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OSC on the virtues of writer's block (fwd)

Fri Dec 5 09:49:30 PST 2003

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> Subject: Re: OSC on the virtues of writer's block
> To: Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:28:01 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Alexx Kay" <alexx at panix.com>
> 
> > I've often found I use the phrase "do as I say, not
> > as I do".  Why?  Well, cause I'll occasionaly take actions,
> > for various reasons, that go against my own beliefs.  
> 
> Of course, if I were to choose to "do as you do, not
> as you say", that would be equally consistent, since
> that's what *you* do :-)
> 
> I think this is also an appropriate place to invoke
> Economist Joke #1:
> 
> Two economists are walking past a car dealership.
> The first points at a fancy car and says "Boy, I
> really want that car."  They continue walking.
> After they pass the dealership without stopping, 
> the second economist replies, "Obviously false."
> 
> Alexx
> 
> 
> Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers.
> alexx at carolingiaSPAMBL@CK.org                http://www.panix.com/~alexx
> "On the other hand, Casablanca doesn't start off with a credit sequence
>  showing Bogart romping around half-naked and wet on a trapeze, either, and
>  contains no discernible torture sequence involving a woman in an electrified
>  steel bikini.  Always gotta be some room for improvement."
>                         -- A review of Barb Wire