From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Akash: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.06.02.15.31457">Nothingness...</a> This poem and a virus or the flu together are just how I feel too. Hope you get your sunshine soon! Thanks for sharing this and great to see you on the page again.<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Indefensible S. - You are too funny. A recipe for soap? I have just sat here LMAO for the past half hour. Hope your account stays intact - the difference between you and the other is obvious.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=35">Star of David</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Akash – nothingness is so touching…<BR>
Trout Almondine – I love your poems<BR>
Rennie Lorca – magnificent as always. Blindsided is major.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=10">Galadrial</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Tanq, my sweet...<BR>
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I'm glad you enjoyed it...but WHITNEY has been urging me to be horribly mean and evil.<BR>
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It suddenly strikes me that the challenge pigeon holed lovely with the ramble...and I  guess I should act like it was on purpose...but it really was just serendipity.<BR>
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Thanks again everyone...you make it so satisfying to be wicked...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Trout Almondine - What a great entrance you have made!  I admire every submission...<BR>
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Kirk - You will have your work cut out for you for the picks for March with all the new poets!<BR>
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CryingShame<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Lovestruck,<BR>
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As down as you may feel...nothing lasts forever not even troubles by Arnold H. Glasgow...<BR>
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Don't give up hope, because life is full of UPs as there are as many DOWNS...you maybe feeling an all time low, but this walk on earth can also lead to all time highs...experience has taught me that there is good and bad in everything...and you will learn to appreciate just an OK day after experiencing hell on earth...<BR>
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CryingShame<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Ladyinwaiting,<BR>
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Thank you my dear friend for the comments, and thank you for your recent work.  It sheds light upon the pain that love brings in a very personal way.  Please keep them coming.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Ok, this question is for the guys.... I'm on disability (I have lupus) and have a very fixed income monthly after medical expenses, plus I'm a single Mom of a three year old with zero support from his "father".  What can you get or do for a guy for Valentines day that he will truly like.  I've tried to plan a picnic and outside activities, but the weather may not be permiting.  Lingere.. got that covered.  I want to do something special because this guy is the best thing that's happened to me besides my son being born.  He went all out for my birthday, and I want to do the same, but he has a great job and the funds to do more.  Please help.  I'm running out of time.  Any ideas??
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

LadyInWaiting - Thankyou for sharing my moments. I wish ... that I was not suffering writers block at the moment and could share more. I enjoy your poetry, I find it very sensitive and beautifully written.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Star of David~ I've gotten a number of inspirations off your Solitude work lately. Love being blind doesn't just happen when young, inexperienced and in love. Take care, and thanks very much.<BR>
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Gala~ your most recent walk away piece really hit me with how profound and poignant it is in finishing as a question. I learned some very hard lessons very early in life on the words, look and companionship still not being all there is to a relationship. Still, any one of those things might keep me hanging on then, and further evaluating the relationship. I seem to be far less willing to take having a battered heart now. Good work ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Chances~thank you for the compliment...and for your recent submission 'One day'...one day I will love and be loved like that...thank you for sharing<BR>
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Jon~my dearest jon..'Damn' that it good...loved it as usual...thank you for sharing<BR>
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Carol~'and again u push me away' touches me deeply...thank you for sharing<BR>
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Violet~'I want'...how beautiful to dream...without dreams we are nothing...thank you for sharing<BR>
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Akash~'Nothingness'...I believe this piece speaks to us all...thank you for sharing
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

I've been writing the best poems I've submitted to the Blender since '97 in two different decorative journals so that if something ever happens my husband and daughter will have tangible archives of my work. I've decided to stop submitting poetry to this site because I am going to seek publication in magazines. My dream is to eventually have books of my poetry published. I've been reminded this week of the brevity of life and I feel that I have wasted too much time not taking my art seriously enough. I've enjoyed being a part of this community and I love the friends I have made here. The Blender just isn't what it used to be. The old Boards had their share of idiotic nonsense (and I contributed more than a few idiotic posts of my own)but there was also more relevance and more fun banter. A lot of better than average writers have left this community. I miss a few of them. Thank you, Kirk, for allowing me this forum to develop my writing and share it with people I respect and admire.<BR>
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Muchness,<BR>
Misti
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1135">Trout Almondine</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

thank you all for the welcome and compliments<BR>
ladyinwaiting, i actually like inflatable sushi's rants<BR>
and i think i am ready for war in iraq...unfortunately<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Trout~agreed...however, I do have a question that bothers me a bit...with all that is going on...I do firmly believe it is a war that will never be solved until the end of time...the Bible speaks clearly of this war...the war that started during Abrahams time when Sarah ask that Hagar and Ishmael be sent away...at that time the men were divided to be at war until the end...now to the question(s)...do we think we can solve that war?  and...do those people not love their families as we love ours?...are we willing to sacrifice our peoples for a political war...very much like that of past wars...we the smaller persons pay the price for what the leaders decide...is it really the leader we have choosen??  (whole other topic)...just my thoughts...sorry that I too have now placed a personal comment concerning politics...I must admit I do admire Sushi... obviously a leader...a rebel...Jesus was a rebel too...and I must admit...I too fall in there somewhere...but, this site is a place to escape from all the wordly problems...just thoughts...thank you for your time.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1106">the_poet</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Hi vixen81.<BR>
I like your poetry.It seems poetry does not have to rhyme.<BR>
most of mine does. your poetry lets you express yourself .<BR>
be it joy or pain. it helps release feelings that you <BR>
sometimes cannot relate to others in person.I hope to see some of your work on a happier subject.keep up the good work. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, Blender-Keeper</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

I'm back into editorial mode a bit on the Board, removing posts that get me cranky.  As always, I'll try to keep a light touch.<BR>
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Misti, sorry to hear about the decision.  It'd be nice if maybe you could drop us a crumb of writing *some* time...<BR>
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But people have been thinking the "current blender" hasn't been living up to the old days for only a little less long than its been around. Hindsight is distincly not 20/20 'cause people tend to look with a bit of rose colored glasses...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Tonight's ABC-TV special about Michael Jackson...<BR>
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     AMAZING! TRAGIC!<BR>
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The Jackson Five's "ABC" is still one of the greatest soul albums EVER
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1062">Vixen81</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Thanks the poet. I always intend to write happier stuff, my life is not all that depressing, but whenever I write "he" is the only thing that comes to mind...funny how that works.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1062">Vixen81</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

By the way the poet, I have read your poems too, and I like them. I can really relate to them.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=205">Violet</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Misti~ You will be sorely missed.  Best of luck to you on your future endeavors.  You have the talent to soar! ~Vi
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=74">Echolocation</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.05.21.13.3195">Did You Know...?</a> -- Washington State seems to have an unresolvable conundrum.  All things considered I think I'd rather live in Idaho.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=74">Echolocation</a><BR>
Date: 6 February 2003<P>

Chances -- FYI, Dylan's Pointless Sidebar reads:<BR>
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RECENTLY, I HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH DECODING PUZZLES LIKE THIS ONE.  I NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP.<BR>
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Bit disappointing.  I was expecting a witty epigram of some sort...
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