What has become of our muse, Bristolz? No ideas nor annos since end of March?
Anyway, happy birthday! to her if appropriate.
[marked-for-reconsideration] after suitable interval.-- csea, May 12 2006 bristolz bda reference http://board.dogbom.../member.php?u=14160basic google search [csea, Jul 14 2006] bristolz migraines? Migraine_20Visual_20Aura_20Simulationpossible explaination for absence [csea, Jul 14 2006] Bristolz bristolzIn memoriam [imaginality, Sep 19 2006] best wishes to you, bris.-- po, May 12 2006 She's been busy polishing her guns and star, partner.-- methinksnot, May 12 2006 Merry born-mas, Bris!-- Letsbuildafort, May 12 2006 Happy [Bris]-day.-- hidden truths, May 12 2006 indeed, what news fair [Bris] ? happy B'day-- neilp, May 12 2006 XOXO-- normzone, May 12 2006 A mere 31? You're just a young'un, lass. Happy birthday to you and I hope your year is filled with laughter and tears.-- NotTheSharpestSpoon, May 12 2006 Felicem diem natalem! (31!? Ancient language required)-- Shz, May 12 2006 Yes, Whither Bristolz?-- skinflaps, May 12 2006 Yes, where is she? Happy birthday, trouble, wherever you are.-- moomintroll, May 12 2006 Many half returns!-- DrCurry, May 12 2006 Well, since we can't get her a cake, I'm hoping for at least 31 croissants for bris.
Also, what [NotThe] said - you're so young!-- Canuck, May 12 2006 Happy birthday [bris]
I am happy to provide croissant #15 - almost "half"way there!-- phundug, May 12 2006 31? Why, that's my age.-- RayfordSteele, May 12 2006 Happy 00011111rd Birthday Bris. Just three bits to go til you're a byte. :)-- silverstormer, May 12 2006 Very happy birthday [bristolz].-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, May 13 2006 I'm a day late, but HB birthday anyway, Bris!-- lostdog, May 13 2006 Happy birthday, bz. Hope you're having a good day with the family.-- st3f, May 13 2006 Would the suitable interval end after a certain time or when Bristolz comes home? Merry birthday by the by.-- fridge duck, May 13 2006 [Sincerely hoping the silence on the part of the birthday girl reflects good circumstances, not bad ones.]-- DrCurry, May 13 2006 Happy birthday Bris and a prime year it is.-- sartep, May 13 2006 I gave the thirty-first one!
Happy Birthday!-- notmarkflynn, May 14 2006 Oh well, now I have to take my croissant off to bring it to a round 31. Thanks a lot, person after [notmarkflynn].-- hidden truths, May 14 2006 Many happies [bris] - see you back here soon!-- wagster, May 14 2006 There once was a 'baker called bris Who decided to go on the piss For it was her birthday She was just over thir-tay And now she is sadly amiss.
See you when you sober up. Many happies. PS - I'm not the thirty second croisant. Honest.-- Fishrat, May 14 2006 Um...she always was a miss, unless I *really* missed something.-- DrCurry, May 14 2006 Happy Birthday [bris]!-- DesertFox, May 14 2006 C'mon, guys, keep it at 31. I think that's better than having a lot of buns.-- notmarkflynn, May 15 2006 OK [nmf] I've neutralised my vote - I like the idea of having one's birthday greetings dialled out in votes. Happy birthday [bris]!-- zen_tom, May 15 2006 Coincidentally [zen_tom], my 100th birthday is coming up, and I intend to post my next idea to coincide with it.-- hidden truths, May 16 2006 there ya go, Happy? now where is the birthday girl, my ice cream is melting.-- dentworth, May 16 2006 Yay - 31! Heh - the votes don't *have* to be positive ones [ht]!-- zen_tom, May 16 2006 Personally, I think Bristol should get a hundred croissants, for being wiser than her years. So I'm not going along with your little scheme.-- DrCurry, May 16 2006 Still 31 votes... I'm with [DC] on the hundred though. Many happy returnings, or we'll miss you.-- david_scothern, May 16 2006 I wuv a pawty !!! Halfby Biwfday Bwis !!!-- reensure, May 17 2006 Belated Hippo-birdies 2 Ewes-- Dub, May 21 2006 perhaps [bristolz] is hiding here... //Soft, blonde wood; an exposed beam ceiling; butter soft leather chairs; a woolen afghan blanket for my feet; walls lined with books; a large globe; a small, quiet refrigerator with an array of finger sandwiches and chunks of dark chocolate; a fresh ginger and Belvedere martini, stirred to the consistency of a frozen cloud; the smell and sight of the shore with the distant natterings of children and gulls at play in the waves; a brass telescope; the decadent meow of a middle-aged cat; jazz piano from the house next door and the spun yellow-gold of sunlight, blended with the ice of a blue sky, peering in through a cucoloris of coastal trees.//
If so, she's happy.-- ConsulFlaminicus, May 21 2006 that's lovely consol. you reading out of Conde Nast magazine?-- dentworth, May 21 2006 keep up, dent.-- po, May 21 2006 Now who voted against this? (Unless it was [bris], in which case I can't really complain)-- hidden truths, May 21 2006 [po]what did I miss?-- dentworth, May 21 2006 You haven't missed anything [dentworth] :) that passage was a submission from the birthday girl herself to an idea about a business providing short time stress relief rooms in big cities.-- ConsulFlaminicus, May 22 2006 I have not seen anything by [Bristolz] at all since this post. Did I miss something here?-- notmarkflynn, Jul 12 2006 Having originated this post, I'm a bit sheepish to admit that I based the birthday wishes on the slenderest of references, [link1] My sincere apologies to all if this is not the same bristolz. I felt some affinity for her as another west-coaster, as I have lived in the San Juan Islands occasionally for most of 50 years.
Another recently surfaced reference on the HB: [link2] seems to indicate that she had suffered from migraine headaches, I sincerely hope not HB-induced!
I do hope that she will return soon.-- csea, Jul 14 2006 //Folks, once again, I have to leave the HB frivolity. This time I believe I won't be back. Life intervenes. Thanks to all for the very interesting time I have had here as well as the chance to become a fledgling artist at your expense. Alas, I never took the effort to do the one drawing I really wanted to do: A Map of the Halfbakers Heart, complete with the Tropic of Custard and other areas of geographic interest.
Take good care, all and try not to drive Jutta crazy.
-bz 4 Nov 03//
Well, she came back that time, so...?-- wagster, Jul 16 2006 I've added a link to the [bristolz] thread, in case any newbies come across this thread first and don't know the reason for her absence.-- imaginality, Sep 19 2006 Thanks, I should have done so earlier.-- csea, Sep 21 2006 I really thought she'd just turn up in a few weeks.-- wagster, Sep 21 2006 Indeed. Reads differently, the second time round, doesn't it?-- david_scothern, Sep 30 2006 random, halfbakery