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« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2005, 08:26:38 AM »
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Everybody's got something to hide...:

NPR did a story on this site yesterday: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. It’s amazing.


I saw this before -- posted here?  Anyway, it makes me too sad, some of these.

The one that's freaking me out right now?  "Everyone who knew me before 9/11 thinks I'm dead."  Much as people fantasize about completely starting over again, new identity and all, I can't fathom anyone actually going through it.


the one that feaks me out most is the one that says "I love one of my children".

So many unanswered questions behind that one, and the real tragedy will be borne by the other child(ren) and may not have even manifested yet.  At the same time I think this is a very common thing that many parents are in deep denial over & at least this sender is self-aware.

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Paul Harvey shows his true colors
« Reply #31 on: July 08, 2005, 02:51:57 PM »
We always knew Paul Harvey was nutzy-cuckoo, but he's lost his last marble:

http://tinyurl.com/9yx46
Let's get right to it.

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Re: Paul Harvey shows his true colors
« Reply #32 on: July 08, 2005, 02:59:26 PM »
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We always knew Paul Harvey was nutzy-cuckoo, but he's lost his last marble:

http://tinyurl.com/9yx46


and now you know.... the REST of the story!

he was old when I was at ABC 15 years ago... he's gotta be pushin' 90!  Rich Hall used to do a great Harvey spoof on SNL; unfortunately most of the people in the live audience in NYC had no idea who Paul Harvey WAS. But in the Red states he's God.
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« Reply #33 on: July 08, 2005, 03:24:42 PM »
Wow. That's just... wow. Thanks, Paul Harvey. You can sit down now.
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Re: Paul Harvey shows his true colors
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2005, 01:05:13 AM »
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We always knew Paul Harvey was nutzy-cuckoo, but he's lost his last marble:

http://tinyurl.com/9yx46


and now you know.... the REST of the story!

he was old when I was at ABC 15 years ago... he's gotta be pushin' 90!  Rich Hall used to do a great Harvey spoof on SNL; unfortunately most of the people in the live audience in NYC had no idea who Paul Harvey WAS. But in the Red states he's God.


He was born 9/4/1918, so he's almost 87.  I always enjoyed his idiosyncratic delivery, but never listened to him enough to realize what a reactionary he could be.  Oh well.  When I looked him up on Wikipedia I also came across a good quote:

Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.
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Re: Paul Harvey shows his true colors
« Reply #35 on: July 09, 2005, 11:21:24 AM »
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We always knew Paul Harvey was nutzy-cuckoo, but he's lost his last marble:

http://tinyurl.com/9yx46


and now you know.... the REST of the story!

he was old when I was at ABC 15 years ago... he's gotta be pushin' 90!  Rich Hall used to do a great Harvey spoof on SNL; unfortunately most of the people in the live audience in NYC had no idea who Paul Harvey WAS. But in the Red states he's God.


He was born 9/4/1918, so he's almost 87.  I always enjoyed his idiosyncratic delivery, but never listened to him enough to realize what a reactionary he could be.  Oh well.  When I looked him up on Wikipedia I also came across a good quote:

Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.


There are several "unauthorized" bios of him floating around, worth picking up on.  My fave Harvey story is about how he was your basic gung-ho pro-Vietnam War hawk... until his son Paul Jr became of draft age (and I believe was making noises about becoming a conscientious objector). Then Paul Sr went thru a tortured "conversion" and decided it was time for Nixon to pull out.
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« Reply #36 on: July 19, 2005, 09:29:15 AM »
Well, let's forget crazy old Paul Harvey for a moment and talk about crazy old Beej.

A friend hooked me up with Tribe.net

Is anyone else here a member? You can be on my Tribe "friends" list!

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« Reply #37 on: July 19, 2005, 02:17:24 PM »
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Well, let's forget crazy old Paul Harvey for a moment and talk about crazy old Beej.

A friend hooked me up with Tribe.net

Is anyone else here a member? You can be on my Tribe "friends" list!

Woo.

I don't know why, but, why not?
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« Reply #38 on: July 19, 2005, 03:33:35 PM »
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I don't know why, but, why not?

Why should you be on my friend's list? Because I freakin RULE!  :D  

Why I'm on Tribe.net? Because it's there! And a lot of the other Tribe.net members are naked women.   :wink:

ETA: OK, Geoff- I've zapped you the "invitation". Cool avatar you've got over there, too.
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« Reply #39 on: July 19, 2005, 04:14:14 PM »
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I don't know why, but, why not?
Why should you be on my friend's list? Because I freakin RULE!  :D  

Why I'm on Tribe.net? Because it's there! And a lot of the other Tribe.net members are naked women.   :wink:

ETA: OK, Geoff- I've zapped you the "invitation". Cool avatar you've got over there, too.


http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/199/aff/199aff77-c812-4b04-824d-2d95cce117d2
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« Reply #40 on: July 19, 2005, 04:58:35 PM »
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I don't know why, but, why not?
Why should you be on my friend's list? Because I freakin RULE!  :D  

Why I'm on Tribe.net? Because it's there! And a lot of the other Tribe.net members are naked women.   :wink:

ETA: OK, Geoff- I've zapped you the "invitation". Cool avatar you've got over there, too.


http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/199/aff/199aff77-c812-4b04-824d-2d95cce117d2


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« Reply #41 on: July 19, 2005, 05:36:37 PM »
I sent you an invite.  I sent it to your Flem59 email address.

As for that picture of me that Geoff linked to: I guess you could say I'm a little "horny & blue".
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« Reply #42 on: July 19, 2005, 05:40:41 PM »
PS: If anyone else wants me to zap them an invite just say the word! Or you can go to tribe.net and just join on up!
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« Reply #43 on: August 02, 2005, 08:35:53 AM »
WFMU's posted MP3s of numerous "answer records," such as the frightening "Dawn of Correction" (a reactionary response to "Eve of Destruction") and Lou Christie's ultra-obscure "Mr. Tenor Man."  Interesting stuff:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/spazzy_answer_s.html
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« Reply #44 on: August 02, 2005, 08:42:27 AM »
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WFMU's posted MP3s of numerous "answer records," such as the frightening "Dawn of Correction" (a reactionary response to "Eve of Destruction") and Lou Christie's ultra-obscure "Mr. Tenor Man."  Interesting stuff:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/spazzy_answer_s.html


wow! I've never heard "Dawn of Correction" but always wanted to.  Hope they have Danny Aiello's "Papa DO Preach"!

ETA: tahnks, Gaz -- I just listened to "...Correction". Yikes!  No Danny Aiello, tho'...
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