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THANKS, HE IS LEAVING AGAIN DAY AFTER TOMORROW,
so another big party tonight, tomorrow is last full day.
posted by
swftfox
on July 17, 2006 at 12:06 PM
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Swftfox
well thank you sweetie for wanting to help me post But you are right spend all the time you can with your son before he goes back he will be in my prayers
posted by
Kat02
on July 17, 2006 at 11:55 AM
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I'll tell you how tomorrow or maybe later tonight. I been spending way too
much time on Blogit and not enough with my boy and he has to go back to Iraq Wednesday a.m.
posted by
swftfox
on July 16, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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Swftfox
As always your poetry is at aw to me 
and if I knew how to post a pic I would I am so new at this
posted by
Kat02
on July 16, 2006 at 1:18 PM
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Well, how cool is that? And do people have to go there to buy the book? Or
I guess I could just go check it out. See if it is what I want! hahaha! But I was really hoping for a big fat advance from a farsighted publisher and some signing gigs! hahaha What am I if I'm not ambitious, but for now must go finish my dishes!
posted by
swftfox
on July 15, 2006 at 11:53 AM
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Lulu.com published mine free "READ AND SPELL WITH SPELLRIDER-1 GAMES"
you may start by free publication on
www.lulu.com (I have a book there, print on demand--no charge but you do the formatting and the advertising. My book is for adult learners of English and puzzle lovers: "READ AND SPELL WITH SPELLRIDER-1 GAMES" by Neil Deo).
www.lulu.com/nildeo811 might be the link.
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 15, 2006 at 11:29 AM
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THOU SHALT NOT ESCAPE MY CLICKS! Run off to your publisher but I have
your number and know where Blogit frogs dwell among the blogs. Good luck...by the way, you may start by free publication on
www.lulu.com (I have a book there, print on demand--no charge but you do the formatting and the advertising. My book is for adult learners of English and puzzle lovers: "READ AND SPELL WITH SPELLRIDER-1 GAMES" by Neil Deo).
www.lulu.com/nildeo811 might be the link.
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 15, 2006 at 11:28 AM
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Understood and lovingly accepted! You must always do what you are
comfortable with. I would not dream of pushing you beyond those limits!
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 11:38 PM
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I'd rather not post a picture of my kids. I don't feel comfortable with the
idea. I know you are trying to help, but I cannot bring myself to do that. I want to keep my privacy and that of my family. It is too scary for me, I have this thing about photos, I am very superstitious about it, I cannot even bear to have photos around my house, just a few small ones. It is too painful to share.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 13, 2006 at 11:23 PM
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Oh, the deputy sheriff job. Well, they don't know what the hell they are
doing. Basically I have been hired but have to pass a civil service interview yet. They had it scheduled and some fool cancelled it. They have no idea why or when it might be rescheduled. And actually, if I would live on air a while, I might lose a little of this tummy I have fought all my life. The Battle of the Bulge, if you will!
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 7:38 PM
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Marie, I am happy for the pride you have in your children, as I have in my
two boys! I will make you a deal. Post a picture of you and one of your daughter tomorrow and I'll post pics of me, and my two boys. We will get to know each other better. If it is not too painful, I bet all us haiku-ets would like to know more about your son. What was he like, what did he do, how was his life? Perhaps this will help you also, to grasp the reality of his fate. Just asking, no pressure.
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 7:35 PM
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I know it's for me, my daughter and I are skinny, but she is the stunning
one. Last year in Paris, people kept staring at her, and narrowly missing lamp posts... I had to laugh, when one very handsome lad asked me permission to take my daughter out, (she does not speak much French) and I had to tell him she was already spoken for. She is training as a mechanic, but she looks like a model and people give her the looks, she got me discounts for my car, the guys fall for her and she laughs and pass on the discount to me! She is the much prettier younger version of me. I do share her clothes, but she is always the better looking one of course. Who cares anyway, I am so proud of her, love her to bits. Could not resist sharing that with you. My son was a fine looking young man too, with good brains, with good job nice car, the lot, but look where that got him! Sad.
Anyway, so sorry but glad you are not working for those idiots. What happened to the other job you mentioned to me earlier... I do hope you find something, good people to work for, better throw in a few prayers for that one. You cannot live on fresh air alone.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 13, 2006 at 7:23 PM
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You are right,, too! About the words. I did a little research and I went
back and edited my haiku. Velt is African brush land as you suggest, svelt is definitely you, my sweet.
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 6:15 PM
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Hey Marie Claire! No, about the job. I am not too sorry.
They were really stupid and made it hard to do my job right. Kept giving me wrong addresses or no address at all. The cars always had something wrong with them and today I was driving one of their big limo bus on a very narrow road. One back tire hit a curb that the big trucks had bashed all apart and the tire blew. In the process of getting the bus back to the shop, the owner got very angry cause I didn't call an expensive tow truck. Well there was a second tire that held up fine as I knew it would and on the phone he had informed me I had to pay for the tire and the wheel. Well, screw that. After I learned that anybody could smash into me in one of his cars and then drive off or not, I was responsible for the first $2,500. Who needs that kind of problem? So I told him he was stupid and that he had just lost one of his best assets. This week alone, I got riders to extend their rides to the tune of, ready?.....$700 pure profit for him, that he would have never seen a penny of and saved an account for him cause his stupid wife couldn't manage to keep up with booking their needs, but I did and that isn't even my job. So they can muddle on without me, but now, I'm broke again. I do have a couple nice suits now though! hahaha
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 6:14 PM
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svelte is a French word that means slender graceful like me! Ha Ha!
veld is an Afrikaan word, not sure about the meaning. It might mean an area, or the bush.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 13, 2006 at 6:13 PM
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Y Punday and Swftfox, thank you for your kind comments
on my poem , it was very sweet of you. Thanks.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 13, 2006 at 6:09 PM
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dave did you get caught haikuing in the back of the limo?
Should I say sorry you quit your job? don't know if you wanted to keep it in the first place. You must have been in an exotic kind of mood when you wrote you poem. I like it I feel transported to the depths of Africa, the heights of China and possibly a zoo.... where ever that came from, keep it coming.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 13, 2006 at 6:08 PM
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posted by
Amanda__
on July 13, 2006 at 6:08 PM
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OH YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CASING! THANKS FOR THAT!
I suppose you couldn't have told me that about 150 haiku ago? Is it ANY upper casing or just within the text? And is that really a rule or did you make it up cause my stuff looks so nice, trim and neat?
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 5:45 PM
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I'LL BE DARNED, I THOUGHT IT WAS SVELT, BUT YOU MY FRIEND,
are also wrong.....I looked it up and it is "Velt", just no "S", so I shall be off to edit. I might be completely off! hahaha
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 5:43 PM
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Lest it come back to haunt me, no caps in haiku (there, a reminder).These *
These are first class-- after lower casing them-- because they have the classic TWIST/surprise that the masters suggested we achieve in haiku:
"
Greatest of creatures
The African elephant
Killed to make a comb
Cheetah, long and lithe
Antelope, swift and agile
Who will win this race?
Picture perfect grace
Wannabe men so lovely
Africa’s great art
Great black chimpanzee
So comical in cartoons
Will kill savagely"
Dave, these are great. Love the theme of exotic places and animals.Although the one word "svelt" is not the same as the African backlands, or scrubby savannah where most of the animals have their last refuges. In Old Dutch (17th century) now called Afrikaans, there is a simialr word, "veld". I may be wrong--but you always invite inputs 9and put ins, according to the last meandering in the bushveld).
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 13, 2006 at 5:35 PM
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If I had been reading my poem to my women clients, I not only would
not have lost the job, I probably would have retained a position as a personal driver, and possibly some other positions as well! hahahaha
posted by
swftfox
on July 13, 2006 at 5:29 PM
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Yopu did not quit the Limo job; you got fired=--for reciting steamy haiku 2
the women clients, or dare i say, "customers". Good, prolific haiku guru you are!
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 13, 2006 at 5:27 PM
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