Dear So and So

[Thorn]

Dear Neighbor,

If you insist upon using the foul smelling, gas guzzling, environment polluting snow blower, could you please have the courtesy to learn how to direct the snow somewhere other than where I have to put mine?

You can't be so blind as to not be able to see that pile of snow at the edge of my driveway is approaching 6' in height and is more than 3' wide. I'm running out of room. So, why do you insist upon directing the snow from your driveway on *top* of my pile when you have plenty of room for that snow closer to your property line.

Tell you what, I won't come over and pour sand in your snow blower tank, if you would be so kind as to not use your snow blower to toss your snow 10' onto my property where I, a eco-friendly shoveller, need to put it.

Thorn

[Kitsune06]

Dear Almighty God(dess) of telekinesis:
If you blessed me like I'd asked you to my Women's Studies class wouldn't be so boring. Tomorrow, I don't need a full-on blessing of telekinesis. Just a smidge. If only my professor would develop a little heat blister or something in the middle of her forehead from my BURNING EYE LAZORS OF BOREDOMTM I would be in your debt. It could be something random, chaotic, etc, too. Anything. I took this class- "Women's Studies" under the assumption I would be "Studying Women". I was mislead and disappointed, you see. So if you would be so kind as to give me a half hour of coolness, or maybe just wake up Cthulu and see if he'd be up for some tentacleation of greater Portland, I'd be grateful.

Thanks and spanks,
Kit

[lauraelmore1033]

my BURNING EYE LAZORS OF BOREDOMTM

My mom had that with the RAGE setting. Scaaaaaarrry!

[trickytiger]

Dear Goddesses Who Control Physical Therapy School Admissions:


Pllleeeeeeeaaaaaaaassse, oh please oh please oh please

let that soon-to-be-here letter in the mail from PT School be big and fat and welcoming...... not small and skinny and denying.

Oh please oh please oh please. I live, eat, and breathe physics, physiology, psychology and anatomy, I'm living on Top Ramen, I make literally 1/5 what I used to, I have no social life, I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS FOR GOD'S SAKE,

can't you cut a girl a break? I have tossed caution to the wind and am working my little hind end off to achieve this goal, and I'm a wee bit nervous. So see what you can do.

[Brandy]

Dear Future Presidents (no, not those ones...lol),

Thank you for the Britney Spears Dance Remix of Piece of Me. Yes, I'm 13 years old with my addiction to this song. http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-HmDmjkP8&feature=related

Brandy...who swears this is the only song from crazy Britney that she likes. REALLY!

[indysteel]

To the editor of cycling club's newsletter:

It was very nice of you to thank by name all of the people who served as ride leaders in 2007, but you unfortunately left my name off the list. Yet you managed to list the three other women who served as my co-leaders. How'd that happen exactly?

So, it literally was a thankless job.

[KnottedYet]

Dear Indysteel,

Thank you for being a ride leader. I helped my cycling coach (rode sweep) on a couple rides, and truly I had never realized how much *work* leading a ride is. She was dashing all over the place, it wasn't just a bike ride for the ride leader.

[Geonz]

Dear indysteel,
thank you for leading your ride! As a newsletter editor, I've been known to leave a name off... I'd give you an extra boost the next time (but I'd also have gone through my days of the week and the rides and checked 'em off before publishing..) oops, I better go and do our winter one now! THanks for the reminder...

[indysteel]

Dear indysteel,
thank you for leading your ride! As a newsletter editor, I've been known to leave a name off... I'd give you an extra boost the next time (but I'd also have gone through my days of the week and the rides and checked 'em off before publishing..) oops, I better go and do our winter one now! THanks for the reminder...

Thanks Knotted and Geonz!!! I felt really silly getting mad last night when I saw my name excluded from the newsletter, but being a ride leader at our club involves putting a route(s) together (our has three different lengths from 18 to 65 miles), marking the routes with painted Dan Henrys, preparing a map, buying food and supplies for 100 plus riders, getting everybody signed in the day of the ride, and manning two SAG stops along the way for the duration of the ride. This was the first time we'd done a ride and it was, quite frankly, like herding cats. So, I was sort of peeved (sniff, sniff) that everyone else got thanked but me.

The good news is that I'll live!!!!

[mimitabby]

Indy; you really DID do a lot. I'm impressed. There's absolutely nothing wrong with sending the editor a note (I'm an editor too) and saying, uh, you forgot me, i did the crazy kats ride and sagged for bla bla too.
Next issue, they'll put something in to the effect "WE FORGOT INDY!!"

[SouthernBelle]

let that soon-to-be-here letter in the mail from PT School be big and fat and welcoming...... not small and skinny and denying.

My acceptance to law school letter was one page. Don't let that old tale fool ya.

[Wahine]

My PT acceptance letter was one page. Here's hoping it comes soon!!

[Geonz]

Dear you.

This is just silly. Let me see your fireplace now, before it's done. Let me see *you.* Not on a bike ride. Not on a group thing. Just you and me.

And let that acceptance letter come!!!! (But keep us posted one way or 'tother.)

[indysteel]

My acceptance to law school letter was one page. Don't let that old tale fool ya.

Mine, too. They don't send any other information until later in my experience. SB--what kind of law do you practice--if you practice?

Good luck, Trickytiger! I hope you get in!

[Blueberry]

Yep. Undergrad packages were large because they included potential information about grants. Law school acceptance was 1 page with you pay XXX written under the "we are pleased to inform you."

Sue-

That really is a big deal! Our ride leaders (sometimes) sweep and are responsible for handing out cue sheets and getting liability waivers. It's each to her own for food, though....

CA