Well, dear readers, you won’t believe it. I could barely believe it myself and yet, there it was happening again. We had another lively and sparkling chat last night and we were, once again, just like clockwork, joined by two count them two newcomers. Now, as I’ve said before and I will say again, I encourage newcomers to come and join our merry troupe – many of our current Hainsies/Kimlets were once newcomers, most notably our recent Hainsie/Kimlet KT. So, there were our two count them two newcomers (it is funny how the newcomers show up in pairs) and when they finally spoke, within five minutes what do you suppose the conversation was about? I think you know the answer to the question, dear readers. Yes, Virginia, both people used the “F” word and used it repeatedly. I had to leave, but I was told that the conversation ultimately ended up with the “F” word being used again, and that both people admitted they were attending two count them two live chats at the same time. Yes, Virginia, they were not only in our live chat room, they were in another live chat room, too, which just happened to be a live chat room that had something to do with the “F” word. So, what to do? I do think this will happen every week – I predicted it would, it’s laughable and I’m sure the goal is to annoy us so much that we finally shut the room down. Well, we will not do that. Sorry “F” worders, it’s not going to happen. What we will do is try to be cordial to any newcomer. It will become apparent if there are any agendas present, and if we discover there are we will ignore them. We will simply not converse with newcomers if they use the “F” word. If they continue, then I will instigate passwords, and newcomers will have to e-mail their user information before being allowed in the chat room. I do hate to do that but I see no other way. They will have to give a verifiable e-mail address and that will probably stop all this nonsense. But if, somehow, they still manage to find their way in, I will simply ban them from the room. Once banned, they cannot get back in. We did a test last night and it worked splendidly. You would think people would have better things to do than try to get us to say things about certain topics that we don’t care to discuss. You would think that, but apparently jealousy rules the day and maturity flies out the window. It would be one thing if the “F” word was used and we say, “Sorry, but we don’t use the “F” word around here” and then it was dropped. But, as the folks who were in the live chat last night (and the night before – and the week before) know, that is not what happens. The “F” word was used repeatedly. I’m sure those very same people are reading these here notes right now, and we all find you tres amusing, tres tres tres (that is three tres) amusing. On the off-chance that it’s all some crazy coincidence, well, we all apologize for our well-founded paranoia. However, before the arrival of the two new people, I said to the folks in the room, how long before two new people show up and how long before they use the “F” word.? Moments later two new people showed up and both used the “F” word after a brief time. Paranoia or agenda, you tell me.
Well, that was a long paragraph, wasn’t it? It is my final word on this particular subject, because new dear readers do show up and I don’t want us to appear to be some weird conspiracy site. We are, after all, becoming the most popular site on all the Internet and this must really frost some people. Yes, some people – oh, a Sondheim/Syne reference – must be frosted and to the frostees we say, “Have a cheese slice and a ham chunk and dance the Hora – you’ll feel ever so much better.”
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below so I can tell you more things? Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, I have more things to tell you and tell you I shall.
Last night we finished doing the vocals on the new Nudie Musical songs, plus I made several adjustments musically in the tracks. Tonight we shall print everything, and then I will have a lovely demo recording. Guy Haines was in a particularly good mood and he sends his best to one and all and also all and one and he tells me that he might just be joining a live chat very soon (and let me tell you, if there are any strangers with agendas lying about he will not behave, oh, no, he will not behave).
I am going to try to pick up some new DVDs today, although I really want to finish doing the corrections I have, because tomorrow I get another person’s corrections, and those will take me a day or two to enter, and then I’m off to New York. I must also do some work on the film, and Nudie, so I’m afraid I will mostly be confined to my very own home for the next few days.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must stay home and work, work, work (that is three works) and I must eat various and sundried foodstuffs. Today’s topic of discussion: We may have done this before, I really can’t remember, but it doesn’t seem familiar, so we’ll do it again, just because we have new dear readers and I love the subject of the topic: What are your favorite Bacharach and David songs? I’ll start – all of them. But especially, Are You There (with another girl), Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, all of Promises, Promises, Come and Get Me (one of their least-known songs and one of their best), Here I Am, a good deal of Lost Horizon, It Doesn’t Matter Anymore, and a million others. Your turn.