Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall From: edhall@randvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Characteristics of MOTAS Message-ID: <1870@randvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 22:26:55 EDT Article-I.D.: randvax.1870 Posted: Wed Aug 8 22:26:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:17:35 EDT References: <333@homxa.UUCP> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 22 ] From: carson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) ] . . . . ] I'll admit there are a lot of things out there to get legitimately ] mad about. BUT I've known too many people who give off this constant ] low-level anger/bitterness about their boss, their parents, the ] Republican party, fundamentalist Christians, or whatever. And I've ] decided that I don't want to live around that for any length of time. ] I'll admit that everyone (including me) goes through phases like that ] but some people seem to do if for years... ] ] Patty homxa!carson Amen to that! This brings up one of the characteristics I look for in a MOTOS (after truthfulness, intelligence, and compassion): a sense of humor. Far from being the crusader-type I often project on the net, I usually sprinkle my conversation with puns, wry observations, and sometimes just plain silliness. Nothing is sadder than someone who can't respond in kind (or worse, doesn't understand that I'm joking). No, my jokes aren't *that* bad! -Ed Hall decvax!randvax!edhall