just ignore and let this one die

The calendar is supposed to be about the ladies of these forums. Not about the guys. My unsolicited opinion is that you all should either not have commentary, or write your own blurb telling us all a little about yourselves. It would be more personal for each of you and no one can be bothered about what one of the guy did or did not say about them.

That's my 2L, but it is your project so take it for what it is worth.

Hey wait when is a guys calender coming out?

Need probably isn't the right word... Maybe you can find another home for her?
Lol and yet you could probably cut the head off of a real flesh and blood chicken, pluck it, cook it, and feed it to your family.




July 23, Stage 17, The Queen Stage of this years Tour de France. 210.5km or 130.8miles of vicious climbs and dizzying descents. The third and final one the fabled Alpe d'Huez.


Team CSC, is considered by many to be the best pro cycling team. They are current leaders in the team competition at the Tour. Their rider Frank Schleck started the day wearing the Yellow Jersey of the overall race leader and his brother Andy, also on CSC, the White Jersey of the best young rider.

CSC took control from the beginning, setting a fast pace and spreading the field out behind them. The Schleck brothers and the team's other contender, veteran Spanish rider Carlos Sastre stayed in the slipstream while their teammates kept the pace too fast for any serious attacks.

At the start of the last climb, most of the support riders of the other teams were gone and the last of the CSC teammates also fell away exhausted, leaving Sastre and the Schlecks on their own.

Immediately Sastre attacked and only Russian Denis Menchov of Team Rabobank was able to follow. But moments later the group which included all the tour contenders brought them back. Sastre attacked again immediately and was able to get away. For the rest of the long climb there were many attacks but thanks largely to the tactics of the Schlecks, Sastre continued to extend his lead and eventually win in 6hours'07'58" and move into the Yellow Jersey. In the overall race he is 1min.34sec. ahead of Cadel Evans, who is capable of making that time back in the individual time trial stage on Saturday.

Also of note American Christian VandeVelde of Team Garmin-Chipotle came in with the same time as Evans, 2'15" behind Sastre. VandeVelde is also a very good time trialer. He's currently in in 6th place in the general classification, 4min. 41Secs behind Sastre, and so still has some chance of a podium finish at end of the Tour in Paris.

/me is exhausted, just reading this. These athletes are amazing.

Great update Kaimi.

Wanna hear something sad? I saw this pic and my only thought was "wow, I bet that person spent a buttload for that land"

One good thing about being here. My mom's computer rawks and runs SL on ULTRA with no lag whatsoever. I can see pretty water and skies finally!!!! I'm in heaven

Yeah, I felt kind of drained after watching the whole thing. Makes you kind of proud to belong to the same species as these guys.



Lol well we are all SLer's aren't we? Seriously the coverage of the Tour is worth watching just for the breathtaking scenery and today might have been the best.

So... that could mean your mom is - or could be - in SL ...hmmmm

And I hope your mom will be on the mend and feeling well very soon.

While she is on the meds switch your's out for her's. Just tell her she only checks email anyway if she notices.

I do aplogize for flying off the handle a bit, I rarely do that. I guess I'm willing to do the consensus building thing in RL, when there are important issues at stake, but TBH, I sometimes find it exhausting.

You know, though Lil, there's about 20 women involved in the Calendar. Well, 19 now, unless we can persuade Brenda to come back. Apparently 3 or 4 of those women have have a vision about what the rest of us should do. You floated your ideas a week or more ago, there didn't seem to be much support, and we all went our merry ways...planning our particular page. Then, I guess, the organizer in you needed to bring it up again. I thought the phrase "go back to..." in your post was a bit unfortunate since your vision had never been adopted, but meh.

Then, a couple others felt it appropriate to share their vision, too.. Of course, those of us who just wanted to develop our own vision of our page are mostly silent. At this point, I'm feeling, wait just a minute! There are 15 or 16 other people here happily working away along the parameters Oryx spelled out and seemed to have been adopted by consensus. Why do we have to start over again? Then I lost my temper, which I apologize again for.

It's not that I don't expect different people to have different ideas. I just would rather not have the same discussions multiple times. I know that's not realistic, given human nature. Yesterday, unfortunately, it just really annoyed me.

So during the time I've been writing this post, dealing with a contractor bidding on painting my house, and answering the phone with work related issues, I see some of the controversy seems to have been smoothed over. So, sitting here thinking about just deleting it, and not wanting to fan the flames any more, but you know, I'm just as entitled to my opinion as any one else. And I want the opportunity to explain why I was a bit angry.

So my vote is let each page stand as it's own project. Blurb, no blurb, whoever writes it or not.... We're all individuals here, and each or us has their own creative spark. Let's honor that please.

And Brenda, please come back.... I'm not going to let my temper get the best of me again.

LOL nooo. I had to download it and I have every intention of removing it before I leave.

And Rio,

So glad your mom is doing better...

OK...my 2 cents worth (that's about..3.7 lindens, I think ):

The calendar, blurb or blurb-less is fine by me. I'd prefer blurbs, but really, either is fine.

So, as a reminder, here's what Oryx posted (edited a tad for brevity)



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Yes, I think we should have a PDF version.

If we are going with the blurb version, anyone who wants to write a blurb, either generally or specifically about one of the calendar girls, would you please PM me or Oryx? We will collect the names, see how many we have, and get in touch with you.

If we don't get very many takers, then we'll sort that out, too.

As far as the commentaries are concerned, I imagined they'd be nice/funny ones, commenting on how cute/cool/sweet/sexy/whatever the pic of that month's pin up girl is (i.e., more about the pic). If a bf/gf writes up the commentary, fine by me. If a stranger pens it, fine by me, as long as it is complimentary.

THanks Kaimi!




She really does only use it for email and that is very rare! It's not fair I tell you. I figure if I whine enough though,I should get a nice birthday present in November

Ohhhh, nice! Take pics!!! Go see some cool places that you've wondered about!

I think that is what all our parents use them for.

Allegria.. for you. Just for being who you are.

@ Allegria:

Yes i planned on it! Im taking pics now of different sky settings and putting them on my snapzilla

http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/ProfilePage.aspx?Name=Rioko%20Bamaisin


hehe Im all giddy

Rio,

I am so happy your Mom is doing better. We had fun with mine back in January.

While in Boston I recommend the Duck Tour.. but you probably know that already.

"CX"

Right before you leave discover a nasty virus and offer to take the PC home to clean it for them.

Yep,born and raised in Boston. I live out in western Mass now though.

i don't want a blurb anymore. skip me completely on that part, please.