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Dec. 2002 - - I'm A Scorpio
When you're sad on the 2nd and 3rd, your friends want to console you, and when you're feeling up and
happy to be alive on the 4th, 5th and 6th, your friends are there to celebrate with you. The roller
coaster ride that you feel you've been on comes to an end on the 7th, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't
fun while it lasted -- some of the memories of this past week will be with you your entire life. Unavoidable
priorities and responsibilities demand a lot of your time on the 7th, 8th, 15th and 16th, but you can manage
to pursue one of your passions in your spare time on the 11th and 12th. Finding a way around your problems is
easier than usual on the 17th and 18th, and your innovative ideas may very well get some public recognition on
these days as well as on the 22nd and 23rd. You're an extremely dependable friend and/or employee on the 24th
through 26th, but your restless spirit may cause you to walk out on an important meeting or to forget a date
with a loved one on the 27th or 28th. Your apology will probably be accepted on the 29th or 30th, but forgiving
is not the same thing as forgetting.
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June 14th, 2003
PARIS - A French fisherman netted a surprise catch this week -- 66 pounds of cannabis.
The man was fishing on the river Yvette, on the southern edge of Paris, when he spotted something strange in the water,
French media reported Friday. Taking a closer look, he discovered 28 bags, each containing a little over a kilogram of cannabis resin and
immediately alerted the police. "Perhaps it was the usual hiding place for a drug trafficker,"
a local policeman was quoted as saying in the Liberation daily. "With the heat, the (water) level had fallen.
There was only about 50 cm of water," he said. "It's very rare that people bring in this sort of commodity
in such quantities."
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June 11th, 2003
LOS ANGELES - What happens when a waiter gets one complaint too many?
Police in Corona, California, say a waiter at a Sizzler restaurant there went to the home of a family who
complained about his service and cooked up a special order on their lawn -- eggs, flour, maple syrup and toilet paper.
Jonathan Voeltner, 20, was arrested on Saturday, suspected of vandalism and contributing to the delinquency of
minors -- his 17-year-old girlfriend and two younger brothers -- who helped him deliver the midnight snack, police said.
Voeltner apparently became incensed on Friday evening when Darlene Keller complained to a manager that he
refused to swap the potatoes that came with her meal for vegetables. Keller subsequently got the cauliflower and
broccoli she requested, while Voeltner laid plans for a special recipe of his own, said Corona police Sgt. Jerry Rodriguez.
"He had his girlfriend, a minor, follow the family home when they left the restaurant to get their
address," Rodriguez said. "When he got off work she picked him up with his 17- and 10-year-old brothers."
The foursome went to a nearby grocery store and picked up the ingredients for their revenge recipe, Rodriguez said.
After throwing eggs against the house, festooning the trees with toilet paper and sprinkling the lawn with
flour and maple syrup, they rang the doorbell several times at about 1 a.m. and waited to see Keller's reaction,
Rodriguez said. Upon seeing the mess, Keller called police, who arrived a short time later and arrested the girlfriend and younger
boys. "The server came out of the bushes and (Keller) recognized him," Rodriguez said. "She said, 'That's my waiter!'"
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When in doubt, mumble - - Alex LeClair
Just remember that you are unique, just like everyone else - - Unknown
"As a matter of simple logic, there's no difference at all, that I can see,
between the man who's greedy for material treasure- or even intellectual
treasure- and the man who's greedy for spiritual treasure."
- - Zooey (Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger)
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of
Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my
nails, but I don't even do that any more.
- - Dorothy Parker
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
- - Christopher Lasch
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to
doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
- - Alfred Korzybski
Sa ziza zecob dela dalou'a
Boralea'e borale mi komi oula
Alatawuané icas iwua'oula
Ilei pandera zel e' tomu pere no mo mai
- - Deep Forest (sweet lullaby)
She really loves simple things, can't afford no diamond rings, wouldn't wear 'em if she could
- - Willy Porter (Watercolor)
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© Doug Malcore 2002
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