Lindsey
2/27/05
Geez, Brent I hope you feel better soon! That sounds lousy.
I like Amanda's idea of who sang that. That could be fun.

BTW, Cute pictures of the girls!

What a lousy night you guys had, especially Brent. Feel better soon! --Gary

Sounds interesting! I like the reviews-page idea especially; I will do one of these soon. Also, Lindsey and Paul sent me an idea for a game last night that could be really fun. More on this later. Stay tuned! And Ok, if you're having trouble with this game, here's a tip: I pointed out that the first twenty sounds were all Best Picture winners, so instead of thousands of movies the field is already narrowed to only 77! Then all you need is a list and start matching... --Gary

These are all great movies, Lindsey, so after I post the answers, go out and rent all the ones you didn't know. You'll thank me! :-) --Gary

Amen. TiVo rules! --Gary

Sounds like Lindsey's jealous of the SC school schedule. I am too! :-) --Gary

Erika wasn't too happy about having to go all day today, but then she had ALL last week off. I'm not sure why we have been having so many early outs lately, but we have been enjoying them!

Enjoy your day off, Emily! :-) (Is Erika bummed having to go the whole day??)

Way to go on the keg registration, Emily--sounds important! Glad you got the Oscar scoresheets. Check back on Friday for a special "Oscar Edition" of "Who Said That?" --Gary

BEST PICTURE: The Aviator
BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood
BEST ACTOR: Jamie Foxx
BEST ACTRESS: Hilary Swank
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Morgan Freeman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett

I'll be mailing out the complete list so you can keep score on Oscar night; but in the meantime, here's the complete list. Once again, good luck everybody!

Yup, got 'em. I'm making the "master list" right now, which I will post here soon and also mail out paper copies to everyone. Should be an interesting race again this year! --Gary

I leave early Sunday morning (27th), and back Wednesday night (2nd). No snow here, and I'm at work today. Lucky you! :-) --Gary

Wow I'm surprised I got that many right on the Who Said That. Also good job Tristen, you got ALOT of them right.

I'm going to be in Arizona for three or four days at the end of the month, so I think the next "who said that" will go up then so you can play it over those days. And because that is Oscar week-end, I'm going to try to do one where the sound-bytes are all from Oscar-winning movies. And don't forget to check back tomorrow for the interesting results of our current game! --Gary

Thanks for answering. Way to go on all the badges! --Gary

Emily, what's Language Comp.?

Second Semester:
1. Business and Personal Law
2. Chemistry
3. Algebra 2
4. Psychology
5. American Government
6. Advanced Speech
7. Humanities

But, I also signed up for an accelerated summer school progam to take Algebra 2. So, if that works out I will be taking Trig first semester and Advanced Mathematical Concepts second semester in place of Algebra 2, and I will proably take the first semester of AP Biology, which is Intro to College Biology, in place of Trig. So I hope that works out, so that I will be able to take Calculus the next year, because I can get college credits for that. But next year I will also get some college credits for Art Appreciation and Humanities. So, that will be good.
Well, I should go get ready for dance now.
Congrats to Amanda & Lindsey on making Honor Roll!

A new "who said that" starts tomorrow, and this one should be more fun for the younger crowd. All of the sound-bytes -- from both TV and movies -- are from the past 10 years: nothing older! So tune in tomorrow.

A few more Oscar ballots have come in, so the only hold-outs are Amanda, Brent, Donna, Lori, Marsha, Ryan, Sean, Teghan(?), Tristen, and Zachary. Please get 'em in by Sunday night if you want a chance to get the Oscar statuette away from Lindsey (or Donna...?)

I agree! And it's something that could only happen on the internet. No other medium could do the same thing, not even television. --Gary

Amanda, I'm surprised that your mayor gave a smaller contribution than I did.

See below! Your notes came in late last night and early this morning, respectively, and were posted here at the same time. And speaking of honor rolls (congrats, Lindsey!), Amanda sent in a scan of a newspaper clipping a few days ago listing her name on the President's Honor Roll. Unfortunately, it's in a format I can't convert to an image for the webpage. Sorry about that. Anyway, congratulations to Amanda! --Gary

1ST SEMESTER:
English 10 D w
Chemistry
World History
Advanced Algebra
Spanish Year 2
Oral Communications
Health/Rec Sports

2ND SEMESTER:
English 10 D w
Chemistry
World History
Advanced Algebra
Spanish Year 2
Economics
9/10 Weight Training (1st Qtr) Career Ed Planning (2nd Qtr)

The w by English means its a weighted class so instead of being graded on a 4.0 scale, it's a 5.0 scale. So it's a little harder class but if you would normally have like a C you would get a B for the class. So that's my classes next year as of now.

Well, ya never know! --Gary

Also, check these pix from Tx!

Ah! From your first note I was picturing a wild weekend in Des Moines! --Gary

Oscar voters now include Emily, Erika, Gary, Karen, Lindsey, Olivia, and Paul. Livy sent in her ballot last night, and it looks (to me) pretty hard to beat! Good luck, Livy!

The "who said that?" quiz is picking up steam: We have now heard from Amanda, Emily, Erika, Karen, Lindsey, Paul, and Olivia, and I can tell you that there is at least one perfect score among them! If you weren't listed, get busy!

How interesting that you would say that! :-) It just so happens that I have assembled another "who said that" -- this time all from cartoon shows, none of them earlier than 1995! I'll put it up next week. Erika, I'll bet you did better on the movies and TV ones than the old-timers will do with the cartoons! :-) Have fun! --Gary

Weird that you get asked to register on the Chicago Tribune site (for the news story I linked to below). I'm not registered there, and it opens right up for me...

Here's a quick re-cap: A family in Florida left their 7-year-old son's dog with a neighbor on New Years Eve, and unfortunately the dog jumped the fence. The 76-year-old neighbor felt sick about it, put up fliers, and went to the pound every day looking for the dog. No luck. Nobody had seen the dog. What they didn't know was that another family, visiting from Chicago, picked up the dog (it's a very friendly dog) thinking they could find the owners. The dog had tags, so the Chicago guy -- a lawyer -- called the number, which was to a veterinarian in Alaska. The Alaska vet said he would contact the owners, who had recently moved to Florida. But by the time he did so, the lawyer and family had returned to Chicago. With the dog. So the Florida guy called the lawyer in Chicago, left messages, but got no call-back for more than a week. At which time the lawyer said he no longer had the dog; had given it to a nun who ran an organization for handicapped kids. He refused to name the nun or the organization, and said he didn't want to bother her by going back and asking for the dog, etc. So the Florida guy says, OK, we'll get the police involved; and filed a report. He also wrote a letter to the Chicago guy's law firm, telling them how his little boy was in tears about this dog. A Chicago Tribune reporter heard the story and went to talk with the lawyer. The reporter said the lawyer gave him contradictory versions of his story, and still refused to name this mystery "nun." He said when the other lawyers in his firm read the letter, "they laughed at it." Meanwhile, the dog is "somewhere" in Chicago, and has been for 40+ days....

QUESTION: What do Emily, Erika, Gary, Karen, Lindsey, and Paul have in common?
ANSWER: They're the only ones who have sent in their Oscar picks so far! The rest of you have a mere ten days to make up your minds; otherwise one of those lucky six will get the trophy this year!

Our other current game -- "Who Said That?" -- so far has entries from Amanda and Lindsey. C'mon folks, this one is much easier -- and the first one is a give-away! (Oh, and by the way, Amanda pointed out that #20 is actually from a movie. I misidentified it and thought it was from a TV show with the same character. So you get full credit for either the movie, the TV show, or the actor's name.... Sorry about that!)

And here's a news story that shows why people just loooove lawyers....

By the way, the fact that last night was Mardi Gras, and today Ash Wednesday, totally escaped me this year! Otherwise I would have made up an appropriate front page. So Happy Mardi Gras (late), everyone!

Today's crawl, for those that may not see it, is: "AMAZING FACT: What's the #1 thing that sends people to their doctors? Sore throat. #2 is back pain."

Feel better, Erika! --Gary

Time well spent, in my humble opinion! :-) --Gary

So what's in the news? Here in Lincoln, the only thing the local news is talking about is that the Commander-in-Thief is speaking in Omaha today. It must be kind of nostalgic for him, going back to where he hid out on 9/11. Ah, memories! In the meantime, our Republican masters are doing a good job training the next generation of voters not to question their government. Check this out.

And remember when having a prison record made it harder to get a job? That's not how it works for the rich and famous! :-)

I do have a bunch of TV show sounds coming up for next time. Another thing we can do is TV Theme Songs, or (though this would be harder) Movie Theme Songs. --Gary

Hey, you got the sound working! Good! --Gary

You get better, too, Lindsey!

(Boy, this flower is getting a workout today!) --Gary

Hope you get the sound thing worked out! Does your computer play sounds when you're not online, like in a game? If so, you could just save the sound files to your hard drive and play them offline. (Though of course it would be better to get the online sound thing working...)

And hey, feel better yourself! :-) --Gary

I got my tax return (state, anyway -- still waiting for Fed) in record time this year: I filed online, and three days later the check was in my mailbox. Couldn't believe it!

I would have thought this "who said that" was easier! But then again, I don't get to hear the sound-byte on its own -- I always know who it is before I hear it...

Feel better, Tristen!!