Subj: the rain in spain
Date: 3/19/01 1:12:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Bdwyblues
To: Junrmint


Yuck...a rainy Monday. Even for sleepin late stiff like me, the grey matter in the sky is not doin much for my constitution... 
As I work on a second draft of an "impact of Islamic society in the first millennium" paper I dream of a sunny Sunday in June. The wheels of my rollerblades barely make a sound spinning loyaly on their hubs, swiftly cutting through a light ocean breeze. The salty Atlantic air cools my skin,  I close my eyes and imagine being a bird way up over the world, and I skate. And skate. The further I get form the ground the more peaceful and serene civilization seems to be. Everyone wants to be me, away from the crowds and worker bees. I stake a grin in the face of all that which holds me down, confident in how I skate it all away. A tailwind catches the wings on my feet, propelling me forward along, but not quite touching, the hot pavement; a sleep-like calm envelops my brain. I cannot be hindered. I am the sum total of the forces of nature! I am the embodiment of all the spirits below me, the envy of the damned! The manifestation of dreams! The...the..er...oooff!...a pebble jars my wheel and upends my balance, as I am sent spinning into a parked car. I roll into the skin-slicing gravel while I gnash my teeth and brace my fall with an about to be broken wrist. I remind myself to keep my eyes open while rollerblading........ 

What? Islam? Oh yeah...Of all the cultures throughout world history, Islamic society affected the most progress in science, language, and arts through cultural diffusion. Interpret i n g t h e w or k s of a ncie nt gr e e c e zzzzzzzz...........