Paul's Corner

Goodness, gracious, dear Paul, I thought for a moment that you were giving up sex for the weekend...what a calamity that would be!

I remember the Sunday nights when I was working as a teacher years ago...by Wednesday, (called "the hump", you should pardon the expression) we teachers were looking forward to Friday night, and so it went, for 21 1/2 years
until I retired. Now every day is a gift, "hump" or not. (You should pardon the expression again!)

Love to you and your family!

Grandma

Hello Evelyn nice to see you again. Grandma Mil I'm glad you, Studmuffin and all your friends are getting such a kick out of my little comment.
I still hate Sunday day night what have you. Just the thought of another week of 1 am rides to take my hubby to work,7am risings, putting the kids on the bus (world war three about to happen), and the million Monday phone calls "what new movies are out this week?". It almost takes all the fun out of being off. Hump day? Love 'em, doesn't even matter if it's actually Wednesday or not. (ooh shame on me ;-) )
Peace

Grandma, “the hump”???? Totally know what you mean, just never called it that. As a teacher I “dread” Mondays and Fridays, facing sleepy unmotivated students, I’ll ignore the undone homework part for now—darn it I have to do my “homework” i.e. grade (and their last exam was really not spectacular, but there’s the week 5 & week 6 hump added to the Monday Friday one right now—deadly combination—only to be followed by another one in about 4 weeks) and prepare for classes over the weekend, so why should they get off easy???, having to bring all that extra energy in on those days to counter their frustrated mood that the weekend is over and we are back in the grind and dealing with my own mood whatever that may be but something along the lines of “This week has already been so very long and it’s only Tuesday morning”, allowing them their space to be moody and mostly covering mine up and keeping us all going, okay enough of that, but trying not to be the wind bag teacher … :-D

Paul, your will already came in by generating the situations for which you now get to sort out contracts, develop relationships, etc. And the other things will fall into place as well, your own plans will come to fruition if the “chemistry” is right and the “attraction” mutual, so to speak. You can only put yourself out there and be the best that you already are, and trust the universe/universal power that it will support you, that it takes your desires, dreams, hopes, wishes seriously, and it usually does, even though it’s response might be very different from what you expect and/or anticipate. Putting yourself out there, having to trust others, letting them “judge” over your dreams, wishes, hopes is unsettling, but there is also a bigger picture out there that the universal power sees and I’m choosing to trust it more and more, because it knows things I don’t and that some rejections, some shattered dreams are actually a blessing in disguise. Yep, rejection hurts and is brutal on the fragile and oh so strong self and on those days where I only feel the fear or pain of rejection, of feeling misunderstood, underappreciated, professionally ignored, left only with pain and the “why?” questions, seeing the hidden blessing is tough and I just want to scream at everything and tell it to go fuck itself/themselves—sometimes I do it and sometimes I don’t, sometimes it clears the negative karma and sometimes it doesn’t—yes there are these days, nights and moments where you just have to tell someone or the universe that you are really tired. It can take it and it can carry you with all your hopes, dreams, vulnerability and together armed with the sword of love and the shield of faith you will make the things happen for yourself that you want to have happen, but one step at a time and sometimes it’s absolutely okay to let someone else do the fighting for you.

Here’s to wishing you a very happy, fruitful week with not too much fighting, and for that matter, to everyone else.
Love,
Evelyn

Ps. Innussiq, what are the movies that are coming out this week? I’m totally out of the loop … okay, I will go check that out for myself …

Paul...Yes, Sunday nights are the pits! After a pleasant respite of a couple days off, sadly, we must jump back into life. I often can't sleep Sunday nights.

As I struggle to reconnect...

Paul...Glad you are safely home with your family.

Diane...You go, girl!! Launch that business - get it off the ground and moving forward. Congrats on taking the plunge. I know you will make it just fine.

Millie...Happy holidays to you, my darling!

Innussiq...You are an inspiration - yes, inspiration...Just getting up and out everyday even when it is painful, inspires! You are terrific!

Evelyn...How is the new job? Maybe I should check the previous thread for an update.

Blessings on your week,
Linda

Hey, I love Sunday nights. Yes , True it is painful to leave the fun and R&R behind, but it also gets you prepared for new opportunities. Refreshed. Think of the positive side of Sunday nights. You've had the chance to enjoy your wife and kids. Hey, you might want to even look forward to monday mornings,after the kids are off to school you may want to sneek in a little more time with your wife. Think of it as your second win. And as for those contracts, relationships, and putting yourself out there. Anything that's worth having is worth working hard for so you can Have it in the end. That's the reward!What you are working so hard for! That's what makes it that much sweeter. I believe in you Paul! Your wife and kids believe in you! We, your Pc family love and believe in you as well. We've got your back! You are something special and there are so many others that know that as well. You'd be surprised to know who is looking for you and your talent.

Another thing, following is good and Ok to a point, but I feel you have something more to offer behind the scenes.( writing, directing, etc, etc..) Just think about it. You know so much, perhaps there will come a time when others may have to come to you. Be in your situation. It's there only if you want it. To whom much is given, much is required!

Enjoy your Sunday nights! Start by kissing your kids, smooching your wife, etc..... then take some time out for Paul and gather yourself. Prepare for what's to come! How to do that right? But just letting whatever happend happend and accepting it, but not dwelling on it good or bad. Just allow it to be. Live for now, in the moment!Not for the days after.They are not promised to you, but you have right now! Let tomorrow worry about itself.This day and everyday individually is a blessing. Actually, any day that we are vertical is a good day!

Love to you Paul and your family
And..to my famliy who I keep in thought often here at the corner.....Love to all!

Smooches:-)
Kei

Paul
Man you said it. Sundays can be a real bitch. But hey at least you get a bit of peace. Or at least a day for yourself.
As for conquering those new ordeals. Hey mate that's what you strived so hard to attain. You could have to not think and hop on your bike and drive to the computer store. That would be a real mother fucker of a day. You'll have a lot of holiday time ahead between gigs in the future. After a 60 hour week last week. Only had today off. I slept til 11am. It's almost 8pm and I'm ready to go back to bed all to start the sequence again tomorrow.

Glad everyone is doing so well. Happy holidays Aunt Mil and from the previous thread I did remember your thing with Patsy. And I've heard her song fooling around..I love it and her. I did not however remember that she was yours and my moms age. How perfect is that 1933 produced some really incredible people didn't it? And some really sick ones. I called my father a couple of days ago just to 1) see if I still got his answering machine which would indicate his state of health alive or dead and 2) ask if he wanted to talk to his grandkids. He wasn't home so he called later to talk to them. This was of course after I made a call. My wife talked to him briefly and he said he wouldn't be coming to see us anymore b/c of the tension between he and I and that he was afraid it would give him another heart attack. So that's it folks....grandpa has relinquished his privelege of being a grandparent due to a dysfunctional father son relationship which of course he had nothing to do with HO HO HO. Now theres the utter shits of 1933.

On that horrid note something nicer is my job is going well, I'm losing weight, I'm not smoking again (hopefully it will stick this time) and although working a LOT I'm advancing and seeing some potential nice rays at the end of the tunnel of darkness I've been in for SOOOOOOOOOO long. I'm feeling strong enough to make myself diet and desire to look better. I'm looking at my children each day and saying WOW again. I look at my wife and remember why I married her and note daily what a great mom she is. She's so endearing and loving to the kids. She's a good mom and she tries hard. Even though we have significant differences we're getting along much better.

Peace and love to all at PC.

Tim

Paul, I completely agree. Sunday nights are horrible. I absolutely hate them. It's the time that I dread the next day, the idea of getting up early, and school. Sunday night is the night where I try to cram all of my homework in. I can never sleep on Sunday nights because I'm so worried about what the next day will be like. Who is going to try to make my life a living hell tomorrow? Is anyone even going to act like they remotely care about me? I had to do a speech the other day where I pretended I was a suicidal kid that killed himself. Gosh, I loved that project. I was able to express my feelings fully. That kid was just like me, although I'm not planning on going as far as he did. Even though I am usually a very depressed teen, I do realize that life is the greatest gift.

Although I hate Sunday nights, I would have to say the worst day is Tuesday. I don't know what it is, but Tuesday is always a very depressing day. It just seems really blah and boring.

Anyways, it's nice to see that everyone is doing well. I'm doing okay, but my family has been going through a lot of problems lately. It's mainly because of my dad. Yeah, I know that you are supposed to respect your parents, but how can I when my dad represents everything that I don't want to be? I've just been really stressed lately. It's always fun to come here and read. I haven't posted in a long time, but I do read frequently. Next weekend I'm going up north for an auction that we're holding at our farm. I think it's going to bother me because we are going to be losing so many things that were important to my grandparents. My parents never gave me the chance to look through the stuff to see what I wanted to keep. I just feel that every piece of their existance is being thrown away forever.:(

I need to go do homework...Yuck! Why does it have to be Sunday night? Oh well. I'll still try to embrace this time that I have.

Best Wishes,
Jenny

Just wanted to add...

Thank you guys for helping me a while back when I was afraid of my first flight. It was a great trip with my mom to Florida. I was really nervous of flying at first, but after a while in the air, I was able to relax a little. I really love looking out the window. It's so beautiful.

I also got a chance to watch Code 11-14. I know I said I wouldn't watch it before my flight, but my curiousity got to me. Thank God for that red/salmon shirt that you were wearing Paul! I was fast forwarding through some of it and it was really easy to spot you. You did a great job.

~Jenny

What can I say about Sunday..........

I remember the Sunday night before my first day of school. My mother insisted on putting me to bed at 7:30 to make sure everything went smoothly the next morning. Of course no man, woman, or child can fall asleep so early unless for other reasons (not enough sleep the night before). So I looked out my bedroom window and watched the sun set, not knowing that my days of "carefree living" which included playing with my Barbies and other games during the day were over (especially what would happen with the continuing saga romance between Cowboy Barbie and Big Bird).

Then later on in years Sunday's had a new significance. Dinner with my Italian grandparents which included, pastas, chicken parmasian, egg plant, anti pasta and plenty of crispy bread. It was the highlight of the week listening to my grandparents and my mother talk about old family stories, the neighbors, politics, and other gossips. It also became an opportunity for my grandmother to try to fatten up her skinny Italian grandaughter blaming my involvement in sports for not having "healthy weight on me." Even though today it obvious that metabolism has much to do with my weight it's funny how she still complains and say's with her thick accent while piling my plate high with pasta "Mange!!!!!! You too skinny".

In college Sunday was always a day that students were either studying or didn't have much to do then stare at the ceiling. That's when Sunday nights had become a trip to Mcdonnalds with my closets friends, playing practical jokes in the dorms with rubber mice, knocking on doors and then hiding and playing tag with water guns in the hallway.

Today, Sundays I have to admit have been pretty bland. For my husband and I it has come to "what is the oddest thing we can watch on TV." It's either that or playing UNO. Regardless how you spend it. It seems like the mose ackward day of the week.

Dumbass Sundays! I couldn't agree more with the haterd of them. Sure, sure it's a "day off" people say, but you know what? It never is. You end up doing the crappy chores on Sunday that you were too busy having fun on Saturday to do, and then, you spend the rest of the day thinking of the week ahead. Even being unemployed I don't like Sundays! It means that my husband goes back to work, and I have to go back to the defeating job of searching for things that don't exist - JOBS!
Sorry, bit of a rant, there. However, I must say, I had a very nice Saturday, and that more than made up for the fact that Sunday was to follow. Maybe that's the key - have an AMAZING Friday and Saturday, then spend Sunday remembering all the great things you did.
I don't have children, but I can maybe understand a little how hard it would be to send them off to school after such a long time away from them, Paul. My husband and I spent more than 5 years of our relationship living 14 hours from one another, and now, I tend to want to suck up every moment I can with him. So, we made a deal - on Sundays, he cooks breakfast, then we grab the dog and just do something together. Just the 3 of us, be it a drive, or cooking, or even yard work. So now, the thing is....I sorta' look forward to Sundays now. But I still loathe Sunday evenings, just before you climb into bed, and ask "did you set the alarm?". I think they should change the work-week to 4 and 3, if you ask me. In this day and age, I believe it would be supremely beneficial to a world of people who need more "mental health" days.
Alright, I am off to drink my Orange Juice and reminisce about Saturday - it really was that good.
Happy Monday everyone!!!! ;)
Byn

And the REALLY sucky-ass part, Paul? Is that it comes sooner for you than for a lot of us!

Just as you get holidays sooner (brat!) ya have to go face the music while we're still abed.

Sorry, love!
Dhi

PS. Hi Byn! And Tim/Mil, etc I have the BEST (totally stolen) "Forbidden Broadway" selections--Julie Andrews singing "I Couldn't Hit That Note" (mocking her post-throat surgery recovery and voice) to the tune of "I Could Have Danced All Night...hysterical stuff. email me privately and I'll see if I can hock it over to ya.

morning all.......grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Ye Sundays are awful....especially mid day when we realize the weekend is just about over and we must change gears again back to the grind....
aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
this weekend ended all too soon..snif.
oh well...looking forward to "hump day" lol
goodness!!!! hahaha (and here i was thinking it meant getting over the hump as it was on Wednesdays/mitvolk (mid week) ). Hmmmmmmm.
and i used to pride myself on NOT being born yesterday...supposedly. *snort!*

hugz a latte,
Katalina

Well, I must agree with Paul; Sundays suck!!!! When I was a kid we only had one TV and my step-dad insisted on watching football every Sunday. Sunday was always dreary and even now the sound of a football game depresses me. The one good thing was "The Wonderful World of Disney" came on that night and I never missed it.

Tim, I'm thrilled for you and your family, but especially for you. It sounds like you're getting your second wind and long may it flow. I've been cig free for 15 years now and believe me, there'll come a day when you won't even miss them.

Mamma Mil, Kat, Ev, Inn, Linda, Kei, Jenny, Dhiana, Byn, Julie, blue dog, Tim, delta lady, Peter and Paul. My love to ya'll.
Whit

muchas smooches Whitney! Oh hey! A and I visited the glass studio this weekend! omgosh it was amaaaazing. We met the owner/teacher and she liked both of us and was recruiting us into her very expensive glass blowing classes, which we will do, but we must save first. But, oh my gosh, what we will end up doing if we stick with it....it's totally amazing. I was impressed. So was A! He was transfixed on the workshop area and was watching the Advanced class while I talked with the owner and viewed some of her personal pieces and asked questions. I think we're getting hooked! What a fascinating and beautiful medium to work in.

Hi Grandma Mil, Hi Evelyn, Hi all at PC today.
Well...2 more hrs to go till i get to crash on the busride home *snorezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
this has been a loooooong day.

Hugz and lattes all round
and herbal teas/iced teas or cool refreshing drink of choice to those not afflicted with caffeine addiction,

Katalina

So tell me why I don't like Mondays...........!

Reality bites, or at least, some strange, not always entirely welcome form of reality.
Paul, I'd much rather it was Friday all over again, too!
Thank goodness for holidays, although...., maybe the reluctance to face the "real world" (I use that term loosely and under protest) is even worse after a longer break.

Yep, it's Tuesday morning at 8:00 am. My feeble brain has been working at churning out process software for the last 2 hrs. I must say, I'm not terribly interested in it, either.

Before I left the house this morning, I peeked into my kid's rooms. They were safely asleep. I knew then that the world is a good place.

Best wishes to Paul, Grandma, Inn, Evelyn, Linda, Kei, Tim, Jenny, Julie, Byn, Dhiana, Kat, Whitney and everyone else.

Hey.....Paul has a trampoline!!!!!!
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
whiiiiiiiiiiiihooooooooooooooooooo!

*big grinnz*

Kat

*boinggggggggggggggggggg*

Hello Peter, Julie, Byn, Dhiana. Whit I remember the Sunday football television hogging too. We used to watch Disney and Wild Kingdom. I loved sitting with my Dad and watching them. Really didn't appreciate the ball games though.
I'm with Kat...bbooiinnggggggg! YAY!
Hello Grandma Mil and Tim, Paul, Jenny, Kei and if there is anyone else out there hello to you too. I'm off for a Caramel Mocha. Yummy yummy warmth.
Peace

This Sunday I sat and watched the moto gp on the tele, had a beer and a small packet of chips (crisps)- my favorite things but still cant get the girls to sit with me!! Andrea does sometimes and loves!!! Gotta love that girl! That was after having a yum cha with the kids and before bouncing on the trampoline for 1.34.66 hours with the kids!!! It was a good day. It's just the twighlight feeling that creeps up on you as you get closer to bed time that gets to me!!!

Wednesday as hump day??? Katalina I think you got it right the first time - thats what I thought to!! As for the boinggggggggggg day I believe thats a Saturday? True Millie?

Dhaina,true it can be a drag for Peter and I to experience everything first..... but we love it, it makes us feel............... like universal warriors tasting life and making sure it is okay for the rest of youse!

Mmmmmm..............Boinggggggboinggggg......

Dhiana, yeh..., and don't forget it!! (faint sound of chest thumping in the background).

Paul, the sound of trampoline of yours is resonating in my head...boinggboingg...oy vey, stop, I want to get off!!

I don't know if a boinggggggg day is Saturday, for my experience was with the "hump" day, (Wednesday) which once over, would lead to the weekend!

Timmer, I suspect that your relationship with your father could be a generational problem...perhaps as a child of the Great Depression, you father lacked the love and support of his own father, (and maybe his mother too.) Your father is the loser in not being able to enjoy the blessings of love and devotion that children and grandchildren bring.

Tim, we're all so proud of what you have accomplished professionally and personally. You have touched us all with your determination, your love and friendship.

I love the fact that you and I share the appreciation for Patsy Cline...she died in a plane crash in her early 30s, leaving a tremendous body of work that influenced all the young female Western singers that followed in the following decades. She was an abused wife, but today her husband, (that louse) and children enjoy the fruits of her estate.

The movie, "Sweet Dreams" starring Jessica Lang and Ed Harris, is a wonderful bio-drama of her life. It is probably at Blockbusters. I recommend it highly!

Love and Peace to everyone,

Grandma

Good Morning, ok....Grandma Mil, Dhiana, Katalina,Innusiq, Tim, who else...Kei, uh Whit, Peter, Byn, Evelyn, Jenny, Linda..ok who did I forget, hmmmmmmmmm, lets see, oooooh PAUL! (I"m pulling your leg Paul)

Trampolines. I have to admit I don't see many of those where I live. The last time I was on one was at the YMCA when I was 12 years old. It's a great tool to get your neurons popping! The most popular thing in the backyard of the average person in Fort Lauderdale is a jacuzzi, the second most popular thing is, a pool, third jacuzzi and pool, and fourth, a deck with a jacuzzi and fifth a side bar and jacuzzi. And yes, kids get bored here.

It's tuesday, and still waiting to here back on an interview. But if it reassures anyone who longs to be at home during the week it's a lonely life and to maintain a house,
laundry,
floors,
cleaning bathrooms,
organizing home office,
feeding and walking doggy,
cleaning up whatever little beast my cat dragged into the patio the night before,
then feeding the cat,
cutting grass (which grows here fast during the hot months),
watering plants,
grocery shopping,
erands,
phone calls from mom (I got a serious headache from my last one),
and of course other little tasks that come up during the day.
and I don't even have a kid yet,

is not fun either.

I told my husband that I couldn't wait to start working again just to rest, and get paid for it.

But I don't necessarily wait till Friday to enjoy some satisfaction. Last week in the middle of driving around town, I stopped at an ice cream parlor, ordered a cone and dived into it.I think the older couple sitting in the cafe thought I was nuts because I was eating like something out of Jurasic Park. But sometimes stopping and finding a little bit of paradise somewhere can really make one's outlook a whole lot better.

Ok...my boingging was toooootally angelic!
Pure trampoline acrobatics...boinnnnnnnnggggg,
bounce....splat!eeeeeeeeoowwwwwww (try again)
boinggggggg.

However...Mr. Paul!!! hahaha..up here, or as some folk say, "out West," the terminology (the Other terminology) for "hump" day (which i also got wrong apparently hahaha) is
not boinging...but rather.."Boinking!" Go figure?!! hee hee...jeesh. (Grandma: cover your ears/eyes..tee hee (just kidding) Oy ve?)

Oh well...it's playful it's silly, it's fun.
Why the hey not!!!!!!

I think I'll stick with jumping around on that trampoline...boinnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggg (jumping all around sides of circle...bounce, bounce, bounce..oops Somersault, bounce...)

Hippppity Hoppity Lattes to you today PC!
Hugz,
Katalina

Hi Inn baby! Did i see a caramel latte on your post?mmmmmmmmmm? that's one of my diehard tried and true flavors...mmmmmmm yummyyyyyyyyy.
muy delish.
Hugz sweetie,

Kat

BTW Paul: what is "moto gp?" is it motorcross or cycle or gran prix racing? if so...then i commiserate with Andrea and congratulate her for being such a good sport! hee hee. I am being initiated into the world of SPEED Channel 33 (nothing but rally and Nascar racing, motorcycle, bmx, and fixit car projects and stuff)with Alex who is totally addicted - he used to rally race a little back home in his country. I do love cars (my brother influenced me), but...just not 24/7. Our deal is he has to watch some SciFi or Old Classic Movies with me and I'll watch SPEED with him (which I do get into...depending on what it is that day). It works! hehehe
I think I'm the standin for his little sons, 2 of whom used to jump up on the bed with him and watch, the other was bookworm. Me I'm a blend of both (hence the non-addiction). lol

I'm encouraging/supporting this because it's safer than A's other fascination: Street Luge. omg.
And he is serious about wanting to do this!!! lawdy! Right now the lesser of the 2 eheeviills is watching SPEED 24/7! hahaha cuz *gulp* I cannot imagine that sport having a margin for error. I picture scraping my poor baby off the sidewalk one of these days in that sport. *shudder* (if he does end up doing this..i will be supportive, but u can bet yer Assets I'll be there navigating using 2-way radio and checking to be sure everything is safe and clear, somehow...lol)

Please pass the Crisps......*gulp!*

*brave grinn*

Kat

I have to say...trampolines make for GREAT hump days! Ahem...cough, cough...
So, how about that weather, eh?
Byn.

I don't understand. Can someone please explain for me, in detail, the relevence between hump days and trampolines?

Peter I will give it a shot. One type of Hump Day refers to Wednesday the day that is the "hump" between the early week and the weekend. Reference to that day on this board led to sly sexually fired comments about hump day being a day one *you'll pardon the expression* humps. The trampoline came in when Paul mentioned that he has one in his yard and the sexual references just went on and on. Hope that helped.
Kat..yep Caramel Latte. mmmmm beverage of the gods.
peace.

Dear Inn, did you realise I was joking?
Thank you anyway! You are most gracious.

Caramel Latte sounds positively decadent. I'd have one, only I don't drink coffee.

Good morning, Whit and all...

Julie called me yesterday, and we will be meeting one day soon, as soon as we can arrange our schedules. I think I am the only PCer to have met our buddies in person...first Whit, and soon, Julie..I'm a lucky old broad!

Julie and her husband live in Ft. Lauderdale, only 25 minutes from our retirement community, and she knows our area very well. Julie, I enjoyed talking to you, and I love you already!

Last night the Florida Marlins beat the Chicago Cubs in the baseball playoff game 1...Michelle/Chicago, I would have gladly supported the Cubs, but who knew the Marlins would get so far? I promise to keep quiet from now on PC about the championship series as it unfolds.

We're on the "hump" today..tomorrow is the other side,and can the weekend be far behind?

Paul, in my video concert last night, the last scene of my 90 minute show was the scene from "The Full Monty" where the guys
finally remove everything...it was filmed at the Tony Awards of 2001 at Radio City Musical Hall in New York, and I was able to tape the whole show at the time, for use last night. My audience of seniors absolutely flipped, and loved it! I had assured them in advance that they would not be embarrassed.

The scene was so cleverly lighted, that the frontal nudity was really not visible at all!
(I think the audience may have been disappointed..) One friend of mine said afterwards, "Millie, I've been married 2 times, so nothing shocks me!"

Peace and Love,

Grandma

Good Morning all,

As Grandma Mil has mentioned we have finally connected over the phone. She is as sweet person, compassionate, and full of life, as we all have gathered from her postings. As I told her yesterday, I have never actually met anyone over the internet and had a lot of apprehension about meeting, but talking to her was like talking to a long lost friend. I will bring my camera and take pictures when we meet for all to see.

Maybe if we can gather enough of the people from PC to come to Fort Lauderdale for a PM fan club meeting maybe Paul and his wife would consider visiting us here in sunny Florida......ahem! (Just pulling your leg Paul)

I wish everyone a great day or evening depending on where you are.

All my best!

Luckyduck, Julie girlllll! Enjoy sunny FL and of course, your visit w/our adorable Grandma Mil and Grandpa Ellie! I agree...we need a PC Mixer-GATHERING...one of these days! Only..I keep thinking it might end up being held "down under"....maybe one day for the opening of Paul's Corner Pub&Brewery or a premiere night for Paul at some point...something like that..mmm??? But looks like Grandma is our PC Pied-Piper thus far!!!! Must be that Ft. Lauderdale siren song of sun and sea and Grandma Mil's theatrical/musical treasure troves! *wink n a grinn*

Hey Inn baby, Hi Peter!
You guys are too fun! lol
hey Peter...do you drink the cold fruit teas?
I like those too, in lieu of coffee.

Ok..it's hump day for me in Seattle. yay!
Half of week bounced byyyyyyyyy. Hoorah!

Hey I heard something funny yesterday.
has anyone heard of "PEEP JOUSTING?"
omg...*cracking up*
Those sugary Peep marshmallow birdie candies they sell around Easter time....some clever person experimented and came up with Peep Jousting.
Take 2 "PEEPS"
put them facing each other a bit apart in a
...lol....in a MICROWAVE
and turn it on for a few minutes..

apparently they heat up, and the sugary stuff on outside makes them jump about battling with each other ("jousting")and if you have that little window where you can see inside the microwave, apparently this is becoming a nice little spectator sport now.

lol

what WILL they come up with next?
lol

Hugz to all my Peeps at the PC,
Katalina

I dunno if this is the stuff of URBAN LEGEND or not....I have yet to try this myself.
If anyone else here gets a hold of some PEEPS...and tries it..let us know!
*chuckle, snort!*

Katalina

Peter, I'm such an idiot. I thought you just lost the thread. Oh well, at least I'm helpful.
Hello Kat baby! I like cold tea, especiall orange flavored. The only hot tea I like is Pekoe with cream and sugar aka English style. My hubby loves oolong. Well, just got a call from work so those extra hours I thought I had before work are all gone now. Boo hoo.
Peace.

Inn: mmm cold orange tea w/honey?mmmmmmyumyum
and snif, boohoo...long workday eh?
awwwww

Kat

okay, i'm off to do battle with the war mongering peeps and their weapons of mass destruction!!!

i think the little suckers are indestructible, have found them hiding behind cushions in chairs waiting to attack!!!

and what can we say about US politics the last few days - the recall 'took' in california, they're still fooling around with the redistricting here in texas and in dc, the shrub (thanks to Molly Ivins) sez they'll find the leak (can't find the weapons, but will find the leak!!!) oh my...i'm sounding down...but not for long...get to listen to rush baby explain what he really meant, no, what he really meant, again what he really meant...argggggggggh!!!

later all...

(Ok, Peter, I had Ginger Ale in my mouth when I read your chest-banging note...youch!)

I read: "Pure trampoline acrobatics" as "purple tampon-a-holics" WTFreak?

Ohmygod, Kat, Peep Jousting! This MUST've been the brilliant idea of 7 yr-olds, no? Too funny...and I LOVE Peeps.

Inn, you're not an idiot. Peter is. (KIDDING, darling, kidding, you know that.) Peter is one of those rare individuals who gets your goat/goad (whatever) by default. He's likened to one of those silent stink bombs that quietly emit their fecundity (my $30K University Word of the Day) until it creeps up on everyone at the exact same moment and peals with laughter as the room clears. Sort of like my husband after jalepeno poppers and beer. ;-)

Ok, glad you Aussie men are all manly and hairy and chest-beaty so that the new week can slide in fully aware that others saw it coming. ;-)

Peace and then some...
Dhi

PS. Bluedog - for shame! US politics...what an ugly, ugly phrase. Now, quick, make me laugh before my scowl likens into real wrinkles. Eek!

Katalina, I am sorry but "my boingging was toooootally angelic!" just does NOT fly! ;-)

*poof!*

Inn, I'm REALLY sorry. I feel lousy now. Next time I'll hold up a flag so you know I'm just kidding. Yes, you are very helpful, almost saintly in that regard!

Dhiana, thanks to likening me to a fart, and NO, a $30K word does not validate it in any way whatsoever.
Purple tampon-a holics?....what's in your ginger ale? What's WTF?

Kat, I like the fruit teas occasionally, but usually drink black leaf tea with skim milk, or green tea.
The caramel latte still sounds good. What is it with caramel? When I used to do long runs (2 hrs), I would inevitably crave caramel milkshakes towards the end.
Oh, btw, when I drank coffee I loved it. Sometimes it hypes me up to much, though.

Bluedog, holy governing governers! I feel safe now, what with Big Arnie in the driver's chair there in sunny California. Praise GWB, I believe everything he says, of course. And as for the war mongers, I hope he finds those lousy varmits. We all know they're there.!!

Ahhhhhhnoooooooooooold has been nicknamed:

THE GOVERNATOR...

and THE GROPINATOR.

jeesh.

lol

Di: hmph...where did that halo go?
must have flew off that trampoline during somersault.
Poof! Just like that!

tee hee,
Kat-astrophe

Dhi: i dunno about 7 yr olds being the only peepjousting experimenters around...my honey just tried out the aol newest trial version in my microwave..little turkey! that sounds like something his 6 or 10 year old would do...lol
gonna call him Sparky from now on.

ppl can get silly around microwaves...my mom just
miscalculated on her baked potatoe and burned out her microwave unit. she forgot and hit button twice. POOF!

i can't remember doing anything like that to-date..but I'm sure my time will come! I only hope it'll be at the age when I don't realize I'm wearing pampers and have misplaced my teeth tho. *rolling eyes, wicked grinn*

Hugz,
Katalina

Don't worry Peter I'm not angry. I think it's funny that I'm such a sucker for a friend in need. Thank goodness I haven't met many people who are willing to take advantage of that side of me. It's all good. I don't think you are a fart I think your wonderful. Oh, and WTF is what the
f***. (hee hee)
Kat Baby! Latte wishes and Caramel dreams to you.
Hope everyone is well. It was a rough day at work and I'm going nappy.

Good evening sweet Mil. I'm so glad you get to meet another PCr. How fortunate for both of you. Julie, you're going to love her!!! Can we ever have too many friends? Millie rocks!

Kat you crack me up!!! Peeps!! How clever. I used to eat them as a kid, but can't stomach them now. Maybe I can score a couple during Halloween and try that out.

Peter, I love the chest beating imagery in Australia. I feel safer already.

Tons of love to every single one of you!
Whit

Julie and Katalina
I think it would be a great idea if we could all get together for a visit. Once a year or every 2yrs maybe. Paul's opening for his Pub&Brewery is a great idea. Although I am not a drinker, I could have a strong pale dry gingerale on the rocks! :-)

To All

This weekend I missed out on going latin dancing with a client of mine this Sunday night. This past Saturday, he was talking about the fact that he was still taking classes. I was really trying to understand why he was still taking classes. How long should one take classes?I guess you can never learn too much. I was telling him, It was hard for me to follow. I have never had professional training, but when I hear that music, Woo! Something just comes over me. I almost feel possessed! lead by the music.
Hmmmmmmmm? Maybe I need some lessons. Well, he was determined to prove to me that he could lead me in dancing. Hey, I'll humor him! ( laughing)
Well I did it! Dad would be proud considering I killed his feet at a family gathering this past summer when he was trying to hand dance with me.

Who am I to give advice? I told my customer to loosen up some. He looked so stiff. Like it hurt. He was counting 1,2,3,...etc. I asked him had he ever seen Strictly Ballroom? He said no! I told him that he could borrow my video of Strictly Ballroom. Oh why did I tell him that! I don't want to part with any of my movies of Paul dancing! ( laugh!) Oh well! My lips moved faster than my thoughts that time.( oh boy!) Well, if it will helphim, it's a good thing. How do you help someone else feel the music? All advice is welcome! Please give it! I'll see him this Saturday!

Grandma Mil
It's not surprising to me that you are a sweetie and others know it too. Everyone thinks so here!I know I do! You have a gentle spirit, very warm, caring and motherly. Love ya grams! :-) I enjoy visiting the corner because of the sweet, fun loving, wild egde, adventurous kind of people I've met here. So glad I came.

Hey guys,I'm trying to open my own salon and dayspa. Hope everything works out. I am optimistic. If any one has any advice/ tips about owning business, please let me know! :-)

Ok, I think I've taken up enough of your eye time.
Smoochez...:-D
Kei

Ps.
How about those Ravens? :-)

Hi to all,
Love Sunday nights sort of my peaceful time to do my projects but hate it during the day because I become the errand girl ugh. I only like Sunday when I have a fencing tournament and that is about it.
Kei- as for owning your own business make sure you consult an accountant so you dont f@#$ up taxes, also be on top of health stuff and be really patient. Oh and dont be shy and market yourself baby!!!!!Also as a female you are definitely able to go to your local small business administration and apply for grants... oh and good luck and go for it!!!

Mercedes

Kei, good fortune on the opening of your spa! I think Mercedes gave you good advice. As far as the dancing goes, have your friend go to the library and rent a How-to-Dance video. There are so many, with emphasis on the different dance styles. Do not let go of your "Strictly Ballroom" video! It is priceless!

This site is sooo full of educational things, like how to make Peeps and trash the microwave, etc., but at least we're not boring!

Diane, you now live in a state called Cal-ee-forn-ia..Ahhnold, the Governor of Grope has his work cut out for him..I predict HIS recall is just a matter of time! Have you launched your business yet? Good luck, also! Will be watching
"Joan of Arcadia" tomorrow to look for Alan.

I will be showing my October video concert again tonight. On Tuesday I had a capacity crowd (175 people) and expect the same tonight. I wonder how this bunch will react to "The Full Monty" scene at the end...my official ending of this 90 minute tape (scenes from musicals, opera, documentary, etc.) is the last scene of SB, where the red curtain closes, and "The End" appears, with the DA-DA music!

Love and Peace,

Grandma

Ok, the US has officially gone to hell in a handbasket...a very large, heavily accented, handbasket that is. (shiver) Just what we needed, yet ONE MORE reason for the rest of the world to mock us. Lovely.

"That's it! I'm moving to Sparta!" (name that movie!)

Going to go document myself into oblivion now...

Disgruntled Dhiana
(can you tell I'm on my "reduced caffeine" diet? Grrrrrr!)

Dear Dhi,

I think that quotation comes from "Gone With The Wind" when Scarlett, after returning home from burning Atlanta, first spots the devastated Tara in the moonlight...

Peace and Love,

Grandma the Movie Maven*

*Expert

Good Morning All!

Grandma Mil I am impressed with your 'movie maven' knowledge.

If it were up to me Dhiana I would have moved to Sparta ages ago. With salaries plumeting and job opportunies...plumeting might as well live somewhere else. Even live in Greece and catch fish to sell in the open market. Or make pot holders for tourists in Mexico.

I miss the days when I was a student and all I had to worry about were papers, presentations, and making it to class as opposed to going on interviews time and time again and getting a kick in the butt rather than a job. Now faced with these trying economic times, I'll exchange the house for a dorm room and a pile of homework anytime. But with a 10% rise in tuition costs and 87 Billion about to go to Iraq (not much left for federal student grants) even the thought of it is out of reach. So what's next? Arnold for governor of California. Oh this is really keeping hope alive in this country (sarcasm). Another day goes by, another circus in politics. Nothing suprises me anymore.

While I was driving home last night after buying $40 worth of candles trying to recover from a bad interview experience that morning, Billy Joel's song "keeping the faith" was playing on the radio. I cried wondering were my life was going. What's next, and is there light at the end of the tunnel.

Where is life taking us? And quoting the movie Dogma "Why are we here?"

For my 86 year old uncle it has something to do with going on cruises, dancing in his white tuxedo, and buying drinks for women with a two for one coupon.

All is vanity according to Solomon, but his final conclusion was that we were to enjoy this life: our food, our friends, every part of human existence, because what comes next will be totally different. Personally, I love a good mystery and I agree with some additional advice he gave which was not to try to understand everything. It's impossible.

Have a great day everyone. Love to All.
Whit

I’ll apologize now for the lenghty post, but I haven’t been able to join in of late.

Paul, I know where you’re coming from because I’ve been feeling the same way lately. Unfortunately, I haven’t taken any time off so I have this anxiety every night and every morning. There is no Sunday. And it’s not that everything is awful — although the recall of Governor Gray Davis and the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger this Tuesday qualifies as dreadful in my book.

There’s great potential in the midst of all this change. It’s that there is so much change going on at once and I’m feeling so inadequate to the tasks before me. I’m back to being the plate-spinner on the Ed Sullivan show, only I dropped what, in my mind, was a really big “plate” the other day and I started to question my sanity because of it. I find myself compulsively checking and rechecking everything now because I lost my focus for one minute and made an unbelievably stupid mistake. Even though I’m deliberately getting more sleep these days, it’s not restful sleep.

Evelyn, you’re right. I need some time off. But I think that taking a full day will have to wait until after we launch our business on October 18th. The other element at play here is wild mood swings, including deep depression and anger, that I’m sure are related to menopause with its fatigue, hot flashes, etc.. If I can’t get some relief through menopausal treatments, Tim, I may go for the antidepressants. This cannot continue! As with Millie, I applaud you, Tim, for your accomplishments of late and your commitment to personal growth in spite of the struggles. I need an infusion of your spirit.

Linda, thank you for your encouragement. I suppose I am quaking in my boots a bit because I’m being asked to rise to a challenge that I’m not sure I can meet. Your words are truly appreciated.

Hi, Jenny. Maybe you could ask your parents if you could pick out one item from amongst your grandparents belongings before the auction. I know that it can feel as though you are losing your grandparents with the auctioning of the things they enjoyed. But belongings only have the meaning you give to them and they are meant to be shared, not held in dusty storage bins. You might want to think of those items as carrying the spirit of your grandparents into the lives of others who will now enjoy them.

Julie, we like playing UNO, also. We also highly recommend the card game Phase 10. I get the best(???) of both worlds — I get to conduct much of my business out of my home and watch the fur balls and dust mount, then spend every spare moment cleaning. Oooh yehh!

Katalina, honey, I don’t think you need a trampoline. You seem to spring around quite nicely from those lattes. Unfortunately for me these days, the caffeine makes me more like a frenetic, frazzled cartoon character without the humor.

Ah, blue dog, Julie, Millie, and Dhiana — what are we going to do? This country really is going to hell in a handbasket, just as my grandpa predicted. For more blood boiling reading, get a copy of Al Franken’s book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them — A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. I’m watching it fall apart, not just my future, but that of my children. I just want to cry because lies dressed up like a pig with lipstick seem to work for most people these days. It’s the triumph of ignorance and mediocrity.

Kei, good luck to you on your business! My advice is to make sure you do your homework about the finances and location and all of that. My husband is handling the finer details. We’ve been told by some experts that most businesses fail because people don’t do the research to determine the viability and adequate financing. It always costs more than you think it will. Make sure you have lined up the resources you need.

Happy New Year, Millie and Elliott! May you and Paul and his family and all who gather here be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year.

Love and peace to you all,

Diane

Good Morning all,

Well yesterday I had the opportunity to visit our beloved Grandma Mil. And what a great woman she is!

On a whim I called her yesterday afternoon and asked to come by and see her show at Wynmoor Village. I really needed to get out after the trying days that I had this week and why not finally meet the person we adore so much here on PC and her "stud muffin" who are only 15 miles away.

When I arrived at the auditorium Millie greeted me with warm and enthustic hug. Her smile radiates all the care and love that she expresses on PC and as the auditorium filled with people, each person greeted Millie with that same enthusiasm. Everyone in Wynmoor is crazy about Millie. I have never meet someone who touches the lives of so many people. Despite last nights Marlines game and the debates, no one in Wynmoor Village was going to miss Millie's show. There were those who came to the Tuesday night showing and came back to see it again last night.

For the next hour and a half we watched clips from musicals and movies of yesterday and today that brought back the magic of broadway into everyone hearts. The showcase of talent had me appreciate once again those artists, dancers, singers and operetic singers, that contributed to the evolution of what we define "entertainment". Some in the audience even sang along to the tunes that lifted their hearts at one point in the lives. And of course, there was clip from the movie "strictly ballroom" shown at the end. Before the show Millie gave a synopsis of what the audience will be viewing in her clips and when describing the last clip from "Strictly Ballroom" she proudly announced Paul's part in the broadway musical "The Full Monty" in Australia . Everyone clapped and cheered and asked when "Stricly Ballroom" would be shown again. Millie is hoping to show it next time in their big theater on the larger screen.

I kick myself for not bringing my camera and taking pictures last night. But Grandma Mil, "stud muffin" and myself are going to meet for lunch in the near future. So I'll make sure to bring it along then.

Mr. Paul,

Forget the rest of us at this point ( I know I'll recieve a lot of heat from everyone at the corner for this comment), if you don't send Grandma Mil, an autographed photo (unless you have already than disregard this) including a letter of how you appreciate her admiration and support for your work, and when you start with the "Full Monty" in March, autographed photos from that performance also......in a frame (no I'm not asking too much)it would be a crime. She deserves it more than anybody!

Oh and all my best to you and your family.

take care all!

And Thanks to you Grandma Mil for bringing the magic of broadway back into my heart.

Aw, shucks, Julie, you are too kind...besides that you are absolutely gorgeous (tall, with long black hair, which frames a face that should have been up on the screen also) and so sweet, caring and thoughtful, we could have talked all night, but I had to greet my audience and get the show going.

It was the highlight of the evening to have met you, and you know, you have definitely become my
latest "adopted" one, which includes just about everyone on PC, but you and our darling Whit are the only ones I could reach out to and touch! I didn't want the evening to end! Ellie and I will look forward to meeting you again!

Maybe we should think about a reunion of PCers (here in Florida) one day. Not feasible? Think positively!

Love and Peace,

Grandma

How cool Julie!! Now you know the magic of Millie and Ellie. What a pair! How wonderful that you got to see Millie's show! It blows me away how she puts these video montoges together; they reflect the appreciation of a true connoisseur.

You only live 15 minutes away?? I guess I could say I'm jealous, but I already share her with many other adoptees and my philosophy is "The more the merrier!" I hope you visit them often.

Paul, I guess it's time for new head shots. After all, you've lost wieght. Have they produced promotional images for "The Full Monty"? I agree with Julie; Grandma Mil would surely deserve one as your most diehard fan.

Great day to All.
Love,
Whit

I couldn't agree more with Ms. Whitney! Grandma Mil deserves it!

Grandma Mil couldn't say enough about how wonderful you are Whitney. Either you or Grandma Mil have to give me the address of your website so I can see those pictures! And hopefull I will be taking some in the near future of myself with Grandma Mil and her lovely "stud Muffin" Elliot.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Diane, I dont know what I could say to help you get through this start up phase - starting a business and menopause all at once!! All I know is that I truly believe you more than able to step up to the challenge. Always your words here have brought clarity, strength and confidence with them. Your advice always sound and your caring obvious and warming. The key at the moment is to step back for a moment - an hour even, just to bring yourself back together, to focus you on you and the postives in your every breath. There is always time to worry later but better still tomorrow will come worry or not so dont worry. Do the work, know your stuff, be prepared but do it in an easy and relaxed manner, in a positive and healthy way and all will happen in it's own perfect time and for the highest good of all.

At the very least I am sending you my thoughts and best non worry wishes.

Jenny , I totally agree with Diane in asking for an object that means something to you that you can keep. When my Mums Mum died the only thing my Mum took/kept from her posessions was a soup ladle. Funny hey?

Timbo - proud of ya and honoured to be a part of your life and growing success!!

Inn, I suspect that Peter is joking about joking at that he in fact didnt actually know what was going on and is hiding this fact behind hiding the fact behind this hiding! I also suspect he is out today (Sat) pricing trampolines!!

Dhiana.....Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...I'll have what youre having!!

Photo's?? Just sorted a new head shot out and getting some printed up. Wouldnt know where to send them though?

Hint Hint

Paul...Send Auntie Mils ASAP. Also a friend of mine in Sydney sent me a photo of you in your get upfor the show. A womens day mag article. So you're the endowed one huh? I say that you said that laughingly...I sent Aunt Mil a copy of the article if any of you guys want a copy of it email me at timhord30093@yahoo.com. And hey Paul if you have the time, you can send me an autographed copy of anything. The picture of you and your family in the article by the way was just fabulous. You guys are a beautiful family.

Life is looking better and better here. There are snags but it's vastly improved since last year. I got a great compliment today. I had a picture of myself holding my third son at the hospital with me at work today. Some pictures I was going to show a friend. Short version is, the girls at the front desk (in their 20's) saw my picture..I was 37 at the time and said oh my god who is this? Looks like a soap star and then they went nuts and said Tim is that you? I didn't know they had them. And I turned around in all my glory and said YES. I wasn't always fat and old looking. What a helluva a compliment...I look like a soapstud. My head swelled so large I could hardly get a thing done.

Aunt Mil Idid see Jessica Lange in the Patsy cline movie and I justcried at the end. Even though I knew how it would end. The other short piece of Patsy isin a Coal Miners Daughter. Beverly D'Angelo played an incredible sassy version of her...excellent. Jessica is another of my loves from when I was a kid. I fell in love with her at 15 when King Kong came out. She was Dwan and I was hopelessly inlove with her.

I'm a very happy person these days guys. And I owe a lot to my incredible family here at PC. Julie your note about meeting Aunt Mil almost brought tears to my eyes. That's a lie. I did cry...I'm a hopeless sentimental. See she has a heart of gold like my mom...her notes have a way of speaking to me like my mom and her picture is just as breathtaking as my mom. She can't replace my mom but she is a saint. And I'm going to arrange to visit as well. And I completely agree with you ...PAUL send Mil something special. She deserves it in everyway. A family portrait ofyou and the girls for her "room"....you're a part of her family anyway. Antying leftover...snail mailittome...
5884 Fulton circle
Norcross, GA USA 30093

I've checked into fares for the trip down. god I hope they drop some...But I'm looking every day.

And the Governator???? Oh God help us. Please no one take offense, but America is out of control ok? Our systems are so fucked up it just makes you wonder. People here can't afford insurance, adequate health care, the insurance corporations decide when we are sick or not and we're spending billions to help or destroy other countries and our own people are dying and then there is the issue of illegal aliens eating up the welfare system.....Where is it that Swiss Family Robinson went???????

Love to everyone...Have a great day and a wonderful evening or morning wherever you are.

Your friend

Tim

Hi, PC-ers!
OMG, I HATE Sundays!!! Back to work, which is so boring, and it's messing with my skin, long story, and start of school week, with a teenage son, doing well, but ya never know,lol.
I am a pretty upbeat person, but Sunday does get me down, wondering, what will break down and become less functional this week, will my car start . . .so head out early in case I have to walk. (Weird prob the mechanic and I are having fits with.)(But he ain't walking to work!!!)
Never enough time or money, but do not worry, I do enjoy things every day, learned that lesson long ago. I have a couple tv shows that I like on Sunday . . .Tarzan is good eye candy,hehe. Kind of frames the w/e.
I can't remember who all said what, so forgive me for not mentioning everyone's name.
Good on you, Timbo! I love it when there's an upswing, long overdue, I might add! More power to ya!
Ah, Hump day...sadly it has only meant Wednesday to me for way too long...
Did anyone see the report that emotional pain causes some of the same parts of the brain to react as physical pain? Being excluded, etc. which was probably not good for survival in the long run.We all knew it anyway, nice to have scientific proof.
As for Arnold, well, we have him and Ventura for politicians for the same reason we have people who can't really sing selling $$$ of records ...media hype/video packaging. But I say if they are voted in, then a shakeup was badly needed.
In my state, South Dakota, a former governor now state rep, sped through a stop sign and a man died. Former gov been in politics here over 30 years, and we'll see what happens. I never cared for him, but willing to listen to facts.
Haven't been on a trampoline since jr high, can hear things snap at the thought!
Sometimes I feel out of it here, don't drink coffee at all, or beer much, but I do love my tea!
I like Bigelow's best, so far . . .yum.
I didn't get one thing from my grandmother's house, and the one thing I would have cherished was a musical face powder holder she had...she was an amazing woman, widowed at 36, 6 children, lost the one she was carrying, swindled out of the insurance money...lived to be almost 95. I have so many wondeful memories of her, and my mom's cousin has brought back so many things for me, the old homestead, it has been a true joy to see the old places, only miles away!
I would so love to be in the audience at one of Grandma Mil's shows....and I appreciate a Stud Muffin of any age!
Speaking of which, this post has been long enough, so, Paul, hang in there, and remember, as I will try to, that it isn't Sunday everywhere at the same time!

Hugs to everyone in cyber space!

smiles,
Sally

Yes, Grandma Mil is definitely deserving of, I would say, both the headshot and a family photo, Paul. Then we can all plan a gathering in Florida and you can join us there for a big party. Okee dokee?

Oh, Paul, thanks for your reassurance and words of wisdom. I have been struggling to keep it together, to shut out the worry and reduce my panic. Approaching the work in an easy and relaxed manner is the key and a big challenge for me because I always sense that I've missed some crucial information and therefore am not fully prepared. I was able to eliminate my high anxiety the other day by focusing my energy and caring on the person I was interviewing and remembering what I hope to accomplish by starting this business. I guess your serene thoughts and non-worry wishes had already reached me because I felt so much better. I will do as you and others have advised and take some time to relax tomorrow. I think it's time to dig my hands into my garden and listen to the birdsongs.

Yessirreee, Tim. As a friend of mine in Plantation, Florida said tonight she's happy that "Florida is no longer the state that looks senile and retarded". When I finish the Franken book, I'm going to start reading Molly Ivin's book Bushwhacked and Michael Moore's book Dude, Where's My Country? Then I'm going to pray everyday that people come to their senses before the 2004 elections.

I hope the airfares go down, too. I'd love to go to AUS next year to see The Full Monty.

Goodnight, All!

Diane

Tim, the photo in the Womans Day article was incorrect. It only had my two daughters in the shot, the little blonde kid is a boy and a ring in at that. In fact Erin was not born when that photo was taken, so considering that it was in the magazine last week - the photo is over 8 years old!!!! They are hopefully going to print an appology - Erin was very upset - and hopefully a more up to date photo.

Diane - goodonya!

I had a big article in a major newspaper today. I am sending it to Cat and will be responding to it very soon.

the journey the journey
round and round
serendipity only
knows where one is bound

but I'll see ya there!

I would rather no one post their address here. Send it to Cat and she will pass them on and I will get my pen out. Why any one would want a photo of me is beyond me but I will send them out to who ever wants one.

Great meassages. I second the expressions of encouragement and love.

And if there are any pix available, at your convenience, my mailing address is 927 8th Ave, Huntington, West Virginia, 25701. Or you can scan them and put them online for us (hint, hint).

Good morning dear Mil.
Love,
Whit

My wife has just informed me that I have been spelling appology wrong all this time!!!!

Hmmmmmm.... sorry bout that....I mean my appol......apolgy's....apology....yeah yeah I'm glad I can speel sometimes......

My wife is now ROFLOL...

Got to love her.

Timmer, you made my day ( and it's very early morning here in Fla.) when I received the article and picture of Paul, and after reading your remarks about how I remind you of your cherished mother, I, too, wanted to weep! I love you too, Tim, and if you ever want to visit us, just let me know.

Paul, the article is just fabulous and in the picture you look so handsome, and so youthful, and that family of yours...I wanted to pinch the cheeks of the children, and give you and Andrea the famous Mil hugs!

The article was very well done, but contains nothing that we, as your PC family, did not know as we agonized along with you during the lean times. As I wrote before, your name recognition will pack the houses, and when TFM gets to Sydney, look out world!

Paul, if you have an extra picture of yourself, I will gladly accept it! Can you send it by email, or does it have to be by mail? Please let me know! "The Full Monty" made such a hit at my video concert the other night!

Diane, the best to you and Alan as you launch your new business. I predict (and I've been right on the mark lately) that you will be a success. Yes, take the time to relax this weekend..if the movies "Under The Tuscan Sun" or
"Incredible Cruelties" are playing in your area, go see BOTH of them! They star the beautiful Diane Lane, Catherine Zita-Jones and George Clooney, who has reminds me lately of Clark Gable!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. I will spend part of the time reading and re-reading the article about Paul, and just adore looking at his handsome and happy face!

Love and Peace,

Grandma

Oops! We must have been typing at the same time Paul. I'm up at an early hour. Don't worry. That was my mother's business address. I give it out so that there's always someone to receive the mail; nothing gets damaged.

And why wouldn't we want a picture of you and your family? We're charmed by your cool, honest personality and we benefit through your ability to share as you examine life. I think most folks cheer you on for the joy of it and we love it that you cheer for us as well.

Whoops, dummb me, it's "Intolerable Cruelty" starring Zeta-Jones and George Clooney...I must have had a senior moment!

Love,

Grandma

Thanks Paul for the clarification (I think) of Peter's motives. I wouldn't mind a picture. I would like to send a SASE for you though. It's going to get expensive onya filling out all the requests you'll be getting.
Grandma Mil just look what I've started. Now everyone knows Ellie is a studmuffin. No more keeping that just for you! You know I hope I am as vibrant as the two of you thirty years from now.
OOPS four minutes till work gotta run.
PS My son, Dallas turns 12 tomorow..gee 12. I thought for sure he wouldn't make it to five. He's such a daredevil I hate to let him leave the house without full protective gear. What a kid.
Love to all!! hugz too especially to you Kat baby.
Oh one more thing Kat, the average Twinkie expoldes in the microwave at 35 seconds!

I agree with Inn. We don't want to break you up with the expense of sending us all a picture.

Greetings and hugs to Ya'll. Hi, Whitney, Grandma Mil, Innussiq, Sally, Peter, Kei, Katalina, Tim, blue dog, Julie, Dhiana, Linda, Evelyn, Jenny, Byn, Cat and everyone else.

Paul, thanks again. I'm looking forward to reading that article when Cat posts it. I hope you get lots of great press coverage as Full Monty moves along and that it includes some current photos of your beautiful family. Thanks again for cheering me on. And thanks also to Millie, Linda, Evelyn, and Michele (Chicago) for your encouragement. Living and working with the spouse under time and money pressures, it's nice to have outside verification from all of you.

Paul, I want a photo of you, toooooo! But I agree with Innussiq that it will be costly for you to send oversees. So I'll send an SASE also, if that works for you. Just let us know where to send it.

Millie, my husband also has a bit role in Intolerable Cruelty. He's the lawyer who shakes George Clooney's hand after the speech and tells him how much he admires him. Allan wasn't invited to the cast & crew screening, so we started to wonder if he was edited out of the film. Then some of his associates from a long-ago computer club emailed him last night to tell him they had seen him in the film. Allan said that George was wonderful to work with. He's very down-to-earth and friendly. Some big actors will do their work and then go to their dressing rooms while the remaining cast and crew finish the finer details of a scene. But Mr. Clooney delivered his 4-page speech for the camera, then delivered it all over again with the same energy and intensity while the camera got reaction shots. And even though he didn't have to, George acted out that handshaking business all over again with Allan even though the crew was just getting a clean cut of Allan's line. I'm looking forward to seeing it tomorrow.

Last night was the first time I watched Joan of Arcadia. What a good program! I still like The West Wing, but I'm a bit annoyed that it's evolving into a soap opera now that Aron Sorkin has left the show.

Sally, I didn't see that article on emotional pain. Where did you read it? I didn't get much from my grandparents except a few pictures and I didn't get the treddle sewing machine on which my great-grandmother taught me to sew. But I got some spools of thread that look like they date back to the forties. She was a spunky woman and not easily forgotten.

Off to walk the dogs. Have a good day!

I watched Joan of Arcadia last night as well. I enjoyed it very much.

Diane, kudos to your husband and to think he got to work with George Clooney. I jokingly tell my friends that he's going to be my first ex-husband:)

And more kudos to Paul! Grandma shared the article with me and it absolutely nails your beautiful spirit. It's a charming article and paints an accurate picture of the Paul we've come to know and love. In the US, journalists so often malign a soul in their interview, but I'm glad to see that behavior doesn't extend to Australia. Congratulations again and again.

Hi, Diane,
I saw the article on MSN, but it turned up in the
newspaper as well. Here's a link to the version I read, but the headline was a little less flip.

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EGO_PAIN?SITE=SDSIO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Enjoy,
Sally
PS I would love a picture,Paul, but I agree with the sase bit, only how does one get postage for another country? Hope someone knows, or can find a solution. Extra hugs to Paul for being so considerate and humble . . . spelling optional. ;)

Okay! If you guys feel safe enough about posting your addresses here, then plaese do so and I will send out a photo to you. If you dont feel comfortable posting your address then send it to Cat and she can e-mail them on to me.

My treat!!

Thanks Paul! You are the greatest. I'm looking forward to the article too. Gotta run lotsa birthday party chores to do and little time to do them.
Latte love to all!

Good Morning everyone--I see there is a new post, but wanted to drop back here and say "Good day, eh?" and to revisit a few things:

This isn't formal school, Paul dearest, we're neither grading your posts for grammar nor spelling. (Well, maybe Eve is, but *I'm* not!);-)

Julie - I SOOO hear you on the "my life was easier as a student...less stress...less world-knowledge, etc". I could say the same about parenthood too. SO...our job, apparently, is to speak up with the solutions to changes that WE want to make in this world, by actively praying while envisioning the change we want, by voting, by acting as models for others (our peers, our parents, our children...honestly, my Mom sounds like your Uncle...living it up, having a good time, living their lives to the best of their abilities--since they are retired and have time and some money to enjoy (she clips coupons still too and she has a freaking 1.5mill house in Florida...while I clip catfood coupons and pray I have enough gas money to make it to the end of the month...oy!) so they go for it). It's a HEAVY responsibility, but you just have to remember to work at having as much fun as you work at having all those responsibilities. SUCKS, oh yah...making room for the fun and finding the balance, but you can do it.

Paul, dear...I was going to be all ethereal and other-worldly by saying "No, thank you so much, but I don't need a picture of you...I have one of you fixed solidly, smiling and laughing (like a Harry Potter live-portrait) in my head and heart." But...after re-reading my "balance the fun with the responsibility" I'm saying "Yeah!". Hee. I'll post to Cat's email. THANK YOU, you darling man, you. (Ok, did I just sound a hundred by using that phrase? Zoikes.)

Gotta split.

Love and hugs and you BASTARDS in Oz are already on Friday. Pth!

Dhiana

Dhiana, I'm getting PLENTY of other opportunities to knock myself out on grading, spelling and grammer etc., this isn't going to be the place, thank you very much!!! :) And what about my own typos, grammatical errors and the like??? Hope I haven't picked up a reputation for "grading everyone's posts" here ... YIKES ... I really don't, no matter what dearest Dhiana is trying to imply and/or get away with.

Just for the record: I was out late Sunday night, tired, packing up from a gig, and a man was sitting nearby, gathering his things together to leave as well. I was telling the sound guy something about "this will distinguish which bag to put what in" and the guy shouts out 'Determine! The proper word is determine!' and I was like, "Um, yah," and wanted to get all "I KNOW that, of course I know that...I've two English degrees, I'm tired, my kids are here and I'm distracted, blah blah blah..." and all I said was "Yes, that's what I meant..." Grrr...

Of course you don't grade our posts...thankfully! For I am an elipses QUEEN! I use them indescriminantly, willy-nilly, in place of commas...etc! ahahahahahaaa...It's just SO fun to pick on you dear! All with good intentions of course! (ooh, a fragment...eek!) ;-)

"A" in spirit, "F" in correctness. I'll take it.

Hugs,
Dhi

Dearest Goddess Dhiana, I know you were teasing me, but sometimes in my own rather weird twisted sense of humour, I like to take things literally, as a way to tease you right back, thus giving you more ammunition to tease me some more, right? which by the way I don't mind a bit!!! Keep it coming, dear!
And I'm very partial to elipses, run on sentences (just ask my adviser, he can tell you all sorts of nightmarish examples of sentences I created, embedded sentences within embedded sentences and a few run ons, split infinitives etc. mixed in for perks--in Germany, this is called academic writing and considered to be good quality, too bad you English speaking and writing guys don't play along ... you have no idea how much fun you're missing out on :)
Hugs back to you and I'll just give you an "A" for both your spirit and correctness ... rats I said I was not going to grade anyone, upps, I think I blew my cover ...

Evelyn

Good day to all!

I just happen to stumble across this web-site and am thrilled to discover it!

Paul, although your work is not widely distributed here in the States, the few times I have caught it, I have been positively fasinated by your presence on screen (she says gushingly). I find there is a definite strength of character in your work, yet you still maintain a tenderness in your performances. Perhaps through this website, I can track down more of your movies.

Regarding the spelling error of apology....well... I didn't even notice it. I'm use to seeing ordinary words spelled with a flair of creativity. It doesn't even phase me. English is my husband's second language. It is quite comical watching both he and our son study for a spelling quiz. It took me 10 years to convince him that there really is an "h" after the "w" in the word "which". So that extra "p" added in "apology" looked okay to me.

Hi paul and everybody, I'm new to the "gang", Grandma Mill is a friend, she e-mailed me and told me about this. I just watched Joseph the other night and thought it was really good. Grandma Mill told me to watch strictly Ballroom since I've been dancing since I was five(I'm just 12 tho) and cause i wanted to see another movie that paul was in and so my grandma is renting it from the library. My friend said it was good and so did Grandma. So I just wanted to say hi and wish paul good luck on all his shows and good job in your previous ones

~Cara

I also remember catching the earliest bus into Freo on a monday morning, travelling down canning hway near the new bridge. There outside the bus window was you, on your bike with that wierd surfboard trailer thing you made, heading all the way back to coobelup, before school. with the biggest smile on your face. some mondays you liked.

DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT GO TO VOLUNTEER AT A RACE OR EVENT IN FEB OR MARCH IN THE ORLANDO OR POLK COUNTY FLA AREA? GRANDSON HAS BIKE AND DID HIS TERM PAPER ON MOTOCROSS AND PART OF IT IS TO WORK AT AN EVENT.PLEASE SEND REPLYS TO ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS OR TO DEANIE5687@AOL. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME..............DEE

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