paper_clips_and_cigarettes birdmad a line of empty juice and tea bottles on my desk, mountains of paper, the voice mail light indicating a flood of messages i have not answered while other tasks have kept me away from the desk and in spite of the message that says to call someone else until further notice tarot cards and cough drops and breathmints and copy paper. a few new files in the in-basket to attend nice low-priority stuff cigarettes and lighter for those slow moments when i can steap away from it all long enough to abuse my lungs the universe is held together with paperclips and duct-tape yesterday is in the archives tomorrow is on requisition today is going accroding to plan, mostly 011116 ... grendel and yes, spelling counts, but typos have been known to occur 011116 ... farmfish without birdmad, blather would be a fish out of water, struggling like mad to get the fuck back in. in it would get eventually, but it would be missing the oxygen it suffered the loss of. thankgod for the mad bird. he sees. 011116 ... User24 without birdmad, blather would be a fish? I'm confused. 030731 ... Mahayana Im assuming what was meant that without birdmad blather wouldnt be the same it would be out of its elements ... it would be deficient ... and feeling the weighty ramifications of his nonappearance, a fish out of water-struggling to get back in... blather would be determined to survive, eventually the fish would get back in meaning sure blather could get back into its purpose devoid of birdmad but not without the consequences of his departure think about it... a fish out of water... visually reveals your answer 030731 ... User24 I know. I was trying to be funny. :) 030731 ... bird if there weren't enough things in the world that served as a counterpoint to the flattery i'm sure i'd be an egomaniac by now. thank you 030731 ... Mahayana User24 im so glad you were kidding :) 030731 what's it to you? who go blather from