RE: FLUXLIST: Normal Slaps Frog - Calico Wenches
--- Roger Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nomad Slasher. An everyday story of Ambrosia simple country folk. (Please add to the story wherever you see fit, add your name at the front and post it.) Man Bites Dog 42-page book made of fur, teeth, skin and bones Kathy Forer, Roger Stevens, Michael Leigh, Alan fffo, badgergirl, Carol Starr, Suse, Allan R. The Story So Far. Fourteen wolverines and one lap dog chase a badger. But the badger is too fast and burrows beneath a paintbrush stuck in a stone. In the burrow are mushrooms and grain. The badger makes a broth ambrosia of the green grain and mushrooms and is soon asleep. The badger is dreaming... In the dream there are no wolverines or lap dogs because the badger was really awakened by the artist removing the paintbrush from the stone to begin painting for the morning. Little does the artist realize that the badger is in the burrow. Once the badger (a strange name for a badger some would say) is reassured as to its safety and breakfast is under way in the burrow; ambrosia of green grain and mushrooms with the added delight of mini marshmallows! The day is going well, but what was that strange sound? Thunder and a police siren suddenly mix with satisfied snoring. The badger jumps from his spot thinking his borough has imploded. When he hears the rain on the stone above, he realizes electricity is still working, washes his face and soon falls back deep asleep. He dreams of sitting on a five bar gate in Shinaniki Da. It's 1932 and Tom Thumb, the Topsy Turvy talking automaton has just opened the Cough Drop Shop in the village which badger can see from where he sits. The Baked Potato Man wanders by trying to sell his wares. Piping hot King Edwards! he shouts as he wafts the steam from his portable oven perched precariously on one-legged wheel-barrow. Juicy Jerseys covered in ketchup! Badger asks the Baked Potato Man if he has any crispy potato peelings in batter. No, but I have these fine Cheshire New potatoes in gravy. He smiles, proffering the steamy morsel which suddenly grows two eyes and leering mouth and cackles most horribly! Hours later, Once the badger, is awakened by the noise of wood against stone. It is night and the lap dog is yapping. The wolverines have surrounded the stone and are chanting an incantation. The badger doesn't breathe, not a whisker moves. Neither up nor down, although suspense is acrostic. After a paws of several minutes the badger quickly whips out his cross-stitched magic asbestos underpants and pulls them on ferociously. Once flings open the serving hatch and grabs the vial of sacred weasel water and makes a dot for the burrow entrance and confronts the seething mass of writhing wolverines squirming around the stone which is now glowing with a strange phosphorescent throb! 1 It was a dense night. Stumble patterns and brave yapping set apart the party of owl elves and gnome mimics writhed and chased and spurned the undergrowth around the latest beige badger silting. In the brave distance behoves the strange and incandescent foreshadows of wolverines and greenish melon lights upon the substantial forest fare. Young Zonograph, the tallest owl elf snuffed his warps harp and muttered - I can hear a badger. The badger is in trouble. I scents wolverines. Hurry there is no stone unready ton roll upturned in this lackadaisical pre-momentary of the word fandango. Meanwhile, or to be more precisereiouseless, high on hill stood a lonely man with a goathead, his fixedinterestrate stare directeddyboyhoodlesservilely at the burning black belching smokestacks of the town beyond the wolverine woods. The sound of a suddenly snuffeforadicalcified warps harp, brought memories back for Ludwig Hat, erstwhile butler and badger baiterribleedinglendervish of Vincent and Cara Van Hire. Ludwig stood immobile, imshelle and intexacoe, for Ludwig had been brained by falling groceries, dropped from almost a mile overhead and one mile and eight inches over shoulder, a result of the splitting of a cheap carrier pigeon on its way home. Forcing his gaze downward Ludwig was horrified, not only had his part of the story not managed to settle on a definite form, not only did it lack content but now to his disgust he found that he had been rendereducededicateddyboyfriended by a tangerine!!! He couldn't even get that right. Ludwig crossed his eyes and dotted his teeth, relaxed and floated up, through the roof of his own mouth. Long and complicated wordadditions, he thought, canwearyoudownifyournot careful, and so he resolved to be more carefulinfuture. Win Cent the Magnificent and Cara, however, were seriously considering calling Sister Meg and entering into the fray. Sister Meg O'Lomania was after all acrostic champion Frigidaire and good at getting
Re: FLUXLIST: the story so far......
Don, It takes a while to get back after fooling with St. Michael, but here we are. You can either pick up the story where it left off or add to it anywhere along the line. At the latest, two rather opposed characters are forgetfully making a sweet concoction while a whole lot of others are dreaming, waking, pronouncing, whistling, bugling, constructing, washing, eating and menacing. And more. Cast so far: Fourteen wolverines Later, a lap dog Once, badger Tom Thumb, the Topsy Turvy talking automaton The Baked Potato Man owl elves and gnome mimics Young Zonograph, the tallest owl elf Ludwig Hat, erstwhile butler and badger baiterribleedinglendervish Win Cent the Magnificent and Cara Sister Meg O'Lomania Mrs. Shufflefang Pequot Marmaduck The badgers, for now there were five Monarch, the milkman's horse Uncle Walt Lulu, the tart A wolverine 3,000 red-headed women Yousee Blarney the turkey buzzard Logi Baird Ooompungokoonoo Indians of Skull Island Sir Monte Garghoulpet a pet kebab, Stanley scullery maid Gladys Drawings would be soft-stockinet as well, but I have to go finish ambrosia starter just now. Kathy
Re: FLUXLIST: frozen screen syndrom
Hi Michael, Okay, I assume you're running windows and I assume because you say old PC that you're running win95 or 98 or ME so.. Switch on the PC and start pressing F8 just after you see the bios information appear on the screen. After a moment a screen should appear giving you options on how to start windows. Select safe mode from this menu (just enter the number for this). Windows should then boot into safe mode. If it boots into safe mode remove any programs that are loaded on startup (e.g. virus checkers etc.) by moving everything out of C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp and using add/remove programs to remove virus checkers or similar. If you're confident you can also check for stuff being loaded at startup via the registry by running regedit and checking the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run but don't modify this unless you know what you're doing. Then shutdown as normal switch the machine off and on again...does it now boot normally If it didn't boot in to safe mode you have two choices either: 1) go through the F8 step again but select step-by-step confirmation..this starts windows by loading all your drivers one by one so you can see which one it is having trouble loading. You then need to look up the driver on microsoft's knowledge base (on their website) to see if it has any known issues and what fixes are recommended. 2)Install a fresh copy of windows. This is not ideal as windows should really only be installed clean (i.e. newly partitioned and formatted drive) but this way you can at least get the machine working and keep all your files. Here's an extra note on booting into safe mode http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm Safe mode is simply windows with a minimum set of drivers loaded (e.g. no network, low res vga graphics etc) so the machine is much more likely to be able to boot. Well, any more questions let me know and I'll try and help. Feel free to contact me offlist about it.You've got my e-mail anyway. cheers, Sol. - Original Message - From: michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:11 PM Subject: FLUXLIST: frozen screen syndrom hi this is aplea for help from all you tech-heads out there. just defragged our old pc but now the desktop wont appear just the microsoft doo dad. i keep re-booting but nothing happens. just gets to this bloody microsoft thingy and freezes. can anyone help? cheers Michael Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
FLUXLIST: Cricket in the Mirror
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FLUXLIST: Skcommah, Egnid
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FLUXLIST: Happy Birthday Allen Ginsberg
Dear Friends Fellow Workers: a Happy Birthday today to Allen Ginsberg-- moment of Howling, Sutras, Blues, Blake Songs, Punk Rock, Jazz -- poetry, painting, films-- for dear friend of all-- Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage!
Re: FLUXLIST: frozen screen syndrom
Many thanks Sol for the taking the trouble to type out all that stuff about safe mode and step by step mode etc. I more or less went through allthose procedures with the help of the chap who sold us the PC in the first place ( about 5 or 6 yrs ago now) last night. Nothing really worked so eventually i had to re-load Windows 98 and luckily its all fine again. Touch wood! Nothing lost I dont think though obviously some dodgy files which may mess up in the future ( this happened a year ago when I last did a DEFRAG!) Anyway, I've saved your info. in a handy file so if i ever need it again i know where to look. All the best, michael Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
FLUXLIST: Fwd: ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE
in the email today... --- Original Message --- From: CAE Legal Defense Fund [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: allen-fluxus.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Sent: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:43:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE June 2, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Beatriz da Costa, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE Feds STILL unable to distinguish art from bioterrorism Grand jury to convene June 15 HELP URGENTLY NEEDED - SEE BELOW Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology equipment. The subpoenas are the latest installment in a bizarre investigation in which members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force have mistaken an art project for a biological weapons laboratory (see end for background). While most observers have assumed that the Task Force would realize the absurd error of its initial investigation of Steve Kurtz, the subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to press their case against the baffled professor. Two of the subpoenaed artists--Beatriz da Costa and Steve Barnes-- are, like Kurtz, members of the internationally-acclaimed Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), an artists' collective that produces artwork to educate the public about the politics of biotechnology. They were served the subpoenas by federal agents who tailed them to an art show at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The third artist, Paul Vanouse, is, like Kurtz, an art professor at the University at Buffalo. He has worked with CAE in the past. The artists involved are at a loss to explain the increasingly bizarre case. I have no idea why they're continuing (to investigate), said Beatriz da Costa, one of those subpoenaed. It was shocking that this investigation was ever launched. That it is continuing is positively frightening, and shows how vulnerable the PATRIOT Act has made freedom of speech in this country. Da Costa is an art professor at the University of California at Irvine. According to the subpoenas, the FBI is seeking charges under Section 175 of the US Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, which has been expanded by the USA PATRIOT Act. As expanded, this law prohibits the possession of any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system without the justification of prophylactic, protective, bona fide research, or other peaceful purpose. (See http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/175.html for the 1989 law and http://www.ehrs.upenn.edu/protocols/patriot/sec817.html for its USA PATRIOT Act expansion.) Even under the expanded powers of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is difficult to understand how anyone could view CAE's art as anything other than a peaceful purpose. The equipment seized by the FBI consisted mainly of CAE's most recent project, a mobile DNA extraction laboratory to test store-bought food for possible contamination by genetically modified grains and organisms; such equipment can be found in any university's basic biology lab and even in many high schools (see Lab Tour at http://www.critical- art.net/biotech/free/ for more details). The grand jury in the case is scheduled to convene June 15 in Buffalo, New York. Here, the jury will decide whether or not to indict Steve Kurtz on the charges brought by the FBI. A protest is being planned at 9 a.m. on June 15 outside the courthouse at 138 Delaware Ave. in Buffalo. HELP NEEDED Financial donations: The CAE Defense Fund has so far received over 200 donations in amounts ranging from $5 to $400. This is a wonderful outpouring of sympathy, but a drop in the bucket compared to the potential costs of the case. To make a donation, please visit http://www.caedefensefund.org/ Letters of support: Letters and petitions of support from biologists, artists, and others, especially those in positions of responsibility at prominent institutions or companies, could be very useful. See http://www.caedefensefund.org/ for a sample letter of support. Legal offers and letters of support: If you are a lawyer, offers of pro bono support or offers to write amicus briefs would be very helpful. BACKGROUND Early morning of May 11, Steve Kurtz awoke to find his wife, Hope, dead of a cardiac arrest. Kurtz called 911. The police arrived and, after stumbling across test tubes and petri dishes Kurtz was using in a current artwork, called in the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Soon agents from the Task Force and FBI detained Kurtz, cordoned off the entire block around his house, and later impounded Kurtz's computers, manuscripts, books, equipment, and even his wife's body for further analysis. The Buffalo Health Department condemned the house as a health risk. Only after the Commissioner of Public Health for New York State had tested samples from the home and announced there was no public
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Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXBOX II
I've recently been in my town's main gallery and gave them short information about FB II with the link to this photo album as an addition. Now I'm waiting for some responce... Hope they'll like it and want to take one! I'll surly let you now when that happens. Cheers, Wojtek. Dnia ro 2. czerwca 2004 18:06, Crispin Webb napisa: http://img35.photobucket.com/albums/v107/tassman/FLUX%20BOX%20II/?action=vi ewcurrent=2.jpg THANKS FOR THE PAGE WOJTEK i was thinking we should do another adress book I am still working on the boxes i am in ny for the summer but didnt bring the supplies for the boxes so i will have to worki on them after the summer be patient. you will get one every one PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW SITE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED www.crispinwebb.com www.crispinwebb.com - Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Fw: FLUXLIST: Nomad Slashes Fog - Calico Wenches
- Original Message - From: michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:56 AM Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: Normal Slaps Frog - Calico Wenches --- Roger Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nomad Slasher. An everyday story of Ambrosia simple country folk. Sing coo coo sang the Cukoo nestled in her ambrosial imbroglio, down by the fishin hole.It was a beautiful daze and the simple country folk were doing nothing. A fish jumped up with a splash from the stream and said beware the nomad slasher Too Whit Too Whoo said the anonymous peregrin. *#*#*#*#* (Please add to the story wherever you see fit, add your name at the front and post it.) Man Bites Dog 42-page book made of fur, teeth, skin and bones Kathy Forer, Roger Stevens, Michael Leigh, Alan fffo, badgergirl, Carol Starr, Suse, Allan R. The Story So Far. Fourteen wolverines and one lap dog chase a badger. But the badger is too fast and burrows beneath a paintbrush stuck in a stone. In the burrow are mushrooms and grain. The badger makes a broth ambrosia of the green grain and mushrooms and is soon asleep. The badger is dreaming... In the dream there are no wolverines or lap dogs because the badger was really awakened by the artist removing the paintbrush from the stone to begin painting for the morning. Little does the artist realize that the badger is in the burrow. Once the badger (a strange name for a badger some would say) is reassured as to its safety and breakfast is under way in the burrow; ambrosia of green grain and mushrooms with the added delight of mini marshmallows! The day is going well, but what was that strange sound? Thunder and a police siren suddenly mix with satisfied snoring. The badger jumps from his spot thinking his borough has imploded. When he hears the rain on the stone above, he realizes electricity is still working, washes his face and soon falls back deep asleep. He dreams of sitting on a five bar gate in Shinaniki Da. It's 1932 and Tom Thumb, the Topsy Turvy talking automaton has just opened the Cough Drop Shop in the village which badger can see from where he sits. The Baked Potato Man wanders by trying to sell his wares. Piping hot King Edwards! he shouts as he wafts the steam from his portable oven perched precariously on one-legged wheel-barrow. Juicy Jerseys covered in ketchup! Badger asks the Baked Potato Man if he has any crispy potato peelings in batter. No, but I have these fine Cheshire New potatoes in gravy. He smiles, proffering the steamy morsel which suddenly grows two eyes and leering mouth and cackles most horribly! Hours later, Once the badger, is awakened by the noise of wood against stone. It is night and the lap dog is yapping. The wolverines have surrounded the stone and are chanting an incantation. The badger doesn't breathe, not a whisker moves. Neither up nor down, although suspense is acrostic. After a paws of several minutes the badger quickly whips out his cross-stitched magic asbestos underpants and pulls them on ferociously. Once flings open the serving hatch and grabs the vial of sacred weasel water and makes a dot for the burrow entrance and confronts the seething mass of writhing wolverines squirming around the stone which is now glowing with a strange phosphorescent throb! 1 It was a dense night. Stumble patterns and brave yapping set apart the party of owl elves and gnome mimics writhed and chased and spurned the undergrowth around the latest beige badger silting. In the brave distance behoves the strange and incandescent foreshadows of wolverines and greenish melon lights upon the substantial forest fare. Young Zonograph, the tallest owl elf snuffed his warps harp and muttered - I can hear a badger. The badger is in trouble. I scents wolverines. Hurry there is no stone unready ton roll upturned in this lackadaisical pre-momentary of the word fandango. Meanwhile, or to be more precisereiouseless, high on hill stood a lonely man with a goathead, his fixedinterestrate stare directeddyboyhoodlesservilely at the burning black belching smokestacks of the town beyond the wolverine woods. The sound of a suddenly snuffeforadicalcified warps harp, brought memories back for Ludwig Hat, erstwhile butler and badger baiterribleedinglendervish of Vincent and Cara Van Hire. Ludwig stood immobile, imshelle and intexacoe, for Ludwig had been brained by falling groceries, dropped from almost a mile overhead and one mile and eight inches over shoulder, a result of the splitting of a cheap carrier pigeon on its way home. Forcing his gaze downward Ludwig was horrified, not only had his part of the story not managed to settle on a definite form, not only did it lack content but now to his disgust
Re: FLUXLIST: waltercianciusi.com
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Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXBOX II
those are great photos-if you have any extra boxes Iwould like to get one-Madawg
Re: FLUXLIST: Happy Birthday Allen Ginsberg
In a message dated 6/3/04 6:13:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Friends Fellow Workers: a Happy Birthday today to Allen Ginsberg-- moment of Howling, Sutras, Blues, Blake Songs, Punk Rock, Jazz -- poetry, painting, films-- for dear friend of all-- Madawg will howl at that
Re: FLUXLIST: Fwd: ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE
In a message dated 6/3/04 9:51:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The artists involved are at a loss to explain the increasingly bizarre case. "I have no idea why they're continuing (to investigate) maybe because they get free lunches?
Re: FLUXLIST: FLUXBOX II
SEND ME SOMETHING LIKE 50 editions with 7.00 $ and you will get one crispin crispinwebb Bard College MFA office Fisher Annex 104 Ravine Rd Annandale-on- Hudson, NY 12504-5000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: those are great photos-if you have any extra boxes Iwould like to get one-Madawg PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW SITE IFYOU ARE INTERESTED www.crispinwebb.com www.crispinwebb.com Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Re: FLUXLIST: Happy Birthday Allen Ginsberg
I am coming down to the cit to see the DIETER ROTH sho on sunday the last day I have never really met anyone except OWEN from fluxlist so if anyone wants to meet at the dieter show let me know I hear the show is great crispin webb[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/3/04 6:13:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Friends Fellow Workers:a Happy Birthday today to Allen Ginsberg--moment of Howling, Sutras, Blues, Blake Songs, Punk Rock, Jazz -- poetry, painting, films--for dear friendof all--Madawg will howl at that PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW SITE IFYOU ARE INTERESTED www.crispinwebb.com www.crispinwebb.com Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
FLUXLIST: FLUXLIST NY CITY DIETER ROTH
Crispin Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am coming down to the cit to see the DIETER ROTH sho on sunday the last day I have never really met anyone except OWEN from fluxlist so if anyone wants to meet at the dieter show let me know I hear the show is great crispin webb[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/3/04 6:13:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Friends Fellow Workers:a Happy Birthday today to Allen Ginsberg--moment of Howling, Sutras, Blues, Blake Songs, Punk Rock, Jazz -- poetry, painting, films--for dear friendof all--Madawg will howl at that PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW SITE IFYOU ARE INTERESTED www.crispinwebb.com www.crispinwebb.com Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW SITE IFYOU ARE INTERESTED www.crispinwebb.com www.crispinwebb.com Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Re: FLUXLIST: Nomad Slashes Zog - Call Flour Sentries!
Nomad Slasher. An everyday story of Ambrosia.(Please add to the story wherever you see fit, add your name at thefront and post it.)"Man Bites Dog" 42-page book made of fur, teeth, skin and bonesbrian, Kathy Forer, Roger Stevens, Michael Leigh, Alan fffo, badgergirl,Carol Starr, Suse, Allan R.,MadawgThe Story So Far.Fourteen wolverines and one lap dog chase a badger. But the badger, Frances,istoo fast and burrows beneath a paintbrush stuck in a stone. In theburrow are mushrooms and grain. The badger makes a broth ambrosia ofthe green grain and mushrooms and is soon asleep.The badger is dreaming... In the dream there are no wolverines or lapdogs because the badger was really awakened by the artist removing thepaintbrush from the stone to begin painting for the morning. Littledoes the artist realize that the badger is in the burrow. Once thebadger (a strange name for a badger some would say) is reassured as toits safety and breakfast is under way in the burrow; ambrosia of greengrain and mushrooms with the added delight of mini marshmallows!The day is going well, but what was that strange sound? Thunder and apolice siren suddenly mix with satisfied snoring. The badger jumpsfrom his spot thinking his borough has imploded. When he hears therain on the stone above, he realizes electricity is still working,washes his face and soon falls back deep asleep.He dreams of sitting on a five bar gate in Shinaniki Da. It's 1932and Tom Thumb, the Topsy Turvy talking automaton has just opened theCough Drop Shop in the village which badger can see from where hesits. The Baked Potato Man wanders by trying to sell his wares. "Pipinghot King Edwards!" he shouts as he wafts the steam from his portableoven perched precariously on one-legged wheel-barrow. "Juicy Jerseyscovered in ketchup!" Badger asks the Baked Potato Man if he has anycrispy potato peelings in batter. "No, but I have these fine CheshireNew potatoes in gravy." He smiles, proffering the steamy morsel whichsuddenly grows two eyes and leering mouth and cackles most horribly!Hours later, Once the badger, is awakened by the noise of woodagainst stone. It is night and the lap dog is yapping. The wolverineshave surrounded the stone and are chanting an incantation. The badgerdoesn't breathe, not a whisker moves. Neither up nor down, althoughsuspense is acrostic. After a paws of several minutes the badgerquickly whips out his cross-stitched magic asbestos underpants andpulls them on ferociously. Once flings open the serving hatch andgrabs the vial of sacred weasel water and makes a dot for the burrowentrance and confronts the seething mass of writhing wolverinessquirming around the stone which is now glowing with a strangephosphorescent throb!1It was a dense night. Stumble patterns and brave yapping set apart theparty of owl elves and gnome mimics writhed and chased and spurnedthe undergrowth around the latest beige badger silting. In the bravedistance behoves the strange and incandescent foreshadows ofwolverines and greenish melon lights upon the substantial forest fare.Young Zonograph, the tallest owl elf snuffed his warps harp and muttered- I can hear a badger. The badger is in trouble. I scents wolverines.Hurry there is no stone unready ton roll upturned in thislackadaisical pre-momentary of the word fandango.Meanwhile, or to be more precisereiouseless, high on hill stood alonely man with a goathead, his fixedinterestrate staredirecteddyboyhoodlesservilely at the burning black belchingsmokestacks of the town beyond the wolverine woods. The sound of asuddenly snuffeforadicalcified warps harp, brought memories back forLudwig Hat, erstwhile butler and badger baiterribleedinglendervish ofVincent and Cara Van Hire.Ludwig stood immobile, imshelle and intexacoe, for Ludwig had beenbrained by falling groceries, dropped from almost a mile overhead andone mile and eight inches over shoulder, a result of the splitting ofa cheap carrier pigeon on its way home. Forcing his gaze downwardLudwig was horrified, not only had his part of the story not managedto settle on a definite form, not only did it lack content but now tohis disgust he found that he had been rendereducededicateddyboyfriendedby a tangerine!!! He couldn't even get that right.Ludwig crossed his eyes and dotted his teeth, relaxed and floated up,through the roof of his own mouth. Long and complicated wordadditions,he thought, canwearyoudownifyournot careful, and so he resolved to bemore carefulinfuture.Win Cent the Magnificent and Cara, however, were seriously consideringcalling Sister Meg and entering into the fray. Sister Meg O'Lomaniawas after all acrostic champion Frigidaire and good at getting badgersup and down and out of trees (and wolverines out of toasters for thatmatter.) Lap dogs she had no time for as their batteries always seemedto run out in the middle of a sent bottle of enormous pulchritude.His eyes dilated and shuffled in the
