From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #262 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Friday, October 2 1998 Volume 01 : Number 262 Today's Filings: ----------------- Contest over! topol croons, defeet w/dignity, 49 degrees? It's a conspiracy! fear of pop We've got two lives... Leg shaving is a pain ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:00:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Patton Subject: Contest over! Okay, I found my new tagline, and it was given to me by..... ME! Unfortunately, good taste prevents me from giving myself cool points, so the fifty cool points gets split. 10 to Matthew for submitting, Kristen gets the equivalent of 10 cool points in favors, 'cause she just can't rack up any more without moving to deity status, and a whopping 30 for Anne, 'cause thanks to her I'm never going to have to worry about taglines again! ;) Anyway, now I have to return to my sleep dep haze of a life and go back to work. Laters all! Hail Eris! ERIC _______________________________________________________________________________ "I want something that will give me the stamina of a young werewolf, the visions of a shaman, the thoughts of a serial killer, and the gentleness of a hungry vampire bat." -Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolian _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 09:00:48 CDT From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: topol croons, defeet w/dignity, 49 degrees? awoke to sweater/layer weather. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr anyone else start the day w/the fiddler on the roof soundtrack? and follow it up with some diamond? someone take me to the cd store. cubs. at least they are still playing with balls and bats. and oh yes, while it seems and feels like we have been together 4 decades, our first anni will be on December 10. I find it quite odd to review old posts before we went to smoe.org ..... one theme rings: we have such a great way creating conversation w/o insults. eric: you - are - a - medievalist. fjords: we should take anne's i-d-er about traveling around the country in a bus....but....with one exception. It could be called the Rockford Files Fjordian Medicine Show. We have SOOOO many talented individuals on the list. Doctors in training, Spence the one-man-composing-machine (can't you see him driving that pipe-organ (hehe, i said organ) playing tunes that make the little kids follow him), men who can convert lesbians, budding actors, starving musicians, etc, etc...oh, and a swing group.... maybe not. but matthew would supply us w/potent refreshments. i love merlot. late at night. candles. **violin cue** i have an idea. i'll share when i can assure you how cool it will be. thank you for sharing this time w/me and my cup of coffee and my bottle of gatorade. it's been, special. - -fl ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:38:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Patton Subject: It's a conspiracy! Okay, double posting, so you know it's something signifigant. Okay, it could just be I'm drunk in the middle of the day, but that never happens..... Anyway, let me get started. I first noticed it on Monday. Just walking down these Ann Arbor streets, and I saw a guy wearing a Ben Folds Five t-shirt. Cool, thought I, and kept going. The next day, I saw a different person wearing the same style shirt. Wierd, thought I, but just figured Eris was messing with me again. But for every day since then, I've seen someone wearing a shirt, various styles, various logos, and a different person each time. Today, I saw three of them! They're stalking me, I know. I revealed the secret of Fear of Pop, and now they're sending goons after me. I'm just gonna lay low and hide in my paranoid cubby hole for a while. Take care, and watch your backs! ERIC _______________________________________________________________________________ "I want something that will give me the stamina of a young werewolf, the visions of a shaman, the thoughts of a serial killer, and the gentleness of a hungry vampire bat." -Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolian _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 14:42:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Ginger Nance Subject: fear of pop Release date: November 17th. Just thought y'all would like to know! Ginger :) Ginger Nance ginger_nance@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:24:51 -0400 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: We've got two lives... One we're given And the other one we make Hey all! I'm sitting here feeling like I'm coming down with the flu (there's been one going around the office). I just hit the Ladies' Room, and my cheeks are all flushed -- I look like I smeared rouge in two big circles on my cheeks! You know... just like little girls (or little boys -- don't want to discriminate here!) do when they play dress up... But I digress... Anyway... I'm feeling a bit woozy... so if I seem to be all over the place (I mean, mroe than usual!)... aplogies all around in advance! Jay: Thanks for the note! Here's another quote (Eric -- you may even want to use this one... it's a personal favorite of mine, but I didn't list it yesterday because I only have bits and pieces of it memorized!) It's a speech by 'Johnno Normile' -- a character in the novel "Water of Life" by Henry Morton Robinson. "Elixir and Opiate; Tonic and Pain-Killer; Running Riddle and Fluid Answer; Destroyer and Preserver; Universal Solvent and Mortal Stain; Setter-on of the Dream and Taker-away of Performance; Joie de Vivre and Lachrymae Rerum; Winner by the Glass and Loser by the Bottle; Symbol of the Ferment in this Valley of Fog, Mist and Tears; Phoenix of the Maize; Spiritus Frumenti; C2H5OH Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen blended together in Aquaeous Matrimony; Aqua Vitae, Uisque, Uisquebaugh, Uisquebatha, Water of Life - WHISKEY!" Eric: While I've got my quote book open... here are a few more... "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must set yourself on fire." - -Reggie Leach; "Never try to own anything you can't afford to lose." -H.R. Robinson "Evil always triumphs over good, because good is dumb." -Dark Helmet, Spaceballs; "If you don't play ball -- you can't hang out." -Dean the Dream; "Anyone who isn't confused around here doesn't really know what's going on." -Vesty; "Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price." - -Bruce Springsteen "I offer you an experience of life, she was saying in effect, and if you are not utterly dead, you will claim me." -H.R. Robinson Elliott Smith: I'm still loving XO as well, San... and I love Baby Britain. It reminds me of "Getting Better" by the Beatles. But, just like when I first started to listen to BeFeF, my favorite song changes almost daily. Right now I think it's Bled White... it just makes me laugh that it is such an upbeat-sounding song about heading out onto the streets to score H (or at least that is how I took it). One thing that I've recently found to be pretty interesting is the repetition of phrases in different songs... For example: the phrases "drag the sunset down" and "stare the sunset down" (or something like that... I'm not sure of my quotes there). I dunno why I like it. I just do. But I also have to agree with Matthew that Mr. Smith has a tendency to look very scuzzy. Case in point: I was telling my younger bro that I thought he would like XO the other day and my Mom overheard us and said... "Elliott Smith? Isn't that they guy from the Academy Awards?" And when replied in the affirmative she said; "I liked his songs on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack... but he looks like he has trouble finding the shower, doesn't he?" Very funny. Actually, my Mom is pretty cool about music. She's 55 years old and is the oldest teacher in her grade, but when the other teachers are talking about their teenage kids and the types of music they listen to... they always go to my Mom if they can't remember the name of the group. She remembers names from Marilyn Manson to Ol' Dirty Bastard. And although I didn't like her knowing a lot about the stuff I liked when I was a teenager... I think it is WAY cool now... I'm rambling again, aren't I? BoSox/Tribe: Welp. We're all tied up, now, aren't we? This is getting interesting... = ) Well... I can't think of anything else to say... so I'll sign off. Later! - -Anne "During that ride Johnno became what every man dreams of becoming: the complete Irishman. By turns he was authoritative, beguiling, convivial, dramatic, effusive, fantastic, germane, horatory, ingratiating, judicial, kindly, lordlike, mnemonic, nobiliary, opulent, profound, quixotic, reminiscent, Socratic, tearful, understanding, vague, wily, Yorickish and zodiacal. In short, tout a fait, falling-down-drunk." -Henry Morton Robinson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:27:49 EDT From: JARAMINI@aol.com Subject: Leg shaving is a pain In response to the plentiful body hair on some feminists and what a pain to get rid of it that is, I figured I'd inject myself briefly. I am on my school's swim team, and, on occasion have been known to shave my legs (as well as my head, and whatever else gets in the way) as do everybody. I must say, leg shaving is one pain in the ass. Of course, I'm a hairy Italian male, so, I have to assume I have a lot more trouble than the ladies. I only do it once a year for championships, but, it takes forever and I invariably nick myself. I think this is really off topic, but, thats what we're all here for right? Lovely anecdotes about trivial matters and all. Keeping it short and sweet, - --John "Is it just me? or does 'once upon a time' sound intentionally vague?" ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #262 *********************************