From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

I suddenly realize what happened the other day must have been the time warp while Kirk changed servers..ha You said we might loose a poem or two..but it put one link on top of another and that was real strange..hahaha<BR>
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As for the ads...I know Kirk has good taste and won't sell us out to something god-awful...right? But do they have to blink and fart??? Can we just get the quiet ones? Oh well, whatever you think, I really don't care. (right)<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Kirk,  you do whatever you have to.  I will buy shirts and hats if need be.  I do agree that ads might be annoying while reading new submissions tho.  I breathlessly await the changes.  Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1203">Dylan Kwiatkowski</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Where would we be without change? Do what you got to do Kirk. Your the man. But please if it can be helped...don't put them in the new submissions pages.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Dana,<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.06.25.18.53.30632">Vivid Memories</a>, in many ways this reminded me of a time not long ago of mine...beautifully written...<BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">Cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Ladyinwaiting...<BR>
Your recent news about the parents loving gift touched my heart as well...there's good and bad in everything and in everyone...My prayers are with you and yours...<BR>
Pam
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, Blender-Keeper</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

The ads are all very inobtrusive.<BR>
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In fact, their so non-attention-grabbing their almost more attention grabbing...<BR>
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We'll see how it goes.<BR>
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No action on the server transfer either...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=744">jimmyallgrownup</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

First off, there is nothing wrong with advertising in and of itself - especially on the Net where so much content is still (for all intents and purposes) free. But here's my 2 cents on the issue: How about the ads only be placed - or the majority of them, at least - on the new submission pages for newbies in general and our particularly more obnoxious fake user names - i.e., self-promoter "Mark McNabb" and his plethora of alter-egos, Leamas, etc. By my reasoning, they're using the bandwidth for questionable purposes (to put it mildly) - shouldn't they bear the brunt of ad placement? Who knows, it may even serve as something of a deterrent. At the very least it would make them look ridiculous. Just an idea...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1174">Dana</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Pam: Thanks for the comment, as always. You're too kind. - Dana
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1174">Dana</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Darwin: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.06.26.06.07.7438">in the summer, in the heat</a> WOW! Have you ever written a romance novel? I really think you should. You have an amazing way with words. I wish I could write like that. I could learn a thing or two from you. Amazing piece. - Dana
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Kirk~<BR>
If we could buy t-shirts of better quality than the last ones I would buy a ton of 'em for myself and my family. I still have the t-shirt but I never wear it 'cause it doesn't feel right and I don't like the plastic-y transfer. It's not soft enough. Would it be possible to publish a Blender anthology? Those would sell. I know that would be an enormous undertaking. Archie McPhee out of Seattle has a lot of cool stuff and they're geniuses at marketing. They have the best tin lunchboxes I've ever seen. Oh, ads would be okay. As long as they aren't ads for Victoria's Secret.<BR>
:-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=12">Tanqueray Cowboy</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

Gala,<BR>
<BR>
I would swear that on or around August of '01 you submitted a piece about friendship turned physical...<BR>
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...in fact I even bumped it.<BR>
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I would very much like to read it again.  A repost please by semi-popular demand???<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">CryingShame58</a><BR>
Date: 26 June 2003<P>

HAPPY FREAKY FRIDAY<BR>
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hey yall...they made a movie based on me...it's called FREAKY FRIDAY and the leading lady is Jamie Lee Curtis...NO, folks it isn't a horror flick...it debuts in July!  I hope everyone has a great day and weekend...<BR>
Jim, I am gonna miss you dude!  <BR>
tah tah!<BR>
Pammy<BR>

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