Hi I'll try to make this quick and painless, as my posts, though few in number, are great in dread. It's just that I have to write 2000 words on the Baedeker Blitz for tomorrow, and I've exhausted all other procrastination activities, hence my resort to posting. (Incidentally, anyone with grannies and grandpas from Exeter or, conversely, Lubeck, are welcome to offer me primary accounts of area bombing, as it really does make excellent party conversation...) So, here are Marybeth's 14 Points, if you like, though you probably won't like them. 1. I had a dream last night that for some reason I was being interviewed for lifetime achievement (HA!) and someone asked me what was the inspiration for my life and I said something to the effect of: "Why, it's all just an Arlo Guthrie song!" How random can that be??????? 2. Wouldn't it be fantasmic if a certain Mr. Murdoch rewrote The Beautiful South's "Song for Whoever" and changed all the names to his little muses? Lazy Jane, Photo Jenny, Judy and Lis(a) oh i forget your name........ Okay, I'm obviously not a songwriter, but you get the idea. I'm sure someone has a greater grasp of syllabification than me. 3. I was watching someone get an elbow replacement on tv the other day and this occurred to me: What would happen if the world ended while you were in surgery? Think about it, kidlets, and report back to me. 4. In "Celia of the Seals" is Donovan trying to emulate seal sounds with that weird, nonsensical singing? If you know the song, you know the part i mean. It really creeped me out, but i still like the song. It's no Barabajagal, but anything about seals can't be All Bad. 5. I miss Hinterland Who's Who. 6. Cigarettes and wine gums DO NOT mix well. 7. Orangina and wine gums DO NOT mix well. 8. Actually, nothing really mixes well with winegums. 9. I have a cat named Stella and she IS the devil. The strange part is that during the one "cute" moment of her life, she dipped her paw into her water dish and proceeded to wash her face with it. I almost forgot about all the times she has bitten and maimed me in the past when i saw that. Then I noticed she was using her left paw. Sinister after all...... 10. I really like the song "Belle and Sebastian," as opposed to just the band. I think it's cute. I like all the Sebastian songs, even though I should technically prefer the Belle ones. 11. Why do people look at me funny when I buy flowers for myself? Moreover, why doesn't anyone buy flowers for me? 12. Did John Steinbeck EVER actually come up with an original title for a story? Who cares, it's just another reason to hate him. 13. Is it just me, or are kids getting shorter these days? 14. Does anyone else know the story of the Erie Belle? I love this story, as it was part of my childhood. One can still see the decaying smokestack of the Erie Belle on the beaches of Lake Huron - somewhere near Kincardine. I don't know what I'll do when the Erie Belle is gone for good - it seems like a potentially good friend. Alright, that's enough rambling. Try not to hold it against me. Yours, unfortunately, Marybeth (P.S. There will be a prize for spotting all the superfluous commas in this piece - I JUST COULDN"T PAUSE CORRECTLY!) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+