Re: 24? **correction**

2005-04-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:21 AM Wednesday 4/13/2005, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 10:25 AM Wednesday 4/13/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 4! No, if 4! = 24, then 24? = 4 The interesting thing is that 10? = 3.390 or so. I

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: Well, if you honestly feel that you are capable enough to set the standards to know that a Soro's fellow working in international relations is making unreasonable arguements that are impossible to support, I guess you need to say that. But, I guess I am not as convinced by my

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) Dan Minette wrote: Well, if you honestly feel

Re: 24?

2005-04-12 Thread Julia Thompson
4! Sheesh. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Black holes 'do not exist'

2005-04-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:37 PM Subject: Re: Black holes 'do not exist' Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050328/pf/050328

Re: Black holes 'do not exist'

2005-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050328/pf/050328-8_pf.html Black holes are staples of science fiction and many think astronomers have observed them indirectly. But according to a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, these awesome

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:52 AM Wednesday 4/6/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:31:53 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote I like little snakes. I don't trust big snakes. Must *every* conversation eventually turn to politics? I thought she was referring to sex . . . No, that would

Re: New Pope?

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan wrote: there is no empirical evidence for human rights. I'll bet a nickle you could prove that human rights provide a more successful strategy than the lack therof. Well, all we have is history

Re: New Pope?

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: * Dave Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: And where are you whenever someone gets the its/it's thing wrong? Nowhere to be found! Sheesh! Its not easy to joke about that when ones own

Re: Thread Divergence (Was Re: Movies that really stink)

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Cinemagoers will have more to argue about than plotlines and special effects if Sony gets its way. The company has patented a device to evoke smells, flavours and even a sense of touch in audience's brains, in the hope of

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:10 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:52 AM Wednesday 4/6/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:31:53 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote I like little snakes. I don't trust

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:59 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Not really. Virgin conception is impossible, I am not a fertility specialist, nor do I play one on TV, but even I can think of ways to implant a fertilized egg in a woman's uterus without her having ever had sexual

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:01:52 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote It means that there wasn't a third option between going to war to remove Hussein and leaving him in power. It didn't exist. No one proposed one that was even vaguely plausible. You could choose one or the other.

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been hearing a lot about Jim Wallis lately. Aside from trying to get back issues of Sojourners (which I am not going to attempt this year), what would you suggest of his? I've seen him on TV and found him to be a stunningly

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:43 PM Tuesday 4/5/2005, Doug Pensinger wrote: I take it you don't like snakes? My mother was unable to even look at a picture of a snake, probably as a result of being bitten by a water moccasin when she was quite small. Anyone who's had a bad encounter with a

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:31:53 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote I like little snakes. I don't trust big snakes. Must *every* conversation eventually turn to politics? ;-) I could come up with something long and convoluted that had something to do with St. Patrick and end up

Re: Peering through the Keyhole (Satellite Maps a la Google)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Travis Edmunds wrote: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/tech/google-satellite-maps-42009.html Google Feature Incorporates Satellite Maps 04/05/05 9:23 AM PT The satellite maps could unnerve some people, even as the technology impresses others. That's because the Keyhole technology is designed to

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a listmate, making a perfectly reasonable request for suggestions, and she gets an insult instead. Dave No, it was an assessment of _someone else_. I wasn't insulting her. I do think his version of God's Politics might as well be titled

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: As to your assumptions about my motives (seems meant only to be a poor attempt to make me look...), we're all fond of Julie, but that had nothing to do with my joining the fray. All fond? That's very flattering. I'm not sure it's entirely accurate, but I'm flattered by the

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:16:02 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote As for criticism, I don't object to helpful criticism. But I don't think that's the spirit of most criticism from the left these days, or more generally, of most of the criticism in mass media these days. And

Re: Peering through the Keyhole (Satellite Maps a la Google)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:29 PM Wednesday 4/6/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: 1) rant Google maps doesn't have my street. My street didn't exist in 1998. It existed in 2000. Google is way behind the curve on this one. Yahoo has my street, but has one of the streets leading up

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

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Damon Agretto wrote: http://www.nice-tits.org/ I feel cheated... You were. There were not nearly enough pictures of tits on that site. G xponent Titular Maru rob Did you check out the shops? Some of those items are tempting Julia

Re: New Pope?

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: New Pope? On Apr 3, 2005, at 9:09 PM, Dan Minette wrote: From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pffft.

Re: Thread convergence

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: According to NBC, the line of people waiting to view the Pope's body is visible to _satellites from space_, _snaking_ through the streets . . . Yes, but are there any small birds involved? Or are they related closely enough to the snakes to be covered under that topic?

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 2) I'm wondering how much Gautam knows about Jim Wallis' ideas to call them bad. I think a debate on the merits and demerits of Wallis's ideas would be interesting and would edify me without my having to darken the doors of Barnes Noble, or add

Re: Peering through the Keyhole (Satellite Maps a la Google)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: if I'm to believe all the comments of people who have gone to every Burning Man event since at least 2001. (And the resolution available for right there is a lot better than for the nearest real town, or so I've been told.) That's because the geeks

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, Pedro looked good in his first start for the mets. Yes, he looked excellent. Let's just hope that he's rehabbed his shoulder properly. Just for the record, I'm not happy about this. I hate the Mets. Nothing personal, just the 1986

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:48:50 +0100, William T Goodall wrote But the fundamentalists are the fastest growing Christian sects. I see this as part of a trend that goes far beyond Christianity and far beyond religion. Fundamentalism of all sorts is on

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, maru wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: ... I hadn't thought of that. I'm reminded of a conversation Dan had with some of our neighbors. Apparently the neighborhood is heavily armed, and we're weirdos for having a sword collection rather than a gun collection

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:45:12 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote I've seen him on TV and found him to be a stunningly unimpresive figure... I've been following his writings for 20 years, finally heard him speak in person a few weeks ago, and talked to him for a short time about

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Dave Land wrote: On Apr 5, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:45:12 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote I've seen him on TV and found him to be a stunningly unimpresive figure... I've been following his writings for 20

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: Gun Free Household sticker Gun Free Household sticker $1.50 I need to buy

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:40 PM Monday 4/4/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, April 04

Brin: Re: Imax 'shuns films on evolution'

2005-04-03 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, William T Goodall wrote: Religious controversy has reportedly affected the distribution of educational films such as Cosmic Voyage, Galapagos and Volcanoes of the Deep Sea to Imax cinemas, some based within science museums. While relatively few cinemas were

Pope dies at 84

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=514u=/ap/20050402/ap_on_re_eu/pope_42 First paragraph: By VICTOR L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY - John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and helped topple communism in Europe while becoming the most-traveled

Re: Pope dies at 84

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had predicted 6 AM Sunday, MST, in order to interrupt all the Sunday morning news programs. Something of a more lasting value than Left yelling at Right and Right yelling at Left. Someone tell me if coverage of the Final Four was interrupted.

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:20 PM Saturday 4/2/2005, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Apr 2005, at 1:52 am, Damon Agretto wrote: I was going to simply let this go by without giving it the dignity of a response, but after all this time you all know me better than that . . . Call it for what it

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Another evil hate-filled monster dies. Not much consolation to the millions killed or whose lives have been ruined by the sick twisted evil nonsense promulgated by the obscene cult he led for the last 26 years. I can only imagine his gang-members

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: What I was disappointed with was after I went to all the trouble of finding rubber bands in BYU's colors of blue and white, no one at the SF symposium a few weeks ago commented on the fact I used them to tie up my ponytail. (First time I've grown

Re: New Pope?

2005-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Dan Minette wrote: The leading candiates are a Nigerian and a Brazilian. I would rate the odds of an American as 1000 to 1. So, Alberto may be able to use his ties to the new Pope to influence JDG in the future. :-) Unless the new pope is Nigerian, which is how I'd be

Re: tower of Babel theory

2005-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Alan Ackley wrote: My theory of the tower of Babel; (a modification of the theory in John Keel's Eighth Tower). The Babylonians were building a tower to reach to the sky, and when God, (or in this case, the Elohim) decided to end this form of human progress, the method used also had the effect

Re: I Love Lucy and the Chocolates

2005-03-29 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An ergonomist friend of mine is looking for a clip of Lucy and the chocolates as she tries to package them and winds up eating them/stuffing them in pockets, etc. Anyone know where that might be found? Season 2 of I Love Lucy. It can be bought at amazon.com, or

Re: tap, tap, tap.....

2005-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/27/2005 2:09:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But he threw up on another piece of furniture. Julia It could not have been a futon. Semantically, you throw up on a couch, but you barf on a futon. It was the glider

Re: tap, tap, tap.....

2005-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: is this thing on?? Is the list down, or is it just that everyone else has a REAL life? All too real. Good news: We'll have a new recliner within 90 days. Bad news: Sam has been throwing up all day. If he'd thrown up on the old recliner that we're replacing, I wouldn't

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-25 Thread Julia Thompson
A couple of questions about what I believe are typos, but want to make sure: Dan Minette wrote: We can check this at all three angles by setting both measuring devices in the same direction. We could look at one million pairs at 0 deg, one million pairs at 37 deg, and one million pairs at 74 deg.

Re: Dirty Monitor?

2005-03-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan wrote: Does your computer monitor have dust and crud on it? Does it need a good cleaning? This service will clean it from the inside: http://www.clean-your-screen-for-free-now.com/ I love that one. Thanks! Julia ___

Re: Human Virus Scanner

2005-03-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://totl.net/VirusScanner/? Viruses you suffer from: Pokemon Pikachu! Use your hyper-electric-get-a-life move now! (Funny, considering I avoid Pokemon like the plague) Linux Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it. (I have it

Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:09 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Susceptibility to believing Evil religious nonsense that isn't so is a defect. How long, d'ya suppose, before someone discovers that arguing from one's conclusions is genetically determined? Eh, I think it's purely

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

Re: Tits (a womans perspective)

2005-03-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate fake boobs. Some members on the female side of my family have also had breat reduction surgery and they are happier and I think look better. Since no woman has perspected (at least a few pages ahead - I haven't looked at all

Re: Tits (a womans perspective)

2005-03-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Tits (a womans perspective) But I think it's *appalling* that teenagers are given breast implants as

Re: Acronyms

2005-03-13 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Has anyone else noticed that the abbreviation for the new _Star Wars_ movie is ROTS? No, but now that you point that out, my pessimism regarding it is complete. :) Julia who last saw a Star Wars movie in early June of 1999

Re: Koko news

2005-03-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:42 PM Saturday 3/12/2005, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: News of the Weird reported in September on Koko, the gorilla that knows about a thousand words in American Sign Language, and in February, she was back in the news at her home at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside,

Re: [Satire] Flintstones Are Way Too Gay

2005-03-11 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, David Hobby wrote: A search for Flintstone's porn reveala little in gay themes but quite a lot of other. (What would we do without search engines?) Gary Denton You know, I never would have thought to look. ---David What would

Re: [Satire] Flintstones Are Way Too Gay

2005-03-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Also, attempt to find menus for Chinese restaurants. (I didn't realize the restaurant reviewer's page for the restaurant was likely the only place that linked to an on-line copy of the menu until someone pointed it out

Re: [Satire] Flintstones Are Way Too Gay

2005-03-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Also, attempt to find menus for Chinese restaurants. (I didn't realize the restaurant reviewer's page for the restaurant was likely the only place

Re: [Satire] Flintstones Are Way Too Gay

2005-03-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 10:01 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Hard to go wrong with veggie fried rice. :D Depends on the veggies. :) Strewth. My point was more that most veggies didn't start out life with tentacles and blastocysts. (I'm not too much of a squeamish goon; I'll try

Physics query

2005-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
What in the universe has a temperature of around 1.9*10^11? (C or K, take your pick.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Save Toby

2005-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Street wrote: http://www.savetoby.com/ xponent Brilliant Maru rob Now we have truly seen the face of evil, and it has bunny ears. Toby is probably splitting the take with him. Well, yeah. I can't give toby the care he truly deserves, and with your donations, Toby will live a more

Re: Scouted: your multivitamin may KILL you!

2005-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Mar 1, 2005, at 6:52 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Dave Land wrote: On Mar 1, 2005, at 4:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herbs or Natural Products That May Cause Cancer and Harm Part Four of a Four-Part Series Muriel J. Montbriand, PhD, RN - ons.org snip full text: http

Re: Scouted: your multivitamin may KILL you!

2005-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Mar 1, 2005, at 4:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herbs or Natural Products That May Cause Cancer and Harm Part Four of a Four-Part Series Muriel J. Montbriand, PhD, RN - ons.org snip full text: http://www.ons.org/publications/journals/ONF/Volume32/Issue1/320132.asp Are you

Tommy

2005-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Tommy is over 20 lbs. now. His sister is close to his weight, as well. I can turn the car seats around to face forward now! Yay! (And Tommy is now on the weight chart -- he's in the 5th percentile for his age. I was pretty psyched when that was pointed out to me. I needed *something* to go

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: I learned something interesting about cats last night. If you cloned a tortoise shell or a calico cat, the clone would be a black cat or a white cat but it could never be a tortoise shell or a calico. Weird huh? How does that work? (One book that

Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)

2005-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: We're a great, wealthy, generous country: we can figure out how to take care of each other. We might be able to figure it out, but we won't be able to pay for it. Many people seem to think that medical care should just be given to

RE: [Satire] Flintstones Are Way Too Gay

2005-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Nick Lidster wrote: I guess if a time machine existed, he would demand that police officers go back in time and give tickets to persons that were naked, for indecent exposure .. when everyone is naked.LOL. The Live in a Town called bed rock h perhaps

Re: 1864 US Union election

2005-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Denton wrote: To briefly digress to the original root of theis figuring - the Iraqi voter percentage. According to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, 58 percent (or 8.55 million) of the 14.66 million Iraqis registered actually voted on January 30. This figure is substantially lower

Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)

2005-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 18, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't care to discuss anything further. You call what you were doing discussing? Ha! Aren't you overdue for your meds? Isn't that further lowering the level of discourse? I could be

Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)

2005-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 18, 2005, at 8:04 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 18, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't care to discuss anything further. You call what you were doing discussing? Ha! Aren't you overdue

Re: Real cost of living (was Social Security reform)

2005-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: JDG wrote: Let me put it another way.Retirement is a predictable and forseeable problem.One can reasonably assume that as one advances in years, one will want to continue to consume goods and services, and that one will be either unwilling or unable to work in order

Re: 1864 US Union election

2005-02-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert J. Chassell wrote: Here is an irregulars' question: In 1864, what percentage of those in or near insurgent areas voted in the US Union elections? The background is this: There is an old adage that `those who do not study history are bound to repeat it.' My thought is that perhaps

Observations

2005-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Well, not MY observations per se. I came across an entry in R. Alex Whitlock's blog, RAW360, and thought it might be of interest to some folks. http://raw360.com/index.php?itemid=2415 The entry is titled Ten Things I Believe Bloggers Do Wrong Number 6 was of particular interest to me: 6.

Re: What Social Security (and Its Reform) Say About America

2005-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: Behalf Of Nick Arnett There's an old joke about a four-engine airplane that loses three engines, one by one. Each time, the pilot reassures the passengers that the plane is perfectly capable of flying on the remaining engines, but it'll arrive an hour later. When the third

Re: What Social Security (and Its Reform) Say About America

2005-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:10 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: This was absolutely pathetic. Way to totally avoid any worthwhile consideration of social security. [...] Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Way to live in fantasy land. Almost unbelievable that you consider this a worthwhile

Re: Irregulars question: Nothing to do with computers as such

2005-02-12 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:08 PM Friday 2/11/2005, William T Goodall wrote: On 11 Feb 2005, at 11:33 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: You Put Gas In The Tank And Turn The Key: What Else Do You Need To Know About Cars Maru How to turn the alarm off when you set

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use The Enforcera squirt gun filled with water and a tiny bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Why the vinegar my dear? Because, dahling, cats (and

Re: Shitner novels

2005-02-08 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought Ron Goulart ghost wrote the novels and Shatner cashed the checks. Yours, Murcury PS. There had been some talk of moving St*r T*ek to cable, but the FCC nixed that move, citing the President's demand for free Enterprise. OK, so what happens when they show

Re: You're In?

2005-02-07 Thread Julia Thompson
maru wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: ... While my diver friends swear by the 'urine fix' (if you're hours out from shore/medical attention, you'll do what you gotta...) for seabather's eruption (jellyfish larvae stings), this site advises against it:

Re: Enterprise Cancelled

2005-02-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Denton wrote (quoting someone else): Well, I know that you're in love with Trip 'Cause I saw you squeein' like a drip. You both dug into pie. Man, you dig that drawlin' blond guy. Well, that's what was doing it for *me*. :) Damn, but I like that character! Julia

Re: You're In?

2005-02-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Ticia wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't pee supposed to be good for jellyfish stings? I seem to recall that it might help with the pain from some type of marine sting...but I'll look into that another time. It's the ammonia (= waste product), which

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Julia wrote- I don't think I've been fully aware of any new REM since about 2000 or so. (I think the most recent album I have is Monster.) And anything after 1988 or 1989 is newer REM to me. I'm guessing that you probably don't want to hear about 15% of the CDs I

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Songs You Cannot Expel On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Shiny Happy People by REM makes me want to hurt whatever is playing it. Fortunately it does not have a tendency to stick in my head. REM did a version of that song for _Sesame Street_. Seriously. Michael appears with a

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: My kids love seeing that. What they really get a kick out of is when I have the closed captioning on to get the lyrics right and I sing along (We have it on CD, as well. Plus I have the original version on CD. Remind me not to play either if Doug comes

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: I'm guessing that you probably don't want to hear about 15% of the CDs I have loaded into my big CD changer. Get an iPod. My second gen one has about 5 *days* worth of music on it right now. And it's about 1/4

Re: Tommy - not a pretty post, sorry

2005-01-30 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/29/2005 12:31:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the time we left the lab, both of us were nervous wrecks. It was the most unpleasant experience I'd had with getting bodily fluids out of any

Re: Who says you can't legislate morality?

2005-01-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 03:26 PM Sunday 1/30/2005, maru wrote: ... I guess you could say that either way they're f***ed. ~Maru I'm sorry! I couldn't resist. Yeah, I know the feeling . . . Guess you two are both conductors of that sort of thing, yes? Julia

Re: ADMIN: List interruption

2005-01-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Could have been worse, he could have mentioned Seasons in the Sun. OK. Now you've done it. Mah na mah na... Pa tee, pa tee pee... Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Tommy - not a pretty post, sorry

2005-01-28 Thread Julia Thompson
I took Tommy in for a blood draw on Monday. There were 5 tests ordered, and the total required was about 12mL of his blood. He has a lovely bruise on his right hand from the attempt there (somewhat successful, 4mL). They then tried his left arm (only 2mL), and then asked if I minded if they

Re: ADMIN: List interruption

2005-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: ADMIN: List interruption Late tonight, I plan to switch our Internet connection, which will change the IP address

Re: ADMIN: List interruption

2005-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: ADMIN: List interruption Late tonight, I plan to switch our Internet connection, which will change the IP address

Re: Googlism _ kind of L3

2005-01-25 Thread Julia Thompson
. Googlism for: julia thompson julia thompson is a great julia thompson is one of the valedictorians graduating from westlake high school and is planning to attend tufts university in medford julia thompson is doing postdoctoral research at los alamos julia thompson is doing postdoctoral research

Re: Johnny Carson Dead At 79

2005-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Jeez, a lot of us grew up with this guy on TV. I can barely remember Jack Paar on the Tonight Show. Jack who? Julia born after Carson took over ___

Re: God Is With Us L3 - addundum

2005-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
JDG wrote: O.k., o.k., how many people can't help but look at the above subject title and say: A God Impersonator Is With Us ;-) JDG Well, either you believe that God is with us or not, impersonator aside. :) A God Impersonator Is With Us doesn't translate as nicely to whatever language

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan-L3

2005-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote: * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 1950: 1156% 1960 180% 1970 101% 1975 63% 1980 23% This reflects a true, immediate crisis. My god! You're right, it is the crisis of proportionally spaced fonts! Oh, the

Re: Humor to lighten Julias day

2005-01-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/4232/freddie3.swf I get this in my inbox 3 hours *after* dragging more Huggies from the garage to the downstairs changing table :) Julia ___

Re: NFL Final Four Picks

2005-01-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, John D. Giorgis wrote: Atlanta at Philadelphia - Pick: ATLANTAUPSET SPECIAL Falcons. New England at Pittsburgh - Pick: STEELERS Patriots. Now, who wins the big one - the AFC champ or the NFC champ? Anyone want to call that now? (I'm thinking it'll be the AFC

Re: Social Security

2005-01-19 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, JDG wrote: There is almost no question that the current system benefits stay-at-home Moms, since stay-at-home Moms receive benefits upon retirement without ever paying for current benefits during their work-elgible years. (Note, I am arguing against my own interest

More on Tommy

2005-01-19 Thread Julia Thompson
We saw the geneticist/metabolic specialist today. Some of the blood tests she'd ordered when he was in the hospital still haven't come back. They should have been back a couple of weeks ago. She re-ordered those. Assuming that Tommy is feeling well enough on Friday (we *all* have a cold,

Re: NFL Semi-Finals Picks

2005-01-15 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: This week: St. Louis at Atlanta - Pick: FALCONS Falcons. NY Jets at Pittsburgh - Pick: STEELERS Steelers. Minnesota at Philadelphia - Pick: EAGLES You're probably right, but I just cannot pick any team currently employing T.O. Vikings. Indianapolis at New England - Pick:

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