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From: prh2s@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Patrick Harrison)
Newsgroups: alt.mythology
Subject: 7 Days
Date: 21 Jan 93 23:16:55 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

A friend and I were discussing the possible origins of our seven-day week,
but came to an impasse.  Jewish mythology of course describes a creation
taking place over seven days, and this myth apparently has some relationship
to the Babylonian myth of the children of Tiamat (six, corresponding to the
six "active" days of creation in Genesis).  I have also read that the 
Babylonians regarded the number seven as sacred/magical (because of some
correspondence to the deities?).  Finally, we considered the possibility
that the seven-day lunar phases or the seven planets known to ancient
human beings might have had some effect on the establishment of the week.
Can anyone help us unravel the mystery?  And can anyone say when, by whom,
and why the days in Anglo-Germanic cultures are named after the Germanic
gods?  Specific responses and suggested readings are both welcome.

Thanks,

Patrick
prh2s@faraday.clas.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mythology
From: nwbernst@unix.amherst.edu (Neil Bernstein)
Subject: Re: Heaven & Hell--European Style
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:08:59 GMT

Mark Greene (markg@optimla.aimla.com) wrote:
: How about, in a parallel vein,
: 
: "I speak Spanish to God, 
: 		 French to Men, 
: 			   German to Horses and 
: 			                    Italian to Women"
: 
: 			 King Charles V of France (on earth)

Please, reference?  Since I have to learn at least two of the above languages... Thanks!!
: -- 
: Mark Greene						   					
: markg@aimla.co
: Los Angeles, CA

-- Neil Bernstein
Struggling Classics Majo
Newsgroups: alt.mythology
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Re: resurrected heroes
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:21:43 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <guest1.1.728084014@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu> guest1@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu writes:
>Greetings.  I am a medievalist with a specialty in Arthurian literature and 
>I was wondering if anyone out there knew of any other legends/myths that 
>concern the "return of the hero."  The only ones that I am familiar with are 
>the Arthurian legends and the legends of Finn and the Fianna, in Ireland, 
>and I wondered how many other mythologies around the world have a similar 
>theme.  That is, the idea of a great king, and his companions, "sleeping," 
>and, once woken, returning to the present time to rule again, or set things 
>right.  I would greatly appreciate it if anyone with such information would 
>contact me at: kmackey@eagle.wesleyan.edu .  Thanks very much, Kris Mackey.

I apologize for the attempt at humor which follows:

Didn't Shirley MacLaine do this?---In fact, she may have been King Arthur
in a previous life. ;-)

-- 
 Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
 From the beautiful and historic New York State Mid-Hudson Valley.
From: fearnley@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Fearnley Anne)
Newsgroups: alt.mythology
Subject: Re: 7 Days
Date: 28 Jan 93 17:50:58 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

This is taken from sci.astro.



Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.skeptic
From: athena@cheshire.oxy.edu (Staci Ann Waldroop)
Subject: Re: Origins of Christian Symbolism
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:55:03 GMT

In article <1jmqisINNnqd@shelley.u.washington.edu> mjsmith@cac.washington.edu (Martha Smith ) writes:
>However great Dumezil is (and at least four of his books are available in trans
>lation), he is an INDO-EUROPEANIST.  And the Greeks are not very representative
>of the Indo-Europeans (Dumezil studies the Roman rather than the Greek for this
>reason) and the Semetic peoples are not Indo-European.  So note that Christian
>symbolism began as a Semitic/Greek mix primarily.  By the way, Littleton is
>also excellent as is Lincoln on Indo-European materials

Who is Lincoln?  I am not being a smart ass...(you seem to have a problem with 
that), I simply have a voracious appetite for reading and my hobby right now is
Indo-European stuff...and he doesn't strictly study Romans!! Jeesh, you need
to get out of the wind and cold up there in Seattle...your brain is rusting...
**smile**---by the way, that generally means I am being playfull!  Lighten up!

				Staci Waldroop

Newsgroups: alt.mythology
From: csanoy@bcars689.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Cynthia Sanoy)
Subject: Re: Greek/Roman translation
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:07:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.195954.9459@shearson.com>, brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj) writes:
|> 
|> In article 1jgsq3INNcfp@rodan.UU.NET, smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield) writes:
|> >A friend of mine and I are beating each other silly trying to remember
|> >
|> >a) if there ever was a Roman "version" of the Greek dog Cerebus
|> >b) what was its name?
|> >
|> >If anyone could refresh our memories, we'd both appreciate it.  E-mail
|> >please.
|> >
|> >Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
|> >smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
|> 
|> Greetings,
|> 
|>    My Latin dictionary has CERBERUS, not Cerebus
|>  
|> =====================================================================
|> 
|> 

Cerebus is a "mythical" Canadian aardvark with a passion for redhaired, sword-
wielding maidens.  In the same tradition as Neil the Horse, Maus, and The
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles before they went Hollywood. ;-}
(check out the nearest collector comic shop!)

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From: osa@wilbur.unh.edu (Bart Simps.. er.. Oktay Ahiska)
Newsgroups: alt.licker.store,alt.fan.matt.welsh,alt.geek,alt.good.morning,alt.non.sequitur,alt.fan.warlord,alt.religion.kibology,alt.newbie,alt.fan.biff,alt.cascade,rec.humor
Subject: BIG HOAX!!!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:42:31 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Springfield Elementary School
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	than vice versa.
X-Posted-From: wilbur.unh.edu
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE BIG HOAX? It seems that somebody claimed to
have reset time, and rebooted the universe. So billions and billions
of stars exploded in vain!! Robert McElwaine, TAKE NOTICE!  According
to credible SOURCES, this SOMEONE is a quasi-DEITY-kinda-THING (not
GOD, HIMSELF) and he PULLED THE PLUG ON THE UNIVERSE'S GEEK-A-JING
DO-HICKEY.  HIS name is Alddin, and HE has a MAGIK LAMP. If you rub
the LAMP, the GENIE is AROUSED. If you rub it THE WRONG WAY, the GENIE
GETS PISSED.

TIME to RECONSIDER those plans!!! SELL your OLD car, BUY a NEW CAR!
SELL your POWER PLANT, invest in TAPE BACKUPS.

I may sound like ZIPPY THE PINHEAD, but the future is MUCH BRIGHTER.
On a serious note, ever notice how Rob McElwaine REALLY sounds like
ZIPPY THE PINHEAD? YOW! If I felt any more SOPHISTICATED, I would be
EMBARASSED.

--
...so the whole story is completely untrue... big hoax! ha ha ha....
Newsgroups: alt.slack
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Re: Latest F5 info
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:23:43 GMT

In article 23032@sol.ctr.columbia.edu, bobc@pyramid.unr.edu (Bob Conrad) writes:
>
>i pay roughly $150 to print 200 issues of mine.  I sell them for $2 each
>to people who order them.  wholesale (where most of them go) i sell them
>for about 50 cents each.  i have yet to break even on doing mine.  actually
>i've LOST a lot.

And you're posting to alt.slack?!?

My Pink-Detection-Meter is pegged.

gak
107/H/3&4

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ATTMAIL: ...!attmail!gakhaus!gak |---SHARX--| is running, can winter be far
Cow Palace:            107/H/3-4 |----------| behind?  -C.Schulz
From: jwvhewit@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Guelph Erronious)
Subject: Curtain Hooks
Keywords: KILLBOBKILLBOBKILLBOBORMEORGIVEME$20
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:25:08 GMT

Q:  Why are the curtain hooks following me?

A:  It's because they love you and want to make you their leader.



I just thought you all should know.....
				Guelph Erronious
From: popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Slack
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 01:20:14 GMT
Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX

cannabis@west.darkside.com (Cannabis Kid) writes:

> Query, are there gadulated levels of being before one obtains slack, if 
> so are they listed, or is it one of those things you realize some day 
> when you wake up???
>  
>  
> (I just pulled the Void warranty label of my mouse and I'm happy!)


Well. sometims you get a little slack, and if you ae good and lucky too, 
you might get some big time slack.  Some Slack is trnsitory and some 
Slack is long lasting and good to the bone.  Yeah. That's right.  But the 
best Slack is Slack that comes along when you really need it the most.

Pope Charles  SubGenius Pope of Houston.      Trade one of you girls a 
little slack for a little sexhurt, OK?

--
popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX, (713) 481-3763
1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis/v.42bis
Newsgroups: alt.slack
From: pdudey@willamette.edu (Peter Dudey)
Subject: "Bob" on our campus
Summary: This cost hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars
Keywords: college bowl, lisp, canned pears, eel violation, comb
Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:32:42 GMT

1)  Our College Bowl team, Campus Crusade for "Bob", is 1 and 0.  Tonight
we take on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.  I'm not scared;  we took
down the Sexy Sophomores 185-40, answers dropping into my 'fropped out
skull through pre-cut holes in the Luck Plane.  And if we didn't know the
quote-unquote REAL PINK BUREAUCRACY-APPROVED "REAL" answer, we just said
Ivan Stang.  So nyah.

2)  I'm taking a class from a professor named "Bob".  Hell, I'm taking TWO
classes from him!  A couple of choice quotes from today's rant:

"I use the word 'stuff' because there's, y'know, all this . . . stuff."

"That's not necessarily true, but it's a nice thing to say, because it's
ALMOST true."

	I'm gonna go write some graffiti, in Lisp, on the INSIDE of
a $20 bill...

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Newsgroups: alt.slack
From: kkoller@nyx.cs.du.edu (Capt. Sarcastic)
Subject: Re: A Message From Jehova 1..
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 00:28:54 GMT

spl@pitstop.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) writes:

>In article <dmkasten.0583@redorc.chi.il.us> dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag) writes:

>discord < barney | nroff -ms | pnews

Sombody please mail me the source for this wonderful program.


>     For a goddamn baseball bat and beat you  so  bad  youll
>shit  blood for a stake and shit down your flesh burn.  With
>them.  With it.

[...]

>     Our fun and threaten me an excuse to find you, you lit-
>tle  fucker, give me im going to kill you have spots on your
>head off and beat your head  off  and  youll  always  be  my
>friend.  Fuck.

>							spl
>-- 
>Steve Lamont, SciViGuy -- (619) 534-7968 -- spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu
>UCSD Microscopy and Imaging Resource/UCSD Med School/La Jolla, CA 92093-0608
>"The English are drinking the better beer in Bavaria."
>            - Archibald Macleish, "Lines for an Interment"
--
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(Kurt S. Koller)     |gain higher profits they exploit the U.S. workers as well
kkoller@nyx.cs.du.edu|as the population of the countries dependent on the U.S.A.
Newsgroups: alt.slack,alt.religion,kibology
From: dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: A Message From Jehova 1..
Date: 21 Jan 93 10:53:40 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network




Dear Barney The Dinosaur,

I love you. I want to rip off your fucking legs and beat the piss out of
you with them. I want to kill you. I want to rip off your head. I want to
rip your head off and shit down your neck, you fat purple fuck. I want to
take a goddamn baseball bat and beat your fat ass with it. I dont care if
youre a dinosaur, and I dont care if you have spots on your ass--Im going
to find you, and im going to destroy you. Im going to beat you so bad
youll shit blood for a week. The next time you come out of my television
and threaten me im going to call the cops. Come on, you little fucker,
give me an excuse to tie you to a stake and set you on fire. I want to see
your flesh burn. Ill always love you and youll always be my friend..Our
 fun and learning never ends.


                                                - Jehova 1



        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        |o|              I think, therefore I Amiga.              |=|
        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        | Douglas Michael Kasten (DMK) | Amiga 2000HD/5 with a tiny |
        |  dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us   | little 21" Toshiba monitor.|
        +------------------------------+----------------------------+
From: renhoek@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Sean Kennedy)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: I am confused, help me dry my tears
Date: 29 Jan 93 00:27:05 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA


	Would someone please explain to me who this kibo guy is?  
	
	I know BoB but who in the 9th plane of hell is kibo?

thanks, 
sean kennedy
renhoek@leland.stanford.edu

P.S.  Does anyone have any idea when Evil Dead 3:  Army of Darkness  will be 
coming out?
From: mc7f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael P Collins)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: High weirdness by email.
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:18:34 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

A friend of mine told me about High Weirdness by mail, said it was
outdated, and then told me that there's something called High Weirdness
by E-Mail.  I'd ask some good, kind, souls to help, but I'm asking here
instead.  Can anyone tell me of a convenient FTP site with it?  Or just
mail it to me?

And now, part of the same message backwards...
...sdrawkcab egassem emas eht ,won dnA

?em ot ti liam tsuj rO  ?ti htiw etis PTF tneinevnoc a fo em llet enoyna
naC  .  You can guess the rest from here...

Buddha.
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From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
Newsgroups: alt.slack,rec.pets.cats,alt.religion.kibology,sci.chem,sci.engr.chem,alt.fashion
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Keywords: Ever find hair in yer milk?
Date: 28 Jan 93 15:23:37 GMT
Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

flan@froggy.wustl.edu (Ian Flanigan) writes:

> In article <1k2dkvINNo8f@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
> >Of course, my sisters cat was named:
> >
> >Methychloroisothizolinone
> >
> >Chlo for short.
> 
> Don't they stick this in Head & Shoulders?  What the hell is it?

What the &%$# does this have to do with alt.fashion (or sci.chem, 
sci.engr.chem for that matter)?!

Please use appropriate newsgroups for discussing appropriate topics.
Follow-ups directed to rec.pets.cats, for what it's worth.

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| I collect postcards!  If you send me one from | 501-A Princess St. |
| your area, I'll send one in return.  Send to >| Kingston, Ontario  |
| (Don't forget both email and mailing address) | CANADA   K7L 1C3   |
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From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Lickin' Toilets.
Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:15:03 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
NNTP-Posting-Host: carina.unm.edu

Have you pinkies no clue?
Can't you see whats going on around you?
Xists right around the damn corner and you don't have enough slack to top
off my Honorary Urine Sample Cup?
Look around you!
Clinton and Gore relaxing in Barco-type loungers during the inaguration.
The Saddameister in Iraq, who saw the fnords and was beaten by the Pentagon
for it.
Rise up, Overmen! Come forth Yetisyn!
I've got my $20. I've got my Throw Pillow.
I've got MY Barcolounger reserved (Window seat, near the front so I got some
damn leg room).
Keep it up, you'll be lickin' my toilet clean.
Or you can kill me.
r.
From: delancey@darkwing.uoregon.edu (Scott C DeLancey)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: High weirdness by email.
Date: 25 Jan 1993 04:12:53 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
NNTP-Posting-Host: darkwing.uoregon.edu

In article <QfMlKui00WBOM3VJRZ@andrew.cmu.edu> Michael P Collins <mc7f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>A friend of mine told me about High Weirdness by mail, said it was
>outdated, and then told me that there's something called High Weirdness
>by E-Mail.  I'd ask some good, kind, souls to help, but I'm asking here
>instead.  Can anyone tell me of a convenient FTP site with it?  Or just
>mail it to me?
>

Two sites that have it are slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com (in
/pub/weirdness) and red.css.itd.umich.edu (in /zines/weirdness).
Both these sites have lots of other neat stuff.  (Not coincidentally,
both are also mentioned in HWBE-M).

Scott

Newsgroups: alt.slack,rec.pets.cats,alt.religion.kibology,sci.chem,sci.engr.chem,alt.fashion
From: flan@froggy.wustl.edu (Ian Flanigan)
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Summary: Qarl is Going Bald and there ain't shit he can do.
Keywords: Ever find hair in yer milk?
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:21:18 GMT

In article <1k2dkvINNo8f@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>Of course, my sisters cat was named:
>
>Methychloroisothizolinone
>
>Chlo for short.

Don't they stick this in Head & Shoulders?  What the hell is it?
-- 
Ian Flanigan

Project Zeus
Washington University in St. Louis	"You can never have too many napkins."
flan@starling.wustl.edu
From: spl@pitstop.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: A Message From Jehova 1..
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:05:17 GMT
Organization: University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging Resource
NNTP-Posting-Host: pitstop.ucsd.edu

In article <dmkasten.0583@redorc.chi.il.us> dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag) writes:
>Dear Barney The Dinosaur,
>
>I love you. I want to rip off your fucking legs and beat the piss out of
>you with them. I want to kill you. I want to rip off your head. I want to
>rip your head off and shit down your neck, you fat purple fuck. I want to
>take a goddamn baseball bat and beat your fat ass with it. I dont care if
>youre a dinosaur, and I dont care if you have spots on your ass--Im going
>to find you, and im going to destroy you. Im going to beat you so bad
>youll shit blood for a week. The next time you come out of my television
>and threaten me im going to call the cops. Come on, you little fucker,
>give me an excuse to tie you to a stake and set you on fire. I want to see
>your flesh burn. Ill always love you and youll always be my friend..Our
> fun and learning never ends.
>
>
>                                                - Jehova 1

discord < barney | nroff -ms | pnews

     For a goddamn baseball bat and beat you  so  bad  youll
shit  blood for a stake and shit down your flesh burn.  With
them.  With it.

     Dont care if youre a dinosaur, you with them.  Come  on
your fat purple fuck.

     Television and im going to tie you and shit blood for a
stake  and  threaten  me  an excuse to kill you fat ass with
them.

     Shit blood for a dinosaur, you.  Goddamn  baseball  bat
and  I  want to tie you on, give me im going to rip off your
ass Im going to rip off and learning never ends.  An  excuse
to  rip  off your flesh burn.  Of my friend.  Learning never
ends.

     Love you and learning never ends.  With it.  Barney The
Dinosaur, give me an excuse to a goddamn baseball bat and im
going to tie you.

     So bad youll shit blood for a stake and threaten me  im
going  to  destroy you, I want to take a dinosaur, I want to
find you have spots on fire.  Come out of my television  and
shit  down  your ass Im going to rip your ass with it.  Come
on fire.  Fire.

     Our fun and threaten me an excuse to find you, you lit-
tle  fucker, give me im going to kill you have spots on your
head off and beat your head  off  and  youll  always  be  my
friend.  Fuck.

							spl
-- 
Steve Lamont, SciViGuy -- (619) 534-7968 -- spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu
UCSD Microscopy and Imaging Resource/UCSD Med School/La Jolla, CA 92093-0608
"The English are drinking the better beer in Bavaria."
            - Archibald Macleish, "Lines for an Interment"
Newsgroups: alt.slack
From: Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs)
Subject: Re: Choking Chickens on CBS (was Re: Mike Cooper)
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:14:35 GMT

In article <schumach.727851603@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com
(Richard A. Schumacher) writes:

>>Laws against choking chickens?  Isn't it OK if it's not in public?
>
>Hey, I've been masticating in public for years. Am I gonna
>get in trouble?

Mommy!  Richard's masticating!  He's eating his meat!

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca
"...afraid to find euphoria, for there was only room for one."
        -- Hensley's Electric Jazz Band and Synthetic Symphonette

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From: 00cmmiller@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.slack,rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:51:44 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <1993Jan22.060646.7839@tc.cornell.edu>, mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
> Well, we did it. After finally scrounging up enough money and some friends
> who were willing to chip in, Jim and I went out and got ourselves the
> cutest little kitten: He's furry, a mottled-black and brownish color, and
> about the size of a Nerf(tm) ball. He's got a really adorable nose.
> And, yes, we plan to keep him. 
i can't believe that no one has thought of naming him "Nerf"!!  You



said yourself that he looks like a Nerf(tm) ball.  What better name
could there possibly be?!!

candace miller
 
> So we need to name this little furry ball o' love. The only things I could
> come up with on the spur of the moment were "Rosalia Castro" and 
> "Black Dog's Hate Monger", but neither of these seem appropriate. 
> Jim's only suggestion was "Furball", and I vehemently oppose naming any 
> cat "Furball".
> 
> So, I'd like some suggestions; you can either post or e-mail them to me.
> I'll honor the winning suggestion in some way--- hey, I'll name a cat after it.
> And, please, we need something original. "Furry" and "Socks" are taken, and
> we've flipped through a few pet name books. 
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> mdw
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matt Welsh     mdw@tc.cornell.edu     Cornell Theory Center
>   "Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?"