[PLUG] Would you consider donating to the OSU ACM? (To hear R MS?)
Cooper Stevenson
cooper at linux-enterprise.net
Wed Jul 17 06:11:17 UTC 2002
All;
> >>>>> "Jeremy" == Miller, Jeremy <JMILLER at ci.albany.or.us> writes:
>
Why don't we just send him an email and, if he's privy to the idea of
coming to Portland, ask him what *he* wants to do?
> Jeremy> Maybe it is just a silly idea. But it sounded kind of fun to
> Jeremy> me. At least worth a thought.
>
> It sounded to me like geek-celebrity-cling-fest, which might seem
> interesting to the clingers, but probably not so much for the clingee.
> Going to a party with 200 strangers just to have them all huddle
> around, ready to catch my every dribble, doesn't sound like vacation
> to me. It sounds excruciatingly mundane. Maybe it's just me, but I
> find celebrity-worship, cult-of-personality obsession revolting, and
> that's what this idea smelled like.
>
> --
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> seniorr at aracnet.com Bellison uncorked a flood of horrible
> profanity, which, translated meant, `This is
> extremely unusual.' ''
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