From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=109">Stephen</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

guppy~~ <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.02.18.14.18095">abridged</a> was excellent..the idea, the wording, but especially:<BR>
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"Through his communications he had also learned that annoyance leads to apathy, that apathy leads to selfish empathy, and selfish empathy leads to true happiness <BR>
some of the time, and social phobias the rest of the time."<BR>
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Although I wasn't sure if you meant the social phobias were bad, and you weren't actually promoting anti-social behavior. But its all good.<BR>
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Kindred_Spirit49~~ Whew!..<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.02.17.23.5906">Daydreams Of Blue</a>...<BR>
Whew!!! ;-)<BR>
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Jon~~ Unless you want to convert, just from direct experience several times over(which you familiarize in your writing), don't date strong religious girls. You sound agnostic like me~~(the who cares argument), and its just my advice that you should pursue girls who are less demanding in that area, to save yourself from the heartbreak I've managed to bathe myself through, and to just find someone generally more like yourself.  Its a paradox in a sense, isn't it? Or at least masochism...sighs..<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=109">Stephen</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

erin~~Your <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.02.20.53.677">when do you give up?</a> is bluntly what I was trying to show in my <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.05.15.05.47.4151">Love is Blackjack</a>... I wasn't sure if people really understood it, but anyone wants, they can compare the two and see what I mean. Thanks a ton for submitting your work erin, and thus making mine more clear.<BR>
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Oh and, boys are all just as much the same as girls can be.<BR>
I suppose if people can be the same at all...<BR>
       I know i'm not the same. ;-)<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=22">angieubaldo</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

splatipus~  i am here in the UK until spetember of 2003.  Do you live where all the rich people are?  i went to london a few weeks ago, and i stayed in a flat with this friend of a friend, well he lived near the kensington high street and near chelsea.  Everyone car there was a friggin beamer, i even saw a ferarri. Even the people at starbucks snobbed me out, the little sloppy american girl, in the jeans and roxy sweatshirt..LOL....lets just say, i felt really poor that day.  but i love london!  do you live near there?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=644">wordley</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

First off...<BR>
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Misti.."Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence".........Love it too!!<BR>
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Splatters, (Verbal slap across the mush)  CALM DOWN!!......anything by Versace,..Westwood??...NO?!..oh well, it will have to be Dorothy Perkins again..<BR>
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Angieubaldo,<BR>
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We went to London twice last year and once this, our first visit was to the site of the sea of flowers for Princess Diana, funny, the place looked much smaller than on TV...then we went to Notting Hill and Portabello Road where the film was shot. (Notting Hill that is) Found the shop used for the exterior shots, and then, whilst enjoying a coffee in a Starbucks, my wife said "that guy doesn't half look like Robbie Williams" meaning this guy and his friend who had just called in to pick up a drink. As he turned to go I said "Hi Bob" and shook his hand, which left the wlfe mortified because IT WAS him, and by the time she had realised , he had left! Apparently he lives just off Portabello Road...Any way, some of the people were very abrupt but most were quite friendly, I guess it depends who you meet.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=392">Kindred_Spirit49</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

~Stephen~ Thank you for the "Whew" on <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.02.17.23.5906">Daydreams Of Blue</a>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Dee~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.03.18.35.5281">picking the right girl.</a> made me laugh! That is too cute. Reminds me of "my" kids at work. <BR>
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Wordley~<BR>
Sorry I took your God rant seriously. I wasn't thinking or else I would have realized the irony. My religion is listening to my Billie Holiday and Otis Redding cds in the dark. Just once in a great while. I couldn't do it too often or else I'd go crazy. Crazier.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Oh Dee ~ That made me laugh out loud :-)<BR>
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And Gupster ~ such an interesting piece for you. I adored it. But then, I'm a big fan anyway. And it's always ever so refreshing to read your words. Hope all is well.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

scqueen, btw~<BR>
glad you liked my self-love poem!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

one last thing...I'm goin' crazy tryin' to find this jazz album I checked out from the library when I was in high school. It had "Sunny Side of the Street" and these two really good songs that I don't know the titles of. One of them goes,"had a good woman...she was good as far as I could see...I let her sit too long...and she turned sour on me" and then,"he's little and cute/wears a zoot suit/has great big beautiful eyes/he's little and cute/wears a zoot suit/has great big beautiful eyes/he does all the things that Tarzan only tries." Damn it! I've tried Google and Dogpile. I don't think any of the clerks at Hasting's could help me out. I need that character from "Ghost World," that's what I need. That man who had the eclectic record collection. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Deevaa~<BR>
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All I have to say about <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.03.18.35.5281">picking the right girl.</a> is...Awwww!! *smile* Thanks for sharing that!!<BR>
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Love and forgotten sentiments, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, Blender-Keeper</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

New Blender is here.<BR>
And yeesh...I see what you mean about how easy it is to accidentally answer the survey question on the msg board!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Go Jon ~ The most prolific poet! Dance, baby, dance!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=89">erin</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Stephen, I hadn't read your Love is Blackjack poem before I wrote that poem you commented on, but I see what you mean about them being along the same lines but presented differently.   Yours sort of had the answer to my question... when you said there was a chance of maybe winning in the end.  I really liked it (your poem that is).  I guess I will keep it in mind next time I wonder if it is all really worth it!<BR>
erin
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Congratulations to all front pagers. Nice work you all!<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=436">Jon</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Thanks for the pick Kirk! What a great early birthday present heh. :-)<BR>
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squeen~How shall I dance? ;-) I never thought I would be considered one of the most prolific "poets" on here, I just always thought of myself as someone that thinks too much lol.<BR>
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Ali~Thank you! You have so many beautiful pieces I wished I had wrote!<BR>
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Jennifer~Thank you too for liking "all wong". Now, when are you going to start writing?<BR>
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Stephen~well, I would stop dating women that are so religious but I just keep meeting them. Oh well, I've learned to just accept it by now heh.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Kirk~<BR>
Just wanted to let you know that I love the June digest. I think it's one of the best ever. You made some really great choices.<BR>
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:)Misti
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=754">urbntofu</a><BR>
Date: 3 June 2002<P>

Erin~<BR>
I definite replay the feeling in <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.06.02.20.53.677">when do you give up?</a> .  It made me wonder, "When will I give up?"  You're undoubtly blinded by Love and forget the aftermath of heartbreak... I loved it. Thanks for writing!<BR>
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Carrie
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