Holocenechat.com

2004-12-30 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So when was David Brin going to > tell us about HoloceneChat? > More importantly, how long until > we can use it to host the Brin-L > chat (to help you test it of course)? He mentioned it about a year and a half (2 yrs?) ago, when his experience with Br

Re: Holocenechat.com

2004-12-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:01:28 -0800 (PST), Matt Grimaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So when was David Brin going to tell us about HoloceneChat? More importantly, how long until we can use it to host the Brin-L chat (to help you test it of course)? He menti

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 29, 2004, at 4:40 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Saw it this week - loved it! Moments of full-belly-laugh hilarity, and, as you note above, near-grief. Some of the scenes were as poignant as anything you'd see in a serious drama. Pixar does OK, yeah. Pretty consistent product. I'm just waiting

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: that said, I did get a Dremel mototool for Xmas The image that spawns -- you carving away at your toes with a small rotary power tool, toenail dust flying all over -- is a cross between hilarious and disgusting. Thanks! :D -- Warren Ockrassa, Pub

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Steve Sloan
Warren Ockrassa wrote: > Pixar does OK, yeah. Pretty consistent product. I'm just > waiting for the inevitable clone movie by Dreamworks. "The > Amazings" or something equally goofy. There's still time for them to slap together a car movie, before Pixar's car movie comes out next year. That would f

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage) > On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: > > > that said, I did get a Dremel moto

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Steve Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:15 PM Subject: Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES? > Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > Pixar does OK, yeah. Pretty consistent product. I'm just > > waitin

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Steve Sloan
Robert Seeberger wrote: Who is doing Robots? The people who did Ice Age, Blue Sky Studios, with Fox as their distributor. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama => [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .

Scouted: Fascist Censorship Spreads: NPR Cuts Gay Scene From Rebroadcast Segment

2004-12-30 Thread The Fool
<> When Santaland Diaries was first aired 12 years ago, it was more than a little daring because of its description of a flirtation with Snowball, another male elf. It became one of the most requested tapes from NPR. ... Snowball was cut fro

Invasion of the Factoids

2004-12-30 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
Many years ago, in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only . . . Ladies Forbidden" . . . and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. -- The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska -- The first couple to be shown in b

Re: Invasion of the Factoids

2004-12-30 Thread Bryon Daly
FYI at least a few of these that I paused to check via snopes or google are false (golf, green coke, elbow), and I suspect at least a few others are as well (but am too lazy to research them all). Caveat lector, I suppose. :-) On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:41:44 -0600, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Bryon Daly
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have > problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing > them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a D

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Gary Denton
The sucess of The Incredibles has already caused changes to The Fantastic Four movie. Unfortunately it looks like the changes were mainly to spend more on the F/X. Gary D. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Week 17 NFL Picks

2004-12-30 Thread John D. Giorgis
As a relatively disappointing season of picks draws to a close, I went 11-5 last week to pull to 143-113 (.559) on the season. That's only 16 games behind my Dad, who has managed a very impressive 159 - 97 (.621) for the year! The Upset Special, meanwhile, suffered a heartbreaking loss, wi