Re: [school-discuss] a little story

[mike eschman <meschman@engima.com>]

hello,

i did a double in comp sci and math at university of maryland
and graduate work in computational geometry at university of new orleans

before that, a ba in music with a minor in philosophy at loyola U.

that shit will wear you out :-)

i get a vacation for two weeks end of year :-) bottoms up!

we're putting "the dunwich horror" audio book out this week ...
boo!

mike eschman, etc ...
http://www.etc-edu.com
"Not just an afterthought ...


On Monday 09 December 2002 05:47 pm, sscott@iinet.net.au wrote:
> riight.... <looks sideways for handy exit>
>
> You wouldnt happen to need a holiday would you Mike? :D
>
> Sorry I laboured the point. I guess being a comp sci means I miss the more
> subtle things in life, including in literature.
>
> I never was any good at "Where's Wally". My mum had to circle him with a
> black marker for me. :D
>
> > hello,
> >
> > the metaphor is stones to bread ...
> > here in j.p., not enough tax money goes in, bad results come out.
> > no miracle.
> >
> > typically if a writer uses a metaphor, it immediately precedes the
> > sentence it refers to.  many writers have done this for a long time.
> >
> > my last reference to the spanish inquisition is many sentences away
> > from this metaphor.
> >
> > it would be poor placement, if this required being part of the
>
> inquisition
>
> > to be ironic.  what do you teach?
> >
> > of course, having to draw it out like this killed the point of it.
> > why is it so important?
> >
> > On Monday 09 December 2002 03:42 am, Simon Scott wrote:
> > > On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:58, mike eschman wrote:
> > > > hello,
> > > >
> > > > i thought i was funny, but you should be in a night club!
> > > >
> > > > look at the sentences in immediate proximity (i.e. preceding
>
> immediatel
>
> > y)
> >
> > > > to the aside, which don't mention anything whatsoever about the
> > > > inquisition, and you will have your answer.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I just dont get it. Maybe Ive been staring at the monitor for
>
> too
>
> > > long, but it sounds like the rantings of a demented person....
> > >
> > > Explain it to me like Im a 4 year old :D