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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* 24 AUG 91 **************************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 08/24/91 21:46 Msg:6343 Call:36721 Lines:7
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20 re communism: The rumors of my death are greatly exagerated
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21 - Mark Twain There are still millions of them out there
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22 don't expect them to just roll over and play dead.
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23 I'm sure we will hear from them again real soon. But in the meantime
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24 at least we can bask in the glory of freedom in the USSR.
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25 I wish them well on their journey to find themselves.
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26 *********************************************************************
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003=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/24/91 22:06 Msg:6344 Call:36722 Lines:7
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27 ____________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________
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28 Wow! I'm at the top! (Do we still play that game around here? :-) Well,
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29 on the end of the last disk I gave my review/opinion of the new movie
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30 "Dead Again" so if you're interested have a look! I also want to see the
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31 movie "Defenseless." That looks quite cool. Well, there isn't much else
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32 I can think of talking about so later for now. See ya....
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33 ____________________________________________________________The Vision___
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004=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 08/25/91 09:26 Msg:6346 Call:36730 Lines:10
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34 *%()@#*%@*_)#@*%_)@*%_)@#*%@)#(%%*@_)*%@%@#%(__*_)@#%(_)(%_%@_)*_)$*@_)%*@_)%*@
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35 AD: Sorry to cut in on the music, but if you want to get your SLIP going you
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36 better call me before 12:30 on Sunday, or it is going to be dead for awhile.
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37 AD & T.V. : I am enjoying your conversation about music and writing, though
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38 I don't understand much about the guitar stuff, as Astral will attest (he
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39 set my guitar up at the last Twin Peaks party) I am very interested in learning
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40 to play the guitar, and in fact am trying via another friend to start taking
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41 lessons. Wish me luck...
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42 *%_@#)*%_)*%_#)%*_)*!_$%*_)%* L'homme sans Parity *($_@#*_)*%_)*@#%*_#%#_%*_@#%
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005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/25/91 10:34 Msg:6347 Call:36731 Lines:37
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44 &*&*&*&*'s
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45 L'homme, the connection is up, so I assume you got things fixed. Thanks!
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46 BTW, if you find somebody good to give you lessons, let me know, as I
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47 really need to get serious about my playing. I've built up some of the
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48 basic technic(sp?), but have been at a bit of a standstill for
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49 awhile now in terms of improving.
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51 TV, lyrics/poetry have been a hobby of mine since I was about 13 or
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52 so. I seldom manage to write anything interesting though. But when
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53 I get depressed about it, I just turn on the radio and listen to
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54 the bulk of the top 40 drivel. It ussually makes me feel atleast
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55 average.
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56
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57 Heres some more navel gazing. But a lot more upbeat.
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58
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59 My eyes up the forware path,
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60 they see a sight to see.
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61 And in my heart I know that I'll refine the things in me.
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62
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63 My mind made up I travel on,
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64 my destination near.
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65 And so I hope to find it there,
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66 not the images of fear.
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67
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68 A shallow lake, a sandy shore,
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69 an hour until the dawn.
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70 Accounting for the things I see,
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71 helps me to go on.
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72
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73 The things that I have called for,
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74 are now so close at hand.
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75 and so I'll have to stay now,
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76 for the hour glass and sand.
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77
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78 An Astral Dreamer(2288506,2288506 BBS)
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79 &*&*&*&*'s
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006=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/25/91 11:11 Msg:6348 Call:36732 Lines:69
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82 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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84 My problems with Eleanor didn't START with the samples scam but with a
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85 miserable incident the end of the previous spring term regarding the new
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86 school cook. Wilma had worked for PPS for about 13 years, most of it at
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87 a school to which a former principle at our site had just been assigned.
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88 Evidently Candi didn't like Wilma's style and had her "transferred out."
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89 So by the time Wilma got to our site, it was all over her and by the end
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90 o her first thre months, someone had ordered a five-menber white-coated
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91 investigation team from Food Services to terrorize her (and her student
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92 workers) for about a week. And, of course, there was more than the usual
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93 vicious gossip about Wilma that week and a great rolling of eyes from
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94 those whose style it was t do so. Eleanor (or some OTHER "frizzy blonde")
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95 also chose this time to throw a public fit about being overcharged for
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96 her lunch, with added insults about extreme disorganization ... all in
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97 front of a cafeteria full of K-5 students and the school and Other staff
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98 nenbers. The blonde's concluding statements were, I was told, something
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99 to the effect "Bob [Honcho] wil har about this." And he evidently did
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100 because not soon afterward a rather catty group mem to Bob was
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101 circulated for signatures about these very things.
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102
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103 At first I thought it was a joke -- kind of an extension of our experi-
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104 mental "group therapy" sessions (our supervisor DID seem to try EVERY-
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105 thing to alter certain group sentiment/sediment) and a primary school
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106 lesson review of how NOT to be. But NoooOOOooo ... they were actually
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107 SERIOUS and a subsequent all-school meeting was held in the fall to
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108 further harass the poor cook. As it ended up, Wilma took early retirement
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109 after being told she would be transfered again and simply didn't return
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110 from the same spring vacation chuck didn't.
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112 As I wrote to the Board, I can't imagine what impression this whole thing
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113 left on a school full of kids, but I sure ended up in some deep deep dodo
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114 for draftig a memo I was told I couldn't distribute to department members
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115 reminding them of the well-known long-standing problems of the Food Services
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116 department and the whole horrible history of previous inequities of and by
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117 former food services employees at that site. ZDespite some wonderful
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118 letters of recommendation in my file and conssiten favorable comments on
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119 previous evaluations regarding not only excellent computer skills but
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120 "exceeded expectation" in public relations with specific comments regarding
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121 a positive phone demeanor (willingness to try to help ... Eleanor stating
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122 that "teachers loved me") and specifically for that year, indirect refer-
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123 ences were made about my "behavior" regarding this incident on that year's
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124 evaluation ... the point being, I believe, that I was to draft a report
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125 about this uglness to Employee Relations and REALLY get gang raped ...
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126 maybe even ARRESTED (they've got their own police force, you know).
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127
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128 Of course, I wasn't about to do THAT, knowing that this procedure is
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129 probably the first step to hanging yourself and as an excuse the Union
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130 can use for not being of assistance. And I'm sure the great lawyers on
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131 the board helped design it for them so that nothing too much can be pinned
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132 of THEM either. But since that evaluation included some totally unbeliev-
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133 able and illegal ADDED REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES that the Union
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134 SHOULD HAVE looked into but didn't, I **MIGHT** have been interesting to
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135 have a written opinion by Jerry Morford. If it's anything like the copy
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136 of a letter he'd sent to the Union regarding the selection of Bill Beck as
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137 my hearings officer (he was newly married to Candi above), it would have
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138 probably been a further excellent example of BESC administrative attitudes.
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139 (That should probably be ESC; it appears from administrative stationery
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140 they want to drop BLANCHARD usage now.)
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142 But the excitement doesn't end there, but I'll cover that later. Maybe
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143 after I got into some earlier history ... maybe Eleanor's problems with
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144 two previous secretaries in the same department ... or maybe my experiences
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145 with Word Processing ... or their experiences with the Evaluation Department
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146 or mine with Walt Hathaway.
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007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/25/91 11:58 Msg:6349 Call:36733 Lines:40
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150 &*&*&*&*'s
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151 Lets full this disk in record time. Heres a poem I found when I was
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152 digging around for something else. (Putting this stuff here
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153 gives it a chance to live for awhile. It'll probably just
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154 get lost in my room otherwise.)
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156 Don't forget them, don't neglect the ones who have gone before.
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158 The written words of their memories can teach us about life.
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160 The world has been a changing place for many many years.
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162 And yet some things will never change,
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163 They always stay the same.
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165 If we do not learn, it will always be the same.
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167 Some things we have gained,
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168 but so much else we've lost.
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169 Until tommorow, but at what cost?
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171 So few to fight it, so few who care.
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173 So few who work for good,
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174 and have the strength to dare.
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176 The quest for knowledge,
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177 the quest to silence.
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179 The need to build,
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180 The need to destroy.
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182 The urge for immortality,
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183 The wish for death.
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185 What is this game?
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187 An Astral Dreamer (Perhaps somebody reads.)
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188 &*&*&*&*'s
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008=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/25/91 23:25 Msg:6350 Call:36751 Lines:24
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190 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N_________________________
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191 AD! - That last poem is GREAT! I really like it. I also enjoy your other
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192 one as well. I can't believe you think your words are no good. They're
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193 good becuase they come from inside of you and they're really awesome! I
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194 agree w/you about Top 40 lyrics...they're pretty lame; but hey - I write
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195 Top 40 style music! :-) But once I've gotten further into the business
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196 (if I do) I'll be sure to do some different styles because you're pretty
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197 much safe to mess around a little *after* you've made your mark in the
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198 biz. AD - I printed out your lyrics - I hope you don't mind I would like
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199 to type them over on another sheet of paper just to have 'em somewhere
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200 so I can read them sometime in the future when this disk has come and
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201 gone. I won't do this if you refuse though. Please let me know if I have
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202 your permission to do this! Thanks...your work is really good! Keep it
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203 up. Oh- L'homme...I wish you lots of luck in your guitar-playing en-
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204 deavors! Let us know how it's coming along!! Good Luck! Oh, BTW - I was
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205 at our old neighbors house for dinner tonight and they have a really
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206 nice piano (I only have a keyboard) and I played some of my newest songs
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207 on it that I hadn't yet heard on a real piano and it was awesome! There
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208 is NO KEYBOARD in existence that can even COMPARE to the sound and feel-
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209 ing of a real piano (especially a grand!) Anyway, that was pretty lame
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210 and I bet you don't care at all but hey! Life goes on....Has anybody
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211 seen "Defenseless" yet? I really want to see it. BTW-Is there a user
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212 party for this board? Just wondering. See Ya........
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213 _________________________________________________________The Vision_____
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009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/26/91 09:06 Msg:6351 Call:36762 Lines:16
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214 &*&*&*&*'s
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215 Go ahead and copy them. Its not much good to create if you never
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216 let other people see what you are doing.
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218 As for the quality, I kind'of like the last one I entered. My main problem
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219 with the stuff I do is that it all tends to be on a couple of differant
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220 themes, or just semi-meaningless. Also, everything I say has been said
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221 before, and no doubt better.
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223 Not all Top-40 type music is bad. I do get really sick of poorly done
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224 love songs though. We're a culture obsessed with the perfect
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225 relationship, when to ofteen we can't even stand ourselves.
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227 An Astral Dreamer
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228 &*&*&*&*'s
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232 But before I got into the life and times of Word Processing, let me
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233 begin with the end. After several unpleasant run-ins with Sharon
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234 Clouser about such things as her maintaining yet ANOTHER rather unfair
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235 "Personnel File" or work deadlines or being able to find documents/
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236 putting document #s on work, etc., I was told in an oral evaluation
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237 review I'd have a better personality if I had breast implants. When
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238 the other person in the review replied she didn't think it was a good
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239 idea because she had a friend who'd had implants that popped and caused
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240 no end of trouble, Sharon turned somewhat white. I'd never really given
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241 it any thought, much less discussed it with anybody, but Sharon did
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242 start wearing rather tight sweaters shortly after a purport district
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243 travel seminar.
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011=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/26/91 18:37 Msg:6353 Call:36774 Lines:15
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247 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N__________________________
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248 Thanks AD. I'm going to type them now. The last one you entered is the one
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249 I really like as well. It has a lot of feelings in it - a sense of hope
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250 and despair, promise, etc. I don't know how to explain it. As for all your
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251 stuff being done before (and "better" as you say) you shouldn't compare
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252 your work to others becuase your stuff is unique - you are the only one
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253 who has written those words *exactly* like you've written them - and with
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254 the same emotions no doubt. I like Top-40 *music* mostly but you're right
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255 the words are lame most of the time. Especially the love songs. They seem
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256 so rushed and cliched all the time. With my songs I try to make the music
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257 the really outstanding part - and just as long as the words fit okay and
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258 *sound* good with the music, they don't really matter 'cause no one (in
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259 their right mind) really pays that much attention to dumb words anyway.
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260 Although I do have a few love songs I try to write honestly but I haven't
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261 had too much experience to I give in to cliches sometimes..Oh well, i
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012=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/26/91 18:44 Msg:6354 Call:36775 Lines:7
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262 guess that's what sells becuase my song that's on its way to being pub-
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263 lished is a love song (but the words are a little bit different so I
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264 guess that's o.k. :) Anyway, your stuff is good. Post more! See ya AD.
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265 Oh, BTW - Between the Z's - your story is pretty good...it made me
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266 chuckle a few times! Good writing! --Who are you anyway or is Z an
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267 appropriate name? Just wondering...
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268 ___________________________________________________________The Vision____
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013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/26/91 20:54 Msg:6355 Call:36776 Lines:83
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269 &*&*&*&*'s
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271 TV, thanks for the feedback.
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272
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273 On the subject of Top-40, I only listen to the words when I'm really
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274 bored. And then I get bored fast. When I first get a new record, I
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275 listen to the music mostly. But as time goes on, I start to listen
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276 to the words. If they aren't interesting, I stop listening.
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277
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278 Some examples of really good Top-40 type music with fairly good lyrics
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279 follow.
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281 The Graces - Perfect View. This group is primarily the work of Charlotte
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282 Caffey, Who played Lead Guitar for the Go-Go's, and wrote a lot of their
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283 music. She also did a lot o work on the first two Belinda Carlisle
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284 albums (Belinda was the Go-Gos lead singer.) Heres an example of the
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285 lyrics. This is from the title track.
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286
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287 ...You stare at the moon
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288 then the music starts
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289 The radio plays a song
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290 for broken hearts.
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292 Your eyes turn a deep shade of blue
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293 You can try but you can't hide the truth
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294 I'm on the outside looking right into you
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295 Its a perfect view.
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297 Thats just a bit of the the song. I love most of the lyrics on this album,
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298 and the music is really great. It has a slight C&W influence, but is
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299 definetly Top-40 material.
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301 For some reason the album bombed though. You can pick up the CD used for
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302 around $8.
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304 Jane Wiedlin - Tangled. Jane was the Rythm Guitarist for the Go-Go's, and
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305 wrote a lot of their music. Including _Our lips are sealed,part of
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306 _Vacation_, and a bunch of other stuff.
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308 Tangled is Janes third Solo album, andits really really good. I have the
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309 second one as well (_Fur_) and don't like it nearly as much.
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311 Heres a line from one of the songs. (_Rain on me_)
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313 I can feel the flood is coming
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314 It'll make the world a sea
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315 But I could spend forever
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316 diving just you and me
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318 Yea, its a love song, but the poetry is really great in spots. This album
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319 came out last year and also bombed. Can be had for $8. The style is
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320 very popish, with a good dance grove on many of the tracks.
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322 I also have all three Belinda Carlisle albums, and I'd have to say they
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323 are fairly mediocre. Even the stuff written by Caffey (a good
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324 portion of the first two.) is not well presented. I feel Belinda
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325 has a really weak voice. Little emotion, and not much range.
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327 As you can see, I'm a bit of a Go Go's fan. Sort of a guilty pleasure.
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328 :-)
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330 I also like Tom Petty a lot, but he's not really Top-40 sounding. Same
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331 goes for the traveling wilberries. Really non top 40 bands that I like
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332 are The Sugar Cubes, Concrete Blond, Pylon, Camper Van Bethoven, and
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333 They Might be giants.
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334
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335 Well, I've blathered on long enough. I'll close with a short poem.
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337 Something said in shorthand
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338 A table with a view
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340 A future of tommorows
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341 and so I hide from you
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343 Another tired song
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344 The words that walk on by
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346 Got to find the future
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347 I'm looking to the sky.
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349 An Astral Dreamer (Thats all for now folks.)
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354 As all of PPS knows, Sharon Clouser has had serious and continuous prob-
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355 lems with both employees and users since she "stole" the department from
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356 Chris Blackburn. And even though she DID tearfully apologize for the
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357 implant incident and begged me not to report it to the Union, I told her
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358 I thought she'd been messing with too many lives and didn't realize the
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359 far-reaching impact of her attitudes and behavior on the district, commun-
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360 ity or the University <grin> (I didn't REALLY include the universe, but it
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361 does). And not only did I report it to the Union, but I talked t Don
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362 McElroy as well, since he was her former boss and current supervisor and,
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363 no doubt, had GIVEN her "the Word Processing Department." But to add
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364 insult to injury, Donnie dared to usher me out of his office with his
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365 arm around me gurgling "so sorry sweetheart" or some such thing. As it
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366 ended up, between Personnel, McElroy and the Union, my firing over this
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367 incident was rescinded but probably only to avoid having a hearing dealing
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368 with it since there WAS a witness. Of course, the Union didn't see to it
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369 that I received another placement and I ended up on unemployment for not
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370 long enough to recover, and they STILL didn't help when the unemployment
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371 ran out and I was forced to participate in the substitute pool for almost
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372 six months, until the Curriculum Department went against District
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373 "statutes" ***AND THE UNION*** and actually HIRED me. (Judy Hyde received
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374 her "just rewards" for this action a few years later.) All in all, I
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375 don't know WHAT I would have done if I'd been a single mother with kids ...
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376 MENTALLY OR FINANCIALLY, which is something Randi always seems to BRING
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377 UP but never DOES ANYTHING ABOUT. Which is precisely why OTHER Word
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378 Processing staff never felt abl to stand up to Sharon even years later,
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379 and probably even to this day ... to say nothing of the fear of an even
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380 WORSE supervisor should they complain about Sharon (I think transferring
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381 principals every 2-4 years is an extension of this tactic.)
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382
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383 Unfortunately, when I shockingly found the sam sort of terrorist tactics
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384 being utilized by Avis Austad and Bev Granata in Curriculum, I was told
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385 BY SOME (and ESPECIALLY the EAP) I was naive and idealistic, that I
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386 should wake up and realize nothing could ever be done because it's REALITY
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387 evertwhere ... maybe even WORSE "elsewhere." Well, that always really
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388 pissed me off and I always said that schools are somewhat responsible for
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389 "socialization" and many attitudes and behaviors are incubated and per-
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390 petuated there, so if anyone should START reform it SHOULD be the schools.
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391
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392 The REAL truth about Curriculum though, was that those 2-3 secretaries
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393 were able t act with impunity because they were zealous union members ...
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394 you note they were all prominently feature in advertising brochures
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395 when union representation came up for the last vote. (I include Janet
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396 Dyrhaug even though she had previously been gang raped while working w/
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397 Bev in TAG under the supervision of Sue Parker, again when working
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398 opposite Avis for a horrible year in Curriculum and, to escape the
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399 ridiculously inequitable workload in Curriculum, tried another terrible
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400 year with Sue and w/o Bev when Sue was made a principle, and when that
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401 turned out horrble, returned to Curriculum when Avis left and proceeded
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402 instigate gang rape against Janice Gabriel, who had already been involved
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403 in a rape situation with Susan Larsen [my union rep] at another location
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404 ... from what I understand from Susan, she actually cracked up, which
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405 may be the reason she now works for the Union. She now says she can't
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406 even IMAGINE being a secretary again; and you'd better believe her folks).
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407
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409 I think this all was about the time Carlos Taylor got cancer and almost
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410 died. And if I tracked it right from what Janice intermittently revealed,
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411 she ALSO had severe difficulties, which seemed to set off a chain reaction
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412 in her personal life (just guessing on that one). After Carlos came back
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413 from not dying, McElroy appointed him to head Curriculum, even though he
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414 had not applied for the position, didn't WANT it, and the district had done
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415 an extensive/expensive WORLD search. Of course, most people thought that
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416 the person who was acting director for all that time would eventually be
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417 appointed, and when that didn't happen all hell broke loose ... once again.
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418
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420 And Linda Simington's mom was brought in to replace Carlos as Lincoln/
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421 Roosevelt(?) DOI. I think Linda, at that time, was "principal on special
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422 assignment" at Wilson DOI, and Linda's father a principal somewhere else.
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423 As Janice had been Carlos' secretary and wasn't sure of Mildred Wait and
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424 the problems involving both her and Susan had probably not been solved, she
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425 hd Carlos transfer her to CD&S.
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426
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427 And as Rich had quit after not being appointed Curriculum Director, Avis
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428 also "transferred." And because Judy Hyde then got her "just reward" wa
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429 and was also "transferred" out and not replaced, another secretary from
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430 CD&S was "forced" out ... by decree from Nancy Eliot, no less. So we had
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431 one big game of musical chairs. Janice moved from Terwillinger to Brooklyn,
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432 Katherine moved from Brooklyn to Terwilliger; Sandy moved from Student
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433 Services to the Ad Bldg as secretary to Carlos (instead of Rich) and Avis
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434 went to Student Services, to become Secretary of the Year the very next
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435 year.
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437
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438 And to complicate matters even worse, Carlos had probably worked with
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439 Randi in Personnel because, I was told, Carlos was brought in after
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440 Dr. Blanchard died to control personnel. I think this is about the
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441 time Randi arrived from out of town to become a secretary there ...
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442 whether or not for Carlos, I don't know. But Randi is the one who
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443 ultimately "saved" Susan from "insanity" at Terwilliger (and from
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444 secretarialhood) and she's been with the Union ever since.
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445
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446 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________
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447
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448 AD - I also am a fan of the Go-Go's! - except I like Belinda Carlisle a
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449 bit more than you. I think she has really a pretty good voice. Her range
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450 may be bad but I haven't noticed. I have all three of her solo works as
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451 well. I really like "Runaway Horses". I think it's her best so far. It
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452 had a Top-40 hit I believe - "Leave A Light On" but otherwise pretty much
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453 bombed. I haven't even heard of "The Graces" but you've got me interested.
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454 Those lyrics sounded good. I think I'll check it out!
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455 Jane Weidlin's "Fur" is good. I like "Rush Hour" I believe it was a Top-10
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456 hit back in 1988 or so...I don't remember exaclty. I've only heard one
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457 song from her album "Tangles" - wait, actually two. I heard the first
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458 release "World on Fire" and found it kind of weird and annoying but I
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459 only heard it once and music can definitely grow on you! I also have the
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460 "Pretty Woman" soundtrack (but I hated the movie) and the song "Tangled"
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461 is on it and I enjoy it. She has a good voice. Her music sounds just like
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462 Carlisle's solo work though, I must say but it's a good sound so that's
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463 o.k. The Go-Go's had a reunion recently did you go see them in concert??
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464 I heard it was really good!
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465 I like Tom Petty a lot too. "Full Moon Fever" has given me many hours of
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466 enjoyment though I think I've exhausted it by now and I'll throw up if
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467 I hear it ever again (you never know though) :) It may not sound Top-40
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468 but it definitely had Top-40 hits like "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin'
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469 Down A Dream". You know, Top-40 isn't all *that* bad - new styles seem
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470 to be making their way into the Top-40, adding some diversity - for exam-
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471 ple, R.E.M. has been in the Top-40 quite a bit w/"Stand" (although thy
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472 said it was their worst song - but it's funny that I like it the best)
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473 and a new one "Shiny happy People" which is very annoying (but in the
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474 Top-40 nonetheless.) I like Concrete Blond's song "Joey" and I think
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475 it was a Top-40 hit (I may be wrong though but I swear I heard it once
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476 on Z100! :) I like Camper Van Bethoven as well - one song that stuck
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477 out when I heard their whole album (I don't recall which it was) was
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478 "Matchstick man" or something like that. It was cool. I have "Flood" by
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479 They Might Be Giants. It's wierd but good alternative stuff. I'm not
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480 much of an alternative music fan but TMBG are an exception. "Birdhouse
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481 in your soul" is why I bought the tape. It's a good song w/some good
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482 lyrics as well.
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483 Wow! I'm blabbing as well. See ya later...oh, and I liked that poem
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484 you put on the end of your entry. It fits your name for the board...
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485 An Astral Dreamer. I like it! :) Later.....
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486 _________________________________________________________The Vision____
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487
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488 &*&*&*&*'s
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489
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490 TV, I prefer Belindas second album, but havn't really listened to numbers
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491 one and three enought to be sure yet. When I said she had poor range, I
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492 think I meant emotional. I just don't think she expresses herself
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493 very well emotionally. This could be because she doesn't write much
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494 of her material, in fact, close to none.
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495
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496 I heard about te reunion, and would have loved to see them in concert, but
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497 they never came around here as far as I know. I just hope they put
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498 out another album. They've all gotten much better since they broke up.
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499
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500 I just got FUR, (On album, I havn't been able to find the CD yet.) Last
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501 night, so I havn't really listened to it enough to be sure, but I really
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502 think that tangled is better. World on fire is the track I ussually
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503 skip over.
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504
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505 Definetly check out The Graces, I like it a lot, I feel it is the best
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506 work any of the Go Go's have done.
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507
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508 REM's success has been a surprise. As you may remember, I've been
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509 a fan of theirs for a long time. Their latest is their best effort in
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510 a long time. Shiny happy people is obnoxios, but it is meant to be.
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511 The rest of he album has some really great popish songs. The best
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512 being _Belong_ which is to me by far the best thing they have ever
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513 done. Great harmonies, and the most emotionally moving song
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514 they have ever done. They sort of step into U2's yard, and kick
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515 some serious butt. (in terms of song quality and execution.)
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516
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517 REMs music is very simple in terms of chord progressions.
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518 _The One I Love_ for instance is mostly Em and D, while
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519 _Driver 8_ is mostly Em Am G G9(That last one may be wrong.) and
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520 D C, with the bridge being something like Am C Am G (Probably
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521 mostly wrong.) Anyway, very simple progressions. Whats interesting
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522 about them is that none of the instruments are played like you'de
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523 expect. ofteen the bass will carry the melody, while the guitar
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524 provides much of the rythm, and the drums just sort of blend into
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525 the background. The lead vocal then carries the melody, and
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526 sometimes the bass line. They definetly have their own sound.
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527
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528
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529 The problem with TMBG is that all their songs really do sound the same.
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530 On the plus side is their lyrics, which are ofteen funny, as well as
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531 being though provoking. I have all three of their albums. Actually,
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532 they do do an ocasional melodic song that sounds differant from their
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533 ussual stuff. I'll have to listen to them again. Its been awhile.
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534
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535 I ussually buy an album, listen to it about two dozen times, and then
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536 ignore it for a month or two.
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537
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538 An Astral Dreamer
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539 &*&*&*&* (No poetry today. I feel to down. No navel gazing!)
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540
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020=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 08/28/91 07:41 Msg:6364 Call:36816 Lines:12
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541 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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542 Vision-
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543 I just read your review of Dead Again. I saw it this past Sunday, and I agree
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544 with most of your review. Worth it, for sure. I thought the whodunnit in
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545 the movie was a little too easy to figure out. I won't say how easy in
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546 deference to the people who haven't seen it yet. I also thought the ending
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547 scene had more gore for gore's sake than necessary. And there were other
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548 anomolies in the staging. But I din't realise until the credits that both
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549 parts were Brannaugh's. The use of B&W was good in that respect.
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550 IMHO YMMV
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551 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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552
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553 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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554 AD, how can you say that TMBG songs all sound alike??? "(She's a)Hotel
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555 Detective" and "Istanbul (no Constantinople" sound alike? Hmmm. I don't
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556 think so. (: Just curious.
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557 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Jenny Hamilton
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558 _____________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________
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559 You're right. Belinda could use a bit more emotion in her voice. It seems
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560 kind of mechanical now that I think about it. I can't believe someone can
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561 make it so big w/out even writing their own songs! That's pretty weak if
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562 you as me.
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563 Yes, I remember you *love* REM. I think I'll go but _Out of Time_. I may
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564 think "Shiny Happy People" is obnoxious, but I still like it. And "Losing
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565 My Religion" is good too. I want to hear this song "Belong" that you talk-
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566 ed about as well. If there's at least three good songs on an album, I be-
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567 lieve it's worth checking out.
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568 (Oh, BTW I think U2 sucks!)
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569 REM has a good sound - that's pretty creative what they've done with their
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570 arrangements that you mentioned. It's definitely original. Not enough ar-
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571 tists out there are willing to go beyond what is "written" in music. It's
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572 good that REM is creative enough to do so.
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573 I noticed as well that TMBG's songs sound pretty much the same, but then
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574 again, I've only heard "Flood" so I can't really talk :)
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575 To Friar - I'm glad you liked "Dead Again." The ending may have been over-
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576 done but I'll bet it made you a little tense though! ;) I didn't have the
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577 whodunit part figured out at all until it was revealed. That was a total
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578 shock for me! I guess you're a bit more perceptive that I am. Branagh did
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579 a great job, huh? He's a very talented actor and director, I'm surprised
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580 I hadn't seen or heard of him until this film. We need more British film-
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581 makers (I happen to be fascinated by England and its people). Have you
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582 seen and previous work of his before "Dead Again"? If this is his first
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583 film, then he really hit the mark and has a strong future ahead of him.
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584 His wife did a great job as well. Oh - Robin Williams was *great* huh :)
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585 Good to see you agree w/me on this one and hey if you see any films be
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586 sure to write a little review! I for one know you have good taste ;)
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587 Later...Oh, AD BTW do you think Kate Pierson (the lady from the B-52's)
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588 was a good choice for "Shiny Happy People?" I used to like the B-5's and
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589 saw them in concert but they get annoying pretty quick. Just wondering
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590 about your opinion....See Ya!
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591 ________________________________________________________The Vision_______
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592
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593
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594 Oh BTW Friar what does IMHO and YMMV mean? Just wondering...
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595 &*&*&*&*'s
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596 TMBG: Hotel detective sounds differant, as does _Shes an Angel. If it comes
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597 to that, there is a lot of variety on their first album. Its just the
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598 last couple that have sounded a bit stale. Not bad, just not as good as the
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599 re first effort. Of course, finding that first album is probably a minor
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600 chalenge. I have the CD, and a 3.5 inch cd single that has _Don't lets Start_
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601 and a few non album tracks. I bought when they first came out though.
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602
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603 Kate Pierson: I think she was the only choice. She's origionally from
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604 Athens GA, and vocally nobody else would have worked. She also does
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605 backing vocals on a song calle _Me in Honey_ on OOT. Which I also like
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606 a lot BTW. Though it is extremly simple musicly.
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607
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608 The B52's: I have all their albums. They do get a bit old after awhile,
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609 but I still enjoy them. I'd say my favorites are _Bouncing off the
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610 Satilites_ and _Wild Planet_. I used to like _Cosmic thing_, but
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611 I've gotten really sick of hearing most of it on the radio. I bought
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612 CT when it first came out too. I have this tendancy to be about
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613 one to 6 years ahead of the general public when it comes to
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614 music.
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615
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616 Heres are really short poem to close this post
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617
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618 Sheltered from the look or skill
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619 I had the perfect plan
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620
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621 A thought that put me on my way
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622 Hoping that I can.
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623
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624 Now I pass into phase two
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625 Looking at phase one.
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626
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627 An Astral Dreamer
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628 &*&*&*&*'s (Feeling better today.)
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629
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630 I would like to go to a beautiful place,
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631 full of imagination and happiness.
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632 "Everynight, I lay me down to sleep,
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633 I pray the Lord my soul to keep."
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634 Deep within, I believe that each and every one of us has dreams.
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635
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636 They may be nightmares, or might be very sweet dreams, but in whole,
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637 I believe they are all a very beautiful gift.
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638 They allow us all to leave reality for just one split second in time,
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639 and float endlessly for hours on end.
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640 Life is the most precious gift anyone could have given to me.
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641
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642 .............................................DOCTOR DURAN DURAN
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643 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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644 END MESS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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645 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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646 IMHO - In my humble opinion
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647 YMMV - Your mileage may vary
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648 Both are disclaimers alluding to the fact that I don't know everything, and
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649 in fact, may be full of shit. :)
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650 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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651
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652 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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653 Vision- I lived in Orange County the first twelve years of my life.
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654 I agree with the comment about Disneyland. It got old about the time I
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655 was 10. I was taken by myself at least once a year. Then of course we had
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656 to go when relative visited.
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657
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658 TV & AD-- Keep up the poetry. I never really found my niche with poetry but I
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659 enjoy reading it. I do write short stories and due to some friendly
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660 encouragement, I am working on a novel I hope to publish.
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661
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662 Z---Your posts are quite discouraging to one who is working towards his
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663 degree in education. Tell me the truth, am I better off remaining a
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664 Pre-School teacher?
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029=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/29/91 23:37 Msg:6380 Call:36880 Lines:11
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666 Thoughts course through my brain
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667 like a rollercoaster on the moon...
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668 Will they be heard?
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669 Does anyone care?
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670 How do I make them real?
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671 Do they have a place in this world?
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672
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673 Or, is it all just a dream?
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674 ...........................................Doctor Duran Duran
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675 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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676 End Mess.
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677 &*&*&*&*'s
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678 I'm going away for a few days. Catch you all on sunday or monday.
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679
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680 Oh, heres the words to one of my songs. Its probably my favorite.
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681
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682 Jenny
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683
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684 Jenny was a magic girl
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685 She could see it all with her eyes.
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686
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687 She had a way of understanding
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688 And touching those lost inside
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689
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690 Bill and I we had the answers
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691 We had it all figured out
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692
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693 But since then I've found out
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694 That the questions we asked weren't right
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695
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696 <Bridge>
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697
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698 Rick thought he was better then me
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699 And he gave me nothing but hate
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700
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701 I remember the day he spit on me
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702 And how I wished he would die.
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703
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704 Maggy was a girl I knew
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705 I saw here everyday
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706
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707 I wanted so to talk to her
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708 But I didn't know what to say.
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709
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710 An Astral Dreamer
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711 &*&*&*&*'s (The words of a song, scenes from a life)
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712
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713 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Peace $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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714 Grizzly-- Don't take Z too literally. He's writing mostly fiction.
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715 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Lady $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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032=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/30/91 15:36 Msg:6385 Call:36893 Lines:1
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716 __________________________________________________________Vision Lurk_______
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033=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/30/91 21:12 Msg:6386 Call:36902 Lines:14
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717 Create a world that is new to you,
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718 and live it! --Christopher Columbus
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719
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720 Without creation, where would we be, today? --Doctor Duran Duran
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721 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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722 Darkened shades of a gloomy morning surround the corners of my vision.
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723 The rain fell at an undeviating pace, and smelled of distant smoke;
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724 I knew, then (and at that very moment), that Fall is near.
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725 Football, school and Friday-night dancing -- the days will grow shorter,
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726 and the nights longer.
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727 It's an unexplicable feeling of depression and excitement
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728 th
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729 .............................................Doctor Duran Duran
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730 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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731 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________
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732 Doc (D3): Your posts are really great! Keep it up! Are those poems ones
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733 that you have made up yourself? AD: I saw the B-52s do "Cosmic Thing" when
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734 they came here about a year ago. It was a good concert but you're right,
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735 the songs were overplayed on the radio. They did some of their old stuff
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736 too that I hadn't heard and for the most part it was good -I liked it.
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737 Friar: Thanks :-) Griz: Post some of your work here! ...I liked Orange
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738 County but Chapman College (..University) was really lame (IMHO YMMV) ;)
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739 Oh-I rented "Narrow Margin" w/Gene Hackman and Anne Archer. It was good.
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740 Worth seeing...pretty suspenseful, good performances, and a couple sur-
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741 prises (if you're not too perceptive :) So if you're renting you might
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742 want to check it out.
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743 AD: Where are you going/did you go this weekend? Hope you had/are having/
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744 will have a good time! ;) I liked your poems you posted! :)
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745 Well I hope everyone is having/will have/has had/is going to have/etc.
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746 a great Labor Day weekend! We just sold our house so we're looking for
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747 a place to move. We have 'till the end of Sept. Oh-BTW I talked to
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748 Charles Walk, my producer at CBS and I'll probably just record one song
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749 for now. I would like to tell you the title and type out the words but
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750 I was advised against it. Sooner or later you'll hear it! Oh BTW we're
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751 recording during Christmas Break when I'm out of school. Haven't decided
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752 who's gonna sing yet..wish me luck! Anyway....later!
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753 _________________________________________________________The Vision_______
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035=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/31/91 11:37 Msg:6388 Call:36906 Lines:15
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754
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755 %^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^
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756
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757 I just read the PPS PONY EXPRESS. The list is excruciating and it
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758 sure seems like it would've been easier to just chop ALL the DOIs
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759 instead of the one ... and wasn't it the Voc Ed DOI that was chopped
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760 just when it's relevance is being discussed??? Seems odd.
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761
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762 Wonder when they'll announce the $1million administrative cuts.
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763
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764 The list doesn't seem that precise though. Does Evaluation have 25
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765 people total or 25 FTE @ $40,000 a compared to Curriculum with only 12.
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766
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767 ^^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^
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768
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769 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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770 Lady-Thanx for the clarification.
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771
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772 Vision-I will post some works soon but the novel, lesson plans for fall,
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773 and the new bbs are taking up a lot of time. Even bbsing has suffered.
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774 I have had a few friends proof what I have written and their only critique
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775 is that I use more description and setting. New style is all. I am too used
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776 to saying it all efficiently. Also, 2400 baud is now enabled on Grizzly's
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777 Den. I forgot to initialize 2400 in my command string so the software was
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778 going to the default 1200. Now I have to make it admit the modem is
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779 receiving numeric result codes.
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780
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781 All-Anyone with knowlege of updated versions of Colossus BBS software please
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782 let me know. The version I am running was written in 1985 and is a literal
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783 dinosaur.
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784 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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037=Usr:611 delta five 09/01/91 00:37 Msg:6390 Call:36916 Lines:9
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785 Here I go again
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786 [=*=] [=*=] [=*=] DELTA FIVE [=*=] [=*=]
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787 L'homme, mon ami, was good 2CU again. Left message on USENET darkside.com. Copi
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788 ed the stuff you posted here (trying to understand the header ans all that)
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789 RE BWMS archives-are the disks sorted by date? 1983 to 1986 when I graduated
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790 are the ones I want.
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791 Reply sspy@darkside.com or !apple!uuwest!sspy
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792 Hi, cistop Mikey
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793 Been so long I forgot the commands...
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038=Usr:131 THE VISION 09/02/91 01:48 Msg:6392 Call:36946 Lines:31
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794 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N____________________________
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795 Griz: If it's any help I think the BBS has turned out great! I've called just
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796 a couple of times but have found the set-up and formats really well-done.
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797 For somebody who is working on so many things at once you've sure done a
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798 good job running a BBS! :) I'm going to call The Griz Den more often. As
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799 for the stories; I'm anticipating! :) It's a great talent to be a writer.
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800 As for the novel, good luck! That would be great if it was published! It's
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801 like w/my music...if you work hard anything is possible. So what's the
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802 novel about? (If you don't mind telling, that is). Also, tell me more about
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803 your teaching, eg. what do you teach, etc? Hope you're having a good week-
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804 end...see ya!
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805 ___Movie Review Time!______________________"Defenseless"_______***1/2_______
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806 I am giving this movie three and a half stars mainly because of two things:
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807 The story and the acting (mostly for Barbara Hershey's *awesome* perfor-
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808 mance). This is a tough one. I thought "Dead Again" was the best thriller
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809 so far this year but "Defenseless" is pretty close. This movie was great.
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810 The story is very complicated and full of surprises. The ending is not cli-
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811 ched...it's realistic and honest. It reminded me a little bit of "Fatal
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812 Attraction"'s climactic finale but was much better. Another good this is
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813 that there are scenes before the end of the film that are just as good as
|
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814 the climax. It's a well-acted and thought-out thriller that is doing very
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815 poorly at the Box Office (tell me why?) but is a *must-see*. The little
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816 advertisement tag is "...The only thing more shocking than the murder it-
|
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817 self was the motive" and that's very true. The motives are unexpected and
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818 surprising as well as realistic and honest. The style and photography is
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819 good and the pacing is good/quick as well. By the time the murderer is re-
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820 vealed you've thought of everything but just can't pin it all down. It's
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821 practically impossible to predict and therefore fun. Well, enough talking
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822 about it - just go see it!!
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823 _____________________________________________________________The Vision_____
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824
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039=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 09/02/91 22:40 Msg:6394 Call:36966 Lines:12
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825 As my eyes roll and hit the back of my head,
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826 all light disappears...
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827 The "Twilight Zone" has overcome my conscious reasoning
|
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828 and I see visions of the future and past flying past me
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829 at accelerated rates.
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830 I can still hear distant sound from the outer realms of my imagination,
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831 but I am falling quickly out of reality and into a void of choas.
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832 "What will I possibly dream of this time?"
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833 Maybe I can catch up with Alice...
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834 ........................................Doctor Duran Duran
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835 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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836 end mess.----------------------------------------------------------------------
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837 &*&*&*&*'s
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838 I'm back. Had a reasonably good time. Back to work tommorow.
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839
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840 Re the Evaluation department: To the best of my knowledge, Curiculam is
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841 JUST Curiculam. What your refer to as the Evaluation department is actually
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842 the Research AND Evaluation department. Also, there is the Test development
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843 unit, the test ops unit, as well as clerical staff who float back and
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844 forth depending were the need. is. WE ARE NOT OVER STAFFED. In fact, we
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845 lost two program evaluation positions, leaving us with 2, I believe these
|
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846 people are responsible for proving to various government organizations that
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847@
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848 we are doing the things the law requires us to do. There is ofteen large
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849 sums of money at stack. We are ofteen over worked and understaffed, and
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850 new demands are being placed upon us all the time, making things worse.
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851
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852 Note, this is meerly my opinion, and I have no authority within the
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853 department. I will note again that your constant tirades against the
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854 evaluation department have long since gotten old. Especially in light
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855 of the fact that you never respond to me when I point out your
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856 misconceptions and outright lies.
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857
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858 TV: Posting your stuff here would be a bad idea legally speaking. Do
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859 let us know when it comes out though.
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860
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861 Thats all for now
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862
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863 An Astral Dreamer
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864 &*&*&*&*'s
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865
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041=Usr:131 THE VISION 09/04/91 16:58 Msg:6401 Call:37010 Lines:12
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866 _______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________
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867 AD: I'll keep you up as to what happens. My first song and a possible follow
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868 up (depending on how well the first fares) are in the process of being reg-
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869 istered in the Library of Congress Copyright Office right now. My producer
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870 is going to let me know when it's done and then I can type out the lyrics
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871 to the songs (they're nothing spectacular, but it may be neat for you to
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872 have seen them before everybody else in the U.S.!) :) I may go and re-
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873 cord it within the next couple weeks (PCC doesn't start until Sept.24 or so)
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874 Wish me luck...I'm singing it!! Will let know what happens.....
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875 See ya...
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876 ____________________________________________________________The Vision______
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877
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878 &*&*&*&*'s
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879 Sounds good. Have any idea what lable this will be on?
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880
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881 I wrote a few new poems this weekend, heres one.
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882
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883 A picture on the wall
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884 a painting of the all
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885
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886 A landscape made of tattered bits
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887 And bits of nothing at all
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888
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889 Brush strokes done in gray
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890 An image of the play
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891 Upon the stage.
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892
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893 Move on too picture two
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894 And paint an image of you
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895 Are you a happy one?
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896
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897 The subject is at hand
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898 The image made up of the sand
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899 that trickles through my hand.
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900
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901 A cavern made of steel holds them all
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902 The pictures on the wall
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903
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904 Held there by our hardened thoughts
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905 and the preasures they entail.
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906
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907
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908
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909 Oh well, its not all that great, but atleast it rymes once or twice.
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910
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911 An Astral Dreamer
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912 &*&*&*&*'s (We'll look back, and we'll call this the poetry disk)
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913
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043=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 09/04/91 20:54 Msg:6403 Call:37013 Lines:19
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914 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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915
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916 I am a silent voice whispering with the wind,
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917 floating on a wisp of a cloud.
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918 gentle, soft and sweet. poof.
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919
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920
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921 White-knuckled-pressure forced to the ends of my fingernails,
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922 I slowly run them down the face of a chalkboard SCREEETCHING a
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923 blood-curdling, spine-tingling pitch;
|
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924 until my fingernails submit to the pressure, bend completely
|
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925 backwards, and bleed profusely.
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926
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927 Pushing the imagination to extremes....
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928
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929
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930 ..................................................Doctor Duran Duran
|
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931 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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932 end mess..
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044=Usr:610 Peace 09/04/91 22:11 Msg:6404 Call:37015 Lines:7
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933 TV: I think it's *wonderful* that you get to sing your own song! I can't
|
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934 wait to see the lyrics here.
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935 AD: Hey that last poem was slick, until the end... It's still better than
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936 anything I could write.
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937
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938 Dr D2: OUCH!!!! *still pushing my nails the forward in reflex*
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939 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Peace Lady $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/04/91 23:02 Msg:6405 Call:37016 Lines:22
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940 &*&*&*&*'s
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941 Its sort of strange for me to say this, but I think I'm finally starting
|
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942 to understand the beauty of poetry. To be honoust, I've had a habbit
|
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943 of bellitling it in the past. But the older I get, and the more I read,
|
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944 the better I understand the whole concept.
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945
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946 When I write, I really am trying to paint a picture with words. Its
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947 not really like any other sort of writting. Its something very
|
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948 differant. In the past, I've had a tendancy to look at poetry as
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949 I would anything else. I have in fact been selectivly filtering the
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950 best parts.
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951
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952 But the more I write, and the more I read, the more I understand.
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953
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954 PL: Endings have always been a problem. I get three or so verses in,
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955 and I lose my train of thought. My muse has a very short fuse.
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956
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957 D3: I have really enjoyed your last few poems.
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958
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959 An Astral Dreamer
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960 &*&*&*&*'s (Maybe we'll remember this as the poetry life)
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961
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962 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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963 To All-
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964 Recently in the news those sharks of journalisms have their teeth set
|
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965 in yet another family with enough on their minds. What I am talking about
|
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966 is the families of David Jay Rudge and Diane Walden, both missing since I
|
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967 left work at 6:25pm Friday August 30th. Why do I care? Diane Walden is my
|
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968 aunt but she and my Uncle Jerry have been like parents since receiving guard-
|
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969 ianship of me in 1981. The Oregroanian has done such a wonderful job at
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970 talented tabloid journalism, that the police file has been declaired off limits
|
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971 to all press agencies and even the families involved have a harder time getting
|
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972 a straight answer. Not that it matters, the police have been thinking hard on
|
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973 the matter at DunDunkin' Doughnuts. When they are done eating free day-olds,
|
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974 they might go out and do something useful. Jerry, I and the rest of the
|
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975 Kinderland staff had enough to do with the first day of school an fielding
|
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976 questions from concerned parents. Chasing the press away and telling
|
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977 private investigators to go look in someone elses garbage only added to the
|
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978 stress. What is this message all about? I'm not sure myself. I think I'm
|
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979 just rambling on. I'm just asking all users out there to help let these
|
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980 agencies know they are not doing their job.
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981 THE GRIZZLY
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982 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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983
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984 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
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985 Well folks, the poetry disk is about done. ( I didn't name it, it showed up
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986 above. :) ) This disk was here for some of the most interesting times in
|
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987 post war history, from the coup to the flattening of the coup. I think that
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988 the American people and the journalists are making an historical mistake when
|
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989 they denigrate the contributions of Mikhail Gorbachev. I have heard him
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990 described as a "transitional figure" who could do nothing more than he did,
|
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991 or as a "tragic buffoon" who did his best to stand in the way of progress.
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992 I think he was an enlightened visionary, seeing the way to bring the Soviet
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993 Union out of the dark and into the light of free enterprise and world
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994 partnerships. He knew that his plan might eventually grow to overcome him,
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995 but felt that the eventual outcome was worth the loss of his power, even his
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996 life. What more can we ask of an historical figure, that he give up his own
|
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997 best self interest for the interest of his people and their future.
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998 Mikhail Gorbachev, I salute you.
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999 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar - at the bottom [][][][][][][][][]
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