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- From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: What a literate group! WAS: Re: Another introduction...
- Message-ID: <102954@bu.edu>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:40:41 GMT
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- Organization: Boston University Center for Remote Sensing
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- /* is seated somewhat near the bar; he has a cocktail napkin
- and a pen, and has been madly scribbling down names of authors
- and books mentioned in the 'First SF' and 'Eastern Relgions'
- conversations.
-
- "Whew! Now there is a bunch of books that I want to either
- read or re-read! Some of them I haven't thought of in *ages*!"
-
- "This is such a wonderfully literate group of people! Thanks
- Alfvaen, Abner, Windsinger, kitten, Liralen, Mary (H. Beam Piper!
- I *loved* those books!), Caithelin, and,
- oh gosh I've probably forgotten a few! (Don't take offense, I
- just lost some posts!)"
-
- "Actually, these conversations, an email from Alfvaen,
- and some recent events, have gotten me thinking. A dear
- friend of mine just had a baby girl, her first - and actually
- she is the first close friend to have a child, so I and a whole
- group of friends are doing a lot of thinking and readjusting!"
-
- "She is a single mom, and we've been visiting, socializing, trying
- to make sure she doesn't feel cut off - and that she has help
- (or at least babysitters!) when she needs it."
-
- "So, although baby Elizabeth Rose will not be reading for a while,
- I was wondering what childhood books people would recommend that
- she eventually have in her library! Not just sf, but any type of
- genre that people remember fondly!"
-
- /* pauses to massage the writer's cramp in his hand.
-
- "On another note - synchronicity in action today! I had never
- ever even *heard* of a bodhran until the subject came up here
- in the place. But a few moments ago, in a catalog called
- "Music for Little People," I saw two types of bodhrans for sale -
- a larger one for adults, and a smaller one for children!"
-
- "AND, more obscurely, a few pages later the catalog quoted
- some lyrics from 'Would You Like To Swing On A Star?' - this
- is strange (to me) because it is the song I have *not* been
- able to get out of my internal mental soundtrack for the last
- 2 weeks!!" >sigh<
-
- Returning to his list, some nearby patrons can hear the purple
- guy humming softly to himself... "Carry moonbeams home in a jar..."
-
-
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- Mike Holmes mjmh@crsa.bu.edu "Happiness Will Prevail!"
- Boston University Department of Geography (a truly GREAT place to work!)
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