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blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 207
Today's Topics:
[B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
Re: [B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
Re: [B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
[B7L] new to the list
[B7L]UK Gold Intros
[B7L]Redemption
RE: [B7L] new to the list
[B7L] Re: unsubscribe
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 13:17:07 +1200
From: Nicola Collie <nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: B7-list <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
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In one of those neat bursts of synchronicity that one's life occasionally
produces, I found this while lurking in a newsgroup. As it ties two recent
threads rather neatly, I thought I'd share.
ttfn, Nicola
[begin quote]
Thought the cat lovers might like this. "fraid I can't post the attribute,
since it's been passed around several newslists. Enjoy.
Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy from HAMLET'S CAT
by William Shakespeare's Cat
To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to remain within: that is the question:
Whether 'tis better for a cat to suffer
The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather
That Nature rains on those who roam abroad,
Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet,
And so by dozing melt the solid hours
That clog the clock's bright gears with sullen time
And stall the dinner bell. To sit, to stare
Outdoors, and by a stare to seem to state
A wish to venture forth without delay,
Then when the portal's opened up, to stand
As if transfixed by doubt. To prowl; to sleep;
To choose not knowing when we may once more
Our readmittance gain: aye, there's the hairball;
For if a paw were shaped to turn a knob,
Or work a lock or slip a window-catch,
And going out and coming in were made
As simple as the breaking of a bowl,
What cat would bear the household's petty plagues,
The cook's well-practiced kicks, the butler's broom,
The infant's careless pokes, the tickled ears,
The trampled tail, and all the daily shocks
That fur is heir to, when, of his own free will,
He might his exodus or entrance make
With a mere mitten? Who would spaniels fear,
Or strays trespassing from a neighbor's yard,
But that the dread of our unheeded cries
And scratches at a barricaded door
No claw can open up, dispels our nerve
And makes us rather bear our humans' faults
Than run away to unguessed miseries?
Thus caution doth make house cats of us all;
And thus the bristling hair of resolution
Is softened up with the pale brush of thought,
And since our choices hinge on weighty things,
We pause upon the threshold of decision.
[end]
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Nicola Collie mailto:nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Telepathy means never having to say " ".
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Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 21:08:18 -0500
From: Lisa Williams <lcw@dallas.net>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
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Nicola Collie wrote:
>Thought the cat lovers might like this. "fraid I can't post the attribute,
>since it's been passed around several newslists. Enjoy.
>
> Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy from HAMLET'S CAT
From _Poetry for Cats_, by Henry Beard. ISBN 0-679-43582-4. "The Definitive
Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse".
- Lisa
_____________________________________________________________
Lisa Williams: lcw@dallas.net or lwilliams@ti.com
Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://lcw.simplenet.com/
New Riders of the Golden Age: http://www.warhorse.com/
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 14:36:10 +1200
From: Nicola Collie <nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: B7-list <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] OT: Shakespeare and cats
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me (quoting someone else)
>>Thought the cat lovers might like this. "fraid I can't post the attribute,
>>since it's been passed around several newslists. Enjoy.
>>
>> Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy from HAMLET'S CAT
Lisa:
>From _Poetry for Cats_, by Henry Beard. ISBN 0-679-43582-4. "The Definitive
>Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse".
Thanks, Lisa. It's always more satisfying to have a source for these
things! I will put this book on my list of items to look for in the
library. (growing by the day...)
ttfn, Nicola
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Nicola Collie mailto:nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Telepathy means never having to say " ".
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 08:23:26 EDT
From: VulcanXYZ@aol.com
To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
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Hi. I'm new to the list and have been lurking on it for about a week. I
loved the "Navigating the SC Sector." It was extraordinarily clever! It also
made me feel that I'd better quit just lurking and send something in.
Thanks, Nicola, for "Hamlet's Cat's Solioquy." It was wonderful and certainly
fit my 2 cats. By the way, I think this cat/dog thing might have something to
it. I'm a PD fan and, although I love my dog, am basically a cat person.
I liked Judith's comments on Jenna in "Hostage." (Sorry. I haven't quite
figured out how to do the quote thing that everyone else does.) I think that
perhaps there had been something between Blake and Inga at one time, but
whether this is true or not, Blake certainly picked up on Jenna's jealousy
toward Inga and was amused by it. The fact that Jenna was jealous supports
the idea that there was something between Blake and Jenna. I wonder if Blake
went looking for her in the time between his leaving the Liberator and Gauda
Prime. Any thoughts?
This list is a lot of fun! Thanks to all.
Gail Gawlik
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 15:48:59 +0100
From: "Julie Horner" <jihorner@dial.pipex.com>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L]UK Gold Intros
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I noticed that UK Gold don't seem to be using Paul's introductions
to the episodes anymore. This morning was Project Avalon which
he definitely did an intro for last time through so I switched on =
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just to see that - but no!
Can anyone think why they wouldn't use them when they have
already got them?
Julie Horner
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 15:59:59 +0100
From: "Julie Horner" <jihorner@dial.pipex.com>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L]Redemption
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Last night I was watching the video of Redemption and was struck by a =
piece of plot symmetry which has passed me by before.
When the Altas retake Liberator they start off by picking off the
crew in ones in lightning raids near the teleport bay, first Gan,
then Vila and then Cally. So when the Altas arrive in force and
storm the bridge they actually take the ship off the three
original people to claim it - Blake, Jenna and Avon.
As the ship is being brought down under Alta command it does
seem sort of fitting that it is those three and only those three
who apparently see it being taken back off them.
Accident or deliberately neat?
It _was_ written by Terry Nation so I tend towards the latter.
Julie Horner
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 23:11:07 +0100
From: Anne Lane <aplane@tesco.net>
To: "Blakes7@lysator.liu.se" <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: RE: [B7L] new to the list
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On Sunday, August 02, 1998 1:23 PM, VulcanXYZ@aol.com [SMTP:VulcanXYZ@aol.com]
wrote:
>
>
> I liked Judith's comments on Jenna in "Hostage." (Sorry. I haven't quite
> figured out how to do the quote thing that everyone else does.) I think that
> perhaps there had been something between Blake and Inga at one time, but
> whether this is true or not, Blake certainly picked up on Jenna's jealousy
> toward Inga and was amused by it. The fact that Jenna was jealous supports
> the idea that there was something between Blake and Jenna. I wonder if Blake
> went looking for her in the time between his leaving the Liberator and Gauda
> Prime. Any thoughts?
>
Hello, Gail!
Yes, also in Duel Blake deliberately wound Jenna up about Cinofar's (sp??)
beauty and again was most amused by her jealousy. Though Blake and Jenna seem
quite neutral with each other when they're up the tree, do they know they're
being watched?
One moment I really liked in Duel (watching it again yesterday on UK Gold) was
when Avon, watching Blake with Travis at his mercy, shakes his head and smiles,
knowing beforehand that Blake won't kill Travis. He thinks him a fool and
admires him at the same time. It shows just how well he knows him. It also
shows genuine feeling, he's not making cutting remarks to the rest of the crew,
it's just between him and the view screen.
Anne
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:06:47 +1000
From: "McDougalls" <margjohn@pip.com.au>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Re: unsubscribe
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Goodbye to all, thankyou for allowing me to 'lurk' amongst your interesting
discussions.
Margaret
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