Can the adults please smoke?- Page 264
Can the adults please smoke?
#6575the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 6:51amMorning all!! Coffee is on.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#6576the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 7:21amMorning Mom...I can use all the coffee I can drink today. Up earlier than usually to make sure Grandma was set for the day. I made her coffee and eggs before I left my house at 5 a.m. UGH !!! I need a vacation...for a year.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#6577the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 7:34amOooh sabadical... sounds nice. Sign me up!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#6578the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 7:38am
You got it Mom...you're second on the list. 
How are Lizzie and Anna doing??? Is Grandpa Dave still buying stuffed animals for her???
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6579the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:10amMorning everyone - sounds like people are reading away on Lucifer. I get back Sunday night (from Colorado) and will probably start a thread then (BOOK - I, Lucifer)
#6580the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:20amMorning DG...Sounds Great...hopefully I'll finish the book over the weekend during all the flying time to and from Oregon.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6581the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:22am
I'll be doing the same thing - don't forget to blow kisses out the window
#6582the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:24am
I'm exercising and wetting my lips as I type. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6583the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:28amI can't even tell you how many images that just brought into my head! Are you actually IN this wedding, or just attending?
#6584the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:32amJust attending. It's a very casual wedding, so no suit...yea !!! I've never been to Oregon, so I'm kind of exciting about going there. I enjoy visiting our states. One day I need to figure out what states I still need to visit.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6585the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:36amThe central Oregon coast is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and Portland is a pretty engaging little city. Very progressive with a thriving artistic community. Kind of like Seattle without all the hype.
#6586the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:40amNow I'm really excited...I Love art...maybe I can pick up something from a local artist. I'm such a shopper and collector.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6587the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:43amAre you doing a blitzkrieg visit like I'm doing in Colorado?
#6588the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:48amYes...we land tomorrow night...the wedding is Saturday...and we fly out on Sunday morning at like 6:30 a.m. UGH !!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6589the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:52am
I leave at 6am Saturday morning - but that gives me plenty of time to drive into the mountains, which is truly one of my favorite things. I'll have my Vivaldi and Bach blasting, I can tell you that I don't leave again until Suday evening - after the cast party Saturday night, I fugured that was wise!
#6590the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 8:58am
Morning, loves!
What is this book? Are we all supposed to be reading it? Somehow I've fallen behind...
Rath
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6591the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:00amMorning Rath - the book is 'I, Lucifer' by Glenn Duncan. We're going to be posting thoughts and impressions about it starting Monday on a thread entitled 'BOOK - I, Lucifer'.
#6592the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:05amMonday?! Is it redundant of me to ask what it's about, and why it was chosen, and by whom?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#6593the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:11amMorning Rath. darling. The book was purchased 1st by yours truly. DGrant read about it and was intrigued and hence the book club was formed by suggestions of other adult members.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#6594the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:11amHas anyone else noticed the plethora of black and white icons used by the people in this thread? Wonder what that means...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#6595the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:14am
." In this novel, British author Duncan (Hope; Love Remains) attempts to justify the ways of Satan to the hip. God gives his evil subaltern a month in a human body, with an option to own, thus permanently casting off his pain-racked cosmological being. The grim alternative for Lucifer is to subsist in eternal nothingness. The vacant body belongs to Declan Gunn, a writer on the brink of suicide. Lucifer narrates his romps through escort service dates, cocaine-laced nights and, mostly, the thrills of the wondrous human sensorium. Lucifer options his life story-from his starring role with Adam and Eve to his struggles with an autocratic God-to a film producer and torments Declan's lover, Viola, with the promise of a juicy part in the upcoming movie. But for all his jauntiness, Lucifer must unexpectedly wrestle with Gunn's conscience, including Gunn's memories of Penelope, his alternately loathed and longed-for ex. When Lucifer makes the disastrous decision to see Penelope and forgive her for dumping him, he confronts the goodness of mercy, a battle that leaves him sick with nausea and cognitive disorientation. Lucifer tosses wisecracks around as if they were hand grenades. On the wickedness of a rival of Gunn's, he quips, "There's no murder in him, and only a very predictable dribble of lust. His soul, and billions like it, provide the cosmos with its muzak." Alas, Lucifer's wit doesn't often rise to this sharply satiric level: it's more like a series of outtakes from Bedazzled. This is the archetypal promising novel-the author's talent with words eclipses the substance of his story.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#6596the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:15am
Good morning, Boobs ad DG. How are you both doing this morning?
I finally finished I, Lucifer last night and am looking forward to to the discussion. We'll have to start thinking about the next book soon.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#6597the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:16am
LOVE Undi's new icon! So colorful!
Morning everyone...
By the way, KMF - didn't see your note until this morning...had I had that vision in my head I'm not sure I would have slept at all!
I'll try to finish the book on the plane(s), too. Am flying out to LA early Saturday morning - and leave LA for Chicago on Monday night. Then return to NY on Wednesday. I'll be throwing kisses and waves to Boobs and DG out the window, as well
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#6598the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:17am
Thanks, Boobs, angel boy. I have a busy next few days what with apt. hunting, rehearsals, and of course, damn work which takes up 8 precious hours 5 days a week...oh well...anyway, I should have been paying more attention so I could have started earlier!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#6599the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/16/04 at 9:20am
morning all -- Adgal -- Anderson was well taken care of last night! It got a little tough, but as usual, the "adult" prevailed over the youngins...
So many people going to great places this weekend...I need to plan a last minute getaway....
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
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