On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 9:44:14 PM UTC-5, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 4:04:42 PM UTC-4, myriadsma...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 7:16:50 PM UTC-5, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > > > It's occurred to me many times over the years that I don't actually know   
   any of you all that well, despite our countless interactions, arguments, and   
   debates.   
   > > >    
   > > > There aren't many of us left here in this derelict newsgroup, but those   
   of us who are still around persevere for good reason. This place is important   
   to us. Pink Floyd is important to us.   
   > > >    
   > > > I understand if the rest of you don't chime in, but in hoping that you   
   do, I'll start.   
   > > >    
   > > > -----   
   > > >    
   > > > My name is Eric. I became a dedicated Floyd fan somewhere around 2003   
   when I discovered torrents for the first time, and realized it was possible to   
   obtain entire discographies. For whatever reason, Pink Floyd was my first   
   collection. I'd heard    
   their songs on the radio for my entire life, but that's about as far as it   
   went.   
   > > >    
   > > > I can remember lying in bed that year, one of a handful of times in my   
   life I've had the flu, and listening, arbitrarily, to (I think) Momentary   
   Lapse of Reason and Dark Side of the Moon.   
   > > >    
   > > > Funny thing is that torrent had a live version of the last track of   
   DSOTM, so for a long time I didn't know that the album's track wasn't live.   
   When I finally corrected it by buying the album and ripping it, my brain   
   expected the live version - for    
   a while. Eventually, I got over that.   
   > > >    
   > > > Around 2004, I got an opportunity to partake in a mushroom experience   
   with my best friends. I specifically brought my copy of DSOTM with me and a CD   
   walkman. At a certain point during the party, everything became overwhelming,   
   so I curled up behind    
   a couch and put on the music and a pair of headphones.   
   > > >    
   > > > I've done shrooms plenty of times since then, but I've never experienced   
   what I went through that night again. Purple, glowing spirals - like a Winamp   
   visualization - gyrating, pulsing, moving. I saw them as clear as day.   
   "Closed-eye visuals", they'   
   re called, apparently. Haven't had the pleasure since.   
   > > >    
   > > > One like spoke to me like nothing else ever had. All you touch and all   
   you see is all your life will ever be. Thank you, Roger.   
   > > >    
   > > > I'm not really anyone special, although I used to think that one day I   
   was going to be. I did a lot of theater in high school and figured I'd run off   
   to Hollywood and be a film star. Life got in the way, somehow, and I just   
   petered on as anyone    
   would.   
   > > >    
   > > > I draw caricatures for a living, at parties. Wedding receptions, company   
   picnics, that sort of thing. Maybe that's why I think of people as cartoons.   
   > > >    
   > > > I spend a lot of my time working on video projects. I like to think of   
   myself as a filmmaker. Maybe I still have a window for fame. I don't want to   
   be famous, though. I just want people to like my shit.   
   > > >    
   > > > I have four major goals on my to-do list:   
   > > >    
   > > > 1. Make a feature-length film.   
   > > > 2. Write a novel.   
   > > > 3. Publish a graphic novel.   
   > > > 4. Have a major role in a movie or a stage play.   
   > > >    
   > > > Number four I can live without. It's the first three I really want.   
   > >    
   > > Four days and your post is still here. It's gotta be a record.   
   >    
   > This time I meant it.   
      
   test   
      
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