HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Bearcats (was: T-Bear replies!)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 18:38:35 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

Brumby writes :
>    "My father works for one of the places that makes cans around
> here, and even though Coke is the strongest drink they seem to sell
> around here, it requires a special coating on the inside of the cans
> over what they normally put on them." 
>    "I never touch the stuff, if it can dissolve ordinary paint off a
> can...."

Aww, come on! That's how you know it's good stuff! If it compares with HCl, you
know it's working...

Now what it does to the stomach lining, that's what you worry about.

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From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: One quick question
Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:57:42 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

In article <g0N2XB4w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> ekho@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (amanda rothman) writes:
>jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce) writes:
>
>>    "Yup, they should have voted Avon as Mr. Congeniality... Not !" Linda.
>
>  Ekho smiles at Linda, "Why, thank you..."  Amanda almost snorts her Coke
>and Creme (No!  It's not that kind of coke!!).
>
>>    "I have been told that the BBC considers Blake's 7 to be a kids show.
>> I know that here in the US its considered 'B-Movie' sci-fi !" DJ. :-)
>
>  Still attempting a quick recovery from that near accident, Amanda replies,
>"B-Movie?!  Perhaps I'm deluded (no comments from the peanut gallery ;), but
>Blakes 7 just doesn't equate with Vampire Nurses from Mars... well, there
>may be one character in it that does..."  She dodges a swipe from Ekho with
>a grin.

I've always heard Blake's 7 treated as a slightly harder science fiction 
series. It dealt with some pretty adult themes, wasn't abonimably bad in the
special effects department, and had some good actors and writers. Generally,
it was mentioned as a very serious show. High quality press...

Although - What's wrong with "MARS NEEDS WOMEN NOW!!!" type stuff?

Keep watching the skies - I'll be there...

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From: noj@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jonathan E Miles)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Poetry...
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:39:10 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Itosu, who fancied himself a poet, stands and claps.

"If only because you have the guts to put your work forward here, you deserve
praise, but the poem is good.  It takes work to read, meaning it is not the
normal mainstream poetry that is written today, but what you get out of poetry
is directly proportional to the time you spend trying to understand it."

With that, he looks at his pile of wadded up paper.

"I have written many poems in these last months since I arrived and told my 
first at callahans, but they have all gone to other places(MUDs, friends,
girls :) ).  Everyone email me with a topic, and i will place a list of them
on here, you can then choose the one you like, and I will write a poem about
it.  It will be a good experience for me and fun for you, as it can be any
topic you like."

He sits back to receive the topics.


Itosu the ogre

Jonathan E. Miles
noj@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
--
I would have a .sig, but then I'd have to bring enough for everybody....
From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: YET ANOTHER DELURKING
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:40:16 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au

A "normal"-looking human male wanders up to the newly arrived Magda-wolf
with a smile on his face "Another newcomer - welcome.  I'm Splash, the
resident marine type person from Western Australia.  Your description of
yourself makes you sound like you'll fit well in the Place.  Can I get you
a drink for starters?"  Splash signals to Mike, tossing him a $2 coin. 

"I guess I'm one of less exotic patrons of the Place - 5'11", dark hair,
lightly tanned, wearing glasses, balding ever so slightly.  My VR and RL
selves are fairly similar, including the fact that both get more damp at
some times than others.  I'm a grad student in marine biology (finishing
off my PhD soonish I hope)." He pauses to collect the drinks.  "Ta Mike. 
To Callahans - a Place for grad students (and all others) to come anytime to
drink away their cares."

<CRASH!>

Splash!


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		Splash!		*To love is to LIVE!*
   (aka Mike van Keulen -- e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au)
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Killefiles ** SPOILER ALERT **
Date: 27 Jan 1993 04:52:32 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

Tanais writes :
> Tanais, sits down and plays with his tail. Nervous and anxious that
> he's got everything across the way it should be. He doesn't want to
> be kicked out of the Place for using a killfile. He just wants to
> "belong".

Actually, in my opinion, you HAVE got things the way they should be : 
comfortable for you. Obvious (in hindsight) fact : if something happens that
causes you pain, you should be allowed to honorably avoid it. You did so - and
quite well...

And you DO belong - by being a kind, and wonderful person. Thank you for being
here... It's nice to see you again.

Loving all!
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Question...
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:46:48 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

<KZAHLLER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:

>She hesitates a moment, showing surprising and unusual caution
>and commnosense (for her).  "Ummmmm, if I hug you, I'm not
>going to *disappear* or anything am I?"

<HEE HEE 
MARAUD OUT>
-- 
/               James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service              \
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Subject: Re: testing tin
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:35:01 GMT


In article <C1AAG3.MG9@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
|>In <1993Jan22.153106.16146@e2big.mko.dec.com> pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:
|>>In article <C18I95.A0E@fc.hp.com>, daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom) writes:
|>>|>I have been around here far too long to start respecting the traditions
|>>|>at this point.
|>>|>
|>>|>I respond as I see fit.
|>
|>>"Better yet, don't...  No.  I'm not going to flame anyone, especially not
|>>here.  I vowed to be a better person this year, and that includes toleration,
|>>even of things I can't stand... like people who jump down my throat for
|>>having fun.  Take care, doug... respond as you see fit, but I won't see it."
|>
|>><kill all by author:daq@fc.hp.com>
|>
|>kitten turns her head to hide a tear....I HATE KILLFILES 

"Oh, nut, nuts, nuts!!!!  I'm sorry, Kitten...  I didn't do it...  I was having
a bad day and lashed out at a convenient target...  I've talked to Doug via
email, and apologized both in private and public...  It won't happen again if I
can help it at all...  and I didn't kill Doug's articles (don't you just love
procrastination?)..."  Starknight runs out of breath *GASP*

"I wish I was a telepath sometimes...  Anyway, I'm sorry I caused you pain.
Hug?"

Starknight
spr@abo.dec.com
Disclaimer:  Huh?  What'd I say?
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Subject: Re: bird on ice...  (LONG POST)  *>
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:00 +0000


MerryTail shivers at Feather's ice and chill...
"I've found that what you have to try and do is love yourself first. 
You can feel the anger and fear when you're ready. Look after 
yourself dear!
You're ready to reach out... "
"May the friends and friendship we find here become part of us"
Crash-tinkle

Mary MerryTail
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| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk |
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|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
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From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: a Punday delurking
Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:23:17 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <C14LJ3.D9L@hfglobe.intel.com>, hilp@hfglobe.intel.com (Robin Rosenbaum) writes:
=The cowl on Ruby's sweater moves, and a kitten climbs out, unmewing. 
=The kitten pauses to nuzzle an unusually ugly fish-shaped clasp 
=holding the cloak.  Another kitten, emerging from a pocket in the 
=voluminous skirt, paws at a macrame strap that holds a locket shaped 
=like a funeral urn.

StM notices a couple of new felines in the place, and rushes over to
indoctrinate them.  He escorts them over to one of the corners of the place,
and announces to them, "THIS is the Virtual Pizza Machine...."  After
introducing them to the most important part of the place, he returns them to
Ruby.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again :-(
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:14:44 GMT
Organization: SPUGE
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Yue-shun Ho (yho@bmerh585.bnr.ca) wrote:
: In article <C16Gw9.CKr@news.cso.uiuc.edu> trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
: >
: >"didi, get BACK into bed...and have some soup...or some icecream and
: >7-up.... put a hot water bottle on your toes and vicks on your
: >nose...and here are some sunglasses."  kitten tries to look stern and
: >fails miserably....
: >
: 
: A kitten tries to look stern?  Hee hee hee!  Haa Haa Haa!  Wait until
:   you're older and become a cat.  Or better still, a tiger!

Just wait until you return, in your next life, as a mouse of a mole.
You will consider once, twice, or thrice, whether or not it is
wise to poo poo the concept of the sternness of a kitten.

I, myself, whenever stroking a passive house cat, always say a word
of thanks to whatever fate saw fit to provide me with more mass
that the typical rodent.  You would do well to be wise in a like manner,
likewise, if you will....


doug
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: steve@crc.ricoh.COM (Stephen R. Savitzky)
Subject: Re: bird on ice...  (LONG POST)  *>
Organization: RICOH California Research Center
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:27:57

"Hello, small bird," says the Mandelbear.  "I think I know the place
you're talking from.  I spent a lot of time there myself.  And even
after I was swept up and carried along by the Flowercat, and 17 years
of marriage, there have been times when I wondered if there was really
any emotion in there or where it was all intellectual.

"Finding out otherwise was very hard.  The first time I cried since I
was a kid was when our daughter Amethyst was stillborn, two years
ago."  He gazes briefly out an X-window at a garden of stone, where an
amethyst rose is blooming.  "Getting thawed out is worthwhile, but it
can hurt sometimes.  Good luck!"
--
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From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Goodbye, Justice Marshall
Date: 26 Jan 1993 12:30:35 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <1k3ardINN42t@gap.caltech.edu>, lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals) writes:
=In article <carrot.04qg@bear.stonemarche.org>, carrot@bear.stonemarche.org (Little red-headed girl) writes:
=>	"To Thurgood Marshall, first (and hopefully not last) black
=>Supreme Court Justice,
=
=Y'know, that reminds me of the feminist who told me, about a year ago,
=something to the effect of, "I won't believe our government works until there's
=a woman on the Supreme Court."  Sandra Day O'Conner was, of course, appointed
=to the court in 1991.  Clarence Thomas was appointed in 1992.
                 ----

That should, of course, have been 1981.
From: snarf@access.digex.com (Sean Eustis)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Tanais's Dream ...
Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:07:18 -0500
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com


Tanais has a dream where the kangaroo lets him know:
>'Some humans are part of the Dream, albeit a small part and 
>some humans who aren't part of the dream sometimes experience it as 
>well'.
And he asks:
>"Anyone care to say what the hell happened to me last night?".

Dreamweaver just sits back with a great big grin on his face and looks at
his fuzzy fox friend.

	"What do you think happened? Yeah, you were there. You dreamed, I mean
REALLY dreamed. Anyway, some people never make it there, consider yourself
lucky. Don't worry, it wont rule your life, just make it more interesting.
Enjoy."


-- 
   	The Dreamweaver				Sean Eustis
			(snarf@access.digex.com)
       "...if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."
From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: <HI THERE>
Date: 21 Jan 1993 01:54:10 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Summary: PLORK
Keywords: <VERMIN>

Ahem...

Rie grabs a glass of something from the bar.  Shaking off the residue of his 
last post, he steps to the line and shouts:

"Hail the conquering weirdo!!!  I've mentioned the Taiwan On several times at 
the Place.  Now you finally get to meet the owner and operator of the Uni-
verse's greatest anachronistic Chronofracture.  Here he is, straight from the
gates of Heck, 

(drumroll, please)

<<SLASH MARAUD>>>   

<CRASH>

a middle european man, about six-two, with obviously pointed ears, and a 
strange smirk appears with a slight *banf* (for copyright reasons) and brushes
dust from his cheap leather jacket.  He wears a rose colored turtleneck
black jeans, motorcycle boots, and many Rob Liefeldish unidentified packets, 
satchels, and vaguely dangerous looking thingies.  also, he has two swords, a
six foot staff, and a shotgun slung across his back.  his left arm from the 
elbow down is made of metal and gleams in a sinister, yet harmless sort of 
nebulous way.  his jacket has a small placard over the left breast pocket 
that reads (in the readers native tongue, whatever that may be) "He's Drak, 
who the f**k am I?"  he has  dark brown eyes and bad hair.

<GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GERMS . I JUST ROLLED INTO TOWN AND BOY ARE MY RIBS 
SORE.  (i thought puns were the norm around here)  ANYWAY, BY THE BY AND BY, 
AS MY RATHER OVERZEALOUS YOUNG FRIEND WOULD HAVE IT, I'M SLASH.  YES, I ALWAYS
TALK THIS LOUDLY, I'M RATHER DEAF.  ANYWAYS, RIE KEPT GUSHING BODY FLUIDS
ABOUT THE COOLNESS OF THE pLACE, SO I'M HERE.  CAN ANYONE MAKE A PHOENIX?
NO, IT'S A DRINK. SORRY ABOUT BABBLING ON LIKE THIS, BUT I GET NERVOUS WHEN 
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I AMN'T.  HI EVERYBODY. (the tallish humanoid gentleman 
grabs a chair and attempts to sit down.)  NO WEAPONS?  OH, SORRY. (for 
several long moments, he thinks about it, and then proceeds to disarm.  
this takes somewhere in the neighborhood of half an hour.  when the pile of 
implements reaches roughly six feet high, he removes his gray fedora hat, and 
sweeps the entire aggregate into it.  in deference to the laws of physics, 
they seem to hesitate before falling inside, never to be seen again)
WHERE I COME FROM, WE PREFER TO CALL THEM THE SUGGESTIONS OF PHYSICS.
DRINKS ARE ON ME.  WHAT?>
From: schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Laz does fun stuff.
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:41:09 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Speaker-to-Minerals writes:

>In article <1jiso7INNpj8@shelley.u.washington.edu>, 
>lazuli@stein.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker) writes:

>=>>Laz nods.  "Um, I don't drink tea.  Sorry.  But I wouldn't mind visiting,
>=>>after I get my bearings."

[ The returned Kzin tries the obvious pun... ]

>                                   Only to discover that he's been beaten
>to the punch, as:

[ quoting myself, now! ]

>=>"Perhaps I can be of assistance.  Would these be what you were looking for?"
>=>
>=>Merlinvin holds out a palmful of polished, perfectly spherical stainless
>=>steel balls...

>=Laz, looking bemused, politely declines each, and turns to Thyra.  "What *is*
>=this place?" he asks her, fixing on her as the one faintly familiar figure
>=here.

>"Well," StM explains, "it's a bar.  But like Klahd and Xanth, it seems to be
>made mostly of puns."

Merlinvin turns to greet StM.  "Welcome, friend! Sorry I stole your thunder,
so to speak, but I hadn't seen you around... in fact, I'm not entirely sure
we've properly met."

So saying, Merlinvin goes to offer StM a hug, a drink, a scritch behind
the ears, or any combinations or permutations thereon.  (The massage
table is also open - although I think that skipping the scented oil remains
a good idea for massagees of the furry kind.)

__________________________________________________________________________
Ed Schweppe o/k/a Merlinvin - schweppe@acs.bu.edu,
    (or for faster replies)   eschweppe%drcoa1.decnet@drcvax.af.mil
All standard disclaimers (also datclaimers and deotherclaimers) apply.
From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Descriptions...
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:04:31 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au

lazuli@byron.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker) writes:

>... and not Pepsi's brand-- their commercials offend human intelligence. 

Uh-huh!

Splash!

--
		Splash!		*To love is to LIVE!*
   (aka Mike van Keulen -- e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au)
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason & Thyra)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: He's baaaaaack
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:04:15 GMT
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aaa.uoregon.edu

In article <1k0f90INNsc9@gap.caltech.edu>, lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
(Speaker-to-Minerals) wrote:
> 
> Well, I've finally caught up on my duties at work, in the more serious
> newsgroups in which I participate, and alt.callahans (though in the case of the
> latter, it involved a lot of invocations of the SET SEEN/THREAD command).  So
> you're likely to see me around the place regularly once again.

Jason lifts a glass in the large Kzin's direction "Glad to have you back
Speaker!"

Thyra runs over and gives StM a big Hug. "Yes! We missed you, my feline
friend."
From: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: testing tin
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:42:00 GMT
Reply-To: maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk


MerryTail's looking *much better today... she marches over to the 
cornerand looks at the table occupied by Slash Maraud and Rie that 
keeps floating between the floor and rafters... her tail reaches out 
and takes a firm hold of the underside of the table....
"Look you two! You don't *have to lurk ;-) *I don't mind seeing posts 
from the both of you ;-) doubt if anyone else does.
I shall do my best to differentiate the polysyllabic Slash Maraud and 
the slightly damp and fluffy Splash!
So... shall I pull the table back down for you?"
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| Organisation: Me? You're joking, right?   |maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk |
|                                           |                          |
|I know I type "teh" for "the" My fingers have their own accent ;-)    |
|                           OK, I just can't type ;-))                 |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: li@Data-IO.COM (Phyllis Rostykus)
Subject: Re: T-Bear replies!
Organization: Data I/O Corporation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:38:55 GMT

In article <122420198@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom) writes:
>> >> >> 		Splash!		*To love is to LIVE!*
>> >>[doug:] >Ah, this places me solidly amongst the ranks of the undead.
>> >> Splash ponders.  "Does this mean you can never love, or that you have
>> >> loved once, and no longer, or won't love ...?"
>> >None of the above.  Try again.  Think harder of the analogy 
>> >and the irony.

hmmm... thinks li.. undead is dead but living as well.  So to be undead in
analogy would mean loving yet not at the same time.  Loving some yet not
loving others?  Perhaps... common, as well.  Ironic?  Perhaps.

Dealing with the aftermath of a dozen trees falling between work and home
and the fact that we haven't had power at our house for three days...
-- 
Phyllis Rostykus     | "... and how you feel can make it real 
aka Liralen Li       |      Real as anything you've seen... "
li@inigo.Data-IO.com |	                         Peter Gabriel _US_
From: siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: bird on ice... (LONG POST) *>
Date: 22 Jan 1993 13:59:56 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


hi.  it's slash, interfering on Rie's time again.  the new slash, 
not the regular /*.  i was wondering, are you okay?  feather?
it's more than just a little bit difficult to trust someone enough
to truly empathize, but it's worth the effort.  i know how easy it 
is to hide behind the shields and the fields and the walls, and i
know how hard it is to be a person, any person, without fear of being
crushed.  sometimes, the only way to survive is to kill a little bit
of yourself.  but it's never gone forever, the human heart heals
like Wolverine on a steroid iv.  (that's a comic book reference BTW)
a problem shared, is a problem halved.  speaking as myself, i think there 
are people who are empathic enough to listen, and maybe by listening,
help the regeneration process.  i like to think i'm one, but that
may be ego.  but anyway, putting on a show or a mask or a hat (or
a bird's body?) is one way to survive.  maybe i didn't quite get
your intended message.  i hope so.  the pLACE seems full of cool
empathic types, so maybe i'll just shut up.

<HERE'S HOPING.
 MARAUD OUT>
-- 
/               James Riekar, barhopping yoyist, at your service              \
Impersonated at Fort Hays State by Karl G. Siewert, pretending to be at K-State
\                      address=siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu                       /
 \           Never underestimate the power of the truly eccentric.           /