NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* 24 AUG 91 ************************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 08/24/91 21:46 Msg:6343 Call:36721 Lines:7 20 re communism: The rumors of my death are greatly exagerated 21 - Mark Twain There are still millions of them out there 22 don't expect them to just roll over and play dead. 23 I'm sure we will hear from them again real soon. But in the meantime 24 at least we can bask in the glory of freedom in the USSR. 25 I wish them well on their journey to find themselves. 26 ********************************************************************* 003=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/24/91 22:06 Msg:6344 Call:36722 Lines:7 27 ____________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________ 28 Wow! I'm at the top! (Do we still play that game around here? :-) Well, 29 on the end of the last disk I gave my review/opinion of the new movie 30 "Dead Again" so if you're interested have a look! I also want to see the 31 movie "Defenseless." That looks quite cool. Well, there isn't much else 32 I can think of talking about so later for now. See ya.... 33 ____________________________________________________________The Vision___ 004=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 08/25/91 09:26 Msg:6346 Call:36730 Lines:10 34 *%()@#*%@*_)#@*%_)@*%_)@#*%@)#(%%*@_)*%@%@#%(__*_)@#%(_)(%_%@_)*_)$*@_)%*@_)%*@ 35 AD: Sorry to cut in on the music, but if you want to get your SLIP going you 36 better call me before 12:30 on Sunday, or it is going to be dead for awhile. 37 AD & T.V. : I am enjoying your conversation about music and writing, though 38 I don't understand much about the guitar stuff, as Astral will attest (he 39 set my guitar up at the last Twin Peaks party) I am very interested in learning 40 to play the guitar, and in fact am trying via another friend to start taking 41 lessons. Wish me luck... 42 *%_@#)*%_)*%_#)%*_)*!_$%*_)%* L'homme sans Parity *($_@#*_)*%_)*@#%*_#%#_%*_@#% 43 005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/25/91 10:34 Msg:6347 Call:36731 Lines:37 44 &*&*&*&*'s 45 L'homme, the connection is up, so I assume you got things fixed. Thanks! 46 BTW, if you find somebody good to give you lessons, let me know, as I 47 really need to get serious about my playing. I've built up some of the 48 basic technic(sp?), but have been at a bit of a standstill for 49 awhile now in terms of improving. 50 51 TV, lyrics/poetry have been a hobby of mine since I was about 13 or 52 so. I seldom manage to write anything interesting though. But when 53 I get depressed about it, I just turn on the radio and listen to 54 the bulk of the top 40 drivel. It ussually makes me feel atleast 55 average. 56 57 Heres some more navel gazing. But a lot more upbeat. 58 59 My eyes up the forware path, 60 they see a sight to see. 61 And in my heart I know that I'll refine the things in me. 62 63 My mind made up I travel on, 64 my destination near. 65 And so I hope to find it there, 66 not the images of fear. 67 68 A shallow lake, a sandy shore, 69 an hour until the dawn. 70 Accounting for the things I see, 71 helps me to go on. 72 73 The things that I have called for, 74 are now so close at hand. 75 and so I'll have to stay now, 76 for the hour glass and sand. 77 78 An Astral Dreamer(2288506,2288506 BBS) 79 &*&*&*&*'s 80 006=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/25/91 11:11 Msg:6348 Call:36732 Lines:69 81 82 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 83 84 My problems with Eleanor didn't START with the samples scam but with a 85 miserable incident the end of the previous spring term regarding the new 86 school cook. Wilma had worked for PPS for about 13 years, most of it at 87 a school to which a former principle at our site had just been assigned. 88 Evidently Candi didn't like Wilma's style and had her "transferred out." 89 So by the time Wilma got to our site, it was all over her and by the end 90 o her first thre months, someone had ordered a five-menber white-coated 91 investigation team from Food Services to terrorize her (and her student 92 workers) for about a week. And, of course, there was more than the usual 93 vicious gossip about Wilma that week and a great rolling of eyes from 94 those whose style it was t do so. Eleanor (or some OTHER "frizzy blonde") 95 also chose this time to throw a public fit about being overcharged for 96 her lunch, with added insults about extreme disorganization ... all in 97 front of a cafeteria full of K-5 students and the school and Other staff 98 nenbers. The blonde's concluding statements were, I was told, something 99 to the effect "Bob [Honcho] wil har about this." And he evidently did 100 because not soon afterward a rather catty group mem to Bob was 101 circulated for signatures about these very things. 102 103 At first I thought it was a joke -- kind of an extension of our experi- 104 mental "group therapy" sessions (our supervisor DID seem to try EVERY- 105 thing to alter certain group sentiment/sediment) and a primary school 106 lesson review of how NOT to be. But NoooOOOooo ... they were actually 107 SERIOUS and a subsequent all-school meeting was held in the fall to 108 further harass the poor cook. As it ended up, Wilma took early retirement 109 after being told she would be transfered again and simply didn't return 110 from the same spring vacation chuck didn't. 111 112 As I wrote to the Board, I can't imagine what impression this whole thing 113 left on a school full of kids, but I sure ended up in some deep deep dodo 114 for draftig a memo I was told I couldn't distribute to department members 115 reminding them of the well-known long-standing problems of the Food Services 116 department and the whole horrible history of previous inequities of and by 117 former food services employees at that site. ZDespite some wonderful 118 letters of recommendation in my file and conssiten favorable comments on 119 previous evaluations regarding not only excellent computer skills but 120 "exceeded expectation" in public relations with specific comments regarding 121 a positive phone demeanor (willingness to try to help ... Eleanor stating 122 that "teachers loved me") and specifically for that year, indirect refer- 123 ences were made about my "behavior" regarding this incident on that year's 124 evaluation ... the point being, I believe, that I was to draft a report 125 about this uglness to Employee Relations and REALLY get gang raped ... 126 maybe even ARRESTED (they've got their own police force, you know). 127 128 Of course, I wasn't about to do THAT, knowing that this procedure is 129 probably the first step to hanging yourself and as an excuse the Union 130 can use for not being of assistance. And I'm sure the great lawyers on 131 the board helped design it for them so that nothing too much can be pinned 132 of THEM either. But since that evaluation included some totally unbeliev- 133 able and illegal ADDED REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES that the Union 134 SHOULD HAVE looked into but didn't, I **MIGHT** have been interesting to 135 have a written opinion by Jerry Morford. If it's anything like the copy 136 of a letter he'd sent to the Union regarding the selection of Bill Beck as 137 my hearings officer (he was newly married to Candi above), it would have 138 probably been a further excellent example of BESC administrative attitudes. 139 (That should probably be ESC; it appears from administrative stationery 140 they want to drop BLANCHARD usage now.) 141 142 But the excitement doesn't end there, but I'll cover that later. Maybe 143 after I got into some earlier history ... maybe Eleanor's problems with 144 two previous secretaries in the same department ... or maybe my experiences 145 with Word Processing ... or their experiences with the Evaluation Department 146 or mine with Walt Hathaway. 147 148 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 149 007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/25/91 11:58 Msg:6349 Call:36733 Lines:40 150 &*&*&*&*'s 151 Lets full this disk in record time. Heres a poem I found when I was 152 digging around for something else. (Putting this stuff here 153 gives it a chance to live for awhile. It'll probably just 154 get lost in my room otherwise.) 155 156 Don't forget them, don't neglect the ones who have gone before. 157 158 The written words of their memories can teach us about life. 159 160 The world has been a changing place for many many years. 161 162 And yet some things will never change, 163 They always stay the same. 164 165 If we do not learn, it will always be the same. 166 167 Some things we have gained, 168 but so much else we've lost. 169 Until tommorow, but at what cost? 170 171 So few to fight it, so few who care. 172 173 So few who work for good, 174 and have the strength to dare. 175 176 The quest for knowledge, 177 the quest to silence. 178 179 The need to build, 180 The need to destroy. 181 182 The urge for immortality, 183 The wish for death. 184 185 What is this game? 186 187 An Astral Dreamer (Perhaps somebody reads.) 188 &*&*&*&*'s 189 008=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/25/91 23:25 Msg:6350 Call:36751 Lines:24 190 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N_________________________ 191 AD! - That last poem is GREAT! I really like it. I also enjoy your other 192 one as well. I can't believe you think your words are no good. They're 193 good becuase they come from inside of you and they're really awesome! I 194 agree w/you about Top 40 lyrics...they're pretty lame; but hey - I write 195 Top 40 style music! :-) But once I've gotten further into the business 196 (if I do) I'll be sure to do some different styles because you're pretty 197 much safe to mess around a little *after* you've made your mark in the 198 biz. AD - I printed out your lyrics - I hope you don't mind I would like 199 to type them over on another sheet of paper just to have 'em somewhere 200 so I can read them sometime in the future when this disk has come and 201 gone. I won't do this if you refuse though. Please let me know if I have 202 your permission to do this! Thanks...your work is really good! Keep it 203 up. Oh- L'homme...I wish you lots of luck in your guitar-playing en- 204 deavors! Let us know how it's coming along!! Good Luck! Oh, BTW - I was 205 at our old neighbors house for dinner tonight and they have a really 206 nice piano (I only have a keyboard) and I played some of my newest songs 207 on it that I hadn't yet heard on a real piano and it was awesome! There 208 is NO KEYBOARD in existence that can even COMPARE to the sound and feel- 209 ing of a real piano (especially a grand!) Anyway, that was pretty lame 210 and I bet you don't care at all but hey! Life goes on....Has anybody 211 seen "Defenseless" yet? I really want to see it. BTW-Is there a user 212 party for this board? Just wondering. See Ya........ 213 _________________________________________________________The Vision_____ 009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/26/91 09:06 Msg:6351 Call:36762 Lines:16 214 &*&*&*&*'s 215 Go ahead and copy them. Its not much good to create if you never 216 let other people see what you are doing. 217 218 As for the quality, I kind'of like the last one I entered. My main problem 219 with the stuff I do is that it all tends to be on a couple of differant 220 themes, or just semi-meaningless. Also, everything I say has been said 221 before, and no doubt better. 222 223 Not all Top-40 type music is bad. I do get really sick of poorly done 224 love songs though. We're a culture obsessed with the perfect 225 relationship, when to ofteen we can't even stand ourselves. 226 227 An Astral Dreamer 228 &*&*&*&*'s 229 010=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/26/91 11:19 Msg:6352 Call:36767 Lines:17 230 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 231 232 But before I got into the life and times of Word Processing, let me 233 begin with the end. After several unpleasant run-ins with Sharon 234 Clouser about such things as her maintaining yet ANOTHER rather unfair 235 "Personnel File" or work deadlines or being able to find documents/ 236 putting document #s on work, etc., I was told in an oral evaluation 237 review I'd have a better personality if I had breast implants. When 238 the other person in the review replied she didn't think it was a good 239 idea because she had a friend who'd had implants that popped and caused 240 no end of trouble, Sharon turned somewhat white. I'd never really given 241 it any thought, much less discussed it with anybody, but Sharon did 242 start wearing rather tight sweaters shortly after a purport district 243 travel seminar. 244 245 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 246 011=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/26/91 18:37 Msg:6353 Call:36774 Lines:15 247 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N__________________________ 248 Thanks AD. I'm going to type them now. The last one you entered is the one 249 I really like as well. It has a lot of feelings in it - a sense of hope 250 and despair, promise, etc. I don't know how to explain it. As for all your 251 stuff being done before (and "better" as you say) you shouldn't compare 252 your work to others becuase your stuff is unique - you are the only one 253 who has written those words *exactly* like you've written them - and with 254 the same emotions no doubt. I like Top-40 *music* mostly but you're right 255 the words are lame most of the time. Especially the love songs. They seem 256 so rushed and cliched all the time. With my songs I try to make the music 257 the really outstanding part - and just as long as the words fit okay and 258 *sound* good with the music, they don't really matter 'cause no one (in 259 their right mind) really pays that much attention to dumb words anyway. 260 Although I do have a few love songs I try to write honestly but I haven't 261 had too much experience to I give in to cliches sometimes..Oh well, i 012=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/26/91 18:44 Msg:6354 Call:36775 Lines:7 262 guess that's what sells becuase my song that's on its way to being pub- 263 lished is a love song (but the words are a little bit different so I 264 guess that's o.k. :) Anyway, your stuff is good. Post more! See ya AD. 265 Oh, BTW - Between the Z's - your story is pretty good...it made me 266 chuckle a few times! Good writing! --Who are you anyway or is Z an 267 appropriate name? Just wondering... 268 ___________________________________________________________The Vision____ 013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/26/91 20:54 Msg:6355 Call:36776 Lines:83 269 &*&*&*&*'s 270 271 TV, thanks for the feedback. 272 273 On the subject of Top-40, I only listen to the words when I'm really 274 bored. And then I get bored fast. When I first get a new record, I 275 listen to the music mostly. But as time goes on, I start to listen 276 to the words. If they aren't interesting, I stop listening. 277 278 Some examples of really good Top-40 type music with fairly good lyrics 279 follow. 280 281 The Graces - Perfect View. This group is primarily the work of Charlotte 282 Caffey, Who played Lead Guitar for the Go-Go's, and wrote a lot of their 283 music. She also did a lot o work on the first two Belinda Carlisle 284 albums (Belinda was the Go-Gos lead singer.) Heres an example of the 285 lyrics. This is from the title track. 286 287 ...You stare at the moon 288 then the music starts 289 The radio plays a song 290 for broken hearts. 291 292 Your eyes turn a deep shade of blue 293 You can try but you can't hide the truth 294 I'm on the outside looking right into you 295 Its a perfect view. 296 297 Thats just a bit of the the song. I love most of the lyrics on this album, 298 and the music is really great. It has a slight C&W influence, but is 299 definetly Top-40 material. 300 301 For some reason the album bombed though. You can pick up the CD used for 302 around $8. 303 304 Jane Wiedlin - Tangled. Jane was the Rythm Guitarist for the Go-Go's, and 305 wrote a lot of their music. Including _Our lips are sealed,part of 306 _Vacation_, and a bunch of other stuff. 307 308 Tangled is Janes third Solo album, andits really really good. I have the 309 second one as well (_Fur_) and don't like it nearly as much. 310 311 Heres a line from one of the songs. (_Rain on me_) 312 313 I can feel the flood is coming 314 It'll make the world a sea 315 But I could spend forever 316 diving just you and me 317 318 Yea, its a love song, but the poetry is really great in spots. This album 319 came out last year and also bombed. Can be had for $8. The style is 320 very popish, with a good dance grove on many of the tracks. 321 322 I also have all three Belinda Carlisle albums, and I'd have to say they 323 are fairly mediocre. Even the stuff written by Caffey (a good 324 portion of the first two.) is not well presented. I feel Belinda 325 has a really weak voice. Little emotion, and not much range. 326 327 As you can see, I'm a bit of a Go Go's fan. Sort of a guilty pleasure. 328 :-) 329 330 I also like Tom Petty a lot, but he's not really Top-40 sounding. Same 331 goes for the traveling wilberries. Really non top 40 bands that I like 332 are The Sugar Cubes, Concrete Blond, Pylon, Camper Van Bethoven, and 333 They Might be giants. 334 335 Well, I've blathered on long enough. I'll close with a short poem. 336 337 Something said in shorthand 338 A table with a view 339 340 A future of tommorows 341 and so I hide from you 342 343 Another tired song 344 The words that walk on by 345 346 Got to find the future 347 I'm looking to the sky. 348 349 An Astral Dreamer (Thats all for now folks.) 350 &*&*&*&*'s 351 014=Usr:322 Stray Cat 08/27/91 09:18 Msg:6357 Call:36785 Lines:56 352 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 353 354 As all of PPS knows, Sharon Clouser has had serious and continuous prob- 355 lems with both employees and users since she "stole" the department from 356 Chris Blackburn. And even though she DID tearfully apologize for the 357 implant incident and begged me not to report it to the Union, I told her 358 I thought she'd been messing with too many lives and didn't realize the 359 far-reaching impact of her attitudes and behavior on the district, commun- 360 ity or the University (I didn't REALLY include the universe, but it 361 does). And not only did I report it to the Union, but I talked t Don 362 McElroy as well, since he was her former boss and current supervisor and, 363 no doubt, had GIVEN her "the Word Processing Department." But to add 364 insult to injury, Donnie dared to usher me out of his office with his 365 arm around me gurgling "so sorry sweetheart" or some such thing. As it 366 ended up, between Personnel, McElroy and the Union, my firing over this 367 incident was rescinded but probably only to avoid having a hearing dealing 368 with it since there WAS a witness. Of course, the Union didn't see to it 369 that I received another placement and I ended up on unemployment for not 370 long enough to recover, and they STILL didn't help when the unemployment 371 ran out and I was forced to participate in the substitute pool for almost 372 six months, until the Curriculum Department went against District 373 "statutes" ***AND THE UNION*** and actually HIRED me. (Judy Hyde received 374 her "just rewards" for this action a few years later.) All in all, I 375 don't know WHAT I would have done if I'd been a single mother with kids ... 376 MENTALLY OR FINANCIALLY, which is something Randi always seems to BRING 377 UP but never DOES ANYTHING ABOUT. Which is precisely why OTHER Word 378 Processing staff never felt abl to stand up to Sharon even years later, 379 and probably even to this day ... to say nothing of the fear of an even 380 WORSE supervisor should they complain about Sharon (I think transferring 381 principals every 2-4 years is an extension of this tactic.) 382 383 Unfortunately, when I shockingly found the sam sort of terrorist tactics 384 being utilized by Avis Austad and Bev Granata in Curriculum, I was told 385 BY SOME (and ESPECIALLY the EAP) I was naive and idealistic, that I 386 should wake up and realize nothing could ever be done because it's REALITY 387 evertwhere ... maybe even WORSE "elsewhere." Well, that always really 388 pissed me off and I always said that schools are somewhat responsible for 389 "socialization" and many attitudes and behaviors are incubated and per- 390 petuated there, so if anyone should START reform it SHOULD be the schools. 391 392 The REAL truth about Curriculum though, was that those 2-3 secretaries 393 were able t act with impunity because they were zealous union members ... 394 you note they were all prominently feature in advertising brochures 395 when union representation came up for the last vote. (I include Janet 396 Dyrhaug even though she had previously been gang raped while working w/ 397 Bev in TAG under the supervision of Sue Parker, again when working 398 opposite Avis for a horrible year in Curriculum and, to escape the 399 ridiculously inequitable workload in Curriculum, tried another terrible 400 year with Sue and w/o Bev when Sue was made a principle, and when that 401 turned out horrble, returned to Curriculum when Avis left and proceeded 402 instigate gang rape against Janice Gabriel, who had already been involved 403 in a rape situation with Susan Larsen [my union rep] at another location 404 ... from what I understand from Susan, she actually cracked up, which 405 may be the reason she now works for the Union. She now says she can't 406 even IMAGINE being a secretary again; and you'd better believe her folks). 407 015=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/27/91 11:36 Msg:6358 Call:36792 Lines:11 408 409 I think this all was about the time Carlos Taylor got cancer and almost 410 died. And if I tracked it right from what Janice intermittently revealed, 411 she ALSO had severe difficulties, which seemed to set off a chain reaction 412 in her personal life (just guessing on that one). After Carlos came back 413 from not dying, McElroy appointed him to head Curriculum, even though he 414 had not applied for the position, didn't WANT it, and the district had done 415 an extensive/expensive WORLD search. Of course, most people thought that 416 the person who was acting director for all that time would eventually be 417 appointed, and when that didn't happen all hell broke loose ... once again. 418 016=Usr:322 Stray Cat 08/27/91 12:55 Msg:6359 Call:36796 Lines:18 419 420 And Linda Simington's mom was brought in to replace Carlos as Lincoln/ 421 Roosevelt(?) DOI. I think Linda, at that time, was "principal on special 422 assignment" at Wilson DOI, and Linda's father a principal somewhere else. 423 As Janice had been Carlos' secretary and wasn't sure of Mildred Wait and 424 the problems involving both her and Susan had probably not been solved, she 425 hd Carlos transfer her to CD&S. 426 427 And as Rich had quit after not being appointed Curriculum Director, Avis 428 also "transferred." And because Judy Hyde then got her "just reward" wa 429 and was also "transferred" out and not replaced, another secretary from 430 CD&S was "forced" out ... by decree from Nancy Eliot, no less. So we had 431 one big game of musical chairs. Janice moved from Terwillinger to Brooklyn, 432 Katherine moved from Brooklyn to Terwilliger; Sandy moved from Student 433 Services to the Ad Bldg as secretary to Carlos (instead of Rich) and Avis 434 went to Student Services, to become Secretary of the Year the very next 435 year. 436 017=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/27/91 13:16 Msg:6360 Call:36799 Lines:9 437 438 And to complicate matters even worse, Carlos had probably worked with 439 Randi in Personnel because, I was told, Carlos was brought in after 440 Dr. Blanchard died to control personnel. I think this is about the 441 time Randi arrived from out of town to become a secretary there ... 442 whether or not for Carlos, I don't know. But Randi is the one who 443 ultimately "saved" Susan from "insanity" at Terwilliger (and from 444 secretarialhood) and she's been with the Union ever since. 445 018=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/27/91 20:50 Msg:6362 Call:36809 Lines:42 446 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________ 447 448 AD - I also am a fan of the Go-Go's! - except I like Belinda Carlisle a 449 bit more than you. I think she has really a pretty good voice. Her range 450 may be bad but I haven't noticed. I have all three of her solo works as 451 well. I really like "Runaway Horses". I think it's her best so far. It 452 had a Top-40 hit I believe - "Leave A Light On" but otherwise pretty much 453 bombed. I haven't even heard of "The Graces" but you've got me interested. 454 Those lyrics sounded good. I think I'll check it out! 455 Jane Weidlin's "Fur" is good. I like "Rush Hour" I believe it was a Top-10 456 hit back in 1988 or so...I don't remember exaclty. I've only heard one 457 song from her album "Tangles" - wait, actually two. I heard the first 458 release "World on Fire" and found it kind of weird and annoying but I 459 only heard it once and music can definitely grow on you! I also have the 460 "Pretty Woman" soundtrack (but I hated the movie) and the song "Tangled" 461 is on it and I enjoy it. She has a good voice. Her music sounds just like 462 Carlisle's solo work though, I must say but it's a good sound so that's 463 o.k. The Go-Go's had a reunion recently did you go see them in concert?? 464 I heard it was really good! 465 I like Tom Petty a lot too. "Full Moon Fever" has given me many hours of 466 enjoyment though I think I've exhausted it by now and I'll throw up if 467 I hear it ever again (you never know though) :) It may not sound Top-40 468 but it definitely had Top-40 hits like "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin' 469 Down A Dream". You know, Top-40 isn't all *that* bad - new styles seem 470 to be making their way into the Top-40, adding some diversity - for exam- 471 ple, R.E.M. has been in the Top-40 quite a bit w/"Stand" (although thy 472 said it was their worst song - but it's funny that I like it the best) 473 and a new one "Shiny happy People" which is very annoying (but in the 474 Top-40 nonetheless.) I like Concrete Blond's song "Joey" and I think 475 it was a Top-40 hit (I may be wrong though but I swear I heard it once 476 on Z100! :) I like Camper Van Bethoven as well - one song that stuck 477 out when I heard their whole album (I don't recall which it was) was 478 "Matchstick man" or something like that. It was cool. I have "Flood" by 479 They Might Be Giants. It's wierd but good alternative stuff. I'm not 480 much of an alternative music fan but TMBG are an exception. "Birdhouse 481 in your soul" is why I bought the tape. It's a good song w/some good 482 lyrics as well. 483 Wow! I'm blabbing as well. See ya later...oh, and I liked that poem 484 you put on the end of your entry. It fits your name for the board... 485 An Astral Dreamer. I like it! :) Later..... 486 _________________________________________________________The Vision____ 487 019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/27/91 21:57 Msg:6363 Call:36810 Lines:53 488 &*&*&*&*'s 489 490 TV, I prefer Belindas second album, but havn't really listened to numbers 491 one and three enought to be sure yet. When I said she had poor range, I 492 think I meant emotional. I just don't think she expresses herself 493 very well emotionally. This could be because she doesn't write much 494 of her material, in fact, close to none. 495 496 I heard about te reunion, and would have loved to see them in concert, but 497 they never came around here as far as I know. I just hope they put 498 out another album. They've all gotten much better since they broke up. 499 500 I just got FUR, (On album, I havn't been able to find the CD yet.) Last 501 night, so I havn't really listened to it enough to be sure, but I really 502 think that tangled is better. World on fire is the track I ussually 503 skip over. 504 505 Definetly check out The Graces, I like it a lot, I feel it is the best 506 work any of the Go Go's have done. 507 508 REM's success has been a surprise. As you may remember, I've been 509 a fan of theirs for a long time. Their latest is their best effort in 510 a long time. Shiny happy people is obnoxios, but it is meant to be. 511 The rest of he album has some really great popish songs. The best 512 being _Belong_ which is to me by far the best thing they have ever 513 done. Great harmonies, and the most emotionally moving song 514 they have ever done. They sort of step into U2's yard, and kick 515 some serious butt. (in terms of song quality and execution.) 516 517 REMs music is very simple in terms of chord progressions. 518 _The One I Love_ for instance is mostly Em and D, while 519 _Driver 8_ is mostly Em Am G G9(That last one may be wrong.) and 520 D C, with the bridge being something like Am C Am G (Probably 521 mostly wrong.) Anyway, very simple progressions. Whats interesting 522 about them is that none of the instruments are played like you'de 523 expect. ofteen the bass will carry the melody, while the guitar 524 provides much of the rythm, and the drums just sort of blend into 525 the background. The lead vocal then carries the melody, and 526 sometimes the bass line. They definetly have their own sound. 527 528 529 The problem with TMBG is that all their songs really do sound the same. 530 On the plus side is their lyrics, which are ofteen funny, as well as 531 being though provoking. I have all three of their albums. Actually, 532 they do do an ocasional melodic song that sounds differant from their 533 ussual stuff. I'll have to listen to them again. Its been awhile. 534 535 I ussually buy an album, listen to it about two dozen times, and then 536 ignore it for a month or two. 537 538 An Astral Dreamer 539 &*&*&*&* (No poetry today. I feel to down. No navel gazing!) 540 020=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 08/28/91 07:41 Msg:6364 Call:36816 Lines:12 541 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 542 Vision- 543 I just read your review of Dead Again. I saw it this past Sunday, and I agree 544 with most of your review. Worth it, for sure. I thought the whodunnit in 545 the movie was a little too easy to figure out. I won't say how easy in 546 deference to the people who haven't seen it yet. I also thought the ending 547 scene had more gore for gore's sake than necessary. And there were other 548 anomolies in the staging. But I din't realise until the credits that both 549 parts were Brannaugh's. The use of B&W was good in that respect. 550 IMHO YMMV 551 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 552 021=Usr:605 Chris Nelsen 08/28/91 16:49 Msg:6366 Call:36834 Lines:5 553 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 554 AD, how can you say that TMBG songs all sound alike??? "(She's a)Hotel 555 Detective" and "Istanbul (no Constantinople" sound alike? Hmmm. I don't 556 think so. (: Just curious. 557 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Jenny Hamilton 022=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/28/91 17:20 Msg:6367 Call:36836 Lines:37 558 _____________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________ 559 You're right. Belinda could use a bit more emotion in her voice. It seems 560 kind of mechanical now that I think about it. I can't believe someone can 561 make it so big w/out even writing their own songs! That's pretty weak if 562 you as me. 563 Yes, I remember you *love* REM. I think I'll go but _Out of Time_. I may 564 think "Shiny Happy People" is obnoxious, but I still like it. And "Losing 565 My Religion" is good too. I want to hear this song "Belong" that you talk- 566 ed about as well. If there's at least three good songs on an album, I be- 567 lieve it's worth checking out. 568 (Oh, BTW I think U2 sucks!) 569 REM has a good sound - that's pretty creative what they've done with their 570 arrangements that you mentioned. It's definitely original. Not enough ar- 571 tists out there are willing to go beyond what is "written" in music. It's 572 good that REM is creative enough to do so. 573 I noticed as well that TMBG's songs sound pretty much the same, but then 574 again, I've only heard "Flood" so I can't really talk :) 575 To Friar - I'm glad you liked "Dead Again." The ending may have been over- 576 done but I'll bet it made you a little tense though! ;) I didn't have the 577 whodunit part figured out at all until it was revealed. That was a total 578 shock for me! I guess you're a bit more perceptive that I am. Branagh did 579 a great job, huh? He's a very talented actor and director, I'm surprised 580 I hadn't seen or heard of him until this film. We need more British film- 581 makers (I happen to be fascinated by England and its people). Have you 582 seen and previous work of his before "Dead Again"? If this is his first 583 film, then he really hit the mark and has a strong future ahead of him. 584 His wife did a great job as well. Oh - Robin Williams was *great* huh :) 585 Good to see you agree w/me on this one and hey if you see any films be 586 sure to write a little review! I for one know you have good taste ;) 587 Later...Oh, AD BTW do you think Kate Pierson (the lady from the B-52's) 588 was a good choice for "Shiny Happy People?" I used to like the B-5's and 589 saw them in concert but they get annoying pretty quick. Just wondering 590 about your opinion....See Ya! 591 ________________________________________________________The Vision_______ 592 593 594 Oh BTW Friar what does IMHO and YMMV mean? Just wondering... 023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/28/91 20:59 Msg:6369 Call:36845 Lines:35 595 &*&*&*&*'s 596 TMBG: Hotel detective sounds differant, as does _Shes an Angel. If it comes 597 to that, there is a lot of variety on their first album. Its just the 598 last couple that have sounded a bit stale. Not bad, just not as good as the 599 re first effort. Of course, finding that first album is probably a minor 600 chalenge. I have the CD, and a 3.5 inch cd single that has _Don't lets Start_ 601 and a few non album tracks. I bought when they first came out though. 602 603 Kate Pierson: I think she was the only choice. She's origionally from 604 Athens GA, and vocally nobody else would have worked. She also does 605 backing vocals on a song calle _Me in Honey_ on OOT. Which I also like 606 a lot BTW. Though it is extremly simple musicly. 607 608 The B52's: I have all their albums. They do get a bit old after awhile, 609 but I still enjoy them. I'd say my favorites are _Bouncing off the 610 Satilites_ and _Wild Planet_. I used to like _Cosmic thing_, but 611 I've gotten really sick of hearing most of it on the radio. I bought 612 CT when it first came out too. I have this tendancy to be about 613 one to 6 years ahead of the general public when it comes to 614 music. 615 616 Heres are really short poem to close this post 617 618 Sheltered from the look or skill 619 I had the perfect plan 620 621 A thought that put me on my way 622 Hoping that I can. 623 624 Now I pass into phase two 625 Looking at phase one. 626 627 An Astral Dreamer 628 &*&*&*&*'s (Feeling better today.) 629 024=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/28/91 22:18 Msg:6370 Call:36846 Lines:12 630 I would like to go to a beautiful place, 631 full of imagination and happiness. 632 "Everynight, I lay me down to sleep, 633 I pray the Lord my soul to keep." 634 Deep within, I believe that each and every one of us has dreams. 635 636 They may be nightmares, or might be very sweet dreams, but in whole, 637 I believe they are all a very beautiful gift. 638 They allow us all to leave reality for just one split second in time, 639 and float endlessly for hours on end. 640 Life is the most precious gift anyone could have given to me. 641 025=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/28/91 23:18 Msg:6371 Call:36848 Lines:2 642 .............................................DOCTOR DURAN DURAN 643 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 026=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/28/91 23:26 Msg:6372 Call:36848 Lines:1 644 END MESS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 027=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 08/29/91 07:04 Msg:6374 Call:36855 Lines:7 645 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 646 IMHO - In my humble opinion 647 YMMV - Your mileage may vary 648 Both are disclaimers alluding to the fact that I don't know everything, and 649 in fact, may be full of shit. :) 650 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 651 028=Usr:549 alan kennedy 08/29/91 20:31 Msg:6378 Call:36869 Lines:14 652 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 653 Vision- I lived in Orange County the first twelve years of my life. 654 I agree with the comment about Disneyland. It got old about the time I 655 was 10. I was taken by myself at least once a year. Then of course we had 656 to go when relative visited. 657 658 TV & AD-- Keep up the poetry. I never really found my niche with poetry but I 659 enjoy reading it. I do write short stories and due to some friendly 660 encouragement, I am working on a novel I hope to publish. 661 662 Z---Your posts are quite discouraging to one who is working towards his 663 degree in education. Tell me the truth, am I better off remaining a 664 Pre-School teacher? 665 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 029=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/29/91 23:37 Msg:6380 Call:36880 Lines:11 666 Thoughts course through my brain 667 like a rollercoaster on the moon... 668 Will they be heard? 669 Does anyone care? 670 How do I make them real? 671 Do they have a place in this world? 672 673 Or, is it all just a dream? 674 ...........................................Doctor Duran Duran 675 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 676 End Mess. 030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 08/30/91 11:17 Msg:6383 Call:36888 Lines:36 677 &*&*&*&*'s 678 I'm going away for a few days. Catch you all on sunday or monday. 679 680 Oh, heres the words to one of my songs. Its probably my favorite. 681 682 Jenny 683 684 Jenny was a magic girl 685 She could see it all with her eyes. 686 687 She had a way of understanding 688 And touching those lost inside 689 690 Bill and I we had the answers 691 We had it all figured out 692 693 But since then I've found out 694 That the questions we asked weren't right 695 696 697 698 Rick thought he was better then me 699 And he gave me nothing but hate 700 701 I remember the day he spit on me 702 And how I wished he would die. 703 704 Maggy was a girl I knew 705 I saw here everyday 706 707 I wanted so to talk to her 708 But I didn't know what to say. 709 710 An Astral Dreamer 711 &*&*&*&*'s (The words of a song, scenes from a life) 712 031=Usr:610 Peace 08/30/91 12:46 Msg:6384 Call:36890 Lines:3 713 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Peace $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 714 Grizzly-- Don't take Z too literally. He's writing mostly fiction. 715 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Lady $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 032=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/30/91 15:36 Msg:6385 Call:36893 Lines:1 716 __________________________________________________________Vision Lurk_______ 033=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 08/30/91 21:12 Msg:6386 Call:36902 Lines:14 717 Create a world that is new to you, 718 and live it! --Christopher Columbus 719 720 Without creation, where would we be, today? --Doctor Duran Duran 721 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 722 Darkened shades of a gloomy morning surround the corners of my vision. 723 The rain fell at an undeviating pace, and smelled of distant smoke; 724 I knew, then (and at that very moment), that Fall is near. 725 Football, school and Friday-night dancing -- the days will grow shorter, 726 and the nights longer. 727 It's an unexplicable feeling of depression and excitement 728 th 729 .............................................Doctor Duran Duran 730 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 034=Usr:131 THE VISION 08/31/91 10:28 Msg:6387 Call:36905 Lines:23 731 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________ 732 Doc (D3): Your posts are really great! Keep it up! Are those poems ones 733 that you have made up yourself? AD: I saw the B-52s do "Cosmic Thing" when 734 they came here about a year ago. It was a good concert but you're right, 735 the songs were overplayed on the radio. They did some of their old stuff 736 too that I hadn't heard and for the most part it was good -I liked it. 737 Friar: Thanks :-) Griz: Post some of your work here! ...I liked Orange 738 County but Chapman College (..University) was really lame (IMHO YMMV) ;) 739 Oh-I rented "Narrow Margin" w/Gene Hackman and Anne Archer. It was good. 740 Worth seeing...pretty suspenseful, good performances, and a couple sur- 741 prises (if you're not too perceptive :) So if you're renting you might 742 want to check it out. 743 AD: Where are you going/did you go this weekend? Hope you had/are having/ 744 will have a good time! ;) I liked your poems you posted! :) 745 Well I hope everyone is having/will have/has had/is going to have/etc. 746 a great Labor Day weekend! We just sold our house so we're looking for 747 a place to move. We have 'till the end of Sept. Oh-BTW I talked to 748 Charles Walk, my producer at CBS and I'll probably just record one song 749 for now. I would like to tell you the title and type out the words but 750 I was advised against it. Sooner or later you'll hear it! Oh BTW we're 751 recording during Christmas Break when I'm out of school. Haven't decided 752 who's gonna sing yet..wish me luck! Anyway....later! 753 _________________________________________________________The Vision_______ 035=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 08/31/91 11:37 Msg:6388 Call:36906 Lines:15 754 755 %^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^ 756 757 I just read the PPS PONY EXPRESS. The list is excruciating and it 758 sure seems like it would've been easier to just chop ALL the DOIs 759 instead of the one ... and wasn't it the Voc Ed DOI that was chopped 760 just when it's relevance is being discussed??? Seems odd. 761 762 Wonder when they'll announce the $1million administrative cuts. 763 764 The list doesn't seem that precise though. Does Evaluation have 25 765 people total or 25 FTE @ $40,000 a compared to Curriculum with only 12. 766 767 ^^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^%^^ 768 036=Usr:549 alan kennedy 08/31/91 23:26 Msg:6389 Call:36915 Lines:16 769 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 770 Lady-Thanx for the clarification. 771 772 Vision-I will post some works soon but the novel, lesson plans for fall, 773 and the new bbs are taking up a lot of time. Even bbsing has suffered. 774 I have had a few friends proof what I have written and their only critique 775 is that I use more description and setting. New style is all. I am too used 776 to saying it all efficiently. Also, 2400 baud is now enabled on Grizzly's 777 Den. I forgot to initialize 2400 in my command string so the software was 778 going to the default 1200. Now I have to make it admit the modem is 779 receiving numeric result codes. 780 781 All-Anyone with knowlege of updated versions of Colossus BBS software please 782 let me know. The version I am running was written in 1985 and is a literal 783 dinosaur. 784 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 037=Usr:611 delta five 09/01/91 00:37 Msg:6390 Call:36916 Lines:9 785 Here I go again 786 [=*=] [=*=] [=*=] DELTA FIVE [=*=] [=*=] 787 L'homme, mon ami, was good 2CU again. Left message on USENET darkside.com. Copi 788 ed the stuff you posted here (trying to understand the header ans all that) 789 RE BWMS archives-are the disks sorted by date? 1983 to 1986 when I graduated 790 are the ones I want. 791 Reply sspy@darkside.com or !apple!uuwest!sspy 792 Hi, cistop Mikey 793 Been so long I forgot the commands... 038=Usr:131 THE VISION 09/02/91 01:48 Msg:6392 Call:36946 Lines:31 794 ______________________________T H E V I S I O N____________________________ 795 Griz: If it's any help I think the BBS has turned out great! I've called just 796 a couple of times but have found the set-up and formats really well-done. 797 For somebody who is working on so many things at once you've sure done a 798 good job running a BBS! :) I'm going to call The Griz Den more often. As 799 for the stories; I'm anticipating! :) It's a great talent to be a writer. 800 As for the novel, good luck! That would be great if it was published! It's 801 like w/my music...if you work hard anything is possible. So what's the 802 novel about? (If you don't mind telling, that is). Also, tell me more about 803 your teaching, eg. what do you teach, etc? Hope you're having a good week- 804 end...see ya! 805 ___Movie Review Time!______________________"Defenseless"_______***1/2_______ 806 I am giving this movie three and a half stars mainly because of two things: 807 The story and the acting (mostly for Barbara Hershey's *awesome* perfor- 808 mance). This is a tough one. I thought "Dead Again" was the best thriller 809 so far this year but "Defenseless" is pretty close. This movie was great. 810 The story is very complicated and full of surprises. The ending is not cli- 811 ched...it's realistic and honest. It reminded me a little bit of "Fatal 812 Attraction"'s climactic finale but was much better. Another good this is 813 that there are scenes before the end of the film that are just as good as 814 the climax. It's a well-acted and thought-out thriller that is doing very 815 poorly at the Box Office (tell me why?) but is a *must-see*. The little 816 advertisement tag is "...The only thing more shocking than the murder it- 817 self was the motive" and that's very true. The motives are unexpected and 818 surprising as well as realistic and honest. The style and photography is 819 good and the pacing is good/quick as well. By the time the murderer is re- 820 vealed you've thought of everything but just can't pin it all down. It's 821 practically impossible to predict and therefore fun. Well, enough talking 822 about it - just go see it!! 823 _____________________________________________________________The Vision_____ 824 039=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 09/02/91 22:40 Msg:6394 Call:36966 Lines:12 825 As my eyes roll and hit the back of my head, 826 all light disappears... 827 The "Twilight Zone" has overcome my conscious reasoning 828 and I see visions of the future and past flying past me 829 at accelerated rates. 830 I can still hear distant sound from the outer realms of my imagination, 831 but I am falling quickly out of reality and into a void of choas. 832 "What will I possibly dream of this time?" 833 Maybe I can catch up with Alice... 834 ........................................Doctor Duran Duran 835 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 836 end mess.---------------------------------------------------------------------- 040=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/03/91 16:10 Msg:6396 Call:36975 Lines:29 837 &*&*&*&*'s 838 I'm back. Had a reasonably good time. Back to work tommorow. 839 840 Re the Evaluation department: To the best of my knowledge, Curiculam is 841 JUST Curiculam. What your refer to as the Evaluation department is actually 842 the Research AND Evaluation department. Also, there is the Test development 843 unit, the test ops unit, as well as clerical staff who float back and 844 forth depending were the need. is. WE ARE NOT OVER STAFFED. In fact, we 845 lost two program evaluation positions, leaving us with 2, I believe these 846 people are responsible for proving to various government organizations that 847@ 848 we are doing the things the law requires us to do. There is ofteen large 849 sums of money at stack. We are ofteen over worked and understaffed, and 850 new demands are being placed upon us all the time, making things worse. 851 852 Note, this is meerly my opinion, and I have no authority within the 853 department. I will note again that your constant tirades against the 854 evaluation department have long since gotten old. Especially in light 855 of the fact that you never respond to me when I point out your 856 misconceptions and outright lies. 857 858 TV: Posting your stuff here would be a bad idea legally speaking. Do 859 let us know when it comes out though. 860 861 Thats all for now 862 863 An Astral Dreamer 864 &*&*&*&*'s 865 041=Usr:131 THE VISION 09/04/91 16:58 Msg:6401 Call:37010 Lines:12 866 _______________________________T H E V I S I O N___________________________ 867 AD: I'll keep you up as to what happens. My first song and a possible follow 868 up (depending on how well the first fares) are in the process of being reg- 869 istered in the Library of Congress Copyright Office right now. My producer 870 is going to let me know when it's done and then I can type out the lyrics 871 to the songs (they're nothing spectacular, but it may be neat for you to 872 have seen them before everybody else in the U.S.!) :) I may go and re- 873 cord it within the next couple weeks (PCC doesn't start until Sept.24 or so) 874 Wish me luck...I'm singing it!! Will let know what happens..... 875 See ya... 876 ____________________________________________________________The Vision______ 877 042=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/04/91 18:49 Msg:6402 Call:37011 Lines:36 878 &*&*&*&*'s 879 Sounds good. Have any idea what lable this will be on? 880 881 I wrote a few new poems this weekend, heres one. 882 883 A picture on the wall 884 a painting of the all 885 886 A landscape made of tattered bits 887 And bits of nothing at all 888 889 Brush strokes done in gray 890 An image of the play 891 Upon the stage. 892 893 Move on too picture two 894 And paint an image of you 895 Are you a happy one? 896 897 The subject is at hand 898 The image made up of the sand 899 that trickles through my hand. 900 901 A cavern made of steel holds them all 902 The pictures on the wall 903 904 Held there by our hardened thoughts 905 and the preasures they entail. 906 907 908 909 Oh well, its not all that great, but atleast it rymes once or twice. 910 911 An Astral Dreamer 912 &*&*&*&*'s (We'll look back, and we'll call this the poetry disk) 913 043=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 09/04/91 20:54 Msg:6403 Call:37013 Lines:19 914 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 915 916 I am a silent voice whispering with the wind, 917 floating on a wisp of a cloud. 918 gentle, soft and sweet. poof. 919 920 921 White-knuckled-pressure forced to the ends of my fingernails, 922 I slowly run them down the face of a chalkboard SCREEETCHING a 923 blood-curdling, spine-tingling pitch; 924 until my fingernails submit to the pressure, bend completely 925 backwards, and bleed profusely. 926 927 Pushing the imagination to extremes.... 928 929 930 ..................................................Doctor Duran Duran 931 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 932 end mess.. 044=Usr:610 Peace 09/04/91 22:11 Msg:6404 Call:37015 Lines:7 933 TV: I think it's *wonderful* that you get to sing your own song! I can't 934 wait to see the lyrics here. 935 AD: Hey that last poem was slick, until the end... It's still better than 936 anything I could write. 937 938 Dr D2: OUCH!!!! *still pushing my nails the forward in reflex* 939 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Peace Lady $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/04/91 23:02 Msg:6405 Call:37016 Lines:22 940 &*&*&*&*'s 941 Its sort of strange for me to say this, but I think I'm finally starting 942 to understand the beauty of poetry. To be honoust, I've had a habbit 943 of bellitling it in the past. But the older I get, and the more I read, 944 the better I understand the whole concept. 945 946 When I write, I really am trying to paint a picture with words. Its 947 not really like any other sort of writting. Its something very 948 differant. In the past, I've had a tendancy to look at poetry as 949 I would anything else. I have in fact been selectivly filtering the 950 best parts. 951 952 But the more I write, and the more I read, the more I understand. 953 954 PL: Endings have always been a problem. I get three or so verses in, 955 and I lose my train of thought. My muse has a very short fuse. 956 957 D3: I have really enjoyed your last few poems. 958 959 An Astral Dreamer 960 &*&*&*&*'s (Maybe we'll remember this as the poetry life) 961 046=Usr:549 alan kennedy 09/05/91 06:00 Msg:6406 Call:37020 Lines:21 962 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||THE GRIZZLY||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 963 To All- 964 Recently in the news those sharks of journalisms have their teeth set 965 in yet another family with enough on their minds. What I am talking about 966 is the families of David Jay Rudge and Diane Walden, both missing since I 967 left work at 6:25pm Friday August 30th. Why do I care? Diane Walden is my 968 aunt but she and my Uncle Jerry have been like parents since receiving guard- 969 ianship of me in 1981. The Oregroanian has done such a wonderful job at 970 talented tabloid journalism, that the police file has been declaired off limits 971 to all press agencies and even the families involved have a harder time getting 972 a straight answer. Not that it matters, the police have been thinking hard on 973 the matter at DunDunkin' Doughnuts. When they are done eating free day-olds, 974 they might go out and do something useful. Jerry, I and the rest of the 975 Kinderland staff had enough to do with the first day of school an fielding 976 questions from concerned parents. Chasing the press away and telling 977 private investigators to go look in someone elses garbage only added to the 978 stress. What is this message all about? I'm not sure myself. I think I'm 979 just rambling on. I'm just asking all users out there to help let these 980 agencies know they are not doing their job. 981 THE GRIZZLY 982 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 047=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 09/05/91 07:08 Msg:6407 Call:37023 Lines:17 983 984 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 985 Well folks, the poetry disk is about done. ( I didn't name it, it showed up 986 above. :) ) This disk was here for some of the most interesting times in 987 post war history, from the coup to the flattening of the coup. I think that 988 the American people and the journalists are making an historical mistake when 989 they denigrate the contributions of Mikhail Gorbachev. I have heard him 990 described as a "transitional figure" who could do nothing more than he did, 991 or as a "tragic buffoon" who did his best to stand in the way of progress. 992 I think he was an enlightened visionary, seeing the way to bring the Soviet 993 Union out of the dark and into the light of free enterprise and world 994 partnerships. He knew that his plan might eventually grow to overcome him, 995 but felt that the eventual outcome was worth the loss of his power, even his 996 life. What more can we ask of an historical figure, that he give up his own 997 best self interest for the interest of his people and their future. 998 Mikhail Gorbachev, I salute you. 999 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar - at the bottom [][][][][][][][][]