From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Kirk, you are so darn up-predictable.... you never ever pick the work of mine that  I think is best.<BR>
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I  guess that adds to the game LOL....<BR>
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This is my first double hit, so I am pretty happy.... however if I had to pick my two best subs last month it would have been between  "Waterfall Woman", "Golden Glow" and "I want him to come in the summer time".<BR>
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I must say I was bummed that 'smooth' was over looked the first time I posted it, its always been a favourite, its one of my favourites in the book I wrote for Christmas.<BR>
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Anyways, Gala great ramble -- and to the other front page picks, congrats!!<BR>
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Take care of your hearts.<BR>
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dee
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From: O.U. Tofit<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

umm sorry if any find a lack of caps or punctuation offensive but i figure thats what the imagination is for...so if u really need em lol go fer it heh ...if a work cant stand alone without then....lol but thats my own thoughts and maybe my work cant either but hey i try
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From: O.U. Tofit<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

oops almost fergot lol thanks B.K.  as for ghosts well lets jus say it was an idea i needed to persue a bit
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From: Wade Morris<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Thank you,<BR>
     For putting up with me.<BR>
Thank you,<BR>
     For your Love. You showed me what Love should be.<BR>
Thank you,<BR>
     For your time. Being near you made me happy.<BR>
     you brought joy to my life.<BR>
Thank you,<BR>
     I was never happier than when I was with you.<BR>
Thank you,<BR>
     For being happy now.<BR>
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                          Love,<BR>
                               Wade<BR>
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Ali- Thanks for the feedback... it's always appreciated...<BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: scqueen<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Me aka Niki ~ there's something about 'Behind my mosquito net' that i really enjoyed. Could be that the meaning could be interpreted many ways...the ghost could be a person living or memory of one dead. with so few words, i got a very desrciptive image from it. thanks!
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Whoa, I just made up some scripts to see what kind of traffic I was getting on kisrael.com :<BR>
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for 04/Feb/2001:<BR>
frontpage: 32 hits 22 unique ip<BR>
overall: 935 hits 60 unique ip<BR>
(the kisrael.com frontpage got loaded 32 times, from 22 unique IPs (roughly meaning that many desktops), and over all 935 pages got loaded, from 60 different IPs)<BR>
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Anyway, I realized I could run the same script on the loveblender log:<BR>
for 04/Feb/2001:<BR>
frontpage: 2087 hits 1369 unique ip<BR>
overall: 27431 hits 2467 unique ip<BR>
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Whoa.  S'allota hits! Over 2.4K unique visitors I think.  In a day!  That's kind of neat.  <BR>

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From: Megs<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Kirk- Neat observation.  It goes without saying people seem to be drawn here...<BR>
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The front page was exceptional.  Gave me a chance to catch some pieces and I sat down and really READ for the first time in ???<BR>
 Sarah's 'Virginia Rain'. Dee with 'Smooth' and Gup's 'Chosen' (the first line just wowed me for some reason); all really amazing pieces (not selling the rest of the picks short by any means)<BR>
And Gala- your ramble was fantastic.  I still give out little cartoon Valentines to all my friends.  just an indulgence of nostalgia...<BR>
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Of more recent works: Misti's "Ballet" brought tears.  Beautiful and sincere.  If you read this gal...email me.  I miss your communications *grin*  [email-masked].  Now that you have your love...I need some help with mine.<BR>
Also Stands- I was touched by "After the Melee" and "The Parking Lot" piece.  The tones just...hit home? I s'pose...<BR>
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And I even tried my hand at writing today.  Feel rusty and awkward with words.  The thoughts in my head won't stop coming though!!!<BR>
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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Dark Angel: Your work is so beautiful, this is twice now you've made me cry.<BR>
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Megs: Glad to see your work, wonderful, well done. How's he doing?<BR>
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bk
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From: B.K. (again)<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Just wanted to say Congratulations to all front pagers! Very nice work.<BR>
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Gala: The ramble was wonderful, made me think back to the decorated box on top of the desk for Valentines Day. Funny stuff..LOL <BR>
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Kirk: This place rocks for poetry, so what's not to hit on!<BR>
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bk
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

kirk---pardon my language, but holy crap that is a lot of hits!  Pretty dang successful little pet project you created.  So, yeah, anyone who wonders if their works are read by the public, check out those numbers...you have an audience<BR>
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gup
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From: Elaina<BR>
Date: 5 February 2001<P>

Congrats to all the front page picks. <BR>
I had a a horrible emotionaly trying weekend. And something like this usually leaves me flowing with insight, however I'm speechless. It hurts so bad and I can't write about it and that hurts even worse.<BR>
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Ali~ Wonderful new work.<BR>
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me aka niki~ I really enjoyed 'behind my mesquito net'<BR>
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xoxo<BR>
Elaina
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