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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2000-07-12 10:05 PM


tell me why...what's the point?


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1 posted 2000-07-12 11:21 PM


Serenity, many people don't experience the joy of life until their "why" becomes a "why not?"  
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2 posted 2000-07-12 11:47 PM


because
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3 posted 2000-07-13 12:24 PM


To echo my good friend deVine. . .

1) Because

2) Sharp

There you go!!

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serenity blaze
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4 posted 2000-07-13 01:47 AM


thanks.
Nan
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5 posted 2000-07-13 06:25 AM


So, I guess it's pointless then??
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6 posted 2000-07-13 07:58 AM


Serenity, we were all being a little flippant with you. But the real answer to your question is hard. We all have to decide if/when/what is worth it.....
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7 posted 2000-07-13 09:37 AM


no...I really meant, Thanks...just typed out smart-ass....sorry...and I guess whether or not we know what the point is, is besides the point, if that makes any sense at all...
ew...I'm going to drink a cup of coffee...and thankyoukindly...

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8 posted 2000-07-13 12:38 PM


I am absolutely right behind ya there Serenity, sometimes I wonder why I bother getting up in the mornings....cuz the day has turned out to be such a loss...but other days....(on a particularily good grind day at my espresso shop and the shots are right on....*wink*) I KNOW why I keep on keeping on!

The age old struggle....


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9 posted 2000-07-13 12:50 PM


Ahhhh.... coffee    What more why could you need?


Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
JP

"Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway

Nan
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10 posted 2000-07-13 01:24 PM


hm... and I thought I was being serious...
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11 posted 2000-07-13 01:59 PM


Well, I believe that God has a purpose for everything, even little ants like us.  

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde
"The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea

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12 posted 2000-07-13 04:31 PM


My apologies, Nan...didn't mean to ignore you...was just half-asleep....but I guess if I have come to any conclusions at all--it would be just this--it's difficult to know what the point is or even if there is one at all while in the midst of whatever it is that is the puzzle...at least for me anyway.
and the point of the post?  It helped me to think...and vent a bit too, so I thank you all for listening...

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13 posted 2000-07-13 06:42 PM


serenity... I'm going to answer your post with some quotes from "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy"

- "To me, boxing is like ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other."

- "Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait. Not me, you."

-"If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone."

- "I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what? They never find him. And you know why they never find him? It doesn't say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then, at the very end, there's a page that you can lick and it tastes like Kool-Aid."

- "The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw."

- "If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose."

- "Frank knew that no man had ever crossed the desert on foot and lived to tell about it. So, he decided to get back in his car and keep driving."


       

hope you enjoyed... sorry, i have no serious answer to your question because your question is deep.... all I can say is, what helps me through is finding what's funny and laughing at it...... humor works.  

and one more Jack Handy quote-
"I hope life isn't a big joke. Because I don't get it"

[This message has been edited by doreen peri (edited 07-13-2000).]

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14 posted 2000-07-13 08:26 PM


Love it doreen...thank you so much...and I shall think of you and Jack everytime I hear an annoying Caw!  from the crows that have been driving me nuts in my backyard...lol
Thanks again.

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15 posted 2002-10-03 04:01 PM


I like following your journey.
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16 posted 2002-10-11 06:06 AM


point
n.
1. A sharp or tapered end.

2. An object having a sharp or tapered end.

3. A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory.

4. A mark formed by or as if by a sharp end.

5. A mark or dot used in printing or writing for punctuation, especially a period.

6. A decimal point.

7. In linguistics, a vowel point.

8. One of the protruding marks used in certain methods of writing and printing for the blind.

9. In mathematics, a.) A dimensionless geometric object having no properties except location. b.) An element in a geometrically described set.

10. a.) A place or locality considered with regard to its position.  b.) A narrowly particularized and localized position or place; a spot.

11. A specified degree, condition, or limit, as in a scalre or course.

12. Any of the 32 equal divisions marked at the circumference of a mariner's compass card that indicate direction.

13. a.) A distinct condition or degree: as in finally reached the point of exhaustion.  b.) The interval of time immediately before a give occurrence; the verge.

14. A specific moment in time.

15. An objective or purpose to be reached or achieved, or one that is worth reaching or achieving.

16. The major idea or essential part of a concept or narrative.

17. A significant, outstanding, or effective idea, argument, or suggestion.

18. A separate, distinguishing item or element; a detail.

19. A quality or characteristic that is important or distinctive, especially a standard characteristic used to judge an animal.

20. A single unit, as in counting, rating, or measuring.

21. a.) A unit of academic credit usually equal to an hour of class work per week during one semester.  b.) A numerical unit of academic achievement equal to a letter grade.

22. In sports and games, a unit of scoring or counting.

23. a.)A unit equal to one dollar, used to quote or state variations in the current prices of stocks or commodities.  b.) A unit equal to one percent, used to quote or state interest rates or shares in gross profits.

24. One percent of the total principal of a loan, paid up front to the lender and considered separately from the interest.

25. In music, a phrase, such as a fugue subject, in contrapuntal music.

26. In printing, a unit of type size equal to 0.01384 inch, or approximately one-twelfth of an inch.

27. A jeweler's unit of weight equal to 2 milligrams or 0.01 carat.

28. a.) The act or an instance of pointing.  b.) The stiff and attentive stance taken by a hunting dog.

29. a.) Needlepoint.  b.) See bobbin lace.

30. a.) A reconnaissance or patrol unit that moves ahead of an advance party or guard, or that follows a rear guard.  b.) The position occupied by such a unit or guard.

31. In sports, either of two positions in ice hockey just inside the offensive zone near the boards, usually assumed by defenders attempting to keep the puck in the offensive zone.

32. In basketball, a position in the forecourt beyond the top of the key, usually taken by the point guard.

33. a.) An electrical contact, especially one in the distributor of an automobile engine.  b.) In British, an electrical socket or outlet.

34. The extremities of an animal, such as a horse or dog.

35. a.) A movable rail, tapered at the end, such as that used in a railroad switch.  b.)The vertex of the angle created by the intersection of rails in a frog or switch.

The American Heritage® Dictionary © 2000

And I was just assuming you simply meant a noun, because you used the definite article 'the' which usually precedes a noun.  I guess I could be safe and type out all the verbage.  But, I'm not quite THAT bored.  Now, it's just a matter of which of those 35 you were referring to.  You weren't all that clear.  *grins*

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17 posted 2002-10-11 06:11 AM


Oh yeah, and I read your poem in Open, but now I'm too tired to make my way back there and write a proper reply.  Remind me sometime after I wake up, and I'll get right on that. *sleepy grins*
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18 posted 2002-10-11 07:26 AM


Just when I thought it was safe to delve so deeply in m'feelings...

and then along came CAW!

and 35 reasons of methaphor... <---was a typo but I thought better of it...

off to the crypt to twist me sheets...



(but hanging by yer feet from the rafters? I tell ya, oughta be an olympic sport.)

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19 posted 2002-10-11 11:32 AM


btw, "Shot in the dark" is a song by Ozzy Osbourne
...

and "Tell me why" is the name of a science(?) series meant to be used to educate young ones about general science.

me... I am still illiterate.

but one day
...

ask me why?

WHY? What's the PINT? yes, exactly!!!

regards,
sudhir

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20 posted 2002-10-11 01:00 PM


What's not the point?
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21 posted 2002-10-12 01:43 PM


What was the question again? she asks scratching her pointed, silly head. Chris  

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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