Why I Write
KiRBy
Why I Write
Writing, for me, is a way of expressing myself.
There's validation in seeing my thoughts on paper.
To read something I wrote and find it makes sense
causes me to feel good. Especially when other
people read something I wrote, like an article
that was published in a local magazine a couple
years ago, and say they liked it. When people I
don't even know approach me and say "Well done." I
feel rewarded.
I guess the ultimate goal for any writer is to be
published. I'm not sure how important it really
is to me though. I very much like seeing my work
in a magazine that thousands of others will read,
but it's not the whole picture.
I think I have to write. If I was told I had to
stop I think I'd go dingy. You can tell me I'm
not very good, that I should take English lessons,
or that you hate my stuff (But read it anyway),
and I'd be ok with that. But the thought of
having to stop completely is something I'd rather
not contemplate.
For me, to not be able to write is hell. I've
gone through times of writer's paralysis.
Usually it means I'm stuck and life itself becomes
a writer's block. When I'm not writing
everything feels like it stops and I start to
stagnate. The most productive times in my life
have always been times when I was writing daily.
I work better, I relate to others better, and I
guess I'm in my element. It's like the boiler
that keeps the rest of my life steaming along.
Recently I started writing at 6:00am every day.
I'm publishing everything I write, at this time,
on my web page and posting it on a couple of news
groups. I never considered writing in the
morning before. It has always been something I
did in the late evening. I'm really enjoying
this, however, and find it to be a great way to
start my day. This change is the result, I
believe, of having quit smoking and drinking
coffee. I no longer need a 2 hour wake-up time.
Thank God!
Another clue as to why I need to write may be
found in the fact that I love to read. Some
people watch TV, I just read a lot. I love
books. I like how they feel, I love turning the
pages, I love finishing a book and resting in the
afterglow of a literary orgasm. Within minutes I
have another book in my bed, caressing it and
reading the introduction and the first few pages.
I may not have time to get into another book
strait off but I'll at least get it started. I
have to have a book in the process of being read
to feel complete. Events like the phone ringing
or the doorbell chiming are very frustrating and
nothing more than readus interruptus. I'm a
literary tart!
When I was in junior high school I had an English
teacher approach me and ask me if my parents were
making me read the book I was currently dragging
around with me. I said my parents didn't really
care one way or the other. (If they were forcing
me to read what would label could we put on that
particular abuse? "My parents forced me into a
'fiction addiction'.")
I believe words are magical. Change the
arrangement of a couple of words and you change
whole meanings. Ideas can be expressed to
perfection if the right word choices are made.
So someday maybe I too can be a wizard of prose,
but for now I'll settle for thinking on paper.
KiRBy
Skip Press
>Writing, for me, is a way of expressing myself.
>There's validation in seeing my thoughts on paper.
Then what are you doing posting to newsgroups?
KiRBy
Um, er... ya, like deep man. :-)
Animeg3282
smile...) said:
>I love finishing a book and resting in the
>afterglow of a literary orgasm.
*loves that line*
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Alan Hope
KiRBy <kr...@acts.bc.ca> wrote in article
<37c6a323...@nntp.acts.bc.ca>...
> copyright - Kristopher R. Busby - Aug. 27/99
> Why I Write
> Writing, for me, is a way of expressing myself.
Well, yeah. That too.
So that's two reasons for doing it.
Good job, Kirby. No wonder you felt the need to copyright this.
AH
P.S. - Are you planning to empty your whole bottom drawer?
Alan Hope
Lauren Zen <nomde...@1stconnect.com> wrote in article
<MkCx3.2724$9I.6...@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>...
> In article <37c6a323...@nntp.acts.bc.ca> , kr...@acts.bc.ca
(KiRBy)
> wrote:
>
> > Recently I started writing at 6:00am every day.
> > I'm publishing everything I write, at this time,
> > on my web page and posting it on a couple of news
> > groups
>
> This is bound to get annoying.
It already is, Pam.
> Perhaps you should select one piece a week
> to post to the newsgroup, and participate in some of the other
conversations
> going on within the group. That way, you're more like a member
of the
> community, and not just a guy who comes in every day and puts up
a fresh
> flyer on the bulletin board. My opinion, of course.
Better yet, post a link to the website once in a blue moon.
AH
Alan Hope
Prince Richard Kaminski <richard....@lineone.net> wrote in
article <37C6F45A...@lineone.net>...
> I agree. People are more likely to want to read his work if he
comes across as a
> real person rather than just some automated poster of articles.
How would you know about that?
> I haven't read
> one of them yet, I have to say.
But feel free to offer your opinion, nonetheless. Its worthlessness
won't diminish the value people afford it.
> If he's putting them up on his Website anyway,
> he could just post the link to it here every time a new one goes
up, rather than
> subjecting us to his constant stream of articles.
Okay, that takes care of him.
Now what the fuck do we do about your constant stream? Aside from
Depends, that is.
AH
Lauren Zen
<ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>> This is bound to get annoying.
>
> It already is, Pam.
You're one of those people who reads the headers in their entirety, and has
everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well, that's annoying,
too.
--
Lauren Zen
Remember half the people you know are below average.
Tab One
Lauren Zen wrote:
>
> In article <01bef0df$902e9de0$LocalHost@default> , "Alan Hope"
> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>
> >> This is bound to get annoying.
> >
> > It already is, Pam.
>
> You're one of those people who reads the headers in their entirety, and has
> everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well, that's annoying,
> too.
He's not alone there Pam.
Malcolm McLean
KiRBy wrote in message <37c6f34...@nntp.acts.bc.ca>...
>On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:09:30 -0700, "Lauren Zen"
><nomde...@1stconnect.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <37c6a323...@nntp.acts.bc.ca> , kr...@acts.bc.ca (KiRBy)
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Recently I started writing at 6:00am every day.
>>> I'm publishing everything I write, at this time,
>>> on my web page and posting it on a couple of news
>>> groups
>>
>>to post to the newsgroup, and participate in some of the other
conversations
>>going on within the group. That way, you're more like a member of the
>>community, and not just a guy who comes in every day and puts up a fresh
>>flyer on the bulletin board. My opinion, of course.
>>
>>Lauren Zen
>>
>>Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
>
>
> I must admit, I don't participate much. I do read what goes
>on around here and I give feedback where I feel I have something to
>offer.
>
> Pick one thing a week and post it? Ya, I like that. Wonder
>if I've been annoying people.
>
>A somewhat embarressed and concerned
For starters, be more embarrassed about spelling mistakes. Don't be
concerned about annoying people, unless you're too thin-skinned to be here
in the first place.
It might be wise, however, to bear in mind that people don't like it when
they think they're being used. A good plan might start with offering your
own critique of the work other's post here. Do it often, and think of it as
building a credit rating. I've found, too, that it helps one's own writing
tremendously.
Anything you post here is writing. Say what you want, but try to say it
well.
Welcome.
Malcolm
(don't bother, I've heard it before)
Malcolm McLean
Prince Richard Kaminski wrote in message <37C6F45A...@lineone.net>...
>
>
>Lauren Zen wrote:
>> This is bound to get annoying. Perhaps you should select one piece a
week
>> to post to the newsgroup, and participate in some of the other
conversations
>> going on within the group. That way, you're more like a member of the
>> community, and not just a guy who comes in every day and puts up a fresh
>> flyer on the bulletin board. My opinion, of course.
>
as a
read
>one of them yet, I have to say. If he's putting them up on his Website
anyway,
>he could just post the link to it here every time a new one goes up, rather
than
>subjecting us to his constant stream of articles.
You, jumping on someone for posting writing here? That's rich.
Do you mean he should be like you, a 'real person', rather than 'some
automated poster of articles'? I once counted 35 posts from you in 24
hours. I couldn't believe it. Most of them were one or two lines. How's
that for a constant stream of articles?
Don't feel you have to say anything. In most cases, you should resist the
temptation.
Oh, before you clam up, do a trick for me. Say something wild and
anarchistic.
Malcolm
Lauren Zen
joyse...@aol.com (Joyseymour) wrote:
> Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of blowing
> her out of the water.
>
> joy
Hey! I'm trying to reform my image here, and there you go insinuating I'm
posting from the bath. I swear, I'm fully clothed. I guess the disguise
might have worked better if I hadn't announced ahead of time that I would
return in a disguise. Live and learn. Or not, in my case.
--
Lauren Zen
99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
Anopheles
Skip Press wrote:
bradley.dialup.earthlink.net...
>
> Then what are you doing posting to newsgroups?
You mean you don't print out all your posts, Skip? Why not?
Anopheles
Anopheles
> >> I'm publishing everything I write, at this time,
> >> on my web page and posting it on a couple of news
> >> groups
> >
week
> >to post to the newsgroup, and participate in some of the other
conversations
> >going on within the group. That way, you're more like a member of the
> >community, and not just a guy who comes in every day and puts up a fresh
> >flyer on the bulletin board. My opinion, of course.
> >
> >Lauren Zen
> >
> >Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
>
>
> I must admit, I don't participate much. I do read what goes
> offer.
>
> Pick one thing a week and post it? Ya, I like that. Wonder
> if I've been annoying people.
>
> A somewhat embarressed and concerned
> KiRBy
Are you the strip-artist formerly known as Pam? Maybe not.
Anopheles
Joyseymour
>Lauren Zen wrote:
>>
>> "Alan Hope"
>> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>>
>> >> This is bound to get annoying.
>> >
>> > It already is, Pam.
>>
>> You're one of those people who reads the headers in their entirety, and has
>> everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well, that's annoying,
>> too.
>
>He's not alone there Pam.
>
>> --
>> Lauren Zen
>>
>
Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of blowing
her out of the water.
joy
Atheism is a non-prophet organization. George Carlin.
Blake A. Loyd
This is all really about our attention span. Most of us cannot get
through a long post because we cannot keep our cats in the house when the
weather is nice outside. So, I am going to the park the car in the garage
but the superintendent said that we had to pay to have our plumbing fixed.
I hope that clears everything up.
Loyd ( Rule # 5. There is no rule number five.)
KiRBy <kr...@acts.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:37c6a323...@nntp.acts.bc.ca...
> copyright - Kristopher R. Busby - Aug. 27/99
>
>
>
> Why I Write
>
> Writing, for me, is a way of expressing myself.
> There's validation in seeing my thoughts on paper.
> Recently I started writing at 6:00am every day.
> I'm publishing everything I write, at this time,
> on my web page and posting it on a couple of news
> groups. I never considered writing in the
> morning before. It has always been something I
> did in the late evening. I'm really enjoying
> this, however, and find it to be a great way to
> start my day. This change is the result, I
> believe, of having quit smoking and drinking
> coffee. I no longer need a 2 hour wake-up time.
> Thank God!
>
> Another clue as to why I need to write may be
> found in the fact that I love to read. Some
> people watch TV, I just read a lot. I love
> books. I like how they feel, I love turning the
> pages, I love finishing a book and resting in the
> afterglow of a literary orgasm. Within minutes I
> have another book in my bed, caressing it and
> reading the introduction and the first few pages.
> I may not have time to get into another book
> strait off but I'll at least get it started. I
> have to have a book in the process of being read
> to feel complete. Events like the phone ringing
> or the doorbell chiming are very frustrating and
> nothing more than readus interruptus. I'm a
> literary tart!
>
> When I was in junior high school I had an English
> teacher approach me and ask me if my parents were
> making me read the book I was currently dragging
> around with me. I said my parents didn't really
> care one way or the other. (If they were forcing
> me to read what would label could we put on that
> particular abuse? "My parents forced me into a
> 'fiction addiction'.")
>
> I believe words are magical. Change the
> arrangement of a couple of words and you change
> whole meanings. Ideas can be expressed to
> perfection if the right word choices are made.
>
> So someday maybe I too can be a wizard of prose,
> but for now I'll settle for thinking on paper.
>
>
Prince Richard Kaminski
Joyseymour wrote:
> Tab 1 wrote:
>
> >Lauren Zen wrote:
> >>
> >> "Alan Hope"
> >> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> This is bound to get annoying.
> >> >
> >> > It already is, Pam.
> >>
> >> You're one of those people who reads the headers in their entirety, and has
> >> everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well, that's annoying,
> >> too.
> >
> >He's not alone there Pam.
> >
> >> --
> >> Lauren Zen
> >>
>
> >
>
> Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of blowing
> her out of the water.
To tell her what? That she was Pam? Didn't she already know that then?
I don't see the point in changing her name, because even if she uses a different
name, different email address, and different ISP, people will soon work out who
she is just because they know her. She ought to quit faffing about and go back to
her real name.
Prince Richard Kaminski
Malcolm McLean wrote:
>
> Anything you post here is writing.
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Joyseymour wrote:
>
> Tab 1 wrote:
>
> >Lauren Zen wrote:
> >>
> >> "Alan Hope"
> >> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
> >>
> >
>
> Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of blowing
> her out of the water.
Ow! didn't have to slap me that hard, Ouch that smarts! Notice you
didn't
slap Hope.
E2xtwol
>>
>> Writing, for me, is a way of expressing myself.
>> There's validation in seeing my thoughts on paper.
>> To read something I wrote and find it makes sense
>> causes me to feel good.
with thee exception ov looney folk, your 1st premise is false.
Everyone only writes to be read by someone ELSE.
YOU NEVER DO it for yourself. This, I believe includes journals and diaries.
e.
"damn it all. damn everything, but thee circus."
Pamela Mitchell
wrote:
>
>
> Joyseymour wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of blowing
>> her out of the water.
>
> Ow! didn't have to slap me that hard, Ouch that smarts! Notice you
> didn't
> slap Hope.
Oh, forget it. It's not worth it if it's just going to lead to yet another
round of slapping threads in here. I guess if I have to live with myself,
you all should suffer along with me, too.
--
Pamela Mitchell
my writing: http://pamelam.cjb.net
Pamela Mitchell
e2x...@aol.comBigQ10-8 (E2xtwol) wrote:
Hmm. I think I smell a troll. But, what the hell.
Using words like "only" and "NEVER" (in all caps, too) really makes your
position seem ridiculous. You probably could have drawn a lot more
responses had you taken a subtler approach.
I do it for myself all the time. Ahem. Writing, that is. One of the truly
validating parts about being around this group is seeing that other people
process things the same way I do. The compulsion to write in order to "get
it out of my head" has been something I could rely on all my adult life, and
some of the things that come out that way are never read by anyone else, and
were never intended to be. Some end up being good enough to share. Some
look good enough to share at first, and then, upon reflection, I realize I
should have kept them to myself. It's a process.
If I only wrote when and what would by acceptable to others, I wouldn't
write much, and I would lose the flow that allows the good stuff to slip out
occasionally.
You wouldn't by any chance be about to launch your very own, original,
cutting-edge e-zine where you will make sure all of us who thought we were
writing for ourselves can finally have our work read by someone ELSE, at no
cost to us? I thought as much.
Joyseymour
>Joyseymour wrote:
>>
>> Tab 1 wrote:
>>
>> >Lauren Zen wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Alan Hope"
>> >> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> Yeah, but some of us were nice enough to tell her in email instead of
>blowing
>> her out of the water.
>
>Ow! didn't have to slap me that hard, Ouch that smarts! Notice you
>didn't
>slap Hope.
>
>>
>> joy
>>
>> Atheism is a non-prophet organization. George Carlin.
>
>
>
>
You like it, don't you?
joy
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help
section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. George
Carlin
Alan Hope
Lauren Zen <nomde...@1stconnect.com> wrote in article
<MzFx3.3768$9I.8...@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>...
> You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
entirety, and has
> everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well, that's
annoying,
> too.
Memorized? I don't think so. Old read posts stick around on my
newsreader for three days. If I were going to change my identity
without changing my ISP, I'd probably leave a longer gap than that.
I also wouldn't announce the forthcoming change to the group, and
have everyone waiting for the New Me to appear.
I'm annoying in lots of other ways, though.
AH
Alan Hope
Tab One <ta...@pineland.net> wrote in article
<37C7356F...@pineland.net>...
> Lauren Zen wrote:
> > You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
entirety, and has
> > everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well,
that's annoying,
> > too.
> He's not alone there Pam.
This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
apprentice.
AH
Pamela Mitchell
<ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
Nah, you're the top snoop, Alan. You outed me in less than 3 hours. I know
I didn't make it exactly difficult, but you were right on top of it. Now,
for the prize...
Tab One
Alan Hope wrote:
>
> Tab One <ta...@pineland.net> wrote in article
> <37C7356F...@pineland.net>...
>
> > Lauren Zen wrote:
>
> > > You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
> entirety, and has
> > > everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well,
> that's annoying,
> > > too.
>
> > He's not alone there Pam.
>
> This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
> apprentice.
Thank you Alan, and a good apprentice you have been. Sadly, I tend
to look at the ISP details on every post that I might want to post
to. The first give away is the Mac software, which narrows it down
to about three regulars.
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tab1
Joyseymour
>In article <01bef18d$0f558c20$LocalHost@default> , "Alan Hope"
><ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>
>> Tab One <ta...@pineland.net> wrote in article
>> <37C7356F...@pineland.net>...
>>
>>> Lauren Zen wrote:
>>
>>> > You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
>> entirety, and has
>>> > everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well,
>> that's annoying,
>>> > too.
>>
>>> He's not alone there Pam.
>>
>> This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
>> apprentice.
>>
>> AH
>>
>>
>Nah, you're the top snoop, Alan. You outed me in less than 3 hours. I know
>I didn't make it exactly difficult, but you were right on top of it. Now,
>for the prize...
>
>--
>Pamela Mitchell
>my writing: http://pamelam.cjb.net
>
>
Same prize Ian got? By the way, although I didn't post it, I think I figured
it out quicker than Alan did. However, I am not interested in the prize.
(Shudder)
Thinggfish
>
>AH
Plus, you're a master of understatement
E2xtwol
>write much, and I would lose the flow that allows the good stuff to slip out
>occasionally.
>
windshield inside my truck. Thee non-sense eye scribble down on those little
sheets ov papaer are barely legible even to myself. Yet they are a small part
ov a greater picture or project.
Thee end result always wanting to be read by another. See COMMUNICATION.
>You wouldn't by any chance be about to launch your very own, original,
>cutting-edge e-zine
I do not know anything about this. (?)
Pamela Mitchell
e2x...@aol.comBigQ10-8 (E2xtwol) wrote:
>>If I only wrote when and what would by acceptable to others, I wouldn't
>>write much, and I would lose the flow that allows the good stuff to slip out
>>occasionally.
>>
> Fair enough. I have one ov those little plastic pads that sticks to thee
> windshield inside my truck. Thee non-sense eye scribble down on those little
> sheets ov papaer are barely legible even to myself. Yet they are a small part
> ov a greater picture or project.
Well, I really hope you stop driving before you start writing.
> Thee end result always wanting to be read by another. See COMMUNICATION.
Yes, but, we're talking about writing, not communication. Communication
does require more than one party, but the act of putting thoughts to paper
does not.
>>You wouldn't by any chance be about to launch your very own, original,
>>cutting-edge e-zine
>
> I do not know anything about this. (?)
I stand corrected. It seemed like a novel enough approach -- assert that
all writing demands to be read, then slip in with a forum for wannabes to
post their works for no charge.
--
Pamela Mitchell
my writing: http://pamelam.cjb.net
Is it just me? This person sounds really funny in my head. Some sort of
cross between Yoda and that guy from Taxi whose name escapes me.
Malcolm McLean
moira d wrote in message <8E31BBC39nipplesdotcom@news>...
>User-Agent: Xnews/2.07.14
>
>richard....@lineone.net (Prince Richard Kaminski) wrote
>in <37C7995C...@lineone.net>:
>ever posted, Pooh-bearums.
>
>I like how you worked in a cute l'il pet
>name for me, "dear".
>
>moira
>
>I'm working on my 2nd $million... Gave up on the 1st.
Nah, it's just his idea of being wild and anarchistic. He's trying to
impress me.
Malcolm
moira d
>
>
>Malcolm McLean wrote:
>
>>
>> Anything you post here is writing.
>
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This is the most intelligent thing you've
ever posted, Pooh-bearums.
I like how you worked in a cute l'il pet
name for me, "dear".
--
moira d
<01bef18d$0f558c20$LocalHost@default>:
>
>
>Tab One <ta...@pineland.net> wrote in article
><37C7356F...@pineland.net>...
>
>> Lauren Zen wrote:
>
>> > You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
>entirety, and has
>> > everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well,
>that's annoying,
>> > too.
>
>> He's not alone there Pam.
>
>This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
>apprentice.
>
>AH
>
>
waddn't it you, Alan, who first mentioned the
similarities between mamas and lizards and
sassy irish bitches?
Alan Hope
moira d <moi...@iname.com> wrote in article
<8E31BC70Bnipplesdotcom@news>...
> ah...@skynet.be (Alan Hope) wrote in
> <01bef18d$0f558c20$LocalHost@default>:
> >This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
> >apprentice.
> waddn't it you, Alan, who first mentioned the
> similarities between mamas and lizards and
> sassy irish bitches?
Was I first? I can only assume everyone who ever read you was fast
asleep at the time.
In that case, though, I'll admit I had read all of the lizard's
posts religiously, already knew of the mama connection, and
recognised the Irish lass's style. Not to mention the acres of
white space and the changing quote in the .sigline.
I suppose that means there's a future for me in Covert Operations.
If I can see what's right in front of my face, I'll be a shoe-in
for fast-track promotion.
Kewl. I already have Dawnday lined up as my first paid nark.
AH
Alan Hope
Pamela Mitchell <pmit...@1stconnect.com> wrote in article
<QWdy3.8219$9I.2...@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>...
> In article <19990829123800...@ng-fc1.aol.com> ,
> e2x...@aol.comBigQ10-8 (E2xtwol) wrote:
[snipped]
> Is it just me? This person sounds really funny in my head. Some
sort of
> cross between Yoda and that guy from Taxi whose name escapes me.
Andy Kaufmann. Also sounded like Balki Bartokomous of Perfect
Strangers, with a kind of Hutterite twang.
Yes, I do watch afternoon TV, as it happens. Why do you ask?
AH
Prince Richard Kaminski
Pamela Mitchell wrote:
> In article <01bef18d$0f558c20$LocalHost@default> , "Alan Hope"
> <ah...@skynet.be> wrote:
>
> > Tab One <ta...@pineland.net> wrote in article
> > <37C7356F...@pineland.net>...
> >
> >> Lauren Zen wrote:
> >
> >> > You're one of those people who reads the headers in their
> > entirety, and has
> >> > everyone's e-mail addresses memorized, aren't you. Well,
> > that's annoying,
> >> > too.
> >
> >> He's not alone there Pam.
> >
> > This man taught me everything I know. I'm only the snooperer's
> > apprentice.
> >
> > AH
> >
> >
> Nah, you're the top snoop, Alan. You outed me in less than 3 hours. I know
> I didn't make it exactly difficult, but you were right on top of it. Now,
> for the prize...
No good. Jack's already booked in for next summer.
Prince Richard Kaminski
Alan Hope wrote:
> I'm annoying in lots of other ways, though.
Yes.
Prince Richard Kaminski
Pamela Mitchell wrote:
> The compulsion to write in order to "get
> it out of my head" has been something I could rely on all my adult life
It makes sense when you think about it. You read in order to get things into your
head, and write to get them out of it. What could be simpler?