K E E P O N T R U C K I N ' R E - V I S I T E D ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 4, Issue 5 ISSN 1097-4156 December 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: !! INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS ## CONTRIBUTIONS $$ COOL LINKS %% COOL LISTS ^^ COOL GOODIES ?? QUOTES ** FEATURED WORDS & TUNES ++ SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO ***************************************************************** ! H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S ! ***************************************************************** INTRODUCTION & MUSINGS Welcome All! So, what's it all about man? Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited is a moderated newsletter/list about the time between the mid 60s and mid 70s. It was designed to examine and present a positive nostalgia of a time since past. It is also designed to provide a forum for you to share your feelings, thoughts and experiences from that time frame. Please participate and help this community grow. ---------------- All the subscribe and un-Subscribe info is at the end of this mess! ---------------- Happy happy happy, First Off, I just want to wish you all the very best for the holidays and a wonderful and exciting New Year! ---------------- Conformity and Karma points? Well, I see conformity and Karma points are not high on anyones list. I am out of ideas so, on with the newsletter! ---------------- Thanks! As always, a special thanks to Mark and HMC! ---------------- Comments: comment: I love this site and all its links...it's totally groovy!!! Saffron (saffron@hipplanet.com) comment: Make your life worth the liven, your death worth the wait. Let your heart be your guide and your dreams be your fate. Doc Crippen (FOLK SINGER) (ak2366@earthlink.net) comment: just passin thru, missing jerry and the old days. Will check you out now.. Mark McManus (McManiacs@aol.com) comment: For a far-out look at the web's best psychdelia, check this out: www.cyrius.com.au/stefan/writing/psychedelia.htm The sites reviewed are all active and VERY far-out!!!!! Peace, y'all!!!!!!! Steve Szambaris (steve_421@hotmail.com) comment: Just wanted to say, I sell my music on the net...you will not believe the flak I have received for selling Jimi Hendrix' guitar strap from the '69 Woodstock... http://members.theglobe.com/cz69/exp_personal1.html Peace....Cazzy Cazzy Love (Cztunes@aol.com) --> You can add your comments from the main page at the KOTRV Website: http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/hippy.html So please do! ++++++++++++++++++++ More fluff... less stuff... So, warm up the lava lamp, flip on the black light, put on your love beads, your headband, bell-bottomed pants, put a flower in your hair, get yourself in the proper state of mind, GET BACK with those guys named after a bug, kick back, and experience the rest of the newsletter. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= A Creed To Live By By Nancye Sims Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't dismiss your dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you're going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. --- With special thanks to Kathy Ragsdale for this contribution. Also online at: http://www.wowzone.com/creed.htm ** thanks mark +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/~keepon AOL Users +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+==+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= CONTRIBUTIONS Please feel free to add your 2 cents worth - share your thoughts, feelings, and general good-times. We would all love to hear from you! Send your comments to: mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com +++++ Date sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:55:55 +0900 From: Bob Norris Send reply to: norris@gol.com To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Update on "Looking for the Summer" Hi Vincent, Just wanted to thank you again for featuring my novel "Looking for the Summer" back in July '99. The book, which is about a Vietnam War conscientious objector's adventures and search for identity on the road from Paris to Calcutta in 1977, went out of print a few months ago. Although it's still listed at Amazon.com, the distributor has no more copies left. I decided to check out the e-publishing world and got lucky with an e-publisher from Australia called Jacobyte Books, who put out some interesting titles. "Looking for the Summer" is now available from Jacobyte in the following formats: PDF, CD-ROM, floppy disk, and POD (print-on-demand). Jacobyte's URL is http://www.jacobytebooks.com for anyone interested. My second novel "Toraware," which is a psychological drama about the obsessive relationship of three misfits from different cultural backgrounds in 1980s Japan, has also been published by Dead End Street Publications, an e-publisher of alternative literature. Check out http://www.deadendstreet.com/n1.html for more information. Hope you and all your readers have a wonderful holiday season. Keep up the good work with this newsletter. We'd all miss it greatly if it disappeared. Peace, Robert W. Norris http://www2.gol.com/users/norris/ +++++ From: "jordan ....." To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Re: [kotrv] Keep On Truckin' Re-Visited - November 2000 Issue-conformity Date sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:24:59 -0800 i guess it all depends on how you conduct yourself while not conforming...lol... i am a teacher at a christian university... a proud deadhead, and defier if fashion, not only my clothes but my conduct gave me away... i also teach asian students who have unusually harsh sterotypes of "hippies"... but i am a good teacher, and i put in extra ours making sure my students' needs are met... i am courteous, kind, and considerate (usually) and do my job professionally... i feel respected as a result, despite my appearance and unusual philosophies... jordan ;-) ++++ From: hmc1@bigfoot.com To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Rock's Back Pages Date sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:55 -0600 **************** Rock's Back Pages Can't make it to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame anytime soon? This site is the next best thing. Rock's Back Pages contains a in depth information for the rock enthusiast. Browse through the impressive "library" of groups for articles ranging from album reviews to general commentary or check out featured stories or see what's new in rock news. http://www.rocksbackpages.com/ ------------------------------------ H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt ------------------------------------ +++++ From: mountainsrme@webtv.net (Mark Quire) Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:45:42 -0700 (MST) To: vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com Subject: LAURA INGALLS WILDER " I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking. It is the simple things of life that makes living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty,work and rest, and living close to nature. There are not hothouse blossoms that can compare in beauty and fragrance with my bouquet of wildflowers." LAURA INGALLS WILDER +++++ From: hmc1@bigfoot.com To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Fab Four Date sent: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 12:35 -0600 The Beatles The Official Beatles Site is dedicated to the 27 Beatles singles that hit the top of the US or UK charts. This interactive site makes high multi-media demands on visitors, but ShockWave 8, Flash 5 and QuickTime 4 are downloadable from the site and enhance the experience. Click on any song to enjoy a "feast of rare archival material" related to the tune: album notes, photos, record labels and recording logs, plus dates and locations of live performances and recording sessions. And to stay current with the gone but never forgotten band, you can register for e-mail updates telling you when fresh material is added. http://www.thebeatles.com/ ------------------------------------ H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. "Ninety percent of the game is half mental." -Baseball player Jim Wohford ------------------------------------ ** Editor's Comment ** See this month's KOTRV album selection below! +++++ From: Deadfoot13@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:26:04 EST Subject: Conformity To: hippy@vipgrafx.com I have reached the age where choosing your battles is a very important concept. When it is something that really matters to me then I refuse to jeopardize my integrity and conform; if it is something that won't make my life unbearable I will conform where I have to just to keep life somewhat peaceful (like wearing shoes at work). They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Tracy Hill Earth laughs in flowers. -Ralph Waldo Emerson +++++ From: gypsymusic@juno.com To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Date sent: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:16:10 -0600 Subject: New Publication about Classic Rock The Gypsymusic Organization is proud to announce its first ever quarterly publication about the preservation of Classic Rock, Gypsies of Different Times. This publication is dedicated to our fellow world band of gypsies who helped shape a generation and to the music that gave it a voice! Please stop by our web site: www.gypsymusic.org Peace and Good Tunes, Kate Kathryn Hoffman-Baley, Promotional Director The Gypsymusic Organization http://www.gypsymusic.org TOLL FREE VOICE MAIL 1-800-222-6000 (Box# 817536003) **Follow-up** From: gypsymusic@juno.com To: vipgrafx@vipgrafx.com Date sent: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:46:03 -0600 Subject: Re: New Publication about Classic Rock Hello! My apologies for your inability to link through to the site. We are doing some upgrades, and it is taking about 50 times longer than we anticipated! (Ah...the computer age!!!) If you want some general information about the magazine, then we have an alternative web site open just for the mag. The address is as follows: http://gypsymusic.freeservers.com If you would like any additional information, please feel free to e-mail me again or call the number below and I will get back to you ASAP! Peace and Good Tunes! Kate Kathryn Hoffman-Baley, Promotional Director The Gypsymusic Organization http://www.gypsymusic.org TOLL FREE VOICE MAIL 1-800-222-6000 (Box# 817536003) +++++ From: hmc1@bigfoot.com To: hippy@vipgrafx.com Subject: Folk songs Date sent: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 11:54 -0600 Name that Neutron Science Songs are a six-LP set of science-themed "Atomic Age" folk songs from the 50s and 60s, rediscovered in 1998 and encoded into MP3. Now you can hear them over the web and sing along to old favorites like "What Is Gravity?" and "The Ballad of Sir Isaac Newton." http://www.acme.com/jef/science_songs ------------------------------------ H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. Chaos is a friend of mine. -- Bob Dylan ------------------------------------ +++++ Date sent: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 21:31:55 -0800 Subject: Marshall Tucker From: John Vernazza To: I played slide guitar with Elvin on Where a Country Belongs ! Just ta let ya know . I enjoy your site , keep on Truck'in 0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0~0 COOL LINKS Cool links to sites from the outer recesses of the Psychedelic Cyber Cosmos ++++++ Survival International -in their own words- Survival International is a worldwide organization supporting tribal peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands and human rights. Drop In: http://www.survival-international.org/ ++++++ Thouch The Earth -in their own words- The mission of Touch the Foundation is to protect and preserve Indigenous and especially Native American Traditions through a variety of hands-on educational programs aimed at people of all ages, religions, vocations and ethnic backgrounds. The program curriculum uses ancient Native American teachings to help people reconnect with the Earth Mother and their spiritual centers so they might go into the future with greater peace and harmony and contribute to the ultimate goal of retrieving universal balance. Drop In: http://www.timesoft.com/hopi/news/ ++++++ World Peace Bell -in their own words- What do you get when you create a bell weighing 66,000 pounds and measuring 12 feet high by 12 feet wide? The World Peace Bell – the earth’s largest free-swinging bell with the sole purpose of ringing loudly and clearly for world-wide peace and freedom. Drop In: http://www.cinci.rr.com/mm/ thanks mark ++++++ Shop Nonprofit -in their own words- Shop For What You Need... Every purchase you make creates a donation. There is absolutely no additional cost to you. Simply begin your shopping from this site. They make it convenient and beneficial for everyone. Drop In: http://www.shopnonprofit.org/ ++++++ Wolf Lodge Cultural Foundation Through the Eye of the Shaman - it's the Wolf Lodge Cultural Foundation. This is a very interesting site and I think you will enjoy it very much. Drop In: http://www.wolflodge.org/ ++++++ OmPlace Home of OmPlace - The Conscious Living Directory and ALTWIRE - The Alternative NewsRoom. Very interesting site that will take you a while to get through. Drop In: http://www.omplace.com/ ++++++ desktop-fx Some very nice graphics - just in case you were needing some cool pics for your desktop. Drop In: http://www.desktop-fx.com/ ++++++ The American Visionary Art Museum -in their own words- The American Visionary Art Museum seeks to build upon the ancient Native American Vision Quest, and other similar self -revelatory journeys undertaken by visionaries in different times, cultures, and places. We seek to draw attention to America's history as a mecca for forward-looking innovators, optimists, dreamers and doers -highlighting the sense that America is at her best when she actively remembers that many of her greatest citizens were very much self-taught, self-made pioneers. Drop In: http://www.avam.org/ ++++++ The Crumb Museum -in their own words- Robert R. Crumb is the creator of Zap Comics, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin', and a lot of great artwork. He IS a natural. This site is a gallery of his art. Drop In: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7958/ ***************************************************************** COOL LISTS Cool Lists from around the net! +++++ Wildcrafting Description: A place to discuss the art of gathering and using herbs and plants. Nature Crafting and natural gardening. Subscription Instructions: send an email to wildcrafting-subscribe@topica.com Owner/Host Email Address: gardensmith@juno.com +++++ Open Way Description: Dedicated to universal awakening, compassion and peace, the Open Way provides a venue for the exchange of information concerning events of spiritual significance (teachings, counseling, retreats, publications--whatever leads toward joy, freedom and light). All traditions are warmly welcome to participate. Subscription Instructions: Subscribe: http://www.lumin-escence.com/subscriptions.htm or e-mail: open-way-subscribe@egroups.com. Owner/Host Email Address: service@lumin-escence.com +++++ Retrotown 1960s-70s pop culture Description: Hi, Retrotown maillist just moved, and we would love to have you join us. A fun and friendly chat oriented list for anyone who loves retro pop culture, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. Love the Beatles? Collect Liddle Kiddles? Want to talk about childhood favorites, whether Tang and Space Food Sticks or Scooby Doo and Huckleberry Hound? Then you've come to the right place. Join us for LOTS of fun email! To subscribe, send a blank email to: retrotown-subscribe@topica.com or visit http://www.topica.com/lists/Retrotown/prefs/info.html Hope you'll join us :-) Owner/Host Email Address: Trish Rucker mailto:retrofun@bellsouth.net ***************************************************************** COOL GOODIES WOW, look what the Cool Ethers of Cyberspace has to give you! ~%~%~%~ KeeBoo is a free Windows software that easily lets you create and share "KeeBooks": - Photo Albums - Travel Journals - School Reports - Catalogs - Even your Personal Web Pages! GoTo: http://www.keeboo.com ~%~%~%~ WeatherBug: The ONLY SOURCE for LIVE neighborhood weather on your PC desktop direct from WorldWide School Weather Network, part of the world's largest automated real-time weather network. You get Live, local weather conditions - Continuously updated local forecasts - Immediate storm warnings and alerts - Up-to-the- minute InstaCam images - Local radar pictures - Cool weather and news Links and Live StormTracker Coverage of Major Weather Events. (For Windows 98/95 and NT). GoTo: http://www.weatherbug.com ~%~%~%~ Adobe ActiveShare Adobe ActiveShare software is a fun and easy way to share photos on the Web, via email or in print. With just a few simple clicks you can share photos with family and friends. GoTo: http://www.activeshare.com/US/products/activeshare/ ***************************************************************** The Poster Pad Oh, how terrible! There's a bare spot on that wall you just have to cover up. Now is a great time to fix that nagging problem! Visit the Poster Pad @ http://www.vipgrafx.com/poster/ ***************************************************************** QUOTES Quotes On Life *-*-*-* Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get there. The road you take is what you'll look back on and call your life. - Tim Wiley *-*-*-* We are all born originals. Why is it so many of us die copies? - Edward Young *-*-*-* We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but by what we settle for. - Alan Cohen *-*-*-* If life gives us rocks, it's our choice whether to build a bridge or a wall. - Unknown *-*-*-* Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin *-*-*-* Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison *-*-*-* There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein *-*-*-* Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. - Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D. *-*-*-* The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. - Æschylus *-*-*-* All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson *-*-*-* The great value of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. - James Truslow Adams *-*-*-* The only difference between a weed and a flower is a judgment. - Wayne Dyer *-*-*-* He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. - Benjamin Franklin *-*-*-* I hate quotations. - Ralph Waldo Emerson *-*-*-* I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to. - Albert Einstein *-*-*-* Money often costs too much. - Ralph Waldo Emerson *-*-*-* The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Albert Einstein *-*-*-* I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. - Gary Trudeau *-*-*-* Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. - Barry Switzer *-*-*-* Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. - Mark Twain *-*-*-* Anyone who thinks people lack originality should watch them folding roadmaps. - Franklin P. Jopnes *-*-*-* Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx *-*-*-* You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - Stephen Wright *-*-*-* For best results: Wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: Drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry on roofrack. - Unknown *-*-*-* Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein *-*-*-* It's never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot *-*-*-* I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: A rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. - Unknown *-*-*-* Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Whine less, breathe more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more . . . And all good things are yours. - Swedish proverb *-*-*-* May you live all the days of your life. - Jonathan Swift ***************************************************************** FEATURED WORDS & TUNES --------------------------------- ** FEATURED BOOK ** Mother Earth Spirituality : Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World by Ed McGaa, Marie N. Buchfink (Illustrator) Paperback - 256 pages 1st Ed. edition (May 1990) Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 0062505963 Book Description An Oglala Sioux's introduction to Native American philosophy, history, and rites that teaches us how to reconnect with and help heal our wounded Mother Earth. Synopsis Mixing natural spirituality, a belief that humannity is rooted in a living, feeling earth, and an awareness of scientific ecological principles, Eagle Man draws on centuries of Native American wisdom to offer practices and ceremonies that re- establish a nurturing relationship with nature. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062505963/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) --------------------------------- ** FEATURED ALBUM ** The Beatles 1 The Beatles Original Release Date: November 14, 2000 Emd/Capitol; ASIN: B00004ZAV3 Amazon.com Proving yet again their willingness to dice 'n' slice their burgeoning legacy into new--if not exactly fresh--product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to longtime Fabs faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of "No. 1 hit" and the exclusion of seeming contenders like... (read the rest at amazon.com) Track Listings 1. Love Me Do 2. From Me to You 3. She Loves You 4. I Want to Hold Your Hand 5. Can't Buy Me Love 6. A Hard Day's Night 7. I Feel Fine 8. Eight Days a Week 9. Ticket to Ride 10. Help! 11. Yesterday 12. Day Tripper 13. We Can Work It Out 14. Paperback Writer 15. Yellow Submarine 16. Eleanor Rigby 17. Penny Lane 18. All You Need Is Love 19. Hello Goodbye 20. Lady Madonna 21. Hey Jude 22. Get Back 23. The Ballad of John & Yoko 24. Something 25. Come Together 26. Let It Be 27. The Long and Winding Road http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004ZAV3/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) --------------------------------- ** FEATURED DVD ** Blues Brothers - Collector's Edition (1980) Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, et al. Director: John Landis Edition Details: - Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) - Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Collector's Edition - Production notes - Theatrical trailer(s) - Documentary "The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers" featuring interviews with director John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers Band, and producer Robert K. Weiss plus never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage - Production photographs - Widescreen anamorphic format Other Formats: VHS, VHS widescreen, VHS dubbed in Spanish Ok, so it's not exactly 60s, 70s stuff - I just really enjoy this crazy show and thought you might also. Amazon.com After building up the duo's popularity through recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--took their act to the big screen in this action- packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enough good-natured havoc to attract the entire Cook County police force. The result is a big-budget stunt-fest... (read the rest at amazon.com) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078322804X/vipgraphivideo (you may need to cut and paste the url if it's on two lines) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hey, don't Bogart this newsletter! Please forward this copy to all your friends. Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE & MISC. INFO List Owner/Editor - Vincent P. Gearhart KEEP ON TRUCKIN' RE-VISITED E-mail Address - mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com or mailto:kotrv-owner@egroups.com Subscribe/Unsubscribe & Misc. Information: To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-subscribe@egroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail mailto:kotrv-unsubscribe@egroups.com (Drop me a note and let me know why, if you would.) To POST to the newsletter, send e-mail mailto:hippy@vipgrafx.com or mailto:kotrv-owner@egroups.com The sister web site for KOTRV is located at Please stop by and see the changes and additions. KOTRV has an archive of past issues available on-line at =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Copyright 2000, VIP Graphics. All rights reserved. ISSN 1097-4156 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Disclaimer: Disclaim THIS!!