From steve@central.starport.com Tue Aug 4 23:17:08 1998 Path: central.starport.com!not-for-mail From: steve@central.starport.com (Stephen R. Savitzky) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: 04 Aug 1998 23:16:13 -0700 Organization: Grand Central Starport Lines: 46 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: central.starport.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:181645 ``Hardly seems like any time at all, does it?'' The Mandelbear is at the bar on one of his rare appearances, talking to Mike. ``Do you mean last year, or the last time you were in?'' Mike asks in return. He hesitates a little, reaching for a red ceramic bottle. ``I'm not sure. Genever is fine, Mike; it's a tradition.'' The veil between the worlds is almost gone, now. He looks into the crowded bar, the old fractal persona little more than a name, used only once in all of the last year. Since last August 4th. Mike Callahan pours the pale-green liquid into a glass, and takes a crumpled dollar in exchange. ``I guess with two kids at home and a job that's fun, I don't take the time to keep up with the old Place anymore.'' He takes a few sips, and tips his glass at the barkeep in salute. An aging hacker walks to the chalk line, takes a final sip of gin, and swirls the remainder in the bottom of the glass. He raises it in the general direction of a dusty X-window. ``Our middle daughter was stillborn, eight years ago tonight,'' he says quietly. Then, loudly, ``To Amethyst Rose!'' A little clumsily, he throws the glass into the fireplace. The flames that burst around it are pale lavender, the color of amethyst. ``I'll look in tomorrow,'' he says to Mike in passing. ``I'll be OK; I just need to go someplace where it's quiet. And I promised Colleen a song, though she may be asleep by now.'' He goes over to his usual corner, and stands in front of a pair of dusty X-windows. On his left is a petrified forest, in twilight. A rosebush stands in a little clearing: jade, obsidian thorns, amethyst blossoms. The girl, always difficult to see, is facing away from the window. She seems to be watching something small and white among the trees; it might be a sock puppet. In a moment she will run to see it. The window on the right shows a desert at night-time. A campfire burns in the middle distance; the stars are as bright as gems and cold as ice. The Mandelbear picks up his old guitar, says something inaudible to it, and heads out through the window toward the campfire. -- / Steve Savitzky \ 1997 Pegasus Award winner: best science song--+ \ / \ http://www.starport.com/people/steve/ V \ \ hacker/songwriter: \ http://www.starport.com/suites/Starport/Filk/ / \_ Kids' page: MOVED ---> http://www.starport.com/places/forKids/ ______/ From steve@central.starport.com Tue Aug 4 23:59:47 1998 Path: central.starport.com!not-for-mail From: steve@central.starport.com (Stephen R. Savitzky) Newsgroups: alt.kalbo Subject: From the Petrified Forest: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: 04 Aug 1998 23:59:21 -0700 Organization: Grand Central Starport Lines: 28 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: central.starport.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: central.starport.com alt.kalbo:3892 The Mandelbear comes over a low dune toward the welcoming light of the campfire. For some reason it's always night when he comes to this place. He makes his way by starlight, carrying a small guitar. At his back the hint of a bar-room window fades to blackness; to his left behind him the tall stone trunks of a petrified forest loom in what might have been twilight. Something shimmers there, like starlight reflecting from a crystal petal. Perhaps a trick of the light. Is a pale face watching among the trees? Too dark to tell. He sits down on a rounded stone, pausing briefly to brush aside a dried-out piece of the scum that seems to collect in little-used newsgroups nowadays. ``It's crowded back there,'' he says. ``I made my annual toast to Amethyst Rose just now; she would have been eight years old today, if she had lived.'' He shrugs, makes a vague gesture at the shadows beyond the camp. ``Well, two kids are plenty, and I wouldn't trade our little Emmy for the world -- she turned six this year; cuter and smarter than the rest of us put together. Going to be dangerous in a couple of years.'' He strokes the guitar absently, and adjusts the capo on the second fret. ``I hope nobody minds a couple of songs...'' -- / Steve Savitzky \ 1997 Pegasus Award winner: best science song--+ \ / \ http://www.starport.com/people/steve/ V \ \ hacker/songwriter: \ http://www.starport.com/suites/Starport/Filk/ / \_ Kids' page: MOVED ---> http://www.starport.com/places/forKids/ ______/ From djim50@no.spam.bellsouth.net Thu Aug 6 06:11:03 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntp.mainstreet.net!uunet!uunet!in1.uu.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.atl.bellsouth.net!news4.mia.bellsouth.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: djim50@no.spam.bellsouth.net (Jim Pierce) Newsgroups: alt.kalbo Subject: Re: From the Petrified Forest: Amethyst Rose: 8 Distribution: World Organization: Tycho Crater, Org Reply-To: djim50@no.spam.bellsouth.net Message-ID: <35c87e7a.3947472@news.bhm.bellsouth.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 9 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:43:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: host-209-215-11-49.bix.bellsouth.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:43:36 EST Xref: central.starport.com alt.kalbo:3894 Mandelbear: []strokes the guitar absently, and adjusts the capo on the second fret. []``I hope nobody minds a couple of songs...'' "Nope, no problem, go right ahead." DJ. -- Jim Pierce djim50 at bellsouth dot net remove 'no.spam' to email me My Web page: http?ocean.otr.usm.edu/~jmpierce/sitemap.html From alpha@istar.ca Thu Aug 6 06:12:43 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!erinet.com!inquo!xmission!newsfeed.direct.ca!feed.nntp.acc.ca!News.Toronto.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!NewsRead.Toronto.iSTAR.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <35C8A7BC.DF7CDA3B@istar.ca> From: Allan Friedman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.callahans To: "Stephen R. Savitzky" Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:45:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: ts49-11.tor.istar.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:45:09 EDT Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:181900 Steve, my thoughts and best wishes are with you and your family. If I'm not encroaching, may I join your glass-tossing? Thanks( in advance). To Amethyst Rose, in memory. G-d and the angels are Blessed to have her in their Care. <<<<<>>>>>>>>>> -Allan (Keez) p+e From jvinson@cyberhighway.net Thu Aug 6 06:12:47 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!erinet.com!inquo!xmission!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.internetmci.com!207.0.56.122!news.eli.net!news-incoming.cyberhighway.net!news.cyberhighway.net!not-for-mail From: jvinson@cyberhighway.net (John Vinson) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:58:27 GMT Organization: CyberHighway Internet Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <35cf8ea7.6812365@news.cyberhighway.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.161.41.19 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.0/32.390 Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:181954 On 04 Aug 1998 23:16:13 -0700, Mandelbear wrote: >``Hardly seems like any time at all, does it?'' The Mandelbear is at >the bar on one of his rare appearances, talking to Mike.... >Then, loudly, ``To Amethyst Rose!'' > "To Amethyst Rose!" says John, and deep-sixes his glass. He then wanders over to a window, far enough from the campfire not to intrude but close enough to hear what might be created... From alpha@istar.ca Thu Aug 6 23:00:27 1998 X-From-Line: alpha@istar.ca Wed Aug 5 09:01:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: from bolero-x.rahul.net (bolero.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA25252 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:01:28 -0700 Received: from free.rahul.net by bolero-x.rahul.net with SMTP id AA19321 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:03:23 -0700 Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17] by free.rahul.net with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #13) id 0z45kb-0000Sn-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:45:17 -0700 Received: from ts49-11.tor.istar.ca ([204.191.148.138] helo=istar.ca) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for steve@central.starport.com id 0z45kV-0004sM-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:45:11 -0400 Message-Id: <35C8A7BC.DF7CDA3B@istar.ca> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:43:08 -0700 From: Allan Friedman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.callahans To: "Stephen R. Savitzky" Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 9 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:3 mail.1998:808 mail.All:1491 Steve, my thoughts and best wishes are with you and your family. If I'm not encroaching, may I join your glass-tossing? Thanks( in advance). To Amethyst Rose, in memory. G-d and the angels are Blessed to have her in their Care. <<<<<>>>>>>>>>> -Allan (Keez) p+e From alpha@istar.ca Thu Aug 6 23:00:45 1998 X-From-Line: alpha@istar.ca Wed Aug 5 09:01:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: from bolero-x.rahul.net (bolero.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA25252 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:01:28 -0700 Received: from free.rahul.net by bolero-x.rahul.net with SMTP id AA19321 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:03:23 -0700 Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17] by free.rahul.net with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #13) id 0z45kb-0000Sn-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:45:17 -0700 Received: from ts49-11.tor.istar.ca ([204.191.148.138] helo=istar.ca) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for steve@central.starport.com id 0z45kV-0004sM-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:45:11 -0400 Message-Id: <35C8A7BC.DF7CDA3B@istar.ca> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:43:08 -0700 From: Allan Friedman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.callahans To: "Stephen R. Savitzky" Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 9 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:3 mail.1998:808 mail.All:1491 Steve, my thoughts and best wishes are with you and your family. If I'm not encroaching, may I join your glass-tossing? Thanks( in advance). To Amethyst Rose, in memory. G-d and the angels are Blessed to have her in their Care. <<<<<>>>>>>>>>> -Allan (Keez) p+e From jvinson@cyberhighway.net Thu Aug 6 23:00:49 1998 X-From-Line: jvinson@cyberhighway.net Wed Aug 5 10:14:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: from bolero.rahul.net (bolero.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA27094 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:14:42 -0700 Received: from free.rahul.net by bolero-x.rahul.net with SMTP id AA01347 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:57:00 -0700 Received: from pop1.cyberhighway.net [209.161.0.35] (qmailr) by free.rahul.net with smtp (Exim 1.71 #13) id 0z46rs-0002hh-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:56:52 -0700 Received: (qmail 11143 invoked from network); 5 Aug 1998 10:56:26 -0600 Received: from ts1-14.par.cyberhighway.net (209.161.41.19) by pop1.cyberhighway.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 1998 10:56:26 -0600 From: jvinson@cyberhighway.net (John Vinson) To: steve@central.starport.com (Stephen R. Savitzky) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:58:24 GMT Message-Id: <35cf8ea7.6812365@news.cyberhighway.net> References: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.0/32.390 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 13 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:4 mail.1998:809 mail.All:1492 On 04 Aug 1998 23:16:13 -0700, Mandelbear wrote: >``Hardly seems like any time at all, does it?'' The Mandelbear is at >the bar on one of his rare appearances, talking to Mike.... >Then, loudly, ``To Amethyst Rose!'' > "To Amethyst Rose!" says John, and deep-sixes his glass. He then wanders over to a window, far enough from the campfire not to intrude but close enough to hear what might be created... From randolph@efn.org Thu Aug 6 23:00:55 1998 X-From-Line: randolph@efn.org Thu Aug 6 16:35:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: from bolero-x.rahul.net (bolero.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA11598 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:35:32 -0700 Received: from free.rahul.net by bolero-x.rahul.net with SMTP id AA27124 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:37:29 -0700 Received: from wakko.efn.org [198.68.17.6] (root) by free.rahul.net with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #13) id 0z4Zb5-0006Ec-00; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:37:27 -0700 Received: from garcia.efn.org (randolph@garcia.efn.org [198.68.17.5]) by wakko.efn.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA14407 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:34:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Randolph Fritz Received: (from randolph@localhost) by garcia.efn.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08085; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808062334.QAA08085@garcia.efn.org> To: steve@central.starport.com Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 In-Reply-To: Lines: 4 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:5 mail.1998:811 mail.All:1498 Sigh. Sympathies. Randolph From kirib@hooked.net Thu Aug 6 23:52:07 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntpX.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!howland.erols.net!feed2.news.erols.com!erols!news1.best.com!noos.hooked.net!206.80.6.11.MISMATCH!its.hooked.net!not-for-mail From: kirib@hooked.net (Kirsten M. Berry) Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:14:17 GMT Organization: extremely rare Lines: 25 Message-ID: <35c956d0.3004672@news.wenet.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: haiti-81.ppp.hooked.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/16.451 Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:182221 If memory serves, Stephen R. Savitzky said, just before the Gong of Fate sounded: }An aging hacker walks to the chalk line, takes a final sip of gin, and }swirls the remainder in the bottom of the glass. He raises it in the }general direction of a dusty X-window. ``Our middle daughter was }stillborn, eight years ago tonight,'' he says quietly. Then, loudly, }``To Amethyst Rose!'' } }A little clumsily, he throws the glass into the fireplace. The flames }that burst around it are pale lavender, the color of amethyst. "To the Stolen Child..." Kiri whispers softly, and sends her glass in after her friend's. -==- -- .--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--..--. / ../ ../ ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,./ .. \ \ \/ /\/ /`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'\/ /\/ / \ \/\ \/ Kirsten M. Berry -- kirib@hooked.net \ \/\ \/ /\ \/\ \ http://www.hooked.net/~kirib/ /\ \/\ \ / /\/ /\.--.,--.,--.,--.,--.,--.,--.,--.,--.,--..--./ /\/ /\ \ \ `' /`' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' ,-' /`' /`' / `--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--'`--' -AF From nobody@apple.com Sat Aug 8 00:18:58 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntpX.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!forum.apple.com!news.apple.com!not-for-mail From: "Rene A. Vega" Newsgroups: alt.kalbo Subject: Re: From the Petrified Forest: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 00:35:58 -0700 Organization: No SPAM, don't even try Lines: 30 Message-ID: <35CAAE5F.7492@apple.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: macip4-15.apple.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: central.starport.com alt.kalbo:3899 Stephen R. Savitzky wrote: > > The Mandelbear comes over a low dune toward the welcoming light of the > campfire. For some reason it's always night when he comes to this > place. He makes his way by starlight, carrying a small guitar. ....and the stars wheel around the sky. The moon flies across the heavens, sinks, then the sun slowly oozes up from the east, the colors running up from indigos to reds, to yellow then back to sparkly blues of a clear day. "I mostly catch this place in the daylight." > ... ``It's crowded back there,'' he says. ``I made my > annual toast to Amethyst Rose just now; she would have been eight > years old today, if she had lived.'' I remember your toast, not this one but the one the year before. Back then it was possible to hear things in that place. It is very crowded, though people do manage to cope. I barely skim the surface sounds there. "Amethyst Rose, such a lovely name." > ``I hope nobody minds a couple of songs...'' Draco waves his hand across the ground. The sands stir, reshape into a soft chaise lounge chair, and he settles into it, listening to the soft refrain of Mandelbear's fractal music. \ / Draco - ===*============================================================= / \ Opinions herein are my own, not my employer's From kittent@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Mon Aug 10 21:03:25 1998 X-From-Line: kittent@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Mon Aug 10 12:14:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: from bolero.rahul.net (bolero.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA29631 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:14:27 -0700 Received: from free.rahul.net by bolero-x.rahul.net with SMTP id AA25704 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:53:20 -0700 Received: from staff1.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.59] (kittent) by free.rahul.net with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #13) id 0z5wfC-0001uS-00; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:27:23 -0700 Received: from localhost (kittent@localhost) by staff1.cso.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA19575 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:27:20 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: staff1.cso.uiuc.edu: kittent owned process doing -bs Newsgroups: alt.callahans Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:27:08 -0500 (CDT) From: barbara trumpinski-roberts X-Sender: kittent@staff1.cso.uiuc.edu To: "Stephen R. Savitzky" Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Lines: 16 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:6 mail.1998:830 mail.All:1530 > > ``Hardly seems like any time at all, does it?'' The Mandelbear is at > the bar on one of his rare appearances, talking to Mike. > > general direction of a dusty X-window. ``Our middle daughter was > stillborn, eight years ago tonight,'' he says quietly. Then, loudly, > ``To Amethyst Rose!'' kitten sends her glass flying into the fireplace..."give colleen a hug from me...and ask her to give you one." /\ /\ shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased; {=.=} thus do we refute entropy--spider robinson ~ kittent@uiuc.edu barbara trumpinski-roberts From kcheek@BIX.com Mon Aug 10 21:13:08 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntpX.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.delphi.com!news From: Kevin Cheek Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: 7 Aug 1998 03:39:36 GMT Organization: Galahad Lines: 10 Message-ID: <6qdsto$6g6@lotho.delphi.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.93.4.127 X-Newsreader: Galahad 1.3 Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:182587 Stephen R. Savitzky wrote: > Then, loudly, >``To Amethyst Rose!'' The man in the hardhat starts to say something, then pauses. Unable to find the words, he turns toward the fireplace. <<<<< Crash >>>>> - Kevin Cheek From kittent@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Mon Aug 10 21:13:27 1998 Path: central.starport.com!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!peerfeed.ncal.verio.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!staff1.cso.uiuc.edu!kittent From: barbara trumpinski-roberts Newsgroups: alt.callahans Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:27:08 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: staff1.cso.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: kittent@staff1.cso.uiuc.edu To: "Stephen R. Savitzky" In-Reply-To: Xref: central.starport.com alt.callahans:183462 > > ``Hardly seems like any time at all, does it?'' The Mandelbear is at > the bar on one of his rare appearances, talking to Mike. > > general direction of a dusty X-window. ``Our middle daughter was > stillborn, eight years ago tonight,'' he says quietly. Then, loudly, > ``To Amethyst Rose!'' kitten sends her glass flying into the fireplace..."give colleen a hug from me...and ask her to give you one." /\ /\ shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased; {=.=} thus do we refute entropy--spider robinson ~ kittent@uiuc.edu barbara trumpinski-roberts From steve@starport.COM Tue Aug 11 07:23:51 1998 X-From-Line: steve@central.starport.com Mon Aug 10 21:10:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from steve@localhost) by central.starport.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA10825; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:07:23 -0700 To: barbara trumpinski-roberts Cc: "Stephen R. Savitzky" Subject: Re: TOAST: Amethyst Rose: 8 References: Keywords: misc From: steve@starport.COM (Stephen R. Savitzky) Date: 10 Aug 1998 21:04:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: barbara trumpinski-roberts's message of Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:27:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Lines: 15 Xref: central.starport.com mail.callahans:7 mail.1998:831 mail.All:1531 barbara trumpinski-roberts writes: > kitten sends her glass flying into the fireplace..."give colleen a hug > from me...and ask her to give you one." ``Tell her I love her,'' says Colleen in response. Thanks ==steve -- / Steve Savitzky \ 1997 Pegasus Award winner: best science song--+ \ / \ http://www.starport.com/people/steve/ V \ \ hacker/songwriter: \ http://www.starport.com/suites/Starport/Filk/ / \_ Kids' page: MOVED ---> http://www.starport.com/places/forKids/ ______/