From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2008 #213 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 Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, September 15 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 213 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: campaign and roll up our sleeves, njc [Vince ] Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc ["T Peckham" ] Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc ["T Peckham" ] Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc ["T Peckham" ] Re: campaign and roll up our sleeves, njc ["T Peckham" ] Hurricane Ike [Michael Paz ] maybe I'll go to Amsterdam, maybe I'll go to Rome... [Dave Blackburn ] Hurricane Drinks (NJC) [Michael Paz ] Hanne Boel how do you stop [missblux@googlemail.com] RE: Song in your head? ["Happy The Man" ] RE: Hurricane Ike ["Happy The Man" ] the p word njc ["Kate Bennett" ] NJC now climate ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] in case you missed it last night NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] sjc, "Pissed about Palin" -- She's the anti-Joni! [Patti Parlette ] 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die [Patti Parlette Subject: Re: campaign and roll up our sleeves, njc On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > Hi all, > > Can someone tell me which states are (do they call them swing states?) the > most uncertain of the outcome of the presidential election (do they call > them > swing states?)? > > like > Ohio > Florida > Virginia? > > What else? > > Michigan Minnesota Iowa New Mexico Washington Oregon Montana (by some estimates) New Jersey was thought to be but seems to have solidifed New Hampshire Pennsylvania Vince ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:07:44 -0500 From: "T Peckham" Subject: Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc There's no reasoning with or legislating against these sorts of people, so I have a modest proposal: I'd like to organize a citizen's corps for a different kind of aerial hunt. I say we martial a fleet (a gaggle? a battalion?) of cropdusters and helicopters and load them up with nets. Biiiiiiiggggg nets. Nets pre-stuffed with dung, any kind, preferably fresh. We track these asshats while they're tracking wildlife, and before they can kill anything, *we* trap *them*. We'll need people on the ground with trucks, old schoolbuses, and vans to round 'em up and transport them to their ultimate destination: a huge pit in the middle of the desert. There, to paraphrase (steal from) the late, great George Carlin, we provide them with all the beer, booze, and PCP they can ingest and let 'em fight it out with each other till there's none of 'em left. It'd be a start . . . I hope that made you laugh, because now I'm gonna make you cry. This song should be the official theme of all the wildlife and environmental protection groups--and of all who'd like to stop this horror. I can find only a couple of videos at youtube--one has a heartbreaking photo montage, but not very good sound, so here's the official (sound-only) clip of the song at the artist's MySpace page. Some of you, no doubt, are already familiar with Bruce Cockburn, another Canadian genius. http://www.myspace.com/officialbrucecockburn WARNING! If you're anything like me, this will reduce you to tears, even without the visuals. Perhaps one of the talented people here (Mark in Sydney??) could put together a video . . . Terra On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: > --- On Sat, 9/13/08, Kate Bennett wrote: > > > Right you are Laura & Catherine, for one to claim they > > are pro life, this > > should extend to all beings four legged or two legged, > > guilty or innocent. > > The proposed bounty on a foreleg of a wolf is really what > > really set me over > > the edge about Palin forever more. It is neanderthal. > > It is very barbaric. It's like cutting off the heads of your enemies and > setting them on a pike. There is something very insulting about that and > shows great disrespect for these beautiful creatures. It just makes me > cringe. > > > > As a side note, friends who have a place in Montana tell me > > how they have > > hunters trespassing on their land all the time. Apparently > > there is some > > sort of high tech device that allows hunters to track their > > prey from the > > comfort of their home & when they find it, they just > > jump in their truck, > > drive however many miles to the spot & make the kill. > > Kate > > I've heard about that. It's infrared or sonar or some combination. That is > also barbaric. It's one thing to hunt if you need to, for food. But tracking > these creatures down like that just for so-called sport is just awful. Isn't > it typical of our technological age and spoiled-brat, gimme-gimme, > I'm-in-a-hurry mentality that someone would come up with something like > this, so the "hunters" can go out, find their prey and have fun killing it > and still be home in time for dinner. > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:10:01 -0500 From: "T Peckham" Subject: Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc SORRY! The name of the song is "Beautiful Creatures". NJC On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:07 AM, T Peckham wrote: > There's no reasoning with or legislating against these sorts of people, > so I have a modest proposal: I'd like to organize a citizen's corps for a > different kind of aerial hunt. I say we martial a fleet (a gaggle? a > battalion?) of cropdusters and helicopters and load them up with nets. > Biiiiiiiggggg nets. Nets pre-stuffed with dung, any kind, preferably fresh. > We track these asshats while they're tracking wildlife, and before they can > kill anything, *we* trap *them*. We'll need people on the ground with > trucks, old schoolbuses, and vans to round 'em up and transport them to > their ultimate destination: a huge pit in the middle of the desert. There, > to paraphrase (steal from) the late, great George Carlin, we provide them > with all the beer, booze, and PCP they can ingest and let 'em fight it out > with each other till there's none of 'em left. It'd be a start . . . > > I hope that made you laugh, because now I'm gonna make you cry. This song > should be the official theme of all the wildlife and environmental > protection groups--and of all who'd like to stop this horror. I can find > only a couple of videos at youtube--one has a heartbreaking photo montage, > but not very good sound, so here's the official (sound-only) clip of the > song at the artist's MySpace page. Some of you, no doubt, are already > familiar with Bruce Cockburn, another Canadian genius. > > http://www.myspace.com/officialbrucecockburn > > WARNING! If you're anything like me, this will reduce you to tears, even > without the visuals. Perhaps one of the talented people here (Mark in > Sydney??) could put together a video . . . Terra > > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: > >> --- On Sat, 9/13/08, Kate Bennett wrote: >> >> > Right you are Laura & Catherine, for one to claim they >> > are pro life, this >> > should extend to all beings four legged or two legged, >> > guilty or innocent. >> > The proposed bounty on a foreleg of a wolf is really what >> > really set me over >> > the edge about Palin forever more. It is neanderthal. >> >> It is very barbaric. It's like cutting off the heads of your enemies and >> setting them on a pike. There is something very insulting about that and >> shows great disrespect for these beautiful creatures. It just makes me >> cringe. >> >> >> > As a side note, friends who have a place in Montana tell me >> > how they have >> > hunters trespassing on their land all the time. Apparently >> > there is some >> > sort of high tech device that allows hunters to track their >> > prey from the >> > comfort of their home & when they find it, they just >> > jump in their truck, >> > drive however many miles to the spot & make the kill. >> > Kate >> >> I've heard about that. It's infrared or sonar or some combination. That is >> also barbaric. It's one thing to hunt if you need to, for food. But tracking >> these creatures down like that just for so-called sport is just awful. Isn't >> it typical of our technological age and spoiled-brat, gimme-gimme, >> I'm-in-a-hurry mentality that someone would come up with something like >> this, so the "hunters" can go out, find their prey and have fun killing it >> and still be home in time for dinner. >> > > > > -- > Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my > sweet ass. > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:28:10 -0500 From: "T Peckham" Subject: Re: Defenders of Wildlife, njc Hi Marianne, I appreciate all you've said, but on this point: Nope, nowhere near good enough. If we allow her to fade away and hightail it back to Alaska, she's going to continue to do more of the same (including doing the bidding of corporate oil). Unless the so-called majority of Alaskan voters--who supposedly disapprove of the aerial hunting policies--get it together and throw her out of office (and for that I ain't holding my breath), we need a Plan B. Personally, I'd like to know where the hell Al Gore is on this issue. He had a lot of supporters trying to draft him to run for prez again---seems like he could mobilize a lot of activists against Palin/McCain. Terra On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > regarding Palin, > > That is a very good point. > > "May she disappear back into the wilds ofAlaska & fade far far away from > our > national view. " > > May she disappear back into the wilds ofAlaska & fade far far away from our > national view. > May she disappear back into the wilds ofAlaska & fade far far away from our > national view. > > > perhaps if we say this and ask the great spirit altogether and often > we can move this > > > > let us do it > > > > > I, for starters, am going to send this satement to my friends. > > > > > Marianne > > > > > From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Defenders of > Wildlife, > njc Right you are Laura & Catherine, for one to claim they are pro life, > thisshould extend to all beings four legged or two legged, guilty or > innocent.The proposed bounty on a foreleg of a wolf is really what really > set > me overthe edge about Palin forever more. It is neanderthal. We all have > ourbuttons- that is one of mine. May she disappear back into the wilds > ofAlaska & fade far far away from our national view. > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > Live. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:04:05 -0500 From: "T Peckham" Subject: Re: campaign and roll up our sleeves, njc Great question! I saw a good, non-partisan website a few days ago with all the pertinent info, but now I can't find it again. I would suggest going to Obama's website--they're extremely web- and activist-savvy and likely have all the stuff you could want. You might also check out www.democraticunderground.com, where they have individual state sections in addition to current news and activist boards; if you have the ability to search thru a lotta crap for the gems, you can always brave www.dailykos.com, whose primary purpose is to elect Dems; and check out www.moveon.org, who specialize in organizing local actions--you can sign up for email alerts. That's just scratching the surface, of course, but these are some of the bigger established communities online. Terra, whose state, Wisconsin, to my shock is not yet a 100% lock for Obama. (Hard for me to accept, given that I live in the highest voting liberal left district in the state . . . ) :--( On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Vince wrote: > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Marianne Rizzo >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Can someone tell me which states are (do they call them swing states?) > the > > most uncertain of the outcome of the presidential election (do they call > > them > > swing states?)? > > > > like > > Ohio > > Florida > > Virginia? > > > > What else? > > > > > Michigan > Minnesota > Iowa > New Mexico > Washington > Oregon > Montana (by some estimates) > New Jersey was thought to be but seems to have solidifed > New Hampshire > Pennsylvania > > Vince > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:24:34 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in The Genius Sidebar NJC now climate Chatty Cathy wrote: > The other thing about Florida... too many old people, including retired > Canadians who like to brag about how warm it is when it's freezing cold up here > in winter. That's a good thing!!!! I'm always younger than most of the people here. You are right about the Canadians though. Almost 20% of my subdivision is made up of Canadians during the winter, with another 30% from NY, MI, & OH. Jimmy ************** Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:01 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Worst song If it's any comfort to you, Bene, I feel the same way about Abba and Michael Jackson. As for Joni covers there are only very few I like, in most cases I prefer the original. (One I do like is Hanne Boel's cover of How do you stop). Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr missblux@googlemail.com Skickat: den 13 september 2008 15:53 Till: Mark Angelo; Anita Tedder; Joni LIST Dmne: Re: Worst song Hi, I was about to write "there are many wonderful versions of BSN out there".... but its not true! TO me there is the one on BSN and a few others (including Dave and Robin's!), and a whole load of terrible terrible versions.... As for Abba, I guess I can't explain what it is. There is a lot of 'happy' pop-music that doesn't have that effect on me, but Abba and Michael Jackson just get on my nerves. I won't get into the gory details of how perfidiouslyI dislike them, since so many people love them! Have a nice weekend... Bene ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:36:29 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Hurricane Ike This is a shout out to all our Texas brothers, sisters and tushes. Hope you guys are all well and that you have power and are nnot wet or too wind blown. That was an incredible storm. I think alot of people did not take this too seriously and will not make the same mistake again. My thoughts and prayers are with you guys. Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:50:19 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: maybe I'll go to Amsterdam, maybe I'll go to Rome... Aye, there's the rub.... the tentacles of the US and the policies of its administrations affect the whole globe. The housing market collapse for example is all tied to US banking, so it's hitting the rest of the world just the same. Most American liberals fantasize about escaping to some more progressive country about every four years (Denmark my first choice) only to find that THEIR governments are becoming conservative, and the social(ist/ized) systems originally so fair minded and compassionate are running aground because of waves of new immigrants from the world's disaster zones overloading those systems. If Barack wins (and he'd better!) the capitalist octopus won't change that much; hopefully we won't rush in to war so blindly and the level of oratory will be about a million grades above what we've had for 8 years but the fact of globalization is a done deal, at least until the oil runs out and we all have to learn how to ride horses and grow food again. The JMDL for its part will rely on a massive fleet of carrier pigeons carrying daily posts. Dave On Sep 14, 2008, at 12:00 AM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:22:45 -0400 > From: anon anon > Subject: maybe I'll go to Amsterdam, maybe I'll go to Rome... > > Just trying to figure out, as I did in 2000, where I should move > to if > Mccain should win... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:12:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Song in your head? Do you currently have a song stuck in your head? I woke up with Ladies Man, for whatever reason, in my head. That isn't too odd for me. I often wake up with songs in my head (I wake up to the sound of music)...the lyrics just going round and round my brain. I even wake up with songs that I don't consciously know all the lyrics to but there they are in my head upon waking. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:54:36 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Hurricane Drinks (NJC) Here is a list of Hurricane Drinks someone sent to me. Pretty clever stuff. Best Paz MANDATORY EVACUATION 1 1/2 oz. Absolut Ruby Red vodka 1/2 oz. vermouth Clamato Prune juice Combine vodka and vermouth in cocktail glass. Fill remainder of glass with equal parts clamato and prune juice. Stir. Drink. Ask next-door neighbor whose ficus tree blew over and crashed onto your roof-- even though you'd warned him for months to uproot it--if you can use his bathroom. Repeat. CATEGORY 5 1/2 oz. vodka 1/2 oz. tequila 1/2 oz. rum 1/2 oz. bourbon 1/2 oz. gin Sweet-and-sour mix Splash of fruit juice Combine vodka, tequila, rum, bourbon and gin in a tall glass. Fill remainder of glass with sweet-and-sour mix and splash of juice. Stir, then garnish with an inverted drink umbrella. Drink during peak storm hours, and vow not to believe anyone who tries to tell you the hurricane that flooded your garage and destroyed your shed was just a Category 1. CONE OF PROBABILITY 1 oz. cinnamon schnapps 1 sugar cone Pour the schnapps into the sugar cone. Every time you hear a TV weatherman say, "cone of probability," bite off the end of the cone and down the shot. If you hear Weather Channel StormTracker Jim Cantore say it, drink two shots consecutively. (they should change this to the "Cantore Zone"... damn him.) Have you ever noticed that, despite all the cone of probability talk, if Cantore is parked in front of your house your ass is toast?) FEEDER BAND 2 oz. Midori 2 oz. rum 1 scoop vanilla ice cream After your home loses power, combine Midori and rum in a cocktail glass. Add a scoop of the vanilla ice cream that is melting in your freezer. Stir, and drink through a straw. BEACH EROSION 1 1/2 oz. Goldschldger 1 1/2 oz. apple brandy 1 pack Sugar in the Raw Combine Goldschldger, apple brandy and sugar in cocktail glass. As you drink, seriously contemplate moving your Yankee ass back to New Jersey where it belongs. DOWNED POWER LINE 1 1/2 oz. rum 5 oz. Jolt Cola Combine ingredients in a cocktail glass. Drink while trying to figure out how the heck you're supposed to go two freakin' weeks without television and AC. FLOOD ZONE 2 oz. Kahlza 2 oz. Baileys Irish Cream 4 oz. rum Serve in a 6-ounce glass and laugh-cry deliriously as the mess spills all over the countertop. COLD SHOWER 2 oz. Blue Aftershock 4 oz. Sprite Combine in a cocktail glass with crushed ice you received after waiting in line for three hours at a mall parking lot. Take a deep breath, sip and scream like a little girl when the cold beverage hits your tongue. Repeat. LOOTERS WILL BE SHOT 1 oz. Jack Daniel's Splash of sarsaparilla Rock salt Load both barrels of a shotgun with rock salt. Climb to the roof of your house with gun, bottle of Jack Daniel's and can of sarsaparilla. Fill shot glass with Jack and splash of sarsaparilla. Watch for looters. When you spot one, blast his ass with rock salt. Drink shot. Repeat. THE CHAIN SAW 1 oz. Goldschldger 1 oz. Rumplemintz 3 oz. Jim Beam Splash of vermouth Combine Goldschldger, Rumplemintz and Jim Beam in an empty soup can. Add splash of vermouth. Drink. Remove chain saw from garage and attempt to cut up fallen tree limbs in yard. Ask neighbor to drive you to hospital when it all goes horribly wrong. FOUR-WAY STOP 1 1/2 oz. vodka 1 1/2 oz. vodka and Midori 1 1/2 oz. vodka and Galliano 1 1/2 oz. vodka and grenadine Pour each ingredient into a separate shot glass. Serve one to yourself and three other people. The person with the clear shot of vodka drinks first. The person to his right drinks the Midori shot, and so on. If somebody drinks out of order, develop a quick case of road rage and beat the living crap out of him. BLUE TARP 1 1/2 oz. Curacao 2 oz. pineapple juice Splash of lime Combine ingredients in a leaky paper cup and serve. Wait six to eight months for someone to repair the cup. If you're impatient, hire an unlicensed, out-of- state contractor to do the job for an exorbitant sum and pray he doesn't hurt himself in the process. FEMA FIZZLE 1 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort 2 oz. sloe gin Tonic water One week after the storm has passed and your neighborhood is still in ruins with no sign of help on the way, combine Southern Comfort and gin in a cocktail glass. Fill remainder with tonic and add a dash of Angostura bitters. Serve with a nut brownie. Before drinking, raise the glass and say the toast, "Doing a helluva job Brownie." Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:52:58 +0200 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Hanne Boel how do you stop Hi Marion! I did not know about Hanne Boel's cover of How do You Stop, but I see now that it was in one of Bob's cover - compilations. That should teach me not to skip digests! I will look out for it next time I'm in a record store. You seem to be quite picky so it msut be a pretty good version! All the best, Benedicte On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Marion Leffler wrote: > If it's any comfort to you, Bene, I feel the same way about Abba and Michael > Jackson. > As for Joni covers there are only very few I like, in most cases I prefer > the original. (One I do like is Hanne Boel's cover of How do you stop). > Marion > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr > missblux@googlemail.com > Skickat: den 13 september 2008 15:53 > Till: Mark Angelo; Anita Tedder; Joni LIST > Dmne: Re: Worst song > > Hi, > > I was about to write "there are many wonderful versions of BSN out > there".... but its not true! TO me there is the one on BSN and a few > others (including Dave and Robin's!), and a whole load of terrible > terrible versions.... > > As for Abba, I guess I can't explain what it is. There is a lot of > 'happy' pop-music that doesn't have that effect on me, but Abba and > Michael Jackson just get on my nerves. I won't get into the gory > details of how perfidiouslyI dislike them, since so many people love > them! > > Have a nice weekend... > > Bene ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:12:26 -0500 From: "Happy The Man" Subject: RE: Song in your head? (Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes - -----Original Message----- From: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Monika Bogdanowicz Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:12 AM To: Joni people! Subject: Song in your head? Do you currently have a song stuck in your head? I woke up with Ladies Man, for whatever reason, in my head. That isn't too odd for me. I often wake up with songs in my head (I wake up to the sound of music)...the lyrics just going round and round my brain. I even wake up with songs that I don't consciously know all the lyrics to but there they are in my head upon waking. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:31:13 -0500 From: "Happy The Man" Subject: RE: Hurricane Ike Hi all, Just talked with Donna, she is at home without power (I've heard it could be days) but has water today after not having any yesterday. The phone call was cut short as you can imagine. She said she lost and old oak tree in the backyard but she sounds good and is fine. Lucky it is not extremely hot down there like it was after Rita because she has no A/C (power). Keep her in your thoughts. Peace, Craig From: Michael Paz [mailto:michael@thepazgroup.com] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:36 AM To: Donna Binkley; Happy The Man Cc: List Subject: Hurricane Ike This is a shout out to all our Texas brothers, sisters and tushes. Hope you guys are all well and that you have power and are nnot wet or too wind blown. That was an incredible storm. I think alot of people did not take this too seriously and will not make the same mistake again. My thoughts and prayers are with you guys. Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:15:49 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: the p word njc It is becoming clear why this woman was chosen, she is a younger, female version of GWB. Here is some info on what kind of leader she is. Free to register btw. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?ei=5070 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:42:59 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: NJC now climate I've never seen wind as strong as we had today, in Dayton, Ohio, US. This afternoon, we had a steady wind of 42 miles per hour, with gusts to 63 mph. A few of the gusts made a sound like a fighter jet. Even more impressive was the fact that it blew like that for 3 hours. Happy not to live in a grass hut, Jim L'Hommedieu >Yeah, it gets cold in the winter and this last winter was colder than it has been for a long time AND we got a lot of snow (usually Buffalo gets all the snow.) But it gets too damn hot AND humid in the summer. This summer has been weird. It has never gotten too hot and we've had a lot of rain. The grass and the trees are loving it, but it's just strange.> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:50:03 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: in case you missed it last night NJC http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/14/tina-fey-returns-to-saturday-night- live-to-play-palin/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:51:28 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, The Hour I First Believed Good news for Wally Lamb fans! His new book is coming out four days after Joni's birthday. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper, $29.95) "It's been 10 years since Wally Lamb's last novel, "I Know This Much Is True," which, like his debut "She's Come Undone," was chosen for Oprah's book club, catapulting the Connecticut author to fame. Now, at last, his many fans can dig into a fully-packed, 700-plus-page novel. It takes a couple from the horrors of the Columbine school massacre in Colorado to Connecticut, where the wife who had to hide in a cabinet to escape the teenage killers tries to regain her emotional equilibrium, and the husband begins a personal archaeological dig through five generations of family memorabilia that is full of disturbing secrets. Lamb mixes many real events  Columbine, Hurricane Katrina, the Civil War and the war in Iraq  with issues such as drinking and drug abuse, child molestation and failing marriages. His hero, Caelum Quirk, must plumb the past to find the right path for the future. The book's title, in case you were wondering, comes from a song, as did those of his first two novels, but this time it is not from a rock classic. "The Hour I First Believed" is from the hymn, "Amazing Grace." " (Carole Goldberg, Hartford Courant) I kinda like how his titles are song lyrics, but that's just me and my OLQD/JMOCD ! ; ) The cover shows a hand holding a candle burning at both ends. (TIC! But she holds out her candle And she shines it in And she begs him to show her How to fix it again...) I'm sure he'll have a book-signing at the UConn Coop (he lives in my town), so I'll make sure to ask him if he knows that Joni was not at Woodstock! (I'm sure he knows.) There are a lot of interesting sounding books coming out this fall, by such literary luminaries as Annie Proulx, Philip Roth, Steward O'Nan, Toni Morrison, John Updike, and you know there may be more. And a new one on John Lennon. Imagine! http://www.courant.com/features/booksmags/hc-fallbooks0914.artsep14,0,4843053.story I wonder which of these Sarah Palin will want to ban. Hopefully when Wally's book comes out we will be dancing in the streets and she will be gone, "She's Come Undone" like the turn of a page. Like a bad dream, good in the great plan. Peace, Patti P. P.S. Has anyone heard from Donna B? She had "I Know This Much is True" on her front seat when we met up in Houston. I hope she and everyone else down there is safe and no one's roof is ripped with hurricanes. "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn 10 hidden secrets from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:13:42 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc, "Pissed about Palin" -- She's the anti-Joni! I'm catching up on my reading and this article really grabbed me, especially when I read this: "She is dangerous. She is not just pro-life, she's anti-life. She is the suppression of human feeling and instinct." Then it struck me. She is the anti-Joni! The shadows to her light. Blindness blindness and sight. Illumination. Corruption. If you don't have time (or the inclination) to read the whole thing, here's one more snippet that I thought was well put: "Palin may have been a boost of political Viagra for the limp, bloodless GOP..." http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/10/palin_feminism/index.html?source=newsletter Viagra is just temporary, right? Darn right. Aim the hoses on them! Peace, Patti P. NPIMH: Critics of all expression Judges in black and white Saying it's wrong saying it's right Compelled by prescribed standards Or some ideals we fight For wrong wrong and right Threatened by all things Man of cruelty-mark of Cain Drawn to all things Man of delight-born again born again Man of the laws the ever-broken laws Governing wrong wrong and right Governing wrong wrong and right Wrong and right _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni in The Genius Sidebar NJC now climate - --- On Sun, 9/14/08, FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > Chatty Cathy wrote: > > > The other thing about Florida... too many old people, > including retired > > Canadians who like to brag about how warm it is when > it's freezing cold up here > > in winter. > > That's a good thing!!!! I'm always younger than > most of the people here. You > are right about the Canadians though. Almost 20% of my > subdivision is made > up of Canadians during the winter, with another 30% from > NY, MI, & OH. > > Jimmy > > Dang. I'm afraid to reply because now I'm "chatty Cathy." Yep, I think I've posted more in the last two days than I have in the last six months. Wuddup widdat? Yeah, being younger than most of the people is unusual at our advanced age, Jimmy, and I never even thought of that. These days almost everybody (cops, doctors and so on) looks too young to be old enough to do that job. I'm looking at the header of this, "Joni in the genius sidebar..." and wondering just what the heck that was supposed to mean back when this thread was new and hadn't been subverted. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:31:47 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: sjc, "Pissed about Palin" -- She's the anti-Joni! Erections lasting more than 4 hours require immediate medical attention ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Patti Parlette Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:14 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: sjc, "Pissed about Palin" -- She's the anti-Joni! I'm catching up on my reading and this article really grabbed me, especially when I read this: "She is dangerous. She is not just pro-life, she's anti-life. She is the suppression of human feeling and instinct." Then it struck me. She is the anti-Joni! The shadows to her light. Blindness blindness and sight. Illumination. Corruption. If you don't have time (or the inclination) to read the whole thing, here's one more snippet that I thought was well put: "Palin may have been a boost of political Viagra for the limp, bloodless GOP..." http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/10/palin_feminism/index.html?source =newsletter Viagra is just temporary, right? Darn right. Aim the hoses on them! Peace, Patti P. NPIMH: Critics of all expression Judges in black and white Saying it's wrong saying it's right Compelled by prescribed standards Or some ideals we fight For wrong wrong and right Threatened by all things Man of cruelty-mark of Cain Drawn to all things Man of delight-born again born again Man of the laws the ever-broken laws Governing wrong wrong and right Governing wrong wrong and right Wrong and right _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:51:16 +0000 From: Michael Subject: Joni pic from Banff Hi, Just getting through some of my vacation photos, here. Thought I'd share this with you, for what it's worth. I have this one shot of Joni at Banff, taken from the audience the night of the ballet, while she was on stage during the Q&A. It's not a great pic, but you get the general idea. It's the best I could do with my little camera and low light levels. https://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlCSlIvYWJCMTVMWEE9PQ Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:02:59 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die Read about this book in the newspaper today, so I had just had to check for Joni. Just one: Court & Spark. No Blue? No Hejira? Sheesh. I had to scroll through 12 pages before I found her. I was getting a little nervous! ; ) Gary Z: Don't worry, baby. Laura is in there, too. http://www.1000recordings.com/the-list/ xo, pp, going out to look for the harvest moon in the dazzling darkness (beware of the power of moons!) "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life togetherat home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2008 #213 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------