The GUILD 2-23-2003 Grateful for our freedom

[Utah Girl]

The scoop on Celine's new 'do and show.

You might say she has blonde ambition! Celine Dion's trademark long and silky brown hair is now short, sassy, and very blonde.

It seems fitting she has a new look to go along with the new show in the new $95 million theater at Las Vegas' Caesar's Palace where she'll be belting out the new (and old) tunes--23 a night for 40 weeks a year for the next three years. Instead of Celine coming to your town to perform in concerts, you'll get to go to her and pay dearly for the privilege with tickets for "A New Day" ranging from $87.50 to $200. But what a show she puts on. In true Vegas style, there are 48 dancers, four backup singers, and a seven-piece band. And don't forget the theatrics. Among other stage tricks, Celine is lifted about five feet off the ground so she can soar across the stage.

The Associated Press reports that the big "if" surrounding the show is whether the star can survive the incredible physical and emotional demands of performing night after night after night. Her husband-manager Rene Angelil scoffed at the idea this would be a problem, telling AP, "I don't see that as a problem. For her, it's a different audience every night. It's like a dream for a singer." If she pulls it off and sells out the 4,100-seat house most nights, Celine will become the first A-list celebrity to perform nightly in Las Vegas, notes AP. Even Elvis didn't do that.

[mountaineer]

Cans of baked beans would be awfully heavy to mail. Maybe vacuum-sealed packages of lunch meats, pepperoni, etc. (the kind that have expiration dates months in the future) would be an alternate way of meeting our boys' need for delicious and wholesome pork products, that is, assuming they are permitted to have them in those Muslim countries)!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have been wracking my brain all day trying to figure out how to get food to our troops without the weight. I think that vacuum sealed meats would spoil, but we could send vienna sausages and died italian salami.

I am planning on a big troop buying spree this weekend, and other than Q tips and Peeps, I will try to find lightweight foods that they will want. How about Cheetos and Cheesepopcorn?

[mountaineer]

I'm sure they'd love popcorn (thanks for mentioning it; I have a bag in the microwave right now).

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

We sent a case of microwave popcorn to the USS Roosevelt, but I am sure that in the camps of Kuwait that a couple cases of pre-popped popcorn, especially the white cheese kind, will be greatly appreciated.

[lodwick]

Does that precooked bacon need refrigeration?

I sampled some precooked turkey bacon at Costco that was pretty darn tasty.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have seen that pre-cooked bacon. It would have to be the turkey kind, since we can't send pork into Kuwait. I wonder if it needs refridgeration. I will check at Costco this weekend.

Another excellent idea.

[pubmom]

I love Vincent Brooks, the way he handled those idiotic questions was masterful this morning.

I loved the implication that if the reporters were unhappy with the info they were receiving, they could go somewhere else.

HLL, what about packs of peanuts or packages of beef jerky? What about cereal bars?
Too bad slim jims contain pork, they'd make a good portable snack.

[lodwick]

Great.

Now I need to rummage through the "OfficeFromHell" and find your addy so I can send some jack northward.

Thanks for all you're doing, and have done for the good guys.

[lodwick]

what about packs of peanuts or packages of beef jerky? What about cereal bars?

More solid thinking there.

Does anyone know how to get hold of the Tom's peanut guy? Those packs would be perfect.

[lodwick]

I usually see the route-man for a local jerky company here: I'll hit him up on the concept and see if they would donate to the good guys.

Thanks for the idea.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Packs of peanuts and granola bars would be great. Jerky is expensive but also a good idea. I wonder if they would confiscate Slim Jims because of the pork.

I really wanted to send over Jelly Belly's, but they are heavy. When you think about stuff for the troops, we have the consider the weight.

Saralinda and I thought that we could send overboxes of Peeps after Easter ( when they go half price ). Those are light and everyone loves Peeps. Maybe the troops can give them to the Iraqi children, but now I am worried that the Jedayeen will be using to children as decoys to ambush the troops.

On Sunday I will get jars of garlic powder and cajun seasonings. I think they would like that.

[pubmom]

You're welcome.

If I don't answer your pings, it's because I'm without my computer.
The new motherboard, processor and a few other goodies are being installed by our neighbor, DH is taking it up there in a few minutes. I sure hope I'm not without it for long!

[Aggie Mama]

What about coffee? My dad provides film for a lot of coffee manufacturers and gets samples all the time. Although, unless it was instant, I don't see how they could brew it. I know this sounds gross, but some people eat coffee beans straight up.

Also, I thought of protein bars, powder packages, etc...

[lodwick]

I don't know Peeps, but I do know that Garlic Pepper has become a staple around here.

After an afternoon of shooting, I am fading into the sunset...

If you don't see me again tonight - tomorrow, with luck.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

We can send coffee but we can't send anything that's a powder due to the anthrax scare. I did see jars of Folgers next to a tank in the field. I am sure that our guys would love some coffee. In the Kuwait camp or on the ships they would be able to make coffee.

[mountaineer]

Hillary's constituents are turning on her like rabid dogs:

Protest Killary Klinton @ Brooklyn Museum

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, Friday Mar 28, 2003 Protest
City & State Brooklyn, New York
Topic / Issue Iraq
Location Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York 11238 ( 2 or 3 Train to Grand Army Plaza )
Phone Contact Dani Liebling (718) 788-2260
Sponsor Park Slope Greens - Brookyn Parents for Peace - War Resisters League & More...

Description
"It Takes a Bomber to Raze a Village."
Hillary Clinton Picket
Friday, March 28th 2003 5:30-7:00 PM

While Hillary Clinton will be visiting the Brooklyn Museum to present awards during Women's History Month, she refuses to consider women who are being killed, and will be killed, by American bombs in Iraq. Hillary voted to give President Bush the power to invade Iraq, and has refused to meet with groups who support peace. Let her know what her constituents feel about her pro-war stance. source

[Aggie Mama]

Isn't Folgers a powder?

[mountaineer]

I couldn't resist posting this:

Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of rock 'n roll pioneer Elvis and the former wife of Michael Jackson says her marriage included sex with the controversial pop star.

Speaking in an interview with the rock magazine Rolling Stone, Presley said that their two-year marriage included sex "for a while. And then it became 'Def Con 2'. It just got really ugly at the end."

The interview marks the first time either of the couple has spoken about the marriage which lasted from 1994 to 1996. Presley told the magazine that she loved Jackson but suspected he was using her for publicity.

She said that Jackson's private persona was very different from the public's image of him, recalling how she told him: "You sit around and you drink and you curse and you're f---ing funny, and you have a bad mouth and you don't have that high voice all the time'."

She said the last straw of her marriage came when Jackson gave an interview claiming that she'd told him Elvis had had a nose job, "which is absolute bulls---". She promptly filed for divorce.

source

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

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