Re: a comment on Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	2-Jun-05/11:24 AM
I did not mean to complement her, but only to compliment her. It would have been clever worded differently. As it is – just a misspelling and a good call.
Re: a comment on Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	2-Jun-05/11:23 AM
Who knows.
Re: a comment on Applicative-Order Fixed-Point Operator by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.	31-May-05/11:43 AM
Could you have solved this math question, which appeared in The Ladies Diary? No diagram was given, and all you have is a book of logarithms, a log-trig book, paper and a pencil. “A circular vessel, whose top and bottom diameters are 70 and 92, and perpendicular depth 60 inches, is so elevated on side that the other becomes perpendicular to the horizon; required what quantity of liquor, ale measure, will just cover the bottom when in that position.”
Re: Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	31-May-05/11:20 AM
Dear DoubleU, zodiac, Intransit, and rockmage, Thank you for expressing disillusionment. All of you seem to think I must have meant something more than “She wanted to look different,” and for granting me that much respect, I thank you. Imagine a woman who tries all her life to match the ethics and appearances her peers expect from her. She knows she is different and wants very much to be accepted. So she dons stylish clothes and adopts mannerisms, hoping to be perceived as cool. But despite her efforts, she finds herself always saying the odd thing or acting in some unacceptable way. One day she meets a woman with green tips on her newly done nails. That’s odd, she thinks. Why would anyone deliberately do something odd? Then it dawns on her that this woman just naturally fits in and feels bored with the thing our woman spends her energies trying to gain.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	31-May-05/9:43 AM
Good poem. Strange she says, "long after their done" not "they're."
Re: Reunion by jessicazee	31-May-05/9:37 AM
Gets better as it it progresses. Spooky. Find a synonym for "factory"
Re: a comment on Life and Love by windyone	31-May-05/9:24 AM
It's good as is, but could be better with just another clue on what you mean. Such clues, if subtle, do not stop a reder from taking it in another direction. I failed in this regard on my recent posting.
Re: a comment on The Symbol by Dovina	31-May-05/9:20 AM
Come off the road anytime, truckdriver.
Re: Slowing - or, A Love Poem with Eggs and Short Lines by zodiac	31-May-05/9:16 AM
I'm taking it as a late-period activity where Verse 2 either conflicts with the ending or there is a change of heart. I go with the latter.
Re: a comment on Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	31-May-05/9:09 AM
Good call, thanks.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	31-May-05/9:01 AM
Oh, good. I'd not know how to handle a compliment.
Re: a comment on Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	30-May-05/7:23 PM
No mocking, really.
Re: a comment on Acrylic French Nails by Dovina	30-May-05/7:06 PM
I meant no sarcasm. Quite the opposite.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	30-May-05/6:59 PM
Why should I balk when you say I am misguided or not guided? Am I not better off than a sheep? And if I could achieve horrific squelching more often, that would be nice too.
Re: Aimee by LintyWeenis	30-May-05/6:36 PM
Codependency perhaps, I say whatever works. A complex issue made clearer in just a few words.
Re: Nomad's Oasis by Caducus	30-May-05/6:22 PM
Some good prose, but the theme is too far fetched to compel. What on earth do you mean by, "heaven is a mirage unreachable as a woman."
Re: Life and Love by windyone	30-May-05/6:04 PM
Seems unfinished. Not that you should just tell us the outcome or the backstory, but some clue please.
Re: Distraction by zodiac	30-May-05/6:00 PM
That's the problem. I'm still in a world of my own. Even with this sharing of a jumble of thoughts and the difficulties of sorting it out for writing, no gap is bridged, and it's still a jumble.
Re: a comment on Aimee by LintyWeenis	27-May-05/10:36 PM
I think it should be he's, not she's. With a crooked smile, I rejoice. With a heavy heart, I confess.
Re: Last Night by Roisin	27-May-05/5:02 PM
This is really good. I'm with you all the way. The start of verse 3 is weak.