From: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org (stillpt-digest) To: stillpt-digest@smoe.org Subject: stillpt-digest V2 #5 Reply-To: stillpt@smoe.org Sender: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk stillpt-digest Saturday, January 8 2000 Volume 02 : Number 005 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Death announcement [Todd Huff ] Re: m/new CDs ["David S. Bratman" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 06:04:10 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Huff Subject: Death announcement I know it's not on topic, but I also know he had a lot of fans in this group. Author Patrick O'Brian (MASTER AND COMMANDER, etc) has died at age 85. He'll be greatly missed. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:37:37 -0500 (EST) From: "David S. Bratman" Subject: Re: m/new CDs On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, meredith wrote: > "Shostakovich wins the faceoff. Stravinsky passes to Schoenberg. He flips > to Mahler on the point. Mahler shoots. Bartok -- SAAAAVE!!!" > > Maybe it was one of those location things, but we thought it was worth a > laugh. :) That in turn reminds me of the football game between English kings in the Reduced Shakespeare Company's condensed Complete Works Of. The kings are all from Shakespeare's history plays, and a penalty is called when King Lear is mentioned: "Foul! Fictional character on the field!" ------------------------------ End of stillpt-digest V2 #5 ***************************