From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #202 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Saturday, September 19 1998 Volume 01 : Number 202 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * eda-thoughts-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY * the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: books on vonnegut [CLEARVVATR@aol.com] Re: [Re: [ET: Re: remember that english project???]] [genben@usa.net] ET: The way we were ["ws r" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 03:24:01 EDT From: CLEARVVATR@aol.com Subject: ET: books on vonnegut hey there angel~ i went to crown books today (even drove there with my mom!!!...huge step for this li'l scardy cat ;) and looked for piano player. unfortunately it wasn't there and so i got: - -slapstick - -slaughterhouse 5 - -hocus pocus ...last but certainly not least... cat's cradle! i was gonna get "timequake" but for some reason decided not to. i think i liked the cover and the comments on the back of another book better than "timequake"...i'm stupid that way :) love, jen "the kookybaka tennis angel" ~this living shouldn't be called living 'cause~ ~it's really only half alive-jewel~ *in my head it makes sense but it all comes out as a big ol' mess-me* ------------------------------ Date: 18 Sep 98 08:02:48 EDT From: genben@usa.net Subject: Re: [Re: [ET: Re: remember that english project???]] >>It is a fascinating look by one of >>America's premier writers at the path we are headed down by basing too much of >>our lives on machines, and the book was written in 1952, WAY before computers >>and all that, so the perspective is interesting. >And this message was brought to you via Email..... >See Alanis, THAT'S ironic..... Yeah, the irony of this struck me as I was writing, but then I figured, oh, well, we all know computers are evil, so why not just go with that and express it. Ben ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:18:56 PDT From: "ws r" Subject: ET: The way we were Hey everyone. Well, I'm afraid that I can't include myself in your discussion about the author that you have been talking about because I have never read any of his stuff. (Yes, call me deprived if you wish.) I guess I'm just more of a Stephen King fan myself, (Oh, and his new book "Bag of Bones"should be out now I think, or soon, yippie!!) but I think after all this talk I might just check out one of the ones you mentioned. However, the reason why I'm writing, and I guess I better get to the point before someone gets mad that this is too long for them to read,is just to say that in my opinion I loved the way the list was prior to the complaints. But I was wondering what is it about the list that changed so much as to have so many people want to leave it? Was it because it wasn't just about poetry, and people were jealous that certain poems went unnoticed because the topic's we were discussing were more interesting? Before anyone gets upset, I just want to say that I'm NOT pointing fingers or waving my flag to try and bring about any kind of change. All I want to know is why people would join a list to lurk on it (And I'm not done-I admit I lurk too and it's damn fun) and then complain because no one is talking to them, or the topics being covered aren't interesting enough? I'm confused. Please, someone help me out because I think I'm missing something (either that or I was just so content and pleased with the list, 15K posts and all, that I didn't notice that it was drifting away from what it was.) And I guess I haven't been here long enough, but what was it like before? I don't think it was anything (to me at least)until those discussions and playing around showed up to give it character...I'm sorry, I guess if you give me a day without e-mail I go through withdrawals or something (Like the 16th) now I guess this means I actually have to go out and get a life or something eh? Sorry if this is too long for you, insults you in any way, or is something that shouldn't be posted anymore. I don't mean to cause waves, I just want to know what kind of swimming were doing here. (Bad metaphor, slap me someone.) Sue P.S. I would also like to send a special thank you to Doc, Kevin, Sam, Jaime, Seth, Summer, Naomi and anyone I missed who made the list amusing and intriguing for me, hey, and feel free to e-mail me anytime...Oh and hey, look, I'm using only one quote, to save space, see people, I'm trying to do my part, reduce, reduce, reduce... "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." -Martin Luther King Jr. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V1 #202 **********************************