Re: Weird e-bay auction

2005-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:44 PM Thursday 4/14/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5573572030 Apparently random ones go for a lot cheaper than this is going for Julia Perhaps her top secret project

Murphy's Military Law Of The Day

2005-06-26 Thread Gary Nunn
The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at. - Murphy's Military Laws ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single simple identifier of religion (even obvious candidates like human sacrifice or temple prostitution are not

Another one you probably thought had died years ago . . .

2005-06-26 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
http://www.paulwinchell.com/ (Scroll down for some interesting information you probably didn't know before, either.) -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Another one you probably thought had died years ago . . .

2005-06-26 Thread Leonard Matusik
on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:00:18 -0500 Ronn_blankenship wrote: (Scroll down for some interesting information you probably didn't know before, either.) -- Ronn! :) Ron, What practical use could an invisible garter-belt possibly have? Leonard Matusik [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Another one you probably thought had died years ago . . .

2005-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Leonard Matusik wrote: on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:00:18 -0500 Ronn_blankenship wrote: (Scroll down for some interesting information you probably didn't know before, either.) -- Ronn! :) Ron, What practical use could an invisible garter-belt possibly have? 1)

Admin info

2005-06-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The usual e-mail address given for me on mccmedia.com isn't going to be useful for reaching me in a timely manner in the next few days. If you need to reach me for the purposes of list admin stuff, use the address I'm posting from now. I'll let everyone know when I'm more reachable via the

Re: Weird e-bay auction

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 26, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: oh, and if you're ever building a portable geodesic dome with a PVC frame, stake the tarps directly to the ground if there's bad weather predicted -- you don't want a 70-mph gust of wind grabbing a tarp and taking the rest of the dome with

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single simple identifier of religion (even obvious candidates

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 24, 2005, at 12:03 AM, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:13 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Language is, like the Buddha, two and a half pounds of flax. Ha. It's three pounds, you know. :-) He's on a diet. You seem well-read on the topic. It's interesting to me. As an atheist,

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 25, 2005, at 4:36 AM, Andrew Paul wrote: Nice post about the Tao btw Warren, not that I would classify it as a religion, but I think I am one:) :D Taoism seems more like a philosophy, yeah. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, I wrote: To me the whole of physics, biology, geology and paleontology, if one believes in a deity, shows a delight in chance, interbeing and intricacy that is much more like Job's whirlwind than the Mosaic hard-willed ideal. Hmm. Is fundamentalist religion

The Rule for Republican Propaganda

2005-06-26 Thread KZK
in Iraq with the commanders of several Iraqi insurgent groups recently in an attempt to open a dialogue with them, a British newspaper reported Sunday. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20050626/ap_on_re_eu/britain_iraq The defense secretary also acknowledged that U.S. officials have met