Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o)

2003-01-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
I'm so flabbergasted, totally and utterly distrought that I'm almost beside my chair. No, not what you think. This is good flabbergasted. Yesterday one of my two indispensable kitchentools broke. One is the microwave the other my Braun multimix. A mixer with mixing attachments and a chopper.

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug GSV Go Raida's! Damn straight! I like the Raiders. But...the law of irony demands that I root for the Bucs, led by Chucky, to whip the team that fired him. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP

Re: Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o)

2003-01-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
Impressive! Most impressive. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Satellite evidence of UFOs

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: And why aren't they trying to communicate with us??? Are are they? Could of our list members be from other species? http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/1955238mode=threadtid= 160 http://makeashorterlink.com/?G33962823 Julia

Scouted: Self-organizing stones

2003-01-20 Thread Nick Arnett
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003articleID=0005BEE2-3FE9-1E28-8 B3B809EC588EEDF -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Brin: Slashdot discussion of top 10 new SF authors

2003-01-20 Thread Nick Arnett
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=51269threshold=1commentsort=3tid= 134mode=threadcid=5120753 Several mentions of David Brin in the ensuing discussion. -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/20/2003 10:18:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, that was Chris Simms' dad, Phil. Only in Texas would Phil Sims would Phil Sims be referred to as Chris's dad. Phil did have a pretty good career leading the Giants to their first superbowl win

Re: Scouted: Self-organizing stones

2003-01-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V30421923 Jon GSV Neat article ROU Thanks! From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scouted: Self-organizing stones Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:24:52 -0800

Re: List member is a mavan

2003-01-20 Thread Bemmzim
Did anyone else notice that in Paul Krugman's op ed piece in the NYT there is a reference to Bradford Delong's well respected website. Now I know I sometimes don't pay attention for long periords of time but I did not know that Brad (I assume it is our Brad but I could be wrong) was such an

[Scouted] X-men ruled not human

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1043013622300562504,00.html It's rather interesting what greed will force in the US legal system. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Jessica Simpson Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:34 PM Subject: Jessica Simpson Re: Football coverage observations At 05:32 PM 1/20/2003 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/19/2003 11:55:51 PM Eastern

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:11 PM 1/20/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: I'm not happy about Parcells. I got annoyed with him when he walked away from the Patriots and left them scrambling, and when the Jets started being on more nationally televised games, I almost always rooted against them. Still haven't broken

Re: A Certain Commercial Re: About My Copyright Notice

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 06:59 PM 1/20/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: The whole commercial leaves something to be desired, certainly (a sense of decency?), but falling into the cement that way is *dangerous*, and some idiot is going to end up hurting herself (or himself?) trying to

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:58 PM 1/20/2003 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: Plus, I find it very hard to respect a Coach who told his players to fake injuries, so as to slow down the tempo of a big game. Sure, it was probably perfectly legal - but it showed an utter lack of honor, IMHO. What the

Re: [Scouted] X-men ruled not human

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1043013622300562504,00.html It's rather interesting what greed will force in the US legal system. The irony here is staggering, considering one of the central themes of the X-Men comics is that mutants are

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: Plus, I find it very hard to respect a Coach who told his players to fake injuries, so as to slow down the tempo of a big game. Sure, it was probably perfectly legal - but it showed an utter lack of honor, IMHO. What the heck does honor have to

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: But how do you reconcile that with your own integrity, when you're in that situation? Surely your personal integrity is worth a lot more than a measly hundred thousand dollars or two. You *could* argue that part of that integrity involves doing what you have to to win,

Who Has the Rights to a Movie?

2003-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
Specifically, can a director prevent companies from marketing clean versions of popular movies to morally discerning customers? http://slate.msn.com/id/2077192/ JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] People

Re: A Certain Commercial Re: About My Copyright Notice

2003-01-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: Now, I have heard that there is an ending only seen on cable TV that might push the limits even farther, but I have not seen it. As far as what the least objectionable thing in the commercial is, it's the expressions of the girlfriends as the guys are relating the

Re: [Scouted] X-men ruled not human

2003-01-20 Thread Steve Sloan II
Julia Thompson wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1043013622300562504,00.html It's rather interesting what greed will force in the US legal system. The decision is completely wrong, and I'm wondering why dolls and toys have such completely different tariff rates. I just hope

Re: [Listref] Segway hits legal pothole in San Francisco

2003-01-20 Thread Steve Sloan II
Robert Seeberger wrote: Ammiano also said Segway's campaign rubbed officials the wrong way. Segway didn't help themselves by hiring very expensive lobbyists, he said. I think that backfired on them, too. New Hampshire-based Segway hired lobbying firms but has made no contributions to any

[Scouted] Big Brother in Dallas County?

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2003-01-16/schutze.html/1/index.html I find it interesting how one of the oilfield service companies is branching out into other areas. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: A Certain Commercial Re: About My Copyright Notice

2003-01-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 08:23 PM 1/20/2003 -0600, you wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: At 06:59 PM 1/20/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: The whole commercial leaves something to be desired, certainly (a sense of decency?), but falling into the cement that way is *dangerous*, and some idiot is going to end up

Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld dies at age 99

2003-01-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
NEW YORK (Jan. 20) - Al Hirschfeld, whose graceful, fluid caricatures captured the essence of performers from Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld, died Monday. He was 99. Hirschfeld, who first had his drawings published in the 1920s and continued into the new century, died at his home, said his

Re: Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld dies at age 99

2003-01-20 Thread Medievalbk
Ten years ago or so, when the net was new, I sold a copy of Manhattan Oases for $100. The cheepest copy on addall.com tonight is $600 William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l