Can't do TinyURL at work, sparky. If somebody can't cut-n-paste by 2007, then that's their extra chromesome.
- RB --- In [email protected], "Max H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, Ray, PLEASE make friends with TinyURL<http://www.tinyurl.com/>. > Please, think of the children, bawling at all the 404 errors! > > I didn't think of it as a "Married vs. Singles" kind of thing the way Hanna > did, but I had the same basic reaction. I thought the author sounded a lot > like Elle at the beginning of Legally Blonde -- hel-LO, shallow! -- with > "friends" that would abandon her if she wore the wrong shoes. Yes, that's > hyperbole, I'm sure she's perfectly nice and caring in real life, but that's > not how she came across as the author of this article. > > -Max > > On 6/18/07, Ray Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > from Friday's Weekend section... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > > dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400319.html > > > > This is the lede. I am friends with the subject, so I am biased. If > > you read these first few paragraphs, would you be inclined to read > > the rest? > > > > What would your opinion of Dave be? > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > Dave Connolly needed friends. > > > > Which is a tricky predicament. Tricky and kind of banal. And -- let's > > be honest -- a little sad. > > > > By the time you're out there in the world, haven't there been enough > > opportunities -- in the sandbox and eighth-grade math class and the > > varsity tennis team and between dorm rooms and cubicle clusters -- to > > pick up a few good friends? > > > > Obviously. > > > > Unless, you know, there weren't. Or there were. There were all those > > opportunities, and buddies were met and made and then, somehow, lost. > > Binding ties came unbound. > > > > Maybe there was a marriage. A baby. A transfer, a taxing project, an > > illness, a changing lifestyle, diverging hobbies, a new neighborhood, > > a gradual maturing, a big dramatic fight over a guy you were both > > interested in. Maybe your new medical sales job has you sleeping in > > Reston and creeping along Interstate 66, shaking hands with lots of > > doctors and nurses and not really getting to know anyone. > > > > Maybe you're Dave Connolly, 29, athletic and outgoing and fun and > > successful, and everything was great and your social calendar was > > booming until one day it just wasn't. > > > > Banal. A little sad. And common enough for this town to support a > > whole host of organizations designed to help people reach out and > > meet someone. Probably lots of someones. Probably in similar > > predicaments. > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Do these photos change or affirm your image of Dave? > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#50616 > > 66529504285106 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#50616 > > 67349843038706 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506981 > > 9857564963250 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > > 3362258276962 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > > 4994345849554 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#506982 > > 5174734476002 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#5 > > 069829242068505634 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > --Max H., moderator, Freecycle Olney, MD >
