[4271] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed May 20
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed May 20 01:31:35 1992
Date: Wed, 20 May 92 01:30:41 -0400
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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adya (Atul Adya):
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amgreene (Andrew Marc Greene):
[From the Warner Brothers character guide]
_PLUCKY DUCK_
Plucky Duck is a hyper-active and egocentric young duck. He's lovable
due to his innate wackiness and his tragic and comic flaws. Plucky is
driven by blind ambition. He has big dreams of wealth, fame, and
power. But he's so desperate to get them that he always falls victim
to his own wild schemes.
Plucky has the uncensored mind of a child; he's all selfishness and
irrational imagination. Plucky always thinks he knows best or thinks
he is the best. He always has an angle, always has a scheme to dodge
work or responsibility. He rarely studies and finishes his homework
five minutes before the bell, if at all. He is easily frustrated and
quick to give up.
Plucky thinks he's just as smart as Buster, or even smarter, but while
Buster wins out in every situation, Plucky inevitably screws up. But
Plucky never gives up because he is devoid of any objective
self-knowledge. He's a smorgasbord of emotions, all of them beyond his
control. He is jealous, excitable, miserable, vengeful... all in a
kaleidoscopic way, without a beat between conflicting emotions.
Plucky imagines himself to be brilliantly adept at everything, yet he
constantly overestimates his own abilities and falls flat on his bill.
[My hero!]
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clin (Chia-Liang Lin):
To figure out what my plan is.
Office: NW16-219 Phone: 253-7024
You can also reach me at:
lin@ilm.pfc.mit.edu
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
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emoy (Mei Yi-Hua):
Eeyore was saying to himself, "This writing business. Pencils and
what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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jdmarty (Anarch):
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jefft (Jeff Tang):
"No! Kill the band!"
--- Crow, "Wild Rebels"
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jerhy (Jeremy A. Hylton):
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
A Preview of Peace?
On Thursday night, April 18, a Syrian merchant vessel was 35 miles
northwest of Haifa when water began pouring into its engine room. The
captain of the ship, //The Kayess//, had to decide whether to sink or
call for help from Israel. He did the latter.
Two Israeli Navy boats went out to investigate. The Syrian vessel
was towed to Haifa, where Galyam, an Israeli company, repaired the
ship. While in Haifa, "the Syrian crew [were] busy telling reporters
how well they were treated in Israel" (//Mideast Mirror//, April 21).
The //Kayess// slipped out of Haifa April 22 with its repair bill
unpaid. Thus far, the story appears to have gone unmentioned by the
Syrian media.
This was not the first time this year that Israel has provided
humanitarian help to Syrians. Former //Maariv// senior editor Moshe
Zak reports that this winter the Jewish State gave permission for a
helicopter to fly through Israeli air space to bring food and medicine
to Syrian soldiers cut off by snow on Mt. Hermon (//Jerusalem Post//,
April 23).
-- //Near East Report//, May 11, 1992
"You felt sorry for me, and look what it got you."
-- Guinan, "I, Borg"
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
The right way to wear a bicycle helmet (from _Aide Magazine_, a monthly
publication from USAA [my Insurance company])
The life-saving benefits of bicycle helmets are proven every time a
rider takes a head-first tumble and lives to tell about it, unimpaired
by head injury. To get the most out of this proven lifesaver, make sure
you're wearing yours correctly---{\it level} so that it protects your
forehead, not tilted back.
As important as how you wear your helmet is how your helmet fits. Here
are a few tips from bicycling experts:
Make sure the helmet fits correctly. Helmets usually come with pads to
be inserted or mremoved to allow a snug fit. Shake your head from side
to side. If the helmet slips around, you need a smaller size or thicker
pads.
A second test for fit is to open your mouth. Your chin should pull the
chin strap down enough so you can feel the helmet press firmly against
the top of your head. Next, with the chin strap tightened as necessary,
try to "peel" the helmet off your head from the front or the rear. If
you succeed, the straps need to be adjusted some more.
Before you buy any helmet, look inside for a sticker that certifies the
helmet has been tested and approved by ANSI or the Snell Memorial
Foundation.
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kjlin (I don't know):
Will be back August 22 to work for R/O
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mdtanner (Raymond Luxury Yacht):
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mfkeady (Margaret F. Keady):
"The Word Himself cries out for you to return, and with Him
there is a place of quiet that can never be disturbed, where
your love cannot be forsaken, if itself does not forsake that
place."
--St. Augustine
Confessions (IV, 11)
Summer address (after Friday, June 5):
Oakwood Apartments
700 Saratoga Avenue
San Jose, CA 95129
Feel free to send me email, hopefully I will be able to forward it to
my summer job... Have a terrific vacation!!! :-)
A final thought amid academic stress: Remember, it's only school........
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montreal (Toby T. Kwan):
NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE:
4 Canal Park
#702
Cambridge
MA 02141
(617) 494-5046
SUMMER: In Hong Kong from June 9 to September 9
152 Nga Tsin Wai Road
5th Floor
Kowloon
Hong Kong
(852) 337-0060
(author unknown)
An ARCHITECT
is said
to be somebody
who knows a little
about a great deal
and keeps knowing
less and less
about more and more
until he knows
practically nothing about everything
Whereas
an ENGINEER
is somebody
who knows a great deal
about very little
and goes on knowing
more and more
about less and less
until finally he knows
practically everything
about nothing
A CONTRACTOR
starts out knowing
practically everything
about everything
but ends up
knowing nothing
about anything
due to
his association with
ARCHITECTS
and ENGINEERS
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robot (tim anderson):
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
SHALLOWS OF SPACE
Ships in interplanetary space have a stacking limit of "one," according
to the designers of the game Diadem.
from Murphy's Rules
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szabo (Zoltan Szabo):
Dear Laszlo,
the funny thing is that I alrady had a file named .plan and it
contained the following sentence:
> I changed my mind. I won't tell you anything about my plans.
I wonder whether you will be able to read this...
zoltan
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therese (Therese):
I'M TOO SEXY
I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan
And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my car too sexy for my car
Too sexy by far
And I'm too sexy for my hat
Too sexy for my hat what do you think about that
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my too sexy for my too sexy for my
'Cos I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk yeah on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my cat too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat
I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too sexy for this song
--Right Said Fred
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whitecow (Naomi Campbell):
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