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[DERBRUCER]

-How did people share such news before Facebook? Before the internet?

Amazing what a busy-body aunt could do with pen and paper and aided by telephone.

der Brucer

And it's amazing just how relatively not long ago that was.

You didn't have Twitter in high school?

der Brucer

I wonder how many DRs had Autograph Books in school?

[DERBRUCER]

...
-How did people share such news before Facebook? Before the internet?

If the phone rang in the middle of the night, you just knew it was bad news.

Well, you could always:

let it go to voice mail
let the machine take it
answer the portable phone on the night stand
get out of the warm bed, find your robe and slippers, go downstirs in the chilly house and hope the phone was still ringing.

der Brucer

Remember how cold kitchen linoleum could get?

[George]

Time to head home.  Actually...it's early, but I don't care.  I'm leaving now.

Have a good rest of the evening, all!

[Ron Pulliam]

Hmmm... Just read about another death over on Facebook - a newborn daughter of a college classmate.  Very sad.  Again, it just seems weird "sharing" such news over Facebook, but I'm guessing it also allows a very immediate way for her friends to pass on the condolences and support.  They're currently in England, so I'm guessing that that was the most "efficient" and expedient way to get the word out.  -And it was the mother of my friend who stepped in and updated her status.

-How did people share such news before Facebook? Before the internet?

They used the telephone for relatives and close friends and the church for everyone else.

[JoseSPiano]

-How did people share such news before Facebook? Before the internet?

Amazing what a busy-body aunt could do with pen and paper and aided by telephone.

der Brucer

And it's amazing just how relatively not long ago that was.

You didn't have Twitter in high school?

der Brucer

I wonder how many DRs had Autograph Books in school?

No, I didn't have Twitter in high school, but at least I had indoor plumbing and electricity.

[Jane]

Glad to hear books are arriving and looking forward to comments.

Nice dedication

[JoseSPiano]

Hmmm... Just read about another death over on Facebook - a newborn daughter of a college classmate.  Very sad.  Again, it just seems weird "sharing" such news over Facebook, but I'm guessing it also allows a very immediate way for her friends to pass on the condolences and support.  They're currently in England, so I'm guessing that that was the most "efficient" and expedient way to get the word out.  -And it was the mother of my friend who stepped in and updated her status.

-How did people share such news before Facebook? Before the internet?

They used the telephone for relatives and close friends and the church for everyone else.

I still remember the phone ringing in the middle of the night when my grandfather (on my dad's side) died...

I guess what I'm really asking, pondering is whether the immediacy of sharing such news via Facebook, MySpace, email, etc., is a bad thing or a good thing.  Or just something that just "is".

[Jane]

I think it is a good thing as more people can be reached.  I'm sorry to read about the loss of the baby, especially today as I wait for news.  Keith's grandmother lost a 2 year old son & never got over it.

[Jane]

Yes DR DAW, waiting is very hard.  Continued vibes for good news.

'night.

[Ginny]

...
I guess what I'm really asking, pondering is whether the immediacy of sharing such news via Facebook, MySpace, email, etc., is a bad thing or a good thing.  Or just something that just "is".

DR Jose - I think it's part of the "new normal," and it will take a while to get used to it.  Last month when we were going through John's illness and death, I tried to be very careful not to post things before his daughters did.  I pretty much let them take the lead.  On the upside, my posting the obit allowed a friend to see it, who told his son, who told his mother, who is a second cousin of Richard's with whom we'd lost touch.  We've now heard from her and have her address.

[Ginny]

And now I'm going in the other room to watch the premier of The Good Wife.

[Jrand74]

I liked NCIS LOS ANGELES.  All of the cast are very good, although the girl is the weak link.  It's definitely set up on the NICS template.....but it was pretty to look at with lots of location shots in LA.

And Linda Hunt, LL Cool J, and Chris O'Donnell all did some good work.  I think they will make a good team.  The supporting cast - with the one exception - plays well.  So we shall see.  Seven people were killed in tonight's episode....that's a lot of violence in one hour.

[Jrand74]

DR GINNY's comments really echo how I feel, I think.  It's how it is now.

It is certainly nice to have information here and now - and it is easier to let people know without the pain of repeating the news in several phone calls.....and having funeral and service information available on line can be necessary when the loved one isn't from the area.....

[Jrand74]

I think I will play some records.

Yes.....RECORDS......

a DROWSY CHAPERONE reference.

I am most intrigued still by the tidbits that MR BK is letting out about the 3-film CD!!!

[Jrand74]

Wait, perhaps I will watch the Undertaker and His Pals starring my new Facebook friend Rad Fulton.

[Jane]

I'm back.  I forgot to do this earlier & before I forget,......

Definition of Indian Summer:

"Indian summer is an informal expression given to a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn in the northern hemisphere, typically in late October or early November, after the leaves have turned but before the first snowfall."

[Cillaliz]

DR Cillaliz i'm curious what you thought of the premiere of DWTS....


I thought donny osmond was amazing, although did not vote for him. He is for sure gonna be top 4. But i was surprised how much i liked him.

Donny Osmond? You must vote for Donny Osmond. Do it for me. Please.

DR Laura, i forgot to tell you Donny Osmond is on Dancing with the stars...

[bk]

Contract is here for the three-film CD, which is now two films and one theme from a third for reasons of quality.

[bk]

I'm watching a motion picture on Blu and Ray

[bk]

Jane, I was wondering when someone would mention the dedication

[TCB]

The East Side is indeed a mess because of the United Nations and terrorist fears. Nothing can go down Lexington Avenue but selected vehicles from 59th Street to 48th Street. Given the horrible traffic, the bus took only 30 minutes between 79th and 55th, so I wasn't unhappy at all. The jammed traffic was awful and I watched an ambulance with a blaring siren have a helluva time getting through it all.

On the way back, I stopped at a lumber store and bought two sheets of playwood, which are being cut to my specifications as I type this. I will stop back tomorrow morning to pick them up.

Are you having a rack built for Mr. Barnum's next visit?

[Matt H.]

I am not liking the new girl on NCIS....and I am hoping this is temporary.

I've seen the show, but I could have answered this even before I saw it. There is no way ON EARTH that CBS would tamper with what turned out to be their highest rated show last season. By the end of the summer, NCIS had supplanted CSI as the number one show on CBS.

[TCB]

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR IOANA, DW OF DS CRAIG!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DDIL IOANA!

[Matt H.]

I began my evening by watching today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Fish and Kyle were on and had a sweet conversation. The beginning of what's obviously going to become a love triangle. Can't wait to see this on daytime TV.

[Matt H.]

Then I enjoyed all over again HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. The uncompressed 5.1 audio track was VERY impressive.

[DAW]

Jane, I was wondering when someone would mention the dedication

At least three DRs did yesterday.

[Cillaliz]

I loved the original production of BARNUM.

Me too! The only show I ever saw that I felt I had my money's worth before Act 1 started.

der Brucer

I was a stage hand when the touring show was in Iowa City (Student stage hands got union wage when a touriing show came to town)  It was scary watching the first perfornance and knowing I was the one who tightened the bolt on the tight rope.

[Matt H.]

Then, to kill some time before I began NCIS, I put in the 2004 Tony Awards DVD. Hugh Jackman hosted this year (the year he won the Tony for THE BOY FROM OZ), and I enjoyed all of his singing, dancing, and clowning (with Rod from AVENUE Q). I left it in the player because I'll continue watching it tomorrow if I have time before I start cooking lunch.

[Matt H.]

I thought NCIS was a bit of a mess tonight. Three storylines running simultaneously with the search for Ziva/Tony's torture and interrogation, the search for Ziva's replacement, and the crime story with the dead sailor. It all dovetailed OK into the wrap-up for the episode, but it served only as a season starter for me, not a great episode of the show.

[TCB]

EYE SIGHT VIBES FOR THE LITTLE KITTIES!