"Save the Day" written by Jim on estrip.org

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11/18/07 11:09 - ID#42192

Save the Day

The (e:strip) holiday dinner will be on Dec 13th, a Thursday. Save the day, and be prepared to sign up (it's a potluck) sometime after Thanksgiving (no more planning for now).

See you on the other side of turkey day!

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11/15/07 09:21 - ID#42152

E:Strip Holiday Dinner (Early December)

Hello, All!

There will be an (e:strip) holiday dinner potluck get-together at 24 Linwood, some as yet unspecified time in early December (1st or 2nd week).

Possible dates for your consideration:

Mon Dec 03
Tue Dec 04
Fri Dec 07
Tue Dec 11
Thu Dec 13

Please chime in below with availability, questions, comments, concerns, or just +1's.

These Are Bad Days (stupid sports!!!!)

Sat Dec 01 Sabres
Sun Dec 02 Bills
Wed Dec 05 Sabres
Thu Dec 06 Sabres
Sat Dec 08 Sabres
Sun Dec 09 Bills
Mon Dec 10 Sabres
Wed Dec 12 Sabres
Fri Dec 14 Sabres
Sat Dec 15 Sabres
Sun Dec 16 Bills
Wed Dec 19 Sabres

jim writes at 11:08:34 11/18/07 - Comment #28227: Dec 13th it is!

mike writes at 12:23:34 11/17/07 - Comment #28154: my family has a pretty large selection of folding chairs i believe i could bring, excpet last time pual borrowed a folding table , it never returned and was supposedly stolen? So i'll try to convince them it will be safe this time

jim writes at 12:07:54 11/17/07 - Comment #28152: James and I have a folding card table we can bring, but maybe if someone else has folding chairs?

paul writes at 08:30:55 11/16/07 - Comment #28135: Baby sounds fine.

paul writes at 08:30:10 11/16/07 - Comment #28134: The week of the 3rd the 7th is not so good for me. I have to be at work by 8:30 everyday which is way unusual for me, so I want to go to bed by like 10PM. Dec 13th sounds good to me. I think we will also need someone to volunteer an extra table.

jim writes at 05:19:03 11/16/07 - Comment #28129: Thanks, Mike, fixed the dates.

Looks like Thu Dec 13th is least conflictive so far.

mike writes at 05:14:38 11/16/07 - Comment #28127: whenver is prolly fine for me BUT DEcember 3 is a Monday not a Tuesday. So do you mean monday the 3 or tuesday the 4?

bridgette writes at 11:39:19 11/16/07 - Comment #28104: i think that would be fun! I can probably find a sitter for my baby girl but it might be nice to bring her with me. What would you guys think?

mrmike writes at 09:19:30 11/16/07 - Comment #28097: I'm in for the Tuesdays or Thursdays

jim writes at 12:15:23 11/16/07 - Comment #28073: I'm going to leave everything a bit up in the air for a couple days until everyone's had a chance to weigh in and Paul and crew decide what's good for them in terms of hosting.

drew writes at 12:00:16 11/16/07 - Comment #28071: I would prefer the Thurs or Friday dates.

jim writes at 11:45:05 11/15/07 - Comment #28070: No, not too hasty, I just know from previous experience not to try to compete! I just didn't think to check until you mentioned it, and I'm very glad you brought up hockey.

chico writes at 11:42:26 11/15/07 - Comment #28068: zombiejames -- Indeed I am a product of the glacier carcass, such as it is.

(e:jim) -- Are you being too hasty about the sporting event constraint? I'm starting to feel bad about even mentioning the hockey game now. Apologies!

jim writes at 11:07:15 11/15/07 - Comment #28064: Updated list of the only possible days:

Tue Dec 03
Fri Dec 07
Tue Dec 11
Thu Dec 13

For a three week period those 4 days are the only days without a sporting event in the evening.

james writes at 10:36:13 11/15/07 - Comment #28053: The Islanders?

Oh man! Don't tell me you are from that glacier carcass island?
(sorry, I am from just north of Westchester where the most despised creature, after the New Jerseyite, is the Long Islander.)

I am free what ever day you tell me to be.

jim writes at 10:35:24 11/15/07 - Comment #28052: Tinypliny, I'm sorry that you can't make it :(

I'd push it back later but having it to close to Christmas is something I'm not too sure about?

chico writes at 10:28:22 11/15/07 - Comment #28051: Au contraire! I am no Sabres fan. I, my friend, am a devout fan of the New York Islanders, and I resent the implied "Sabres fan" label. ;-) ;-)

jim writes at 10:18:29 11/15/07 - Comment #28048: Oh I forgot to check for sports games, let me make up a list of possible dates considering Sabres' fans needs :)

chico writes at 10:15:59 11/15/07 - Comment #28047: I think 12/5 works for me but 12/12 I have Islanders-Sabres tickets.

tinypliny writes at 10:09:34 11/15/07 - Comment #28044: I am at a conference the first week and going off for a writing-study break to Calfornia the second week. :(( From what I heard this week, I might need to submit my proposal (1st 100 pages) late January.

jim writes at 09:34:36 11/15/07 - Comment #28038: This will be either the first or second week of December, Wed the 5th or 12th are my two possible target dates unless that is a bad day of the week for people.

jbeatty writes at 09:31:50 11/15/07 - Comment #28037: I would love to come and cook something, I have however committed myself to working new years eve. as long as it isn't then or Christmas week I'm in.

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10/28/07 07:49 - ID#41850

Party

So, I really am craving pumpkin seeds after last night. I need to find more pumpkins to ~~carve~~ gut out. I had a great time otherwise too! It was good to see all of you :) I forgot to bring my camera though, so I have nothing much to post.

I'll be setting up a November (e:strip) dinner or some such thing in a couple weeks, trying to get it earlier in the month so as not to be too close to Thanksgiving. How would you all feel about a pot-luck at 24 Linwood? If the boys there would be willing, that is. Not such a drunken all night affair as last night, but dinner and conversation and slightly less scandal.

carolinian writes at 09:59:56 10/28/07 - Comment #27105: My birthday's on the 17th, if some random excuse for a party is needed.

mrmike writes at 09:42:44 10/28/07 - Comment #27102: Jim, I'd be down with that

drew writes at 09:11:47 10/28/07 - Comment #27096: I have already sung the praises of Google's set of stuff, including presentations.

tinypliny writes at 09:08:38 10/28/07 - Comment #27095: I admit I have correction fluid OCD. That phrase should read: MS wields its POWER to hold you at gunPOINT

tinypliny writes at 09:05:59 10/28/07 - Comment #27094: It drives me crazy that macsters have such cool options, and yet converting to mac is like facing a desert with a few oases of software development.

Powerpoint is more like MS wields it POWER to hold you are gunPOINT. :/ It's detestably clunky, only its newest versions have soft shadows, its animations don't work across different versions. It's hideously out-of-sync with OpenOffice Impress.

I need to give so many presentations in the future, I don't think I deserve this constant wrestling in the mud with clunky monolithic software. So as I was telling you, I am trying to move to Dave Raggett's Slidy :::link:::(1) or perhaps, Operashow, since Opera is my favourite browser. :::link:::

But I fear that my presentation venues might not even have heard of Opera and using HTML for slides might be perceived as uncool. I don't know. I am confused. I don't have the means or the willpower to become a macster overnight, but I don't want to continue with the tyranny of Gunpoint. :(

drew writes at 08:46:04 10/28/07 - Comment #27086: (e:janelle) and I love potluck

jenks writes at 08:40:18 10/28/07 - Comment #27084: I will come only if there is promise of MORE scandal, not less. I needs me some new drama!

jim writes at 08:16:37 10/28/07 - Comment #27078: I've been thinking about your question last night, and unfortunately haven't come up with anything. I have used Keynote just a couple times, and Powerpoint never. I really don't give many presentations. I wish I could help you escape from Powerpoint!

tinypliny writes at 08:14:56 10/28/07 - Comment #27077: Oh, and since even stalkers need to apologize at times, I need to apologize for hounding you with arcane questions when I could clearly see that you were tired! Sorry!! I didn't mean to be so pesky! I just thought the knowledge might be transferred to me via osmosis rather than speech. ;)

james writes at 08:13:49 10/28/07 - Comment #27076: oh, I will bring a dish to the potluck. But I am also bringing a scandal casserole!

tinypliny writes at 08:10:33 10/28/07 - Comment #27074: I missed the pumpkin seeds. :(( Don't you have any left for your No. #1 stalker??!

Would the potluck be a weekday or a weekend? If its a weekend, maybe I can cook on the premises <tiny>(and make another attempt at taking over the gorgeous kitchen)</tiny>. Hehehe

paul writes at 07:53:06 10/28/07 - Comment #27072: That sounds good to us.

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10/25/07 03:11 - ID#41798

HAAALLLOWWEEEN

Hey, if you're coming at 8pm (instead of being fashionably late) to the (e:strip) party and want to carve pumpkins with Matthew and I, bring one if you can, but if not let me know and I'll snag a few extra that night otherwise.

I'll pick up some lights to use in them, so don't worry about candles or the like.

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10/11/07 05:11 - ID#41602

E:Strip Dinner

Thank you all for coming!! 17 People I believe.

Sorry about the group shots, the red ceiling sort of screwed up my attempts with the flash :( I should have double checked the camera before I stopped taking photos.

Tried to doctor up the group shots a bit:

And (e:james) was being himself:

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10/10/07 11:47 - ID#41585

Reign of Terror

To celebrate my new title, I've picked out an appropriate song.

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10/10/07 04:28 - ID#41577

Estrip Pizza and Wings Night!

Tonight is the night!

There's room for last minute stragglers if you're suddenly available.

Check out the details here.

JJ's Casa-di-Pizza on Elmwood at 7pm.

See you there!

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10/07/07 07:45 - ID#41544

E:Strip Dinner

Welcome to my daily reminder to sign up for the (e:strip) dinner, to be held on Wednesday, October 10th, at 7pm. Click this link to find out more or to sign up if you're interested.

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09/28/07 02:23 - ID#41381

Buffet Night

Save the day: October 10th, Wednesday at 7pm.

Please let me know if you are going to come, so I can try to get a somewhat accurate count for planning purposes.

This time it will be at JJ's Casa di Pizza, and will probably cost slightly less then last time if we all just split a few pizzas and buckets of wings and get pitchers of beer, but count on paying around $12 to $15 each just in case. If you've got something special you want to order that's fine too! By the way - bring cash please - makes my life easier!

I'm going to ask that the back room be reserved for us, which is why I need a head count.

Also, afterwards those who are interested in meeting about (e:strip) planning and promotion will head over to (e:MPT)'s house for some strategizing.