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To: epicure who wrote (917)	8/26/2001 6:49:59 PM
From: E	Respond to of 51729

Okay, I did it and find that my enthusiasm for tidiness, obedience and national security was so high all other values were 0.

To: epicure who wrote (917)	8/26/2001 8:30:43 PM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51729

Uncommon yet appreciated Values: --50 cents off Haagen Das vanilla ice cream --loving a friend enough to crack wise at his/her funeral --loving a friend enough that you're never embarrassed to say so in all the times before the funeral --honoring parents, which does not have anything to do with obedience --never breaking the spirit of a child even when the child hates you --telling the hardest truths, even when it heaps scorn upon your spirit --the merest modicum of courtesy and attentiveness from a food server. --finding room for mercy towards the ugliest of souls. --holding one's tongue when the release of anger would seem cathartic. --a hooker who takes American Express --a Wall Street analyst without strings attached --either, or both, free from transmittable diseases --old people, holding hands --poetry that challenges us to feel --breastfeeding; weaning is overrated --gardening, where the appreciation of miracles is constant --courage to advance, even when the ego must be surrendered --lusty librarians --physically touching the dirty and ragged and lost --laughter, in the face of the anal retentive --passion, for any thing/one --quiet places where thinking can be sacred --movies that make you cry and laugh within 90 minutes --denying the existence of gravity while doing a nekkid tango long after gravity has had its way with you --bumper cars et trois