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zach_smith Started conversation Sep 21, 2005
Sir.
I have gotten my Librarian to get the ENTIRE hitchhiker's trilogy (of five parts. Rest in peace, Douglas) at my school. However, i would greatly enjoy that you would help me write my first entry into the guide.
It is 10:41 PM at my abode, and sadly, a hurricane is due to strike me.
In this time of grief, the words "DON'T PANIC" have gotten me so far.
Yet, also, i feel like the entry for what you should do if you find yourself in a crack covered with a huge boulder and there's no hope for rescue also holds good advice.
Consider how bad life is.
Consider how it's not going to be bad for much longer. 
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 21, 2005
Hi Zach,
Are you in the Keys? I'm in Tampa. The thing about this site that I would suggest is to just bop about for awhile and get the hang of what's happening.
A cool thing is that you can just "subscribe" to any page (like the peer review Link) and all new entries and converstions for that area get put in your personal space as they are entered.
Give it a try. Look. Just to give you an idea about peer review, here's an article I wrote a couple of months ago. A4113992
Strangely, they hate anything written in Douglas Adams style (Isn't that typically British?).
Hope to work with you, but please spend a few days exploring and subscribing to different areas (hope that makes sense).
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 21, 2005
Zach,
The love of life is not something rational, or founded on experience of life. It is something antecedent and spontaneous. - Santayana
Good luck with the huuricane.
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zach_smith Posted Sep 22, 2005
They hate everything writen in Adam's style? How peculiar.
No, i'm in Texas, just north of houston.
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 22, 2005
Yes...totally counter-intuitive...I wrote a long article about Halibut fishing. Wanted to close with "so long and thanks for all the fish" quote. I could have quoted Hitler with no problem but not Douglas Adams. Yhe "peers" asked me to take it out. Good luck with Rita.
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 22, 2005
Why not Join the Hypatia for (h2g2) President A5645531 campaign Zach? Good way to meet some interesting people.
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 23, 2005
Hope things work out for you. Looks like a horrible mess.
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Phred Firecloud Posted Sep 28, 2005
Zach,
Hope you're back home by now. Did you evacuate?
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