Shouts to: Jolie Chinchilla. nov. 14. happy b-day!!! AA TTTTTTTT IIIIIIII A A TTTTTTTT IIIIIIII AA AA TT II AAAA TT II AA AA TT II AA AA TT II AA AA TT IIIIIIII AA AA TT IIIIIIII C I N T M C I E ! V S I S T ..... Y Gadz. Special .Issue. Issue of Giving . 105 . Thanks Giving that is... ..... -----> Random Notes from Ground Zero By Ground Zero Hey folks! I'm putting up my very own web site soon! Watch for it! And now.. A Chat with the Phone Man (A work of fiction) As I sat at the bar, the blue baseball cap sported by one of my neighbors' caught my eye. It sported the new Bell Atlantic logo. I couldn't resist. "Hey, do you work for the phone company?" I asked. "Yeah," he answered. "This is the brand-new baseball cap they have. I'm one of the very first to get it." "So what do you do for them? Repairs, installations?" "Yeah, both," he replied. "Been there for a few years." "Interesting. I always wanted to work for the phone company. Do you like it?" I asked. "Yeah, it's fun," he replied, sipping his beer. I gulped down the rest of my beer and ordered another one. "What's your name?" "Keith." "Hmm, sounds like fun. I'd love to see what one of those central offices looks like from the inside," I mused. "Well the public isn't allowed in the central offices." "I'm more than just the public," I said, smiling. Keith looked at me strangely, trying to discern the significance of my remark. "How is it that you're allowed in the central office when your job is repairs and installations? You don't need to go to the central office to do those things." "Because *I* work for the phone company," he replied, grinning. "But don't the people at the central office know you don't really belong there? "Do you have to show them ID?" "No, we just walk in." "So theoretically I could just walk in one of these central offices myself if that's true," I reasoned. "What if they ask you who you are and where you work? What would you do?" "Start running, I guess," I said, laughing. "No wait, I got it! I'll just tell them I work with you! So what do you do in one of those central offices when you visit one?" Keith considered me for a moment. "We just hang out." "Really? What do you do then, listen to people's conversations?" "Not really." "Yeah, I'll bet! I know what you do in there!" I said, teasing him. "So Keith, what do you think of hackers?" I asked. "Who?" "Hackers. You know, people who can get into other people's computer systems, including those belonging to the phone company." "I never really thought about it. Why?" "You should learn about these things if you want to get ahead! Don't you want to advance in the company?" "Yeah, I'd love to have one of those corner offices," Keith answered. "Well, think big! Learn all you can!" The beers were starting to kick in. I decided to test Keith's knowlegde. "So do you guys still use COSMOS?" "No, that hasn't been used in a long time. That's way old. How do you know about that? Are you one of them?" "One of who?" "Hackers." "I could be," I said tenatively. "How about LMOS? Do you use that or is that outdated by now?" "Yeah, we use that." "What about REMOBS?" "REMOBS?" "Never mind," I said, laughing. "You know we know how to use loops." "Loops? Hey wait a minute. You said 'we''. Who are 'we'?" "Fruit Loops," I said, laughing. "Yeah, you're a fruit loop all right. But you *looked* like such a nice girl!" "Appearances can be deceiving, you know. Hey I know what the ANAC is. How do you like that?" "ANAC, huh. I'm not even going to touch that one!" "Yeah, you know, dial 958 and it reads back the number you're calling from. The public isn't supposed to know about that! So can you get me a test set?" "No," Keith said, laughing. "How about one of those cool terminals you use?" "No, not unless I want to keep my job." "You know I'm only kidding, right? How about one of those new Bell Atlantic baseball caps? I wouldn't want it for free, I'll give you the money if you can buy one for me." "No, I had a hell of a time getting one for someone who worked for the phone company for over 35 years and is retired now. They're that hard to get," Keith replied. "Well, that makes me want one all the more!" I ordered another beer for myself and one for Keith. I put my arm around him. "Keith, stick with me. You'll go straight to the top!" ..................... In an unrelated story, Bell Atlantic just announced the cost of a payfone call is rising in NJ to 35 cents. What a rip! The new issue of Cybertek has an interesting article on payfones and why the red box is going to be obsolete. For more info, see: http://www.osuny.com/~areff/cybertek.html See you next time. And remember, Be Creative! -GZ! Thanks Ground Zero. It's always nice to hear from Joiz-ee. OK, this is the special giving-of-thanks issue of ATI, Active Thanksgivings Indicated. We give thanks to GZ, and Fah-Q; thanks to the world wide web, Angelfire, Geocities, Etext.org, oh, let's not forget suck.com. Thanks, people. And an especially big indication of thanks to all my readers "all-over-the-haus," and I mean that from the bottom of my art. All of you. Portugal especialmente, hola: que tal la familia??? Gracias, gracias al todo. s prime. OK, we move right over to PRIME ANARCHIST WORLD NEWS and then a special guest star input from mr. nopie himself. Then not much else, I'll end with a poem of mine perhaps, or maybe steal one. Hey, cheer up, this only happens once a year. I mean 2 issues in one week only happens once. Not Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving happens every day. Every meal if you do it right. =) Yack!!! I sound like an earth day fanatic or something. "turkeyday is every day, d00dz; hang eight." (Oh I forgot, I H A V E all 10. (good luck following that one: excessive brain dump de-activated)) (WallyHood - CALIF.) -PAWN. NEWTON SAYS HE LOST HIS PAINTINGS WHILE ZONKED OUT ON IBOGAINE. "I want my art back," said the famous opera diva, Huey P.F. Newton, of the paintings now held in escrow by a joint branch of the IRS and the Federal Marshalls. He claims the Dalai Lama, John F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Ulrich, Jimmy Carter and German rap trio Tic Tac Toe all saw IRS agents and US Marshalls sting him and then take his paintings away. He's demanding their return and 25 million dollars given him for all his troubles. "First they threw hot bubbling acid at my face," said Newton, which must hurt when you've already got white ibogaine powder up your nose and under your eyelids, "then they took my Pablo Picassos and Rembrandts. Ooh, they pissed me off." -30- gggggggggguuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeessssssssssttttttttttttt u e s t editorial!!! e s s e =) s s e ditor t e d ial ! d ed ! e edit it dito or orial! r eal. ial R U 4 real??? editorial! U guessed it: The best guest editor we've ever had. 4 real!!! RE: Month. (this p.o.e.m. brought to you by PAP productions > in conjuction with Rhino Records and NOPE > enterprises. Risking redundancy for those who > don't remember, PAP prods. is Prime Anarchist > Productions, and NOPE ents. is No One in Particular > Enterprises. Thanks Sean.) I guess I have to reply to that one heheheh. As you have guessed this is Fah-q The Irish Roads Warrior! I guess since you have reprinted a cygnus blurb I have to come up with something new. Here I am in the heartland of central Illinois and I love it here. Most of the people in these old towns still think it is the 50's and some think that that is too new fangled for them. The kids get together and hang out on the railroad crossing and just drink " to use a word that they use here " "POP" you couldn't find a beer in this town if you had a million dollars and you best well go to some church on sunday morning....afternoon......evening......night or they will look at you like you are some kind of freak. I have hung a picture of jesus in my window ( jesus?.... or is that jeff...?) and when they come over and ask me to go to church with them I ask if they would accept the mormon missionaries some thursday evening for a visit. I drive too fast for the cop? ( he doesn't have a gun and his name is andy no kidding) and he says that I have to stop bothering the librarian to get Steal This Urine Test. The library is owned by the Piat County book worm society. They have some good books here in the stacks but since there is no T.V here to speak of I read most of the old books in the place and wanted some new ones. I tried to give them some that i had but they got turned down as too controversial ( tom clancy , alan ginsberg complete poems and white shroud ) nope noway. I am thinking of getting another chevette and a pen...... well i have to get going so i can make it to lake decatur and listen to the art bell show on wsoy.... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ you missed it! \/\/\/\/\/\/\/ CALENDARIA 20Nov. 1820. Whaling ship ESSEX sunk by sperm whale. 30 1997. New Moon. 14 1997. Full moon. Aroughghghghghghghgh. 9 1965. NYC Blackout. 10 1998. International Buy Something Day. 24 Dec. Hanukah begins. 31. Hanukah ends. (don't miss it. My newyears resolution this year is converting to Tibetan Bhudeism. (Dylan'll be pleased.)) Two Line Poem -by Harry Ehren. There I sat in Elija's Diner -for 25 hours: He never came. JOURNAL POEM 32 by Prime Anarchist. Harmonarchy, a house hoping For harmonious anarchy. Got a Christ room and everything. Waking up I ask my wife wonderfully, Is margarine magnetic? If you're quiet, you can hear The owls go to sleep. Just a random thought Happily hazarded. So there we were thinking "here we Are slapdash in an unplanned spot." Gentrification -- a $10 word. If you Can't afford it -- means racism. Will the Yucatan pope show up at the Vatican peninsula? Expecting him Is like Pope on a hope. 2 Heyoka moons each month. Sometimes 3. If you own a dish you might see Him applying his clown white, Or noxeeming it off. Dare I call it Papal soap? Hope not -- nope. Diet pancakes in New Rochelle reduces Stresses from NYC driving. Half moon, heyoka -- a spiritual slap In the face. More fun than anything Pious, pompous, or pathetically Prudish any day. Fact, a clown each day makes For a nice clean smile. Even better than soap. AS PER USUAL AD HOC, AD NAUSEUM, AND HEAVILY ADVERTISED, please send all love letters, hate mail and boosts in my credit rating to: ati@etext.org for back issues goto http://www.angelfire.com/wi/kokopeli/cygnus.html for i=1 to 30 If wishto subscribe send: SUBSCRIBE ATI to: listserve@brazerko.com 99end