Lost in Norway indeed - whats he doing - poor Norway - Becalm your great. I just love all of you guys! What would we do without the Gpanda and all his cohorts. My main reason for coming to Fodors so often.

Oh dear - too much good red wine tonight - I meant to say Becalm you are great!

It will be tricky to get Fodors to permit Dogster to report on his Norwegian trip on the Asia Forum, but hopefully he will give it a try.

MaryW-homonyms are tricky little devils. That's what we get for sounding out what we intend to write. It's one of those twisted linguistic conundrums. Do we see the words before we write them? Do we hear them? How do senteneces form in our heads and then get reproduced on the keyboard? Maybe, it's more than one conundrum.

Very good news indeed. Here is an interesting read :http://www.circlebloom.com/the-mind-...aily-wellness/

Really need to attend this board more often. Those news are spectacular. Am so happy for you and Beth. Actually for those Needhamites as well since I know how concerned they have been. You see they really prefer to travel with you, it's the only way they can make you truly miserable :)

Is the dogster coming to the Boston GTG?
After seeing his effigy, I'm curious :)

Unfortunately Dogster's criminal past prevents him from visiting the U.S. of A.

Your loss. No gain.

He will remain a mystery till your government comes to its senses... unfortunately, by that time, all of us will be dead.

Maybe we can convince Dogster to come to Mexico for Dias de los Muertos on autumn. Then we can meet in Oaxaca for some really great food!

(...:) a few of us have actually met the 'real' dogster)

Dogster, I'm sure I can straighten out this small misunderstanding and get you into the US. Of course, if AskOksena knew about the bevy of Boston Beauties, he would forsake the Singapore Air girls. All await the arrival of the Dog.

Dinner in Darkest needham. Hors' at Chez Kimball, dinner at some dump in "Downtown" Needham (an oxymoron if there ever was one.) and a great dessert at Chez Kimball. Bob was well-behaved, so I tortured the waiter. At one point, I asked him if he could remind our waiter of the Diet Coke I had ordered. Of course, he had forgotten. It's Needham, what kind of service does one expect. Plus the water was foul. It had a horrible taste. Cambridge has its own water supply and the water is always sweet.

sweet from the dogs peeing in it and assorted cantabrigians...

his nibs did not mention his attempt to swipe onion rings from the next table from us, or his attempt to get a date with our waiter....

Dogster, I have missed the story of your criminal past in the U.S., though you've referenced it before. Is there an existing report on this forum that will enlighten me/us?
Some misunderstanding, I'm sure. If the Aussies can forgive the Rolling Stones (they did, right?), then the Americans can surely be reasoned with. Or do pommies have special pull?
me?
Panda, "Transcendentists"?? Are those enlightened cavity fillers?

hmmmm, simpson do tell, an aging rogue or a young thing who was has a rapier tongue?

Transendentalists from Wikipedia:

Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19th century. It is sometimes called American transcendentalism to distinguish it from other uses of the word transcendental. Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard and the doctrine of the Unitarian church taught at Harvard Divinity School. Among transcendentalists' core beliefs was an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is realized only through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions. Prominent transcendentalists included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Amos Bronson Alcott, Orestes Brownson, William Henry Channing, James Freeman Clarke, Christopher Pearse Cranch, John Sullivan Dwight, Convers Francis, Margaret Fuller, William Henry Furness, Frederick Henry Hedge, Theodore Parker, Elizabeth Peabody, George Ripley, and Jones Very.[1]

Who would have thought that there would be a backlash from Unitarianism?

As if "Jones Very" is a real name.

I've been away for a while, but wanted to add my congratulations on your good MRI report. I was so happy to read the good news.

Ahhh, cigale, he wishes to remain a mystery. I cannot disclose his true self... so sorry. (he's just as nice as every other 'older' fodorite I've met)

Panda:

You'd think I have forgotten you, but 1st my computer was giving me problems, and when I got a new one, Fodors would only allow me to read but not write ...

Delighted to hear your great news! Now you can more and more trips, and eat lots of bamboo.

30 Cheers!!

Cigale, simpson is having a senior moment. She only met the Dogster imposter. The real mutt is an evil sod who should have been put down years ago. Indeed, I think he was. Nobody knows who this other Dogster person is. He won't go away, despite the efforts of the editors. It's best to ignore everything he says.

Today, I'm feeling very hopeful. No reason whatsoever, I just do. The support and frivolity of the Fodorites may be to blame.

Dogster, you're a fine one to talk about senior moments. You and I both take solace in the old saying "Only the good die young".

I've been approached by a writer about his doing a magazine article on my condition. I'm of two minds. On one hand, if my continuing to move forward gives solace to others with bad diagnoses or anyone, it's a positive. On the other hand, it's an invasion of my privacy. I certainly don't care about any brief attention from the public (where were they when I was young and pretty?). Any thoughts are appreciated. Bob, whatever substitutes for thought in your head is also welcome.