From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V12 #248 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 Monday, September 8 2008 Volume 12 : Number 248 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Vote for thomasdolby.com in a silly Internet poll [Elaine ] Re: Alloy: Vote for thomasdolby.com in a silly Internet poll [Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Vote for thomasdolby.com in a silly Internet poll It's just a site where individual folks can nominate any blog for anything. I wonder who runs it...? On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Mary Brown wrote: > It's not old news to me that TMDR was nominated! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:14:04 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Alloy: Shame on me for giggling (Mondegreens) The Thomas Dolby Google Alert brought me a Dolby fan's LiveJournal entry today titled "Another Mystic Bus Queue Morning"... (She was watching a Sole Inhabitant podcast while her children played in the background.) Never before had I envisioned the protagonist of "Leipzig" standing in line with a bunch of people in wizard robes or bejeweled turbans. "Is this the bus to Hogwarts?" Enjoying my own mystic laundry morning, Melissa www.merujo.com - -- "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:57:38 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Vote for thomasdolby.com in a silly Internet poll On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Elaine wrote: > > It's just a site where individual folks can nominate any blog for anything. > I wonder who runs it...? It's some marketing company that does social marketing & blogging for pay. It's all a big commercial for them. Savvy advertising and people have a little fun. Melissa www.merujo.com - -- "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:13:35 -0700 From: "Mary Brown" Subject: Re: Alloy: Shame on me for giggling (Mondegreens) Oh great, now I'm picturing Carnac the Magnificent...Am I showing my age or what? M On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Merujo wrote: > > The Thomas Dolby Google Alert brought me a Dolby fan's LiveJournal entry > today titled "Another Mystic Bus Queue Morning"... (She was watching a Sole > Inhabitant podcast while her children played in the background.) > > Never before had I envisioned the protagonist of "Leipzig" standing in line > with a bunch of people in wizard robes or bejeweled turbans. "Is this the > bus to Hogwarts?" > > Enjoying my own mystic laundry morning, > > Melissa > www.merujo.com > > -- > "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be > different, that it's good to be different, that we should question > ourselves > before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, > talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:52:19 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Shame on me for giggling (Mondegreens) Ah, Carnac!! *(Carnac holds the sealed envelope up to his turban)* CARNAC: Sis boom bah. ED McMAHON: Sis boom bah. *(Carnac rips the envelope open and removes the card) * CARNAC *(reading)*: Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.Good stuff! On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Mary Brown wrote: > > Oh great, now I'm picturing Carnac the Magnificent...Am I showing my age or > what? > > M > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Merujo wrote: > > > > > The Thomas Dolby Google Alert brought me a Dolby fan's LiveJournal entry > > today titled "Another Mystic Bus Queue Morning"... (She was watching a > Sole > > Inhabitant podcast while her children played in the background.) > > > > Never before had I envisioned the protagonist of "Leipzig" standing in > line > > with a bunch of people in wizard robes or bejeweled turbans. "Is this the > > bus to Hogwarts?" > > > > Enjoying my own mystic laundry morning, > > > > Melissa > > www.merujo.com > > > > -- > > "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be > > different, that it's good to be different, that we should question > > ourselves > > before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves > different, > > talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp > - -- "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:02:38 -0400 From: Ghastly Subject: Re: Alloy: Shame on me for giggling (Mondegreens) Merujo wrote: > The Thomas Dolby Google Alert brought me a Dolby fan's LiveJournal entry > today titled "Another Mystic Bus Queue Morning"... (She was watching a Sole > Inhabitant podcast while her children played in the background.) > > Never before had I envisioned the protagonist of "Leipzig" standing in line > with a bunch of people in wizard robes or bejeweled turbans. "Is this the > bus to Hogwarts?" > > Enjoying my own mystic laundry morning, > > Melissa > www.merujo.com > > I put on my Wizard robe and hat.... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:19:08 -0700 From: "Mary Brown" Subject: Re: Alloy: Shame on me for giggling (Mondegreens) My alternate interpretation is some guys wearing whaling costumes to go work at the tourist trap that is the city of Mystic, Connecticut. M On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Merujo wrote: > > The Thomas Dolby Google Alert brought me a Dolby fan's LiveJournal entry > today titled "Another Mystic Bus Queue Morning"... (She was watching a Sole > Inhabitant podcast while her children played in the background.) > > Never before had I envisioned the protagonist of "Leipzig" standing in line > with a bunch of people in wizard robes or bejeweled turbans. "Is this the > bus to Hogwarts?" > > Enjoying my own mystic laundry morning, > > Melissa > www.merujo.com > > -- > "If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be > different, that it's good to be different, that we should question > ourselves > before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, > talks different, is a different color." -- Johnny Depp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:53:54 -0700 From: Elaine Subject: Re: Alloy: Vote for thomasdolby.com in a silly Internet poll Ah - well, there you go. Though I have to question the effectiveness given that none of us can name the company or the bloghouse. :-) But it's all in good fun. On Sep 7, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Merujo wrote: > > It's some marketing company that does social marketing & blogging > for pay. It's all a big commercial for them. Savvy advertising and > people have a little fun. > > Melissa > www.merujo.com ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V12 #248 ****************************