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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      03/25/91 09:51  Msg:5926 Call:34009 Lines:2
 20 Life, Liberty, and the persuit of the opposite sex.
 21 ****************************************************************
003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  03/25/91 19:23  Msg:5927 Call:34012 Lines:68
 22 &*&*&*&*'s
 23  
 24 At the Top!
 25  
 26 Ok, now that the prelims are over.
 27  
 28 A poem/song.  Chords to the left, words to the right.
 29  
 30  
 31 Dm    Terror in the 
 32 Am    underground you
 33 Em    had to have your
 34 Am    Say.
 35  
 36 Dm    Mirrors on your 
 37 Am    Bedroom Walls, They're 
 38 Em    going away
 39 Am    today.
 40  
 41 Dm    Put you through to
 42 Am    information,
 43 Em    will they have the
 44 Am    clue?
 45  
 46 Dm    Polish up those
 47 Am    old sunglasses,
 48 Em    They will help hide
 49 Am    you.
 50  
 51       Chorus/Bridge(not figured out yet.)
 52  
 53 Dm    Powerfull in
 54 Am    Observation,
 55 Em    Mellow to the
 56 Am    touch.
 57  
 58 Dm    Powder burns out-
 59 Am    side your window,
 60 Em    oh its such a
 61 Am    rush.
 62  
 63       Repeat unwritten Chorus.
 64  
 65 Dm    Carefull now, your
 66 Am    looking crazy,
 67 Em    Have you lost your
 68 Am    nerve?
 69  
 70 Dm    Poster hanging 
 71 Am    on the wall will
 72 Em    throw you your last
 73 Am    curve.
 74  
 75       (The chorus again.)
 76  
 77 (Following spoken quitly as music fades.)
 78  
 79 Dm    This grammar has
 80 Am    been context free,
 81 Em    You'll never und-
 82 Am    erstand.
 83  
 84 That last part will probably go away in future versions, or atleast be 
 85 rewritten.
 86  
 87 An Astral Dreamer 
 88 &*&*&*&*'s 
 89  
004=Usr:333 Bartender Slug    03/26/91 08:56  Msg:5928 Call:34020 Lines:7
 90  
 91 *******************************************************************************
 92 I would like to tell everyone that I like wafers. If you like wafers too, leave
 93 a note! Lets start our own club! Yea! It'd be like so cool!
 94 *******************************************************************************
 95  
 96  
005=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par  03/27/91 06:04  Msg:5929 Call:34029 Lines:5
 97 *%*@#%)(@#(_)!$_)(%@#(%_)@#%(#*%@%(*^_)%(_)$+!_@$)!+_%*#+%!_%!_+%!+_%+_!%)@#+_%
 98 Astral: Hey, I like it! I assume given the chords that you play this as well.
 99 If so, I would like to hear it sometime...
100 (%_@#(_)(@#%(@#(%)_@#%_)@#(%_)@(%)*_)%@#(_)@_) L'homme sans Parity *$@*$_@#*%_@
101  
006=Usr:186 Wesley Smith      03/27/91 08:03  Msg:5930 Call:34032 Lines:2
102 I wish to take this time to wish one and all a happy holy Week, and a happy
103 Easter.  I allso would like to hear the song some time.  It sound like a good
007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  03/27/91 08:28  Msg:5931 Call:34033 Lines:16
104 &*&*&*&*'s
105  
106 Thanks, Its a bit away from being complete.  I'd probably die of stage
107 fright if I were to try to play in public.  My playing skills are still
108 a bit marginal,  and my singing...  well,  I have no training, and
109 singing along with the radio only goes so far.
110  
111 I'll post the rest when I figure it out.
112  
113 I'm going to be buying a four track recording deck next month.  That'll be
114 fun.  I want to be able to hear myself play and or sing in the privacy
115 of my own home before I torture anybody else. :-)
116  
117 An Astral Dreamer
118 &*&*&*&*'s
119  
008=Usr:322 Stray Cat         03/27/91 19:52  Msg:5932 Call:34037 Lines:110
120 ---------------------------A Stitch in Time----------------------------------
121  
122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
123   dumb duh duh dumb ...... Dumb duh duh dumb duuummmmmm-um-ummm-ummm-umb
124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
125  
126 The story you are about to read is fairly true.  Names are not changed ...
127 we don't protect the guilty.  Only Codependents do that.  Some names have
128 been material but that's immaterial.  The important things is its sink or
129 float from here on out and either way you're guilty.
130  
131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
132               duhhh' duh duh*   duhhh' duh*  duhhh' duh* duhhhh'
133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
134  
135 I was doing nightbeat at the ad building.  Possibilities were endless and the
136 money was good -- even for us lower-level prostitutes in the swingshift sweat-
137 shop.  Although we performed our tubal litegations dutifully with a minimum of
138 supervision (none at all if truth be told), we had paused from the drudge one
139 night just long enough to discuss atrocities and swap horror stores on the 
140 perils of working swingshift.  Trsts of this sort are generally called staff
141 meetings, or committee or board meetings, or sometimes even hen parties or
142 group therapy ... whatever.  All depends on who you are.
143  
144 I can remember what brought it on, but we were conferring on safety prodecures
145 for late night prowls to such places as ... well, say the restroom, for in-
146 stance.  So a fellow floozie starts retelling the one about how she'd been
147 scared poopless one night when she'd entered the restroom only to find a
148 custodian snoozing on the adjoining sitting room sickbed.
149  
150 I followed her with accounts of my own tortuous trips to the candy and pop
151 machines downstairs, point out that although I preferred the north stairwell,
152 it made the trip twice as long and you still had to traverse a long, deafen-
153 ingly silent hallway and turn a corner.  With the south stairs, I reasoned,
154 you could at least see the machines from the door and could make a mad dash
155 and be gone.
156  
157 But the south stairwell had heavy concrete walls and a twist midway that 
158 not only made for incredible accoustics, but you couldn't see around the
159 corner (goes without saying, I guess).  And te steel doors at both ends
160 were so heavy they could hardly be opened or, due to some wonder device, 
161 shut.  They had to SLAM shut ... slowly.  And just about the tme you're
162 becoming paranoid about turning the corner, BAAAMMM! the door slams, sending
163 bone-chilling echoes up and down the stairwell and chills up your spine,
164 starting a chain reactionwhere even quiet footsteps seem thunderous and,
165 amplified with your own rapid heartrbeat and pounding in your ears, becomes
166 almost deafening and the steepness and light color of the stairs begins 
167 making you feel lightheaded and almost dizzy.  And all the while you know,
168 in the back of your mind, terrorized screams for help would be muffled by
169 that same reverberating concrete and the heavy steel doors ... should
170 "anthing happen" to you ... on the way down.
171  
172 But then, when you've finally reach the machines and are feeling quite
173 confident and concentrating on candy choices ... baammm! the second door
174 is slammed by its wonder device and for just a moment that same panic sets
175 in and you're sure somebody's down there with you ready to pounce from
176 out of the shadows.
177  
178 ... or that sluggish, silent elevator that always seemed to sneak up on you,
179 someone else suggested, arriving just in the midst of a pleasant revelrie
180 conduring during the endless wait ... the elevator that sometimes seemed to
181 have a mind of its own, making tedious prolonged stops, slowly opening its
182 decelerated doors to pick up God Knows Who ...
183  
184 ... OR, I beseeched, marshalling a "dark and story" demeanor anda nodding
185 to the glassed-in back wall with its door to the adjacent darkened library ... 
186 did they ever wonder if there might be someone hiding back in the library ...
187 lursking in the dark shadows ... just watching and .... (pregnant pause)
188 waiting????
189  
190 ... and with widened eyes, they all slowly turned their heads ... and DID
191 notice something -- a tiny flashlight beam ... groping in the dark.  A
192 chocked doubletake and we discoveed, to our utter amazement -- and dismay --
193 someone actually WAS back there ... and it was, on no ... the Big Mac,
194 Himself.
195  
196 Poop you not!
197  
198 It was McElroy, our ringleader's X-boxx, with some burgher "probably re-
199 vamping their latest reorganization," someone ventured before we exchanged
200 worried "deep deep dodo time" looks and snapped back to our keyboards/CRTs
201 and such projects as administrators' wives' theses.
202  
203 Well, I was doing Daytime next day -- it must've been a Monday because I
204 wrked Days on Mondays or it could've been a Friday because I volunteered
205 alot of them, too; but actually it could've been most anyday 'cause I 
206 tended to victimize myself that way thinking I was being "cooperatsive"
207 and "flexible."  But whichever, I was publicly Attacked fo our group's
208 shenanigans (contrary to my contractual rights, I might add); evidently
209 our Ringleader had gotten The Word that her night girls did nothing but
210 sit around shooting the breeze all evening.  Of course, I didn't know
211 whether to laugh or cry (I think I cohse the latter -- stress levels, you
212 know).  And I've never even revealed this Amazing Fate to anybody until now
213 (obviously Codependence/Dysfunctinality Syndrome).  But personally, I cher-
214 ish crazy coincidences and consistently contemplate their credence.
215  
216 And even today I continue to wonder what looked sillier -- a bunch of women
217 turning their heads in unison with looks of pretend terror on the faces
218 slowing turning to absolute astonishment then to real terror ... or the two
219 Peeping Dons standing in the dark peering in at a bunch of women obviously
220 engaging in those shadowy consipracys that rend companys asunder ...
221  
222         _______________________________________________________________
223  
224          They may conduct trials by water but they're CERTAINLY on no
225          witch hunts .... And they're NOT stalking either.
226        _________________________________________________________________
227  
228 -------------------------------But will I *ever* LEARN?---------------------
229  
009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  03/29/91 06:33  Msg:5933 Call:34069 Lines:16
230 &*&*&*&*'s
231 Well, last night saw the return of Twin Peaks.  It was even a fairly 
232 good peaks episode.  The recap at the begining ought to have helped
233 out those who haven't seen the show before, though it was a bit to
234 short to be of to much use.  They could have taken up the entir hour
235 explaining everything, and still had people baffled. 
236  
237 I don't think TP will be back for another season, and that is sad.  There
238 really is so little on TV that interests me in the least.  TP is a show I
239 can actually watch two or three times and still be entertained.  There 
240 is just so much going on in almost any given scene that you can't help 
241 but miss some of it the first couple of times through.
242  
243 An Astral Dreamer
244 &*&*&*&*'s
245  
010=Usr:322 Stray Cat         03/29/91 21:31  Msg:5935 Call:34077 Lines:35
246 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
247  
248 HOME:  About that book .... one really SHOULD be done.  I included Margaret 
249 Atwood and Martin Scorsese on the "cc" list of the lengthy documents of
250 pertinent details I had the Union's secretary "sign for" for my trial by
251 water but, of course, I was just joshing 'em.  I doubt they saw the humor,
252 but I'd wager my clone they're STILL quivering in ther boots <grin>.  And
253 knowing you're already doing 17 things at once ... as always ... and would
254 probably prefer a room without a view (in that direction anyway), I think 
255 a former floozie from the swingshift sweatshop could probably do a wonderful
256 job of it.  She placed in a WILLAMETTE WEEK short fiction competition short-
257 ly before she returned to NY, then evidently wrote a huge tome at home a
258 few years later.  I don't think I ever told you but her "friend" worked for
259 this very same institution, too.  While I knew she was doing magazine
260 articles and book reviews, I hadn't noticed she'd written a book until I
261 hppened upon it at the library almost immediately after your remark about
262 your ... uh, hmmmm ... "friend's" credentials.  Like I said, her dad wrote
263 a book which was later adapted for a moving starring Anthony Quinn, but I
264 now think dhe's also related to a SF writer/moviemaker who related to 
265 myriad magazine moguls (she never mentioned it though).  She's the "punk" I
266 told you about once that had been a "groupie" for a local NY band that, it
267 turned out, included my roommate's wacky Oregonian stepsister's LA husband
268 (her FIRST name was Jessica Rose Boogie; I never memorized her last but it
269 was even longer <a recent letter said "r jade" so looks like she's shortened
270 it somewhatly. but she'd be another rather fun novel herself ... she AND her
271 family!).
272  
273 But I think there's also an abundance of additional options ... there's so
274 many pertinent issues involved, I think alot could be made of it lots of
275 places.
276  
277 In an event, it's been interesting!
278  
279 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{} BTW are YOU the young lad that ...
280  
011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  03/31/91 10:47  Msg:5936 Call:34102 Lines:7
281 &*&*&*&*'s
282  
283 Hmm, looks like this is going to be a near lurk.
284  
285 An Astral Dreamer
286 &*&*&*&*'s
287  
012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/01/91 05:42  Msg:5937 Call:34110 Lines:23
288 &*&*&*&*'s
289 Wow, for such a long time I had terrible credit.  (It wasn't my fault,
290 but the credit people didn't care.)  Anyway, suddenly I seem to be able
291 to get credit everywhere.  Getting that first credit card was a heck of
292 a break through.  I went down to apple music today to see about applying
293 for credit.  After filling out a form and waiting for about fifteen 
294 minutes I got the OK on a $1500 in house credit card limit.  I
295 got a nice used 12 string guitar (Now I just have to figure out how to
296 tune it.)  A Yamaha four track recording deck.  (Now I just have to 
297 figure out how to use it.)  A nice Microphone, a pickup for the 
298 accoustic, a tuner and some strings and picks.  After I pay some of 
299 this off I'm going to buy a MIDI keyboard.
300  
301 I even have some money left over on the limit.  I did notice one thing,
302 being a computer junkie has really jaded me in terms of money.  When
303 a decent hard drive costs 4 to 600 bucks, its hard to blink at paying
304 similiar sums of money for musical instruments and such.
305  
306 So, now I have 4 guitars.  I seem to be collecting them.
307  
308 An Astral Dreamer (Filling the disk line by line.)
309 &*&*&*&*'s
310  
013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/01/91 11:13  Msg:5938 Call:34118 Lines:8
311 &*&*&*&*'s
312 Well, I'm in the process of recording the song that goes along with the
313 lyrics I posted earlier.  Much fun.  I am starting to wish I had a couple
314 of effects though.
315  
316 An Astral Dreamer (Ha! two messages in one day.  No foolin!)
317 &*&*&*&*'s
318  
014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/03/91 08:26  Msg:5939 Call:34137 Lines:7
319 &*&*&*&*'s
320 Hmm, Methinks I'm going to have to invent some other aliases.  I 
321 need to have somebody to talk to.  
322  
323 An Astral Dreamer (too or to, or i it two?)
324 &*&*&*&*'s
325  
015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/04/91 09:54  Msg:5940 Call:34153 Lines:7
326 &*&*&*&*'s
327  
328 Sigh.
329  
330 An Astral Dreamer
331 &*&*&*&*'s
332  
016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/05/91 02:51  Msg:5941 Call:34162 Lines:7
333 &*&*&*&*'s
334  
335 Sigh day two
336  
337 An Astral Dreamer
338 &*&*&*&*'s
339  
017=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/06/91 05:37  Msg:5942 Call:34185 Lines:9
340 &*&*&*&*'s
341  
342 Sigh day 3.
343  
344 Is anybody else getting bored with this?  I know I am.
345  
346 An Astral Dreamer
347 &*&*&*&*'s
348  
018=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      04/07/91 15:33  Msg:5943 Call:34201 Lines:2
349 Lurk sigh.
350 ***********
019=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert  04/07/91 16:50  Msg:5944 Call:34202 Lines:1
351 **************looks like things are a little slow*********KathyD*******
020=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      04/08/91 01:08  Msg:5945 Call:34209 Lines:5
352 Because of the falling ratings for Twin Peaks, ABC will be replacing
353 the programthis fall with a new show more suited to the intellegence
354 level of their viewers. The new show will be called Twin Geeks.
355 We are now accepting plot lines for the new show.
356 *************** ABC (Already Been Chewed) ****************************
021=Usr:524 robert kulbe      04/08/91 23:28  Msg:5946 Call:34219 Lines:21
357  
358  ZDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?
359  3  GridCom Network For Swap  3
360  @DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDY
361   1 GC-1448 Communicator Unit
362   1 GC-1148-P Centronics Unit
363   2 GC-Zero Hayes Modem Units
364   4 GC-RC   Line Conditioners
365   4 GC-PA   Power AmpSupplies
366   Manuals and cables included
367   ===========================
368   swap for anything following
369   ================
370   good 20meg hard drive
371    color monitor and XT card
372    a bus mouse & card + cash
373   ===========================
374      Ask for Bob 285-XXXX
375       or leave mail here
376        (Robert Kulbe)
377 These units make up a "Line-Modem" network using AC wiring.
022=Usr:322 Stray Cat         04/09/91 09:20  Msg:5947 Call:34223 Lines:21
378  
379 -------------------------A Stitch in Time --------------------------------
380  
381 THE CYCLE OF ABUSE
382  
383 It's not like I wasn't prewarned of the consequences or anything.  I'd been
384 told countless times it would only make matters worse.  And, of course, it
385 did.
386  
387 Kinda reminds me of he stor a former teacher once told in the staff lounge
388 one noon about another teacher who noticed signs of physical abuse on one
389 of her students and, as is required of teachers and physicians, reported it.
390 The CDS promptly removed the kid from his home for two weeks and, of course,
391 when the kid was required to return home he was REALLY in trouble.  He ended
392 up in the hospital.
393  
394 Instead of Five Free at the EAP I think the administration should consider
395 looking into group rates on frontal lobotomies.
396  
397 --------------------Or Perhaps an Icepick to the Brain? -------------------
398  
023=Usr:333 Bartender Slug    04/09/91 22:28  Msg:5948 Call:34233 Lines:2
399 All Purpose Marker #1.
400  
024=Usr:526 DONALD MOORE      04/11/91 00:00  Msg:5949 Call:34252 Lines:5
401  
402 ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
403  
404 You know, it does'nt seem possable that us "Modern day sole Brothers" could
405 be slaves.  If the master said..
025=Usr:527 kristi g          04/11/91 15:54  Msg:5952 Call:34261 Lines:3
406 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
407 nice to be back ----- good ale here.
408 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&   kristi g $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
026=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir   04/12/91 00:42  Msg:5954 Call:34272 Lines:8
409 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
410   
411 Aha!  A voice from the past (I think).
412  
413                           Mohammed Wassir
414                        <The Albanian Firebrand>
415  
416 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
027=Usr:517 Aunt Rant         04/12/91 14:11  Msg:5959 Call:34283 Lines:11
417  
418 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
419  
420 So.... these employers who use "integrity" tests for hiring purposes, you
421 know ... if their questions find you anal retentive, does the company sell
422 your name to a laxative company?  I know the school district sells their
423 student records ... it said so in the Board minutes from August.  I thought
424 those things were confidential!
425  
426 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
427  
028=Usr:527 kristi g          04/12/91 15:09  Msg:5961 Call:34284 Lines:8
428  
429 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
430  
431 Welcome to the new, fascist America. And getting more so everyday. The 
432 postwar arrogance is making me ill.
433  
434 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     kristi g       $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
435  
029=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/12/91 17:07  Msg:5962 Call:34285 Lines:10
436 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
437 What, pray tell, are you looking for here, Mohammed.  There are no stray camel
438 running loose in this neck of the woods.  It is quiet and peaceful, here!
439 You aren't by any chance fleeing the effects of a disastrous war? Albania
440 wants you folks back. There is soon to be a new order.  There will be a need
441 for new leaders.  This is OPPORTUNITY.  It may only come to you this time.
442 z...no seize the moment!
443 ???????????a old but friendly lurker????????????????????????????
444  
445 ?
030=Usr:527 kristi g          04/12/91 23:45  Msg:5965 Call:34293 Lines:6
446  
447 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
448  
449 waitaminnit - he was talking to me!!! Who are you, old but friendly lurker?
450  
451 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ kristi g    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
031=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir   04/13/91 04:17  Msg:5967 Call:34297 Lines:14
452 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
453  
454      An old and friendly lurker, eh?  Probably one of those Net guys
455 lurking around in disguise.  You're right, though, opportunities do
456 abound in my homeland of Albania . . . though I'm not sure I'm entirely
457 welcome there yet.  They still haven't forgiven me for the toilet 
458 plunger caper.  
459   
460      Oh, Leroy, where are you when I need you?
461   
462                       Mohammed Wassir
463                    <The Homesick Albanian>
464   
465 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
032=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/13/91 06:45  Msg:5968 Call:34299 Lines:12
466 =+-=+-=+-+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-
467                  ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
468  
469 SALEM--The Department of Public Waterways is probing the buildup of algae
470 and other pollutants in the meandering waterway affectionately known as
471 backwater. The damage was first reported to authorities by the little
472 knon Albanian firebrand, Mohamme Wassir, who had become lost hile
473 searching for camls. This normally placid stream with its iridescent clay
474 bottom and woody debris hs become choked with plants ad scum.
475  
476 Phosphates and oter fertilizer have befouled is otherwise normally muddy
477 apearance.  To clean it up wil require massive taxpayer assstance.
033=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/13/91 06:56  Msg:5969 Call:34300 Lines:29
478 Early estimates predict a need to close down unproductive schools in the
479 state in order to fund this project. A lake may have to be drained to
480 increase stream flow.  Developers are beginning to discuss ways of
481 utilizing this, soon to be available, fertile land for public assisted
482 housing.
483  
484 Wassir plans to sue public sewerage agencies for allowing these phosphates
485 to enter waterways.  The concrete industries in conjunction with the
486 highway department are studying the possibility of paving the bottom to
487 keep the naturally occurring phosphates in the clay mud from leaching into
488 this pristine environment.  The EPA will be looking into the possibility of
489 providing special eddy areas for fish and other denizens to take care of
490 their elimination needs in a somewhat more organized manner.  All this will
491 take cash.
492  
493 Sewer bills may have to be as high as 1200 to 1400 a month. Although there
494 are seemingly few inhabitants of this quiet area, and they have been
495 observed talking to themselves, one can't help but wonder what changes
496 these improvements will bring? Is this the sort of place for supernatural
497 dreamers or reminiscing secretaries?
498  
499 The activist, Wassir, is pleased with the impact his actions have had so
500 far.  He has been meeting with Lloyd Marbet, his radiant adviser and may
501 tackle that Chinese company Wah Chang next.  We'll attempt interviews in
502 the future to keep you apprised of any fast moving developments should any
503 surface.
504  
505 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-BACK+COUNTRY=+REPORTER+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
506  
034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/13/91 10:21  Msg:5972 Call:34301 Lines:20
507 &*&*&*&*'s
508 Hmm, activity.  Neat.  
509  
510 And now, a poem, song.  (I'll skip the chords this time.)
511  
512 Yesterday morning we came to today.  Said to our future we've nothing to say.
513 And we fought with our ancestors, calling them names, in our yesterday mornings
514 that already came.
515  
516 Yesterday morning we came to today.  Things we have hidden we've nothing to
517 say.  And we'll come to your houses and tell you our lives, we are yesterday
518 people with nothing to say.
519  
520 Forgotten people in houses of clay.  Left with tommorow they've nothing to
521 say.  And they fought with their ancestors telling them lies, in their
522 yesterday mornings that already came.
523  
524 An Astral Dreamer
525 &*&*&*&*'s
526  
035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/13/91 20:44  Msg:5975 Call:34318 Lines:7
527 &*&*&*&*'s
528 You know, sometimes I feel like the angel of death.  I really don't
529 mind if other people enter stuff on the same day as me.  Honoust!
530  
531 An Astral Dreamer
532 &*&*&*&*'s
533  
036=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/14/91 21:11  Msg:5976 Call:34341 Lines:3
534 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-==++-==++-
535 If you want more company, you'll have to offer stronger ale or free stout!
536 One can't expect boistrous company in quiet towns hidden away in the woods.
037=Usr:333 Bartender Slug    04/15/91 00:17  Msg:5978 Call:34345 Lines:3
537  
538 All Purpose Marker #2
539  
038=Usr:54 George Freemont   04/15/91 00:25  Msg:5979 Call:34347 Lines:68
540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
541      I first saw the grey lady out behind the Backwater Inn.  My boss,
542 Conroy Portner, and I had a job back there.  Conroy is a private detective,
543 but the private dick business being what it is, he sometimes has to
544 fall back on his old trade, plumbing.  That's where this job came in,
545 something had backed up the Backwater to the point the neighbors were
546 complaining.  We had to fix it.  My name is Wolfgang Amadeus Jones,
547 but most folks call me Skip.  I'm Conroy's apprentice.
548      The Backwater Inn had lately gone to seed.  Overgrown bushes 
549 surrounded the place and the shutters were askew.  A Rowan tree in front
550 sorely needed some creative pruning.  Conroy was never a social sort,
551 we passed by the Inn and crossed a rough-hewn footbridge.  Following
552 the stream, we entered the forest behind the Inn.  Not too far into the
553 forest, it became evident that something was seriously wrong.  The stream
554 had overflowed its banks and become a small lake.
555      Conroy motioned me down a small bank at the edge of the lake.
556 "Aha," he said, "I think I know what the problem is."
557      "What?" I said.
558      "The outlet to the stream is plugged.  Look."  He pointed to a 
559 culvert stuffed with a jumble of branches, pond scum, and assorted debris.
560 "Wolfgang," Conroy said, "hand me the plumbing snake."
561      "It's Skip."
562      "What?"
563      "I want you to call me Skip."
564      "Ha!  Last week you wanted me to call you Spike.  Why don't I just
565 call you Muffy like your girlfriend?"
566      I felt me ears getting red, so I shut up and handed him the plumbing
567 snake. Conroy bent to the task and worked on the culvert.  He may be a
568 short little cuss, but no one handles a snake like Conroy.  Sometimes
569 when he gets pissed, people make the mistake of laughing.  With his
570 red hair and face, he looks like a fire plug with a gland problem.  I
571 only made that mistake once.
572      "Nope," he said, "this isn't going to work.  We'll have to dig this
573 puppy out by hand."
574      We pulled out the branches and garbage by hand.  One of the first things
575 I found was a toilet plunger.  "Kid, let me see that,"  Conroy said.  He
576 examined it and scratched his head.  "What was the name on the invoice
577 for this job?"
578      I checked the invoice.  "Wassir.  M. Wassir."
579      "Curious.  This is an Albanian plunger.  Very rare, produced by
580 a company owned by an Albanian named Mohammed Wassir a few years back.
581 I thought he was dead.  Let's see what other treasures are in here.
582      Over the next two hours, we discovered an assortment of curiosities
583 in the culvert.  Along with the plunger, we found in no particular order:
584    A pasquinade regarding the local school system,
585    A dingbatted maledicta in good condition,
586    A love letter to someone named Natasha signed by Leroy McKane,
587    Several sets of love letters to someone named Pam by various authors
588     <names withheld to protect the guilty>,
589    A Net decoder ring of inferior quality
590    Pen and ink drawings of dragons
591    An Illumnati I.D. card
592    A button reading "Tandy M100 rules",
593    Several hundred pages of news article rehashes,
594    Assorted bits of prose and poetry.
595      Finally, I had enough.  I told Conroy I was going up to the bank to
596 take a break.  He grunted and kept at the culvert.  I settled under a
597 tree for my afternoon nap.
598      "Kid, get your ass down here."
599      I struggled to my feet and walked to the edge of the bank, wiping
600 the sleep out of my eyes.  "What is it?  I said.
601      "I'm gonna call the cops."
602      "Honest, I gave up those funny cigarettes, just like you said."
603       "No it's not that," Conroy said.  I noticed he had a cigar clamped
604 in his mouth.  He stepped aside and I saw the grey lady sticking half-out
605 of the culvert.  Water trickled around her body.  "This broad has been
606 strangled."  He smiled.  "Break out your fedora, we've got ourselves a case.
607  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
039=Usr:527 kristi g          04/16/91 01:36  Msg:5980 Call:34368 Lines:7
608  
609 $$$$$$$$$$$$$
610  
611 early morning, birthday, after work lurk.
612  
613 $$$$$$$$$$$$$   kristi g   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
614  
040=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/16/91 10:22  Msg:5983 Call:34371 Lines:1
615  
041=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/16/91 11:44  Msg:5984 Call:34372 Lines:28
616 &*&*&*&*'s
617  
618  
619 You cry out that life isn't fair.  You cry out while other people stare.
620 You cry out, doesn't anybody care?  Nobody told you buyer beware.
621  
622 Money is all the rage now.  Cash flow is slowing you down.  Can't see
623 where you are going to.  Don't know which way is up.  
624  
625 Had a dream, I was wondering.  Had a dream, I was right.  Had a dream that
626 nobody cared to hear.  Had a dream that wasn't quite right.
627  
628 You cry out that life isn't fair.  You cry out while other people stare.
629 You cry out, doesn't anybody care?  Nobody told you buyer beware.
630  
631 Moon is out, the shadows are there.  The moon is out, have you gotten your
632 share?  Moon is out, have you gotten your share? or is that the first tiny
633 tear?
634  
635 A manic day, I ran all about.  Looked around, what a sight.  And I knew that
636 in my wanderings here,  would play the game again tonight.
637  
638 You cry out that life isn't fair.  You cry out while other people stare.
639 You cry out, doesn't anybody care?  Nobody told you buyer beware.
640  
641 An Astral Dreamer
642 &*&*&*&*'s
643  
042=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/16/91 17:57  Msg:5986 Call:34376 Lines:41
644 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
645        "It's my own damn fault!" Alexis muttered as he ambled down the road
646 kicking rocks and feeling sorry for himself. "If I hadn't called it an
647 evironmental disaster, this would  never have happened."
648        It was his own fault, of course.  Desperate for a story he had
649 followed up on a chance conversation overheard in the county offices.  Some
650 kind of pollution thing.  Knowing public tastes, he had called it an
651 environmental disaster.  So now angry letters demanding action were sitting
652 on his editor's desk.
653        His editor was ecstatic.  There wasn't much action of any kind going
654 on so they didn't get much public response to local news.  A follow-up was
655 mandatory.  And who better than the guy who had uncovered the mess in the
656 first place?
657        The first time he had been out, his car had still been running. There
658 hadn't been much of anyone around to interview. He hung around the inn for a
659 while sampling its wares. Lately his biggest excitement in life came when
660 sipping an, as yet, untasted brew from some foreign land.
661        He wasn't exactly in his prime.  He'd quit his job in the big city to
662 write the great novel only to discover that he'd misplaced it.  It was
663 probably somewhere with his missing socks or in amongst the clutter of his
664 room.  After awhile, realizing that eating seemed to be his real passion, he
665 got a job with the local tabloid covering rural americana.
666        It was actually quite a lovely day, sunny and warm and crystal clear.
667 Certainly a change from all the rain.  But he wasn't thinking about weather.
668 He was plodding along cursing to himself that he had to come out to this old
669 inn again. There wasn't even a bus out this way.  So here he was, walking
670 along in his clever disguise as a fisherman.
671        Course he had a fly fishing outfit which was all he owned.  It had
672 been a gift from his ex father-in-law who was a confirmed fisher type
673 person.
674 The pond he was headed to was more suited to a cane pole with a bobber on
675 the
676 end.  But Alexis wasn't enough of a fisherman to even realize how out of
677 place he would appear.
678        White flowers dotted the mountain ash adding a splash of color to the
679 otherwise dreary appearance of the inn.  Alexis decided it would be better
680 to
681 fish for a while before entering the inn. It would add some credence to his
682 cover.  Alexis crossed over the footbridge and entered the forest behind the
683 inn.
684 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
043=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir   04/17/91 02:01  Msg:5988 Call:34390 Lines:38
685 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
686      The California Grey was lashed by cables to the side of the 
687 pirate whaler.  Quick, yellow men deftly cut the whale's blubber
688 into long slabs to be stored in the ship's hold.  Steam arose
689 from the carcass in the chill of the north Pacific April night.
690 The men were experts and it would take them only two hours to
691 reduce the great animal to ribs and bones.
692      On the bridge, the captain and his first mate watched the
693 process with an air of competant boredom.
694      "She put up quite a fight didn't she, Captain," the mate said.
695      "Bah, nothing like the old days.  The big fish are no more."
696      "And the sport . . ." the mate prompted.  This coversation had
697 been played out before.
698      "And the sport is gone," the Captain said, "explosive harpoons
699 and sonar make the kill quick and sure.  Business."  He spat on the
700 floor.
701      From the rear of the bridge, the radar operator said, "Captain,
702 I have a radar contact bearing 270 at thirty miles."
703      "Greenpeace?"  the mate said.
704      "Perhaps," the Captain said, "but how did they get so close?"
705      "I don't know.  Should we unlimber the deck gun?"
706      "Yes, let's finish what the French started and sink the
707 Rainbow Warrior for good.  They are fools if they challenge us out
708 here with no one to see."  The Captain spat on the deck again and
709 both men laughed.
710      "Captain," the radar operator said, "I have two more contacts,
711 same bearing, closing fast."
712      The mate and Captain turned and peered through the gloom.  They
713 caught but a glimpse of the two missles skipping across the waves
714 before the first one took the ship directly amidships.  The second
715 one slammed into the engine room and it was mere seconds before the
716 ship sunk, pulled down by the weight of the California Grey.
717      Being a stubborn man, the mate clung to a hatch cover for two
718 hours even though he knew there would be no rescue.  Neither his
719 government nor the Tokyo-based corporation that owned his ship 
720 would admit to its existence.  Finally, he surrendered himself to
721 the sea, and the pirate whaler was no more.
722 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
044=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/17/91 22:48  Msg:5989 Call:34412 Lines:6
723 /////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
724 Wisdom is
725 the booby prize
726 given when you've been
727 unwise.                        Piet Hein    Grooks III
728 ////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
045=Usr:4 Milchar           04/18/91 00:45  Msg:5990 Call:34415 Lines:4
729 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
730 Oh, my.  ENter mode.  I hope I remember how to use this thing...
731 Welcome back to BW, M.W. & kristi g!  My, but that was an extended lurk. :-)
732 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++ 9104180049 +
046=Usr:529 Joel Hobart       04/18/91 01:49  Msg:5991 Call:34416 Lines:13
733 ^^^
734  
735   It has been about five years since I have seen BWMS, but I am back, looking
736 for my old friends.
737  
738    Has anyone seen, heard from, heard of, or felt the presence of Mike Zenner?
739 He frequented here long ago, but I have lost touch with him.
740  
741   Anyone with info, let me know.  User 529, or Joel Hobart...
742  
743 ^^^
744  
745  
047=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir   04/18/91 14:51  Msg:5992 Call:34427 Lines:34
746 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
747      "Come in, Ms. Kelly.  Tell me, did the Exocets work as 
748 advestised?"
749      "Yes, Mr. Wassir, two direct hits.  The ship was lost with all
750 hands."
751      "Excellent.  You don't approve, Ms. Kelly . . ."
752      "Lauren."
753      "Lauren, then.  I didn't realize a Harvard MBA brought with it a
754 sense of moral outrage."
755      "Moral outrage has nothing to do with it.  I can't understand why
756 you involve yourself in something that won't bring a profit."
757      "That's one of the benefits of power, being able to exercise one's
758 will in the manner of one's choosing without justifying it."
759      "And you see fit to send fifty-seven men to their deaths."
760      "Lauren, could it be you're a closet romantic?  I see fit to do what
761 I want.  To paraphrase a great Albanian hero, 'Extremism in defense of 
762 the environment is no vice."
763      "I see.  What about the Ralph Nader visit?"
764      "Set up a press conference for this weekend.  We'll announce the
765 grant to Common Cause.  Invite that back country reporter . . ."
766      "Alexis."
767      "Alexis.  Anything else?"
768      "We have a problem with Portner."
769      "Who?"
770      "Portner, the plumber."
771      "Ah, for the Inn.  Pay him what he wants.  There's no reason to
772 stiff a guy for doing an honest day's work."
773      "It's not that.  Our police sources indicate that he discovered
774 a body behind the Inn.  They're on their way there now.  One of yours,
775 I suppose."
776      "The body?  Hardly.  I never clutter up my backyard, it's bad for
777 business . . . Put on your grubbies, Lauren.  I want someone on the scene
778 to see what's happening and you're elected.  This is most curious."
779 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
048=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/18/91 22:42  Msg:5994 Call:34437 Lines:29
780 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-
781@np
782@li781
783      Alexis started to hum to himself once he entered the shade of the 
784 forest.  He found that he was actually looking forward to fishing and was
785 wondering what sort of lure might attract one in these waters.  Poking
786 about amongst the flies and shinny spinners as he walked, he didn't even
787 see the dingbatted maledicta until it barked his shins.  It was puzzling at
788 first.  He'd seen maledictas before, but the only dingbat he'd known was
789 named Edith.
790      When he tripped over the pasquinade, he was at a complete loss. A
791 feeling of being in over his head began to overwhelm him!  He looked about
792 him at the mess that had been dredged up out of the water.
793      "Someone's been busy here," he muttered wishing he had someone
794 other than himself to mutter to.
795      It was then, that he noticed the culvert.  Or more specifically what
796 seemed to be stuck in the culvert.  His heart began to race and he became a
797 little short of breath.  Manys the time he had visualized himself coolly
798 investigating violent death and even solving the case for the inept
799 detectives assigned.  Yet suddenly, he had this queasy feeling in the pit
800 of his stomach.  He looked about wildly, hoping to see someone.  He didn't
801 want to go any closer by himself.
802      Whoever had been digging in the muck, must have gone off.  They had
803 to have seen the lady in the culvert.  Alexis forced himself to go down the
804 bank and get a closer look.  He slipped.  It was a damp, muddy, somewhat 
805 portly figure that puffed his way up the bank and out of the forest and 
806 into the inn.
807 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
808@GREAT IT WORKED
049=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/19/91 20:10  Msg:5995 Call:34459 Lines:8
809 Two types that had far better
810     leave to their betters
811 the civilized art
812     of exchanging letters
813 are those who disdain
814     to make any response,
815 and those who infallibly
816     answer at once.           Piet Hein  Grooks III
050=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/21/91 10:13  Msg:6001 Call:34491 Lines:9
817 A DIPLOMATIC COMPROMISE
818 A fellow I know
819 can get mountains to move
820 and all opposition
821 appeases:
822 he preaches what God
823 cannot help but approve,
824 and does
825 what the Devil he pleases.       Piet Hein     Grooks III
051=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par  04/21/91 11:42  Msg:6002 Call:34493 Lines:31
826 *_)@#*(_%($_)($_)@#($_)#*(_)!(_)!)%@#%#(%@(%_)@(_@(%)@#(%_(%(%_)(_)(~!@_)$(@!#_
827  
828 Some days you wake up and you just know things aren't the same as they were
829 the day before. Today is such a day. Why you ask? Because in what seems like
830 one sudden swoop of activity, Backwater appears to live again. How long will
831 this bloom last? No one can say for sure. All I can do is enjoy the writing
832 while it lasts.
833  
834 Now to those specific users:
835  
836 kristig: Words almost fail me in my expression of happiness to see you here!
837          I take it your PC lives again, along with the modem you write about.
838          Just when I was about to give up on sweet miracles, you show up.
839          Thanks for the email! Happy belated birthday (check your snail mail!)
840 Astral:  Ok, no getting out of it next time. I want to hear you play,
841          and I don't care how "unpolished" you think you are! To a wannabe
842          player like myself, who is so frustrated with his current lack of
843          creative muses, *any* guitar playing sounds great. I am impressed
844          with your efforts at recording. Will you be able to make tapes that
845          you can play on your new (if slightly clawed) stereo system?
846 Wassir:  Just when we all thought it was safe to let our pets out at night,
847          you show up. Perhaps it is time to reactive a certain para-military
848          organization....
849 Mikey:   Have you given up with backwatr polling qiclab? Perhaps you can talk
850          to shawni@celene, who is able to connect when the system isn't busy.
851          The only changes are that the Telebit 2500 answers PEP tones first,
852          so you might have to increase the "wait for carrier" setting on your
853          modem...
854  
855 *%_)@*%_@(_)@*_)~!@(_)%&@ L'homme sans Parity *$%_@*$_!@(_)~(_@$%_)$($($)(!$
856  
052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/21/91 19:29  Msg:6007 Call:34513 Lines:17
857 &*&*&*&*'s
858 L'Homme, I'm slowly building up a demo tape.  I've written four songs
859 so far.  I'm only really happy with two of them.  I'd be happy to 
860 pass on a copy of this tape at some point in the future.  Warning in 
861 advance, it is very rough.  The only thing I guarentee is that everything
862 is more or less in tune, and the tempo should be semi-consistant.  I've
863 learned that I can sing a little bit.  I'm thinking about taking
864 lessons in the near future, both guitar and voice.  Meanwhile I'll
865 practice, and maybe sometime I'll even work up the courage to perform
866 live.
867  
868 Anyway, its fun stuff.  Helps keep me busy.  And it has sort of been a 
869 dream of mine for a long time.
870  
871 An Astral Dreamer
872 &*&*&*&*'s 
873  
053=Usr:322 Stray Cat         04/22/91 20:32  Msg:6010 Call:34543 Lines:6
874  
875 I hope all district employees see fit to honor Joe Vorboril at the end of
876 his term on the Board.  I admire those people who take a stand despite having
877 a lot to lose by doing it.  And he didn't just drop the issue after the
878 elections either!
879  
054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/22/91 20:46  Msg:6011 Call:34544 Lines:9
880 &*&*&*&*'s
881 Hmm, what issue are we talking about here.  There are so many of them 
882 in an organization the size of PPS, that it is hard to keep track.  
883 (Yes, there are politics in education.  And they ain't all that 
884 pretty either.)
885  
886 An Astral Dreamer
887 &*&*&*&*'s
888  
055=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      04/23/91 00:31  Msg:6013 Call:34548 Lines:10
889 L'homme: Not given up on QicLab, rather my machine hasn't seen
890 Unix for a while cause I'm busy on a deadline getting a 
891 project done for a certain laboratory down south NM way.
892 Soon as I get it done I will be eyeing a new computer 
893 with the funds received. I'll also be less busy enough
894 (hopefully) to be able to call QicLab on a more normal
895 basis. These days though almost all of my time is spent
896 coding or sleeping. But the project is very near complete.
897  
898 ***********************************************************
056=Usr:333 Bartender Slug    04/23/91 22:53  Msg:6017 Call:34568 Lines:3
899  
900 All Purpose Marker #3
901  
057=Usr:333 Bartender Slug    04/25/91 21:21  Msg:6028 Call:34616 Lines:2
902 All Purpose Marker #4
903  
058=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/26/91 06:29  Msg:6029 Call:34624 Lines:7
904 &*&*&*&*'s
905 Hmm, We really need to finish this disk off.  Oh well, I don't see myself
906 doing so at this time.  Later.
907  
908 An Astral Dreamer
909 &*&*&*&*'s
910  
059=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer   04/26/91 07:08  Msg:6031 Call:34625 Lines:1
911 What purpose do markers serve? (A confused reader!)
060=Usr:267 phoenix polymorp  04/26/91 11:33  Msg:6032 Call:34631 Lines:3
912 PHOENIX is back, and this time (I hope) for good (or ill...)
913 So ev'ry one Raise your cans of beer on high and seal your fate forever!
914 Pp  ^C
061=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert  04/26/91 16:59  Msg:6035 Call:34637 Lines:1
915 *****happybdaykristig!!!*****lookslikean adventureisbrewing****kathyD*****
062=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par  04/27/91 17:34  Msg:6038 Call:34660 Lines:7
916 *$_@#)_*@#*#)()_(#_)!*%_)#*%_)($_)~($_)@*%^_@$&^_)*$_)!(#!()_@#&%_)*_)$~_)#(%&(
917  
918 Astral: I don't care how rough they are. I am sure I will like it! So, when
919 can I get this tape??? Thanks for the Twin Peaks fix the other day. I needed
920 it, considering there will be no fixes until June. Arg!
921  
922 *%_@#*%_)@#%#@)*%_@#*%_)*_!)&%@#%)#%*) L'homme sans Parity *$_*~!_)#*!_@$!_@)*!
063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/27/91 21:53  Msg:6041 Call:34662 Lines:18
923 &*&*&*&*'s
924 L'homme, give me some advance notice the next time you're going to stop by and
925 I'll make you a copy.  The tape is getting longer all the time.  I've written
926 about six songs, and am writting a new one about every four or five days.  
927 I don't know that I'll be able to keep this pace up.  Most of them will 
928 probably end up being throwaways, but if I manage to come up with just a 
929 few good ones I'll be happy.  
930  
931 On the down side is the fact that I don't really know anyone else that 
932 plays.  I wouldn't mind exploring the possibility of forming a part time
933 band.  I've always enjoyed playing.  When I was in High School Jazz band
934 I remember it being one part terror and one part thrill.  Oh well, I've
935 kinda taken the attitude that most things in life happen for a reason.  
936 Being a Rock & Roll star would be a passable life. :-)
937  
938 An Astral Dreamer
939 &*&*&*&*'s
940  
064=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  04/29/91 11:27  Msg:6047 Call:34681 Lines:21
941 &*&*&*&*'s
942 I wrote the following piece in a slightly different form back in 1985.  I don't
943 think I've posted it here before.  I was at best 19 when this was written.
944  
945 Upward bound but inward wound, there is in each a changing ground.
946 Seldome found, never sound.
947  
948 Cracks an fissures here and there, life is very seldome fair.
949 Are you there, do you care?
950  
951 They built up all your fears from small, to make it seem that others pall.
952 Reach out and call, break that wall.
953  
954 Locked your sure, inside so pure, they have the lure, they've got the cure.
955 Better converse, A final Verse.
956  
957 And Now you've found you have the skill, Don't have to drill, no one can kill
958 your heart and will.
959  
960 An Astral Dreamer
961 &*&*&*&*'s
065=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/02/91 01:40  Msg:6053 Call:34749 Lines:12
962  
963 {+}{+}{+}{+}
964  
965   Astral! Maybe you can enlighten me here. I've been taping Twin Peaks
966   but not watching them...saving 'em for later...so maybe I lost count.
967   Where did it go? No show last week, and doesn't look like there's 
968   gonna be one tonight (5/2) What's the deal..is the series over?
969  
970                              ThingFish
971  
972 {+}{+}{+}{+}
973  
066=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/02/91 06:28  Msg:6054 Call:34751 Lines:19
974 &*&*&*&*'s
975 No, the series is not over.  ABC canceled it.  There are two more episodes 
976 in the can, and they will be shown as a two hour movie on june 10.  Right
977 now it looks very unlikely that ABC will pick up TP for next year.  But, 
978 TP is very popular in England, spain, Australia and several other countries
979 around the world.  So, it is looking like there might be new episodes, but
980 they will be payed for by outside interests.  No telling wether or not they
981 will be availble here in the US.
982  
983 This show is not going to die easily.  Sort of sad that one of the best shows
984 on TV couldn't make it in the rateings.  Seems to me that this is just another
985 symptom of how far down this country has sunk.
986  
987 My prediction is that Laura Palmer will return in the TV Movie.  But we shall
988 see.
989  
990 An Astral Dreamer
991 &*&*&*&*'s (ACK, I hate waiting weeks on end to find out what happens.)
992  
067=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/02/91 14:01  Msg:6056 Call:34753 Lines:7
993 &*&*&*&*'s
994 Hmm, think I'll finih off the disk.
995  
996 Another rumour I've heard about TP is that they may make a movie for 
997 the big screen.
998 An Astral Dreamer
999 &*&*&*&*'s (At the bottom!)

