From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #334 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 Sunday, December 13 1998 Volume 03 : Number 334 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: OT: The Origin of Rudolph [MacSuirtain ] Fwd: Alloy: Screen Kiss [TBlagg@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Little Announcement [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Christmas Show Alert [MacSuirtain ] Re: Alloy: OT - Christmas Show Alert [Eclipse ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 01:37:43 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Alloy: OT: The Origin of Rudolph RThurF@aol.com wrote: > > Speaking of Christmas shows, Melissa had asked if the Rudolph special (written > by our friend Russ' grandfather) was intended as a promotional thing for > Macy's, or other department store. Dave and I haven't found out & can't > remember if Russ ever mentioned it. Robin, Dave, and anyone else who might be interested.... here's the scoop on the origins of Rudolph (snarfed from a webpage at Dartmouth University -- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/Library_Bulletin/Nov1989/LB-N89-KCramer.html) "FIFTY YEARS AGO this year Robert Lewis May, while working for Montgomery Ward and Company in Chicago as an advertising editor, created 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' as a Christmas promotion for the company. Rudolph first appeared in a 32-page booklet, which was distributed to Montgomery Ward customers. Denver Gillen, an artist for the company, made the crayon drawings... ...In the January 1975 issue of Guideposts May tells why he wrote this story: 'It seemed I'd always been a loser, . . . As a child I'd always been the smallest in the class. Frail, poorly coordinated, I was never asked to join the school teams. After mustering enough courage to ask a girl to dance, I'd catch her winking over my shoulder at a taller boy to get him to cut in.' Robert May died in August 1976, just two months after attending his fiftieth reunion at Dartmouth." So, there you have it! Seek on the web, and ye shall find. Cheers, M. (who still calls Montgomery Ward "Monkey Ward" -- along with Chez Tar-zhay and Jacques Pen-nay) - -- Melissa R. Jordan Owner/Artist, Compass Rose Studios Unique Wearable Art in Large Sizes & Handstamped Handicrafts http://www.erols.com/jamesq/crs/welcome.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 12:28:37 EST From: TBlagg@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Alloy: Screen Kiss This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --part0_913483717_boundary Content-ID: <0_913483717@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 11/12/98 13:52:33 GMT, John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com writes: << Hey people, sat at my desk just ten seconds ago I started singing "Screen Kiss" & I just realized how hard it is to sing without going grossly out of tune. Anyone else experienced this phenomena ? >> John, You are not imune to this. A most difficult piece to sing...Especially the bits where he DELIBERATELY goes out of key. However it sounds good to me despite everone else wanting to leave the room.... My favourite Dolby No..... It's funny you should mention this in 1998. I had exactly this thought 14 years ago...Spooky! Trev B. (U.K.) - --part0_913483717_boundary Content-ID: <0_913483717@inet_out.mail.ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za01.mail.aol.com (v53.20) with SMTP; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:52:33 1900 Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id IAA26194; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:52:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from smoe.org (080020908e73.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.204.144]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA21837; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:52:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id IAA01841; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:51:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:51:22 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id IAA01830 for alloy-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:51:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from ns1.baxter.com (ns1.baxter.com [198.89.160.26]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-relay2) with ESMTP id IAA01826 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:50:58 -0500 (EST) From: John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com Received: from ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com (ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com [159.198.176.60]) by ns1.baxter.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA22141 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:50:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from ccMail by ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com (IMA Internet Exchange 3.11) id 0000AD13; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:50:56 -0600 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:37:09 -0600 Message-ID: <0000AD13.C21445@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com> Subject: Alloy: Screen Kiss To: alloy@smoe.org Content-Description: cc:Mail note part Sender: owner-alloy@smoe.org Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hey people, sat at my desk just ten seconds ago I started singing "Screen Kiss" & I just realized how hard it is to sing without going grossly out of tune. Anyone else experienced this phenomena ? A+ John - --part0_913483717_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:27:28 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Little Announcement In a message dated 12/11/98 10:55:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, Tim_Dunn.JBA_HEATHROW.SPL_EXTERNAL@jba.co.uk writes: << The past 18 months have been exrememly difficult for both of us, apart, and we were on the verge of giving up in the face of this seemingly insurmountable gap, but last month various circumstances decreed that Nadia had to come to England for a short while, and to cut a VERY long story short, we've finally persuaded her parents that 5 years' dedication is enough of a basis on which to trust me to marry their daughter. So we're going to get married - again - to each other!!!! Strange or what?? I'll be going to Dubai in the Spring to convert to Islam, and to get engaged formally, and then some time probably towards the end of the year, we'll be tying the knot properly (a full three-day Arab wedding!), either there or London or Morocco, we don't know. It's so exciting, and then I'll be a full member of the Bensoudas of Fez, who are such an amazing and gifted family - I'm really hoping I'm up to it!! >> I can't tell you how overjoyed I am to hear that everything has worked out for you - I'm so happy!! You and Nadia must be thrilled. The wedding will be beautiful (I can only imagine! Be sure to send us pictures of the ceremony, or at the very least, your official portrait together :) Will you have to study a lot about Islam before your conversion or do you already know quite a bit? Are you planning to study other languages? Will you be living in Dubai after your marriage? questions, questions, questions...! Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:54:52 -0500 From: MacSuirtain Subject: Re: Alloy: Christmas Show Alert Elaine Linstruth wrote: > > I'm so glad to have found adults that like these shows as I do. You don't > know how much crap I've taken over the years from friends as I sought not > to miss them. Now I guess I still feel dorky, just not as much so. Elaine, there's nothing wrong with loving the classics! You're not dorky at all -- you just have pop culture roots! Those shows are such a part of the really late '60's/70's/80's growing up experience, it doesn't seem like the holidays without Heat Miser, Snow Miser, the Grinch, Frosty, Yukon Cornelius... May I recommend some holiday cds for anyone who gets weepy over misfit toys or likes to rock with the Heat Miser? A Classic Cartoon Christmas A Classic Cartoon Christmas Too Rudolph, Frosty and Friends Favorite Christmas Songs Between these three, you get all the classics in their original form (there's some duplication between the first and third cds listed, but the first one has "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and the third one has Mickey Rooney singing "Put One Foot In Front Of The Other," and they're both too cool to pass up.) - -- Melissa R. Jordan, Yukon Cornelius is my co-pilot (and Chuck -- your Charlie-in-the-Box is finally purchased and packed to go!) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 01:49:43 From: Eclipse Subject: Re: Alloy: OT - Christmas Show Alert Elaine, Melissa... >> I'm so glad to have found adults that like these shows as I do. You don't >> know how much crap I've taken over the years from friends as I sought not >> to miss them. Now I guess I still feel dorky, just not as much so. > >Elaine, there's nothing wrong with loving the classics! You're not >dorky at all -- you just have pop culture roots! Those shows are such a >part of the really late '60's/70's/80's growing up experience, it >doesn't seem like the holidays without Heat Miser, Snow Miser, the >Grinch, Frosty, Yukon Cornelius... > >May I recommend some holiday cds for anyone who gets weepy over misfit >toys or likes to rock with the Heat Miser? > >A Classic Cartoon Christmas >A Classic Cartoon Christmas Too >Rudolph, Frosty and Friends Favorite Christmas Songs > >Between these three, you get all the classics in their original form >(there's some duplication between the first and third cds listed, but >the first one has "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and the third one has >Mickey Rooney singing "Put One Foot In Front Of The Other," and they're >both too cool to pass up.) Yay! I always get the Fraggles' "Pass it On" song stuck in my head after I watch "Muppet Family Christmas". (Y'know, the "When it's nice and bright, and it brings delight, let your heart choose right, gotta (uh-uh) pass it on!" song... I finally sat down and picked it out on the piano.) And then the song the Whos sing in "The Grinch..". The "abu dore, dabu dore, welcome christmas, christmas time" (or however it goes...?) one. :) Fraggle Rock had the greatest songs though! The webpage with all the lyrics to them says there were three albums made of them.. hmm.. Bliss, E(lipse / Julia ~~~ Feel the water flowing. Feel it coming, feel it going, In the river, in the rain or in the sky. * One day it's an ocean. One day ice in motion. One day it's a tear drop in your eye. ~~~ -- "Just A Dream Away", Fraggle Rock ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #334 ***************************