . Yep, Unbelievable Things!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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.

Can You Believe It?

Here’s a few ideas to get us started:

  • Dumb laws that are still on the books
  • Stupid situations
  • Crazy things we watched
Silly Cat

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring a link about unbelievable things, if you have one to share.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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We Talked About Monsters . . . Well, Most of the Time

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Monsters Weren’t All that Scary

Hi Everyone! We talked about monsters. Who would have guessed that there could be so much to say that we hardly even scratched the surface? We never got to the Creature of the Black Lagoon . . . or t

It was a busy night. We were talking about

You can read all about it in the comments.

Here are some cool links we shared.

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

WANT TO GUEST HOST AN OPEN COMMENT NIGHT WITH ME? PICK A THEME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. C’MON IT’LL BE FUN!

The Mic Is On: We’re Talking About Monsters!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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.

Monsters and Monstrosities, that is.

Where do we find monsters? In literature and cinema, medicine, criminology, theology, and food. Here’s a few ideas to get us started:

  • Shrek
  • Dracula
  • Freddy Krueger
  • Godzilla
  • King Kong
  • The Alien
  • Monster trucks
  • Monster sundaes
  • Monster drinks
  • Monster burgers
monsters

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring a link about monsters, if you have one to share.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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