Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2006-12-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, kids, it's that time of year again, and it's time for the annual retelling of Auggie Wren's Christmas Story. Although many of you have read or seen this several times, there are a few new people on the list who have not read the story, and there are others who enjoy reading it every year (I

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2006-12-21 Thread frank theriault
On 12/21/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, kids, it's that time of year again, and it's time for the annual retelling of Auggie Wren's Christmas Story. It wouldn't be Christmas without it! Thanks, Shel. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Shel. It wouldn't be Christmas without it. Paul On Dec 21, 2006, at 7:17 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Well, kids, it's that time of year again, and it's time for the annual retelling of Auggie Wren's Christmas Story. Although many of you have read or seen this several times

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2006-12-21 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: On 12/21/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, kids, it's that time of year again, and it's time for the annual retelling of Auggie Wren's Christmas Story. It wouldn't be Christmas without it! Thanks, Shel. For those who don't read T.O.P., here's another

RE: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-28 Thread Bob W
: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 December 2005 11:26 To: PDML Subject: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story Every year for the past few years I've posted this story. There are many new people on the list this year, and it seems appropriate to post it again. Auggie Wren's

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Apparently, the secret is out. As anyone who has recently gone to Toronto in search of Frank eventually learns, today's Frank is nothing more than an old laptop in Doug's office. It's programed to keep the list moving and create conciliatory responses to provocative posts. The real Frank, who

RE: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Øsleby
. desember 2005 12:26 To: PDML Subject: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story Every year for the past few years I've posted this story. There are many new people on the list this year, and it seems appropriate to post it again. Auggie Wren's Christmas Story was written by Paul Auster and was first

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-23 Thread frank theriault
On 12/22/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny thing. Thanks to Gmail, I have most PDML messages since I resubscribed in September 2004. I searched for Auggie, just to see when Shel had posted this last year. And this is what I found: Frank, your answers were exactly the same, down to

Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Every year for the past few years I've posted this story. There are many new people on the list this year, and it seems appropriate to post it again. Auggie Wren's Christmas Story was written by Paul Auster and was first published on Christmas Day 1990 in The New York Times

RE: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Malcolm Smith
Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/xmas/auggie.html Thanks Shel :-) Malcolm

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice to see this again. Happy holidays to you, Shel. Paul On Dec 22, 2005, at 6:25 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Every year for the past few years I've posted this story. There are many new people on the list this year, and it seems appropriate to post it again. Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread frank theriault
On 12/18/04, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is again, the annual posting of this timeless Christmas story. It is the story upon which the movie Smoke is based, and which appears at the end of the movie, as told to William Hurt by Harvey Keitel. Many of you have read this

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've seen your face. It needs a smile (rim shot) ... LOL Hey, if you've not seen the movie, you might want to consider renting it ... ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/xmas/auggie.html A PDML Holiday Tradition!! Thanks,

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Juan Buhler
Funny thing. Thanks to Gmail, I have most PDML messages since I resubscribed in September 2004. I searched for Auggie, just to see when Shel had posted this last year. And this is what I found: Frank, your answers were exactly the same, down to the two exclamation marks :) So a lot more than

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Sherburne
That's it! Proof that Frank is actually a machine... :) t On 12/22/05 16:41, Juan Buhler wrote: Funny thing. Thanks to Gmail, I have most PDML messages since I resubscribed in September 2004. I searched for Auggie, just to see when Shel had posted this last year. And this is what I found:

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2005-12-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Wait a minute, maybe Frank's an automatic answering program! Juan Buhler wrote: Funny thing. Thanks to Gmail, I have most PDML messages since I resubscribed in September 2004. I searched for Auggie, just to see when Shel had posted this last year. And this is what I found: Frank, your answers

Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2004-12-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Here it is again, the annual posting of this timeless Christmas story. It is the story upon which the movie Smoke is based, and which appears at the end of the movie, as told to William Hurt by Harvey Keitel. Many of you have read this before, some have requested it be posted again, and, of

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2004-12-18 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:38:38 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is again, the annual posting of this timeless Christmas story. It is the story upon which the movie Smoke is based, and which appears at the end of the movie, as told to William Hurt by Harvey Keitel. Many of

Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2003-12-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/xmas/auggie.html For the past couple of years I've been posting this story, and here it is again for those who have not read it or wish to do so again.

RE: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2003-12-21 Thread frank theriault
A PDML tradition. Thanks, Shel. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Auggie Wren's Christmas

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2001-12-19 Thread Matjaz Osojnik
Great idea to share Auggie's story, Shel. Smoke is one of my favorite movies. I went to see it 2 or 3 times when it was playing here and Auggie Wren's Christmas story really touched me. I love it. Great final touch to a great movie. Thanks for sharing it. Cao, Matjaz The holiday season

RE: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2001-12-16 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
Nice one Shell, I enjoyed it. May peace be with you all the time. Frits Wüthrich Shel Belinkoff wrote: The holiday season is upon us once again. This year, as I did last year, I'd like to share a favorite story with the list. Perhaps it will be a welcome change from recent flames and

Re: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

2001-12-15 Thread Bob Poe
Shel, Thanks for the beatiful smoke story. It took me back to one of my favoite films. Have a fine holiday yourself. Cheers, Bob --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The holiday season is upon us once again. This year, as I did last year, I'd like to share a favorite story with