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1. Deron Bauman on February 13th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

   cheers!

2. Elizabeth Perry on February 14th, 2008 at 12:16 am

   I second Sheila’s valentine, and add another version.

   (This version also goes on to explain in a further song why I didn’t jump in and help with the great migration to WordPress.)

3. Rick Neece on February 14th, 2008 at 7:49 am

   Allow me to chime in, too! Congrats, thanks and whoopee! Fun videos: love the cowboy boots in Sheila’s selection, the fur coat in Elizabeth’s.

4. Chris Glass on February 14th, 2008 at 8:10 am

   Now I see where Madeline Kahn got her inspiration:

   http://youtube.com/watch?v=au5f6pMgN2s

5. Patrick Burleson on February 14th, 2008 at 8:25 am

   <blush>
   Aw thanks Sheila. It was nothing.

6. Cindy Scroggins on February 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am

   I wish I had a clip of the time a librarian who used to work for me translated “Wild Thing” into German and serenaded me with it in her perfect Marlene Dietrich voice. She was drunk, of course. I only hire good people.

7. Andrew Simone on February 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am

   Don’t sell yourself short, Patrick. You and Chris did the serious leg work. I just mopped up.

8. Andrew Simone on February 14th, 2008 at 11:41 am

   …and thanks a bunch, Sheila. You’ll be drinking neat bourbon, I’ll have you know.

9. Sheila Ryan on February 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

   I am reminded by Elizabeth’s post of a fun fact to know and tell: I actually saw Marlene Dietrich in performance in Dallas, Texas! 1973, or more likely 1974 it was — in a theater/nightclub/cocktail lounge at the Fairmont Hotel. It must have been her last performance tour; she moved scarcely at all, having recently tumbled off a stage somewhere and broken a leg. But she was wonderful — displayed a deliciously dry wit.

   Have any of y’all seen Maximillian Schell’s wonderful documentary Marlene? It’s a splendid example of how an artist (director Schell) can deal with limitations — at the eleventh hour, Dietrich refused to be filmed!

   Oh . . . and for the record, I want an outfit like Dietrich’s Destry get-up in the worst possible way.

   Anyways, meet you down at the end of the bar, boys (and all of y’all). And neat bourbon will be just dandy, Andrew.

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