From sentto-2242572-60173-1038799103-jm=jmason.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Mon Dec 2 11:25:56 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E5316F6E for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:23:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 02 Dec 2002 11:23:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.75]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id gB23Gt805746 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:16:55 GMT X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-60173-1038799103-yyyy=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.95] by n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Dec 2002 03:18:23 -0000 X-Sender: gigo@trashotron.com X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 2 Dec 2002 03:18:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 31199 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 03:18:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2002 03:18:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pimout2-ext.prodigy.net) (207.115.63.101) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 03:18:22 -0000 Received: from trashotron.com (adsl-64-161-200-6.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.161.200.6]) by pimout2-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.3 da nor stuldap/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gB23ILrr471946 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:18:21 -0500 Message-Id: <3DEAD002.CC5A7B9E@trashotron.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com References: From: Rick Kleffel MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 19:14:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [zzzzteana] Argh! Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jay Lake wrote: >It's official, I'm a failure. Just finished listening to one of my high >school classmates being interviewed on NPR about her new film that she >wrote and directed, based on her recent successful book. Do I have a >film out? No. Do I have a successful book? No? Me, I spent nine months >this year on the dole. Becky was off in Hollywood. #1 Those of us who are envious of your success as a writer and artist might find this a bit hard to understand. #2 Once, when forced to mix with a wife's associate's [French] husband who spent most of his time blowing his horn about how he had wined and dined and hung out with the famous and wonderful, I became progressively more and more Jethro-like until I was using phrases like "Heehaw y'all -- you done talked to him!?" My counterpart never noticed my evolutionary decline, even as hair sprouted from my knuckles, my forehead contracted, my eyebrows merged and I started grunting. Fortunately, my wife intervened and I was prevented from doing my Moonwatcher imitation with the chicken bones left from dinner. Regression is a wonderful curative. Rickk no truth to the rumour I scratched my armpit To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: forteana-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/