"Debbie Wilson" wrote in message

DH is much more talented than I am - he is a real artist, with much more
of an artist's temperament, and is a very reluctant adopter of digital
technology. In fact he hates it, and I am convinced the computer senses
he hates it and responds by deliberately being more unreliable than
normal. ;-) Fortunately I love it, so you can guess who gets the job of
tech support round here!///

Ahem....jumping in here as I know both people in question very well.....

The PAIR of them are incredibly talented, so much so that every time I
was in their studio I'd be compelled to think up acts of sabotage out of
jealousy ;o) ;o)

Seeing a drawing created from scratch by either Deb or Phil, just about
blows your mind. Seriously. The level of skill and talent is phenomenal.

OK Deb, art worship session over...we now return to your regularly
scheduled broadcast. ;o)

Helen M


--
Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

Adrian wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Sherry wrote:
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I
know
we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what
passes for one) and so forth.

Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter."
There's a word you don't hear anymore.

LOL I learned programming on punch cards.

Did you ever drop a bunch of them?

Jill ---also a recluse

GAK! Yes, but I had been told to number the cards (whew) I would have
failed that class for sure otherwise.

Yowie wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
. ..
Sherry wrote:
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money?

Now I think I'm what you call a recluse.

Sherry

Jill ---also a recluse

Nah, you and Sherry are just in the training period for the position
of "Crazy Cat Lady". You've both got the "recluse" bit workedout, but
you both need several dozen more cats before you get your official
"Crazy Cat Lady" diploma ;-)

Yowie

Hmmm, my manager dropped the monthly pet fee for Persia (and birds don't
'count' as pets for some reason) but I'm not sure she would be able to do
that if I had half a dozen cats. Not to mention, Persia wouldn't tolerate
any interlopers!

Jill

Debbie Wilson wrote:
Mathew Kagis wrote:

OK, I'll bite-- what is *in* a RL version PanGalactic Gargleblaster?

'The effect of drinking a Pangalactic Gargleblaster is like having
your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon, wrapped 'round a
large gold brick" - Douglas Adams

OK, our recipie is: El Jimador tequila, Absinthe & Goldshlager (gotta
represent the gold brick somehow) Shaken on Ice, served in a
Martini glass & garnished (of course) with a slice of lemon. Limit,
2 per customer...;-)

*whoo-ee*!
(What is Goldshlager?)

Deb.

It's like clear cinnamon schnapps with flakes of 18 karat gold in it. Very
potent stuff.

Jill

Debbie Wilson wrote:

Marina wrote:


It does sound fun. One of my father's colleagues tried to talk me into
becoming a scientific illustrator way back when I was twenty-something
and didn't know what to become when I grew up (still don't know, but
that's another story).


What stopped you? Do you still do any artwork? Would love to see it if
you do!

Just think, you could have been an eminent palaeoartist, with your
family connections! :-)

I don't know; I didn't have any formal artistic education and just
didn't know how to go about it, I guess. It's a good thing I didn't,
because with the current state of my hands, I don't think that's
something I would be able to do any more. That's also why I don't do any
drawing or painting any more. Sometimes I miss it a lot.


--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

On 15 Jan 2005 16:30:49 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know
we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for
one) and so forth.

Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a
word you don't hear anymore.
More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad
design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work
anymore.
Now I think I'm what you call a recluse.

Sherry

Oh, yeah. I was a typesetter many years ago, both with punchtape at
J. C. Penney and then with the Compugraphic line-at-a-time machine at
the student newspaper in college. Memories . . . light the corner of
my mind ;-)

Ginger-lyn
Jill of All Trades ;-)

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:18:01 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:


Nah, you and Sherry are just in the training period for the position of
"Crazy Cat Lady". You've both got the "recluse" bit workedout, but you both
need several dozen more cats before you get your official "Crazy Cat Lady"
diploma ;-)

Yowie


I am officially a Crazy Cat Lady, because I have the CCL Action
Figure. And because all the neighborhood kids know this is where the
stray cats go, and point to my door and say "That's where the Cat Lady
lives!".

Ginger-lyn
Certified Crazy Cat Lady

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:33:43 GMT, "Mishi"
yodeled:


"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message
news:uOhGd.83957$nN6.74988@edtnps84...



Absinthe is legal?!

Jill

Hi Jill,

Apparently it is legal in New York State, in the US also. I found a site
that sells it, and they are in Albany. (http://www.absinth.com/ ) Huh.

One Pernod please! hic


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Tish Silberbauer wrote:

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:30:21 +1300, Bev wrote:

I'm a retired writer of books and short stories for children.
Keep telling myself that I am going to write another novel, do a chapter
then go off on another overseas trip, lol. I taught the piano for a
bit in my callow youth, learned shorthand typing (great for being a
writer) and wandered around working in legal offices, newspaper offices,
architects
etc before becoming a full-time writer. I also bred pedigree cream and
blue persian cats.

Bev

Huge kudos to you. I've tried a couple of times to get a manuscript
for a children's book published, but keep getting polite regret
letters (as in "we regret to inform you..."). I'll keep trying, I
guess, and in the mean time continue with my real job :^)

How do you "break into" it? Or is it a matter of persistence and
luck? If so, then it is just like trying to get into academia.

Next I have some spare time I'm going to write the next children's
book manuscript that is living in my head - tentatively titled "The
Poo Zoo".

Tish

Tish, You just have to keep trying - you obviously write well :) Yes,
there is some luck involved and it's hard getting editors to read your
work. I used to query them first with a couple of chapters and a
synopsis.

The only advice I can give is to write about what you know. Often
people writing for children write what they think children will like.
They also have this mad idea that it is easy to write for children!
They forget the child that still resides in them. If something moved
you as a child then it is good to write about. Also remember children
will stop reading if you don't grab their attention quickly.

Bev
--
Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit.

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:58:54 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:


SHHHHH! Aussie wine & tim tams are an Aussie secret. Be careful unless you
want *everyone* to get the idea and then the price will sky rocket and the
yumminess decrease as all the best stuff becomes marked for export.

:-)

Yowie


Okay, I gotta ask.

What is a tim tam???

Ginger-lyn
Clueless Merkin