| KHftCEA 1997-11.3 November |
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KHftCEA 1997-11.3 November
Orpheus hesitated beside the black river. With so much to look forward to, he looked back. We think he sang then, but the song is lost. At least he had seen once more the beloved back. I say the song went this way: *O prolong Now the sorrow if that is all there is to prolong.* --Donald Justice, from "There is a Gold Light in Certain Old Paintings" --- I cannot seperate her from the beautiful body. She has charm and a very gay spirit; in every way she's attractive. Intelligent and she reads good books. But it's the faultless body that forces me to make a fool of myself, pursuing a virtuous girl I could never possess. --James Laughlin (1914-1997) --- "We're all soldiers in the war against entropy." --alt.folklore.computers --- "I spent an interesting evening recently with a grain of salt." --Mark V. Shaney --- "the day that you die will be like any other day, only shorter." --Beckett? --- Thanksgiving Trip to NYC: - Note to self: Hi, self! 97-11-25 - "The Age of Anxiety"- whoever came up with that was dead on, especially with all the economy questions being asked. 97-11-25 --- Important tip: if you're volunteering at a function that helps the homeless, try not to look like a homeless person. 97-11-27 --- "Mm-mmm, time for pie" --- "No why. Just here." -John Cage, Life Magazine's "Why are we here" --- "Eat bread and salt and always tell the truth." --Russian Proverb --- You taught me language; and my profit on't is, I know how to curse; the red plague rid you, for learning me your language! --Caliban, The Tempest 1.2 --- Old Poems: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less travelled by, Tripped over a branch, and broke my nose I hear America singing, and doggone if someone's not flat. One of the tenors, I think. Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter ... I shot it dead, and then it drop upon the floor Now, the Raven 'nevermore' Two roads diverged, but the one I wanted to take had a detour sign on it, dammit to hell. A rock sat in the woods, thinking, for many years, of many things. Realized God and His plan How to perfect life for plant and man but it was a rock, and rocks can't speak so it had to keep it to itself an ant crossed the sidewalk in its busy little industry i saw reflected the laws of god and man 'enough of this' I thought and crushed its tiny head --- Jenn Melnyk wrote me freshman year? "Anybone"-"Sanity Smith" written on the envelope 97-11-28 --- 1. how many steps to put a hippo in a fridge?(3) 2. to put giraffe in the fridge?(4) 3. They're a kilometer away from the river, who gets there first?(h) 4. How many hippos can a 5 ton truck hold?(5 tons) 5. How many giraffes can the truck hold?(0) --Quantum --- bum makes 1 cigar out of 5 butts- how many cigars out of 25?(6) --- SLOGRO-algorithm, particle wanders 'til it rests against still particle: from A. K .Dewdney's Computer Recreations Scientific American dec 1988 |