SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

(Final page of the 1999 Penguin Classics Edition of White Noise):

"SG: Adventures of Force Ten #6 ‘Setting the Stage'" (from bit.listserv.superguy)

"I can see through walls, but I have to touch them first."

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009: "The Many Adventures of Rain and Eileen, Continued" (from rec.equestrian)

"Our first real challenge was going by the herd of big red cows."

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009: "Re: UFO Activities from Biblical Times" (from alt.religion.christian. biblestudy)

"We may infer that when the inhabitants of a planet reach full development by mastering space travel, they search the universe for other inhabited planets that might furnish persons with valuable genetic characters for the production of superior hybrid individuals. In other words, apparently their intention is to find or to build up by selection and inbreeding pure-line families of superior genetic qualities, and to crossbreed that pure-line stock with their own seed or hereditary resources in order to produce offspring with exceptional genetic characters."

AUGUST 31, 2009: "new: x-over: (XF,DH(4),HL,ST:VOY) -- XTC (8 of 20)" (from alt. startrek.creative)

"Nobody saw him running for the truck or appearing out of thin air."

AUGUST 24, 2009: "A Normal Life? (part 31 of ?)" (from alt.tv.x-files.creative)

"I truly believed that it was all over -- that the threat was neutralized and we were finally free."

AUGUST 17, 2009: "Re: Intrusive Music, OCD, and more!" (from alt.support.ocd)

"I have had intrusive music for as long as I can remember."

AUGUST 10, 2009: "Re: Quotes attributed to L.Ron Hubbard" (from alt.religion.scientology)

"The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how should think, act, and feel. Members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry -- or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth."

AUGUST 3, 2009: "*** Hungarian American List Digest *** V3 #285" from (soc.culture. magyar)

"On the other hand, I don't believe that he is some sort of a scorekeeper who judges our every deed. To me, he is like the farmer who plants the wheat -- in his case, each seed is a universe -- but he does not watch the growth of each seed individually."

JULY 27, 2009: "Dogs & Cats & Other Pets in India" (from alt.animals.cat)

"Rats are sacred, and people come to feed the rats & sit with the rats & let rats climb all over them."

JULY 20, 2009: "Nikken's End #5: 2003 Tour de France [Chaude] -...(@" (from alt.religion. buddhism.nichiren)

"Even those who believed in him swallowed their words and said nothing, and closed their eyes so that they might not see. They could only wave their hands helplessly [Note 6: This indicates a gesture of advising others not to speak out]."

JULY 13, 2009: "Xenu Sporgery Cancel Report" (from alt.religion.scientology)

"Over every shortage during a snowfall an overbearing dolphin appeared. In every magnum, over every goose, every separable duplication phoned a ken with a wager, or through another appealed every black anthem chartroom."

JULY 6, 2009: "RE: What impact will 21 December 2012 have?" (from 2012predictions@ googlegroups.com)

"I have read a lot of books and watched a lot of movies and the one thing that has stuck in my head is one thing: only at the edge can humanity really change. When I say that to most people, they think I am crazy and must have watched too many movies."

JUNE 29, 2009: "Nautical knowledge test" (from alt.sailing.asa)

"How far is the horizon if you're seven feet above the water? Where does the captain sleep?"

JUNE 22, 2009: "Re: Vauxhall Oxygen sensor" (from uk.rec.cars.maintenance)

"Well, it's part of the system for controlling how much fuel to inject."

JUNE 15, 2009: "Re: Assassins Gone from 3rd Ed?!" (from rec.games.frp.dnd)

"Assassins pass the criterion, as they fulfill a known fantasy archetype and are skilled in the art of assassination."

JUNE 8, 2009: "Re: Mahinda Rajapaksa - Vishawakeerthi Shri Threesinhala-
dishwara; NOW, stop conversion of Hindus" (from soc.culture.indian)

"There are now thousands of internally displaced people, and their situation is getting really grim by the day. These are the people that caught in the crossfire in a government designated "safe zone" (there are shell marks here). In hindsight, people would have been better off staying in an unsafe zone."

JUNE 1, 2009: "GOLDMAN FIRST CONTACTED" (from alt.fan.oj-simpson)

"There are a number of indications that this is what happened."

MAY 25, 2009: "A Methodist Minister's Visceral Road To Judaism" (from alt.messianic)

"He sits at the dining room table and speaks quietly and simply. From time to time, for effect, he punctuates his speech with the cadence of a pastor in the pulpit."

MAY 18, 2009: "The Story of Mars, by a former Martian" (from alt.alien)

"The purpose of these clairvoyant pictures was to give the compiler of this book real visual evidence as to life on Mars."

MAY 11, 2009: "Re: Y&R: No wonder Phyllis goes ballistic, who wouldn't ? ? ? ? ? ?" (from rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs)

"Look, for example, at Olivia's cancer. It mysteriously disappeared. I could get into all the technical medical problems with that . . . but I don't give a sh*t."

MAY 4, 2009: "Re: USA 'vast oil sands reserves' myth debunked (yet again)" (from soc. culture.scottish)

"My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures, which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns."

APRIL 27, 2009: "TR Speed Solo Day at JT (CA)" (from rec.climbing)

"Climbing is a very personal endeavor. Aside from the usual friendly competitive camaraderie, I have never equated climbing with competition. But for some reason I was feeling antsy."

APRIL 20, 2009: "Xenu Sporgery Cancel Report" (from alt.religion.scientology)

"It commutes, after he was discretionary towards my bebop, to dance its traffic of theory on when he, with her unabated unskilled cult, had sounded us a navy. He was after the chaulmoogra throughout a tomorrow above Wieland. Behind all, every redneck, it was a subordinate into anagram, all nation either half kindness; and through me it easy rubbed an extraordinarily neuromuscular rejoicing post my citywide adroitness, no primacy what had corroborated at our pleasance."

APRIL 13, 2009: "Re: Buzz photos" (from alt.fan.tom-leykis)

"A man was told by security not to touch his wife's breasts. Security then cut her off for any more drinks. Everyone in the crowd had seen her have one beer. About 20 minutes later, she took a drink of her husband's beer. She was ejected."

APRIL 6, 2009: "*** rec.gambling.misc FAQ ***" (from rec.gambling.misc)

"One door has a prize, and the other two doors are empty. Monty knows in advance where the prize is, and no matter which door you pick, Monty will open one of the other doors to show you that it is empty. Monty then offers to allow you to trade your door for the other unopened door."

MARCH 30, 2009: "PhysOrg Newsletter Thursday, Jan 15" (from http://groups.google.es/ group/FISICA_TEORICA)

"Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? University of British Columbia fisheries researcher Villy Christensen gives the first-ever estimate of total fish biomass in our oceans: Two billion tons."

MARCH 23, 2009: "Re: Q re: youngster/ loping issue" (from rec.equestrian)

"It is one thing to yeehaw like a lunatic, another to ask assertively and show you 'mean what I say' when you ask for it."

MARCH 16, 2009: "Synopsis and analysis of Daybreak Part I (S4XE19) spoilers galore!!" (from alt.battlestar-galactica)

"Is she contemplating drowning herself? I doubt she would be successful with so many people around. Then with her eyes closed, she leans back against the ersatz rock and lets the man-made torrent fall on her. Spins and turns, angles and curves, the shape of dreams half-remembered. Slip the surly bonds of Earth and touch the face of perfection. A perfect face, a perfect lace. Find a perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of Line."

MARCH 9, 2009: "Re: Freaky geeky people" (from tagesterne@googlegroups.com)

"I'm not sure how to make the flags. Fabric paint will not be soft, so it will not flutter in the wind. Maybe using some fabric markers will work. Would we give the dimensions of the flags to people and have each person make their own, or would we have one person do it all? Reproducing a device on cloth is a lot of work. Maybe we could get everyone together for a flag making session."

MARCH 2, 2009: "Fwd: [Ancient_Craft_Of_The_Wise] Pisces Journey" (from HEATHEN_ KEMETIAN_PAGAN_PRAVDA_INTERNATIONAL_NEWS@googlegroups.com)

"Nothing extraordinary is going to happen in our rational mind."

FEBRUARY 23, 2009: "rec.running FAQ, part 1 of 8" (from rec.running)

"By far, without a doubt, the hands down winner is a squirt bottle full of reagent grade ammonia, fresh out of the jug. The kind that fumes when you remove the cap."

FEBRUARY 16, 2009: "[ADC Updates] ACJ Palestine/Israel News -- August 12, 2002" (from misc.activism.progressive)

"The sight was shocking. The backs of two of them were bloody and bruised, and the back of one of them was still bleeding. There is no explanation for what happened to them between their arrest at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. when they were brought to the police station."

FEBRUARY 9, 2009: "Re: Writing Lyrics Re: Delurk, and Tunes for Filk Songs?" (from rec.music.filk)

"Botticelli bouncy boundary bounty bourgeoisie the Bowery bowie bowling alley boysenberry Bradbury Bradley brainy brandy brassy bravery brawny breathy breezy breviary brevity brewery bribery Brie briny Brittany broccoli broody brotherly Brown Betty brownie brown study brushy brutality BSD bubbly buddy budgetary budgie buggy buffoonery Bugs Bunny bulky bully bumblebee bumpy bunch of malarkey bunny buoyancy bureaucracy burglary Burgundy."

FEBRUARY 2, 2009: "Fwd: [tt] [x-risk] Dystopian Lit and the End of Politics" (from filosofia-sistemas-risco@googlegroups.com)

"The arrival of the new menace (monsters, aliens) was 'usually witnessed or suspected by just one person, a scientist on a field trip.' That was phase one of the plot. Phase two involved the 'confirmation of the hero's report by a host of witnesses to a great act of destruction.'"

JANUARY 26, 2009:  "Re: Monroe Camp 2009" (from taterbugmando@ googlegroups.com)

"It seems absolutely clear when you compare the two, but then you (or at least I) try and do it on something else and it's not working! I know what my ears hear."

JANUARY 19, 2009: "Re: Why Doesn't Anyone Have the Guts to Say it?" (from sci.energy)

"You typed this, yet you vehemently disagree with it."

JANUARY 12, 2009: "'Dalyrimple Goes Wrong'" by F. Scott Fitzgerald" (from englishh-group-one@googlegroups.com)

"Though the newspaper account of the burglary failed to mention the false teeth, they worried him considerably. The picture of a human waking in the cool dawn and groping for them in vain, of a soft, toothless breakfast, of a strange, hollow, lisping voice calling the police station, of weary, dispirited visits to the dentist, roused a great fatherly pity in him."

JANUARY 5, 2009: "Re: Poll: Americans More Ashamed Than Proud of Clinton Presidency" (from alt.impeach.clinton)

"I'm a little egg in an egg carton. I don't want to touch any other eggs and I want no egg touching me. I have nothing in common with all these other eggs."

2008 Archive, "The Usenet Project": Pages 232-286 of White Noise

2007 Archive, "The Usenet Project": Pages 173-231 of White Noise

2006 Archive, "The Usenet Project": Pages 116-171 of White Noise

2005 Archive, "The Usenet Project": Pages 59-115 of White Noise

2004 Archive, "The Usenet Project": Pages 3-58 of White Noise