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 Message 1451 
 Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus 
 Re: Shinies and not-so shiny 
 04 Aug 15 16:31:11 
 
  Re: Re: Shinies and not-so shiny
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Jul 30 2015 21:39:24

 NB> Probably wouldn't hurt... ;)  I never stopped reading for pleasure, but
 NB> I just can't read for as long or as fast... especially when my eyes get
 NB> tired...  

  Yeah to be honest I completely forgot about working on trying to get into
that habit again after the first night.  Which sucks, because I've got a few
library books here, that manuscript from my mom, and a few others on a queue
that I can't dissuade my roommate from putting together for me.

 NB> He's had a bit more in-your-face experience on learning that than my son
 NB> had at that age, I'd guess...  :)  

  He's had a lot of it.  The kid is ahead of his time, but I think we all know
some of the losses that all too often accompany that.

 DAG>> 20 pages a night until I'm done.  So far the writing is pretty
 DAG>> friggin' good.  Reminds me a little bit of Peter Straub.
 NB> Sounds promising... :)

  It was that first night.  Then the manuscript disappeared into the
disorganization here.  I'm gonna try to get another shot at it tonight after I
finish up this email and make sure that it's laying out somewhere where I can
see it before I crash out tonight.  ;)

 DAG>> Yeah...  Well the paperwork is coming to us separately now, so I'm
 DAG>> not going to be losing money like that again.
 NB> That sounds better.  :)

  Burn me once, shame on you, burn me twice, shame on me...  Basically what my
tattoo about relationships says, though its third clause makes the pyre
optional. 

 NB> One can start a religous war over just about anything... ;)  And there
 NB> are a lot of different thought systems to (try to) explain the
 NB> universe... ;)

  It's a damn shame people can't just find the ones that help them to be the
best, most peaceful and accepting people that they can, and stop giving a crap
about the systems that are working for each other.  ;)  My own belief system is
that a lot of those systems are used for manipulation too much for that to be
possible, but a man can dream.  Soooo much wasted on warfare that we could feed
the world HOW many times over?

  -D
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