[3875] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Nov 27
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed Nov 27 01:34:59 1991
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 91 01:34:25 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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alchen (Alice Chen):
i'd capture the moment in pearl and satin
i'd strike the work in marble
i'd carve from the finest alabaster
the words, line the faces, highlight the moment
but it's not there
it's the wrong emotion
the words haven't been said
the phrases can't be uttered
so in the nimbus of the dying
in a grove where the buddha sleeps
the thoughts rage and wage
and war among themselves
when the final strokes are painted
on the canvas that leads to the den of fire
the ringmaster pulls the curtain back
ever so slightly, to show within
and the clowns are hungry now
lusting after flesh not yet cooled
blood still fresh, midway
from the neck under the skin
the flash lights the stage
where settling dusts
frosting glass, numbing the brain
the blade flashes
speeding up to the hilt
welcoming target now
like a well deserved
kiss
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Look at the .project under my account alchen@fenchurch.mit.edu
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celine (Hagbard Celine):
Current plans include:
Start the paper due 12/10/91 on the question of personal identity
as it arises in the body of Hume's Treatise and more specifically, the
implications of the retraction(?) of this position in the Appendix.
Continue research on the paper due 12/10/91 comparing the logical
atomism of Wittgenstein to that of Bertrand Russell. I should
consider making an outline from my notes soon, too.
Figure out if the argumentative circle Kant uses to found freedom and
the moral law is vicious or not, and put together some kind of paper
on freedom in the Foundations and Second Critique by 12/11/91.
No points for guessing what I'll be up to this Thanksgiving holiday
break. :(
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egchen (Edmund G Chen):
Hi, my name is Wuggie and I'm a dork.
My plan is to get a life.
If you know where I can find one, please contact me as soon as possible at
494-8300 (Home of the Losers)
Until then I'll just have to beat up on Kim and Gowri because they are
the only ones who let me win.
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kalver (Keith D Alverson):
to save the planet
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lanhoang (Lan H Hoang):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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lmmacri (Lucas Matias MACRI):
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paul (Paul Boutin):
Paul Boutin Network Computing Devices
1000 Escalon Ave #3116 350 North Bernardo Ave
Sunnyvale CA 94086 Mountain View CA 94043
408 738 8463 415 691 2115
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psholq (Pier Q S Ho):
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
AUTO PILOT
In Star Commander (Historical Concepts), a starship can fight at
full strength even though it has zero crew.
from Murphy's Rules
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stvluper (Steven A Luperchio):
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therese (Therese):
With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity
-- The Police
Synchronicity
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warlord (Derek Atkins):
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 91 11:11:39 -0500
From: Usenet Oracle <oracle-vote@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Usenet Oracularity #378-08
Selected-By: gt2126b@prism.gatech.edu (PETROSKY,WILLIAM T)
The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> Oh wise and noble oracle, king of heaven and earth,
>
> Have you ever been compared to the OUija board???
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} No, but indeed I used to DABBLE in them.
}
} Picture the scene . . .
}
} >several yuppies and their SO's gathered in a stylish SoCal
} living room, loft prominently decorated. A half-empty bottle
} of Martini and Rossi Asti Spumante is in evidence<
}
} Y1: Oh, Mighty Ouija board, will my wife have a baby this year?
}
} The pointer trembles and starts a slow deliberate waltz around
} the board.
}
} BOARD: A-N-T-I-C-H-R-I-S-T
}
} The onlookers sit back stunned.
}
} Y2: Oh, Might Ouija board, will I get married this year?
}
} Again the pointer begins its journey.
}
} BOARD: H-A-H-A-H-A-H-A-G-A-S-P-U-M-P-A-T-T-E-N-D-A-N-T
}
} One yuppette sits back in a huff.
}
} Y3: Oh, Might Ouija board, how will my business trip go?
}
} The pointer again trembles and traces out the letters --
}
} BOARD: M-I-D-N-I-G-H-T-E-X-P-R-E-S-S
}
} It is now Yuppie 4's turn. She regards the board with a
} jaundiced eye, tossing her luxuriant chestnut hair over
} one shoulder provocatively. Her long, nimble fingers lay
} atop the pointer. She is dressed stylishly, and tastefully.
} The lines of a picture-perfect figure are not hidden by her
} slim turtleneck, and were she not sitting on her well-rounded
} derriere, the two male participants would long ago have
} suffered cardiac infarction.
}
} Y4: Oh, Mighty Ouija board (her rich contralto intones) who will
} my next serious relationship be with?
}
} The pointer shakes violently for several moments and begins to
} vibrate back and forth.
}
} BOARD: Z-E-U-S
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: N-O-O-R-A-C-L-E
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: I-S-A-I-D-Z-E-U-S
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: O-R-A-C-L-E-D-A-M-N-I-T
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD:
} Y-O-U-W-O-U-L-D-N-T-E-V-E-N-K-N-O-W-W-H-A-T-T-O-D-O-W-I-T-H-H-E-R
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: O-H-W-O-U-L-D-N-T-I-R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R-W-H-A-T-L-I-S-A-S-A-I-D
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD:
} L-I-S-A-D-O-E-S-N-T-K-N-O-W-W-H-A-T-S-H-E-S-T-A-L-K-I-N-G-A-B-O-U-T
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: I-S-A-I-D-S-H-E-S-M-I-N-E-Y-O-U-L-I-T-T-L-E-G-I-T
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: O-H-Y-E-A-H
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: Y-E-A-H
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: O-H-Y-E-A-H
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: Y-E-A-H
}
} Then:
}
} BOARD: O-H-Y-E-A-H
}
} Upon which point the yuppies all get sick of the bickering and throw
} the board out, where a little girl names Regan who lives down the
} street picks it out of the trash and brings it home. One male yuppie
} does suffer a fatal heart attack upon the brunette woman's rising, and
} the other severe palpitations.
}
} You owe the Oracle the brunette's phone number. >Shut up, Zeus.<
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