• new book by Bob

    From Chris Pyle@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 9 05:22:36 2022
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of
    Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Chris Pyle on Wed Mar 9 14:30:10 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of
    Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”

    Big news...!

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Wed Mar 9 14:56:14 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy
    of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!

    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Thu Mar 10 09:03:42 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!

    Hi there Rachel....

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Thu Mar 10 17:29:42 2022
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[
    Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....

    are you coming ?

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Fri Mar 11 14:25:57 2022
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[
    Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?

    To California....?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Fri Mar 11 16:11:51 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 3:47:05 PM UTC-8, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone.
    [Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!

    back into my hands...? :)?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Fri Mar 11 15:47:03 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[
    Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?

    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!

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  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 14 14:39:12 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone.
    [Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!

    Yes.....?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 14 14:58:26 2022
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:57:38 PM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina
    Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time.
    The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.

    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Mon Mar 14 14:57:36 2022
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:29:45 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:03:44 AM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 2:30:13 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone.
    “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The
    Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?

    oh.

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  • From Jack O'Lantern@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 14 17:25:32 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5:56:16 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:

    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!

    They said that to Jeffery Dahmer and when and got 17 of them.

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  • From Jack O'Lantern@21:1/5 to Chris Pyle on Mon Mar 14 17:23:37 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of
    Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Man you guys don't miss anything. I just found out about this book and thought I'd log in with some news.

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Tue Mar 15 11:52:27 2022
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:36:51 AM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:58:28 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover
    below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina
    Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our
    time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....

    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?

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  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 15 11:36:50 2022
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:58:28 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.


    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina
    Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time.
    The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?

    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Wed Mar 16 15:14:40 2022
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2:52:29 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:36:51 AM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:58:28 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover
    below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and
    Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our
    time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....

    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 16 14:24:37 2022
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2:52:29 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:36:51 AM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:58:28 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:39:14 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 6:47:05 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-8, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover
    below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina
    Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our
    time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?

    I like paperback novels and such.....

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jdchase310@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Chris Pyle on Thu Mar 17 07:41:31 2022
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of
    Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    excellent news! it's sure to be a fascinating book! no doubt about that!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 21 15:09:45 2022
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and
    Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of
    our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?

    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 21 18:45:51 2022
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:16:13 PM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists
    of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.

    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    Is there any Steinbeck you haven't read? Or is it easier to say what you have read by him?

    You can email me, too, if you'd rather.

    Out of curiosity, based on your answer, is there any particular time period of Dylan to which you relate or related to the most? Or did you follow him all the way through? (either chronologically, or in your own order)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Mon Mar 21 18:16:11 2022
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of
    our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....

    Is there any Steinbeck you haven't read? Or is it easier to say what you have read by him?

    You can email me, too, if you'd rather.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to jdcha...@gmail.com on Tue Mar 22 04:13:29 2022
    On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:41:33 AM UTC-4, jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:
    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan]
    analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy
    of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    excellent news! it's sure to be a fascinating book! no doubt about that!

    I wonder whatever happened with Chronicles Volume Two and so on?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Tue Mar 22 18:04:09 2022
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of
    our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....

    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 23 15:11:41 2022
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists
    of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.

    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.

    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Thu Mar 24 15:49:33 2022
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the
    book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!

    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Thu Mar 24 22:13:52 2022
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:09:47 PM UTC-4, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the book
    cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams,
    and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest artists of
    our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....

    Speaking of Westerns, I hear that Brokeback Mountain book is a good read.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Fri Mar 25 14:08:12 2022
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find the
    book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.

    Cool.... cool....

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Sun Mar 27 15:49:45 2022
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3:48:06 PM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find
    the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?

    or if you have an idea of your own, don't be shy! :)

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Sun Mar 27 15:48:05 2022
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find
    the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....

    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to Rachel on Sun Mar 27 20:25:51 2022
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find
    the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?

    I knew that was a movie, wasn't aware it's also a book.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Mon Mar 28 07:59:41 2022
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 8:25:53 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9:04:11 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:24:39 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster.
    Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I knew that was a movie, wasn't aware it's also a book.

    was it supposed to be a joke by the forger...?

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Mon Mar 28 15:01:11 2022
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster. Find
    the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the greatest
    artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs mean to all
    of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?

    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the past two
    years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his needs
    but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends. Joe
    grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys having sex
    with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only serve to
    depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle, still
    living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers a
    nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new friend is
    misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis, and he
    babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on. As Joe
    is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek his
    fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted when he
    requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in pursuit of
    Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but eventually lets
    him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of change in
    his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite who
    agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his wearying
    experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to Florida
    that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats him when
    he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes up to
    discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks Joe to
    close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Mon Mar 28 15:26:44 2022
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster.
    Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank
    Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the past two
    years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his needs
    but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends. Joe
    grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys having sex
    with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only serve to
    depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle, still
    living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers a
    nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new friend is
    misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis, and he
    babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on. As
    Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek his
    fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted when
    he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in pursuit of
    Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but eventually lets
    him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of change
    in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite who
    agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his wearying
    experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to Florida
    that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats him
    when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes up to
    discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks Joe to
    close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************

    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 00:03:58 2022
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster.
    Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello,
    Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the past
    two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his
    needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends.
    Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys having
    sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only serve
    to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers a
    nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new friend is
    misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis, and he
    babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on. As
    Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek his
    fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted when
    he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in pursuit
    of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but eventually
    lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite who
    agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his wearying
    experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats him
    when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes up to
    discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks Joe
    to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.

    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 06:01:14 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello,
    Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the
    past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his
    needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends.
    Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers
    a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on.
    As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek
    his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted
    when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite
    who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his
    wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats
    him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes
    up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks
    Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩

    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Tue Mar 29 06:00:29 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon & Schuster.
    Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello,
    Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the past
    two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his
    needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends.
    Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys having
    sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only serve
    to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers a
    nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new friend
    is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis, and he
    babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on.
    As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek
    his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted
    when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in pursuit
    of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but eventually
    lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite
    who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his
    wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats him
    when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes up
    to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks Joe
    to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?

    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 06:14:52 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the
    past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of
    his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led
    on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found
    the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats
    him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes
    up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks
    Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....

    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 06:23:49 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:17:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of
    the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent
    the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care
    of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and
    idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been
    led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them
    to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and
    asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.
    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!

    i am in here SCREAMING, and SCREAMING, and SCREAMING.

    it's like you are trying to CUT UP MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 06:24:57 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:23:51 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:17:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one
    of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool
    new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential
    crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been
    led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy
    and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees
    in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take
    them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami
    and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.
    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!
    i am in here SCREAMING, and SCREAMING, and SCREAMING.

    it's like you are trying to CUT UP MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱

    you are SO_SICK to do this to a person.

    ALL OF THIS WAS DONE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. SOMEBODY KNOCKED!!!!!!!! I JUST WENT UP AND SAID HI TO SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT A FUCKING CRIME!?!??!?!!??!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 07:12:45 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:24:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:23:51 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:17:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon
    & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by
    one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment.
    He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool
    new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential
    crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having
    been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy
    and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take
    them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival,
    Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami
    and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.
    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!
    i am in here SCREAMING, and SCREAMING, and SCREAMING.

    it's like you are trying to CUT UP MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱
    you are SO_SICK to do this to a person.

    ALL OF THIS WAS DONE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. SOMEBODY KNOCKED!!!!!!!! I JUST WENT UP AND SAID HI TO SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT A FUCKING CRIME!?!??!?!!??!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

    why are you trying to make me commit suicide?

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  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 06:17:56 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of
    the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent
    the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of
    his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and
    idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led
    on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits
    of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found
    the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them
    to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.


    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and
    asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.

    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 08:56:36 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 7:12:47 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:24:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:23:51 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:17:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by
    one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment.
    He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a
    cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having
    been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she
    is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch,
    but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a
    few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he
    has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with
    a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival,
    Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.
    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!
    i am in here SCREAMING, and SCREAMING, and SCREAMING.

    it's like you are trying to CUT UP MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱
    you are SO_SICK to do this to a person.

    ALL OF THIS WAS DONE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. SOMEBODY KNOCKED!!!!!!!! I JUST WENT UP AND SAID HI TO SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT A FUCKING CRIME!?!??!?!!??!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?
    why are you trying to make me commit suicide?

    so much for a happy day

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 12:52:39 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 8:56:38 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 7:12:47 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:24:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:23:51 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:17:59 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:14:54 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:01:16 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:00:32 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3:01:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 6:48:06 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:49:35 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 3:11:43 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs
    by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe
    has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy
    she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a
    cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after
    she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch,
    but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a
    few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he
    has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    you're messing with me....and you're pretending like you don't know.....i'm screaming....you're driving me crazy....
    i'm mentally ill, i have nowhere else to go, to turn, to be....and you gaslight me here.....for the crime of loving bob. you are S-I-C-K.
    you're fucking STUPID, bob. you're fucking STUPID.

    if you don't like me don't SING ABOUT ME. why do you TORTURE ME!?!?!?!! i'm screaming my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!?!?!??!!??!!? why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!
    i am in here SCREAMING, and SCREAMING, and SCREAMING.

    it's like you are trying to CUT UP MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱
    you are SO_SICK to do this to a person.

    ALL OF THIS WAS DONE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. SOMEBODY KNOCKED!!!!!!!! I JUST WENT UP AND SAID HI TO SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT A FUCKING CRIME!?!??!?!!??!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?
    why are you trying to make me commit suicide?
    so much for a happy day

    what, i read it incorrectly? he wasn't teasing me? he wasn't playing games with me?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 14:32:11 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello,
    Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the
    past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his
    needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally ends.
    Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He suffers
    a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led on.
    As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and seek
    his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is insulted
    when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found the
    friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a socialite
    who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on his
    wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats
    him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes
    up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks
    Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩

    I am the REAL Zod......

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Zod on Tue Mar 29 14:35:16 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of the
    greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what songs
    mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent the
    past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of
    his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and idle,
    still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led
    on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits of
    change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found
    the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them to
    Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally beats
    him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe wakes
    up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and asks
    Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......

    is that what it says on your birth certificate?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to genera...@gmail.com on Tue Mar 29 14:55:51 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of
    the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent
    the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care
    of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and
    idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been
    led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them
    to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and
    asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'

    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Tue Mar 29 14:48:10 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one of
    the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has spent
    the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of
    his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with Sally
    ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she enjoys
    having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's involvement only
    serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless, and
    idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool new
    friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential crisis,
    and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been led
    on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy and
    seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees in
    pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few bits
    of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has found
    the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take them
    to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound maturity.


    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami and
    asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?

    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 30 00:51:02 2022
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon &
    Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by one
    of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and what
    songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment. He
    suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool
    new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential
    crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having been
    led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy
    and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe flees
    in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take
    them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and brutally
    beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival, Joe
    wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami
    and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?

    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Wed Mar 30 06:54:55 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via Simon
    & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis
    Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the press
    release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by
    one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment.
    He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a cool
    new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an existential
    crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having
    been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling cowboy
    and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she is
    insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch, but
    eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a few
    bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he has
    found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with a
    socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to take
    them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival,
    Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to Miami
    and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.

    are you will dockery?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 30 07:05:06 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 6:54:57 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs by
    one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe has
    spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes
    care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship with
    Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy she
    enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless, friendless,
    and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's enlistment.
    He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a
    cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for having
    been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after she
    is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch,
    but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a
    few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he
    has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party with
    a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after reflecting on
    his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own newfound
    maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before arrival,
    Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?

    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 30 07:23:22 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:05:09 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 6:54:57 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs
    by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe
    has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy
    she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by a
    cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after
    she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic, Joe
    flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his watch,
    but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has a
    few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso he
    has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?
    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?

    want me to meet them, and hug them, pass me around to all the men, is that it?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Rachel@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 30 09:46:59 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:23:24 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:05:09 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 6:54:57 AM UTC-7, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:32:13 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9:00:32 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs
    by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe
    has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy
    she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by
    a cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after
    she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic,
    Joe flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his
    watch, but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has
    a few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso
    he has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?
    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?
    want me to meet them, and hug them, pass me around to all the men, is that it?

    i'm sorry....i don't care....i don't have any friends....i'm pathetic. (in real life)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Mar 30 14:08:19 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 10:23:24 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork:
    Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8 via
    Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster,
    Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according to the
    press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of songs
    by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to life, and
    what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome, Joe
    has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first boy
    she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him by
    a cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a hustling
    cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money after
    she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic,
    Joe flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his
    watch, but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only has
    a few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in Ratso
    he has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going to
    take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him, and
    brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue to
    Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?
    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?
    want me to meet them, and hug them, pass me around to all the men, is that it?

    I am sure that is not true, Rachel..........!!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to Zod on Wed Mar 30 23:35:12 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 5:08:21 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 10:23:24 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:51:04 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2:48:12 PM UTC-7, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:35:18 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:


    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork: Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8
    via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen
    Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according
    to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of
    songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to
    life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome,
    Joe has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first
    boy she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him
    by a cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a
    hustling cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money
    after she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic,
    Joe flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his
    watch, but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only
    has a few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in
    Ratso he has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going
    to take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him,
    and brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue
    to Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?
    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?
    want me to meet them, and hug them, pass me around to all the men, is that it?
    I am sure that is not true, Rachel..........!!

    Absolutely untrue.

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  • From General Zod@21:1/5 to Rachel on Wed Apr 13 13:16:18 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:47:01 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:04:01 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:26:46 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:22:38 AM UTC-5, Chris Pyle wrote:

    this should cause a stir..lololol...found on ER...

    Pitchfork: Bob Dylan Announces New Book The Philosophy of Modern Song
    The Nobel Prize winner’s first collection of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One

    Bob Dylan has announced his first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One. The new collection is called The Philosophy of Modern Song and it’s out Tuesday, November 8
    via Simon & Schuster. Find the book cover below.

    According to a press release, Dylan began working on The Philosophy of Modern Song in 2010. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen
    Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” according
    to the press release.

    In a statement, Jonathan Karp (president and CEO of Simon & Schuster) said: “The publication of Bob Dylan’s kaleidoscopically brilliant work will be an international celebration of
    songs by one of the greatest artists of our time. The Philosophy of Modern Song could only have been written by Bob Dylan. His voice is unique, and his work conveys his deep appreciation and understanding of songs, the people who bring those songs to
    life, and what songs mean to all of us.”
    Big news...!
    Get a life, Bob Zimmerman!!!
    Hi there Rachel....
    are you coming ?
    To California....?
    🌞 tiny smile...

    happy retirement!!!
    Yes.....?
    oh.
    hey, mr. george? you okay? where are you? still camping out? everything cool?
    Hi there Rachel, yes still camping, in my tent... by the river....
    warm enough? keeping cool...? (ykwim)

    do you need anything?
    I like paperback novels and such.....
    what genre interests you? what level of intensity?
    John Steinbeck is probably my favorite write, also love old Westerns like Zane Grey.....
    hey, george. the grapes of wrath is on.
    LOVE that one and CANNERY ROW.....!
    what about tortilla flat? that used to follow me around, i don't know why. it was just hanging around in sweden, iinm. i never read it though, but it made an impression on me.
    Cool.... cool....
    have you read brokeback mountain? does that interest you?
    I would love to read the novel version of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy_(novel)

    Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women.

    Plot
    The book opens with would-be gigolo Joe Buck leaving Houston to seek his fortune back east, chasing his dream of becoming a hustler for sex-starved rich ladies in New York City. Dim-witted, naïve, but strapping and handsome,
    Joe has spent the past two years cultivating a cowboy persona and saving up his dishwashing wages for a brand new cowboy wardrobe.

    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who
    takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those boyfriends, the cowboy Woodsy Niles, is the closest thing Joe has to a father figure, but he too exits Joe's life forever once his relationship
    with Sally ends. Joe grows up profoundly isolated and lonely, desperately wanting but clueless on how to form connections with other people.

    When Joe is 17, he loses his virginity to Anastasia Pratt, a promiscuous schoolgirl who would regularly take on six boys at a time in a movie theater storeroom, each boy patiently waiting in line for his turn. Joe is the first
    boy she enjoys having sex with, leading to a secret relationship that is squelched when one of the other boys alerts Annie's father to her sexual activities out of jealousy. Annie is swiftly institutionalized, and the unsavory rumors surrounding Joe's
    involvement only serve to depress and alienate him.

    In the following years, he has occasional brief sexual dalliances with both men and women in the hopes of securing their friendship, but they are only ever interested in his body. He drifts aimlessly into his 20s—jobless,
    friendless, and idle, still living with and supported by his grandmother.

    Joe is drafted into the US Army at the age of 23. For the first time in his life he finds camaraderie and acceptance, if not outright friendship. Tragically, Sally Buck dies in a horseback accident towards the end of Joe's
    enlistment. He suffers a nervous breakdown at the loss of the only real human connection in his life.

    Discharged from the army, unmoored and consumed by grief, Joe decides to leave Albuquerque for Houston. There, he attracts the attention of a local male hustler named Perry. Joe's simple delight at having attention paid to him
    by a cool new friend is misinterpreted by Perry as a reciprocation of sexual attraction. Perry takes Joe to a hotel room, gives him marijuana for the first time, and attempts to initiate a sexual encounter. Instead, the drugs cause Joe to suffer an
    existential crisis, and he babbles tearfully on the floor about his desire to have a blonde wife to fawn over him and take care of all his needs.

    An annoyed Perry takes Joe to a Tex-Mex brothel run by a grotesque madam and her sexually deviant son. Joe is thrilled by this apparent gesture of friendship, though it's implied that Perry intends the trip as a punishment for
    having been led on. As Joe is having tender and spirited sex with a prostitute, he catches the others spying on him through a hidden room. He attacks Perry, but is then assaulted and raped by the madam's son.

    Joe is deeply traumatized by the attack and by Perry's betrayal. He resolves to harness all his anger to reinvent himself and focus on a goal, inspired by an offhand comment made by the whorehouse madam: he will become a
    hustling cowboy and seek his fortune in New York City, servicing the legions of sex-starved society women waiting for him there.

    Joe Buck arrives in New York by bus and checks into a hotel. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her posh Park Avenue apartment. But the encounter ends badly—he ends up giving her money
    after she is insulted when he requests payment. It's also implied through her phone conversations that Cass herself is a high class call girl.

    Afterwards at a bar, Joe meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, a crippled young swindler who takes $20 from him for ostensibly introducing him to a pimp. After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic,
    Joe flees in pursuit of Ratso but cannot find him. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded.

    Desperate for money to get back his things, Joe tries to solicit male clients on 42nd street. He receives oral sex from a young man, but learns after the act that the young man has no money. Joe threatens him and asks for his
    watch, but eventually lets him go unharmed.

    Joe wanders homeless and utterly alone for weeks, until by chance he spots Ratso in a diner. Simultaneously overjoyed at the sight of a familiar face and furious over having been conned, Joe angrily shakes him down. Ratso only
    has a few bits of change in his pockets, but he offers to share with Joe the condemned apartment where he is squatting. Joe reluctantly accepts his offer.

    Together, the two of them eke out a marginal existence, their days spent on various schemes to raise funds for their survival. Despite their squalid circumstances, Joe finds himself happier than he has ever been, because in
    Ratso he has found the friendship and companionship that he has always longed for. Ratso tells Joe about his dream of going to Florida, a splendid paradise where life is always easy and all your needs are met. Time passes, and Ratso's health grows worse.

    One day, Joe is scouted by Hansel and Gretel MacAlbertson, a pair of bohemian siblings, and handed an invitation to a Warhol-esque loft party. Joe and Ratso attend. Joe gets high off a pill Gretel gives him, and leaves the party
    with a socialite who agrees to pay him $20 for the novelty of spending the night with a male hustler. An ailing Ratso falls down the stairs, and makes his own way home. Meanwhile, Joe is aghast to find himself unable to perform in bed, but after
    reflecting on his wearying experiences in New York City he is able to successfully make wild, raw, violent love to the socialite.

    Joe returns to their flat flush with success, carrying new socks and medicine for Ratso. He finds him bedridden and feverish, having lost the ability to walk. Dimly aware that his friend is dying, Joe announces that he is going
    to take them to Florida that very night.

    Joe picks up a middle-aged man in an amusement arcade. The man takes Joe back to his hotel room and wastes the entire evening tediously talking at him before ultimately backing out of the transaction. Desperate, Joe robs him,
    and brutally beats him when he tries to phone for help. He buys bus tickets with the money and puts himself and Ratso on the next bus to Florida.

    Joe resolves to stop hustling, and tells Ratso that he plans to get a regular job in Florida. To his own surprise, he promises Ratso that he means to take care of them both. Joe reflects positively on his journey and his own
    newfound maturity.

    Ratso's health deteriorates over the course of the long bus ride. He becomes incontinent, and eventually unresponsive. Joe buys new clothing for Ratso and himself at a rest stop, and discards his cowboy outfit. Shortly before
    arrival, Joe wakes up to discover that Ratso has died.

    He is unsurprised, and finds himself continuing to make responsible plans for the future—to bury Ratso properly, and to find a job to pay for the burial and headstone. The driver tells Joe there is nothing to do but continue
    to Miami and asks Joe to close Ratso's eyes. Alone in the world once more, Joe sits with his arm around his dead friend for the last few miles of their journey.

    *************************************
    i'm sorry, i got you two confused.
    Which two, real Zod and fake Zod?
    are you trying to make me slice my wrists? i don't even know what you are TALKING about.

    i meant zod and gener....

    who is real zod and fake zod???? stop it, you make me crazy..... 😩
    I am the REAL Zod......
    is that what it says on your birth certificate?
    No..... ha ha

    I like Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie version, so yesss.... yes....

    Check it out, a friendship like me and Doc have...:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHVFXorF38

    Midnight Cowboy - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
    so let me get this straight.

    zod and genera are the same person, that being george?
    I'm pretty sure they are the same person.
    are you will dockery?
    hey bob! you wanna see if i'll "let" will fuck me, like you did?

    is that it?

    want me to fuck everybody else first, before you'll come back after you raped me, is that it?
    want me to meet them, and hug them, pass me around to all the men, is that it?
    i'm sorry....i don't care....i don't have any friends....i'm pathetic. (in real life)

    Cheer up....

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