NP - 5?

barbara100 at jps.net barbara100 at jps.net
Tue Oct 29 22:43:53 CST 2002


Sour grapes.  You're just mad cause they're taking the poet spotlight off of
you.
One finger point at Doug, and three back at you.
And for your information, I was here a month or two before September 11.  My
first post was to David Morris, accusing of him of exhibiting some Pokler
like cop-out qualities.  I was young and naive then. Had I been Doug, I
would have know better than to try and take him on.
And aren't you just the pot calling the kettle black.  Has any one of your
personalities ever lasted for more than a year?



> Too suspicious. I don't find Barb amusing and I think that the way she
> showed up here on September the 11th last year is just one example of
> how nasty Doug can be and why he has no support on or off-list.
>
>
> barbara100 at jps.net wrote:
> > I'm sorry, Elaine, you're positively charming--really, truly--but after
a
> > year around here, I'm suspicious of everyone.
>
> This list is like a three ring circus. Doug, not David Morris, is the
> lion tamer and he occupies the center ring most of the time. Right now
> that's all there is. Doug likes to stick his head in the lion's mouths
> and he likes to get bit, mutilated, eaten. Soon, SLSL will take the
> center ring and current affairs and Doug will be forced to the side
> rings. But he won't say there. He needs the spot light. He'll do
> anything to keep that center ring even if it means whipping himself or
> sticking his head in his own mouth.  So keep an eye on the side rings.
>
>
> You might get a kick out of this,  Elaine.
>
> http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage5.asp
>
> They Might Be Authors
>
> by Joe Hagan and Rebecca Traister




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