Fwd: Betsey's knee surgery a success

Forwarding e-mail from MW re: Betsey "One Patella" W
>Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:51:17 -0400
>From: "MW"
>Subject: Betsey's knee surgery a success
>
>The patient is in recovery now, after about 3 hrs in the OR this
>morning. Doc's office reports a "routine replacement, that went
>well." More specifics from the doc coming later this afternoon.
>Will find out whether he fixed the partial, or switched to the full.
>
>MW

SANE Meeting 5 June

I know three things:

1) Our li'l Betsey is getting a new right-front knee installed on Tuesday, 5 June.
2) Our next SANE meeting is on Tuesday, 5 June.3) The Tale of the (lobster) Tail for 2007, the annual SANE outing up & out in Gloucester, is slated for Saturday 28 July (with a rain date - please don't rain - of Sunday 29 July).

Some things I don't know:

1) What we're doing at the 5 June SANE meeting
2) Where we're doing it.
3) What the damn temp will be. Lawsy, it's a hot 'un today!

Some things I can guess:

1) Holding the meeting in Betsey's hospital room, while she was still loopy from all the drugs, would probably be frowned upon by the authorities. And we'd have to convince them that we were all family, etc. So if we ARE doing it, we'd better start working on the fake IDs and stuff soon.
2) The Yankees will probably still suck.
3) Them clams & lobsters & suchlike will be delicious, delightful and delovely, and a good time will be had by all.
4) That Red Sox uniforms are not washed in Red Tide.

More info as I make it up...

Last-Minute Reminder

Betsey reports some difficulty having a computer talk to the printer she'll be bringing to the meeting tomorrow.

What does this mean? Well, the printer might be French, and the computer might speak only English. Or perhaps they are having a tiff. Or a jpeg. I don't know.

Okay, what does this mean for me and my pictures? Oh, that's what you meant. Silly me:

If you have an ink-jet printer and non-archival (maybe glossy) paper, and can print your picture/creation yourself, do so and bring it to the meeting. Bring a few, you might be the only one!
If you have a picture on a camera memory card: Bring the card and/or camera, and Betsey can put the memory card in her printer and print it out. Beware, we'll be able to see the other pictures on the card...
If you have a picture/computer file/etc. in some other computery format: send it to Richard in e-mail, or bring it on CD to the meeting, and he'll try to copy it onto a camera memory card to talk to Betsey's printer.
If you are completely confused by now: take a deep breath and relax. Then consider calling Richard (617-776-6734) for clarification, or bringing another project you're more comfy with for parallel play.

Who is asking these questions? God. Richard is answering them, and doing so in the third person. Nothing is known at this time about any second person, just God and Richard.

See you Tuesday at Pam A's!
Richard (& God)

8 May SANE Meeting at Pam A's

The report from Beetsey on this project (and the messitude thereof) is thus:

This is not messy at all.  Involves a sheet of hot press watercolor paper, a paint brush, the glossy photo, a bone folder, paper towel and water.  You wet the wc paper with the paint brush, press the print onto the paper, rub a bit and dab edges with towel then lift.  It is very simple.  And printing from digital cards involves cutting photo paper.  Don't think it's messy.

I'm getting a sense from this that it isn't messy, but I don't know. At any rate, Pam A has indicated a dogged determination to host, so by gum, that's where we're gonna meet! So we'll see everybody brightly and squirrelly at 7, on Tuesday 8 May 2007! Be sure to bring one or more ink-jet photos or some electronomical version of same that we can print at the meeting, and any of the above-mentioned stuff if you got it and/or think it appropriate.

As always, snacks and gossip are also welcome.

We'll be collecting dues at this meeting, which, as you know, covers postage and printing costs for the newsletter. This year's rate will be $0.00, and checks will have to be counter-signed (by someone who can count). SANE Noney only accepted in 0ph denominations (I can't make change.  Well, I could CREATE change, but that would involve work).

Ponder a future project. Grok it in its fullness. Let it spring forth from your brane full-grown like a mighty redwood. Ouch. Scratch that. Ponder whatcha wanna doo, doo be doo be doo.