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subject lines ...... and deliver me from this, too, dear god

updated sat 25 sep 10

 

MEUNIER LEE on fri 24 sep 10


or if God is busy, please let me get through to Mama......=3D0A=3D0AI do no=
t ap=3D
ologize.=3DA0=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0However, sometimes the Subject Line is not all =
that=3D0Aa=3D
pparent among all the code needed to run a Clayart post.=3DA0 Soooo I=3D0Ad=
idn'=3D
t realize that the moderator was allowing the trigger word to be=3D0Arepeat=
ed=3D
several times, having only read the body of the message.=3D0A=3D0AIt does =
appe=3D
ar to me that some of you have gone a bit around the bend=3D0Aon this (to m=
e,=3D
admittedly) non-issue.=3D0A=3D0ASooooo...... back to meticulously reading =
ever=3D
y pertinent line sent to=3D0AClayart.=3DA0 Honest to goodness!=3DA0 I'm goi=
ng to =3D
try channeling Mama Luce.=3D0AShe'd tend to it all right.=3DA0 She'd sit do=
wn a=3D
t her old upright typewriter after=3D0Akicking off her perpetual satin hous=
e-=3D
mules, coca-cola at the ready,=3D0Ausing one finger on each hand, pompadour=
q=3D
uivering, puffing a=3D0Aciggie through those always-made-up moviestar lips,=
m=3D
umbling =3D0Aphrases like "now, how would Dorothy Parker handle this one"..=
..=3D
only=3D0AMama would=3DA0say "Dottie" since all her favorites were on a nic=
knam=3D
e=3D0Abasis.=3D0A=3D0ATo be fair, Mama never ever said a "bad" word, though=
the l=3D
aser stare=3D0Afrom beneath her naturally dark and lush eyelashes often tol=
d =3D
a different=3D0Astory and ticked off those baddies clearly, though silently=
.=3D
=3DA0 We three=3D0Achildren (never ever to be referred to as "kids") got th=
e me=3D
ssage.=3D0A=3D0ASo.... I now consider myself as a channeled Mama Luce..... =
and =3D
would=3D0Aappreciate it if you would consider yourselves as "straightened o=
ut=3D
".....=3D0Aat least on this issue.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0AThank yew kindly=3D0AJoyc=
e=3D0AIn the=3D
Mojave desert of California U.S.A. via the marvels of My Old=3D0AKentucky =
Ho=3D
me........ not exactly like Stephen Foster's 'cause=3DA0 ol'=3D0AStephen di=
dn't=3D
have Mama Luce as his own personal=3DA0off-Broadway =3D0Awriter, director,=
sta=3D
r of=3DA0his daily Model of Southern Womanhood...=3D0Athat Iron Fist in a V=
elve=3D
t Glove was responsible for our most=3D0Aglorious AND our most dreadful mom=
en=3D
ts.=3DA0 Good or Not-so-good,=3D0Ahowever, we'd find a seat (out of arm's r=
each=3D
) so as not to miss=3D0Aa single second that always began....... not with a=
c=3D
urtain rising.....=3D0Abut with the blinds being pulled so the neighbors wo=
ul=3D
dn't see her=3D0Asmoking........that cigarette meant the Stage Was Set.....=
..=3D
..