Haines His Way

I feel younger than springtime and older than Methusala all at once.  Who in HELL was Methusala anyway?  What did he have to do with old?

Der Brucer, can I borrow your mittens?

Hi Santa, you sure look cute

A city councilwoman in Dacono, Colo., has resigned from her post after the mayor of the town said a joke she posted to a community Web log was racist and asked her to remove it from the Web site, MyFoxColorado reported Friday.

The page-long joke, posted by councilwoman Sandra Tucker, described the tale of a white male who has a "nightmare" in which he wakes up to discover that he has "been turned" black, gay, Jewish and disabled. The joke uses terms such as "negro," "queer" and "fairy," and also pokes fun at orphans, Mexicans, Jews, HIV-positive patients, drug addicts and those with physical disabilities.

The punch line of the joke comes when the person having the nightmare also finds out he is a Democrat, a "fate worse" than all the rest.

Well, TCB, it's the season for mistiness.     I won't reveal names, but MORE THAN ONE DR ADMITTED BEING TEARY-EYED while watching our DVD.

Thank you, Danise.

NOW THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT...
You know, this started out as a way for all the DRs--all the regulars, anyway--to participate in BK's birthday, without being in LA. But it soon became clear to me how much many of our DRs wanted this--not just for Bruce, but because they so love HHW and wanted a visual record of their many good times either on the board or at HHW gatherings. Many people emailed me, saying, "I'm so glad we're doing this."

As most of you know, we put it together in a very short period of time--about five weeks, I'd say. As soon as I asked for photos they came pouring in. We're a very photo-happy group! Many DRs were a bit shy about leaving voice messages; Amy and I were scratching our heads and wondering about all these shy actors. That wasn't helped any by my too-vague wording in the emails. Say "photo" to a DR and you'll have emails galore; say "voice recording"--or, God forbid, "sing"--and, well, we had to lean on folks a bit. But so many of you came through and so gloriously! And, of course, all of this was done on the sly, so as to keep the surprise.

The photos were uploaded by Singdaw and myself. Singdaw has broadband at home and I do not, plus I had to acquire a new ISP in the midst of this. George supplied a great many photos, and converted them to targa files, as well, to save Amy time. Both George and derBrucer provided technical assistance whenever it was needed. Arnold, our HHW Song of the Day person, provided a selection of appropriate songs. It was Larry who, when I approached him with my original idea of doing a CD, redirected me and suggested that Amy could put together a DVD. Plus, it was ALL OF YOU who sent photos and emails and left your voice messages and made this site one worthy of such a project in the first place.

Some of you have already seen our video online. Others have requested a DVD copy. I'll leave it to Amy to decide how open we can be with the online site; it's borrowed and we don't wish to abuse it. We will provide DVD copies, but may ask for a nominal fee, yet to be determined. We'll keep you posted--especially now that we can do so publicly! Much easier!!

I wish to say again how wonderful the response was and how willing everyone was to help. You were all really great! And I THANK ALL OF YOU!!

There, there, DR TCB.  Here's a HHW hankerchief...

Awwww, it's been used already!

Silly me!