dave hillstrom wrote:

Lol. It will take more than one barefoot broad to kick my ass. Though,
if she cooks any more of that sweet apple pie, I might bend over.
Auntie Sharon is quite teh cook, you know.

In article , lclough took the hamburger
meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...

In article , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?
=A7nuhwolf?= took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I
said "Oh Wow"...

In article , Hugh Jassman
took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...

I just read Silverberg's euhemeristic retelling of the ancient
Emegirean (Sumerian) "wisdom epic" of Gilgamesh, the burden of which is
the inevitability of death, and the need to live life as best we can in
the face of that dark truth.

His version is workmanlike but uninspired, and doesn't have remotely the
eerie and heartbreaking power of Gardner and Maier's much closer if
(necessarily) syncretic and (beautifully) poetic rendition, where even the
gaps add to the palpable sense of age: the tablets are broken, indeed.

And I really don't understand how anyone could fail to be fascinated by
and do more than Silverberg does with Gilgamesh's weeklong journey in
darkness, emergence into the Garden of the Gods, and meeting with and
being advised by-- are you ready for this?-- Siduri, the Barmaid of the
Gods, whom Silverberg just makes into a hostel-owner.

Basically disappointing.

Maybe Zelazny should take a crack at it, after the manner of _Creatures of
Light and Darkness_ (whoop).

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:27:49 -0400, dave hillstrom MeOw.oRg> got
double secret probation because:

On 31 Jul 2006 14:22:14 -0700, dedge@insight.rr.com wrote:



mheh

there is another thread about this in alt.config right now, i think.

UPA = Usenet Performance Art

we are often more concerned with the appearance or elegance of our
work than those who are only in usenet for the knowledge. we are
often more playful. and more irreverent. often times we are
downright rude. there are reasons for this in the history of usenet.
but some groups are far more UPAish than others.

alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
alt.usenet.kooks
alt.flame
alt.hackers.malicious
alt.config
alt.alt.alt.alt.alt
alt.tv.real-world

and many, many others.

On 31 Jul 2006 14:03:46 -0700, "Marcia" insight.rr.com>
wrote:

or any other sharp or blunt object close to hand.

On 31 Jul 2006 14:02:37 -0700, "Marcia" insight.rr.com>
wrote:

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