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From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Descriptions...
Date: 26 Jan 1993 13:15:31 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
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In article <1993Jan26.094831.11571@gdr.bath.ac.uk>, eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson) writes:
>"I work in the bowels of Bath University, writing (sacrilige time here, folks)
>FORTRAN electromagnetic field analysis software. Sometime hardware radio
>frequency engineer, now software/applied physics.

StM comments, "There's nothing wrong with using FORTRAN, as long as you're
doing number crunching (and as long as you remember that the FIRST index of an
array steps you through contiguous memory).  Now, if you're doing anything with
complicated data structures, C lends itself more easily to that."
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
Subject: Encrypted Description of Douglas O'Toole
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:49:55 GMT
Organization: SPUGE
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]


It has been requested that we deliver up a self-description, so I have
done so.  The following is an accurate representation of my appearance.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Let me begin with some reviews from the more or less independent
press:

  1.  From the _Close Friend Quarterly_:  This fellow reminds me a bit
      of Lenin.  Mostly it is the profile and the goatee, although 
      Lenin's forehead is actually quite a bit larger.  Also, Lenin 
      is not quite so brutish in appearance.  This fellow is what 
      Lenin might look like were he to appear on Saturday Night Live 
      saying, "I'm just a CAAAVEMAN, comerade."

  2.  From _The Post Modern Girlfriend Just After Intercourse Review_:
      "Well, I guess he reminds me a bit of Christ.  At least he
      did before he buzzed the hair (Douglas, not Christ).  
      And mind you, I am fully aware
      of the incredible irony and vulgarity of the Christ image 
      in the context of coitus, but well, that is what he reminds me 
      of when he tips his head back, rolls his eyes, and shouts 
      -it is finished-." 

But, damn the reviews, this is supposed to be an exploration of
self-description, so here goes.


   the phenomenology of doug q.
   ---------------------------

   several things, not yet nullified, stand out.
   eyes exactly the size of heaven's vault; 
   fault lines split, reveal movement, noumenal
   billowing, clouds, a vastness of power 
   rendered blue, dulled to grey, hiding yellow 
   evanescence, deliquescent burning 
   spirit of a star so far so far away,
   there, but too far to burn through the misted
   gathering of nearer power, except for 
   occasional stab, stab, stabs: spirit thrust.
   
   this crimson cascading down, the onset
   of Sartre's worm-tongue(?), one mere and mystic magic
   moment, complemented by cerulean blue leaking
   down the sacred hill onto brows cowering under the
   tyranny of mind the travesty of madness too securely
   mounted in the simply sane, the merely 
   real.  Can't you see those frightened eyes (see)king 
   the escape of faith into spirit realms,
   (see)king the love of man, the ubermensch,
   feeling the powershift of second sight?
  
   So, the cape flutters as the wind blows and
   the thunder roars in in over the Starnber-
   gersee (there you feel free):  we see jaw-
   clench, we see the hand-flutters, their flighty 
   freedom flaunt, up and about the noble 
   bust, we see the muscle-flex, the slightly 
   fattened Adonis form, firmly, proudly 
   planted with brazen legs, feet of iron 
   and clay,  gazing to the future skies as 
   flutter-hands alight  upon the hapless head 

   in hopeless, brave despair.


*****
In my self description, I allude to Eliot's _The Wasteland_, 
the Bible, and Sartre's _Nausea_.   I quote my sources 
to avoid accusations of plagiarism. 


douglas
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle Harwood)
Subject: Re: Favorite Things (was Re: One quick question)
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 09:42:38 GMT

Rowan Fairgrove (rowanf@crc.ricoh.com) wrote:
: Liralen offer's a remedy to MerryTail:
: 
: > "One of my favorites is hot lemonaid made with honey instead of
sugar, the
: >honey does wonderful things for a scratchy throat, the citrus helps,
and
: >the hot liquid feels marvelous..."
: 
: Yes, that's my favorite remedy also.  Adds Gypsy.  The thing is
: you then stir it with a cinnamon stick and its lovely.  One of the
: wonderful things about microwaves is that you can do it one
: cup at a time and have it alway s be how when you need one.
: Just about my favorite bit of modern tech. :-)
: 
: Gypsy
: 
: 
: Rowan Fairgrove
: 
Jammer grumps.
"Thank you so much, Wench, now I'm hungry."
Warrior growls.

"No, no, no. We're going to buy it in the store, just like always!"

"damn cat..."
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again : -(
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:11:40 GMT

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....

I think the worst part of having the flu was being too sick to do anything
but watch TV.  Daytime TV shows should have warning labels:

"Caution!  Watching this drivel may cause your brain to decompose and run
out of your ears!"

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                "If you can't stand solitude,
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.   (310) 450-9111, x2483  perhaps others find you boring
Santa Monica, CA  90405                        as well."  -- Mark Twain
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Decapitalization?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:33:50 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 <1993Jan18.182606.26418@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, jpalmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John D Palmer) writes:
>     Next you shall undoubtedly accuse her of frequent passionate mastication.

Ah, but she MUST.  Should she fail to do do at least 6 times a day, it would
imperil her health!
From: narxtc@casc.math.uh.edu (Noah Ramon)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Occupational Hazards
Date: 26 Jan 1993 06:51:54 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: casc.math.uh.edu

The Bulb staggers in, accepting an IBC redcap handed to him by someone as he
steps through the door...

"I've had an ... interesting day today. I shan't go into too much of it,
but one part bears mentioning. I was at work, standing at the front counter,
doing my normal business, when I heard a loud but muted *THUMP!* from outside
in the street. We're at a corner, so we have lots of front windows and
hear lots of street sounds. Well, my first thought is 'Oh no, another jerk
got in a wreck,' and didn't think twice about it. At least until I saw the
extreme corner get darker and people started, um, running away, and a truck
came to rest inside the front window, rather heavily against a solid iron 
pole."

The Bulb takes a LONG pull from his IBC, then continues.

"After that, we had our general pandemonium - people calling 911, running 
to check the condition of the two drivers and any passengers, looking at 
the damage to any of the objects in the crash, or trying to ignore it. I
was in the last group, mainly - I wanted to just go on, and block it out. You
might say that shook me just a little bit. I don't like things like that
going on around me - funny thing, eh? I was in a state of mild shock the rest
of the day, and STILL haven't fully recovered."

The Bulb finishes off his drink, and moves to the chalkline.

"To automobiles - Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and Booksellers Beware!"

He then walks over, and gingerly places the bottle in the fireplace.
"I thought there was enough breaking glass for me in one day..."

Thank you. 
Loving ALL - I made it, to tell you all!


--
*******************************************************************           
* Noah Ramon - The Bi-Bulb     * Your only limitation is your own *
* Mail to : narxtc@math.uh.edu * imagination - Beans Barton       *
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Goodbye, Justice Marshall
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:26:50 GMT

>	Rachel sighs. "So many great people are leaving the world..."
>She accepts the IBC that Mike hands her and walks to the chalk line.
[snip]
>	"Blessings upon you, Justice Marshall, wherever you may be."
>
><CRASH!>

   "Too bad he couldn't have been in good health for several more decades,
  but all beings need to rest sooner or later... " DJ.

   "He did good work, " Linda. 

   "We will miss him !" Robbie.

   >>>Crash!!!<<<

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                      Video. Peter Gabriel: Steam
From: schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: a Punday delurking
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:40:12 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Thrya writes:

>In article <107681@bu.edu>, schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) wrote:

[ Ruby's delurk deleted again :-( ]

>> "Ruby, that was a beautiful collection of stinkers... but may I make a
>> suggestion?  Save your used kitty litter; then, the next time that demon
>> demands something feline, you can give the devil his doo..."

>Thyra calls out musically "Oh, Merlinvin, I have something for you."

>He looks up in time to see half the peanuts in a nearby dish levitate and
>sail straight at him, propelled by Thyra's PK.

The peanuts splatter Merlinvin full in the face.  Merlinvin tries to look
miffed and irritated, but doesn't fool anyone, especially Thyra, for a
moment.  "Only *half* a dish of peanuts?  Mrrrph.  That crappy pun must
have mis-thyred..."

>Purrs and giggles,
>Thyra

"Actually, Thyra, I've got a question for you.  I've often wondered
whether or not that state of utter bodily relaxation which follows a good
massage would be lost after a shape-shift.  Does the shift itself cause
muscular tension?  Or, if you were to shift from one tense form to
another, receive a massage, and shift back, would you then be tense?"

"Having never massaged a shapeshifter before, I am slightly curious..."

__________________________________________________________________________
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.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: it's gonna be a great 4 years
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:09:47 GMT



>>kitten says, "whether you are a democrat or a republican, you have to
>>admit that the choice of sousa's "the liberty bell march" aka the
>>theme to monty python's flying circus.

>Shame on you, kitten!  What's a former English major like you doing writing a 
>sentence fragment like that??  Finish your thought!!

>:):):)
>Rie


BRAIN DEAD....says kitten

--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"it's not easy being a cast iron bitch--it takes years of practice.
most people don't appreciate that.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: TTFN/Last Dance
From: pcahn@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:33:23 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

Mighty Fine. And A Great Big Winter Howdy.

Rounder is tidying up the corner of the plAce where he has been lurking on and
off for a while.  Well, folx, it's about time I put my affairs in order.  I'm
going to be gone for a while, and I want to take care of a few things before I
go.  I'm going to be net-deprived for about the next five weeks while I take a
wilderness EMT course in New Hampshire.  I've been looking forward to this
course for a while (two years actually), because I always feel underprepared in
emergency situations, and if I'm going to be leading other people's children
around in the middle of the wilderness, I damn well better know what I'm doing. 
At the same time, the timing of this couldn't be worse.  I just moved into a
new appartment, and my housemate and I have been looking for someone else to
live with.  We need to find someone soon, because frankly, the rent is just two
much for two people.  In a way, I feel like I'm dumping this problem on her, if
we don't find someone before I leave.  I also feel guilty about leaving her
with sobathedog; she said that she'd take care of him, but her time is tight as
it is, and I don't want to burden her further with my problems.

That said, let me offer a drink to our most recent newbies, Laz, MAURAUD,
Magda-wolf, and Delilah, whom I have not yet greeted.  (and a round for anyone
else who wishes it)  I've enjoyed my time in Callahans over the last couple of
months, and look forward to rejoining y'all in March, hopefully as a liscensed
EMT, qualified to save you all.  Should the urge strike you, snail mail will
reach me at: Patrick Cahn
	     c/o SOLO
	     RFD 1, Box 163
	     Conway, NH 03818,  until march 5, when I will return here.

Before I go, I'd enjoy a last dance.  The floating dance floor appears again,
having been in hiding for a while.  Rounder shouts "strike up the band!" and
four men in polyester suits appear, playing what sounds like watered down Muzak
versions of Abba's greatest hits.  "No, No, 'band!' B-A-N-D, no L in there at
all!"  With that the men disappear, replaced by the house band, with
(hopefully) Tanais on fiddle, who strike up a lively tune.  Anyone care to join
me...

Cheers and Hugs to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rounder
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again :-(
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:01:25 GMT



>Kitten writes:

>>"you can rub my back, sir, anytime..." kitten pulls out a bottle of
>>scented oil and pulls off her shirt.  "i will even give you my feet if
>>you promise not to tickle."

>Merlinvin pulls something out from underneath his cloak and starts
>unfolding what turns out to be a full-size massage table, complete with a
>padded top and a terrycloth cover.  Sniffing kitten's scented oil, he

[   ]
>With that, Merlinvin begins slow, deliberate, deep strokes up and down
>kitten's back... perhaps an hour later, Merlinvin helps a completely
>relaxed kitten off the table, a glowing smile on her face.

>"Next time, perhaps a full body massage?" asks Merlinvin.

kitten doesn't need to speak....her purr of contentment conveys her
thanks to merlinvin....


--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"it's not easy being a cast iron bitch--it takes years of practice.
most people don't appreciate that.
From: Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: A Cordial response ("Here dude, try a cordial...")
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 26 Jan 93  22:34:14

mss2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>     "`Cordial'?  The only definition of that I know as a noun is
>`liqueur', which I _assume_ isn't served in Australian primary
>schools.  :-)  Care to dispel my benighted ignorance?"
  
Robin Hilp responds:
>I think this is a regional usage.  Like cider: In the USA it's non-
>alcoholic unless it's called "hard" cider.  I've heard that
>elsewhere "cider" refers to an alcoholic beverage.  (Is that right?
>I've never actually tried ordering any when travelling, I guess.)
  
In strict definition a "cordial" is a reviving, invigorating,
refreshing drink.  (Note the word derives from Latin "cordialis" or
"the heart")   However, it is most commonly used as a generic term
for a sweetened, aromatic alcoholic drink (spirit).  "Brandy
Cordial"  "Rum Cordial" etc.
  
I believe the origin of the current common usage of the word is from
old usage, deriving from the offering of a "welcome cup" (typically
of a spiced spirit) to a weary traveller.
  
   Cut to: (An 18th century manor home).
   <Knock, Knock> on the massive front door.
   The door opens to reveal a tired, dusty traveller who has just
   arrived from an all-day horseback journey.
   The lord of the manor, looking concerned about his guest, presses
   a cup of spiced, hot brandy and cider into the weary hands of the
   newly-arrived traveler.
   "You must be weary and tired after your journey.  Here, drink
   this.  It'll brace you up."
  
It should also be noted "cordial" is current usage to describe a
sincere, and caring person, as does the phrase "cordiality" as a
form of behavior.
  
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Wales Larrison                            Space Technology Investor
  

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: snarf@access.digex.com (Sean Eustis)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: One quick question
Date: 26 Jan 1993 17:54:10 -0500
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

Jilara writes:
>As far as aging well---um, yes, it really IS twenty minutes
>into the future, and the present is looking more like a Max
>Headroom plot all the time.

Dreamweaver adds,"I completely agree. I think the scariest moment of
watching the future catching up with us was when I walked into a
Superfresh(r) grocery store and there were CNN cable video monitors at the
checkout line. Then again, the other side of the coin is when I was
talking to a friend of mine saying how we are living in the future and he
replied with,'No we're not, because I can't touch this and make it go
<Bleep>'. Hewas refering to his Star Trek pin. That Star Trek pin now goes
<Bleep>. Scary? I think so."


-- 
   	The Dreamweaver				Sean Eustis
			(snarf@access.digex.com)
       "...if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."
From: schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Laz does fun stuff.
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:53:32 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Speaker-to-Minerals writes:

>In article <108229@bu.edu>, schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) writes:

>>So saying, Merlinvin goes to offer StM a hug, a drink, a scritch behind
>>the ears, or any combinations or permutations thereon.

>"A scritch behind the ears would be nice."

Which Merlinvin gladly provides.

Then, StM replies to Linda:

>In article <1993Jan26.014430.11385@ra.msstate.edu>, jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce) writes:

>>    "Well Merlinvin, thats a Kzin you are offering a 'scratch behind the
>>ears' to !" Linda. :-)

>Quoting Niven once again, StM recites:

>  A kzin is a fearsome beast, yes?  But who can fear a kzin who is having
>  his ears scratched?  It put Louis's guests at their ease, and it put
>  the kzin at ease too.  Anything above the level of a field mouse likes
>  having its ears scratched."

"THAT'S where that quote came from!" exclaims Merlinvin delightedly.  "I
*knew* someone had written that, and one of the reasons I keep offering
earscritches to the various patrons here is to test that hypothesis.  I
did have a Significant Other once who did not like earscritches, but she
also suffered from a screwed-up temporal-mandible joint (TMJ), so I could
understand her dislike."

Merlinvin, having all sorts of fun, continues scratching StM's ears,
as the big Kzin begins to purr contentedly...

__________________________________________________________________________
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.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: Didi's ill, again :-(
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:14:36 GMT


>>
>>"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!

>yue-shun

kitten hugs yue-shun (i just don't lurk very well....sigh)


--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"it's not easy being a cast iron bitch--it takes years of practice.
most people don't appreciate that.
From: s892057@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Neale Wolfson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: <anybody>
Date: 26 Jan 1993 04:07:10 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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maryb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mary Branscombe) writes:

>In-Reply-To: <1jpiq8INNp5@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> siewert@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Siewert)

>"I hug at random and Ignatz (and maybe Tanais) will testify to my 
>back-rubs. In RL I read a lot, I write a bit and I'm features editor 
>on a computer mag. I *love cats, mozzarella, hugs and other fun 
>things. What more can I say?

  I'm now tring to remember weather we have managed to Hug here yet?  It's
ironic that we've done so in real life and not here yet,  so if you come over
here...

 (opening his arms,  in preperation...)

>Lots
>but not today ;-)"
>hugs R us
>MerryTail
>apprentice potter (that too)
 ^^^^^^^^^^  Remember if you decide to change that,  Some of us saw your last
               effort.   :)
  
     The Wolf.  (Your sometimes lurking Wolf.)
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From: snarf@access.digex.com (Sean Eustis)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Last one into the pool ...
Date: 22 Jan 1993 05:20:06 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <1993Jan18.010507.11750@ucc.su.OZ.AU> ablanch@physics.su.OZ.AU (Shonias) writes:
>daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom) writes:
>>As a public service, let me reveal something I have discoverd.
>>Here is the most common male thought immediately after intercourse:
>>  "Stop doing that."

>Shonias contemplates this for a moment... her fiance would have to be thinking
>"Stop falling asleep"...

Dreamweaver chuckles,"Hmm... actually, I think that both partners would be
thinking the same thing if the experience was new to them. It would qoute
both 'The Talking Heads' and the crew of the Enola Gay.

	"My god, what have I/we done?"

	"Feel free to interperet that any way you want, as I'm sure you
will anyway."



-- 
   	The Dreamweaver				Sean Eustis
			(snarf@access.digex.com)
 		  "...to sleep, perchance to dream..."
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