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I've been accepted to GEEP. I've been accepted to MIT's Masters' in Industry
program. I start in Sept on my Master's in CS. 

As dick nix-on used to say...

Mez,

Congratulations!!!

But...

does that mean you won't be *here* anymore?

*sniff*

D! (who wants to do GEEP something *fierce*!)

Congrats Mez.

Maybe I'll see you on campus sometime, I work at the radio station there.

Lisa/MIT alum

I do keep my DEC account; in the Masters' in Industry program, I do my Thesis
back in industry [DEC], though I have an MIT thesis advisor, and I have to
present it and all that stuff.

It does mean I can't actively co-mod come Sept. I'll be taking at least two
courses then (for some reason GEEP doesn't want me to take more than that 1st
semester; they're into risk reduction), and I'm assuming I'll have to pull hard
for two years to get the MS. 
	Mez

	Congrats, Mez!  What a great accomplishment.

	I do hope you'll poke your nose into wn occasionally and provide
	us with a few pearls of wisdom.

	Sue

<I've been accepted to GEEP. I've been accepted to MIT's Masters' in Industry

Gee, that's wonderful, Mez.  Congratulations.

What's GEEP?

       Carol

    
    thank you carol, now i don't feel quite so stupid
    

    It's Graduate Education <something> Program, or something like
    that.  You take a leave of absense and go to graduate school.
    
    Getting in is very difficult, so I am impressed as well as pleased.
    
    						Ann B.

>    It's Graduate Education <something> Program, or something like
>    that.  You take a leave of absense and go to graduate school.
    
    	<something> = Engineering.

Actually, GEEP is more than a leave of absence to go to school - DEC *pays* for
the school, and pays your full salary and benefits, as well as books and 
relocation, etc.

Lust, lust, lust.

*sigh*

D!

PS: anyone want to support my *true* career objective of professional student?

    Bravo!  Standing ovation and all that!  Good job, well done!
    
    Hugs,
    :)Barb

    I'm really proud of three things:
    
    1) I've also been accepted to the GEEP (Graduate Engineering Education
       Program)!  (Congrats, Mez!)  I was accepted at all three schools I
       applied to and  spent this weekend thinking HARD about where to go. 
       I'll be attending UMass/Amherst for a Masters in Industrial
       Engineering, Human Factors specialization (computer user interface
       design), starting in September, for two years.  Yay!!  
    
    2) I have so far been following my two New Years' resolutions posted
       in V2.  I feel really good about that!  
    
    3) I'm in a singing group (the Copley Cats) who have been talking about
       doing a professionally recorded tape for five years...we went to the
       studio and recorded it last week!
    
    For every tough decision and change, there is the resolution after the
    storm...the sun appears, the world glistens anew, and the air is fresh!
    
    Pam

Congrats Pam. Since I can't make either the Orientation or Relocation meeting,
I expect you to give me any juicy details they won't tell me officially :-).
	Mez

Congratulations, Pam, on 1, 2, AND 3!!!

        Carol

    Pam, I'm not going to congratulate you until my envy level goes down! 
    I'm impressed by anyone who gets on GEEP cuz I'd like to, I can't keep
    a resolution for more than 15 minutes (short attention span :'), and
    I'd **love** to be able to sing (I think I've even got the voice range
    you say you're looking for in the group!).
    
    						=maggie
    
    

    
    Oh hell, I'll choke if I don't:  *very* best congratulations, gyn!
                                                            

    Thanks!!  I love that this =wn= community lets us blow our own horns
    sometimes!  toot-toot!  :-)
    
    Maggie, part of why I'm so pleased with my "milestones and
    achievements" is that I'm an Aries who has a hard time with
    follow-through sometimes ... I'm stunned I've done things that I
    promised to do not only days but *months* ago!  :-)
    
    Pam

    Congratulations to both Mez and Pam!  Pleeeeease keep noting at
    whatever intervals are do-able.
    
    Strong wishes for much happiness to both of you.
    aq
    

    I've just received a two-step promotion from stockeeper to inventory
    controller in the systems business.  And I'm beginning back to school
    to try and finish my degree.  Right now it is only one class, but
    it's a start!
    
    pam
    

    It'll bear saying again:  well done, Sister!  
    
    						=maggie

    to Pam
    
    Thumbs up, woman. Way'da'go!
    
    Kate

Wow. Good stuff. 
	Mez

    Wow!!  Congratulations from one Pam to another!  :-)
    
    Pam

    Sometimes an accomplishment needs to be noted by another.
    
    Yo, Mez, why didn't you mention that a paper you co-authored on VAX
    security got an IEEE award for top paper at a security symposium?
    
    IEEE awards do not grow on trees.  Way to go.
    
    Congrats!      
    
       Margaret (who read about it in Electronic Exchange)

    YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEZ. This is a great
    award. I think that she is to modest. Maybe she forgot. Anyway,
    congratulations on such a great honor. 
    
    Phil

    Congratulations to MEZ!
    (My apologies if this has already been posted.)  From the
    CUP Electric Exchange:
    
      CUP Writer Coauthor of "Top Paper" at IEEE Symposium
        -----------------------------------------------------
        Doug Bonin, a senior writer in the CUP/Applications & Systems Group
        (ASG), coauthored a paper that received the "top paper" award from
        the recently-held IEEE Computer Society Symposium on Research in
        Security and Privacy.  The paper is entitled "A VMM (virtual machine
        monitor) Security Kernel for the VAX Architecture." The other 
        coauthors of the paper are engineers in the Secure Systems Group: 
  ---->>Paul Karger, Drew Mason, Cliff Kahn, and Mary Ellen Zurko.
                                    
                                    

Oh my! Thanx Margaret for mentioning it, and folks for  congratting me! I think
I slipped in a mention of it in a reply shortly after the conference, in
the context of another discussion all together.

This following should be in a hot buttons note :-). I was second author; I did
the second most work. The following ordering pisses me off royally:

  ---->>Paul Karger, Drew Mason, Cliff Kahn, and Mary Ellen Zurko.

It ain't alphabetical; in fact, the first three names _are_ listed in the same
relative order that the title page listed them in. I know that not all papers
order authors by amount of work. Paul did by far the most work, and we all know
we owe most of it to him. But I was _very_ happy to receive the award.

As a friend said "This just proves what we knew all along; SVS looks good on
paper". Ouch!
	Mez

    This is what I came to check!  I, too, wanted everyone to know about
    Mez's accomplishment.  Congratulations!  Keep up the good work. 
    --Susan

In case you hadn't heard, frequent Womannotes contributor (and party host)
Dave Wittenberg is getting married tomorrow (Sunday, June 2).

Martin.

    re .26:  Mez
    
    It's interesting that in scientific/medical papers the most powerful
    positions for the listing of authors are first, second and last.  I
    think this is widely known in medicine, and the position of last is
    most often the one belonging to the department head without whose
    guidance and direction the research would never have been done.
    
    I don't know if this is also so in engineering.
    
    Briana

Wow Briana, I'd nver heard of that (and I actually have been privvy to a
conversation on the topic by a few academic types). Maybe Zurko isn't so bad
after all :-).
	Mez

Yay! Less than 7 weeks after knee surgery I completed a 22 mile bike ride on
a badly tuned mountain bike, stopped only once to read a plaque in New Boston,
NH and barely broke a sweat. Okay, so 22 miles is no big deal, but since I'm
still firing on only one cylinder I'm quite proud of me. :-)

Jenna

   Class act, Jenna!

    Congrats Jenna,
    
    now are you going to make a =wn= party???
    
    :-)
    
    hugs
    
    Bonnie

    Bahama Mama... Knee surgery?  You never even told me...
    
    REK
    
    PS Say hi to Redman for me!!!

re:    <<< Note 6.34 by GOLF::KINGR "Eat healthy, stay fit, die anyway!!!!" >>>

>>    Bahama Mama... Knee surgery?  You never even told me...
    
	wREKless...you never asked..but I'll be doing it again in the fall
so you can come visit me in the hospital...just come in a disguise so nobody
will know that I know you ...;-)

Jenna

ps. yes Bonnie...I promise, when's the next southern NH party?

    Jenna
    
    Friday June 29th!
    
    :-) X 10
    
    BJ

    
    recently, i spent an evening in a red-neck bar with two wild
    womannoters who wantonly applied lipstick to my lips that
    lingered throughout the evening's proceedings, much to the
    amusement and, dare i say it?, envy of the cowboys, truckers
    pool-players and other hunky guys in attendance. it occurs to
    me that surviving, while not a milestone, might be construed
    to be an accomplishment.
    

Oh Joe, the way those hunky construction workers were fixating on your 
ruby red lips definitely *does* make that night a milestone!

Carla

    Funny, even in Oz we heard about that one Joe...(^'
    
    ....dale

    I actually stood up in front of a microphone and spoke in public.
    
    Last night I testified at a public hearing on environmental issues. I
    was petrified! I really wanted to not do it.  I felt strongly enough
    that I managed.
    
    When I finished, the crowd at the hearing applauded.  Seems I had
    managed to stutter out something halfway sensible. Astounding.
    
    Now I am hoping that I'll never have to do it again.  But if I have to,
    I think I'll probably survive. Yipes.
    
      Margaret (now a certified tree hugger :^) 

    I just got a letter in the mail today, asking for a bio on me, as it
    seems I have been nominated (and accepted) for induction into the 1990 
    Edition of "Women in American Business", the directory of American 
    businesswoman published by Who's Who North America.
    
    I'm STILL trying to figure out in MY mind who nominated me, (I can send
    an official letter requesting the name - which I plan to do), all it
    says is that the nomination is by selected nominators, business leaders
    themselves, who are allowed to nominate three women each year. The
    guidelines they are to use are as follows: "A woman you have come in
    contact with in a business situation who you consider to be among the
    top 1% of all businesswomen, in terms of professionalism and
    performance on the job."
    
    Anyway... for me, after I got over the shock, I though it equaled an
    accomplishment that someone thinks that highly of me...
    
    Gale

    Gale, that's wonderful....  if you have the address, would you post it? 
    I have a couple women in mind whom I'd like to honor.
    
    thanks,
    Marge

    Marge,
    
    As far as I can tell, they select the nominators, but here is who the
    letter came from:
    
    		Blaine Pendleton
    		Executive Director
    		Women in American Business
    
    And this is where I had to send my completed bio:
    
    		Who's Who North America
    		2226 - Hennepin Avenue
    		Room 210 - Nominations
    		Minneapolis, MN 55405
    
     Gale

    ta

    Class act, Gale!  Minnesotans know a winner when they hear of one.
    
    						=maggie

The weekend I flew to St. Paul, Mn. to pick up my two children who
were living there.  This month I was given custody of three of 
my children.  The fourth, my oldest son, I've had custody of for
the last 4 years, and my oldest daughter has been living with us
for the last year on a temporary change of custody.  This brings
to an end a 9 1/2 year struggle to regain custody.  I don't have time
to go into all the gory details right now, but the fight and the
change *was* necessary.

One of the main things I used was that violation of visitation is 
also a violation of the children's rights and impairs their emotional
development.  My ex is also wanted in Colorado for three counts
of contempt of court and will have to spend 29 days *in jail* if she
ever returns to Colorado (for starters).

I owe a lot to my 15 year old daughter who had the courage to defy
her mother and go into court and tell the judge just what was
*really* going on with her mother.  I also owe a lot to my current
wife for standing by me these last eight years, six of them married.
She is also happy about the change.
    
fred();
    

    Fred -
    
    Congratulations to you!  I've been following your story in
    Non-Custodial Parents, and this is wonderful news.
    
    Best wishes to all of you as you learn how to be this new kind of
    family.
    
    Alison

    Congratulations, both Gale and Fred!  It's wonderful to taste success
    and goals accomplished!
    
    Hugs,
    Barb

    As of yesterday, I became a single parent homeowner for the first
    time.  I qualified for a loan *all by myself* and the house is totally
    in my name.  My children finally have a place to grow up in where
    no landlord can ever tell us to move again!
    
    I am delighted!  From digging through dumpsters to feed my kids
    to graduating with my second degree next month, and now to home
    ownership...not too shabby.  I think I'm making some progress:)
    
    Barb

Wow Barb. Does this mean you're a real grown-up now? That's something I can't
imagine taking on myself.
	Mez

    Ayup.  Guess so, Mez.  (I *did* have one realtor (non-female) ask
    me if I wanted to show my husband, and when I said "No," he had
    the nerve to ask me how I was going to pay for it.  I admit that
    I was angered by this attitude, but this *is* Utah, and these
    stereotypes die hard. I took the opportunity to let him know that
    there *are* women in this state who are single parents and who also
    can qualfiy for housing loans without a man to help them.)  Anyhow,
    we move tomorrow:):(:)  Anyone wanna fly out here and help?
    
    
                         

    That's fantastic, Barb.
    
    							Ann B.

    Barb -
    
    Honest, sincere congratulations.  May this be the start of a whole
    string of *wonderful* things to offset the previous strings of
    miserable ones.
    
    You are a wonderful example for all of us.
    
    Alison

    Yay, Barb!!
    
    Congratulations!!!
    
    Nanci

    *Blush* Thanks, friends!
    
    One Happy Camper,
    Barb

    You deserve it Barb!
    
    What's next?  Seems like you can do anything you set your mind to!
    
    J

    Barb,
    
    Many, many warm congratulations and big cheers.  
    
       Margaret

    Congrats Barb, I think that the only way I'll ever own my own place is
    to inherit it. I hope that takes another 100 years. My mom, the current
    owner is 65 and I hope she lives forever.
    
    Phil

    Home ownership: a blessing and a curse.  :^)
    
    all the best, Barb... you certainly deserve it.
    
    Grins

    Barb,
    
      Congratulations on your new home, may the years there be happy
      ones....
    
    Roberta

    This is really a little one, but it has made me smile for two days:
    
    When your boss is having some trouble computing from home, and you
    suggest that it might be something in his account, and he looks at you 
    in that really great way and says:
    
    	"I think you have a real future in System Management.  You seem to
    have a natural talent for it"
    
    
    
    God, but that felt really good.  All that reading/hacking/playing in
    the system might be paying off.
    
    
    sue (admin secretary, but maybe not forever....)

    In re: Who's Who volumes
    
    Some of these are entirely legitimate and even useful.  On the other
    hand, they are published for profit, generated from sales.  I get heart
    warming "nominations" a couple of times a year, soliciting biographical
    details.  I'm sure that at least some of these are generated from
    membership or targeted mailing lists, not actual nominations.  You can
    bet that returning the bio will result in a generous offer to let you
    buy the volume that features you.
    
    		- Bruce
    

    In order to get into the "real" Who's Who's, one has to be nominated by
    someone already listed there.  The criteria include professional and
    extracurricular accomplishments.  If you know someone listed there,
    s/he would probably inform you that you had been nominated.
    
    Nancy

    I've finally moved into my new house! My old house is rented and I've
    made the move from the city to the country. The kids love the yard.
    They never had a very big one at our townhouse. I wake up to birds and
    crickets instead of tracktor-trailer trucks and boom boxes. 
    
    After a surprise rejection of my mortgage by the DCU, I thought I'd
    blown it but I got the mortgage at an extremely competant bank, Spring-
    fielf Institution for Savings in Worcester. This office happens to be
    run solely by women. They were all great!
    
    It's finally over. The move is done. I'm happy and I thought I'd share 
    it.
    
    Thanks,
    Kate
    
    Kate

    Congratulations!  And best wishes for years of happiness in your new
    home.
    
    aq
    

    Good for you, Kate!  Isn't it great having a place of your own?
    
    Barb

    
    Yo, Kate, congrats!  Now you too have a huge black hole for your time
    and money.  Practice the following:  "Sorry, I can't, it's too
    expensive - I'm a homeowner!"
    
    				/my plumbing is leaking again/Rita
    

    This is a milestone....

    I applied and was accepted into the Lesley College PMBI program. 
    Hopefully after completing 12 modules, I will receive my B.S. in
    Management!  I successfully registered and got my first homework
    assignment due 13 September 1990.  I guess this means my time will
    be limited for noting until sometime in the beginning of 1992!

    justme....jacqui


    

    
    the tuba concerto is finished.
    

>    the tuba concerto is finished.
 
You wrote a concerto???

OOh, ahh, I'm impressed. Congratulations!

You will, of course, digitize the result and post it on the net.

D!

    
    RE:
     <<< Note 6.72 by DECWET::JWHITE "the company of intelligent women" >>>
                         -< premiere- 20 october 1990 >-
    
    Where? Where?!?
    
    E Grace

    Congratulations!  I'm so happy for you (and with you too;))!!!
    
    :):):)Barb

    Congratulations!!!  I'm so excited for you!  Will you make a tape of
    the premier and include it with the W_N album?
    
    Nanci

    
    they are just postscript files...i suppose i could propagate it...
    
    the premiere will be in renton, washington with a repeat performance
    in kent, washington on the 26th (both just south of seattle), the 
    rainier symphony, yours truly conducting, and mr. rob shuster (also 
    of dec) playing the tuba solo. anyone in the neighborhood is, of
    course, invited to both concert and apres concert. however, tapes,
    audio and video will be made.
    

    Having the college I went to start an entire new major based on what I
    designed as my own custom-tailored, hand-designed major.....
    
    -Jody

     
    Re .72 + .77
    
    Hey Joe - what more can I say? My hero ;-)
    Premier Oct 26th, huh? Just missed my birthday by 24 hours....
    Wish I could be there.
    
    What's it called, btw?
    'gail                                    
    

    Jody,
    
    Now, *that* is a special thrill.
    
    						Ann B.

    presented a paper at ishm this morning and sang (in an all-women a
    capella group) for mt holyoke alumnae this evening.
    
    after a day of standing around in heels (did the business suit, then
    the cocktail dress) i am GLAD to get home.
    
    lee

    Bravo, Lee!!!  You have my applause:)
    
    Barb

	re .78

	Me too!  My alma mater (Furman University) added my (personalized,
hand-picked) major the year that I was a senior.  ('82-'83)  By now several 
dozen student have graduated with it as their major.

	Pretty neat feeling isn't it?

Tracey

    This weekend I managed to overcome a life-long fear of heights combined
    with a deathly fear of failure, cut through impending panic, and
    climb a rock, all the way to the top.  I tried last week, and failed
    miserably...this week, I psyched myself up,  practiced my relaxation
    (read: panic-cutting) techniques, and told myself that even if I failed
    I was still a good person.
    
    And I did it.  A very easy climb (a 5.2) which for most people would be
    trivial, but for me, it was like moving a mountain.  And I did it.
    
    I feel very good about myself.
    
    D!

    All right, D!  Having done a minimal amount of rock climbing (my
    first husband was a climber), I *know* how terrifying it is.  Good
    job, well done, my friend.
    
    Hugs,
    Barb

    D!  I wish I had your courage...

    As of last night at 7:00, I graduated with my bachelor's in business.
    It made me feel real good!
    
    :)Barb

    Yay, Barb!!!!
    
    Three cheers to you!
    
    Hip, Hip Hooray!
    Hip, Hip Hooray!
    Hip, Hip Hooray!
    
    :-)
    
    Nanci

    YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
    
    
    YIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    
    
    Hey, not bad Barb.
    
    E G.

    My divorce, after 3, almost 4, years of stalling around will be final
    sometime in November. But that's not the accomplishment. The
    accomplishment is that I've let go of the hurt and anger. It's taken me
    a long time but at last it's gone.

    I was out riding Saturday and, as I usually do, was thinking on things
    great and small when it hit me. I could look back with love and
    fondness for the good times and sorrow for the bad times with no taint
    of bitterness. I'm glad that even in the times I was hurting I did not
    lose myself to revenge in the pain of the moment. I would not have
    liked myself much if I had. I could enjoy the beauty of the prairie
    grass and the warmth of the sun with no thought that it was ruined for
    me because other things had not worked out.

    I've often read the following poem in the last few years and finally it
    became real for me. liesl

	let it go -the
	smashed word broken
	open vow or
	the oath cracked length
	wise-let it go it
	was sworn to
		    go

	let them go-the
	truthful liars and
	the false fair friends
	and the boths and
	neithers-you must let them go they
	were born
		    to go

	let it all go-the
	big small middling
	tall bigger really
	the biggest and all
	things-let it all go
	dear
	    so comes love
	ee cummings

    

    Good for you, Liesl!  You are the one who is free.
    
    Many hugs for a better future,
    Barb

    Last semester at school I had this really horrible teacher. Among his
    many horrible habbits, he constantly reffered to women as girls. I put
    up with it for the first few classes, but one day he pointed to a
    picture of Diane Fossey and referred to her as "the girl on page..."
    Well, after class, I gave it to him; I told him how offensive this was,
    etc. I didn't think it did any good, but I felt better. 
    
    Last night I was talking to a woman and she mentioned that she had him
    this semester. I mentioned that I couldn't stand him and mentioned that
    I thought he was a sexist pig. She asked me if I was the one who yelled
    at him for calling Women girls. She said everytime he starts to say
    girl now, he stops himself and says, "I mean *women*..I got yelled at
    for that last semester"
    
    Maybe this goes in the "there's hope yet note" but I' really feel I
    made a difference.
    
    dee

    
    Good for you, Dee!  It's really scary to take on an authority figure
    like a teacher, and it sounds like you influenced his behavior -- who
    knows, maybe the attitude change will follow!
    
    Justine

    re:.92
    
    Good going, Dee. Someone has to plant a seed for it to grow. Or as my
    mother says," You're not going to win Megabucks unless you play".
     
    
    Kate

I've just completed a BS/Financial Management [Magna Cum, no less!!]

I've been accepted into Digital's Finance Development Program [FDP] and began
classes last Tuesday.

I'm making my_self_ a quilt and stitching something for _my_ gratification to 
hang in my sanctuary
[this is probably more amazing than the rest, even though it sounds like the
easiest one to do ...]

  Annie

    Three congratulationses!
    
    						Ann B.

    And three more!
    
    aq
    

    
    	Congrats!
    
    	

    
    	GOOD work!  
    
    					Kelly
    

>                     -< Making a quilt sounds soothing... >-

    Hahaha...depends on how you look at it!




    Congrats!  (and good luck, I've been working on a quilt for over a
    year now and am STILL only 1/2 way done!)



    kat    
    	

    Terrrrrrrific, Annie!  Way to go:)!
    
    
    Barb

    I placed this in another notes conference last night - just wanted to
    share it here also, since most of you knew of my endeavor...

    
Well, I knew sooner or later (really I knew yesterday :-)...) that I would 
be allowed in a plane all by myself...

So: Here's the important details:

What: Cessna 150 Commuter N11638
When: 8am, 24 October 1990
Weather: Clear, smooth, slight crosswind from the left


How did I feel? Nervous as all get out, I thought my palms would never dry 
up!...

Went up this am, did about 4 Touch and go's, Todd fussed at me a little for
diving at the runway at the very end, for lowering the flaps BEFORE I 
throttled back to 1600 (oops, I knew better!)...  did another simulated 
engine out, and got fussed at for not hitting 70 quickly enough, so he had 
to add a little power to get me to the runway...  but all in all, the 4 were 
really pretty good...  Todd wasn't in all that great of a mood, so anything
I did do wrong, he was EXTREMELY picky about...  He had told me yesterday I 
would solo this AM, and I was beginning to wonder, since he wouldn't get 
out of the darn plane!...

But 5th time in, he told me to call a full stop...  and I knew, damn, I 
wish there was some way he could just disappear out of the plane, without 
that FULL stop :-)...

It seemed to take FOREVER for him to sign the log book, and the medical 
certificate (forever = minutes ticking like HOURS!)...  his instruction,
back taxi to 34, radio the back taxi, and radio crosswind, downwind, 
base, and final. Two touch and go's and then a full stop, but if I felt 
uncomfortable at any touch and go, to go ahead and make a full stop. A 
handshake good luck, and off I was sent...

So...  Back Taxi'd to 34, and the plane looked more nervous than I did, I 
think (centerline, WHAT centerline :-)....)...  took off, OOPS, you guys 
are right, the plane DOES climb faster without all the CFI weight... I was 
SHAKING like a leaf!...  Came around, onto final, and I can't seem to get 
it to 70 for ANYTHING, so added power did the trick, came in for probably 
the HARDEST landing I've ever done, but it wasn't a bounced landing, so I 
felt good,, back up, and my heart and soul is screaming...  WOW....  I DID 
IT!...  I actually took it up, and back down again, the second time, the 
crosswind and I had words on the landing, but I held it somewhat okay (any 
landing that you can fly away from is a good landing?), and the third was 
terrific!....

I found myself having to apply power on final with all three, so that's 
something to work on... 

But...  I have been walking on air ALL day...  Going up with/without Todd 
on Friday morning, and then ALL by myself from start to finish (Todd won't 
even be there) Friday after work... 


Next stop....  Cross Country to San Antonio....


Thanks to all who have helped me get halfway there...


Gale(I never thought it would happen)Kleinberger

    Wow, that's great, Gale!!!!!!
    
    --bonnie

    Good for you, Gale; what a great way to lose the shirt off your back!
    
    Karen

    Great, Gale!  So when are you flying in to Salt Lake;)
    
    Barb

    Way to go!
    
    Nanci

    Wow!  That's fabulous!  What an accomplishment!  Terrrriffficcc!
    You have done something I have only dreamed of doing.
    
    Martha

    What are you going to be in?
    
    						Ann B., who was really
    						impressed when E Grace
    						lifted her head, threw
    						her shoulders back, and
    						walked *under* the lintel
    						into the storage area.

...did you like that?  I thought it was kind of fun!  [*8

Next, I will be in school!  Starting 11/6, I will be starting my Paralegal
courses.


I would very much like to thank all the =wn=ers who supported my show -- both
the people who were able to come, and those who were able only to wish me
luck.

E Grace


errr...when I say "only to wish me luck", that doesn't mean it was any less
important to me than those who were able to attend.

    E Grace, you apologise more than I do. :-) Congrats on becoming a
    "professional" actor. Being defined here as one who gets paid for it.
    Good luck in your paralegal studies. I hope that doesn't mena you're
    leaving us.
    
    Finally, when oh when are you going to do a performance up here in So.
    N.H. so I can come to see you perform.
    
    Phil

    This year, I have:
    
    o been accepted to GEEP
    o been accepted at 3 universities in industrial engineering
    o moved to a beautiful house in Amherst, Mass., then...
    
    *** learned things about myself that I hadn't known, like 
    	HOW TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND MY DREAMS!! ***
    
    o dropped out of GEEP and UMass after one week of classes
    o enrolled in full-time massage therapy school
    o came back to Digital part-time
    
    Along the way, I have conquered a lifelong fear of heights and, by
    gaining insights into myself, gained insights into others.  I live a
    life I find to be integrated on intellectual, physical, emotional, and
    spiritual planes...and that's FUN!!!
    
    Life is goooooooooooood!!!!  :-) :-)
    
    Pam

    Good for you, Pam!  Keep up being true to yourself!  
    
    In Support,
    Barb

    Pam, great to hear from you - congratulations on your choices; enjoy
    the journey(s)!
    
    aq
    

    Being unafraid enough of people's opinions of my weirdness to work "in
    costume" today - it being Halloween and all!
    
    -Jody
    

    Being unafraid enough of people's opinions of my weirdness to work "in
    costume" today - it being Halloween and all!

The costume you wore at Noreascon?  What building? Where?

I'd drive miles to see that costume again.

Martin.

    

This is sort of an up-coming milestone: I'm running the New York Marathon
on Sunday (but, since I didn't train seriously, it'll be pretty slow,
probably 4:20-4:40).

Also, a computer program I wrote for the Boston Marathon will be used at
New York.  (This is the first time it runs without me hovering over it.)
All the "pace" and "split time" numbers you see on tv during the race
come through that program.

I should be easy to spot -- following up on an in-joke, I'll be wearing
a propellor beanie and orange "Boston Hash House Harriers" t-shirt.

Martin.

    Martin *earned* that propeller beanie, folks.
    
    						Ann B.

    I'll be watching, Martin...after all, I'm one of the thousand NYer's
    that can't go anywhere on Sunday because everything will be blocked
    off!
    
    GOOD LUCK!!!
    
    Jill
    

    re. .119   how's that???????????????????
    

    
    EXCELLENT RAINIER SYMPHONY
    
    KENT- The Rainier Symphony opened its 10th anniversary season with a
    crisp and enjoyable concert last Saturday in Kentwood High School's
    auditorium...
    
    Saturday's show featured a mix of old, new and less familiar works,
    guided under the competent baton of conductor Joseph Pollard White...
    
    The show's highlight is its world premiere of conductor White's
    'Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra', featuring soloist Rob Shuster on
    tuba.
    
    White's piece is contemporary in nature, making interesting use of
    percussion, of changes in tempo and the unlikely tuba...
    
    The concerto demands a lot of Shuster, but he is largely up to the
    challenge. The deep tones of the instrument suggest a certain power. a
    certain gaity and yet a certain sadness. It is an interesting and
    vibrant work, and makes the evening well worth the price of admission.
    
    etc.
    
    --reprinted without permission from the Valley Daily News, 26 Oct 1990
    
    

    
    RE -1
    
    Bravo, Maestro!
    I knew it would be good, I knew it, I knew it.....:-) :-)
    I'm so pleased for you....all that work.....all that printing....;-)
    
    'gail
    
    

    
    
    
    			SUPERB!!!!!
    
    E Grace
    

	So when does it come out on CD so we can play it for all our friends?

						--D

    Digitize it and put it on the net!!!
    
    Congrats!  Encore!
    
    D!

    
    ....and let us not forget our compliments to the soloist...
    (I believe he's a fellow DECcie?)
    
    'gail
    

    Wonderful Job!  Compliments to *both* deccies!
    
    8)

    Joe,
    
    That's *wonderful*
    
    Bonnie

    
    thank you, dear friends!
    

    Dear .121,
    
    Martin volunteered to work in the Treasury Department for Noreascon
    Three.  (He also gave a talk about voice synthesis, with DECtalk
    samples from the early days on.)  We had ordered propeller beanies
    as one of our sales items, and they were shipped to us in two
    batches.  (Meaning: As fast as they could make them, or some such.)
    
    The first batch arrived before the convention actually started, but
    not the second one.  Since Martin was staying at home, unlike Some
    People, and since he knew where the storage depot (a.k.a. Debra's
    porch) was, he picked up the (large, clumsy, but lightweight) boxes,
    and got them delivered to the right people in the middle of the
    Hynes Auditorium in Boston.  It was messy.  He knew when he agreed
    to do it that it would be messy.
    
    I'm glad Martin snarfed up his beanie immediately; they sold like
    hotcakes, and there was even a pilferage problem.
    
    						Ann B.

    Good going, Joe!  So when does your next musical work come out?;)
    
    Bravo!
    Barb

    Bravo, Joe!!!
    
    Make sure to send a tape along to the party next June!  Better, yet,
    bring it yourself!
    
    Nanci

Well, I survived Sunday's New York Marathon, running a personal
worst (by 25 minutes) of 4:39:57.  This was the hottest weather since
my first marathon at New York, 1984 (the worst marathon weather they had ever
had), so I was extremely cautious, drinking about a gallon of water Friday
and Saturday, and about the same amount on the course.  We ran in 70 degree
heat (I heard both 72 and 75), with a light cloud cover, a slight breeze,
and reasonable humidity; all of which helped.  Even more helpful was the
immense amount of water on the course: during the last half of the race,
it seemed that there was water every half mile.

I went out at 9:00 pace, which I knew I could hold for a long time, walked
several water stops to make sure I got plenty of water in me, and
hit the half marathon in 2:03 -- right on schedule, or maybe a few
minutes slower than my "fast" limit.  Then, a few miles later at the
15 mile mark "hill" (the 59th St. bridge), one knee started hurting,
and I started walking/jogging/limping/stretching until the 20 mile
field hospital, where I stopped for a massage.  Then I continued on,
walking when jogging hurt, to the finish.

Since I've been running well under 20 miles/week (though with a number of 10
mile runs, and one hilly half marathon), my only realistic goal was to finish
and I'm quite happy with my accomplishment, such as it was.

Martin.

ps: I also managed a 4-computer network that provided split (intermediate)
times in the press room, using several friends to do the actual work.  That,
too, worked perfectly even without my being nearby.

pps: I do not recommend drinking a gallon of water before going to a
Broadway musical.

    Worst time or not, good going, Martin!  
    
    After all, any race you finish is a good race, right;)?
    
    Barb

    
    Yes, congratulations, Martin!  I was really enjoying the nice warm
    weather we had over the weekend, and then I thought of how awful it
    must have been for you to be running in a Marathon in over 70 degree
    heat!  
    
    Justine

    Not to brag or anything...I just thought it would be nice to have 
    something happy in the file.
    
    Sunday I had an audition for a show in Arlington.  Long way to drive,
    BUT, the show is all female.  There are 11 monologues, all relating to
    these very different women's lives.  They are not interrelated.  It
    sounded strange but interesting, so off I went.  After all, so am I!
    
    Anyway, Sunday night I got a phone call from the director, and I was
    cast to do the monologue by....get this!...a woman in the last stages
    of a 23 hour labor!  I love it!  Me, in labor!
    
    E Grace

    
    Congratulations, E Grace!  Where do I sign up for tickets.  For those
    of you who live in the Boston area but have not yet had the pleasure
    of watching E Grace perform, let me tell you that she is a very fine
    actor!  I can hardly wait.
    
    Justine

    Now *there's* a challenge for you, E Grace: trying to sound tired.
    
    						Ann B.

    I just found out that I was granted a copyright for the Wedding Planning 
    Workbook that I wrote!
    
    Now I just need to figure out how to market the book!
    
    
    Judi
    

    Judi,
    
    All that mail you sent me and you never even mentioned this!
    
    		*******SUPERB**********
    
    E Grace

    Thank you *blush* Justine.  I truly appreciate that!  Would you
    consider applying for a job on a newspaper as a theatre critic?  (*8
    
    Just for giggles, I thought I would enter the monologue/charactor
    description here for all of you.
    
    "DRAGONS:  Marti, young, pregnant, and just beginning labor, prays a
               last, frenetic prayer to St. Margaret.
    
    Actually, the part about just beginning labor is incorrect, because one
    of my lines is:  "God, I must look like a drowned gerbil!  I thought
    after 23 hours of this they had to give you a C-section or a
    hairdresser!"
    
    I *like* this role.  (*8
    
    E Grace

    congrats E Grace and Judi!  Best of luck with both ventures!
    
    Christine

    Congratulations, both!
    
    aq
    

    Three weeks of trash in one bag....
    
    I am getting there.  My goal is one bag of trash in a year!

               This is about an accomplishment of 2 members of our
          community, Justine Sullivan and Dale Hall.

               Saturday night, Justine & Dale performed at Crone's Harvest
          in Jamaica Plain to a full-house of approximately 70 women.

               The evening started with some informational announcements,
          including news of the Dec 18 speaker, Mary Daly.  Feminist
          comedienne Betsy Salkinds was introduced, and gave a mostly very
          humorous 30 minute performance.  I say "mostly" because some of
          the performance dealt with some pretty heavy topics that (IMO)
          were intended more to inspire thought than laughter.  My two
          favorites were  1) What she said to the man in charge of a pro-
          life organization at a demonstration..."You know, if you'd just
          quit f*cking us, you wouldn't have this problem!"  2) Something
          about mailing used tampons to Chief Justice Rhenquist with
          instructions to resuscitate, inseminate, and (save?) the egg.

               Ms. Salkinds introduced Justine & Dale to a rousing round of
          applause.  Dale played the viola (pronounced vee-o-la ;-) in
          accompaniment with Justine singing.   Some songs Justine sang she
          authored, some were written by other artists.  All of the songs
          told stories, some were humorous, some involved current political
          themes.  There was one intermission where we were able to mingle
          with the performers and other women in the audience, followed by
          a parody of Margaret Thatcher by Betsy Salkinds where she
          answered questions from the audience speaking as Margaret
          Thatcher.  Justine Sullivan & Dale Hall performed the 2'nd half
          of the performance and ended the evening with an encore to a
          rousing round of applause.

               Justine, did anyone ever tell you that you sound like Carly
          Simon or is it just my ears ;-)?

               Congratulations, gyns.
                                                       nancy b.

    
    congrats, justine and dale!
    

I just got promoted to Principal Software Engineer, Yippee!!  (oops, I'm 
supposed to act mature now, right?)

That was a wonderful description of an airplane solo from Gale!  And congrats
to everyone else on their accomplishments.

			Barbara b.

    YAY Barbara!!  Way t'go, gyn!
    
    						=maggie

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    E Grace

    Congratulations, Barbara!  
    
    :):):)Barb

Two articles scheduled for MacTutor (Macintosh programming) magazine.
One (Jan '91) is written in a watered-down version of the somewhat
raunchy style I use for my running club's newsletter.  It also has
a reasonably disgusting collection of puns and jokes.

Martin.

    A member of this notesfile has published an article in the Whole
    Earth magazine defending the Bill of Rights. The article is chock
    full of historical and legal citations (all footnoted!!) showing
    how our rights and protections are erroding.  It's well written
    and I was pleased to see it (after seeing it on the net a while
    back, I'm glad it got hardcopy published). Nice to see a noter
    in the company of Wavy Gravy, Robert Bly, and Stuart Brand.
    
    Oh, the noter's name:                     
    
                         
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                      EDP
    
    
    
    Good for you, Eric.
    
        Margaret

          This is about an accomplishment that came about from standing up
          for what I thought was right.  I almost didn't take the risk, as
          I was concerned about the negative repercussions that could
          occur.   The following is not the most popular subject to discuss
          here, but another =wn= encouraged me to enter it, so here goes.



          The February, 1991, issue of Guns & Ammo magazine had a column by
          Jeff Cooper, an ex-marine who is prone to calling female police
          officers "cop-chicks" and saying other derogatory things about
          women.  In this column, Cooper talked about how self-loading
          pistols aren't suitable for women, and how women ("cop-chicks")
          weren't suitable for police work.  In the **same** issue, Cooper
          responded to a female-reader's letter expressing her offense at
          similar remarks he made in an _earlier_ column by saying
          something like, "I don't know where you got the idea that the
          term 'chick' was derogatory", and that he thinks women should
          stay out of "the mud, the blood, and the beer".

          What annoyed me so much about Cooper's column was that he used
          the term "cop-chick" again in the very same issue where he
          responded to a woman who expressed her offense at the comments.
          To me, it looked like an immature way of saying "in your face",
          "I don't care what you think", "I can say what I want", etc..

          I wanted to write G&A a letter, but didn't because I was afraid a
          letter against what Cooper said would harm the chances of G&A
          some day doing an article about AWARE.

          That weekend I was at home doing AWARE stuff on my computer, and
          my friend Eileen was doing homework downstairs.  The Feb 1991 G&A
          was on the coffee table.  I suddenly hear a few expletives about
          Jeff Cooper and a few other derogatory comments about the NRA,
          guns, etc...  When I thought about how many other women would
          react as Eileen did, I decided to write a letter to the editor of
          G&A.  The letter follows:

          =================================================================

          Dear Mr. Bell,

          In the  February, 1991,  "Letters" section of Guns & Ammo, reader
          Darrien Michael  wrote how  comments such  as Jeff Cooper's "cop-
          chick" would  only  worsen  the  problem  of  women  being  taken
          seriously at  gun stores  and ranges. In "Cooper's Corner" of the
          very same  issue, Mr.  Cooper displayed his defiance of the words
          of Ms.  Michael and  other women  whose opinion she voices.  Once
          again, Mr.  Cooper used the term "cop-chick" to refer to a female
          police officer,  and suggested,  among other  things, that  self-
          loading pistols  are not  suitable for  women, and that women are
          not suitable for police work.

          I well  understand that  Mr. Cooper  is of a different generation
          and background  than I am, and that this has undoubtedly affected
          his perceptions  of women  and their  "proper" roles  in society.
          Changing his  mind  about  women  in  general  or  female  police
          officers in  particular is  not my  goal.   I merely wish that he
          would not use Guns & Ammo magazine as a place to vent his harmful
          feelings and prejudices.

          Why?
          Because Mr. Cooper is alienating the same women that I am working
          very hard to reach.

          Last year,  I and  other women firearms owners in the Boston area
          who are  concerned about  the rate of violent crime against women
          founded  We   are  AWARE   ==>  Arming  Women  Against  Rape  and
          Endangerment  (while)  Advancing  Women's  Armed  Rights  through
          Education*.   We are AWARE is a source of information, education,
          and support  for women  interested in learning to use firearms in
          self-protection.       We   offer:   presentations   to   women's
          organizations  on   "Making  Informed   Decisions   about   Self-
          Protection", basic  firearms safety  courses geared  towards  the
          needs and  concerns of  women,  Cap-Stun(TM)  (chemical  aerosol)
          training courses,  referrals to organizations offering both armed
          and unarmed  methods of  self-defense training,  and a  quarterly
          newsletter which  features relevant  articles and  describes  our
          activities and future events.

          The biggest  obstacles we  face are gender-based stereotypes that
          have taught  many women  to needlessly  fear or  avoid guns.  Mr.
          Cooper's use  of the  highly-circulated and well-respected Guns &
          Ammo magazine  as a soapbox for his notions about women could ef-
          fectively squash  the efforts  we are  making at  the grass-roots
          level to raise a positive AWAREness among women about firearms.

                                             Sincerely,



                                             Nancy Bittle
                                             President, We are AWARE


                   We are AWARE / P.O. Box 255 / Maynard, MA / 01754.

          =================================================================

          I mailed it to Mr. Bell and *many* others on the masthead of G&A.
          This is a technique I've used before to get something published
          and it has always worked - don't just send your letter to the
          editor to one person, send it to several on the masthead;
          someone's is bound to agree with you, even if it's not the head
          editor ;-).  For all I knew, Mr. Bell might have agreed with
          Cooper!

          Anyway, 2 weeks ago I received an express letter from Red Bell
          requesting that I call him as soon as possible regarding my
          letter.  I wasn't sure what to expect.  During our phone call, he
          said that he was appreciative of my perspective and didn't feel
          it was being represented in G&A.  He wants me to write articles
          for Gun&Ammo !!!!!  He never really said much about Cooper; he
          just emphasized he'd like to see my perspective in G&A (he
          sounded like quite the diplomat ;-).   He mentioned that his
          women writers try to be so much like "one of the boys" that he
          didn't think the woman's perspective was being heard.  I told him
          I didn't think I would try to be like "one of the boys" ;-).

          G&A has a circulation of around 600,000 and an estimated
          readership of 4 million.  I had to restrain myself from doing
          cartwheels around my office ;)!

          Through G&A, I probably won't be reaching the people I'd like
          most to reach (women non-gunowners who haven't thought about
          personal protection).   But hopefully I would be able to reach
          those women and men who could *organize* and effectively reach
          out to help educate others in their locales.

                                                       psyched,
                                                       nancy b.

    .154  BRAVO!

    .154 yippeee!!!!

    wonderful Nancy! 
    
    applause!
    
    Bonnie

    
    NancyB:
    
     WW   WW   WW     OOOOOOOO     WW   WW   WW    !!!!
     WW   WW   WW     OO    OO     WW   WW   WW    !!!!
     WW   WW   WW     OO    OO     WW   WW   WW    !!!!
     WW   WW   WW     OO    OO     WW   WW   WW    !!!!
     WW   WW   WW     OO    OO     WW   WW   WW    !!!!
      WW  WW  WW      OO    OO      WW  WW  WW
       WWWWWWWW       OOOOOOOO       WWWWWWWW      !!!!
    
    
    
    Do you mind if I show your note to my husband?  He's signed up
    for a Cooper course in June, reading all his books, on his newsletter
    mailing list, and quoting me all kinds of *total crap* by Cooper.
    (Okay, some of it's not crap, but I've decided he's enough of an
    arrogant jerk who won't get my money if I decide to take a course
    like this.  I'll go to Ayoob or someone else.)  Just let me shove
    this in his face!
    

    Congratulations, Nancy.  If your G&A articles (or will it be a
    column???) are as thoughtful as your entries here, I'm sure you'll
    get your message across to an audience capable of helping your cause
    without alienating those who aren't full-fledged supporters.
    
    Good luck, and keep us posted!
    Karen

    Congratulations, Nancy... your letter was well reasoned and read
    beautifully; I'm not surprised the magazine has asked you to write
    articles for them.  Make sure you get a byline!! :^)
    
    congrats,
    Marge

        That's great, Nancy.  Congratulations!
        
        Dan

    Nancy, you might want to send Mr. Cooper a copy of Ayoob's book
    on the semiautomatic pistol for police work wherein he proves
    that auto-loaders are *superior* for persons of smaller build
    and lesser hand strength. 
    
    Background: Some years ago, the FBI was succesfully sued because 
    their handgun qualification course was geared to the revolver. The
    'standard' in the revolver field is the Smith & Wesson medium-frame,
    a design which dates back to 1899. This was back when the typical
    cop was a strapping big lad (your archtypical Officer Paddy O'Malley.)
    Ayoob successfully argued that forcing prospective agents to 
    qualify with such a gun was discriminatory against women and
    smaller-than-white-average minority men. As a result, the FBI 
    was forced to revise their training.
    

    Nancy,
    
    Don't be so sure that you won't reach some of the women you are
    attempting to.  My first exposure to G&A came while sitting in the
    waiting room of an ER waiting for results on X-ray's.  At that time I
    was not a gun owner, nor did I have any interest in shooting.  But I
    was bored, and it looked more interesting than the two-year-old "Good
    Housekeeping" magazines on the table.  An article written by a woman
    from a woman's perspective certainly would have caught my eye.
    
    Congrat's also Nancy,
    
    Meg

    How exciting, Nancy!:):):)  What really gave me chills, though, was the
    fact that you are taking an active stand to help stop the crime that
    you were victimized by.  Good for you!!!  There is no one more
    believable that a former victim who has gone past the fear, is dealing
    with the pain, and yet still has the courage to speak out!
    
    Major Kudos!!!
    
    Barb:)

good going, Nancy!! I'll be looking for your stuff in G&A.

Jenna

    
    
    I'm officially registered back in school for my B.S. in Comp.Sci.
    They didn't accept 25 of my previous credits (72-74 I was working on 
    a Theatre Arts/Spanish double major, so I didn't expect everything to
    transfer over) so I'm now 6 credits short of being a junior.  I'll be
    taking a 4 hr. written expression exam at Glassboro State in April for 
    6 freshman english credits (I'd placed out of freshman english via exam 
    back in 72) and that should take care of my sophmore year.  This is
    Thomas Edison State College, so they accept CLEP, Portfolio Assessment,
    Life Experience (exam or presentation), Telecourses, Videocourses,
    Guided Study (through the mail) and Independant Study.  I've already
    seen 4 other exams I can take for 12 more credits.  Even though
    my mgr. said it was not a good idea, bad timing, not necessary, I did
    it and I feel terrific!!!   
    
    I'm the only one who went directly to college from high school in my
    immediate family, was the first grandchild out of 36 on my Mom's side
    of the family to go to college.  But I left after 2 years and although
    I'd taken part time classes here & there, I wasn't really concentrating.
    
    Eduardo (baby brother 34 yrs. old) graduated from Rutgers (part time at
    night) two years ago and my parents flew in from P.R. for his
    graduation.  Now he's going to law school at night.  Victor (35 yrs. old) 
    graduates from Rutgers (part time at night) this june and my parents are 
    flying in for his graduation.  I'm 36 now, but I'll be done by 40
    (Class of '94!) and although my Dad won't be here (I fully expect him
    to be sitting in a comfy cloud, watching the whole thing!)  my Mom 
    and brothers & sisters-in-law definitely will!
    
    Miriam

    Way to go, Nancy!!!!!
    
    
    Roberta

    Good for you, Miriam!
    
    E Grace
    
    
    
    
    BTW, I do have a supply of midnight-oil-burning hugs in here somewhere,
    so if you need some, let me know!

Excerpts from some mail I just recieved:

> Subject: Another DECdesign win - thank you Holly for your support

> Subject: Thank You  It paid off!

> Holly I wanted to formally acknowledge your contributions which afforded 
> Digitals a $3.2M, new account, win at the Florida Department of State.  I waited 
> to send this until the entire order was completed and scheduled for delivery, 
> which it now is.

...

> During the Operational Assessment which was conducted in Mass. you were the sole 
> contributor for DECdesign which was mandatory before Digital could receive the 
> order.   Your presentation was very impressive both in content and enthusiasm.  
> I want to ensure you that there was a return on that investment as the time 
> invested to complete the Operational Assessment was additional to other 
> responsibilities. 

> I hope it was appropriate for me to copy your management as I believe it is 
> important they are aware of your contribution to Digital success.

	-- Charles

    Yesterday I used up all the contents of a milk carton.  When I was
    finished with it, I threw it away.
    
    -- Mike

    RE: .171
    
    Yah, but did you *rinse* it and suqish it small before throwing
    it in the trash?
    
       :^)
    
       M.

    No kidding, when I first read .171 I thought "why is he proud of
    throwing away a milk carton?".  In our town, we can recycle paper or
    plastic ones.  But it is a great feat to finish food in the  fridge
    before it goes bad.
    
    Rachael

    re:-1
    
    I always save left overs, cuz I feel guilty about throwing away GOOD
    food...a week or two later (& sometimes even longer) when it's GREEN
    & BAD food, I don't feel so bad about giving it the ol' heave-ho!
    
    Sometimes I even manage to eat it before it goes bad, but....
    
    ;*) Bon

    YES!!! Mike!  Good for you;)
    
    Barb

    I recall previous notes from Mike which indicated that he has been
    known to have milk containers living in his fridge for periods measured
    in *years*.  (I suffer from a similar malady, actually.)
    
    Great progress, Mike!  Keep up the good work of finishing what you buy
    and disposing of the container, rather than letting it become an objet
    d'arte.  :-)  :-)
    
    Alison

    Alison, it has been my experience that old cartons of milk tend to
    become an objet de disgust.  :-)
    
    -- Mike

    Re: .171
    
    Mike, yes, but have you ceased drinking directly from the carton
    while standing in front of an open refrigerator yet?
    
    Richard

    One thing at a time, Richard.  :-)

    
    Um, well, I did that Talent Show thing at Buddie's last night, and...
    I won ($100 - I didn't know about the cash prize)!  People seemed to
    really like my stuff.  The first song I did is kind of a light, funny
    blues song, and people clapped to the beat (more or less, nothing like
    playing with a metronome with a few beers in it :-), and when I played
    my second political, serious, quiet song; the place got very quiet, and
    some folks seemed quite moved.  It's pretty hard to get a rowdy,
    noisy crowd to quiet down for a serious song, but they did.
    
    I had a great time!  Some wonderful DEC friends came to cheer me on
    (thank you for coming all the way to Boston at 10:00 pm to hear me do
    two songs!!!!), and that felt really nice.  After they announced me
    as the winner, folks asked (dare I say clamored? :-) for an encore,
    so I played another song, and I was joined by "Cher."  I've been
    invited to come back and perform as a "guest performer", i.e., not a
    contestant, at future Talent Nights --- they're going to have it every
    Thursday night for the next 7 weeks.  If I decide to go back, I'll
    announce it here.    
    
    I added a few names to my mailing list and even sold a tape (my first
    sale) -- I even signed it!  This is very exciting for me. 
    
    
    Justine

    Congrats Justine!

    Oh, Justine!  I am so very happy for you.  I'm not *surprised*, of
    course, but I am truly delighted!
    
    
    Old Vienna Kaffeehaus, here she comes!!!!!!!
    
    
    E Grace

    As one of the first two members I know about of the Justine Sullivan
    Groupie Fan Club, I heartily endorse this product!...er....this
    performer!
    
    Tell me the first song you did was the "Popsicle Toes" one?
    
    :)  *beam*
    
    -Jody

    Justine,
    
      Congratulations!!
    
    Roberta

    As the second of the first two official Justine groupies, I second the
    endorsement!
    
    
    
    hugs on the house!
    
    E Grace

        Congratulations Justine!
        
        Dan

Wow, Justine! Way to go! That is so completely way cool. I'm not sure if more
psyched for your winning the contest or selling your first tape. 

And in top of that, your personal name is from my favorite song in the entire
universe!

dee

    re.185 "Popsicle Toes" - is that the Michael Franks tune from
    "The Art of Tea" ? 
    
    "Your Tierra Del Fuegos 
    are nearly always froze
    gotta see-saw
    'til we unthaw
    those popsicle toes"

    Does this mean we'll be treated to your wonderful talent at the Fifth
    Anniversary Party, Justine?:)
    
    Congratulations!
    Barb

Congratulations, Justine!

Nanci

I just turned in my *last* tuition reimbursement form. Only 1 month, 3 days
till I have my Bachelor degree, and most important, that diploma in my hot 
sweaty little hands! 

...unless of course, I flunk my final next Thursday :-)

dee

    
    I managed just fine with the 4.0 docs, "Preparing Software for
    Distribution"..
    

Stop raining on someone else's parade, Robert!  Congratulations, -d.

DougO

    Thank goodness someone is thinking in terms of user friendly ULTRIX!!!
    Send me anything you've got!  I've just taken over every DECstation in
    the office plus all the ULTRIX demo stuff, so I need all the help I can
    get!
    
    Thank heaven for people like you!
    :)Congrats!
    Barb

    
    Drug and alcohol free for two years!
    
    Amazing!
    
    Nancy B.

    Congratulations Nancy!
    
    wahooooooo!
    
    -Jody
    

	Nancy,

	That is *fabulous*!  Happy 2nd Birthday!  =8-)

	Carla

    Congratulations, Nancy B.!  Keep coming back!  (*8
    
    *AND* you got reply .*2*00!   good sign!
    
    
    E Grace

Kudos for Nancy -- terriffic!

    
    
    	Hi Nancy B.!
    	
    	That's awesome news.  I bet Mary Ann and I could come up with
        some fun ways to celebrate ! ;-)
    
    						nancy b.
    

    re .196, .199
    Congratulation, -d, on your progress with the setld manual.  I felt
    like .196 at first, but then I realized that I managed just fine with
    the existing manual AND a considerable number of examples to crib from
    and play with AND my willingness to spend time playing with them.
    The average developer isn't so willing to learn new arcana in order to
    make a kit!
    
    (Hey, -d, want a reviewer?)
    
    Bob

    Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings!  I never imagined what it'd
    feel like to be clean and sober two years.  I remember when I first
    started that in my mind I had only signed up for a 3 month program to
    see if I really had a problem.  I stuck around and I'm so glad I did!
    
    The gift I've received as I begin my third year is the awakening to the
    truth that I really do contribute to the love that binds our community.
    
    Thanks so much for being here!
    
    Nancy

	I came out to a group of 12 Digital colleagues yesterday,
	most of whom I work semi-closely with.

	My heart was beating so fast and my head felt so light I
	was afraid it'd spin up off my neck.

	The room went completely silent while I spoke.  I barely
	remember what I said.  =%-)  I'm really proud of me.

	Carla

I'm proud of you too, Carla!

Kathy

Hey, Carla, WAY TO GO!  Isn't it the most heady feeling imaginable?  How
did they react?

D!

	It was an AIDS in the Workplace seminar, and the guest they
	brought in, a man with AIDS, hugged and thanked me for the
	support, and everyone else treated me as they always have,
	like it was no big deal, which helped pull me back down from
	the ceiling, where I'd been floating like a helium balloon.

	Carla

    Good for you Carla, Good for you. Such bravery. You are a fantastic
    person. It is truly an honor to know you. Goddess love you and bless.
    Thank you for letting be your friend.
    
    PJ

    
    Sounds like a courageous move Carla.
    I'm very happy for you.
    
    							Hank

	Yay Carla!!

    Good for you, Carla!!!  Keep up the great work!
    
    Hugs,
    Barb

    A couragous step!  Way to go!
    
    Nancy

    Carla, you've got chutzpah!  I'm adding you to my list of personal
    heroes! :-}
    
    I miss you, too!
    Richard

    
    	This is a small one, but I'm  feeling pretty good about it:
    
    	At last week's "Community Crime Meeting" in Porter Square, AWARE
    	had a table of fliers and literature.  After the meeting, the 
    	head of the Sexual Assault Investigative Team for the Cambridge PD
    	said to Lyn that he had picked up some of our literature and
    	** learned a couple things ** from it.  
    
    	Also, I'm glad I took the Cambridge Chief of Police to task at
    	the microphone (during a Q&A session) about the  "we don't give
    	permits to broads"  comment to a woman in Cambridge.  He tried
    	to get away with, "but I'll give FIDs to any woman who wants to
    	carry Mace"   and I interrupted him with:
    	"which you _know_ is ineffective on someone who's drunk, on drugs,
    	insensitive to pain, or in a highly emotional state", and 
    	he said, "yes, that's right".  !!!  I couldn't believe it !!
    	Here he was talking about women carrying Mace and he **knew** 
    	it frequently doesn't work !!   I think the audience of 361 was
    	very surprised to hear that.
    
    						nancy b.
    

    
    Nancy....I didn't know that!
    It's great that you brought it to the attention of so many.
    Hugs for your accomplishment! It's not "small"...
    
    Carla....what can I say?
    You mean they hadn't guessed already???? ;-)
    'gail

    Nancy - Congrats on both of your achievements!
    
    Carla - I'm *so* proud of you!  :-)
    
    Nanci

    
    re: .213
     
        > ...the ceiling, where I'd been floating
          like a helium balloon.
    
    That's a beautiful image, Carla - I love it!
    
    Congratulations!
    
    Virginia
    

    Carla,
    
    I want to thank you for doing what you did....I am very proud of you...
    
    and I know how it feels to come out to folks that you work with....
    
    denise

    I've been snowed under with work and everyday living to get this
    one in, better late than never...
    
    I was named Women of the Month by the Chelmsford Women of Today
    for the months of January and February 1991.  I was asked to run
    for Vice President for the upcoming year, but turned it down because
    I didn't have the time needed to do all that the job consists of.
    I did accept their offer to run for Treasurer and will be installed
    on May 1st.
    
    I will be recognized at the National level in June for completing
    the Effective Speaking Program and Focus on Women.  (The National
    Convention is being held June 13 - 16 in Natick)
    
    
    Roberta

    Congratulation Roberta!
    I feel a little stupid, but what is Chelmsford Women of Today?
    
    manisha

    After Roberta's note, mine hardly seems much but...
    
    I worked all day in the garden Saturday and Sunday, one whole day
    spent whacking out a stump where I wanted to plant flowers.  I felt
    strong (if exhausted), tenacious (maybe -- stubborn), but most
    of all, I felt like my body belongs to me again.  I'd been so ill
    for so long and now I feel powerful again.  Yippie!
    
    And then I planted flowers.  Guess what, my eyes and nose work pretty
    good, too.
    
      Margaret

    Cogratulations to Jody Bobbitt for receiving a reward and recognition
    for establishing DECwomen's support groups!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Way to go Jody!!!!!!

    *beam*
    
    thank you....I didn't do it alone....but I DID do it!
    
    -Jody

        Congratulations Jody!
        
        Dan

    Applause and accolades to Jody Bobbitt.
    
    Richard

    Congratulations, Jody!!
    
    Roberta

    I gave blood yesterday for the first time! I'm paranoid of needles, so
    at first I was pretty frightened. It was really no big deal at all! I
    feel a LITTLE tired today, but it was worth it! My blood & blood
    products may help as many as THREE people. I'm going again in two
    months!! It really was rewarding!
    
    Bonnie_who's_very_proud_of_herself_

Bonnie that's wonderful!  you SHOULD be proud!  

    
    
    bonnie,
    
      that is an accomplishment from my vantage point, too! 
    
    ~robin_who_hasn't_gotten_over_her_needle_paranoia_enough_to_match_you.

    
    bonnie....that's great!
    
    I organise the blood doning for our London office, and I wish there
    were more like you!
    
    'gail

    Well,
    
    Since 'going to school' is my real profession, I am thrilled to have
    been invited to join the National Honor Society, and I have.  And
    I will be treated to a champagne brunch at that.  :-)
    
    Maia
    

    YAY!    Drink a toast to YOURSELF!
    
    -Jody

    CONGRATULATIONS MAIA!!! Now, THAT'S an accomplishment!!
    
    Bonnie

    Aw, thank you everyone [shuffle, shuffle, blush, blush]
    
    Maia
    

    
    i seem to have successfully defended my dissertation. therefore,
    on june 15th i will don women's clothing and receive a doctor of
    musical arts degree in orchestral conducting from the university
    of washington.
    
    dr j
    
    

        Congratulations, doc!
        
        Dan

    re:.243
    
    Be careful in those heels they can be tricky.
    
                                        L.J.

are you kidding?  the heels will be no trouble at all.  She'll be floating a
few feet off the ground!


Yippeee!!  Congrats!

Sara

    Congratulations Dr Joe White :-)
    
    Bonnie

    
    
    
    
    
    			bravo
    
    
    
    
    

yoikes -- the heels might be a problem after all!

    
    That's music to our ears, joe - congratulations!
    
    "Women's clothing" - isn't *that* interesting, considering the
    centuries & centuries during which women were prevented from acquiring
    a higher education...it kind of makes you wonder.
    
    Dorian

    Women's clothing?  Great!  Do you get to pick out whatever style dress
    you want?  I saw a really nice dress in Gantos last night - green lace
    with fringe! :-)  (Pricey, but worth it.)
    
    Lorna
    
    
    

	Joe, that's assuming we allow you to survive your party on
	the 8th.  (Can I apply your lipstick in advance?  Just for
	practice?)

	Carla

    
    i only wear lipstick on *special* occasions ;^)
    
    seriously, thanks to all for your congratulations and support!
    it hasn't quite sunk in yet, though i do find myself smiling alot
    for no particular reason ;^)
    
    as for women's clothes, there was a recent note wherein someone
    posted a humorous article about the pope wearing a dress (archivist?).
    i propose that the issues dorian alluded to be discussed further in
    that location.
    

    
    nor should we skirt the issue.
    
    D.

    Congratulations to a certain newcomer to a certain group to which I
    belong!
    
    
    
    E Grace

     >   as for women's clothes, there was a recent note wherein someone
     >   posted a humorous article about the pope wearing a dress
    
    Joe, you're getting your notes conferences mixed up again!!!
    
    I posted the article...
    
    D! 

    Congratulations, Doctor!
    
    aq
    

	Way to go Dude! (Oh, sorry, wrong state...)


	Does this mean that joe white conducts "Selection From The Works of 
joe white" will be performed at the Grand Party by the "Womannotes String 
and Kazoo Ochestra and Celestial Choir, Liesl Kolbe, Solo French Horn" ?


						--D

    first:
    
      Congratulations!! Dr.J.  Do your feet still touch the ground?
    
    second: <set mode/huffy-snit-in-progress, ;^)>
    
      Yeah...so the Pope wears a dress. So?? Where is it written that a
    dress is 'women's clothes', hmmmmmm?
    
    
    Annie
    

    
    perhaps d! would care to reenter the article?
    
    

    .260
    
    It may be written in history, if anyone cares to look...
    
    D.

    Congratulations to Dr. Joe!  
    
    Nanci

    As of Saturday, June 1st, at 1:00 ... I am now a GRADUATE of massage
    school!  I have a DIPLOMA!  My mom snapped a picture!  :-)  9 months
    and 870 hours later and I'm still ticking.
    
    Oy.
    
    I'm doing massage Sundays in Boston and Thursdays out of my Amherst
    office, to start.  Also learning to give infant massage trainings for
    parents ...  Staying with DEC part-time ...
    
    Oy!
    
    I am SO PSYCHED about massage.  It is so fun and so endlessly new.  
    All these great people I get to work with!  What an opportunity for 
    always learning ... about me, about others, about the role of touch in
    our society, about so many new things.
    
    OY!
    
    Pam

    A couple of years ago, I was _very_ hesitant about singing when anyone
    else was around.  Since then, I've graduated to singing melody, alone,
    a capella, at "song swaps" and the like.
    
    Today, for the first time, I sang with a (folk music) group in a public
    (well, in-DEC) performance!  I even sang a couple of small harmony
    parts.
    
    And I got to see one of my _very_ most favorite songs performed in
    hilarious, outrageous style!
    
    Bob
    who hasn't yet come back down to earth

CONGRATULATIONS, BOB!  

I know what that performance exhiliration feels like!  

hugs,
Nanci

    Super-duper congratulations to Jane Crocitto and her mother.
    
    Will the next book be "Shopping at the Anti-Mall"? (Which is how
    I originally misread the title.)
    
    						Ann B.

    Isn't it a wonderful feeling/sound?  (*8
    
    That's great, Bob!
    
    E Grace

    re .266

    Anyone in the area who wants to help Bob celebrate the feeling can
    see the same performance (New Spit Brook Minstrels) again tomorrow
    (Friday) in Merrimack at noon (Merrimack room, I think).

    (Plus watching me try to play a made-in-Montana Irish bouzouki
    I've had less than three weeks.)

    (If that doesn't make sense, read 11.381.)

    I think I actually believe it....better pinch meself and be sure.
    
    Yes, after n years in Edu, I received my promotion to Instructor III,
    effective June 17.  For those of you who have been here, it sometimes
    feels like it will never happen if you were hired in as an OA person,
    and as a woman, you started a job level lower than your counterparts in
    training to begin with, and (I wish it wasn't still true) have to work
    twice as long, etc. 
    
    Even moving to VMS full-time, it was like starting over again (oh? you
    knew who to spell C-O-N-F-U-S-E-R before we hired you?  Really??)
    
    But it is nice to get the recognition.  Certainly would have been nice
    sooner, but it still is sweet.  And the first two folks who were asked
    if they had congratulated me yet *assumed* it was to Principal , since
    they thought I was already a Senior.....
    
    rene

        Congratulations Rene!
        
        Dan

    
    A fellow DECcie who also has a Saturday afternoon radio show on WEVO
    (New Hampshire) played one of my songs on the radio!  And someone told
    me the other night that he heard my anti-war song on WFNX during their
    political hour.  And... when I was at the Baystate Women's Folk
    Festival the other day (in the audience), a woman that I'd met a
    few times before came up to me and asked me if I would like to sing backup
    vocals on an upcoming recording for a duo she manages!!!  (we'll see if
    it really happens, but it's nice to be considered)  
    
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Justine
    
            
                                                      

    Doesn't surprize me a bit, Justine.  And it's long overdue!
    
    So there.
    
    
    E Grace

    
    Hey Justine!  Go, woman, go!
    
    You're spectacular and deserving!
    
    Lots and lots of love,
    
    Carla
    

That's all great news, Justine!

Kathy

    
    way to go!
    
    -Jody-yer-groupie
    

    YES YES YES !!!!!! I knew it would happen. People have asked me why I
    had a smile on. I told 'em my friend is getting air time on her song
    and she is a special and important voice that needs to be heard. Way to
    go Justine.
    
    Hugs,
    
    PJ

    Happy to hear it, Justine!  Your voice deserves to be heard.
    
    Mary

    Way to go Justine!
    
    Laurie

    Justine, that's terrific!

    Great Justine!
    
    :-)
    
    Nanci

    After a busy week of not being able to peek into =wn= EVEN ONCE, I
    got to be over 1500 notes behind!
    
    I have FINALLY caught up, and introduced myself in the proper way, in
    this file! ....now...I have to go & catch up in feline & a few others
    that I've been neglecting while I paid so much attention to =wn=!!
    
    Don't ya'll go note happy while I'm gone, OK!? ;*)
    
    Bonnie

    
    ....getting to NYC....and surviving! :-)
    
    WHAT                         A                              CITY
    
    In fact, getting to the USA - gettin' there wasn't an accomplishment,
    but I'm proud (sorta) of my restraint in not selling my home-bound
    ticket and defaulting to a ballgame and illegal-immigrant status 8-}
    
    'gail

    Finishing my manuscript project this past year!
    
    41 pages of poetic angst entitled "The Day I'll be Born"
    
    mainly comprised of a poetic form known as YAFDSP "Yet Another F*cking
    Depressing Survivor Poem" ;-)
    
    Actuallly, it is a healing journey...I read from it at an art exhibit
    opening for Sexual Assault Awareness Week at school and my therapist
    says she wants to show it to other people...i gave her permission, of
    course!
    
    Now, this silly grad school thing wants me to write *another* book! 
    sheez! ;-)
    
    \D/

    !!Congratulations for milestones reached \D/  Have you shared any of "The
    Day I'll be Born" here?  Would you be willng to do so?
    
    aq
    

    re: .189  Here's the title piece of the book...I sort of think this is
    my piece so far!
    
    
        THE DAY I'LL BE BORN
    by DanielS. Katz (1991)
    
	He will not see me
	sitting in the back pew;
	He will be dead,

	but I will be there,
	in gaudy, flowered shirt
	and brushed jazz shoes,

	to stand over his open casket
	and poke his waxed, rouged cheek,
	leave a deep thumbprint --

	not as deep as the mark 
	he burned into me.
	The scar still itches.

	I've a knack for the macabre,
	my blue black skin
	under layers of pink,

	glimpses of me
	underneath
	the mask --

	a shard of bone,
	a fingernail
	or a shy smile.

	Do I look so different?
	My wide, glistening eyes
	and heaving chest

	will calm soon.
	You can touch me
	and I will not flinch.

	I will smile for you,
	broad curl of the lie,
	and you will not know the difference.

	It is a game we play,
	the same smile I wore,
	the same eyes,

	until they are knocked out
	into the purple night
	and I am left here,

	blank face, blank stare.
	I have acted his play
	and want to dance,

	feel the soft, packed earth
	under my heel and kick
	the fresh-carved stone,

	shout our names into the night,
	link arms and whirl
	across the new grave;

	We will dance outward then,
	spinning ourselves from shade
	and into warm sunlight.

    I'm playing the part of Officer Krupke in "West Side Story" in a summer
    stock group, Stage One, in Manchester.  The play will be at the
    Palace Theater in Manchester, NH, the next couple of weekends.  I am
    completely in awe of the other actors (is that term unisex these days?)
    with speaking parts, as they are all experienced pro's, mostly from
    NYC.  And I was feeling rather inadequate.  But last night the director
    said my main scene worked and he didn't have any changes to suggest
    so I feel really great today.  I do not aspire to become an actor, but
    I have a lot of fun doing it and certainly don't want to mess up the
    play for the others.  Even though I only have 9 lines, I deliver the
    first scripted line of the play and I'm center stage as the curtains
    close, so it's exciting.
    					- Vick

    All *right* Victor!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    applause applause!
    
    E Grace

Vick - 

Congratulations!  Isn't the feel of sawdust under your feet intoxicating?

:-)

Nanci

    
    	Vick -
    
    	go for it.  as I said in mail, when I performed in West Side
    	Story in HS, it was the best time I've ever had! 
    
    	Hooray for you!
    
    	JJ
    

    Today I have been sober for 7 years.
    
    E Grace

    Wow!!!  Yowza, way to go.  I'm just too impressed for words.
    
    D!

        Hugs, more hugs, and congratulations, E.
        
        Dan

    Happy [other] birthday, E Grace, and many happy returns!
    
    aq

    
    yay E!
    go E!
    huzzah E!
    
    -Jody
    

    E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I *knew* there was *something* I liked about you, E! 
    
    Strength of character, yah, that's it!  well, part of it.  'course
    there's a whole lot more....
    
    Y I P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
    
    Sara
    

    E, just reading that affirms in my mind what I've known all along. You
    are one of the strongest, bravest, greatest human beings that it's been
    my honor and pleasure to be aquainted with. Bless you and
    congratulations. 
    
    Hugs and Love,
    
    PJ

    Way ta go E!
    
    Xtra Hugs
    jimc

    Right on, E Grace!!!!!
    
    Nancy

    A power of example.
    
    Sheri

    Today, I found out I passed a resit exam!!!!!!!
    
    ( see the rathole - I posted this there first.)
    
    Alice T.

    hurray for Alice!

    
    Congrats on passing your exam Alice T. !
    
    Also here's a hug for the less supportive response
    you got from Soapbox.
    
    Rich
    

    Thanks.
    
    (By the way, I've decided to delete them from my notebook - there's
    nothing they give I don't get elsewhere.)
    
    Alice T.

    Thanks, cheyenne.
    
    Congratulate my sister, too, everybody - she just passed her 'A' levels
    and has been accepted onto a degree course in German Studies.
    
    Alice T.

    re 10.1096
    
    Well done, Margaret!!
    congratulations!!
    
    
    Alice T.

    This Sunday night I'm going to be on the radio!!!!!!!  I'll be on
    WEVO (New Hampshire Public Radio) from 7:00 to about 7:30.  
    Holly Hendricks (a fellow DECcie and Womannoter) is one of the hosts 
    on the weekend folk show, and she's invited me to be her guest!
    
    She'll play some things from my demo tape, ask me some probing 
    questions :-), and have me play a couple things live.  This is very 
    exciting for me.  If you live in New Hampshire (probably Northern Mass. 
    can get it, too), I'd love it if you would tune in and send me some
    support over the airwaves.
    
    It's 89.1 FM in Concord/Manchester.  It can sometimes be pulled in from 
    northern Mass. People in the Keene area can sometimes get it on 89.5, 
    but it's not a very strong transmitter.  89.1 is the strong one.
    
    Holly is one of several hosts on the folk show on WEVO every Saturday from 
    7-11 and every Sunday from 6-10.
    
    Justine -- 

    Oh, Justine!  That's *wonderful*!
    
    E Grace

    Yeah, Justine!  That's *great*!!  
    
    -Janice
    

    Justine's going to be *famous*!!!!!!  Yipee!
    
    
    bright blessings!
    -HA

    
    justine,
    
     that's wonderful and exciting news.  
    
     would you consider doing a gig for rythmfests' day and/or night stage
    next year??  please?? (-:
    
  congrats!
    ~robin

    YYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY Justine
    I'll have to remember to tape the show.
    
    PJ(who can't wait for Sunday now
    

    Cheyenne, although that is one of the lovliest of pleases that I have
    ecver heard, it's hardly necessary. If I remember to tape it and if I
    can get the station to come in, of course, I'm honored by the request
    and the faith you have in me that I won't screw up. (Better print out
    Justine's note so's I don't forget.)
    
    PJ

    Congrats Justine!!!!
    
    
    :-)
    Karen

    Not to diminish any of Justine's glory, I think it's neat that
    Holly's doing well, too.
    
    					andrew

    
    I agree completely, but it has been one of my big-time goals to be on
    the radio, so I put it here in the "milestones" note.  I should think
    Holly would want to brag, too, about being a folk DJ!!!
    
    Justine

    
    Way to go! Justine!!
    
    Break a leg! (no, wait, that's acting.)
    Well, break a guitar string--or whatever musicians use to wish each
    other good luck.
    
    Debbi

    I biked 35 miles on Saturday, September 14th.
    

    Didn't read this until today, Justine.  :(  Guess I'll have to be
    content with your tape.  And I *am* giving it some exposure!
    
    Way to go, woman.
    
    S.

 
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    Gee, I'm not sure if I should put this in here, because you couldn't
    possibly get any *less* PC than this, but...
    
    I just got one of my, uh, er, erotic stories (yah, that's the ticket)
    published in "lesbian smut mag" :-).  My seem like small potatoes, but
    I'm quite proud of myself, and I haven't seen anything of mine in print
    since I worked on the school paper in junior high school!
    
    D!

Congrats, D!, well done.  I've never read a lesbian erotic story and
confess to a certain interest which I *hope* isn't inappropriate.

Where can I acqurie a copy of the one you published?

-d

    
    Congratulations, Diana!!!!!!!    Did you publish under your own name?
    I'll definitely have to get a copy -- does New Words carry it?
    
    Wow, from "Guns and Ammo" to "On Our Backs" (is that the one?) -- what
    a diverse group....  :-)
    
    hugs - and hope you have a great time in the land of the dykes :-)
                                                               ^
    Justine                                                    |
                                                               |
                                                       I just *had* to :-)

    It's in Bad Attitude, Justine, and yes, I believe you can get a copy of
    New Words.  Where I just happen to be going tonight, and not (just) to
    get a copy of the magazine. (I was promised two free issues, but I
    can't wait for them to send them to me.)
    
    Sure, -d, you can read it, but the magazine might, um, offend your
    sensibilities.  Then again, maybe not.  As I said, you can get one at
    New Words, or at Glad Day Books in Copley Sq. 
    
    It's published under "D!".  ;-) And it's called "My Turn" although for
    all I know they've retitled it. (I haven't seen it yet, just heard
    through the grape-vine that they finally got it in, after saying the
    would publish it last January.)
    
    D!

    Congratulations D!  How exciting for you!  :-):-):-)  Where in the Palo
    Alto/ San Jose area can BA be found?  I would love to take a look at your
    article.  
    
    It is wonderful how many incredibly talented members the =wn=
    community contains!  Always a pleasure to hear such SUPER news.
    
    -jer

    -jer, I don't know about down here, but one of my favorite S.F.
    bookstores, A Different Light, on Castro, is bound (with silk scarves
    (: >,) to have it.
    
    It's about time I checked for a new issue of "Frighten the Horses"
    anyway....
    
    Ray

    Another place in the Bay Area to try in Good Vibrations in San
    Fransisco.  I *think* they carried it - if not, I imagine they could be
    persuaded to.
    
    D!

    Congratulations, D!  That was a good story!  
    
    E Grace

    Congrats, D!!  That's quite an accomplishment!  :-)
    
    -Janice

    
    D!
    
    	Way to go!!!   I'll definatly go to our local bookstore and pick
    a copy up!   If it makes E Grace blush, then I've just *got* to read 
    it!  :-)  ;-)
    
    
    Debbi

    Congrats, D! 
    
    Isn't publishing a high? Once you see it in actual print,
    let me know if you've ever had a better high---sometimes
    I think publishing belongs in the "better than sex" note.
    
    	june

>    I think publishing belongs in the "better than sex" note.
    
    But what about misprints?  AAAAARRRRRGHHHH!
    
    And negative reviews?  Ouchie ouchie ouchie!
    
    Ray

    Ray,
    
    If I ever get my book published, I'll be SO happy, 
    that a negative review would be welcome! 
    
    	june
    
    This is assuming, of course, that it would be significant
    enough to merit review....I can dream, can't I?
    

    I got a poem published a few months ago, the one I put in Women's
    poetry note, but it only got published in a free magazine - so although
    people read it, they didn't pay for it.
    
    I got ten pounds though!
    
    Alice T.

    
    Double YAY!
    
    having them be able to get it free means that more people will read it. 
    Just think - admirers rushing you for autographs on the street, fan
    clubs!.,.....
    
    ;)
    
    -Jody

    On learning to see things in a new way:
    
    I need to order wood for my woodpile, so decided to measure how much I
    have left from last winter. I also needed to restack my two small piles
    into one larger one. When I uncovered the pile, I discovered snake
    skins and panicked. Before calling my "unwanted animal remover" (I do
    her spiders, she does my mice), I talked to a friend about it, and got
    some tips. Yesterday, I approached my woodpile again, said in a loud
    voice "Snakes, get out of my woodpile" and set to work slowly,
    carefully lifting each piece of wood to be moved.
    
    I didn't see any snakes, but did collect quite a few skins.
    
    And then I ran inside and called my friend and announced that I'd moved
    the wood. She told me that in Native American cultures, snakeskins are
    highly valued. It turns out that it's painful for a snake to remove its
    skin, but also necessary -- the snake "grows out" of its former size
    and needs new skin. It rubs against something rough (hence the
    woodpile) in order to free itself. This is so symbolic for me; in the
    last few weeks, I've been letting go (more) of past constraints and old
    pain. I've been acquiring "new skin" with which to face the winter. And
    I now have a snake skin as a trophy and as a reminder.
    
    
    BraveLiz

OOOOO!!!!

Liz - your story and insights gave me goose bumps all over!

Good growing!

Nanci

    
    Snakes & snakeskins were highly valued in *our* (western European) culture,
    once upon a time (set mode=Goddess), as symbols of life renewing itself..
    
    Sacred to Her, they were,
    
    Dorian

    Hmm. Interesting. Doesn't click with me as much as my friend's account,
    but if it works for you, great.
    
    
    Liz

My brewpartner (Ms Stacey Jueal) and I entered 8 different beers into
6 categories of the homebrewing competition at the 3rd annual California
Small Brewers Festival this past weekend.  4 of them placed, with one
first in its category (herb beers), 2 seconds (stout and steam) and a third
(also a stout).  We were trying to repeat our win in the stout category in
last year's Festival, but settling for 2nd and 3rd shows our valiant efforts,
anyway!

DougO

    
    Hey, that's great, DougO.  (But, what's an herb beer?  Sounds kind of
    funny.  And what kind of herbs did you use?)
    
    CQ

    Humm, hops and pot are in the same botannical family...
    
    Most likely woodruff, rosemary, sage... aromatic herbs.
    
    I forget what all you can make beer with, we use just malt and hops and
    honey to start the yeast.
    
    Congratulations, DougO.
    
       Margaret

> But, what's an herb beer?  Sounds kind of funny.  And what kind of herbs 
> did you use?

Well, as many a homebrewer, and many a cook has discovered, you just never
know what may suggest itself to you as an interesting ingredient while you're
whipping something up.  In this case, our beer was modified by the addition of
honey, grated ginger root, and stick cinnamon, to the wort.  Just about any
spices will result in a beer you could categorize as an herb beer.  We called 
that one "Gingersnap!"  

DougO

    Beers can use other plants than hops as flavourings.  Ones used
    in the past are nettles, rosemary, alecost (costmary), gruit (a mixture
    of herbs) and even ground ivy.  Once the hop became established
    though, use of other flavours/preservatives declined.
    
    'Mock beers' are also made using Apple, Beetroot, Bran, Cherry
    Dandelions, Elderflower, Ginger, Honey and on and on....
    
    Calvin

    Just to rathole this further:
    
    Horehound has also been used in the past as well.  The first beers
    brewed in north America were "Spruce Beers", since there were no 
    hops at that time here.  The young tips of the spruce tree were used as
    the bittering agents.
    
    Meg

Oh no! We have a file full of...BEER WEENIES!

    No. Some of us are just wine weenies.
    
    Ray

    What a weenie!

    
    	Today, Lynn and I have been married for 15 years,
    	faithfully, honestly, and lovingly.
    	And ya know, I'm kinda proud of it.
    
    						regards
    
    							Hank

    
    huzzah!
    
    

re: 6.334 (Justine)

>    Wow, from "Guns and Ammo" to "On Our Backs" (is that the one?) -- what
>    a diverse group....  :-)
    
	Justine, in the future, please refer to D! and I as
	
	

			The Sin Sisters  

	

	;-) ;-)

	Way to go D!!!   I want my own copy!  Which Harvard
	Square bookstores carry _Bad Attitide_ ?
	(any near the T?)

						nancy b.

	Way to go D!!!   I want my own copy!  Which Harvard
	Square bookstores carry _Bad Attitide_ ?
	(any near the T?)
    
    None, as far as I know.  The only three places I have *ever* seen it
    for sale were New Words in Inman Sq (unfortunately far from the T, but
    usually no problem parking), and Little Shop of Horrors and Glad Day
    Books, both in Copley Sq.
    
    A lot of people have asked me where they can get a copy, so I'm going
    to go ahead and post the address, but first a disclaimer...
    
    _Bad_Attitude_ is a Lesbian SM 'zine.  That's SM as in sadomasochism,
    and they make no bones about it.  It's not heavy SM (at least as far as
    what's out there).  The pictures (not very many, all black and white)
    are tame - a few are sexually graphic, almost none are SM-ly graphic. 
    The stories range from vanilla but outrageous to heavy bondage to
    almost-rape scenes to intense master-slave situations.  The magazine
    caters to Lesbians *into* SM, rather than the casual browser who wants
    to learn something about the subject - so it makes basic assumptions
    about what the audience understands.  The basic assumptions include,
    among others, and understanding that the stories are *fantasies* and do
    not represent anyone's actual desires, necessarily; that all *real* SM
    is consensual; that a lot of women like reading about things that bear
    little relation to reality; and it assumes a basic "vocabulary" - that
    is, common themes (such as master-slave, "daddy"-"boy", etc). 
    _Bad_Attitude_ is not a good place to learn about SM - if you want to
    do that, I have suggestions, write me.  Sort of like, if you are
    starting to learn about physics, first you learn about straight-forward
    Newtonian physics.  Only after you have a firm grasp on that do you try
    to learn the twist of Einsteinian physics - starting with BA is like
    staring with relativity.
    
    Anyway, my point is, if you can't handle 1) sex between women that not
    only doesn't involve men, but to which men are completely and totally
    irrelevent and 2) fairly graphic stories about SM, don't read it.
    
    That all said, if you want to order a copy, here's the address:
    
    Bad Attitude
    PO Box 110 
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    
    Back issues are $5, my story appears in Vol VII, Number III.
    
    Subscriptions, if you are so inclined :-) are 6 issues for $24.
    
    Enjoy!!!
    D!

    I have been asked to be a guest on a local talk show here in Seattle. 
    I will be discussing childhood sexual abuse.  This is a wonderful
    payoff for the work I have been doing for the past 5 years and I am
    *VERY* excited.  This feels wonderful.  The date is not set, but it
    will happen early next year.
    
    This one feels *GREAT*!
    
    Karen

    Congratulations, Karen!
    
    god, I admire you for being able to speak in public about abuse...the
    thought still makes me queasy.
    
    

    Congratulations Karen!  Way to GO!  I'm sooooo proud of you!  Be
    sure to tap in with me if you need support or I can help in any
    way!  This is wonderful!
    
    Congrats to Alice T!  It *is* nice when that happens, isn't it?!
    
    bright blessings,
    -HA

	well, I survived the months since my dad's death and
	have survived all the battles with "family" and lawyers
	and now......................

		THE HOUSE IS OFFICIALLY, FINALLY MINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	I went to the Registry of Deeds this morning and that was the
	last step !  The deeds are now registered and I have
	certified copies in my little hands !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Debbi J

    I just got through taping a segment for the local cable TV show, Focus,
    on NOW.  It went really well!
    
    This is a significant achievement for me, since the last time I was on
    TV I froze, and it was live.  Four seconds of pure hell.  Maybe the
    Focus taping will eradicate that experience from my memory bank.
    
    Also, I'm going to be speaking at Boston College next month to a
    woman's studies class, on being a political activist.
    
    judy
    

Judy,

That's great!

Can you post the time and channel?

Bruce

I've read the story D! published in Bad Attitude, and I'm impressed.
Lesbianism isn't my thing, but that doesn't matter here -- what I'm
getting at is that D!'s story is as good as anything else in the mag,
and better than most.  Nice mood setting.  I thought it was too short,
but that's the frustrated author in me, and D! explained why it was
that short.

Well done, D!!  (That s D! with an exclamation point, you see...)

-dick

    Is there any store that carry the Mag around the Maynard area?
    
    REK

REK,

Check with D!, I'm sure she can tell you where to get it.

-dick

    Oh, god!  I can't imagine life without it!
    
    Actually, I can.  I went 10 years without being on stage and it was
    	HELL!
    
    The rewards are most definately worth it....
    
    
    E Grace

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Karen - 

Wow!  What courage you must have!
Good for you!


Judy - 

Great!  It's hard to overcome stage fright when it's hit you hard once
but the rewards are worth it, right E?  :-)

Nanci

    
    I'm a runner-up in this year's Boston Haiku Society's haiku contest.
    
    D.

    Dorian, that's wonderful!  No "dog"geral this time, aye?
    
    E Grace

    That's great Dorian! 
    
    Manisha

    YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY Congrats Dorian. I never get enough
    of your poetry.
    
    PJ

    
    re last few -
    
    thanks very much!
    
    Dorian

    Have you posted your haiku here?
    
    I would very much like to read it.
    
    cheryl

    Hooray Dorian!
    
    Congratulations!
    
    Maia
    

    
    .384
    
    Okay, I'll put it in #40.
    

    
    Yay!

    In Brief
    I'm a runner-up in
    this year's Boston
    Haiku Society's
    Haiku Contest
    
    (1) Number of syllables:  Yep, 17, right enuf!
    
    (2) Content: A bit self-referential and -aggrandizing, hence only
    second place...
    
    :-) :-) :-) 
    
    But seriously tho, congrats Dorian!! -- especially now that I've read
    the REAL thing in 40.121 ...
    
    Very evocative.
    Thanks...

    
    
    Today is my 11th wedding anniversary!
    
    
    
    
    ...and they said it would never last!
    
    
    			(*8
    
    
    
    E Grace

 <guffaw!>

    I received my CPR certification card in the mail yesterday!!  :-)
    
    (The hardest part of the training was trying to get the head of the
    dummy attached properly again -- it feel off during my test!  *That*
    was embarrassing...but amusing to the class!!)
                                               
    -Janice

    YYYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYJanice. I've had mine for 3 years now. I pray we
    never have to use it, but I thank the Goddess that we know it. 
    
    The funniest part of our class(I take it here at work. I'm on PEO) was
    when I pushed to hard on Annie's chest and it collapsed. I ws soooooo
    red. 
    
    PJ

    I had to read your note 3 times to figure out that Annie was the CPR
    practice dummy, not the =wn= moderator.

    Now, I would never do such a thing to one of our esteemed MODS. Or
    anyone else for that matter. Howevern on reading your personal name, I
    wonder if an overzealous person hadn't gotten to you. :-)
    
    PJ

    :-)  I was wondering who else out there would know who "Annie" is...
    "Are you okay?"  :-) x 100
    
    Thanks, PJ.
    
    -Janice

    
    E Grace,
    
    
    
    BAhAAhhhaaaa  Gufh!  HaaaHHaaaHHaa!!!!
    
    (Goddess, the guys here *really* think I'm _crazy_!!!   :-)   )
    
    Debbi
    

    I've never taken CPR but I knew who Annie was.  One of my younger
    sisters explained it to me after Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
    came out.  (Guess that's a sign of getting old :-(
    
    In case you've never heard it, the chorus goes "Annie are you okay,
    Annie are you okay, are you okay Annie" (repeat about 6 times)
    
    ginny

    I don't know if a *man* is allowed to put stuff here but I'm going
    to anyway. (After all, I can now snarf an x00!)
    
    I finally got a promotion in the TA to Lance Corporal.
    
    Lance Corporal Batterbee, or Corporal Batts for short.  Hahahahaha.
    
    Maybe I should change my surname to punishment!  :-)
                           
    
    Jerome.
    
    PS - TA = Territorial Army, the UK equivalent of your National Guard.
    

    I have snarfed another x00.  Oooh er!           
    
    
    Jerome.
    
    PS - Yes I did come in on Sunday to get it!  :-)

        Oh, well, that leaves five topics sitting at .x98. :-)
        
        Dan

    re: 399
    
    Sounds like a character in a soap opera - all the men are named Lance!
    
    Ginny

Some of you may remember that I taped a half hour show on the Nashua cable 
channel a few weeks ago.  Well, this is the week that it is on.  Here is
the schedule for the Focus on NOW program on TV-13 this week: 

8:30 pm Tuesday

8:30 am Wednesday
3:30 pm Wednesday
9:30 pm Wednesday
11:00 pm Wednesday

9:30 am Thursday
Noon    Thursday
4:30 pm Thursday
7:30 pm Thursday

7:30 am Friday
2:30 pm Friday

I watched it this morning and wasn't too horrified by what I saw.  So I 
decided to put this reply in. 

judy

    
    What is TV13?