In a message dated 11/14/2004 11:25:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Agh! SHades of Dr. Pak's Preschool.
On another track, What about DitZilla?
Kiln technology would be a LARPer's
paradise.
-- Matt
A ditto King Kong, who is a very peaceable fellow, and hands
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: Brin: Yu-Gi-Oh is evil, why it must be eradicated
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:52:20 -0500 (EST)
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Does anyone know _how_ to play those evil card games?
Yes.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/34141.htm
November 15, 2004 -- If the folks over at CBS News still wonder why they
have such credibility problems, here's another good reason.
On Friday, the network fired one of its news producers for having committed
the unpardonable sin of
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Brin: Re: addenda
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:07:26 -0800 (PST)
For anyone who is interested, even if you've never
heard of Quantrill, you have _definitely_ heard of one
of the
Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
Does anyone know _how_ to play those evil card games? Bernardo
got them for his birthday, and I have absolutely _no_ clue about
the rules :-/
My kids have a ton of Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon cards and have no idea
how to play the game. Fortunately for me, so far they
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/15/funny.money.ap/index.html
Snippet:
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a
woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured
President Bush's picture and the serial number DUBYA4U2001.
also:
A clerk at a Fashion Bug
for many years. (I'm clean now, though. Haven't
picked up a deck
in several years. And I have no desire to, honest.
Really... Oh,
I long for my Serra Angel...)
Heh. I have my own crack addiction: it's called metal
miniatures. I buy them compulsively!
Damon.
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That's now 6 cabinet member resignations maybe they all voted for Kerry
:-)
November 9, 2004
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
WHITE HOUSE SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT RESIGNS,
COMMERCE SECRETARY DON EVANS RESIGNS
November 15, 20004
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
REPORT:
On Nov 14, 2004, at 5:36 PM, d.brin wrote:
While working on my new essay, I find I must cite the confederacy map
comparison.
The old one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/rundgren/FREESTATES.jpg
doesn't do the comparison. Anybody have the URL?
Is this the one you mean?
On Nov 15, 2004, at 8:40 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/15/funny.money.ap/index.html
Snippet:
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a
woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured
President Bush's picture and the serial number
I talked at some length with Chayla and with Wes' mother this morning.
Both of them were holding up well when we talked, but of course it is up
and down for them.
Last night, I talked with one of my trusted friends, who helped me to
separate the pain I'm feeling about Wes from the politics of
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference
to such resignations under other presidencies? It
might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up
here, when in fact this is par for the course, just
more publicised than normal...
Damon.
=
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference
to such resignations under other presidencies? It
might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up
here, when in fact this is par for the course, just
more publicised than normal...
This
Travis Edmunds wrote:
Based on observations of Pokemon being played by 2 of my 5 younger sisters,
and them telling me that Yu-Gi-Oh is a lot like Pokemon, I would imagine
that Yu-Gi-Oh is similar to the Star Wars card game, as Pokemon and Star
Wars seem to be based on the same basic template.
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's now 6 cabinet member resignations maybe
they all voted for Kerry
:-)
As an empirical point, I believe that this has been
the most stable Cabinet in modern history. The
average span of a Clinton Cabinet member was, IIRC, 18
months. These are
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any
reference
to such resignations under other presidencies? It
might be misleading to think there is a major
shake-up
here, when in fact this is par for the course, just
more publicised than normal...
On Nov 15, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
Based on observations of Pokemon being played by 2 of my 5 younger
sisters,
and them telling me that Yu-Gi-Oh is a lot like Pokemon, I would
imagine
that Yu-Gi-Oh is similar to the Star Wars card game, as Pokemon and
On Nov 12, 2004, at 8:14 PM, JDG wrote:
At 07:02 PM 11/11/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote:
We've compared the red-blue divide against population denisty, college
degrees, IQ, and hoary old slavery maps.
Here's another take: Generosity.
Seeing a mention of it on Eric Zorn's weblog, I took the Catalogue
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any
reference
to such resignations under other presidencies? It
might be misleading to think there is a major
shake-up
here, when in fact this is par for
On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote:
(BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election, so I
think Bush is par for the course)
Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State hadn't spent much of
the first four years losing every scrap of credibility he ever had. And
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
the poker game between Jeremy and Natalie? I was never even in
the game! I think almost every guy I know has had a moment like
that one...
I will definitely give you that one. It was a good bit.
Jim
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Travis Edmunds wrote:
Anyone familiar with the Star Wars thingy?
Only vaguely. I picked up a few decks when it came out, but I never
really played. I know there's a Light and Dark Side, but that's it.
Jim
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Ohio WILL be recounted thank to the Libertarian and Green
Presidential candidates money donated from all over the country to
pay for it . I like the idea of citizen initiated
electoral review.
For the Libertarians see:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
I'm and have been a Magic player, myself.
(Though you do tend to accrue stacks of cards. My trading stock is
thousands of cards deep, and I don't have a very large collection.)
Mine is quite large, *despite* having taken a Magic sabbatical
for a few year while I was
On Nov 15, 2004, at 5:44 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
It's a great game, anyway. So many combinations and permutations to
try. Though if you play at a high competitive level there's only a
certain number of decks that are viable. Casual play though lends to
all manner of wackiness.
Yeah, like the
On Nov 15, 2004, at 5:49 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
I'm and have been a Magic player, myself.
(Though you do tend to accrue stacks of cards. My trading stock is
thousands of cards deep, and I don't have a very large collection.)
Mine is quite large, *despite* having taken a Magic sabbatical
for a few
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Let's see -- gems -- snip Howbout you?
I actually meant in terms of the cards you have, but I liked reading
your decks. Some of them were pretty nifty. :)
My current decks include a silly five-color deck with all gold-
bordered cards and some sunburst cards, along with
Since Dr. Brin seems to have recently dabbled in some of those exit poll
conspiracy theories, so I'm reposting this to his attention.
First, the most excellent Mystery Pollster blog - a great read for
anyone interested in how polling works, has had an excellent post on
this subject:
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote:
(BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election, so I
think Bush is par for the course)
Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State hadn't spent much of
the first four
--- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never been prouder to be a libertarian, see below:
That's not something I knew about you. Would you care to share your
thoughts on the Libertarian candidate this past election?
-k-
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Do you
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
Anyone familiar with the Star Wars thingy?
Only vaguely. I picked up a few decks when it came out, but I never
really played. I know there's a Light and Dark Side, but that's it.
The same could be said about duct tape.
At 09:38 PM 11/14/2004 -0600 Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
http://www.presidentelect.org/index.html
A nice historical site showing electoral results of *every* election
in the US from Washington on.
Actually, if people are interested, I think that this site is quite
superior to the above:
On Nov 15, 2004, at 8:15 PM, kerri miller wrote:
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote:
(BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election,
so I
think Bush is par for the course)
Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:16:38 -0800 (PST), kerri miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never been prouder to be a libertarian, see below:
That's not something I knew about you. Would you care to share your
thoughts on the Libertarian candidate this
On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:07 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Let's see -- gems -- snip Howbout you?
I actually meant in terms of the cards you have, but I liked reading
your decks. Some of them were pretty nifty. :)
Thanks. Cards I tend to keep in play constantly include things like
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