Welcome to... The Saloon

[Project Willow]

Cheers Sim! What pleasant company to have here in the good old Saloon.

Even though you say you're busy again, I hope you don't disappear for long stretches.

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Nobody saw me dance on the tables in here last night did they? Good. Yet another lessen about the dangers of the demon alcohol. I'm such a slow learner, and occasionally a kid, who can't dance.

[Simulist]

Thanks for that, PW.

Yeah, I've been pretty busy. And I'm afraid that from here on out I'll be posting a little (or a lot), then stopping, then posting, then stopping — sorta like the way a frog walks home.

(Of course, if I… um, totally stop altogether… it might be because the frog croaked. )

[Luther Blissett]

^^ I can understand that. I know some ladies who've suffered life-long debilitating back pain before they were able to pay for reductions, but it seems most problems with boobies come from non-intrinsic sources like sexism and disease. I have a friend, a young, beautiful woman who had a great pair, but who just went through a double mastectomy. After 4 years she was relieved to achieve a victory in her battle with cancer.

Her problems were definitely externally social / sexist / discrimination / assault-related. We were friends and dated as teenagers and everyone else was always trying to define her by them - girls, boys, women, and men. Early in my RI career here I had a thread about her (back when we were still married) wherein I actually unknowingly broke the rules in making a personal appeal in the general discussion, but I think you and Lily tried to offer some help.

We're still friends and since that thread, I've made a few small discoveries that I hope can lead to some larger activism (initiated by, but at the same time much larger than, her past) in bringing her and her sisters' abusers to justice. Her biological father is on his deathbed and this is the first time in my life that I feel perfectly okay with that.

[Project Willow]

^ I am sorry I had forgotten about that thread. I'll look it up. Good luck in your efforts.

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If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

Yes, definitely.

Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography.

[Allegro]

...Nobody saw me dance on the tables in here last night did they?...

I did. And, sad to note, the poetry with papillon flew away. Or has it?
Wishing you well, as always.

[Project Willow]

I did. And, sad to note, the poetry with papillon flew away. Or has it?
Wishing you well, as always.

Thanks Allegro! I have it pinned to a leaf around here somewhere. I'm going to mail it to a few ex-boyfriends.

Cheers to you and I hope you are well!

[Project Willow]

I try to stay here
but my blues go walking
my blues go walking
they go out walking
i try to stay here
when i'm going down
i try to stay here
but my blues go walking around

i lay in my bed
but my blues go walking
my blues go walking
my blues go walking
i stay in my bed
& i don't even make a sound
i lay in my bed
& my blues go walking 'round

my blues go walking
they go looking
someone's burning
what someone's cooking
someone's moaning
someone's out of her nightgown
my blues go looking
my blues go walking 'round

don't fall in love
if you can't live it
if you can't give it
if you can't live it
don't fall in love
if you can't take it to town
don't fall in love
or your blues will go walking 'round

[Gnomad]

Cheers.
A round for everyone. Heard that Ill be having my mostly free fall and winter as my services won't be required for a while now. Been riding in fall sun, am pretty beat and feeling quite nice. Forecast gives me a couple more perfect autumn days too!

[Project Willow]

Gnomad, penguie, I do apologize for not tending to you earlier. Cheers!



The colors will be out soon, bright sun with a chill in the air, hope you enjoy your time off!

May the occupation movement grow to a blissful crisis. I mean it, to a crisis of power where the masses are required to move and act in all manner of contentious specificity. What a glorious and welcome chaos it would be.

[Project Willow]

Cheers to the revolution and to meeting online friends at the protest!



Cheers to Mr. fish who reached 10,000 posts this week.



Who are our highest post count posters?

[Gnomad]

Cheers!
Im drinking rum and smokin pipe and everyone is welcome to join.
Muscle ache and a deep contentment of tenscores of kilometers of hard, muddy and wet riding behind me, and please check
the "pics of yer locale" thread too, I shot some for you!

[Elvis]

I'm overdue for a visit here, I hear the drinks are strong and the patrons a cut above.
AND you can smoke! Nice pipe, Penguin!

I'm not a big drinker, especially at this afternoon hour, so I'll just have coffee, please.

Wait---what the hell... I've had a helluva week, throw some brandy in there, bartender. And maybe a little coffee liqueur... and just a splash of vodka. Thanks.

[Twyla LaSarc]

Thought I'd drop by for a drink having had quite the time at Willow's IRL Saloon quite recently.

Cheers to the revolution! Make mine IPA. And my current smoke is called 'chocolat' according to my friend who finds me these things, gods know where they come up with these names...

[Elvis]

Thought I'd drop by for a drink having had quite the time at Willow's IRL Saloon quite recently.

The other day in Seattle, Perelandra was in town and Willow trotted the three of down to the IRL Saloon, my first visit there too! Being early in the day for me, I had a delicious root beer, and we had a fine chit-chat. That was after we took turns at Westlake holding my BOYCOTT BANKS sign!...to which I added at the bottom, USE CREDIT UNIONS!

[Project Willow]

You're a treasure Elvis, I wish you lived closer. I see now there's an #occupy in your town, yay!

And Twyla, I think we should have a long night out with 82, if he is amenable to the idea.

I have also been enjoying Perelandra's homemade cherry jam these last couple of days. Yum.
You all are welcome in my hood anytime. Just give a shout-out when you're coming!



And cheers to Gnomad too, love the pics.