Writing workshops +

2008-01-10 Thread G. D. Akin
I have been looking for on-line writing workshops. In Writer's Digest's, "The Writer's Yearbook 2008", I found a full-page ad for the Gotham Writers' Workshop. At their site, www.writingclasses.com, I found that they have classes in numerous types of writing, including Science Fiction. Does an

Re: Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:13 PM Thursday 1/10/2008, Lance A. Brown wrote: >Perhaps. The use of corn to produce ethanol is already driving the cost >of corn higher, impacting food costs already[1]. I don't think we want >to use corn _or_ sugarcane for producing ethanol in the long term. [1] Karnack the Magnific

Re: Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Trent Shipley
On Thursday 2008-01-10 17:13, Lance A. Brown wrote: > Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > >>but I found it interesting: > >> > >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-co

Re: Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 1/10/2008 6:13:29 PM, Lance A. Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Jim Sharkey wrote: > > > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > >>but I found it interesting: > >> > >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-be

Re: Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Lance A. Brown
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, >>but I found it interesting: >> >>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn >> >>_Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source o

Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

2008-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 10, 2008, at 6:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > On 10 Jan 2008, at 05:02, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >> >> If you're going to be pathologically insulting to religion, at least >> put some effort into it next time. >> > > I'm sorry, I'll try harder in future. Please do; it's the least you can

Re: Brin: Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes

2008-01-10 Thread David Brin
Yes, I knew of him. A great man. There are about twenty international diplomats who did this sort of thing. The most famous was Wallenberg of Sweden. I'm glad to hear he is being honored. --- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got this from another list. I think you may be >

Re: Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, > but I found it interesting: > > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn > > _Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the > potential to be vastly more

Take that, Iowa!!

2008-01-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
I'm sure some of you knew this, what with your big brains and all, but I found it interesting: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn _Scientific American_ is saying grass as a source of ethanol has the potential to be vastly more efficient than corn. Pretty co

Brin: Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes

2008-01-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I got this from another list. I think you may be interested :-) > Exposicao no Knesset sobre a vida de Sousa Mendes, Consul de > Portugal em Bordeus que salvou muitas vidas do nazismo Exposition in the Knesset about the life of Sousa Mendes, Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux that saved many lifes f

Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

2008-01-10 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Jan 2008, at 13:14, Martin Lewis wrote: > On 1/10/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If Catholics don't use birth control what happened to the birth rate >> in Italy and Germany? Actually some of my relatives are Catholic and >> yet somehow they managed to stop at two conve

RE: On the American Standard front.....

2008-01-10 Thread Pat Mathews
That's odd. It was #3 that I found unfunny. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: Re: On the American Standard front. > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:45:00 -0700 > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Some fun

Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

2008-01-10 Thread Martin Lewis
On 1/10/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Really, William, that's disappointing. If they were Catholic she > > couldn't work in a brothel (not very long anyway), since she'd be > > forbidden to use birth control; > > If Catholics don't use birth control what happened to the birt

Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

2008-01-10 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Jan 2008, at 05:02, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > >> And I bet they are both Catholics too. So much for religion. Again. > > Really, William, that's disappointing. If they were Catholic she > couldn't work in a brothel (not very long anyway)

Re: What are you doing here?": man asks wife at brothel

2008-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
I was envisioning her giving a response something like, "What am I doing here? You don't know? That's why I had to come here . . ." -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l