On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:42:39 -0600 "Kestrel"
 writes:
> > > and The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations 
> (by
> > > Marcus  Aurelius) translated by David Hicks
> >
> > really....
> 
> my tastes are eclectic

so 're mine....

> Buffy and ancient Roman emperors in the same box... I know, it's 
> weird

you're just giving the data sorters something to cluck their teeth about

> > > a slightly dumb title, but apparently a superb translation. I'm
> > > looking  forward to it :)
> >
> > send on any good quotes....
> 
> Will do! :)

=g=

> > > > [I just got two Old Blind Dogs CDs....]
> > >
> > > what sort of music?
> > > Sounds like the blues :)
> >
> > Celtic....
> 
> uh-oh

uh-oh?
Is that "uh-oh, another one of THEM"? or "uh-oh, my budget's
gonna take
another hit"?

even my KID likes Celtic best.... hmmm, if shyness is genetic (well,
duh!) I wonder if music proclivity is also inheritable. I mean, he's
always liked bagpipe music, too (in moderation, of course) -- should have
seen him groovin' to the marching of the bands at the Highland Fest up at
Estes Park his first time (and he was but a peanut -- barely over 2 or 3,
I forget, the years all munge together and come out granola porridge)....

> > go to amazon -- the sound clips sold me (and I was not 
> disappointed)
> > I think I was pointed to them for ordering Tempest CDs for Russ.
> 
> I was digging though the Forbidden Closet and came across my Silly 
> Wizard
> tapes, and my (old) Clannad... boy oh boy, how could that not be in 
> the  rack!? Well, it's not on cd for one, but still! So then of course
I 
> had to
> dig out the Andy Stewart/Manus Lunny, which was right on top of the 
> ....
> well, you get the idea 

I do....

> > > They did it "first" and I still think they do it best.... 
> Amazon
> > > rules :)
> >
> > I remember when they were just a start-up....
> 
> me too :))
> 
> >
> > Edutainment COULD have been the amazon of software titles, then 
> our
> > venture capitalists sold us.... and we were never allowed to 
> master our
> > own destiny.
> 
> The media likes to make it out that there was never anything to the 
> dot
> coms, that it was alll smoke and mirrors, but imo the venture 
> capitalists
> had much to do with the hype *and* the following destruction -- 
> including
> the destruction of those dotcoms that *could* have been something 
> had they
> only been allowed to grow gradually like any "old economy" business. 
> But
> noooo... had to have double-digit profit percentages immediately or 
> they
> sucked, and said venture capitalists yanked their funds, or tied 
> their  hands.

Or sold 'em

I mean, some WERE smoke an' mist and no substance; but not all.
Delayed gratification is an alien concept, I guess.

> > Rode hard and put away wet, Edutainment was, more's the pity -- 
> though I
> > still see catalogs that owe our legacy.
> 
> Sad :/

yeah

After having watched the way of the Silicon Rush (e.g. a computer pro
since '81), I was one of the few that put no faith in start-ups, having
seen too many futures prove but a mirage. Still worked like a dog, but
not because I was prepping the docks for the Treasure Ship to come in....
Still had my Disappointments (and outright rages) there, but not because
of dashed hopes.  Others were more, shall we say, derailed.

> > Funny sort of resonance to leave on the world.... tygress
> 
> kinda cool though :)

thanks....

=g=

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