I agree with you on the writing. I was working with a doctoral candidate
for God's sake and had to tell him there was a term for copying stuff
directly from
someone else's work, it is called "plaigairism". He was mystified.

        I love to go to Tunica and play video poker. I really love table
poker, but I have a lousy poker face(I get real spactic when I get
something like 3 of
a kind or a full house).LOL!! Now that would make a funny story, "Bobby, the
Spastic Doc Holiday"!! Really, seven card draw is the cheapest game there
if you have the discipline to sit there and fold most of the time, but that
takes all the fun out of it.

Bobby



>So, Judy didn't, like, lay down the mortgage or anything, did she?  When I
>go down to Fla. to see Momma and Daddy I always take $20 to the dog track,
>but that damn rabbit always wins (I should have learned that from watching
>cartoons).  Good, clean fun--in moderation, of course.
>
>Yeah, many editors/publishers I've worked with are really into the power
>trip.  The attitude is, "Nyah! Nyah!  We decide whether you eat or starve,
>so we can afford to be as rude as we want."  I refuse to kiss their behinds,
>so that doesn't win me very many brownie points either.  Last week I sent
>back a "pink slip", added grammatical corrections and told the editor to run
>her "get lost" letters through SpellChecker next time.  Guess you won't see
>my byline on any of their pubs, eh?
>
>Have you noticed, though, how terrible the quality of periodical (magazine,
>newspaper, etc.) writing is today?  I had a chat with an editor a while back
>about the bad spelling in his paper, and his attitude was, "So what. Most of
>our readership can't spell either."  Sad.
>
>They say having little ones around keeps you young. With a six-year-old and
>a 16-month-old at home, I'd say it just keeps you tired.  ;-)
>
>-Kyle
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bobby Greer
>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:18 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: About Laura
>
>
>Kyle,
>
>        Hang in there with the writing. Editors are a real hassle. I went
>'round and 'round with one this Spring and finally gave up. Technical
>writing is boring
>after 30 years of it. Fiction is more fun(I've got "Blood Thirsty and Night
>Phobic: The Story of Clem, the Redneck Vampire". It will never sell, but I
>had loads of fun writing it.
>        Judy crapped, got home at 2 A.M. Two guys hit on her and did
>wonders for the ol' marrried woman's ego. The kids got up at 8:00 AM and
>she was not in a good mood the rest of the day(I wonder why??)!!
>
>It was fun having two little ones to take care of again, but I would not
>want a steady diet of it!!
>
>Bobby