<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>FYI, here's a brief list of things that I did not help with when I was an undergraduate at N.C. State:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Wolfpack's winning of the 1983 NCAA Championship</DIV> <DIV>NCSU Women's Basketball Coach Kay Yow's gold medal win at the Olympics</DIV> <DIV>Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign</DIV> <DIV>Jesse Helms' re-election campaign</DIV> <DIV>Any of the space shuttle launches</DIV> <DIV>Whistle-blowing in the tobacco industry</DIV> <DIV>The annual shrimp and oyster harvests, and . . . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last but not least, I did not help in any way with the filming of the movie "Bull Durham." I begged to be Susan Sarandon's personal assistant, begged and stalked. But all I got to do was drink beer in Mitch's Tavern on Hillsborough Street in the hopes of being an extra in the Kevin Costner/Tim Robbins bar fight scene. But was I an extra? Did I get my 15 seconds of fame? Was my face ever up on the big screen? Noooooo! Life is so unfair.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Glory days . . . they'll pass you by." </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(I wrote that line for Bruce Springsteen, you know, but he's never given me credit. Bastard!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan "Don't call me Senator" Opyr</DIV> <DIV>AKA Auntie Establishment</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.auntie-establishment.com">www.auntie-establishment.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>