response 156 of 254:

Feb 3 22:25 UTC 1999

I LOVE that movie.  It's so freakin WIERD!

response 158 of 254:

Feb 3 23:12 UTC 1999

By the way, it's really interesting to see the reactions I get when I 
wear my leather gear to classes.  I wear handcuffs on the left 
epaulette, but some of the professors and a few of my church friends 
think I'm into motorcycles or something.  Well, I'm not yet, since I 
haven't had lessons past riding a dirt bike and can't afford a Harley or 
a Honda Goldwing.  However, many of my classmates have caught on to the 
other implications.  One correctly guessed my fetish for bondage, 
another assumed I was into S & M, and today two students were comparing 
me to the Village People and making fun while singing "YMCA."  Damn, I'm 
gonna punch folks until they start singing "Macho Man."

In fact, one of them thinks I need fashion help, especially after she 
saw the duds.  This freshman fancies herself Ms. Glamour and said she'd 
buy me some clothes if she were to win a million dollars.  She asked 
which Village Person I looked like, and I responded, "The Leather Man, 
of course."  Few people remember the time during the early 80's when the 
whole group was doing the leather look, but they were fading out by that 
time.  Well, I figure I'm just too butch for her-- my wife likes it.  
But my wife has never really been a girlie girl anyway, unlike our 
ultra-fashionable friend.

response 160 of 254:

Feb 5 06:05 UTC 1999

We both wear cows.  We eat their meat for dinner, so it's just sensible 
to use their hides for leather goods such as belts, jackets, boots, etc.

response 162 of 254:

Feb 5 13:13 UTC 1999

   introducing the norelco wrist cow!  now you, too, can carry the
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  (add $5,000 per cow for delivery.  norelco not responsible for
strange looks or complaints from neighbors.  wrist cow not available
to people who have to climb stairs to reach their apartments.  not
recommended for those suffering from carpal tunnel.  wrist cow and
pocket milker may not be available in all areas.  offer void where
prohibited by local livestock laws.)

response 164 of 254:

Feb 6 17:37 UTC 1999

        I remember the first time I saw a cow.  I was hunting in my
great-uncle's property, which amounts to a sizable chunk of Southwestern
Pennsylvania, and I chanced across a few in a pen.  I've honestly never been
so tempted to put a creature out of it's misery, yet I resisted.  Nothing
should have to suffer with being bred into such dullness ...

response 166 of 254:

Feb 6 23:22 UTC 1999

John, are you suggesting the REAL cruelty is in letting cows live? ;}

response 168 of 254:

Feb 7 06:12 UTC 1999

Julie & Jon - you're married now? Congratulations!!!
Goodness, I'm away for a while and look what a mean argument erupts.
Ah, but the world is full of people attempting to convert others to 
their own belief system, the only true one, whatever it might be.
He must be an evangelist? They are hell bent (heh) on eradicating 
Mormonism. I recall the anti-Mormom propaganda of my youth. 
Well, once again, congratualations, Jon & Julie!

response 170 of 254:

Feb 8 07:59 UTC 1999

Kari, I don't think so, although I think he supposedly has his own 
church.  No, I think there are just some g/l/b's who are very very upset 
with the Latter-Day Saints because there are g/l/b members who face a 
decision.

response 172 of 254:

Feb 9 04:46 UTC 1999

   didn't the southern baptists recently decide that they need to
convert the mormons to christianity?

response 174 of 254:

Feb 10 00:14 UTC 1999

y'know jonny ol' boy i missed that one also,
know the wedding was comming shorty..
htings have been a bit hectic here and 
"i done fergetted"
congrats you 2

response 176 of 254:

Feb 11 06:15 UTC 1999

resp:172 Yep.
resp:174 S'ok-- gee, we should have sent you a wedding announcement!
Hrm, I need to pester Julie about sending a pic of us for the Grexers webpage
since some of you want to see a pic

response 178 of 254:

Feb 22 22:28 UTC 1999

We can mail it to the webmistress of grexers.nether.net if necessary.