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Where has everybody gone?
Posted May 7, 2003
It seems to me that things have slowed considerably on H2G2. Is it just me, am I missing something big going on in the world which is more pressing? Other than the whole "war" thingy and such, I can't think of why I haven't seen so many of the regulars online recently.
Especially on H2IQ and some of the other threads which used to move a bit, there just aren't that many posts these days. Please, someone tell me I'm just being paranoid, or that this happens every year at this time! Please! 
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Linking Haikus, the Renga form
Posted Apr 2, 2003
Japanese linking poems, renga, are a form of haiku where the first part is written in syllable counts of 5-7-5. Then, a response is written (by someone else, please 
) in syllable counts of 7-7. THEN an answer to the response is written in syllable counts of 5-7-5 where the whole thing repeats itself until people tire and return to the four-word post. (winkeye)
The form:
(first player)
To communicate (5)
Is more than sounds and gestures (7)
People are the root (5)
(second player)
Put love into all your words (7)
Or hollow shells are revealed (7)
(third player)
Embraced by mankind (5)
Vacant animosity (7)
Without compassion (5)
...
Some history, by Jane Reichhold:
In the 9th - 12th centuries, Japanese poets competing in contests revived an old Chinese form by linking tanka poems together in a novel way. The poem was "broken" in half so one author wrote the 5-7-5 part and another responded and finished the poem by adding his (mostly men did this though it was first done by a woman!) 7-7 part. Instead of stopping there, someone else wrote a new 5-7-5 poem to "answer" to the previous 7-7 link and they named the genre renga -- meaning linked elegance. This proved to be so much fun poets were soon writing poems of 1,000 and even 10,000 links.
http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm
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Latest reply: Apr 2, 2003
Not Another Entry!
Posted Mar 28, 2003
I think I should add another journal entry soon, these are getting quite stale. 
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Latest reply: Mar 28, 2003
Interactive Fiction
Posted Mar 7, 2003
Infocom and Interactive Fiction fans, I have hints and tips for many games, and I'm always looking for new Easter Eggs. Share and enjoy!
Zork, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Deadline, Witness, Suspect, Lurking Horror, Ballyhoo, Infidel, Moonmist, Starcross, Suspended, Planetfall, Stationfall, H2G2
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Latest reply: Mar 7, 2003
An April Fool?
Posted Mar 6, 2003
Just wondering if anyone else thinks Bush plans on destroying Earth for April Fool's Day? Just in case, does anyone have a good plan for leaving the planet?
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Latest reply: Mar 6, 2003
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