From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V4 #349 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, December 30 1999 Volume 04 : Number 349 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: New Years Eve [Robyn Moore ] Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 [jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com] Alloy: Brrrr! [andyjmail@cheerful.com] Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Alloy: Re: alloy--New Year's Eve--you mean I can't wear jeans? ["Julie Sw] Re: Alloy: New Years Eve ["Kathleen T. Presser" ] Re: Alloy: OT: An Alloy-ite, a Neologism, and Nixon's Favorite Newspaper ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Alloy: a most strange day [RThurF@aol.com] RE: Alloy: New Years Eve ["D'Arcy Salzmann" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 01:10:18 -0800 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve At 02:31 PM 12/28/99 , you wrote: >Just curious, > >What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party >like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door >bolted tight? Unfortunately, Kevin's on Y2K duty, which means he'll be at work most of the night, making sure nothing blows up. So Brigid and I will probably either spend the evening doing pizza and video or getting together with a friend who also has to stick close to home since she's on call. Robyn M @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:20:30 +0200 From: jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com Subject: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 Hi all, Firstly - a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all! I have a question that hopefully someone out there will be able to answer. When 'Close but no cigar' was released there was - allegedly - a promo item issued to radio and vendors that consisted of a cigar box containing the single, CD single, video, promotional documentation and an empty cigar tube. I keep hearing stories about this one but no-one has ACTUALLY seen or possesses one. Is this true or just a net-legend? Any info would be appreciated. I've been looking high and low for evidence but have found only hear-say. Cheers all. Whatever you're doing on New Years Eve, have fun! (I'm staying at home with my heavily pregnant wife.) Jon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 05:24:38 -0500 (EST) From: andyjmail@cheerful.com Subject: Alloy: Brrrr! Festive Greetings... Well it's nice to be back at the office after four days of family frolics (i.e. keeping a 2-yr old amused). I'm sat here in my coat because the office building has had plenty of time to cool down over the last few days. Currently it's a balmy 11 degrees C *shiver* inside. I hope y'all had a groovy Crimbo, Santa was kind enough to bring me some Dolby - 12x12. Here in Jersey we managed to escape the worst of the recent storms that caused havoc over the water in La Belle Frogland. We had some flooding and numerous trees fell over but that was about it. A lot of friends and family seem to be vomiting their way through Christmas (gastric flu seems to be all the rage in recent years) so, optimist that I am, I'm dreading my turn (it'll happen, I know it will). Bah! I spent the 1997/8 New Year in bed with the same thing so it'll be just my luck to have a repeat performance. I don't know what happened then but I spent a week hardly able to move, all I could do was lie on my back (sides to painful) with shallow breathing because if I took anything like a deep breath I had to cough. And that hurt enough to scare the living *peep* out of me. Made me appreciate my normal lifestyle, that did! So if I find myself crouched by the bucket in the next few days I'm going to be afraid... very afraid... :-) Nothing else to report from AndyJLand really. I heard a pleasant track recently, by Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer I think it was called. Anyone else enjoy that one? I also managed to grab some live Beck off the radio lastnight - marvellous! "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?" could have been my personal anthem a few years back! Thanks for the recent info about Live Wireless LDs - no sign of any left/right shenanigans then Keith? Right then, I'm off to make a serious attempt at defrosting my feet. - - and thanks Julie - "What's wrong with volleyball?" was most amusing! Best Millennial Wishes to all, +AndyJ+ "Soy un perdidor" - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:10:39 -0500 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com wrote: > I have a question that hopefully someone out there will be able to answer. > When 'Close but no cigar' was released there was - allegedly - a promo item > issued to radio and vendors that consisted of a cigar box containing the > single, CD single, video, promotional documentation and an empty cigar tube. Ooooh, that sounds really cool! It reminds me of the limited edition of "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" by Tears For Fears that came sealed in a cigar box with all sorts of nifty goodies along with the cd. (Raoul's a FAB cd, by the way.) I love funky promo stuff. - - Melissa, not keen on sharing an icy road with DC drivers today - -- Melissa R. Jordan Owner/Artist, Compass Rose Studios (www.crstudios.com) Owner, Compass Rose Consulting (www.askcrc.com) Visit my new blank, websites! Text, pictures, and all that coming soon!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:54:23 -0000 From: "Trevor James Blagg" Subject: Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 When 'Close but no cigar' was released there was - allegedly - a promo item > issued to radio and vendors that consisted of a cigar box containing the > single, CD single, video, promotional documentation and an empty cigar tube. > > I keep hearing stories about this one but no-one has ACTUALLY seen or > possesses one. > > Is this true or just a net-legend? Jonathon, This is actually true . Although I haven't seen one, I nearly purchased this very item from a well respected record distributor a few years ago. I was so hard up at the time that I couldn't afford it....Life is full of regrets!! Trevor...P.S. Happy New Year to you all! - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 9:20 AM Subject: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V4 #348 > > Hi all, > Firstly - a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all! > > I have a question that hopefully someone out there will be able to answer. > When 'Close but no cigar' was released there was - allegedly - a promo item > issued to radio and vendors that consisted of a cigar box containing the > single, CD single, video, promotional documentation and an empty cigar tube. > > I keep hearing stories about this one but no-one has ACTUALLY seen or > possesses one. > > Is this true or just a net-legend? > > Any info would be appreciated. I've been looking high and low for evidence > but have found only hear-say. > > Cheers all. Whatever you're doing on New Years Eve, have fun! > > (I'm staying at home with my heavily pregnant wife.) > > Jon > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:30:54 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve Yeah Melissa, I know what you mean. I'll just be sipping my Champaign when the clock strikes, no one special in my life. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Melissa R. Jordan To: Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve > > > > Keith Stansell wrote: > > > Just curious, > > > > What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party > > like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door > > bolted tight? > > It'll just be me. I may buy a bottle of wine and have a glass before going to > bed. I anticipate being sound asleep well before the stroke of 12. I've never > been a real New Year's Eve person, although I enjoyed the fireworks when I > lived in Europe. That was fun. > > I've never had anyone to kiss at midnight. Always wanted to do that once, but I > think I'm getting a little too old to find someone now! > > Hope you all have a pleasant holiday - loud or quiet, as you wish - and an > uneventful January 1st with functioning phones, computers, lights, etc... > > - Melisssa > > -- > Melissa R. Jordan > Got my candles, got my matches, got my shortwave radio, and some bottled > water... > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:48:36 -0600 From: "Julie Sweeney" Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy--New Year's Eve--you mean I can't wear jeans? Would you believe, a black tie dinner dance (in-laws are hosting with several other couples)... while we wait to be called away to my husband's office--we're a small, regional Internet provider, so while we don't expect any gear to fail, it wouldn't surprise us if customers jammed up the system calling to see if we had indeed crashed. It's amazing how many people have been shocked that we'll go out on that night--that we'd leave our kids--I guess they expect the power and phones to fail at the stroke of midnight, and the looting and pillaging to begin at once. Refusing to be paranoid-- Julie jsweeney@pcpros.net > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:31:20 -0700 > From: "Keith Stansell" > Subject: Alloy: New Years Eve > > Just curious, > > What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party > like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door > bolted tight? > > Are you going to go to a small party, revel with thousands, or just roll > over and fluff your pillow. Are you going to be in a drunken stuper, or at > work drinking coffee in front of the computer monitors. > > Or are you still weighing your options? > > Myself - I'm going to a small theater to the CD release party by the Denver > band Apples in Stereo with some friends. > > - -Keith > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:32:35 EST > From: RThurF@aol.com > Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve > > In a message dated 12/28/99 5:35:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Keith@Stansell.com writes: > > :: Myself - I'm going to a small theater to the CD release party by the Denver > band Apples in Stereo with some friends. :: > > > We may be going to see my friend Ariel dance with the Rod Serling Dance > Company (yes - there is one!) in our area's version of First Night. There > will be cool fiber art exhibited at a local gallery, and lots of music going > on here and there... we never managed to make it to First Night when we lived > in Boston so I'm looking forward to our mini-version. > > Robin T > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 23:57:38 -0500 > From: "Melissa R. Jordan" > Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve > > Keith Stansell wrote: > > > Just curious, > > > > What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party > > like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door > > bolted tight? > > It'll just be me. I may buy a bottle of wine and have a glass before going to > bed. I anticipate being sound asleep well before the stroke of 12. I've never > been a real New Year's Eve person, although I enjoyed the fireworks when I > lived in Europe. That was fun. > > I've never had anyone to kiss at midnight. Always wanted to do that once, but I > think I'm getting a little too old to find someone now! > > Hope you all have a pleasant holiday - loud or quiet, as you wish - and an > uneventful January 1st with functioning phones, computers, lights, etc... > > - - Melisssa > > - -- > Melissa R. Jordan > Got my candles, got my matches, got my shortwave radio, and some bottled > water... > > ------------------------------ > > End of alloy-digest V4 #348 > *************************** > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:32:15 -0800 From: "Kathleen T. Presser" Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve My husband and I will be attending a party put on by some of our dearest friends. We are to dress as oriental as possible. We will most likely stay the night at our friends' house since probably the whole police force and the national guard will be out in force that night. It should be fun. Hope everyone has a safe and fun New Years' Eve and New Years' day. Pax Aye, Kate;-) RThurF@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/28/99 5:35:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Keith@Stansell.com writes: > > :: Myself - I'm going to a small theater to the CD release party by the Denver > band Apples in Stereo with some friends. :: > > We may be going to see my friend Ariel dance with the Rod Serling Dance > Company (yes - there is one!) in our area's version of First Night. There > will be cool fiber art exhibited at a local gallery, and lots of music going > on here and there... we never managed to make it to First Night when we lived > in Boston so I'm looking forward to our mini-version. > > Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:55:19 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve In a message dated 12/29/99 12:00:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, wearart@erols.com writes: :: I've never had anyone to kiss at midnight. Always wanted to do that once, but I think I'm getting a little too old to find someone now! :: No one's ever too old, I've found, especially someone as brilliant and wonderful as you my dear! Though it isn't what you mean, if we're ever together on New Years I know I'd be the first to give you a big ol' smooch! :) Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:24:40 EST From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve Hey all.. I'm off to England today.. leaving in an hour. Haven't heard word yet regarding tickets to the big party at Greenwich.. so I may just pass it at my friend's place near Cambridge.. or else head into London to see the burning river.. or whatever.. I'll find something fun to do and make sure I raise a glass of the bubbly in a toast to the old century.. then raise it again in a toast to the new one! HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR.. EVERYONE! Ciao for now.. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:48:02 -0600 From: Lee Jackson Subject: Alloy: OT: An Alloy-ite, a Neologism, and Nixon's Favorite Newspaper On the "what did Alloy members get for Christmas" subject, I just got a rather nice belated gift. Today, I received a phone call from Mr. Bob Levey of the Washington Post, advising me that I have won the December "Neologism" contest. If you're not familiar with the contest, the goal is to invent a new word to cover a particular situation (usually a rather absurd situation, resulting in rather absurd words). He gets a ton of entries each month, so I feel extremely lucky to have been picked. ;-) Here is the challenge that was issued for December: >You're a well-known Washingtonian, and you're often asked to send out publicity pictures. But honesty crumbles in the face of vanity. You routinely send out photos of yourself that are seven years old. They fail to show the lines and gray hairs that the bathroom mirror knows you possess. The habit of hiding your age behind old publicity photos is called . . . My winning entry was "photoyearnalism." Mr. Levey advises me that he is quite guilty of the practice himself. The column with my entry and interview will be published in the January 7th edition of the Washington Post. It should be posted in the online column about that date as well. I'm going to start grabbing copies of the Post from the 3rd onward, just in case it gets rescheduled. ;-) I'll stop bursting at the seams now, thank you. - -- Lee Jackson (jacksonhome@home.com) http://gameaudio.3dportal.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:15:21 -0800 (PST) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Alloy: Welcome 2000 Hi y'all, thought I'd say my greetings while I have a minute. We'll be here at home too. With a 3-month-old that's being nursed, and a 2-year-old, party options are somewhat limited. I've found remarkably little on the web (and in bookstores) about drinking alcohol while you're nursing a baby, so I'm trying to plan ahead and have bottles made. I've been looking forward to the 1999-2000 New Year's Eve for the last 11 years.. when I told my friends in junior high "party at my house." As a Navy brat, I'm not surprised that I'm no longer in touch with them, but I am a bit surprised that I ended up this month with a toddler & a newborn. Whouda thunkit. I do find it vastly amusing that these hotels and snazzy retailers are getting stuck with their 1000x marked-up items, because we are all kinda going, ehh.. I'm stayin' close to home. Which Manhattan hotel was it, that was offering 5-day packages in the penthouse suites for $35k?? Good - -dog-! How awesome is it, that they're stuck with them vacant! Welcome Julie, and my sentiments exactly, re: the ISP biz. We, too, run an ISP here and know that drill. You've found something else in common with THIS Alloyed, at least! (And I agree, the volleyball story is pretty funny.) Lee, congratulations! What a great word!!! I used to play that game every month, riding metro to & from Foggy Bottom. A couple of times I actually had the courage to send in my ideas, but most of the time I was somewhat stumped. I can see right off why yours won, it really is perfect. You'll have to tell us how your Levey Lunch goes! Melissa dear, and everyone else having woes right now, I wish things were easier for you. I hate to hear that any of you are lonely this holiday. This place where I live leaves me without friends and family nearby too, so I'm immersing myself in All Things Preschool. So far it works. I hope it continues to, long enough, until I can move to a place where I feel like I'm part of a community. Thankfully, I have Alloy, or I think I might *really* feel lost. Don't forget that you have friends that think a lot of you, even if we can't get together physically. Ooo wait, that sounds like a proposition (or a Thomas Dolby song). Here is wishing everyone on Alloy a renewed sense of joy and happiness in their lives for the new year. Let's not waste any time. It's one of the things we can't ever get back. (Kinda like our waistlines eh! She says, while "pinching an inch.") - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:19:47 -0500 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: An Alloy-ite, a Neologism, and Nixon's Favorite Newspaper Omifreakingod Lee! You rock! I've entered that contest a zillion times and flopped miserably every time! May I touch the hem of your garment? That is soooo cool! What is Bob going to give you, since I reckon the usual luncheon prize is out (geography and logistics being what they are)? I made an appearance in Bob Levey's column, too, a few years ago - I just found a copy of it in one of my scrapbooks. I was whining and complaining about all the misspelled signage around DC (which is still a problem - and which you may have seen Bob mention recently, Lee - with the DC buses advertising the Yellow Pages for "The District of Colombia" - I had no idea Bogota was so close!) Have you ever entered the (now dormant) Style Invitational? Very cool stuff, man! Would you like me to pick up some copies of the paper here for you? I get daily home delivery, so I'll know about 7:30 in the a.m. the day it's published. Cheers, Melissa Lee Jackson wrote: > On the "what did Alloy members get for Christmas" subject, I just got a rather nice belated gift. Today, I received a phone call from Mr. Bob Levey of the Washington Post, advising me that I have won the December "Neologism" contest. If you're not familiar with the contest, the goal is to invent a new word to cover a particular situation (usually a rather absurd situation, resulting in rather absurd words). He gets a ton of entries each month, so I feel extremely lucky to have been picked. ;-) > > Here is the challenge that was issued for December: > > >You're a well-known Washingtonian, and you're often asked to send out publicity pictures. But honesty crumbles in the face of vanity. You routinely send out photos of yourself that are seven years old. They fail to show the lines and gray hairs that the bathroom mirror knows you possess. The habit of hiding your age behind old publicity photos is called . . . > > My winning entry was "photoyearnalism." Mr. Levey advises me that he is quite guilty of the practice himself. > > The column with my entry and interview will be published in the January 7th edition of the Washington Post. It should be posted in the online column about that date as well. I'm going to start grabbing copies of the Post from the 3rd onward, just in case it gets rescheduled. ;-) > > I'll stop bursting at the seams now, thank you. > > -- > Lee Jackson (jacksonhome@home.com) > http://gameaudio.3dportal.com - -- Melissa R. Jordan Owner/Artist, Compass Rose Studios (www.crstudios.com) Owner, Compass Rose Consulting (www.askcrc.com) Visit my new blank, websites! Text, pictures, and all that coming soon!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:32:09 -0600 From: Lee Jackson Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: An Alloy-ite, a Neologism, and Nixon's Favorite Newspaper On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:19:47 -0500, you wrote: >I've entered that contest a zillion times and flopped miserably every time! May I touch the hem of your garment? If you've got one of the BDay albums, touch that instead. >That is soooo cool! What is Bob going to give you, since I reckon the usual luncheon prize is out (geography and logistics being what they are)? We discussed that - you're right, lunch is out, unless he comes to Dallas or I go to D.C.. I'll settle for the writeup, since I do without the extra calories from lunch. >- I had no idea Bogota was so close! There are those who would argue that it had a branch set up in Mayor Marion's office several years ago. >Have you ever entered the (now dormant) Style Invitational? I'm not a regular reader. I found out about it from a member of a mailing list that I run. I'm a member of a volunteer group called Punsters United Nearly Yearly (P.U.N.Y.), and we are very much into wordplay. Go visit http://www.egroups.com/group/puny/info.html and/or http://bounce.to/puny if you're interested. >Very cool stuff, man! Would you like me to pick up some copies of the paper here for you? I get daily home delivery, so I'll know about 7:30 in the a.m. the day it's published. Please! I'll reimburse for two or three copies plus any shipping charges. Send me some e-mail so that we can set it up. Thank you very much!!! - -- Lee Jackson (puny-owner@egroups.com) P.U.N.Y. List Administrangler http://www.egroups.com/group/puny/info.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:42:39 -0700 From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Re: Alloy: New Years Eve On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 03:31:20PM -0700, Keith Stansell wrote: > What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party > like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door > bolted tight? We're going to pop for the Prince pay-per-view concert and hit the sack at a reasonable hour because I got "volunteered" for the Millennium Force at work and have to answer phones on Saturday and Sunday... - -- Lazlo Nibble - lazlo@studio-nibble.com - http://www.studio-nibble.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24/7 music from the Nibble vaults! - http://www.studio-nibble.com/audio -- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 00:49:55 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: a most strange day it started when we went to the post office this morning & on our way back, saw a human tongue (yes it was really a genuine human tongue) lying on the sidewalk right near the gas station... it had been bitten off by its previous owner, at least that's what it looked like. I've been really creeped out ever since & in a terrible mood. happy new year.. eeeeechhhh. Thankfully I've had Joe Strummer as my personal refuge this evening, his newest effort with the Mescaleros, Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, which I've just bought. I missed an important call though due to being under the headphones - call me back please, if you possibly can!! Do you think there's any chance Joe Strummer and Thomas Dolby would ever work together? (pay attention - this could be my very last stupid question of the millennium!!) I could see that they would come up with something incredibly bizarre. Robin T trying to forget the tongue ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 00:56:49 -0500 From: "D'Arcy Salzmann" Subject: RE: Alloy: New Years Eve Working (w/ +30000 IBMers) to make sure the world doesn't melt down. That said, this will be the biggest non-event of century. Nothing really serious is going to happen w.r.t. computers. Can't say what all the lunatics have planned for us though. All this upset about the Algerian terrorists entering the US from Canada suggests that something, somewhere might blow-up on NYE. That much said, when I step off of night shift on January 3rd, I'll hand in my ID, return my calling card, credit card and notebook and wave bye-bye to IBM. So long, and thanks for the fish. And on the 4th, barely 24hrs after I leave IBM I'll parachute into a new position with a smaller, cooler, fun little software company. And start all over again. D'Arcy J. Salzmann Toronto, Ontario, Canada - -----Original Message----- From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Keith Stansell Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 5:31 PM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Alloy: New Years Eve Just curious, What are the New Years Eve plans for the Alloyers. Are you going to party like it's 1999, or sit on your stockpile of freeze dried food with the door bolted tight? Are you going to go to a small party, revel with thousands, or just roll over and fluff your pillow. Are you going to be in a drunken stuper, or at work drinking coffee in front of the computer monitors. Or are you still weighing your options? Myself - I'm going to a small theater to the CD release party by the Denver band Apples in Stereo with some friends. - -Keith ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V4 #349 ***************************