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[Powderworks] In the Rain

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Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:25:52 EST


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Those of you who have been on the list for a while may remember B.N. 
Turbeville of Texas, who was a 
geologist-turned-computer-system-administrator. In my personal case of oily 
synchronicity, it turned out that he and I independently picked out the same 
quote from "Sometimes" to grace the introductions to his doctoral disseration 
and my master's thesis: "Don't leave your heart in a hard place." Do great 
minds think alike or what? <grin>

Happy holidays,
Patty in Maryland

In a message dated 12/19/2002 10:48:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jscott@iinet.net.au writes:


> At 19-12-02 10:26 PM -0500, Kate Parker Adams wrote:
> >Ah, oily synchronicity.  Don't we all love it!  This sort of thing has 
> >happened to me more than I would care to mention.
> >
> >My favorite story of this sort comes from the time I was sitting at my 
> >advisor's desk taking the two-day comprehensive exam inflicted on all 
> >doctoral students.  I was just back from the NYC show at the Bowery and I 
> >packed a lot of Oil to listen to while I ground away at the test.
> >
> >I had just popped in BSM to keep me awake and remind me of why I put up 
> >with these indignities. Then I leaned back in the chair to stare off into 
> >space for a minute or so and rest my mind while I listened to the opening 
> >cut.  After a minute or so of this I realized just what it was that I was 
> >staring at on the book shelf beside me.
> >
> >A copy of Blue Murder, the disastrous story of Wittenoom that inspired 
> >BSM.  I investigated it after I handed in that day's exam.  It was 
> >autographed (my advisor specializes in the study of dust-related lung 
> >diseases).
> 
> 
> well to continue the theme, only moments before reading this email I was 
> checking some dates on the Dead Heart site, and I came across my own 
> account of my trip to the Blue Sky Mine itself back in 1998.  There's 
> probably a fair few of you now who weren't on Powderworks when I first 
> wrote it and posted it to the list, so if you're interested in my 
> impression of the place you can read it at 
> http://www.deadheart.org.uk/discographies/blue_sky_mining/wittenoom.html
> 
> And those who were wondering what a "ute" is, you can see a picture of mine 
> 
> with the story!
> 
> 
> jeff...


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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Those of you who have been on the list for a while may remember B.N. Turbeville of Texas, who was a geologist-turned-computer-system-administrator. In my personal case of oily synchronicity, it turned out that he and I independently picked out the same quote from "Sometimes" to grace the introductions to his doctoral disseration and my master's thesis: "Don't leave your heart in a hard place." Do great minds think alike or what? &lt;grin&gt;<BR>
<BR>
Happy holidays,<BR>
Patty in Maryland<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 12/19/2002 10:48:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, jscott@iinet.net.au writes:<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">At 19-12-02 10:26 PM -0500, Kate Parker Adams wrote:<BR>
&gt;Ah, oily synchronicity.&nbsp; Don't we all love it!&nbsp; This sort of thing has <BR>
&gt;happened to me more than I would care to mention.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;My favorite story of this sort comes from the time I was sitting at my <BR>
&gt;advisor's desk taking the two-day comprehensive exam inflicted on all <BR>
&gt;doctoral students.&nbsp; I was just back from the NYC show at the Bowery and I <BR>
&gt;packed a lot of Oil to listen to while I ground away at the test.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;I had just popped in BSM to keep me awake and remind me of why I put up <BR>
&gt;with these indignities. Then I leaned back in the chair to stare off into <BR>
&gt;space for a minute or so and rest my mind while I listened to the opening <BR>
&gt;cut.&nbsp; After a minute or so of this I realized just what it was that I was <BR>
&gt;staring at on the book shelf beside me.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;A copy of Blue Murder, the disastrous story of Wittenoom that inspired <BR>
&gt;BSM.&nbsp; I investigated it after I handed in that day's exam.&nbsp; It was <BR>
&gt;autographed (my advisor specializes in the study of dust-related lung <BR>
&gt;diseases).<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
well to continue the theme, only moments before reading this email I was <BR>
checking some dates on the Dead Heart site, and I came across my own <BR>
account of my trip to the Blue Sky Mine itself back in 1998.&nbsp; There's <BR>
probably a fair few of you now who weren't on Powderworks when I first <BR>
wrote it and posted it to the list, so if you're interested in my <BR>
impression of the place you can read it at <BR>
http://www.deadheart.org.uk/discographies/blue_sky_mining/wittenoom.html<BR>
<BR>
And those who were wondering what a "ute" is, you can see a picture of mine <BR>
with the story!<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
jeff...</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
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