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cbertsch


	A Project For Mr. H
	With a tip of the beret to yourbestfiend, whose reposting of Werner Herzog's imaginary diary still has me laughing, I offer the following news item as potential material for his next film project: Three Mexican fishermen found drifting in the Pacific Ocean could have been lost for almost a year and two others were missing and presumed dead, the manager of a fishing company that rescued them said on Wednesday. Early reports suggested the fishermen had been lost at sea for about three months and drifted more than 8,000 km (5,000 miles) before they were found by a Taiwanese tuna fishing trawler in waters between the Marshall Islands and Kiribati on August 9. But the director must not offer any part in the film to Tom Hanks as a precondition of my waving rights to the story's fictional recreation. Tags: humor, news, stranger than fiction Current Location: 85704 Muse: Cyborg - M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

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	From: yourbestfiend	Date: August 16th, 2006 06:04 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I will drink sea water and eat birds that I have caught with my own bare hands. I am not afraid.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: August 16th, 2006 07:21 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

And disassemble one engine in order to try in vain to fix the other while the ghost of Natasha Kinski's father glowers at me from behind the piercing sun.

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	From: _luaineach	Date: August 16th, 2006 07:44 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Oh! Natasha Kinski!

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	From: cbertsch	Date: August 16th, 2006 07:51 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Where'd she go, anyway?

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From: maruta_us	Date: August 16th, 2006 08:58 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)
kinski

Funny story about Kinski... When I was in prison, someone sent me his autobiography. I read it, put it in the library, didn't think about it. A few weeks later, as I remember it, I wake up, look across the aisle, and there's a group of prisoners clustered around a guy sitting on his bunk, eyes wide open, can't believe what they have in their possession... and it's the Kinski bio!

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	From: cbertsch	Date: August 16th, 2006 09:21 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)
	Re: kinski

Wow! That's a really good story. I'm sure Klaus would have approved.

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User: cbertsch Name: Charlie Bertsch

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That said, if you manage to discern the confessional mode within entries that are superficially tight-lipped, I will reward you handsomely. Or at least pretend to do so.

In addition to reflections, however mediated, on my daily activities, De File features periodic excavations of material from my "files," a revelation sure to disturb anyone who has seen my garage. It's an experiment in integrating past and present, perhaps with a little redemption along the way.

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