dit-dot-dit

2005-03-18 Thread kerri miller
So I've been a quiet little primate around here recently, and as I was fuddling about with an old mail archive, I found some of my first postings to Brin-L from back in '97 or '98 (!) I cringe reading over the adolescent crap I've written over the years; I guess in some ways until I chose to move

Re: the purge

2005-03-18 Thread Trent Shipley
On Thursday 2005-03-17 20:25, d.brin wrote: Today. In person. One of the most conservative men I know and former special forces. One of dozens who have told me - when I asked about the purge - David, it is worse than you can imagine. This is not just the fault of the Straussian fanatics, or

Re: the purge

2005-03-18 Thread Erik Reuter
* Trent Shipley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [message without BRIN: in the subject] Unless you Bcc'd him or otherwise directly emailed him, it is unlikely Brin will read what you wrote. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Social Security Deserves Better Than Another Partisan Brawl

2005-03-18 Thread Erik Reuter
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB02071090881840,00.html CAPITAL By DAVID WESSEL Social Security Deserves Better Than Another Partisan Brawl March 17, 2005; Page A2 President Bush's campaign to create private Social Security accounts and to stabilize the popular retirement

Re: Tits (a wo^H^HMan's perspective)

2005-03-18 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:53 AM Friday 3/18/2005, kerri miller wrote: But I think it's *appalling* that teenagers are given breast implants as 'graduation presents' -- and SHAME on those doctors!!! _Any_ surgery involving general anesthesia carries a small but definite risk of death. How pathetic to risk one's

RE: Attack of the Metal-Eating Plants

2005-03-18 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: RE: Attack of the Metal-Eating Plants Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:38:22 -0500 Rob wrote... Genetically modified plants may be the green solution for

Re: dit-dot-dit

2005-03-18 Thread kerri miller
Like most everyone else, when you got out on your own and found out just how expensive it is to live, and realized that if you don't earn it, no one else is going to support you any more? :P That's one of those life lessons I got early, around 14 or 15. When I was a kid, I felt a little

Re: Tits (a perspective)

2005-03-18 Thread kerri miller
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:53 AM Friday 3/18/2005, kerri miller wrote: I'd have to agree, having just gt back from a trip to Las Vegas/Los Angeles a few weeks ago, surrounded by silicone-sculpted bodies everywhere we went! Perhaps someone ought to do a

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-18 Thread Dan Minette
The next step I want to consider is the work from the mid thirties to about the mid 60s. During this time, there were two developments that were important to our discussion of the foundation of QM. The first was the development of quantum field theory, or reletivistic quantum mechanics. The

Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I think it's *appalling* that teenagers are given breast implants as 'graduation presents' snip I think I know of an exception. My daughter's friend is highly asymmetric because of birth defects. Among

Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _Any_ surgery involving general anesthesia carries a small but definite risk of death. How pathetic to risk one's life to be well-endowed... Something hit me about this saying. Is the following statement

Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
kerri miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Still, its something I may undertake at some point in the future.. and besides, who am I to judge the internal conflicts between someones self-perception and their external realities? Weeel, you certainly have the right to have an opinion on such

Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _Any_

Re: dit-dot-dit

2005-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
kerri miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippage throughout So I've been a quiet little primate around here recently, and as I was fuddling about with an old mail archive, I found some of my first postings to Brin-L from back in '97 or '98 (!) I cringe reading over the adolescent crap I've

Deathrisk (was: Woobs )

2005-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote: Dan wrote: snippage throughout Is the following statement true or false? Any horseback ride carries a small but definite risk of death. snort Not doin' it for cosmetic reasons, though! I agree. I don't think it is

Tits

2005-03-18 Thread Jon Mann
I vote for natural, too, except in cases where there is a deformity. Size doesn't matter for women as much as for men. I have no problem with plastic surgery, as long as there is no needless risk and the doctor is competent. Surgery techniques are improving (except for some doctors who should

Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:45 PM Friday 3/18/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I think it's *appalling* that teenagers are given breast implants as 'graduation presents' snip I think I know of an exception. My daughter's friend is

Preople

2005-03-18 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.preople.com/ Preople Rank Robert Seeberger 15,400 There are 4143 names in our database that have a higher Preople Ranking and 35108 names that have a lower Preople Ranking. Your ranking is based on how much people talk about you on the web. If this was your name and you want to

Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-03-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:45 PM Friday 3/18/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: As Julia wrote, that is an exception (to my mind) as a birth defect was involved (similar to my friend whose medical condition did not allow her to develop at all in that regard). Julia also wrote: I think that it's a

Re: Woobs

2005-03-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _Any_ surgery involving general anesthesia carries a small but definite risk of death. How pathetic to risk one's life to be well-endowed... Something hit me about this saying. Is the following