Animals (was: Official! World's funniest joke)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > (Our neighbors had a couple of ducks for awhile. Well, they had 2, > until our dog ate the nastier one. We had a duck as a pet when I was a kid. It was the meanest duck you ever did see. I used to go to the bus stop with a stick in order to

RE: Animals (was: Official! World's funniest joke)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > We had a duck as a pet when I was a kid. It was the > meanest duck you ever > > did see. I used to go to the bus stop with a stick in > order to keep it from > > attacking me. When my little cousin would come over, we'd > put *him* i

RE: Animals (was: Official! World's funniest joke)

> From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > The rooster's name was Butterball? That's really funny. Yeah, my brother had a peculiar sense of humor... Still does... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Animals (was: Official! World's funniest joke)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I witnessed the birth of a calf once, and helped name it. > > About 18 months later, the girl whose family's calf it was > came up to me > in school and said, "Remember X?" [Calf's name withheld] > > "Yeah." > > "We ate him last night." >

RE: Saddam Wins 100 Percent in Referendum

> From: Ronn Blankenship > > According to news reports, last time he got only 99.96% of > the vote. Guess > he eliminated the opposition after that . . . I was wondering if he'd be able to beat his outcome last time. Good to see that he could. Gotta give Saddam points for sheer audacity...

Brin on NPR

When I was driving earlier I turned on the radio and who was on NPR but our good Dr. Brin. Too bad I didn't get to listen to more than 5 minutes of it before I reached my destination. I wonder if they have that available for listening on their website? - jmh __

RE: A super-sized bird in Alaska

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; > everyone in that > corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why > are there no > PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first one or two > sightings, > nobo

RE: Brin on NPR

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > When I was driving earlier I turned on the radio and who > was on NPR but > our > > good Dr. Brin. Too bad I didn't get to listen to more than > 5 minutes of > it > > before I reached my destination. I wonder if they have > that avail

RE: Where else?!

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > > > ><> > > Question: What would be your reaction if you learned that a > woman (or, > alternatively a woman and her male partner) decided to make > use of this > service to create a "memento" before deciding to a

RE: The UN

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:j.vanbaardwijk@;chello.nl] > > >That is to say, by that rule, England should have done nothing while > >Hitler took over Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. > > England does not have borders with those countries, so when > Hitler attacked > them, England was no

Sniper

Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news sites for the story). Thank goodness! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: brin: war L3

> From: Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet@;houston.rr.com] > In short, the practical way to stop a unipolar world is not > for the US to > promise to get permission before it acts at all. Rather, it > is for other > countries to be able to actually act, instead of just telling > the US how to >

RE: corporations

> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:vze3xykq@;verizon.net] > > You mean people owned a piece of property but they had no > control over what > was being done with it, for the sake of a phone line? Sounds > like another > example that people are just renting the ground from the government. My guess is

RE: Question for everyone

> From: Jean-Louis Couturier [mailto:jean-louis.couturier@;ixiasoft.com] > > De : Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet@;houston.rr.com] > > > I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability > of data and the > > certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both > in science and

RE: Question for everyone

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:j.vanbaardwijk@;chello.nl] > > > >I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of > data and the > >certainty of observation > >with someone who has degrees both in science and philosophy. > > Hey, are you threatening me? :-) Yes, but is it an Amer

RE: Question for everyone

> From: Ritu Ko [mailto:ritu@;theculture.org] > > > > Giorgis habitually uses personal attacks as a means to "win" > > a discussion; > > I am shocked to see that you think of that as something that > > is not "such a > > big problem". > > Are you usually so easily shocked? > > As for what I

RE: Flying Saucer seen in Brazil

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk@;aol.com] > > A flying saucer was recently spotted hovering over Rio De Janeiro, > broadcasting, > "Take me to your leader." in Spanish. > > Yup, It's a genuine U. F. faux pas Ouch. Thanks for a good laugh! - jmh

RE: news: Iraq Sets an Example in Computerizing Its National Elections

> From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:albmont@;centroin.com.br] > > See below an example of how to vote > http://www.geocities.com/albmont/urna_eletronica_iraque.htm Shouldn't the instructions be in Arabic (Persian?)? ;-) - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

RE: heading towards a singularity

> From: Brad DeLong [mailto:delong@;econ.Berkeley.EDU] > > Now any suggestions on what I should tell the cybermasses? That the next big thing will be computers (xompitors?) made out of cheese doodles and corn pops? or That everyone should forget all about that movie "The Postman" and go out and

A Halloween Story

A Halloween Story > > > > A man is walking home alone late one night when he > hears a... > > > > > > > > BUMP... > > > > > > > > > > BUMP... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BUMP... behind him. > > > > > > > > > > > > Walking faster he looks back,

RE: Water conservation

> From: Ray Ludenia [mailto:lud@;tpg.com.au] > > Much of Australia is currently in the grip of a major > drought. > > *Victorians urged to shower together* > > > > Victorian Environment Minister Sherryl Garbutt has urged > Victorians to > > shower together. Why can't we ever had drought's lik

RE: Some things are too good to last

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:j.vanbaardwijk@;chello.nl] > > First, an employer who would use a couple of e-mails as a > reason to not > hire a person, would be a lousy employer anyway. If he uses > that sort of > methods, he is likely to use other questionable reasons as > well to decide

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:templar569@;excite.com] > > John D. Giorgis posited: > > >A UNSC made up of America, Russia, China, India, the EU, Mexico, > >and Egypt as permanent members, and another 18 countries rotating > >in and out. > > This is a pretty interesting idea John. It sounds fair

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > > At 02:07 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Horn, John wrote: > >Would all of these permanent members have a veto? If not, > which ones would? > > Virtually every country under consideration for a permanent > UNSC seat in &

RE: A Halloween Story

> From: Ronn Blankenship > > This is the second list I have received it from (with minor > differences). > > Maybe the new generation on the Internet have never heard > this joke? I > first heard it at least 30-some-odd years ago . . . I didn't have access to a computer 30-some-odd years ago

RE: Some things are too good to last

> From: Ronn Blankenship > > > >That should have been ... comment of Ron on D'oh. :o) > > Who's Ron? I believe that would be the guy trying to go for the Alpha Mail position! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Question Simpsons, the answer

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:julia@;zurg.net] > Oh, if you haven't had kids yet, when the time comes that you > *do* have > them, if you want to watch TV, closed captioning is *great*. I agree totally. It's almost impossible to watch TV and understand a show with quick lines like the Simpsons

RE: I Voted.....

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk@;aol.com] > (4 Rep, 4 Libetarian, and a hell of a lot of blank spces. > No to all gambling props.) Mostly Dems here. Actually, they were all Dems... Then again, I'm one of the people who voted for a dead guy 2 years ago... (No gambling props on our

RE: US Unilateralism

You want US unilateralism. I'll give you US unilateralism: In the immortal words of Randy Newman: "Political Science" No one likes us I don't know why. We may not be perfect But heaven knows we try. But all around even our old friends put us down. Let's drop the big one and see what happen

RE: I voted

> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:templar569@;excite.com] > > My wife and I voted ealry today. One of the good things > about voting here in NJ is they still use the old > lever-voting booths. We were able to bring the kids into the > booths with us and give them a little taste of what it's about.

RE: Some things are too good to last

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:j.vanbaardwijk@;chello.nl] > > About 15 minutes ago, for an other post, I did a Google > search on "Dan > Minette"; there were literally dozens of links to the archives at > mail-archive.com and Yahoo!Groups. > > When I did a search on your e-mail address, the

RE: I Voted.....

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk@;aol.com] > > << Then again, I'm one of the people who voted for a dead guy > 2 years ago... > >> > > Is he still registered as a voter? I must say, I don't know. I doubt it, but considering the state of the political process in this state, I would

RE: US Unilateralism

> From: Russell Chapman [mailto:rchapman@;ozemail.com.au] > > /8qT5dS: Permission denied Huh? - jmh Confused... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > > Would you accept hardware instead of an engagement ring? Wouldn't that be awfully hard to wear on your finger...? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

From Mark on rec.arts.books.tolkien

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mark) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: OT Spam: Brin-L Date: 7 Nov 2002 00:59:51 -0800 The fornicators have blocked me, they've blocked me. Tell 'em to go to hell pls. Mark I have some lovely pics of Shampoo, if anyone wants to see them.

RE: Space Pen versus Pencil, was Scouted: Fireworks

> From: Ronn Blankenship > burn in the pure oxygen atmosphere. Part of the redesign involved > provision of a helium-oxygen mix which would not support > runaway combustion > like pure oxygen and would not lead to the bends. Wouldn't that make all the astronauts talk funny? High squeeky voi

RE: Contraception and Wedding Nights Re: science Vs religion

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:julia@;zurg.net] > > Would being on the pill for medical reasons not having primarily to do > with contraception be reasonable, in your opinion? I've had > friends of > mine on the pill not because they were having sex and didn't want to > become pregnant (at least

RE: From Mark on rec.arts.books.tolkien

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > More importantly, why is somebody carrying out Mark's wishes for him? OK. As has been pointed out to me by several people, I probably made a slight error in judgement by posting this to the list. Sorry. It still seemed like a good idea at th

RE: Where else?!

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > >> > >> Question: What would be your reaction if you learned that a > >> woman (or, > >> alternatively a woman and her male partner) decided to make > >> use of this > >> service to create a "memento" before deciding to abort their fetus? > >

RE: From Mark on rec.arts.books.tolkien

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:rceeberger@;houston.rr.com] > my concern is for the future; is for Eileen to have made some sort of > statement. > FREX: > > "I find myself forced by circumstances to kick Mark from the > list. Some of > you will not like this, but you have your fellow listmember

RE: Imagine His Surprise...

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk@;aol.com] > > << Iranian police are looking for a phony sorcerer who conned > a man into > believing he was invisible and could rob banks, the Jam-e > Jam newspaper said > Thursday. >> > > Did he make a mistake by not being nude at the time? Maybe

RE: Colin Powell President

> From: Russell Chapman [mailto:rchapman@;ozemail.com.au] > > > But the USA wasn't at war at the last presidential election. I think > that in Y2000 the US population in general was looking for other > attributes than the ability to lead a country through the current > situation. Hell, half the

RE: [Brin-l] Scouted: Angry Young Men Put Hearts at Risk

I stumbled into this in one of my old email folders and finally got around to taking it. Hmmm... not good... > > > > Here is a 46-question test on anger, aggression and > > cynicism: > > http://www.alzwell.com/AngerKills.html > > Cynicism = 6 > Anger = 11 > Aggression = 7 > > Hostility = 24 >

RE: Correcting a slight injustice

> From: Ronn Blankenship > > > I fold. > > > >I spindle. > > Isn't anyone going to mutilate? I used to do that. But then I got married... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Ancient Mickey Mouse Found!

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/15/offbeat.malta.fresco/index.html Maybe Disney *doesn't* hold the copyright to Mickey Mouse, after all... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: You Are a Suspect

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk@;aol.com] > > Yup. I did not retain that. I was still tripping out that I > had read through > all three novels and didn't catch all of the Lord of the > Rings references > until the second time through. Lord of the Rings references? - jmh _

Scouted: KIKKOMAN! He's our hero!

Just... because... - jmh -Original Message- From: Mike Surbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: KIKKOMAN! He's our hero! Bringing new meaning to the word "strange." http://yoga.tripod.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso.swf You ha

Uh-oh!

It seems I've killed the list! (With my Kikkoman post...) - jmh Would it help to say, I'm very, very sorry... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Uh-oh!

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > It seems I've killed the list! > > I don't think that was it. I think it's just been a combination of > factors independently preventing people from posting, and > that they all hit at once. Ah... the list seems much better this morning! G

RE: Uh-oh!

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > "I'm not dead." > > > > "I'm getting better." > No you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment... (Someone had to say it...) - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Complexity, nodes, state space (was RE: and so it begins)

My brain hurts... - jmh (I know, I know ... one line response: bad.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Uh-oh!

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Have you ever said something that could be taken very badly out of > > > context in a crowded room where most of the conversations > have just > > > reached a pause? :) > > > Probably, but in the instance I remember most vividly, it was

RE: Complexity, nodes, state space (was RE: and so it begins)

> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > My brain hurts... > > > > What got your brain into *that* state? All this talk about brains and neurons and big, big, *big* numbers... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Credit Where Criedit Is Due

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > According to ABC News tonight, President Bush - two years > away from the > next election no less - is raising the fuel efficiency > standards for SUV's > by 1.5 miles/gallon. 2 years away from the election - wouldn't that give people 2 y

RE: SCOUTED: What Would Jesus Drive

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Jesus didn't have 3 kids and laws regarding child safety restraints. > You *cannot* put 3 kids under 6 in a car (I have one of the > widest cars > around, and I don't think 3 child restraint systems will fit > in the back > seat; anyone in Aus

RE: SCOUTED: What Would Jesus Drive

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Minivans *are* better on those merits. > > The Honda Odyssey, mentioned by Russell earlier, is one. > (The Mazda MPV > he mentions has name familiarity to me, but I can't remember just what > it looks like. Mostly I tune out Mazda commerci

RE: DING! (was Re: NASA)

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > --- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > At 21:01 21-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > > It's 2:47am, Eastern Standard Time. I'm still at the > office, with no guesses as to when I'm getting out. > For God's sake, will the

RE: Retronyms

> -Original Message- > > << >"Acoustic Guitar" > >"Natural Turf" > >"Analog Watch" > >"Two-Parent Family" > >"Off-Line Publication" > >"Kinetic Warfare" > > > >How many other retronyms can you name? >> > "Personal computer" "Flatscreen monitor" "Laser printer" "Cellular telephone"

RE: Hello again

> From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I'm tiptoeing > back, thinking to myself, "No more L3s. No more L3s. No > more L3s") With all the discussions about logic and religion, I think this is going to be *very* hard for you to do! - jmh ___

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: K. Feete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Yes, but, as Searle and Merleau-Ponty are both so fond of Merleau-Ponty? Isn't that that English comedy team that did all those TV shows and movies??? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

RE: Posted message.

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Post. Man. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: moderation is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > but unfortuantely you were convicted of a crime and put in prison. > > Please refrain from making such comments; your statement > could seriously > damage Sonja's career. If it is found that her career is > indeed damaged (for > example

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Ultra-radical fast food terrorists kidnap the mayor of St. > Louis. Will be > released once the Gateway Arch is painted bright yellow. Then the giant mirror will be built just next to it. - jmh _

RE: Filtering the Digests (Was: Re: Fwd: Moderation)

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I believe this would also serve the rest of the list, since > as of now, > digest users aren't free to ignore, sort or killfile their > list mail and > must receive (and read) whatever is sent to the list. > > Can you suggest any other constr

RE: fast food is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > "Then another identically-painted arch will be built next to it." > I was actually looking at that durn mirror in three > dimensions. You have to > be at just the right angle to make the arch look double. OK, OK. It was a bad jok

RE: Domain Name BRIN-L.COM For Sale

> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Can he say it in a house? Can he say it with a mouse? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Domain Name BRIN-L.COM For Sale

> From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]> > Unfortunately, a quick look at Amazon.co.uk shows that there > are a vast > number of Dr Seuss books in print in the UK. For some reason, they > don't seem to be very popular here. It's strange what's popular in different places. Over here, y

RE: Dr. Seuss Re: Domain Name BRIN-L.COM For Sale

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I think Yertle was my favorite Dr. Seuss as well, though > GEaH was close. > > Wasn't one of the stories in YtT about a bear that could > smell a long > > way, a rabbit that could hear a long way and a (was it a > fox) that could > > see a

RE: moderation is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > but unfortuantely you were convicted of a crime and put in prison. > > > > > > Please refrain from making such comments; your statement could > > > seriously damage Sonja's career. If it is found that her career is > > > indeed damaged (f

RE: [LINK] AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!! The horror! The horror!

> From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > http://homepage.mac.com/msparby/iMovieTheater5.html > > *blink* > > *twitch* > > Make it stop > This link no longer works. So, what was it? Or shouldn't I ask... - jmh ___ http://

RE: [LINK] AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!! The horror! The horror!

> From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > It was Leonard Nimoy and some groovy chicks singing "The Ballad of > Bilbo Baggins". It's much, much worse than it sounds. At least 2D20 > of SAN loss. Ah, I've seen that before. It was posted on another list I'm on. It is pretty horrid.

RE: SCOUTED: Will Smith to star in 'I, Robot'

> From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Fox has booked Will Smith > to star in sci-fier "I, Robot," an adaptation of > the 1940s Isaac Asimov short-story collection > that set the groundwork for robot films ranging > from "The Terminator"

RE: Admin: Server access blocked

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >But what about attempts to hack the server? > > That is something that happened *only* because Arnett > willingly violated > list policy again, so he has no right to take any action > against me anyway. Isn't that a bit like saying tha

RE: Silly mice (was Re: Open question to the list)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > You can set the range for your herd via software and when a member of > the herd starts to stray, it'll get a shock. So now a cowboy can herd > cattle on a mouse. > > Which brings up the image of a tiny person with a Stetson and boots > riding

RE: I Robot, NOT

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > The film, then called "Hardwired", apparently started > out as yet another > ho-hum robots-trying-to-take-over-the-world film. No big deal > there. One > more piece of screenplay-by-committee out of Hollywood isn't > news. In the > last year

RE: Official Statement

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I hereby offer my sincere apologies for my part in all this > mess and for the disturbance it caused I'm a little late in chiming in here but I'd just like to say: WAHHH-H I've been trying to talk some people into joining the list a

RE: Your Japanese Name

> From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Now, taste my steel, pawn of Apu! > > Why would the manager of the Quickie Mart need pawns? He might like prawns. Would you like a nice tasty prawn-on-a-stick with your slurpee? - jmh ___ http:

RE: Kil'n People

> From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The short version: I liked it! I liked it too. I'm sure I missed most of the puns and stuff. I'm always missing stuff like that. > So, can Brin-L recommend some more Brin for me? ;) Ha! You asked for it now, Lal! _The Postman_ is in

RE: Your Japanese Name

> > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/japanesename.htm > > Roberutsu Seeberujiru > and > Zuponentsu I am Jofun Matsufubu Horunu! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

> From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > http://gning.org/skiffy.html > I got: Philip José Farmer This prolific author brings surprising depths to he-man adventure tales, and broke science fiction's prudery barrier. Surprising... While I really like PJF (I ran a role-playing ga

RE: ST Enterprise episode review... yeesh

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Anyway, the 'hot alien chick' guest star is Padma Lakshmi. I knew she Wasn't she the queen in _The Phantom Menace_? Oh wait... that was Padme... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/br

RE: ST Enterprise episode review... yeesh

> > > I'm waiting for "Two Towers". Peter Jackson RAWKS. > > *does dance* > > Gotta have a new Object of Fanboy Worship, since Lucas managed to > completely f*ck up Star Wars. I'm taking the day off from work in honor of the event! I got my tickets for the 11:00 a.m. show on Wednesday mornin

RE: In Praise of Bin Laden

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/saudi_teachers021210.html > > Many here also frequently point out that the U.S. military campaign in > Afghanistan left civilians dead - justification, they say, > for al Qaeda's attacks on American civi

RE: bob

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't > already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and waiting for > the "slack" > punchline, and it never comes. Highly irritating. Do you mean by the Rugrats? ;-) - jmh (

RE: bob

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Do you mean by the Rugrats? ;-) > > No, I mean what Adam posted. The Church of the Subgenius has been > around longer than Rugrats. (Maybe it's a homage to CoSg?) Actually, I knew that. That's why I put in the smiley. I don't think R

The Two Towers (spoilers)

I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. I thought the first half was excellent. Extremely faithful to the book. There wasn't anything I would have changed about it. The second half wandered a bit from the book but was still very well done. * * * * * * Spoiler Space * * * * * * * Hm

RE: The Two Towers (spoilers)

> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > And speaking of LotR, am I the only who finds himself feeling > a very strong urge to visit New Zealand after watching the > movies? It's amazingly beautiful country, at least the parts > Mr. Jackson is showing us. No, you are not the only on

RE: The Two Towers (spoilers)

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > Spoiler Space > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > H that should be enough... > > * > > * > > * > > > > I don't like that Gimli has become comic relief. The dwarves are a > noble > > race. T

RE: The Two Towers (spoilers)

> From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > Spoiler Space > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > H that should be enough... > > * > > * > > * > I also loved it, pretty much for all the same reasons. My own random > obervations: >

Receivers

I'm looking to purchase a new receiver. My last purchase of a receiver was in 1978 so I'm a little out of date as to what to look for. Any suggestions? Or any suggestions what features to look for? I'd like to keep the cost under $400-500 if possible. And I'd like something that works fairly w

A Christmas Thought...

Last night I was putting my six year old daughter, Laura, to bed. After reading "The Grinch" and "Santa Cows", we turned out the light and snuggled up together in bed. We then had the following conversation: Laura: "Dad, do you know what I like best about Christmas? John: "No, what?" Laura:

RE: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

> Fall 1967-- Dr. Harold Waisman, a biochemist at the University of > Wisconsin, conducts aspartame safety tests on infant monkeys > on behalf of > the Searle Company. Of the seven monkeys that were being fed aspartame > mixed with milk, one dies and five others have grand mal seizures. > > Sp

RE: Brin-L Chat No More?

> From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Under Windows 98 I think it is called "MS-DOS" or something > like that. > > And is apparently located somewhere else. How about "Start", "Run", type in "command". "OK". - jmh ___ http://www.m

RE: The Two Towers (spoilers)

> From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Me too. (Everybody together: D-V-D, D-V-D, D-V-D) Why is everyone positive that there will be an "Extended Edition DVD" for _The Two Towers_? Has Peter Jackson said for a fact that there will be one? For some reason, I thought that the F

RE: advice for the lovelorn

> From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >GSV I love New York. I love New York. I love New York. >infinitum> > > Do they have brown recluse spiders up there? That's funny! That's exactly what I was thinking. I lived in an apartment infested with brown recluses for about 2 1/2

RE: A Christmas Thought...

> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > In light of the recent upheaval over posting off-list stuff > on-list: did > your daughter give you permission to post a transcript of > that private > conversation on-list? No. But her legal guardian did! - jmh __

RE: A Christmas Thought...

> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > How is it that your six-year-old is so much wiser than most > of the adults I know? Do we just lose that simple insight > somewhere along the way? Beats the heck out of me! And I'm her Dad! At some point, I guess we all get sucked into the c

Spiders (was: advice for the lovelorn)

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The bite of a brown recluse can cause your flesh to rot and > fester. Oh, I know they are nasty. I think the point of the article (I need to see if I can find the link) was that recluses bites are much rarer than generally thought. > Brown

RE: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I now have this mental image of a freakishly huge brown > recluse spider with > fangs as long as your arm etc. Just how large do they get? Generally not that big. Most of the ones we saw were usually about the size of a quarter or so with legs

RE: Spiders (was: advice for the lovelorn)

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I wonder if the reason I've never seen one is my cat devours > them before I > see 'em? That didn't occur to me, but it's perfectly > possible. Then again, > we haven't seen any spider parts lying around, so who knows? That used to worry me

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