From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=254">chris</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

BK~<BR>
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Uh...your last comment was a little interrogatory, don't ya think? Is this a Congressional hearing or the Blender Board? Just my 2 cents.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=144">Sati</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Rhetoric- Thank you so much for the comment.  It is beyond flattering that you feel my poem gave you a new perspective.  That line came from me sitting here thinking of time past and wondering if I really knew the difference betweeen true memories and the lies and illusions that we seem to always fall into when one sided love is present.<BR>
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Thank you for posting your thoughts,<BR>
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~Sati~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Harem ~ just a few thoughts on my part (at the risk of diving into already infested waters)...you have shared a LOT of yourself here at the Blender... VOLUMES! Good or bad, annoying or uplifting, it's a fact. And this is, of course, a public forum. Whenever a person (famous, political, common, or otherwise) puts themselves 'out there', they willingly open themselves to scrutiny, comments, and criticism. This is a never-changing truth in society. Fact is, you knew this was public, and (unless you're VERY sheltered) you know what humans are capable of. And you gave the Blenderites more than enough fodder to use. So, why not just lie in the bed you made...or on a more positive side...revel in all the attention that you drew? Why lay a guilt trip on something that you set yourself up for? <BR>
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An aside: I always wonder why people are using the internet (with perfect strangers) to find REAL love and/or acceptance? How, without much time and many personal, physical encounters, can this be achieved?! Why is society choosing to manufacture empty, shallow 'relationships' and call them enriched...then actually convince themselves that they should be hurt and maimed when they get burned?!! <BR>
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And really, Kirk was not being mean to you at all. So I think your (public) reaction to his kind suggestion regarding the amount of space that was used was a bit out of proportion. Consequently, you tried to make him the 'villian'(whether you intended to or not) by using it as a reason to slink off and pout. That wasn't fair to Kirk, who was only doing his job. (NOTE: I don't think that Kirk FEELS like a villain at all about this, nor should he.)<BR>
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Sooooo.....that's all I really have to say. Most of it is rhetorical. <BR>
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-Teej<BR>
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PS ~ I truly hope that everyone has a WONDERFUL reality!!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Hey Gup the red crimson Vanda bloomed in February. I have a white Cattleya thats never bloomed and the Cymbidiums are in pink, white and purple and twice the size of last years blooms. They never cease to amaze me when they bloom and this year a month early. I keep light on them at all times and I've been a bad plant mum lately but I am being rewarded just the same. <BR>
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Chris; Well lets see now, in April she's a Pisces and in Sept shes a Virgo you see, now if she turns up in Dec as a Capricorn then you can say she's consistant and ready for Congress. Looks like you're trying to get elected again too huh? I didn't know there was a Dept. of Malicious.<BR>
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TJ: I have seen pictures of BC and I can't wait to see it. I think it will be a lovely adventure.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=141">wistful</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

FYI: The songs inspiring "Rainy Days" are: "Singing in the Rain", "Can't Stand the Rain", and "Rain" from the Beatles "Hey Jude" album.<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=50">MichaelT()</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Misti ~ The weather is great. You know how some days it looks like it's going to be crappy and you go out anyway and it ends up nice? And how other days you think it's going to be good one way but it ends up being great in another? Well, that's my life right now. :-)<BR>
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TJ ~ Welcome. I'm surprised there's as many people from WA state as there are here already.<BR>
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Harem ~ I know you're sensitive - and trust me, I've been somewhere close to where you are, but don't sweat it. Not too long ago I had my nervous breakdown and my endless rants in the comment board. You'll slow down sometime. And everything will be ok. It usually ends up that way. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=67">Smiling Kat</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Hey Everyone!<BR>
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Today is Du'Doll's birthday.  Let her know how much we all love her and wish her a happy birthday for me, please.  <BR>
thanks!<BR>
Adios!<BR>
--Smiling Kat--   <BR>
:)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Ya!! What Kat said! (luv ya, B.K.)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

DuDoll; 'Twenty Years,' I can identify with. I know that roller coaster ride, only it was my father and a family of brothers, a sister, an aunt, uncles, and lots of cousins that look so much like me (ha) it's frightening. Go slow with it, expect nothing, and I pray that it works out well for you too.  "HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO!" <BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=91">flash</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

terry39 - I enjoyed MoonWhispers... It reminds me of the times im thinking of someone and wonder if somehow they know that im thinking of them...  <BR>
Thanks!<BR>
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peace,<BR>
~flash
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Blue Angel - <BR>
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  I have been meaning to ask you if your chosen Blender name comes from a book/movie about/with Marlene Dietrich?  She is a modern day siren and I am curious why you chose it.<BR>
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I am a nosie lass, you see.<BR>
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I know this isn't fair - nor is it Playing by The Rules.  I just wanted to ask you this question.  I won't start calling you playing telephone music, I promise.<BR>
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Rhetoric
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

Gala Oh Gala,<BR>
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I was doing some "research" and I got a glimse of Sweeter - a little lustful sonnet you wrote some time back.  Might this be from one of those nights that The Blender went up in sin-inspired flames?  I was told about those nights, ya know.  I like your imagery - I can smell teh honey pot!<BR>
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 Darlin Rhet
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=349">bethgirl</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

wow! it was my 22 birthday on the 5th, and being picked for the frontpage was the best gift/suprise i received... thanks so much, kirk. <BR>
thanks, too, flash, for your encouragement... <BR>
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i've been reading here for a couple years now.<BR>
it's fantastic to watch the ebb-and-flow (anyone read the Poldark novels?) of writers. you're all so inspirational.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=349">bethgirl</a><BR>
Date: 5 September 2001<P>

(it's the 6th in Australia, you see... *grin*)
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