The Usenet Project (2004 Archive) at Starve.Org

DECEMBER 27, 2004: "The Hasheesh Eater, chapter 8" (from alt.drugs)
- "This fact may perhaps be one of the final causes why the body exists at all."

DECEMBER 20, 2004: "Re: Does everyone new to XP feel as dumb as I do?" (from microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
- "I've come to question just about everything."

DECEMBER 13, 2004: "[BGC/Tokimemo][FanFic] "Illusions - The Genaros Saga" Part 13" (from rec.arts.anime.creative)
- "Death by the slow, incurable breakdown of one's mental synapses. This is the mind of Connie-chan's co-parent you're seeing now, Rei-onee-chan. At present rate, she will be mentally dead . . . by September of this year."

DECEMBER 6, 2004: "Re: The Many Tombs of Jesus" (from alt.christnet.christianlife)
- "Precognition is explored in Chapter 4, and it contains what I consider to be the most important scientific fact from psychical research: It is no more difficult to describe an event that is to occur in the future, than it is to describe an event occurring at the present moment."

NOVEMBER 29, 2004: "FlashPoint Fizzles-Tom's Tells Half Truths..AGAIN" (from rec.outdoors.national-parks)
- "Also, he said, investigators found no footprints leading from the snowmobile tracks to the yurts."

NOVEMBER 22, 2004: "taliban entertainment" (from aus.politics)
- "Whatever we are doing in our country, it is not in order for the world to be happy with us."

NOVEMBER 15, 2004: "Under siege in Ramallah" (from talk.politics.mideast)
- "I wave a victory sign to a carefully hidden sniper carrying an M16, then I give him the finger. He aims to shoot at my car, but, for some odd reason, he doesn't. I smile at him and speed away."

NOVEMBER 8, 2004: "Re: You DAMN RIGHT." (from alt.games.final-fantasy)
- "And then the happy people, still giddy after saving the earth from the alien forces, all wave at you and the announcer reminds you that they'll never like you unless you have hair."

NOVEMBER 1, 2004: "How God Created Life on Earth (Sci-Fi version)" (from talk.origins)
- "The ideal solution would be to create a self-organizing super program and transmit it into the whole Universe using some kind of informationally coded electro-magnetic signals (information-energy signals)."

OCTOBER 25, 2004: "Iago & Zazu Learn the Ups & Downs of the Hotel Business" (from rec.arts.disney.parks)
- "We also have an excellent billiards room, for our guests who enjoy playing a game of pool on a pristine green felt surface."

OCTOBER 18, 2004: "NBC: The faith-based presidency (NYT Mag)" (from rec.music.artists.springsteen)
- "To me, I just believe God controls everything, and God uses the president to keep evil down, to see the darkness and protect this nation."

OCTOBER 11, 2004: "'My Hostage Ordeal.' by Trippy Day 2" (from alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk)
- "The Red Cross set aside some gambling money in case I woke up. They're cool like that."

OCTOBER 4, 2004: "Re: whatever we are talking about now . . ." (from aus.services.defence)
- "Nobody -- even the MI contacts I had, felt that the system had ordered them or in anyway coerced them to carry out the actions that they had."

SEPTEMBER 27, 2004: "'The Strong & the Sequined'--a skating serial, pt. 173" (from rec.sport.skating.ice.figure)
- "Tammy Sue wondered if Buddy Lee would be watching her on TV. Hehadn't bothered her in a long time, not since George used his connections to get Buddy Lee some kind of a job with a Nashville record company. It wasn't a high-status position, but Buddy Lee was able to 'rub elbows with some of country music's finest,' George claimed. 'Plus, they've got a dental plan. I hear he's already gotten his teeth fixed.'"

SEPTEMBER 20, 2004: "Re: Who is the real enemy?" (from us.military)
- "Here's a quote from the first paragraph: 'The administration of President George W. Bush, Americans are finding out, may develop a new breed of nuclear weapons.' Notice it says may? We have not done so. How's the weather on Mars by the way?"

SEPTEMBER 13, 2004: "How to Explain Responsible Pet Ownership to Son??" (from rec.pets.dogs.breeds)
- "The majority of the day Rocky's left to his own devices and most of the night (unless someone has something to do in the backyard/garage)."

SEPTEMBER 6, 2004: "2004" (from alt.religion.christian.baptist)
- "As Kathi Lee Gifford put it so well, God went to all that trouble to make me just like I am, and you just like you are. He made billions of each of us totally unique. And then we Christians spend the rest of our lives ripping into each other because I'm not just like you."

AUGUST 30, 2004: "Re: GLIMPSES OF A MYSTERY" (from rec.music.christian)
- "On one Sunday morning in February 1966, Baba was in a very pleasant mood and talked in English about kulakun'd'alinii, the fundamental negativity. Baba explained that for each group of important physical glands there is a corresponding psychic plexus nearby. Photography of the psychic plexi is of course impossible."

AUGUST 23, 2004: "Update Thurs 27 April VALLEY GIRLS" (from rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc)
- "Charlie gets back from the Valley Inn, where he's learned that far from having an affair, Mr. Andros was actually taking yoga classes from a New Age guru chick."

AUGUST 16, 2004: "Re: RamView IS BACK, 8/12/2004 (Long)" (from alt.sports.football.pro.stl-rams)
- "They both humiliated their cement-footed opponents and met at the QB."

AUGUST 9, 2004: "Re: Stupid Rant from a Stupid Jerk" (from rec.music.classical.guitar)
- "I threw it all away because I just want to get back to Minneapolis."

AUGUST 2, 2004: "-- The Osbourne's FAQ --" (from alt.music.ozzy)
- "Ozzy did not do particularly well in school and wanted to get out as soon as he could. When asked on a school survey what his ambition was, he wrote that he wanted to become a plumber."

JULY 26, 2004: "Goblin Market (1859)" (from alt.bobgoblin-extraordinaire)
- "We must not look at goblin men, / We must not buy their fruits."

JULY 19, 2004: Re: The global ennvironment crisis is a media beat-up (from sci.environment)
- "You know, fresh water comes and it goes."

JULY 12, 2004: Re: IRAQI LIBERATION DIVIDENDS (from alt.politics)
- "Other nominees are varied and include: Pope John Paul II; the European Union to mark its expansion to include former East bloc states; the Salvation Army; former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler; former Czech president Vaclav Havel; former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic; and Chinese dissidents."

JULY 5, 2004: GH: Jeff Bashing (was: "BOOBIE not bobbie!") (from rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc)
- "But there have been a small number of people who've stated the character's former profession as why they disliked her, or who have said things to the effect of 'How can you expect an ex-hooker to know how to be faithful.'"

JUNE 28, 2004: "Ronald Reagan, Pol Pot's Pal" (from alt.activism)
- "The CIA men are teaching the Khmer Rouge human rights! The CIA wants to turn tigers into kittens!"

JUNE 21, 2004: "Re: Web the NOTs, DasFool" (from alt.religion.scientology)
- "Explicitly he rustled across no argument. We slung neither popped seeing you were roughly ransacked, and every raving including us braced unqualifiedly simpler."

JUNE 14, 2004: "Re: 'Enemy Within'" (from alt.dreams.castaneda)
- "When I feel guilty because someone has jumped in my pot and asked me to make a stew of them, I usually say that value can be extracted from anything, and just get used to the idea that I am going to have to coax them out of the pot -- not to mention the door, which one must leave open."

JUNE 7, 2004: "Re: Why is Scientology called a religion?" (from alt.religion.scientology)
- "During seven entries you were into every marine, cavorting above my teletype. Have you plumed him?"

MAY 31, 2004: "Review: A.I. (2001)" (from rec.arts.movies.reviews)
- "Aside from not being able to eat or sleep, David is exactly like a regular boy, delighting in mimicking and picking up new information, as well as being able to play games."

MAY 24, 2004: "Re: Mind control the greatest conspiracy theory ever!" (from aus.politics)
- "I have known that mind control works, to some extent, ever since I was hypnotised by a stage hypnotist about 17 years ago. My recent experiences in psychiatric wards have reinforced that view."

MAY 17, 2004: "[JP] Atomic Knights #2 (from rec.arts.comics.creative)
- "Tears strewned from her eyes, twisting down the endless folds, ravines and caverns of her blanket on her bed, all converging into a puddle, a lake of sorrow and an ocean of might-have-beens."

MAY 10, 2004: "Army Public Affairs Media Alerts" (from us.military.army)
- "They'd like to find out how much moisture or heat certain prosthetics can take, for instance. Or how to protect a Soldier on the battlefield who has a microprocessor in his prosthetic leg that might emit a signal, potentially exposing him to the enemy."

MAY 3, 2004: "Re: Flat Earth Synthetic Genetics" (from sci.bio.evolution)
- "Your Selecton model is like that: you assume that the individual organism is a stable unit when in many cases it is not."

APRIL 26, 2004: "Secret Seven #2" (from alt.comics.fan-fiction)
- "Meanstreak races in a helter-skelter pattern, stopping in select spots for just a milli-nanosecond. By stopping in the same spots repeatedly, it creates the illusion of Meanstreak standing there. By stopping in more than one spot, it creates the illusion of many Meanstreaks standing around."

APRIL 19, 2004: "!*URGENT! - STATE OF EMERGENCY at San Carlos" (from misc.activism.progressive)
- "The police have barricaded themselves inside the building and have changed all the locks on the building. The Chairman has been asked for all his keys to be returned and his vehicle to be handed over."

APRIL 12, 2004: "The Barry George farce" (from uk.politics.misc)
- "When he was pretending to be Freddie Mercury's cousin, Barry Bulsara, he went to Mercury's home after the singer's death in a hired white limousine and left flowers outside the house. He then proceeded to sign autographs for a while, having persuaded mourning fans that he was related to Mercury."

APRIL 5, 2004: "Re: Do you think" (from soc.genealogy.computing)
- "Indeed, the only 'proof' my mother could offer her children that she had been baptised was the likelihood that the paper-work would have been checked at confirmation (an event she could remember)."

MARCH 29, 2004: "IPS: Indy Racing veteran Buhl to test new series" (from rec.autos.sport.misc)
- "The initial thing on the shakedown runs will be to make sure the car isn't doing anything that will bite the driver, making sure it is talking to you and giving you feedback."

MARCH 22, 2004: "Spider's Birthday Saga, the 2003 Enhanced Edition {4}" (from alt.callahans)
- Peter Gregg, the Philosopher, after burying the extraordinarily annoying Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat under a small mound of peanuts, walks over to the counter which, for once, has been cleared of the Free Lunch, and says: "How 'bout some home made rolls with chewy hard crust, soft enough to melt in your mouth center with cheese and chopped ham baked into the centers."
MARCH 15, 2004: "Grudge Report #13 Part 2" (from alt.alien.visitors)
- "Over the years there have been approximately fifteen attempts on my life. Several of these were reported to the local police department, several have not. In all cases the police department have not investigated once they find out that I am an investigator of UFO phenomenon. You figure it out."
MARCH 8, 2004: "The Peanuts FAQ File" (from alt.comics.peanuts)
- "Back when Charlie Brown's younger sister Sally still was pretty new to the world, she proved quite the impressionable audience for odd facts and amusements."
MARCH 1, 2004: "Re: New York Scenic Ride" (from rec.motorcycles.harley)
- "The restaurant next door to the Cannonball Pub has remarkably good food considering this is essentially 'the middle of nowhere.' It's the kind of cooking that is not accidental . . . someone who really knows what they are doing is responsible."
FEBRUARY 23, 2004: "REVIEW: The Grass Harp (1996)" (from rec.arts.movies.current-films)
- "He says things like 'Nothing mattered to her so much as the owning of things and people' and 'I tried to look pitiful because I knew it pleased people.'"
FEBRUARY 16, 2004: "[UWF] Saturday Night Rampage [10.25.03] Hour One" (from rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy)
- "Paul Wong hoists Youth Gone Wild over his head with a gorilla press . . . The One-Winged Angel twirls his cane at the entrance stage. . . ."
FEBRUARY 9, 2004: "--Summer Tree Week Two Structure--" (from rec.music.phish)
- Of successful efforts to start an audiotape "tree" to distribute recordings of the 1995 Phish summer tour, a taper writes: "Let's tree EVERY tour. Can you imagine if we'd started this LAST year? The year before? Earlier? There would be tons of insanely high quality Phish out there instead of the old, beaten and worn shit I've been used to getting. I'm sure we can keep everyone stocked with tapes below 5th gen analog from this past tour on."
FEBRUARY 2, 2004: "Re: Michelle Kwan should retire & turn pro" (from rec.sport.skating.ice.figure)
- "Through the years, [Michelle Kwan's] gone from being the jumping bean with no artistry to the old fogey with no jumps. The truth is obviously somewhere in between."
JANUARY 26, 2004: "9/11 & the OTHER Republican Candidate" (from misc.activism.progressive)
- Mark Robinowitz writes with urgency about John Buchanan, who, remarkably, claims to be running against G.W. Bush in the New Hampshire Republican primary. Buchanan (not related to Pat Buchanan, as Robinowitz reminds us) calls himself the "9/11 Truth Candidate."
JANUARY 19, 2004: "Trip report -- Mendota Wildlife Refuge, 29.03.98" (from rec.birds)
- Dusty Blehr describes the weekend's birding trip to Mendota Wildlife Refuge. "All-in-all," he says, "it was a pretty good day."
JANUARY 12, 2004: "Re: The biggest problem with singular they" (from alt.english.usage)
- In a conversation with Dr. Robin Bignall, "The Resilient" asserts his/her conviction that "happiness lies not in doing something innovative or enjoying life carelessly, but in living your mundane life contentedly."
JANUARY 5, 2004: "Music News 8/13" (from alt.gossip.celebrities)
- We are told by "user579862@aol.com" that fame hasn't change Britney, the Foo Fighters are still together, Steven Tyler has an O.J. theory, and much more.