From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=220">wolfscreamer</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Chances are.The Dream ....... sent shivers up my spine, dreams that feel so real can be both comforting and scary at the same time.Excellent .
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=220">wolfscreamer</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Bridget. <BR>
"Through the Decades". Very powerful , made me think a lot ( GEE THANKS lol ) . Superb.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

TC and scqueen~<BR>
thanks, ya'll. Your compliments made me beam big. Now I'm strutting around like I'm Mick Jagger or something.<BR>
:)))))))))))) yoWZa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1058">Chances are</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Misti - I know how you feel. Kinda wish I didn't get compliments cause they keep impeding my creativity cause I kinda get a swollen head and I keep having to deflate by telling myself people are just being nice to me, but don't they make you feel good! I like your blogs - funny how women globally have at least one thing in common - more than anything we fuss and concern over our breasts (not telling my size, though)! - and thanks wolfscreamer - btw, your Christmas image was unforgettable and made me smile.  : )
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=801">Bridget O</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Wolfscreamer~ thanks a lot it took me awhile to figure out exactly what i wanted to say but all in all i dont think it turned out too bad. sorry for the thinking (unless thats a good thing) i know how it is to have too much on your mind.<BR>
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bridget
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, Blender-Keeper</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

First Digest of 2003 is up
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Awesome rambling, Kirk. Makes us remember the simple things that are truly important and so easily forgotten in today's world. And that is a lot of a lot of snow!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=985">elocution</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Loved the pics and story about the snowman and thank you Kirk for reminding me how precious the little things are--thanks for a great place to read and post--this place is the very best.  You do great things!!!!!!!!!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=985">elocution</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Chances are--Kisses was absolutely fantastic!!!  I am so in awe of your words!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=801">Bridget O</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Kirk~ thanks for the front page pick we had a lot of good ones this month! i loved reading your ramble and looking at your pictures, they were beautiful you both looked like you were having fun!<BR>
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Congratulations to all front pagers!<BR>
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bridget
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=16">kevin urenda</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

excellent work, Kirk...<BR>
nice Blender this month<BR>
conigrats to all the front-pagers.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Kirk; You can imagine rolling the first ball and then trying to pick up the second to go on top of the first and it breaking.  As a kid you just did it again cause you had all day. Then there was the head and it had to be just right. Then finding a big enough button for the nose or a carrot which was more likely. That was a lot of work! ha The snaps are great and I bet you both had a lot of fun doing it together. (so cute)<BR>
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The January issue is excellent as usual and thanks for the pick.<BR>
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Congratulations to Front Pagers and all who contribute here. It's a truly devine (not Miss M Jimmy) place to play and quite the eclectic group which makes it so wonderful.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1058">Chances are</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Kirk - loved the snowman story and the pictures, scqueen is right. You look you were really enjoying yourselves (and you thought Mother Nature just put all that snow there to annoy you!).<BR>
Congratulations to all the front page picks.<BR>
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elocution - Thankyou. Just going off to deflate my head.<BR>
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Chances
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=23">Kirk</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Thanks for the positive feedback on the blender and the ramble.<BR>
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I was worried I was a little stingey with the frontpage picks this month...<BR>
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About rolling a snowball...friends of mine were laughing at us over lunch about it, that we didn't know how (actually when it didn't work the other day, I suddenly wasn't sure if that rolling-snowball-getting-bigger was just something from the cartoons or not...) Anyway, we went out to the same park (a playground right across the street from us) and you know what...they couldn't get it to work either! Maybe the snow didn't have the right moisture level, it was kind of powdery.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=74">Echolocation</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Ah, you need that Lake Effect thing --  talk about yer wet'n'heavy snow!!  I walked home from work the other night and passed a yard where the kids (?) had built a very impressive snow fort -- walls, towers, crenellations, stockpiles of snowballs, little neon-green flags posted at each corner...  if only our grown-up "wars" were this light-hearted all would be well with the world :)<BR>
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PS Nice Ramble -- it's the little accidental things that bind you tightly, more so than any oversize intentional act can ever do.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Kirk~ Really great Blender picks! I enjoyed visiting them once again. Congrats to all on them. I catch myself sharing certain poems with friends online to get them reading here. I always enjoy reading here at Blender. Means even more after getting to know the poets on the comments board. Kirk, the ramble was a good one. Good to see you and Mo not only build the snowman, but share pics with us. They brought back some memories of my own -- thanks! ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Kirk; Well of course you have to have super moist snow, the powdery stuff won't roll at all or stick to the trees. But of course in Tennessee we hardly ever get any snow so it's an event here. You did a great job considering that you had to pack it a bit at the time. It's amazing what great fun   and memories snowmen make.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=74">Echolocation</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2002<P>

Cire Nehtorw - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.12.20.13.02.31333">Laurels</a> - I like the rhythm of the two pieces you've posted - more complex than most, excellent word choice as well.  Look forward to eeing more!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=23">Kirk</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Heh...I remember Lake Effect snow, from my Cleveland days...guess I didn't take enough advantage of it at the time! Not sure if I'm good at recognizing the right type.<BR>
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Anyway, the fullsize wallpaperable version of the snowman is now up: <BR>
<a href="http://kisrael.com/features/wallpaper/">http://kisrael.com/features/wallpaper/</a><BR>
at the bottom.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">tj holland</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Definately great picks for this month's Front Page. (I almost feel as though I've shared something with Yoko Ono) Congrats all! <BR>
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Oh, and I've never heard of Lake Effect till this year. But I was fortunate enough to grow up in British Columbia, Canada. Snow was almost always great for packing and rolling. When it got too cold for good rolling snow we would build these great tunnels under the first thick crusty layer of snow that occured with the cold. We had miles of 'underground' living space!  Now I'm here in the desert region of WA and all winter seems to be is a rainy season. Blah!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">tj holland</a><BR>
Date: 5 January 2003<P>

Purple Princess ~ I REALLY liked <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.01.05.15.37.6116">The Demons in My Head</a>. VERY well put together!<BR>
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-Teej
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