From: distant moon<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

(it cut me off) as I was saying, the DNS gods allow loveblender to be yours....good luck<BR>
you need any help making it, I'd LOVE to help...but, then again, i don't want to disturb an artist at work
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Kirk~ I am soooooo very happy and excited about the new Blender. Hmmmmm, I always sign in Angel...but there are so many Angels floating around...and sure to be more in the future. Do I get first dibs and any others to follow have to be angel1...angel2...so on? If so, *BIG SMILE* put me down for Angel...if not, no1halo will do.<BR>
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Dee~ I know you...you are no quitter...you just got PISSED OFF like me and Ali! Like Kirk said, this will pass, and the Blender will be made better for it.<BR>
The children will have to run off now and find another playground:)<BR>
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Alot of my silence has been due to being busy and personally happy:)<BR>
but I admit some of the BS going on here has made it a bit easier to stay away. Also, be careful of remarks you make regarding someone's worthiness to grace the front page, it can get back to them and stifle their creativity in ways you just didn't intend. Please see the front page as what it is...kirk's personal likes at that moment in time. I know I am no Dickinson.
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From: kevinurenda<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Kirk-<BR>
it is my understanding that login scripts don't accept spaces as valid characters in usernames or passowrds.  Which is perfectly fine by me.  I don't mind one bit playing by a given set of rules.
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From: kevinurenda<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

or passWORDs, either!  <BR>
(muttering) now where IS that coffee???????
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

SCQuEEN~ "shooting star" was very a very discriptive little piece...serenly done.
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Elaina~"A Good Quote", A VERY good quote! :)
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From: delilah<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Thanks Ali!  <BR>
There is such an abundance of good work out there, its hard to know where to start with the compliments...<BR>
Madison, I love your work, you have been my inspiration to get back into writing poetry from a 3 year absence.  So, thank you for that.<BR>
iLLbLeEd--pink memories was nice.<BR>
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

SCQUEEN~"Bliss"...'buttons of sunshine pop through the blinds...' I love that line)
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From: Devin<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Kirk-<BR>
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Blender 2 sounds fab if not required.  No prob for log-in, as Kev says, playing by the rules is not a prob.  besides, how hard can my login be as simply, <BR>
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Devin
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From: delilah<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Tara--'washing it all away' made me smile, thanks for that thought.
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Actually, although Unix systems historically don't allow spaces and the like in a username, I'm making a system on top of Unix, and shouldn't be bound by any such constraint.<BR>
(Of course there are some other gotchas-- "Angel" should not be distinct from some punk grabbing "Angel " if you know what I mean.  <BR>

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From: Crystal<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

OH MY GOSH!! BLENDERITES??  What is going on here?  I have been reading and contributing poetry since 1997 on here and I leave for a while and come back and wow this has changed//plagirism, rutheless comments??  "VOICE"~~ You make me sick...really sick...Get a life and a BACKBONE!!!  Your parents gave you a name for a reason... TRY USING IT!!  Don't let Voices childish actions, and unreasonable bitchiness get to any of you! <BR>
                  Love Ya'll!!<BR>
                          Crystal
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From: the shark<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

     Did anyone miss me? I am fine. My journey taught me how to survive on my own. Now I am back home but I am a new man. I will write more poems and share them with you here when I have more time. A new Blender makes sense. The games will end and the beauty will flourish. I am exactly who I am. I have nothing to hide. 
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From: scqueen<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Angel ~ Thank you, your comments were much appreciated :-)
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From: warrior Poet<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

ok this was my first submission in a while. Feeling rusty. need some feedback....Please be brutal. Thank you all
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From: JG. [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

I am very impressed by this site.  It combines two of my favorite things-- poetry and love. Great job!<BR>
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I have written poems for years, showing them to friends,family...anyonewho would read them. Not many of them actually read them.  They just more or less looked them over, and if the form was sensible, called me talented.<BR>
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Hopefully,you will all comment on my poetry, and let me know if they were just being nice!!
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From: Chris<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

ChEmIcAl AnGeL~<BR>
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What's your email? Misti and I don't have ICQ anymore. Thanks!
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From: Ruby ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Randolph - "Memories" is beautiful.  Last week I saw my first love after 13 years and watched him leave with his "current" lady.  It was like being reunited with a piece of me I thought I'd lost, only to watch it walk away.  I thought I was nuts for still feeling something after so long, so it's reassuring to know I'm not alone.  Now if only I knew whether or not to tell him how I feel...<BR>
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Ruby
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From: Ruby ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Kirk - 2 suggestions for your "new" Blender:<BR>
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1. Search engine so people can search current and past pages (digests, comments, etc) for key words or names.<BR>
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2. Is there a way to have new posts appear at the top of the page instead of the bottom (for both the submissions and comments)?  It'd sure be nice to not have to scroll all the way down every time.<BR>
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Anyway, I think everyone (well almost everyone) who visits this site are just thankful it's here at all!  You're doing a great job already - anything else is just lagniappe (as we say in N'awlins)!<BR>
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Ruby
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From: Dark Angel<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

To anyone thinking of leaving........<BR>
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Dear friends..<BR>
I remember at time just recently when the stroke took all of my energy, my joy, and left me in the depths of depression.    I was sick, weak, hopeless, and unable to face my day.  I felt if pain and confusion  were all I had to look forward to, there was  very little use in being alive.     I  went back to the Blender, hoping for a laugh, and as usual, the wit, poetry, and family feel of the group pulled me out of the danger zone.   BK..Misti, Hamem, Gala, Kirk, Terry, Dee, Crystal, and many more..make me laugh, think, and try to write again.<BR>
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Please, you have kept me from letting the stroke take my  will and memory, and reminded me I was someone to somebody with your kind comments and endless support.  I had to speak up and remind you of how wonderful all of you are, and what you mean to me.     Don't let the "unmannered" who occasionaly stop in for a while to stirr up trouble break up what we all know to be the most talented group of writers and finest on line friends anywhere in the world.<BR>
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Remember..please..here you are family..and very much loved and appreciated.  Don't abandon your home here because of the rantings of someone who is craving attention..and never grew up enough to ask for it.  <BR>
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Still sick..but standing by you..<BR>
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Gary
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From: Elaina<BR>
Date: 24 April 2001<P>

Thank You <BR>
Ali<BR>
and<BR>
Angel.<BR>

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