Re: Victorian Gollum

2004-01-02 Thread TomFODW
In answer to zMUD question of ever having seen Andy Sirkis, Gollum/Smeagol, in anything else, he was in Topsy-Turvy as the chicken walking Choregrapher. That's an outstanding movie. Highly entertaining. Delightful. Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man

Republicans Attempting to get Bible classified as a 'Textbook' in CA in Constitutional Amendment

2004-01-02 Thread The Fool
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36386 Group promotes constitutional amendment to make it textbook A California group has submitted to the attorney general's office a proposed ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to make the King James Bible a textbook for

Racism: a bang on the head is all it takes

2004-01-02 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/01/02/ do0202.xml As a teenager, I spent quite a lot of time trying to re-educate Grandmother. I explained that racism was unacceptable and that she simply had to change her views. Sometimes I made myself cry with outrage.

Re: Science Fiction In Music

2004-01-02 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In Music Has anyone mentioned Rush? Yea, there was a thread on his hypocrisy last month. Dan M.

Re: A Chink in the Armor

2004-01-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Jan 2004, at 11:00 pm, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: On the other hand http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv3.jsp? CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id%20=305449 Apple are, on the whole, one of the better manufacturers in terms of reliability. How'd I know I'd get a reply from you 8^) I

Re: Republicans Attempting to get Bible classified as a 'Textbook' in CA in Constitutional Amendment

2004-01-02 Thread Damon Agretto
Teaching the Bible as history has as much use in instruction as presenting material from Caesar's Gallic War, Froissart's Chronicles, or any other primary source. The bible DOES have a lot to offer in terms of history; a large segment of the OT is afterall a history of the Jewish people. HOWEVER,

RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-02 Thread Gary Nunn
Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category Cultural Institutions is filtered. Nerd From Hell It almost sounds like you work for the Federal Government! At the facility I work at, they block things like Microsoft and other

Re: Science Fiction In Music

2004-01-02 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 01:55 PM 1/2/2004, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In Music Has anyone mentioned Rush? Yea, there was a thread on his hypocrisy last month. Dan M. Oh,

Icky recipe

2004-01-02 Thread William T Goodall
I was looking at some recipes and found this . Best not read any further if of a squeamish disposition. S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E http://www.chinaoninternet.com/cuisine/home/home04/home095.htm recipe for drunken fresh shrimps. Drunken Fresh Shrimps INGREDIENTS

RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-02 Thread Chad Cooper
Just out of curiosity, is www.davidbrin.com being filtered because of the links that are there or because of meta tag keywords? I looked at the source of his page and didn't see any references to cultural that might get blocked. I am not sure how they determine its unsuitibility.

Re: Icky recipe

2004-01-02 Thread Damon Agretto
Best not read any further if of a squeamish disposition. S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E S Q U E A M I S H S P A C E 4. To eat, dip the live shrimps in the dipping sauce. Well look at it this way: at least they're not in pain when you eat them! ;)

NFL Wildcard Weekend Picks

2004-01-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
They say that in the playoffs everyone starts over at 0-0 and given my picking this year, I can't hope for anything more than to be 0-0 again. So, let's see if I can redeem myself here in the playoffs. The NFL playoffs are a beautiful under the new balanced schedule. In the currrent setup,

Overpriced Shirts and Irregulars Question

2004-01-02 Thread Steve Sloan II
I'm pretty sure I set the price of the shirt at my online store too high, so as an apology, I've decreased it from $19.99 to $16.99. Do y'all consider $3 of profit per shirt fair? http://www.cafeshops.com/Sloan3D As for the Irregulars question, Dr. Brin suggested that I donate part of each

Meteorite hits Iran

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=worldNewsstoryID=431728 A meteorite has hit northern Iran causing minor damage to property but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state radio has said. It said the impact sent locals in panic onto the streets in the northern

No longer filtering.

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Harney
I'm not filtering anymore. I've reviewed recent posts in the archives, and I think I'll be fine for now. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: No longer filtering.

2004-01-02 Thread Steve Sloan II
Michael Harney wrote: I'm not filtering anymore. I've reviewed recent posts in the archives, and I think I'll be fine for now. As fair warning, my last post did have a question about the best organizations for protecting wildlife, but I'm hoping any thread that comes out of my question will be

Pat Robertson: God told him it's Bush in a 'blowout'

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-sou--robertson-bush0102jan02,0,4453351,print.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia Pat Robertson said Friday that God told him President Bush will be re-elected in a landslide. I think George Bush is going to win in a walk, the religious broadcaster

Irregulars: Help me identify a book

2004-01-02 Thread Horn, John
Recently, in a fantasy RPG, our GM introduced a warrior race that I found very interesting. They were expert horsemen, human and somewhat similar to the Mongols or the Huns. What was unique about them was that they road small horses, almost ponies, and had spears attached to their saddles. The

Re: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:47 PM 1/2/04, Chad Cooper wrote: Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category Cultural Institutions is filtered. We use a product from http://www.websense.com/ . This web site filter blocks about a quarter of the link

Re: Irregulars: Help me identify a book

2004-01-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:16 PM 1/2/04, Horn, John wrote: Recently, in a fantasy RPG, our GM introduced a warrior race that I found very interesting. They were expert horsemen, human and somewhat similar to the Mongols or the Huns. What was unique about them was that they road small horses, almost ponies, and had

Re: Overpriced Shirts and Irregulars Question

2004-01-02 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 09:53:45PM -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote: As for the Irregulars question, Dr. Brin suggested that I donate part of each sale I make at my store to an appropriate charity, as a way to promote my store and do good at the same time. Which groups do good work preserving