Steve,

        An excellent of wordsmithing!!

>I don't know:
>
>Woulda?  Coulda?  Shoulda?
>
>Denise's "doggie-stylist" as wooden doll?  Anyone to risk splinters?
>
>Kyle's thump-thump dawn-break woodpecker drilling?
>
>Bobby's lament of ancient wood-stock gone soft?
>
>So we charge up hill in full-suited armor, wooden lances a-tilt.
>
>Pace.  Peace.
>
>Pax.  Pox?
>
>Escape?
>
>Ca(r)p(e) Diem?
>
>Gripe.  Gripe.  Gripe.
>
>Grip. Grip. Grip.
>
>A strong hand?  Pen in hand ?  The mind holds what the hand cannot.
>
>Everything's temporary (though pain seems to take forever).
>
>I really don't know what's worth the effort.  I only know I keep making the
>effort.  The results stay arbitrary.
>
>ISM
>
>Date:         Thu, 20 May 1999 14:29:43 -0500
>From:         Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: Morning Wood
>
>Now, now, Kyle!! I am afraid that at my age Denise's conotation is more apt
>than
>yore's, except on rare occasions!!
>Bobby
>
>
>>Well, Denise, if you're a guy, "morning wood" can have more than one
>>meaning. Eh, gents?
>>
>>So far, opiates, stretching and a hot shower are the only methods that
>>get me ambulatory in the am.
>>
>>-Kyle
>>
>>Denise D. Goodman wrote:
>>>
>>> NO!  Now let's get those two-toned minds back into focus because this
>>>post is
>>> about how a cp body feels especially stiff and wooden in the morning.
>Other
>>> than pounding down some medication and sitting on the heating pad for 1/2
>an
>>> hour, does anyone have any suggestions how to avoid feeling like a wooden
>>> doll every morning?
>>>
>>> It gets to the point where I hate to open my eyes and start a new day.  I
>>> feel like my body has 120,000 miles on it, and I'm trying to turn it over
>>> without any oil, in February, in Fargo!  What do the rest of the
>"oldsters"
>>> do to overcome this feeling?
>>>
>>> Denise- Who is still waiting for her engine to get warm