From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Subject: The Seminal Seminars of our Age
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 01:36:39 GMT
Organization: Poverty U, with it's priorities firmly in order.

      The following heap of festering excreta is taken directly
      from a staff circular (6 pages, coloured paper, laser copy
      mailed to *every* staff member on campus. I got two, for some
      reason) and needs, I feel, no further comment. I'm gonna make some
      anyway, though...

"Patterns:  How Do They Affect Us?        --David Chantler - "Trickster"
This session will bring everyone together so that their work and interaction
over the day will be more personal and involve a wider circle of people.
This will happen through the use of theatrical techniques, talking about
patterns and how to identify them.
David Chantler has worked in the field of creativity and problem solving for
fifteen years.  Most of this time has been in the field of audience interactive
theatre.  Formally trained as a clown, mime and actor, David is currently
working with the study of patterns, particularly as they relate to our ability
to adapt to change.  He has taught and performed in eight countries over the
past ten years."

         Jeepers, The budget crunched university is paying
         bimbo the clown (oops, "trickster") a consultants
         wage to come here and teach some feel-good
         new age problem solving technique which probably
         involves painting your face up like Ronald McDonald
         and capering your ass in to the VeePee's office,
         there to be summarily fired, crucified, and replaced
         by "trickster" who has found the perfect way to 
         create a job opening for himself so he can stop
         playing childrens parties. As I have said previously
         "Lord Thundering Jesus!!!"

"The Placement Creativity Challenge"           --David Chantler - "Trickster"
Patterns:  creating new patterns for positive change!  Take the placemat{sic}
challenge of lateral thinking!!!  Following this, learn about how to change
patterns, again using theatrical techniques, and then take away a couple of
pattern changing challenges that can be done a week or two later and involve
networking in your own organization as well as with the others."

         Why is it that "networking in your own organization" 
         always actually means "taking credit for someone elses
         ideas unless they are really quick and backstab you
         before you do unto them"? And why the fuck do we need
         some clown (heh heh heh) to teach these yuppie scum
         how to do it better? Lateral thinking? Off on a tangent
         is more like it.

"Innergizing                                --Don McGavern
Innergizing with D'PEP (Daily Positive Energy Programming) is the theme that
Don will bring to our conference this year.  Don will share his experiences and
 his own personal creative energy and enthusiasm in demonstrating how you can
effectively 'create...use...and share positive energy' throughout each day of
your life to enhance your personal 'performance power'...as you begin 'Building
New Patterns' for your life."

         This one really didn't need any comment at all, but I will
         make one anyway: "Pfui."
  
"Look Ma, Two Brains                     --Sylva Leduc and Fran Kimmel
Let Your Whole Brain Do The Talking:  Join the Mainstream Team to unleash
your hidden brain power.  Develop both your logical and creative sides.
Become whole brained by learning to balance and re-energize, both when
working alone and with others.

Sylva Leduc and Fran Kimmel are Career Transition Consultants with Mainstream
Access Corp.  They have worked together for several years as Whole Brained
Partners to create and present career planning and career coaching programs.
A chuckle is guaranteed or frowns will be cheerfully refunded."

         Whole Brained Partners, eh? Too bad they keep their whole
         brains in a fridge in Arizona, at a secret military base
         where you could also find:(a) Adolph Hitler (b) A
         wrecked flying saucer (c) Elvis (d) John Winston,
         trying to climb the fence, with invisible fish
         in his pocket.

         Oh god, the agony. Why are we plagued with this Leo
         Buscaglia bullshit? What did the world do to deserve
         this *and* a US presidential campaign in the same
         year?

Regards, Charles
-- 
Within the span of the last few weeks I have heard elements of
separate threads which, in that they have been conjoined in time,
struck together to form a new chord within my hollow and echoing
gourd. --Unknown net.person
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