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. :)
Showing posts with label Marissa Comments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marissa Comments. 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?
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, November 23, 2010
Snow in the Night
Note to reader:
This isn't a very funny email in itself, like the previous ones, but I thought it worth showing. This is the snowy view from my parents' front porch in Seattle. It has snowed in Seattle. It has snowed in Missoula, where my sister is. Both places have several inches, if not feet of snow. I don't remember the last time we had snow in Seattle in November. It would always rain on my birthday, never snow. Missoula I've never been to, snow might be typical there, whatever.
All I have to really say about this is, New York City is 60 degrees and sunny today. I'm wearing flip flops and a light sweatshirt.
Ha. Ha.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
RE: Tough times ahead
From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Mon 11/15/10 5:30 PM
To: Bethany Bea; Home); Carolyn Bea
BUT, you don't actually know if this is the mother looking for work you know. This could be the father looking for extra money to help out. In which case, despite the obvious lack of a proper grasp on grammar, this could be a hard working citizen just looking to make a better life for his new baby.
Geez, why are you SO judgmental?
:)
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From: Bethany Bea
Sent: Wed 11/17/10 4:50 PM
To: mommy; Marissa Bea; STEVEN BEA
I admit, I figured it was the mom. I still do. Can't say why, it just feels like a girl behind those words. But, whether it's a single mom or a father with good intentions, I meant to press the point that times will be tough because they are obviously so, so stupid.
Love,
Bethany
Sent: Mon 11/15/10 5:30 PM
To: Bethany Bea; Home); Carolyn Bea
BUT, you don't actually know if this is the mother looking for work you know. This could be the father looking for extra money to help out. In which case, despite the obvious lack of a proper grasp on grammar, this could be a hard working citizen just looking to make a better life for his new baby.
Geez, why are you SO judgmental?
:)
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From: Bethany Bea
Sent: Wed 11/17/10 4:50 PM
To: mommy; Marissa Bea; STEVEN BEA
I admit, I figured it was the mom. I still do. Can't say why, it just feels like a girl behind those words. But, whether it's a single mom or a father with good intentions, I meant to press the point that times will be tough because they are obviously so, so stupid.
Love,
Bethany
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
RE: Babel
From: Marissa Bea
Sent: Fri 11/12/10 11:19 AM
To: Home; Bethany Bea
Every day when I ride the subway, the majority of people are not speaking English. It's usually Spanish, but I hear a lot of Greek, German, Hebrew, Chinese and Korean. Yeah, I know what each of those sounds like now. I can pick out Russian, Japanese (well, duh), Arabic, Hindi, Italian and French too. Not that I can understand anything. But I can read Subway Spanish (all the signs in the subway cars written in Spanish).
Did you know that Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the entire United States? It's also one of the most ethnically diverse place in the whole world, for its size. I have more friends in Queens that were not born in this country than who were, and probably a good half of everyone I know is bilingual, some of which came as a shock to me.
You know what's funny, everyone is all pissy about immigration policy and lots of people think that there are too many immigrants taking jobs away from citizens, but on a day to day basis, it's the freaking tourists who aren't even here to stay that make everyone really angry. Unfortunately they practically hold this city on its feet with all their spending, but I'll be damned if they aren't more useless than any immigrant I've met. They slow down your day, and most of them act like they've never seen a street sign before. Granted they can't read English, but really? If I know I'm going to another country, I'd make an effort to learn enough about where I'm going so I don't get lost every five seconds. That seems to make logical sense.
Can you tell I hate tourists? New York tourists are the worst. You know everyone jokes about the Japanese tourists on the west coast? Oh man, here it's the Europeans. Dear god.
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From: Bethany Bea
Sent: Mon 11/15/10 4:45 PM
To: Marissa Bea; STEVEN BEA; mommy
Oh my god. You're a REAL New Yorker now! I'm pretty sure loathing tourists is the last step in the transformation. You've already played chess with the geezers in the park and you're never home. AND you're part of an art movement. Hurry up and come back to the west coast where the stimuli are gentler. You know. Forests and sunshine. By the by, Santa Barbara tourists were no joke, either. There, I was confronted with the sight of thousands in ridiculous sandals and Hawaiian shirts, even though California is patently not Hawaii (though it is jealous of Hawaii and plans to move there someday). The tourists who come to Montana, however, fancy themselves adventurous and shop the shit out of REI then go like a mile into the woods and get eaten. Justice? Were it legal, I'm sure New Yorkers would eat their own tourists.
Love,
Bethany
Sent: Fri 11/12/10 11:19 AM
To: Home; Bethany Bea
Every day when I ride the subway, the majority of people are not speaking English. It's usually Spanish, but I hear a lot of Greek, German, Hebrew, Chinese and Korean. Yeah, I know what each of those sounds like now. I can pick out Russian, Japanese (well, duh), Arabic, Hindi, Italian and French too. Not that I can understand anything. But I can read Subway Spanish (all the signs in the subway cars written in Spanish).
Did you know that Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the entire United States? It's also one of the most ethnically diverse place in the whole world, for its size. I have more friends in Queens that were not born in this country than who were, and probably a good half of everyone I know is bilingual, some of which came as a shock to me.
You know what's funny, everyone is all pissy about immigration policy and lots of people think that there are too many immigrants taking jobs away from citizens, but on a day to day basis, it's the freaking tourists who aren't even here to stay that make everyone really angry. Unfortunately they practically hold this city on its feet with all their spending, but I'll be damned if they aren't more useless than any immigrant I've met. They slow down your day, and most of them act like they've never seen a street sign before. Granted they can't read English, but really? If I know I'm going to another country, I'd make an effort to learn enough about where I'm going so I don't get lost every five seconds. That seems to make logical sense.
Can you tell I hate tourists? New York tourists are the worst. You know everyone jokes about the Japanese tourists on the west coast? Oh man, here it's the Europeans. Dear god.
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From: Bethany Bea
Sent: Mon 11/15/10 4:45 PM
To: Marissa Bea; STEVEN BEA; mommy
Oh my god. You're a REAL New Yorker now! I'm pretty sure loathing tourists is the last step in the transformation. You've already played chess with the geezers in the park and you're never home. AND you're part of an art movement. Hurry up and come back to the west coast where the stimuli are gentler. You know. Forests and sunshine. By the by, Santa Barbara tourists were no joke, either. There, I was confronted with the sight of thousands in ridiculous sandals and Hawaiian shirts, even though California is patently not Hawaii (though it is jealous of Hawaii and plans to move there someday). The tourists who come to Montana, however, fancy themselves adventurous and shop the shit out of REI then go like a mile into the woods and get eaten. Justice? Were it legal, I'm sure New Yorkers would eat their own tourists.
Love,
Bethany
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
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