All the talk on a related thread of an MOL Hall of Fame reminds me of the amazing takeoff on Dante's Inferno a la MOL that was posted years ago. Jamie: Is that post still available for viewing?
I'm so glad you found it! I spent probably 45 minutes looking for it a couple days ago, with no luck.
All the talk on a related thread of an MOL Hall of Fame reminds me of the amazing takeoff on Dante's Inferno a la MOL that was posted years ago. Jamie: Is that post still available for viewing?
And lars needs to be credited for creating the Dante's Inferno poster. She's in the top 3 of my MOL hall of fame.
All the talk on a related thread of an MOL Hall of Fame reminds me of the amazing takeoff on Dante's Inferno a la MOL that was posted years ago. Jamie: Is that post still available for viewing?
And lars needs to be credited for creating the Dante's Inferno poster. She's in the top 3 of my MOL hall of fame.
I was wondering who did that.
Yeah, that's a piece of work. Wonder if I was a member back then - I don't remember that.
lars reminds me of the Great Chicken Wars of a few years ago.
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
it was pretty amazing how wound up some people got over something so obviously absurd. Jerry's prank was a brilliant satire of how many people's outrage is held only by a hair trigger.
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
it was pretty amazing how wound up some people got over something so obviously absurd. Jerry's prank was a brilliant satire of how many people's outrage is held only by a hair trigger.
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
it was pretty amazing how wound up some people got over something so obviously absurd. Jerry's prank was a brilliant satire of how many people's outrage is held only by a hair trigger.
Is there a link to that thread?
I’ll try and dig it up. Started well before April of that year (whatever it was). The real hilarity was in the messages, but alas those I’m not giving up.
Any post that Justmelaura was in the middle of. The best of all time.
I second that emotion. Would also add all the IRL/F2F get together threads that I always seemed to keep missing. I think one of the most special parts of MOL is that most of the people that posted and lived nearby actually knew each other and hung out. There is a special community here that I miss so much.
MOL is not just a thing, it's a gum and a candy too - it's Razzles.
Just The Aunt, Calliope, CynicalGirl, SOParent, all the versions of Claudia, of course Tom Reingold, Monster, Fishy, the few whose names are tickling the tip of my tongue - you kept me in stitches when I couldn’t sleep, kept me sane when personal life was overwhelming, helped me mourn when Mum died suddenly. We cat ladies bonded solidly, there was rarely a problem that couldn’t be resolved through group knowledge. Thank you all
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
it was pretty amazing how wound up some people got over something so obviously absurd. Jerry's prank was a brilliant satire of how many people's outrage is held only by a hair trigger.
Is there a link to that thread?
I’ll try and dig it up. Started well before April of that year (whatever it was). The real hilarity was in the messages, but alas those I’m not giving up.
I just looked through my private messages with Jerry on this topic. He envisioned the word MAPLEWOOD being put up on South Mountain like the HOLLYWOOD name looms over Los Angeles. I miss the dude.
Just The Aunt, Calliope, CynicalGirl, SOParent, all the versions of Claudia, of course Tom Reingold, Monster, Fishy, the few whose names are tickling the tip of my tongue - you kept me in stitches when I couldn’t sleep, kept me sane when personal life was overwhelming, helped me mourn when Mum died suddenly. We cat ladies bonded solidly, there was rarely a problem that couldn’t be resolved through group knowledge. Thank you all
I’ll also add Jerry Ryan’s fabulous April Fools joke involving a few MOLers and a plan to have the Township rent out the airspace over the Reservation for a billboard, a few months in the making and a stroke of pure genius.
I just looked through my private messages with Jerry on this topic. He envisioned the word MAPLEWOOD being put up on South Mountain like the HOLLYWOOD name looms over Los Angeles. I miss the dude.
We all miss the dude. And JustMeLaura came up in a conversation this morning, and then I drove down my street, passing JustTheAunt’s house. They’re all gone, but somehow they remain actively present in all of our lives.
On Monday, I found out that my oldest friend, who I first met in kindergarten, was best friends with right through high school, was my accompanist in college, and shared an apt. with in my 20’s, died after a short battle with COVID. Sigh...
That’s the deal, keeping all of these folks alive in our hearts and minds. Somehow, I find that very easy to do.
Edited to add: On a lighter note, Campbell29’s Ambien posts were definitely among my favorites.
Edited to add: I take Ambien for sleep and I think Campbell29 may have been taking taking too much.
When it was first prescribed I think it was 5mg, now I have the continual release. However, I still do stuff I don’t remember, so I’m definitely awake, but feel I get great sleep. Now, I put the devices away when I take it. I used to do lots of shopping and when I bought a Louis Vuitton bag that showed up as a surprise, I would put the phone and iPad in a bathroom drawer when I took it. Now, when I take it (which is seldom cause I can sleep when I want) the only fun stuff I do is eat an entire container of guacamole with a spoon.
I am glad I was able to entertain and get good sleep at the same time.
Dave, thank you. And many thanks for posting this link. I cracked up reading thru it just like the first time! And Campbell29, you had such grace and good humor about it.
Now I’ll have to try to get to sleep. Fortunately, trazodone does the trick for me.
Didn’t he move to Washington State?