Space Forum / Astronomy / November 2004

[Al]

[Toby]
"Toby" wrote in news:41a509ba$1_4@127.0.0.1...>

[hanson]
Yeah, yeah, right, the broad is gone. Don't beat a dead whorse, BUT
what the f.ck is happening at ***Caltech*** with our tax money?
How many more nuts like that do they breed there?
Here's a current one:
November 21, 2004: William "Billy" Cottrell, 24 year old PhD student
at Caltech, a string theorist, was convicted to a maximum of 40 years
in prison. Civil suits will follow for the $26 millions dollars damage
he caused, which will effectively destroy the life of this green dumbshit.
Cottrell, a member of the ELF, phoned David Suzuki on August 2003
shortly before his SUV arson spree, targeting, destroying or damaging
125 sports utility vehicles at 4 car dealerships, the FBI said. Cottrell,
a green stooley now has also been singing and testified against others
green sh.ts at his trial. He fingered fugitives Tyler Johnson & Michie Oe.

ahahaha.......ahahanson

She did too much ecstasy at Caltech.

Home health care worker. She couldn't get a job in her field because
she lost her sh.t. I got her a job at the Montreal Heart Institute.
She lasted 6 weeks. Someone disagreed with her and she freaked out.

She dropped out after a few months. Couldn't hack it.

She did this ofr a couple of months. She used the money to buy drugs.

No, it was a release.

Yes. She was hardly a saint though I cared for her as long as I was
able to care.

How did she die?

http://www.friendsofguinea.org/guinea_cip.shtml

(?)

From A Health Volunteer Who Left Early

I was a health and community development volunteer in a small village 35 km
east of Kankan, the regional capital of Haute Guinea. There are eleven
villages in the sous-prefecture of Missamana. The center village has a
population of 1,500.

The first month I went to the health center every day, or visited the
outlying villages for vaccination tourneys. During the next few months, I
focused on getting to know the community outside the health center. I
visited and gave health talks at the primary school and NAFA Center, went to
the fields during harvest and land clearing times, washed clothes with women
at the river. Missamana is a beautiful place; the villagers and health
center staff are friendly, motivated people; I had no major problems.
However, after being at site for four and a half months, I have decided to
terminate service. Why am I leaving ?

The health program involves a lot of down time. Indeed, most of the time
"work" is equivalent to hanging out in the village--chatting, dancing,
sharing meals. From the knowledge you gain and the connection you form with
your community emerges the shape of your work. This is a slow process. There
are many long hours spent wondering and figuring out "Why am I here?" This
question relates not only to your place and purpose in the community, but to
you personally. What do you want from your Peace Corps experience? Take a
moment to be selfish, and think about what you hope to get out of service in
Guinea. Is this enough to keep you motivated in a program that lacks
definite structure and purpose?

My goals for the future have shifted since coming to Guinea. The stagnant
time in the village became frustrating, and I realized that the desire to
move on would torment my service. ("Why am I here?" becomes a nagging
question unless you have a solid answer to chase it away.) This has been one
of the hardest decisions I have ever made--no choice could be free from
regret. These months in Guinea have been a time of unmatched growth and
exposure . I leave with a small sense of what I will be missing, and the
pain of never truly knowing what I have lost.

Please write or e-mail if there is anything you would like to discuss:

Michele Wiegand

125 Moore Lane

Woodstock, NY 12498

wiegand@mhv.net

She was schizophrenic. When we met she was in her bubbly mood. Next
came her dark suicidal mood which was followed by her intellectual
phase. She could absorb quite a bit during these manic periods.
Unfortunately, she'd sit at the computer and post to usenet until she
started to smell then she'd slip into her angry mood which was as
often as not followed by her 'my parents sold me to the CIA for
experimental purposes' mood.  She grew up watching her parents snort
coke with rock stars and she died surrounded by another kind of rock.

She was dead long before her body admitted it.

Not in young people IMO.
That is/was the problem with LSD

I never found out but I've always assumed that she finally was
successful in an attempt to kill herself. There were no murder stories
in the papers and her parents didn't pay for an obituary. Her father
is a failed propmaster (some neat movies and shows - you'd recognize
all of them). He had major problems with alcohol and drugs, a problem
she shared. She drank at least 1/2 liter of tequila or vodka a day and
you couldn't really tell she was toasted most of the time.

She was my attempt to recapture my lost 20's after a crappy marriage.
I used to laugh at middle aged guys who did that. Now I wonder how
much they'll lose.

5 years later I'm remarried, I have my kids back full time, and I'm
Ilya is still living with his mommy.

Well, he did have those pigeons, you know.....
I think people were somewhat hesitant to get friendly with him as he
tended to keep one hand in his pocket all the time, and rumor had it
that if he shook your hand with _that_ hand, you would be
electrocuted...by the deadly Alternating Current, no less. :-)

T. Edison
Menlo Park