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Chuck Lysaght

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May 21, 2001, 7:26:34 AM5/21/01
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Einstein's brain in a mason jar
separated forever from that pipe and sweater
swirling scraps of old
now unconnected memories:
wife. fission. death. Germany.
those thoughts and others collide in that brilliant
murky soup
heavy in their glass prison
and eerily cold
they settle like an intellectual snowfall
accumulate in drifts out of time and order
equations at rest
with answers the world will never hear

another irrestible shake of the jar
Einstein stirs once more

http://www.1avenue.com/lysaghtc/DiaryofaMadman.html

Chuck Lysaght

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May 23, 2001, 7:36:15 AM5/23/01
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I was hoping to get some SERIOUS comments or critiques on this poem.
Let me know. E-mail is welcome.

http://www.1avenue.com/lysaghtc/DiaryofaMadman.html

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Dale Houstman

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May 23, 2001, 10:04:23 AM5/23/01
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"Chuck Lysaght" <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
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> I was hoping to get some SERIOUS comments or critiques on this poem.
> Let me know. E-mail is welcome.
>
Well - let me see - I'll give you the same serious comment you gave me for
no reason: you're an asshole. I don't really care if you wrote sonnets like
Shakespeare or visionary prose poetry like Rimbaud, you're still just an
asshole, and not a great one at that. A middling asshole, an asshole with no
great potential, a rancid asshole, a gaping and weary asshole with fissures
that reek of your personality, which died several decades ago. In short:
you're an asshole.

Now - a question - is it only rude when I call you an asshole in response to
your calling me one, or does your initial namecalling count as rude also? If
so, how can you protest the rudeness of others?

Hypocrite and liar.

Loser and buffoon.

Worthless dreck in a runcible spoon.

i.e.: Asshole.

Have a nice day.

dmh


Chuck Lysaght

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May 23, 2001, 1:15:32 PM5/23/01
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Ha-ha-ha-ha. Christ, you're pathetic.

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Mike Billard

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May 23, 2001, 4:43:37 PM5/23/01
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Chuck Lysaght <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
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> Ha-ha-ha-ha. Christ, you're pathetic.
>

I'm sure Christ appreciates your opinion of him.


Dale Houstman

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May 23, 2001, 6:17:14 PM5/23/01
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Actually he does. Of course he takes the word "pathetic" to mean "capable of
producing pathos in others" which certainly that necrophilial myth does do
for some.

dmh
>
>


Dale Houstman

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May 23, 2001, 6:18:35 PM5/23/01
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"Chuck Lysaght" <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
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> Ha-ha-ha-ha. Christ, you're pathetic.
>

Don't laugh so much, you'll produce bubbles in your Similac, and that can
lead to a tummy ache. Ask mommy. Go on, just roll over and ask her.

dmh


jonathan

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May 23, 2001, 6:12:52 PM5/23/01
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"Dale Houstman" <dm...@citilink.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Chuck Lysaght" <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
> news:baeb9763.01052...@posting.google.com...
> > I was hoping to get some SERIOUS comments or critiques on this poem.
> > Let me know. E-mail is welcome.
> >
> Well - let me see - I'll give you the same serious comment you gave me for
> no reason: you're an asshole. I don't really care if you wrote sonnets like
> Shakespeare or visionary prose poetry like Rimbaud, you're still just an
> asshole, and not a great one at that. A middling asshole, an asshole with no
> great potential, a rancid asshole, a gaping and weary asshole with fissures
> that reek of your personality, which died several decades ago. In short:
> you're an asshole.


Damn Dale, that's just what my boss said to me last week!

Jonathan

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Dale Houstman

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May 23, 2001, 10:07:07 PM5/23/01
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"jonathan" <Jonathan@SunnyFlorida> wrote in message
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>
> "Dale Houstman" <dm...@citilink.com> wrote in message
> news:3b0bc34b$0$325$65a9...@news.citilink.com...
> >
> > "Chuck Lysaght" <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
> > news:baeb9763.01052...@posting.google.com...
> > > I was hoping to get some SERIOUS comments or critiques on this poem.
> > > Let me know. E-mail is welcome.
> > >
> > Well - let me see - I'll give you the same serious comment you gave me
for
> > no reason: you're an asshole. I don't really care if you wrote sonnets
like
> > Shakespeare or visionary prose poetry like Rimbaud, you're still just an
> > asshole, and not a great one at that. A middling asshole, an asshole
with no
> > great potential, a rancid asshole, a gaping and weary asshole with
fissures
> > that reek of your personality, which died several decades ago. In short:
> > you're an asshole.
>
>
> Damn Dale, that's just what my boss said to me last week!
>
But - and I assume only you would know - is he correct? Let me know.

dmh


Morfydd Turberville

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May 24, 2001, 2:37:08 AM5/24/01
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>===== Original Message From "Dale Houstman" <dm...@citilink.com> =====

>"Chuck Lysaght" <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message
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>> Ha-ha-ha-ha. Christ, you're pathetic.
>>
>
> Don't laugh so much, you'll produce bubbles in your Similac, and that can
>lead to a tummy ache. Ask mommy. Go on, just roll over and ask her.
>
>dmh
>

LOL!!!!. Oh god, Dale stop!
it is not good for me to laugh toast out of my nostrils. :-D

Mop

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One should give only what people want, and in the way they need or want it -
Phillip Levy, The Flutes Of Autumn

Chuck Lysaght

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May 24, 2001, 5:43:33 AM5/24/01
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Congratulations Mop, you finally made it to my kill-file.

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Morfydd Turberville

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May 24, 2001, 8:18:05 AM5/24/01
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>===== Original Message From skyw...@iopener.net (Chuck Lysaght) =====

>Congratulations Mop, you finally made it to my kill-file.


Heh umm Chuck I think you are seriously overestimating my ability to care.

Though I wish you would at least be honest in your (rather hypocritical)
attack of piety. If Dales comments had been directed at anyone else you
would've laughed your ass off. Just goes to show, eh?


bysey bye

Mop

Zinc

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May 24, 2001, 1:32:27 PM5/24/01
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I'm beginning to see the pattern now [Note: Listen to anyone who's been
kill-filed by Chuck]. You're doing a great service here. Should be added to
the FAQ.


Chuck Lysaght wrote in message ...

jonathan

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May 24, 2001, 6:46:35 PM5/24/01
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"Dale Houstman" <dm...@citilink.com> wrote in message
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Funny thing is, I'm just not sure yet. I try to 'use' usenet to purge
myself of such tendencies and demons with some success. But I
just don't think I'm there yet. And I know I'm still far too
selfish. I do like and respect myself though. It's getting others to
feel the same way that's the trick! <g>

That's one problem with living alone, just not enough feedback.

Jonathan

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>
> dmh
>
>


Dale Houstman

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May 24, 2001, 11:25:50 PM5/24/01
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"jonathan" <Jonathan@SunnyFlorida> wrote in message
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You gotta learn not to care. Really. It's very liberating. Selfishness has
its place. You'll see.

dmh


Chuck Lysaght

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May 25, 2001, 2:32:47 PM5/25/01
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God I think I would hang myself if I had a boss like Dale. As a matter
of fact, my immediate supervisor, who is also Vice-President of the
company, read my poetry, and gave me some nice compliments. Did you
see Dale's picture at the aapc website? He has poor posture. Heh.

I really didn't expect any useful comments about my poem. I am rather
proud of this one. It's going to be published this summer in a very
reputable literary magazine.

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gnarl

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May 25, 2001, 9:43:15 PM5/25/01
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Might we, just might we, have the name of this publication?
Somebody ask who isn't killfiled, please.

g.

--
But if I was limited to being on-topic I wouldn't have anything to say!
-johnathan

Janice

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May 25, 2001, 10:47:27 PM5/25/01
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Hello,
Would you be so kind as to post the name of the reputable literary magazine
that will publish this poem over the summer?

By the way, I'm Janice -- I read in this thread that you're hoping for serious
critique. I do truly enjoy giving as much, but Mr. Lysaght, in reading the ng
for the past few days and having visited a few hyperlinks associated with these
threads... well, I am nearly speechless.

Ne-tsa-cas tkele-cho-g

Always,
Janice

JAS Carter

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May 25, 2001, 11:06:07 PM5/25/01
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On Fri, 25 May 2001 18:43:15 -0700, "gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> ate
sausages and exclaimed:

>Might we, just might we, have the name of this publication?
>Somebody ask who isn't killfiled, please.

Highlights Magazine?

--
Julie Carter


http://www.everypoet.com/poetry/general/ep_jasc.htm

Dale Houstman

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May 26, 2001, 12:01:37 AM5/26/01
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"gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> wrote in message
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> Might we, just might we, have the name of this publication?
> Somebody ask who isn't killfiled, please.
>
The Pubescent Poodler; big print and lots o' pictures.

dmh


gnarl

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May 26, 2001, 12:55:17 AM5/26/01
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Too highbrow, I'd think.

g.

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But if I was limited to being on-topic I wouldn't have anything to say!
-johnathan

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JAS Carter

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May 26, 2001, 1:03:57 AM5/26/01
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On Fri, 25 May 2001 21:55:17 -0700, "gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> ate
sausages and exclaimed:

>Too highbrow, I'd think.

But I heard a rumor that they needed a new Goofus. The old one ended
up in prison.

Dale Houstman

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May 26, 2001, 6:41:51 AM5/26/01
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"JAS Carter" <jsgo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 May 2001 21:55:17 -0700, "gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> ate
> sausages and exclaimed:
>
> >Too highbrow, I'd think.
>
> But I heard a rumor that they needed a new Goofus. The old one ended
> up in prison.
>
Personally, I always thought (or at least hoped) that Gallant was the one
who would end up in prison. Probably slaughtered his entire family (Mrs.
Gorgeous, Gallant Sr. and sister Grotesk) in a fit of rebellion. Little
shit.

dmh


Chuck Lysaght

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May 26, 2001, 8:28:36 AM5/26/01
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Ha-ha-ha. What a collection. I think the reason you won't comment or
critique this poem, is that it is so good, and you can honestly bring
yourselves to admit it. Damn, you people are becoming laughable. I
enjoy the attention. I got ya!

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Mike Billard

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JAS Carter <jsgo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 25 May 2001 18:43:15 -0700, "gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> ate
> sausages and exclaimed:
>
> >Might we, just might we, have the name of this publication?
> >Somebody ask who isn't killfiled, please.
>
> Highlights Magazine?
>

I figured it might be something like Woman Haters International.


gnarl

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May 26, 2001, 12:23:07 PM5/26/01
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But at least he had the sense to frame Goofus!

g.

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-johnathan

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gnarl

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May 26, 2001, 12:25:21 PM5/26/01
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What's the point, Chucks? You can't see the critiques anyway!

g.

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Chuck Lysaght

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Women Haters International? What a fucking moron you are! Ha-ha-ha.

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Mike Billard

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Chuck Lysaght <skyw...@iopener.net> wrote in message

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> Women Haters International? What a fucking moron you are! Ha-ha-ha.

I thought you already killfiled me, Chuckster. Oops.


Dale Houstman

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May 27, 2001, 12:08:06 AM5/27/01
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"gnarl" <gn...@olypen.xcom> wrote in message
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> But at least he had the sense to frame Goofus!
>
It wouldn't be difficult. The miserable little small town cops show up, look
at the bodies, and then say "Hey! Ain't you that good little boy from
Highlights Magazine?" Then they'd beat the tar out of Goofus and march him
off. They probably figure he's partly African-American anyway, so they go to
town on his butt. He ends up doing 20 years in Joliet, while Gallant manages
a dot.com for a few years, and makes a million by ducking out with
investors' cash just before the tech crash. He lives off the fat of the land
in a Swiss chalet until a senator he purchased becomes president and he gets
a pardon. Then he comes back to the States and has Goofus offed at his "Foot
Long" stand where he had been working while trying to get back into show
biz. He had a sweet gig lined up with Lola Falana at the "Chili Bowl."
Gallant really messed up his comeback.

dmh


gnarl

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May 27, 2001, 12:27:54 AM5/27/01
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Damn, Dale, That sounds sweet enough that I might try it!
Nope, no famous relatives. Drat.

g.

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Chuck Lysaght

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skyw...@iopener.net (Chuck Lysaght) wrote in message news:<baeb9763.01052...@posting.google.com>...
> Einstein's brain in a mason jar
> separated forever from that pipe and sweater
> swirling scraps of old
> now unconnected memories:
> wife. fission. death. Germany.
> those thoughts and others collide in that brilliant
> murky soup
> heavy in their glass prison
> and eerily cold
> they settle like an intellectual snowfall
> accumulate in drifts out of time and order
> equations at rest
> with answers the world will never hear
>
> another irrestible shake of the jar
> Einstein stirs once more
>
> http://www.1avenue.com/lysaghtc/DiaryofaMadman.html
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