From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Trout~ I have fond affection for finny friends and a killer recipe for smoked salmon dip. A chef? I love southern fish recipes. They stock my creek with rainbows in April. My fella would love me more if I could cook 'em better when he drags them in ... you know that cooking and way to heart thing. BTW, welcome to Blender ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

I'm apologising to the board for getting a little bit on the mouthy side before. Really, I'm not doing myself any favours behaving that way. Just had to let fly - should've gone for a walk or something. Back to (romantic) poetry.<BR>
<BR>
Chances
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

hmmm... can't imagine what got me into such a state... a bit uncharacteristic these days...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Rhett; I saw the Moore film when it first came out yes, my son made sure I saw it. He's a big Michael Moore fan. I also just posted his site a few days back, with his views and links about this god awful war we're headed for. (my son suggested that too) But I had not read anything of his or seen his site till after I had posted all my thinking on the subject. But now that you point it out that film has to have made an impact on anyone who saw it.(if they're human that is..ha) <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/news/index.php">http://www.michaelmoore.com/news/index.php</a><BR>
<BR>
bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1120">Chances</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Rennie - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.09.03.32.13495">CELESTIAL JEWELRY</a> - has become an instant favourite. No, I'm not making up for earlier comments (already did that) - just really whimsically nice.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Paul,<BR>
You've doe it yet again.  "In praise of women"-- what a beautiful tribute.  With the talent in your hands and fingers, I'm sure you have an endless supply of woman begging for you to praise them!  You're brillant.  Please don't stop writing for any reason.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-letters06.2feb09,1,3097717.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine">http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-letters06.2feb09,1,3097717.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine</a><BR>
<BR>
Great letters, particularly the one that points out that the writer "left out the stories of the wonderful, intelligent people who are the true heads of the adult industry."<BR>
<BR>
Wonderful, intelligent people who are the true heads of the adult industry.<BR>
<BR>
We live on one truly f*cked up planet...and most people (not your or I) have demeaned their role in humanity to be nothing more than sick, twisted animals.<BR>
<BR>
Nothing special 'bout that.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=328">Rhetoric</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

BK:<BR>
That film dispelled a few myths that I myself touted as the "real" reason behind our crime and violence rates. I was amazed to find out how far I leaned to the right! For a 28 year old who finally changed party affiliation a few months ago after 10 years of GOP support, I am comforted by the understanding that the answers aren't clear. I was determined to accept an answer just to make an attempt to figure it all out in my head. One significant (amongst the many other thoughts I have about the film) point that Moore made me realize is that we can learn so much about our own culture from other cultures - rather than analyze obssessively from the inside.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks for the link. I hope your son is doing well - spinning and grooving!<BR>
<BR>
Rhetoric - card-carrying member of the 'other' party
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

FILE UNDER: PERSPECTIVE<BR>
<BR>
<a href="http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/">http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/</a><BR>
<BR>
To get a good sense of your place in the Universe, watch the Charles & Ray Eames film POWERS OF TEN
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1131">Indefensible Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/access-registered.intercept">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/access-registered.intercept</a><BR>
<BR>
So a majority believe Bush needs a U.N. mandate before going to war . . . Lemme tell ya, Bush doesn't need SQUAT. Actually, after Dubya mops up that mess over in Iraq, he needs to take some action toward the lefties at home (like MICHAEL MOORE) who have given aid and comfort to our enemies. What a TWISTED world we live in . . .
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=5">jackryhme</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

ah bloated fish... what would your world of choice be and would any truly wish to live in it? or am i buying into your need to uselessly flap yer craw, i grew up in a far different place and have been to more countries than i really care to remember but one thing i do know is its a far better place than it ever was and is only growing better, you look to the archives and you pull up the information but i think you will find or already do know that the world in not as you so describe only that you wish it so<BR>
<BR>
jack<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Here we go with the politics...yet again.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Well, it wasn't ME this time...Kirk, howzabout being a sport and shutting down the INDEFENSIBLE Sushi?  I mean, come on - I settled down after your reprimand and then "you-know-who" comes along with the "Indefensible" one, even posting rants in MY tone or style.  This is the same person that became jimmyallgrownup after the One Nut Jim heyday.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks.  (I DO post some good stuff, ya know)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

By the way, I thought BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE was great!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Tony Spivey ~ So glad to see you post here. Been following you some through Gala. <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.09.14.30.11715">My Love for You</a> Nice to see a fellow southerner using the image of the muscadine :-) Or 'musky dine' as we called them growing up. Hope you'll post more!<BR>
<BR>
Your first fan,<BR>
Whitney
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Tony Spivey: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.02.09.14.30.11715">My Love for You</a> Seems the news of your book and your reputation proceed you and now we have the real thing. Most impressive Sir, Welcome to the blender of love. <BR>
<BR>
bk<BR>
<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=10">Galadrial</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

(large cheesy grin...)<BR>
<BR>
I guess my friend Tony has been through...<BR>
Hi Dude...Welcome to the Blender...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=10">Galadrial</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

and by the way Dude.<BR>
<BR>
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN. <BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1135">Trout Almondine</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

"If a bad childhood made someone an artist, we'd be a country of geniuses."<BR>
<BR>
- Late author Lucy Grealy, "Autobiography of a Face."
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

"Frankly, Scallop, I Don't Give a Clam."<BR>
Gone With The Wind (subtitled for amphibians)<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

<BR>
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES...<BR>
   <a href="http://www.coincidencedesign.com">http://www.coincidencedesign.com</a>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

"It is the duty of any given nation in time of high crisis to attack the catastrophe that faces it in such a manner as to cause the people to laugh at it in such a way that they do not die before they get killed."<BR>
<BR>
-  Lord Buckley<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

and finally...  <a href="http://www.fuck.addr.com/news/word/larry.html">http://www.fuck.addr.com/news/word/larry.html</a>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1131">Indefensible Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

See Kirk? I post some pretty damn good stuff - and some of it's even semi-romance-related! However, a good deal of what I say shouldn't necessarily be taken seriously, hence my (apparently) contradictory comments on Michael Moore. Hope this clears things up.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=676">Cyan</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

To Inflatable Sushi<BR>
With Love<BR>
<BR>
An internet nuisance who has no shame.<BR>
I wonder day by day if he's really insane.<BR>
He talks a lot of politics and war.<BR>
But since this is a Romantic Realm,<BR>
I wonder "what for"? It seems he's <BR>
intelligent for a minute or more.<BR>
But that assumption goes out the<BR>
door, when he screams out ignorance<BR>
with a big loud roar. <BR>
<BR>
How much more drivel can the <BR>
Love Blender take, before it becomes<BR>
something less than great. I hate <BR>
to see talent obscured with stuff so <BR>
silly. When I read some of his <BR>
submissions, I begin to feel dizzy.<BR>
<BR>
He seems to want attention; to be <BR>
in the spotlight. Which makes me<BR>
think he's a lonely man when he<BR>
goes to sleep at night. <BR>
<BR>
This is my first and last poem for Sushi.<BR>
I hope it didn't sound to flimsy.<BR>
<BR>
I'll end this little ditty with something witty.<BR>
<BR>
For you Sushi, I feel much pity.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1142">Anonymous One</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

lovestruk - Thanks for the compliment! It was just one of those days when I have time to think to myself. I guess I get paranoid whenever my life seems to be going good.<BR>
<BR>
ladyinwaiting - Thank you for the welcome. I'm glad someone can relate to how I'm feeling. Oh, and I love "Morning has broken", that's how I feel about my boyfriend. I hope to see more works from you in the future.<BR>
<BR>
the_poet - Thank you also for the welcome. I love everything that you have submitted so far. Oh and about the guy I'm with, I think I'm the lucky one to have him with me. <BR>
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The Anonymous One,<BR>
Noni
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1144">tonyspivey</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Yes Gala....I finally got here.and I thank you for sending the link. I appreciate the welcoming comments BK and scqueen, I look forward to reading and enjoying the talent here. Always, Tony
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1131">Indefensible Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Cyan, honored is not the word.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=676">Cyan</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

Uh Oh Inflatable Sushi. It looks as though 'Indefensible' is pretending to be you again. You better inform Kirk about this. We wouldn't want him to ruin your respectable character.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1131">Indefensible Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 9 February 2003<P>

EXACTLY.<BR>
<BR>
^_^
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