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[Jane]

Lulu I have known plenty of other young women who have had similar experiences with bosses.  I did get lucky & escape that problem.

It is a beautiful day here but the wind is blowing me away, and I’m inside.

[bk]

Well, someone submit me, for God's sake.  There does seem to be a dearth of postings, doesn't there?

[Jane]

                 
 
                   

Second page dance  

[Emily]

http://www.pulitzer.org/

it is surprisingly easy to enter (but you only win $10 000 if you become the big P-Litz in "Letters"... how cheap is that?!? I could have sworn it'd be more that!)

[Jennifer]

DR Jane: your smilies aren't dancing

[DERBRUCER]

Well, someone submit me, for God's sake.  There does seem to be a dearth of postings, doesn't there?

Make up mind!

Do I research getting you a PP or do I do more of my "what ever brought that up" posts.

You want more shaggy dog stories?

Shall I pontificate on guns (and butter and roses)?

der Brucer (nominating BK as "hardest" web master for whom I ever posted )

[Jane]

DR Jane: your smilies aren't dancing

I thought that makes you dizzy-it does me.  

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How do I make the second row move in the opposite direction?

[Jane]

http://www.pulitzer.org/

it is surprisingly easy to enter (but you only win $10 000 if you become the big P-Litz in "Letters"... how cheap is that?!? I could have sworn it'd be more that!)

Bur then you can put that win on the cover of your book and sell lots more copies.

[DERBRUCER]

I how I wish I was there!

(excerpts from an AP Story)

Mass. Gay Marriage Ban Would OK Civil Unions
Monday, March 29, 2004
 
BOSTON  — The Massachusetts Legislature adopted a new version of a state constitutional amendment Monday that would ban gay marriage and legalize civil unions, eliminating consideration of any other proposed changes.

The vote came at the opening of the third round of a constitutional convention on the contentious issue, as competing cries of "Jesus Christ" and "Equal Rights" shook the Statehouse outside the legislative chamber.
…
After each intonation of "Jesus" by gay rights opponents, gay rights advocates tacked on "loves us." The two opposing sides then shouted "Jesus Christ" and "Equal Rights" simultaneously, blending into a single, indistinguishable chant.

"I'm just here to support Christ," said Olivia Long, 32, of Boston, a parishioner at New Covenant Christian Church. "We love all people, but we want to keep it like it was in the beginning."

Next to her, Eric Carreno, 26, of Somerville, held a sign that read: "Christ does not discriminate. Why do Christians?"

(end excerpt)

Had I been present I would have walked up to Ms Long and said: "Madam, I wholeheartedly agree. Let us keep it like it was in the beginning. First, we both get naked as God created us."

der Brucer (with clothes still on)

[DERBRUCER]

I talked about the old buildings on the banks of the Harlem River, quoted Alan Jay Lerner extensively, and played songs from Berlin & Gershwin to Janis Ian, Hairspray, Craig Carnelia and Katz.

Which Katz? Katz Music lists the following:

Musical   Katzes

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Katzes Sing, Swing, and Rock

·   
.Mickey Katz, Borscht Belt legend.
 
·Joel Grey, actor, born Joel Katz, son of Mickey Katz, Academy and Tony Award winner for his role in Cabaret.

·The Bruce Katz Band, jazz and blues.
 
·Steve Katz, Blood, Sweat & Tears.

·Sharon Katz, South African folk singer
.
·Sydney Swing Katz, Australian swing dancers.

·Richard D. Katz, bagpiper.

·Mike Katz, bagpiper.

.Kalle Katz, keyboards, rock group Creamstar, Finland.

·Randi Katz, lead singer, rock group Better Than That, Montreal.
 
·Keuka Katz Band, Finger Lakes area, New York.

·Bill Katz, singer, R & B group Dauphine Street Blues.



der Brucer (waiting with anticipation to read the lyric containing the word "revivifying")

[Jennifer]

YES DR Jane: the floating smilies make me dizzy.

But I was gonna make an exception for you since you wanted to do the page two dance!

[Jennifer]

DR Jane: if you click on the M, and change the "left" to "right" it will go the other way, I think.

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[Jane]

Jennifer-LOL  I was only doing the page two dance to make Bruce happy with more posts.  Aren't we both so nice.  

Hey Bruce, I hope you are appreciating this.

[DERBRUCER]

I sitting in the computer lab writing a paper on representativeness (yes that IS a word even if Microsoft Word's dictionary doesn't recognize it as such) in Western European legislatures based on their electoral systems.

Well screw ignore Word's Dictionary - Merriam-Webster says:

4 : of or relating to representation or representationalism
- rep·re·sen·ta·tive·ly adverb
- rep·re·sen·ta·tive·ness noun
- rep·re·sen·ta·tiv·i·ty /-"zen-t&-'ti-v&-tE/ noun

der Brucer (who would opt for representativity - easier to say after a three Martini lunch)

[Jane]

Bruce are you having any more problems with AOL returning emails as if they were spam?  

[DERBRUCER]

DR Jane: if you click on the M, and change the "left" to "right" it will go the other way, I think.

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The US Political Dance

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Hey, it works!

[bk]

Of course I'm appreciating it.  I haven't gotten back any e-mails recently, so that's good.  Who will be watching the Heidi Fleiss movie this evening?

[bk]

And we really haven't had many worst boss stories, have we?

[Jay]

I'd find it quite amazing to learn that there is one bagpiper by the name of Katz, but to discover that there are two has me completely agog.

[DERBRUCER]

I've done it once and won, so I'm not doing it again!  

Well, I've certainly uttered those words a time ot two

Since you never do anything twice (a Sondheim reference) could you advise as to whether or not (in your HO) multiple submissions (nominations) would be of value. Maybe the Pulitizer's work like American Idol and we need to set up a barrage of Kisses Kudos for Kimmel letters.

der Brucer (loves conspiracies)

[Matt H.]

Thinking it might be time to watch LOST IN TRANSLATION tonight. Then, I'll know what all the "shouting/swearing" was about!

[Jane]

And we really haven't had many worst boss stories, have we?

I thought being told I couldn't use the bathroom a rather good, worst boss story.  

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But how do I change it from left to right.  That is the part I don't understand.

[Noel]

Which Katz?

(Raises hand sheepishly)  Um .... me.

Here's some of what we managed to do in 3 hours:

Let Me Sing and I'm Happy (Irving Berlin)
talked about the sheet music industry before WW1.
in response to question about song pluggers, played
I'll Capture Your Heart Singing (Irving Berlin)
Setting lyrics to music, and where one should rhyme:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
I Talk to the Trees (Lerner & Loewe)
On the Street Where You Live (Lerner & Loewe)
Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Lerner & Loewe)
I Can Hear the Bells (Shaiman & Wittman, from Hairspray)
The Wedding Night (Noel Katz)
composing from a title:
Time After Time (Cahn & Styne)
creating harmonic interest:
Oh What a Beautiful Morning (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
The Man I Love (Gershwin)
"Stealing" chord progressions:
A Simple Love Song (Noel Katz [at age 14])
A Ship Without a Sail (Rodgers & Hart)
Sondheim's criticism of Hart:
I Could Write a Book (Rodgers & Hart)
Counterpoint: improvised trio about baseball season
Advice From the Bridesmaids (Noel Katz)
Mine (Gershwin)
Tradition (Bock & Harnick)
forms other than AABA: Verse/Chorus and strophic:
The Long and Winding Road (Lennon & McCartney)
The Grey Goose (traditional folk song)
Jimmy Crack Corn (traditional folk song)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer  (Lennon & McCartney)
The Picture in the Hall (Craig Carnelia)
We ended with Barbara Cook's recording of
Stars (Janis Ian)

[DERBRUCER]

I'd find it quite amazing to learn that there is one bagpiper by the name of Katz, but to discover that there are two has me completely agog.

Oy! There they stand -  farpitzs in their fershlugina plaid shmattas blowing their pipes.

der Brucer (imagining little Abie Katz lugging his intrument from Brooklyn to Manhattan for his bagpipe lesson - on the subway!)

Do orthodox Jewish Bagpipers wear plaid yarmulkes?

[Jennifer]

DR Jane: do you see when you click on M, it says left.

Just type in the word right (instead of left).

Btw, I don't think i get the Heidi F movie channel.

[Jane]

I get it.  Like when you change the size from 2 to 4.

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[Jane]

Now I am dizzy.

Off to the dentist.  Poor Echo wants to go for a walk now that she is feeling much better today.

[Panni]

I'll be watching Heidi tonight (not the Swiss miss). How could I miss such an incredibly guilty pleasure? I hope it was shot in Toronto.

Last night I caught an episode of SIX FEET UNDER that I had missed. So very very good. It was the one with the Turandot funeral. Anybody see it? Had me weeping at the end. That is SUCH a good show. Can hardly wait for the new season.

I've never really had a regular boss, except when I worked summers in college and high school. I suppose when I work for a Network, the execs are my bosses - but not really. I don't see them on a daily basis, don't have to report to work.
So - I'm my own boss and I'm terrible. For one thing, I don't give myself days off. And when I do take a day off or don't do good work on a particular day, I say terrribly rude things to myself. And I never write myself notes of appreciation or send flowers for a job well-done. Somebody should report me.

[DERBRUCER]

I thought being told I couldn't use the bathroom a rather good, worst boss story.  

Now, dear Jane, you didn't say you couldn't use the bathroom, you said:

My last employer kept complaining I was spending too much time going to the bathroom.  Before you laugh, I was pregnant.  Now if she had ever had children she might have realized, compared to other pregnant women I hardly went at all.

I took that to mean that unlike most pregnant women, who take a "moment to refresh themselves" every 5 minutes or so,  you, with the urinary constitution of a Camel, could hold out for fifteen.

der Brucer (either way, he was still a stinker!)

[DERBRUCER]

So - I'm my own boss and I'm terrible. For one thing, I don't give myself days off. And when I do take a day off or don't do good work on a particular day, I say terrribly rude things to myself. And I never write myself notes of appreciation or send flowers for a job well-done. Somebody should report me.

One hopes, that unlike poor Jane's boss, you give youself appropriate potty breaks!