TheBanyanTree: TheBanyanTree Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1

[TLW]

ps.  Say hi to Stew, Youngblood, Cecil, and Terry for all of us, okay?

xoxos.

On 2/1/10, TLW <tlwagener at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dee was such a marvelous character and friend.  Back when I was
> writing in Hollywood, I'd lament to her about having to go to yet
> ANOTHER time-sucking pitch meeting full of business men that would
> lead nowhere.  Dee had the same exhortation:
>
> "Knockers up!"
>
> I remember that, and I tell myself that in distressing circumstances.
> Dee will be with me the rest of my life.
>
> Thank you, Dee.
>
> xoxoSidda
>
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>    1. from today's blog (Monique Colver)
>>    2. Sad story (Monique Colver)
>>    3. Re: Sad story (PJMoney)
>>    4. Re: Sad story (NancyIee at aol.com)
>>    5. Re: Sad story (Julie Anna Teague)
>>    6. Re: Sad story (Woofie)
>>    7. Re: Sad story (Jim Miller)
>>    8. Re: Sad story (Roger Pye)
>>
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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:49:45 -0800
>> From: Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
>> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: from today's blog
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<3567063e1001311849m2ade63afj1d90efaea8e7b67f at mail.gmail.com>
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>> Career Longings
>>
>> Perhaps I watch too much TV, something some of my friends would agree
>> with,
>> and some would not. However, it does broaden my horizons, because, in the
>> normal course of events, accountants sit around and listen to stories
>> from
>> others and don?t do much exciting on their own. This is because we?ve
>> evaluated the cost benefit ratios and have found that we?re safer not
>> jumping off cliffs or going on safaris.
>>
>> For the most part.
>>
>> However, by watching entirely too much TV (which despite its opponents is
>> still a fabulous way to zone out when I want to, well, zone out and stop
>> thinking in terms of numbers) I have decided that my next career will be
>> as
>> a spy. Most people have several careers during their lifetime, at least
>> these days, since multiple layoffs tend to drive people not only to
>> distraction, but also to another line of work, and so I?m not counting
>> myself out on this phenomenon.
>>
>> And what better career than spy? I meet all the requirements (based on my
>> extensive TV watching), and can, under the right circumstances, look
>> presentable in evening clothes. Of course, I won?t look fabulous in
>> evening
>> clothes or anything else, but if you ask me, that?s even better. Who will
>> the enemy spies suspect first? The enticing blonde in the tight dress with
>> a
>> with the high heels and clear skin who makes every other woman consider
>> plastic surgery, if they hadn?t already, or the middle-aged slightly
>> overweight woman in the flat shoes (all the better to run with) standing
>> off
>> in a corner while everyone looks at the blonde?
>>
>> Right.
>>
>> No one?s going to notice me in a crowd, which is a positive attribute for
>> a
>> spy, and since spies frequent embassy and high level political events,
>> this
>> is a good thing.
>>
>> Then there?s my martial arts skills, which are pretty much nonexistent,
>> though I did have enough Aikido lessons to learn how to fall without
>> hurting
>> myself which is, I think, very useful. And if hard pressed, I could even
>> fall on the enemy spy. I plan to avoid this scenario altogether though by
>> being armed. I did learn how to disassemble, shoot, and reassemble an
>> M-16
>> in the service, though I?m fairly certain that spies don?t carry M-16?s,
>> so
>> I may have to fine tune my shooting abilities.
>>
>> I?m fairly good with computers, though my ability to discern passwords
>> from
>> a lucky guess also needs a bit of work. However, I do have a cute little
>> red
>> USB flash drive I carry around with me. I did leave it at a client?s the
>> other day, but since there currently aren?t any secrets vital to the US
>> government I don?t think that?s a problem.
>>
>> I don?t know any foreign languages, despite my years of studies. They
>> just
>> didn?t take. Who?s going to suspect a middle-aged American woman with no
>> communication abilities of being a spy?
>>
>> Exactly. I?m so perfect for this I?m surprised no one?s come to recruit
>> me
>> yet.
>>
>> There are one or two problems. I?m used to being self-employed, and I
>> really
>> like to make my own rules. This means I?ll need to be a freelance spy.
>> While
>> I have no problem with that, I am wondering about the marketing aspect.
>> My
>> experience with marketing my business has been that it takes talking to a
>> lot of people and telling everyone I meet what I do and how I can help
>> them.
>> I have a few doubts about building my spy career by telling everyone I
>> meet
>> that I?m a spy. Isn?t that counterproductive? ?Hi, I?m Monique, and I?m a
>> spy. Tell your friends and family!? Who?s going to trust a spy like that?
>> Do
>> I put anonymous ads on Craigslist? Looking for work ads in the local
>> paper,
>> which isn?t conducive to being an international spy, is it? Maybe an ad
>> in
>> the International Herald Tribune?
>>
>> Then there?s the matter of continuing education, or perhaps basic
>> education
>> in the spy business. I?m not sure I want to go back to school, unless
>> it?s
>> online and I can do it on my laptop while sitting on my couch. However,
>> my
>> online searches for spy schools haven?t turned up anything.
>>
>> Do spies have a professional organization? What are the dues? Do they
>> have
>> annual conventions?
>>
>> Minor issues these. I?m sure it?ll all work out. Maybe I need a mentor
>> spy.
>>
>> Since I?d be a somewhat unconventional spy (older and nondescript,
>> blending
>> into the background, sleeping in), I think I?d be marketable. The spy no
>> one
>> would suspect. I can even fake a pretty good blank facial expression, the
>> kind you see on the faces of those who are perennially lost and have no
>> idea
>> what they?re doing, or why. I use this expression a lot, usually without
>> even trying. At the same time, I?m noticing everything around me, every
>> speck of dust, every twitch of the eyes, every sneer. And how would you
>> know
>> I?m not noticing? My blank expression gives nothing away.
>>
>> And who would I tell? I mean, other than my blog, which no one reads
>> anyway.
>> Oh yes, I?m going to blog about being a spy. This is a much underutilized
>> forum for spies to talk about their experiences. I?ll blog from Istanbul,
>> Krakow, the Kremlin, and Freedom, Maine, so that you too can find out
>> about
>> the life of a real life spy. I?m sure it?s just as glamorous as it is on
>> TV
>> and in the movies, and I?ll be right there, on the front lines, telling
>> you
>> all about it.
>>
>> As soon as tax season is over. I?m sort of busy until then.
>>
>> --
>> Monique Colver
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:21:08 -0800
>> From: Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
>> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<3567063e1001312221m12e2a044o5e3119524564c355 at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>
>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>
>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>> --
>> Monique Colver
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:59:20 +0930
>> From: "PJMoney" <pmon3694 at bigpond.net.au>
>> To: "'A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your
>> 	own*original*	writings. '" <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <D435BFA3B13E4C42BBF2BCBE4ED7C43C at Main>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again.  Dee had a sig file
>> that struck me so deeply that the gist of it has stuck with me even if
>> the
>> proper wording hasn't.
>>
>> "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"
>>
>> Exactly so!  I quoted it to someone only a week or so ago.
>>
>> She enriched my life and it was lovely to find her popping up in the Tree
>> every so often.  I'm very sorry that she's gone.  Too bad for all of us.
>>
>> Janice
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com [mailto:thebanyantree-
>>> bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique Colver
>>> Sent: Monday, 1 February 2010 3:51 PM
>>> To: The Banyan Tree
>>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>>>
>>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite
>>> and
>>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>>
>>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>>
>>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Monique Colver
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:15:58 EST
>> From: NancyIee at aol.com
>> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <2c4b.7892208a.38982e0e at aol.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> I, too, will miss Dee's wisdom and subtle humor.  She always had a  firm
>> anchor on Life, even if it sometimes gave her a good spin. She passed
>> that
>> all on to us who read her messages, I know. I suppose she went on to
>> watch
>> over  her Stew.
>>
>> NancyLee
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon,  1 Feb 2010 08:25:57 -0500
>> From: Julie Anna Teague <jateague at indiana.edu>
>> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <20100201082557.ku2cnrofkss8w8w4 at webmail.iu.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=ISO-8859-1;	format="flowed"
>>
>> Quoting Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite
>>> and
>>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>>
>>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>>
>>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>> I'm sitting here at work reading this.  I need to find a quiet place to
>> be by myself in this stupid beehive of an office.  Our dear dee.  She
>> will leave a much bigger hole than her tiny self.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:18:50 +0800
>> From: Woofie <woofie at woofess.com>
>> To: "A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
>> 	*original*	writings. " <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <266269362.20100201221850 at woofess.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>
>> Hello Julie,
>>
>> What????????????????????????!!! Dee?!
>> I just got this mail, but no other mails about Dee:(
>> W:(
>>
>> Monday, February 1, 2010, 9:25:57 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite
>>>> and
>>>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>>>
>>>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>>>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>>> I'm sitting here at work reading this.  I need to find a quiet place to
>>> be by myself in this stupid beehive of an office.  Our dear dee.  She
>>> will leave a much bigger hole than her tiny self.
>>
>>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>  Woofie                            mailto:woofie at woofess.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:38:31 -0800
>> From: "Jim Miller" <jim at maze.cc>
>> To: "'A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
>> 	*original* writings. '" <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <06f201caa35c$fe0c2d10$fa248730$@cc>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> I join Julie in finding a quiet place. In her way and at just the right
>> time, Dee touched me deeply. I think of her often and will miss her
>> immensely.
>>
>> A few years back, as Linda and I were passing through Bandon, Dee
>> insisted
>> that we spend the night in her home on the lake. We talked and talked and
>> of
>> course had coffee. Linda went to bed as Dee and I talked well into the
>> night
>> . . . discussing many of you.
>>
>> Dee had a large collection of telephone line insulators varying in color
>> and
>> style. Before leaving in the morning, she gave me a perfect one. I
>> cherish
>> it and the lovely lady who gave it value.
>>
>> Oh wow . . . . the memories going back to early Spoon days are flooding
>> over
>> me.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com
>> [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique
>> Colver
>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:21 PM
>> To: The Banyan Tree
>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>>
>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>
>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>
>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>> --
>> Monique Colver
>>
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:26:02 +1100
>> From: Roger Pye <pyewood at pcug.org.au>
>> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
>> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>> Message-ID: <4B672ACA.9000306 at pcug.org.au>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Dee welcomed Robin and I into her life as though we lived next door
>> instead of thousands of kms away. We will both miss her and her quiet
>> wisdom.
>>
>> roger
>>
>> Jim Miller wrote:
>>> I join Julie in finding a quiet place. In her way and at just the right
>>> time, Dee touched me deeply. I think of her often and will miss her
>>> immensely.
>>>
>>> A few years back, as Linda and I were passing through Bandon, Dee
>>> insisted
>>> that we spend the night in her home on the lake. We talked and talked
>>> and
>>> of
>>> course had coffee. Linda went to bed as Dee and I talked well into the
>>> night
>>> . . . discussing many of you.
>>>
>>> Dee had a large collection of telephone line insulators varying in color
>>> and
>>> style. Before leaving in the morning, she gave me a perfect one. I
>>> cherish
>>> it and the lovely lady who gave it value.
>>>
>>> Oh wow . . . . the memories going back to early Spoon days are flooding
>>> over
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com
>>> [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique
>>> Colver
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:21 PM
>>> To: The Banyan Tree
>>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>>>
>>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite
>>> and
>>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>>
>>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>>
>>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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