From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #237 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 Saturday, November 1 1997 Volume 02 : Number 237 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Personals [RThurF ] Alloy: Dolby parody contest [RThurF ] Alloy: Another auspicious occasion... [Paul Baily ] Re: Alloy: Dolby parody contest -- Airhead ["Keith Stansell" ] Re: Alloy: Birthdays [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: Alloy: Another auspicious occasion... [Melissa Jordan ] Re: Alloy: Birthdays [Melissa Jordan ] Re: Alloy: Moods [Melissa Jordan ] Re: Alloy: D.P.C. -- Hyperactive [IT Admin - Govt Office North West ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 07:27:43 EST From: RThurF Subject: Alloy: Personals To the English Alloy members: Cardullo's here in Cambridge has stopped carrying Sherbet Fountain. They keep telling me they'll be getting more, but they never do, and it's been over 6 months! I will send lots of money to the kind soul who volunteers to pack up a small box with Sherbet Fountains and send them to me. This could easily be classified as an emergency!! Robin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 07:19:20 EST From: RThurF Subject: Alloy: Dolby parody contest These parodies are amazingly good! I get to have a laugh before leaving the house in the morning & it makes my whole day better. And Beth - I MUST get a t-shirt with the words to "Egghead" on it. Genius!! Robin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Nov 97 00:04:48 +1000 From: Paul Baily Subject: Alloy: Another auspicious occasion... Hi y'all, November 1 - the day after Halloween - marks another special occasion. One of our long standing and most supportive Alloy members has a birthday today. Often heard from while doing the 'foreign correspondent' thing (is there truly such a thing on Alloy?) in adverse conditions and over scratchy phone lines from Baltic states, her words offer a candid, compassionate and eloquent perspective on worlds many of us will never see, or may never truly appreciate. But we get a glimpse through her eyes. Couple that with a real down to earth nature, a warm heart, and a great sense humour and you see quite an amazing person. Melissa Jordan, happy birthday to you. I'm sure I'm not the only one here in saying I'd be right chuffed if you'd accept tea without respect if you dropped by. :-) stay well, Paul. ________________________________________________________________________ Paul Baily paulb@thehub.com.au Consulting SE/IT Mercenary http://www.thehub.com.au/~paulb Brisbane tel: +61-7-3857-8048/+61-411-875-009 Australia dedicated to the memory of what could be. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:10:19 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: Dolby parody contest -- Airhead I'm gettin' 'em I think I may have a web page with the contestants so far this weekend. I'll keep you posted. Keith - The Polk Inhabitant http://www.concentric.net/~kasman - ---------- > From: Beth Meyer > You getting all these for the web page, > Keith-who-until-recently-was-the-sole-inhabitant? > > Cheers, > Beth > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beth Meyer > School of Psychology Pager: +1-404-866-1362 > Georgia Institute of Technology FAX: +1-404-894-8905 > 274 5th St. gt9020a@prism.gatech.edu -or- > Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 bmeyer@psy.psych.gatech.edu > http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt9020a/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:24:17 -0500 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Alloy: Birthdays Wow, that was super nice of Paul to say such pleasant things about me. I'm quite touched (and, no, I don't mean "in the head.") Many, many thanks, Paul. I would like to raise a glass to another Alloy All Saints' baby -- Elaine! We just discovered this morning, to our mutual amusement, that we share the same natal day - and birth decade (although I'm a couple of years closer to "crypt keeper status" than the fair Elaine is!) So, many happy returns to Elaine! Any other November 1 babies hiding out there? Cheers, and Happy Halloween, Melissa Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858, ext. 4567 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 12:35:31 -0800 (PST) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Birthdays On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Melissa Jordan wrote: > Wow, that was super nice of Paul to say such pleasant things about me. > I'm quite touched (and, no, I don't mean "in the head.") Many, many > thanks, Paul. > > I would like to raise a glass to another Alloy All Saints' baby -- > Elaine! We just discovered this morning, to our mutual amusement, that > we share the same natal day - and birth decade (although I'm a couple of > years closer to "crypt keeper status" than the fair Elaine is!) Woo! Happy Birthday to us! Thanks Melissa -- and whaddya talking about, crypt keeping? We're both 29 right.. ;-), - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:12:10 -0500 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: Another auspicious occasion... At 12:04 AM 11/1/97 +1000, Paul wrote: >I'm sure I'm not the only one here in saying I'd be right chuffed if >you'd accept tea without respect if you dropped by. :-) If we're ever on the same continent - you're on, Paul! And, of course, the offer still stands for any Alloy-ite coming through DC - there's tea, coffee, and a space on my sofa for you. Cheers, Melissa Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858, ext. 4567 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:22:46 +0000 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Moods At 18:27 17/10/97 -0800, TMDR signed off with: >To commemorate the 30th anniversary of >the Mood Ring, Headspace has released >an all-digital online homage.... > >****THE BEATNIK MOODMAKER !**** > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've just been playing around with this. It's great - My favorite combination thus far is Reminisce paired with Thunderstorm. Maybe that's because I'm stuck in working on a Friday night! Ack, I hate that I have a monthly deadline... why can't someone pay me just to have fun. Lem ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:32:48 -0500 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: Birthdays At 12:35 PM 10/31/97 -0800, Elaine wrote: >Woo! Happy Birthday to us! Thanks Melissa -- and whaddya talking about, >crypt keeping? We're both 29 right.. But, of course! (she writes with a Frahnch accent!) It's funny - there are certain years I *know* how old I am, and other years that the actual number is so unmemorable, I have to work to dredge it up. This is one of those years when, if anyone asks me my age a couple of months from now, I'll have to roll my eyes and do the math. Yours in mathematical impairment, Melissa Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858, ext. 4567 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:39:54 -0500 From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: Moods >I've just been playing around with this. It's great - My favorite >combination thus far is Reminisce paired with Thunderstorm. Maybe that's Try Anxiety Attack w/7th Storey Traffic -- it's great Twilight Zone-y, 70's tv thriller show background - I love it! >because I'm stuck in working on a Friday night! Ack, I hate that I have a >monthly deadline... why can't someone pay me just to have fun. Try Loungy-Sixties and Busy Bar and try to imagine yourself someplace better, Lem. Cheers, Melissa Melissa R. Jordan Special Projects Manager International Programs Office Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (301) 881-6858, ext. 4567 (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 01:28:40 GMT From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: D.P.C. -- Hyperactive At 19:23 30/10/97 -0500, Beth wrote: >Hi, Slarv; > > >Alas, since I'm a human factors (branch of experimental) psychologist, not >a clinical one, I can't really help you with the washroom fixation. >However, I can work on making your faucets and toilets more ergonomic. :-) > More ergonomic!! Does that mean the toilet will only require a single flush EVERY time? >I can also helpfully point out that you had me laughing out loud with this >one -- it was simple but quite effective! > Quite like me, really. >You getting all these for the web page, >Keith-who-until-recently-was-the-sole-inhabitant? > >Cheers, >Beth > > Thank you for your kind words. Right, now, I seem to have come out of my lavatorial phase and if the following is anything to go by, I'm into some sort of completely illogical phase, so for goodness sake, don't ask me what it means. (I have a feeling that one of these day's someone's going to say to me "Tell me about your childhood" and subsequently lead me to a rubber room.) BTW, I originally followed the lyric on the cover for this one, but then when I played the track and listened at the same time, it didn't match, so I've tweaked it so that now it does, so if you sing along with it, it should all fit. Oh, and consider this to be my personal birthday present to Melissa and Elaine. Many hyperactive returns. Slarv ******************************************** HYPERVENTILATE Oh when I was just fifteen Wandered into a shebeen And emerged much later rolling drunk. (Ha!) And I thought I was so cool But my girlfriend said, "You fool, You're behaving like a stupid punk." But tonight I'm all on edge After eating too much veg 'cause I'm burping up (I'm burping up!) with the fission of the grain and the kudos I could gain and the dirty ribbing on my hood. But my record's in the charts Yes it's shooting up the charts Yeah my record's in the charts Oh my record's in the ...... up there in the charts. Hyperventing when I fall Hyperventing when I call Hyperventing when I bite my tongue. But my record's in the charts Yes it's shooting up the charts Zipping, zipping, zipping, zipping Zipping up the charts. Metaphore, apple core Massages, around my face Sheep, meat, come on eat Listen to that Lamb Chop bleat. The the music on this sheet It isn't any Shakatack I'm not in any Shakatak Shaka.., shaka.., shaka..... I can steal your garden gnome and remove it from your home You won't turn it up. I'm the spit in your spitoon I'm the pervert in the gloom and I'm churned right up. But the one and only way to enjoy this stupid play be a saver at the Bank when I'm riddled with this angst! Hyperventing when I fall Hyperventing when I call Hyperventing when I bite my tongue Hyperventing on my own Hyperventing on the phone Hyperventing and my name is Jung. Hyperventing have a ball Hyperventing climb the wall Hyperventing like a lead lined gong! get off hyperventilate wear socks hyperventilate shun toffs hyperventilate you burp hyperventilate Hyperventing when I fall Hyperventing when I call Hyperventing when I bite my tongue Hyperventing on my own Hyperventing on the phone Hyperventing and my name is Jung. Hyperventing have a ball Hyperventing climb the wall Hyperventing like a lead lined gong! ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 22:40:27 -0800 From: Eclipse Subject: Alloy: D.P.C -- Quantum Mechanic Allright folks, I've read perhaps a little too much science-fiction. This one's rated "LT" for "a Little Twisted"... (actually, this sort of makes more sense than the original...wouldn't take much. ;) ) -- E(lipse ********* To the tune of "Quantum Mechanic": I'm in a panic your eyes are so romantic It's really quiet erotic (but) You're thuroughly robotic I'm in a panic dear sanity: I lack it your smile, I can't hack it your programming I'll crack it - crack it - crack it - c'mere now. (Dance!) toss that screwdriv'r here to me yeah trembling with 'lectricity such perfect rhythm arcs through us again this, this, can't resist - I won't desist I want your circuitry sound beep do not speak - I have to peek how is this happening? this, this, can't resist - I won't desist I want your circuitry sound beep do not speak - I have to peek how is this happening? access programmed space old thoughts replace you think you want me too wires switch in the chips metallic lips craziness grips (me yeah) access programmed space old thoughts replace you think you want me too wires switch in the chips metallic lips craziness grips (me yeah) toss that screwdriv'r here to me yeah trembling with 'lectricity such perfect rhythm arcs through us again I'm in a panic your eyes are so romantic It's really quiet erotic (but) You're thouroughly robotic I'm in a panic your eyes are so romantic It's really quiet erotic (but) You're thouroughly robotic I'm in a panic your eyes are so romantic It's really quiet erotic (but) You're thouroughly robotic.... ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #237 ***************************