From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

influence...nice to meet you...<BR>
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chris...<BR>
how sweet it is -- <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2004.09.03.02.45.9966">(because the road)</a> touching<BR>
cryingshame58
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1">Kirk, Blender-Keeper</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

Yeesh, I really have no idea what to do for this month's "Blender Feature".  Any ideas, anyone? Anyone want to throw together an essay by Monday?  Or just a review of something, a romantic book or movie or video or something?<BR>
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Light month for submissions...less than 200!  Ah well, summer slump.  And easier in a lot of ways than the 500-600 we'd get some months in previous years...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1509">hollywoodfox</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

Kirk-<BR>
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What kind of essay would you be looking for?<BR>
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-Hollywood
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1189">darwin</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

digital love? <BR>
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love and the internet?  <BR>
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I think that it was vogue or harpers bazaar or something had a cool article a couple months back about people and the internet.  <BR>
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from how much it has changed their love life, to what they look for, how many dates they go out on now, and how they are more daring in their sexual adventures.  <BR>
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it covered so many different categories...nbc took part in it too.  It was really interesting.  If you dig, I can look for it....
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1189">darwin</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

okay go here...<BR>
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4873026/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4873026/</a><BR>
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and then at the bottom of the article it leads you to the elle article (hey it was elle, close enough!)<BR>
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and the elle article has more details.    	<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1469">erick spangler</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

*      Sick of politics? Read here!      *<BR>
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<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/king/king200409031119.asp">http://www.nationalreview.com/king/king200409031119.asp</a><BR>
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*     (from the great Florence King)     *<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

hollywoodfox:  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2004.09.03.15.09.12775">Love, Virtual Aisle 6</a> funny and poignant at the same time.  good job, i loved it!!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

wordley:  i hope you come back long enough to see my comments on how much <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2004.09.01.09.10.16894">Bon Voyage my love</a> affected me.  i am acutely aware of the loss of loved ones (who isn't?) and this really really touched me.  facing mortality, i hope that someday someone misses me this much.  safe travels until you return...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1509">hollywoodfox</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

aparajita-<BR>
thanks! I really appreciate it :-D<BR>
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~hollywood
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=74">Echolocation</a><BR>
Date: 3 September 2004<P>

hollywoodfox -- <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2004.09.03.15.09.12775">Love, Virtual Aisle 6</a> is brilliant.  It's very funny and yet tugs at my heart at the same time.  My favorite is this:<BR>
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"I opened the box and asked love to come to me.<BR>
Instead, it ran to the refrigerator and ate the chicken potpie and a bowl full of grapes.<BR>
Apparently love needs feeding before you can use it."<BR>
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And of course the part about no guarantees...<BR>
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We don't see enough of your work here at the Blender, hope to see more.<BR>
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