Conference hydra::dejavu

Periodicity

____ happens.  It's not an isolated phenomenon.

The cycle of life exists.  Better a bicycle than a unicycle: balance is hard
enough with two support points.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    What does periodicity mean, Steve?  
    
    Now you're getting me curious. :-)
    
    mary

Re .2 (Mary):

Periodicity is the tendency to act in cycles.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

I acted in a cycle once... but I never got anywhere because I kept coming
back to myself.  Now I just practice here-idicity.

Jeff

    I do things in cycles.  Everything in nature goes in cycles, it seems.
    One gets a burst of creativity and then has to rest for awhile before
    another explodes.
    
    The cycles form part of the patterns.

    
    What do you call it if, by chance, as I am casually strolling along
    a quiet boulevard in Paris, I turn a corner and accidentally bump into
    myself ?
    
    Am I a prisoner of my own destiny ?
    
    
    -Mark
    
    

Re .6 (Mark):

    >What do you call it if, by chance, as I am casually strolling along
    >a quiet boulevard in Paris, I turn a corner and accidentally bump into
    >myself ?
 
Clumsy. ;-)

    >Am I a prisoner of my own destiny ?
 
Perhaps a prisoner of reality's density. :-P

Anyway, Paris (Texas) isn't a bad place to visit.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thursday -- Rays your consciousmess.

Do you know anyone named Raymond?  Get several together, and have them develop
a set of criteria necessary to determine the acceptability of the beverage used
with water to make grog.  Then, apply the criteria to the various liquors unith
you find a candidate that passes all aspects.

You then have a speced rum of Rays.

Steve Kallis, Jr.z

    Some how this all makes complete sense to me.... 
    
    oh oh...

    re: .8
    
    The sound of groans...   ;^)
    
    Joel
    

Friday -- the love of power.

Exercise: create your own cosmos.

Get its structure, its order, and establish its rules.

Remember: no detail is too minute or too obscure.

The quality of the work lies in the worker.  Great weekend project, if you're a
slow worker.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Saturday -- the love of leisure
    
    Exercise: having created your own cosmos you find you have
    time on your hands.  Create a new style of leisure suit.
    
    Avoid white belts, if possible.
                                                  
    Joel
    

Monday -- Microcreation

If the veneer is convincing enough, it isn't perceives as being a veneer.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday theme: entropy

Structure is transient; so is Chaos.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday night theme: murkiness.

To err is human; to obfuscate, creative.

Exercise: find three new locutions for ordinary excuses.  Developp these into
          cliches.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    1. My canine partner underwent the process of mastication, using
    my term paper very unkindly.
    
    2. [when my boss whines about late monthly reports]  Time is
    an illusion...
    
    3. I thought *everyone* celebrated the birthday of St. Gorton's
    of Gloucestor, Patron Saint of Frozen Fish.
    
    These are already cliches, are they not?
    
    Joel
    

Wednesday -- "Anything can happen Day"   [Courtesy, _The Mickey Mouse Club_]

A palindrome has one, coming or going.

Think of some fitting remark, then keep it to yourself.

One thing that separates Man from higher-order beings is the degree of
a sense of humor.  

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .17,
>One thing that separates Man from higher-order beings is the degree of
>a sense of humor.  
    
    Yeah.  There's a celestial hyena in charge of my karma that's laughing 
    her head off right about now.  :*)
    
    	Are you having an identity crisis of some kind,
    	Steve ?  (re: P_Ns)
    
    								todd

Re .18 (todd):

    	>Are you having an identity crisis of some kind,
    	>Steve ?  (re: P_Ns)
 

Not at all; check replies in other notes of this conference.  

But since I'm replying anyway, another thought:

The answer to one's prayers may be, "No."

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    June.
    
    Carefully check your face for craters.
    
    Time to lose some serious weight.
    
    Add 1,000 yards to your drives.
    
    Center yourself tranquilly.
    
    Joel
    

  
  Theme : Carnal knowledge.
  
  What separates a highly developed man/woman from an animal ?
  
  The Vice Squad
  
  
  
  Sorry Girish, I couldn't resist it ! :-)
  
  Frank

Thursday -- Hi-yo Silver ... Futures

Theme: Pecuniarisms

What separates a fool from his money?  Often a waiter.

Project: Find efficient ways of tipping less.  Call it a diet lien.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Find efficient methods of taxing peasants more.  Call it a vassal --.
    
    							Ann B.

    Agenda:  Discovery new improved devices for carrying out the old.
    
    Prospectus:  Think of a humorous jingle to jangle the jungle
    
    Bliss out:  When a product name comes to mind:  Safe Sacks
                and an endorsement follows by the Los Angeles Raiders
    
    
    
    Frederick
    

Friday -- eggs over easy

Theme:  Developing planes

Action: Check woodworking shop for smoothing tools.
        Go to airports and look for heavier-than-air aircraft.
        Look after "Des" in the Illinois gazeteer.
        Check out peanut-farm sites in Georgia

Thought:  You only go around once --- if you're prone to dizziness.

Cautionary:  Keep a sharp lookout for Saturday.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Satryday -- Lust we forget.

Theme:  Satrytorial splendor

Project:  Develop transparent fig leaves.

Thought:  "Depending how it's viewed, everything is lewd."  -- Tom Lehrer, from
                                                               his song, _Smut_

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday -- OGIM (O Gawd, It's ... you know)

Theme -- Lean:  A support is only as good as its foundation.

Activity:  Consider developing a silicon (as opposed to carbon) based life form
analogous to termites, but which eats concrete.  Then consider a trip to New 
York City.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday:  Never, nver, never bite a married woman on the thigh.
(Tom Lehrer)

:-)
Nanci

<---- that begs the question:  where does one bite a married woman ??

and, is it ok to bite a single woman on the thigh on Monday?

;')

> and, is it ok to bite a single woman on the thigh on Monday?
    
    	Or multiple women for that matter ?   What about multiple
    	thighs of the same woman ?
    
    	Your scheme indeed leaves much to the imagination Nanci.
    	And thanks for that.
    
    					:-)
    
    							todd

Oh Beardless One and Toddlywinks -

Monday looks good to me!  :-)  I hope I can count on both
of you to put the bite on me!  ;-)

And how many teeth would you use to bite?

girish

Tuesday 11th June

	"It's strange how unimportant a persons job is when 
	 they're asking for a raise, but how important it can 
	 be when they want to take a day off."

girish

    re: .32,
> And how many teeth would you use to bite?
    	
    All but two.  I'd keep my eye teeth free to see what I'm doing.
    
    								todd

Tuesday -- Getting Ducks in Order day

Theme: Rationalization

Action:  Create four reasons for doing what you want.

Commentary:  Watching a movie alone is pleasanter  than being mugged in public.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .34 (Todd)
    
          Do you suppose it's okay if the thighs are "gummed" and not
    bitten?  And what if the eye-teeth are near-sighted?  And what if
    the eye-teeth are shut and can't see?  Is licking an acceptable
    substitute for biting?  And are hand-placements allowed (so as to
    make sure the target area isn't missed?)  Also, is this a double-blind
    test and, if so, do the individuals involved get to meet ahead of
    time or do they both wear blind-folds?  Does it matter if there
    is hair on the thigh?  Can fangs be used?
          I mean, this is very tricky business, here.  One shouldn't take
    such matters off-the-cuff.  If the ritual isn't precise, no telling
    what the results might be, no?  Is it desirable to recite a mantra
    during the biting (e.g., ohhh, oohhh, oooohhh....etc.?)  I mean,
    get with it...more data are needed here.
    
    Frederick
    

	Frederick,
	
	You didn't  use  any  smiley  faces.    How  do we know if you're
	serious or just kidding???
	
	;')
	
	What I want to  know:    is  a  bite  on  the  thigh an ending, a
	begining or a point along the route?
	
	:-)

J - 

It depends on your perspective, of course...:-)

Nanci

    re: .38 (N-anci)
    
           Ah, yes, but relatives would make it a lot different, wouldn't
    they?  They would for me, I think.   And yes, perspective changes
    based on both the position along the thigh and distance from thigh
    to eye-teeth.  On the other hand (and, after all, there usually are
    two hands...) the volume of the mantra can impact, too ("OUCH!  OUCH!
    OUCH!" for instance, lacks the melodious resonance of the softer,
    fleshier chords.)  And should one light up and smoke some incense
    before, during or after this ritual?  And don't forget the lights...
    would a vivid orange color cast an appropriate warmth or would a 
    rich green be better suited to the event?  And should the area 
    be appropriately prepared by a cleansing ritual of some type first
    or are au naturel spontaneities better?  
         What perspectives do you have in mind, anyway?  How am I doing?
    Am I off-target or am I close enough?   Maybe I could use more
    practice, what do you think?  Maybe I don't know as much as I should
    before proceeding.  But of all the rituals I've seen in DEJAVU, this
    one really whets the appetite, don't you think?
    
    Frederick
    

Frederick,

Perhaps you can experiment while you give your massages.  I will do the
same and we can then discuss all possible outcomes...   :-)

girish

    re:  .40 (Girish)
    
          Yeah, Girish, thanks, but I'm a bit ahead of you...at around
    the time I went to massage school nearly 12 years ago, we used to
    play around with what we called
    
    
           *ACCU-BITE!*   :-)
    
           Only it wasn't limited to thighs!   ;-)
    
           (I think the Count Dracula was a charter member...)
    
           
    Frederick
    (slight disclaimer---my massages for clients are professional...I
    only fool around with friends, and only in appropriate settings.)
    

    Wednesday: Enlightenment
    
    Devise a new school to promote enlightenment.  Solicit funds and
    helpers.  Embezzle no more than 30% of the funds.
    
    						Ann B.

    Thursday-  Submission
    
    Admit that you aren't as smart as others.  Pick out one or two
    among your favorite egg-heads and do anything they tell you to do.
    Never as the question, "Why?"  When they tell you about the stores
    of books and teachings that they have studied, feel lost and sullen
    and realize that heaven will await you upon death, since suffering
    is the way of the world for you.
    
    Make sure you spend whatever palty income you have on facials, vitamins
    and trips to Reno.  Get drunk once in a while.  Watch lots of soap
    operas.  Buy a new car every year.  Give generously to the begging
    charity of choice, support taxation for war efforts.  If all else
    fails, complain about people who somehow have managed to pull
    themselves out of the quagmire of poverty and work to see that they
    lose their money, too.
    
    
    
    Frederick
    

Thursday -- Time to take a drink.

Project:  Spend at least an hour finding and categorizing hallucinations.
          Sort them out according to size.  Put in neat piles. 

Thought for the day:  Never put off today.

Steve Kallis, Jr. 

    join my new order, the electronic howling dervishes. The initiation is
    self induced.... Buy several stun guns (or build them. I sell plans for
    $10.00) and shock yourself into an altered state.
    
    john

Friday -- Think mediocrely grandiose

Project:  Disrupt the scheduled planetary conjunction.  Don't accept any
          whining.

Thought:  The stars are out.  Will return after sunset.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday -- 

Theme: What a way to start the week!

Concept:  Information abhors a vacuum: if there's no accurate information,
          rumors abound.

Project:  Create a zero-information rumor.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday -- Procrastination

Thought -- It's never too late to put off elective choices.

Project:  Find three wothhwhile projects.  Sit on them.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Friday.

Theme -- Looking back.

Thought: "In the race of life, don't look over your shoulder.  Something
          might be gaining on you."  -- Leroy ("Satchell") Paige

Project:  Find old high-school yearbooks.  Fantasize.  Create your own past.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Additional thought to .49
    
    Thought: "Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be" 
    
    Kevin

Monday -- The moon is not yat full: bon apetit!

Theme: tides

Project: find three -- no, make that four -- ways to develop attractiveness.

Thought: Time and tide wait for no man: the perfect demonstration of cosmic
         lack of politeness.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday --  publicity day

Thought:  The pen is mightier than the sword.  The State pen, that is.

Project: Write graffiti in phonetic Etruscan.

Avoid falling hares.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday -- "Gastroliths are a grind" day

Theme: You must be kidding!

Project:  Develop a new artificial manifestation.  Manifest it.

Thought: Paper covers rock.


Steve Kallis, Jr.

Friday -- "Tomorrow is the first day of the weekend."

Project: Create a love filter.  Pour into it a love philter.  Separate out
         the components.

Thought:  "Turnover" needn't be a pastry.

Advice:  Be careful about taking advice.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday -- the moon is waning, too.

Theme:  Today is the last day of your life 'til now.

Project: Concentrate on a half-full glass.  Half-empty it.  See?  No
         sweat [unless it was half-full of perspiration].

Thought: Power can be metered.  Ask the Public Utilities Commission.

Concept:  When making cheese, remember: Edam is made backwards.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday -- training for Wednesday

Thought:  "That which you dread may creep under the bed."  -- some kid.

Project:  Create a salad with at least one mystic ingredient in it.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Mystic ingredient?  From experience, I say: avoid belladonna!
    
    Joel
    

Wednesday -- the beginning of a long, long, weekend

Theme -- salvage

Thought -- One person's junk is another person's yard sale.

Project -- Dust off old akashic records.  Transfer to tape.

Maxcim:  It's never too late to procrastinate.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday -- that's past; forget it.

Tuesday -- 2nd day of the workweek.  

Theme -- Two's company (i.e., you do for the company)

Thought -- The end of one project is the beginning of the next cost 
           justification.

Project -- Develop an infallable ... develop anything that's infallable.
           Market it.

Motto -- I have not yet begun to fight: just getting to work is a chore.

Portent -- Wednesday's coming.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    
    From Steve's note 1475.59 -

    
Project -- Develop an infallable ... develop anything that's infallable.
       
    Hmmmm....a swimming pool is infallable...but isn't it only the Pope
    who's infallible?
    
    gloria

    

Re .60 (Gloria):

>Project -- Develop an infallable ... develop anything that's infallable.
>       
>    Hmmmm....a swimming pool is infallable...but isn't it only the Pope
>    who's infallible?
 
That proved the point.

But "infallable" was the lower mind speaking.

I stand by my project theme.  (Beds are infallable; love is infallable; 
error is infallable; stupors are infallable ...)

|:-P 

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday -- Isn't that enough?

Thought:  The Spirit of Christmas Past.  But it will return.

Advice: Check the CAPS LOCK key.

Project: Examine your moral code.  Determine whether it can become an ANSI
         standard.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    
    StEvE - yOu'Re ReAlLy GoInG oFf ThE dEeP eNd!
    
    Cindy

>Project: Examine your moral code.  Determine whether it can become an ANSI
>         standard.

Hm... I've never given it a thought whether my moral code is a one byte
code, or a two byte one. I guess that's a prerequisite to become an ANSI
standard? Or does it depend where it bytes in?

:-):-)

Arie

    re: .64 (Arie)
    
         I guess it has to do with character recognition patternings.
    Also, parity bits factor into this somehow.
    
    Frederick
    :-)
    

    
    
    
    		Moral code....... ANSI standard!!!! ;-);-);-)
    		I love it! 
    		Steve can I borrow that one?  8-)
    
    
    
    		Mike

Monday -- Don't shirk the work

Thought:   While the sky might be blue because of Rayleigh scattering, blue
           is blue -- just because.

Project:  Think of a three-digit number where the first digit is bigger than
          the second, and the second bigger than the third.  Reverse this number;
          and subtract the new number from the first.  Take the resulting number
          and reverse it as well. Add the last two numbers.  If you're working
          in base 10, the final number should always be the same.

Consideration:  Numbers are funny; transcendental numbers, hilarious.

Lemma:          A piece of pi is random, therefore, random numbers can become
                a piece of pi.  Almost palindromic, isn't it?

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday -- the spasm in the plasm

Theme: discontinuity or singulartity

Project:  Find a couple of black holes.  Set them to collide.  Determine which
          falls into which.

Thought:  "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger
          than we _can_ imagine." -- J. B. S. Haldane

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thursday -- Thank you; I'll have a drink

Theme: Power as a function of force over time

Thought: Every kilowatt is a means of boogying the flux density, especially
         in AC environments.

Project:  Develop a new power source, preferably at the leading edge of thermo-
          dynamics.  Create your own modality.

Maxim:  If you bake a fenny snake you'll have a stake for the reality make.
        (Don't try to analyze it: if it feels good, you've got a think for
          warm, dead, ophidians.)

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Friday -- long gone, but don't worry: another's on its way.
Saturday -- traditional bath night.
Sunday -- the new week begins, or the old week ends.  Or maybe not.

Monday -- 

Theme:  Unbridled power

Project: Construct an appropriate bridle.  Hold a bridle shower.

Thought:  There is no human so powerful as can't be brought down by 
          chloral hydrate.  But lots would like to think so.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re .70  Monday...  Wow!! Wiser than you realize!

Tuesday -- If viewed correctly, repititious

Theme:  Everything has consequences.  Why not?

Project:  Find a new dimension.  Share it.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thursday -- Not the last one, either

Motto -- "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of
          in thy philosophy, Horatio." --  Prince Hamlet

Thought -- A door closes; a window opens.  What a silly house design.

Project -- Develop a self-replicating anomaly.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Friday -- Time out (moving)

Motto -- "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all
          be as happy as kings.  And you know how happy kings are _these_
          days." -- James Thurber

Thought -- The empty barrel makes the loudest noise; but to get it, you may
           have to kick it.

Project -- Verify an axiom.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday -- where has the week gone?

Theme:  Run

Thought:  A perfect palindrome would approach circularity.

Lemma:  Dimensions need not be spatial nor time related.

Project:  Visualize an n-dimensional hypersphere with unit radius.  Determine 
          why, to ba mathematician, it can be thought of as nearly hollow.

Slogan:  An infinite loop can have finite steps.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Friday -- the week stops here.

Thought -- There never was an opinion that provoked an objective fact.

Project --Think of a number between one and twelve.

Power Words:  Ooooh Eee, ooo wah-wah; ding, dang, walla-walla bim bam.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday -- named after Odin, for those who care

Theme: Anything worth doing is ... worth doing.

Thought:  Many people can chop down a tree, but few will spray them.

Project:  Establish a "safe haven" for wood sprites.  Set it up as a tax-free
          writeoff.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Friday -- And you wondered whether you'd ever get to it.

Concept: governmentalized contemplationary bureau: The United States Navel 
                                                   Observatory.

Thought -- Power is only as good as its wielder; power lunches are only as
           good as the caterer.

Project -- Develop a new power source.

Observation -- Nobody normally sees the inside of his or ger eyelids.
               Nobody particularly wants to.

Steve KaLLIS, JR.

Tuesday --  Black_holistic health day

Thought: When you feel well, you fgeel on top of the world; when you are
         under the weather, you know that a sphere has no top.

Project: Create a harmless disease.  I mean really harmless.

Concept:  Deep breathing kills germs; but it's difficult to get them to
          breathe deeply.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- Hurrinanes and Himmicanes

Thought -- An ill wind blows

Project -- Collect hurrinanes.  Store them away for future use

Concept -- There is no hurricane so small that it can't spawn tornadoes.

Lemma -- Try to walk on water in a storm.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- litter

Thought -- Litter is a mess; it also is a stretcher; and, in addition, it 
           represents a bunch of certain kinds of baby critters.

Concept -- The opposite of devestation is vestation.

Project -- Compose a power chant built upon the mingling of opposites.
           Keep it clean.

Maxim -- The sound of one hand clapping implies a > Mach 1 hand.

         Zen there were none ...

Steve Kallis, Jr.

>Maxim -- The sound of one hand clapping implies a > Mach 1 hand.
>
>	Zen there were none ...

	Brilliant!!!

    
    Re. .80 (Steve)
    
    Need a little clarification.
    
    Did you mean devAstation, as in brought to ruin or desolation by
    violent action?           -or-
    
    DevEstation, as in defrocked, or relieved of garments?
    
    In either case, I thoroughly enjoy your daily pronouncements.
    
    
    Marilyn

Re .82 (Marilyn):

    >Did you mean devAstation, as in brought to ruin or desolation by
    >violent action?           -or-
    > 
    >DevEstation, as in defrocked, or relieved of garments?

Haven't you ever heard of "wind-stripped"?  ;-)

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- Clean up the act

Thought -- It's an ill wind that blows.

Corrolary -- Bob is history, unless you live in an area without power.
             [Hurricane Bob downed power lines, for those not in the
             [Greater Maynard area. ;-)]

Counterthought -- Not all winds are hurricanes (though some aspire to be).

Project -- Develop your own hurricane.  Then print it.

Maxim -- A wise answer may evolve from a stupid question.  So may a stupid
         answer.

Lemma -- A wise question is like a wild card.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    
    Re. .83,
    
    :^)
    
            

Thursday --  Named after Thor, FWIW

Thought -- Sunshine not only follows clouds, it produces them.

Project -- Develop an emotional outlet.  Get it certified by the Underwiters' 
           Laboratory.

Maxim -- An unnatural law is a product of humans.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- angularity

Thought -- Though the angle may be short, the chasm may go wide, if you keep
           working along it.

Project -- construct an equilateral right triangle (it can be done).

Passe cliche -- "I love my wife, but oh Euclid."

Concept -- An apple a day is seven a week.

Lemma -- You can try to carve something like a Jack-O'-Lantern out of an
         apple, but it's more difficult and oxidizes more quickly.  The eyes,
         etc., can be angular, though.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- Into a little wind, some life may blow.

Thought -- Not every Monday has a hurricane.

Lemma -- Some do, though.

Concept -- Picking up the pieces isn't half as difficult as holding up the 
           peace.

Derivitive -- Entropy has a way about it.  One way.

Project -- Reverse entropy locally.

Idea -- Don't take logical inconsistency too seriously or you'll lose your
        sense of humor.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday -- This Little Piggie Went to Market day

Thought -- Auric metatarsals are golden arches.

Theme -- Somewhere over the rainbow -- is another rainbow.  (It's not just a
         way of life; it's an optical principle).

Project -- Make faith a matter of belief.

Concept -- Although the infinite transcends the finite, that doesn't mean it
           doesn't get transcended itself.

Corrolary -- The finite transcends the infinitesimal.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thursday -- Wednesday's shadow; Friday's harbringer

Thought -- Are there sand-wiches in the desert?

Corrolary -- In the dessert?

Maxim -- There are more things in the world than are dreamt of in your 
         philosophy, Horatio -- Prince Hamlet, in a reflective moment

Corrolary -- If a ghost tells you something, don't brood on it overmuch.

Project -- Erect an arras.  Check behind it periodically for eavesdroppers.

Question -- If a shade in California makes contact with a spook in Maine,
            does this constitute a ghost-to-ghost linkage?

Steve Kallis, Jr.

  
  > Project -- Erect an arras.  Check behind it periodically for eavesdroppers.
  
  Next he'll be telling us to cover it ! :-)
  

Wednesday -- a long weekend shortened by distance

Thought -- It was a brave person who ate the first oyster.

Counterthought -- Oysters asre best eaten shucked.

Concept -- Few gurus ever had to meet a payroll.

Project --  Purchase a ticketfor the astral plane.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thought -- No matter how hard you try, it doesn't get easier.

Lemma -- F=ma

Corrolary -- Enlightenment is the first step.  But only the first step.

Project -- Establish a foundation.

Concept -- The yolk of an egg cooks faster than eggwhite.

Steve Kallis, Jr

Wednesday -- The wheel turns, and having turned, makes road pizza.

Theme: Irony -- some iron a day keeps up the haemoglobinal health.

Thought -- Behind each successful person is a partner, often overlooked and
           ignored.  Not a bad arrangement.

Lemma -- A stage magician cannot saw a lady in half without the lady.

Corrolary -- He or she needs a saw, too.

Concept -- "The tools of the trade" doesn't mean to trade tools.

Project -- Create a new reality.  Set it to music.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

23 September, and the Moon is full.  How about you?

Precept -- If you go out at night to dance naked (howling optional) beneath
           the full Moon, and it's raining, bring along some soap.  Waste not,
           want not.

Corrolary -- If it's raining, you won't see the full Moon.  But it will be
             full, anyway.

Thought -- There are General Motors vehicles on the Moon.  There goes the
           neighborhood!

Project -- Create a new planetary system. Give it a variable reality.
        
Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday -- the Moon was full yesterday; now it's emptying.

Theme: strife

Thought:  Quarrels may not settle anything, but they sure get the adrenaline
          going!

Lemma:    In time, they can produce ulcers.

Maxim:    You don't have to quarrel to struggle.

Minim:    You don't have to quarrel.

Project:  Find an opportunity for a heated discussion.  Count to ten instead.

Steve Kallis, Jr. 

Theme for Tuesday:  Gracious

Thought -- Tuesday's Child is fair of ... well, Tuesday's Child is
           probably full of strained spinach.

Concept -- The moving finger, having writ, leaves grafitti.

Lemma -- "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" wasn't the last word, but the
         point was made.

Idea --  A concept is the kernel of an hypothesis. 

Pondering point -- Power may not be an illusion, but it creates them.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .97 (Steve)
    
    Your last point reminds me of the old chess maxim: the threat
    is stronger than the execution.
    
    Joel
    

>    Your last point reminds me of the old chess maxim: the threat
>    is stronger than the execution.
    
    Yah, I never liked that characteristic of chess.  I always thought it
    would be much more satisfying to be able to run 'the old man' through,
    rather than just trap him with threats, some of which according to
    the rules can be completely idle and yet still be binding.  Too
    much politics for my taste.
    
    That's why I like speed chess, you can capture the king if your
    opponent leaves it in danger. Bah hah hah ... B^)
    
    							todd

Tuesday --

Theme: Appearances are not what they seem.

Thought:  Whenever you dig deep enough, you find yourself in a hole.

Concept:  The crustacean progresses by moonlight, where the dog and the wolf
          just sit and howl.  That has nothing to do with relative intelligence.

Lemma:  You don't have to be in a race to be slow and steady.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday -=- Relevance is relative.

Thought -- Never obtain a duck that has an agenda.
Lemma --   Nor a chicken, either.

Concept -- There are no dirty words; just dirty intentions.
Corrolary -- An insult is easier to bear than a sales tax.

Verity -- Potato chips were invented in anger.
Verity -- Nobody has patented the Cocker Spaniel.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Wednesday --

Theme:  Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until next week.

Action:  Get a stamp that says "Refer to Smith."  There's bound to be a Smith
         close enough.

Thought:  Procrastination is Nature's way of reducing stress.

Lemma:  There is never enough time to do it right; always enough to do it over.

Concept:  A wait loop is a computer's way of getting nowhere fast.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Tuesday, and who cares, particularly?

Thought: is wiggling one's ears a paranormal ability?

Lemma:  how about wiggling one's toenails?

Project:  Take the "normal" out of "paranormal."

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.

    Jamie.

Themes: Like Old Times

Question for contemplation:  If hydroponics is raising plants using water and
                             gravel, what is radionics?

Lemma:  If dowsing is using wooden objects to find water, what is mousing?

Thought for today: An increase in power can result in a higher payment for
                   enlightenment.

Nota bene:  An anabram for "paranormal" is "Mop Lana Rar."  Just who is Ms.
            Rar, and why does she need cleansing?

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme:  Voice mail is an oxymoron.

Concept:  To communicate properly requires interactive feedback -- unless you 
          leave a note.

Project:  Communicate nonverbally without barking, mewing, quacking, or using
          obscene gestures.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

   RE: Note 1475.106 by HELIX::KALLIS 

> Project:  Communicate nonverbally without barking, mewing, quacking, or using
>           obscene gestures.

   Uh, gee, facial expressions usually work pretty well.

   At least my mother was always able to get me to stop some activity with
   just a look.   

   My lover can tell me he'd like to start some activity with just a look.

   :^)  :^)  :^)

   								Terza

Theme -- Now is the discontent of our winter

Thought -- Is Johnathan Winters discontented?

Concept -- Duration is nature's way of separating then from now.

Lemma -- No matter how long you wait, you'll wait until it's over.

Corollary -- Quitting doesn't hasten the process.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme: Wring out the old.

Concept:  Today is the last day before the eclipse.

Thought:  There is none so blind as a Venetian window-coverer.

Lemma: Eclipses and shade have something in common.

Corrolary: A sundial has no area code.

Precept:  It can truly be said that once in a blue moon is not half as fulfilling
          as twice in the back seat of a car.

Derivitive:  Of course, it's nobody's business.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- complexity

Thought -- Chaos isn't the same as Byzantine, but each has its charms.

Corollary -- A snake might look thin to a hippopotamus, but not to another 
             snake.

Cliche -- A stitch in time saves nine.

Derivitive question -- What do you stich time with?

Lemma -- If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance ....

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme:  Let a smile be your umbrella

Thought: a groundhog's shadow is only as long as h*cot(s) on a plane surface,
         where h=height of groundhog, and s= angle of sun above the horizon.

Lemma: the above maxim is inapplicable on overcast days, or at night.

Corrolary:  .. or if the groundhog is (standing, sitting, or lying) in the shade.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Monday -- 

Theme:  Unity

Thought -- The whole is the sum of its parts.

Lemma -- The hole is the absence of parts.

Concept -- A Dirac space is holey.

Counterpoint --  Negativity is relative to positiveness.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

	Hey man, those jeans have been blessed!

	Yeah man, they're hol[e]y!

    Re .114 (Cindy):
    
    "Wanga" is a variant spelling of "ouanga."
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .115 (Steve)
    
         Isn't that related to the Baboon family?  I think it's
    short for Wanga-tangs.  Or maybe that was a movie I saw (Willie
    Wanga and the Chocolate Factory.)  Sort of reminds me of
    a motorcycle when it's first started up: "Wanga, wanga, wanga!"
    It could also be this thing that Aborigines throw--a boomerwanga.
    Or maybe it's related to marijuana, a variant of ganje (sp?)
    
    
    Frederick
    

           <<< Note 1475.114 by 4158::PAINTER "let there be music" >>>
                               -< Whatsa Wanga? >-

    
    	An Italian penis?
    
    	rjc

    
    A merger of Olivetti and Wang Labs?
    
    rjc
    

    You mean as in "A complete Wanga"?
    
    Laurie.

Re .last_few:

<Sigh.>  

A ouanga is a charm, usually one or more related objects, usually put in a small
bag and carried on or kept near near one's person.

Ah well ...

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

Theme:  Connectivity

Thought -- An isolated system is still surrounded by what its isolated from.

Lemma -- The bigger the fire, the larger the border to the darkness.

Derivitive -- Walls organize, but that's their basic purpose.

Project -- Develop a macroscopic tunnel diode.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .120 (Steve-heave)
    
         "<Sigh.>"
    
         Stevie, baby, don't tell us you're turning into a martyr!
    Say it ain't so, Steve-the-man!  
    
    
    Frederick
    

Re .121 (Fredrick):

    >   Stevie, baby, don't tell us you're turning into a martyr!
    >Say it ain't so, Steve-the-man!  

Nope.  But if you have to explain it, it ain't funny.  

(Hint: my "Schemes" personal name's got one level of consistency.)

================================================================================
Thought -- A punch line with no punch is like a Judy doll  without ...
           (the rest is left as an exercise to the student body).

Lemma -- Never overestimate the power of a pun.

Concept -- An easy step in development is to use a Polaroid camera.

Project -- Say "Cheese."  For extra credit, name several cheese types.

Adage -- When making cheese, remember, Edam is made backwards.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Special thoughts on the 14th:

Theme -- "Fooling around" is an incorrect term: it may be around, but nobody's
         fooling!

Lemma -- "Making love" is only a small subset of loving.

Concept -- A dozen roses won't hurt -- if you smell them rather than sit on 
           them.

Derivitive -- The thorns on a rose were put there for defense.

Project -- Get rid of headaches with a candlelight dinner and music.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Week of the 21st --

Theme -- Deactualization

Thought:  Where the dream is harsher than the reality, somebody's got an 
          attitude.

Lemma:  Both vodka and gin look like water, but neither supports germs.

Concept:  The more hostile the environment, the less friendly it is.

Project:  Develop a user-unfriendly operating systen different from those
          already on the market.

Alternate:  Assemble a Tarot deck where all the cards are Five of Swords.

Adage:  Those without clairvoyance are doomed to watch TV.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Theme -- Ego Guarantees

Thought:  "Self" gets the "f" off of "shelf."  

Lemma -- The collective subconscious tends not to be selective.

Lemma -- One need not be shadowed by the "Evil I."

Adage:  Never guarantee what you can't handle; never handle what you can't
        guarantee.

Lemma:  A warrantee is one who has a waranty.

Project:  Develop a positive way to be self-conscious.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Re .125 (houngan):

>Thought:  "Self" gets the "f" off of "shelf."  

Re .126 (Todd):

>re: .125, *"h"* off of "shelf"

You're getting past the "shel" of the problem.

Made ya have a thought, no? ;-)


Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: last two
    
          I think both of you "elfs" are just having fun with getting
    the "f" off...especially since you can't beat the "s" out of self
    or put the "h" back into it to make it a shell of a game.
    What shay we leaf it that, eh?
    
    Frederick
    

Thought: When you're down and out, lift up your head and shout.

Concept:  If you laid all the lazy people in the world end to end, they 
          wouldn't get up.

Project:  Buy a Tarot deck today so you can find the April Fool.

Idea:  The first distribution of cards is a raw deal.

Slogan:  "`The game is done; I've won, I've won,' quoth she, and whistled 
         thrice."   [It's a pretty good icebreaker at dull parties.]

Steve Kallis, Jr.

For the weakened ...

FOCUS:  The real or virtual point of convergence of ray traces.

THEME:  To appear to be.

MAXIM:  He or she who would wish to play in rain puddles will have to wait for
        the rain,.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Thursday and the weak:

Adage:  Never put off until tomorrow what you can defer indefinitely.

Lemma:  Cracks are for things to slip through.

Thought:  There are more empire-builders than empires.

Corrolary:  There are more dreams than dreamers.

Observation:  "Frimmin' in the jim-jam, fropping in the krotz" will never  
              replace "Shazam!"

Steve Kallis, Jr.

>> Observation:  "Frimmin' in the jim-jam, fropping in the krotz" will never  
>>                replace "Shazam!"

    No, but it still might make a top 40 single. :-)

    > Observation: "Frimmin' in the jim-jam, fropping in the krotz" will never  
    >               replace "Shazam!"
                             ^^^^^^
    I thought Captain Marvel was banned after a copyright dispute with
    Superman.

    Jamie.

Re .133 (Jamie):

The _real_ Captain Marvel (aka "the Big Red Cheese") did indeed "go out of
business" for a while, since National Comics ("DC") outlasted Fawcett in
the "Superman versus Captain Marvel" court case.  Later, however, National
negotiated with Fawcett Publications and publishes Captain Marvel stories
now and then (including a Captain Marvel & Superman teamup or so); however,
since Marvel Comics came up with a(n ersatz) "Captain Marvel" and published
a comic with that name, the National publications have used another title;
mostly _Shazam_, which really was the name of the old wizard.

Now back to the schemes ...

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Re .134

    >_Shazam_, which really was the name of the old wizard.
       
    Ah yes, he was the one who sat in a cave under sword hanging by just a
    thread.

    Jamie.

Guest thought:

Remember, it's uphill all the way; and when you get to ther top, it's still 
uphill.

                                          -- Kelvin Throop

Copyright 1992 Davis Publications, Inc.

    Actually, it was a huge block of stone over his head and that has since
    crashed on him more then once. Actually if you follow comics at all.
    captain Marvel (The original Fawcett/DC version) has been redefined a
    number of times. (You are now leaving the Rathole)
    
    PJ

>    (You are now leaving the Rathole)

    Not yet!  Nobody has mentioned that Shazam is an acronym.  I think I
    remember all but the last two letters:

	Samson, Hercules, Apollo, Zeus, A?, M?

    Anyone remeber the last two? (And no, it is neither Ante Meridiem nor
    Amplitude Modulation).

					Topher

    > Not yet!  Nobody has mentioned that Shazam is an acronym.  I think I
    > remember all but the last two letters:

    >	Samson, Hercules, Apollo, Zeus, A?, M?
    
    For some reason, Achilles sticks in my mind as the second A.  Complete
    blank on the M, though...
    
    If that isn't enough, SHAZAM is actually two acronyms.  Mary Marvel had
    her own set of goddesses.  Vague memories bring to mind:
    
    	S?, Hera, Athena, Z?, Aphrodite, M?
    
    Anybody else waste entirely too much of their lives reading comics
    while growing up? (Which I guess implies I haven't finished growing up
    yet :-) )
    
    John

    

    ...the A is for Artemis and M for Medea (or Medusa depending on your
    mood)...however, I think this rathole is a bunch of b.s. anyway...

    Ok, lets rat on the gods and put an end to this rathole.  Here's what
    the letters stand for (so much for my vague memories).   In case anyone
    really cares, have a formfeed first.
    
        Big Red Cheese		Mary Batson
    S - Solomon (Wisdom)	Selena (Grace)
    H - Hercules (Strength)	Hippolyta (Strength)
    A - Atlas (Stamina)		Ariadne (Skill)
    Z - Zeus (Power)		Zephyrus (Fleetness)
    A - Achilles (Courage)	Aurora (Beauty)
    M - Mercury (Speed)		Minerva (Wisdom)

Re .137 (PJ):

Actually, it cgrashed on him once.  But after he "disappeared," Billy Bastson
discovered that by lighting a brazier/torch in the "throne" room would call
him back.  The old wizard lives on the Rock of Eternity, which, by flying around,
can get one various different places in space and time.  At the _base_ of the
Rock of Eternity grows Moly, the magic variety ("Holy Moly"), in contradistinction
to the common, garden variety Moly (_Moly vulgaris_, botanically; I presume
"Holy Moly" would be _Moly sanctus_ or some such).  Presumably it was M. sanctus
that enabled Odyessus to resist the spells of Circe.

'Nuff said.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Correct on the falling rock Steve. However, DC has revamped Captain
    Marvel more then once and I think he's due for another one soon.
    Anyway, each time Marvel's revamped, poor old SHAZAM gets the old stone
    block on the noggin. Anyway you look at it, I wouldn't want to be in
    his seat.
    
    Now can anyone do the SHAZAM acronym for Black Adam. He's the guy who
    got the SHAZAM powers back in ancient Egypt and was corrupted by them. 
    His powers were based on the Egyptian gods.
    
    
    BTW the H in Mary's patron goddesses was for Hera and wisdom I believe.
    I think Wonder Woman would have a say about her Mom supporting Mary
    over her in the strength department. :-)
    
    PJ

Re .27 (PJ):

On the Black Adam "Shazam," I saw it once.  It used various Egyptian deities
(alone) as its basis.  Since there is a certain latitude in the pronunciation
of Egyptian, that version wasn't overly difficult.  But I can't remember the
exact pantheon.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    DECWORLD '92 -- Day 1:
    
    Thought:  Never assume.
    
    Lemma:  Never presume.
    
    Corollary:  If you presume to assume, be careful what you adduce in
                order to deduce.
    
    Concept:  Create your own chaos.
    
    Derivitive:  Rationalize it.
    
    Thought for an election year:
    
    If "pro" is the opposide of "con," what is the opposite of "Progress"?
    
    

Tuesday --

Thought:  Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from
day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time.

Lemma -- "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" -- sonmg from the musical, _The Boys From
         Syracuse_.

Corrolary -- If someone offers you a thanehood, try to find out what the catch 
             is.

Concept:  It's more Politically Correct to say "weird sisters."

Lemma -- Lincoln once pointed out calling the tail  of a dog a leg doesn't make
         it one.

Corollary -- Before you grasp what is offered, take a good look at it.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    guffaw!  :-)
    
    Another politically correct term is "the Scottish Play". 
    
    Nanci

RE: .146 (Steve)

>Lemma -- "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" -- sonmg from the musical, _The Boys From
>         Syracuse_.

    _Kiss Me Kate_, I believe.

				    Topher

Concept:  Breathing is addictive

Corrolary:  Eventually, one quits doing it.

Lemma:  Venting one's spleen can be messy.

Project:  Develop an alternate.

Observation:  A dentist with an extractor facing a vampire has two choices --
              tooth or consequences.

    Thought:  Yesterday is last week's future.
    
    Corollary:   Time isn't an illusion, but it may be an allusion.
    
    Thought:  An hourglass is a time machine.
    
    Lemma:  So's WWV.
    
    Concept:  If your upper digits are pinned beneath a heavy alarm clock,
              you've got time on your hands.
    
    

Fact:  "Intoxicated" originally meant "Shot with a poison arrow."

Concept:  Anybody's capable of giving an answer to a question.
          Not everybody gives a correct answer, though.

Observation:  The empty barrel makes the loudest noise; the squeaky wheel gets 
              the oil: kinda makes you think, doesn't it?

Lemma:  Yawns are contageous.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Quote:  "In the race of life, don't look back.  Something may be
            gaining on you."  -- Leroy ("Satchel") Paige
    
    Thought:  Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't
              out to get you.
    
    Corrolary:  Even if they don't exist.
    
    Lemma:  As long as they think they do.
    
    
    Project:  Create a perfect solution.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    
    

The weak end:

... with a whimper.

Thought:  the most positive thing about a battery is the anode.

Lemma: Cathodes aren't Oriental verses.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Thursday -- 
    
    Many a seeker after truth has been beguiled by something that seems
    like fun.
    
    Friday --
    
    There's nothing wrong with enjoyment, but it's not healthy to be a
    fanatic about it.
    
    Saturday --
    
    Traditional bath night.  Aren't you glad you use ....?
    
    Sunday --
    
    Traditional "morning after."  Rather morning than mourning.
    
    Concept:
    
    Even absolute geometry has axioms.
    
    Lemma:
    
    Lie down with apes; get up with apes.  The same holds true for
    swans or iguanas.
    
    Corrolary:
    
    You don't need a coup stick to have a coup.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    re: .154 (Steve)
    
         There was an article in the San Franciso Comical, I mean,
    Chronical, a while back that was headlined "Wash Hands after Handling
    Iguanas."  A friend of mine cut it out and has it taped to the wall
    over the toilet of her bathroom.  
        
         Whaddaya think?
    
    Frederick
    ;-)
    

    Re .155 (Fredrick):
    
    >     There was an article in the San Franciso Comical, I mean,
    >Chronical, a while back that was headlined "Wash Hands after Handling
    >Iguanas." ...
    >
    >    
    >     Whaddaya think?
    
    I think the reporter met some _very_ impolite iguanas.
    
    Steve  Kallis, Jr.

Fog at night is nature's way of giving bats an extra edge.

Enough bikinis can flesh out a beach.

Why do we call it a headstone when it covers the interred's fate?

Psychometry in a cash drawer results in dollars and sense.


Steve Kallis, Jr.

Whenever the wolf howls, check under the lectern.

The pendulum's swing is never exceeded in subsequent swings, unless via help.

Physics is the science of the physical.  The physical is the study of the body.
If you can find a connection, call yourself a sinew.

Air conditioning is better than heir conditionming.

Wednesday --

A bird in the hand can be very embarrassing.  -- old country saying.

A bird in the hand can sometimes be messy. -- old veteranarian's saying.

A bird in the hand is a strange poker spread. -- drunken gambler's saying.

A bird in the hand is more polite than a bird of the hand. -- E. Post

A bird in the hand means a well-fed ranch helper. -- old trail boss saying.

A bird in the hand beats a bird underfoot. -- old parrot-breeder's saying.

A bird in the hand is a microcosm. -- Old mystic's saying

    "A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring." --
	    Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

         
    Re.160
    
    Steve,
    
    Are you sure it was E.Post who said that, or Ms. Manners? (;^)
    
    Cindy

Freya's day:

An overnight depilatory means hair today, gone tomorrow.

Pilomancy is determining the future through hair patterns.

Lemma: Pilomancy is either rough or embarrassing if the subject has a bald head.


Saturn's Day:

If a doghouse contains dogs and as birdhouse contains birds, what is contained
  in a roundhouse?   A roadhouse? 


Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Re -1
    
    Or, indeed, what is contained in an outhouse? ;^)
    
    
    Marilyn

    Wednesday --
    
    When in doubt, doubt.
    
    
    Thursday -- 
    
    Drilling in unison is not a good practice for dentists.
    
    
    Friday --
    
    Weekend activity starts, leading to weakened activity.
    
    

    Tiw's Day -- Fighting optional.
    
    Don't bother to take blame; it will be given often enough.
    
    Every silver lining has a dark cloud.
    
    The early bird gets the worm ... if you want to have worms.
    
    Too many cooks spoil the broth; some will be TFSOed.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr

    Woodsday -- Watch out for the monoceros.
    
    Whatever you wish to be, remember who you are.
    
    Water may wear down rocks, but rocks, if rolling, gather no moss.
    
    When the night commences, crickets advertise.
    
    A semiautomatic is not the best answer to a debate, but it gets
    attention.
    
    If a ghost scares a person to death, what does the victim's ghost do?
    
    Never try to wash a graham cracker.
    
    If the eyes are windows to the soul, what's the trapdoor to the spleen?
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.