tue2feb99 (a divagation on why late she-teens are a heart attack) ----------------------------------------------------------- if i had a late teen she-kid (what's he mean?) i'd be the mother of all nerve wrecks i'd be a train wreck i'd be the housing projects being imploded i'd be a coffee flooded keyboard i'd be on fire i'd be (almost) on ice it's sooooo much easier to be in love with them from a safe distance. give them time to grow up. and their kin to die off. attraction is an almost general anaesthetic. soothes the next of skin. you just don't worry or hurry. just let the calendar slide. they're aging faster than you at 40. hippo birdy two ewe. attraction is damn close to general anaesthetic. yum! shesop'etty ah cahn't eel mah gum. so ifye'gonna be so'e atme (fo'allthis) jus'hitmehe'e andha'd. Marek Lugowski 2 February 1999 Chicago, Illinois