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Looks promising, nicholas. Its taking ages though to load. I'll be back

You're killing me Nick. Bad average don't you think?

Thanks for that Nic, brilliant!

Its funny.... and it makes you think. Yes, I had a good long THINK about that one.

For those who seldom cannot seem to communicate, they borrow the written words, and plenty of N.O. news have been spread around the net on an off-topic forum on a Stocktalk-board, but the source has always been mentioned so I hope no-one of the masters was offended by that. ( as long as a few of the people there were interested, but it might have been a meaningless thing to do, since there was seldom much conversation done in that way of communicating. )

"This time", Bukowski's "Creativing writing"

How to achieve creative writing :)

now, if you were teaching creative writing, he asked, what would you tell them? (p.233)

	by Charles Bukowski

I'd tell them to have an unhappy love affair, hemorrhoids, bad teeth and to drink cheap wine, avoid opera and golf and chess, to keep switching the head of their bed from wall to wall and then I'd tell them to have another unhappy love affair and never to use a silk typewriter ribbon, avoid family picnics or being photographed in a rose garden; read Hemingway only once, skip Faulkner ignore Gogol stare at photos of Gertrude Stein and read Sherwood Anderson in bed while eating Ritz crackers, realize that people who keep talking about sexual liberation are more frightened than you are. listen to E. Power Biggs work the organ on your radio while you're rolling Bull Durham in the dark in a strange town with one day left on the rent after having given up friends, relatives and jobs. never consider yourself superior and/ or fair and never try to be. have another unhappy love affair. watch a fly on a summer curtain. never try to succeed. don't shoot pool. be righteously angry when you find your car has flat tire. take vitamins but don't lift weights or jog.

Pretty dang funny, Nic. Loved the oohing and aahing from the crowd. The truth is out there indeed.

GREAT!

...would be nice to see a follow-up "the mystery of Christina Aguilera's breasts"...

Originally posted by Frode Nordmarken For those who seldom cannot seem to communicate, they borrow the written words, and plenty of N.O. news have been spread around the net on an off-topic forum on a Stocktalk-board, but the source has always been mentioned so I hope no-one of the masters was offended by that. ( as long as a few of the people there were interested, but it might have been a meaningless thing to do, since there was seldom much conversation done in that way of communicating. )"This time", Bukowski's "Creativing writing"How to achieve creative writing :)now, if you were teaching creativewriting, he asked, what would youtell them? (p.233) by Charles BukowskiI'd tell them to have an unhappy loveaffair, hemorrhoids, bad teethand to drink cheap wine,avoid opera and golf and chess,to keep switching the head of theirbed from wall to walland then I'd tell them to haveanother unhappy love affairand never to use a silk typewriterribbon,avoid family picnicsor being photographed in a rosegarden;read Hemingway only once,skip Faulknerignore Gogolstare at photos of Gertrude Steinand read Sherwood Anderson in bedwhile eating Ritz crackers,realize that people who keeptalking about sexual liberationare more frightened than you are.listen to E. Power Biggs work theorgan on your radio while you'rerolling Bull Durham in the darkin a strange townwith one day left on the rentafter having given upfriends, relatives and jobs.never consider yourself superior and/or fairand never try to be.have another unhappy love affair.watch a fly on a summer curtain.never try to succeed.don't shoot pool.be righteously angry when youfind your car has flat tire.take vitamins but don't lift weights or jog.

I lurve these parallel threads within threads !!

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Dreams never end.... and looking forward, instead of backwards I'm still having dreams of visiting Macclesfield's BarCuba & perhaps Manchester's Skin Two sometime, and combined it with a N.O. gig :-)

How to achieve nickname-writing? is another subject, and for some I'm sure it can be a lot easier to write as oneself.

"Peace, peace, we always live in peace" Peter Hook in Revenge's "Pineapple face"

"Life is precious" John Warwicker