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From: "Douglas C" <>
Subject: Re: [ML] Monday Commentery
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:52:10 -0500
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Megan is the middle granddaughter's name.. and yes, all three were
beautiful children... absolutely gorgeous..... Megan had the misfortune of
sitting next to me and Bless her heart, somehow tolerated all of my teasing
with a smile.. Poor thing.. :-)*
Yes the heat was terrible. It's STILL terrible.... Did I hear someone
ask... "How hot is it?"
Well, I just came in from putting my short ribs on the grill. It's so
hot I didn't even have to add charcoal... It's doggone hot.... I turned on
the water sprinkler so the meat won't dry out... just baste the meat with
water and hope it doesn't burn... LMAO
Doug :-)*



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Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ML] Monday Commentery


>
>
> I wasn't going to talk about Saturday, until Doug did. I want you to know
> every visit is better than the last and, oh my goodness I was reeling. It
was
> totally wonderful!
>
> Doug is wonderful with his beard, and sense of humor. Bernice is still a
> perfect doll. I love them both very much. Bo, was new to us, and was a
great
> conversationalist. I sat next to him, and could hear him. Loved it.
> Marcena is totally beautiful, and very natural as is Bernice. Their
beauty
> floors me. The three children, Michelle (I think, My memory is good it's
just
> short). Macon, and the baby Ella, are perfect children. I don't know how
they
> sat through such a long meal, and behaved themselves, but they were
> wonderful attentive children. Don wanted to take Ella the two year old
home with us.
> Michelle is a straight A student, and I was pleased to hear that. Macon
is
> very close to that. I couldn't have bragged enough on the children if
they
> were my own.
>
> It was so hot and muggy here we couldn't stay outside very long with the
> heat. But, yes, I can't stand still where there is happy music. It moved
me.
> But, really I just stood in my place. So I didn't do the hokey pokey,
Doug,
> (grin) But, I tried. It was all so much fun, I was on a cloud.
> So there you have wonderful people that you converse with all the time.
You
> must meet them sometime, in person.
> Imogene
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/1/05 11:15:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> Hidy Ho all you good people.... Here it is again. My Monday morning
> "Whines & Commentary" sampling of thoughts and opinions.....
> As is typical of my Mondays, and after taking my normal weekend hiatus,
> my mailbox was full and rather than respond to each one, following is my
> commentary.
> Saturday was another red-letter day for Da Warden and myself. We drove
> to San Antonio to break bread with Don & Imogene as well as Bo, Marcena
and
> three of their beautiful granddaughters from New Mexico. What a
wonderful
> family Bo has! We met and ate at a restaurant in the famous El Mercado
(the
> marketplace).... The food was good but the company was better... BTW,
> outside the restaurant, we were entertained by a wonderful three piece
band
> that consisted primarily, a Pan flute (several), a guitar and another
> 10-string instrument similar to a Mandolin... the music was Brazilian in
> nature and you folks haven't lived until you've seen Imogene doing the
> "Hokey Pokey" to a Brazilian Pan Flute! (joking of course)
> Of the posts read this morning, I wanted to pat Walter on the back (ugh)
> for his comments about people that tend to hide from cameras. I can't
help
> but marvel at some of the photos of my ancestors and think about how
> "lacking" any genealogical research would be without them.
> There was a lot of discussion about Jerry Lewis and I could not help
> commenting on him. Hopefully, I won't be struck by lightening for my
> criticism.... The success of anyone in show business is totally dependent
on
> keeping their name "in lights" and Jerry Lewis is a master of the game.
> (kaboom)
> When I was a small child, I loved his movies. Some of them I still do.
> He is a funny man. When I was that same small child, I distinctly
remember
> a movie in which he played a clown. At the end of the movie, JL was
trying
> to make a young girl wearing leg braces and using crutches smile and
> finally, when the clown (JL) began crying real tears, the girl began to
> laugh. For some reason, I was deeply offended by that part of the movie.
> Remember now, I was a young kid wearing a brace and using crutches....
For
> whatever reason, all these years later, I marvel at how deep the
resentment
> I felt.... At that time in my life, I tried so desperately to be and
appear
> "normal" and here is Jerry Lewis singling out someone just like me
because
> she was different.......
> As I grew older and expanded my knowledge of entertainment, I realized
> that this scene was, perfected many, many years before in verismo
(realism)
> opera. To the best of my knowledge, the first successful production of
this
> type of display (The tears of a clown) took place in the last scene, last
> aria of the opera "Pagliacci" (Ruggero Leoncavallo 1857-1919)
> I guess my point is that we must not be misled by the public
> personalities of performers. The opinion and perception of the public is
> what keeps them alive in the business.
> Now, The Dougster has to fire up the pit 'cuz, he has the absolute best
> looking short ribs (beef of course) that ever came off a cow. lololol
> Doug :-)*
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