From: blake-d-request@albion.com Sent: Thursday, November 07, 1996 11:17 AM To: blake-d@albion.com Subject: blake-d Digest V1996 #126 ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blake-d Digest Volume 1996 : Issue 126 Today's Topics: Re: blake quarterly Re: blake quarterly Fwd: Halloween Humor Fwd: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... $340.00 in FREE Groceries Re: blake quarterly Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Remove non-discussant Re: Fwd: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... Re: $340.00 in FREE Groceries Re: Fwd: Halloween Humor Re: Fwd: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... Re: Fwd: Halloween Humor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 21:41:04 +0800 From: Seah Koon Tay <"pinsea78@pacific.net.sg"@pacific.net.sg> To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: blake quarterly Message-Id: <9611071339.AA13734@uu6.psi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Patricia Neill wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > I am managing editor of Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly, and I'd be happy to > send you (and anyone else here) a complimentary copy of the journal, along > with subscription information. Just let me know your mailing address. And > individual subscription is $25/year, make checks out to Blake, Department of > English, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627. > > All best, > Patricia Neill > > PS If anyone has any "news" items on matters Blakean, please feel free to > send them along to me. They will either be published in our newsletter > section or on our forthcoming web page. > > >On that note, do any of you subscribe to _Blake Quarterly? I am > >interested in reviewing some of the articles but cannot find copies > >in my university's library nor in the major university nearby (UM > >Minneapolis). If you have an opinion in its quality and/or have > >knowledge on subscription, please let me know. > > > >Thanks > > > >paul scanlon > > > > unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:36:06 -0500 (EST) From: Libby G Bradford To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: blake quarterly Message-Id: <199611071536.KAA10389@ruacad.runet.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit } }Patricia Neill wrote: }> }> Hi Paul, }> }> I am managing editor of Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly, and I'd be happy to send you (and anyone else here) a complimentary copy of the journal, along with subscription information. Just let me know your mailing address. Hello. I just joined this discussion group about a week ago. I decided to join since I'm taking a Romanticism class this semester and we are discussing Blake extensively. Could I request a copy also? If you give me your private e-mail address, I'll send it to you there. Thanks. Libby ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 10:51:48 +0000 From: rankel@cleo.bc.edu To: habersha@cleo.bc.edu, whitakma@cleo.bc.edu, chanr@cleo.bc.edu, langw@cleo.bc.edu, st963038@pip.cc.brandeis.edu, mcnultmb@cleo.bc.edu, bf19410@bingsuns.cc.bighamton.edu, brodsericj@quinnipiac.edu, larryf@bu.edu, okaneco@cleo.bc.edu, blake@albion.com Subject: Fwd: Halloween Humor Message-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII -------- Forwarded Message -------- Received: from relay1.smtp.psi.net (relay1.smtp.psi.net [38.8.14.2]) by cleo.bc.edu (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA57746 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:33:33 -0500 Received: from ccmail.ggk.com by relay1.smtp.psi.net (8.6.12/SMI-5.4-PSI) id NAA00051; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:28:28 -0500 Received: from ccMail by ccmail.ggk.com (SMTPLINK V2.10.03) id AA846883672; Fri, 01 Nov 96 13:24:49 EST Date: Fri, 01 Nov 96 13:24:49 EST From: "David Rankel" Message-Id: <9610018468.AA846883672@ccmail.ggk.com> To: keirsten01@aol.com, matthewran@aol.com, sranke01@kepler.poly.edu, rankel@cleo.bc.edu, michelle.martinson@lw.com, toma@ifsintl.com, rkolber@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, plau@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, mincorv@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, mrhodes@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, vtanzi@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, kthomsen@bmgtmail.umd.edu, skeagy@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com, sdorfma@ggk.com_at_GGK-NY@ccmail.ggk.com Subject: Halloween Humor Subject: Halloween Humor Cinderella wanted to go to the ball, but her wicked stepmother wouldn't let her. Her fairy godmother popped up and gave Cinderella some good news: The fairy godmother told Cinderella that she would provide everything she needed to go to the ball, but only on 2 conditions. Cinderella asks what she needed to do. The fairy godmother replied, "First, you must wear a diaphragm." Cinderella's mouth dropped open and she exclaimed, "You must be crazy! I'm on the pill, and I don't need to wear a diaphragm." The fairy godmother reminded Cinderella about all the handsome princes that would be attending the ball that night. Hence, Cinderella agreed to wear the diaphragm. "Well, what's the second condition?" Cinderella asked. The fairy godmother replied, "You must be back home at 2:00 AM." Well, Cinderella explained that if she's gonna go party with the princes, she wanted to be out all night long. The fairy godmother told Cinderella that if she's not home by 2AM, then her diaphragm will turn into a pumpkin. She reminded Cinderella that at least she would be with the princes most of the evening. So, Cinderella agreed to be home at 2AM... At 2AM, Cinderella didn't show up...3AM, no Cinderella...4AM, no Cinderella... Finally, at 5AM, Cinderella showed up at the door with a huge grin on her face. The fairy godmother stood up, looked at Cinderella and said, "Where the hell have you been? Your diaphragm was supposed to turn into a pumpkin 3 hours ago!!!" Cinderella told the fairy godmother that she met a prince and he took care of it for her. The fairy godmother wondered what prince would have this type of power. She asked Cinderella his name, to which Cinderella replied, "I can't remember, but it was Peter Peter something or other...." 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Message-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII -------- Forwarded Message -------- Received: from relay4.smtp.psi.net (relay4.smtp.psi.net [38.9.52.2]) by cleo.bc.edu (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA61996 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:40:20 -0500 Received: from ccmail.ggk.com by relay4.smtp.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.4-PSI) id JAA00027; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:36:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from ccMail by ccmail.ggk.com (SMTPLINK V2.10.03) id AA847128920; Mon, 04 Nov 96 09:33:06 EST Date: Mon, 04 Nov 96 09:33:06 EST From: "David Rankel" Message-Id: <9610048471.AA847128920@ccmail.ggk.com> To: rankel@cleo.bc.edu Subject: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... ============================================================= Bart and his Blackboard Quotes Everything Bart has ever written on the blackboard I will not waste chalk I will not skateboard in the halls I will not burp in class I will not instigate revolution I will not draw naked ladies in class I did not see Elvis I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes" Garlic gum is not funny They are laughing at me, not with me I will not yell "Fire" in a crowded classroom I will not encourage others to fly I will not fake my way through life Tar is not a plaything I will not Xerox my butt It's potato, not potatoe I will not trade pants with others I am not a 32 year old woman I will not do that thing with my tongue I will not drive the principal's car I will not pledge allegiance to Bart I will not sell school property I will not cut corners I will not get very far with this attitude I will not make flatuent noises in class I will not belch the National Anthem I will not sell land in Florida I will not grease the monkey bars I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment I will not do anything bad ever again I will not show off I will not sleep through my education I am not a dentist Spitwads are not free speech Nobody likes sunburn slappers High explosives and school don't mix I will not bribe Principal Skinner I will not squeak chalk I will finish what I sta "Bart Bucks" are not legal tender Underwear should be worn on the inside The Christmas Pageant does not stink I will not torment the emotionally frail I will not carve gods I will not spank others I will not aim for the head I will not barf unless I'm sick I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge I will not conduct my own fire drills Funny noises are not funny I will not snap bras I will not fake seizures This punishment is not boring and pointless My name is not Dr. Death I will not defame New Orleans I will not prescribe medication I will not bury the new kid I will not teach others to fly I will not bring sheep to class A burp is not an answer Teacher is not a leper Coffee is not for kids I will not eat things for money I will not yell "She's Dead" at roll call The principal's toupee is not a Frisbee I will not call the principal "spud head" Goldfish don't bounce Mud is not one of the 4 food groups No one is interested in my underpants I will not sell miracle cures I will return the seeing-eye dog I do not have diplomatic immunity I will not charge admission to the bathroom I will never win an Emmy The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy I will not say "Springfield" just to get applause I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man I will not go near the kindergarten turtle I am not deliciously saucy Organ transplants are best left to the professionals The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan I will not celebrate meaningless milestones There are plenty of businesses like show business I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball Five days is not too long to wait for a gun Beans are neither fruit nor musical I will not use abbrev. I am not the reincarnation of Sammy Davis Jr. I will not send lard through the mail I will not dissect things unless instructed I will not whittle hall passes out of soap Ralph won't "morph" if you squeeze him hard enough Adding "just kidding" doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal "Bagman" is not a legitimate career choice Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does Next time it could be me on the scaffolding I will not hang donuts on my person I will remember to take my medication I will not strut around like I own the place The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far I do not have power of attorney over first graders In one episode Barts teacher made Marge write "I will try to raise a better child" Tanis :) Received: from gateway2.ey.com by ccmail.ggk.com (SMTPLINK V2.10.03) X-Envelope-From: MATTHEW.DALY@EY.COM Received: by gateway2.ey.com id AA13339 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for drankel@ggk.com); Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:38:23 -0400 Received: by gateway2.ey.com (Protected-side Proxy Mail Agent-2); Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:38:23 -0400 From: MATTHEW.DALY@EY.COM Received: by gateway2.ey.com (Protected-side Proxy Mail Agent-1); Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:38:23 -0400 To: " - (052)drankel(a)ggk.com" Subject: FW: (Fwd) (Fwd) What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... 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Sincerely, Sheila K. Maxwell ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 08:55:57 -0600 From: "Randy Francka" To: Subject: Re: blake quarterly Message-Id: <199611071718.LAA01993@shell.dialnet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Managing Editor: I accept your offer of a free trial issue of the Blake Q.. My mailing address is: 2185 Redwood Republic, MO 65738-2000 Randy Francka > To: blake@albion.com > Subject: Re: blake quarterly ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:32:47 -0500 From: albright@world.std.com (R.H. Albright) To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Jennifer: Just to clarify why I think Blake makes Christianity his own personal religion... You write: >what you describe as the "Revolutionary Christ" is what I >see as having some similarities to Orc, at least to Orc at his purest and >best, as in America, where he stands up to the tyrannical father-figure who >assumes the forms of Albion's "Angel," George III, Urizen, and the God of >the Old Testament.>>> Well, again Christianity is a complex and contradictory thing, based on that desart book called The Bible. But Jesus is a person known for saying "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's", precisely NOT leading a revolution except in thought. The Revolution which Orc leads, despite his not knowing it, is based on the ideas of dreadful, mechanistic people like Newton and Locke, not Jesus. >Orc ultimately fails as a revolutionary figure because earthly revolution >cannot break out of its cycle of violence>>> He also fails because he is merely a fiery anarchist, with no IDEAS to back him up. Thus, I sympathize with the old man in a plate of "Europe" trying to stop the floodgates of anarchy, because Orc has nothing with which to replace it except anger at injustice. Now does that sound like Jesus to you? Not to me. >but a number of his (Orc's) attributes >are preserved in the revolutionary portrait of Jesus in _The Everlasting >Gospel_.>>> I'm glad you come back to _The Everlasting Gospel_, a revisionist doctrine that shows Blake's personal religion, with anti-Christian things like: >Just as Orc sends back the plagues onto Albion's Angel, Jesus >challenges "The God of this World" who is "a Smiter with disease.">>> When did Jesus, in The Bible, ever challenge his father? >Whereas Orc gets nailed to a rock>>> You mean when he was first-born? Yes. Another difference between him and Jesus. At least Jesus had done some things that got him nailed to the cross. And Pilate gave him a few chances to get out of the predicament, which he rejected in a "clod-like" way. >and degenerates into a serpent>>> Yes. But that's a bit of a problem when you're a mere fiery anarchist, isn't it? That things will degenerate, like in Cambodia 20 years ago, with no sense of mercy? >this Jesus "with wrath . . . did subdue / The Serpent Bulk of Natures >dross / Till he had >naild it to the Cross." The serpent bulk of worthless nature... what do you think he means by that, Jennifer? That Jesus had subdued Satan until he got nailed to the cross? If so, I'd argue that Satan was around-- not only in the betrayal of Judas, or in the denial of Peter-- and elsewhere, not documented in The Bible, even when he raising people from the dead and healing lepers. Jesus ended his life as a martyr. Orc is a figment of Blake's imagination that I think you show well diverges from that into yet another trap: that of anarchy, or as the Indonesians say, things running "amok". Thanks for the comments. -Randall Albright http://world.std.com/~albright/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:33:30 -0500 From: albright@world.std.com (R.H. Albright) To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Virginia: You raise some interesting points. >I have to agree that orthodox Christianity does not seem to fit Blake's >schema, but looking at certain characteristics of the biblical Christ, I >can understand how Blake (or anyone) might come to see Jesus as chiefly >iconoclast, as advocate not for any particular ritual or dogmatic schema >but for as pure an encounter as possible with divinity. From Jesus' >behavior in the temple to his reduction of the "law" into 2: love God >and your neighbor, this was a figure flying in the face of convention.>>> So you take a Blakean, revolutionary Jesus view? Despite his words to the effect of "I came not to deny God's law but to fulfill them"? >When you add the good Samaritan story--admittedly a self-sacrificial >tale up to a point--you get a guy asking people to give the devil's >party (Samaritans were not a popular lot in Judea) its due.>>> Yes. Good Biblical reference. >Now add >parties with whores and tax collectors into the mix and you have a less >than conventionally moral kind of guy.>>> The tax collector thing is QUITE conventional, isn't it? "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's" is about as ANTI-revolutionary as you can get, the way I hear it. The point about whores ties in with the forgiveness theory, which even God had the good taste to grant the human race by stopping the flood, giving a rainbow, and promising never to do it again, didn't He? >Very likely most churches even >today would see Blake as a heretic, but I believe there's an argument >that they would say the same of Christ himself (as others have observed >for various reasons). Yes. >This note is admittedly more about Christianity than Blake, but I think >it's important to see Christ outside as well as inside the context of >orthodoxy BECAUSE HE WAS OUTSIDE OF ORTHODOXY.>>> Yes. But, for example, when he added an additional commandments, he didn't say, "This supercedes the rest". And concepts which many Christians believe Jesus invented, like forgiveness, are actually central to the "core" Judaic religion, too, as seen in Rosh Hashanah. >I think that's part of >Blake's take on things, a suspicion that the image of Christ and Jesus >have been manipulated and watered down to serve the principles of reason >and, eventually, power,>>> Wouldn't Blake have thought that those heavily influenced by reason had moved on to Deism (another dreadful thing, right, from his point of view)? But yes, I can see this view of him thinking that Jesus's teachings had been watered down for power. The problem remains, however, as implied in my latest reply to Pam Van Schaik, that Jesus's teachings at least as we know them lend themselves to the status quo. Be a lamb. Obey. Your reward comes in the after-life. These were thoughts that the mechanistic thinking of Locke, Newton, Bacon, and popularized by Voltaire and Rousseau, were saying: "NO! Think for yourself! Observe! Etc...." >that the truth of "religion" lies OUTSIDE >religion and that a messiah (a true one) is therefore always positioned >outside as well. Yes. I totally agree on this point. Blake to me is one of the ultimate outsiders (one of my favorite quotes by Emerson is: "Whomsoever would be a man would be an outsider" from "Self Reliance"), and when I read quotes like yours above-- that true religion lies outside of religion-- did I paraphrase incorrectly?-- I think that's something that is... well, maybe too extreme, but poses one side of a very important dialectic well. -Randall Albright http://world.std.com/~albright/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:32:11 -0500 From: albright@world.std.com (R.H. Albright) To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: "GOD" and Mr Blake? Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Pam van Schaik: You pose some interesting thoughts. Here are my reactions: "The most sublime act is to set another before self" in the "Proverbs" is simply that: ONE "truth" or half-truth. Yes, there is an element of truth in it. So is that why Blake would NOT compromise in his art for clients? >If one takes seriously his view that we are of divine origin>>> So are peacocks and tygers, aren't they? Isn't every living thing holy? >and that our true natures , when fully expanded into the divine >light, is to participate in God's eternal divine humanity>>> Our true nature, in my opinion, is expressed succinctly in Blake's "Clod and the Pebble". The dialectic between selflessness and selfishness is obvious in animal behavior to me on many levels. >, then, we must also >take seriously that the love of the `Clay' is the ideal to which we should >aspire. In this, Selfhood is annihilated (without losing the unique traits of >being ~Clay~ , but rather being most true to one's `clay-like essence, just >as in Eternity, all appear as `One Man' , JESUS, when expanded away >from their individual Selfhoods, yet do not lose their unique >individuality).>>> Now one key here that I see in your words is this need to "annihilate" selfhood. And it's just NOT going to happen. It's not REAL. Blake's cynicism toward Rousseau's naivete, for example, can perhaps be felt as early as poems like "The Lamb", when you wonder: "IS it the Savior that he's designating? Or is it a person, placing a significance on a lamb AS IF IT WERE the Savior?" When Blake says, in that poem, to the speechless lamb: "I'll tell thee--" Sure he will. For one thing, he's the artist. For another, he's a person with the power to do many more things than a lamb can do. But do we all want to be like lambs that can get led to the slaughter? Half of the dialectic is missing in this poem, to be fulfilled in _Experience_ with "The Tyger". In fact, I would argue that "The Clod and the Pebble" brings up an interesting masochistic doctrine that I find repugnant in Christian faith. Basically, it the Clod is willing to be trompled over, or-- metaphorically speaking-- nailed to a cross-- or in a Dream Land thinking that a lion will really someday lie down with a lamb instead of eating it instead-- whereas the Pebble is laughing at the foolishness of such laying yourself open to vulnerability. Not only that, but the Pebble, by binding another to its delight, is not necessarily all bad. That can also be called manipulating your environment so that, for example, Amsterdam doesn't get flooded because it has a dyke system (dykes are HARD, not MUSHY). Thanks for your thoughts--- Randall Albright http://world.std.com/~albright/blake.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 96 11:25 CST From: MLGrant@president-po.president.uiowa.edu To: blake@albion.com, rankel@cleo.bc.edu Subject: Remove non-discussant Message-Id: <199611071729.LAA45318@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Dear Seth, Please remove rankel@cleo.bc.edu from the blake@albion.com list. I believe we agreed this should be the automatic penalty for junk mailers. Thanks. -- Mary Lynn Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:42:25 -0600 From: tomdill@wc.stephens.edu (TOM DILLINGHAM) To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: Fwd: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... Message-Id: <96110711422546@wc.stephens.edu> Who is sending this stuff to the Blake list and why? Tom Dillingham ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 13:10:58 -0500 From: David Eholnikof To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: $340.00 in FREE Groceries Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961107181058.006863b0@ica.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:11 07-11-96 -0600, you wrote: > >Consumers Unite! Join the Grocery Club for the guaranteed lowest >prices on over 5000 national name brand products. Blah, Blah, Blah >Sincerely, >Sheila K. Maxwell > Sheila, I commend your efforts, however, if I was interested in groceries, I would not have joined this forum. I DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE OTHER TYPES OF UNRELATED ADVERTISING THROUGH THIS GROUP !!!! ----------------------------------------------------- Programmers Inc and SPD | Smart Product Development David Eholnikof, cc | Fax 905.272.4838 902 - 2100 Sherobee Rd | Phone 905.272.4015 Mississauga, Ontario | suburb of Toronto Canada L5A 4C5 | EMail David@ica.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 13:11:00 -0500 From: David Eholnikof To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Halloween Humor Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961107181100.00689494@ica.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:51 07-11-96 +0000, you wrote: > > >-------- Forwarded Message -------- >Received: from relay1.smtp.psi.net (relay1.smtp.psi.net [38.8.14.2]) by >Subject: Halloween Humor > >Cinderella wanted to go to the ball, but her wicked stepmother wouldn't >-----End Of Forwarded Message ----- > I fail to see how this is \ or related to Blake. You do me, and others in the Blake forum no favours by forwarding other's junk mail. SO DON'T DO IT. ----------------------------------------------------- Programmers Inc and SPD | Smart Product Development David Eholnikof, cc | Fax 905.272.4838 902 - 2100 Sherobee Rd | Phone 905.272.4015 Mississauga, Ontario | suburb of Toronto Canada L5A 4C5 | EMail David@ica.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 13:11:01 -0500 From: David Eholnikof To: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: Fwd: What Bart Writes on the Blackboard... Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961107181101.00692f70@ica.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:57 07-11-96 +0000, you wrote: > > >-------- Forwarded Message -------- >Bart and his Blackboard Quotes >Everything Bart has ever written on the blackboard I have a few more important things to do, than read Bart's rubbish. I do watch Bart on TV, BUT my TV has an off switch. Even further, I do use this medium of email for work and do not need additional garbage. If I wanted drivel, I can get drivel from lots of sources. Get the idea? This is not related to Blake. You do me, and others in the Blake forum no favour by forwarding an other's junk mail. SO DON'T DO IT. NB: I do believe advertising has its use and proper place. Advertising regarding Blake is OK and personally I do want to know what's available. This is not the place or the forum for Halloween, groceries, and unrelated limericks. I enjoy viewing and reading Blake which gives considerable relaxation. I do not want, nor do I wish remove this aggravation by unsubscribing. I would miss the enjoyment received by everyone else's good works. Keep in mind, as a (tolerably) well educated software developer, I also have the competency to irritate offal senders far more easily, by sending thousand's of replies directly to the offending advertisers email address. ----------------------------------------------------- Programmers Inc and SPD | Smart Product Development David Eholnikof, cc | Fax 905.272.4838 902 - 2100 Sherobee Rd | Phone 905.272.4015 Mississauga, Ontario | suburb of Toronto Canada L5A 4C5 | EMail David@ica.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:55:07 -0500 (EST) From: Scott A Leonard To: blake@albion.com Cc: blake@albion.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Halloween Humor Message-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I, too, am troubled that someone thought the rest of us might find Bart and the Pumpkin story funny. In most universities, it is patently actionable to foist upon one's opposite-sex colleagues "humor" like the Cinderella "joke" we were just exposed to. This list is for me and for many others a part of our professional workspace and I don't wish this environment to be made uncomfortable for anyone. Here, here! DON'T DO IT! Scott A. Leonard -------------------------------- End of blake-d Digest V1996 Issue #126 **************************************