From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V4 #215 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Thursday, August 5 1999 Volume 04 : Number 215 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. [DAbbitt32@aol.com] Re: Alloy: This has got me worried! [CJMark@aol.com] Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V4 #213 [Monya De ] RE: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. ["Beth Meyer" ] Re: Alloy: This has got me worried! [Kathleen Truelove Presser Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V4 #213 Paul Baily, quit your day job NOW. there is a writer in there... Monya ****************************************************************** Ste. 450G HHH Monya De US Dept. of Health and Human Svcs. 506 Nelson St 200 Independence Ave SW Rockville, MD 20850 Washington, DC 301-315-2246 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:56:38 -0400 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: RE: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. Hi, all; Dabbitt wrote: >"Slap fights"? I want an out and out brawl every now and again. Jello wrestling, maybe? Yeah, that's what this list needs, a good online match of wrestling in jello. Preferably lime flavor I think. :-) (Not wanting to be flippant, just wanting to cause a chuckle or two.) Beth Meyer bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 09:22:51 -0700 From: Kathleen Truelove Presser Subject: Re: Alloy: This has got me worried! I most agree with what you've said CJ. I tend to be a lurker the majority of the time since I don't have a lot of time each day to respond and I don't want to tie up the list. I always enjoy everyone's opinions, thoughts and advice. Where else can I be a Dolby fanatic and feel right at home???? Keep smiling people:) Wa liki Ishku - It is a good day. Peace, Kate;-) CJMark@aol.com wrote: > Hey Slarv.. > > Actually... I think your views on the subject are most valid and appropriate. > I agree with you in what you say.. and I wish I'd had the time to put into > words what you so eloquently have done. It is a shame that differences of > opinion cannot be worked out to a satisfactory end.. and if that is indeed > the case.. then I am disappointed. However.. I will continue to subscribe to > Alloy.. since I find it a most enjoyable place to fall back on.. after a day > of work.. and see what the latest adventures are of a group of friends that > I have never met personally... yet feel I know somewhat better than some of > my personal acquaintances. > > I am sometimes heavily into lurker mode.. usually when I am involved in some > production, which takes many hours a day for a few weeks at a time, and so > doesn't afford me time to respond. But that doesn't diminish my enjoyment > of reading about everyone and their unique point of views on things Dolby and > things of the daily world. Robin and Stephen and Mary .. I'm sorry you've > found it difficult to continue a dialogue.. but sometimes people just can't > find a bridge upon which to communicate.. so I will not beg any of you to > continue or to remain. The choice is yours. I will miss your involvement > in Alloy, though.. since all of you add such a vibrance to the list... At > any rate.. I've rambled enough. > > Take care in all your ventures.. and ciao for now.. > > Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 09:25:54 -0700 From: Kathleen Truelove Presser Subject: Re: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. Dabbitt, Sure you don't have some Irish in ya somewhere??? DAbbitt32@aol.com wrote: > "Slap fights"? I want an out and out brawl every now and again. Forgive me, > I'm drunk. > > -Dabbitt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:04:41 EDT From: DAbbitt32@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: This has got me worried! In a message dated 8/4/99 3:54:54 AM !!!First Boot!!!, Slarv amused me by saying: << but I dare say that if I met them all, there would be some that I might take an instant disliking to. >> Are you going to name names? I mean, you can't drop a dime like that one and not name names! - -Dabbitt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:11:05 EDT From: DAbbitt32@aol.com Subject: Alloy: Blair Witch Project Cont. In a message dated 8/4/99 4:13:31 AM !!!First Boot!!!, wearart@erols.com writes: << Notice that you haven't seen any interviews with the three "stars" of the film. Brilliant marketing. >> My girlfriend actually did see an interview with one of the three, nonetheless, the promotion and advertising of this film goes way beyond brilliant. Here in Los Angeles there were no in-theater previews before it opened, and very little press afforded it other than two full page ads in consecutive Sunday calendar sections highlighting the film's poster and it's tag-line. The buzz created was tremendous, it's almost as if the filmmakers have tapped into the subconscious minds of their audience. - -Dabbitt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:15:10 EDT From: DAbbitt32@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: This has got me worried! In a message dated 8/4/99 1:17:50 PM !!!First Boot!!!, CJMark@aol.com unlurked: << I am sometimes heavily into lurker mode.. usually when I am involved in some production, which takes many hours a day for a few weeks at a time, and so doesn't afford me time to respond. >> I move that the board of Alloy officially name this week "Lurker Week", since we've all apparently decided to come out of hiding and hold court on this rather monumentous issue. God Bless Alloy. - -Dabbitt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:46:23 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: [OT] just had to share this... In a message dated 8/3/99 12:48:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, andyjmail@cheerful.com writes: :: Sorry, having just written another web-page, I thought I'd share it with you. Imagine being so ****ed off with your SBDead! soundcard that you resort to the following... http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/8142/stoopid/sbdead.html :: Andy, reading this new page of yours gave me the best laugh I've had today. I loved the oddly-angled photo. Thanks for sharing (though I'm sorry you're still so cheesed off ! :) Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:52:09 -0600 From: dalexander@juno.com Subject: Alloy: My great voice? Lissu wrote, > >P.S. Still love your track from TFE trilogy,...great voice! Um... really? wow. Even with the occasional lack of proper pitch? I seriously considered recording snippets of vocals to clean those up but decided on keeping the 'first take' as it will usually have the best energy. But even now, when I listen to it, and I sing those occasional off-pitch notes, I cringe. Next time I'll work on getting the song off more polished. That was, after all, the first time I set a song (multi-track and all) to media. And when you speak to me, face to face, my voice is very soft. One of the most common things I hear is "Could you speak up? I didn't hear you." I guess the singing forces you to put some 'gut' behind that voice. ___________ JAMac (Dennis S. Alexander) www.dennisa.com - Nutrition/Income Opportunities "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:21:40 -0600 From: dalexander@juno.com Subject: Alloy: I got a job! (Non-Dolby related) Well, it's funny how life goes. Seems those who go through the most trouble and try the hardest to do what's right usually end up the victors. The client I worked for just before my last terrible job, is hiring me! I worked there for 3 months and was offered a position, but the position I wanted was filled and he couldn't take me on as a tech for the pay I was asking for. So I finished my contract and went on to the place that eventually fired me. Well, that position I wanted at the first company is now available! My new boss, Shane, is hiring me at more than what I was offered at the looser company! Now, what's funny is that what was offered and what was actually paid at the looser company were $3K a year apart! Yeah, the idiot promised me a certain pay that he wasn't even allowed to offer! Not only that, but the first time Shane and I talked about employment I told hime a range that was $2-5K less than what he's hiring me at! He called the contract company he first brought me in through (modis) and told them he wanted to hire me so all the negotiations are being handled by 'modis' which has worked out great for me! She was able to ask for the larger pay for me and got it! At the in-between company, the boss not only promised me wages he couldn't deliver, but he also didn't know how to listen, couldn't remember anything I told him, never managed in a corporate environment, failed to follow through on things he told me he would do and many other things. Not only that, but they had computer users who did nothing but complain and blame, including the executive staff! However, I already know the company that I'm going to. I worked there for 3 months, only 3 months ago. Shane doesn't interrupt, he listens, he remembers, knows what he's doing and can manage people, projects and time very well. Not only that but everyone loved me at this job and couldn't understand why Shane was letting me go the first time. I think I'll be quite happy, thank you. ___________ JAMac (Dennis S. Alexander) www.dennisa.com - Nutrition/Income Opportunities "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:09:59 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. In a message dated 8/4/99 10:59:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bethmeyer@mindspring.com writes: :: Jello wrestling, maybe? Yeah, that's what this list needs, a good online match of wrestling in jello. Preferably lime flavor I think. :: Reminds me of that "Jello Man" we were told about, and how I imagined him as being lime with suspended fruit inside (mostly grapes, banana slices and tangerine segments).... He was, in fact, apricot, with no suspended fruit of any kind. The artist actually missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime chance to represent internal organs with fruit. Can you believe it? When I pictured an online lime Jello wrestling match, I again pictured that same suspended fruit, flying everywhere. What is it with me and this fruit-filled green jello? What would Jung say to any of it? Robin T tangy & nutritious? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:12:19 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. In a message dated 8/4/99 12:33:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Kathleen.McClelland@online.disney.com writes: :: Dabbitt, Sure you don't have some Irish in ya somewhere??? DAbbitt32@aol.com wrote: > "Slap fights"? I want an out and out brawl every now and again. Forgive me, > I'm drunk. :: Kate, you totally made me laugh with that one. You're crazy, girl! Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:38:58 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: I got a job! (Non-Dolby related) CONGRATULATIONS DENNIS!!! Isn't it funny how things always seem to work out for the best where these things are concerned? Your new position sounds like it will be absolutely wonderful! I'm so happy for you :) Yay!! Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 17:50:22 -0700 From: Kathleen Truelove Presser Subject: Re: Alloy: List Protocol, etc. LOL!!! I couldn't help it. Had to say something. Dabbitt has such a sense of humor, I knew he'd get a kick out of that little remark. I've been around Scottish and Irish people. They can be rather roudy (me included). Sometimes I wonder about myself. I like to read your comments Robin. You've done a wonderful job on the Bdy website. Hope you have a great evening!! Peace, Kate;-) RThurF@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/4/99 12:33:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > Kathleen.McClelland@online.disney.com writes: > > :: > Dabbitt, > Sure you don't have some Irish in ya somewhere??? > > DAbbitt32@aol.com wrote: > > > "Slap fights"? I want an out and out brawl every now and again. Forgive > me, > > I'm drunk. :: > > Kate, you totally made me laugh with that one. You're crazy, girl! > > Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 22:09:21 EDT From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: I got a job! (Non-Dolby related) Congrats Dennis!! When a door closes.. a window always opens.. Ciao for now. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 23:56:52 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: A simple request August 4, 1999 20:54 PDT Robin Thurlow Alloy List Administrator Robin, I hereby request and require that you immediately cease and desist from attacks on my person and from publishing any further public calumnies regarding my character and actions in any regard. If you persist in slandering me I will consider further action. You may of course say what you will in private, but I will not tolerate this behavior in a public forum without defending myself vigorously. I hope I make myself clear. Sincerely, Stephen M. Tilson PS I apologize to the Alloyed at large for this intrusion, but I perceive it as a pro forma necessity to make the foregoing a part of the public record at this time. ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V4 #215 ***************************