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21 Uhh..err.. party? I'm not really prepared enough (or rich enough) to throw
22 a party. Apartments are expensive. Perhaps, though...
23 Harumph. PorSFiS meeting this Saturday, I'll try to attend at the BPA
24 auditorium. Wonder what buses go by...
25 Straxi: Do you eat a plant that looks like a cellophane cactus?
26 Piper: We've a good bit to solve before wrap- fixing Bard's craft, helping
27 Cragmore deal with the mental noise, satisfying a curious alien...
28 ++++++++++++++++++
29 Oh, yes. At the top!
30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar 12:07am 10 Apr 86 +++++++++++++++++++
31 (<>)(<>)(<>?
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34 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=--.-=-.-=-.
35 ONE DISK OF JUNK IS MORE THEN SUFFICIENT
36 WHY DON'T WE START OVER? THIS BOARD IS SUPPOST TO BE FOR THE WRITING
37 OF STORRIES, AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, NOT THE SAVING OF SOALS
38 BY EITHER SIDE, AS NEITHER SIDE CAN OR WILL WIN, SO STOP, OR START
39 YOUR OWN BBS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS THIS NONSINCE, AND LEAVE THE REST OF US
40 IN PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
41 STARPATH:CALL N.KEEP/
42 LEONARD GOOD LUCK WITH THE JOB
43 J.D.:WHEN?MORE/
44 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=PRINCE DRAGON-.-=-.-=-
45 Actually, if you were to read the openning comments by the Cistop, you will
46 see that there are no statements to the effect that this is only a writers
47 board. it has been many things in the past, including religous debate as is
48 currently going on.
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50 *************************************************************
51 L'homme: Glad to hear things went OK, give me a call ASAP,
52 I have some information for you. I also have money for you.
53 You can catch me at USD between 10 and 12 this week, and
54 Hawthorne Technology between 2 and 6. (My hours are becoming
55 less stable lately.)
56 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************
57 KISS OFF PRINCEY
58
59 I HAVE LITTLE VIEWS OF THE OCCULT THAT COME FROM LITTLE MEN. MY LITTLE MEN
60 TELL ME OF SECRETS AND POWER FAR BEYOND MORTAL MEN. THEY TELL ME OF DEMOS
61 (CH:DEMONS) AND MAGIC AND FORCES SO POTENT THEY CAN KILL ANY MAN. AMULETS,
62 RITUALS, MAGICKS AND GIMMICKS MOST MEN DO NOT COMPREHEND. TALES OF NATURE,
63 TAILS OF DEMONS THAT WOULD CHILL ANY MAN TO THE BONE. OF WISHES AND WEAPONS
64 THEY SAY MAY EVEN EXIST AND CAN CONTROL ANY MAN. AND WHY DON'T I DABBLE AND
65 BABBLE AND BUBBLE WITH POWERS SO POTENT TO MAKE MEN POWERLESS? I AM A MAN
66 MUCH MORE A MORTAL MAN POSSESSED WITH AN INSATIABLE DESIRE TO FIND THE TRUTH
67 AND NEVER BE SATISFIED WITH IT. I AM POWERLESS TO DO OTHERWISE.
68
69 - A MAN -
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72 I want to apologize for my irregular frequency of late. This is the last written episode of this
73 story and I have to find time to sit down to write more. Please bear with me and I will have things back
74 on the track ASAP. Thanks.
75 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
76 The Hell Machine
77 (6)
78
79 Jean sat up slowly, blinking the sleep out of her eyes. The clock read 7:51. She clicked off the alarm. Quietly she
80 got out of the bed, trying to disturb Frank's sleep as little as possible. Not bothering with a robe, she padded out
81 into the front room naked.
82 She opened the curtain on the big floor-to-ceiling picture window, letting the sun flood the room. She gazed out
83 over the magnificent view of Portland from his home high up Rocky Butte. The sun hung over the west hills. She stood
84 there for a long moment, letting the warming rays bathe over her body. The window was made of one-way glass, so she
85 wasn't giving anybody a free show. Still, the feeling of exhibitionism was delicious, made all the more so by the fact
86 that nobody could really see her. Something was bothering her, but she couldn't put a finger on it.
87 Things had pretty much settled in the month since Mt. Hood had disappeared. The estimated death toll had been around
88 twelve thousand, and everybody was thankful it hadn't been much higher. One death, though, had hit very close to home.
89 The police had found Roy's truck on the 205 bridge with a wrecked transmission. Coast guard boats had found him
90 floating face down several miles downriver. Apparently he had been walking when the shockwave from the mountain's
91 disappearance had blown him over the barricade. Jean felt a little tug in her throat when she thought of it. Despite
92 his irresponsibility, they had all liked him.
93 Except for Frank, she didn't see too much of the others. Norbert was working on some kind of new power source that
94 NASA had contracted Mechtronix to develop for their proposed space station. Doug was back at his job washing dishes for
95 a diner somewhere on Sandy Blvd. Frank was working on a design for a new high-speed CPU that could give a micro speed
96 to rival a Cray. If it worked out, he could kiss off Mechtronix and their slave wages to open his own business. Hell,
97 in a year he could probably buy them out. Jean herself had been offered a teaching position at PSU and she was
98 considering taking it. Somehow the thought of staying around that place seemed unbearable.
99 She had been spending more nights here than at her own home lately. Not surprising. Since the Mt. Hood incident she
100 had a definite aversion to being alone. Alone, the ghosts of the dead would haunt her sleep. Frank understood this
101 feeling very well, and offered to put her up in his guest room. She hadn't intended to wind up in his bed, but after a
102 while it seemed to be inevitable. He was strong, sensitive, intelligent, funny (sometimes)... she couldn't name all of
103 it but she had been attracted to him almost from the beginning. Not to mention he was great in bed. She smiled at the
104 memory of the previous night.
105 But ghosts haunted his sleep, too. Ghosts of a different kind. At night she would sometimes be awakened by his
106 thrashing and moaning. What little she could make out of his words had something to do with guns and madmen. In the
107 daytime he would pass it off as just a nightmare and say nothing more. But high on his left bicep was an ugly scar that
108 might have been from a bullet. She dropped the subject, hoping eventually he would relent and talk about it. Whatever
109 it was, it must have been terrible. And the worst scars were where nobody could see them.
110 She stretched luxuriously. The sun felt wonderful. Something was still bothering her, though. How could anything be
111 wrong on a beautiful morning like this? The birds were singing outside, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the sun
112 hung like a giant golden orb in the west...
113 West?
114 She glanced sharply over at the wall clock. A little after eight. And the sun was just a little over the west hills.
115 It was unreal but so natural that she froze for a second, her heart pounding rapidly. Finally the spell broke and she
116 ran to the bedroom screaming for Frank.
117 Nobody else found anything strange about a western sunrise, or at least that was the impression the news gave. They
118 flipped through all the channels back and forth for two hours, finally settling on CNN Headline news. They had features
119 on war, murder, political corruption, Halley's Comet--but nothing about the sunrise. It was as if things had always
120 been this way. An oppressive feeling of unreality settled down over the both of them. Were they going crazy?
121 There was a knock at the door. Frank went over to answer it. It was Norbert. "Hi." He peeked around Frank, "Hi,
122 Jean." He opened his mouth to say something else and the stopped with a puzzled look on his face. "What is this, a
123 nudist convention or what?"
124 They both looked down at themselves and remembered that neither had thought to put anything on in the excitement.
125 Visitors had been the last thing on their minds. Jean yelped and ducked into the bedroom. Frank followed her close
126 behind (so to speak). He was more self-concious than she was, because he knew that Norbert was AC/DC. From the front
127 door, Norbert called out loudly, "I'm glad to hear you're not. I've had my fill of strangeness for one day and it's not
128 even lunch yet."
129 Jean came out tying the sash on her robe. "You noticed it too. The sunrise, I mean."
130 "Yep," Norbert replied, "Me and no one else. Took me an hour before I thought to ask you people."
131 Frank came out, fully dressed and wearing a jacket. He ignored the funny look they both gave him. "We're in big
132 trouble, you know. The whole world is."
133 "Tell me about it. I thought it began and ended with the mountain. Apparently we weren't so lucky."
134 Jean looked at them both, confused. "What are you talking about."
135 Norbert turned to her. "At a guess, my dear, we have undermined the fabric of reality with our little experiment.
136 All the clues point to it. I've been watching carefully and there's been some subtle random changes around here along
137 with the obvious ones. We've screwed up the universe."
138 Frank sighed, "And I don't see how we can fix it."
139
140 (To Be Continued...)
141 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$
142 DMDMDMDMDMDMDMDM--
143 I SHALL BUY SOME MAHLER AND LET YA KNOW MY THOUGHTS, PROMOTER-OF-MAHLER-
144 WHOSE-NAME-I-HAVE-FOOLISHLY-FORGOTTEN.
145 THANKS FOR THE TIP. JUST THINK, I WOULD STILL BE LISTENING *TOTALLY*, INSTEAD
146 OF JUST USUALLY, TO KGON IF IT WERENT FOR "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE". I LOVE IT!
147 LATER, DM
148 DMDMDMDMDMDMDMDM--
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164 up 20
165 NEAT!
166 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
167 O.K. I have agreed to stop on the religious stuff, and I will. So, I will make
168 no more comments to those written after the 8th...
169 Prince Dragon: You keep telling me to call these places. Just give me
170 some mail on rebel, telling where to call and what the number is. I just can't
171 deal with this stuff....(sorry...)
172 *** STARPATH ***
173 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
174
175
176 Start again, damn it!
177
178 As I clentched my sword in the black of the night, I felt the mighty warrior rush towards me. His sword in hand
179
180
181
182 damn, hey sysop, get rid of these lines, !!!! NOW!!!!
183
184
185 Ok, Take 3.....
186
187 As I clentched my sword in the darkness of the night, the mighty warrior rushed towards me with all his force, his mace dangling188 in front of him, and his sword in the other hand. I only had one weapon to fight this mighty beast, my sword, no shield...just 189 the sword. He ran toward me like a runaway train, I held my sword straight in front of me waiting for this Knight, He pulled
190 his mace up high and struck me with it, my sword flew out of my
191 hands and into the dirt, I was doomed, I saw him full plated
192 armored & dangerous, he threw his mace straight at me, I ducked
193 but it was no good, his mace struck me as I fell to the ground
194 I felt great pain as I stopped to touch my wound. I felt blood
195 run down my lip , I had the power to scramble for my feet as I
196 saw him running again, He picked up his mace and hearled it to-
197 ward me with all his might, I tried to duck again, but now it
198 was straight for my heart, again I felt the blow of the mighty
199 mace againts my body, blood everywhere as I fell to the ground
200 for I was in terrible agony, above I could hear is laugh...
201 "Ha, YOU FOOL, YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR ME!" then silence struck
202 he got on his horse and rushed away to kill more............
203 -THE TEMPTER-
204
205 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
206 Tempter - Did you spend a long time on that entry? I know how difficult it is
207 to pay attention to a story after the third week of editing, but it pays back
208 in spades. Things like, noticing the way wounds act in real life, and dealing
209 with abstracts as important parts of life, are important in storywriting. But
210 the twist ending finished the story well, so your instincts are fine.
211 Look at this! I am suggesting writing styles eight months after enroling into
212 the creative writing class! Do ignore me, but I did like the story.
213 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
214
215 AAAAAAAAACCCCCCDBBBBBBBB
216 I assume that the line above was intended to edit someones entry. I regret
217 to inform them of the following:
218 1. It only works on *some* terminals.
219 2. It only works if you have the *same* screen width.
220 3. It only works if the line numbers are off.
221 .... but nice try anyway...
222 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446531.6663______________________________
223 !"#$%&!"#$%&'()('&%$#"!"#$%&'()'(((()&%$#"!!!#!#!#"&%$)('(&%{body}amp;%!"#!#"#{body}amp;%$(')(&%$&%)(')('&%{body}amp;%&#"#!#"{body}amp;%$)()'&%{body}amp;%&#"!
224 Obie-term works!
225 Milch: No no, you have it all wrong. All you need to do is supply the location, all your guests supply
226 the food/drink/entertainment. We don't expect you to move in someplace AND have to pay for the party,
227 so for the party damages.... hmmm, I'll check my law books. So? When? <hint hint> :-)
228 Leonard: Again good luck, I am sure, if anything, you are over qualified for the job. Tell me more about those PC's
229 and I'll give you a fair market price. Are you thinking of getting a used machine? 8.9 on the Norton program? Ha, I got
230 you beat with my new machine. Is the next PorSFiS this weekend?
231 Mikey: I'll try to call, but old PPS has been keeping me mighty busy either in front of a camera or behind a keyboard.
232 It's a long strange story which I will tell you all about another time (sigh of relief?) Did you say money? I'll be
233 by A$AP! haha.
234 Emu: I hope the family problem isn't too bad. I'll hear from you when you get back. Take care.
235 !"#!&%{body}amp;()'&%{body}amp;%#"!#"!%{body}amp;%')('&%$#"!#"{body}amp;%')('&%{body}amp;$#"!&%$)('){body}amp;%$ L'homme sans Parity !"#!&%$)'(%&$#"!&%$)(')&%$#$%&)('$
236 :::::::::::O O:::::::04/10::::::::::::::::::::::21:06::::::O O:::::::::::::::::
237 Milchar: PorSFiS is not this Saturday but the week after - the 19th.
238 But let's party anyway :-)
239 L'homme: Of COURSE Obie-Term works. That's a first-rate hacked-up streamlined
240 terminal program, and beats the pants off most every program out there.
241 (Even Async...)
242 Sorry about the phone. I was wondering why I kept seeing RING RING RING
243 on the screen but nobody every left any messages. Turns out the switch
244 was just slightly out of the 'answer' position. All those dates and
245 obscene phone calls I missed...
246 Speaking of obscene phone calls, is Nerd totally gone now? I thought
247 you could get past the 'Percival logon' by answering BBS, but then it
248 asks for a password, and none of the ones I could think of work (not
249 even the 'four letter' ones I tried in frustration). With Bit Bucket
250 down to not much, Nerd gone, PCS gone, Aloha never busy, and all the
251 religious garbage on here, I don't get to do much BBSing anymore.
252 Next time you see a small plane wobbling around the sky, look closely -
253 it's probably LO (of the House of) flying out of Hillsboro. Ah to be
254 rich (and young).
255 :::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::
256 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
257 voyeur: That's strange. My Pulsar says it's April 12... as in this Saturday.
258 Letsee, One on 8 Mar, one that should have been on 22 Mar but wasn't, one on
259 12 Apr, one on 26 Apr. Am I wrong? Leonard, what does YOUR Pulsar say?
260 Well, if 'party' is a concept I can communicate to my apartment-mate here,
261 can do. Not that I expect problems with that...
262 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++ 10 Apr 86 at 9:53pm +++++++++++++
263 [\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\+\\+\\++\\\+\+\++\+\\+\
264
265
266 Dear Mr. Silverman....
267
268 Have you seen the film " The Quiet Earth?" It's story bears strong parralels to
269 yours. I think that you would enjoy it. On the subject of films, has anyone seen
270 " Brazil "? It is THE BEST FILM EVER! I mean that sincerely and from the bottom
271 of my heart. When I was but a slip of a girl, I thought that STAR WARS was
272 pretty neat, but ah, the follies of youth. GO SEE BRAZIL TODAY!!
273 I was pretty ticked when it didn't win any oscars. It should have been up for
274 best picture.
275 "Highlander" is about the WORST sci fi film iv'e seen in a long time. All it
276 is is a chance for Sean Connery to wear a red velvet doublet and say a lot
277 mystical junk. The guy that plays the Higlander.. He has one stock expression
278 that covers every emotion. It is supposed to be smoking, eternal knowledge and
279 thinly controlled inner tempest. Instead, it looks as if he needs an analyst.
280 Hey! I should go on tv like them other guys and review movies for fun and
281 profit. Maybe i'd get to meet all the stars, or be like Ted Mahar of Corey (ugh)
282 Brunish. ( I have no reason to dislike the man, but for his odious appearances
283 during thePbs festival breaks. He alwaysseems to end up right after Dr Who, and
284 is condecending...." Boy, you Whovians out there! I wonder if the TARDIS is for
285 real <Yuk Yuk>..But seriously folks.." Give it up corey.)
286 Anyhow, forgive my loquacity and verbosity, but after a hard day, one's fingers
287 tend to want to loosen up and get down.
288 Here with all your favorite film reviews.....
289
290 Alahna Rivania (the Reel thing) Phelps.
291 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
292 dear mr. silverman....smile!................
293 morrissey
294 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
295 off
296 Alhana Rivania Phelps?,?
297 :::::::: milchar- if, as you say, PorSFis was 3/8, then should have been 3/22
298 but wasn't because of the 'con, then +2 weeks would be 4/5, +2 weeks =
299 4/19. Or is it now 2nd/4th Saturday? One of us (at least) is confused
300 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::voyeur::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
301 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-
302
303 "Most men live lives of quiet desperation." Ain't that the truth?
304
305 The body of the young woman lay on the pavement. She had been crushed
306 by a semi-truck. I looked at it and faced my own mortality.
307
308 Sometimes we must make a conscious decision to live. I have reached
309 that point in my life. Nine days and counting.....
310
311 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-' The Jung and Restless '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'
312
313 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
314 Lurkin' round with nothing better to do.
315 ........PENDRAGON........
316 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
317
318
319 hello
320 ---------------------------------------
321 A B D U L B R I A N
322
323 ---------------------------------------
324 This will probably be my last message,
325 so please read it especialy you
326 Mr. Dougnut......
327 Throught out the last couple of weeks,
328 I have viewed this board and its
329 arguments about religeon and I have
330 something to say to you, Dougnut:
331 I have seen God in you, more than
332 anyone I have met(or come close to meeting)before. I would also like to say
333 that this message system is a wonderful
334 utility,but it shouldn't be used to
335 put religeons down....
336 The Bible pleads for no one to put any
337 religeon down,even if it contradicts
338 your own........
339
340
341 How have I seen God in you????
342
343 You figure it out,
344
345 and maybe you will find God in yourself!
346
347
348 so long for now!!!
349
350 In The Name Of God
351 ABDUL BRIAN.
352 /////////////////////////////////////
353 ////////////////////////////////////
354
355 I now offer you my right cheek
356
357 see you later
358 ABDUL BRIAN
359 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
360 Brazil: A picture that has captured the imagination of many. It is a total
361 concept movie; it builds a premise, a city, a world, characters, total
362 society, and it never, never fails its premise. It is a wonderfully
363 constructed film, not once cheating the viewer. The concepts presented are
364 fully developed, and no logical complaint about the completeness can be
365 leveled.
366 It is for precisely those reasons the film will remain a stigma on
367 the art of film making. A contradiction you say? Quite the opposite; my
368 premise follows exactly the one set down in the film. Brazil is devoid of
369 the milk (however you may think it) of human kindness. There is no love
370 that can not be defeated. Conscience has been cut from the mind. It is as
371 black as any void. Hope which sparks is doused. The strongest propoganda
372 was never so effective in drawing the lines of a world and filling in the
373 bleak colors between those lines. A hero will evaporate before the bright
374 onslaught of the bureaucratics. Brightness does not exist.
375 Brazil makes its point. No one can deny that. The effect of the
376 point on people who open themselves to the experience is powerful. Those
377 who enter a theater and never allow the visions within will never under-
378 stand why Brazil is one of the worst films ever made, and in being so, is
379 one of the best films ever made.
380 A Film Fan.
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382 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
383 voyeur: It seems that you've kept careful count, and I have blindly taken the
384 word of my issue of the Pulsar. Security at the BPA auditorium says it's next
385 week, my Pulsar says today. I wonder how many other people will try to attend
386 the meeting that isn't there?
387 I shall miss the meet on the 19th, also- the PSUACM programming contest falls
388 on that date; I have already made arrangements for it. Double Drat.
389 Any other suggestions? L'homme?
390 Emu: I've got a copy of the EE homework for you, XOR and XNOR gates. Yawn.
391 See you Monday?
392 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch, 12 Apr 86, 2:46pm ++++++++++++++++++
393 Milchar: dig out your Pulsar. Look at the back page (the one with the
394 mailing label on it). In the lower left corner is a sticker with some
395 blurred felt pen writing on it. If you squint & examine it carefully
396 you may be able to make out the words:
397 APRIL FOOL! CHECK MEETING DATES
398 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446533.5895______________________________
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410 Milchar: OUCH! You found out the truth by actually appearing at the BPA Audit.?
411 I sure hope the Pulsar editor appreciates his little jest. Never having
412 quite gotten around to joining PorSFiS, I've never received a Pulsar,
413 so I've never been led astray by their bizarre sense of humor. (or
414 regaled by notices of moving parties and whatever other useful
415 information may be contained within.)
416 Since this board was filled up with CRs for the past couple days,
417 Leonard left me the correct info on CBBS/NW. I hoped you would see the
418 message there, but alas you seem to have missed it. Well, we can all
419 commiserate with you at your forthcoming orgy-cum-Saturnalia. Looking
420 forward to it.
421 ::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::
422 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
423 Pulsar talk.
424 I'm going back to lurk mode....
425 *** STARPATH ***
426 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
427 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
428
429 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
430 tonight is saturday... a normal person is out and with friends... i was...
431 and loved every second of it... i danced slowly... long and dismal rides on
432 elongated omnibuses... kept the collar on my trench cropped... even danced
433 at all... something i've never done before...
434 then again... tonight is Saturday...
435 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
436 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+__+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
437
438 wow! did you kno that i can make ththe modem on my Osborne super computer
439
440 work! hoorah!%
441 and it is a lot faster too! zippedy doo da!
442
443 see ya all later!!
444
445 ***********************************
446 BOOK OF SOUL`S
447 revelations 6.5
448 ***********************************
449
450 And came forth from the Beast was the world unto all
451 that thy must worship the secound. & the first & the
452 secound said give worship unto the Wolf, And the Wolf
453 was gave worship & power was given unto the Wolf so
454 that he may govern over all. & the Wolf said unto the Dragon
455 & the Beast look for the time had come.
456 And the Dragon & the Beast were ammused.
457 And the Wolf spoke unto all & said look the time has
458 come. & all who heared were ammused And behold the Wolf
459 held out a rod & broke it in two. & behold for the
460 Boy was changed to a Man, And all who had survayed him
461 cerled in fear. And the Dragon was pleased.
462 And the one who calls himself GOD emerged from the
463 crowed & sang his song of Death unto the Dragon,
464 & the Dragon in return gave unto him the power of
465 dictatorship. & the one that called him self GOD continued
466 to sing his song`s of Death unto his belivers...
467
468 And time will pass & the one called him self GOD
469 returned to the Dragon, & the oneDragon was pleased for
470 the Power he had brought himself. & the one called God
471 bowed befor the Dragon asking for his blessings. And
472 the Dragon held forth A canves. & apon the the canvace was
473 the Devil known to the Lord as Lucifuge.
474 And the one who called himself GOD took the image of the Devil
475 & showed it unto existance
476 And all were Amazed, & bowed to it`s creator, saying we
477 shell bild you A temple so that you may be in peace
478 amoung your own. & a Great fortress was bilt for the
479 Dragon. And santurary
480 was given unto the Dragon, so that no Man nor Goverment
481 would have influnce over him or all he survayed.
482 And he gave a High seat in his relm to the
483 Wolf & the Wolf was pleased at the power he had gained.
484 And the Dragon & the Wolf Gained riches from the image
485 And togerther called them selfs the Bringer`s of Light.
486
487 ***********************************
488 END OF PAGE #7 of NONE
489 ***********************************
490 SHUT UP!!!!! PLEASE?
491
492 "And all who heared wer ammused"
493
494 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^^^^^^^^*^^*******************^*^^^^^^^^^^^^
495
496 Dear Keeper.
497 I hate to be per ...petty, but i can ignore bad spelling. I cana
498 ignore strange imagry and odd sentence construction. BUT IT IS NOT KOSHER
499 TO USE THE POSSESIVE FORM OF THE APOSTROPHY WHEN YOU ARE REFERING TO THE PLUAL
500 OF A WORD11!!!!!!! For example...
501 Souls, not SOUL'S!!!
502 I can become quite nast y o
503 I can become quite nasty when basics of english are ignored or overlooked.
504 on't let it happen again.
505 By the way, if anyone decides to leave me a message blasting me for MY poor spe
506 spelling, know niw that my terminal has no edit functions. I cannot backsplace
507 or erase or anything! When tis problem is worked out, my entries will be gramat
508 ically perfe ct!!
509
510 Ha Ha! I shall shall rule the w english world!!!
511 Letterman
512 st testing to see whhat happens
513 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
514 And I am amused....
515 *** STARPATH ***
516 (What a joke!)
517 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
518 You apparently have *some* sort of editing possible as your msg is full
519 f ctrl chars. Type CC N at the prompt & then re-read your msg. While you
520 are at it you might try just typing at the prompt to see what ctrl chars
521 you get. Ctrl-H is backspace, why not try it? What kind of terminal/
522 computer/software are you using anyway?
523 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446534.4871______________________________
524
525 Could he do that with six arms?
526
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531 ............. ............. ............. .............
532 Getting up from the small terminal that belonged in the room joining
533 mine, I headed for the elevator and tried to put the previous weeks work
534 behind me. Either I was getting better at slipping away undetected, or
535 they were letting me get away from the Plaza now and then just for the
536 heck of it. The elevator arrived, I entered.
537 I pressed the button for the rest area and leaned back against the
538 far wall before my transport had a chance to start moving. Just as I
539 braced myself I began to feel the vertigo; I never liked these fast
540 elevators on single bit. It stopped almost as quickly and soon had one
541 less passenger to contend with.
542 Regaining my composure ever so gracefully, I strolled over to the
543 never-lit hearth and removed an instrument from over the mantle.
544 "I hope this is not only for show. It could be oh so powerful if
545 it has been maintained properly..."
546 As I began to inspect it carefully, memories washed over me of times
547 long gone... well not so long ago. Automatic weapons freshly refilled
548 with "thirty little buddies" just waiting to rout the Communist threat
549 within the backward villages on the border of my precious homeland.
550 Flames in the darkness, shrilling cries in the sight of the setting sun.
551 Hot flying lead rapidly finding new homes in valiant opressors. They
552 were the irresistable force and we were the immovable objects. The
553 flames, the smoke, yet always the crying fire. It was soon to become my
554 constant nightmare.
555 Friendly off-road bonfires were the one saving grace of the sight of
556 fire. The fellowship shared in song with brothers was just the ticket
557 to relieve the strain. Music hath ways, thank God they worked.
558
559 Now alone I sit near the fireplace that sheds no light. Dark is the
560 night except for the fluorescent rays seeping in from the hallway. And
561 silent is the night except for the sounds I strive to pull from the
562 balalaika in my grasp. If my fingers could but remember how...
563 ............. ............. ............. .............
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565 *&*&*&&**&*&*&*&*&*&*&&&&&&&&&&&&*****************&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&**************
566
567 New movie review time.
568 I just saw " BLISS " today. Well, it is a visually stunning film, done in
569 beautiful, spring like ccolors. Flowers bloom eveywhere, and this is rather
570 disconcertingly nice in comparison tthe sort of things ththat go on around tthem
571 BLISS is not your kind of film if you do not like sex scenes. The sex in this f
572 film is quituite overt in places, and overt in places you would not expect, succ
573 as a restraunt full of people. There re is also quuite a bit of bloody gory
574 stuff.
575 As to story. It is confusing, difficult to follow the major ooutline. But
576 the way it is done in small parts is quite wonderful. It also has a way of
577 drawing you in to a rising interest from a rather slow start. It is very heavily
578 symbolic, and will leave yoou sorting othe meanings out long after you leave the
579 theater.
580 Bliss has been compared to BRAZIL. Well, you all know this reviewers feeling
581 about aforementioned film, so I will not draw comparisons. But I w Will say tha
582 Bliss is worth your money.
583 NEXT WEEK:::
584 I Will be reviewing ttthe new movie LEDGEND. I can't wait to see it.
585
586 Yours truly..
587 A. Rivania Phelps.
588
589 To Leonard..
590 It is I tthat isxperiencing such troubles w just got the modem on my
591 Osborne to work and am trying tto use it instread of my regular C. ^64 modem
592 because I like the keyboard better. But ofdd things keep happening to me. When
593 I try to use the arrow keys to backspace and erase, they erase, but when
594 review what I haveerased, it has a nasty habit of stuttering. (As youoou can see
595 in ththe first half of entry above.) Alson, using control H to erase works, but
596 often that Control function will skip letters. AnIs thhere any special stetting
597 I should be using to transmit? I am using Amcall program and a Datacom modem.
598 Any advice would be apreciated.
599 A. R. P.
600
601 Somebody give the fellow M7, please.
602
603 +++++ Leonard: So THAT'S what the funny scribbling says. ++++++++++++ Milch ++
604 (((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))
605 I say again: The world (at least BW) would be much better off if the twit(s)
606 who promised to never again log onto this system would simply keep their
607 promises.
608 (((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))
609 but if they kept their promises, they wouldn't be twits, now would they?
610 **twit*alert** Yeah, so why don't YOU stop calling. But then you don't think you're actions are twitish, do you? **twit*alert**
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612 THE END
613
614 We reach
615 the empty space
616 at the end of the line
617 where we used to say
618 "I love you"
619 with the empty promise
620 to stay
621 "just good friends"
622
623 And I reach
624 the empty space
625 at the bottom of a bottle of Bushmills
626 where the sharp edges
627 of shattered dreams
628 sting twice as much
629 -Westwind
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