Lissi, I LOVE IT!! Where have you been hiding your talent?? With a big smile, Cindy --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Kelly C and Booksharian Friends, > > Kelly, as I haven't gotten Jaywalking With the Irish > /Back and your ,mammals are still roaming, what say > we take our case to nationwide small claims court > and see if judge Judy will ream out the volunteers > who nipped away with our books. Who cares that they > are probably not on the list and know nothing about > our pleas to get our validations back. National > attention might distract us from our frustration. > > We could put it to Doctor Phil and he would lecture > us before millions of viewers on our need to take > responsibility for our disorganization which caused > our validation periods to lapse. He would point out > we are justly suffering the consequences of our not > taking control of our lives. But then would come the > good part. He would offer us free, unlimited > counseling and guidance by the nations leading > experts in personal management skills.We could > demand real limo transportation to and from every > session and a meal afterwards at an upscale > restaurant with the companion of our choice to > unwind and process the new information we'd learned. > Then, six months later, we'd get flown to a return > . visit to the show where our accommodations would > be top drawers...drawer. We could gleefully report > that we had gotten excited about our lives. We could > introduce Gustavo as our star expert who would rave > about our promptness in renewing our books and sing > the praises of our most stunning validations. > > But, why think small! Why not go straight to Oprah. > We could make our case that having our validations > ruthlessly ripped from us incomplete was a form of > book abuse. Oprah is very sympathetic about anything > relating to abuse or books. We could weep about the > trauma we'd suffered and our inability to attain > closure because we were unable to finish our > validations. To lifet our morale and give us > confidence and a new start, she would let us pick > the next 2 Oprah selections. We'd get to interview > our authors, field e mail from hundreds of thousands > of readers enthralled with our selections. The > publishers and authors would wine and dine us for > the publicity we generated for their novels.We would > finagle a few months of high paid work selecting the > viewers who would appear on the show which would air > at the end of the reading period. We'd turn down all > bribes from fans wanting our endorsement to be on > Oprah, but it wouldn't be our fault if expensive > gifts of cash, jewelry, front row tickets to > Broadway shows and game boy threes we can't see > to play but we could sell 4 5 times their value were > left on our porches. And, again, we'd be flown in > for the culminating episode where a panel of > viewers, we, the authors, and let us not forget > Oprah, would discuss the book. We'd be celebrated as > courageous individuals who had overcome book > separation anxiety and risen above book > abuse. > > Now, don't you hope we don't get our books back. > We've not only found the silver lining, but have > struck gold. Getting our books back could only spoil > our grand plans. You are in on this with me, aren't > you/? > > To the rest of you, don't you all go claiming > someone has snagged your validations. First claimed, > first famed and I'm only sharing with Kelly to avoid > being perceived as opportunistic and greedy. > > Now, Pratik, you thought you had a monopoly on humor > on this list. Some of our humorists are hibernating > and we'll have to make way when their roused. I bet > you're kicking yourself for not figuring out how to > parlay a lost validation in to national recognition > replete with perks. Or, maybe you're kicking > yourself for reading this twaddle to the end. > > Always with love, > > Lissi > > If I need an excuse for the above, it could be I'm > suffering hypothermia. My furnace is broken and it's > way cold. My mind could be in that dreamy haze that > comes before you drift off contented to sleep, > forgetting you might freeze the rest of the way and > not wake up. Actually, that isn't about to happen. > I'm bundled up, staying busy until my Blackberry and > I are picked up and taken to a friend's house in > three hours, a house where the furnace works. Monday > morning on their seventh stab at fixing my furnace, > the guys are bringing 2 larger pipes they believe > will fix the problem for good...I'd settle for 3 > consecutive days of heat, or If I want to go crazy > optimistic, three consecutive toasty warm months! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kelly Carlson > To: bksvol-discuss@freelist > > s.org ; Bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:12 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] same request different > book > > > I was working on Validating "World of Animals: > Mammals (sea mammals)" or how ever it's writen. I > again forgot my time expirred today and lost the > book. Can who ever has it please release it so I can > have it back again? > Kelly C ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510k for $1,698/mo. 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