From: harpsichordplayer@hotmail.com.nospam   
      
   "LH"  wrote in message   
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   > "Rebecca Smith"  wrote in message   
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   > > "Janice"  wrote in message   
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   > >> In article ,   
   > >> janice@mailinator.com says...   
   > >>   
   > >> >Alas, no.  I was able to get experiences at least resembling   
   > >> >clairvoyance, alien encounters and Carrie-type stuff, but I never   
   > >> >managed   
   > >> >any telekinesis.   
   > >>   
   > >> To clarify: since Carrie's (fictional) talent could be called   
   > >> telekinesis, I should explain that what I meant by experiences   
   resembling   
   > >> Carrie-type stuff was experiences in which unpleasant things happened   
   to   
   > >> people who had bothered me.  I hadn't intended for them to happen, but   
   > >> nevertheless at the time I really did indulge in imagining that they   
   had   
   > >> happened because the people had bothered me.   
   > >   
   > > Hello   
   > >   
   > > I used to teach music privately, and would often feel rather drained,   
   > > after   
   > > working in an office all day and then teaching at night.  Anyway,   
   > > occasionally I would wish very hard that a particularly difficult   
   student   
   > > not turn up, and they wouldn't!  Most likely just good luck though.  :-)   
   >   
   > Try being self-employed and not wanting people to show up for their   
   > appointments because you don't feel up to it that day.  It works really   
   well   
   > then, of course you'll also go broke...  :-)   
      
   Very true.  :)   But how nice sometimes not be obliged not only to force   
   your brain into gear when you're stuffed, but also to force an affability   
   you're   
   far from feeling.  Such elation.  :-)  (I should add that I was very fond of   
   most of my students, just the occasional one was a bit painful.)   
      
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