From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Sat 7/30/11 2:04 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetheart,
Does this ring a bell? There was a 1958 war movie on channel 9 and since I hadn't seen it since, oh, 1958 I vegged out and watched. A submarine captain (Clark Gable) new to the crew of this particular sub takes them out, but first runs them through unusual drills and maneuvers. The crew and officers become restive, and even more so when he avoids combat with an enemy target (not wanting to be seen). Tension grows between him and the first mate (Burt Lancaster). Finally the capt. orders the ship to a dreaded shipping lane where many previous subs have been sunk, including his own from a year earlier. This is in direct violation of their original orders to avoid this area, but the capt. wants revenge on a particular enemy. The officers cite Navy regulations and urge the First Mate to assume command. He refuses. In a first encounter in the dangerous zone they have some success using their new maneuvers, but are damaged and the captain is injured. The First Mate does assume command and announces they are returning home, but then changes his mind and leads them back into the attack.
It is called "Run Silent Run Deep" and was considered a good movie back then.
Oh, receipts. I have a stack of little receipts for my deposits to your checking acct. for health insurance. There's no reason to send them to you, is there? You couldn't possibly have "missed" any of them? Should I just destroy them? (I still have qualms about destroying paper, especially when there are $ signs on it).
We are packing today for Missoula. As you see, I have time for this so we are well along in packing. Hope to leave way early, like 04:00, to avoid the afternoon desert. And the Sounders are on KONG this evening.
Love
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Mon 8/01/11 10:57 AM
To: Home
Hey Dad, I don't think I've ever seen that movie, but I did see the movie The Sting last weekend, with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It was also good. Brad Pitt really looks like Robert Redford when he was younger. You ever seen it? And I don't think I need receipts for anything, I keep all of the bills they send me that say "you owe us $0 because you already paid online, but here's a piece of paper to confirm that." Wish I had the option to get that sent by email, save a lot of paper....
Have fun in Missoula! I was at Mari's bachelorette party in Atlantic City on saturday night. Have you ever been there? It's really a sad excuse for a city, not very much to do there. And talk about soul-less. Whew. Love you!!
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From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Sun 8/07/11 2:36 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Dear Marissa,
We're back! No, silly, I don't mean have you seen that movie. I mean the plot. It's Moby Dick! but the whale has become a Japanese ship, and of course the whale doesn't win this one. As for The Sting, it is one of many that everyone I knew was raving about and seeing when it first came out, that I have never seen. I haven't seen it, but your Mom surely has. No, haven't been to Atlantic City and don't plan to. An English actor, Stephen Fry, did a 5- or 6- episode TV series on PBS just a couple years ago in which he traveled all regions of America. He loved everything with just 2 exceptions: Miami, and Atlantic City. Sad and soulless is just about exactly how he described it. You have a refined taste.
Love,
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Sun 8/07/11 2:45 PM
To: Home
I did think of that at first, but the "ship" not winning might have thrown me off.
I'm not surprised about Mr. Fry disliking Miami or AC. Although I've never been to Miami, I've been to Orlando, and I imagine them to be similar...basically Florida. I could live my whole life and never go back, and I wouldn't feel deprived at all. :)
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Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Included Herewit
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 6:16 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Hey, guess what. I just got the NYT crossword today with the above theme, that you and I had last Sunday. So we're a week behind. Don't send me any answers.
Love, Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 7:12 PM
To: Home
haha, has it always been that way??
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From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Mon 5/23/11 12:40 AM
To: Marissa Bea
How would I know?
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Mon 5/23/11 1:29 AM
To: Home
I dunno, you're a dad, you know these things, right?
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 6:16 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Hey, guess what. I just got the NYT crossword today with the above theme, that you and I had last Sunday. So we're a week behind. Don't send me any answers.
Love, Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 7:12 PM
To: Home
haha, has it always been that way??
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From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Mon 5/23/11 12:40 AM
To: Marissa Bea
How would I know?
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Mon 5/23/11 1:29 AM
To: Home
I dunno, you're a dad, you know these things, right?
Jonah
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 2:16 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetie,
Your Mom says you and your friends have been having a lot of fun on Facebook about the Rapture. I guess I'm assuming that you didn't get taken up in sending you this e-mail. They have been having rapture parties and rapture concerts and rapture garage sales out here. Anyway, you remember that verse of Jonah that we looked up? I recommend reading the whole book of Jonah, because 1) the context makes the conclusion about rapture events even more ludicrous (it is the King of ancient Nineveh speaking) , 2) It is short, only the two sides of a single page, 3) It is the subject of the remarkable sermon by the preacher at the beginning of Moby Dick (and you should see Orson Welles deliver it in the 1956 movie), and 4) it is bizarre and puzzling right to the last line. Why would the God of the Hebrews send a prophet to scold the pagan inhabitants of the capital of Assyria? And why would they listen to him, and repent? .... The Sounders scored in the 92nd minute tonight, beating KC 1-0. Paul and Johanna got to sit right on the sideline seats because she's still wearing her post-surgery boot for another few weeks. Have fun at the party after your Harps game this Saturday.
Love,
Dad
Sent: Sun 5/22/11 2:16 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetie,
Your Mom says you and your friends have been having a lot of fun on Facebook about the Rapture. I guess I'm assuming that you didn't get taken up in sending you this e-mail. They have been having rapture parties and rapture concerts and rapture garage sales out here. Anyway, you remember that verse of Jonah that we looked up? I recommend reading the whole book of Jonah, because 1) the context makes the conclusion about rapture events even more ludicrous (it is the King of ancient Nineveh speaking) , 2) It is short, only the two sides of a single page, 3) It is the subject of the remarkable sermon by the preacher at the beginning of Moby Dick (and you should see Orson Welles deliver it in the 1956 movie), and 4) it is bizarre and puzzling right to the last line. Why would the God of the Hebrews send a prophet to scold the pagan inhabitants of the capital of Assyria? And why would they listen to him, and repent? .... The Sounders scored in the 92nd minute tonight, beating KC 1-0. Paul and Johanna got to sit right on the sideline seats because she's still wearing her post-surgery boot for another few weeks. Have fun at the party after your Harps game this Saturday.
Love,
Dad
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A train ride
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Thu 5/12/11 5:47 PM
HI Everyone,
Marissa and I took the subway to the 2nd biggest park in New York, in Brooklyn, to play disc golf. Stan, Beth, and Jacob will appreciate that we could not find any of the facilities, so we just made it up as we went along, aiming for trees, ducks, and icky nearly naked old men in speedos. On the subway back to Queens I pointed to a slumped, sleeping man without socks, without a belt, obviously homeless. Marissa asked if that was the kind of patients I get in the hospital. I said yes and pointed to his edematous feet and bet that he would have sores on them that he wasn't even aware of. Then 4 young men got on and announced that they would entertain us. They proceeded to breakdance, and they were good, nearly as good as Cirque du Soleil. I didn't give them a dollar. Then they got off and Michelle got on. She called the whole car to attention and told us how she was a widow just fired, with 2 small children to raise and she doesn't smoke drink or do drugs. I didn't give her a dollar either. Then the homeless man woke up, staggered down the aisle, and began to chant something that sounded like "damn bad dancer" or "badass madman", and holding out his hand. I gave him a dollar. I figured he needed a drink. He continued ranging up and down the aisle, forgetting to beg, and finally went out the door between the cars, where the sign says "do not go out the door between the cars", and peed into the darkness. We were afraid we were going to see him fall to his death. He came back in tracking wetness, and several times opened the doors again to shout at someone or something out there. At the next stop half the car got off; Marissa pointed to me that they were all getting back on the car behind us. He stayed with us to the end of the line. All in all, New York is a much nicer and more pleasant place than I remember from the early 1970s.
Off to Manhattan tonight for an art show.
Steve
Sent: Thu 5/12/11 5:47 PM
HI Everyone,
Marissa and I took the subway to the 2nd biggest park in New York, in Brooklyn, to play disc golf. Stan, Beth, and Jacob will appreciate that we could not find any of the facilities, so we just made it up as we went along, aiming for trees, ducks, and icky nearly naked old men in speedos. On the subway back to Queens I pointed to a slumped, sleeping man without socks, without a belt, obviously homeless. Marissa asked if that was the kind of patients I get in the hospital. I said yes and pointed to his edematous feet and bet that he would have sores on them that he wasn't even aware of. Then 4 young men got on and announced that they would entertain us. They proceeded to breakdance, and they were good, nearly as good as Cirque du Soleil. I didn't give them a dollar. Then they got off and Michelle got on. She called the whole car to attention and told us how she was a widow just fired, with 2 small children to raise and she doesn't smoke drink or do drugs. I didn't give her a dollar either. Then the homeless man woke up, staggered down the aisle, and began to chant something that sounded like "damn bad dancer" or "badass madman", and holding out his hand. I gave him a dollar. I figured he needed a drink. He continued ranging up and down the aisle, forgetting to beg, and finally went out the door between the cars, where the sign says "do not go out the door between the cars", and peed into the darkness. We were afraid we were going to see him fall to his death. He came back in tracking wetness, and several times opened the doors again to shout at someone or something out there. At the next stop half the car got off; Marissa pointed to me that they were all getting back on the car behind us. He stayed with us to the end of the line. All in all, New York is a much nicer and more pleasant place than I remember from the early 1970s.
Off to Manhattan tonight for an art show.
Steve
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
We threw it away
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Tue 5/03/11 2:21 AM
Fellow cynics,
A couple years ago I decided that Osama bin Laden had died, perhaps even killed in the original Afghanistan operation, that we knew it, and that the Bush Administration kept it secret because they wanted to fight their wars and didn't want people thinking it was all over because "we got bin Laden". I might have e-mailed about it. I found that there were many others who agreed, including important people.
Last night I watched what was happening on TV and told Carol "Oh well, guess I was wrong." Then I joked that maybe this is all a fraud. At work today people started talking about how they had buried bin Laden at sea. "That's crazy" I said. I thought they got their facts wrong as so often. The rumor mill working overtime. Tonight I see on TV that it is true. In other words, put in the form of a little play, it goes like this: "We have caught and killed the most wanted criminal in the world!" "You have? Where is his body?" "Oh, we threw it away".
They threw it away. In less than 24 hrs, the evidence is gone. I think my theory is back on the table.
Steve
Sent: Tue 5/03/11 2:21 AM
Fellow cynics,
A couple years ago I decided that Osama bin Laden had died, perhaps even killed in the original Afghanistan operation, that we knew it, and that the Bush Administration kept it secret because they wanted to fight their wars and didn't want people thinking it was all over because "we got bin Laden". I might have e-mailed about it. I found that there were many others who agreed, including important people.
Last night I watched what was happening on TV and told Carol "Oh well, guess I was wrong." Then I joked that maybe this is all a fraud. At work today people started talking about how they had buried bin Laden at sea. "That's crazy" I said. I thought they got their facts wrong as so often. The rumor mill working overtime. Tonight I see on TV that it is true. In other words, put in the form of a little play, it goes like this: "We have caught and killed the most wanted criminal in the world!" "You have? Where is his body?" "Oh, we threw it away".
They threw it away. In less than 24 hrs, the evidence is gone. I think my theory is back on the table.
Steve
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Lindsey Frost
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Sat 4/02/11 1:37 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetheart,
You remember babysitting for my AA friend Harold Frost? They were at the dinner and meeting I went to tonight. Their daughter Lindsay, whom you babysat, is 21 now and entering the Navy. Some time ago she was saying "National Guard" (whatever for?) but her mother said no, they go to Iraq. No Army, No Marines, no Nat. Guard. You can go to the Coast Guard, the Navy, or the Air Force. So it's the Navy. I pointed out that she is 21 and wondered how her mother can tell her which to allow and which are verboten. Her Mom says "she listens to me". Sheesh, where do you get kids like that?
Love,
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Sat 4/02/11 11:47 AM
To: Home
You guys raised us to be indiviuals, think for ourselves and not let others stand in the way of our achievements. And neither of your daughters decided to join any military or government funded position. I think you win. :)
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From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Mon 4/04/11 12:59 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Dear Marissa,
Wow. Showed it to your Mom and she says Wow too. I almost think I'll frame your reply and hang it on the wall.
Love, Dad
Sent: Sat 4/02/11 1:37 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetheart,
You remember babysitting for my AA friend Harold Frost? They were at the dinner and meeting I went to tonight. Their daughter Lindsay, whom you babysat, is 21 now and entering the Navy. Some time ago she was saying "National Guard" (whatever for?) but her mother said no, they go to Iraq. No Army, No Marines, no Nat. Guard. You can go to the Coast Guard, the Navy, or the Air Force. So it's the Navy. I pointed out that she is 21 and wondered how her mother can tell her which to allow and which are verboten. Her Mom says "she listens to me". Sheesh, where do you get kids like that?
Love,
Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Sat 4/02/11 11:47 AM
To: Home
You guys raised us to be indiviuals, think for ourselves and not let others stand in the way of our achievements. And neither of your daughters decided to join any military or government funded position. I think you win. :)
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From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Mon 4/04/11 12:59 AM
To: Marissa Bea
Dear Marissa,
Wow. Showed it to your Mom and she says Wow too. I almost think I'll frame your reply and hang it on the wall.
Love, Dad
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
I'm a Harborview patient
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Tue 3/08/11 1:21 AM
To: Marissa Bea
HI Sweetheart,
Guess who signed me in to the Harborview ER today? Carly Crider. She thinks she's going to get into the UW Medical School soon. But if you ask her on Facebook or whatever if she signed me in, she might tell you that the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act forbids her to tell you. Well, what happened is I banged my elbow so bad that I thought I might have actually broken a chip of bone. But it only hurts (like hell) if you press it RIGHT THERE. I don't feel it at all otherwise, and kept on working. I just wanted to get it documented in case it flares up some time later. I didn't realize I didn't have a Harborview number, but it seems all the vaccinations I've gotten there for the past 26 years have been through the Employee Health Dept. Anyway, I'm fine and how are you?
Love,
60 y/o Male BD 11/25/1950 DOS 3/7 2011 H3117508
Sent: Tue 3/08/11 1:21 AM
To: Marissa Bea
HI Sweetheart,
Guess who signed me in to the Harborview ER today? Carly Crider. She thinks she's going to get into the UW Medical School soon. But if you ask her on Facebook or whatever if she signed me in, she might tell you that the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act forbids her to tell you. Well, what happened is I banged my elbow so bad that I thought I might have actually broken a chip of bone. But it only hurts (like hell) if you press it RIGHT THERE. I don't feel it at all otherwise, and kept on working. I just wanted to get it documented in case it flares up some time later. I didn't realize I didn't have a Harborview number, but it seems all the vaccinations I've gotten there for the past 26 years have been through the Employee Health Dept. Anyway, I'm fine and how are you?
Love,
60 y/o Male BD 11/25/1950 DOS 3/7 2011 H3117508
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Worst Military Calamity Ever
From: STEVEN BEA
To: Marissa Bea
HI Everyone,
For no good reason except for your amusement, I have discovered the worst military disaster in history. Not because of casualties, or consequences, but for stupidity. On google, check out the 1788 Battle of Karansebes. Enjoy!
Steve
To: Marissa Bea
HI Everyone,
For no good reason except for your amusement, I have discovered the worst military disaster in history. Not because of casualties, or consequences, but for stupidity. On google, check out the 1788 Battle of Karansebes. Enjoy!
Steve
Bowdlerizers
| From: | STEVEN BEA |
| Sent: | Wed 1/05/11 8:47 PM |
| To: | Marissa Bea |
HI Sweetheart,
Your Mom told me you got in safe. I have been sick until the present, had to call in again today. Your Mom can't understand why I get hit so hard, and she doesn't, and I can't understand it either.
There's something in the news here you might find professionally interesting. Some schoolbook publishing company, I think located in Alabama or thereabouts, is going to publish a cleaned up "Huckleberry Finn". What they're cleaning up of course is the word "nigger' in, apparently, 200 occurrences. They are replacing it with "slave", though, I think, there are many occurrences where that wouldn't make sense. Anyway, KING-5 news had an on-line poll about it, and so far 95% are saying "leave Huck alone", 3% are for the cleansing, and 2% undecided. (I find it surprising that anyone would take the trouble to call a poll to report indecision.). It gives me hope to think that many of those people do understand that Huck is a profoundly anti-racist book.
A couple months ago a mother of a high-school girl here in Seattle, a Native American I think, objected to the word "savage" in a book, and now "Brave New World" is getting a going-over.......
Love, your Dad
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
another one!
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Mon 11/22/10 1:38 AM
To: Bethany Bea; Marissa Bea
Dear Beth, and Marissa,
I'm letting Marissa in on our informal tracking of those coincidences where you hear or see something for the first time, and then again almost immediately in an unrelated context. (What's a good word for those?) Here's another: today at work I was reading some magazine article and it referred to seagulls "laughing" at some people. Think about the seagull sound - it is like a laugh. But I don't think I've ever heard that expression before. Just now on the 10:00 news there was a story about a man proposing at the waterfront and the ring fell and bounced in to the Sound. You guessed it - the man felt the seagulls were laughing at him.
Spooky
Love and chills,
Dad
Sent: Mon 11/22/10 1:38 AM
To: Bethany Bea; Marissa Bea
Dear Beth, and Marissa,
I'm letting Marissa in on our informal tracking of those coincidences where you hear or see something for the first time, and then again almost immediately in an unrelated context. (What's a good word for those?) Here's another: today at work I was reading some magazine article and it referred to seagulls "laughing" at some people. Think about the seagull sound - it is like a laugh. But I don't think I've ever heard that expression before. Just now on the 10:00 news there was a story about a man proposing at the waterfront and the ring fell and bounced in to the Sound. You guessed it - the man felt the seagulls were laughing at him.
Spooky
Love and chills,
Dad
Saturday, November 20, 2010
RE: rocket man
Well thank God it was only road cinders or we would not be having this
entertaining thread going on!!! I can hardly wait to see what kind of
free-association threads we get when you guys are retired!!!!
Carolyn
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From: carol bea
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:59 PM
Steve
I believe you owed me for shooting you, in the neck, with a shotgun air-rifle filled with road cinders, when you were about five years old.
I believe I told you to "MOVE"............and you didn't.
g
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Laura Capellaro wrote:
and men wonder what we're thinking.... your right carolyn he's a nut! Oh yep it's me ...apparently I fell off the earth agaain and 277 e-mails later (have to figure out a quicker way to delete junk) I missed killer goats (what rabbit ?) ,a fire, old farts, greg in HAWAII, and a tick warning! I'll try to start fresh with Thanksgiving... Happy Thanksgivng! L :)
entertaining thread going on!!! I can hardly wait to see what kind of
free-association threads we get when you guys are retired!!!!
Carolyn
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From: carol bea
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:59 PM
Steve
I believe you owed me for shooting you, in the neck, with a shotgun air-rifle filled with road cinders, when you were about five years old.
I believe I told you to "MOVE"............and you didn't.
g
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Laura Capellaro wrote:
and men wonder what we're thinking.... your right carolyn he's a nut! Oh yep it's me ...apparently I fell off the earth agaain and 277 e-mails later (have to figure out a quicker way to delete junk) I missed killer goats (what rabbit ?) ,a fire, old farts, greg in HAWAII, and a tick warning! I'll try to start fresh with Thanksgiving... Happy Thanksgivng! L :)
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
$
From: STEVEN BEA
Sent: Tue 11/16/10 7:49 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetheart,
But first, on the msn home page today they had a link to "most popular jobs in America" (really, the ones with the most people; I don't think "food service worker" is really popular), and there I learned that there are 131.5 million people in the labor force in America, out of about 310 million people, and of them 1170 are "geographers". I tell you this because you are so sharp at geography. It was not one of the most "popular" jobs, being 0.0000088 percent of the labor force. I clicked on "geographers" to see what they do, and found an ad to hire a "highly innovative" geographer for a "natural resources intelligence " company. Don't know what that job would involve, but probably not reciting African capitals.
I put $250 in your account today for your health care premium.
Love,
your Daddy
P.S. I shifted things from my old fallen-apart wallet today to a new one. I had 3 pictures of you; 2 of them, I couldn't tell which was more recent. I have dates on your sister's pics. Maybe you can help me in December.
Sent: Tue 11/16/10 7:49 PM
To: Marissa Bea
Hi Sweetheart,
But first, on the msn home page today they had a link to "most popular jobs in America" (really, the ones with the most people; I don't think "food service worker" is really popular), and there I learned that there are 131.5 million people in the labor force in America, out of about 310 million people, and of them 1170 are "geographers". I tell you this because you are so sharp at geography. It was not one of the most "popular" jobs, being 0.0000088 percent of the labor force. I clicked on "geographers" to see what they do, and found an ad to hire a "highly innovative" geographer for a "natural resources intelligence " company. Don't know what that job would involve, but probably not reciting African capitals.
I put $250 in your account today for your health care premium.
Love,
your Daddy
P.S. I shifted things from my old fallen-apart wallet today to a new one. I had 3 pictures of you; 2 of them, I couldn't tell which was more recent. I have dates on your sister's pics. Maybe you can help me in December.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mountain Dangers
Holy shit, Marissa, another goat murder just 2 years ago? I had no idea. As far as checking out the dangers before taking young children on trails, if I had seen a head of goats up a trail, I would have rushed back excitedly saying "C'mon kids, hurry! There's GOATS up this trail!" Now I realize that would be like saying "C'mon kids, hurry! There's GRIZZLY BEARS up here! Let's go feed 'em!" I'm a bad parent. Now, why does it make you think of Monty Python. You're not thinking of the vicious rabbit that killed half of the Grail Knights before they pulled out the Holy Hand Grenade, are you?
Bad Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
To: [many family emails removed]
Subject: RE: mountain dangers
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:41:13 -0700
So, you don't check out the dangers of these hiking routes before you take young children onto them? That's just great. Apparently no one is safe, see article below.
http://www.wsmv.com/news/15642032/detail.html
The idea of being killed by a goat totally makes me think of Monty Python. Dad, why is that?
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From: Home
To: [many family emails, removed]
Subject: mountain dangers
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:20:54 -0700
Hi EVeryone,
Did you all see the story just a few days ago about the man in the Olympics who was killed by a mountain goat? At first I thought he must have been startled and fallen or something, but no, he was GORED in the thigh and bled to death before a helicopter got to him. That made me think of our hike in the Goat Rocks a few years ago when we were surrounded by goat herds. Or Bethany feeding M&Ms to a goat up in the Enchantments. Who knew we were in mortal danger? I just read that grizzly bears killed fewer than 20 people in the whole 20th century. Wonder if anybody else has the distinction of being killed by a goat?
And just tonight, I read that they are rescuing people from the top of Mt. Whitney by helicopter. From the "shelter" at the summit. Chris, do you remember seeing a shelter at the summit? Me neither.
Steve
Bad Dad
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From: Marissa Bea
To: [many family emails removed]
Subject: RE: mountain dangers
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:41:13 -0700
So, you don't check out the dangers of these hiking routes before you take young children onto them? That's just great. Apparently no one is safe, see article below.
http://www.wsmv.com/news/15642032/detail.html
The idea of being killed by a goat totally makes me think of Monty Python. Dad, why is that?
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From: Home
To: [many family emails, removed]
Subject: mountain dangers
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:20:54 -0700
Hi EVeryone,
Did you all see the story just a few days ago about the man in the Olympics who was killed by a mountain goat? At first I thought he must have been startled and fallen or something, but no, he was GORED in the thigh and bled to death before a helicopter got to him. That made me think of our hike in the Goat Rocks a few years ago when we were surrounded by goat herds. Or Bethany feeding M&Ms to a goat up in the Enchantments. Who knew we were in mortal danger? I just read that grizzly bears killed fewer than 20 people in the whole 20th century. Wonder if anybody else has the distinction of being killed by a goat?
And just tonight, I read that they are rescuing people from the top of Mt. Whitney by helicopter. From the "shelter" at the summit. Chris, do you remember seeing a shelter at the summit? Me neither.
Steve
Almond Rice
Hi Sweetheart,
Here it is:
Ingredients: 1/3 cup slivered almonds; 5 cups water; several chicken bouillon cubes, or 2 cups chicken broth and 3 cups water instead of 5 cups water, or hey, it works with just water; 1 cup arborio rice; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp pepper or whatever; some green onions finely chopped; 2 tsps lime juice, or lemon juice.
I) Toast the almonds in a dry skillet about 5 mins until they just start to turn golden. Set aside.
II) Bring the water/bouillon to boil in a big-enough saucepan. Add the rice and cook uncovered 15 mins., turning the flame down to medium for a low boil. Test the rice for "al dente" (look it up). Drain and put back into hot pan.
III) Melt the butter in the hot rice. Stir in green onion, salt , pepper, lime juice and cover and set aside 5 mins. Stir the almonds into the rice just before serving.
Usually I make 50% more, cuz I love it!
Love,
Dad
Here it is:
Ingredients: 1/3 cup slivered almonds; 5 cups water; several chicken bouillon cubes, or 2 cups chicken broth and 3 cups water instead of 5 cups water, or hey, it works with just water; 1 cup arborio rice; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp pepper or whatever; some green onions finely chopped; 2 tsps lime juice, or lemon juice.
I) Toast the almonds in a dry skillet about 5 mins until they just start to turn golden. Set aside.
II) Bring the water/bouillon to boil in a big-enough saucepan. Add the rice and cook uncovered 15 mins., turning the flame down to medium for a low boil. Test the rice for "al dente" (look it up). Drain and put back into hot pan.
III) Melt the butter in the hot rice. Stir in green onion, salt , pepper, lime juice and cover and set aside 5 mins. Stir the almonds into the rice just before serving.
Usually I make 50% more, cuz I love it!
Love,
Dad
Canberra
Marissa,
That walking trip to Canberra is a scream! I have to know, is it real? I mean, if I ask mapquest to plot me a walk to Canberra from here, will it actually spit out what you sent? "Kayak across Pacific Ocean"? That must have been added. But it's so real. It's just what I get when use mapquest to go to California. "Go 2 blocks to I-5 ramp. Go 1300 miles..."
Thanks, and Love,
Dad
That walking trip to Canberra is a scream! I have to know, is it real? I mean, if I ask mapquest to plot me a walk to Canberra from here, will it actually spit out what you sent? "Kayak across Pacific Ocean"? That must have been added. But it's so real. It's just what I get when use mapquest to go to California. "Go 2 blocks to I-5 ramp. Go 1300 miles..."
Thanks, and Love,
Dad
Babel
Hi daughters,
On Monday I was on the B pod of our unit and I noticed that of the 5 patients we had, there were only 2 English speakers. Others were Korean, Spanish, and Hebrew. A minority of English speakers. On Wednesday I was on the C pod, and I suddenly realized that out of 6 patients, there was one English speaker. The others were Spanish, Cantonese, Russian, Punjabi, and Greek. It isn't always that variegated there, but I decided that must be one of the things that I like about Harborview.
Tomorrow morning I go in for 2 fillings and a crown. Your Mom had a sudden knee swelling yesterday. Marissa has a strained triceps and a sore foot. Beth, I hear you have a pulled hamstring. Let's all pray for each other!
Love,
Dad
On Monday I was on the B pod of our unit and I noticed that of the 5 patients we had, there were only 2 English speakers. Others were Korean, Spanish, and Hebrew. A minority of English speakers. On Wednesday I was on the C pod, and I suddenly realized that out of 6 patients, there was one English speaker. The others were Spanish, Cantonese, Russian, Punjabi, and Greek. It isn't always that variegated there, but I decided that must be one of the things that I like about Harborview.
Tomorrow morning I go in for 2 fillings and a crown. Your Mom had a sudden knee swelling yesterday. Marissa has a strained triceps and a sore foot. Beth, I hear you have a pulled hamstring. Let's all pray for each other!
Love,
Dad
Rocket Man
Hi Everyone, and especially Greg,
Greg, I realized today how you almost got killed by that rocket when we were about 11 years old. It was my fault. Today I was getting my crown at the dentist, and they asked if I wanted to watch a DVD overhead and I said no, because I didn't want the dentist watching TV while drilling my mouth, so I had to entertain myself mentally, so I ruminated on my rocket fleet, recalling what features they had, etc. The one that targeted you was the pride of the fleet, 2 stages with a payload and a parachute! You remember how the first stage blasted off, then it cruised up further, flipped over, then the second stage ignited blasting it between your legs? See, the booster engine blasts downward until the fuel is almost burnt, then the last bit of fuel blasts UP to separate the booster and ignite the second stage. But the second stage engine burns its fuel, then burns some neutral matter to give a COUPLE SECOND DELAY so the rocket can finish coasting before the final UP blast deploys the parachute. You wouldn't want the parachute to pop out while the rocket is still streaking upward. I can't believe I would make a mistake like this, but I must have put a second stage engine in the booster. What else could it be?
So, Greg, sorry about that. Glad I didn't kill you. You can tell Mom now.
Your bro,
Steve
Greg, I realized today how you almost got killed by that rocket when we were about 11 years old. It was my fault. Today I was getting my crown at the dentist, and they asked if I wanted to watch a DVD overhead and I said no, because I didn't want the dentist watching TV while drilling my mouth, so I had to entertain myself mentally, so I ruminated on my rocket fleet, recalling what features they had, etc. The one that targeted you was the pride of the fleet, 2 stages with a payload and a parachute! You remember how the first stage blasted off, then it cruised up further, flipped over, then the second stage ignited blasting it between your legs? See, the booster engine blasts downward until the fuel is almost burnt, then the last bit of fuel blasts UP to separate the booster and ignite the second stage. But the second stage engine burns its fuel, then burns some neutral matter to give a COUPLE SECOND DELAY so the rocket can finish coasting before the final UP blast deploys the parachute. You wouldn't want the parachute to pop out while the rocket is still streaking upward. I can't believe I would make a mistake like this, but I must have put a second stage engine in the booster. What else could it be?
So, Greg, sorry about that. Glad I didn't kill you. You can tell Mom now.
Your bro,
Steve
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