Just in case you didn't realize you had a vague interest in what I'm up to these days

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

I hope that it's properly trimmed.

[Nate the Great]

You guys luck out that I just saw an episode of Garfield and Friends that involve sixteen-ton safes. (Or are you?)

Roy the Rooster has quit from the U.S. Acres farm to work with the Buddy Bears as "Big Bad Buddy Bird," the one who demonstrates what "happens" when you disagree with the group. Every time he disagrees, they drop a sixteen-ton safe on him. After a few impacts he is understandably battered. The final time the scenario is what flavor of ice cream to have:

Roy: If I say my line, do you promise not to drop a sixteen-ton safe on me?
Buddy Bears: We promise!
Roy: "I'm Big Bad Buddy Bird, and I don't want vanilla, I want strawberry!"
(He gets whapped by TWO sixteen-ton safes)
Buddy Bear 1 (I could never tell Billy, Bernie, and Bobby apart): You see? We didn't drop a sixteen-ton safe on you.
Buddy Bear 2: We dropped TWO sixteen-ton safes on you!

[ijdgaf]

Originally Posted by mudshark

Dusting this one off for a moment.

I bumped into IJD in passing over at the other place and he conveyed the impression that: yes, he is now married and is now in California. It occurred to me, though, that I never did find out exactly where in California that was, nor at which school he was going to be doing his MFA program so, if IJD should happen to pass this way before this thread again drops off of the front page, perhaps he could give us the thumbnail update.

Yes, I'm married and now living in the east bay area. As for where I'm getting my MFA? Well I have this *thing* about online privacy as my hopelessly out-of-date faq suggests. And since MFA programs are just so damned small... I dunno, it just gives me the paranoia heebie jeebies just thinking about divulging that. Silly, yeah. But there you go.

[Nate the Great]

I can't argue with that. After all, you won't find my real name on this site unless you use the Wayback Machine or something. For me it's not such a big deal, because if you did a search for my real name you'd get a bunch of dead people (apparently this particular first/last name combo was particularly popular two hundred years ago). I am gratified that there are so many Nate Grants it's not even funny. It's way more anonymous than I originally thought.

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by ijdgaf

Yes, I'm married and now living in the east bay area. As for where I'm getting my MFA? Well I have this *thing* about online privacy as my hopelessly out-of-date faq suggests. And since MFA programs are just so damned small... I dunno, it just gives me the paranoia heebie jeebies just thinking about divulging that. Silly, yeah. But there you go.

Okay, I can understand that. Was curious, more than anything, really. I have a brother that lives out in Concord with his wife and son, and I thought that if, by some obscure chance, I might someday be able to pry myself loose down here and go up for a visit, we could meet for lunch or coffee somewhere. I have no idea at this time when or if such a trip might happen, but it could, conceivably. Guess I'd shoot you a PM if that looks likely.

[ijdgaf]

Yeah, that's be fine schedule permitting. Concord's not too far... but then again the whole bay area is small enough such that nothing's too far i suppose. I'm used to things being super stretched out on a peninsular state.

Anywho, did you know Tom Hanks is from Concord? I didn't.

[Sa'ar Chasm]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

I can't argue with that. After all, you won't find my real name on this site unless you use the Wayback Machine or something...I am gratified that there are so many Nate Grants it's not even funny. It's way more anonymous than I originally thought.

You could use the Wayback Machine, or you can just keep reading *g*

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by ijdgaf

Yeah, that's be fine schedule permitting. Concord's not too far... but then again the whole bay area is small enough such that nothing's too far i suppose. I'm used to things being super stretched out on a peninsular state.

Anywho, did you know Tom Hanks is from Concord? I didn't.

I did know that, actually. In fact, before I moved back to SoCal, I remember seeing that Hanks' old high school drama teacher there was receiving some sort of recognition (I think it was on the occasion of his retirement) and Hanks turned up at the old school to make the presentation. It sounded like a nice gesture and he seemed sincere in giving his teacher a lot of credit for his own success.

Going back a few years earlier, I believe Dave Brubeck is also from Concord.

[ijdgaf]

Huh. Dave Whobeck?

[mudshark]

Jazz pianist. You've quite likely heard one or two of his tunes, even if you may not have known who played them.

"Take Five", from an old TV performance

Couldn't find one of Brubeck playing this, so here's "Blue Rondo à la Turk" performed by some other guys.