POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
$Zero
Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
(or some near equivalent of same)
what are you going to change about yourself or
your life to make things better instead of worse?
Something?
Nothing?
Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
If so, how?
If not, why not.
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Pies de Arcilla
> POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
I plan to clean up my apartment. Soon, but maybe not tomorrow.
boots
>POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
I don't.
>Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>
>(or some near equivalent of same)
>
>what are you going to change about yourself or
>your life to make things better instead of worse?
>
>Something?
>
>Nothing?
Yes, nothing.
>Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
>
>If so, how?
>
>If not, why not.
I'm sure I could fuck things up a bit more if I put my full energies
to it, but that's very tiring and not very useful.
--
Don't read this crap... oops, too late!
[superstitious heathen grade 8]
$Zero
> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> I don't.
well, at least you're honest.
> >Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>
> >(or some near equivalent of same)
>
> >what are you going to change about yourself or
> >your life to make things better instead of worse?
>
> >Something?
>
> >Nothing?
>
> Yes, nothing.
and committed.
> >Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
>
> >If so, how?
>
> >If not, why not.
>
> I'm sure I could fuck things up a bit more if I put my full energies
> to it, but that's very tiring and not very useful.
oh, come now.
you can do better than this.
-$Zero...
POLL -- Do you ask yourself enough questions?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/f1cf3c4e8693365a
$Zero
> On Nov 12, 1:49 am, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> > Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>
> I plan to clean up my apartment.
would that be a change for you?
> Soon, but maybe not tomorrow.
procrastination makes perfect.
but not when it comes to cleaning your apartment.
-$Zero...
what is it about writing that you love?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e9fdb5487a169381
john.ku...@sympatico.ca
If I ever get around to it, I'm going to stop thinking about stopping
procrastinating and actually do it.
boots
>On Nov 12, 5:55 am, boots <n...@no.no> wrote:
>> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>>
>> I don't.
>
>well, at least you're honest.
>
>
>> >Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>>
>> >(or some near equivalent of same)
>>
>> >what are you going to change about yourself or
>> >your life to make things better instead of worse?
>>
>> >Something?
>>
>> >Nothing?
>>
>> Yes, nothing.
>
>and committed.
>
>
>> >Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
>>
>> >If so, how?
>>
>> >If not, why not.
>>
>> I'm sure I could fuck things up a bit more if I put my full energies
>> to it, but that's very tiring and not very useful.
>
>oh, come now.
>
>you can do better than this.
Sorry, I gave you credit for more understanding than your comment
shows (and I do not mean that as an attack against you).
The cosmic order is such that to improve things I need first to avoid
making them worse.
That sentence was revised. Initially it said "need only avoid". But
I decided that I prefer not to deal with those who habitually climb
onto their curriculum vitae and other miscellaneous credentials then
screech from said lofty position. Loud idiocy (other than my own) is
more than I care for this morning.
Now I'm wondering why "need only avoid" and "need first to avoid" both
sound okay, whether a 'to' is excessive or missing. I'm really poor
at the grammatical stuff, participles and gerunds and fuckever, mostly
I just attempt to order the words I type to lead the reader in the
necessary direction.
serenebabe
Funny. We're about to clean the house over here. Should make the world,
at least our little world, a much better place in just a couple hours.
--
It's All About We! (the column)
http://www.serenebabe.net/ - new 10/27
Sylvia
> POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
<...>
<staring>
I am...
<signaling the (Official) Heralds>
<flourish of horns>
Sylvia <--- The Supreme Ruler of MW *and*
Sole Heir to the VAST FORTUNE
of great-aunt Catherine!
(NEENER!)
My life couldn't possibly be better.
--
Sylvia
"All Hail Sylvia, Supreme Ruler of MW,
Queen of Google and Petite Person!"
- Mr. Stan
Bill Penrose
> POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
I can be better than I am? Not likely.
DB
$Zero
> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Nov 12, 5:55 am, boots <n...@no.no> wrote:
> >> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> >> I don't.
>
> >well, at least you're honest.
>
> >> >Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>
> >> >(or some near equivalent of same)
>
> >> >what are you going to change about yourself or
> >> >your life to make things better instead of worse?
>
> >> >Something?
>
> >> >Nothing?
>
> >> Yes, nothing.
>
> >and committed.
>
> >> >Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
>
> >> >If so, how?
>
> >> >If not, why not.
>
> >> I'm sure I could fuck things up a bit more if I put my full energies
> >> to it, but that's very tiring and not very useful.
>
> >oh, come now.
>
> >you can do better than this.
>
> Sorry, I gave you credit for more understanding than your comment
> shows
you seriously think i missed where you were going with your answers?
whooooooosh!
...
full disclosure:
i was taking your "profound" answers and giving you the bigger
challenge.
(while making you look like a lazy idiotic self-centered slug)
donchya just love usenet?
i do.
sometimes.
> (and I do not mean that as an attack against you).
as if.
> The cosmic order is such that to improve things I need first to avoid
> making them worse.
"first, do no harm."
> That sentence was revised. Initially it said "need only avoid". But
> I decided that I prefer not to deal with those who habitually climb
> onto their curriculum vitae and other miscellaneous credentials then
> screech from said lofty position. Loud idiocy (other than my own) is
> more than I care for this morning.
oh.
> Now I'm wondering why "need only avoid" and "need first to avoid" both
> sound okay, whether a 'to' is excessive or missing.
alt.usage.english is over yonder ------->
> I'm really poor
> at the grammatical stuff, participles and gerunds and fuckever, mostly
> I just attempt to order the words I type to lead the reader in the
> necessary direction.
if language was/were meant to be precise,
God wouldn't have invented English.
in fact, the almighty would have stopped at drums.
-$Zero...
Phony War Heroes Under Investigation
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$Zero
> Mr. $Zero wrote:
> > POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> <...>
>
> <staring>
>
> I am...
>
> <signaling the (Official) Heralds>
>
> <flourish of horns>
>
> Sylvia <--- The Supreme Ruler of MW *and*
> Sole Heir to the VAST FORTUNE
> of great-aunt Catherine!
> (NEENER!)
>
> My life couldn't possibly be better.
but what about other peeps?
huh?
what about them.
> --
> Sylvia
>
> "All Hail Sylvia, Supreme Ruler of MW,
> Queen of Google and Petite Person!"
>
> - Mr. Stan
-$Zero...
i forgot that you were a crusader against everything that was
"wrong"
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/884c602617dddc2f
$Zero
well, when's the last time you cleaned your office?
-$Zero...
this post contains no questions
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/15ad25925526f806
Bill Penrose
> On Nov 12, 6:59 pm, Bill Penrose <dangerousb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can be better than I am? Not likely.
>
> well, when's the last time you cleaned your office?
I'm saving up for a front end loader.
DB
Merle Finch
"$Zero" <zero...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
>
> Starting bright and early tomorrow morning,
>
> (or some near equivalent of same)
>
> what are you going to change about yourself or
> your life to make things better instead of worse?
>
> Something?
>
> Nothing?
>
> Is it possible for you to change even a little bit?
>
> If so, how?
>
> If not, why not.
I plan to start housecleaning again in 4 years (when I retire) and I've
already lost 20+ pounds since my knee surgery, so apparently I'm planning to
lose weight.
boots
Yeah, "oh". You still don't get it maybe. That's your concern, your
claims to have gotten it and whooshed me flip me over to not caring
the least bit whether you get it or not. You're a creative geenyus,
you figure it out.
>> Now I'm wondering why "need only avoid" and "need first to avoid" both
>> sound okay, whether a 'to' is excessive or missing.
>
>alt.usage.english is over yonder ------->
>
>
>> I'm really poor
>> at the grammatical stuff, participles and gerunds and fuckever, mostly
>> I just attempt to order the words I type to lead the reader in the
>> necessary direction.
>
>if language was/were meant to be precise,
>God wouldn't have invented English.
English is as precise as one wishes to make it, but the rules of
grammar for English attempt to apply to a language that seems to have
almost more exceptions than situations where the rules clearly apply.
>in fact, the almighty would have stopped at drums.
There is no "almighty" because if there was it would have nothing to
be almighty over, and creating something worth ruling over makes it
impossible to rule over it absolutely. There are drums talking
though, in the jets overhead, in the noise your hard-drive makes, in
the crunch of gravel underfoot, wherever there is listening.
boots
$Zero
yes, boots.
i know all about your theories of the joys of being an idiotic lazy
self-serving slug.
still, i challenge you to improve something.
because you can do better than that.
> That's your concern, your
> claims to have gotten it and whooshed me
> flip me over to not caring
> the least bit whether you get it or not.
two hac/kers walk into a bar.
the first one says to the second:
i think we've outsmarted ourselves.
and then they both run the fuck out of the bar.
but not fast enough.
...
it's a silly story.
made up on the fly.
like all such silly stories.
it's chaos vs order.
and only Love triumphs.
because fear merely feeds on itself.
> You're a creative geenyus, you figure it out.
i long ago figured out the Tyranny of Stupidity.
it wasn't much of a challenge.
none, in fact.
> >> Now I'm wondering why "need only avoid" and "need first to avoid" both
> >> sound okay, whether a 'to' is excessive or missing.
>
> >alt.usage.english is over yonder ------->
>
> >> I'm really poor
> >> at the grammatical stuff, participles and gerunds and fuckever, mostly
> >> I just attempt to order the words I type to lead the reader in the
> >> necessary direction.
>
> >if language was/were meant to be precise,
> >God wouldn't have invented English.
>
> English is as precise as one wishes to make it, but the rules of
> grammar for English attempt to apply to a language that seems to have
> almost more exceptions than situations where the rules clearly apply.
roolz rule.
but not very consistently, aye.
it's the heart and spirit that matters.
everything else is pure bullshit.
> >in fact, the almighty would have stopped at drums.
>
> There is no "almighty" because if there was it would have nothing to
> be almighty over, and creating something worth ruling over makes it
> impossible to rule over it absolutely.
mix a little chaos with a little order and... voila!
a universe based on Love.
> There are drums talking
> though, in the jets overhead, in the noise your hard-drive makes, in
> the crunch of gravel underfoot, wherever there is listening.
so listen up.
haters be damned.
...
hard-drive drumming and all.
-$Zero...
if you had a billion dollars...
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boots
>i know all about your theories of the joys of being an idiotic lazy
>self-serving slug.
Yes, we have no bananas, and you have no clue as to what you are
talking about.
>> There is no "almighty" because if there was it would have nothing to
>> be almighty over, and creating something worth ruling over makes it
>> impossible to rule over it absolutely.
>
>mix a little chaos with a little order and... voila!
Yes, we have no bananas.
>a universe based on Love.
Anyone who thinks the cosmic order amounts to Love needs a good
buggering.
$Zero
> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >i know all about your theories of the joys of being an idiotic lazy
> >self-serving slug.
>
> Yes, we have no bananas, and you have no clue as to what you are
> talking about.
well, that's a relief.
if i ever started making sense that would be a strange day indeed.
> >> There is no "almighty" because if there was it would have nothing to
> >> be almighty over, and creating something worth ruling over makes it
> >> impossible to rule over it absolutely.
>
> >mix a little chaos with a little order and... voila!
>
> Yes, we have no bananas.
so which is it, boots?
bananas of order or bananas of chaos?
bananas of order, right?
...
have you ever slipped on a banana peel?
have you ever stubbed your toe?
monkey see, monkey do.
[type... type... type...]
Shakespeare in the works!
monkey see, monkey do do.
...
there.
was that chaotic enough for ya?
> >a universe based on Love.
>
> Anyone who thinks the cosmic order amounts to
> Love needs a good buggering.
with or without a banana?
...
peeled or unpeeled?
...
-$Zero...
things that make me want to be a better person
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/bd8e55d903d0e504
Sylvia
> Sylvia wrote:
> > Mr. $Zero wrote:
> > > POLL -- How do you plan to change for the better?
> >
> > <...>
> >
> > <staring>
> >
> > I am...
> >
> > <signaling the (Official) Heralds>
> >
> > <flourish of horns>
> >
> > Sylvia <--- The Supreme Ruler of MW *and*
> > Sole Heir to the VAST FORTUNE
> > of great-aunt Catherine!
> > (NEENER!)
> >
> > My life couldn't possibly be better.
>
> but what about other peeps?
>
> huh?
>
> what about them.?
Let them eat baked ziti.
Pies de Arcilla
> Bill Penrose <dangerousb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Nov 12, 7:01 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 12, 6:59 pm, Bill Penrose <dangerousb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I can be better than I am? Not likely.
>
> >> well, when's the last time you cleaned your office?
>
> >I'm saving up for a front end loader.
>
> >DB
>
> Don't forget to add the cost of door enlargements.
>
I have a 2-sided, L-shaped, half-height cubicleoid, so it's not so
hard to keep clean.
boots
>have you ever slipped on a banana peel?
>
>have you ever stubbed your toe?
You are close to considering the concept of understanding something
with that, but you might know too many nonfacts to allow such a thing
to happen.
Pies de Arcilla
You sometimes sound like you believe in magic.
boots
What is the difference between "believe" and "know", and what is the
difference between "magic" and "misunderstood happenings"?