Java Script - the beginning

One Friday, in late September, Robert and Mike took us to the gun range to teach us how to shoot.  After all, a girl needs to know how to defend herself.  We took some great pictures and  we were all sitting around the table drinking our java, when the possibility of having our very own periodical became the topic of discussion.  Something fun, that we could share with each other.  Our Editor in Chief, Mike Miller, promised that he would publish something the very next day.  We waited with great anticipation for his promised post, which to our utter disappointment, never materialized.  This started a barrage of e-mails:

A letter to the editor(s) of the JAVA SCRIPT

Dear Editor(s),

As a subscribing member of this fine periodical, I wanted to write and express my disappointment in not receiving the first issue as was previously promised.  I sincerely hope that it is not due to the humbling experience of Friday night when "Keep 'Em Jumping" Jules and "Sure Shot" Sam out shot Mr. Robert "Cap 'Em" Cartmell and Mr. Mike "Magnum" Miller.  As an unbiased spectator of the whole affair, my expectations for the first edition in the magazine was high, as I knew that such fine gentlemen as yourselves would not prejudice your reporting and just state the facts (along with some fine photographs) of the event.

Sincerely,

 A disappointied Subscriber

This was his reply:

Dear Disappointed Subscriber,

     Production details and in-state licensing have unfortunately, caused a temporary delay in the maiden edition of the Java Script.  Not to fret, we the editors of Java Script assure you the first edition of Java Script Magazine will have been well worth the wait.  It goes without saying, all reporting done in the Java Script will be maintained without personal bias and sensationalism.  

     It also need be mentioned that due to unforeseen technicalities, start-up procedures of our dark room facilities over here at Script Headquarters have been temporarily put on hold.  Unfortunately, all photos of "Keep Em Jumpin" Jules and "Sure Shot" Sam spanking the founding editors of the Script last Friday night will not be available to the staff of Windsor Hills Baptist Church, nor the public at large.  We the publishers of the Script deeply regret this small inconvenience, and hope that you will accept our deepest apologies.

Sincerely,

Mikey "Magnum" Miller, Founder & Editor-In-Chief, Java Script Group International  

       

 Jules then responded with this:

Thanks for all the explanations.  At least I'm not still wondering if the neighbor stole my paper.  I do have a few thoughts on the matters as explained, and a few ideas for that superb periodical, the Java Script!

Production details and in-state licensing -- What's this????  You mean they can do that??--to an internet periodical???? 

goes without saying  (does it???), all  (Is that "all" as in "ALL" or "all" as in "most" or "some"?) reporting done in the Java Script will be maintained without personal bias and sensationalism.  (That's a pretty high standard.  Time (and subscribers) will tell.)

Keep Em Jumpin" Jules and "Sure Shot" Sam  -- Word has it that those two outlaws and their sidekick, Deadeye Deb, hightailed it out o' these parts before sundown last weekend, mumbling something about "gittin' to Kohl's" in time for the early bird special.

As for gunsmoke tales, as far as I know, you and your co-founder may still hold your heads high around Windsor Hills Baptist Church.  The word on the Arab street is that someone told Preacher about the incident, and I know three someones who it wasN'T.  So, if there are any defaming gunsmoke tales being spread, let me assure you that they have been promulgated by the likes of Pete and Re-peat, co-founders of this fine publication.  No apologies necessary for the withholding of photos; we still hold the evidence.  :  )

Maybe the Java Script should include an occasional weather report.  My 5-year-old niece informs me (rubs it in, actually) that tonight in Carbondale, Colorado, it is snowing.  I dream of such a blissful day.  They say the weather tomorrow might be headed in the right direction--down, down, down will go the thermometer all day long.  Things are looking up!

Chef Rober or Debby Crocker might contribute a recipe now and then--though the stipulation should be that the recipe contain coffee (even if it is served on the side).  What do you think? 

Anticipating the release of the premiere edition of the widely acclaimed Java Script,

Jules

Needless to say, we eventually did get the Java script started and in my next blog I will share some of these fine, and mostly truthful publications...

Time Goes By

We settled quite nicely into our little group of friends.  We'd meet every Friday night at the Java Joint, have the lattes of our choice, and play dominoes to our hearts content.  It was such a great time in all our lives and we often look back fondly on those memories.

In June of that year, Robert and Mike took a trip to Israel.  What an experience it was for them, and us ladies waited with great anticipation for two weeks for them to get home.  They even sent us postcards from Jerusalem.

Finally, they arrived home baring many tales and many gifts for their fair friends.  There's a spiritual change that takes place when people go to Israel.  Christians cherish the experience to walk where Christ has walked and to visit the garden tomb.  It was such a great night seeing the pictures and hearing the stories.  The gentlemen gave each of us a tapestry bag with a scene of Israel embroidered on it, lotion from Ahava, and a necklace.  Little did we know that Mike had purchased a special gift for a special lady that had caught his fancy.  He kept his secret for six months...