Meeting Report

Well, a good time yadda yadda yadda. A nearly full house of us'ns against mostly erasers, and for the most part, we won!

Mary circulated pro-rated receiptoids from the thankful VA people, and Girl Sprout cookies were distributed (remember to pay for them, if'n you didn't). We all carved quietly and told scary campfire stories about colonoscopies, scary relatives and high-tech equipment, and I (for one) was quaking in my boots by the time I'd et enough to leave. Lord, please don't let me down that evil path of high technology, keep my intestines pure of heart (and my liver full of spleen!), and don't let me be related to anyone! I think that ought to cover it...

We have a plan for next month, and I thought I'd get the word out soonly so that if I'm wrong again, someone can squeak up and redirect me. But the next meeting is:

Date: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 (the 1th and 8th were too soon, the 22th was school vacation, and the 29th was busy for somebody, so I promised to get all my taxical stuff done before the due date and therefore be available and relatively unstressed.

Project: Paper beads and/or paper clay. You're on your own, decide which you wanna do or both, bring your own equipage, and if anyone has any enlightened guidance that they want to share with the group, now would be a good time to let me know and I'll distribute same.

Okay, so that's all I know. Literally. And I promise to forget it as soon as I hit the button. Bleep!

Meeting 3/18 at Pam A's

It's official - All those members who didn't meet on March 11th can get together on the 18th at Pam A's house, at 7ish. There was a rumor that Brookline Hockey might be over by then, so there is a real possibility of a Flip sighting... Only time will tell.

Carving a) yourselves (or other people), animals, or yourself (or other people) who look like/are interpreted as/ being eaten by animals. Bring things to carve into (Mars/Staedtler pads, lino blocks, firm fruit), things to carve with (knives, sharpened fingernails, etc.) and source material to use as inspiration, as required. Them what don't carve will, as always, be required to perform the ritual "nonstandard project dance," replete with feather headdress and bone-bead regalia (and darned little else!).

Ooh eee ooh ahh ahh, ting tank walla walla bing bang. Rinse and repeat.

The Rich Doctor

Deliverance! The Sequel

Ms. Mary has made the drop, and files this report:

Delivered the materials to VA and they sent a thank you note with donation am't at $300 which we can divide for 2008 tax purposes. I'll make copies and bring to next meeting

We're two for two, and I have warm, fuzzy feelings all over. No, wait, that might be hives.

At those rates, my office supplies upstairs may be worth more than I am (currently estimated in the mid-hundreds)! And, when taking your 2008 deduction, don't forget to add in all the mileages to and from Pam's house, then subtract the value of the food you ate at the meeting. That leaves me about even, I reckon!

A reminder, from in the previous e-mail:

Next Meeting: Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 7ish.
Project: Carving: Self-Portrait and/or Animals.

Hey kids! Can you count the "you"s in this section (be sure to include the "you"s in this question (and parenthetical(s)))?
Here's one way to deflect unwelcome criticism: if people don't recognize the portrait you made of you, you can always claim it's really supposed to be your pet toad or ferret! Or, if you can vaguely discern a crown, you can say it's a picture of the Sea Monkeys you had as a kid.

Answer: the total number of "you"s (not counting that one) is 329.6.
Did you get it right? Good boy/girl/other!

Wister Mizzard

SANE Meeting Notes

A good thing was done by all last meeting: a lot of work got done, a lot of stuff got dragged out of dusty closets and musty drawers and stuffed into boxes and shipped out to parts barely known.

Betsey reports that General Mayhem at the Salvation Army was tickled pink at the receipt of the card packets and spare parts, and BW got the impression that our efforts were appreciated and would be used. I'll keep y'all posted as news from Mary and the VA dribble in, but I'm confident that our hard work will be greeted with the same level of enthusiasm and appreciation. A win-win-win all around, I betcha.

The Next Meeting will be on Tuesday. That's it, just Tuesday.
No, wait, there's more!

Next Meeting: Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 7ish.
Project: Carving: Self-Portrait and/or Animals. Really talented
carvers should roll these two themes into one, somehow. A portrait of you with an animal or as an animal, an animal that looks rather like you, an interpretation of you with goat ears or a cow tail or moose antlers, or all four (I'm counting the ears as two things). Them what don't wanna carve are on your own, and must bring an optional do-it-yourself project, and should be prepared to present it to the group in song, in rhyme, or with hula-like hand gestures. (Unless that would discourage you from coming to the meeting, which would be unfortunate, and wrong.) It just seemed like some penalty/dare should be attached for being different from the rest of us "normal" folk making pictures of themselves with animal body parts. Kinda makes you think.

Well, I'm typing and I can't stop my fingers!

Dr. Able Twitcher