From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #186 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Saturday, May 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 186 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: rapture NJC ["mike pritchard" ] Re: njc- bruce springsteen - seeger sessions live webcast ["mike pritchar] Joni on Dylan's radio show ["Paul Castle" ] Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show [Bob Muller ] Re: njc- bruce springsteen - seeger sessions live webcast [Smurf ] Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show -- njc [Smurf ] Coasting NJC ["Marianne Rizzo" ] gallons of Gas, njc ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show [Em ] Re: Rapture (njc) [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: njc rapture [LCStanley7@aol.com] Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: njc rapture [Catherine McKay ] Re: njc rapture ["bluejr@adelphia.net" ] njc, Peace for Mothers Day ["Patti Parlette" ] njc, BC professor quits over Condi ["Patti Parlette" ] RE: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas ["Kate Bennett" ] RE: njc, Peace for Mothers Day ["Richard Flynn" ] Breaking News NJC ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: njc and jc rapture [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Breaking News NJC [Bob Muller ] Joni's BBC concert with James Taylor ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy [Smurf ] Re: Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay ["Randy Remote" Subject: RE: rapture NJC >>I have said too much. I haven't said enough.<< Hey, Vince, you changing your religion? mike in barcelona NP Llibert Fortuny - Revolts ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:38:48 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: njc- bruce springsteen - seeger sessions live webcast >>No wonder these two tracks were relegated to 'bonus track' status.<< and how strange that something dreadful is now described, without irony, as a 'bonus'. mike in bcn NP Llibert Fortuny (same tune - Catalan linguistic joke here, 'ny' in Catalan is like the French nasal 'n') ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:39:15 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Joni on Dylan's radio show Found this playlist for Dylan's forthcoming XM show on 'cars' @ http://snipurl.com/dylan_playlists ~~~~~~~~ Rocket 88  Nelson Riddle Cadillac Ranch  Bruce Springsteen Me and My Chauffeur Blues  Memphis Minnie My Automobile  Parliament Christian Automobile  Dixie Hummingbirds Car on a Hill  Joni Mitchell Pontiac Blues  Sonny Boy Williamson (II) No Money Down  Chuck Berry Little Red Corevette  Prince Too Many Drivers  Smiley Lewsi Chevrolet Car  Sam McGee Get out of the Car  Richard Berry ~~~~~~~~~ Isn't Dylan supposed to have fallen asleep when she first played Court & Spark to him? PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:16:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show That's supposedly the story, Paul. The newest Rolling Stone (with Joni on the cover but no JC) has another one of those Dylan XM playlists with a "Mother" theme. Bob NP: The Cure, "A Thousand Hours" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:27:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: njc- bruce springsteen - seeger sessions live webcast - --- mike wrote: > >>No wonder these two tracks were relegated to > 'bonus track' status.<< > > and how strange that something dreadful is now > described, without irony, as a > 'bonus'. Al least they didn't call it a 'free gift'! - --Smurf Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:33:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show - --- Paul Castle wrote: > Found this playlist for Dylan's forthcoming XM show > on 'cars' @ http://snipurl.com/dylan_playlists > > ~~~~~~~~ << SNIP >> > Car on a Hill  Joni Mitchell << SNIP >> Oh, sure . . . *now* he recognizes Joni. But didn't he fall asleep when she originally played "Court & Spark" for him? Also, regarding my Dylan aversion . . . lately I have been able to listen to him in bits and pieces. - --Smurf . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:37:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show -- njc - --- Paul Castle wrote: > Isn't Dylan supposed to have fallen asleep > when she first played Court & Spark to him? D'oh! Well, I guess I didn't read far enough down in the email to see this, which explains my original response. - --Smurf, still waking up Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 06:41:52 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Coasting NJC >So for the last week I've been doing the coast method...and I think I >might have actually saved some fuel by doing so. wish I could get my life tuned up this way ie. c o a s t i n g Happy Friday lovlies! XO Marinane Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:12:43 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Coasting NJC I saw this little thing on the news the other night about the ways people are saving on their fuel costs. One guy built wings on his VW bug and by doing got almost 1000 miles on one tank of gas. Another guy coasts into red lights..stop signs..etc. So for the last week I've been doing the coast method...and I think I might have actually saved some fuel by doing so. Of course ..I'm sure..it can get annoying for the guy behind you. (I"ve gotten a few beeps here and there..a couple of hand gestures. I'm sure they were just waving ...) But it has slowed me down and takes some real discipline. My usual way is to zoom into stops. Bree PS. Wondering IF Laura would like to try the coast way of driving? _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 08:17:20 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: gallons of Gas, njc >And on another note, I agree with Joni that all that oil is down in the .earth for a reason - what's going to happen when we suck the last drop of .it out? Bob now you've got me wondering. . geologically. . what does happen to mines (holes in the earth) etc.? I assume maybe many fill up with water? What do you think? Marianne just wanting to preserve it all _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 06:08:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Joni on Dylan's radio show yeah but, yeah but, yeah but.....some of the best music is the stuff that "grows" on you as opposed to stuff that delights you the first listen. The great first-impression stuff sometimes leaves a body "bored" very soon. At least thats my experience. They end up being musical "one liners". All Joni's stuff has had to "grow" on me. Have had to give virtually ALL her stuff 3 or 4 listens before I was able to penetrate. Hey, the prize at the core makes it *worth* penetrating! ;) Em ps: hell I'm STILL trying to penetrate DJRD, but its fun pecking away - --- Paul Castle wrote: > Isn't Dylan supposed to have fallen asleep > when she first played Court & Spark to him? > > PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:38:14 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Rapture (njc) Bob wrote: And now all the "end-timers" are worried about the upcoming date of June 6, '06 (666 being the Mark of the Beast/Antichrist). I wonder how many boys born on that day will be named Damien? Hi Bob, My guess is 666 will be called Damien, but only 1 will be forever called "Nero" (spoken with a raspy, Hollywood devil voice). Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:46:10 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: njc rapture Thanks Rev. Vince!!! Nice sermon! Love, Laura Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 18:15:10 -0400 From: vince Subject: njc rapture The rapture is a belief of a small minority of Christendom that is not based on Scripture but drawn from inferences of Scripture (which is an acceptable way to theologize) which pertain to their particular eschatological views. Mainstream Christian thinking (which is not always right) has never accepted the premillenialist views of those who include Rapture in their thinking. Christianity is not matter of agreed opinions. I personally think that the teachings on Rapture by those who espouse it are wholly incorrect. However, that is not a matter of faith or division, at least by that part of Christendom where I stand. The idea that Scriptures are "inerrant" in the fundamentalist use of those words is likewise a small minority view in Christendom. It is a concept that arose in the 1920s. It is not traditional nor accepted Christian teaching. I personally believe that mindset is intellectually bankrupt, let alone theologically corrupt. However, that is not a matter of faith or division, at least by that part of Christendom where I stand. Probably half my family holds that viewpoint and while I personally think they are wholly wrong, Christianity is not a matter of agreement of opinions and it is a matter of division only if one wants it to be. People switch church bodies (and faith traditions) for many reasons. Many are the ways to understand God, or at any rate, that which lies beyond our own existence by whatever we term it, and I thank God as I am given to understand God that there are many ways, not one way. Christianity must confess its own sins. There has been much wrong done in the name of the Church. That is the personal starting point of my own theology. There is no faith tradition, or non faith tradition, that is without sin, that has not done wrong, that has not committed evil, including my own. That may negate faith; it also negates lack of faith. The depth of faith is not that "my way is better than yours" or "my way is the perfect way" or "my way is the complete way" or "my way is the only rational way" whether that belief system is in a faith tradition or that belief system is in the rejection of faith traditions. We are sinful people in a sinful world. That statement alone will upset some, but there is no reflection on human history that I can accept that holds that we are not sinful. Human violence against one another alone negates, to me, any other understanding other than that humans are sinful. That is not judgment. That is not damnation. That is reality. It is a given as I see all things that humans have done. We have been called to a higher way, a better way. Regardless of what belief system we have - one that is theist in that it accepts religion, spirituality, a faith tradition - or one that is a-theist (not a term of judgment, just a description) - we have been called to a better way than what we currently experience of human life. And maybe not our experience, but the experience people of Dafur at this moment at least. I know what I term God through Jesus Christ. I believe in God as expressed through the faith of the Christian Church. That is an affirmation of my belief. It is not a rejection of any other belief. I can affirm my faith without denying the beliefs of others. I am the most evangelical of Christians, as that term is used in the Gospels, and that is not a denial of what others affirm as their belief system. God - or that which lays beyond ourselves - is experienced and known by us all in the ways that are real for us. I will argue - as you well know - when someone says, "this is what Christians believe" and the "this" is a particular interpretation that we are free to differ on. I will never argue that the way that I know God is the only way, or the right way, or the preferred way. I often find more kinship with those who not believe in God/a god because we are almost always looking at the same experiences and regretting what has been done in the name of God. And to quote Queen Elizabeth I - something done too seldom - we do not have windows to peer (pry) into the souls of others. A person who does not accept a faith system in the integrity of their lives is my kin much more than those who espouse a faith or belief system that they would make binding on others. I have said too much. I haven't said enough. (theRev) Vince ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:21:46 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay I don't know if anyone posted about this or not, but I thought it might be of interest...some nice photos included of Joni in her garden with her easel and some of her paintings. Why someone would want to part with this is beyond me??!! _http://cgi.ebay.com/JONI-MITCHELL-Handwritten-Song-List-Display-TRAVELOGUE_W0 QQitemZ7617020611QQcategoryZ104950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting_ (http://cgi.ebay.com/JONI-MITCHELL-Handwritten-Song-List-Display-TRAVELOGUE_W0QQite mZ7617020611QQcategoryZ104950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:24:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: njc rapture All this talk about rapture now. Veddy interesting. I've enjoyed everyone's explanations, Vince's in particular. This kind of belief is so silly that you wonder how anyone who is rational in some respects would buy into it. I suppose it makes life easier in a way, because then you don't have to think too much. It's all laid out for you (except for the bits that don't fit in.) And about 6/6/6 (June 6, 2006.) So what? It's so Christo-centric of people to think this way. Ours is not the only calendar that exists, even if you believe in this stuff. What about the Jewish calendar, or the Chinese, or the Mayan, and you know there may be more... Some people think that every time a new millenium dawns, the world is going to end. I wonder what a rabbi would say about that? Numbers are fascinating. I was quite good at math, but I think you can get really absorbed in numbers sometimes, to the point where it becomes obsessive. To some, the end is always near. I suppose it's as good an excuse as any to put off mowing the lawn or cleaning the floor as any other and it beats the heck out of, "I just don't feel like it." It would be really ironic if, after all these years of thinking about things and trying to figure out life, the universe and all that, that it truly did end up with me being tossed into a pit of fire with some demon poking a fork in me to see whether I was done or not. I would be so disappointed. I hope someone remembers to bring the marshmallows. - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Rev. Vince!!! Nice sermon! > > Love, > Laura > > > Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 18:15:10 -0400 > From: vince > Subject: njc rapture > > The rapture is a belief of a small minority of > Christendom that is not > based on Scripture but drawn from inferences of > Scripture (which is an > acceptable way to theologize) which pertain to > their particular > eschatological views. Mainstream Christian > thinking (which is not > always right) has never accepted the > premillenialist views of those who > include Rapture in their thinking. > > Christianity is not matter of agreed opinions. I > personally think that > the teachings on Rapture by those who espouse it are > wholly incorrect. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:53:36 -0400 From: "bluejr@adelphia.net" Subject: Re: njc rapture Original Message: - ----------------- From: Catherine McKay anima_rising@yahoo.ca Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:24:11 -0400 (EDT) To: LCStanley7@aol.com, joni@smoe.org, revrvl@comcast.net Subject: Re: njc rapture >It would be really ironic if, after all these years of >thinking about things and trying to figure out life, >the universe and all that, that it truly did end up >with me being tossed into a pit of fire with some >demon poking a fork in me to see whether I was done or >not. I would be so disappointed. I hope someone >remembers to bring the marshmallows. We're all in the gutter, but some us are looking at the stars. J/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:50:38 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Peace for Mothers Day Dear Joniamigos: Please, if you have time, look at this wonderful website: http://www.codepinkalert.com/index.php I am sending this link to my sons as a *subtle* hint as to what I would like for Mothers Day, and thought someone here might be interested in it, too. From that website: "You can buy your mom the gift of peace (while donating to CODEPINK) with the purchase of a spot on our "My Mom Wants Peace!" page on the CODEPINK website. We guarantee your mom will love it. This package includes: 1 "My Mom Wants Peace" Dedication Include your mom's name and email address in the 'comments' box during your checkout process and we will send her a note letting her know that she is a "mom who wants peace!" (Sorry, this is for tech-savvy mamas only...) Join us (with your mom, grandmother, children, loved ones) in Washington, D.C. for an historic Mothers Day as we women come together in the spirit of Julia Ward Howe's original Mothers Day Proclamation and say: "Disarm, Disarm!" " - ------------------ Note to Kate Bennett: I *hope* to have time to write you an inspirational post and send you a picture of Cindy leaning on my shoulder (because, as we all know, "you know two heads are better than one" !) before Sunday. "That's a promise that I made." Not that you need any help or inspiration - -- you are going to be awesome, I just know it. You've got the heart for this. (What was that mothersheart website that showed all the crosses on the beach in SB???) How I wish I could physically be there! Whining now: I wanna go to DC *and* SB for Mothers Day! Love, in a hurry, racing away.... Patti P., the cheese who stands alone (I still can't get over that. Unf#$%ingbelievable.) P.S. I just purchased 10 "Pro-Soldier, Pro-Peace" buttons and an "Out of Iraq" magnet at the codepink site. Not usually a material girl, but I couldn't resist. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:31:58 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, BC professor quits over Condi Hello again! My son just sent me this story (pasted below) from today's Boston Globe. Isn't it awesome? A professor after our own hearts! Looks like we have a new passenger, or even better yet, a new co-pilot/engineer for Cindy's peace train. Everyone up! Love, Patti P., really spouting off today - ------------------------- Condoleezza Rice at Boston College? I quit By Steve Almond | May 12, 2006 An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College. DEAR Father Leahy, I am writing to resign my post as an adjunct professor of English at Boston College. I am doing so -- after five years at BC, and with tremendous regret -- as a direct result of your decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the commencement speaker at this year's graduation. Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university and the Catholic and Jesuit traditions from which those values derive. But I am not writing this letter simply because of an objection to the war against Iraq. My concern is more fundamental. Simply put, Rice is a liar. She has lied to the American people knowingly, repeatedly, often extravagantly over the past five years, in an effort to justify a pathologically misguided foreign policy. The public record of her deceits is extensive. During the ramp-up to the Iraq war, she made 29 false or misleading public statements concerning Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and links to Al Qaeda, according to a congressional investigation by the House Committee on Government Reform. To cite one example: In an effort to build the case for war, then-National Security Adviser Rice repeatedly asserted that Iraq was pursuing a nuclear weapon, and specifically seeking uranium in Africa. In July of 2003, after these claims were disproved, Rice said: ''Now if there were doubts about the underlying intelligence . . . those doubts were not communicated to the president, the vice president, or to me." Rice's own deputy, Stephen Hadley, later admitted that the CIA had sent her a memo eight months earlier warning against the use of this claim. In the three years since the war began, Rice has continued to misrepresent or simply ignore the truth about our deadly adventure in Iraq. Like the president whom she serves so faithfully, she refuses to recognize her errors or the tragic consequences of those errors to the young soldiers and civilians dying in Iraq. She is a diplomat whose central allegiance is not to the democratic cause of this nation, but absolute power. This is the woman to whom you will be bestowing an honorary degree, along with the privilege of addressing the graduating class of 2006. It is this last notion I find most reprehensible: that Boston College would entrust to Rice the role of moral exemplar. To be clear: I am not questioning her intellectual gifts or academic accomplishments. Nor her potentially inspiring role as a powerful woman of color. But these are not the factors by which a commencement speaker should be judged. It is the content of one's character that matters here -- the reverence for truth and knowledge that Boston College purports to champion. Rice does not personify these values; she repudiates them. Whatever inspiring rhetoric she might present to the graduating class, her actions as a citizen and politician tell a different story. Honestly, Father Leahy, what lessons do you expect her to impart to impressionable seniors? That hard work in the corporate sector might gain them a spot on the board of Chevron? That they, too, might someday have an oil tanker named after them? That it is acceptable to lie to the American people for political gain? Given the widespread objection to inviting Rice, I would like to think you will rescind the offer. But that is clearly not going to happen. Like the administration in Washington, you appear too proud to admit to your mistake. Instead, you will mouth a bunch of platitudes, all of which boil down to: You don't want to lose face. In this sense, you leave me no choice. I cannot, in good conscience, exhort my students to pursue truth and knowledge, then collect a paycheck from an institution that displays such flagrant disregard for both. I would like to apologize to my students and prospective students. I would also urge them to investigate the words and actions of Rice, and to exercise their own First Amendment rights at her speech. Steve Almond is the author of the story collections ''The Evil B. B. Chow" and ''My Life in Heavy Metal." [] ) Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:10:39 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi Unfortunately, they probably don't care about the resignation of an adjunct professor. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Patti Parlette Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:32 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: njc, BC professor quits over Condi Hello again! My son just sent me this story (pasted below) from today's Boston Globe. Isn't it awesome? A professor after our own hearts! Looks like we have a new passenger, or even better yet, a new co-pilot/engineer for Cindy's peace train. Everyone up! Love, Patti P., really spouting off today - ------------------------- Condoleezza Rice at Boston College? I quit By Steve Almond | May 12, 2006 An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College. DEAR Father Leahy, I am writing to resign my post as an adjunct professor of English at Boston College. I am doing so -- after five years at BC, and with tremendous regret -- as a direct result of your decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the commencement speaker at this year's graduation. Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university and the Catholic and Jesuit traditions from which those values derive. But I am not writing this letter simply because of an objection to the war against Iraq. My concern is more fundamental. Simply put, Rice is a liar. She has lied to the American people knowingly, repeatedly, often extravagantly over the past five years, in an effort to justify a pathologically misguided foreign policy. The public record of her deceits is extensive. During the ramp-up to the Iraq war, she made 29 false or misleading public statements concerning Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and links to Al Qaeda, according to a congressional investigation by the House Committee on Government Reform. To cite one example: In an effort to build the case for war, then-National Security Adviser Rice repeatedly asserted that Iraq was pursuing a nuclear weapon, and specifically seeking uranium in Africa. In July of 2003, after these claims were disproved, Rice said: ''Now if there were doubts about the underlying intelligence . . . those doubts were not communicated to the president, the vice president, or to me." Rice's own deputy, Stephen Hadley, later admitted that the CIA had sent her a memo eight months earlier warning against the use of this claim. In the three years since the war began, Rice has continued to misrepresent or simply ignore the truth about our deadly adventure in Iraq. Like the president whom she serves so faithfully, she refuses to recognize her errors or the tragic consequences of those errors to the young soldiers and civilians dying in Iraq. She is a diplomat whose central allegiance is not to the democratic cause of this nation, but absolute power. This is the woman to whom you will be bestowing an honorary degree, along with the privilege of addressing the graduating class of 2006. It is this last notion I find most reprehensible: that Boston College would entrust to Rice the role of moral exemplar. To be clear: I am not questioning her intellectual gifts or academic accomplishments. Nor her potentially inspiring role as a powerful woman of color. But these are not the factors by which a commencement speaker should be judged. It is the content of one's character that matters here -- the reverence for truth and knowledge that Boston College purports to champion. Rice does not personify these values; she repudiates them. Whatever inspiring rhetoric she might present to the graduating class, her actions as a citizen and politician tell a different story. Honestly, Father Leahy, what lessons do you expect her to impart to impressionable seniors? That hard work in the corporate sector might gain them a spot on the board of Chevron? That they, too, might someday have an oil tanker named after them? That it is acceptable to lie to the American people for political gain? Given the widespread objection to inviting Rice, I would like to think you will rescind the offer. But that is clearly not going to happen. Like the administration in Washington, you appear too proud to admit to your mistake. Instead, you will mouth a bunch of platitudes, all of which boil down to: You don't want to lose face. In this sense, you leave me no choice. I cannot, in good conscience, exhort my students to pursue truth and knowledge, then collect a paycheck from an institution that displays such flagrant disregard for both. I would like to apologize to my students and prospective students. I would also urge them to investigate the words and actions of Rice, and to exercise their own First Amendment rights at her speech. Steve Almond is the author of the story collections ''The Evil B. B. Chow" and ''My Life in Heavy Metal." [] ) Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:03:06 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi >Unfortunately, they probably don't care about the resignation of an adjunct >professor. > Richard, I said Richard, let me pour a little sparkling water into your glass, dear! See how full it is now? NPIMH: "I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back As she disappeared, but soon she returned In her hand was a bottle of wine, in the other, a glass She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass And raised it to her lips And just before she drank it, she said: Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl" (OMG! I've had a 30 year Mondegreen going on that song. I just googled the lyrics and saw the world "pearl" and figured that link was wrong, so I went to the next, and saw the same "pearl" again. Wow. I always thought it was "girl"!) (Oops! Went off on a tangent there...sorry!) In any case of you, Richard, this professor -- adjunct or not -- is shining another spotlight on this administration, and it ain't an empty spotlight. Oh, no. It is full of creepy crawly evil things that go bump in the night and tell us lies and kill our sons, and we need to scare them off with the light of truth. All together now: "And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?....." Love, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:19:08 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi OK-the glass is only a quarter empty now. Richard (old and in the way tenured full professor) NP: Neil Young "Let's Impeach the President" - -----Original Message----- From: Patti Parlette [mailto:loveuconn@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:03 PM To: rflynn@frontiernet.net; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi > >Unfortunately, they probably don't care about the resignation of an adjunct >professor. > Richard, I said Richard, let me pour a little sparkling water into your glass, dear! See how full it is now? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:44:58 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas >the 6,000 years story also gained in popularity by the writing of a man named harold hill, who wrote some christian books a while ago< Wellllll ya got trouble my friend... right here in river city.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:06:54 -0400 From: "bluejr@adelphia.net" Subject: Re: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas I didn't know we had any Music Man fans here! J/ Original Message: - ----------------- From: Kate Bennett kate@katebennett.com Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:44:58 -0700 To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas >the 6,000 years story also gained in popularity by the writing of a man named harold hill, who wrote some christian books a while ago< Wellllll ya got trouble my friend... right here in river city.... - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:42:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy - --- Patti Parlette wrote: > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > and take that pearl > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > and take that pearl" > > (OMG! I've had a 30 year Mondegreen going on that > song. I just googled the > lyrics and saw the world "pearl" and figured that > link was wrong, so I went > to the next, and saw the same "pearl" again. > > Wow. I always thought it was "girl"!) > You're not the only one. I always thought it was, "Spill the wine - dig that girl!" Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:44:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas - --- Kate Bennett wrote: > >the 6,000 years story also gained in popularity by > the writing of a man > named harold hill, who wrote some christian books a > while ago< > > Wellllll ya got trouble my friend... right here in > river city.... > The same words ran through my head seeing that name. And that starts with T And that rhymes with C and that stands for Christian! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:37:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy I always thought it was "get that girl". Now I have to ponder what "take that pearl" means...is it a sexual reference? a drug reference? like "plant that bell and let it ring"??? hmmmmmm.. Em - --- Catherine McKay wrote: > --- Patti Parlette wrote: > > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > > and take that pearl > > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > > and take that pearl" > > > > (OMG! I've had a 30 year Mondegreen going on that > > song. I just googled the > > lyrics and saw the world "pearl" and figured that > > link was wrong, so I went > > to the next, and saw the same "pearl" again. > > > > Wow. I always thought it was "girl"!) > > > > You're not the only one. I always thought it was, > "Spill the wine - dig that girl!" > > > Catherine > Toronto > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:56:04 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas I grew up loving that movie then my son was HH for his sixth grade play... he loved rap so it was like learning a couple of rap songs for him! - -----Original Message----- From: bluejr@adelphia.net [mailto:bluejr@adelphia.net] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:07 PM To: kate@katebennett.com; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: (NJC) Bring On The $6 Gallon Of Gas I didn't know we had any Music Man fans here! J/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:08:22 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: njc, Peace for Mothers Day Thanks for your sweet thoughts patti... Oh my I would love to see that photo of you with cindy! The woman who is organizing the motherheart celebration here is named patti also!!!!!!!!! I want to go to DC too... where's my magic carpet???? LOL the chesse stands alone! My son was here this week & came into my office as I was reading your mg & I told him the story of you & your son & how you saved his life & now were celebrating his graduation & how you clapped alone at the graduation ceremony & I told him about cindy Sheehan etc etc... here is that photo of the beach again http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm Here is the story when cindy visited in 2004 & her daughter left that poem http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Crosses_are_poignant_051004.htm >Note to Kate Bennett: I *hope* to have time to write you an inspirational post and send you a picture of Cindy leaning on my shoulder (because, as we all know, "you know two heads are better than one" !) before Sunday. "That's a promise that I made." Not that you need any help or inspiration - -- you are going to be awesome, I just know it. You've got the heart for this. (What was that mothersheart website that showed all the crosses on the beach in SB???) How I wish I could physically be there! Whining now: I wanna go to DC *and* SB for Mothers Day! Love, in a hurry, racing away.... Patti P., the cheese who stands alone (I still can't get over that. Unf#$%ingbelievable.) P.S. I just purchased 10 "Pro-Soldier, Pro-Peace" buttons and an "Out of Iraq" magnet at the codepink site. Not usually a material girl, but I couldn't resist.< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:41:39 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: njc, Peace for Mothers Day Kate, that brings back good memories of visiting you in Santa Barbara. That very moving installation was there and my friend Aldon and I went down to it. Pictures don't do it justice. Richard - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Kate Bennett Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 6:08 PM To: 'Patti Parlette'; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: njc, Peace for Mothers Day Thanks for your sweet thoughts patti... Oh my I would love to see that photo of you with cindy! The woman who is organizing the motherheart celebration here is named patti also!!!!!!!!! I want to go to DC too... where's my magic carpet???? LOL the chesse stands alone! My son was here this week & came into my office as I was reading your mg & I told him the story of you & your son & how you saved his life & now were celebrating his graduation & how you clapped alone at the graduation ceremony & I told him about cindy Sheehan etc etc... here is that photo of the beach again http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm Here is the story when cindy visited in 2004 & her daughter left that poem http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Crosses_are_poignant_051004.htm >Note to Kate Bennett: I *hope* to have time to write you an inspirational post and send you a picture of Cindy leaning on my shoulder (because, as we all know, "you know two heads are better than one" !) before Sunday. "That's a promise that I made." Not that you need any help or inspiration - -- you are going to be awesome, I just know it. You've got the heart for this. (What was that mothersheart website that showed all the crosses on the beach in SB???) How I wish I could physically be there! Whining now: I wanna go to DC *and* SB for Mothers Day! Love, in a hurry, racing away.... Patti P., the cheese who stands alone (I still can't get over that. Unf#$%ingbelievable.) P.S. I just purchased 10 "Pro-Soldier, Pro-Peace" buttons and an "Out of Iraq" magnet at the codepink site. Not usually a material girl, but I couldn't resist.< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:46:43 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Breaking News NJC So far this is only on truthout: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051206Y.shtml But it looks Like Rove is going to be indicted in the CIA leak case and it going to have to resign. NP: Neil Young "Living With War" for the third time today. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:18:13 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: njc and jc rapture Catherine wrote: I think you can get really absorbed in numbers sometimes, to the point where it becomes obsessive. Because 7, 8, 9, and 10, doesn't the story go that 11 obsesses in fear of also being absorbed somehow by 7? Or does the fear go beyond 11 because of the kind of luck 13 has? Or do we have to obsess until 666 rolls around in June to watch the final episode and find out? June is pretty late in the season even if 1979 can last for 2 years in TV time. But who's on first season and what's on second season really doesn't matter anyway to schizoaffectives even if they do tend to hear obsessive voices from the producers. All that really matters anyway is that Joni numbers are pure rapture. I mean who else could kick their dead beat man with D75255, or question about flying with Ab127543? Who else could see through the silky veils of ardor with the cathartic C93525? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Breaking News NJC Awesome. See ya later Turd Blossom. Bob NPIMH: "Another One Bites The Dust" - --- Richard Flynn wrote: > But it looks Like Rove is going to be indicted > in the CIA leak case and it > going to have to resign. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:34:08 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Joni's BBC concert with James Taylor Steve Lytle said in part, >I have heard bits and pieces of the live BBC concert originally broadcast in 1970 I think. I wonder if anyone has this recording or knows where I can buy it?> Steve, it's not for sale. It's available at no charge from the collector community because it's not a catalog release. That is, by sharing it, we don't take any money out of Joni's pocket. Believe me, sharing this recording causes hunger to buy more of Joni's catalog. The version most often shared on the JMDL is a pristine "remastered" version by Simon Montgomery. If you send a blank CD and return postage, I'll put the show on it, with a track list for your jewel box, and fire it back. You might want to send 3 CDs in total so I can put some recent interviews on the others for you. Write to me off-list for details. This offer is open to everyone, of course. All you have to do is promise not to sell it. Jim L'Hommedieu Dayton, OH, US ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:07:47 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Breaking News NJC It really is interesting to watch this Web of Evil unravel of its own accord. Isn't it? Lori ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:04:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy OMG, Catherine, we are SO much alike! I just googled "spill the wine dig that girl" and it offers up misheard lyrics pages. And Patti, dearest, being from liberal Boston and working in the People's Republic of Cambridge, the other day I just HAD to ask a BC alumnus coworker whose father is part of the administration at BC what the hell they could possibly be thinking. She was as dumbfounded as I and said BC is getting a lot of heat about Condi's upcoming appearance. If anything, I think her being at BC is going to really draw attention to how little people in this neck of the woods think of her and her bosses. - --Smurf - --- Catherine McKay wrote: > --- Patti Parlette wrote: > > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > > and take that pearl > > Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine > > and take that pearl" > > > > (OMG! I've had a 30 year Mondegreen going on that > > song. I just googled the > > lyrics and saw the world "pearl" and figured that > > link was wrong, so I went > > to the next, and saw the same "pearl" again. > > > > Wow. I always thought it was "girl"!) > > > > You're not the only one. I always thought it was, > "Spill the wine - dig that girl!" > > > Catherine > Toronto > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:07:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy - --- Em asked: > a drug reference? like "plant that bell > and let it ring"??? > *I* always thought it was "pant like hell and get some bling." XO, - --Smurf Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 22:08:21 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Breaking News NJC Don't toy with me, truthout... Oh my god, PLEASE let this be true. At 06:46 PM 5/12/2006, you wrote: >So far this is only on truthout: > >http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051206Y.shtml > >But it looks Like Rove is going to be indicted in the CIA leak case and it >going to have to resign. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:11:41 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay No takers at $2000 ? She totally looks like a babe in that picture. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay >I don't know if anyone posted about this or not, but I thought it might be > of interest...some nice photos included of Joni in her garden with her > easel > and some of her paintings. Why someone would want to part with this is > beyond > me??!! > _http://cgi.ebay.com/JONI-MITCHELL-Handwritten-Song-List-Display-TRAVELOGUE_W0 > QQitemZ7617020611QQcategoryZ104950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting_ > (http://cgi.ebay.com/JONI-MITCHELL-Handwritten-Song-List-Display-TRAVELOGUE_W0QQite > mZ7617020611QQcategoryZ104950QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 22:43:04 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Interesting Travelogue item on Ebay I have 2 questions thus far, I wonder what she is painting? Who is the source of this stuff turning up on Ebay, do you think it is Robbie Cavolina? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 05:49:24 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: RE: njc, BC professor quits over Condi now Mondy Sweet! I just got home from my friends' gig and there are so many jmdler's names in my in-box! Life doesn't get any better than this. I'm feeling chatty ce soir. It's Friday. Yay!!! Will you take me as I am? First, my friends' gig. It was in a cozy little funky place, and I was an hour late ("...was very late when I walked in.. ") I tried to sneak in un7con7spic7u7ous7ly (had to check the spelling, lol!) but no luck. Merde! Judy said, into the microphone: "Oh, good! Patti just got here. Just in time for our political song. Patti loves political songs. And Patti also loves JONEEEEE MITCHELL!" So much for inconspicuous! But hey, Willimantic CT heard about "Joni Mitchell!" tonight. All is well. Second: Neil Young's new CD. Wow wow wow. It was an early Mothers Day present I found on my kitchen counter when I stopped home for 5 minutes to feed the dogs ....I only had a few minutes to hear "Impeach the President" on my way to the show tonight, but I have high hopes this will be a new anthem (as I pour another few ounces of sparkling water into Richard's glass...don't smash it down, Richard -- it's not empty!) Okay, my talking as it rambled..... Smurf wrote: > >And Patti, dearest, being from liberal Boston and >working in the People's Republic of Cambridge, the >other day I just HAD to ask a BC alumnus coworker >whose father is part of the administration at BC what >the hell they could possibly be thinking. She was as >dumbfounded as I and said BC is getting a lot of heat >about Condi's upcoming appearance. If anything, I >think her being at BC is going to really draw >attention to how little people in this neck of the >woods think of her and her bosses. Yeah, what's up with BC? I think you know me well enough to know that I don't usually think or post negatively, and I certainly don't mean to upset or diss any BC people, but I do not have a very good impression of BC these days. 1. on the sports front, their bolting from the Big East conference was, imo, crummy 2. on the personal and academic front: a. My Michael from Mountains applied to their graduate school. He never even got one of their postcards or emails saying: "We received your application...." That is standard practice for any college or university. b. He did get a call from them to set up an interview, though. He made the hour and a half drive up to Boston (while suffering the after-effects of food poisoning from -- get this Lori -- eating a Wal-Mart rotisserie chicken!) and the lady was not there! A total waste of three hours time, gas, traffic, parking, bathroom stops, etc. And no apology from BC about the no-show. Bad manners. c. After making his decision between UMass and UConn (Go Huskies!), he got a too-late call on his cellphone from BC that he was accepted. Too little, too late. 3. on the political front: Condi? I'll be interested to see what happens with this. I love what that professor did. Finally, back to notre Smurf again: "OMG, Catherine, we are SO much alike! I just googled "spill the wine dig that girl" and it offers up misheard lyrics pages. " Yes. I heard the same all these 36 years! Great minds hear alike, je suppose. Okay, this mama's heart is glad to see that Boston Jim-Bob and Mary-Catherine are getting along tonight and not fighting. Good night, Jim-Bob. Good night, Mary-Catherine. (We cherish you.) Good night, my Marianne et ton fromage, Brie. Good night, everyone. (All the house lights turned up bright suddenly go out, one by one, like the end of the Walton's.) Pleasant dreamland, Joni family. Love, Patti P. P.S. Kate....I'll write tomorrow, about you and SB and Mothers Day. xo! ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #186 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------