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To: epicure who wrote (4627)	5/7/2004 3:19:37 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 51757

I proctored an AP test today for 69 students from our two high schools taking the English exam. What a nice group of kids. The concentration in that room was palpable. Did they know that you are advocate of "guessing", and place little apparent value on the facts? Sorry X... I just couldn't help putting in that little dig on you... But then again, I'm sure you "guessed" that I wouldn't just sit back, insult me, and let you get away with your "Ms. Cleo" routine.. ;0) Btw, reading is a good thing.. Maybe you should spend some time reviewing the UNSCOM reports, as well as every one of the binding UNSC resolutions pertaining to Iraq... I heartily recommend reading and researching the facts.. It's a "good thing"... Hawk

To: epicure who wrote (4627)	5/7/2004 5:06:31 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51757

Dear thread companions, Please excuse the post before this one- for I am sure it is an unpleasant and inapproproate post for this forum. It has its genesis elsewhere, and it is a shame some people can't compartmentalize a bit better. Just ignore it- and let us move on. I finished the House of Gentle Men (interesting juxtaposition, eh?)- and it was very good. I'm not sure I like the ending- and I don't want to say why, because I don't want to ruin it for you. It IS very well written, lyrical and very redemptive- but almost too redemptive, as you will see if you read the book. I'd love for someone else to read it, so we could compare notes. I am now reading The Fragility of Goodness, which I started a while ago, but put down for some juicy novel, and never picked back up, until now. Am also reading The Book of Illusions and Blue Angel. fun words today in class djinn, sarcophagus, Phalangist Christians, Fatwa (one of my kids is reading my copy of From Beirut to Jerusalem), Kibbutz, Talmud, dioptric, flounce, abhor, nadir, demi monde, de jure, de facto, eclectic, idiosyncratic (again), metamorphosis, Hobbesian, erstwhile, Bantu, phlegmatic (I think for the second time) - and I can't remember the rest. They just went wild with the words today. The entire board was covered. The only on I missed was dioptric. I KNEW it had to do with measuring the eye, but I thought it also had to do with measuring curves. Had to pay up on that one.