Mystery of Springs1 solved. Maybe that will lift your creeping winter depression Elizabeth.

There has been occasional curiosity about Springs1. I wondered if she was real. She has a blog, but it only has one entry from a year ago, but it has 72 time-stamped comments, so it definitely precedes her rants here. She leaves a bloody trail all over the net.

Here's her MySpace page. Caution: it plays "The Pina Colada" song. Really. Even the wallpaper on that page is annoying.
http://www.myspace.com/springs_1

Here's her PhotoBucket page for 10,000 pictures of herself.
http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g133/springs1/

I doubt that we will ever see her again. She's a one trick pony. She basically has one rant that she posts all over the place. SPRINGS1 will never be back because she nothing else to say. She prides herself on being annoying but she has no ability to go the distance.

I can't IMAGINE why SHE has exactly NO friends on MySpaCE!!! [Sorry]

Here's her profile, maybe you would like to be her friend.

About me:
I am 29 years old and live in LOUISIANA with MY HUSBAND!!1!111!!! I like to eat out and then BITCH ABOUT IT and get free stuff!!1111!! It IS a great way to get free meals and RESTAURANTS like APPLEBEE'S, Copelands and most of all CHILIS!!1!!!! Sometimes I TIP, but MOST OF the time I LEAVE the server WITH ****A**** BAD taste in her mouth (AND probably in mine, too.!11!! Do COOKS really "drop" steaks?)???!! I like to harass people online and stalk them on their personal space.!!!1! I know everything ABOUT the restuarant business!!1!11!1!1 I worked in a donut shop and so I *****KNOW**** EVERYTHING about the service INDUSTRY!!!11! I like white russians, long island teas ******AND***** PINA coladas.!1!!!111 IF A bartender TALKS to ANYONE or STOPS to clean UP, I wont tip them!!!1!!!! THEY ARE taking up MY time! My!1!111 time is more IMPORTANT that anyones.!111!!!1 Without it I would NOT be ABLE TO HARASS these HARD working folks, get *****SOME****** OF them fired, and then REAP the BENEFITS and eat the FREE food!!1!!!!
Who I'd like to meet:
A SERVER/BARTENDER who doesn't suck!!!!11!! Someone who PUTS my needs before EVERYONE else's! Ghandi.!!!!11 ..

Here's an interesting addendum. Someone created a Springs1-inspired text generator called the "GOODBYE I HATE YOU ALL" post generator.
http://springs1.0catch.com/goodbye.html

A litte too literate, but here's an example:

Goodbye everyone, IS THIS A GOOD ENOUGH CUT FOR ALL YOU HATERS???? I no longer feel welcome here, or that kinship I was searching for. pissed off YOU are ALL Stupid as in ALLof YOU!!! NONE OF YOU CAN READ HIGHER THAN A FOURTH-GRADE LEVEL! this community would be much better if you didnt jump down every persons throat on almost every damn post. ELIZABETH plays TENNIS like an otter on CRACK!!!! I hope all you fat cows die. I will never post here again. And Owl meat is the STUPIDEST idiot of ALL of you MORONS.

Three or more things I am thankful for:

1. Not feeling bad about having the oven on all afternoon for great braised food like the wonderful osso bucco I made yesterday. Love digging out the marrow.

2. Not working up a sweat walking into church or a restaurant.

3. Needing a jacket for my evening walk.

4. Craving red meat when I should be preparing fish or vegetarian. Ok I never prepare or even think about vegetarian.

5. All the gords available in the markets.

Owl,
Thanks for the detective work. If I recall correctly, she appeared when you were quite ill and hadn't posted in awhile.

Is there something wrong with the blog? It doesn't remember my info anymore. And posts take forever to get to the server.

anyway, things I'm thankful for:

1-clothes! Its nice to be able to wear a long-sleeve shirt (and a jacket even!) to work.

2-fall air. We are getting a bit of a cold snap here, down in the 40s tonight. Which leads me to my next:

3-We'll have highs in the upper 70s in three days.

I like how the cold air just visits, doesn't camp out for five months.

Snow is quite nice though, especially around the holidays.

It's driving me mad, too. I hope they get it fixed soon. EL

Fl Rob - what's that? I was busy reading war and peace and waiting for my last post to go through as I read your post! Yeah yeah yeah, 70's, sun, cold air visits..blah blah blah. You're talking to people who are getting a cold front from which we might have SNOW before Halloween! Let's see, the St John's Wort is around here somewhere...think it's time to start it again.

Those who know me realize that I am a seldom live beyond her means gal. When I'm pricing trips that I have no money for on Expedia, winter,alas has arrived!

Weatherman said "chance of flurries" on Wednesday. Now where did I leave my gloves?

I just hope OMG doesn't get Springs1 back here ... she exhausted her welcome and then some.

One thing I am already tired of ... the new graphics and color scheme at Giant. Was it one of you in the sandbox who suggested the yellow and purple was supposed to remind us of Big Bird and Barney? Regardless, I can't get that out of my head when I'm in there.

Brilliant! I didn't even realize how tired I was of them until you brought it up. EL

Wow...I get caught in one 11-hour meeting and look what happens.

EL posts three things she is tired of, which leads to Owlie's rather spectacular demonstration of how to stalk someone on the internet, which prompts E-E-L to post things he is thankful for, which prompts Polychlorinated biphenyl Rob to post things he is thankful for, which leads to Joyce posting something she is going to be tired of, that hasn't even happend yet, but if it does, she is going to be tired of it from the get-go.

Bacon...mmmm.

I've got to go to bed. Another long session tomorrow. And I won't be able to give it my entire concentration, wondering where this topic has gone.

flurries, snow...all depressing to me, Dahlink!

Bucky, what on earth could anyone meet about for 11 hours??

Joyce, it is obvious! An 11 hour meeting can only be a sub-committee on increasing efficiencies in meetings.

Things I am thankful for:
Soup
The chance to make cookies
St. Johns Wort

The last time I was in an all-day meeting, I was accused of being "too blunt". Yeah, I was still pullin' my punches.

Wow, this is a bit early for you to be getting snow flurries.

The wind chill was 32 here this morning.

Lissa-I was sitting here snickering (so the other cubes wouldn't hear me!) and then I read Eve's post. I'm glad I didn't have any liquid in my mouth because I would have spit it all over the computer!

Thanks for the laughs and good spirit, ladies!

I am tired of paying the same price or more for less food. Not only has it happend to ice cream but now to other food too.

Eve, maybe we should attend some of the same meetings. It might freak the mundanes, but we'd have fun after they all fainted away.

I don't know if I've ever been in an 11 hour meeting, but I've been in plenty that seemed like they were that long.

I've found that strategically-timed rolling of one's eyes can really infuriate some people in meetings.

Snoring also infuriates some people.

EL, I don't particularly care what colors Giant uses. Three things I am tired of them doing are
1) Replacing "name" brands with their own, like Boston MarKet sides and Buitoni fresh pasta;
2) Deciding how much of an item I need, like having four types of mushrooms, as long as you need 8 ounces of each. Doesn't seem friendly for a two-person family (at least they got the small cans of aurkraut back - its a one-shot for the rare times my DW and I have hot dogs); and
3) Handing back your canceled check because they now scan it in and do a "one-time electronic funds transfer" from your account to theirs. I might as well use my credit card.

I really think they are trying to drive people away.

Meetings, I've found the ones I've been in lately to include a LOOOONG round of pre-meeting shooting the bull session, followed by discussing most of what everyone already knows (and has no impact on what I do), then another LOOOONG post-meeting bull session.

I've gotten away with just getting up and leaving during that latter third. Now, I don't even go at all. I get a synopsis later on. I'm very happy.

Meeetings lately have beome like military memos

1. We tell you what we are going to tell you.
2. We tell you what we told you we were going to tell you
3. We tell you that we told you what we were going to tell you.

And they fly me half way across the country to do it
Meeting ajorned

Sorry all, but it is, indeed, possible. Today was just 9 hours; tomorrow migth wrap it up. I hope.

Bucky,
At least I hope the meeting was catered with good food, like Alida's salsa.

Lunch from McAlister's Deli. So it was ok, as meeting lunches go.

Has anyone seen the commercial where the guy at the office meeting is sticking pencils in his nose and acting goofy in front of the teleconference phone to be told that they weren't teleconferencing that the boss was actually there. It loses something to explain it but I thought that commercial was hilarious. The rebel in me always wants to do silly stuff at serious meetings. One of my goals before I retire (someday - I hope) is to change the sign for the board room to "bored" room!

We're going to keep on having meetings until we figure out why nothing's getting done.

Meeetings lately have beome like military memos

1. We tell you what we are going to tell you.
2. We tell you what we told you we were going to tell you
3. We tell you that we told you what we were going to tell you.
And they fly me half way across the country to do it
Meeting ajorned

1 - That actually sounds like an efficient meeting. Isn't that the long-winded version of the standard advice on speeches? Tell them what you're going to tell them; tell them; and tell them what they heard.
2 - They neglected to tell you something at the end of the meeting. I snicker a little every time I see hue's name because Bourbon Girl loves to reference the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry David invokes a vulgar opprobrium against his business partner Hugh. (as in F___ Hugh) It cracks her up.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264235/quotes

Nothing at all personal, just the name triggers it.

I had a teacher-friend tell me once that when he teaches a class his plan is, "Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them, then ask for questions. If there are none, start over."

If I'm cranky today, it's all OMG's fault for bringing up Springs1 again. Last night I dreamed that there was a special circle of hell and Springs1 was forced to be a server to all those good people she had stiffed with a bad or nonexistent tip. Her husband, Springs2, was the bartender--same deal. Not a restful night ...

If I'm cranky today, it's all OMG's fault for bringing up Springs1 again

I have that effect on people. I just wanted to know if she was real and dispel any notion that I was her. She's real, way too real.

If I seem overly energetic this week it's because paramour Bourbon Girl is in Boston for a week.

I thought the Springs1 thing was kind of interesting myself. I was already cranky because we almost maybe might have had a flurry today!