Ceiling fans, high heel shoes and writing tips
Central CPU
Searching for a topic of some relevance about which to write? Letting
journalism infect your poetry? Try the sales charts of ceiling fans and
high heel shoes for a possible inverse correlation and even symbolic
significance.
Central CPU
centr...@att.net
For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of
burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.
But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship
thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:17-18
Sick Mind
"Central CPU" <centr...@worldnet.att.net> wrote
Wake up. America is choking on its own vomit. The U.S. political
circus is totally irrelevant. Bush is bad for America and so is Kerry and
90 percent of Americans are just too stupid to realize it. Do not attempt
to pretend otherwise.
Do not try to pretend you know what you are doing.
Do not try to pretend anyone with any conscience at all could be
involved in any of it.
Do not try to pretend you "had the solution" first. You don't have any
solution yet.
Sick Mind
boro...@att.net
ggamble
<boro...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
You should take your own advice:
> Do not try to pretend you know what you are doing.
> Sick Mind
Sand Castles and Fiddler Crabs
Sand castles and fiddler crabs and families at the beach
On a dog-eared page in a poetry book just out of reach
And naught else to ponder this frosty winter day
To warm the heart or ease the mind in any way
Oh, but you had a pail and shovel when you were just a child
Starfish and seashells all in my memory are filed
Your parents called a doctor when you stepped on a nail
He stopped the blood and cleaned wound to spare your life so frail
I read that you recovered, that was long ago
You must be married now so lovely you should know
Sand castles and fiddler crabs and families at the beach
Your own children soon will play there as you give a kiss to each
I am ready now to face the dreary winter day
It's time to tend the hungry cattle, they surely need their hay
(c) 2003 Sick Mind
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Chuck Lysaght
Great poem! Too bad you can't write this well, Gamble.
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Barbara's Cat
Chuck Lysaght said:
> Great poem! Too bad you can't write [ Chuck-Shit Snipped ]
What the fuck would you know about poetry, plagiarist?
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Cm~
Sick Mind
"Barbara's Cat" <c...@127.0.0.1> wrote
> Chuck Lysaght said:
>> Great poem! Too bad you can't write [ Chuck-Shit Snipped ]
> What the fuck would you know about poetry, plagiarist?
>
> --
> Cm~
Yeah, what would he know ...
... Hey, wait a minute, that is my poem!
Oh well. The vicissitudes of Usenet.
By the way, shouldn't that be "belled" cat as in one the mice need no longer fear?
Sick Mind
boro...@att.net
Barbara's Cat
Whatever. Your poem sucked on Chuck and Chuck like it. 'Nuff said.
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Cm~
ggamble
wrote:
Ok, now this is one for the ages!
Way to go chuckles.
jesus fuck
Sick Mind
> Sick Mind said:
>>> Chuck Lysaght said:
Let's just say, for the sake of discussion only, that I suspect you are delusional. How would you go about proving otherwise?
This is not to say you have no vast store of credibility, only that you will perhaps need to direct me to it.
Sick Mind
boro...@att.net
Central CPU
> Sick Mind said:
>> > Chuck Lysaght said:
I believe I speak for all of my multiple personalities when I say that we applaud your decision to join the effort to make the
poetry discussion group a place for the discussion of poetry again as it should be. Eliminating Charles Lysaght from the group
would certainly help achieve that goal. I believe all my mulltiple personalities would help you with that. There are two important
points to remember in that regard:
1) He will likely never "leave."
2) Although some controversy remains as to their full extent there are in fact in the United States certain rights to free speech
guaranteed by the first amendment.
Bearing those two points in mind consider our approach to the problem, which is to illustrrate the need for appropriate
settings. It is perhaps Mr. Lysaght's failure to establish appropriate settings for his "art" that has earned him such a terrible
reputation. Because there is no depth of setting, no character development, no effort to support or develop any social values most
readers naturally assume the man is in reality what appears in his "art." Pardon the lax use of the term.
Before I came to this group many of Lysaght's opponents had the same problem, no appropriate setting. There was a "Bolduc" who
was paarticularly offensive in that regard. It was only after the discussion of setting by myself, my friends and my multiple
personalities that better attitudes developed.
Finally, let me add that real poets in the group should take care not to injure each other more than their true opponents as
you perhaps did here. "Sandcastles and Fiddler Crabs" will never be compared to Shelley's "Adonais," but it does not "suck on
Charles," and you really dismiss yourself as a critic with such a thoughtless comment.
Good day sir and may you better know who are your friends in the future.
Central CPU
centr...@att.net
Yeah I know, "central central."
Barbara's Cat
Central CPU said:
>
> "Barbara's Cat" <c...@127.0.0.1> wrote
>
> > Sick Mind said:
>
> >> "Barbara's Cat" <c...@127.0.0.1> wrote
>
> >> > Chuck Lysaght said:
>
> >> >> Great poem! Too bad you can't write [ Chuck-Shit Snipped ]
>
> >>> What the fuck would you know about poetry, plagiarist?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Cm~
>
> >> Yeah, what would he know ...
> >>
> >> ... Hey, wait a minute, that is my poem!
> >>
> >> Oh well. The vicissitudes of Usenet.
> >>
> >> By the way, shouldn't that be "belled" cat as in one the mice need no longer fear?
> >>
> >>
> >> Sick Mind
>
> > Whatever. Your poem sucked on Chuck and Chuck like it. 'Nuff said.
> >
> > --
> > Cm~
>
> I believe I speak for all of my multiple personalities when I say that we applaud your decision to join the effort to make the
> poetry discussion group a place for the discussion of poetry again as it should be. Eliminating Charles Lysaght from the group
> would certainly help achieve that goal. I believe all my mulltiple personalities would help you with that. There are two important
> points to remember in that regard:
> 1) He will likely never "leave."
True, being the masochist he's proven himself to be.
> 2) Although some controversy remains as to their full extent there are in fact in the United States certain rights to free speech
> guaranteed by the first amendment.
Again true, and the second says I have "the right to bare duct tape".
> Bearing those two points in mind consider our approach to the problem, which is to illustrrate the need for appropriate
> settings. It is perhaps Mr. Lysaght's failure to establish appropriate settings for his "art" that has earned him such a terrible
> reputation. Because there is no depth of setting, no character development, no effort to support or develop any social values most
> readers naturally assume the man is in reality what appears in his "art." Pardon the lax use of the term.
>
> Before I came to this group many of Lysaght's opponents had the same problem, no appropriate setting. There was a "Bolduc" who
> was paarticularly offensive in that regard. It was only after the discussion of setting by myself, my friends and my multiple
> personalities that better attitudes developed.
>
> Finally, let me add that real poets in the group should take care not to injure each other more than their true opponents as
> you perhaps did here. "Sandcastles and Fiddler Crabs" will never be compared to Shelley's "Adonais," but it does not "suck on
> Charles," and you really dismiss yourself as a critic with such a thoughtless comment.
>
> Good day sir and may you better know who are your friends in the future.
>
>
> Central CPU
> centr...@att.net
> Yeah I know, "central central."
All understood with a slight "What?". Reflecting: The replier's comment
"What the fuck ..." was not an attack aimed toward the writer but toward
the critic. The writer's (friend?) "belled" comment was an attack aimed
toward the replier (friend?) and the replier saw it fit to shot back
with "sucked" and will do so again if the writer does so again.
So, there you have it. No apology for said "thoughtless comment".
"Friends don't shot friends" i.e., "'Nuff said." 'Nuff said again.
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Cm~
Sick Mind
"Barbara's Cat" <c...@127.0.0.1> wrote
> All understood with a slight "What?". Reflecting: The replier's comment
> "What the fuck ..." was not an attack aimed toward the writer but toward
> the critic. The writer's (friend?) "belled" comment was an attack aimed
> toward the replier (friend?) and the replier saw it fit to shot back
> with "sucked" and will do so again if the writer does so again.
>
> So, there you have it. No apology for said "thoughtless comment".
>
> "Friends don't shot friends" i.e., "'Nuff said." 'Nuff said again.
>
> --
> Cm~
Sorry dude, I don't understand your nickname. Maybe if I did I wouldn't think you need a new one. Meanwhile I do sorta think
you need a new one.
Sick Mind
boro...@att.net
Barbara's Cat
Right back at ya, dude. :-) <-- Note the smiley-thingy.
Yeah, I could change my name but why should I? It is what I've been
called for over forty years (except for the "Barbara's" part -- that's
only been for about the last thirty years). All my family and friends
call me "Cat". Hell, even my employer calls me "Cat".
Around my neighborhood, nicknames are a very common thing (as I'm sure
it is elsewhere). For instance, I have one friend called "Shotgun"
(because he shot off his little toe while on a hunting trip -- no lie)
and another one called "Doobie" because he's ... well ... a stoner.
I call myself "Barbara's Cat" because that's who I am -- Barbara's Cat.
Besides, the name also allows for some to be caught off their guard.
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Cm~
Sick Mind
"Barbara's Cat" <c...@127.0.0.1> wrote
> Sick Mind said:
>> Sorry dude, I don't understand your nickname. Maybe if I did I wouldn't think you need a new one. Meanwhile I do sorta
>> think
>> you need a new one.
>>
>>
>> Sick Mind
>> boro...@att.net
> Right back at ya, dude. :-) <-- Note the smiley-thingy.
>
> Yeah, I could change my name but why should I? It is what I've been
> called for over forty years (except for the "Barbara's" part -- that's
> only been for about the last thirty years). All my family and friends
> call me "Cat". Hell, even my employer calls me "Cat".
>
> Around my neighborhood, nicknames are a very common thing (as I'm sure
> it is elsewhere). For instance, I have one friend called "Shotgun"
> (because he shot off his little toe while on a hunting trip -- no lie)
> and another one called "Doobie" because he's ... well ... a stoner.
>
> I call myself "Barbara's Cat" because that's who I am -- Barbara's Cat.
>
> Besides, the name also allows for some to be caught off their guard.
>
> --
> Cm~
Suit yourself, or the wind, or whatever. It's neither here nor there, but Barbara Streisand's initials are "BS." It never
bothered CBS much. I am making about as much sense as most nicknames do. Look who's talking, "Sick Mind." Be careful, you should
know more about meanings or you might mean something stupid inadvertently one day.
Sick Mind
boro...@att.net
Barbara's Cat
Like I said: "for over forty years".
So, I've pretty much heard it/them all
and have handled it/them all in kind.
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Cm~