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Erica Jong ______________________________________________________________________________ #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. Florynce Kennedy ______________________________________________________________________________ #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o #:-o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Associated Press: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Berkeley, CA: A University of California student who regularly comes to school naked will have to dress for class under a new campus rule. Andrew Martinez has been arrested for nudity three times, but courts dismissed the charges because his behavior did not qualify as "lewd and lascivious" under California law. Martinez says he bares all to protest society's insistence that people wear clothes. Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien issued an edict on Wednesday banning public nudity, sexually offensive conduct and indecent exposure at the university. The new rule does not cary the force of law, but it will allow police to ask people caught naked to leave campus, said Lt. Bill Foley of the campus police. If they refuse to leave, they can be arrested for trespassing. "The mission of the university is to teach," said spokesman Bob Sanders. "Anything that is disruptive to that can't be tolerated." ______________________________________________________________________________ >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: >-: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes--the legal subordination of one sex to the other--is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other. John Stuart Mill The Subjection of Women (1869) __________________________________________________________________________ :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Dorothy Parker Not So Deep as a Well (1937) ______________________________________________________________________________ 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche more profound then anything Marx dreamed of. It means valuing parenthood as much as we value banking. Polly Toynbee Guardian 19 Jan. 1987 ______________________________________________________________________________ |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of "Woman's Rights", with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety. Lady-- ought to get a good whipping. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself. God created men and women different--then let them remain each in their own position. Letter to Sir Theodore Martin, 29 May 1870 From Queen Victoria ______________________________________________________________________________ |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O |:-O ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kids Talk About LOVE by David Heller (Reprinted without permission from "Cosmopolitan") What Exactly Is Marriage?? "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at least until we have kids and get divorced, but you got to do one particular thing for me.' Then she says yes, but she's wondering what the thing is and whether it's naughty or not. She can't wait to find out." -Anita, 9 Concerning the Proper Age to Get Married. "Eighty-four! Because at that age, you don't have to work anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom." -Carolyn, 8 "Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife!" -Bert, 5 What Do Most People Do on a Date?? "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." -Martin, 10 "Many daters just eat pork chops and french fries and talk about love." -Craig, 9 When Is It Okay to Kiss Someone?? "You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." -Allan, 10 "Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you....If nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours." -Kally, 9 The Great Debate: Is It Better to Be Single or Married?? "It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." -Will, 7 ______________________________________________________________________________ 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} 8} ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce Cynic's Word Book (1906) __________________________________________________________________________ +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) +<:-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In August in Eugene, Ore., Rick Geoffroy opened Lollipops, a juice bar for people 18 and older, which will feature topless female dancers. Geoffroy said Lollipops is aimed for men 18 to 20, who cannot attend topless bars that serve liquor. (Nor can under-21 dancers hustle alcoholic drinks from customers, but they can hustle juice drinks.) Geoffroy told the Eugene Register-Guard that he believes the community "needs more activities for young people." News of the Weird Chuck Shepard ___________________________________________________________________________ [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) [8-{) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Entertainer Tiny Tim, enunciating his educational philosophy to the Associated Press: "If kids, after eight or nine years old, aren't doing good in school, put them to work. Repeal all those child-labor laws... . You can tell at eight or nine if school's doing any good. If it isn't, don't let them linger there. The Progressive September 1992 ____________________________________________________________________________ (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( (:^( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ___====-_ _-====___ _--~~~#####// \\#####~~~--_ _-~##########// ( ) \\##########~-_ -############// :\^^/: \\############- _~############// (@::@) \\############~_ ~#############(( \\// ))#############~ -###############\\ (^^) //###############- -#################\\ / "" \ //#################- -###################\\/ \//###################- _#/:##########/\######( /\ )######/\##########:\#_ :/ :#/\#/\#/\/ \#/\##\ : : /##/\#/ \/\#/\#/\#: \: " :/ V V " V \#\: : : :/#/ V " V V \: " " " " " \ : : : : / " " " " RIO _________________________________________________________________________ :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant." Edinburgh, 29 Oct. 1867 "Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends." House of Commons, 15 June 1874 BENJAMIN DISRAELI _________________________________________________________________________ O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) O-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you rearrange the letters in: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THIRD You get: MANY VOTED, BUSH RETIRED ___________________________________________________________________________ ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The slotting of black children into lower tracks, according to the Public Education Association of New York, is a familiar practice in the city: "Classes for the emotionally handicapped, neurologically impaired, learning disabled and educable mentally retarded are disproportionately black..." SAVAGE INEQUALITIES Children In America's Schools a Must Read by Jonathan Kozol __________________________________________________________________________ \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "In the old days," my mother said in a puzzled vioce, "if you had a date, with a man, he would pick you up at your door. Everything seemed polite. Then, as soon as you got into his car, he would drive around the block, unzip his fly, and put your hand on it. It was unbelievable!" -- Tama Janowitz "The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group" ___________________________________________________________________________ 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds." Johnny Rotten. ___________________________________________________________________________ 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( 8*( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ADVICE GIVEN TO BRIDES IN 1894 INSTRUCTION AND ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG BRIDE On the Conduct and Procedure of the Intimate and Personal relationships of the Marriage State for the Greater Spiritual Sanctity of this Blessed Sacrament and the Glory of God by Ruth Smythers, beloved wife of the Reverend L.D. Smythers of the Arcadian Methodist Church of the Eastern Regional Conference. Published in the year of our Lord 1894, Spiritual Guidance Press, New York City. On the...wedding night... the bride must pay the piper, so to speak, by facing for the first time the terrible experience of sex. One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: GIVE LITTLE, GIVE SELDOM, AND ABOVE ALL, GIVE GRUDGINGLY. Otherwise... a proper marriage could become an orgy of sexual lust. Sex is at best revolting and at worst rather painful... Feigned illness, sleepiness, and headaches are among the wife's best friends in this matter. Arguments, nagging, scolding, and bickering also prove very effective... A good wife should expect to have reduced sexual contacts to once a week by the end of the first year of marriage. The wise bride will pay equal attention to limiting the kind and degree of sexual contacts. Most men are by nature rather perverted, and if given half a chance, would engage in quite a variety of the most revolting practices. These practices include among others performing the normal act in abnormal positions: mouthing the female body: and offering their own vile bodies to be mouthed in turn. A wise bride will make it her goal never to allow her husband to see her unclothed body, and never allow him to display his unclothed body to her. Sex when it cannot be prevented, should be practiced only in total darkness. Once a bride has donned her gown and turned off all the lights, she should lie quietly upon the bed and await her groom. When he comes groping into the room, she should make no sound to guide him in her direction, lest he take this as a sign of encouragement. She should let him grope in the dark. There is always the hope that he will stumble and incur some slight injury which she can use as an excuse to deny him sexual access. The wise wife relentlessly pursues her goal first to limit, later to annihilate completely, her husband's desire for sexual expression. ____________________________________________________________________________ (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) (8-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." Will Rogers Autobiography (1949) ____________________________________________________________________________ B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) B^) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party forthrightly staked out their opposition. The party's 1992 platform declared: "We oppose the Bush administration's efforts to bankrupt the public school system-the bedrock of democracy-through private school vouchers." Critics dismiss the Democrats' position as special-interest politics, since the teachers' unions are a major constituency. But in fact the Democrats are defending the long-term interests of most American families. Despite conservative propaganda to the contrary, 89 percent of the country's 48 million elementary and secondary students are in public schools. And the overwhelming majority want to stay there. William Greider Rolling Stone Magazine _____________________________________________________________________________ (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o (8-o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When I was traveling in Oregon last week, I saw a wonderful political button. Oregon Measure 9 (which was defeated) was the anti-gay measure. The button read: Nerds against 9 Remember it could have been us. _____________________________________________________________________________ (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words. Fran Lebowitz _____________________________________________________________________________ *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X *<8-)X ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Excerpted from Harper's Index: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * Percentage of Iowans who say they would like having Madonna for a neighbor "a lot": 8. * Average annual salary Zabar's delicatessen in New York City pays lox slicers with at least 10 years' experience: $60,000. * Breasts bared on a Canadian border bridge last July to celebrate New York State's legalization of topless sunbathing: 40. * Ratio of the number of times President Bush has had his hair cut this year to the number of times Bill Clinton has: 2:1. * Amount spent to operate the U.S. prison system last year, per prisoner: $20,296. * Percentage of Americans in their 20's who say that corruption is "an important factor in getting ahead": 37. _____________________________________________________________________________ (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D (:-D ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "We need a comprehensive effort that places the student at the center of education reform...What we need now is a coordinated effort to focus on the following: ----> Respect students ----> Engage students in learning ----> Promote learning for a lifetime ----> Do it right from the start ----> Make parents and community partners ----> Establish new roles for school personnel " Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky Social Policy (journal) _____________________________________________________________________________ *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) *8-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Princeton Dental Resource Center, publisher of a newsletter for dentists and financed to the tune of $1 million per year by the M&M/Mars Candy Co., has been advising dentists to tell their patients it's a good idea to eat chocolate. "So the next time you snack on your favorite chocolate bar or bowl of peanuts, remember- if enjoyed in moderation, they can be good-tasting and might even inhibit cavities." The Nose ______________________________________________________________________________ 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton ______________________________________________________________________________ :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) :*) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Real education must ultimately be limited to one who insists on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. Ezra Pound ______________________________________________________________________________ B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves." Eric Hoffer ______________________________________________________________________________ 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Martin Luther King Junior High School," notes the Post-Dispatch in a story published in the early spring of 1989, "was evacuated Friday afternoon after sewage flowed into the kitchen...The kitchen was closed and students were sent home." On Monday, the paper continues, "East St. Louis Senior High School was awash in sewage for the second time this year." The school had to be shut because of "fumes and backed-up toilets." Sewage flowed into the basement, through the floor, then up into the kitchen and the student's bathrooms. The backup, we read, "occurred in the food preparation areas." SAVAGE INEQUALITIES Children In America's Schools a Must Read by Jonathan Kozol ______________________________________________________________________________ ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ]:-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Photography is truth. The cinema is truth 24 times per second. -Jean-Luc Godard Unplastic News: truth at 2400 bps. -B. Hathrume Duk ______________________________________________________________________________ 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O 8-O ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all. JANE AUSTEN _____________________________________________________________________________ :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! :-! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain? Clare Booth Luce Life Magazine Oct 16 1970 _____________________________________________________________________________ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. Gloria Steinem _____________________________________________________________________________ :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The children regale me with a chilling story as we stand beside the [polluted] marsh. Smokey says his sister was raped and murdered and then dumped behind the school. Other children add more details: Smokey's sister was 11 years old. She was beaten with a brick until she died. The murder was commited by a man who knew her mother. The narative begins when, without warning, Smokey says, "My sister has got killed." "She was my best friend," Serena says. "They had beat her in the head and raped her," Smokey says. "She was hollering out loud," says Little Sister. I ask them when it happened. Smokey says, "Last year." Serena corrects him and she says, "Last week." "It scared me because I had to cry," says Little Sister. "The police arrested one man but they didn't catch the other," Smokey says. Serena says, "He was some kin to her." But Smokey objects, "He weren't no kin to me. He was my momma's friend." "Her face was busted," Little Sister says. Serena describes the sequence of events: "They told her go behind the school. They'll give her a quarter if she do. Then they knock her down and told her not to tell what they had did." I ask, "Why did they kill her?" "They was scared that she would tell," Serena says. "One is in jail," says Smokey. "They can't find the other." "Instead of raping little bitty children, they should find themselves a wife," says Little Sister. "I hope," Serena says, "her spirit will come back and get that man." "And KILL that man," says Little Sister. "Give her another chance to live," Serena says. "My teacher came to the funeral," says Smokey. "When a little child dies, my momma say a star go straight to Heaven," says Serena. "My grandma was murdered," Mickey says out of the blue. "Somebody shot two bullets in her head." I ask him, "Is she really dead?" "She dead all right," says Mickey. "She was layin' there, just dead." "I love my friends," Serena says. "I don't care if they no kin to me. I care for them. I hope his mother have another baby. Name her for my friend that's dead." "I have a cat with three legs," Smokey says. "Snakes hate rabbits," Mickey says, again for no apparent reason. "Cats hate fishes," Little Sister says. "It's a lot of hate," says Smokey. SAVAGE INEQUALITIES Children In America's Schools a Must Read by Jonathan Kozol _____________________________________________________________________________ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Mark Twain _____________________________________________________________________________ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ :-@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I just ate a whole package of sweet tarts and a can of Coke. I think I saw god. B. Hathrume Duk _____________________________________________________________________________ >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) >:*) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat. Pink Floyd __________________________________________________________________________ \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) \:^) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin _____________________________________________________________________________ :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] :-] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thanks to: Harry I. Rubin I think that love can never be Stacey Dorman A product of plasticity. Seth Greenspan Dr. Taasha Simpson --- Frank Zappa, "Plastic People" Keith Bostic Tom Moss Megan Sanchez Dazed N. 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