Secret Santa Signup

[maren]

  Dan Gould said:

BUT there were a lot of people who seemed interested at the idea. In fact, I offered to be organizer because someone, I think it was Maren, thought that this would be "too much work" for someone like Jim to have to deal with. Yeah, too much work ... when push came to shove, three people signed up.

So, yeah, maybe I should lighten up. But the fact that a seemingly popular idea crashed and burned doesn't exactly put me in the Christmas spirit.

I'm sorry, Dan!

It was very generous of you to offer to organize. At the time the idea came up, I was thinking "I could swing $10 or $15" -- but that quickly proved to be overly optimistic, sorry to say... (and kind of a bummer to have to acknowledge even to myself, much less publicly! )

I didn't mean to be overly bossy -- I just thought that Jim A. had a pretty full plate, providing this board, dealing with the server change, new baby, home repair projects -- and I didn't want to presume to volunteer him for yet another project...

Maybe "next year all our troubles will be out of sight"???

Thanks again for TRYING, and I'm sorry I dropped off the scene with no explanation...

For Dan:

For me:

[connoisseur series500]

Wow Maren,

You got a bigger lump of coal than me!

Edited December 6, 2004 by connoisseur series500

[sheldonm]

[sheldonm]

  connoisseur series500 said:

Wow Maren,

You got a bigger lump of coal than me!

....maybe I can use that coal to heat my house this winter!

Edited December 6, 2004 by sheldonm

[pryan]

  sheldonm said:

  pryan said:

I don't think it had to be limited to cd swapping.  I, for instance, was considering shipping off a bottle of Crown Royal Premium Whisky, a product made in Gimli, Mb.  Oh well, I guess it'll have to be put off for now.  Nice idea, though.

....and mine was a nice, signed b&w jazz print; matted and suitable for framing. I guess I'lll hang it in my office.....

You wanna swap anyway?

[sheldonm]

  pryan said:

  sheldonm said:

  pryan said:

I don't think it had to be limited to cd swapping.  I, for instance, was considering shipping off a bottle of Crown Royal Premium Whisky, a product made in Gimli, Mb.  Oh well, I guess it'll have to be put off for now.  Nice idea, though.

....and mine was a nice, signed b&w jazz print; matted and suitable for framing. I guess I'lll hang it in my office.....

You wanna swap anyway?

....sure, we may as well have a merry christmas! PM me your address!

Mark

[connoisseur series500]

Maren,

Want to swap lumps of coal?

[maren]

  connoisseur series500 said:

Wow Maren,

You got a bigger lump of coal than me!

Not only is it bigger, but I fully expect it to mature into...

[maren]

  connoisseur series500 said:

Maren,

Want to swap lumps of coal?

Sure -- will yours look like this?

[Dan Gould]

  connoisseur series500 said:

Wow Maren,

You got a bigger lump of coal than me!

Yours was just the first delivery. I signed you up for the Lump of Coal of the Month club.

[Dan Gould]

  maren said:

I didn't mean to be overly bossy -- I just thought that Jim A. had a pretty full plate, providing this board, dealing with the server change, new baby, home repair projects -- and I didn't want to presume to volunteer him for yet another project...

No, Maren, that was OK. You were right at the time, and that was even before Allison's curious health symptoms popped up!

I was just hoping this would all come together and a lot of people would have some fun. But just as people put too much pressure on their family ties this time of year, I guess I hoped for too much.

Maybe next year ....

[sheldonm]

  Dan Gould said:

  connoisseur series500 said:

Wow Maren,

You got a bigger lump of coal than me!

Yours was just the first delivery. I signed you up for the Lump of Coal of the Month club.

[Dan Gould]

  sheldonm said:

  pryan said:

  sheldonm said:

  pryan said:

I don't think it had to be limited to cd swapping.  I, for instance, was considering shipping off a bottle of Crown Royal Premium Whisky, a product made in Gimli, Mb.  Oh well, I guess it'll have to be put off for now.  Nice idea, though.

....and mine was a nice, signed b&w jazz print; matted and suitable for framing. I guess I'lll hang it in my office.....

You wanna swap anyway?

....sure, we may as well have a merry christmas! PM me your address!

Mark

Great, now Marcus is left out in the cold.

[Alexander]

I apologize as well. I was one of the people who liked the idea, but failed to come forward when the time came. For me, it was a sudden realization of just how deep in the hole we are and how small a Christmas we're really going to have (especially considering the fact that I'll be student teaching in the spring and will be earning exactly $0). Given the interest expressed earlier, I didn't think my lack of participation would be missed. Obviously that wasn't the case. So I deserve a lump of coal as well. Hopefully, by this time next year I'll be teaching and earning money and will be able to participate. Maybe we need to do the sign ups earlier...October maybe?

[sheldonm]

  Dan Gould said:

Great, now Marcus is left out in the cold.

.....everywhere I turn.....another guilt trip!

[marcoliv]

let's not forget that it's the second year in-a-row that we miss the opportunity to do it...

i was ready to ship a genuine brazilian woman in a tiny tiny tiny bikini

Marcus

[sheldonm]

  marcoliv said:

let's not forget that it's the second year in-a-row that we miss the opportunity to do it...

i was ready to ship a genuine brazilian woman in a tiny tiny tiny bikini

Marcus

.....and my address is

[connoisseur series500]

  Alexander said:

So I deserve a lump of coal as well.

Greedy, greedy, greedy. -_-

Now everybody wants one!

[connoisseur series500]

  Dan Gould said:

Yours was just the first delivery. I signed you up for the Lump of Coal of the Month club.

Take that, Maren!