[5660] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Nov 16
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Central America)
Wed Nov 16 03:20:51 1994
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 03:20:09 -0500
From: Central America <root@charon.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
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garcia (GARCIA):
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rjbarbal (Richard J. Barbalace):
% logtime
Athena usage since 15:19:53, Thu, 19 May 1994.
Total time spent on-line: 36 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes, 40 seconds
882 total hours
3176980 total seconds
Total number of login/logout sessions: 510
Average time per session: 1:43:48
6229 seconds
Percentage time spent on-line: 20%
Sigh. At least I had been getting paid for probably half of that.
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"Agamemnon", Aeschylus
Dear gods, set me free from all the pain,
from the watch I keep, one whole year awake...
propped on my arms, crouched on the roofs of Atreus
like a dog.
I know the stars by heart,
the companies of the night, and there in the lead
the ones that bring us snow or the warm summer,
bring us all we have --
our great kings blazing across the sky,
I know them, when they sink and when they rise...
and now I watch for the light, the signal-fire
breaking out of Troy, shouting Troy is taken.
So she commands, full of her high hopes.
That woman -- she maneuvers like a man.
And when I keep to my bed, soaked in dew,
and the thoughts go drifting through the night
and sleep's aide, good dreams...not here,
it's the old comrade, terror at my neck.
I mustn't sleep, no --
Look alive, sentry.
And I try to pick out tunes, I hum a little,
a good cure for sleep, and the tears start,
I sob for all that's come to the house.
So badly managed now.
Men die and things go down.
Oh for a blessed end to all our pain,
some godsend burning through the dark....
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"The Lord of the Rings", J.R.R. Tolkein
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring,
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
The crownless again....
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Psalm 61
Hear my cry, O G-D; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the
enemy.
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert
of thy wings. Selah.
For thou, O G-D, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage
of those that fear thy name.
Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
He shall abide before G-D for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve him.
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.
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shail (Shail A Gupta):
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therese (Therese):
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
or snack lunch in the hall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
You're so sadly neglected,
And so often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Your mountains so lofty
Your treetops so tall
Finland, Finland, Finland
Finland has it all...
- Monty Python
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