From: Crystal<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

~GALA~ TERRY~ DEEVA~ GUPPY~DREAMHEATHER~ MICHAEL~<BR>
     Thank you all for your advice.  I know I can always count on you guys at the Blender to help me understand things!  I know I love him and I don't smother him.  I just wish everyone in his life hadn't turned their back on him.  I don't want to be like them.  I've never turned my back on anyone~ EVER~ no matter what.  He knows now that by me letting go...so he can decide what is really important to him, doesn't mean that I'm closing the door to our friendship and our Love. It just means I can't go on just playing a game where I'm emotionally exhausted by not understanding where I stand and only feeling unappreciated.  He is the best friend I'll ever have...It's going to be difficult to show only this side when I'm around him though.  Anyway thanks for listening!   I LOVE YA'LL!
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

gala---you inspire without knowing...<BR>
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gup
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From: Misti the Maker of Miracles<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

I can't REALLY make miracles happen. I can't even find the lyrics to "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" by the legendary Eddie Rabbit so that I can sing it for Chris! This is all I know:<BR>
"Why do I...why do I? Need to see those blue eyes lookin' at me that way again...after the way she did me it's a sin! How could she? How could she? Just walk out and leave me? After all those nights in her arms...look where I am...I've got two dollars in the jukebox..."<BR>
If anyone would be so kind as to help me out I'll send you some really kewl nekkid pictures. Just jokin'~bye.
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

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Hey Gup Man,<BR>
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           I have no idea what i did or said-----but thank you....after a month from hell it felt wonderful to think i had done some small thing of value.......the wings have been saggy of late......<BR>
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           So have a hug, oh favorite-est of fish....and never forget that you too, have your own magick....Gala says so!<BR>
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                                      so says Gala
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From: hermit69<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

WOW!!<BR>
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ICANT FREAKING BELIEVE IT!! hey, ive been gone for awhile and WHAM i see my wife's poem has been one of the pick of the month!!<BR>
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hehehehe!!<BR>
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thanks!!
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

Misti~ oops, right lyrics but I typed Money where Rabbit belongs...big difference, lol<BR>
t.
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From: jackryhme<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

well i do thank the few of u for ur support but i doubt if i will ever become a poet  so one last comment k? anonymous has gatherd more comments than any poem so if u ignored all un named comments it will soon go away trust me on this k  bye
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From: Archangel<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

Misti~<BR>
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Yes it is! ;D
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From: The Frosted One<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

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Hey everyone!
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From: The Frosted One<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

Sorry about that I pressed the wrong button.<BR>
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**Zero #1** "What my heart wants to hear" was amazing. I love your poetry, so that means keep writing. I look forward to seeing your pieces on the blender. <BR>
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**Beth** "Thank you" was a great piece. You have some amazing talent.<BR>
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To the unknown poster: I'm sorry if I have done anything wrong by welcoming my friends on to this site. I thought everyone was welcomed.? Yes, maybe we do need to use the email process when discussing certain things, but I think I can at least write that I'm here for them without out getting harassed. I was not the one doing the you know who's and etc. So if you have a problem with that go to the source and not me. They are adults and can handle the situation with out my interfence. I'm not saying your wrong, because yes maybe the emails is a better way of doing things. But when you post a comment like that, being anonymous, all I can think of is that your being a little to judgemental on people. <BR>
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Always<BR>
The Frosted One
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From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

a belated thank you for the comments on "Plastic Princess"
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From: Calypso<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

thank you Deeva
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From: slug<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

pleasantly anonymous - i enjoyed summer dream. summer flings are my favorite - bittersweet and beautiful. :-)<BR>
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guppy: rehashing....wow. fabulous. i would tell you which part was my favorite, but this is shorter: read it - the part between the top and the bottom - that was my favorite. you're very very talented, and i feel i have been indolent towards you, which is a shame, since you are, in my humble opinion, one of the better poets that posts here. also: not nearly enough of you to read. marvelous. marvelous. marvelous. keep it coming, so i can keep reading.
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From: The One and Only Mrs. Bootiehead<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

To all of the viewers who object to me leaving personal messages, I am sorry that you think it is inappropriate to greet your friends online.  Yes, maybe I could leave an email, had I been able to log on to my email addy.  However, the comment on the "you know who"  related to Kare Bares poems...if you took time to understand what I type maybe you could have since the hurt in her wrighting too...From now on I won't type personal messages, but I do not apprieciate the fact you choose to critize people...this is a message board to leave messages related to the people on here, whether it be a hello or a goodjob...<BR>
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Sorry to all of you for the inconvience of my personal life...<BR>
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On a lighter note,  <BR>
~The Pogues~<BR>
In "Love You Til the End"  I fully understand the feeling you are having...it brought out the true expressiongs in love...great job!<BR>
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Always,<BR>
The One and Only Mrs. Bootiehead<BR>
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From: Keith jefferson<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

You know i love your smile,and i love your body
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From: Keith jefferson<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

hi people how are yall
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Date: 25 August 2000<P>

:)<BR>

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From: The One and Only Mrs. Bootiehead<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

I want to add a few poems of my own, however, I am not sure how to put them on here...could some one tell me how to do this?<BR>
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always,<BR>
The One and Only Mrs. Bootiehead<BR>

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From: dreamheather<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

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click on comments or material at bottom of this and at top of that page is submission key
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From: Misti<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

terry~<BR>
  thanks so much! my day has been made like lemonade. oh! love your desert pics at myfamily!<BR>
:))))la chica loca de tejas
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From: np<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

I keep reading about photos posted on Myfamily.com.  Where do I find all these photos of Blenderites?  Curiousity is killing this cat....
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From: Tanna<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

GALA-<BR>
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You are the WOMAN!!! "Advice to the next wife" is too good for words.  You said it perfectly...<BR>
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From: Katy<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

Hi everyone.  I'm new here, but I just sent in my poem called Split Apart.  I guess I started looking here because I needed something to get me out of this damn depression.  It's really sad to realize how losing my first love to a life of college and partying has affected my life.  I needed some soul-searching, and that is exactly what I found in all of your heartfelt words.  I know now that I can stop loathing over something that probably wasn't even meant to be.  I would like someone to talk to though.  My heart is broken, and I can use all the help I can get.  Thank you to anyone who is taking the time to read this.  Knowing that someone cares means the most.  It's so encouraging to know that many other people feel the same [email-masked]<BR>
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xoxoxo<BR>
Katy
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From: deevaa ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

np -- the myfamily.com is a site set up by one of the long time posters here, she sends out invites for people to join after they have become 'regulars' in submitting and commenting... it is a very personal site where we post photos and general 'banter' that is not poetry related.<BR>
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Other regulars can send out invites to the site too, so if infact you are a long time poster hiding under another name, get in touch with someone who is a regular here.<BR>
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Kare Bear -- Just a few thoughts....I've read a few of your new subs and you often have lovely sentiments in the poem, however I find the rhyming style very forced, have you ever considered writing free-style with rhythm but no rhyme?<BR>
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Also, I must admit that when I read 'Mrs bootie heads' comment in alernate caps lock and lower-case I groaned to myself, its very difficult to read, and non-poetry related.<BR>
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 I understand the annoymous person griping about personal posts,  often I insert personal comments to my 'blender' friends on the board, however a comment that is totally personal, with no relation to the the majority here is bound to rub someone up the wrong way...  and so I agree with the annoymous one, long personal posts are better off emailed, especially if you sense someones hurt.. (as you say) after all, if you are hurting, wouldn't an email/phonecall/visit (since you also suggest you live close) be a far more sensitive way to deal with it?<BR>
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Just my thoughts....<BR>
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dee
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From: Tara<BR>
Date: 25 August 2000<P>

Misti - I would like to send you an email and chat a bit, but I forgot to save your email addy the other day... these 19 hour work days are really taking their toll.... on me, which I guess has a domino effect on the rest of my life... I hope your wedding plans are going well.  Did yall pick a date yet?  I am so happy that the two of you found one another.  Todd and I found eachother on yahoo.. I guess now when I see that commercial "Do you YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO" I should laugh and say yes... <BR>
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what a strange world we live in.<BR>
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Terry, you are fabulous as always.<BR>
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ANd Gala, "Advise to the Next WIfe"  I think that is the name - was great, I loved it... you are truly incredible.
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