Re: a comment on Math Poem by Dovina	20-Dec-04/4:16 PM
No I voted 10 because this is a site for POETRY and HELPING EACH OTHER OUT, not poking holes in other people's work :(
Re: a comment on Math Poem by Dovina	20-Dec-04/1:47 PM
Surely you're big enough not to care what I think? Particularly if I'm the failed Spiderman you seem to think I am. My question was perfectly straightforward. But you chose to fudge it. Your 'answer' didn't even come close to being an answer. You could have just told the truth, which makes me think you don't want me to know the truth. I think the truth is that you only gave the poeme a 9 because it flattered you. Let's face facts: POETICALLY, IT WAS A PILE OF WANK. Nearly as good as Yeats? lol. Why didn't you just say 'no' when I asked you?
Re: a comment on Math Poem by Dovina	20-Dec-04/1:02 PM
Do you doubt it's good enough to be published?
Re: a comment on Math Poem by Dovina	20-Dec-04/11:26 AM
He probably deleted it so he could get it published.
Re: a comment on Math Poem by Dovina	20-Dec-04/10:58 AM
Are you interested in mathematics?
Re: Grandma's Prayer/Lord Reply by jroday	19-Dec-04/6:50 AM
Good heavens. I had no idea the Lord made so many grammatical errors when He spoke. Then again, English is his second language.
Re: a comment on Pinhole by Dovina	19-Dec-04/6:26 AM
This borders on dangerously wacky. I recommend the guideline, "If Terry Pratchett could have written it, it's guss." Still, a good effort, especially the second verse of the lay. 7/10.
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/1:06 PM
No, look. You haven't said what the comparison is. You've only announced that you've made a comparison. One imagines you have written this down on a piece of notepaper and forgotten to post it onto the internet. The mythical comparison, as you have stated it, is between the escapist fantasy of a reader of superhero comic books and the alleged escapist fantasy of -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. Do you know what a comparison is? It consists of listing the similarities and differences between the two compared things, perhaps with some sort of conclusion at the end. So far you haven't listed any similarities or differences between the escapist fantasies of superhero comic book readers and the alleged escapist fantasies of -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I., except to say that they are both escapist fantasies, which is not a comparison at all, because the question is how they compare *qua* escapist fantasies. Specifically, superheroes aren't "extremely arrogant." They don't "assert themselves to be innately better." They don't have an "obsession with demeaning the lower classes and instilling what they hope to be pain." By extension, the escapist fantasies of readers of these comics probably don't have these features. You could make a more profitable comparison between the escapist fantasies of the writers of supervillain comics and the alleged escapist fantasies of -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. Remember, though, what a comparison is. You can't just say "I compare these two things."
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/12:38 PM
You have a remarkable propensity to abandon each of your positions as it sinks. However, let us consider this new position. In fact it is not yet a position; merely a declaration that you *have* a position. What is your comparison between the escapist fantasy of comic-book readers and the alleged escapist fantasy of -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.?
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/11:54 AM
Yes, but your "simple truth" is a buncombe. The snowflake's melting isn't a result of its contact with the eyelash. Clearly, the surface area between the snowflake and the eyelash is small. It melts because the air around the deer's body, especially its head, is warm. Are there any fields of knowledge you are not prepared to propose absurd falsehoods in?
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/11:50 AM
Which is how? Let's examine your higgledy-piggledy position. Quote: "Does anyone not suspect he is the embodiment of thwarted lives seeking betterment through a Superman or Spiderman." I mean forget about the details of any given superhero. The sentence just doesn't make any sense. 1. Superman does not "play" or "embody" Superman -- he *is* Superman. He doesn't pretend to have Super-powers -- he does have them. (The same goes for Spiderman, and indeede Batman.) If anything, he is playing at being Clark Kent. This is the exact reverse of your claim. 2. Furthermore, Superman and Spiderman, the two superheroes heroes you mentioned, aren't log-ins to an internet forum that multiple people use. They are single people. (Ironically, comparing -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. to Batman would have made more sense, since according to zodiac, Batman is an identity taken on by more than person. 3. I suppose you will retort by saying that *reading* about Superman is an escapist fantasy of the sort your mentioning. Probably your higgledy-piggledy mind can't understand the difference between "embodying" a shero and "vicariously living" through reading about his exploits. You've mussed-up everything, Dovina. Everything.
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/11:35 AM
No, I say something like that when *you've* been beaked to the max. But I can see how you would make that mistake.
Re: Love-A=? by sir_heff	18-Dec-04/5:44 AM
Oh dear, another hopelessly bungling "math poeme". We can only pray the meltdown doesn't send the poemeranker server into a Hysteria.
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/5:35 AM
lol. You say something like that whenever you've been beaked to the max.
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	18-Dec-04/1:51 AM
Of course your lost. Everyone is. That's what happens when you try to explain things to Dovina. She is unable to sustain a thought for anything longer than the time it takes for a snowflake to melt on the eyelash of a startled deer. As my analogy may suggest, it's a typical female trait. It is well known that women are generally better at multi-tasking than men. This makes them good at house work, and nattering, but when it comes to moderately intense concentration their brains go higgledy-piggledy, and they start parping-off in all directions at once. And then they probably think something like, "Oh these men! They just can't keep up with me!" I'm surprised you persist. I gave up on the Superman-Spiderman thing the second she earnestly began correcting my use of superlatives :(
Re: Pinhole by Dovina	17-Dec-04/5:50 PM
"Listen, dear, you couldn't write FUCK on a dusty Venetian blind." - Coral Browne
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	17-Dec-04/2:00 PM
This isn't about me, Dovina. It's about your bulging failure to use and interpret words correctly. For example, you don't realise that "the team were desperate" is the preferred form in British English, which is the Batman's English. Your misunderstandings of regional variations in language use alone form a vast, whooshing catalogue of "hobo guss". When taken together with your shocking physical, personal, social, and ethical deformities, it's a wonder you can even struggle into your full-body wellington in the morning, let alone summon up the energy to make mistake after terrifying mistake on the internet. Case in point: "colossal" is spelled "colossal."
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	17-Dec-04/1:47 PM
I stand by my superlatives, dear. If you think differences between superheroes are so trivial, why did you include "or Spiderman"? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	17-Dec-04/12:26 PM
"Does anyone not suspect he is the embodiment of thwarted lives seeking betterment through a Superman or Spiderman." lol 'embodiement of thwarted lives'. Good grief you couldn't be more wrong. 'Through a Superman or Spiderman'? That's hilarious. It's hilarious because you included the 'or Spiderman', as if Spiderman some how has particular qualities, distinct from those of Superman, or any other generic superhero, that may or may not be more suited to the -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. persona. Well your colossally wrong big time. It's patently obvious to anyone who 'gets' -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I., that he is an attempt at seeking betterment through a Batman. Something that is completely different from seeking betterment through a Superman, or even a Spiderman. You fool. "The project might even attract me if the character were not so obnoxious." How gallant of you to decline our offer. In fact the -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. team were so desperate for your input, that one of my colleagues burst into tears when he heard you weren't interested in the project. We'll try and carry on without you, but I fear it will be an uphill struggle. :(
Re: a comment on The Rockets’ Song by Dovina	13-Dec-04/3:08 PM
Of course you don't *need* to assert it. I don't *need* to wear Westbury suits. But I do so anyway because they are superior to other brands. If you have greater worth, it is inherently desirable to make others recognise the greatness of your worth, then watch as they become painfully aware of their own shortcomings. Only then can you bask in the swollen crotch of an ectsasy.