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    @ Monday's Mischievous Meese Making Merry Melodies
    ...or mices...it's all their fault. Fairies riding butterflies are the best...they catch the last notes of a jam, swoosh out over time and space, and alight in the strangest of places. In my case, right smack dab in front of my work email, time-sheet, invoice, contract or project file. Then I hear that wisp of melody, and unseen forces require I pull up You-tube and cavort with whomever insists on supporting my daydream. If they..the fairies, butterflies, meese and you would behave, then that little cursor arrow wouldn't hop from site to site, and we would all get our tasks done, whether centered on work, play or daydreaming. However, without musical melodies massing around us, our Mondays would be that much more droll and gray-toned, so thank you wayward meese everywhere. And those who readily spin the radio dial, keep the platters spinning and the tunes a coming. We working stiffs, meandering minstrels and minstrelettes and..look a butterfly...deadheads near and far are always willing to hum along and/or whistle as we work. Reminds me of a story...
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    @i repeat myself
    When under stress.....duplicate post all gone!
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    @Have something fun to look forward to
    Meet me in the morning56th and Wabasha Meet me in the morning 56th and Wabasha Honey, we could be in Kansas By time the snow begins to thaw They say the darkest hour Is right before the dawn They say the darkest hour Is right before the dawn But you wouldn't know it by me Every day's been darkness since you been gone Little rooster crowin' There must be something on his mind Little rooster crowin' There must be something on his mind Well, I feel just like that rooster Honey, ya treat me so unkind Well, I struggled through barbed wire Felt the hail fall from above Well, I struggled through barbed wire Felt the hail fall from above Well, you know I even outran the hound dogs Honey, you know I've earned your love Look at the sun Sinkin' like a ship Look at the sun Sinkin' like a ship Ain't that just like my heart, babe When you kissed my lips?
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    run for the roses
    gotta water my flowers...then, write specs. Ugh, writing specs. Ugh. I'm a doer, not a director. But, this project demands it. Ugh. I'm already a week behind. Did I say "Ugh"? Should probably stay away this week, to keep my fuzzy little brain on track. Have a lovely day, and watch out for those fairies. They can be oh, so mischievous...hide your pencils, unplug your mouse. And then, they just sit there and giggle at you!
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    @start me up ....and never stop
    Actually not a bad Monday....at allGood morning Kristine.... You look well rested.... I'm searching for phrases To sing your praises I need to tell someone It's soon after midnight And my day has just begun A gal named Honey Took my money She was passing by It's soon after midnight And the moon is in my eye My heart is cheerful It's never fearful I've been down on the killing floors I'm in no great hurry I'm not afraid of your fury I've faced stronger walls than yours Charlotte's a harlot Dresses in scarlet Mary dresses in green It's soon after midnight And I've got a date with the fairy queen They chirp and they chatter What does it matter? They lie and they dine in their blood Two timing slim Who's ever heard of him? I'll drag his corpse through the mud It's now or never More than ever When I met you I didn't think you'd do It's soon after midnight And I don't want nobody but you
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    Coffee is on! Up and at 'em!!!
    “Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice, standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly. When the world gets in my face, I say, have a nice day. Have a nice day.” This song is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make you want slap your colleagues’ backs. So go ahead and spread the Monday merriness (you could just ‘mistakenly’ forward this link to everyone in the office). Monday doesn’t have to erase the weekends so don’t worry. Friday will be here soon enough. You don’t have to reserve your passion for the weekends. Do what you love every day. Live your life and your dreams so much that when a new week starts you shout with glee: “Oh my gosh, it’s Monday!!” Bonus: Extra Ways to Feel Better on Your Monday: Prepare the night before: Get your clothing out and your hair done. Make a note (mental or physical) of what needs to be done. Get enough rest: Don't do anything too hectic or strenuous on Sunday. Have a low-key evening and get enough sleep! Have something fun to look forward to: A place to go with a group of friends at lunch or something indulgent you don't normally have. Just don't overdo it, you probably use the weekends for that. Try some natural energy boosters: Such as no-bake oats bars, kiwi or two tablespoons of oat straw extract added to your coffee. Practice breathing techniques, laughing, getting some sun, and drinking more water.
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    @Harry "They Don't Make Sunday"
    -Why not?-Because of God. Sally should have asked The Same Chase what say about all that. Oh thank God Thank God I'm rollin' Thank God I'm soarin' Straight on down the road And thank God thank God I'm still goin' I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to go I gotta penny to my name that I haven't spent yet If it ain't there tomorrow that would be a safe bet but I got some big dreams at the end of this road waitin' for me on the beaches down in Mexico I got no where to be so I might stay for a while and the devil's singin' with me with a Senorita smile Oh thank God Thank God I'm rollin' Thank God I'm soarin' Straight on down the road And thank God thank God I'm still goin' I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to go I gotta party in my pocket and a tune in my head and from time to time I get to share a woman bed I would say I'm pretty lucky I wouldn't say that I'm poor with this face made of silver and a body made of gold If you could lend me a prayer man I could lend you a hand If these women don't kill me I will die a lucky man Oh thank God Thank God I'm rollin' Thank God I'm soarin' Straight on down the road And thank God thank God I'm still goin' I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to go Oh thank God Thank God I'm rollin' Thank God I'm soarin' Straight on down the road And thank God thank God I'm still goin' I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to goooh ooh woahhooooh Whoa! Thank God! Thank God I'm rollin'! Thank God I'm soarin'! Straight on down the road!!! And thank God! thank God I'm still go-in'! I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to go Oh thank God Thank God I'm rollin' Thank God I'm soarin' Straight on down the ro-oad And thank God thank God I'm still goin' I still got some tread on this soul and I still got some miles to go
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    @it's Festivus for the rest of us......
    Never on a Sunday when the church is full of peopleAnd the bells are ringing in the steeple, la la.... Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday A Monday, a Monday is very very good Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday A Tuesday, a Tuesday in fact I wish you would Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday A Thursday, a Friday, and Saturday is best But never never on a Sunday A Sunday, a Sunday 'cause that's my day of rest Come anyday and you'll be my guest Anyday you say but my day of rest Just name the day that you like the best Only stay away on my day of rest You can kiss me on a cool day A hot day, a wet day which ever one you choose Or try to kiss me on a grey day A May day, a pay day and see if I refuse And you make it on a bleake day A freak day, a week day why you can be my guest But never never on a Sunday A Sunday's the one day I need a day to rest Just name the day that you like the best Only stay away on my day of rest Never on a Sunday when the church is full of people And the bells are ringing in the steeple, la la.... Oh you can kiss me on a Monday Monday, Monday's very good Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday Tuesday and I wish you would Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Saturday is best But never never on a Sunday Sunday, Sunday 'cause that's my day of rest So goodnight Irene goodnight...... I'll see you in my dreams......
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    sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY !!
    Your local rock group down the street Is trying hard to learn this song To serenade the weekend squire Just came out to mow his lawn Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Charcoal burnin' everywhere Rows of houses that are all the same And no one seems to care See Mrs. Gray she's proud today Because her roses are in bloom And Mr. Green he's so serene He's got a TV in every room Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Here in status symbol land Mothers complain about how hard life is And the kids just don't understand Creature comfort goals they only numb my soul And make it hard for me to see My thoughts all seem to stray to places far away I need a change of scenery Ta ta ta Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Charcoal burning everywhere Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Here in status symbol land Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Another Pleasant Valley Sunday...
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    @I will see your Dickey....
    ....and double the Betts..... Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing, It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no. Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road, Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know [CHORUS:] You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day. Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way, Turn your love my way, yeah. Good old sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere. Goin to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there
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Just checking in for the first time this day I am moved by graceful's comments and others' as well. I am generally not a "joiner" but I'm am so grateful I signed up for this ride with this group.
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Monday morning you sure look fine.... Coffee is on.... we dig, dig, dig, dig in a mine... rrrrrgrrrrr gonzo....
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Good Morning all and thanks for getting us to this waypoint so nicely. We got us a fine dusbriving coolhead, a leader who knows how to lead, a timekeeper with up-to-the-second accuracy, rounded to the nearest day, and a whole passel of riders who know how the songs go. Hope your coffee is just right, the son shines down on you, and all your music is crispo and clear. Ice cream,? Why thank you, I like Jerry's Cherry Garcia...miss him tho.. Hey you twiddling with the knobs, could you turn up the bass a bit? Thankee kindly... Ahhh...this is the life. g
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That was a very graceful post!
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Friday I got travelin' on my mind. First you love me, then you get on down the line. I don't mind... Just Klowning around this fine Monday mornin'.
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On a Monday to catch up on the weekend emails (I can't do this 7 days) and now I'm all verklempt,, pass the joe please while I compose myself.....
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It may come to pass that things get a bit clunky with this many posts in a thread, and at some point we might want to launch SSDD 2.0. Or 1.1. Or whatever release number seems appropriate. Lemme know.
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check your PM please
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Thanks, Marye....you're at command and control central so just let us know, please. Right now, it seems, like things are processing pretty fine. Everyone agree?
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fo shizzle.... marye as Mr Fonts said....you feel free to call the shots here...we are ever so thankful for the playpen you provided our travelin band of bozos....and bolos.... speaking of Bozo.... Have you looked in the mirror lately? Mr.Mayor you had some work done I see..... Remind me not to see your cosmetic surgeon..... ;-) ouch.....
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Slow down this dus at the next dusstop, I hopped off to search out some Chicago ducats, I'm dusty and tired and need to rest, my dogs are barking and I need to set for a spellstrawberry rhubarb pie this evening, lil dab of ice cream if you please
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And you know who you are.... Strawberry Rhubarb pie.... Can't slow down and it's too late to stop now, hop out, I will circle back around after walking Sgt Pupper, and thanks to Zeke he has the hots for one Madamoiselle Nobs..... I was in the kitchen, Seamus that's the dog was outside....... Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Werewolves of London...... Draw blood..... I miss Richard Wright.... mmmmbop bop, bop bop..... ooooh ice cream....and I know.
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with the tech folks. I may be worrying about an issue that went away in the '90s.
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Just pm me if we need to change buses...midstream......I will be sure the sheep remain inside their pens....love Peter Gabriel..... thanks kid..... rrrrrgrrrrr back to the mines....
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rrrrgrrr have you tried the yueng ling ice cream? I recommend black and tan, dark chocolate and salted carmel ice cream.........
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.....big words there.... That's..... SuperSoCalisurrealisticpillowexpialidocious......... it's a scrabble word.... 9 gazillion points on the triple word square....
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@ Wegmans, quarts only, they have 4 or 5 flavors, forget them. Black and Tan!
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He's my pimp.... On it like black on tan...... Western NY humor here...bear with us.... Thanks Boo Boo my affair with The Oreo has ended... @jeopardy .... Name that movie in the form of a question .... Goddamned Ape ate all my Oreos....
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Hey, how did you get your avatar to animate?
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You gotta jiggle it a little....that's what Jack Klompus would say.... Search the net for animated avatars....save one and text it to yourself...if it animates, it can be uploaded here and it will animate...or as marye said far in the future, see next post...you can create one, unfortunately I am not that gifted....hence my 2D Grateful bear.... Sorry my response teleported into the past.....
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you can make animated gifs, and they seem to work as avatars, at least if you don't go too nuts.
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...with Jesus and John Wayne.... ....I was waiting on a chariot, they were waiting on a train.... the sky was full of carrion "I'll take the mazuma" said Jesus to Marion "That's the 3:10 to Yuma" Coffee is on..... Happy Tuesday.... ....my ride's here...
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I've taken a hard cold look at the factsLooked at the numbers Seriously weighed the time I would need to commit And I just can't make it work. There's just no way to listen to 80+ shows in that amount of time. I'm gonna have to drive from Maryland. Slowly. Thank you gracious donars.
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Perhaps you can hoof it ala Forrest Gump...wear your Walkman If you leave this weekend you'll make it in time....it will also afford you the ability to listen to each show chronologically from 5/5/65 through 7/9/95....
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means 2 more days closer to the shows! 5 weeks, 4 days, and 14 hours until Santa Clara! 6 weeks, 3 days, 12 hours until showtime in Chicago! If MadSwan starts humping to the shows a day early (meaning he needs to wear his humping pants today), can he listen to all those shows? Some would say, "Yes, but only if we convert all them there flacs to mp3 so they fit on an iphone." LOL, and they're probably right! This is like one of those math problems I always got wrong in school. If MadSwan has 80 shows and needs to walk from Timbuktu to Santa Clara, how many days until he runs out of Jerry if he walks at 5 mph? Four questions: 1) who is doing the math to see how many days of music that is, 2) how much 'space' is needed to fit all the shows on one portable listening apparatus?, 3) If the bus comes by, will you get on?, and 4) How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Yous y'all had better start Patchin' those sails and Shinin' those rails!
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If the Daydreamers crack this egg of a forum before it hatches, do we all get stuffed Dead50 bear or something as a carnival prize?
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TY brother !! I was wondering what happened to you and the countdown yesterday. I think there's a app on my iPhone to calculate Swan's required walking speed for his journey - brb with the answer :-) Greets from San Fran !!
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I just provided the question in my edit. lol!!!
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Okay, he might need to take a hot air balloon part of the way from Timbuktu.......That makes things a bit more complicated. I hope he has a good tail wind.
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The Grateful Dead performed 2314 shows from 5/5/65 til 7/9/15 with an average duration of 2 hours and 51 minutes excluding noodling tuning set breaks take a step backs and getting everything just exactly perfect.... That figures out to 395,694 minutes or 6594.9 hours of continuous music... Get a humping Swannie! Morning Totes
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So 80 shows are only 3.46% of the total number of shows. So 3.46% of 6,594.9 hours of music comes out to 228.2 hours of music or 9 1/2 days of goin down the road feeling bad. Considering Swannie needs to sleep 8 hours a day and lay in a field staring at the sky Sunshine Daydreaming 4 hours a day, the music will never stop for 19 days! Okay, it's gonna take longer the that to travel from Timbuktu by hot air balloon. WE NEED MORE SHOWS!
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Everyone can use some good tail and more music..... Talk amongst yourselves....
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.....6594.9 hours of music.... Gonna go back to live archive.... And listen sequentially.... Kinda like the Bible on acid
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Put on some of that Legion of Mary in the coffee house. Let's roll the FLAC for crispy Tuesday morning joe. That's some great sounding betnikky stuff to start anyone's day. Cheers Marye, grab a cup!
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Step right up, step right up... Guess your weight within 10# and birthday within 3 months for only $10..... Can't stop laughing.....maybe you can help animate Mr Mayor... (You are messing with my mind brother....and I like it) Love you Totes..... To all who missed the opportunity.....que sera sera..... What will Bee will Bee Back to business.... you didn't hear? the grand prize ifor breakin' eggs is a Mayor Klangstone Bobblehead..... The Good Samaritan he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show.... He's going down to the Carnival tonight on Desolation Row.....
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hmmmm...that is 275 days...just about 9 months...or the typical human gestation...I guess you could say Grateful Dead have given birth to something.or in the case of many of us...is it "jest-ation"?
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I ain't clowning around here.... But I venture to guess that we are the fruits of all that hard labor....
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Coffee good. MadSwan I get it. Hopefully I get to go to all 5 shows - but I've been doing the math on how many tacos I'd have to sell and with the days getting shorter - it's a lot!!!
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I wonder how many tacos can be laid end to end around Soldier Field.
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depends, soft shell or hard shell?
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Soft - always soft for eating. But for math, let's say hard shell? I like hard shell for vintage family get togethers though.
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Hey. I've been intermittently MIA on here and the email threads. I am endeavoring to get all caught up, and update our intrepid leader on all things SD: tickets, itinerary, and all of the things. And respond where requested and where there is otherwise light or dark that I can contribute to or help with... I am also getting more serious about shining rails and patching sails, so sometimes it takes me a minute!! Love to all.
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Makes soft and hard shell tacos better..... Acquired taste.....add Greek yogurt to the mix....smooth....
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you can tripe mine
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Gonna boogie my scruples away!!!! It's a hype face boogie....