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bill shadows are so gloomy some of the time i just love your tag lines judy >From: "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: OFF-TOPIC/NON-PD: Stepping out of the shadows to stir the NON-PD > pot >Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 01:23:56 -0400 > >Hi all, > > I don't know what all I have missed. I've been in a bit of a > "mood" lately -- something I've been describing to people as a > "blue funk." I've even taken to deleting a digest or two "whole- > sale," unread. > > So, when I finally read a digest and it contained: > > > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:55:36 EDT > > From: Janet Quist <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: reality check - 2 Fish > > > > And now David's definition of love - this just keeps on getting better >and > > better! > > Jan Q. > > I really have no idea what it was referring to. But, it > caught my eye, struck a chord, and I though I might "stir the > pot" and post this off-topic definition from one of Robert Hein- > lein's more infamous characters, Jubal Harshaw: > > "Love is that condition in which the happiness > of another person is essential to your own. > > Love is a healthy condition... Jealousy is > a disease... > > The immature mind often mistakes one for the > other, or assumes that the greater the love, > the greater the jealousy - in fact, they're > almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves > room for the other. Both at once can produce > unbearable turmoil." > > Unlike many people I've met in my short existence in this > time-space illusion we call life on this almost insignificant > little planet in a far corner of our galaxy we call Earth, I do > not believe that sex == love or love == sex. So, this second > quote from the same author, also strikes a chord with me: > > "Sex should be a means of happiness ... or at > least pleasure. The worst thing about sex is > that we use it to hurt each other. It ought > never hurt. > > The ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of > us is forced to grope for a solution he can > live with - in the face of a preposterous and > unworkable code of so called 'Morals.' Most of > us know the code is wrong, almost everybody > breaks it. But we pay by feeling guilty and > paying lip service. > > The code says, 'Thou shalt not covet thy > neighbor's wife.' The result? Reluctant > chastity, adultery, jealousy and bitterness. Is > this commandment ever obeyed? If a man swore on > his own Bible that he refrained from coveting his > neighbor's wife because the code forbade it, one > would suspect either self-deception or subnormal > sexuality. Any man virile enough to sire a child > has coveted many women, whether he acts or not ..." > > Well, now that I've "stirred the pot," I think I'll try to > find my flame-retardant clothing and slip it on before stepping > back into lurk-mode and try to finish reading the 300 e-mails I > have let stack up in my in-box during my little "blue funk." > > Take care one and all, I'll pop back in again sometime soon > if the flame-retardant works ;-) ... > >Bill-- > ...who sometimes thinks that Chicken Little was right. > ...who keeps emotionally active by catering to his favorite neurosis. > ...who thinks that a woman without a man is like a fish without a >bicycle. > ...who heard that "Home, Sweet Home" was written by a bachelor. > ...who heard that love makes time pass but time makes love pass. > ...who loves J.C.M.'s Tee-shirt that says "Curb your dogma." > ...who is a little sad today because he ran over his Dogma with his >Karma. > ...who heard conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so >good. > ...who knows that in order to learn, one must change one's mind. > >.. William A. Parrette ...... 7177 Heritage Drive ....+------------------+ >.. [log in to unmask] .............. Westchester ............| (42?) | >.. [log in to unmask] ......... OH 45069-4012 ..........| \ ||||| | >.. [log in to unmask] ..... 513/779-0780 ...........| ( o o ) | >.............. http://w3.one.net/~wap/ ...............+----ooO--(_)--Ooo-+ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.