This here is one of the few pictures of Wanda
after the accident that tragically took both her
legs. On a happy note, she has filled out
nicely, being strapped into that wheel chair
since the sad day... Or fortunate day,
depending on your point of view.
  Click here: "The Captain Christopher Pike
Fund" to donate some money to help her and
her family cope with all the ramps and stair
climbers that are needed to keep this dynamo
mobile.
As seen in this courageous photograph,
taken with the electricity turned off by an
ambivalent CL+P, our hero makes do with
candles to light her way.
Do not despair! A happy coincidence, her
natural shape being what it is, seems to keep
her perfectly up right even with out the
stubbiest of legs to help. True that the
meaner of us has said regrettable things like;
"Is Schmoo riding her amp in the parking lot
again?" and "Wanda's wobble but they don't
fall down".
 On a funny note, we have replaced that old
cardboard cut out of the tall Wanda with a
cheap plastic inflatable  Wanda with a few
pounds of sand stitched into the base. It also
doubles as a metronome to help us keep the
beat.
Oh, yeah... VERY glamorous picture here
taken by Katie.
   Wanda, having a decent sense of humor,
volunteers to be the first contestant in the
Melon Farmers monthly Burping contest.
Although she was not the winner, she did
become a finalist and took home a runner
up prize of a very nice dinner napkin. The
actual winner was Big Al Anderson of
NRBQ fame. Go figure.
 The evening's Judges are a collection of
Crickets and Frogs that we keep in the
silver and grey containment box by W's
right knee. They are audible and the
burping is judged by how agitated the
insects become by the noise.
 Wanda's retro dress as seen here is
made from very high thread count stretchy
stuff, that never becomes transparent no
matter how bright the light is inside the
fridge.
  
 How embarrassing! We all know
the feeling of showing up at an
important function dressed to kill
only to find that some other
person has worn the same shirt or
tie or maybe the exact same
alligator shoes as you did.
 Just imaging how distressing it
would be to find someone else has
gone to the same NYC bar dressed
in the same vintage print dress,
white go-go boots, saxophone,
hair color and height as you did.  
Thank Christ for the red and green
straps!
 Wanda and Sandy Brooks [from
"The 9th Wave" surf band] at
Otto's Shrunken Head Tiki Bar in
Manhattan.
 Wake ME up before you Go-Go...
Even though these Glam shots
may have been meant for the
Instrument page, these were too
nice and required too many Hot
Chick wardrobe changes to be
relegated to that page.
 In a quite uncharacteristic show
of restraint, I have somehow
neglected to include the lace
shots that showed almost a
complete [edited] (1).
 [edited] is not included here as a
public safety precaution. Certain
biological changes both subtle and
obvious begin to occur when one
stares long enough at said body
part. That's right: Retina damage!
You will have [edited] vision after
looking at the image leaving a
"Ghost [edited]" burned into the
lense of the eye. This is dangerous
and very distracting. No one wants
their eyes to end up like a CBT Jet
Banking ATM screen with a low
rotation program.
We have here the last of the non
[edited] pictures from the portrait
studio shots. Fake legs have of
course been photo shopped in to
hide the cardboard box she was
propped up on.
W had the choice of taking the pic
with regular bass strings or the
artistic interpretation using
something else entirely. What she
and the photographer ended up
using was 5/8" x 1/8" Ziti strung on
kite string instead of the regular
nickel wound GHS Boomers. Note
the sly smile and cocky attitude.
She thinks she has gotten away
with it. Go ahead, just try to play a
note on that contraption.
This restringing took almost 4 1/2
hours to complete.
   Note: The Ziti is uncooked.


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