From: Valkyrie Area: Mundane To: Vivienne 5 Mar 94 09:38:00 Subject: Re: Magic...a Card Game!! UpdReq VI> As afar as MTG goes up here. We have a reasonable selection, well good enou VI> to have my husband buy out the stock of his favourite hobby shop and gave m VI> some for Christmas, in my stocking. It seems to have a very good following Good thing he got them then. Everyone is *out* here now. The new edition is supposed to be out this month and I wouldn't count on it lasting long. VI> too. Especially for a FASA product, finally putting TSR to shame. Any othe VI> tid bits on the game will be appreciated, I D/L your previous postings on M I'm still in the learning stages myself. Shuffling the deck *really* good so all your mana cards don't end up on the bottom would be a really good idea. VI> and saved it for my husband who then copied the strategies down. VI> He then took off down the driveway printouts and game in hand, muttering wo VI> to the effect that he'd be back later... well that was several weeks ago, s VI> it must've been a great strategy... Great strategy on whose part? Heheheheh. Strategy or not, the game certainly takes a lot from chance. Even with the beginner's deck and a few packs added to it the games are always different. And they have the advantage of being flexible when it comes to the amount of time it takes to play. Wassail, VInternet: valkyrie@eskimo.com SLMR 2.1a If reality wants to get in touch; it knows where I am... 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Frater Almost Area: Mundane To: Kalzen Entrop 4 Mar 94 17:10:02 Subject: Re: HI! UpdReq Cool! Your Ex was Mormon, huh? Mormons can be fun at times.... Kinda neat. If I were Xian, I'd probably be a Mormon or an Anglican or a Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. :) So, whatcha up to? I'm just trying to get some talk going... I miss getting mail. ;) IAO I U PAX M O 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Thomas Izaguirre Area: Mundane To: Lynna Landstreet 5 Mar 94 17:10:52 Subject: AIDS Paranoia & Fascism UpdReq Q LL> Earth First!, being a large, diverse, decentralized movement with no LL> leadership and no official doctrine, does not consider AIDS to be LL> anything. A few individuals in Earth First! may hold the belief you LL> mentioned (though only one that I've come across), LL> but that is another LL> thing entirely. Please don't generalize one LL> person's opinions to thousands LL> of others who may or may not share them. My statement was in reference to the screed penned by one Miss Ann Thropy in "Rants! Readings of Desperate Illumination" edited by Adam Parfey and Bob Black (Loompanics Press, 1989). I would not be surprised to find members of Earth First! considering the "AIDS as Nature's revenge" going a bit far. Nevertheless, I have yet to read or hear a concerted rebuttal or discussion of that particular screed. I did not intend to state that as a point of doctrine with Earth First! My apologies. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Fir Area: Mundane To: Todd Spencer 6 Mar 94 11:33:00 Subject: Seattle Scene UpdReq Hi Todd. I'm answering your question in the Enochian echo in a more topical echo. All contacts are in Seattle unless otherwise noted. The area code is always (206). If you reask the question in one of the pagan echos, you may get more responses. There are a lot of people in the greater Seattle area on the nets but few of them browse the Enochian echo. For book stores: Edge of the Circle (probably the best selection of magickal books) 701 East Pike, 726-1999 Mandala Books (Jan is one of our local Egyptian experts) 918 N.E. 64, 527-2979 East West Books (a little bit more new age IMO) 1032 N.E. 65 Street, 523-3726 Zenith Supplies (haven't been here but in vicinity of Mandala and East West) 6300 Roosevelt Way N.E., 525-7997 Tenzing Momo (small but good book selection, primarily known for herbs) 93 Pike (in Pike Place Market), 623-9837 Odyssey Books (haven't been here but hear good things) 321 Main, Edmonds (20-30 miles NW of Seattle), 672-9064 Quest Bookshop of Seattle (Theosophical Society) 717 Broadway E., 323-4281 That's all I can think of at the moment, perhaps someone else will fill in any bookstores I've left out. Other resources: Crossroads Learning Center 1412 12th Ave., 325-8790 They're a pagan owned/operated business that rents out classroom space. I don't have their March/April calendar yet but you might call them and see what's up. As for ongoing classes in the short time you'll be here, I see 3 on Wednesday nights: Tantric Krira Yoga $6 drop in Psychic Healing $15 Reiki Circle $5-10 donation Edge of the Circle sponsors events at their store. The only one I see in your timeframe is a free ongoing astrology class by Yraina Chantre on Wed. nights. ADF (druidic) is doing an open grove Spring Equinox in the afternoon on Sat., info line 241-7899 for details. Edge puts out a free newspaper, 'The Seattle Area Magickal Times', which our sysop Grendel is the editor of. They list several resources/ contacts too numerous to mention. Anything in particular you're looking for? Horizon Oasis, O.T.O. has an info line,, 233-8853. Several of their functions are open to the public. The Seattle Art Museum has a neat exhibit at the moment about Voodoo. Do you know what part of town you'll be staying in? If you like to walk, there are numerous places for nice walks including Discovery Park and the Arboretum. Here's hoping the weather will be nice for your stay and you'll get good views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, and ofcourse of our 14,000+ Mount Ranier (which the natives call Tahoma). Blessed Be, Fir 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Ali Katz Area: Mundane To: Valkyrie 6 Mar 94 18:41:00 Subject: The Drag Queen UpdReq Hi, Valkyrie. I thought you'd get a kick out of this. It's sung to the tune of Kenny Rogers's _The Gambler_, which is *still* overplayed to such a nauseating extent that it begged, pleaded and groveled to be filked. I've referred to the title character as "she" because, last time I looked, that's how drag queens preferred to be thought of. ANYhow ... THE DRAG QUEEN On a hot, humid evening, in a town called Agana, I met up with a drag queen. She was working Hotel Row, with putrid purple lipstick, flourescent green mascara, stilleto heels and fishnet stockings -- pseudo-sumo ho. She said: Hey, haole boy, are you looking for a good time? I wasn't too sure what to do -- hey, she was twice my size. Then she grabbed me by the zipper, saying: sing a song for Tipper, and make damn sure I'm in it, or I'll scratch out your eyes. So I handed her my wallet, my kubotan, my keychain, my balisong, my Buck knife, my Beretta, and my beer. Then she gave it all back to me, saying: Man, you misconstrue me, but one way or another now, you're lending me an ear. You've got to know when to lick 'em, know when to stick 'em, know when to kick 'em right out of bed, how to spot the sleazes who carry strange diseases, and when you're gonna have to go upside their head. Every drag queen knows that the secret to success here is knowing who's a righteous john and knowing who's with Vice, whose money is the greenest, whose fetishes obscenest, and when you've got a good excuse for jacking up your price. And when she finished speaking, she swished on down the sidewalk. But her words of wisdom echo in this economic slump. Get a sense of humor, honey. At least I'm making money, so hand me down my riding crop and pass my other pump. 'Cause I know when to lick 'em, know when to stick 'em ... (et cetera. Repeat and/or ad lib, and fade.) You have my express permission to cross-post this anywhere you think it'd be of interest. Maybe Gwenny can even stick it in Filk. Wassail, Ali * Freddie 1.2.5 * My computer isn't a PC type, and neither am I. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Merlin Ambrosius Area: Mundane To: The Fool 6 Mar 94 03:06:06 Subject: Generation X UpdReq On 02-02-94 The Fool wrote to Rose Dawn... TF> On 23 Jan 94 11:21, Rose Dawn writing to Ace Lightning TF> About TUNES! said: TF> TF> RD> Oh heck, not all us "Generation Xers" are ignorant of the customs TF> of TF> TF> Demonstrating just _how_ out of touch this particular fool is: what TF> age band TF> comprises generation X? I have heard the term, I was wondering if I'm TF> one well the age group os generally 19-30 and are referred to as twenty-somethings by the media... cheers! MEA. ___ * OFFLINE 1.54 * Coffee; 3,666,523,007 users Can't Be WRONG?!!!!??!!?!! 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Rose Dawn Area: Mundane To: The Fool 6 Mar 94 11:15:54 Subject: Re: GENERATION X UpdReq Hi Fool! ;> You know, I'm not positive. I know there was a book called "Generation X," but I've never read it, just heard the term. I *think* it's supposed to be those born from approximately 1965 to 1975 or thereabouts, so it looks like you'd qualify. ;> I gather it was meant to be an insulting term, but I thought it sounded kinda kewl, so I apply it to myself from time to time. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Todd Spencer Area: Mundane To: Fir 7 Mar 94 18:31:40 Subject: Seattle Scene UpdReq Just wanted to thank you for all the helpful information. I knew that Seattle had a great magick/pagan/occult scene but... wow! FIR> Anything in particular you're looking for? Interests are pretty diverse. Primarily Neo-shamanism and Western Hermetic magick with all the attendent background & theory (Qabalah, Enochian, Mystery rites, Eastern meditation technique, visualization, Jungian archetypal theory, blah, blah, ad nauseum). Have also studied some Wiccan, and Druidic lore. To answer your question...just about anything that piques the interest. FIR> Do you know what part of town you'll be staying in? Not yet, but I'll let you know... Thanks again. Looking forward to visiting your great city. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718