From scott@csusac.csus.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:34 1989 From: scott@csusac.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: A toast Date: 11 Nov 89 16:25:10 GMT Reply-To: scott@csusac.UUCP (L. Scott Emmons) Organization: California State University, Sacramento Status: O In article <11001@csli.Stanford.EDU> cphoenix@csli.stanford.edu (Chris Phoenix) writes: >To intimacy! "AMEN!" [CRASH] -- L. Scott Emmons uucp: ...[!ucbvax]!ucdavis!csusac!scott From scott@csusac.csus.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:35 1989 From: scott@csusac.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Spider's Callahan books Date: 11 Nov 89 16:28:38 GMT Reply-To: scott@csusac.UUCP (L. Scott Emmons) Organization: California State University, Sacramento Status: O In article otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: >........................ One british edition by Legend/Arrow: Callahan's >Crazy Crosstime Bar. Never heard of this one...is it a foriegn version of "Callahan's Secret" perhaps? -- L. Scott Emmons uucp: ...[!ucbvax]!ucdavis!csusac!scott From rls@onondaga.steinmetz.ge.com Mon Nov 13 11:27:35 1989 From: rls@onondaga.steinmetz.ge.com (Roderick Sprattling) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: All these begging cats make me music.... Date: 11 Nov 89 20:31:25 GMT Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.50.6 of Mon Feb 29 1988 on sprite (berkeley-unix) Status: O Cello there, barkeep; measure out two fingers of gin and fiddle a dash of bitters into the glass, will ya? Here's a greenbach- no, wait , make that a half-note. Can't be that expensive, hmm? Nice to know there's a place you can go for a sweet, simple time. Rod -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rod Sprattling (518) 387-7054 rls@onondaga.steinmetz.ge.com uunet!steinmetz!onondaga!rls rls%onondaga.tcpip@ge-crd.arpa rls%onondaga@steinmetz.UUCP All opinions expressed in the prepended message are entirely those of its author and do not reflect the opinion of the General Electric Company, its subsidiaries, management or shareholders. So there. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Catsup and Mustard all over the place! It's the Human Hamburger!" From hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM Mon Nov 13 11:27:35 1989 From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Callahan's posting convention proposal Date: 11 Nov 89 02:19:02 GMT Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Status: O In article <5314@cps3xx.UUCP> frey@frith.UUCP (Zachary T. Frey) writes: }In article <7536@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) writes: } }>I suggest that postings whose sole purpose is Punday Night competition be }>so labeled in the Subject: line. ... }>... If you put on the subject line ... } }... I've got a slight counter-proposal. Instead of using the }Subject: line for the labelings, how about using the Keywords: line? There's a minor problem with this. If you want to avoid puns, or whatever, with a kill, rn has to scan the entire header instead of just the Subject: line of each article. (There's no way to scan just the Keywords: line). That adds considerable overhead and delay (I hate waiting for kills to finish -- that's why I almost never use them). Not a big deal, really, but something to consider. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Illegitimis non Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!hollombe From cerebus@bucsf.bu.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:36 1989 From: cerebus@bucsf.bu.edu (Tim Miller) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Music Date: 12 Nov 89 05:58:43 GMT Distribution: alt Organization: Boston University Status: O This kind of of punning really Styx in my craw. Of course, I engage in it too; I just have Too Much Time on My Hands. Sitting here with nothing better to do, I start to feel like A Man in the Wilderness. No human contact, so I turn to the net for company.... Of course, this place isn't Paradise. You won't find Miss America here. Gritty reality and strange fantasy, that's what this place is all about. Callahan's..... But maybe it's all one Grand Illusion; could you all be Fooling Yourself, and me with you? I shudder to think that. Timothy J. Miller cerebus@bucsf.bu.edu .-. .-. | \ | \ | \ \/_/|/__\ Cerebus the Aardvark | @ \ \ Copyright Dave Sim. (_ _____| | | @ @| ____ | |__'-----/ \ | 6 6 | / | | [@\ ___________/ `--- From jefyoung@pawl.rpi.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:37 1989 From: jefyoung@pawl.rpi.edu (Jeffrey Young) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Intimacy? Hmm... Date: 12 Nov 89 08:43:08 GMT Organization: The Unicorn Grove, Somewhere In The Mists (c/o RPI) Status: O The Unicorn in the corner shimmers slightly, and becomes a youthful looking Oriental male dressed in blue and grey, and a grey floppy hat. "Nah, I haven't been enchanted or anything like that, just sometimes I like my human form better. (I am a Piers Anthony Fan..)" "Intimacy... perhaps that's the word I'm looking for. I guess you might say I'm a tad lonely for someone to be really close to, who doesn't mind curling up with a naiive little unicorn stuck in human form. To be closer than a normal friendship would go, yet not actually be lovers unless the thing turns into a working relationship. Guess you might say I am a creature of myth, whiich is true, and I'd like to believe in the myth that you should only find true love once. So I am waiting for the one who will seek me out, because I am a Unicorn." The youth adjusts his glasses, pushes back his hair, and looks at the others here. "The age of great magics is dying my friends, and true love is a magic in and of itself. I guess most people nowadays don't believe in the magic long enough to find a love that will last. Or in any magic at all, for that matter. I'd like to find a person whom I can feel really comfortable with, (which does include backrubs and cuddling, incidentally--those are high on my list of "needs") but not feel uncomfortable if nothing happens if we fall asleep together just curled up...for six months in a row or so.." (I am not making a rule here, just waxing theoretical..) "The thing with todays society, I think, is that we are too pressured to perform. College is like that in all respects-- pressure to excel in grades, self , and in repsect to others. When it comes to the opposite sex, well, it seems a trend is that if you've been tagged as someone's boyfriend or girlfriend, everyone immediately thinks that you've um.. (looking for n appropriate word) ..lost purity points together. That's not love, my friends, that's lust. Is love dead? Not necessarily.. but you gotta remeber that love does not necessarily mean sex (oops, I went out and said it.. -8P ) and you can have a loving friend without anything ever happening. Somehow that was lost in the transition, in the race to find a opposite and fall in love with them. Lightning relationships aren's too strong to begin with-- it's the ones that are slow in developing that last best." The youth shrugs, and sighs. "Wishful thinking of a Unicorn in today's society, mayhap. I often wonder if the platonic relationship went out with maidens in dresses sitting under pine trees in the woods." "Aye, I suppose that I'm asking for too much.. just someone to hold onto and be held by, without a worry.. but then that's what Unicorns wish for, right? Nay.. I think I'll end up dying alone, and (don't snicker, folks) probably a virgin. I have respect for myself, and also for whomever I get intimate with. I'd like to keep people's respect, rather than feel bad about losing it later because I read too much into a friendly hug.*" The youth looks down, looks up, and turns back into the Unicorn again. "A single point of light can never banish all the darkness.. I wait for a light to guide me out of the forest I have blundered into. But until then, I have my own light to keep burning, and show to others who cannot find their own." With a flick of his head, the Unicorn sweeps another empty glass into the fire.. "To intimacy.. what he said.. and more. May we all find someone to be intimate with." Music Pun: The change of subject is worthy of note, but what is really required is some-sing more concerted as far as rules go. Like, I know how everyone likes to march to the beat of their own drum, but we should reel (think Irish/Scottish to get that one) ly show some contstraint. Like one pun per person, or else the person who thinks up the puns gets all the good ones. We don't want solo acts here, folks... everyone has a part to play.. a duet is better than a solo any day.. so let's duet and duet! RULE SUGGESTION: Keep a pun reply to one pun per person per post, so everyone has a chance to play ( -8) ). Being a punster myself.. (or in my humble opinion, a pun-gent) I know it's hard to stop punning when you are on a roll, but it's not fair to come up with 7 or 8 or more puns and then people can't reply. As Rocky would say, "Gimme your best shot." Pick your best pun-ch and throw it, and then worry about throwing the left (overs) after your turn comes around again. Nothing is worse than seeing the same pun thrown over and over again. Like watching boxing matches for a living. 'Sides, the pun-around will last longer that way. [Electric Pun]-- Guess we blew a fuse on that line.. [Shade Pun] -- Hmm.. no replies yet.. have I left everyone in the dark? [Music Pun]--If you didn't catch all the ones I left above, then you are definitely mis-sing something. -Taldin The Blue Unicorn Defender Of Light P.S. Hello Gayathri! >>HUG<< *Hugs are the best way to transfer positive energy. Charge someone's life today! (hey.. that would make a neat .sig...) -- -- "You are blue, Unicorn.. the Blue of clear, cloudless days where everything seems like it's going right and nothing could go wrong.. and the Blue of despair and lonliness." jefyoung@pawl.rpi.edu From shoulson@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:37 1989 From: shoulson@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Mark Shoulson) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Spider's Callahan books Date: 12 Nov 89 00:39:49 GMT Reply-To: shoulson@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Mark Shoulson) Organization: Columbia University Status: O In article <1989Nov11.162838.16076@csusac.csus.edu> scott@csusac.UUCP (L. Scott Emmons) writes: >In article otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: >>........................ One british edition by Legend/Arrow: Callahan's >>Crazy Crosstime Bar. > >Never heard of this one...is it a foriegn version of "Callahan's Secret" >perhaps? > >-- > L. Scott Emmons > uucp: ...[!ucbvax]!ucdavis!csusac!scott Well, I have Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Time Travellers Strictly Cash, and Callahan's Secret (*not* the same book) in the Callahan's series. I've never heard of Callahan's Lady. Is it new? I also have Melancholy Elephants, an excellent book of short stories. I've seen other books floating around in bookstores, but haven't had the time to go and buy (and read) them. Ooops! just realized I misread the quote. I thought Scott (or Mr. Emmons or whatever you like) thought that Time Traveller's Strictly Cash and Callahan's Secret were the same book. Gotta learn to read better. Well, the points were worth making anyway. BTW, Re the rules suggestions: I was going to try to make up a list of rules, but I like the idea that there shouldn't be one better (how's that for a sentence!) I also agree that flames should be categorically forbidden. ~mark o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Mark Shoulson: shoulson@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu shoulson@cunixc.bitnet {...}!rutgers!columbia!cunixc!shoulson From hankins@cs.swarthmore.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:38 1989 From: hankins@cs.swarthmore.edu (Luke Hankins) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: A toast.... Date: 12 Nov 89 08:58:03 GMT Reply-To: hankins@swatsun.UUCP () Organization: CS Dept., Swarthmore College, PA Keywords: Night greetings Toast butter jam eggs bacon Status: O No one sees the door open, but it must have for the tall figure in the dark cloak to have gotten inside... The hood of the cloak covers his face and the only details visible are the softly glowing green eyes that seem to peirce the soul. His form seems to waver, as if doing its best to stay, but yearning to let entropy take reign. Walking, nay gliding, to the bar, he draws a well worn bill from an inside pocket and places it down. "The usual, please", he says, which is funny, because no one has seen him before... Raising the small vial of... something... high, he begins to speak... "To the Night, whereever she may be. To the friend of the lover and the protector of the weak." "This flighty woman I call mistress is both friend and foe to all." "May you come to love her as I..." "To the Night." > T I N K L E < -shadow -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luke Hankins (alh92@swarthmr.bitnet)| "Ah, It's great being young and insane!" alh92@campus.swarthmore.edu | "She thought I was crazy, but I was just I am, but I might not be. | growing old...." --Steely Dan From scott@csusac.csus.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:38 1989 From: scott@csusac.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Spider's Callahan books Date: 13 Nov 89 01:06:54 GMT Reply-To: scott@csusac.UUCP (L. Scott Emmons) Organization: California State University, Sacramento Status: O In article <2124@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> shoulson@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Mark Shoulson) writes: >never heard of Callahan's Lady. Is it new? "Callahan's Lady" is new, but I don't believe it's out in paperback yet, (I prefer the cost of paperbacks, so I purchase them.) only in hardback. >.......................................... I thought Scott (or Mr. Emmons >or whatever you like) [...] Please call me Scott (this goes for _everyone_ out there, unless you wish to flame (in which case my name is /dev/null)) >................ I also agree that flames should be categorically >forbidden. Yes! Yes! Yes! Callahan will throw anyone out who flames (At least he would, but then, no-one in Callahan's place is low enough to do such a thing) If we are to make _one_ rule, it should be one of common courtesy. -- L. Scott Emmons uucp: ...[!ucbvax]!ucdavis!csusac!scott From jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU Mon Nov 13 11:27:39 1989 From: jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Jonggu Moon [890911]) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: PUN WARNING: Music Date: 13 Nov 89 03:54:13 GMT Reply-To: jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Jonggu Moon [890911]) Organization: CSEE Dept. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Status: O In article <2934@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> estokien@jarthur.UUCP (Eric Stokien) writes: >I hate to treble everyone with a discordiant note but my coda honor requires >it. I bass this interpretation on the variation in composition of the posts >to this ensemble. Some is Fanfare for Spider, some original works, some >could only be called punissimo. Tantarata for now. Cello ! Hey, lets put a rest to these music puns. The reaction from the public might proove to be violint. You may find yourself decapolated one fin at a time, or maybe hung high on a chord. And then what would happen to your mortems ? So much for the trill of victory. ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ ^>*<^ The preceding has been made possible by : "Blessed be the man who can CRIMSON ROM (tm) PRODUCTIONS (c)MCMLXXXIX : laugh at himself for he will All rights reserved. ^>*<^ : be forever entertained." -Dit ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From gh1g+@andrew.cmu.edu Mon Nov 13 11:27:46 1989 From: gh1g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregg Fielding Hinderstein) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: A toast Date: 13 Nov 89 11:51:18 GMT Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Status: O The door bursts open, to reveal a fairly tall figure with a wild black mane of hair, wearing only a tee-shirt despite the cold night. He is shaking considerably. A scotch please, he chokes out to the bartender. With what appears to be considerable difficulty, he forces it down. He walks over to the line and says: "To conforming" CRASH The Cat in the Cradle From mowgli@bat.cis.ohio-state.edu Thu Nov 16 06:16:32 1989 From: mowgli@bat.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mowgli Assor) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: music Date: 13 Nov 89 18:00:13 GMT Reply-To: Mowgli Assor Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Keywords: Pun warning Status: O In article <5348@cps3xx.UUCP> stockton@frith.egr.msu.edu (Ronald G Stockton) writes: >Gilly, > I like the idea of a contest to see who can come up with the worst >music pun, but how would we measure the winner? >--------------------------------------------------------------- >An idea is not responsible for | Greg Stockton >the people who believe in it. | stockton@frith.egr.msu.edu >--------------------------------------------------------------- Why, in decibells of course! -=- Address: mowgli@puffer.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mowgli Assor in real life) Or: mowgli@cis.ohio-state.edu, mowgli@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu The 2 precepts of Semi-Divinity: (1) Mind Thine Own Business. (2) Don't Worry About It. From MICHAEL@MAINE Thu Nov 16 06:16:46 1989 From: MICHAEL@MAINE Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: music Date: 13 Nov 89 16:07:14 GMT Organization: University of Maine System TO: NETNEWS@MAINE Status: O Before we beat this refrain flat, I have two minor tales to key in. At a gathering that I once attended, an individual was heard to pass gas. While this is normally not an event to be noted, upon this occasion another individual remarked: "Ah. A Bach Air, played on a broken wind instrument" And, as a further cymbal of a trebled mind: A visitor to the city of Washington DC had occasion each morning to ride the subway. The first morning he was there, the visitor observed the usual chaos when a train would pull up to the platform and aspiring passengers jostled for position. But then, just before the doors opened, a short, bearded man walked to the head of the platform and proceeded to clap his hands in rythme. When the doors opened, the passengers filed on to the train in smart marching order, as though on parade! The visitor wondered at this. After observing this phenomenon for a few days, the visitor finally asked a ticket attendent who the little man was and why people seemed to obey him. To which the attendent replied: "Oh yeah, him. He's the Metro Gnome." Michael Johnson "We are the Priests of the Temples University of Maine System of Syrinx. Our great computers fill Computing and Data Processing Services the hallowed halls." - Neil Peart From ez000691@vega.ucdavis.edu Thu Nov 16 06:16:47 1989 From: ez000691@vega.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000132915;0;530;352;) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Intimacy? Hmm... Date: 13 Nov 89 19:57:46 GMT Reply-To: ez000691@vega.ucdavis.edu (Shadow) Followup-To: alt.callahans Organization: University of California, Davis Keywords: friendship, puns, duplicates, and other indoor sports Summary: A thousand puns of light Status: O I'll drink to that one. Hey, Mike, set me up again, would you? Perhaps I have particular reason to toast intimacy. It seems, among other things, as if I have already been intimate enough with one individual to share my persona with...him? It? Whatever. Confusion is bound to follow. A heavy sigh escapes me...I dislike trouble. But shoving that onto the back burner for now, and to the point: One of the reasons the Place exists, and is so special, is that people from all walks of life meet and mingle, guzzle and guffaw, listen and learn, with no more in common than a joy for life and a natural ability to join spirits with others. Intimacy, in the Place, is more than just an ideal; it's practically an admission stamp. This electronic emulation has an inherent distancing factor; but I say we will overcome it. If the Cheerful Charlies can do it, so can we! I don't think it's too early to toast an intimacy that will grow to include the regulars, the newcomers, the latecomers, and the eavesdroppers who never say a word, but sure can listen good. My friends (and I trust I can call you all that), to a new Place, a new Family, and a new Intimacy. How'd that soapbox get under my feet? Drat! Somebody get me down from here, please. Thanks, Doc. Hey, what's everybody looking so sobered for? I can fix that: a round for everybody! Err.....make that a round for the next 22 people who post, since after that I'll have to run across the street to get some more singles. That ought to keep us from getting too sober, no? Enjoy. Shadow Postscript: Maybe the trouble with the electricity and music puns is that Spider has them in the books already. Anyone for gambling puns? Everyone, pull up a chair andante up! (Darn, that just slipped out...I see Mike's got the seltzer bottle, and Eddie's getting his poker ready...or is it a blackjack? This is as farad I can go...) -- >From the only slightly twisted mind of... "In case we decide to ez000691@vega.ucdavis.edu surrender to them, Number One." From susan@hpccc.HP.COM Thu Nov 16 06:16:47 1989 From: susan@hpccc.HP.COM (Susan Schuck) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Everything you wanted to know about Callahan's... Date: 9 Nov 89 17:46:14 GMT Organization: HP Corporate Computing Center Status: RO Now that I've become a wire of this group, I'm positively ex-static! Susan(girls just wanna have puns)Schuck From sartin@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Thu Nov 16 06:16:48 1989 From: sartin@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Rob Sartin) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Another Official hello Date: 10 Nov 89 01:43:42 GMT Reply-To: sartin@hplabs.hp.com (Rob Sartin) Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Software Technology Lab Status: O In article <2949@hub.UUCP> snoopy@fig.UUCP (Smith) writes: >Well, anyway, in walked a short fellow almost no-one noticed at first-- he >dissappeared in the crowd and reappeared as he jumped up and stood upon a >bar stool. Clearly, Jamie is actually Spider Robinson in disguise. Cleverly inserted in her story was the contradiction that appears in every (?) Callahan's story. As we all now, Callahan's has no bar stools. Rob From usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Thu Nov 16 06:16:48 1989 From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Music Date: 14 Nov 89 02:42:10 GMT Reply-To: stockton@frith.UUCP (Ronald G Stockton) Distribution: alt Organization: Engineering, Michigan State University, E. Lansing Status: O In article <42425@bu-cs.BU.EDU> cerebus@bucsf.bu.edu (Tim Miller) writes: > > This kind of of punning really Styx in my craw. Of course, I >engage in it too; I just have Too Much Time on My Hands. Sitting here with >nothing better to do, I start to feel like A Man in the Wilderness. No >human contact, so I turn to the net for company.... > Hey, DeYoung fellow is making puns out of one of my favorite groups. Well, I'm going to Shaw him I appreciate the effort by making a toast at the end of this posting. In the meantime, however, let's not let this pun fest die down--after all, the night is still Young. (BTW, I'll buy the next round for anyone who can fit the name "Panozzo" into a pun.) And now...the toast: To the great musicians everywhere, and to all the joy they bring to the people who listen. * CRASH * --------------------------------------------------------------- An idea is not responsible for | Greg Stockton the people who believe in it. | stockton@frith.egr.msu.edu --------------------------------------------------------------- From greywolf@unisoft.UUCP Thu Nov 16 06:16:49 1989 From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: a toast to old friends Date: 13 Nov 89 22:10:15 GMT Reply-To: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Distribution: usa Status: O In article <2983@hub.UUCP> snoopy@olive.UUCP (Smith) writes: >In article <5553@eos.UUCP> woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) writes: >(stuff respectfully deleted) > >>today is November 10th... the Marine Corps birthday. tomorrow is November >>11th... veterans day. let's remember who they are, shall we? > >Amen. Let us never forget.... Ever. >A toast to the Few and the Proud, to the men of great courage, to those >who gave their lives in defense of this country. They deserve the deepest >respect. Didn't have the chance to post in time, but I had one heck of a birthday for Armistice Day...I was born there. Here's a dollar, Callahan...I know how you are about the Travellers of Time... To LIFE! (sip...) [I'm a lightweight...] (gasp) (chug)... (KRASHtinkletinkletinkle) It's really a sobering perspective to take on one's life when one looks at one's family as a reference point...outside of the fact that my family has pretty much disintegrated, and I've had the pleasure (?) of starting >from ground zero, I seem to be "the kid with the pot of gold". My Dad and my brother are both getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop in their lives, don't hear from my mom much... but it's been one hell of a disintegration. I completely sympathise with those who are not so fortunate. I turned 24, happy, healthy, fairly stable, with people to call friend. My bus works, and I like my job. I can think of worse states to be in. So to life. The next time anyone of you thinks you are unfortunate because your SO refuses to move in with you, or because you're not getting paid enough (or so you think) or because life moves too slow, stop and smell the flowers, and pause to reflect that it could, in fact, be worse. If you're reading this, you're fortunate. To the Armistice, where we found some peace the first time. To the Veterans, who struggled for peace the second time. They found it; we're still here. And here's to never having to fight on such a large scale a third time. >>/*** woody ************************************************************** >>*** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** >>*** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** >>****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ****/ > >Jamie. >--- " Roan Anderson System Administrator >****************** The World War One Flying Ace ************************* >* "I'll get you some day, Red Baron!" --- Snoopy | Jamie Lynn Smith * >* "|!| !!! |!||! |||!!||! ||!|!||!|" --- Woodstock | CS ugrad at UCSB * >********************************* mail to snoopy@cornu.ucsb.edu ********* -- "Insane I may be. I am not stupid." Antryg Windrose From greywolf@unisoft.UUCP Thu Nov 16 06:16:50 1989 From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: Another Official hello Date: 13 Nov 89 22:38:44 GMT Reply-To: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Organization: none. Status: RO The door opens, snow enters, and the door closes. Ignorant of any signs which might say "No Dogs Allowed", the snow-covered grey lupine form trots into the bar, drops a somewhat ragged one-dollar bill onto the bar, woofing once in request. His eyes are green as emeralds. Lapping up the shot eagerly, he finishes it off, barks and yips briefly, then tosses the glass up in the air with his muzzle and, with a paw, knocks it into the fireplace, where it is dashed to pieces. He howls, a low long howl, and a green light emanates from him, brilliantly encompassing him until it is too much to look at. When it subsides, there is a young man standing there, long wavy brown hair, green eyes, black beard and moustache, and of slight stature, almost of an Elfin nature. He is clothed in a grey and green cloak, black corduroys, black boots and a black shirt. "Cretins and salivations, all," he begins. "I am many people. What I am depends on what is needed or what is wanted. In any case, I am a defender, a Traveller of Time -- " He grinned at the sight of the sign reading "Time Travelers Strictly Cash" " -- and my services are for hire, loan, or gift, depending on the circumstances and the phase of the moon. I can see that this line on electricity puns has gone low. I think per- haps aqueous solutions would be better, even though they're just a drop in the bucket. Water we here for, anyway, if not to ensure, for just a sleeting moment, that puns rain supreme? I mean, what the hail... Doesn't it ever get any more clouded in here? 'Snow WONDER it's hard to find this place -- it's awful hard to sea. "Well, I think I've pretty much let this stream drizzle out, so I'll just head down the river... If an elfin lady by the name of Roanne happens in here, tell her I'm look- ing for her..." -- The Grey Wolf Defender/Avenger for Hire, Loan or Gift, Depending upon circumstance or the phase of the moon... -- "Insane I may be. I am not stupid." Antryg Windrose