Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship >>> So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? >> It will knot be tolerated. >> > What vas deferens would it make if we did? Dunno. All I've gotta say is, when you're trying to wean yourself off the Vicodin afterw

RE: Political Dementia

2007-06-04 Thread Horn, John
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship > > > >So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? > > It will knot be tolerated. > What vas deferens would it make if we did? - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of t

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-02 Thread Julia Thompson
jon louis mann wrote: > i do not want to hear any seamen puns!!! > usn musa maru > > > So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? > Julia > > > It will knot be tolerated. > -- Ronn! :) > > my dad had one; didn't work, which is why i have a little brother. Which is why they test

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > On 6/1/07, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We send apprentices after fluorescent tube benders or skyhooks or a >> bucket of amps for grins. > > I've actually carried a bucket of amps before. Of course, they were not > amperes, but small rf amplifiers like

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-02 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 6/1/07, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We send apprentices after fluorescent tube benders or skyhooks or a > bucket of amps for grins. I've actually carried a bucket of amps before. Of course, they were not amperes, but small rf amplifiers like this little guy. http://www.hyperl

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-02 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:15 AM Saturday 6/2/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: >jon louis mann wrote: > > Well, Kirk would be pleased, wouldn't he? :) > > > > As he would with jon's response re: Aliens . . . > > > > that ranks up there with, "Nothing says 'Aliens, land here!' like a > > 9' pyramid!" > > Julia > >

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-02 Thread Julia Thompson
jon louis mann wrote: > Well, Kirk would be pleased, wouldn't he? :) > > As he would with jon's response re: Aliens . . . > > that ranks up there with, "Nothing says 'Aliens, land here!' like a > 9' pyramid!" > Julia > Message from UFO, "Solve your own problems"... > jon > > ...but th

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 1:39 AM Subject: Re: Political Dementia > At 01:57 AM Friday 6/1/2007, Doug wrote: >>Ronn! wrote: >> >> >>

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:57 AM Friday 6/1/2007, Doug wrote: >Ronn! wrote: > > > > > > Insert Old Submarine Joke Maru > > > >Con, Sonar, we have a hammerfor bearing 129, drawing right; turncount 197. > >Sonar, Con, what's a hammerfor? > >Doug >Alternative: henweigh Maru I suppose it's only in the Air Force that the

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-31 Thread Doug
Ronn! wrote: > > Insert Old Submarine Joke Maru > Con, Sonar, we have a hammerfor bearing 129, drawing right; turncount 197. Sonar, Con, what's a hammerfor? Doug Alternative: henweigh Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-31 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 31 May 2007 at 19:25, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > Can anyone else thing of a prominent science fiction author with such a > range between their best and their worst? Ritchard Morgan, afaik. Brilliant Kovacs series. But Market Forces? Ugh :/ AndrewC Dawn Falcon

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-31 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 5/14/07, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/05/13/pulp_affection/ > > > > True, the book isn't particularly well-written. I discovered it when I > was 15, and although I was an omnivorous reader, even then I > recognized that H

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:45 PM Wednesday 5/30/2007, jon louis mann wrote: > you are a Vice-Admiral of the Narrow Seas* > >* Just found it a perfect time to use an old insult: >http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1719448 > > >Hmm, is that why seamen wore a 'peascoat'? (sp?) > Debbi That would be one possib

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:55 PM Wednesday 5/30/2007, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > Maruusually relates to the > > > content of the post, with humor, silliness or even > > > seriousness "value-added."Double and triple > > > entendres a

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-30 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Maruusually relates to the > > content of the post, with humor, silliness or even > > seriousness "value-added."Double and triple > > entendres are additional admirable features- > Considering the naval nature of "

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-17 Thread Julia Thompson
jon louis mann wrote: > Maru is part of a Japanese ship's name, as in 'Kobayashi Maru.' > On-List, it's used as part of a post signature title, and usually > relates to the content of the post, with humor, silliness or even > seriousness "value-added." > > Debbi Helpful Not Meddlesome Maru ;) >

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:16 PM Wednesday 5/16/2007, Max Battcher wrote: >On 5/16/07, Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > by the way; what is maru? > > > > IIRC, Rob wrote a nice post about that when I was a > > List newbie and asked the same th

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-16 Thread Max Battcher
On 5/16/07, Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > by the way; what is maru? > > IIRC, Rob wrote a nice post about that when I was a > List newbie and asked the same thing; I won't be > anywhere near as thorough, but, in short: > > Maru i

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-16 Thread Deborah Harrell
> jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > by the way; what is maru? IIRC, Rob wrote a nice post about that when I was a List newbie and asked the same thing; I won't be anywhere near as thorough, but, in short: Maru is part of a Japanese ship's name, as in 'Kobayashi Maru.' On-List, it'

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-15 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > >> Perhaps because with all the FUD over things like GM food and >> climate >> change in the news every day SF seems entirely too close to the >> frightening reality? >> > > I think that is likely true. > But I think you also have to factor in the desire to not do too

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-15 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > Perhaps because with all the FUD over things like GM food and > climate change in the news every day SF seems entirely too close to > the frightening reality? > The problem with sf is this: it either mutates into frightening reality or into escapist fantasy. Look

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Julia Thompson
jon louis mann wrote: >> Robert G. Seeberger wrote: >> Unlike the other pundits and bloggers who've weighed in on this >> topic, Dickerson admits that he hasn't actually finished the book. >> some of us who have devoured the 1,000-plus pages of >> "Battlefield Earth" bristle at the notion that th

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
On 5/14/2007 8:28:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 05:38 PM Monday 5/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: > >i don't > >understand why all these fantasy series are more popular with adult > >audiences... > > > Perhaps because with all the FUD over things like GM food and > clim

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "PAT MATHEWS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Political Dementia > Too grownup for bad taste? When people go to see Delta Farce and > British > Twit movies? > > I giggle I giggl

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:38 PM Monday 5/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: >i don't >understand why all these fantasy series are more popular with adult >audiences... Perhaps because with all the FUD over things like GM food and climate change in the news every day SF seems entirely too close to the frightening real

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread PAT MATHEWS
: Killer Bs Discussion >To: >Subject: Re: Political Dementia >Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:50:24 -0500 > > >On 5/14/2007 4:51:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey! I read _Battlefield Earth_ when I was a teen too, and enjoyed > > it. I > > am no more a Scientolo

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
On 5/14/2007 4:51:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey! I read _Battlefield Earth_ when I was a teen too, and enjoyed > it. I > am no more a Scientologist because of it today than back then. The > author > of the article was right: the book was pure pulpy space opera... > Well, I agree, and I

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > Unlike the other pundits and bloggers who've weighed in on this topic, > Dickerson admits that he hasn't actually finished the book. But some > of us who have devoured the 1,000-plus pages of "Battlefield Earth" > bristle at the notion that there's something inheren

Re: Political Dementia

2007-05-14 Thread dcaa
Hey! I read _Battlefield Earth_ when I was a teen too, and enjoyed it. I am no more a Scientologist because of it today than back then. The author of the article was right: the book was pure pulpy space opera... Damon. Damon Agretto [E