I'm getting close to 1000 posts

[MistressOverdone]

and will make a donation when that happens. ASK ME ANYTHING!

[taterguy]

1. What are some things you hope to do before you die?

[MistressOverdone]

2. Great question!

I want to get some of the five books I've written published by a real publisher.

[taterguy]

3. Who are some musicians that you wish were more famous

[MistressOverdone]

7. Oh, cool

Um...
John Sebastian
Dan Zanes
The lead singer of Talking Heads (forget his name)
Gabriel Faure'
Durufle'
Orlando Gibbons

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear MistressOverdone!

What does your username signify?

Early congrats on achieving 1000 posts!

:toast:

[MistressOverdone]

8. Ah!

Mistress Overdone is a character from the Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and is described below:

"Mistress Overdone, a Bawd.

Mistress Overdone is an aging woman who wears too much make-up and is really overweight. A shrewd businesswoman, frank and vulgar. Colorful, flamboyant. Outfit should mimic the styles of aristocracy, but be composed of colorful and gaudy material; tight and revealing of a misshapen figure."


She is a madam, an employer of prostitutes. I am not. We do share one or two other characteristics, however, and I like the name. I am rather Overdone, I believe.

[Hugin]

5. What is the plural of pants?

Scissors?

...

or any one of those screwy pre-pluralized words which plague us?

I need answers!

[MistressOverdone]

9. britches

scissi or in the case of small sewing instruments, scissorinis.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Pants is plural...

You put your foot into the pant leg. And each part of a pair of scissors is a scissor. It's kind of like conjoined twins.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Woohoo! Besides a donation, how are you going to celebrate?

:hi:

[MistressOverdone]

10. I'm going to out buy Al Gore's latest book

then I am going to write him a love letter.

[SeattleGirl]

15. All right!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Inchworm]

11. How High can a Squirrel jump?

:D

:hi:

[MistressOverdone]

12. I'm not sure, but the longest and hardest I ever

laughed was when a dear friend of mine, who is an interior decorator, was walking up to my house (I was having him for lunch) and happily holding forth with his cigarette and calling out to me when a squirrel jumped out of a tree and onto his head.

To my credit, I did not laugh right away. I first made sure he was okay, but. then. I. almost. wet. my. pants.

I can still hear his scream.

I am a bad person....

[Inchworm]

17. LoL

Too funny!

I have a squirrel story as well.

We were working one Saturday replacing some bad rafters on someone's roof and I saw a squirrel run down the ridge and take a leap off. I still swear it was a flying squirrel. I tried to explain to the others what I saw and they blamed it on my hangover. The squirrel did soar though, about 100 feet through the air.

I was called Rocky Raccoon after that day for reasons unbeknown.

:rofl:

[MistressOverdone]

18. I believe it

I have seen squirrels fly from one tree to another. Stone cold sober.

The squirrels, not me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Tell us about your books...

Are they fiction?

[MistressOverdone]

16. Yes, all fiction

My first is a multi-generational saga based on the life of a Victorian church, and its priest. Rather racy. I stopped at 500 pps when I got to WWI. I am halfway through the sequel, which will go to the present. I actually got an agent on that and a paperback deal but we both decided I should finish the sequel and try to market it hardback.

The next is a juvenile fiction fantasy about a race of flying humans. It is a vehicle for teaching anthropology, but is a good story. I'm a teacher and read it to my kids. They love it. That was rejected by my agent as being to close to Peter Pan, which I can never quite understand. I'll have to shop that around myself.

The next is an auto-biographical novel that is so personal I haven't let anyone read it yet! It is a coming of age of a Boomer type of piece. About 250 pps.

The last one is a juvie novel about a boy who accidently shoots his best friend and kills him.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Wow!

Those sound interesting. I hope you get them published soon!

[MistressOverdone]

20. Me, too

but I'd like it to happen magically. I despise shopping my books around. Love to write.

[MistressOverdone]

21. I MADE IT! WOOOOO HOOOOO!

Now I'll have to make that donation.

[Midlodemocrat]

22. This is me.

Not holding my breath.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. well its a good thing you werent.

you would have been a terrible shade of blue by now.

[JackBeck]

23. Yay!!

I've got one:

If you were a member of a conservative message board, what would would be your screen name?

[Midlodemocrat]

24. Ooooh, JackBeck, Good question!

*taps foot waiting for answer*

[JackBeck]

26. Inquiring mids would like to know.

Unless we already have the answer...

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[LeftyMom]

25. Donation to what?

[MistressOverdone]

29. Just DU

I don't donate anyplace else. DU is such a monster list I figure they need the help more than other other board.

[Eagle_Eye]

27. You have been here since January and have 1000 posts

I have been here for three years and have yet to break 800.
How do you do it?

[Name removed]

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

35. i thnk there is a rule against second incarnations.

ofcourse i could be wrong

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. you wouldnt happen to be the same person who had all the glbt user blocked

from responding to your posts, when we had the nucleur block on, would you?

[bicentennial_baby]

31. ....

:applause:

[Midlodemocrat]

32. Why, lioness, you would be correct.

And, not just the GLBT members, but their straight allies as well.

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

33. "and will make a donation when that happens"

*taps foot* *looks at watch*

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. i did that too...along with an eye roll.

[bigwillq]

39. Congrats on 1000!

:toast:

[MistressOverdone]

40. Thank you!