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joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 345
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:22 am: |     |
For those of you interested. Look for a column called GRAIN OF SALT. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 5658
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:27 am: | |
Joel - Is there an online view? |
maplescorp
Citizen
Username: Maplescorp
Post Number: 98
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:53 am: | |
Eventually I'll create a page in my online portfolio. For now, you'll have to shell out the 75 pennies at a local stationery or King's. |
jamie
Citizen
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 387
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:26 am: | |
Joel, just read it - great article! |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 4665
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 2:18 pm: | |
Joel,
Nice job Lug Head! I'm glad you saved me the trouble of writing it for you... |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 498
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 3:09 pm: | |
Have not read this week's paper yet, but have been meaning to tell you how much I have enjoyed past writings by you. Thanks for your points of view and food for thought for many of us!
Continued success!! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11918
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 3:11 pm: | |
Thanks, Joel! You're a funny guy.
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joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 346
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 3:46 pm: | |
If anyone wants to make a topic suggestion for next week I'm all ears and a little desperate!  |
mjc
Citizen
Username: Mjc
Post Number: 1005
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:03 pm: | |
I can't wait to get home and see it!
For next week, hmmm, I didn't see your columns till a couple of weeks ago, so maybe it's been done, but based on the forecast how about snow, snow removal, snow adventures (driving?), avoiding ice on the sidewalk while seeking it out in Mem Park and at St. James, age-based attitudes to snow.... Not exactly untouched territory though.
Jon Stewart as president of the BOE?
happy writing! |
Jgberkeley
Citizen
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4377
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:41 pm: | |
Joel,
I have met Jamie. He is a hologram created by Dave. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11936
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 5:18 pm: | |
How about mentioning the quickly improving condition of most of the homes here in the same breath as the fact that people claim they can't afford property tax. That may be too confrontational for a humor column, but you could use Jon Stewart as a role model. He manages to be funny.
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11943
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:48 pm: | |
Thanks, Joel. My wife and daughters got a kick out of the column, though my wife shot me a dirty look when she read that I have over 11,000 posts. My 8th grader said, "I love Tom Reingold" which is what her friends say to tease her, I guess. It seems their parents throw my name around. It's so weird.
So Joel, how come you didn't give the URL in the column!?
"I made the news today, oh boy..."
Maybe it's better this way. Imagine if thousands of people joined in a short space of time.
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tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 4192
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:31 am: | |
The bit about pippi and notehead almost made me fall off my chair laughing! |
joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 347
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:48 am: | |
For the record (no pun intended), the urls were in the original I submitted and were edited out by the newspaper. |
Lucy
Supporter
Username: Lucy
Post Number: 2536
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 8:57 am: | |
Surprise Surprise! |
Tom Kerns
Supporter
Username: Tom_kerns
Post Number: 309
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 9:24 am: | |
Joel
This one may be played to death, but how about something regarding "Parents in the bleachers (or on the sidelines)". There are many of us in town who have coached and might be willing to share some anecdotes.
Just a thought. Good luck.
I enjoyed your column this week as well, and, like Tom, roared at the bit about Pippi and Notehead. Great stuff
Thanks
TK |
Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1645
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 9:30 am: | |
Pippi almost fell off her chair too!
Thanks Joel! great stuff
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Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5566
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 1:11 pm: | |
Bah.. it was all Horse Hockey.
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Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 8379
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 1:46 pm: | |
very funny! |
joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 348
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:21 pm: | |
Can someone quickly tell me the price of a monthly train ticket to NYC from Maplewood? |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 8385
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:37 pm: | |
$140 for SO->NY Penn Station |
Virtual It Girl
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 3807
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 7:17 pm: | |
The Pippi Notehead thing was funny but no one mentioned the matchmaker...cough, cough, ahem.
<------- |
Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5572
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 1:30 pm: | |
Don't know why VIG's post made me think of this..
Yente: The postman told me there was a letter for your sister, Hodel, from her incumbent, Perchik.
Tzeitel: Oh, she'll be so happy to hear from him. I'll go and pick it up later.
Yente: It's okay, I already picked it up.
[Tzeitzel sees that it already has been opened]
Tzeitel: But it's open.
Yente: So it was open.
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1344
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 3:06 pm: | |
someone post the article |
joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 349
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:21 pm: | |
For those of you who live out of town, I made a PDF of the article. You may have to adjust it to read it well.
http://www.jesttokill.com/grain1_12_06MOL.pdf |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 888
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:06 pm: | |
Joel, I don't usually get the News-Record, but I did this week because of your article. Glad I did; I really enjoyed the article. |
spw784
Supporter
Username: Spw784
Post Number: 828
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 11:16 pm: | |
Thanks for the PDF link, although it was a bit difficult tilting my neck to read the article sideways. <g> |
joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 350
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 8:33 am: | |
One of the buttons should rotate it for you; you can also enlarge or decrease the size. Newspaper works best, though. Only .75 |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
Supporter
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 2928
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 8:51 am: | |
It's even cheaper if you come to the Library to read the Record. We have two copies you can read for free and not increase their circulation. |
joeltfk
Citizen
Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 351
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 9:08 am: | |
Not that there's anything wrong with increasing their circulation. Like it or not, it is our community newspaper. And I know they work very hard (my lazy column notwithstanding!) |
spw784
Supporter
Username: Spw784
Post Number: 829
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 10:45 am: | |
Thanks. I printed it out and took it to bed to read. I knew Pippi and Notehead were married , but didn't realize they were STILL not living under the same roof, and hadn't even met F2F yet! (and it has been 15 months! )
Thanks for the offer, LibraryLady, are you sure I'm allowed in? <g>
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Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1651
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 11:26 pm: | |
"I knew Pippi and Notehead were married , but didn't realize they were STILL not living under the same roof, and hadn't even met F2F yet! (and it has been 15 months! ) "
It's how we keep our marriage "fresh"
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