Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>We take turns paying for meals or buying groceries. I do the cooking, >but try to find ways to let her help ('cause she asks). For me one of the greatest pleasures in life is having someone clean the kitchen after I've destroyed it with one of my fancy meals. ;-) I used to complain so much as

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2008-02-11 Thread Dave l
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Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
On Feb 11, 2008 7:43 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a big difference between job loss due to medical reasons and > eventually ending in bankruptcy...and just losing a job. Not when we're talking about medical insurance. > Of course not...the point is that most people si

couple things... clinton? donors? superdelegates?

2008-02-11 Thread Tony
ok. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/us/politics/12clinton.html?ei=5065&en=83bd560436fa713f&ex=1203397200&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print dont you think that when this starts to happen, its a BIG SIGN of what is imminent? i mean doesnt she realize that clinton in office is hardly a change? also,

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I guess I wasn't specific enough, but preventive care and wellness is >exactly what I was talking about. It's far cheaper too. For example - >what ever happened to the physical fitness tests and programs in >schools? Am I remembering correctly that they have been partially or >totally elimi

Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> You just proved it was job loss. There's a big difference between job loss due to medical reasons and eventually ending in bankruptcy...and just losing a job. > Are you saying you want your medical insurance to also pay your > person > bills while you're sick? Of course not...the point is t

Re: [Obama] Client sent me this ...

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
Yes we can What? http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28915&only&rss Barack Obama won't wear an American flag on his lapel, but on the wall of his Houston campaign office: a Cuban flag with a picture of Communist mass murderer Che Guevara. someone's got sum splainin to do On Feb 10, 200

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Andrew Grosset
Here is another wonderful Bush quote: President George W Bush said that the annual report indicated "that our economy is structurally sound for the long term and that we're dealing with uncertainties in the short term". The US economy will grow in 2008 at a similar pace to last year, the White

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Dave l
no way is that why you lost the gocart race? (kept trying to shift the wrong stick id assume and couldnt get out of 1st gear!) u ready to move to nashville and come work for mr disruptor!! haha I'm heading out this sunday 17th-26th to find some shelter and cause havoc with as many farmers

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Robert Munn
Good luck Charlie! I brought up the Master Cleanse diet. My wife and I did it over the holidays and it worked well for us. On the liquids issue, if you do all of the optional things, it can be a little icky. The things that are tough: - 32 oz hot salt water drink in the morning - Tastes almos

Re: [health] S is for Strawberry ...

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
y'all are makin' me hungry :P On Feb 11, 2008 2:14 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're ever lucky enough to have access to wild strawberries (the tiny > long ones) and some authentic aceto balsamico aged 21 years or more, omit > the lemon juice and zest and sugar, and instead g

RE: [health] S is for Strawberry ...

2008-02-11 Thread Adam Churvis
If you're ever lucky enough to have access to wild strawberries (the tiny long ones) and some authentic aceto balsamico aged 21 years or more, omit the lemon juice and zest and sugar, and instead gently dress some halved wild strawberries with a few drops of the thick balsamic after they've been ne

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Feb 11, 2008 2:14 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > I can go on and on and on ... and many of you are probably tired of my > soapbox ;) but CHARLIE! you can do it! :D > > I'm sure there's some others here that can pipe in with some tips to keep > you going! :D > Damn straight. Hop to it Griefer!

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Andrew Grosset
>Andrew Grosset wrote: > >That article doesn't imply that the increase in price is connected to >Biofuel production, even if it is. > >Ethanol is mentioned at the end of the article as it relates to corn >prices in Austrailia, but not wheat. > >-Cameron I do appreciate that the article does not

Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
On Feb 11, 2008 11:32 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The number one cause of bankruptcy is losing your job. > > Really? Show me something to prove that. Here's a study published a few years > ago showing that half of all bankruptcies were from medical causesthe > illness o

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Deanna Schneider
Yah, but on top of the no soy/no dairy restrictions he's already under, it's making cooking a real PITA. And, it's one thing to cook food with no dairy (we can eat like that), but this means cooking him whole different meals, because I'm NOT going back to white flour fluff. *sigh* On Feb 11, 2008

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Loathe
You do, I have a registration card from 92. William Bowen wrote: >> When I turned 18 in 1979 we were required to register for the draft >> and be ready to get called. >> I thought that still existed. > > Selective Service registration, yes. Draft, no. > > Same for me, though I did Selective Serv

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Loathe
No, wrong, thats selective service not the draft Sam wrote: > When I turned 18 in 1979 we were required to register for the draft > and be ready to get called. > I thought that still existed. > > On Feb 11, 2008 10:19 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sam, IIRC you're in your mid-fo

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Erika L. Walker
Well you can keep eating them cant you? ... On 2/11/08, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008 2:14 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > > If it's got over 5 grams of sugar, it's not allowed in our house. We try > to > > buy only whole grain foods, but ocassionally we get a few

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: >> I would MUCH rather see my tax money spent helping people quit smoking >> and be healthier than fixing them after a life of self destructive behavior. >> > > You do realize that being able to get preventative care is essential to such > things, and to help people le

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Deanna Schneider
On Feb 11, 2008 2:14 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > If it's got over 5 grams of sugar, it's not allowed in our house. We try to > buy only whole grain foods, but ocassionally we get a few with enriched > wheat flour. We just had a nutritionist analyze a three day diet for our foster son and you kn

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
Odd how none of those articles support the first one. Did you even see the last one: Recession looks more certain, but it may be short On Feb 11, 2008 11:46 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not just one guy (ok, maybe that article was about one guy): > > From Google News > http

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I would MUCH rather see my tax money spent helping people quit smoking >and be healthier than fixing them after a life of self destructive behavior. You do realize that being able to get preventative care is essential to such things, and to help people lead healthier lives? What if everyone had

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
We take turns paying for meals or buying groceries. I do the cooking, but try to find ways to let her help ('cause she asks). KFC? That would be nice on a blanket under the stars or something, but... Dear God, couldn't he at least pick a *good* chicken joint? :-) As for geeky guysI can

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Erika L. Walker
Required as in "the amount". It's a lot of water. She couldn't do it all. Especially not the salt water. But that was her. I understand the instant gratification. What do they say? Takes 20 days to form a habit? Baby steps. Way back when I started cutting foods that were no good from my diet, I

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Vivec
Uhh...Trinidad's currency is pegged to the US dollar. The Central Bank refuses to revalue our currency, which should now actually be higher than the US Dollar. The US is one of our larger trading partners. A US Recession will have very far reaching impact and will send ripples throughout the wor

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Feb 11, 2008 11:58 AM, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a lot of evidence that this kind of fasting actually makes > weight loss harder. Your body is going to drop muscle during this, > which is going to slow your metabolism, so that when you start eating > again, you need t

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Feb 11, 2008 11:49 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it supposedly removes built up toxins and cleanses out the system. > > the main purpose of the cayenne pepper is that it scrapes the > > intestinal walls removing built up mucus and other... um... crap. > > I was meaning more th

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Deanna Schneider
There's a lot of evidence that this kind of fasting actually makes weight loss harder. Your body is going to drop muscle during this, which is going to slow your metabolism, so that when you start eating again, you need to eat even less than before. So, yah, it's kind of extreme and can make it har

Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>It's much cheaper to produce paper from hemp, and hemp is renewable on a >yearly basis, instead of tens to hundreds of years. If we could produce hemp >based paper on a large scale it would put a MAJOR dent in the logging >industry. Certainly the hemp enthusiasts will tell you that (in regards to

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Feb 11, 2008 11:32 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles' sister has done this, but found it too hard to keep going because > it made her gag to drink the required liquids. the only "required" liquids are the ingredients in the lemonade, which actually don't taste bad at all.

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Larry Lyons
I'm not sure that biofuels will be dumped. I ended up taking a closer look at that study, and saw some things I think the authors may be incorrect over. First off the presumption was that a lot of unused arable land would be changed over to alcohol production. If the land is currently being used

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
Billy Cox wrote: > The production of ethanol from corn will affect the wheat harvest if enough > farmers grow corn instead of wheat due to the higher price of corn. True. Just not the subject of that particular article. -Cameron ~~

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
> it supposedly removes built up toxins and cleanses out the system. > the main purpose of the cayenne pepper is that it scrapes the > intestinal walls removing built up mucus and other... um... crap. I was meaning more the effect on you, any dizziness, lightheaded-ness, crankiness, or any other "

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>For Valentine's day, we're not doing anything traditional. We're >getting a Wii and Guitar Hero III with 2 wireless controllers. She's >more excited than I am. For dinner, we're going to dress up nice, take >a tablecloth, candles, and have a romantic dinner at the food court. It >was her i

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
It's not just one guy (ok, maybe that article was about one guy): >From Google News http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gynScg8hVcbpA_TErwQoXDQFxaBQ http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206401778 http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/10/staples_sees_recession_w

Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> The number one cause of bankruptcy is losing your job. Really? Show me something to prove that. Here's a study published a few years ago showing that half of all bankruptcies were from medical causesthe illness often *causing* job loss and then loss of coverage, so it wasn't the primary f

RE: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Billy Cox
The production of ethanol from corn will affect the wheat harvest if enough farmers grow corn instead of wheat due to the higher price of corn. It reminds me of the scene from 'The Grapes of Wrath' in which farmers burn excess crops within sight of starving people in order to keep supply in balanc

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Erika L. Walker
Charles' sister has done this, but found it too hard to keep going because it made her gag to drink the required liquids. What I don't understand, is why not simply eat healthy food and portions and up the exercise? I'd bet you would lose just as much weight, and be healthier for it ... even if yo

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Feb 11, 2008 11:22 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so besides the weight loss, what other effects are there? it supposedly removes built up toxins and cleanses out the system. the main purpose of the cayenne pepper is that it scrapes the intestinal walls removing built up mucus a

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
One guy: The director of the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey said on Friday Here's a different guy: 'I am a huge bull on the U.S. economy' http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=291469 On Feb 11, 2008 11:12 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If Reuters s

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
so besides the weight loss, what other effects are there? On Feb 11, 2008 11:13 AM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a while back there was a thread where the master cleanse diet came up. it's > a detoxification diet moreso than a weight loss diet (but weight loss is a > nice side b

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
That's the one On Feb 11, 2008 11:07 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I turned 18 in 1979 we were required to register for the draft > > and be ready to get called. > > I thought that still existed. > > Selective Service registration, yes. Draft, no. > > Same for me, though I

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Jerry Johnson
No. Of course not. (Does she have a sister. An aunt. Someone who sat near her at lunch in kindergarten?) On Feb 11, 2008 2:10 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Duh. Wouldn't you? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is th

master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Charlie Griefer
a while back there was a thread where the master cleanse diet came up. it's a detoxification diet moreso than a weight loss diet (but weight loss is a nice side benefit). to recap: you don't eat any solid foods. you only drink a mixture of water, fresh squeezed lemons, grade b maple syrup (avai

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
> If Reuters says we're in a recession it has to be true. Reuters reporting on a finding in a report doesn't make it Reuters "saying" we're in a recession. > I thought you were in Trinidad A US recession doesn't/wouldn't stop at US borders. If a portion of the Trini economy is supported by tour

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
Duh. Wouldn't you? --Doom Jerry Johnson wrote: > C'mon, Ben, now you are just bragging. > > Lol. > > > On Feb 11, 2008 1:48 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Last night, as we were going to bed, she asked me, with a certain geeky >> sparkle in her eye, "Want to play a game?" >> Me:

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
> When I turned 18 in 1979 we were required to register for the draft > and be ready to get called. > I thought that still existed. Selective Service registration, yes. Draft, no. Same for me, though I did Selective Service registration in '87. Not sure what the rules are now... probably still ha

[health] S is for Strawberry ...

2008-02-11 Thread Erika L. Walker
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Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
If Reuters says we're in a recession it has to be true. I thought you were in Trinidad On Feb 11, 2008 10:23 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0826726720080208?sp=true > > "NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has entered a recession that > wi

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Vivec
The term of whomever comes into power is going to be extremely rough apparently. :-\ I wonder what exactly they meant by 'longer than usual'. I'm reading that some analysts are predicting a 7 year recession. Looking at the trends from previous recessions including the 1948 -49 recession it seems

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
When I turned 18 in 1979 we were required to register for the draft and be ready to get called. I thought that still existed. On Feb 11, 2008 10:19 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam, IIRC you're in your mid-forties, right? > > So if you're 45 now and you turned 18 in 1980 and regi

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
My understanding was that the (currently) most efficient means of producing hydrogen gas was a catalyzed splitting of water, but I could be wrong. Regardless, you have to get the hydrogen somewhere. So, even if the ony byproduct of the splitting itself is O2, you still have to get power from

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Jerry Johnson
C'mon, Ben, now you are just bragging. Lol. On Feb 11, 2008 1:48 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last night, as we were going to bed, she asked me, with a certain geeky > sparkle in her eye, "Want to play a game?" > Me: "What kind of game?" > Her: "Checkers? Chess?" > Together: "Th

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
Erika L. Walker wrote: > Oh well done!!! That's fabulous! Congrats Ben! I love the foodcourt idea. > You should have someone take a picture!! :D I'll make sure it happens. > Ben has a girlfriend, Ben has a girlfriend, how I wish we could all meet her > it would be like bringing her home to m

Re: Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
> Yup. > we're all f***ed. And, just so everyone is clear, the economic downturn is all *[insert name of next President here]*'s fault! :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
Adam Churvis wrote: > Reminds me of a great commercial I saw a few years ago. They played a few > seconds of Monty Python's bizarre "un... deux... trios!" skit, then said "If > your girlfriend thinks this is funny, marry her." Usually, she quotes /Life of Brian/ when she quotes MP, but she has a

Coming recession to be longer than usual

2008-02-11 Thread Vivec
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0826726720080208?sp=true "NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has entered a recession that will be more painful and drawn out than the usual downturn, the director of the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey said on Friday. Infla

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread William Bowen
> I did register for the draft and waited many years for them to > call. Sam, IIRC you're in your mid-forties, right? So if you're 45 now and you turned 18 in 1980 and registered for Selective Service, you still missed "The Draft" by seven years given that it was abolished by Congress in 1973, s

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > Don't know how this bodes for my 5 year old then. I was arranging my media > room this past week and had Monty Python and The Holy Grail turned on in the > background. My 5 yo daughter came in and got interested in it when King > Arthur was confronting the French. She'

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
Andrew Grosset wrote: > Wheat Soars to Record as U.S. Stockpiles Head for 60-Year Low > > Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat futures in Chicago breached $11 a bushel for the > first time, rising by the exchange-imposed daily limit for a sixth day after > the U.S. forecast its lowest inventories in 60 y

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Jerry Johnson
Fetch-aye la vache! On Feb 11, 2008 1:07 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't know how this bodes for my 5 year old then. I was arranging my media > room this past week and had Monty Python and The Holy Grail turned on in the > background. My 5 yo daughter came in and got int

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Don't know how this bodes for my 5 year old then. I was arranging my media room this past week and had Monty Python and The Holy Grail turned on in the background. My 5 yo daughter came in and got interested in it when King Arthur was confronting the French. She'd been cracking up quite a bit be

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Andrew Grosset
Wheat Soars to Record as U.S. Stockpiles Head for 60-Year Low Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat futures in Chicago breached $11 a bushel for the first time, rising by the exchange-imposed daily limit for a sixth day after the U.S. forecast its lowest inventories in 60 years. Stockpiles in the world'

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
I haven't been following the thread but I see them not as being similar, but as being very different. On the one hand there are those who are volunteering to bravely defend the country . By volunteering - they are volunteering to potentially sacrifice themselves for the good of everyone else.

RE: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Adam Churvis
Congrats, Ben. Reminds me of a great commercial I saw a few years ago. They played a few seconds of Monty Python's bizarre "un... deux... trios!" skit, then said "If your girlfriend thinks this is funny, marry her." I thought that was excellent advice. I mean, seriously, if you can laugh togeth

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Sam
I considered becoming a doctor and decided against it. I thought about the military and decided not to make a career out of that, I did register for the draft and waited many years for them to call. On Feb 11, 2008 6:25 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This got me to thinking ho

Re: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Erika L. Walker
Oh well done!!! That's fabulous! Congrats Ben! I love the foodcourt idea. You should have someone take a picture!! :D Ben has a girlfriend, Ben has a girlfriend, how I wish we could all meet her it would be like bringing her home to meet the parents, only better! We could pull out old Hallowee

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Robert Munn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell 'Hydrogen combustion, like that of petroleum, is limited by the Carnot efficiency , but is completely different from the hydrogen fuel cell's chemical conversion process of hydrogen to electricity and water with

Re: KS scares me

2008-02-11 Thread G Money
Yepi'm hanging my hat on that. But i have no delusions, my state is an ideological mess, has been for years. On Feb 11, 2008 8:42 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In other news, Obama won Kansas by similar margins. > > > -Original Message- > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMA

Re: Is this our G Money?

2008-02-11 Thread G Money
'fraid not :) On Feb 10, 2008 8:35 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20176945_2,00.html > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get

Re: Going to Obama Rally

2008-02-11 Thread Deanna Schneider
He's coming here tomorrow night. Unfortunately, my husband has to work, which means I'm home with the kiddos. Bah. On Feb 11, 2008 9:10 AM, Tony wrote: > there was a HOPE he would show, but he didnt > his wife will be at our local OVERLY predominantyl african american > university (UMES of the un

RE: My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Scott Stewart
Heh.. That's cool Congrats -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -Original Message- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:29 AM To: CF-Community Sub

My Wonderful GF

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
Deanna pointed out to me I'd not made an official announcement, so For the last month (since Jan 6) I've been dating a wonderful woman. She's geeky as all get out, smart, and fun. My current big brag: For Valentine's day, we're not doing anything traditional. We're getting a Wii and Guitar

Re: Comics are heavy!

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
I'm not sure there was one. I'll correct that. --Doom Deanna Schneider wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 8:34 AM, Ben Doom wrote: >> <-- wants The Tick. >> >> My GF bought me one of the newer color editions just because. I love my GF. >> > > Um, did I miss the official cf-comm announcement of said

Re: Going to Obama Rally

2008-02-11 Thread Tony
there was a HOPE he would show, but he didnt his wife will be at our local OVERLY predominantyl african american university (UMES of the university of maryland system) today, and i prolly will not go... i want to see him, not her. anyway, its all good, ill go visit with my vote tuesday. tw On Fe

Re: Going to Obama Rally

2008-02-11 Thread Paul Ihrig
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Re: Comics are heavy!

2008-02-11 Thread Deanna Schneider
On Feb 11, 2008 8:34 AM, Ben Doom wrote: > <-- wants The Tick. > > My GF bought me one of the newer color editions just because. I love my GF. > Um, did I miss the official cf-comm announcement of said GF? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion®

RE: KS scares me

2008-02-11 Thread Billy Cox
In other news, Obama won Kansas by similar margins. -Original Message- From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: KS scares me Really? 60% for Huckabee? ~

Re: ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> So, then I got to wondering what's the difference between the two > positions. Why is it that the ultimate sacrifice for defense of the country > is acceptable while paying more in taxes for, in essence "defense" of the > country isn't. Maybe it's the way it's framed? Is it because it's not >

Yahoo tells Microsoft No....

2008-02-11 Thread Cameron Childress
Sort of. "Yahoo's board met over the weekend and concluded that the $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft "substantially undervalues" the company." http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/080211markets.aspx So I guess they aren't saying no, they are saying "more money please".

Re: Comics are heavy!

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
<-- wants The Tick. My GF bought me one of the newer color editions just because. I love my GF. --Doom Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Let me expand on my offer now that I've read other posts. I have digital of > EVERY comic you have or will have. Or anyone else on the list has sans > non-English one

RE: Going to Obama Rally

2008-02-11 Thread Shawna Hampton
He'll probably swing through more toward the primary/caucus date. Just checking his Web site, I think there's a CNN debate scheduled for late Feb. at the University of Toledo. Here's the Ohio-specific page on his Web site: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/ohhome -Original Message-

Re: Ethanol Significantly Increases Greenhouse Gases

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Doom
I suppose it would depend largely on what the fuel was derived from. Hydrogen fuel cells run on H2 that is largely generated by (wait for it) splitting watter. You get what you give. Methane fuel cells, however, are another story entirely. --Doom Robert Munn wrote: > Bye bye biofuels. > > Fu

ironic question about healthcare

2008-02-11 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
This weekend, I was watching the thread about healthcare go on and on and on. I saw one response that summed up a lot of people's view on national healthcare. "Why should I pay for you?" This got me to thinking how thankful I was that this sentiment isn't echoed by our soldiers regarding defense

RE: Differences between Obama and Hillary

2008-02-11 Thread Billy Cox
The first step in changing a taboo is to change the terminology. Have you ever noticed that pro-choice people hardly ever use the word 'abortion' in public discourse? Have you noticed that pro-life people never use the term 'fetus'? Do you think that is a coincidence? If those in favor of legaliz

Re: Expanding skill sets - So, what's next?

2008-02-11 Thread Maureen
I'm just a tech weenie. I want to know all of it. Although in truth, I spend my days writing fairly straight forward CF apps, and my nights playing with my audio software. I'd learned Ruby on Rails in 2005, ASP.NET and C# about 5 years ago, and PHP way back. Recently, Ajax and Flex and a deeper