Jane, You flatter me. Thank you. My love of NYC, art and others inform this fun. The Artist is really worth seeing. It was one of the best films I have seen in recent times. And the friends I saw it with agreed. The next one I want to see is the French one about the wheelchair man and his aide. And strangely enough, I want to see the new Mission Impossible. Go figure. P.S. it is so much more fun to write email than it is to grade papers. Robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jane Gold Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Subject: Hello To: met-interactive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Robert knows how to have fun…. he could write the definitive culture blurb on any blog for fun in our funtastic city. I don't get to the movies much…but have put The Artist on my Q. thanks Robert for the vicarious energetic tour! love it… As to Miro's Moonbird….still associating. jane On Dec 13, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Robert S. Berger, Ph.D. wrote: Hi Marilyn, Yes. We will turn the announcements listserv into the new interactive listserv, close the one on GoogleGroups, offer those who do not want to be on interactive an alternative yahoo groups listserv for announcements and have a return to a listserv that does what we want and does not do what we do not want. The freelists listserv has helped clarify this issue. Very educational. As to Fun, your advise will be followed to the letter. I will be in Chinatown with friends and family this weekend, and I am planning an outing with friends and family to visit outdoor, public sculptures in Manhattan, which is inspired by my seeing the following piece next to the West 58th street theater at which I saw The Artist, a film I recommend. The piece: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/3252504690/. http://fundaciomiro-bcn.org/coleccio_obra.php?obra=717&idioma=2 Seeing that sculpture inspired the following associations: "It is an amazing sculpture. "It is baying at the moon, which is such an endearing homage to our unbridled nature. And it conveys the hope for a responsive moon that we know cannot happen. Bay as we may, the moon stays where it is and we continue to yearn for it. Surprising analogy for life?" . The word "bay" is right out of Shakespeare. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bay. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon. It is from Julius Ceasar: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/page_168.html. So I will mark your wOrds. This email allowed me to complete my research on pieces for this tour. http://gonyc.about.com/b/2009/02/16/nyc-public-sculpture-tour-from-mug.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_sculpture_in_New_York_City http://www.nycgovparks.org/art http://www.forgottendelights.com/NYCsculpture/NYCSculptureIndex.htm Best, Robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marilyn Sulzbacker Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Subject: Hello To: met-interactive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi, It sounds like we will be switching to yahoo. When we send out an announcement to our members we should probably include what you discovered about how to backchannel. I think you should spend some time now doing fun things. Thank you for all your hard work marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Robert S. Berger, Ph.D. <rsb111@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: met-interactive <met-interactive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Dec 13, 2011 10:20 am Subject: [I-M-C] Fwd: Hello I can always turn this one into the new announcement one for those who do not want interactive. To be continued! Robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Subject: Hello To: met-interactive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Here, here. Richard B. Joelson, DSW 110 East 87th Street - Suite 1E New York, NY 10128 (212) 369-1239 e-mail: RBJoelson@xxxxxxx please visit: website: www.richardbjoelsondsw.com website: www.rbjstorybooksforchildren.com In a message dated 12/13/2011 9:30:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, lisabet991@xxxxxxx writes: Robert, I think Yahoo is a good enough option and this is too much time for you to spend, especially given this initial glitch about repying to one person. Let's be simple and stick