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 More options Jan 1 2006, 1:17 am
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From: kmd <k...@lifeofaction.org>
Date: 31 Dec 2005 09:17:38 -0500
Local: Sun, Jan 1 2006 1:17 am
Subject: Re: Writing Style (was Re: Internal spying within the US)
On 30 Dec 2005 16:59:31 -0500, a...@pobox.com (Mean Green Dancing

Machine) wrote:
>In article <075br19gj9pb9l17du6v7ps99ibfics...@4ax.com>,
>kmd  <k...@lifeofaction.org> wrote:
>>On 30 Dec 2005 10:45:00 -0500, a...@pobox.com (Mean Green Dancing
>>Machine) wrote:

<snip>

>But my
>essential worldview has changed not at all, only how I think about it.
>For example, I once swore I'd never get involved with a smoker, yet I
>celebrated my tenth anniversary with one last October.  (No, not the
>ProblemOlderWoman for those of you having trouble with dates.)  OTOH,
>I've never ever seen zir smoking, and zie doesn't have the icky smoker
>smell I usually encounter.  My basic policy still stands; I've just made
>an exception for an unusual circumstance.

Kinda like low GPAs from genuises. PRotFU had the same vow, never get
involved with a smoker. And yet he was astonishingly gracious and
supportive during the first four years of our relationship as I
continued to smoke. I smoked outside or next to an open door, so our
house wasn't stinky. But I still always felt like my breath was like
an ashtray. One failed attempt the first year, then three years later
I quit. That was over three years ago. Phew. And always support,
always encouragement, never a single angry complaint from the man who
swore he'd never get involved with a smoker.

>>>and I'm less likely to get sucked into
>>>interminable point/counterpoint discussions where it's apparent that the
>>>other party isn't paying any attention to what I'm saying.  

>>Is that a comment on the exchange between you and me that you snipped
>>to get to this last bit?

>Nope.  I'm not much of one for hidden messages.  I did respond to the
>rest of the stuff in another post, did you miss it?

Got to my newsfeed several hours after this one did.

>>>I doubt
>>>anyone could find style changes that identify when I was writing.

>>Not even you?

>Not really.  Many's the time I've come across an old post from the early
>90s and had to double-check that it really was old because it sounded
>exactly like something I'd say now.

Wow. Well, I see all kinds of glaring immaturities and chasms of
barely-masked loneliness in my old stuff. OTOH, sometimes I read
something from 7 or 8 years ago and it tickles me pink. Feisty and
funny.

--
Kristen


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