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VPW did have a stroke according to the POP paper. I'm not sure of the timing because CG doesn't give any dates, of course. Perhaps someone who remembers these events could put a date to it. The following are from POP (p 2): Also, at Dr. Wierwille's recommendation, we changed the Ministry year for Europe from one that paralleled the year in the U.S.A. to one that began and ended at the New Year period. After we had moved to England it became quite apparent that Robert and Barbara Wilkinson were of such a mind that they were not going to actively help, at least not with goodwill. This all came about while I was on an itinerary, and in fact it was during that itinerary that Dr. Wierwille first had a stroke... Picking back up, I called in to talk to Doctor about Robert and the situation that was developing and could not get through to him. I was only told that he was gone and could not be reached. When I tried to call back again he still was not there, so I went through to Howard. Howard told me that he had had a stroke and that he was not well. I got his permission to come on the next available flight and went to see Dr. Wierwille. I found him physically weak but mentally sharp. I had been told not to talk to him about things of the Ministry, but that was all he wanted to talk about. I remember when I told him about Robert that he got tears in his eyes and said, "How could I have been so wrong?" As a result of meetings that were held during that visit (but which did not include Dr. Wierwille) two notable changes were made. The first was that Vince Finnegan would replace Bo Reahard as the head of International Outreach and the second was that I would become the Country coordinator for the United Kingdom, replacing Robert Wilkinson. And yes, reading POP is like swimming in vomit, as Dooj so aptly put it. It certainly makes me feel slimy. It's a good thing I can quickly scan written information.

New Author: The next morning the grandmother was the first one in the car, ready to go. She had her big black valise that looked like the head of hippopotamus in one corner, and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it. She didn't intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush against on of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself. The old lady settled herself comfortably, removing her white gloves and putting them up with her purse on the shelf in front of the back window. The children's mother still had on slacks and still had her head tied up in a green kerchief, but the grandmother had on a navy blue straw sailor hat with a bunch of white violets on the brim and navy blue dress with a small white dot in the print...In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.

That's it. You're up.

"Luckenbach, Texas" by Waylon Jennings. Thanks for the second line, that's what did it. New Song: You know I've smoked a lot of grass

"One More Saturday Night" The Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImfjadLGRA

Lectures at Harvard, that would probably be William James, a professor at Harvard, and brother of Henry.

Ya'll reckon correctly.

Thirteen years ago today, Jerry Garcia left this planet. Here's to you, Jerry - hope you're still truckin'. "Truckin" The Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPNgjA4i6gM

It sounds familiar - especially the line about Peter Lorre, but I don't know either the name of the song or the artist. I'm stumped.

Iron Man Terrance Howard The Brave One

Here's some more: Barnes just broke the cardinal rule in politics: never get caught in bed with a dead woman or a live man. You know, Sue Ellen, I do believe you're going ninety miles an hour toward a nervous breakdown. We're going to have to do something about your ravings. Oh Barnes, you just get dumber and dumber every day. Well, last night we went to the Oil Baron's and we ran into that termite brother of yours! Are you talking to me? Anyone else in here gotta termite for a brother? Lost another one, did you, sugar? Hell, I got to hand it to you, you sure can pick them. A pansy, a crook, and an up-and-coming pauper. You are a veritable magnet for losers and failures.

I worked in an underground mine for 3 and a half years, and drove a carpool for most of that time. On occasion, I would pop in a tape of Beethoven's 5th during the 30-45 minute drive. As I walked around underground, I could always tell where my fellow carpoolers were by the whistling, humming, or singing of Beethoven's 5th wafting out of the drifts or motors. This is my favorite part of the 5th: Beethoven's 5th - 4th movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjjVFNA82oc...feature=related

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Donald Sutherland Mash

Say, why don't you have that junior plastic surgeon you married design you a new face: one without a mouth! A marriage is like a salad: the man has to know how to keep his tomatoes on the top. All that matters is winning. Power, money, and control mean nothing to me. I want a nice, ordinary life with my husband. Look, you refugee from a stud farm, don't push your luck! You're a drunk! The Joan of Arc would be a drunk too if she was married to you. Lots of men have tried to run roughshod over me. You can visit them in the cemetery.

I was born in a cross fire hurricane... But it's alright now, in fact it's a gas, But it's alright "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a gas, gas, gas by Mick Jagger and the boys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Tune: I'm going where the water tastes like wine We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time

"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" is correct. The artist I was thinking of was Otis Reading, but Al Green may have covered it, too. After all, two artists as different as Michael Bolton and David Allen Coe both did their own covers of this song, so I wouldn't rule anything out. Take it away, dooj.

Well, here's a big ole WAG - Babylon 5??????

:) ------------------------------- Here's a new one: Sittin' in the mornin' sun

Movin' On: The name of the song is "Hold On, I'm Comin.'" Following are a few who have covered it: Sam & Dave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN4DHY_9gOs...feature=related BB King & Clapton - if you like the blues... Aretha - she won a Grammy for this one -

Nope - think blues and/or soul.

Really? Seriously? No one knows this? Hmmm, maybe everyone just forgot about this thread - So, here's another line: Don't you ever be sad Lean on me, when times get bad When the day comes and you're in doubt,

Bruce Willis Unbreakable Samuel L. Jackson

Jack London is correct! Both quotes are from The Sea Wolf and are indicative of Hump's man-crush on Wolf Larsen, the captain of the Sea Wolf. aDan, it's your turn.

Here's some more: Sometimes I think Wolf Larsen mad, or half mad at least, what of his strange moods and vagaries. At other times I take him for a great man, a genius who has never arrived. And, finally, I am convinced that he is the perfect type of the primitive man, born a thousand years or generations too late and an anachronism in this culminating century of civilization. He is certainly an individualist of the most pronounced type. Not only that, but he is very lonely. There is no congeniality between him and the rest of the men aboard ship. His tremendous virility and mental strength wall him apart. They are more like children to him, even the hunters, and as children he treats them, descending perforce to their level and playing with them as a man plays with puppies. Or else he probes them with the cruel hand of a vivisectionist, groping about in their mental processes and examining their souls as though to see of what soul-stuff is made.

No, it's not Anne Rice.