From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=110">greysky</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

umm chris hate to add fuel to a fire but i believe a parody is another form of praise while under your own words that is far from your thoughts, so instead of parody you have actually created mockery  or do you really disagree with my thoughts on this?<BR>
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misti  there are a number of people here that like your work and they have posted comments to that effect  so to have you say you have no friends here is kind of a slap to those faces and as to why we like gala  well it could be because she has befriended many of us ..she treats us decent and with respect ...wouldn't you think this kinda helps one to like her? do you think?<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Unchained....<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.24.01.40.20369">Last in Line</a> was gorgeous! Can I bump it sometime??? <BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

You're right, Kirk. Nothing's impossible! But many things are confusing! (still laughing!) :-) 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Gala ~ wanna come over and play in MY yard? Hide n' Seek, DodgeBall...whatever. :-) (luv ya!)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=148">Neon Screams</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

So the green eyed monster of jealousy raises it's head in the blender again. I guess when you are the best Dear Gala there is always someone that's gonna come gunning for you. <BR>
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The sad part is that I did not even realize that Chris was doing parody with his Bayou poems. I just thought they were piss poor writing (no offense) Didn't bother me any I just quit reading them.<BR>
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The Misti and Chris fountain poem was kinda obvious and again not cute or well done. Actually, Misti, I am a huge fan but since you came back I have not seen anything that touches what you have written previously. If you want to gun the top do it by out writing them not shooting yourself in the foot. All it ever makes me wonder is what drugs you are on or what rattlesnake juice you have been drinking.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=10">Galadrial</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Jesus Christ...<BR>
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I take off for one day, and all hell breaks loose.<BR>
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Ok. I'll take my say on this. Since last Dec. I have been embroiled in an lawsuit that has involved my community, and the ACLU. Not to be a smart ass about it, but the lawyer in this case is the same joker who defended the likes of the American Nazi party, and the KKK. It's cogent here, so I will use it as my point of reference.<BR>
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If you want to talk about "RIGHTS", it's always a good thing to know what the hell you are talking about. It's also useful to not be impaired by your last case of Jack Daniels, but some people don't need booze or drugs to be nasty bastards.<BR>
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Simply put, any constitutionally guarenteed right is not carte blanche to screw with other people's lives. Try yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater sometime. The Supreme Court ruled on that years before most of us were born. Likewise slander and libel. Your right to say or write what you choose does not allow innfringement on someone else---say Kirk's right to privacy. <BR>
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I am always amazed by the number of truly wretched acts that are sheltered by the constitution. Notice, it never gets to the high courts when someone was trying to be kind.<BR>
And frankly, I find the whole thing silly as hell. Collective age of maybe 9?<BR>
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As far as popularity is concerned, the Blender had NEVER been a opularity contest. Kirk may be quirky at times in his choices, but I have noticed that he usually maintains a balance of work in his picks. This has been one hell of a year. I am sorry that nameless individuals are so bored that this is the highlight of their sad lives. I am a moderator at another site, and have my own besides. I work part time, am a community official, and really could care less about a few jokers. My family comes first. <BR>
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I thank Kev and Madi, TJ and Jack...as far as friends are concerned, you have to be one first. And they are.<BR>
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That said, I will go back to what is SUPPOSED to be the meat and taters of this site...poetry.<BR>
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                                          Gala
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Oh no, Gala! You had to go mention those meat and taters and you know you're gonna get BK started!! :-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Jealousy...shouting fire in a theater...rattlesnake juice...slap in the face...oh, god. Happy Friday!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Oh, and Neon Screams...just read a few of your works. Ummm...you definitely have a sense of humor. That's all I'll say about THAT. Hasta luego.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=254">chris</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Exactly, Lisa, which is why it's Kirk's call and not yours. Nothing I have written slanders you; parody and satire are SUPPOSED to take on overinflated egos and sacred cows. I take it you would have been one of those calling for Salman Rushdie's head over in Iran. If parody and satire don't offend on some level, then they're just not working.<BR>
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Oh, and to answer someone else whose name I can't recall, Lisa was very friendly toward me at first, too. She wrote me many delightful and flirtatious emails last year when I was trying to get to know Misti better. She was a help, something of a friend even. Why at some point she decided that my wife was all manner of vile things--and felt the need to announce it on a public website--is beyond me.<BR>
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And Neon Screams: Believe me, writing that badly is not easy. :)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

To Whispermint~<BR>
Loved your poem <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.24.13.02.7525">Change the Sandbox</a> !!!!<BR>
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I have heard that so many times,  You know the part about all women just being "pussy".... you didn't quite put it that way, but the<BR>
message was loud and clear....<BR>
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Wow !!!  <BR>
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I can't speak for women....<BR>
But I can vouch for the fact, that every man is very very different, not only in his equipment, but in every other way imaginable... his way of making love, his moves, his ideas, his feelings, his ability to express himself, the way he talks, his smile, his eyes and how he uses them, his touch, his mannerisms, his personality, the way he scratches his nose, his hopes, his fears, his likes and dislikes, the way he walks, his gait, how he dances, how he carries himself, his values, his morals, his life style, how he treats a woman, what he is willing to fight for, his ability and willingness to forgive, his style of making love,  and I could list at least a thousand things....<BR>
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There are no two men alike... They are all sooo very different.<BR>
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And I would imagine that the differences in women are by the thousands also.... including personality, so even though<BR>
I think your poem is cute, and fascinating, and definitely your own opinion....<BR>
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I beg to differ....<BR>
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If a man is only looking for sex....., I agree that there are lots of women just ripe for the taking....<BR>
But even in the sex alone area.... no two women feel the same, or make love the same....  Ask any man !!!!!<BR>
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GREAT JOB !!!!!<BR>
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Also.... in watching others relationships....<BR>
one can only guess, what is really going on ....<BR>
and why !!!!!<BR>
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Never judge what goes on behind closed doors....<BR>
You might be very surprised !!!!<BR>
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~Harem~<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Oh Lordy, ha ha ha ha the moon must be out the window today, ha ha ha ha. I never laughed so hard in one day reading this stuff. You all are a riot!!! Take a bow each and evey one of you this is theatre at its finest!!<BR>
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bk 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Oh Lord, BK ~ you went there!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Well it was just getting too damn funny around here so somone had to be serious..ha ha ha.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Exactly! 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=332">Whispermist</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Harem:<BR>
Thank you for the comment, but I was not exactly saying all that.  I agree with your "P" word example, but what I hoped to get across to someone I very much admire who seems to have his well respected head stuck somewhere other than the funny papers (ah-hem lets be a lady) is that whoever he's moonin over is stringing him along and he needs to wise up a bit.  There's lots of us out here who'd be interested.  Why's he waisting time with a loser?  <BR>
Now.  All said.  I'll just go cause havoc elsewhere!<BR>
Kisses all~<BR>
Whispermist<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Whispermist; I like your writing style woman. Glad to have you here.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, blender-keeper</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

A general word of thanks to those who are helping to keep the Blender Board on an even keel these days, letting it keep on keeping on, or whatever cliche.<BR>
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No offence, greysky, but your assertion that parody is a form of praise is a bit silly.  In a very limited way, *perhaps*, since it's (arguably) better than not being good or important enough to draw any notice, but beyond that, no.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Rhetoric, yup, Port A. is Port Aransas, I think TC probably saw it at the bottom of the piece he was comenting on.  I was looking for wind conditions at Corpus yesterday (you’d said you missed it?) and found a live cam there you might get a kick out of seeing  [   http://www.webcambiglook.com/corpus.html ]   but my fav beach in Texas is South Padre  [   http://www.southpadresurfcam.com/  ]  love to go to the beaches there and jump across the border to the BEST margaritas you’ll ever find (next to mine, ha, we took a trip down there and spent a week perfecting the recipe, cuervoX3freshlimesfreshlimesgrandmarinerX1!)  A margarita across the border is equal to a mexican martini here :)  yum!  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Madi~<BR>
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   Ah, South Padre - takes me back.  I used to live on Laguna Shores Road - that very last road before the JFK Bridge.  I lived right on the Laguna Madre.  Them's was good times.  Of course, I was still in high school back then (Flour Bluff, sweetie!) and didn't have an inkling of what a paradise I was sitting on.  A pier with a great view of the island - I dream about those nights spent fishing off that pier.  <BR>
    Thank you for the web address.  I will certainly give it a look.  <BR>
    We used to travel all over and I remember taking the ferry at Port A.  You have no idea how long it has been since I have thought anything of the sort.  Sometimes even the worst of times gets a positive spin after 13 years!!  So, thank you!  It makes me want to go for a drive and remember learning a stick shift on my Mom's old MG.  Wow, I can't believe I forgot so much.  Want to talk about a lost love?  The Gulf of Mexico is that for me.  How you miss that murky water when you don't have it.  <BR>
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    I will give your 'rita recipe a shot.  I do love a gran marnier twist.  Also, I add an unconventional splash of OJ. Adds a tender hint of sweetness that can't be duplicated.  Best of Days ahead to you, Madison.<BR>
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Rhet 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

oh I like the splash of OJ, too, and even ask for orange slices rather than lime when I order in a restaurant.  MG and stick shifts, eh?  I'm back from a recent trip to Missouri where I had the best MG (circa 1976 I think?) winding road trips of my life:  top down (not mine), music up, beautiful lakes and creeks, what a trip, can't wait to go back for more!  (... but S Padre hasta' come first)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

B.K<BR>
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   I LOVE Meat and Taters!  So Whimsical and so very Funny.  I am so glad to hear a light and lyrical rhyme.  I am beginning to wonder if should have bought the instruction manual before posting on this site.  Heavy stuff 'round here.  Best of luck to all - since I know not a soul.  I think it is time for me to git me some of dem taters!<BR>
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Rhetoric<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

Madi - <BR>
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    Gotta love the pocket rocket (even though there is never any real rocket to them) of a solid British MG.  They are more fun than any barrel of monkeys I ever saw.  I have never been to Missouri, although I had a pal in college that swore St. Louis was God's great pasture.  <BR>
    My Mom had a 75 Maroon MG with a chrome luggage rack and trim.  I knew even at that youthful stage that I loved a convertable.  The US Navy Blue Angels were on base there in C.C. one Saturday and I drove to go see them - and I never had to get out of the car.  What a fabulous day one can have with an open top and loud music.  <BR>
    Now with family tugging at my heels, I won't yeild to the call of a removeable top.  It is too much an abandonment to my more sensible nature.  I do miss it, how I miss it.<BR>
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Good swaping memories with you.  I think I MUST have a rita with lunch tomorrow!<BR>
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Rhetoric
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2001<P>

B.K.~ OMG...'Let's Play Hooky' was AWESOME...lol...girl, you're great!!!  =)<BR>
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Love and gumdrops, Ali
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